Author : Roberta James
Publisher : Susan Slaughter
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 28,87 MB
Release : 2024-05-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
The Haven, a last bastion of humanity, was built on promises of salvation. But dwindling resources and a dying Earth force desperate choices. Sarah, a brilliant biochemist, holds the key to survival – an accelerated evolution that could save their future...or corrupt their humanity forever. Against a council driven by fear, Sarah's race against time becomes a battle for the soul of what it means to be human.
Author : Henrik Sandvad Rasmussen
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 41,90 MB
Release : 2012-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1475956959
Matt Radowski, a bright, young doctor, is on the fast career track at GenWorld Inc., the most successful biotechnology company in the world. His curiosity and intuition have served him well, and he's someone to watch. But now that curiosity has uncovered a dark secret, and Matt is about to come face-to-face with powerful enemies who will stop at nothing to protect their investment. Quite by chance, he's discovered that someone has manipulated the registration data for the company's new blockbuster drug, Septicustat, and these changes make the drug appear to be much more than it is. His life changes in ways he could never have imagined as he considers the implications of that information. Matt must now make a decision that could endanger his reputation, his career and even his life. How far will these influential investors go to keep his discovery buried? And how far will this brave, young doctor go to ensure that the truth is known? Deadly Deceptions takes the reader inside the fascinating world of drug development, biotechnology, science, and big money.
Author : Elle James
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 42,92 MB
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1460329252
People have been known to perish at McGregor Manor… Opening her B and B to a group of ghost hunters, Molly McGregor hopes the spirits rumored to be there will appear. She needs the weekend to be a financial success. But when disembodied voices and hazy images nearly lure her to her death, Molly's driven straight into the arms of a sexy but mysterious guest—Casanova Valdez. Nova knows what it's like to be haunted—by memories of a case gone bad. As a secret agent, he's confident he can protect Molly but is not exactly sure he believes in ghosts. As the mysterious incidents targeting the gorgeous redhead become increasingly more dangerous, Nova must question if it's the handiwork of a ghost…or a killer.
Author : Flo Anthony
Publisher : WAHIDA CLARK PRESENTS
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 42,79 MB
Release : 2016-07-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1936649179
Almost two years had passed since the discovery of retired baseball player Royale Jones' real identity: Rolondo Jemison. Valerie Rollins, famous Gossip Columnist, never revealed her intimate past with the true Wildcat player. While she and her crime-solving partner Rome Nyland were behind the uncovering of this imposter, one infamous question lingered on: what happened to the real Royale? As if the heavens themselves intervened, a peculiar stranger who has been living in isolation, tucked away in the Bahamas, suddenly awakens from his amnesia. Five years of memorylessness evaporates upon seeing a photo of Rolondo and Valerie's name in a newspaper article. Valerie returns to the Big Apple, with intentions of aiding her fiance, Victor Dumas. Upon discovering the murder of her staff, her home invaded and Rome's fiancee missing, the worst has yet to come. Her fiance's son, Vance, discovers his wife has left him, only to secretly join forces against the Dumas family with Rolondo and Victor's worst enemy: Sincere. In a plot to kidnap Vance's daughter in ransom for billions and kill Victor and Valerie, the dastardly trio is also after a trunk stored in an obscure, Underground Railroad location. Follow these eclectic lives as they navigate the streets of NYC and the glittering Hamptons, all the while making new love connections and rekindling old, dodging bullets and death, but more importantly, Valerie and Rome are once again trying to keep the bad guys from making One Last Deadly Play.
Author : K. Victoria Chase
Publisher : K. Victoria Chase
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 31,44 MB
Release : 2015-02-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0990375757
He's failed in the past and she's crashing now. Can they save each other and catch a killer? Home is the one place Supermodel Daniella Fairbanks thinks she can hide as her life spirals out of control. When she decides to return to her pageant roots and help young girls, the sight of her childhood crush will keep her life--and heart--in a perpetual state of unrest. FBI Agent Rico Tonoeli has a second chance to catch a killer who likes to strangle beautiful women. With Dani home, she might be the most tempting prey Rico can't protect.
Author : Linda Howard
Publisher : HQN Books
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 29,72 MB
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0373778236
In this double dose of romance, two worlds collide in timeless stories of love and deception by "New York Times"-bestselling author Howard and "USA Today"-bestselling author Force.
Author : Gemma Halliday
Publisher : Gemma Halliday Publishing
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 50,57 MB
Release : 2015-02-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1940371325
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling series! When fashion designer Maddie Springer is invited to help style contestants in the Hawaiian Paradise Beauty Pageant, she jumps at the chance! The fantastic publicity coupled with a weeklong vacation with her best friends Marco and Dana, is a win-win. But trouble follows her to paradise when one of the beauty queens winds up dead. Is it a case of a personal grudge, a jealous contestant...or a jealous lover? Between a pageant director on his way out, a soap star dazzling his way in, a violent anti-fashion protester, and a whole pageant full of competitive beauty queens, Maddie has her hands full sorting through suspects! Luckily for Maddie—or unluckily?—her wacky cast of friends and family, including LAPD Detective Jack Ramirez, are there to help her wade through motives more plentiful than pineapples at a luau. With the televised crowning approaching, the danger escalating, and a killer on the loose, this is one beauty pageant that's about to turn ugly. Other Books in the High Heels Series: #1 Spying in High Heels #2 Killer in High Heels #3 Undercover in High Heels #3.5 Christmas in High Heels (short story) #4 Alibi in High Heels #5 Mayhem in High Heels #5.5 Honeymoon in High Heels (novella) #5.75 Sweetheart in High Heels (short story) #6 Fearless in High Heels #7 Danger in High Heels #8 Homicide in High Heels #9 Deadly in High Heels What critics are saying about The High Heels Mysteries: "A saucy combination of romance and suspense that is simply irresistible." - Chicago Tribune "Stylish... nonstop action...guaranteed to keep chick lit and mystery fans happy!" - Publishers’ Weekly, *starred review* “Smart, funny and snappy…the perfect beach read!” - Fresh Fiction "A roller coaster ride full of fun and excitement!" - Romance Reviews Today "Gemma Halliday writes like a seasoned author leaving the reader hanging on to every word, every clue, every delicious scene of the book. It’s a fun and intriguing mystery full of laughs and suspense." - Once Upon A Romance
Author : Madelon Smid
Publisher : The Wild Rose Press Inc
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 38,12 MB
Release : 2018-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1509218831
Adam Hamilton becomes enmeshed in a world of danger when he finds Sky Stravinsky and asks her to meet the grandmother she doesn’t know exists. Has he made an enemy as chief engineer and test pilot for a military project, or did he stumble over one of Sky’s. Not fully recovered from injuries suffered when his jet crashed, Adam is torn between opposing forces, while caught up in the attacks on Sky. Still, he fights for this fascinating pilot, determined to keep her safe and win her love. Everything Sky values comes under attack, from her airfield to her airplanes, to her life. Faced with a hidden enemy and Adam’s intrusion into her world, Sky feels trapped by circumstances outside her control. In time, Adam gains her trust as her sponsor for competitive aeronautics, but he wants something Sky won’t give—her heart. Meeting her grandmother and developing a relationship with Adam will pull her back into their world of wealth and entitlement. Sky won’t become a rich man’s plaything again. Will the threats that force them together convince Sky Adam deserves a place in her life?
Author : Rajinder Prabhakar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 43,46 MB
Release : 2020-01-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9389165091
ONLY ONE MAN STANDS BETWEEN INDIA AND ITS ANNIHILATION. When a series of deadly attacks carried out by a mysterious weapon strike remote parts of India, it takes the country to the edge of panic and chaos. To make matters worse, the government and its intelligence agencies fear that these attacks are building to something truly catastrophic – a final strike that would bring India to its knees and spell the end of its sovereignty. As the clock runs down, Adit Ohri, an elite operative of the 53 SAG, a strike force buried deep inside the nation's military infrastructure, is assigned to chase down a lead from his past and find those behind the attacks. But even as the needle of suspicion points towards India's traditional enemies, the mission leads Adit on a trail of smoke screens and deceit, until he finds the final shocking truth.
Author : Gerald Seymour
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 16,76 MB
Release : 2016-01-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1444758667
Two young men - Jago and Marcantonio - both studying business and finance: Jago is a kid from a rough part of London who has worked hard to get a job in a bank and is now on a fast-track secondment to the Berlin office. Marcantonio is one of the new generation in the 'Ndrangheta crime families from Calabria, Southern Italy. He is in Germany to learn how to channel their illicit millions towards legitimate businesses all over Europe. When Jago witnesses Marcantonio commit a vicious assault and the police seem uninterested, the Englishman refuses to let the matter drop. But by pursuing the gangster to his grandfather's mountain lair, Jago is stepping into the middle of a delicate surveillance operation, which sets alarm bells ringing in Rome, London and Berlin. It also leads him to Consolata, a young woman who sees in Jago the chance to turn her non-violent protest campaign against the crime families into something altogether more lethal... NO MORTAL THING is novel of relentless power and mounting suspense, a brilliant portrayal of organised crime in Europe and the under-resourced men and women who fight it.
