Diva (The Flappers) - By Jillian LarkinJEROMEAll his life, Jerome had dreamed of crowds screaming his name. But this wasn’t what he’d had in mind.Jerome! they yelled from outside, the sounds barely audible where he w...
Ditched By Amity HopeChapter 1They’re not here. They’re for sure not in here, Felicia moaned. She looked up from her purse. Her expression was worried and apologetic.Dani let out a little huff of annoyance. Her gaze...
Dictator - By Tom CainPart 1Ten Years Ago1Carver sat astride the girl’s broad hips and ran his cool green eyes over her naked torso. Her belly was by no means fat, but it had a proper female curve to it. Her breasts...
Diamond Girl - By Kathleen HewtsonChapter 1I came here to the guest house to hide from the sounds of the rats; they scare me. It hasn’t helped much because now I can hear the horrible plunk, splash sounds they make wh...
Desired The Untold Story of Samson and D - By Ginger GarrettPROLOGUEMOTHERI am not going to tell you my name.I stood face-to-face with an angel of God, and after that, I could not remember my own name for days. When I die,...
Desire (Desire, Book 1) - By Missy JohnsonChapter OneDisappeared?Yes. As in vanished. Gone. I threw him a look. I knew what it meant. It’s just that opening the door at nine on a Friday evening, I hadn’t exactly b...
Demanding Ransom - By Megan SquiresPROLOGUEDoesn’t this thing go any faster? Isn’t dad always talking about those 177 horses under the hood of this hand-me-down Honda? Feels more like a horse-drawn carriage and I&rsquo...
Death Warmed Over (Dan Shamble, Zombie PI #1) - By Kevin J. AndersonCHAPTER 1I’m dead, for starters—it hap...
Death on the Pont Noir - By Adrian MagsonCHAPTER ONEDecember 1963 – Picardie, FranceThe gleaming black Citroën DS with the curtained rear windows ghosted along the deserted country road at a steady 70 kph, its hydropn...
Death on a Pale Horse - By Donald ThomasPART IThe Documents in the CaseMEMORANDUMFrom: Permanent Secretary for Cabinet AffairsTo: Provost Marshal GeneralDate and Source: Cabinet Office, 20 August 1894Subject: The Narrative of Colon...
Death in High Places - By Jo BannisterPROLOGUETHE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO KNOW about mountains is that they don’t care. They’re not out to get you, nor have they any interest in keeping you alive. They are supreme...
Death by Sarcasm - By Dani AmoreOneInstead of the local rats, a team of crime scene technicians scurried around the grimy alley, popping flashbulbs and taking notes. Occasionally, blue and red lights flashed on the cinderblock ...
Deadly Pedigree - By Jimmy FoxPROLOGUEMurder has a family tree. Its ancestors and descendents are causes and consequences. Every act of murder gives birth to an eternal bond, spanning countless unwitting generations, scorning the...
Deadly Kisses - By Kerri CuevasOneI grinned at the old man. The dim gray light of his aura flickered. He lay motionless in the hospital bed with thin white sheets that clung to his long, scrawny body. His face was sunken i...
Deadly Harvest A Detective Kubu Mystery - By Michael StanleyPart OneSOMETHING WICKEDBy the pricking of my thumbs,Something wicked this way comes.MACBETH, ACT 4, SCENE 1ONEAS SHE WALKED HOME, Lesego’s head was full of Christm...
Deadly Deception - By Andrea Johnson BeckChapter 1Ten…nine…eight…, the deep voice lulled Dr. Anne Jamison out of the dark that surrounded her subconscious. Seven…six…five…four…three…two…one. Come back to me, Anne.Her green e...
Dead Wood - By Dani AmoreOneIt was New Year’s Eve and I was living my dream. I was a cop. The youngest guy on the force, pulling the worst of the shifts but I couldn’t have been happier.I’d wanted to be a...
Dead Silence A Body Finder Novel - By Kimberly DertingPROLOGUEJAY HIT THE DOOR WITH HIS SHOULDER, BUT IT didn’t splinter beneath his weight or anything quite so dramatic. The handle, which was probably old and in disrepai...
Dead River - By Cyn BalogPrologueWho are you? I asked, my voice flat. Seven-year-olds are all about blunt. No Hi, how do you do, nice weather we’re having. After all, he was fishing in my spot.No one worth knowin’...
Dead Love - By Wells, Linda1Maggie Ryan was running late. Her alarm hadn’t gone off, so she had rushed through the shower, leaving Mike in bed to catch a few extra minutes of sleep. He would have to deal with getting...
Days of Blood & Starlight - By Laini Taylor1THE GIRL ON THE BRIDGEPrague, early May. The sky weighed gray over fairy-tale rooftops, and all the world was watching. Satellites had even been tasked to surveil the Charles Bridge,...
Daughter of Smoke & Bone - By Laini Taylor1IMPOSSIBLE TO SCAREWalking to school over the snow-muffled cobbles, Karou had no sinister premonitions about the day. It seemed like just another Monday, innocent but for its essential...
Date Me (The Keatyn Chronicles) - By Jillian DoddMonday, September 26thYou have a wild side.FrenchI float my way to French class on cloud nine.When I take my seat, Aiden says flatly, Well, that was something.I turn around. I&r...
Darker Than Any Shadow - By Tina WhittlePrologSpinoza fasziniert mich schon lange, seit Jahren wollte ich über diesen kühnen Denker des siebzehnten Jahrhunderts schreiben, der so ganz allein auf sich gestellt – ohne...
Darker Than Any Shadow - By Tina WhittleChapter OneBe still, he said, his mouth at my ear.His hands moved around my neck and lay lightly against my shoulder blades, powerful and deceptively elegant. They had killed, those hand...
Dark Nights - By Christine FeehanChapter OneVeins of lightning lit the clouds, dancing whips of white-hot energy illuminating the midnight sky. The earth rumbled and rolled, unsettled and flinching as the creature clawed its way...
Dark Beach - By Lauren AshONENo bedbugs. Check. Ron flopped the mattress back down.It was a necessary habit, although he still itched in the night whenever he traveled. A previous run-in with the critters had left him covered...
Dare Me - By Megan AbbottPrologueSomething happened, Addy. I think you better come.The air is heavy, misted, fine. It’s coming on two a.m. and I’m high up on the ridge, thumb jammed against the silver button: 27-G.H...
Darcy's Utopia A Novel - By Fay WeldonEleanor Darcy is interviewed by Hugo VansitartA: WELL NOW, YOU ask, what is this thing called love? To give you a simple answer—love is enough to make you believe in God. It is the...
Dancing for the Lord The Academy - By Emily GoodmanChapter OneDanielle Wilkerson sat on her front porch, swinging...
D A Novel (George Right) - By George RightDOWNTOWNIn different places it has different names. Metro. Underground. Tube. Subway.Some stations look like magnificent palaces. Others more resemble a tile-revetted public toilet. Some, w...
TCut & Run (A Rachel Scott Adventure) - By Traci HohensteinCHAPTER 1Helping people get out of jail has always been a part of my life, just like stepping over the drunks on Bourbon Street. My grandfather started O’Malley...
Cowboy Take Me Away - By Jane GravesChapter 1Luke Dawson stood alone in the Rainbow Valley cemetery, eyeing the coffin in front of him and feeling not one bit of sorrow. He knew this was a time for tears and prayers, but ...
Covenant A Novel - By Dean CrawfordHAR BEN YA’IRNEGEV DESERT, ISRAELAUGUST 22She’s out here somewhere.Ahmed Khan had to shout above the hot wind tugging at his thick black hair as he wrestled an open-topped jeep acro...
Court Out - By Elle WynneChapter OneCourt Rise.As I uncross my ankles, raise myself to my feet and take a low bow, I silently thank God that this Judge has a ferocious nicotine habit that gives me time to compose myself be...
Constance A Novel - By Rosie ThomasLondon, June 1963The boy and the girl were both just sixteen. It was nearly ten o’clock, which meant they would soon have to separate for a night and a whole day.They crept down the ...
Conservation of Shadows - By Yoon Ha LeeINTRODUCTIONIn my other life, I am a computer engineer; and I do a lot of mathematics. Mathematics, like most sciences, presents laws and models that are meant to hold true in reality—...
Confessions of a Call Center Gal - By Lisa LimOneHow on earth did I wind up stuck here in Pocatello, Idaho, a town where every other vehicle is a Ford pickup truck and the wind blows faster than said trucks?Just yesterday,...
Come and Find Me A Novel of Suspense - By Hallie EphronChapter OneIf it were up to Diana, there’d be weather. Rain, snow, even the occasional hurricane. But climate was one of those things that were out of her control...
Collateral Damage A Matt Royal Mystery - By H. Terrell GriffinCHAPTER ONEOn the last morning of his life, Jim Desmond woke to the sound of the gentle surf lapping on the beach, pushed by the onshore breeze that barely ripple...
City of Spades - By Colin MacInnesPART IJohnny Fortune hits town1Pew tentatively takes the helm‘It’s all yours, Pew, from now,’ he said, adding softly, ‘thank God,’ and waving round the office a mildly...
City of Light - By Kim WrightPROLOGUEParisApril 12, 18896:24 AMWhen he first noticed her on the bank of the Seine, he thought that she was sleeping.This was not uncommon. Paris served as a beacon for any number of young runa...
City of Darkness - By Kim WrightPROLOGUEAugust 7, 18882:25 AMShe saw the coins first. She always did. A palm filled with silver and copper, extended from the shadows, held by a man dressed in dark broadcloth. A man whose han...
Citizen Insane - By Karen CantwellChapter OneTHERE WAS A TIME WHEN my life wasn’t that exciting. I’m a soccer mom living in the suburbs. The only thrills in my day should be the frantic road races between ballet l...
Child of the Mountains - By Marilyn Sue Shank1It’s about my problem.WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1953My mama’s in jail. It ain’t right. Leastwise, I don’t think so. Them folks that put her there just don’t...
Cherished - By Kim Cash TateoneKELLI LONDON TOOK HER PLACE ON THE PIANO BENCH and waited for her cue, grateful that her jittery hands were hidden from the crowd. She shouldn’t have agreed to do this, but she loved her...
Chasing Rainbows A Novel - By Long, KathleenONESome people leave behind notes. Some leave behind journals. Some leave life lessons carefully documented for the good of future generations.My dad left cryptograms.Word puzzles designe...
Chasing Justice - By Danielle StewartPROLOGUEThe world is full of terrible people. I’m sure you’ve heard that before, maybe even said it yourself. But when you say the world you don’t mean your world. You’...
Chaotic (Imperfect Perfection) - By C.A. WilliamsChapter 1Excuse me, I think this one needs to be redone. There’s a tiny little smudge. Actually, you really should just start completely over to make it perfect. I scrunched...
Casey Barnes Eponymous - By E.A. Rigg1Ten minutes before he came in and everything started again, Casey was not, for the first time in weeks, thinking about him.She was focusing on that day’s target.The target was a girl...
Carver - By Tom Cain* * *TOM CAINTo Clare, Holly, Lucy and FredPreludeEast Hampton, New York: 5 June 2007MALACHI ZORN WALKED OUT of his house on Lily Pond Road and strolled across the grass to the path that led down to the...
Cape Cod Noir - By David L UlinINTRODUCTIONSUMMER AND SMOKEI first began to think of Cape Cod in noir-ish terms during the fall of 1979. I say that, of course, entirely in hindsight, since noir was not then part of my lexi...
By Blood A Novel - By Ellen UllmanONE1.I did not cause her any harm. This was a great victory for me. At the end of it, I was a changed man. I am indebted to her; it was she who changed me, although I never learned he...
Buried Secrets - By Joseph FinderPART ONEThere are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told. Men die nightly in their beds, wringing the hands of ghostly confessors, and looking them piteously in the eyes, die w...
Buried (A Bone Secrets Novel) - By Kendra ElliotEighteen Years Ago.He crouched behind the woodpile, carefully watching the little girl through an opening in the stack. She looked about ten years old but exuded the confidence of...
Broken Promises (Broken Series) - By Dawn PendletonONEMalloryGiven the circumstances, I couldn’t exactly complain. The doctors were doing all they could for my cancer-ridden father. I knew he wasn’t going to be in pain...
Bring Me Home for Christmas - By Robyn CarrOneRich Timm drove into Virgin River a mere ten hours after leaving San Diego. He’d made excellent time because he tended to ignore little things like speed limits. And…he had...
Breaking the Rules - By Suzanne BrockmannCHAPTERONEAFGHANISTANTHURSDAY, 16 APRIL 2009It happened so fast.The IED—a car bomb, had to be—went off in the middle of the busy neighborhood.One minute Izzy Zanella was letting Mark Jenk...
Boy21 - By Matthew QuickPREFACESOMETIMES I PRETEND THAT shooting hoops in my backyard is my earliest memory.I&rsqu...
Bonnie of Evidence - By Maddy HunterONETHROUGHOUT HISTORY, WHEN PEOPLE realized that the sulfur-spewing crater down the street was an active volcano, they invented both sober and creative ways to deal with the predicament.The onc...
Bolted (Promise Harbor Wedding) - By Meg BenjaminChapter OnePromise Harbor, MassachusettsGreta shifted slightly, trying to hold her bridesmaid bouquet and at the same time move the Crinolines from Hell away from the backs of her...
Blood, Ash, and Bone - By Tina WhittleDedicationTo Archie and Dinah Floyd—my dear parents—who taught me the power of stories and the importance of family, and who always believed in me, and encouraged me, and loved me.Acknowl...
Blood Twist (The Erris Coven Series) - By Bonnie WheelerDEDICATIONAs always, this story is for my husband Jerry. I could never write about long lasting true love without having found it with you. Miranda, Justin, and Bobby &nd...
Blood Prophecy - By Alyxandra HarveyPrologueSolangeSaturday nightI was a voice inside my own head.I wasn’t even sure how it had happened. I’d been hearing that strange whisper for weeks. At first I assumed it was my...
Blood of the Assassin - By Russell BlakeAuthor’s NotesBlood of the Assassin is the fifth installment in the Assassin series, consisting of King of Swords, Night of the Assassin, Revenge of the Assassin, Return of the Assa...
Blood Gorgons - By Henry ZouIT IS THE 41st millennium. For more than a hundred centuries the Emperor has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the master of mankind by the will of the gods, and master of a mi...
Blood & Beauty The Borgias - By Sarah DunantPART IWe Have a PopeHe is the age when Aristotle says men are wisest: robust in body, vigorous in mind, perfectly equipped for his new position.SIGISMONDO DE CONTI, PAPAL SECRETARY,...
Blindside - By Gj MoffatAcknowledgementsFor my family as always – KayCee, Bee and LuLu.All the crowd at Hachette/Headline. Particular thanks to my publisher Bob McDevitt and my editor on this book Ali Hope.I am amazed and...
Blind Man's Bluff - By Peter DavidXenexNowM’k’n’zy of Calhoun was alone, which prompted him to wonder, Where the hell are they?M’k’n’zy kept his back against the rocky wall of the mountain beh...
Blackout - By Tom BarberBlackoutCopyright: Tom BarberPublished: 10 September 2012The right of Tom Barber to be identified as author of this Work has been asserted by he in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, D...
Blackmailed by the Italian Billionaire - By Nina CroftChapter OneI’m lost, Lia Brent muttered into her cell phone. At least I hope I’m lost, because if not I’m in big trouble. Look, Kelly, I have to go. I&rsq...
Blackmail Earth - By Bill Evans.PROLOGUEThere’s no need for retreat but he steps back anyway. For a better view. A body lies spread-eagled on the floor: once a woman, now a bloodied, disfigured form. Red smears on rough...
Blackjack - By Andrew VachssTHE LION’S full-maned magnificence filled the glass of the high-power telescopic sight. Accustomed to domination of all he sees, the beast was unaware that what he does not see was now holding ...
Blackberry Winter - By Sarah JioChapter 1VERA RAYSeattle, May 1, 1933An icy wind seeped through the floorboards and I shivered, pulling my gray wool sweater tighter around myself. Just one button remained. At five cents apiece,...
BBlack Oil, Red Blood - By Diane CastlePROLOGUEI didn’t even know how to use a gun before yesterday, and I certainly hadn’t become a crack shot overnight. That didn’t bode well for my chances of survival at t...
Black Flagged Redux - By Steven KonkolyDedicationFor Kosia, Matthew and Sophia. My favorite people in the whole world.AcknowledgmentsAs promised in Black Flagged, the acknowledgments continue to grow. Because of this, I have provid...
Black Flagged Apex - By Steven KonkolyChapter 16:42 AMSouth 20th StreetNewark, New JerseySpecial Agent Ethan Reeves rubbed his eyes and took a sip of bitter coffee from a worn blue travel mug. Sunlight crept through the open d...
Bite Me, Your Grace - By Brooklyn AnnOneLondon 1821Ruined. Angelica Winthrop tasted the word on her tongue and found it to be delicious. Ruined, she whispered once more and allowed a smile to creep to her lips despite her ch...
Binding Agreement - By Kyra DavisCHAPTER 1SOMETIMES THE MOON looks angry as it rises above this City of Angels. We are, after all, angels with guns, angels who carefully recycle our Coke cans while dumping chemicals into our ...
Between the Land and the Sea - By Derrolyn AndersonPROLOGUEThe surfer sat upright on his board, blue eyes intensely focused as he scanned the action at the breakers. Rising and falling with the ocean swells, he was poised to...
Between Friends - By Amanda CowenAcknowledgementsI would like to thank my mother, my family and friends for their support.Thank you to the crew for your life-long friendships and inspiring to me to write Between Friends. I can&...
Betrayed - By Suzetta PerkinsACKNOWLEDGMENTSGiven the present climate in our country—the recession with its high unemployment rate, the overwhelming number of fore-closures, business failures, and a president who is fighting to pre...
Betrayal of the Dove - By Capri MontgomeryChapter OneRetired Navy SEAL; special ops, security and weapons expert. Alyssa looked over Shane Maxwell’s curriculum vitae. Are you sure you’re in the right place? This man s...
Best Kept Secret - By Jeffrey ArcherPROLOGUEBIG BEN STRUCK four times.Although the Lord Chancellor was exhausted, and drained from what had taken place that night, enough adrenalin was still pumping through his body to ensure th...
Beside Two Rivers - By Rita GerlachPart 1Peace I ask of thee, O RiverPeace, peace, peaceWhen I learn to live serenelyCares will cease.From the hills I gather courageVisions of days to beStrength to lead and faith to followAll...
Beneath a Midnight Moon - By Amanda AshleyPrologueHe came to her in dreams, always different, yet always the same, his fathomless gray eyes filled with quiet desperation and a silent plea for help.Was he real, this dark-skinned...
Bella Summer Takes a Chance - By Michele GormanPrologue‘Are you in love with me?’ I asked again as the appetising comfort of our usual Friday night takeaway turned sour in my mouth.The question hung between us. He ...
Being Henry David - By Cal Armistead1The last thing I remember is now.Now, coming at me with heart-pounding fists. My eyes shoot open, and there is too much. Of everything. Blurred figures, moving. White lights. Muffled waves ...
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance...~ Alan WattsBEFOREMost people think he broke me the night it happened. The night he betrayed my trust and hurt me in a way...
Before the Scarlet Dawn - By Rita GerlachPart 1Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a ...
Before I Met You - By Lisa JewellAbout the BookHaving grown up on the quiet island of Guernsey, Betty Dean can’t wait to start her new life in London. On a mission to find Clara Pickle – the mysterious beneficiar...
Because of You - By T. E. SivecThank you to Max – the best editor and friend a girl could have. You put up with a gazillion texts on a daily basis and my complete stupidity when it comes to tenses without wanting t...
Beach Lane - By Melissa de la Cruzport authority, take one: eliza experiences public transportationELIZA THOMPSON HAD NEVER BEEN SO UNCOMFORTABLE in her entire life. She was sitting in the back of a Greyhound bus, sandwiched be...
Bare It All - By Lori FosterCHAPTER ONEAS SHE CAME TOWARD HIM, Alice’s baby-soft hair hung loose, silky tendrils drifting over her shoulders. Her big brown eyes, so innocent and yet so aware, watched him intently, the wa...
Balancing Act - By Fern MichaelsChapter OneSoft night sounds and cool, whispering breezes at last persuaded her thickly lashed eyes to close in slumber. Stars shone in the black sky, and a mellow sliver of moon watched over t...
Bad Games - By Jeff Menapace1Early autumn, 2008Patrick was fairly certain the white Pontiac was following them. Nothing to be too alarmed about on a country road with few detours, but still, he had that feeling.When the Pontia...
Back To U - By Kathy DunnehoffChapter OneThe addition of a powerful ingredient can change the whole recipe.Missy loved chili. That’s what was important.Gwen kept telling herself that as she chopped the onions and tried to...
Back to Blood - By Tom WolfeAcknowledgmentsThe story before you leans heavily upon the generosity of Miami mayor Manny Diaz,who introduced the writer to a whole hall full of people on Day One… Chief ofPolice John Timoney, bor...
$200 and a Cadillac - By Fingers MurphyIHe spoke into the rearview mirror.Hank Norton. I’m a surveyor.Eighty miles an hour down the freeway. Keeping his speed steady. Don’t get pulled over.Hello. Hank Norton. Nice to...
Away - By Teri HallCHAPTER 1AWAKE, RACHEL? PATHIK appeared, as he had for the last three mornings, holding two steaming cups of a bitter beverage the Others called root brew. He handed one to Rachel and sat down next to her...