During his lifetime, Buffalo Bill was the most famous person in the world. Eratosthenes created geography. Martin Luther King was jailed 29 times. George Washington is the only person to serve in war while being the US president. Gandhi refused to educate his children and disowned two of them. Alexander the Great claimed to have seen a UFO. Michael Jackson wanted to play Peter Pan in the film, Hook. Bob Marley suffered from seizures. Archimedes was the first person to calculate pi. Isaac Newton believed in Atlantis. Anaximander figured out that the Earth is round. Joseph Stalin was covered in scars due to suffering smallpox. Aristotle believed eels were made of mud. Leonardo Da Vinci was the first person who could explain why the Moon was crescent-shaped. Pythagoras was so good at mathematics, people thought he was a sorcerer. Napoleon was terrified of open doors. King Arthur’s real name was Ambrosius Aurelianus. Saddam Hussein was obsessed with Doritos. Socrates thought the concept of books was stupid. Steve Jobs didn’t let his kids use iPads. Mark Zuckerberg went through a time where he would eat animals that he killed.

    

    Dive into this fast and furious romantic suspense boxed set. It’s a tough world out there, but Daring Protectors love as hard as they fight. Between car chases, gunfights, devious killers, mob hitmen, abusive ex’s, and cartel bosses, the action and romance are nonstop when Daring Protectors meet their match. JAKE, THE JUSTICE BROTHERS by Taylor Lee – USAT bestselling author Sam Delgado, the new Tribal Police Chef, determined to go it alone, is as brazen as she is beautiful. Jake Justice is the acknowledged law enforcement leader in the state—and the one Justice Brother no woman has been able to snare. The murder of a young Native girl threatens their professional relationship and puts their passionate love affair in the crosshairs. Together they discover that Justice—like Love—isn’t always fair or easy. AXE, BAD BOYS FOR HIRE by Rachelle Ayala – USAT bestselling author Leanna Rivera leaves safety behind when she hires Axe Salvadori to search for a daughter she gave away in Mexico. There’s the cartel, Leanna’s ex, Axe’s past, the human traffickers, and Carmelita herself. No one is as they seem, and nothing is safe—least of all Leanna’s heart. When the stakes are nothing less than the safety of her daughter, can Leanna count on Axe, a man with demons of his own? DESTINY’S DREAM by Jen Talty – USAT bestselling Author. No more boyfriend. No more dog. No more heartache. Destiny Baker promised herself, she’d never make the same mistake twice. She’d put her trust in a man once, and she wound up in the Witness Protection Program. For companionship, Assistant Chief of Police Mason Cooper trusted one creature: his German Shepard. When a deadly secret from Destiny’s past not only threatens her life, but Mason’s family as well, Mason takes matters into his own hands and loses his heart. Even if he saves Destiny, he’ll still have to say good-bye to the only woman in his life who had earned his trust. SPECIAL AGENT KANDICE by Mimi Barbour – NYT & USAT bestselling author. Sweet doesn’t necessarily mean weak… some men need to understand that. Special Agent Kandice wants to be tough like the others on her team. When Dan Black, her new hard-ass boss arrives, he’s the one she’s out to impress. Being the chief hostage negotiator at a bank heist starts the process. Being stalked, kidnapped and beaten helps see it through. In the end, pulling the trigger comes easy… BEDROOM THERAPY by Rebecca York – NYT & USAT bestselling author Phone sex and fantasies can’t keep sexual advice columnist, Dr. Amanda O’Neal, safe when a serial killer has her in his sights. Enter P.I. Zachary Grant, a man focused on protection and clues—or, sexual fantasies, his and hers. While anything is possible in the bedroom, can Zach keep Amanda safe before the killer strikes again? BARBARA’S PLEA by Stacy Eaton – USAT bestselling author Barbara lives in constant fear of her husband. She finally summons the courage to leave with their young daughter, Allie, but dreads the moment her husband learns of their escape. Barbara flees to a safe location where she meets Grey, an unemployed construction worker also living on the property.

    In these tales, morality and decency mean nothing in a place where respect is gauged by the size of your expense account…and everyone follows the golden rule: sex sells.The Harold Robbins Thriller Collection includes: Never Leave Me, Dreams Die First, Goodbye, Janette and The Adventurers.

    Brother and sister. It’s an inseparable bond — until Ricky is sent away to South African boarding school. Their father plans to bring him home, but then the unthinkable happens. Leonora’s father is shot dead and Ricky vanishes. Can Leonora uncover the truth about what happened to them? And will it lead back to Ricky?BOOK 2: THE GIRL ON THE BEACHAnna steps forward to take a better look, fighting to keep her hood in place. Leaning down, she pulls the brown slime of the seaweed away and recoils in horror. Underneath is the white curve of a human leg. What would you do if you discovered a dead body on a remote beach and no one else seemed to care?BOOK 3: WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHTLisa remembers the first part of that night: an evening in the pub with her best friend. Then nothing. She wakes up, days later. In hospital. Her best friend is dead. What happened? Lisa holes up in a remote country cottage, plagued by guilt and flashbacks: how did their assailant know them? Why were they attacked? And what really happened that night?

    But even after five years, Kira’s past keeps catching up with her. Hoping to distract herself with a new case, Kira realizes the disappearance of a young college student might be a part of a larger conspiracy.

    Madeleine Schier heeds her husband's panicked call and runs home, only to witness his brutal murder by a crime boss and become a target herself. Under police security, she vows to testify. But when the police protecting her are killed, the last of her NYC life disintegrates, leaving her no place to hide. She flees, relying on her wits and imagination to survive on a dangerous journey to become someone else. Who can she trust? The helpful widower who advises her on farming? The damaged recluse who's always near? The neighbor who brings cherry pie? With the murderer still searching, one wrong move could be her last.

     Celebrated Seattle restaurateur Callie James is more than a little thrown when her ex-husband, French investigative reporter Daniel Odile-Grand, shows up after fourteen years asking for her help. Even more disturbing: as she throws him out, Daniel is deliberately hit by a car, hurled through the front window of her restaurant--broken, bloody and unconscious. He flees from the hospital and breaks into Callie's apartment, where he passes out. Reluctantly, Callie hides him. When she gets back to her restaurant, two assassins walk in, insisting that she find Daniel for them by tonight or pay the consequences. Overwhelmed and hopelessly out of her depth, Callie hires the only man she knows who can help her: Cash Logan, her former bartender, a man she had arrested for smuggling ivory through her restaurant two years earlier, and who still hasn't forgiven her. The assassins blow up her restaurant. It's Callie's nightmare. And the worst is yet to come as she and her unlikely, incompatible ally discover that the most perilous dangers are far closer to home than they'd imagined.

    Ella is training and developing her gifts while stumbling upon secrets of her distant past... Horrific circumstances may force her to give up someone she loves more than anything in this new world. Her existence seems bleak... Until Tristan, a mysterious Reaper, makes himself known to her. Their meeting leads Ella down a path of self discovery like no other. This new knowledge poses an unimaginable threat to Ella and the people she cares about. Lives are at stake. Decisions must be made. An unexpected passion ignites. But Darkness is always on step behind, stalking Ella's every waking moment.

    But this is Narrowdale, and nothing’s ever quite normal. When two of the kids she is looking after disappear, things quickly spiral out of control. Now Roxanne's crawling around in old maintenance tunnels, catching glimpses of creepy happenings in the building's many apartments. In one of them lives a man with a dark, terrible secret, and Roxanne's path is on a collision course with his. And all around the man, there is a strange sound of buzzing…

    She went from sleeping in subway stations to having her own. Her come up didn’t come without a price, though. Now at twenty-five Aubri, struggles to lay her past demons to rest and move on with her future. There was no one in her corner, rooting her on until she met him. Quest Cardoza, likes to think of himself as a ladies man when in actuality he’s only been serious with current girlfriend, Lia. Although he didn’t see himself settling down anytime soon, due to the life he led in the streets; he kept her around. With new business deals coming into play everything is moving accordingly for Quest until Aubri enters his life and shakes his world. When two people, coming from different sides of the track, is thrust together, a whirlwind love story erupts. However, all that glitters isn’t gold, and the secrets of Aubri’s past threatens to tear them apart. While Quest is pretty much upfront about his life, the dangers of a silent enemy lurk in the shadows preparing to strike at any moment. Can their love survive secrets and betrayal? Most men in the streets have a right hand, their go to. And for Quest that man is Cross. Cross is the complete opposite of Quest in every sense. In the streets, he is the hot-headed one, and when it comes to relationships, he’s faithful. Why wouldn’t he be, when his partner, Ashlynn is everything he could hope for in a wife, and mother to his child. However, one night can change it all for him. The heart wants what the heart wants but will it prove to be worth it in the end for three ladies who just want a gangsta to love them.

    Any card. This killer wants the whole deck.When the body of a teenage girl, dressed in a magician’s outfit, is discovered on a beach in North Tyneside, DCI Cooper fears she is dealing with a different breed of killer.Some murderers leave a calling card, but this girl’s killer stitched his card into her flesh. Cooper quickly gets to work and identifies the victim as missing fifteen-year-old, Rachel Pearson. As the investigation progresses, Cooper soon discovers that Rachel’s father has a short fuse and that her boyfriend, Will, has a possessive streak. Before she can track down Will, another girl is murdered.  Same killer. Same school. Different outfit. With a serial killer stalking the teenagers of Tynemouth, Cooper’s boss and the press are demanding results. As Cooper’s self-confidence dwindles she works to find the connection. The eyes of the country are on Tynemouth and her investigation. Can Cooper put her personal issues behind her and stop the man tormenting her hometown before another mother loses her child and she loses her job?

    

    Detective Sergeant Karen Neilsen hunts a psychopathic murderer of young children. Jerry Peltzig, a thief and nemesis of hers, stumbles into a world of abusing monsters. He discovers a desperate child who needs his help, sending him on a path of violent danger. Karen must find the elusive thief and learn what he's learned in his search for the child. She needs the thief's skills and knowledge to stop the psychopath. Jerry Peltzig must use her to save the boy.