Up in Flames

Up in Flames

Alice Brown

Children's Books

In book one of the Texas Vampire Rangers: The law enforcement agency of the Texas Rangers is made up almost entirely of vampires, something the public knows nothing about. Well, at least not yet, but they could soon if the Rangers don't apprehend an out-of-control rogue vampire who has been on a killing spree for two years, leaving a lengthening trail of young dead women. Meredith was in the wrong place at the wrong time when she witnessed an attack on a young woman. The assailant wants to tie up loose ends, and has hunted her ever since. When she feels she has no options left, she turns her trust over to a man who has taken an oath to protect. Ranger Lucas Calloway was left for dead, and looking back on his life he wouldn't have changed a thing, except for one—he would have loved to have found his mate before he left this earth. No one is more shocked than him when he not only wakes in a hospital, but finds himself looking into the eyes of his mate. Meredith and Lucas barely have time to acknowledge they are mates before the game changes. The rogues have found her, yet again, and a leak in the Ranger unit has the potential to not only crush the tight knit family, but bury them—literally. Join the Vampire Rangers as they use their strength, and added senses to strive to right the wrongs. With the ability to live forever, time is always on their side. Warning: For Mature Adult Audiences. Contains language and actions some may deem offensive. MF 
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Falling for the Rancher Father

Falling for the Rancher Father

Linda Ford

Linda Ford

The Daddy Dilemma Widower Abel Borgard has his hands full raising twins and establishing a homestead. Mercy Newell's offer to care for his son and daughter seems like the perfect solution. And though it takes no time for Mercy to steal his children's hearts, Abel's is another story, because he's a single father set on stability and she's a wild-at-heart beauty searching for adventure. Joining a Wild West show as a trick rider is Mercy's dream. She never foresaw the joy she'd find caring for Abel's children. The rugged widower hardly trusts her yet. But by the first snowfall, there could be a new family--and new love--in Eden Valley.... Cowboys of Eden Valley: Forging a future in Canada's West country
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Bullet River (The Garbage Collector 2)

Bullet River (The Garbage Collector 2)

Amore, Dani

Amore, Dani

A 60-PAGE SHORT STORYThe Garbage Collector is back! In this sequel, the private investigator/bounty hunter known simply as The Garbage Collector discovers the body of a dead woman floating in a river near his temporary hideout. The woman, it turns out, is someone he once knew very well.
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Carolyn Arnold - McKinley 05 - Family is Murder

Carolyn Arnold - McKinley 05 - Family is Murder

Carolyn Arnold

Carolyn Arnold

The search for a maid results in a mess. When a woman shows up and claims to be Sara's birth mother, it pits Sara and Sean against each other. Sara opens her heart and wants to believe the woman, but Sean is suspicious of her true identity and motive. After all, there are billions at stake. But when the woman goes missing and a dead body turns up, they both start to question the truth.Led by Sara's intuition, they pursue all possible leads and soon realize they may have welcomed a killer into their home.
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Women in Clothes

Women in Clothes

Sheila Heti

Sheila Heti

Women in Clothes is a book unlike any other. It is essentially a conversation among hundreds of women of all nationalities—famous, anonymous, religious, secular, married, single, young, old—on the subject of clothing, and how the garments we put on every day define and shape our lives. It began with a survey. The editors composed a list of more than fifty questions designed to prompt women to think more deeply about their personal style. Writers, activists, and artists including Cindy Sherman, Kim Gordon, Kalpona Akter, Sarah Nicole Prickett, Tavi Gevinson, Miranda July, Roxane Gay, Lena Dunham, and Molly Ringwald answered these questions with photographs, interviews, personal testimonies, and illustrations. Even our most basic clothing choices can give us confidence, show the connection between our appearance and our habits of mind, express our values and our politics, bond us with our friends, or function as armor or disguise. They are the...
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The Axe Factor: A Jimm Juree Mystery (Jimm Juree Mysteries)

The Axe Factor: A Jimm Juree Mystery (Jimm Juree Mysteries)

Colin Cotterill

Colin Cotterill

Since Jimm Juree moved, under duress, with her family to a rural village on the coast of Southern Thailand, she misses the bright lights of Chiang Mai. Most of all, she’s missed her career as a journalist, which was just getting started. In Chiang Mai, she was covering substantial stories and major crimes. But here in Maprao, Jimm has to scrape assignments from the local online journal, the Chumphon Gazette—and be happy about it when she gets one. This time they are sending her out to interview a local farang (European) writer, a man in his late fifties, originally from England, who writes award-winning crime novels, one Conrad Coralbank. At the same time, several local women have left town without a word to anyone, leaving their possessions behind. These include the local doctor, Dr. Sumlak, who never returned from a conference, and the Thai wife of that farang writer, the aforementioned Conrad Coralbank. All of which looks a little suspicious, especially to Jimm’s grandfather, an ex-cop, who notices Coralbank’s interest in Jimm with a very jaundiced eye. With a major storm headed their way and a potential serial killer on the loose, it looks like Jimm Juree, her eccentric family, and the whole town of Maprao is in for some major changes. The Axe Factor is a Jimm Juree mystery from Colin Cotterill.**Review“Outstanding . . . outrageously funny.”      —Publishers Weekly [HC starred review](Publishers Weekly) “In addition to a clockwork plot and an intriguing setting, what really makes this book sing is Jimm’s own caustic, ribald observations. A stunner of a novel, third in the Jimm Juree series.”      —Booklist [HC starred review](Booklist) About the AuthorBorn in London, COLIN COTTERILL has worked as a teacher in Israel, Australia, the U.S., and Japan before he started training teachers in Thailand. Cotterill now lives in a small fishing village on the Gulf of Siam in Southern Thailand. He’s won the Dilys and a CWA Dagger, and has been a finalist for several other awards.
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Leaving Liberty, a Western Romance (Book 5) (Texas Hearts)

Leaving Liberty, a Western Romance (Book 5) (Texas Hearts)

Lisa Mondello

Lisa Mondello

**From NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling Author Lisa Mondello** Book 5 of the popular TEXAS HEARTS series LEAVING LIBERTY There's been a storm brewing in Liberty Calvert's life. But she didn't know just how strong it would be until Texas Ranger, Jackson Gentry, came to Liberty, Texas. Her already fragile life will be changed forever if he learns the truth. Her head tells her that the best thing for all of them is for Jackson to leave Liberty as soon as his investigation wraps up. But her heart is telling her this is the one cowboy she wants to spend the rest of her life loving.
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Finding Spencer (B&S 1.5) (B&S Series #1.5)

Finding Spencer (B&S 1.5) (B&S Series #1.5)

Kimberly Knight

Romance / Contemporary / Suspense

With a crazy ex-girlfriend who won’t leave him alone, Brandon Montgomery is determined to move on to the brunette hottie who caught his eye at the gym he owns. Things start out slowly with Brandon and Spencer, since neither one can find the courage to speak to one another until they both happen to be in Vegas for a weekend. It’s not true. Things don’t always stay in Vegas, and lucky for Brandon, the girl he wants to be with lives in his town. Now if his crazy ex-girlfriend, Christy, would leave him alone, Brandon could move on to where he needs to be. Brandon and Spencer’s story is already written. You know Spencer’s side of it. Now find out what Brandon was really thinking from the moment Spencer walked into Club 24.
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The Cotten Stone Omnibus: It started with The Grail Conspiracy... (The Cotten Stone Mysteries)

The Cotten Stone Omnibus: It started with The Grail Conspiracy... (The Cotten Stone Mysteries)

Lynn Sholes

Lynn Sholes

Available at a fantastic low price, this collection of the four Cotten Stone Mysteries delivers high-stakes conspiracies and heart-pounding action.

The Grail Conspiracy

A dying archeologist gives the world's most-sought-after religious relic to journalist Cotten Stone, uttering "You are the only one" in a language she's heard from only one other person--her deceased twin sister. What begins as a hot news story for the ambitious young reporter soon turns into a nightmare when the Holy Grail is stolen and an abominable experiment promises to unleash an ancient evil upon the Earth.

The Last Secret

In this riveting follow-up to The Grail Conspiracy, famed journalist Cotten Stone has lost her job and her self-respect. But when she unearths a crystal tablet that predicts the Great Flood and a final "cleansing,” Cotten comes face to face with her terrifying destiny.

The Hades Project

From the Kremlin to the Vatican to an Ethiopian church housing the Ark of the Covenant, Cotten Stone races to find the Holy Lance. Forged by the seventh generation grandson of Adam, used to pierce the side of Christ at the Crucifixion, and possessed by some of history’s most powerful men—Constantine, Attila the Hun, Adolf Hitler, Harry Truman—the Holy Lance is about to be used again.

The 731 Legacy

Ravaged by a gruesome disease, a man staggers into Satellite News Network, croaking a message in the ear of reporter Cotten Stone just before dying: “Black Needles.” Within days, bodies begin to drop in every corner of the globe.
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