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Shot in the head and recovering from brain surgery, Delta Force soldier Thomas Nelson wakes up in a military hospital unable to remember who he is. Faced with going through recovery alone, with no family that he's aware of, he is recruited by a top secret government agency. Project Specter is tasked with eliminating targets they deem to be a threat to the United States. Their goal is to turn Nelson into a super assassin named Matthew Cain.

Setting out to teach an abusive husband a lesson, Danny Pinkerton quickly finds himself surrounded by a crime family that stretches back to Gyor in Hungary. Outgunned and outnumbered, Pinkerton turns to his closest friend, Ryan Kaine. In a story that travels across Europe and pushes Kaine and Pinkerton to the very edge of survival, On The Hunt is a test of friendship and bond that neither man is prepared to fail. Even if the outcome is fatal.

Caressa Horvath, raised in the corrupting atmosphere of a traveling carnival, marries an anthropologist named Jacob Bowman, who takes her on a journey to North Africa. Jacob gets himself killed by a band of Bedouin who spare Caressa’s life. The only one of her party left alive, Caressa is forced to join the caravan on a harrowing journey across the African desert.

SOME DOORS SHOULD REMAIN UNOPENED India is a continent of culture, passion, and mystery. For thousands of years this vast and wondrous nation has harbored vast treasures, inexhaustible history, and unimaginable secrets. Now a pre-eminent expert on Indian history has gone missing. One of his colleagues secures the help of Sean Wyatt and sidekick Tommy Schultz to uncover the truth behind the disappearance. In doing so, however, they discover a mystery surrounding an ancient Indian Temple, a puzzle that could lead to nearly infinite wealth and power or worldwide destruction. And they aren't ...

As the ninth century wanes, England appears about to be plunged into chaos once more. For the Viking-raised but Saxon-born warrior, Uhtred, whose life seems to shadow the making of England, this presents him with difficult choices. King Alfred is dying and his passing threatens the island of Britain to renewed warfare. Alfred wants his son, Edward, to succeed him but there are other Saxon claimants to the throne as well as ambitious pagan Vikings to the north.

When Stone Barrington finds his name on a hit list, he plans to lie low until the culprit is caught. But when this foe shows no signs of stopping until his deadly objective is realized in full, Stone is left with no choice but to face the problem head-on. Armed and alert, Stone joins forces with his most savvy connections to catch the perpetrator before the next strike. But it turns out this scum is an expert at evasion in more ways than one, and the international cat-and-mouse hunt that ensues has Stone questioning if he has become the predator or the prey.

To his many thousands of fans, ex-SAS officer Ben Hope stands tall as a warrior, a protector of the innocent, a defender of those in need, relentless in his pursuit of those who exploit others or prey on the weak. But Ben is also a man all too aware of his own flaws and weaknesses – a man who knows to become unstoppable, he needs the right team to put together in a crisis. With his network of mavericks, experts and daredevils, he’s always ready to risk life and liberty for the right cause, wherever in the world that call might take him.

There's nothing like family. At least that's what people say. But when Bo and Scratch come home to Bear Creek for a long-overdue visit, Bo's family kindly invites him to turn around and leave. His old friends and neighbors turn tail and run when they see him. Next thing he knows, he's in jail for the brutal murder of two saloon girls in neighboring Cottonwood. Unfortunately, the real killer looks astonishingly like Bo. Now, with his buddy in jail, Scratch needs to ride to the rescue, if he can escape the clutches of the beautiful assistant to a traveling snake oil salesman.

HISTORIAS FRENTE AL HOGAR (El Decapentemerón) ¿Te fiarías de tu amiga? Tres chicas junto con sus parejas se trasladan a una mansión en la isla La Graciosa. La excusa es realizar un trabajo para la universidad sobre el Decamerón de Boccaccio. Además si se produce un nuevo confinamiento, por lo menos estarán con sus parejas. Aunque la realidad es la necesidad de recuperar la vida sexual. Juegos sexuales, cuentos, traiciones, un lugar donde la amistad no tiene cabida.

Silent Sebastian Sutherland (known in espionage circles as Triple S) is a ruthless killing machine. Recruited as a teenager, he becomes the agent of choice for the most covert MI5 and MI6 operations requiring the discreet elimination of adversaries. His trademark is the quiet way in which he dispatches his targets. When his latest mission is observed by a young woman, protocol demands that he eliminate the dangerous eyewitness. But there is something unsettling about Marianne, especially when she offers to shelter him for the night. Sebastian must risk falling into what he suspects is a ...

Karen Harris, aged 20, and attached to a military unit formed to combat human trafficking in the EU, because of her experience working alone, was often used in covert missions. While she would rather work as a team, she enjoyed pitting her wits against the cartels that effectively ran Europe. That was until she came up against the Kreisen cartel. Now she was facing an old adversary who had joined the cartel. This man would push Karen to the limit and with such a hold over her, she had no way out. Or did she? About ‘The Early Years’ The Kreisen Cartel is one of the 'early years' novels. ...

Cults, Secrets, Deception, Murder — In The Case of Luna, Darkness Hides More Than You Can Imagine.Beneath the moonlit gaze of the goddess Luna, a grim tableau unfolds in the heart of the Forum—a lifeless wife carried by desperate hands. Gripped by memory loss, the perpetrator seeks help from Secundus and Graccus, peeling back the layers of the enigmatic Cult of Luna in this chilling sixth installment of the series. With time slipping through their fingers and his priestly examinations looming, Secundus wrestles with a mounting burden of duties and the continued presence of his ...

Former CIA operative Teddy Fay returns for another thrilling Hollywood adventure in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling series.

Charley Castillo, the original Presidential Agent is in Virginia Beach to visit his son when two gunmen appear. Charley is able to thwart a deadly mass shooting, but he is hit and badly injured. Meanwhile Pick McCoy is at the Naval Academy catching up with some old friends. When the news of the attack reaches him, he senses that this is no random event. While Charley clings to life, Pick searches for the men responsible and in the process uncovers a deadly plot that threatens to strike deep at the heart of American democracy.

From the author of the popular Kirkville series and Lady Ashcroft Mysteries. A fictional cozy murder mystery with drama and a touch of romance. Glasgow 1911. A wave of murders has begun as bodies are discovered with a strange branding mark embedded in their skulls! Could the recently demoted detective put aside his pride and outsmart the one who has been running rings around the law? There is a mystery within a mystery it seems, and a master is pulling the strings on both sides of the fence be they a criminal or even a fellow officer! Who can you trust when there is a city full of strangers...

WILL THE IRON CHEST BE WORTH THE BLOODSHED?The Count Felix von Luckner, Master of the German raider Seeadler, the last privateer, lowers a sealed iron chest into the waters of a small unnamed bay off Wakaya Island, Fiji, under cover of darkness in the year 1917. A chance remark over fifty years later sends four young Australians to search for that chest and the wealth it is said to contain, booty taken from Allied ships the Count had captured and scuttled during the Great War. But will the iron chest, if they find it, be worth the bloodshed demanded by their search?Another thriller from the...

When Joe receives a summons from McLaine, the boxer who ended his career, Joe drops everything and heads to New York. McLain’s sister is missing and McLaine is worried she has been kidnapped. And there is a deadline. McLaine has another fight coming up and he needs his head clear for the fight! At first Joe is honored that McLaine trusts him to find her, but what does he know about finding a kidnapping victim? And why does McLaine’s Manager not want him around? Joe soon learns even sisters have secrets and time is quickly running out.

Brittany is a child psychologist, who lives a rather boring life, until she gets into a car accident and starts having dreams about murders. But she only dreams about one murderer in particular, so what happens when Brittany's best friend and co-worker, Shay meets a guy online and it turns out to be the murderer. Can Shay and Brittany stay one step ahead of the murderer? Will the police protect the girls, will they even believe that Brittany can predict murders? Join Brittany and Shay in an adventure of intrigue, murder, love, and betrayal.

Searching For Frownie Mae is the follow-up to The Coffee Cabin When Dalen Reese and Ian Parker’s friend goes missing, they are forced into the dark world of politics, drugs, and prostitution. How far are they willing to go? What laws are they willing to break? Whose lives are they willing take to save Frownie Mae? Ten days before Dalen’s wedding to his longtime girlfriend, Cherrie, Dalen receives a phone call from Mark Smith’s mother informing him that her son has gone missing. Dalen and Ian immediately take to the streets to try to find him. Their investigation takes them from Ohio, ...

Ronald Smith is a wealthy retired Canadian lawyer but a hopeless cheapskate. After he is severely mugged, what emerges out of the resulting coma is a lavish spender with no memories of his previous insanely frugal life. Eventually the two opposite personalities begin meeting in shared dreams in a Las Vegas hotel room and instantly detest each other. Throw in a romance with a lovely lady from Chicago and the hilarious battle is on to win the girl's heart and defeat the hated rival. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who writes mainly about the legal ...