Witness to a brutal murder, Anne Jones bravely agrees to testify. She is given a new name, a new history and is advised not to get too close to anyone. But she does–and with good reason. Somehow, her identity has been compromised. Someone knows who–and where–she is. Anne's handsome boss, Patrick McClain, is himself witness to the scare tactics being used against her and vows to keep her safe. Yet she will have to disappear all over again, lest she put both their lives in jeopardy….

Texas Ranger Ben Fritz would give his life to protect Corinna Pike. After all, she's his captain's beloved daughter - and the only witness to her father's murder. When the assassin targets Corinna, Ben dedicates himself to her safetywhile keeping his distance. The beautiful ballerina deserves better than a rough-and-tough ranger. Yet Corinna refuses to ignore the draw between them, just as she refuses to give in to fear as danger grows. Ben will need her courage - and love - to guide him through the line of fire when the killer strikes again.

A young woman's skeleton was found buried on the campus grounds. Contractor Trevor Whittaker couldn't get the cold-case murder out of his mind. Who was the woman? Why was she killed? And did his lovely boss's father, a wealthy, secretive benefactor of the college, have anything to do with it? Family and friends warned Alumni Director Stephanie Kessler to stay away from her new employee. They said Trevor was still the same bad boy he'd been ten years ago, but Stephanie wasn't the same mousy girl. So, this time, they both had something to prove.

"RUN AND DON'T STOP!" Those were her former boyfriend's last words. Before the thugs he associated with murdered him in cold blood. Now they're after Marie Parnell. She flees with her five-year-old daughter–until car trouble strands her in Serenity, Arkansas. The handsome mechanic who promises to get her back on the road is suspicious–and purposely slow. With nowhere to turn and nowhere left to run, Marie tells Seth Whitfield everything. About her past, about finding faith, about how safe she feels with him. He vows to protect her and her child. But Seth isn't exactly who he says he is….

Who murdered a small-town beauty-pageant judge–in a very strange way? Jasmine Delaney must find out. Because she's taken the victim's place. She came to the Kentucky Bar-B-Q festival for a wedding, eager to meet the bride's handsome brother, Derrick Rogers. Yet she's suddenly surrounded by pint-size contestants whose competitive parents will do anything to ensure the crown. Even kill? Derrick fears she's the killer's next target and promises to keep a close eye on her. Yet someone is already watching Jazzy's every move. Someone who's had a taste of murder. And is hungry for more.

A romantic ski resort seems the perfect place for a wedding. Until a murder on the slopes turns everyone on Eagle Summit into suspects. Liz Carmichael, the bride's cousin, saw a shadowy figure on a chair lift in the middle of the night. But was it the victim or the killer? Liz goes to the police–and finds herself giving the report to her ex-fiancé, Deputy Tim Richards. After a three-year estrangement, she could finally make things right–unless the killer finds her first….

Everything is going wrong for Caitlin Saylor. Her boyfriend has left her. Her musical trio is disbanding. And for their trio's swan song? They'll be playing another wedding: a chance to watch someone else's happy ending. And then, unexpectedly, Chase Hollister enters the scene. The candle factory owner is handsome, charming and very interested in Caitlin. His gift of a special candle proves it. But there's something more to the candle than Caitlin or Chase suspect. Something that puts Caitlin at risk. To keep Caitlin safe, Chase must face a haunting crime from his past–and a deadly killer in the present.

You can't hide from me. Her anonymous stalker's threats are getting scarier and scarier. Now Kylie Summers fears for her life. She flees her home for the protection of a former military man in a small Virginia town. But her brother's handsome best friend already has a long list of obligations. Kylie knows she's intruding on Nate Richardson's life. Even though he promises to keep her safe, Nate's keeping her at arm's length emotionally. Until her stalker emerges from the shadows, forcing Nate to choose between keeping guard over his wary heart - or Kylie.

Sophie Clarkston is shocked to learn that she isn't who she thinks. Her birth certificate is forged. Her name - made up. And her widowed father is suddenly missing, leaving behind a heartbreaking letter asking forgiveness. Desperate for answers, Sophie turns to private investigator Cain Garrison in tiny Promise, Virginia. But the moment they leave his office, her life is threatened and her home ransacked. Who is after her? And who, exactly, is she? With questions about his own past, Cain vows to help Sophie uncover the truth. Before someone comes out of the shadows to keep it hidden forever.

WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE Had her brand-new husband been involved in something shady? Before Caroline Hampton could confront him, he was killed in a car crash…or so it was claimed. Unsettling incidents–escalating in dange–warned her he could be very much alive. And so Caroline fled for the safety of her sisters' Amish country inn. But someone who suspected her–handsome police chief Zachary Burkhalter–was waiting for Caroline. Waiting for her to slip up. And watching her every move. Daring her to trust him with all of the truth.

VOICE FROM THE PAST An urgent call from a brother Angelina Harding hadn't seen in years brought her thousands of miles to Australia. Only to find Marcus gone. DANGER IN THE PRESENT What was a former Secret Service agent to do? Ditching the men who ambushed her at the airport was a start. But it was only with the help of her brother's friend, David Lemming, that Angelina had a chance to find Marcus. QUESTION FOR THE FUTURE Across the Outback…and into the enemy's lair, Angelina raced against time – but her brother wasn't the only one at risk. Angelina's life, her new romantic interest…and perhaps even her country were on the line this time.

An intruder in her house? But why? Tea shop owner Krista Yates has nothing worth stealing, and Wentworth, Michigan, is hardly a danger zone…or is it? DEA agent Luke McIntyre warns Krista that the prowler has some dangerous connections, and that she needs around-the-clock protection. Luke's presence in her life is a bit too easy to get used to - and his growing presence in her heart makes her dread saying goodbye. But her nonstop defender can't hide Krista away forever. And there's more than her safety - or her love - at risk when the threat steps out of the shadows again.

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A Lady of Quality is a novel published in 1896 by Frances Hodgson Burnett that was the second highest best-selling book in the United States in 1896. It was the first of series of successful historical novels by Burnett.

Português do Brasil! Eisa McCarthy vive na Cidade Califado sob o controle do grupo radical Isl?mico, o Ghuraba. Sete anos atrás, o General Mohammad bin-Rasulullah derrotou os Estados Unidos numa trai??o impiedosa e estabeleceu seu Califado mundial nas ruinas de Washington, D.C. O santo líder supremo do Ghuraba, o Abu al-Ghuraba, alega que o pai de Eisa lhe deu controle sobre o arsenal nuclear dos E.U.A, uma alega??o refor?ada pelas cinzas fumegantes de muitas cidades e o testemunho de sua m?e Síria. Mas depois que sua m?e foi acusada de apostasia, ela descobre que seu pai pode n?o ser o ‘mártir’ que o Ghuraba alega. O Ghuraba realmente possui os códigos de lan?amento para os mísseis ICBM? Ou o pai dela ‘os bloqueou’, como o Coronel Everhart, o comandante rebelde, quer que ela diga ao mundo? Se ela lutar, o Ghuraba irá matar sua irm?zinha, mas se ela n?o lutar, eventualmente o Ghuraba irá hackeá-los e bombardear a todos. Tudo o que Eisa tem é um rosário de contas mu?ulmano e o mito pré-Isl?mico que seu pai lhe contou na noite em que ele desapareceu. O destino do mundo, e a seguran?a de sua irm?zinha, est?o na balan?a enquanto Eisa vasculha mitos antigos, sua fé mu?ulmana, e o que realmente aconteceu na noite em que o Ghuraba tomou o controle. "O paralelo que a autora tra?a entre a paisagem atual na Síria e Iraque e um futuro Estados Unidos é inquietante, pois eles retratam as atrocidades dos dias atuais com precis?o inabalável …" —Dale Amidei, Jon's Trilogy Idioma portugues - Portuguese language

A young boy from the housing estates comes across a copse of old oaks to which he can escape, as to an oasis of calm. Although he may forget about it once he becomes an adult and “puts aside the things of childhood,” it will remain a locus of balance, decades later, for a single mother struggling with the difficulties of raising the child she loves. A husband, on the lip of an ugly divorce, drives across town in the middle of the night to rescue his wife, abandoned by her lover, and then — as she falls asleep in the car — takes the long way home, to prolong a moment such as he has not experienced in years. An elderly doctor, self-diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, makes use of the few precious moments of consciousness granted him each morning to pass on to his grandson what he has learned about life and living responsibly. Loss, and permanence, the ephemeral and the eternal, are common themes of Jan?Balabán’s collection of short stories?Maybe We’re Leaving, presented here in the English translation of Charles S. Kraszewski. With psychological insight that rivals the great novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, the twenty-one linked narratives that make up the collection present us with everyday people, with everyday problems — and teach us to love and respect the former, and bear the latter. Translation of this book was supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.

Un thriller de suspense y misterio de Katerina Carter, detective privada edición Espa?ol Diamantes, peligro y desaparición La investigadora de fraudes Katerina Carter no sabe retirarse a tiempo, y eso la coloca en situaciones peligrosas y precarias. Ahora que está sin trabajo y casi sin dinero, necesita conseguir clientes o se verá obligada a volver arrastrándose al cubículo de la empresa en la que trabajaba antes. Y para Kat, ese es un destino peor que las deudas. Por eso, cuando Susan Sullivan, directora ejecutiva de Liberty Diamond Mines, la contrata para buscar al director financiero, que ha desaparecido junto con una gran suma de dinero, Kat se apresura a aceptar el trabajo. La pobreza abyecta motiva mucho a la hora de aceptar casos difíciles, pero la alegría de Kat no tarda en dar paso al terror cuando dos empleados de la empresa son brutalmente asesinados. Eso hace que se dé cuenta de que la investigación puede ser más peligrosa de lo que anticipaba. Como si el caso no fuera ya bastante complicado, descubre una conexión siniestra entre diamantes de guerra y el crimen organizado. Lo único que tiene que hacer ya es conseguir pruebas… e impedir que la maten antes de que desenmascare a los criminales. Kat cuenta con la ayuda de sus amigos y de su excéntrico tío, pero tendrá que ir con cuidado si no quiere que su primer caso sea también el último. Maniobra de evasión es un suspense legal, económico y criminal al estilo de Michael Connelly, Karin Slaughter y John Grisham. “Una historia internacional de diamantes, peligro y desaparición, Maniobra de evasión me enganchó desde la primera página…” “Maniobra de evasión, la primera novela llena de acción de la serie de suspenses de Katerina Carter, es un thriller psicológico lleno de intriga que no le permitirá dejar de leer”.. “… Tensión e intriga de vértigo”. Elogios a Maniobra de evasión “Un estupendo primer libro en una serie de suspense que supone el debut de la autora Colleen Cross… La contable forense Katerina Carter aprende del modo más duro que cuando algo huele mal, probablemente esté podrido hasta el núcleo. Hablamos de diamantes de guerra, de tráfico de armas y más… con la cantidad exacta de enredos para hacernos seguir pasando las páginas”. “Una historia internacional de diamantes, peligro y desaparición, Maniobra de evasion me agarró desde la primera página y me hizo seguir pasando páginas hasta mucho después de la hora en la que quería dormir”. La investigación de un fraude por parte de Katerina Carter saca a la luz una conspiración de blanqueo masivo de diamantes en Liberty Diamond Mines, justo cuando dos miembros claves de Liberty son asesinados. Kat podría ser la siguiente – a menos que deje ir sin castigo a los criminales. Maniobra de evasión es un suspense legal y lleno de acción en la línea de Michael Connelly y John Grisham. espa?ol,?suspense legal, policiaca negra suspense, misterio y thriller judicial, investigadora privado, acción y aventura, la chica del tren, ?ficción contemporánea,?espa?ol, hispanica, mujeres detectives, novela policiacas, novela negra

There is a fertile stretch of flat lands in Indiana where unagrarian Eastern travellers, glancing from car-windows, shudder and return their eyes to interior upholstery, preferring even the swaying caparisons of a Pullman to the monotony without. The landscape lies interminably level: bleak in winter, a desolate plain of mud and snow; hot and dusty in summer, in its flat lonesomeness, miles on miles with not one cool hill slope away from the sun.

Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 – May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. He is one of only three novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William Faulkner and John Updike.

About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris. The country folk assembled at the noise, and found it to proceed from the provost of the mounted police and his men. The heat was excessive, the horses were bathed in sweat, the horsemen covered with dust, and the party seemed on its return from an important expedition. A man left the escort, and asked an old woman who was spinning at her door if there was not an inn in the place.

The Ancient is an anthology of short stories, all revolving around the notion of Aladdin’s Lamp. Some of these stories use an actual lamp, some of them use a different object. But in each story, the object has some unusual magical aspect that stays with it from one person to the next. Be careful what you wish for...