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Despite serving as the president of Russia from 2000 to 2008 following Boris Yeltsin's regime, and again since the spring of 2012, remarkably little is known of enigmatic former KGB spy Vladimir Putin other than the most mainstream life statistics and some minimally revealing fragments of memoirs and anecdotal observations.

Becca Cole is now the chief of police in Summer Haven, a sleepy Florida beach town where nothing ever happens. But all that changes when she is summoned to the scene of a grisly murder. A naked young woman lies dead on the beach, a knife sticking out of her back, and the supposed killer stands over the body. It looks like an open-and-shut case, but not all is as it seems. An autopsy can't determine what killed her. The chief suspect turns out to be Silas Mot, an enigma in his own right. In fact, as Becca digs deeper into Silas's identity, she discovers the startling truth.

If you like military romance, wounded warrior romance, contemporary romance, or romantic suspense, this is a sure to be a story you will love from USA Today best-selling author Jacquie Biggar. Nick Kelley spent years working as a dog handler in the US Marine Corps. His sole focus, to keep his team alive in the midst of chaos. When he fails to notice an IED in time and loses most of his teammates, Nick shuts down. It takes meeting and falling in love with a woman in danger to make him realize life’s worth living.

An in-depth look at one of World War II's most notorious military leaders. In 1941, Guderian commanded Panzergruppe Guderian in Operation Barbarossa in Russia, where he received the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. His army conquered Smolensk in a short time, and turned south to threaten Kiev, but he was relieved of command on 25 Dec 1941 for disobeying an order from Hitler.

Lucas Carmichael and Scott Anderson had it all - money, fame, and fortune. But one night's stupid mistake takes everything they thought they cherished and dumps it upside down. A car accident ends Lucas' life and leaves Scott injured and bitter. As the local ME, Tracy York, investigates the case, discrepancies begin to point to more than a simple drunk-driving incident. When threats are made to Tracy's life, can Scott and his guardian angel, Lucas, protect her? Or will she become another casualty of a crazed madman?

Ex-cop and ex-con Bruno Johnson stumbles into a criminal organization that exploits women and children. He must fight his way out and home.

Naomi Martinez and Camden James have discovered the world of angels and their powers. They also know that the universe is balanced with opposition in all things. Hence the dark angels, merciless demons determined to bring about humanity's downfall. As Naomi and Camden's wedding looms, the bride cannot shake the feeling that disaster will strike. A mind-blowing absence from the ceremony confirms Naomi's fears and sends Camden riding into his most treacherous battle yet against the dark angels.

Ex-cop, ex-con Bruno Johnson and his wife, Marie, hide in plain sight from the law in an upscale LA hotel as Bruno heals from a run-in with a brutal outlaw motorcycle gang - and the loss of his son, a son he didn't know he had until it was too late. Marie, now pregnant with her first child, fears Bruno may never fully recover. She knows that soon they must return to Costa Rica to rejoin their large family of rescued children - kids who owe their lives to Bruno and Marie's intervention.

Thirty years ago, a group of people realized that sometimes justice isn’t served by the law. They created the Avenging Angels, a masked and organized gang that was rooted deeply in the community, serving vigilante justice where the law failed. The Angels drenched the streets with the blood of the wicked and did not discriminate. Any who cheated the system but deserved punishment, found retribution at their hands.

"Prince Alexander Lyons is dead". Considering the day he’s having, he’s starting to believe those reports. This morning he barely escaped assassination, crashed on a jungle world, almost drowned, then was nearly eaten. The rest of his day goes downhill from there. Fate has lost track of Aulani Suchet. Marooned on a forgotten, savage world since a girl, she’s clawed out an existence by cunning and resolve. Rescuing Alexander, who’s prophesied to be their means of escape, she’s curious how many more times she’ll have to save his life before that happens.

DEA Agent Maggie Holt has been through hell and back. After 18 months undercover in a Mexican cartel, Maggie is broken. The kickass agent she once was is gone, leaving her riddled with guilt and nightmares. Forced to take paid leave, Maggie accepts the offer of a vacation on the ranch of the man who’d rescued her from an almost certain death.

In the third book of the Angel Series, Camden James feels the pull of his future and his want for family. At the same time he is torn; he had consigned his destiny to travel and destroy dark angels. What did he have left to offer a family? Still, memories of Naomi haunt him. Her presence brings out the best in him; a peace and a connection to his true spirit.

Sometimes, love happens when we least expect it...NHL defenseman Roy Donaldson lives for the game. When an ex-girlfriend/stalker causes trouble for the team, Roy gets benched. And the only way he can return to the rotation? Accept help from sassy, sexy PA Patience Kennedy. Patience is one step away from a junior partnership - all she needs to do is restore a sullen, annoying, attractive hockey player's image. Shouldn't be too hard, right?

Investigative reporter Julie Crenshaw stumbles upon the case of a lifetime - one that could cost her everything. When Julie is called on to investigate a string of sexual abuse cases, she doesn't expect to land in the crosshairs of a serial rapist. Soon she's in a race to find the facts before a killer makes her the headline.

Bruno Johnson, shaken to his core, is still a formidable force - he has an unrelenting focus on doing the right thing - and is unwilling to let anyone or anything stand in his way. Tragedy strikes Bruno's life on all fronts: family, friends, and professional - however, none of these colossal forces can match the unthinkable catastrophe that will forever dominate Bruno's life....

Imperial forces launch a brutal assault against the Terran leadership at Krysokeras, leaving behind a trail of bodies and devastation. The callous brutality stuns the Terrans and guarantees there can be no peace with the Empire. Even worse, there are rumours that the Imperial Satrap Tissaphernes is forming an alliance with numerous warlords. The alliance is massing a gigantic fleet of levied soldiers and mercenaries to wipe out the Terran forces of King Agesilaus.

In this latest book of the Star Crusades Uprising series, the Confederacy is on its knees. Months of war have lost them most of the populated colonies, and more will surely follow. Spartan, now a lieutenant in the Marine Corps, has been given his own special platoon, the Vanguards. Using the best weapons and armour in the Confederate arsenal, his unit is thrown back to the Bone Mill to locate information that could change the war.

The battle takes heavy toll on Spartan’s assault force and leaves him badly wounded and in an induced coma. By the time the battered but victorious fleet reaches the Hellstorm refugee fleet, news has already arrived of their victory against the undefeatable enemy. Inspired by multiple victories, as well as critical information recovered from Alkonost, these once scattered and defeated people are united. And together they begin their holy war that will wipe away every taint of the Guardians and restore their old empire.

Former LA County Deputy Bruno Johnson is now a bailiff in the courts, having stepped down from his role on the Violent Crimes team to spend more time with his daughter, Olivia. Bruno fears his job decision may have come too late, when he gets a frantic call to extricate Olivia from a gunpoint situation in a LA gang-infested neighborhood. His desperation escalates when he realizes Louis Barkow, a stone-cold killer awaiting trial, had orchestrated that deadly tableau.

Bridget “Gage” Grayson thought she was done confronting her past. The death of her abuser should have freed her from the insecurities plaguing her mind. But each revelation that washes over her stirs up the maelstrom of emotion inside which she has always fought to conceal. Still reeling with the knowledge that both of her parents are alive, after their supposed deaths had left her an orphan and opened her world to deadly dangers and excruciating pain, Gage has to face the fact that her past might never leave her alone.