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At the end of The Prodigal Daughter, Florentyna Kane is elected president—the first woman president of the United States. At 7.30 one evening the FBI learn of a plot to kill her—the 1572nd such threat of the year. At 8.30 five people know all the details. By 9.30 four of them are dead. FBI agent Mark Andrews alone knows when. He also knows that a senator is involved. He has six days to learn where—and how. Six days to prevent certain death of the President.

I used to love working. There was nothing I enjoyed more than seeing the auto shop I built from the ground up thriving, showing how far I’d managed to come in this brutal world. Then I hired Piper. Now she’s everywhere. At the front desk all day and right next door all night, infiltrating my life. My thoughts. I can’t deny wanting her, but there’s a line, and my name on the bottom of her paychecks is it.

Avery Special is the world's only living necromancer, and she's pretty bad at it. She also just moved to LA, where trouble has been waiting for a necromancer. Trouble that doesn't care how strong she is or that she's only 15. Monsters, magical artifacts, occultists, and television producers only care that a real necromancer is back.

When Northstar Security’s unconventional agent Justine Shelby is assigned to protect world-renowned author Rosalee Kane from escalating death threats, she has no interest in sharing the mission—especially not with Rosalee’s by-the-book nephew. Shelby learned the hard way to rely only on herself. But FBI Special Agent Nelson Kane insists on joining the case, and Shelby reluctantly agrees, knowing Rosalee’s life may depend on it. Kane harbors a deep mistrust of Northstar Security, blaming them for his near-fatal shooting two years earlier.

When vigilante assassin Silence Jones hears of an old friend’s death in his long-forgotten hometown, he expects to pay his respects and leave. But a dark truth lurks beneath the surface: his friend didn’t just die—he was murdered. Returning to streets he barely remembers, Silence is thrust into a shadowy world festering within a seemingly tranquil small city. His friend, it seems, had unearthed a secret too dangerous to know—a widespread network of corruption with far-reaching implications for both U.S. and international security.

Nothing is so easy as falling in love on a long sea voyage, except falling out of love. Especially was this the case in the days when the wooden clippers did finally land you in Sydney or in Melbourne under the four full months. Passengers and crew all saw far too much of each other, unless, indeed, they were to see still more. Their superficial attractions were mutually exhausted, they lost heart and patience in the disappointing strata which lie between the surface and the bed-rock of most natures.

Life comes in stages. Even the Sisterhood has been content to let their gold shields gather a little dust while they enjoy their friends and family. But when a string of anonymous emails arrives at Pinewood, suggesting shady dealings at a local assisted-living facility, Myra Rutledge and her best friend, Annie de Silva, are more than ready to out-hustle a master con artist at his own game. They’ll need to enlist some new and untested allies in order to pull off their brilliant plan.

Life comes in stages. Even the Sisterhood has been content to let their gold shields gather a little dust while they enjoy their friends and family. But when a string of anonymous emails arrives at Pinewood, suggesting shady dealings at a local assisted-living facility, Myra Rutledge and her best friend, Annie de Silva, are more than ready to out-hustle a master con artist at his own game. They’ll need to enlist some new and untested allies in order to pull off their brilliant plan.

Life is easier when you’re younger. My new bestie that I never wanted is in crisis. Rasmus left weeks ago and hasn’t returned, so I’m in crisis. I put a demon compulsion on my ex to make him forget he was evil, so my daughter is in crisis. All Conn seems capable of doing is laughing at me and my pain. We’ll see who gets the last laugh, though. Mulan thinks dating him violates everything in her life and negates the reason she was given her powers.

This is the story of Jake and Anna set against a backdrop of adventure, emotion, and inspiration. The book follows Jake as he travels across time and space into his past and struggles to take the lessons learned in his life and apply them to carefully create a brighter future and save his family.

In Chapter Two, the continuation of the Storm Lord Trilogy finds Angelica Thompson and Sheriff Kevin Connors expecting their first child. Her pregnancy came as a surprise to her and Kevin, because it was precisely nine months after their defeat of Ethan Knight in Chapter One of the Storm Lord Trilogy series.

Als Lorna eine erschreckende Nachricht von ihrem Ex-Freund Andrew bekommt, fängt die Fassade ihres perfekten Lebens plötzlich an zu bröckeln. Alles in Lornas Leben läuft nach einem strikten Zeitplan. Von ihrer Laufrunde jeden Morgen um Punkt 6 Uhr, bis zu den genau 60-minütigen Coachings, die sie anbietet. Denn nur so schafft sie es, mit ihren dunklen Geheimnissen zu leben. Die Geheimnisse, die sie endlich hinter sich lassen wollte. Und Andrew war der Einzige, der sie kannte.

Tribal Police Officer Warren Lawson's World is Ablaze! Seven months after a deadly shootout on the Jericho Nation Reservation, it's the 4th of July weekend, and wildfires threaten to engulf the entire state. As if battling a living inferno isn't enough, a new menace emerges from the ashes, one that no one saw coming. Carl Jamison has a spotless record and a charming demeanor, but a cauldron of vengeance simmers beneath the surface. Pushed to his breaking point, Carl embarks on a twisted crusade, transforming from a mild-mannered neighbor into a relentless force of chaos.

Decades after planet Earth was destroyed, the supreme race known as the Defenders has come to realize that one of their own caused the deaths of 78 trillion lives throughout the Universe. Feeling complicit in this destruction, the Defenders offer seven immortal survivors of Earth a one-time chance to change history for hundreds of planets. Will these people be willing to make the sacrifice? What would a new timeline mean to them and how would they cope with it? Will good prevail or will evil win the day?

Чистая случайность занесла меня в иной мир, прямиком в объятия повелителя Вороньего замка – сурового и неприступного мага! Вот только его невеста-ведьма уж больно этим недовольна: таких, как я у повелителя целых тринадцать штук.

The Immortality Blues opens on New Earth where we find Vito Martino, immortal after his life was saved by the super being Defender-11. But pondering living on while his friends and family members age and die has put him in a funk. So, Defender-11attempts to cheer him up by sending Vito on multiple missions, back in time on Earth where he will witness history and attempt to undo some of the wrongs the evil one, Defender-4, had done in the past. Vito meets famous people and others, influencing history in subtle and surprising ways.

Interstellar- and time-travel bring the protagonists together for a brief vacation before the action really starts. Once again, Vito and his team are called upon to perform heroic deeds, the results of which will have consequences for humans and aliens, alike, throughout the galaxy. Supernatural powers will be required to combat the forces of evil. The key to the outcome of this clash is a simple password. Who knows it and who will be able to learn it?