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Struggling artist Laura Sutherland finds herself a suspect in the murder of a scion of the wealthy Kilbourne clan, a dynasty founded on secrets

The Take Cole, Martina

"What's my name?" He asked thrusting into me. "R-ryan." I gasped out as I held onto the headboard. "Wrong princess." He said as his pace increased. I moaned loudly as I felt him go deeper. Oh god my insides! "What's. My. Name?" He asked between thrusts. I couldn't talk as I gasped for air moaning loudly. "SAY MY NAME!" He roared. "DADDY!!" I yelled as I came. Where the hell did that come form? It seem to have an effect on him because I was turned around to be met with blazing brown eyes. Well damn........

HE WOULD NEVER FORGET HER... Though he'd never forgive Ameran Michol for betraying him with his trusted friend, Lord Grayson Carlisle knew he couldn't forget the rapturous nights of love they'd shared on a moonswept island beach. And now King Charles II himself had ordered the bold naval commander to return to France and bring the deceiving minx back home! Though sworn not to succumb to her bewitching charms a second time, the moment he saw Ameran again Gray knew that their time apart had only deepened his desire. And try as he might to resist the ebony-haired enchantress, he was soon powerless against the passions she rekindled with just one fiery glance! SHE WOULD NEVER FORGIVE HIM... It was cruel enough being branded a witch and banished from England...but to be unjustly accused and abandoned by the man she loved was just too terrible to be borne! And now the audacious scoundrel had come back—with reluctant passion blazing in his eyes. But Ameran had no intention of falling beneath Gray's seductive spell again...until he took her into his arms once more. Ruled by a love she couldn't deny, Ameran sailed back with him across tempestuous seas, vowing that nothing would part them ever again...as together, they defied destiny to surrender heart and soul to the unending ecstasy of their...SWEET STOLEN PASSION.

A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller reminiscent of Agatha Christie from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hunting Party. The bride – The plus one – The best man – The wedding planner – The bridesmaid – The body On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It’s a wedding for a magazine, or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. The cell phone service may be spotty and the waves may be rough, but every detail has been expertly planned and will be expertly executed. But perfection is for plans, and people are all too human. As the champagne is popped and the festivities begin, resentments and petty jealousies begin to mingle with the reminiscences and well wishes. The groomsmen begin the drinking game from their school days. The bridesmaid not-so-accidentally ruins her dress. The bride’s oldest (male) friend gives an uncomfortably caring toast. And then someone turns up dead. Who didn’t wish the happy couple well? And perhaps more important, why?

The United Nations Anti-Crime Organization sends a special team to Europe to stop a stolen shipment of plutonium

The course of true love never did run smooth, but with Phoebe MacLeod it always gets a second chance. Perfect for fans of Jo Watson, Mhairi McFarlane and Portia MacIntosh. What's a girl to do when Prince Charming turns into a frog? City girl Sophie has married the prince (or landed gentry - close enough), moved to his pile (which is more accurate a description than she’d anticipated) and is set to live happily ever after with the love of her life . . . until she finds the other half of her perfect life in the stables with the stable girl, and they’re definitely not grooming the horses. Shocked and appalled, Sophie’s no happier to learn that she’s supposed to 'just get on with it'. After all, according to her mother-in-law, she got the title . . . they even overlooked her family’s ‘new money’ status. But Sophie is no one's doormat and there's no way she's going to turn a blind eye to her husband's infidelity. There may be some bumps on the road, but Sophie is going to find the life she deserves

When a driver dies during a glamourous classic car event at her family's estate, Dr Nell Ward is in a race against time to uncover the truth and prevent the killer from making a speedy getaway... Back in her natural habitat, Dr Nell Ward heads to a woodland pond to survey local newt populations. She's shocked to discover a car submerged in the water - with the driver dead behind the wheel. Nell recognises the dead man as professional racing driver, and tabloid love rat, Jack Rafferty, whose performance on (and off) Finchmere's racetrack had earned him enemies. Suspecting this isn't the tragic accident it appears DI James Clark calls upon Nell and her ecological skills to help find the murderer. But she soon finds that more lurks under the surface than she could ever have imagined. Despite the danger, Nell is determined to dredge up the truth from the murky depths of this case, before it's too late...

When health farm owner Jane Wetherby is frightened by an astrologer's prediction of her imminent demise, she offers Police Constable Hamish Macbeth free room in exchange for his protection. Then the prediction proves accurate about the crime, and Macbeth must enliven his distinctively sleepy style of policing to solve the death of a snob.

Agatha Raisin joins Dembley hiking club to pursue handsome Cotswold neighbor James Lacey. Angry member Jessica targets wealthy landowner Charles Fraith, who retaliates with tea invitation, but her body is found dead on his grounds. Agatha and James investigate the crime, the group ready to kill.

They might be richer than gods, but they’re morally bankrupt. As far as the boys who run America’s most exclusive international academy are concerned, I’m an unwelcome interloper, an inconvenience, and they’re determined to make my life a living hell. When Wren Jacobi sets eyes on Wolf Hall Academy’s newest inductee, all he sees is an easy mark. A reserved little girl with a target painted on her back. He knows nothing of my troubled past, though. Nothing of my mother’s suspicious death, or the horrific treatment I’ve had to endure at the hands of my psychotic father. And he has no idea of the lengths that I, unassuming little Elodie Stillwater, will go to in order to break the savage beast who dreams of breaking me first. There’s a wolf stalking the forests that surround my new school. Little does he know… There are far scarier predators lurking out there in the dark.

It’s been twenty-five years since I last murdered someone, or has it been twenty-six? Diary of a Murderer captivates and provokes in equal measure, exploring what it means to be on the edge—between life and death, good and evil. In the titular novella, a former serial killer suffering from memory loss sets his sights on one final target: his daughter’s boyfriend, who he suspects is also a serial killer. In other stories we witness an affair between two childhood friends that questions the limits of loyalty and love; a family’s disintegration after a baby son is kidnapped and recovered years later; and a wild, erotic ride about pursuing creativity at the expense of everything else.