A Criminal Love 3


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Royal finally gets the chance to face off with his egg donor, and it doesn’t end well. He makes a decision that permanently changes things for him. After their encounter, Royal realizes that life is short and he needs to get it together, so he finally decides to tell Lace how he really feels. Karter is on the grind, trying to locate Los so that he can put an end to the street war that was started when he decided that he couldn’t live without Mo, but Los somehow gets the upper hand, putting Mo in danger. Kay and Lane are finally figuring things out after she decides to let Kay prove that he’s the man of he dreams, but they face conflict when Kay decides that he’s ready for a family and Lane fears that motherhood is not for her. Things were good with Shine and Meka until his past catches up with him and Asia shows up at their house, dropping a bomb that may tear Meka and Shine apart for good, although Shine has his mind made up that he and Meka are forever. King and Free finally welcome baby Imani into the world, but complications with her delivery have them both on edge. Once she arrive happy and healthy, things go back to normal, until King gets a call from prison that he definitely wasn’t expecting. Everyone assumed that things would finally get back to normal once they settled all of their street wars, but they quickly learn that family and relationship drama turns out to be far more stressful and intense than any street life they were ever faced with. The girls and the guys all have unbreakable bonds, but will their relationships survive as life happens without warning?




Criminal #3


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"THE LONGEST WEEKEND," Part Two Jacob's weekend taking care of his old mentor takes a turn for the worse. As always, CRIMINAL contains back page art and articles only found in the single issues.




Criminal (with bonus novella Snatched)


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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “[A] hold-on-to-your-hat, nail-biting story.”—The Washington Post “Slaughter’s best yet, by far.”—Lee Child Will Trent is a brilliant agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Newly in love, he is beginning to put a difficult past behind him. Then a local college student goes missing, and Will is inexplicably kept off the case by his supervisor and mentor, deputy director Amanda Wagner. Will cannot fathom Amanda’s motivation until the two of them literally collide in an abandoned orphanage they have both been drawn to for different reasons. Decades before, when his father was imprisoned for murder, this was Will’s home. It appears that the case that launched Amanda’s career forty years ago has suddenly come back to life—and it involves the long-held mystery of Will’s birth and parentage. Now these two dauntless investigators will each need to face down demons from the past if they are to prevent an even greater terror from being unleashed. Includes Karin Slaughter’s short story “Snatched” and a preview of the Will Trent novel Unseen “With every page of this story the tension mounts. . . . If you have a hunger for a rich and fulfilling novel then you owe it to yourself to pick up Criminal.”—Huffington Post “A masterpiece of character, atmosphere and riveting suspense, Criminal is the most powerful and moving novel yet from one of the most gifted storytellers at work today.”—Chicago Daily Herald




Love and Death in the Sunshine State


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"Gripping . . . Cutter Wood subverts all our expectations for the true crime genre.” —Leslie Jamison, author of The Recovering When a stolen car is recovered on the Gulf Coast of Florida, it sets off a search for a missing woman, local motel owner Sabine Musil-Buehler. Three men are named persons of interest—her husband, her boyfriend, and the man who stole the car. Then the motel is set on fire; her boyfriend flees the county; and detectives begin digging on the beach of Anna Maria Island. Author Cutter Wood was a guest at Musil-Buehler’s motel as the search for her gained momentum. Driven by his own need to understand how a relationship could spin to pieces in such a fatal fashion, he began to talk with many of the people living on Anna Maria, and then with the detectives, and finally with the man presumed to be the murderer. But there was only so much that interviews and transcripts could reveal. In trying to understand how we treat those we love, this book, like Truman Capote’s classic In Cold Blood, tells a story that exists outside documentary evidence. Wood carries the investigation of Sabine’s murder beyond the facts of the case and into his own life, crafting a tale about the dark conflicts at the heart of every relationship.




A Criminal Love


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Free’s life wasn’t perfect but she didn’t really have much to complain about so things were good. After finally deciding that she had enough of her on again off again relationship with Ant, she meets Diego Kingston known as King in the streets and her whole world changes. Free quickly falls for Diego but soon learns she has to accept both sides of him and King proves to be more that she can handle. The women in his past and his life in the streets makes her question what she’s gotten herself into. Free has been sheltered all of her life and as the daughter of District Attorney Wesley Evans her whole life has been country clubs and private schools but from the second she lays eyes on Diego she knows that her whole life is about to change. Secrets come out about her mother’s death that challenge her relationship with her father leaving the only person that she can depend on to be Diego. Can Free adjust to his lifestyle and fit into his world and will she be able to accept that fact that there are things about King that she has a hard time dealing with? King, Royal and Shine pretty much own the state of North Carolina so he has his hands full running his street empire but Free walks into his life it changes his world. He tries his best to be what she needs but the streets control his life and he knows that will never change. With his father in prison and his mother incapable, King is trying to balance running an empire, raising his sister and loving Free. Will it prove to be more than he can handle especially after running into Free’s father and realizing that he knows secrets about Frees past that will change her life forever? Free is changing King in a way that he’s not used to. Her love makes him weak which means that she is a liability and causing him to make mistakes that could cost him more than he’s willing to lose. Trying to stay true to the streets and being in love with Free are putting him in constant conflict so will he figure out how to handle them both or will he have to let one go. King and Royal have been down since birth and when enemies began to appear out of nowhere to settle a score passed down from their fathers who will be left standing.




A Criminal Love Couples


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The craziness continues as Royal and Lace prepare for the new addition to their family. They're still going strong and not taking any nonsense, not even from each other. Lace decides she needs a little independence and a way to stand on her own so she and Free start their own business which proves to be more work than either of them expect. The crew is still holding each other down as they grow into their own and their bond is unbreakable. Get to know Royal and Lace as they continue to on their insane journey together.




A Criminal Love 2


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Fresh out of lock up King is determined to find out who was behind him getting arrested for Sen’s disappearance. After Royal pays Wesley a visit he finds out that his mother has resurfaced and is part of the reason behind King’s arrest. Royal also discovers that Free has a sister named Lane that Free didn’t know about and uses Lane as an insurance policy to guarantee that Wesley makes the case against King disappear. Once King and Royal introduce Free to her sister she quickly becomes a part of their close knit circle. Lane has some secrets of her own starting with an abusive ex that she has been hiding from which in turn introduces two the crew members Karter and Kay twin brothers who run a small operation in Raleigh. Free, Lace and Meka are still hanging in there riding for their men while Free has finally wised up and put her foot down with King causing him to have to get his act together. Lace and Royal are still figuring out their dysfunctional relationship while trying to avoid catching a case by dealing with each other and King is trying to own up to the fact that he is a one woman man. King finds out some family secrets that brings him closer to the two new members of their circle and family loyalty forces King, Royal and Shine to get caught up in another street war adding to their already complicated situation. Royals long lost mother Sandra has been out of the picture for years but suddenly surfaces partnered with Money to try and take down King, Shine and her own son Royal. Sandra definitely will not be receiving the mother of the year award because she is determined to take back what she feels is rightfully hers even if it means taking her own son’s life. With Royals mother back in the picture and new family members surfacing will King, Royal and Shine be able to stay alive, maintain their relationships while making sure their empire continues to grow?




A Criminal Love Couples 2


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In typical A Criminal Love fashion, Kayman and Lane are still doing their thing. The two have settled into their life together, and after the birth of their daughter, Kennedy, things finally feel complete. Wanting to branch off on her own and get back to her roots, Lane starts her own photography business, which is the perfect way for her to spread her wings, while keeping her daughter close. With Kayman, it's business as usual. Although he, Karter, King, Royal, and Shine are slowly transitioning themselves to do less, when duty calls, Kayman has to answer. What the two don't expect is all of the twists and turns that life is about to throw at them. Kayman and Karter's father has created a problem for the whole family, that could cause Karter to have to take his own father's life or possibly lose his own. Not to mention, their mother and sister might be at risk as well. Add in the fact that Kay's business connections put Lane in a delicate situation, and Kayman has his hands full trying to balance life at home and in the streets. The gang's still going strong, but Lane and Kay have to stick together and depend on each other in order to survive everything that's forcing its way into their world. Through it all, Lane realizes that loving a street king isn't always easy.




Tear Me Apart


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The follow-up to her critically acclaimed Lie to Me, J.T. Ellison’s Tear Me Apart is the powerful story of a mother willing to do anything to protect her daughter even as their carefully constructed world unravels around them. One moment will change their lives forever… Competitive skier Mindy Wright is a superstar in the making until a spectacular downhill crash threatens not just her racing career but her life. During surgery, doctors discover she’s suffering from a severe form of leukemia, and a stem cell transplant is her only hope. But when her parents are tested, a frightening truth emerges. Mindy is not their daughter. Who knows the answers? The race to save Mindy’s life means unraveling years of lies. Was she accidentally switched at birth or is there something more sinister at play? The search for the truth will tear a family apart…and someone is going to deadly extremes to protect the family’s deepest secrets. With vivid movement through time, Tear Me Apart examines the impact layer after layer of lies and betrayal has on two families, the secrets they guard, and the desperate fight to hide the darkness within. Don’t miss It's One of Us, the next page-turning thriller from New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison!




Once a Crime Lord


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It all ends here. It’s been two years since the Pyre family was ripped apart by a sadistic killer who will stop at nothing to take Gavin Pyre’s position as crime lord of the Las Vegas underworld. Lyla and Gavin’s relationship will be put to the ultimate test when her ex rolls into town and the killer decides to finish what he started by making his final play… Author's Note: This is a dark romance novel with triggers, violence, and mature themes that may make some readers uncomfortable.