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1) Blackmail
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Trident deception volume 4
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"The U.S. aircraft carrier patrolling the Western Pacific Ocean is severely damaged by a surprise salvo of cruise missiles. While the Russian government officially apologizes, claiming it was the result of fire control accident during a training exercise,it was instead a calculated provocation. With the U.S. Pacific fleet already severely under strength, the Russian President decides that the US response is a clear indication of their weakness, militarily...
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The Morning Show's star meteorologist, Jenna Withers, reports on the blistering conditions of a nationwide drought every day. But nothing this alluring young woman has ever experienced can prepare her for the terrifying intersection of extreme weather and extreme politics.
After Jenna receives a controversial appointment to a special White House task force on geoengineering, she learns about a lot more than the President's desire to use technology...
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Penguin Publishing Group
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2022
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When her long-lost cousin comes back to town just in time for the holidays, Lila Macapagal knows that big trouble can’t be far behind in this new mystery by Mia P. Manansala, author of Arsenic and Adobo.
It’s Christmastime in Shady Palms, but things are far from jolly for Lila Macapagal. Sure, her new business, the Brew-ha Cafe, is looking to turn a profit in its first year. And yes, she’s taken the first...
It’s Christmastime in Shady Palms, but things are far from jolly for Lila Macapagal. Sure, her new business, the Brew-ha Cafe, is looking to turn a profit in its first year. And yes, she’s taken the first...
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Haley Patterson has had a crush on golden boy Bryce Colton for ages. But when she hears a rumor that he hooked up with her, she gives him a choice: be her boyfriend for a month to show other guys that she's dateable-despite her overprotective and very intimidating brothers-or deal with the angry, cage-fighting boyfriend of the girl he actually did hook up with.
Bryce didn't know the other Haley even had a boyfriend. He was just trying to get his...
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The Dangers of Glamping
My name is Nikki Lawry and I'm hosting my very first "Who's the Boss" dog training camp retreat to finance my dream of a dog rescue center.
Now I have a campsite full of dog owners who already know one another. And have issues… Yikes! How did I end up in the middle of this?
Things settle nicely, until a client turns up dead-with not one camper heart-broken over it.
Is my retreat business finished before it's even begun?
Yup,...
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Small towns often hide the biggest secrets. What should have been a night for celebration takes a criminal turn when a Cherry Hills town council vote doesn't go the way Kat Harper expected. It doesn't take long before the amateur detective and her sidekick Imogene uncover a sinister blackmail threat that forced one of the council members to withdraw her support of the animal breeder ban Kat and Imogene worked so hard to get passed. Between a vocal...
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Another case has fallen onto the desk of Tootsie Carter; a female detective armed with a snub-nosed Colt .38, unmatchable wit, and a pocketful of Tootsie Rolls. New York City, 1975 When a photo she took ends up splashed across a sleazy tabloid, Tootsie launches into an investigation to figure out who leaked it.Pounding the pavement, she follows the leads to a seedy massage parlor. One step inside and she knows something isn't right. The women there...
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A contemporary male/male rock star gay romance short story complete in 8,400 words...
Carlin has appeared in the tabloids before- as the boy used by his mother to blackmail a rock star. Now, all grown-up with a brand new name, Carlin is back to pursue his own music career.
Stoney has been a famous rocker since his mid-teens. He thinks he's seen it all and done most of it. But Carlin is special. He has that outsider sound Stoney had forgotten.
The...
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"A tightly executed thriller. . ."-Kirkus Reviews
Blackmail. A marriage on the rocks. When you fool yourself, all bets are off...
The Travelers, going by the names George and Roslyn Harrison, entrap a congressional candidate with photos of his extramarital affair. But just as they are hatching a ploy to increase their ill-gotten gains, the candidate's wife uncovers the plot.
With their scheme careening sideways and the law closing in, an accident...
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John Mariner's wealthiest client, Nathan Livingston, retains John and his retired Houston PD detective friend, Larry Wagner, to identify the killer of his blackmailer, Colton Weber, and retrieve and destroy incriminating photos showing him with other women in an intimate setting. As they track down the killer and the photos, Weber's sister, Denise, one of the women in the incriminating pictures, dies of an overdose. That sets off a scramble for the...
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Bookish heiress Karin has failed in her first act of defiance! She's tried to take back the symbol of everything good in her life, but ruthless billionaire Xante Rossi has caught her red-handed!
Why is this shy beauty stealing from him? Xante is intrigued. Karin's purity belies the corruption her family name represents. To save her from scandal and uncover the truth, he'll make a proposal. If Karin wants her precious heirloom, she'll have to earn...
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Party planner Vicky Stone is on a post-divorce mission. Not only does she intend to land her dream promotion, she's going to indulge in a night of hot hook-up sex. Preferably with the hunky actor she just met at a work function, no-fraternization rules be damned. Fortunately, his drunken directions included a right that should have been a left, landing her in bed with her brother's extra-hot, extra-off-limits best friend instead of the unemployment...
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Monsieur Lecoq of the French Sûreté is called to investigate a Bank Robbery in one of the world's first detective novels, widely credited as the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes.
A sensational bank robbery of 350,000 francs is the talk of Paris, with suspicion falling immediately upon Prosper Bertomy, the young cashier whose extravagant living has been the subject of gossip among his friends. As a network of deceit, blackmail, murder and villainy...
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Melissa Fleischer, the twenty-five-year-old assistant to a famous New York editor--known to be a notorious philanderer--at a prestigious mainstream magazine begins to sell her short stories to the New Yorker, complicating her relationship with her boss and exerting pressure on her marriage.
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"What's it to be - me, or the police?" Out-of-work actress Daisy Maddox would do anything for her brother - even sneak into a sleek New York office to return the watch he stole from billionaire Rollo Fleming. When Rollo catches her red-handed, Daisy is completely at his mercy. But Rollo needs a wife to seal a deal, and events take a wild turn - he demands Daisy become his temporary wife! Swept into Rollo's world, Daisy's caught in an intense tangle...
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Who do the Court of Crows use to carry out their judgements?
Me.
Why do they use me?
Because they know I will do anything to get Callie back.
Killing monsters is all very well but you don't understand the meaning of the word 'monsters' until the Court of Crows use you.
The Court of Crows is not something you want to experience more than once. But you have no choice if they want something from you.
You have no say about where they send you, or...
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Tall, dark, and handsome, Cayce Duran had it all.Too bad my Billionaire Boss has it in for him.I had to be honest with myself about what my boss wanted me to do.I had done things in my past but I'm not a Killer.When I saw the attraction in his dark eyes, I knew I'd come a long way.That look in his eyes had set me on fire.I'd never felt this attraction before in my entire life.I liked it. No. I loved it.But my family needs me.I've got to do whatever...
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What will happen after their wedding vows…? Find out in this passionate marriage of convenience romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Lucy Monroe.
They had a deal… Does he want to break it?
Wanting to prove she could make it on her own, Lia Kennedy turned her back on the wealth and privilege of her aristocratic family. It came with far too many strings. But now the single mum needs their help to save her little daughter's eyesight. They'll...