Showing results for "Thomas Campbell" in Literature & Fiction

Travis Johnson attended the speed-dating event during Chestnut Springs's Octoberfest and got exactly two phone numbers. One woman's already told him there's no spark between them.

Russ Johnson has the degree and the experience to run a ranch successfully. Not that it really matters if he doesn't, because this cowboy billionaire's bank account can take a hit. Too bad his heart can't. When his ex-girlfriend, Janelle Stokes, shows up at Chestnut Ranch with another dog that needs rescuing, they start seeing each other again. She was worried about how her two girls would do with Russ in their lives, so she broke up with him, her lawyerly mind taking the reins from her heart.

James is exactly what you'd expect from one of London's most promising, young town planners. He's cautious, respected by colleagues and performs well in team meetings. But while James understands the glitter and grime of the city better than almost anyone, he hasn't actually experienced much of it. And, as he watches his university friends blossom bewilderingly into rich and successful adults, he has the nagging sense that he has somehow fallen by the wayside.

How do you kill a god, a Greek god, one of the Ancients? The professor had never been asked that before. Jim Burges and his wife, Sally, eagerly awaited the answer. Jim claimed to have a murderous god stalking him, and he needed to know. The professor swallowed hard before proceeding. He knew they weren’t going to like his response.

Terrence Rubble, better known as Trouble, is passing through Los Angeles. But when he witnesses a brutal act of violence, he doesn’t hesitate to intervene. He fends off the masked attackers, but not before they promise to make him pay with his life.

Mitch Walker is so desperate to save his dying nephew, he commits an insanely dangerous crime in exchange for life-saving medicine. But things go horribly wrong and he unknowingly triggers a chain reaction of carnage, chaos, and murder. Hunted by a ruthless crime syndicate, Mitch's only hope is a cop named Betts who wants him behind bars. When the crime syndicate employs dark tech, the investigation takes an unexpected turn that nobody sees coming. Driven by the faint hope of saving the sick child, both Betts and Walker find themselves working together in a fight for survival.

There's a hot billionaire in the carpool line that has every mom putting on her lipstick before she drops her kid off to school. Me included. But I can't be tempted by a body hewn from granite or eyes that could melt the polar ice caps...because that hot billionaire is also my boss, Ryan Sheridan.

CapWar Empire hurls you into a pulse-pounding thriller where truth is fluid, power is an illusion, and one man's choice could change everything—or destroy it all.

Hudson Pound, a small-town hardware store owner, never imagined he'd be running for president. But when a cabal of shadowy billionaires handpicks him as their puppet candidate, he's thrust into a cutthroat political arena where nothing is as it seems. As Hudson navigates the treacherous campaign trail, he uncovers a sinister conspiracy that threatens the very fabric of American democracy. With each revelation, the target on his back grows larger, and the line between allies and enemies blurs.

In CapWar Experience, the explosive sequel to Brandt Legg's CapStone Conspiracy thriller series, Hudson Pound's journey takes a dramatic turn. Now in the Oval Office, he discovers the presidency is a gilded cage, and he's trapped inside with deadly predators.

Two years have passed since the dramatic conclusion of Operation Excise. Michael Dolan has moved home to Boston to mend when once again, the Agency comes knocking. Terrorists have launched a bioweapon in the Middle East, thousands are dying of a horrifying virus with no cure, and Dolan is the key to preventing more attacks. Only this time, everything will be done on his terms...

Beaufort is in North Carolina's 'Inner Banks,' and it's where Stormie Arrington calls home. Stormie is a feisty, stubborn, strong Alabama-born and raised woman who just happened to have had the misfortune of marrying the wrong man. Ben Arrington is a well-known prosecutor who married Stormie for reasons that are all his own. Ben wants to be the next governor of North Carolina, and he'll do anything to make that happen. When FBI Agent Nathan Emerson arrives to investigate the mysterious deaths and disappearances of a few local girls, he stumbles across a conspiracy.

Jordan Reiss is well aware that if she was on fire, the entire town of Oak Creek would probably go inside and make a sandwich. She can’t blame them. Her father scammed half the town out of their retirement funds, and then she...she did so much worse. She doesn’t expect forgiveness. But she’s back in town with no other options and just wants to be left alone to live on the fierce Wyoming land she’s missed so much during her six years in prison.

Michael Dolan is now leading the CIA black operations team formerly known as SCALPEL, his fortunes buoyed by unparalleled success in thwarting numerous terrorist attacks. After uncovering a sinister network of organizations planning a cyberattack with global financial and geopolitical implications, he must risk putting the world at war if he is to save it.

An emotionally gripping, brutally invasive tale of four young Native Americans wrongly committed to our nation's only Indian insane asylum during the 1920s. This powerful narrative is unpauseable, unforgettable, and an unbelievable combination of drama, conflict, and romance. Gathered from true events in the records of the South Dakota State Archives, this long hidden world of heartbreak takes you to the darkest depths of the human spirit and promises to touch your very soul.

What if in the dark, small hours of a morning, you discovered Secret Service agents at your front door telling you that you were now the President of the United States? That’s the way it happened to Porter Randall, a Texas Panhandle surgeon turned novelist who had been persuaded by friends to run for Congress for just a couple of terms. Could a non-politician without rampant ambition or a lust for power fulfill this office? What would happen to the country? Porter becomes The Reluctant President and finds out.

Would you turn criminal to save a child? Desperate to save his dying nephew, Mitch Walker agrees to commit a dangerous crime, in exchange for life-saving medicine. But things go horribly wrong and he sets off a chain reaction of kidnapping, carnage, and chaos. Hunted by ruthless criminals, Mitch's only hope is a cop named Betts, who wants him behind bars. But the game is about to change.

The world has no shortage of moral ambiguity, especially in the emergency room. In Pulse, Dr. Jackson is an emergency room physician who seems to have the big house, beautiful wife, and an impeccable reputation as one of the most respected emergency physicians in Dallas. As the layers get peeled back, Dr. Jackson's life isn't so perfect after all. Filled with unique twists, complex medical cases, personal issues, and even a chess game, Pulse proves that there is always more to the story!

A tragic shooting occurs in Alexandria, Virginia, yielding three fatalities, including a United States senator. A senior intelligence officer fears the worst - that the crime may have been organized by his own subordinate agent. Bruce Highland is quietly and discreetly pulled in to track down the rogue agent James Malone and sort out a tangled web of lies and deception, which traces back to a private military contractor in Afghanistan.

Lane Shepherd was a salty cowboy born to ride the trail. It was the only way he knew. After unexpectedly losing his best friend, he began to question the purpose of it all. The thought of settling down and starting a family took hold when an old friend offered him a job as county sheriff in Durango. Lane viewed it as an opportunity to put down roots and earn a respectable living. It turned out to be much more than that. By pinning on a badge, he brought danger not only to himself but to those he cared for the most.