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If there hadn't been a 24-hour blackout…

Mallory never would have had the nerve to seduce her photographer, and first love, Adam. Sure, she knew she was on the rebound, but it was for only one night. And for Mallory, that was going to have to be enough…

Adam never would have believed he'd end up in Mallory's bed-just days after taking her boudoir photos for another man! But he was definitely enjoying their sensual reminiscing… Unfortunately, the timing was all wrong-he was leaving the country next week. Still, he couldn't say no to her tonight…

They never would have experienced the best sex of their lives! But then again, chemistry had never been their problem. After all, there was more to life than just good sex. Wasn't there?

Carolyn Turner, Viscountess Wingate, is absolutely shocked by the Ladies Literary Society of London's latest selection. Memoirs of a Mistress is scandalously explicit and downright wicked… and it's stirring feelings within Carolyn that she hasn't felt… well, ever! She's sure that this steamy read is the only reason she's succumbing to the charms of notorious rogue Daniel Sutton, Lord Surbrooke. She couldn't possibly be falling for the rascal and his illicit caresses… or could she?

The last thing Daniel wanted was to be shackled by marriage vows. He lusted after Carolyn, sure, but he never imagined that once he lured her to his bed he'd never want to let her go. Yet only when a murderer targets his beloved will he be spurred to confess his true love… and claim Carolyn as his bride.

Rachel Hunter thinks she and her daughter Jean are safe in the Witness Protection program, when she meets a cold eyed man with an easy smile at the restaurant where she works. In the days following, Rachel discovers that Nick McCarty, is much more than just an author.

Nick McCarty, assassin and bestselling author, contemplates a change in life styles after receiving an order to kill a woman who reminds him of someone from long ago. Six days later, Nick puts a fifty caliber bullet through the head of Hayden Tanus, the man who'd ordered her death, launching himself down the path of protecting a mother and daughter he barely knows, for reasons he isn't fully prepared to admit.

Rachel realizes the unstoppable killer protecting them lives by only one code – whatever it takes until the danger is past. With their lives forfeit if she makes the wrong decision, will Rachel choose life by Nick's side, regardless the costs?

An omnibus of novels

Blame It on Karma by Jacquie D'Alessandro

Coffee shop owner Lacey Perkins scoffs when a fortune-teller informs her she's destined to fall for her arrogant, but definitely hot, property manager Evan Sawyer. Lacey figures she'd rather be jinxed-until she's cursed with a case of uncontrollable, insatiable lust…

Together Again? by Jill Shalvis

Accountant Chloe Cooper can't help but laugh at the prediction that her life is about to be transformed by true love. But that was before Chloe walked straight into her former lover, FBI agent Ian McCall, and he showed her just how thrilling things could get…

Tall, Dark Temporary by Crystal Green

Candy shop owner Erin Holland isn't convinced when she's told that Ryan Wes, an infamous playboy, is "The One." Erin is going on a cruise with the gorgeous day trader for one reason only: sex. But her decadent plans keep getting mysteriously, frustratingly, thwarted…

This spectacular novel established Thomas M. Disch as a major new force in science fiction. First published in 1965, it was immediately labeled a masterpiece reminiscent of the works of J.G. Ballard and H.G. Wells.

Cover Artist: Richard Powers.

In this harrowing novel, the world’s cities have been reduced to cinder and ash and alien plants have overtaken the earth. The plants, able to grow the size of maples in only a month and eventually reach six hundred feet, have commandeered the world’s soil and are sucking even the Great Lakes dry. In northern Minnesota, Anderson, an aging farmer armed with a Bible in one hand and a gun in the other, desperately leads the reduced citizenry of a small town in a daily struggle for meager existence. Throw into this fray Jeremiah Orville, a marauding outsider bent on a bizarre and private revenge, and the fight to live becomes a daunting task.

Near the beginning of , David Dow lays his cards on the table. “People think that because I am against the death penalty and don’t think people should be executed, that I forgive those people for what they did. Well, it isn’t my place to forgive people, and if it were, I probably wouldn’t. I’m a judgmental and not very forgiving guy. Just ask my wife.”

It this spellbinding true crime narrative, Dow takes us inside of prisons, inside the complicated minds of judges, inside execution-administration chambers, into the lives of death row inmates (some shown to be innocent, others not) and even into his own home—where the toll of working on these gnarled and difficult cases is perhaps inevitably paid. He sheds insight onto unexpected phenomena—how even religious lawyer and justices can evince deep rooted support for putting criminals to death—and makes palpable the suspense that clings to every word and action when human lives hang in the balance.

In an argument against capital punishment, Dow’s capable memoir partially gathers its steam from the emotional toll on all parties involved, especially the overworked legal aid lawyers and their desperate clients. The author, the litigation director of the Texas Defender Service and a professor at the University of Houston Law Center, respects the notion of attorney-client privilege in this handful of real-life legal outcomes, some of them quite tragic, while acknowledging executions are not about the attorneys, but about the victims of murder and sometimes their killers. While trying to maintain a proper balance in his marriage to Katya, a fellow attorney and ballroom dancer, he spells out the maze of legal mumbo-jumbo to get his clients stays or released from confinement in the cases of a hapless Vietnam vet who shot a child, another man who beat his pregnant wife to death and another who killed his wife and children. In the end, Dow’s book is a sobering, gripping and candid look into the death penalty.

At the ripe old age of twenty, girl genius Sabrina Masters was booted from the CIA for "willful insubordination." Now, ten years later, they want her back for a mission only she has the brains to complete-breaking a twisted code to flush out a terrorist. Too bad the mission comes with her former trainer and ex-lover-Quinlan-attached.

With national security at risk, Sabrina doesn't have time for rules or distractions. Especially from Quinlan. A decade out of the spy game means the odds are against her-but they don't call her a genius for nothing…

Cassandra Allen's gift is so uncanny that even the skeptical police now consult her on murder investigations. But when she's called in to investigate a rash of serial murders, her mind is assaulted by a terrifying being from beyond…

Cass believes the evil force attempting to possess her is involved in the killings. But how? Then she meets Malcolm McDonough, brother of the first victim. He's successful, attractive, unsettling…and he doesn't believe that Cass hears the dead. Yet even as Malcolm denies her claims, he is counting on Cass to lead them to the killer.

Because all the victims have one thing in common-her.

Eager to start a family, Caroline Sommerville marries Dominic Santos in a whirlwind courtship. Then the unthinkable happens: her husband becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his business partner.

With Dominic on the run from the police, Caroline is his last hope. Though she's only known him a short time, she's certain he was framed.

But there's so much about him she doesn't know. And when a damning secret in Dominic's past surfaces, Caroline has to decide whether she believes in the man she married. Is he the murderer he's accused of being? Or is he the husband who needs her trust – and love?

Tocząca się ponad osiem lat wojna między Sojuszem Manticore a Ludową Republika Haven wkracza w decydującą fazę. Lady Honor Harrington „powraca z martwych”, z przyjaciółmi uznanymi za zaginionych lub także martwych. I robi to w naprawdę wielkim stylu, podnosząc tym nadwątlone morale zarówno załóg Królewskiej Marynarki jak i obywateli Gwiezdnego Królestwa. Są wśród nich tacy, którzy wiedzą jak naprawdę wyglądał zamach na legalny rząd Republiki i kto go zorganizował i przeprowadził.<

Captain "Kat" Kim, leader of the all-female Medusa squad, lives by the warrior's code. Trained in an ancient warrior tradition, she can scale a wall in complete silence. But when she's paired with Special Forces Captain Jeff Steiger, she faces new danger.

Steiger is all-American, from his blue eyes to his sun-streaked hair, and his laid-back manner goes against Kat's control-freak ways. When the two hunt for a high-end art thief, their opposite styles combust. And as mysterious commandos turn the job deadly, Kat must ditch her steely discipline and surrender to the desire that threatens to take them both down…

One last mission: deliver Melina Montez to a drug lord in the Peruvian rain forest. Immediately after: deliver himself unto eternity. Commando John Hollister's last op had gone bad. His men were dead. He'd failed. It was time to check out.

Certain death awaited Melina. Her life in exchange for the lives of her family. Still, the stunning doctor was desperate to find a way out. Desperate to change John's mind, she's given him a reason to live, but will it be enough? Too many dangers lurk in the jungle. But the biggest threat may be the passion threatening to consume them both…

Someone was trying to assassinate the president of the United States, and only army intelligence captain Diana Lockworth had the ability to stop them-if she could convince the authorities she wasn't a crackpot. It didn't help that her intel came from a source so secret even she didn't know who it was. With only twenty-four hours to stop the attack, she had to figure out who was masterminding the plot and when they planned to strike. First, she had to get the charismatic young president on her side. And then she'd give the enemy a new target-herself!<

Un cargo chargé d’armes est attaqué par des pirates somaliens. Le commandant réussit à photographier l’un d’eux. La photo parvient à la CIA qui découvre ainsi que les pirates somaliens se sont alliés aux « Shebabs », les taliban somaliens et qu’ils préparent des actions terroristes. Malko, qui a déjà travaillé sur la Somalie file au Kenya, base arrière des pirates.

Après avoir été kidnappé par leurs complices, il découvre que la seule « source » capable de les renseigner se trouve à Mogadiscio, l’endroit le plus dangereux du monde. Il s’y rend en compagnie d’une « stringer » somalienne de la CIA, Hawo et parvient à contacter la « source », qui sert désormais d’interprète aux pirates.

Ce dernier promet de le rejoindre à Mombasa, dès qu’il aura l’information.Ce qu’il fait, mais les shebabs l’ont surveillé et il est abattu avant d’avoir pu parler à Malko. Cependant, son dernier geste, avant de mourir, permet à Malko de déduire le nom du bateau qui doit être attaqué : un énorme « gazier », qui transporte 80.000 m de gaz liquéfié.

El mercenario y cazador de tesoros Rick Bronson está listo para iniciar la caza de su próximo tesoro -libros electrónicos eróticos que fueron escondidos cuando el romance erótico fue prohibido por el Comité de Censura Conservador. El primer punto en su negocio es conseguir la ayuda de la experta en antigüedades literarias Samantha Tremain. Ella es considerada una de las autoridades principales en literatura erótica de la galaxia, una auténtica cazarrecompensas de conocimiento carnal que Rick pretende disfrutar al máximo. Ahora dos personas que no podrían ser más diferentes recorren la galaxia en una atrevida búsqueda de incontables riquezas. Juntos, el éxito está a su alcance… si son capaces de superar la investigación práctica.<

Simon Quinn can have any woman he wants, but he prefers them jaded, worldly, and free of illusions. His life is one of danger and temporary pleasures. An Irish commoner, he has nothing more than his expertise as a lover and mercenary to recommend him and no title, property, or family to redeem him.Lysette Rousseau is a deadly beauty who can seduce or betray with equal skill. She should be just the sort of woman Simon entertains, but something about her sets him on edge. At times she is a femme fatale he cannot abide, at others she is warm, sweet, and irresistibly alluring. His reactions to both sides of her are equally powerful, but for opposite reasons. It seems almost as if there are two women in one…<