Showing results for "Spy" in Literature & Fiction

Three months into Ethan's transfer-in-exile in Des Moines, Iowa, the pressures of dating Jack, the president of the United States, start to wear Ethan down. His weeks are measured by the days he works in Iowa, chasing counterfeiters and financial crimes, and the weekends he manages to steal with Jack back in DC. The media stalks his every move; he's isolated by his coworkers and loneliness hammers at his heart. In DC, Jack tries to piece together a global alliance to take down the Caliphate, while the world seems focused on tearing apart his personal life.

President Jack Spiers and former Secret Service agent Ethan Reichenbach throw caution to the wind, committing themselves publicly as the first out male lovers and partners to occupy the White House. Jack moves Ethan into the Residence, but as Ethan settles into his new role as first gentleman of the United States, not everyone is thrilled with their choices. When it seems like the world turns against them, Jack and Ethan must turn to each other, finding the strength together to press on.

Last month, intelligence analyst Lexie Martin found out a secret that could ruin lives. After a week on the run from her own government with her maybe-almost girlfriend, Sophia Flores, Lexie was forced to turn herself in and accept her punishment. But that punishment never came. Aside from Lexie's confusion about the whys of her release, things seem to be okay—she's free, back at work, and is officially dating Sophia, which is way better than just okay. But when you embarrass the most powerful man in the country, you risk incurring his petty wrath.

They once faced each other on a battlefield. Now soldier-turned-spy Jonathan Reese must keep watch over the man he's never forgotten. A close encounter reveals Karl von Binder, the count's son, also recalls the day he spared Jonathan's life. Sparks fly between the former enemies and Jonathan begins to lose perspective on his mission. He knows he must maintain distance because the heat he encounters in Karl's touch stirs him far too deeply for his own good.

Jaxon Powers has what most only dream of. Fame. Fortune. Gold records and Grammy awards. He’s adored all over the world - even in the remote, repressive country of Vasnytsia, where the tyrannical dictator is a big fan. The State Department hopes a performance might improve US relations with a dangerous enemy. But it means Jaxon’s going in alone...with one exception.

Three-hundred pounds for one night of protection. It's a job offer, but it's also a ruse. Captain Benjamin Frakes, war hero and de facto head of the Society of Beasts - a club for gentlemen who prefer gentlemen - is tempted to turn it down. But August Weatherby, the sexy, brazen stranger making the offer, has captivated him completely.

In the aftermath of a category 6 hurricane in Puerto Rico, aspiring journalist Vero Diaz leads an effort to rebuild his community, reviving ancient Taíno traditions to survive the storm's aftermath and their island's new colonizers. Still gripped by tradition, many do not accept Vero, a trans man, as their leader, driving him to start a new life abroad.

Despite the angry scars she carries from her childhood training, Zoe Lorel has reached a good place in her life. She has her dream job as an elite operative in an international spy agency and found her true love. Her world is mostly perfect—until she is sent to abduct a nine-year-old. The girl is the only one who knows the riddle that holds the code to unleash the most lethal weapon on earth—the first ever "invisibility" nanoweapon, a cloaking spider bot. From Malta to the Italian Alps to England, Zoe races to save not only the child she has grown to care about, but also herself.

Dopo aver riannodato i fili della sua vita e aver trovato la sua strada, in breve diventa il migliore nel suo campo. Anche se di tanto in tanto una sorta d'insoddisfazione gli fa rimpiangere il passato. Una sera salva un ragazzino dalla furia del padre che, scoperta la sua omosessualità, lo sta picchiando furiosamente. Non accetta che un genitore possa comportarsi in quel modo, e decide di aiutare il ragazzo, senza immaginare che quell'incontro cambierà la sua vita.

Mario crede di aver trovato finalmente la felicità da quando lui e Roberto sono di fatto una coppia. Ma non è ancora il momento. La ricomparsa di Julien è il preludio al riaffiorare dei fantasmi di un passato che cerca disperatamente di cancellare. Credeva di non poter essere più felice, invece scopre prima di essere padre di Mario Junior, figlio di Kala, concepito sull'isola dov'erano naufragati, e adottato da Julien alla sua morte.

When Gina Temple decides to go Christmas shopping for her girlfriend, Detective Sergeant Kate Brannon, in the Norfolk town of King's Lynn, it seems like an easy enough task. If only life were that simple. A split-second event, months in the planning, tips their safe world upside down.

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.

Darcy, a restless young artist, travels to the Soviet Union to visit his elusive half-sister, Fin. Upon his arrival in the depths of a bleak Moscow winter, Darcy is immediately embroiled in Fin's mysterious life there and also drawn to Moscow's forbidden underground, finding himself swept up in political and sexual intrigues of a nature he could never have imagined.

Dopo aver avuto la certezza che l'amore che provano è più forte di tutto, Mario, dopo un periodo di relativa tranquillità, inizia nuovamente a mostrare inquietudine e Roberto, temendo di perderlo, lo asseconda. Iniziano a viaggiare per il mondo, visitano l'America e alla fine si stabiliscono a New York, dove vengono raggiunti da Junior. Mario, dimenticando il principale insegnamento che gli ripeteva sempre il suo caro vecchio amico Brandon - “Mai abbassare la guardia, mai dare nulla per scontato” -si ritrova nuovamente nei guai.

C'è chi dice che il destino disegni le nostre vite e noi non possiamo far altro che subire. Io ho sempre creduto, invece, che ognuno di noi è il "carnefice" di sé stesso. Siamo noi, con le scelte che compiamo, a pilotare la nostra vita... Infatti spesso mi sono chiesto: "Avrò fatto la scelta giusta?" Mario ci racconta una parte dolorosa della sua vita. Anni che lo hanno forgiato e segnato in positivo, ma soprattutto con avvenimenti negativi.

Mario è un ragazzo con i suoi pregi, i suoi difetti, i suoi sogni, vive un rapporto difficile con il padre ed è alla ricerca dell'amore. Come tutti i ragazzi della sua età. Ciò che lo differenzia dagli altri è l'innato altruismo che spesso gli causa problemi. Come quel giorno a Napoli, quando aiuta Harby, agente segreto statunitense, il quale lo coinvolge in una rischiosissima missione, a seguito della quale, braccato dalla camorra che lo vuole morto, è costretto a scappare dalla sua vita tranquilla.

Alex Toles and Claire Brackett are back in action. Once rivals, the pair of FBI agents receive a summons from President Candace Reid to the White House. Evidence of forced starvation scattered throughout Russia coincides with a growing military presence in the small Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Concerned about potential Russian aggression in the Baltic States and confronting subversion within her cabinet, Candace turns to Alex and Claire to put the pieces of a growing puzzle together.

Gina Perini manages a bookstore in one of San Francisco's most lively neighborhoods. Although she thrives in her world of books, her harrowing escape from the war in the Balkans years earlier remains fresh in her mind. There are still those who are searching for her and who are intent on vengeance. Gina suddenly gets news that someone from her past is still alive - someone she had given up hope of finding. This sets in motion a chain of events that will stretch across the country and push her love and resourcefulness to the limit.

Tim Donovan is a Catholic priest with a guilty conscience - though not in the way you’d guess. And Katherine Donne is a Parisian socialite who long ago kicked her self-respect to the curb - for good and for ill. And much closer, we have a group of men whose fortunes, graying temples, and positions in life are distinguished and enviable. But their morals? Anything but. And that’s where Evan Reed comes in.

Regretting his affair with a Republican journalist, Ralph becomes caught in the middle of a political controversy when his former lover's tell-all book is published, and then Bill is murdered, leaving Ralph the prime suspect in the crime.