Her Sudden Groom (Groom Series Book 1)
The overly scientific, always respectable, and socially awkward Alexander Banks has just been informed his name resides on a betrothal agreement right above the name of the worst chit in all of England. With a loophole that allows him to marry another without consequence before the thirtieth anniversary of his birth, he has only four weeks to find another woman and make her his wife. Being the logical scientist he is, Alex decides to take his friend’s advice and treat his quest for a bride just like a science experiment…
The Advocate’s Dilemma (The Advocate Series Book 4)
Attorney Sabre Brown’s day is going well until she walks into her office and finds a dead man sprawled across her desk. When, Bob, her best friend and colleague is suspected of the murder, and Sabre’s minor client has information that might clear him, Sabre has a dilemma. How does she help her best friend without betraying the confidence of the child she is sworn to protect?
Broken Dreams (Broken Series Book 2)
Rainey Daniels has been keeping a secret since she left her hometown, three years ago. The death of a friend’s father, though, has her questioning whether or not running away from her past is what’s best for her future. Add sexy Chris Baker in the mix and she’s even more unsure. After all, life is short.
Baker is an all-around good guy with a great sense of humor struggling to keep his new bar afloat. And he always thought Rainey was hot, even when she carried a few extra pounds in high school. Hell, he thinks she’s too skinny now.
Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, the CEO of Starbucks recounts the story and leadership lessons behind the global coffee company’s comeback.
In 2008, Howard Schultz, the president and chairman of Starbucks, made the unprecedented decision to return as the CEO eight years after he stepped down from daily oversight of the company and became chairman. Concerned that Starbucks had lost its way, Schultz was determined to help it return to its core values and restore not only its financial health, but also its soul. In Onward, he shares the remarkable story of his return and the company’s ongoing transformation under his leadership, revealing how, during one of the most tumultuous economic times in history, Starbucks again achieved profitability and sustainability without sacrificing humanity.
The Ghosts of Belfast (The Belfast Novels Book 1)
“Not only one of the finest thriller debuts of the last ten years, but also one of the best Irish novels, in any genre, of recent times.”—John Connolly
Fegan has been a “hard man,” an IRA killer in northern Ireland. Now that peace has come, he is being haunted day and night by twelve ghosts: a mother and infant, a schoolboy, a butcher, an RUC constable, and seven other of his innocent victims. In order to appease them, he’s going to have to kill the men who gave him orders.
As he’s working his way down the list he encounters a woman who may offer him redemption; she has borne a child to an RUC officer and is an outsider too. Now he has given Fate—and his quarry—a hostage. Is this Fegan’s ultimate mistake?
The Maid of Fairbourne Hall
To escape a scheme to marry her off to a dishonorable man, Margaret Macy flees London disguised as a housemaid. If she can remain unwed until her next birthday, she will receive an inheritance, and with it, sweet independence. But she never planned on actually working as a servant. And certainly not in the home of Nathaniel and Lewis Upchurch–both former suitors.
As she fumbles through the first real work of her life, Margaret struggles to keep her identity secret when suspicions arise and prying eyes visit Fairbourne Hall. Can she avoid a trap meant to force her from hiding?
Aftermath (Invasion of the Dead, BOOK 1)
Deep beneath defence headquarters in the Australian Capital Territory, the last ranking Army chief and a brilliant scientist struggle with answers to the collapse of the world, and the aftermath of an unprecedented virus. Is it a natural mutation, or does the infection contain
more sinister roots?
One hundred and fifty miles away, five friends returning from a month-long camping trip slowly discover that death has swept through the country. What greets them in a gradual revelation is an enemy beyond compare.
National Security (Jericho Quinn Thriller Book 1)
They can strike anytime, anywhere. A public landmark. A suburban shopping mall. And now, the human body itself. Three Middle Eastern terrorists have been injected with a biological weapon, human time bombs unleashed on American soil. They are prepared to die. To spread their disease. To annihilate millions. If America hopes to fight this enemy from within, we need a new kind of weapon. Meet Special Agent Jericho Quinn. Air Force veteran. Champion boxer. Trained assassin. Hand-picked for a new global task force that, officially, does not exist, Quinn answers only to the Director of National Intelligence and the U.S. President himself.
Afraid – A Novel of Terror
Nestled in the woods of Wisconsin, Safe Haven is miles from everything. With one road in and out, this is a town so peaceful it has never needed a full-time police force. Until now…
A helicopter has crashed on the outskirts of town and something terrible has been unleashed. A classified secret weapon programmed to kill anything that stands in its way. Now it’s headed for the nearest lights to do what it does best. Isolate. Terrorize. Annihilate.
Soon all phone lines are dead and the road is blocked. Safe Haven’s only chance for survival rests on the shoulders of an aging county sheriff. And as the body count rises, the sheriff realizes something even more terrifying – maybe death hasn’t come to his little town by accident…
Origin
When linguist Andrew Dennison is yanked from his bed by the Secret Service and taken to a top secret facility in the desert , he has no idea he’s been brought there to translate the words of an ancient demon.
He joins pretty but cold veterinarian Sun Jones, eccentric molecular biologist Dr. Frank Belgium, and a hodge-podge of religious, military, and science personnel to try and figure out if the creature is, indeed, Satan.
But things quickly go bad, and very soon Andy isn’t just fighting for his life, but the lives of everyone on earth…
Endurance – A Novel of Terror
WELCOME TO THE RUSHMORE INN
The bed and breakfast was hidden in the hills of West Virginia. Wary guests wondered how it could stay in business at such a creepy, remote location. Especially with its bizarre, presidential decor and eccentric proprietor.
ONCE YOU CHECK IN…
When the event hotel for the national Iron Woman triathlon accidentally overbooked, competitor Maria was forced to stay at the Rushmore. But after checking into her room, she quickly realized she wasn’t alone. First her suitcase wasn’t where she put it. Then her cell phone was moved. Finally, she heard an odd creaking under the bed. Confusion quickly turned to fear, and fear to hysteria when she discovered the front door was barred and the windows were bricked over. There was no way out.
DRACULAS (A Novel of Terror)
A DYING MAN’S GREATEST TREASURE…
Mortimer Moorecook, retired Wall Street raider, avid collector, is losing his fight against cancer. With weeks to live, a package arrives at the door of his hillside mansion—an artifact he paid millions for…a hominoid skull with elongated teeth, discovered in a farmer’s field in the Romanian countryside. With Shanna, his beautiful research assistant looking on, he sinks the skull’s razor sharp fangs into his neck, and immediately goes into convulsions.
OPENS THE DOOR TO AN ANCIENT EVIL…
A rural hospital. A slow night in the ER. Until Moorecook arrives strapped to a gurney, where he promptly codes and dies.
All the Blue-Eyed Angels (Erin Solomon Pentalogy Book 1)
Steamed (A Maid in LA Mystery Book 1)
Quincy Mac is a maid in LA—a maid who’s accidently cleaned a murder scene.
Now she’s a murder suspect with only one option—find the real murderer before she ends up in jail for a crime she didn’t commit.
Quincy came to LA looking for fame and fortune. What she’s found is infamy and misfortune. There’s a killer out there, and Quincy’s going to them…or die trying.
The Dr Pepper Prophecies (Parker Sisters Book 1)
A British chick lit romantic comedy novel for fans of Bridget Jones, Sophie Kinsella and best friend romance.
25-year-old Mel Parker has a few tiny problems:
* Her job is terrible
* She’s been dumped yet again (and her ex is now her boss)
* Her parents think she’s a loser compared to her perfect younger sister
* All her efforts to improve her life seem doomed to failure
* There just isn’t enough chocolate in the world to make up for the above.
The best thing in her life has always been her best friend Will, who has seen her through every crisis from lost toys to pregnancy scares. But his girlfriend (who’s prettier, better-dressed, more successful and secretly evil) is determined to replace Mel as the woman in his life and how is Mel supposed to compete?
Secret Storms: A Mother and Daughter, Lost then Found
A pregnant, upper class nineteen-year-old Philadelphia Main Line debutante is confined, against her will, to a state mental hospital. She spends her pregnancy surrounded by the mentally challenged and the criminally insane. On April 19, 1964, she gives birth to a child, whom she is forced to give up for adoption.
A loving middle-class couple adopts a month-old little girl from Catholic Charities. She is adored and cherished from the very beginning. It is as though she is dropped into the first chapter of a fairy tale— but we all know how fairy tales go.
Sedulity 2: Aftershock (Sedulity Saga)
This thrilling sequel to the Bestselling apocalyptic sea adventure, “Sedulity 1: Impact,” takes the apocalypse to new levels of annihilation. Join the passengers and crew of the Sedulity as they find their way through the shocking aftermath of an asteroid strike in the Pacific Ocean. Every form of violent natural disaster is unleashed in this chilling tale of destruction and survival. How will these characters deal with the end of the world as they knew it? Hundreds of reviewers have clamored for a continuation of this tale of disaster.
Genesis Plague
A new organism is found in a cavern below one of the world’s largest volcanoes. The creature shows remarkable resistance to the virus it carries, and the discovery brings with it the hope of new vaccines for epidemics that have plagued humanity for thousands of years.
Before further analysis can be made, the volcano begins to wake. It threatens to spew forth an ancient virus which could lead to the deadliest outbreak in the history of the world. Everything changes when scientists realize they are not dealing with a simple virus.
The Highlander’s Improper Wife
Betrothal to the callous Lord Blackhall painted a future devoid of love. Upon his death, Lady Caroline Wilmont is promised to the younger brother. Caroline refuses to allow her first taste of desire to be at the hands of a man who would rather have any woman but her. This, her last night of freedom, is to be a memory of lust that she can take with her throughout her loveless marriage. As Aphrodite, Caroline attends a masque determined to find a man to initiate her into the intimacies of erotic love.
Taran Robertson, Viscount of Blackhall, makes no secret that he despises his obligation to marry the Sassenach heiress chosen for him by his father. As a last foray before his wedding, he attends a masque. However, the spirited vixen he meets and seduces has secrets…secrets that just may reveal he’s to have an improper wife.
Lieutenant of the Line
James Ogilvie had emerged from Sandhurst as a young subaltern bound for his baptism of fire in India. Two generations of Ogilvies have served the 114th Highlanders, the Queen’s Own Royal Strathspeys.
James Ogilvie is the third generation.
But his career as a subaltern with the 114th Highlanders, The Queen’s Own Royal Strathspeys, has offered him ample proof of his superior officer’s observation that the Queen’s service ‘isn’t a damn bunfight for old ladies’.
Especially when after a severe reprimand for a disastrous patrol, James is sent on another during which, it is hoped, he will redeem himself.
Admiral’s Spine (A Spineward Sectors Novel Book 6)
Having defeated his enemies in Sector 25 and crushed the pirates in the Battle of Tracto, Admiral Jason Montagne of the Multi-Sector Patrol Fleet was ready – and even eager – to settle down to the task of rebuilding his fleet and consolidating his position within his home Sector.
Unfortunately, there’s no time to rest on his laurels.
Representative Kong Pao, a Sector Judge from Sectors 23 and 24, has come in person to plead for the lives of his people. The Judge’s people are under attack and facing potential genocide, or enslavement, under Droid rule and he beseeches the only Confederation Admiral in the Spine for help.
Nobody’s Child (Georgia Davis Series Book 4)
A bloodstained note left for PI Georgia Davis reveals the shocking existence of a half-sister she never knew about. Her sister, Savannah, is pregnant and begging for Georgia’s help. Determined to track her down, Georgia finds herself heading deep into the secretive and dangerous underworld of Chicago’s illegal sex trafficking business. She soon discovers that trafficking is just a small part of the horrifying and deadly situation in which her new sister is caught up. Even worse, as Georgia tries to extricate Savannah, she comes up against an old enemy determined to make sure neither woman will escape alive. In the fourth Georgia Davis novel, Georgia faces her toughest challenge yet—and one she might not survive.
Sigma Curse (Joe Venn Crime Action Thriller Book 4)
When Detective Lieutenant Joe Venn of the NYPD’s Division of Special Projects is called to investigate the murder of a soldier in a Manhattan hotel room, he understands why. The Division handles crimes with a political angle, and the soldier, Corporal Dale Fincher, was the son of a New York Supreme Court judge.
But the FBI are also involved in the case. And soon Venn learns the reason. Fincher’s killing is the third in the last six weeks to feature the same modus operandi. Namely, an icepick through the head. And a symbol – Sigma – branded on the victim’s forehead.
A serial killer is on the loose in New York City…
The Young Lions
Action, adventure and erotic entanglements loom large in young Robert Hamilton’s future as he seeks to make his fortune in the rough and tumble world of the Johannesburg goldfields in the closing years of the nineteenth century.
Robert’s business interests and adventures in the wilds of South Africa, bring him into close contact with the Boer peoples of the Transvaal Republic. As the threat of a British invasion looms large over the country, his support for the Boer cause finds him on the opposing side to his fellow uitlanders – foreigners. He is dismayed to discover that both of his brothers have enlisted in Canadian regiments ready to fight on the side of Britain in the Anglo-Boer War.
Vampire Dawn (Vampire for Hire Book 5)
Mother, wife, private investigator…vampire. Seven years ago, federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life forever. And forever is a very long time for a vampire.
Now in VAMPIRE DAWN, Samantha Moon tackles her most frightening case yet. Someone is leaving victims drained of blood, and all signs point to the killer not being a vampire. Meanwhile, Sam can’t help but notice the changes coming over her son…fantastical changes that will leave her searching desperately for answers.
As Sam tracks down a ruthless killer, and as her own humanity slips further and further away, an ancient relic holds a secret that will rock her world…and open up a whole new one.
Man of Her Dreams (Daydream Believers Book 1)
Leslie Stone stumbles upon her fiancé cheating with the maid of honor just days before her wedding. Determined to put distance between them, she heads to the family’s cabin in Sleeping Falls, Michigan. Unfortunately, her car barely hit the city limits before breaking down. And with no money for repairs, the scrolling marquee above the biker bar advertising a mechanical bull riding contest seems like a perfect solution.
Jay Westfield learned at an early age to avoid women who chase the limelight. After all, his mother had been the star attraction in Harvey’s Traveling show. The minute Leslie clears the door in cut-offs and skimpy tank top, things heat up. She’s on a mission and he wants no part of it. The last thing he expects is the attraction he feels seeing her on the back of Old Iron.
The iCandidate (The Michael Bennit Series Book 1)
All Michael Bennit wants to do is be the best high school teacher he can be. However, when he loses a bet to his over-achieving class of history students, he finds himself in unfamiliar territory: a candidate running for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
With no money, and only his students to run his campaign, Michael sets a plan in motion to be the country’s first virtual candidate. Leveraging the potential of social media, his campaign becomes the epicenter of national attention and a target for a desperate incumbent fanatical about hanging onto power – at any cost.
The use of coconut oil in modern medicine has been lost over the years even though it’s medicinal, nutritional, and functional properties have shown to be wonderful for humans. Coconut oil is different structurally, functionally and behaves differently than other saturated fats, making it a very healthy alternative to polyunsaturated fats.
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The Physics Of The Dead – A Supernatural Mystery Novel
Japanese Pickles Cookbook: Light salted and Fermented Preserved Tsukemono recipes
Tsukemono are an indispensable part of Japanese cuisine. It is no exaggeration to say that rice and Tsukemono alone form the core of a Japanese meal. Popular with everyone from children to adults, Tsukemono are a wonderful, tasty and healthy addition to any meal, whether cooking at home or eating at a first-class Japanese restaurant.
This book will explain what Tsukemono are, and why they are so healthy. Finally, we will categorize Tsukemono in to five types: salt-preserved, soy marinated, miso marinated, those preserved in sake lees, and those preserved in rice bran, and introduce popular, delicious recipes for all types.
Slow Burning Lies – A Dark Psychological Thriller
A coffee shop in Chicago is just closing. The last waitress goes to lock up. But a man appears at the door, desperate to talk to her, to tell her Patrick’s story. He says she is the only person he can trust.
The waitress decides to let him come in, and he tells her a twisting tale of a man driven to the edge of madness by evil dreams.
But just who is Patrick? Some poor demented soul still suffering somewhere? Or the man sitting in front of her?
Spider Web: A Vampire Thriller (The Spider Trilogy Book 2)
For Spider, being a vampire is bad enough, but he’s also cursed with the need to help others. Especially when they are young, attractive, and female.
So when Parker Cole goes on a cruise to aid her recovery from demonic possession, Spider goes along to keep an eye on her. It doesn’t take long before Parker comes across a small-time thief who has swiped some big-time trouble—a mummified finger that holds mysterious black magic. Worse, the finger’s owner is Demande Jemarcus, a crime lord and witch doctor who will do anything in his power to get it back.
And his power includes the ability to turn a shipload of passengers into zombies…
Action Figures – Issue One: Secret Origins
It was the worst summer of Carrie Hauser’s life, and the weirdest: it was the summer her parents announced they were getting divorced, and when a dying alien passed on to her his fantastic superhuman abilities.
All Carrie wants now is to settle into her new home in Kingsport and get her life back to something resembling normal – but that won’t be easy when her secret is discovered by a group of teenage super-hero wannabes, who need her help to discover why experimental military drones have been wreaking havoc in town.
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