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Luke Hadley never imagined he would be left for dead with a chest full of bullets on the day of his wedding. All he wanted to do was tend to his farm with his new wife, Audrey, and begin their lives together. But when the Rhodes Gang crashes his wedding party, they wreak havoc and abduct his bride, leaving the lifeless bodies of his guests. Luke has only a sparse trail of clues to follow, but with help from a phony Pinkerton badge and a mysterious...

Nine-year-old secret agent Jack must rescue an archeologist working at Angkor Wat and prevent her kidnapper from using the power of the antiquities she was guarding for evil.

Compelled to commit a murder to repay a debt to the man in prison who kept him alive, ex-convict Charlie Rankin experiences a crisis of conscience after he falls for a woman who sees the good inside him; when a British soldier is recalled from Afghanistan to identify the remains of his daughter, he discovers the body is not his daughter, but she has gone missing; veteran soldier Thomas Conrad is kidnapped by a drug cartel and is told that his wife...

Lewis is a seemingly ordinary person, but under the surface, he hides a singular obsession revenge. The focus of this obsession is Cathy. In broad daylight, he kidnaps Cathy and takes her to his home in the middle of nowhere. But this is no impulse crime and it's clear he has planned this meticulously. He's built a soundproofed cell measuring ten feet by ten feet where he will extract a dark secret from Cathy's past.

Princess Miroslava is kidnapped by a dragon and carried away into his castle on the remote island. Now the only things she has are a stone cage and a mysterious young man named Arman; but who is he and what is he doing on that island?

When a poacher sets out to capture a golden eagle in the Outback of Australia, his friend Cody's call for help is answered by the world's bravest mice, Bernard and Bianca, who fly in on the wings of their Albatross friend Wilbur to face their most dangerous mission yet!

In this brilliant look at the music industry, the author once again combines his mastery of the form with the fast-paced dialogue and intricate plotting tht have become his signature.

Former hitman Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski has retired and is living a quiet life of cooking and housekeeping in Mexico. Jimmy has been able to convince the authorities he's dead thanks to falsified dental records by his former neighbor Oz, who now lives in Los Angeles. But apparently not everyone has been fooled when Oz's wife, Cynthia, is kidnapped by Lazlo Gogolak and his goons. Gogolak is a member of the Hungarian mafia, and Jimmy previously murdered...

Sometimes you find love in the most unexpected of places...This is not one of those times. Everyone expects Billie Bridgerton to marry one of the Rokesby brothers. The two families have been neighbors for centuries, and as a child the tomboyish Billie ran wild with Edward and Andrew. Either one would make a perfect husband... someday. Sometimes you fall in love with exactly the person you think you should...Or not. There is only one Rokesby Billie...

A couple find their world has been turned upside down when they're taken hostage and held in different cities while their young daughter, who has severe asthma, is kidnapped by the same band of ruthless criminals and held for a large ransom. It seems that the criminals have a foolproof plan. Unable to contact the police, the criminals demand a massive ransom, but if the payment is not arranged in 24 hours, the girl will be killed.