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Let Her Be
Lisa Unger - 2020
This time he plans to prove he’s right in a New York Times bestselling author’s haunting short story of what happens when seeing is not believing.Will, an aspiring novelist, can’t stop parsing his ex-girlfriend’s popular social media accounts for clues that her ideal new rural life with the perfect man has a dark side. After all, nobody he knows has actually seen the blissful blogger in the flesh for nearly a year. When Will draws a wary friend into his “investigation,” the real question becomes who’s truly in danger.Lisa Unger’s Let Her Be is part of Hush, a collection of six stories, ranging from political mysteries to psychological thrillers, in which deception can be a matter of life and death. Each piece can be read or listened to in one truly chilling sitting.
Throttle
Joe Hill - 2009
Their battle is fought out on twenty miles of the most lonely road in the country, a place where the only thing worse than not knowing what you're up against, is slowing down . . .
The Masked Truth
Kelley Armstrong - 2015
The exits are sealed shut. Their phones are gone. And their captors are on a killing spree.Riley and Max know that if they can’t get out, they’ll be next—but they’re about to discover that even escape doesn’t equal freedom.
Black Sunday
Thomas Harris - 1975
. . 80,000 people had better get ready to die. — The Super Bowl--where thousands have gathered for an all-American tradition. Suddenly it's the most terrifying place on earth . . . — Michael Lander is the most dangerous man in America. He pilots a television blimp over packed football stadiums every weekend. He is fascinated with explosives. And he happens to be very, very crazy. That's why a beautiful PLO operative has seduced him. That's why--on Super Bowl Sunday--the world will witness the bloody assassination of the U. S. president and the worst mass murder in history. Unless someone discovers what Michael Lander plans . . . and can kill him first.
Jack West Jr and the Hero's Helmet
Matthew Reilly - 2016
As Jack examines the temple in the deserted museum, he is watched by a mysterious figure. A man intent on stopping him at any cost.Free download link straight from the author himself:http://www.matthewreilly.com/wp-conte...
Walk the Right Road Box Set
Lorhainne Eckhart - 2012
The subject matter may be offensive to some!*Please note this is a large file: Sometimes when downloading large files the digital file can be corrupted for any number of reasons, internet speed, kindle connection. In the event your kindle book file is jumbled/corrupted, simply contact Amazon customer service to arrange for another download free of charge! Both Amazon and the author would like to see you happy with your purchase. Praise for WALK THE RIGHT ROAD series:'Great Series! Exciting, suspenseful, not your normal ending...' - P. Williams''This author has mastered the art of developing and telling a complex, realistic story, and I would not hesitate to recommend this thriller, and Books 1 and 3 in this series, to anybody who enjoys experiencing a captivating thriller.'- Lee Ashford, Readers FavoriteOverview:A sizzling and romantic thriller series that will leave you breathless, WALK THE RIGHT ROAD SERIES is the perfect box set for anyone who enjoys an engrossing novel filled with romance, mystery and suspense. *Not your average Romantic Suspense! If you love the steamy murder mysteries of Heather Graham and Lisa Jackson and couldn't get enough of the irresistible crime thriller Gone Girl, then you'll love this sizzling new romantic suspense series, WALK THE RIGHT ROAD, a box set.This Box set includes: 2 full-length books (plus 3 bonus short stories, only included in this box set collection) ~ Over 150,000 words of thrilling romantic suspense.RUNNING LATE--A prequel to THE CHOICE- Read how Dan and Marcie met.DREAM MAN--A Prequel to THE CHOICETHE CHOICE--One Woman. Two Men. And a choice that could kill her.I MATTER TO HIM--A prequel to LOST AND FOUNDLOST AND FOUND--A Hit and run. A deserted country road. A parents worst nightmare. It is Oh So Sexy and intriguing. It pulls you right in, I can't stop reading, and when I'm not reading, I start to think about the novel" Behind a Million and One Pages~ReviewerFrom Romance Junkies..."One of the best romantic suspense books I have read this year!Genious at weaving a story of love and redemption"--Amazon Reviewer -KyblondernOther Romantic Novels from Lorhainne Eckhart:THE FORGOTTEN CHILD - #1 AMAZON BESTSELLER in Western Romance and Romance Series ~ How do you tell a man there is something wrong this his child?Military Romantic SuspenseSAVED: Growing up, I had dreams that one day I'd fall in love, get married and start a family. Then one night I was taken. But I survived, I escaped, and I was saved. Eric didn't see me as damaged. He didn't see my baby as a monster. He protected me, he kept me safe...he saved me.Young Adult MysteryTHE GIFT - A devastating plane crash and a fathers only hope are the dreams connecting him with his son.BOX SETS:FROM THE HEART - The Forgotten Child, The Gift, Lost And FoundFinding Love ~ THE OUTSIDER SERIES ~ A Baby And A Wedding (a short story following The Forgotten Child ~ Brad & Emily's wedding), Fallen Hero, The Search and The Awakening ~ A western romance box set collection of dramatic romance stories of the Friessen men and the women they love.
Intrusion
Mary McCluskey - 2016
While Scott throws himself back into his law practice in Los Angeles, Kat is hesitant to rejoin the workplace and instead spends her days shell-shocked and confused, unable to focus.When an unwelcome face from Kat’s past in England emerges—the beautiful and imposing Sarah Cherrington—Kat’s marriage is thrown into a tailspin. Now wealthy beyond anything she could have imagined as a girl, Sarah appears to have everything she could need or want. But Sarah has an agenda and she wants one more thing. Soon Kat and Scott are caught up in her devious games and power plays.Against the backdrops of Southern California and Sussex, in spare and haunting prose, Mary McCluskey propels this domestic drama to its chilling conclusion.
Wild Night Is Calling
J.A. Konrath - 2011
Summer. Late at night.Two teenage girls are picked up by two boys, who invite them back to their place to party.But an innocent mistake turns the party into a nightmare, where nothing is what it seems...Wild Night Is Calling is a 6000 word short story by thriller writer J.A. Konrath (Shaken, Trapped) and romantic suspense writer Ann Voss Peterson (A Cop in Her Stocking, Seized By The Sheik).Peterson wrote the first half. Konrath wrote the second half.This ebook, specially formatted for Nook with an active table of contents, also contains an excerpt from Konrath and Peterson's collaborative spy thriller, FLEE, coming out this Spring.
Solitary
Travis Thrasher - 2010
Jocelyn is beautiful and mysterious enough to leave Chris speechless. But the more Jocelyn resists him, the more the two are drawn together. Chris soon learns that Jocelyn has secrets as deep as the town itself. Secrets more terrifying than the bullies he faces in the locker room or his mother’s unexplained nightmares. He slowly begins to understand the horrific answers. The question is whether he can save Jocelyn in time. This first book in the Solitary Tales series will take you from the cold halls of high school to the dark rooms of an abandoned cabin—and remind you what it means to believe in what you cannot see.
Killing Mum
Allan Guthrie - 2009
After all, arranging contract killings is his business. But he never expected that someone might want his mother dead! What's equally troubling is the fact that the anonymous package arrived addressed to 'Charlie'. Only two people call him by that name: his wife and his mother. Has his wife just hired him to whack her mother-in-law? Or is his mother just looking for some help to put an end to her misery? Or maybe there's another answer entirely. One thing's for sure: Carlos is about to find out.
This Is Not Over
Holly Brown - 2017
I’ve put through a refund to your credit card for the full amount, minus $200 to replace the sheets. I couldn’t get the stain out despite professional laundering and bleaching. . .MirandaAll Dawn wanted was to stay in a beautiful beach house with her husband, to live like money’s no object, for just one long weekend. Then Miranda, the home’s owner, has to send an e-mail like this, full of lies and the suggestion that Dawn’s so dirty, she needs to throw out her sheets. Someone needs to teach Miranda a lesson.Beware of your "host"I wouldn’t leave a review on Getaway.com at all, if I didn’t feel it was my civic duty to warn others . . .DawnMiranda cannot believe her eyes. Yes, she may be a doctor’s wife, but she needs the rental money from the beach house desperately. Someone needs to teach this Dawn a lesson.Two very different women with one thing in common: Each one knows she’s right, and each is determined to win this battle of words and wills and (eventually) worse. Neither will yield, not before they’ve dredged up hidden secrets, old hurts, and painful truths that threaten to shatter the foundations of their lives.Because it’s never really just about the sheets, is it?This is not over.This is so not over.
Honor Among Thieves
Jeffrey Archer - 1993
- While the Clinton Administration grapples with its domestic policies, a sinister plot is being masterminded six thousand miles away in Baghdad. By using $100 million as bait and spinning a deadly web of corruption, forgery, and terror, Saddam Hussein seeks to embarrass the U.S. with the ultimate revenge: to steal a treasured historical document and then destroy it before the world's media-on July 4, 1994.As the countdown to Independence Day begins, two agents stand in the way of his nearly flawless plan: Scott Bradley, a rising star in the CIA who is desperate to prove his patriotism, and Hannah Kopec, the stunning Mossad operative who has already lost o much that she fears nothing and trusts no one. Their unrelenting quest to prevent what would undoubtedly be the most humiliating day in U.S. history takes them across four continents and climaxes in a dramatic, triple-twist ending.Ingeniously plotted and as up-to-the-minute as today's headlines, Honor Among Thieves resonates with the brilliant pace that is the trademark of master storyteller Jeffrey Archer.
The Alchemist's Secret
Scott Mariani - 2007
But it soon becomes apparent that others are hunting this most precious of treasures – for far more evil ends. It seems that everyone – from the Nazis of the past to the shadowy modern organisation known as Gladius Domini – wants to uncover the secrets of immortality.Teaming up with attractive American scientist Dr Roberta Ryder, Ben is led on a wild and dangerous trail from Paris to the ancient Cathar strongholds of the Languedoc, where an astonishing secret has lain hidden for centuries…
The King Tides
James Swain - 2018
And that of strangers, too. Wherever she goes, she’s being watched. Each stalker is different from the last, except for one thing—their alarming obsession with Nicki.Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Nicki’s father is turning to someone who can protect her: retired private detective and ex–Navy SEAL Jon Lancaster. Teaming up with FBI agent and former abduction victim Beth Daniels, Lancaster can help—his way. He’s spent most of his career dispatching creeps who get off on terrorizing the vulnerable. Unlicensed, and unrestricted, he plays dirty…But this case is unusual. Why so many men? Why this one girl? Does Nicki have something to hide? Or do her parents?Trawling the darkest depths of southern Florida, Lancaster faces a growing tide of secrets and deception. And the deeper he digs, the more he realizes that finding the truth won’t be easy. Because there’s more to this case than meets the eye.