The Captive
The desert is a dangerous place... But when desert-wise Don Thorpe is asked by General Colman to undertake a mission of the greatest importance to the Union forces, he does not hesitate to accept. His mission - find the missing train laden with enough Californian gold to buy arms for the entirety of the beleaguered South. Don accepts the dangerous mission but, on the way to Fort Gorman, he arrives upon the scene of an Indian attack. He rescues a beautiful girl and her fiancée from the battle but in aiding their escape, he finds himself taken prisoner by ruthless Comanche Indians. But this is not Don's first encounter with Indians. Confronted with the terrifying torture customs of the Comanches, will Don manage to escape with his life? Riding through fierce desert storms and encountering enemies on all sides, will he locate the gold train and stop it falling into the wrong hands? And will he ever set eyes upon that beautiful girl again?
Quick on the Draw
When prospector William Crowley found a fabulous diamond, he thought he'd made his fortune, but three months later he lost it in a poker game. William never saw his diamond again. Fifteen years later William's son Jackson discovers that the diamond is again at stake in a poker game, this time presided over by the entrepreneur Meeker Trent. With the help of his father's old friends Finbar Stuart and Preston McBryde, Jackson vows to win it back. But the game attracts a motley collection of card sharks and gunslingers, and they soon discover that winning the game will be only half the battle. The hardest task will be staying alive for long enough to leave the poker table.
The Banished Ones: (previously titled "A Perpetual Mimicry")
EXILED TO EARTH, THIS BANISHED ANGEL KILLS FOR A WAY BACK. Ani is stripped of his wings and forced down to earth, where he searches for a way to break his mortal curse. Then one day a human girl steals his heart. But love is fleeting, and he wakes one morning to find her murdered. Unable to get his revenge, he travels through time and space to seek her out again, each time her death falling on the heels of their reunion. Is his love damned, or is he doomed?
Beyond the Rising Tide
I open my hand slowly, terrified that I'm not really solid. And then I feel the rain. Not falling through my hand, but hitting it. Gathering in my palm. It's cold and wet and heavy. My hands are now stained with a crime, but they also hold the power to help Avery. Kai Turner was always a rebel while he was alive. Since his death, not much has changed. Now he's been instructed to forget about his old life and focus on using his new powers to heal people. But all he can focus on is Avery Ambrose, the stranger he died saving. For the past six months, her life has slowly been unraveled by his death. Dangerously blurring the barriers between life and death, Kai breaks all the rules in order to help her. Little does he know just how much Avery is willing to sacrifice for him in return.
The Girl Who Tweeted Wolf (Hobson & Choi Book 1)
"If we get 400 followers, John Hobson will solve that nasty wolf-murder case for free! Fight the thing himself if he has to! #HobsonVsWolf!" Angelina Choi was only trying to drum up some Twitter followers and make a good impression on her first day interning at John Hobson's one-man detective agency. But the campaign went viral and now they have a murder to solve, no money coming in, and an unwilling Hobson faced with battling some enormous beast. With both follower and body counts rising, can they crack the case without offending everyone or being eaten by a huge dog? The Girl Who Tweeted Wolf is the first case starring Hobson & Choi, a bickering, mismatched detective duo for 21st century London.
The Complete Muffin & Cupcake Cookbook: 600 Recipes
Bake a Cake with Love and Cream! This Book Includes: • All the basic information you will need to get started with Baking • 250+ Muffin and Cupcake Recipes • Bonus: 155 Cookie Recipes • Bonus: 202 Cake Recipes
Authentic Dominican Recipes:
Do you have friends or relatives who live in the Dominican Republic? Or do you trace a part of your ancestry to the country? Have you always loved the food but didn't think you could recreate the taste at home? Dominican dishes have an authentic appeal, and a Caribbean taste that isn't exactly replicated in any other country's cuisine. Would you like to learn to create Dominican recipes at home? If so, you've come to the right place. This cookbook will be the answer for you. From breakfasts to lunches, dinners, side dishes and desserts, we have shared genuine Dominican recipes in this helpful book, to get you well on your way to preparing Dominican dishes right at home.
Murder on the Sugarland Express (Southern Ghost Hunter Book 6)
Ghost hunter Verity Long is overdue for a little R&R (rest and romance) with her boyfriend, Ellis, and a vintage train trip through the Tennessee mountains seems like just the ticket. The Sugarland Express carries history and nostalgia in every compartment, and Verity is determined to enjoy it -- without ghostly interference. But the ghosts have other plans... On a dark, desolate night nearly a century ago, the train was stranded in the mountains, and a young woman was found stabbed to death in her locked compartment. The murder was never solved, and a ghostly Belgian detective is still pursuing the case from the grave. To Verity's dismay, all of the ghostly suspects are back. And when history repeats itself and a new murder mirrors the old, it's up to Verity and her friends to discover which of the passengers -- dead or alive -- could be behind the murders before the killer strikes again.
Hard Target (Cobra Elite Book 1)
A life debt... Derek Tower has spent his life at war, first as a Green Beret and then as the owner of a private military company, Cobra International Security. When a high-ranking US senator asks Cobra to protect his daughter, a midwife volunteering in Afghanistan, Derek's gut tells him to turn the senator down. The last thing he wants to do is babysit an aid worker. But Jenna isn't just another assignment. She's also the younger sister of his best friend, the man who died taking bullets meant for him. There's no way Derek can refuse. An inescapable attraction... Jenna Hamilton doesn't need a bodyguard, especially not one hired by her intrusive and controlling father. She knew the risks when she signed on to work in rural Afghanistan, and the hospital already has armed security. She also doesn't need the distraction of a big, brooding operative skulking about, even if he is her late brother's best friend -- and sexy as hell. As far as she's concerned, he can pack up his Humvee and drive into the sunset. And, no, nothing her hormones have to say about him will change her mind.
The Dungeon Slayer (The Dungeon Slayer Series Book 1)
Mankind has been under attack for fifty years by the awesome power of bosses and monsters who are the denizens of dungeons. Monsters started these attacks when a mystical beast named Raekast appeared and threatened the world, eradicating human life from several continents. Raekast threatened all human life until a mysterious ceremony called 'Rebirth' unlocked the hidden potential of humans strong enough to repel and defeat her. Raekast's final, desperate act caused dungeons to spawn across the globe. The greatest of these dungeons is known as Titan. Dungeons are a threat to humanity and nature alike. Powerful reborn humans known as 'Slayers' enter their dangerous depths to kill the monsters and bosses that live within and retrieve treasure, items and more. Tad Harrington, a video game loving 16-year-old high school student, was bullied relentlessly throughout his life. Tad's Rebirth date has come. His last hope is to be reborn a slayer strong enough to enter the toughest dungeons where a life of power and luxury could await him.
Photographic Memory for Beginners: A Practical Guide
The key to true prosperity? Remember to remember! We all wish that we could have a better memory... but wishing isn't enough. Luckily, a legitimate shortcut exists, and boosting your brainpower will help you achieve more in every aspect of your life. Personal, professional, and even romantic profits await the reader ready for more! After years of in-depth study, author Dane Krauss has compiled his revelations, and intends to help you master the secrets of memory retention. In Vol. II of the Mind Improvement for Beginners Series, you'll learn his secret -- and never forget it. Be your best today!
Dragonhunters
You don't become a hero for the money. The money's nice, sure, but you become a hero because something inside compels you, drives you to it. Defending people from monsters simply doesn't pay well enough to make it a good career move. As for hunting dragons... well, the money is usually good, but the job really bites. A group of five professional heroes goes into the lair of the dragon. Who will win? Spoiler: The dragon. But it turns out killing a hero sometimes does nothing more than make him even more determined. Sometimes, heroes are never more dangerous than when they're dead!
Quicksilver: A Mystery Thriller Adventure (The Forensic Geology Series Book 1)
A young man disappears in the California wilderness. He leaves behind a gold-flecked rock and a vial of toxic mercury. He is a misfit in the modern world, a throwback to Gold Rush days. A venture capitalist--whose gold country is Silicon Valley--hires forensic geologists Cassie Oldfield and Walter Shaws to track his missing brother. Following one of the 'lost rivers' of the Mother Lode, Cassie and Walter plunge into the dark history of the legendary lands, into the dark past of the brothers, into a poisonous sibling feud that threatens both lives and the land. And they are not the only ones on the hunt.
Law of the Gun: A Wild West Omnibus
Three of Chuck Mason's thrilling westerns are collected together in this special edition. GUNMAN NOTORIOUS - 'Retired' gunman Max Kane infiltrates the legendary Cantrip gang to save the kidnapped daughter of a millionaire. He has enough to contend with when Elt Parry - who is trying to take control of the town - decides that taking down someone as notorious as Kane is just what he needs to cement his status. Soon, he finds he needs back up, but will he even have time to wait for it to arrive? FAST-DRAW LAW - Lobo Johnson hunts only outlaws and murderers - but with his tragic past, the law doesn't care that he'd never hurt an innocent. On the run, he meets Beth Anders, a girl in trouble who is all too reminiscent of a young Lobo, and things start to hit a bit too close to home. Before long, he's forced to break his golden rule - can Lobo put right the wrongs in Deer Creek, without putting himself in the hands of the hangman? also includes HELLER FROM TEXAS.
Fury (Cy Reed Adventures Book 5)
The astonishing truth about Fort Knox threatens to shatter the global economy in this sensational new adventure from international bestselling author David Meyer! In 1971, President Nixon sealed off the U.S. Bullion Depository at Fort Knox. In the process, he locked away unimaginable wealth... along with an astonishing secret. In New York City, famed treasure hunter Cy Reed fights his way through a massive riot. With everything on the line, he races to complete an ultra-strange urban excavation. But when that excavation turns up startling information about his disgraced grandfather, he's plunged headfirst into a tangled web of conspiracy and government secrets. As the truth about his troubled family starts to emerge, Reed forges a path into the heart of the Fort Knox depository. With the world teetering on the brink of financial oblivion, he battles to uncover a breathtaking secret that could save the global economy... or shatter it into millions of pieces!
ORDINARY LIVES
There is nothing ordinary about ORDINARY LIVES, a new historical novel by British writer and poet Bethany W. Pope. Her riveting story captures London's early nineteenth-century demimonde world in all its shadowy desperations and perversity. A novel of Gothic suspense, it resonates as both a classic love story and a modern, feminist cautionary tale with its every dark and quirky turn. At the book's heart is Mary, its central character and chief irony: a pituitary dwarf whose large intelligence, courage, and unyielding principles help her overcome her diminutive form. And there is John: a gentleman's third son and unloved momma's boy who risks reputation and even life itself to find real, nurturing love. Add an unscrupulous Frankenstein-like doctor, a transgender sexual mentor, and a craven reverend, and the reader meets a cast of colorful characters usually found in the work of Dickens or the Brontë sisters.
Call of the Wolves: A Paranormal Urban Fantasy Shapeshifter Romance (Call of the Wolf Book 1)
A dead body. A forbidden attraction. An impending war. Magic enforcement agent Alyssa Crawford is called to a murder scene involving a dead shifter in hopes her fire magic can help solve the case. Instead, she finds herself dragged back into dealing with the same shifter pack she hoped never to encounter again. The victim of the magical crime belongs to the Walker Pack -- a gang of shifters Alyssa swore she would never get involved in again after Marcus Walker broke her heart. But after conducting a sweep and finding no other clues, Alyssa must find Marcus and accept his help.. Alyssa and Marcus dive deeper into the case, only to be thrust to the forefront of a war they want no part in. And if they can't set aside both their differences and their growing attraction to each other, they'll fail to uncover the killer before he strikes again.
Wisteria Witches (Wisteria Witches Mysteries Book 1)
A series starter with over 1300 five-star Goodreads ratings: Zara is a newly minted witch with a knack for attracting the spirits of the dead. When she learns a ghost is haunting her new home, she teams up with a local police detective to unravel a mystery! Zara Riddle moved to a charming new house in a small town so her life could be simple. But now that her witch powers have kicked in, life is anything but simple. Long-lost relatives are coming out of the woodwork. It turns out the family tree is riddled with magic. When a ghost shows up, Zara finds out her powers come with a cost. She must solve the woman's murder. Zara teams up with her handsome neighbor, a wolf shifter who's both mysterious and perfect. Maybe too perfect? He did save her life during an attack, but he's definitely hiding something behind that sly smile. The town of Wisteria may be quaint on the surface, but danger lurks around every corner. To protect her family, Zara must risk her heart and her life. Forces of good and evil will face off in a battle where one side has a secret advantage. One thing's for sure. Zara Riddle is keeping these new powers, blue lightning balls and all. Once you go witch, you never switch.
BLOOD, LOVE AND LIES (The Royals Series, Book 1): A Romantic Thriller
A forbidden love... A royal family in despair. Rules are not made to be broken, But he will break them all. BLL is a heart-racing romantic thriller full of intrigue, nail-biting action scenes and a good dose of romance.
Accidentally Me
"Maybe, just maybe, if I can convince Dad that I'm in enough danger at home, he won't mind shipping me to California for school. But there's only one problem. If I hope to pull this stalker scheme off, I'm going to need more than just a scary story." Sabrina has been trying to be the perfect child her whole life to convince her parents that she's more than just an "accident." Now she is desperate to go to her dream college, but her parents want her to stay close to home. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Sabrina must team up with an unlikely ally to get what she wants. But she can't let her parents discover her plan. If she wants to maintain her perfect image, Sabrina must break rules that even her rebel sister keeps...