Fast Paced

The flight across the ocean was routine. The storm was not. When a state-of-the-art airliner is ripped from the sky by an impossible tempest, Captain Eva Rostova and a handful of survivors wash ashore on an uncharted island. The crash is only the beginning of their nightmare. They are not alone. Something is hunting them in the jungle—a silent, intelligent, and utterly alien predator that disabled their plane with chilling precision. As Eva struggles to keep the terrified passengers alive, she realizes their crash was no accident. They were brought here. But the greatest threat may not be...

People mistake her for an average teenage girl … That’s often their last mistake. After being the youngest and the most dangerous assassin at the secret Italian facility that teaches young women how to kill, Rose abandoned her training to live as a normal teenager. Years later, her dark past and worst enemies catch up with her and destroy everything she holds dear. Now she only has one thing on her mind—a deadly vendetta. She won’t rest until there is blood on her hands one more time. Even if some of the blood ends up being her own. Blood & Roses is the first book in the Vigilante ...

When John Sutter's aristocratic wife killed her mafia don lover, John left America and set out in his sailboat on a three-year journey around the world, eventually settling in London. Now, 10 years later, he has come home to the Gold Coast, that stretch of land on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America, to attend the imminent funeral of an old family servant.

Just two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan lay near death after a gunman's bullet came within inches of his heart. His recovery was nothing short of remarkable - or so it seemed. But Reagan was grievously injured, forcing him to encounter a challenge that few men ever face. Could he silently overcome his traumatic experience while at the same time carrying out the duties of the most powerful man in the world?

The Rapture has occurred, America is devastated and the Islamic Messiah, the 12th Imam, is moving quickly to establish his ultimate control over the world. Soon all will be in place according to the plans of the Antichrist. As America attempts to recover from the trio of a nuclear explosion in the nation’s capital, an EMP attack on the electrical grid, and the disappearance of millions of people across the globe, over in Iran the Islamic messiah known as the 12th Imam takes advantage of the ensuing chaos. To consolidate his power, he quickly divides all the nations into ten distinct ...

Do you find yourself constantly asking your child to "pick up the pace"? Does he or she seem to take longer than others to get stuff done - whether completing homework, responding when spoken to, or getting dressed and ready in the morning? Drs. Ellen Braaten and Brian Willoughby have worked with thousands of kids and teens who struggle with an area of cognitive functioning called "processing speed" and who are often mislabeled as lazy or unmotivated.

Lily Hart is sweet, untouched, and completely unprepared for the storm that is Grayson Wolfe. She only wanted a temp job—something to help her struggling family. Instead, she walked straight into the lair of a man who doesn’t ask. He takes. Grayson has locked himself away in his sprawling estate, a beast among his riches, until the moment she appears—wide-eyed, innocent, and too damn tempting. One look, and he knows. She belongs to him. He’ll do whatever it takes to keep her. Even if it means trapping her in his world with an offer she can’t refuse—one month under his roof in ...

When a small two-seater Cessna sputters and stalls high above the rugged wilderness, Larry and Angela brace for impact, believing the worst is behind them. But survival is just the beginning of their nightmare. As they emerge from the wreckage, they quickly realize they are not alone; a sinister force is stalking them, now turning their desperate escape into a deadly game of cat and mouse. Tension mounts as the duo navigates the treacherous landscape, battling both the elements and their unseen pursuers. As they race against time to escape their relentless hunters, Larry and Angela must ...

Jerold’s guiding job was supposed to be straightforward: keep the caravan alive, tolerate Jin’s theatrics, and reach Pemberton in one piece. But when the group is forced to cut through the infamous Fernwood, things start to unravel. The forest is dense, the air is too quiet, and something—or someone—is watching. Rumors say the People of the Ferns don’t take kindly to outsiders. Jerold’s not sure if he believes in forest spirits or hidden tribes, but he does believe in getting paid. Now, with tensions rising and odd things stirring in the trees, he’s beginning to suspect this ...

A ghost with a dream. A ballet student with a secret. Can they help each other before the curtain falls? For two centuries, Grace has drifted through the echoing halls of Amberwood, a lonely ghost longing for the warmth of applause and the joy of dance. Now, it's a ballet boarding school, and she's discovered her true passion: ballet! But she's trapped within Amberwood's ghostly realm. Her only companion is Rodney, a fellow ghost with a free-roaming spirit and a knack for getting into trouble. Twelve-year-old Lauren Mason arrives at Amberwood with dreams of her own, but she's also carrying ...

Deadly. Ruthless. Eighteen. Bent on murder. Despite not being old enough to drive, Rose was easily the most skilled assassin in Eva Santella’s Italian boot camp. But then Rose decided to leave that life behind and spent her teen years playing soccer and chess and lying on the beach in Barcelona. The Sultan took all that away. When he killed her boyfriend on the night she turned 18, Rose made a vow that either she would kill The Sultan or die trying. At that moment, she knew despite her best efforts to live a normal life, she was destined to be a killer. Now, after years of hunting The ...

THE MULTI-AWARD WINNING DEBUT THRILLER BY T.J.HAWKINS Tom Rivers is a middle aged professional. He has a wife and two daughters. His life is comfortable, if somewhat unremarkable. But he has a secret, that even he doesn't know about. During a business trip to London he discovers that he is instead, a genetically superior and highly trained MI5 agent who has been kept in a sleeper state for the past twenty five years and is now expected to save his country from catastrophe. A terrorist cell has developed a weapon so devastating that it could send Britain back to the Dark Ages and, at the ...

Jax barely survived Shrimp Game once. But this time, he's not being dragged back—he's going in on purpose. He made a promise to save Skye. And he’s willing to risk everything to keep it. But Shrimp Game isn’t the same. The rules have changed. This time, it's the Championship. Every player is a past competitor—stronger, faster, and out for revenge. No rest. No second chances. No mercy. From Lights Out Tag to Dodgeball with no way out, Jax must outthink brutal rivals, survive crazy twists, and face challenges more dangerous than anything he's seen before. Can Jax find Skye and survive...

A city of ancient secrets. A killer enacting centuries-old vengeance. A reporter who is the final target. Disgraced investigative journalist Griffin Pike is chasing ghosts. Broke and desperate, he returns to his hometown of St. Augustine to cover a story that feels like a godsend: a bizarre, ritualistic murder at the heart of the city’s oldest monument, the Castillo de San Marcos. The victim is posed, the crime is theatrical, and the killer has a taste for history. As the bodies stack up, each murder more brutal and symbolic than the last, Griffin is pulled deep into a conspiracy that ...

A story of political ambition, greed, love and revenge, The Reluctant Trader is a fast-paced thriller following fictional events in just one week at the end of January 2016, the start of what, by any yardstick, was an extraordinary year in British politics. When disgraced former soldier, Adam Fraser, goes to work for well-connected tax-exile and billionaire, Ricky Al-Shawabi, as an oil trader, he finds himself at the centre of a British operation trying to expose Al-Shawabi as a criminal tax evader. However, the tentacles of Al-Shawabi’s operation reach high into the British political ...

This novel, written in 1949, was Osamu Dazai's last work and was unfinished upon his death. It is set in Tokyo just after the war's end. It tells the story of a handsome editor who wants to leave his mistresses and a black marketeer woman who has a thick voice, a big appetite, and great strength but is also stunningly beautiful. It is a cheerful, humorous, and unprecedented novel, so much so that it is hard to believe that it was written by a novelist who was so depressed that he was contemplating suicide. All the reader can do, however, is to imagine the rest of the novel. Annotations [1] ...

This short story was written by Osamu Dazai in 1939. Five siblings from a wealthy family - the eldest son is 28, the eldest daughter is 26, the second son is 24, the second daughter is 21, and the third son is 18 - create a story in relay format to pass the time. The story of an old mathematician begins to be told. As they all have different personalities and favorite books, the stories they create also show their individuality. The interactions between them are written in an attractive way. You can read it all at once and enjoy the unexpected twist at the end. As the work is written with a...

After a spate of inexplicable incidents, the tradesmen refurbishing a former Roman Catholic orphanage refuse to continue work. Desperate for a solution, the project manager accepts the help of paranormal investigator Malachi Hunter and his team. Even in broad daylight, the entities that infest the Victorian building overwhelm the ghost hunters with paranormal activity on an unprecedented scale. As the team attempt to deal with the haunting, former MI5 agent Adam Ross is pursuing his mission to find how information about the Fall—secret gateway to the Summer Lands—has persisted into ...

"Buckle up and put on your tinfoil hat for this journey, it's a masterfully-written five-star adventure full of fun, fear, and unexpected twists." –Bill Schweitzer, Doves in a Tempest Simon Elliot, a police officer, witnesses the kidnapping of three siblings from their unconscious parents. With no memory of how their children were taken, and their oldest son found dead in a crop circle in England, the family begs Simon to go abroad and continue his investigation. In England, Simon believes he is being watched. When acquaintances die while helping with his investigation, he knows he has ...

A NEO-NOIR HONEYMOON IN HELL: A Suspenseful Tale of Love, Murder, and Fate John thought he had left behind his days of drinking and killing, but as he and his new bride, Cherry, embark on their honeymoon in the jungles of Malaysia and Borneo, they are haunted by ghosts from their past. The release of nihilist criminals connected to John's SAS background brings death and destruction to their luxury island resort. Just when they think they can escape the darkness, their paradise is raided by savage pirates, revealing that everything is connected and they are unable to outrun their destiny. ...