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VOTED FUNNIEST SUSPENSE NOVEL OF 2014 by the Hastings Book Club **** Going to sea is an escape from reality, unless reality comes with you **** Exotic ports, alluring women, and experiencing adventures on the other side of the world sounds ideal. After a drunken bet goes wrong, Tyler Chambers boards his US Navy frigate and looks forward to leaving the pressures of the real world behind and slip into a cocoon of escapism. In and out of port in a few days is the perfect way to avoid responsibility. He is happy to live his life as a stereotypical sailor and look for a girl in every port with ...

After Tatiana and baby Abram are kidnapped, the werewolf pack is thrown into disarray. With the others clueless, Karina and Jack, with help from Babushka, are determined to find the two missing pack members. However, Karina and Jack also have paying investigations coming out of their ears, including some dangerous ones that involve the pursuit of serial killers. Additionally, a ghost from Babushka’s past is haunting the art studio in the packhouse. Is he trying to tell them something? If so, what? As the hunt for the two pack members continues, Karina uncovers evidence of venomous ...

An angel just carjacked someone? For Boston Cop, Chloe Mayfield, it's her first day in the city's Blue Moon Division and things are about to get weird. The poor schmuck with the missing car is convinced the glowing being who assaulted him and took his wheels was straight from heaven – he even heard a chorus of angelic music during the crime. Raised catholic, Chloe not about to suggest angels don’t exist, but her gut wants to find a more rational explanation behind this crime. Time to find out.

Don’t miss this funny and addictive dystopian survival story about a teenager forced to change her unhealthy relationship with food after a catastrophic global event leads to famine and societal collapse—perfect for fans of Ali Hazelwood. She overeats. That’s what Zoey’s mother says about her, but one day while her parents are traveling, a strange blackout occurs. Seeking cell service and air conditioning, Zoey teams up with Kent and heads for the mountains of Coywood Creek, home of her grandmother and uncle, as well as the gorgeous Ethan Franklin. At first, this place seems like an...

THE FINAL BOOK IN THE BLUE MOUNTAIN TRILOGY IS HERE... Katrina Storm is a self-made success. She's not afraid to fight hard for what she wants... Until she's confronted with the one thing she never has: love. To her eternal regret, it appears in the form of spoiled play-boy Fox Blackstone, the youngest billionaire-in-waiting for the Blackstone Empire. Caught in a whirlwind love affair, the pair are ripped apart and then thrown together again when Fox's Machiavellian maneuvers drag Katrina back into his world with an offer she can't refuse. What was his motivation all along? Did he ever ...

Resourceful Bingo Riggs and his partner, Handsome Kusak, are in the sucker-bait business, snapping candid pics of tourists off Central Park. Their fly-by-night enterprise can be irresistible to souvenir lovers, but with one camera in a pawnshop and their developing room in the bathtub of a two-room dump near Hell’s Kitchen, their venture is wretchedly underexposed - until they stumble upon an insurance fraud scheme between the allegedly dead eccentric Mr. S. S. Pigeon and his business partner and beneficiary.

Math-genius mercenary Cas Russell has decided to Fight Crime(tm). After all, with her extraordinary mathematical ability, she can neuter bombs or out-shoot an army. And the recent outbreak of violence in the world’s cities is Cas’s fault—she’s the one who crushed the organization of telepaths keeping the world’s worst offenders under control. But Cas’s own power also has a history, one she can’t remember—or control.

When a dip-net fisherman hauls in a severed human foot, Lieutenant Jim Wekle is thrown into another whodunit on his remote island. Alaskan mayhem ensues with a rogue gang of elderly women on ATVs, a Planet Patrol environmental boat with an oil leak, and an influx of tourists, each clutching a fresh copy of a book titled, Muskeg Mama. Kram is in rare form as he decides to enter the local work force by applying his unique perspective to a series of part-time jobs.

Vampire Veronica Melbourne hunts down evil vampires and rogue supernaturals. She also hunts humans—if they give her a reason to kill. When Julia Agrippina asks Veronica to deliver two teenage vampires to a castle stronghold, the huntress figures it should be a straightforward matter. As they travel toward the teens’ ancestral home, Veronica can’t shake the feeling that someone is following them. And when preternatural creatures come out in full force, Veronica learns that an old enemy of the teens is still alive—his violent intentions remain a dire threat to the young vampires. Soon...

ORIGIANL STORY, WRITTEN BY A HUMAN Something evil is going on out there... Detective Ange Watson always knew policing was a hard job. A dangerous job. But she never expected to take a bullet in the line of duty… And now it seems her superiors are willing to throw Ange under the bus to cover up their own mistakes. While she isn’t easily intimidated, everyone has their limits. But when a scared young Vietnamese woman seeks refuge in a country church, it sets in motion a chain of events that will push Ange’s ingenuity and determination to its limits. No human being deserves to be sold to...

I’ve been trained as a cheat, a thief, a charlatan, and a swindler. But though I’m good at what I do, nothing can prepare me for my final dungeon tour—into the abyss of Oberon’s Bane. This dungeon is a hedge maze of twisting corridors with no entrance, exit, or center. And the worst of the Unseelie are imprisoned there for crimes as hideous as they are incomprehensible. Somewhere within this maze of death is Goodfellow’s Eye—a gemstone I’ve been hired to retrieve. Luckily for me, I’ve got my team with me—Cade, the paladin, Roc the bard, Odon the barbarian, and Aram…my ex...

West Hollywood is Karina’s home, a place where a Russian werewolf can hide in plain sight. Unfortunately, it’s also the place where the werewolf hunters seek their prey. When Karina’s best friend, also a shape-shifter, is murdered, she teams up with Jack Hardy, a homicide detective, to work the case with him. While the case twists and turns, Karina can’t help but notice Jack is falling in love with her. But she can’t tell him her secret. Or can she? While she considers the consequences of such a love match, the murder takes an unexpected turn. And Karina soon learn Jack has a ...

Filius Thoreau, arch-benefit fraudster and jaunty raconteur, celebrates the silver anniversary of his induction into the world of the workshy with his candid, but not too candid, autobiography in which he celebrates the unique and sinuous path he has steered through the minefield of work-obsessed modern Britain. From the dark days of the Poll Tax through the laissez-faire nineties to the ghastly government work schemes of the new millennium, Filius has marched onwards to the sound of his own personal drummer and constructed a uniquely apologist philosophy along the way.

Everyone's favorite vampire detective is back in a brand-new short story! (Plus two bonus stories!) Included in this collection: "Moon Musings" - Samantha Moon is back and...blogging? Turns out the vampire mama has a lot to say on the subject of life, death, and fighting demons. And what better outlet than in an anonymous blog? For those who want to know what's really on a vampire's mind... "Moon Memories" - He's a new client with lots of questions. She's a vampire feeling oddly chatty. Is he ready for the answers? "Moon Quiz" - It's a quiz in a magazine, meant to entertain and perhaps kill...

*The Hidden Tomb*, the first in the *Dr. Isabella Cruz Mysteries*, takes readers on a quirky, cozy adventure filled with ancient secrets, ghostly whispers, and plenty of humor. When Dr. Isabella Cruz stumbles upon her grandfather Arturo Ramirez’s old journal, detailing his obsession with a mysterious artifact said to hold special powers, she can’t resist the allure of Egypt’s hidden treasures. Enlisting the help of her clumsy but loveable friend, blogger Cecilia Alvarez, and sharp-witted writer Josefina Morales, the trio heads off on an adventure of a lifetime. Their expedition takes ...

"COLD OPEN is red hot when it comes to action. A terrific book with plenty of inventive twists and turns. And who could write it better than this? A real reporter, Greg Clarkin sums up the electricity and crackle of a newsroom with a deadly twist. COLD OPEN is great entertainment." -Kitty Pilgrim, former CNN correspondent and author of The Stolen Chalice and The Explorer's Code "Check out COLD OPEN...a thrilling mystery." -Ali Velshi, CNN anchor When the nation’s number one cable news anchor, turns up floating in the East River, the cops label it a suicide. But his gorgeous widow is ...

Homicide Detective Sydney Valentine investigates the death of a Jane Doe found in the backyard hot tub of a high-end home. When Valentine arrives at the scene, she discovers nothing is as it initially appears—far from it. Valentine's pursuit of Jane Doe's identity uncovers secrets some would prefer to keep hidden. Her investigation reveals treachery and deceit as more crimes change or end the lives of those connected to the victim. Throughout it all, Detective Valentine must face her own personal and professional challenges. She digs deeper to expose the truth behind what set everything ...

Detective Valentine investigates the murder of a scathing judge of a singing competition. An unknown assailant strikes and kills the popular judge with her own Emmy. As Valentine investigates the homicide, she discovers the victim had earned the nickname "The Dream Crusher" and gathered numerous enemies. After she digs deeper, she finds a rival judge, an arrogant producer, an estranged brother, and a host of others with more than enough motive to deliver the deadly blow. When bodies start to pile up and her suspect list grows, Valentine must uncover the murderer before her own voice is ...

When Grayson and Bobbie head to the Florida Panhandle to witness a spectacle of nature, they take a wrong turn and quickly find themselves up to their armpits in arthropods. And that’s the good part of their vacation. Campers are disappearing without a trace from nearby Torreya State Park. Whatever’s stalking them soon sets its eyes on Bobbie and Grayson, too.

Detective Sydney Valentine chases down clues to uncover the identity of a physician's killer. The doctor is bludgeoned to death in his medical office. Without warning, Detective Sydney Valentine's lieutenant assigns her a new and annoying new partner. While the two detectives pursue the investigation into the bloody murder of this high-profile physician, they discover he's going through a nasty divorce. When the body of a John Doe turns up in an alleyway and strange connections between the murders emerge, the likelihood of a simple case looks grim. False Claims is the fourth book in the ...