Author: Miranda Lee Publisher: Harlequin ISBN: 1460323955 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 122
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His out-of-hours invitation… Cruelly dumped by her fiancé via text message, Vivienne Swan quits her job as an interior designer and nurses her shattered heart in private. Until an intriguing offer from Jack Stone—a wealthy property developer whose skilled flirtations she's managed to evade—tempts her from her shell. Working side by side with Jack on his latest project gets Vivienne's mind off her ex but on to erotic thoughts about her boss! It might be wildly pleasurable, but an affair with Jack is playing with fire. He's a man used to taking what he wants, and now Vivienne is at his mercy!
Author: Miranda Lee Publisher: Harlequin / SB Creative ISBN: 4596249067 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 128
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【A story by USA Today bestselling author becomes a comic!】After her fianc? abandons her, Vivienne spends her days in despair. That is, until Jack shows up. He has a mansion and a mission: to hire Vivienne as an interior designer. Vivienne has a professional history with Jack and knows his personality well: he doesn’t take no for an answer. But when she sees a different side of him, she realizes how attractive he really is. He could be the sexy savior that heals her broken heart! He doesn’t want marriage, but that suits Vivienne just fine. She asks him to make her his lover!
Author: Gary Provost Publisher: Crossroad Press ISBN: Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages :
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ON ANY SUNDAY MORNING IN THE FLORIDA REDLANDS, DEE CASTEEL MIGHT HAVE SERVED YOU PANCAKES AT THE IHOP … She was a hard-working, cheerful waitress, one of the nicest people you’d ever want to know. She was also a three-bottle-a-day alcoholic, hopelessly in love with the IHOP’s manager, Allen Bryant. Bryant wanted his live-in lover, IHOP owner Art Venecia, dead. And Dee Casteel helped him to arrange it. After Venecia’s murder, Dee and Bryant moved into his house, forged checks, spent his money, and embezzled from the IHOP to buy gifts for Bryant’s boyfriends. But there was an even more gruesome killing to come … WITHOUT MERCY is an engrossing, bizarre true story that traces the twisted path to a loathsome crime. But it is also the story of middle-class citizens gone wrong, of an almost-perfect murder, the traumas of alcoholism, and a legal system that can be deadly in itself. Dee Casteel was an ordinary woman—who now stands convicted of one of the most cold-blooded crimes of this century.
Author: Alexandra Ivy Publisher: Zebra Books ISBN: 1420137565 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 352
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A Texas covert ops specialist hunts down a serial killer in this romantic suspense series opener by the New York Times–bestselling author of Don’t Look. From the hellhole of a Taliban prison to sweet freedom, five brave military heroes have made it home—and they’re ready to take on the civilian missions no one else can. Individually they’re intimidating. Together they’re invincible. They’re the men of ARES Security. Rafe Vargas is only in Newton, Iowa, to clear out his late grandfather’s small house. As the covert ops specialist for ARES Security, he’s eager to get back to his new life in Texas. But when he crosses paths with Annie White, a haunted beauty with skeletons in her closet, he can’t just walk away—not when she’s clearly in danger . . . There’s a mysterious serial killer on the loose with a link to Annie’s dark past. And the closer he gets, the deeper Rafe’s instinct to protect kicks in. But even with his considerable skill, Annie’s courage, and his ARES buddies behind him, the slaying won’t stop. Now it’s only a matter of time before Annie’s next—unless they can unravel a history of deadly lies that won’t be buried. Praise for Kill Without Mercy “A fantastic blend of romance and suspense . . . thrilling to the end.” —Mary Burton, USA Today–bestselling author “Prolific Ivy . . . introduces an intimidatingly hot set of protagonists for her new contemporary romantic thriller series.” —Publishers Weekly “If you want an action packed, steamy and hard-hitting mystery with a number of unexpected twists, then pick up Kill Without Mercy and you will not be disappointed.” —Fresh Fiction
Author: Miriam Ali Publisher: Warner Books (NY) ISBN: 9780751516357 Category : Abduction Languages : en Pages : 390
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Providing an account of her battle with an abusive man and with bureaucracy, this is the story of a woman's fight against a violent and tyrannical relationship, and her struggle to reclaim her two daughters, sold into marriage in the Yemen. Mirian Kamouhi - half Pakistani, half English - met Muthana Muhsen in Birmingham in 1960, when she was 17. They never married, but had seven children, the two eldest of whom were sent to Yemen in 1966 for a holiday . Their mother, fighting ill-health and with little money, would not meet them again until they were adults.
Author: David Beasley Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 1250014662 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 289
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Describes the corrupt reign of Georgia's governor in 1938, who was a powerful Klansman in the KKK, ran a pardon racket for white murderers, set a record for executing black men in the electric chair, and eventually bankrupted the state.
Author: Miranda Lee Publisher: Mills & Boon ISBN: 9780263911077 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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A Man Without Mercy His out-of-hours invitation... Cruelly dumped by her fianc� - via text message! - only an intriguing offer from wealthy property developer Jack Stone can tempt Vivienne Swan from her shell. Working side-by-side with Jack gets Vivienne's mind off her ex but on to erotic thoughts about her new boss! It might be wildly pleasurable, but an affair with Jack is playing with fire...and now Vivienne is at his mercy! His Temporary Mistress Blackmailed by the billionaire! Damien Carver is determined to prosecute the woman who stole from his company - and nothing the culprit's sister, Violet Drew, says or does will change his mind. But when Damien needs a temporary mistress, Violet's tempting curves fit the bill perfectly! Only the cold-hearted CEO isn't prepared for sweet-natured Violet to turn the tables on his sensuous brand of blackmail...
Author: Jack Higgins Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101205563 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 254
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As Detective Superintendent Hannah Bernstein of Special Branch lies recuperating in the hospital, an enigmatic shadow from the past, burning with hatred, steals into her room and finishes the job. Consumed by grief and rage, Dillon, Blake Johnson, and all who loved Hannah swear vengeance, no matter where it takes them. But they have no idea of the searing journey upon which they are about to embark—or of the bloody war into which they are about to charge. Filled with dark suspense, driven by characters of complexity and passion, Without Mercy once again proves that Jack Higgins is the unchallenged master of international intrigue.