Showing results for "Joey" in Literature & Fiction

Notorious Mafia enforcer and right hand of the Cosa Nostra, Maximo DiMarco has always looked out for me. He’s my protector. My brothers’ best friend. My crush—with the body of a god and the mind of a devil. And I am just a spoiled Mafia princess. At least that’s who most people think I am. They don’t look at me long enough to see the real me. But he sees....

He tried to save one little girl. He failed. Now she won't leave him alone. Joey Twobears is a truck driver, a combat veteran, and a man who knows trouble when he sees it. A routine delivery to an isolated Colorado farm leads him to a terrified six-year-old Navajo girl—and into the path of men with everything to lose. Joey tries to save her. They kill her. They nearly kill him. But Joey survives. Then he starts seeing the girl again. Ghost? Hallucination? Joey doesn't know.

Six years before my phone rang and changed my life forever, I made a mistake. I met a girl, we had some fun, and then we had a baby. And I fell pretty damn hard for my daughter. I was going to be there. I was going to give her everything I never had. I was going to have a family. And then her mother disappeared and took my baby with her. And now she’s done it again. Because that call that changed my life was from my five-year-old daughter asking me if I knew where her Mommy was.

Joey is the great-grandson of Vincenzo Peruggia, the man who stole the original Mona Lisa in 1911. Along with his girlfriend, Marie, an art connoisseur, he stumbles across his father's secret room, and finds himself staring at what he thinks is a replica of da Vinci's most famous masterpiece. But it is no fake.... The Louvre has kept this secret for over 100 years, waiting for the original to come to light, and now they want it back at any cost. With Marie held hostage and the Louvre curator and his men hot on his trail, Joey is left to run for his life in an unfamiliar city.

In the highly anticipated second episode of the Poker Gods series, the hero, Henrico “Harry” Di Maggio finds himself deep in the 2033 World Series of Poker Main Event, but this isn’t just a battle for a championship bracelet—it’s a fight for the soul of the game itself. At the felt sits the villain, Chernobog—a ruthless crime syndicate commander turned into a feared poker sensation is the chip leader who isn’t just playing to win. 

The World Series of Poker Main Event—a battleground where legends are made, fortunes are won, and careers are shattered. But this year, something is different. Something is wrong. A mysterious villain has stormed the tournament, his dominance is borderline supernatural.

The whole world is against me. Everyone's turned their back on bad, evil Joey. They all believe the lies. Until him. Santiago. The man I can't stop thinking of. He believes me and in me. He doesn't care a damn what the world thinks. And when he finds himself in danger the only one that can protect him is me.

In 1941, Manila, Philippines was the hidden gem of the Far East and set to become an independent sovereignty in a few short years. On December 8, 1941, immediately following the Pearl Harbor attack 5,200 miles away in Honolulu, the Japanese Imperial Army bombed the city of Manila and began an occupation that would last more than three years and culminate in a battle for the capital city that would go down as one of the deadliest in World War II history.

Before the lights go out, Rosalie Calder sees the pattern no one wants to admit. When an EMP shuts down the hospital mid crisis, machines die and panic spreads. Trapped inside, Rosalie must choose whether to stay and help or escape before the world collapses.

This novella is also published as part of the collection SWEET HOME COWBOY. The Hathaway sisters might have grown up apart, but when they agree to move to Jasper Creek, Oregon, to revitalize their grandfather’s farm, it seems a straightforward decision. Until they meet their neighborhood...

In the world of Las Vegas, we have a world filled with action/adventure/suspense/and everything you can imagine, through the lives of Joey Silva and his gang of friends who make it in the City Night of Sin City!

Joey Mancuso’s world is turned upside down when a young man walks into his life, claiming to be his son from a relationship twenty years ago. Desperate for help, the boy tells Mancuso he’s facing a murder charge for a crime he insists he didn’t commit. Uncertain if the young man is truly his son, but intrigued by the striking resemblance, Mancuso reluctantly agrees to investigate. As Mancuso delves into the boy’s troubling circumstances, he uncovers deeper layers of deception. Adriana, the boy’s mother and Mancuso's past love is uncovered by him in spite of the boy claiming his mother is dead.

In 1962, Joey's mentor and friend details of his becoming the mob boss on the strip, putting his hands in the land, a new adventure with one of the men who shaped Joey into the man he becomes. This story tells of three tales intertwining Sherrif's Lynn start at becoming in law enforcement, Joey Silva's life from High School, a new adventure with more of Red, and the rest of the gang in this new adventure!

When Joey Peruggia discovers that the dead man was his long-lost uncle, he travels with his girlfriend Marie and his friend Boyce, who works for the French intelligence, to Egypt on a mission to find answers. But once they arrive, they are lured into a trap and become hostages to a crazed man and his gang of thieves. This is a man who will stop at nothing to discover what lies in the last secret chamber. All bets are off, and only the cleverest will survive this deadliest of adventures.

Joey Silva is back! This time Red has him on assignment in Hawaii, making a deal, but in the meantime another adventure begins, all the boys from the strip make an appearance again, Joey's in adventure number 2!

“Dottie Frank’s books are sexy and hilarious. She has staked out the lowcountry of South Carolina as her personal literary property.” —Pat Conroy, author of The Prince of Tides Bulls Island is a supremely satisfying tale of honor, chance, and star-crossed love, infused with Southern wit...

When a cargo plane carrying an ancient vase crashes into the Atlantic, the DGSE - otherwise known as the French CIA - immediately suspect it’s deliberate. The vase is believed to hold a key that gives entrance to a hidden cave on Easter Island: a site connected with ancient Egypt and an otherworldly portal discovered deep beneath the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Das eisige Meer jagt die Kälte wie Speere in ihre Haut. Doch während der Schmerz vergeht, klären sich ihre Gedanken. Es gibt keinen Grund, sich zu fürchten. Er ist nicht hier. Endlich wird sich alles verändern. Endlich werden wir eins sein. In einer abgelegenen Jugendherberge am Meer hofft Joey endlich zu finden, wonach sie seit Monaten sucht. Während die Wellen und der eisige Februarwind ihre Gedanken ordnen, führt eine Verkettung seltsamer Umstände auch die schöne Romy und ihren Freund Enno in den Ort. Enno mit den kurzen, blonden Haaren und dem hinkenden Fuß.

A week before Joey is set to marry his fiancé Luca, he and his best friend Kris set off to celebrate his bachelor weekend. Joey and Kris return to the town of Beacon Point, the place they called home during their college years. Kris planned a weekend filled with beach adventures, hitting up old haunts, and celebrating with old friends.

Der Anblick von Joey weckt in Kyle nichts als schlechte Erinnerungen an ihre furchtbare Vergangenheit. Wie die meisten seiner Freunde von Fire&Ice ist er zu groß, hat zu viel Tinte unter der Haut, aber vor allem hat er viel zu viele Muskeln. Auch wenn er absolut nichts unversucht lässt, um sie kennenzulernen, hält sie ihn lieber auf Abstand. Bis der riesige, tätowierte Badboy ihr dabei hilft, Kuchen für einen wohltätigen Zweck zu verkaufen. Von da an fällt es auch Kyle schwer, die Mauer, die sie um ihre Gefühle errichtet hat, aufrecht zu erhalten