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Both men tried to shoot her then, and the two women were stunned at the speed with which she moved. Penny charged straight at the gunmen then dove under their fire. Spinning on her back she kicked the legs from under one man, and as he fell, she kicked the gun from the other man’s hand. Spinning back to the first man she saw the gun barrel moving toward her, and she lashed out with her foot. Her boot crushed his skull and she rolled to her feet to grab the last man in a neck lock. A quick twist and he lay lifeless in her arms.

When Macy is left with her best friend's child, Mazy, and has to raise her as her own, her life is changed forever. She learns to cope with work, happiness, and the true meaning of love while facing a few road blocks in the way.

After a traumatic senior year, Landon moves to New York City, hoping for a fresh start at NYU, but the shadows of his past refuse to fade. Christmas break ends on a rocky note as Landon starts his second semester in a fog. But the air begins to clear when curly-haired Isaac charms his way into Landon's life. When Caleb suddenly appears in NYC to search for his missing father, Landon and Isaac are swept into a mysterious manhunt with deadly consequences. With heart-pounding suspense and a dash of romance, this highly anticipated adventure will leave you breathless until the very end.

The Pantheon gave me a reason to kill. He gave me a reason to live. JASPER Once, I was the youngest Director in Pantheon history. I knew exactly who I was and what I was worth. Then I walked away with one secret and I've been burning the evidence ever since. Diego Reyes was supposed to be...

Maxime erwacht in einer Welt, die ihm fremd ist – ohne Erinnerung, ohne Halt. Doch ein Bild brennt sich in seinen Geist: der Moment mit seinem Traummann. Auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit begibt er sich in ein Labyrinth aus Geheimnissen, wo jedes Puzzleteil seiner Vergangenheit eine dunkle Überraschung birgt. Während Maxime die Fäden seiner Geschichte entwirrt, wächst die Angst vor dem, was er einst vergessen wollte. Was, wenn die Wahrheit alles zerstört, was ihm bleibt?

Creció entre el maíz y el miedo, marcada por una madre fanática y una infancia de abandono. A los catorce años, huyó del campo sin saber leer ni escribir. Desde entonces, su vida fue una sucesión de trabajos mal pagados, vecindarios prestados y amores que la dejaron vacía. Pero también su camino estuvo lleno de encuentros que le salvaron el alma: José, Eva y Gustavo... personas que, sin lazos de sangre, se convirtieron en su verdadera familia.

Kerryn Whitsig is at the end of her rope. In an act of desperation, she takes the last of her money and gambles it all away. Unskilled at cards, the casino she goes to sees people like her all the time. The house always wins. Tonight, though, Celia Harrison walks onto the casino floor and sees the woman, her desperation, determination, and possibilities. Kerryn’s luck changes in an instant.

Für die zurückgezogen lebende Schriftstellerin Jorie Price ist die große Liebe genauso unrealistisch wie die Gestaltwandler in ihren Büchern. Auch Griffin Westmore glaubt nicht an die Liebe, aber sie ist eine der keineswegs fiktiven Gestaltwandler, die unbemerkt unter den Menschen leben. Als Jories Roman der Wahrheit gefährlich nahe kommt, wird Griffin beauftragt, die Autorin zu beobachten – und sie notfalls zum Schweigen zu bringen. Doch je besser sich die beiden kennenlernen, desto mehr stellt Griffin ihre Mission infrage. Sie soll diese Frau töten, nicht Gefühle für sie entwickeln!

Floristin Ashley Gaines liebt ihren kleinen Blumenladen, in dem sie wunderschöne Brautsträuße und Dekorationen für andere freudige Anlässe kreiert. Sasha Peterson, die die örtliche Bäckerei gehört, hat ebenfalls noch nicht das perfekte Rezept für eine glückliche Beziehung gefunden. Doch als die erste lesbische Hochzeit in ihrer Kleinstadt die beiden zur Zusammenarbeit zwingt, stellen Ashley und Sasha fest, dass sie mehr gemeinsam haben, als sie dachten. Bei Tortenschlachten, Walzertänzen und einem Junggesellinnenabschied auf einer traumhaften Insel kommen sie einander langsam näher.

What happens when fate brings you face-to-face with the guy who outed you as a freshman in high school? When Davis and Foster are assigned to the same division, will their past harm their chances of successfully completing the training, or will they come to terms that the past is not always as it seems?

A headless body turns up on a beach. Former sheriff detective Frank Pounds is dragged from medical retirement because he may know the identity of the body. Irreverently dressed in a t-shirt, board shorts, and rainbow-painted huaraches showing off his pink toenails, he stands over a familiar body with a distinctive tattoo. As he glares up the beach to the pier lined with camera vultures with long lenses, it turns personal.

Goliath has always put the Federation and his family and crew first. He has to find out who killed his father and why it’s the only long-term goal he has for his future. When a chance encounter brings him face to face with what could be a future he never imagined or desired, Goliath must decide if revenge outweighs the possibility of destiny.

When someone threatens a congressman's family and career, he seeks the FBI's best. They give Special Agent Nash Running Bear no choice. She scoffs at the babysitting job in the high desert of New Mexico, but it becomes a deadly game of cat and mouse. And the cats are four international assassins. So to get the job done, Nash reaches out to her alphabet team. Hopefully, in time…

With her husband dead and a broken foot, Wendy Haskins will be plunged deep into the ultimate test of survival. Aided by a transgender girl named Gail, they will have to traverse through one nightmare scenario after another in a desperate attempt to reach town before it is too late.

¿Podrás amar lo que alguien te hizo odiar? En el año 1979 muchas cosas están prohibidas. Ser gay sigue siendo una de ellas. A Liú Tian y a Xiao Zhen se les acaba el tiempo, por lo que deberán enfrentarse a la elección más difícil de todas: ¿la familia o ser su verdadero yo? ¿Qué...

Terra has accepted she’s always going to be living a lie as a shapeshifter amongst humans. When a deal too good to be true turns sour, she makes it her mission to come clean to her closest friend, Anabell, before it’s too late.

Memory is a funny thing. Chances are that you can’t recall what you had for lunch two days ago, but can remember with startling clarity that super embarrassing incident from high school. You know the one. Having been a superhero all his life, Neil Harris, the illustrious Striker, does not remember every fight and battle. When the strange, dangerous, and unexpected is routine, it all blends together. Then one incident leaves him unable to remember anything about it at all. For Neil’s husband, Evan Hill, the past is something he actively tries to forget.

The Wolf is patient. He is the master of games. Especially when the prize is so attractive; to claim the original Raze for himself. While the Raze gang must stay true to their goal; busy waging war on people traffickers, the Wolf can play to win each of his own desires. The Wolf will stop at nothing to sink his teeth deeply into Raze, into Raze’s boyfriend Kiddo, and into all of the Razes that the underworld market hungers so desperately for.

In Our Darker Angel, the mystery begins with FBI Agent Rick Clark's investigation into a series of murders committed by a terrorist group identifying itself as ARC, Anarchists for Real Change. Terrorism has become a personal issue with Clark. Two years earlier, his daughter perished in a bombing orchestrated by EMMA, an acronym for Emergent Movement of Militant Anarchists. The ARC murders bear a striking resemblance to the killings by EMMA, as they, too, target the rich and powerful and morally bankrupt.

Dana's young life revolves around her martial arts, taught to her by her mother, her father's art gallery, and her girlfriend. Having witnessed her mother's brutal murder, Dana descends into the dark underworld of drug lords and murderers, relying on her martial art skills for revenge. The drug lords she chases quickly give Dana the nickname "Red Bitch" Dana assembles a small crew of confident, successful women and goes after the killers.