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Troy Brennan: Every Southie in Boston knows that name. The son of a dead mobster. The heartthrob with steel-blue eyes. "The Fixer" who can make or break you in this city. Oh, and my new husband. Sparrow Raynes: That's me. No one seemed to remember my name up until he barged into my life. But then he caged me. Kidnapped me. And killed every chance I had to run away from the place where we grew up.

The first time I met Kyler Blackwood, he was a bruised and battered boy with fire in his eyes and nowhere safe to land. Since the first time he kissed me, he was my best-kept secret, my quiet rebellion, my haven in the storm. But fate forced us apart, making us pretend to be strangers because it hurt too much to be anything else. Years later, time hasn’t dulled what we felt, has never erased the way we fit. And when Kye’s past collides with my present, everything shifts. It’s a choice neither of us expected. A bond that never really broke. A line we were never meant to cross.

Claire Brackett spent years searching for ways to avoid the pain of her past. Following her father’s direction, she traversed the globe, seducing allies and adversaries to further his agenda. He used her as a pawn to maintain power and thwart enemies. William Brackett made one major mistake. He sent Claire on a mission to get close to FBI Agent Alex Toles. That decision would set Claire on a path that would change her life forever.

The scruffy detective Kosuke Kindaichi returns to solve another fiendish murder mystery. An old friend of Kindaichi’s invites the detective to visit the remote mountain village of Onikobe, the site of a 20-year-old unsolved murder case. But no sooner has Kindaichi in the village than a new series of murders strikes – several bodies are discovered staged in bizarre poses, and it soon becomes clear that the victims are being killed using methods that eerily echo the lyrics of an old local children’s song …

I’ve spent my entire career following protocol and keeping my emotions in check. But everything changed when she crashed into my life—a brilliant agent whose instincts could unravel our enemies or destroy us both. Now, we’re racing against time to expose a traitor at the heart of a shadowy intelligence organization so secret that most don’t believe it exists. With our nemesis hunting us, a key mentor’s life hanging in the balance, and a connection between us that defies every rule I’ve ever known, I’m about to break every protocol I’ve ever followed.

Même les monstres ont des failles... Elle pourrait être la sienne. Troy Brennan. À Boston, tous connaissent ce nom et le redoutent. Celui d'un assassin, un tombeur aux yeux bleu acier, capable de vous faire disparaître sans laisser de trace. Sparrow, la première, a toujours pris soin d'éviter son chemin… Pourtant, c'est à lui qu'elle vient de dire " oui ", dans une robe immaculée, à l'église. Troy a acheté sa liberté, lui a coupé les ailes et l'a jetée en cage, tel un oiseau maudit. Savoir qu'elle passera le restant de ses jours mariée au monstre de la ville la pétrifie.

An escapee from a Spanish prison hunts for his best friend's killer in New York. For more than a year, Kit McKittrick languishes in a Fascist prison, his days spent in darkness and his nights tortured by fear of his limping jailer, whose name he never learns. He escapes Spain with the help of Louie Lepetino, a childhood friend who came with him to fight on behalf of the Republican cause.

When US Customs and Border Protection agent Peyton Cote is called to a mysterious burned-out cabin, she has no idea it will lead her to reconnect with Dr. Sherry Duvall. Their reacquaintance, however, comes under difficult circumstances - Sherry's brother is accused of murder, and her father and mother have just died in a murder-suicide. On the home front, single-mom Peyton is waging a different battle - helping son Tommy fight his learning disability. Amid all this, a man is lurking who has only revenge on his mind.

There were a lot of things you could call Stacey Evans. And many of them would be true. And unprintable. But did she deserve to be murdered? DI Winter Meadows has no doubt of the answer when he takes the case. The crime was violent. The victim helpless. But the motives are many, and the only clue is a word left on Stacey’s body. DI Meadows struggles to pierce the secrecy surrounding the teenager’s love life. But as each suspect is excluded, Meadows is convinced that something sinister is afoot. When another body is found, a veil of silence descends like a fog upon Gaer Fawr.

Brought to you by Penguin. In the future, AI are everywhere - over half the human race lives online. But in the Caspian Republic, the last true human beings have made their stand; and now the repressive, one-party state is locked in perpetual cold war with the outside world. Security Agent...

Jordan Hill is his pack's Alpha. The Big Bad Wolf. And after his last breakup, he's opting to be the lone wolf, too. But then his rival's little sister—a human, of all creatures—comes to his door. Christa Hansen is simply looking for a place to stay. Yet the dark shifter smells irresistibly like forever. But getting involved with the wolf who tried to kill her brother—twice—is lunacy. Besides, in the unforgiving, shadowed world of shifters, there is no room for weakness. And falling for her family's enemy won't just be her downfall . . . it will be his, too.

Die Geister der Vergangenheit ... Das kleine Küstendorf Sparrow's High könnte normalerweise nicht verschlafener sein, aber jetzt sind die Bewohner in heller Aufregung. Denn in der Burg Sparrow's Deep spukt es - und zwar gewaltig! Kurz bevor die Polizei eintrifft, hört der Spuk allerdings jedes Mal auf. Niemand traut sich mehr auch nur in die Nähe des Anwesens - niemand bis auf Nathalie und Louise! Die beiden sind überzeugt, dass es eine natürliche Erklärung für die unheimlichen Geräusche und Erscheinungen gibt.

Morris has always dedicated himself to his brothers in the MC, choosing the freedom of the open road over the monotony of family life. But a chance encounter with a single mother on the run causes his protective alpha instincts to kick into overdrive.

Der Arzt und die Teilzeitmörderin: Sie könnten unterschiedlicher nicht sein. Und ihre Liebe bedeutet Chaos. Fionn Kane flieht vor seinem gebrochenen Herzen in eine Kleinstadt in Nebraska, weit weg von seiner Ex-Verlobten und seiner entgleisten Karriere als Chirurg. Es ist ein einfacheres Leben: Kopf einziehen, hart arbeiten und keine romantischen Beziehungen. Motorradartistin Rose ist seit einem Jahrzehnt mit dem "Silveria Circus" unterwegs, und ihr Leben auf der Überholspur gefällt ihr: das Rampenlicht, der Ruhm – und gelegentliches Blutvergießen.

Англичанка Эдит Парджетер создала серию детективов о монахе Кадфаэле, действие которых происходит в XII веке в Англии. В седьмой книге серии брат Кадфаэль расследует кражу драгоценностей и жестокое убийство, произошедшие на свадьбе богатых горожан. Когда подозрение падает на юного менестреля, вынужденного искать убежища в церкви, Кадфаэль, уверенный в его невиновности, начинает распутывать сложный клубок взаимоотношений в семье богатых торговцев, чтобы найти настоящего преступника.

They’re rugged and powerful intelligence agents with a desire for sexy, feisty women. As one, they’re unstoppable. Together, they’re INVINCIBLE. He’s a hard-ass rancher with big secrets. She’s a city-slicker with big dreams.

Introducing the daring and dangerous private intelligence agency, K19 Security Solutions. In this three-book boxed set, these men will battle external enemies and internal passions to protect each other—and the women they love. Slade will span the globe from plane crashes, kidnappings, and destroyed missions to bring you right back where you belong—into the arms of your hero. But which one of these irresistible men will melt your heart? Only the men of K19 Security Solutions can solve that mystery.

The story of my career has become a fight for survival. I thought I was exposing corporate weapons trading, but uncovering a conspiracy reaching to the Crown landed me under armed protection. My mysterious guardian has his own secrets—ones that could turn this deadly game into a personal betrayal. The deeper we dig, the more I realize the hardest choice isn't between life and death, but between the truth I've always served and the man I'm falling for.

With a name like “Poseidon,” I’m feared on the spot. I come in like a force of nature, and destroy anyone who challenges me or hurts those I love. In my country, loyalty and rage runs deep. I know my obsession with Oleander will lead to my ruin, but every touch of her naked skin against mine strengthens my addiction to her. She’s both bellissima and brillante, with a fiery passion and a commitment, like mine, to save the world.

My main concern is protecting those I love. I keep them out of harm’s way and out of legal trouble. These are my brothers through and through. And I would do anything for any of them. But when one our own is kidnapped and tortured, it’s up to me to take care of her—whether her brother likes it or not.