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Before he was the Gray Man, Court Gentry was Sierra Six, the junior member of a CIA action team. In their first mission, they took out a terrorist leader, at a terrible price. Years have passed. The Gray Man is on a simple mission when he sees a ghost: the long-dead terrorist, but he's remarkably energetic for a dead man. A decade of time hasn't changed the Gray Man. He isn't one to leave a job unfinished or a blood debt unpaid.

After being a soldier, working as a bodyguard should have been simple: Keep the owner of DC’s ultra-secret club safe, don’t think about his midnight eyes or his devil’s smile, don’t surrender my body to his wicked desires. But I underestimated Mark Trevena and the power of his dark, seductive world. I underestimated the hold he’d have on me, the way I would do anything for him at all. And so when he asks me to escort his soon-to-be bride home, I can only—miserably, broken-heartedly–say yes.

"On the other side of that door is the man you're going to marry." My father's chilling command sends a shiver down my spine. Suddenly, it clicks. The mysteriously gifted dress. The innocent-looking invitation. This isn't dinner. It's a wedding. My goddamn wedding. The doors swing open... And towering at the altar, all muscle, ink, and menace—Leon Natali. The monster I've cursed since I was old enough to know his name. He's older. Colder. Desperate for an heir. And I'm the gift-wrapped offering meant to seal a blood-soaked alliance.

Den hårdkogte og geniale forbryder Roy Earle er blevet nedbrudt og livstræt efter at have afsonet mange år i fængsel. Uden for murene har hans gamle ven Store Mac M‘Gann til gengæld brug for hans hjælp. Han er ved at planlægge et kup, og Earle er den eneste, han kan forestille sig, vil kunne lede den gruppe af unge overmodige lømler, som han har samlet til opgaven. Mac betaler en svimlende sum for at få Roy løsladt før tid, og nu må Roy rejse til Nevadas bjerge, hvor han skal møde resten af banden og få styr på dem.

En un tranquilo barrio de Oviedo aparecen restos humanos enterrados junto a un río. Entre ellos, el cuerpo de una menor alemana que había desaparecido hacía meses en su país. Eso activa todas las alarmas y obliga al equipo que lleva la investigación a contar con la colaboración de una agente de la Oficina Federal de Investigación Criminal de Alemania: Petra Schwarz.

As a civilian contractor, Sierra Clarkson thought she’d found the perfect way to serve her country, short of joining the military...until she was kidnapped from a base in Afghanistan. Turns out terrorists don’t care if you’re a soldier or not; everyone bleeds the same. Even worse, no one knows she’s been taken. Her missing belongings point to desertion - which means no one is looking for her, either. But someone is. Fred “Grover” Groves never forgot the redheaded spitfire working the chow line on a base in the Afghani desert.

I shouldn't have been there when Teo Vitale was announced as The Guild's new Don. They dragged me before him. In a private room. On my knees. I grew up despising him. But the way he wielded power made my breath hitch—made my body beg. And what he took as payment? My total submission. Raw. Merciless. Ruinous. Now, he's everywhere. Watching. Waiting. Lurking in the shadows just to remind me that I belong to him. He won't stop until I'm locked in his gilded cage, a prisoner to the darkness I stir inside him—something he can't control.

Tras su alabado debut con Animal, Leticia Sierra nos acerca de nuevo al abismo del alma humana y nos obliga a mirar aquello que nadie quiere ver. En esta descarnada novela, la autora nos plantea si la infancia es un juego tan inocente como pensamos y nos empuja hacia una pregunta incómoda: ¿a qué edad nace en nosotros la maldad? Una chica de trece años aparece muerta en un descampado de Oviedo con la cara brutalmente desfigurada y el cuerpo destrozado. Cuando la noticia sale a la luz, ambos llevan varios días fuera y Olivia parece llegar tarde a las exclusivas.

I'm addicted to my stalker. He watches me at night, sneaking in through my living room window and making my blood turn to ice. I feel him all around me as chills snake down my spine. Each night he becomes bolder, getting closer and welcoming himself into my bedroom, feeding his addiction.

Anna Rossi walked away from Alec Flynn to keep her family and friends safe. But she can't protect her heart from him, no matter how hard she tries.... Time has done nothing to quell Anna's need for Alec. She knows that she did the right thing by walking away; the constant media attention that Alec's been getting for testifying against Maxim Stein and Force Enterprises is evidence enough of that.

Marsella Talent has been on the run for two years, ever since her father thrust a ledger into her hands and told her to run from the police swarming their family restaurant. Now, with the cops and her father's men desperate to get their hands on the book, she knows she can never go home.

El Caso COLMENARES forma parte del imaginario colectivo. En él se puede trazar la radiografía de un país: la impunidad de la justicia, el poder del dinero, la intolerancia, el esvío de la ley, la trampa, la mentira, y sobre todo las más grandes pasiones. En la Novela El Enigma COLMENARES...

Hawkeye operative Trace Romero lives on the edge, taking risks and thriving on danger. When his boss's little sister's house is broken into, he's tasked with keeping her - and her secrets - safe. Trace's arrival turns Aimee Inamorata's perfectly ordered life upside down. The dominant and infuriatingly arrogant man is the kind of jaded alpha male she's spent a lifetime avoiding. Now he's sleeping in her house, telling her what to do, looking like temptation and sin, igniting a flame that threatens to consume her.

Former Hawkeye operative Jacob Walker is no longer for sale...until he sees Elissa Conroy. He's so captivated by her vulnerability that he can't refuse one last mission. Determined to keep the fiery Irish woman safe from a madman's quest for revenge, he'll do whatever it takes - even protect her beautiful body 24 hours a day. Elissa refuses to upend her life to be shuttered away like some damsel in distress. But when a secret from her past makes it clear she's in danger, she finds herself thrown over the muscular shoulder of one admittedly smoking-hot alpha bodyguard.

Hawkeye Commander Garrett Young has an impossible assignment: protect heiress Charlotte Connelly—without letting the stunning beauty know he's her bodyguard. Since she's stubbornly refused protection, he can't reveal why he's romancing her on her secluded ranch hideaway. After her fiance's crushing betrayal on the eve of their wedding, Charlotte is determined not to trust a man again. She's definitely not interested in another relationship. But when she meets devastatingly handsome Garrett, his mysterious, powerfully alpha ways melt her resolve.

Este libro se publicó por primera vez en 1991, momento en el que ETA estaba aun activa. Comienza por un secuestro de ETA y la forma en que eso cambia la vida de todos los implicados. El secuestrado, los secuestradores, la familia, la amante, un guardía civil que seguía los pasos de los terroristas.... La acción, desarrollada en horas, es trepidante, con un final frenético. Un thriller vertiginoso, de acción y de lectura.

Cartagena, 1936. La república española envía las reservas nacionales de oro a Rusia. En el momento de embarcar, 100 cajas con 50 kilos de oro cada una "desaparecen" o son erróneamente contabilizadas. Alexander Orlov, uno de los personajes más siniestros de la guerra civil, esconde el crimen ante las autoridades, iniciando así uno de los grandes misterios de aquellos días. Ante el posible robo más importante de la historia arranca esta novela trepidante, en la que lo verosímil y lo real se entrelazan.

Es ist jemand im Haus. Eine Mutter ist allein zu Hause mit ihren beiden Kindern. Draußen tobt ein Blizzard. Als sie ihren Sohn ins Bett bringt, hört sie ein Geräusch. Ist es das alte Gebälk, das im Schneesturm ächzt? Bevor sie hier eingezogen ist, haben die Leute sie davor gewarnt, dass es in diesem Haus spukt. Doch sie glaubt nicht an Monster. Da hört sie wieder das Geräusch. Es ist der Klang von Schritten, ungewöhnlich schwer und langsam. Sie kommen die Treppe hoch, immer näher.

El número veintisiete es algo más que un número. Es la edad a la que han muerto algunas de las estrellas del rock más famosas de todos los tiempos: Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winhouse... Y la lista continúa. Tal es el mito que se habla del "síndrome del 27", del que han salido tantas leyendas, historias, mitos, películas.

Bajo el mismo techo, los distintos miembros de una familia se encuentran enfrentados no por un conflicto bélico en sí, sino por sus diferentes posturas ante la guerra. Mientras Marcos se marcha en misión de paz a una zona de conflicto, su hermano Gabriel participa en manifestaciones contra la guerra en Irak en la que Marcos se ve envuelto. Algo ocurrirá mientras Marcos se encuentra fuera de casa que abrirá una herida imposible de curar. A pesar del amor fraternal que hay entre ellos, los dos hermanos van a comprobar cómo las guerras también estallan dentro de una familia.