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Player's Vendetta: A Little Havana Mystery

Private investigator Willie Cuesta is a Cuban-American who knows the highs and lows of Miami's Little Havana. When a woman asks him to find her missing boyfriend, Willie suspects there's more to the case then meets the eye. It turns out that the boyfriend is seeking a murderer for personal revenge. From Little Havana's underground political movements to Miami's steamy nightlife, Willie must rely on all his skills to stop a man from destroying his future...and prevent a killer from striking again! Praise for John Lantigua: "Keeps detective fans eager for the next page. . .Welcome to the world of vendetta, intrigue, and double-cross." --The New York Times, for Heat Lightning "Lantigua gives us a fresh, clever cast in a taut and authentic tropical thriller." --Carl Hiaasen, for Burn Season

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ON BEAR MOUNTAIN

Fate will bring two hearts together... Only the most peculiar fate could link the wealthy Ricconni family of New York with the dirt-poor Powells of the Georgia mountains. But a strange iron sculpture of a bear is about to draw Ursula Powell and Quentin Ricconni together. The two have nothing in common except the power that the Bear has in both their lives. The sculpture, which now sits on Ursula's secluded mountain farm, used to belong to Quentin's father and is worth a fortune. When Quentin arrives in town to reclaim it, he discovers that when it comes to the heart, to destiny, and to fate, price cannot be measured in dollars-no matter how many millions.

Mr. Strictly Business

A Sizzling hot year continues! Though she'd escaped him once, Gabe Piretti hadn't forgotten Catherine Haile's sharp mind and curvaceous body. His plans to reel her back into his life-andbed-were already brewing when she asked him to help save her ailing business. He'd use her desperation to get what he wanted-Catherine. But what would happen when he had to make a choice between business and oh-so-seductive pleasure?

Have Gown, Need Groom

THE DRESS WAS READY, THE CHURCH BOOKED. THEN THE HOPE CHEST ARRIVED... This couldn't be happening to her! Dr. Hannah Hartwell was the good sister, the calm, responsible member of the zany Hartwell clan. But since she'd received the beautiful, hand-carved hope chest from her beloved Grammy Rose, Hannah had canceled her wedding, made a scene at work--and had intimate dreams about a sexy stranger! Worse, she had a new patient--the bold, unsettling and highly unsuitable Jake Tippins, her notorious father's new right-hand man. Jake was secretive, maddening and downright opposed to settling down. He was also, quite indisputably, the man of her dreams....

Into the Badlands

Traitor's Kiss

Officially the Cold War is over. Between former enemies, the hand of friendship is exchanged in public. In private, though, the intelligence war goes on.nnAn English trawler strays into Russian waters. When it returns, the captain has a package to deliver to British intelligence. For the next four years a high-ranking Russian naval officer, Viktor Archenko, passes valuable information to MI6. Suddenly he stops using the dead drop. His contacts in London know nothing about him – but they know he’s under suspicion. The time has come to get him out.nnBut a new breed plays the spy game now, men like Gabriel Locke. They have no interest in irrelevant Cold War sparring, or the risk of a spy scandal. There are deals to be done, alliances to be made. They would rather leave Archenko to fend for himself. He is, after all, a throwback and an embarrassing one at that. Only one veteran agent realizes that there is much more at stake than a man’s life. Only he dares ask the question: if the war is over, who will fight the peace?

Summer in Eclipse Bay

The final installment of Krentz's trilogy about a little town on the Oregon coast with secrets as treacherous as the rugged landscape. The next generation of the Hartes and Madisons continue their families' feud. However, it will take only one Harte and one Madison to abandon the feud and discover they don't hate each other after all.

Midnight Secrets

TinKickers

On 31st October, flight ACL248 en route from L.A International (LAX) to Mexico City (MEX) disappeared off Mexico Approach Radar at 0125hrs (approx) local. Wreckage of the plane was found on high terrain in the Sierra Madre mountain range at a point 450 miles (approx) north west of Mexico City. There were 148 fatalities, 0 survivors. Air-accident investigator, Ron Carter has the job of finding out why, and as cover-up leads to cover-up, it becomes increasingly unlikely that anyone is going to like the answer...

Two-Timing Man

Millionaire in Command

Mr. October: Kyle Landis, Air Force commander, millionaire…daddy? Motto: Family first, last, always. Marriage?: Not until now! He’d worked the most dangerous missions, but nothing had prepared Kyle Landis for the surprise of becoming a dad. When Phoebe Slater suddenly announced the child she was caring for was his baby, he had no reason to doubt her. And since a Landis did not sway in his duty, marriage was the only course of action. But once “I do” was said, would Phoebe be up for enlisting as his wife…in every way Kyle had been imagining? MAN OF THE MONTH: Born into old money, bound for new love.

With All Josie's Heart

Tiger Prince

Escaping from her high-pressure Washington job and a painful divorce, Caren Blakemore finds romance with Derek Allen, a mysterious man hiding from a scandal-hungry press, but she soon discovers that their affair has painful repercussions. Reissue.

Sound Tracks

When a rash of injured and dead whales hits southeast Alaska-and the expert who can help them is found drowned-Liza Romero, captain of the Salmon Eye, discovers a strange new danger lurking in the depths of the sea. Praise for Crow in Stolen Colors: A stunning debut. (Margaret Coel, author of The Lost Bird) Great characterizations...a captivating plot...strongly recommended. (Library Journal) A colorful author who brings the isolation of the [Alaskan] frontier into a potent literary vision, one that will leave the audience breathless

First Offense

Surviving a murder attempt on her life, probation officer Ann Carlisle wonders if the unknown assailant could be the young drug dealer in her charge, an accused rapist facing trial, or her own husband. Reprint. AB. PW. LJ

Nurse In Need

Needed: one family! Emergency nurse Amy Brooks doesn't need a man! She's decided to concentrate on her excellent career at Queen Mary's Hospital instead. Then suddenly Amy realizes she's missing out on something. A family of her own... Rushing into an engagement, Amy convinces herself she loves her fiance.Yet when Dr.Tom Barlow arrives, Amy recognizes the real thing. She has to end her engagement--and Tom's delighted! But is it because he returns Amy's love, or does he have a very different reason?

Did You Say...Wife?

Lonetree Ranchers: Brant

When Brant found a lovely lady knocking on his hotel balcony door, he was intrigued. And when he discovered that Annie Devereaux was hiding from a spurned suitor, his code of honor demanded that he help her. But once he whisked her away to his ranch for safekeeping, he was beset with incomprehensible yearnings. For Annie affected him like no other woman ever had. And the more time Brant spent with the innocent young woman, the more he realized that, though he mustn\'t touch Annie, he couldn\'t let her go.... \"Lonetree Ranchers: Morgan\" Morgan didn\'t know a thing about delivering babies, but when he came across a stranded woman in labor, he knew he was her only hope. Soon he was rolling up his shirtsleeves and helping to bring Samantha Peterson\'s precious child into the world. And when the rugged rancher discovered that single mother Samantha and her brand-new son needed a place to stay, he felt duty-bound to offer his home. Although he had given up on ever being a husband or father, Samantha evoked Morgan\'s every masculine instinct--to protect, defend...and possess?

In Hot Pursuit

Sometimes you have to go backward to move on. . . All roads eventually lead back to the truth After the brutal murder of her husband, police officer Liz Rivas entered the witness protection program to save her young son. Today, twenty years later, she's Jenna MacArthur, shop owner in Pfister, Missouri. Jenna and her son, Sam, a rookie cop, have build new lives in a small town where everybody knows everybody's business. Or at least they think they do. Then a stranger arrives in Pfister, a men who remembers Liz Rivas. He is Paul Haggerty, a fellow cop from her past. There are memories here, sure. . .and a fierce attraction. But is he a connection to her former life -- or a threat to the life Jenna has sacrificed so much to build?

In My Wildest Dreams

Since she was a little girl, Celeste has had one burning desire: to marry Ellery Throckmorton. But what chance does a gardener's daughter have of capturing the heart of one of England's wealthiest gentlemen? However, the education she receives at the Distinguished Academy of Governesses enables Celeste to return to Blythe Hall with a refinement that complements her ravishing beauty--and makes her bold romantic dream more attainable. But, alas, temptation gets in the way . . . For wherever Celeste turns, it is not Ellery she encounters, but his serious, yet undeniably intriguing, older brother Garrick. The elder Throckmorton will have no one interfere with the younger's impending nuptials, and his meddling infuriates Celeste to no end. Still, she cannot disregard the fluttering of her heart whenever Garrick deigns to smile at her. And the passion she senses smoldering beneath his formidable control is tempting her in a manner a lady must never allow . . .

Smell

When her father is killed in a riot in Nairobi, Leela’s mother chooses to send her away to her childless aunt and uncle in Paris, while she herself, along with her two sons, seeks refuge with her brother in London. Forced to make the brutal transition from the open spaces and warm security of her home in Kenya to the claustrophobia of a poky apartment in Paris, Leela settles into the cheerless routine of helping her aunt in the house and working at her uncle’s store. But even this tenuous protection is short-lived, and one night she finds herself alone on the streets of an alien city, without a passport of money. As she struggles to survive, stumbling from job to job and from relationship, Leela discovers in herself an unusual quality – her extraordinary sensitivity to smell. A seemingly innocuous and occasionally useful attribute, it gradually begins to colour her ever emotion and response, from sexual arousal to the enjoyment of food. But when the dark feral stench of her own body threatens to overpower her, Leela is frightened into the realization that perhaps she has lost al control over her life ...

Only by Your Touch

Determined to give her son the childhood he deserves, Chloe Evans leaves her rough past and relocates to an Oregon resort town where she finds a second chance at life--and love--with outcast Ben Longtree, who is at once gentle and untamed. Original. "USA Today" bestselling author Catherine Anderson takes readers to a quaint wilderness town, where together, a man and a woman find a second chance at life-and love... Determined to give her son Jeremy the childhood he deserves, Chloe Evans has left a tough past behind to start over in the charming town of Jack Pine, Oregon. But protecting Jeremy becomes a dicey proposition when he seeks out the most dangerous man in town, Ben Longtree, to heal his sick puppy. Chloe has been warned to stay away from Ben. But there's something about him that intrigues her...

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