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Vampire James Wentworth's secret is no longer a secret, and now he and his beloved wife, Sarah, have been separated. While suffering his own internment, James is reminded of his time with Japanese-Americans in the Manzanar Relocation Camp during World War II, and he cannot allow the past to repeat itself.

They said it was going to be the safest Olympic Games yet. They were wrong. Heightened security did not stop a terrorist attack on the final group stage match of the Olympic soccer tournament between the United States and host Great Britain, played at the fabled Wembley Stadium, the home of British football. And when an agent of al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack, it sent both the United States and the United Kingdom into a heightened state of alert.

Shannon Rafferty learns that hanging out with the bad boys could be a dangerous business, but hooking up with a cop is even worse. Now she's on the run, trying to avoid being murdered by his cougar shifter brothers and uncle. If that isn't bad enough, a deputy sheriff hunts her down while she's running as a cougar and trying to survive in the Colorado wilderness. He vows to protect her no matter what she's done.

For widowed police officer Jason Devlin. Taking care of his baby girl was usually a piece of cake - until his housekeeper quit, leaving Jason desperate enough to hire the first qualified person who rang his doorbell... runaway heiress Katie Smyth. The pampered debutante was about to take on her greatest challenge - her first job.... Jason was thanking his lucky stars that Katie had shown up. She was perfect for his little girl - and beautiful beyond belief, leading Jason to rethink his single status. But wait until he discovers who this nick-of-time nanny really is!

Myra Strober became a feminist on the Bay Bridge, heading toward San Francisco. It is 1970. She has just been told by the chairman of Berkeley's economics department that she can never get tenure. Driving home afterward, wondering if she got something out of the freezer for her family's dinner, she realizes the truth: she is being denied a regular faculty position because she is a mother. Flooded with anger, she also finds her life's work: to study and fight sexism, in the workplace, in academia, and at home.

Jaclyn Johnson - code named Snapshot - finds herself in a situation she has trained a decade to face: She’s up against a man with enough money to finance a war against his competition. With a deadline in place to stop him - and with a car holding enough hidden tricks to evade capture - Snapshot infiltrates his hidden installation and finds out her target’s true end game, a secret that could have the world fighting over water.

To dive deep into your inner life. To explore what matters most: wisdom, happiness, the pain of loss, self-accountability, aging, and more. Searching for Soul: A Survivor's Guide is a breathtakingly honest case study: a self-examination resulting in the discovery of a meaningful life. Bobbe Tyler blends her story with in-depth commentary, framing each chapter as a response to one of a set of questions, appended to the book, entitled "The Harvesting Wisdom Interview." In her search for fulfillment, Tyler asks and answers the most difficult questions about the trauma of mental illness, divorce, financial and emotional despair.

Blessed with the gift of second sight, Charlotte Vickers has used her unique gift to help police locate missing persons. Now, she's been hired to locate a woman's fiance - a man who disappeared more than a year ago. But Charlotte soon discovers that the man is not missing. He's running for his life. And she'd better start running, too.

Dillon Archer had already ruined Heidi Cameron's father's business and played a part in his early death. Now he seems set on wrecking the rest of Heidi's life - the bed and breakfast business, which is all she and her mother salvaged from the wreckage - and acquiring Heidi herself, just for good measure!

Over three years since the charismatic composer, violinist, and singer Alessandro Stradella sought refuge in the palaces and twisted alleys of Genoa, royally welcomed despite the alleged scandals and even crimes that forced him to flee from Rome, Venice, and Turin, his professional and personal life have begun to unravel again. He is offered, by the very man he is rumored to have wronged, a respectable if slightly shabby apartment and yet another chance to redeem his character and career. He moves in to the curiosity and consternation of his caretakers, also tenants, three women whose reputations are of concern only to themselves.

Lemons and Lavender is an inspiring and instructive guide to living the handmade life by consuming less and creating more. Practical and profound, this handy how-to covers every area of life and offers easy-to-do tips, recipes, and advice for saving money and the planet. Learn how to ditch your lawn and raise organic vegetables, cook healthy meals for pennies, cure minor maladies from the kitchen cabinet, save big dollars with small repairs, and eco-clean your house with lemons and lavender. With this guide, families can live more joyfully and far more creatively, all on a dime.

In A Parliament of Crows, the three Mortlow sisters are prominent American educators of the 19th century, considered authorities in teaching social graces to young women. They also pursue a career of fraud and murder. Their loyalty to one another and their need to keep their secrets is a bond that tightens with each crime, forcing them closer together and isolating them from the outside world.

Three months touring Europe. Romantic. Dazzling. Unforgettable. The trip of a lifetime. But some lifetimes are shorter. We couldn't have known it would work out this way. No one could. No one could've guessed that something so beautiful could be so tragic. But it is tragic. Yet so, so beautiful. That's what sacrifice is - beauty and tragedy. It's pain and suffering for something or someone you love. And this is the ultimate sacrifice. One stunning act of true love. This is our story. Our true love story.

The last thing archaeologist Zoey Kincaid needs is a 25-year-old letter carrying a message of doom. The letter, from her deceased mother, describes a dire set of occurrences on the banks of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. Unbeknownst to Zoey, her mother belonged to a select group of foretellers: people affected by tainted water who could see beyond normal timelines. Forced to dust the cobwebs from her own shadowy past, Zoey uncovers crimes, deception, and buried family secrets.

How far will you go to protect the one you love? Finally, after many long and lonely years, vampire James Wentworth's life is falling into place. Together with his wife, Sarah, the only woman he has ever loved, he has found the meaning behind her nightmares about the Salem Witch Trials, and now they are rebuilding the life they began together so long ago. But the past is never far behind for the Wentworths.

If you're in her way, it sucks to be you. After three hundred years of unlife, vampire Zara Lain has seemingly done it all, and she's now making a living as a successful thief-turned-assassin. Her newest assignment seems simple enough - kill the aging leader of the O'Connor Coven and his only heir, and she'll have another ten million in the bank. But in the dangerous world of the supernatural, few things are ever "simple."

Emily Bell has it all - or so she thinks. She's in love with a boy named Sam, and this summer is destined to be the best they've ever known. No one suspects that Sam's violent father, who blames the Bell family for his incarceration, is planning a jailbreak. Meanwhile Sam and Emily's idyllic romance is under fire from a charismatic new girl in town, and Emily begins to question the loyalty of the person she thought she could trust most.

Jaclyn Johnson is back in an all-new, pulse-pounding adventure, and this time, the deck is stacked fully against her! It's the holidays, ex-FBI agent-turned-author Jack Henshaw has been kidnapped, and the secrets he holds has the government worried. Jaclyn - along with her British boy toy, Tom Messingham - are sent to Detroit, Henshaw's hometown, on Christmas Eve to begin their investigation. Things turn out not as they seem, and an ex-member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police claims responsibility.

Professor Joshua Kingston thought he'd found the perfect nanny for his son. But once Cassie Simmons stepped into his life, she turned it upside down! His son no longer played by the rules - and Cassie kept making up new ones. He would fire her - if he didn't find her so utterly enticing. Cassie had a huge secret to hide, and she couldn't afford to lose her new job. But her handsome employer wasn't making things easy. All those silly rules. How was an eight-year-old boy supposed to have any fun? The professor definitely needed a lesson in laughter - and love!

Nick Winters and Maddie Graves are officially a couple - and, more importantly, they're officially happy. They're finally on the road to forever. When a body washes up on the Lake Michigan shoreline, though, the couple find themselves embroiled in another mystery - and the stakes are high. Local teenager Hayley Walker was missing two weeks before her body was discovered, although her autopsy indicates she's been dead for only 24 hours. Because of the age of the victim - and the way her body was discarded - the death rocks the community.