Fast Paced

The world has changed before our eyes. Adrift and lost, freedom comes at an exorbitant price, and only at the behest of a powerful few who control everything. In a future America, where citizens are forced to vacate the heartland and move to a handful of cities to keep the overtaxed power grid from imploding, and where criminals undergo brain implants rather than serve time behind bars, a few belligerent patriots refuse to comply. Survival expert Elijah Stryker is one of the few holdouts. Stryker scrabbles for sustenance in a region called the Forbidden Zone, a rugged frontier that’s home...

Bridgerton meets Vampire Diaries! In the city of love and bloodshed, Henri D'Ardent traded his mortality for a taste of forever, and found himself bound to a servant girl who would change his fate forever. A love between him and a servant would never have happened otherwise - but will it last? Paris: As the guillotine's shadow looms over the aristocracy, Henri D'Ardent receives an offer he can't refuse: immortality in exchange for his humanity. But escaping revolutionary France is only the beginning of his ordeal. Across storm-tossed seas, a newly-turned vampire battles insatiable bloodlust...

Introducing "5 Steps to Building Resilience in Today's Fast-Paced and Uncertain World," a must-listen guide for anyone who wants to succeed and achieve their dreams. In today's world, nothing is certain except for one thing - how you respond to uncertainty.

After two attempts on his life, Brody takes things personally. He tracks a ruthless Chinese poacher and his gang of cutthroats two hundred miles up the remote, crocodile-infested Tana River in deepest Africa. In this gripping thriller, Brody finds himself in the violent and dangerous world of ivory smuggling, where the stench of death lingers in the air. He battles treacherous terrain, hostile weather, unpredictable wildlife, and poachers who indiscriminately kill animals and local tribespeople. As Brody ventures further inland, he encounters a horrific scene: a kidnapped girl facing an ...

A lawyer’s passion for justice unleashes a flaming torrent of death. How many people must die for his justice to be served? Steven Maxwell acts, lives, and breathes as one of America’s top criminal lawyers. Though high priced, he often takes cases pro bono, including murder, in his desire to serve the Lady of Justice; after all, she is why he studied law. Recently he got a not guilty verdict for Guepardo, one of the world’s best professional hit men under contract hire by the Hoffman gang. How? The key witness, Mary, didn’t show up so no evidence, no case, “not guilty.” What ...

Vicky, Rhys, Larissa, and Flynn have avoided the horde of diseased that chased them from Summit City, but they’re far from free. Although the diseased can’t get to them while they remain on top of the shipping container, at some point they’ll have to come down. With a sea of enraged monsters as far as they can see, coming down means certain death. Exhausted from their escape, they may be able to rest for now, but sooner rather than later, they’re going to have to take action to get themselves out of their current predicament … This box set includes: The Alpha Plague 4 The Alpha ...

A year after they defeated Lester Smythe - the evil mastermind featured in The Brain Sucker - Callum, Sophie and Jinx are having problems with the new kids at Thanxton High. The bullies seem to be targeting them. And the friends soon discover they are in the middle of a dangerous plot for revenge. Who is behind it? And what is the bully chip?

After his parents died in 1938, Timmy Farnsworth, 10, from Santa Monica, California, was sent to live with his Uncle Malcolm and Aunt Agnes in a village 25 miles north of London called Trucksbury He was living in an upstairs bedroom with his cousin Will when the war broke out. The boys soon named their room Trucksbury Fighter Command and, later joined by an East London orphan named Jack, began their own battle against the enemy.

One murder. Four suspects. Endless motives. Can Logan untangle a web of lies before the bodies start piling up? Logan McKenna is troubled by good news. After accepting her long-time boyfriend’s proposal, the talented musician worries her unexpectedly profitable viral music video will throw their happy relationship out of whack. Needing space to clear her head, she travels to Oregon for a regular consulting gig…and stumbles onto a dead body. Determined to protect her friends who are prime suspects in the case, Logan puts her own life on hold and chases the truth. But with the police ...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ WOW! This is one of the best thrilling, fun books I have read in a long time. Goodreads reviewer Con artists Dawn and Roger must confront the past - while fighting for their future Siblings Dawn and Roger are orphans, brought up in Paris by their (known-criminal) uncle. Despite being left financially secure by an inheritance, they nonetheless decide to make their own way in life– and under Uncle Claude’s tutelage, become successful con artists. Their weakness, ironically, being an overactive sense of justice. Now, as adults, Roger lives on a boat berthed in Cannes’ ...

The Legend of the Lovers A tale of passion and mystery set against the volcanic shores of Lanzarote Pablo Olivares is a man haunted by the past. When his former lover dies under mysterious and tragic circumstances, Pablo embarks on a relentless journey to uncover the truth. But as he delves deeper into the secrets surrounding her death, he is forced to confront not only the shadowy figures who seek to bury the past but also the darkness within himself. Set against the breathtaking and rugged backdrop of Lanzarote, The Legend of the Lovers masterfully intertwines the island’s raw volcanic ...

In the vast and untamed land of the Lakota Sioux, a tribe that had thrived in harmony with nature for countless generations, a storm was brewing. Chief Matoskah, a wise and revered leader, found himself facing an unprecedented threat to the tribe's way of life. Alongside his loyal warrior leaders, Wambleeska and Tashunka, Chief Matoskah embarks on a desperate struggle to preserve their land and keep their sacred traditions alive. As the relentless tide of settlers, protected by U.S. Soldiers, encroached upon their ancestral territory, the Lakota Sioux face an existential crisis. Everything ...

A breath-taking arctic adventure with a new twist on Norse mythology! In the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard miners make an unexpected discovery: a cave with ancient petroglyphs and a giant ship that has a dangerous secret. When one of the men touches it, he goes berserk and kills several workers. Archaeologist Anika Wahlgren is called out to Svalbard to investigate the ancient ship. Yet she has no idea what she’s about to uncover: NAGLFAR! The ship from Norse mythology that heralds the end of the world. With a team of international researchers she’s determined to get to the bottom of ...

When an angry Facebook post spirals into a serial killing spree, John's ordered life slips sideways into a nightmare world where social media betrays his every move to the killers. ♠ Fast-paced, compelling psychological thriller.

'This book was a top notch thriller. I devoured it in less than a day!' Netgalley reviewer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'A great plot with many exciting turns and twists that kept me engaged until the very last page!' 'A fun and twisty summer read that kept me guessing. One of the only books I’ve ever read in one sitting.' You thought you were keeping them safe. You let the evil in... My heart twists as I watch my teenagers, Willow and Josh, head off on their first holiday without me. They're spreading their wings, venturing into the world, and I feel a mix of pride and anxiety. ...

"The cows moved away from him as he stepped into the mud. The stench of manure and wet soil wafted over the area as Hamid saw something lying on the ground before him. Pushing one beast away from the site, Hamid saw a foot and a black gumboot sticking out from the mud. There was a mound of dirt around the boot, and as Hamid pulled on the boot, it came away. Ted Lassiter's red wool sock stood out in contrast to the brown of the mud. Hamid pulled out his phone and called the police." Detective Inspector Linden McCoy is called out to investigate a series of murders in the farming communities ...

"...will definitely bring a smile to your face." - Amazon UK reviewer "Accountants CAN be fun" - PJ Lea Could this be the worst job interview in the entire history of the universe? Possibly. So when Elton D Philpotts lands his dream Space Corps accountancy job he can’t help wondering how it happened. And why. Somebody in the Space Corps must need him, and they need him bad. But the work is dull; nothing like the glamour job he expected. Until he sees things he should not have seen: A hidden ledger, dodgy accounting transactions, bogus gate receipts. And when a whole starship disappears, ...

Microbiologist-turned-terrorist Ryan Telford is trapped. Locked in silent, perpetual darkness, the ghost of his wife Margot his only companion. She sadistically taunts him as he burns with a delirious fever, convinced every hallucination-filled night will be his last. Five hundred miles away, President Baker has accomplished what is predecessor, Neville Dawson had only dreamed of. After orchestrating the deaths of several climate scientists years earlier, his creation, the Committee for Scientific Oversight has humiliated the academic community with public hearings and the detentions of ...

Agricultural scientists Jacob and Adira Henson arrived in Manhattan, Kansas in the usual way, in a borrowed van, under cover of night. Theirs is a perfect union. Smart. Funny. Loving. An amazing couple. Or are they? What secrets are being kept in the small two-bedroom apartment just off campus? What kind of scientists carry guns and bags of cash? Who are these mysterious people? As they scramble to prevent another bioterror attack by the Scientific Advancement Society’s terror network, this time on the nation’s corn crop, each day closer to harvest brings Jacob and Adira closer to each ...

Ryan Telford and Claire McNamara are haunted, terrorized by ghosts of the thousands of people they murdered during The Blood Strain Attack, a vengeful act against a government they believe assassinated their friends and colleagues, scientists who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Now they’re on the run, each one escaping to their own corner of the world. When Ryan’s wife Margot is kidnapped and brutally attacked, intelligence agents Alex and Jacob will go to the ends of the Earth to capture the bioterrorists turned cold-blooded killers, while Ryan prepares his most audacious ...