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June First
Par Jennifer Hartmann. 2023
From the author of Still Beating comes another standalone forbidden romance turning something broken into something beautiful.Want to know what…
happens to a man who barely claws his way out of a tragedy, only to fall right into the arms of the one girl in the world he isn't allowed to love? Another tragedy, that's what.When Brant was six years old, his father made a choice that altered the course of his entire life. Because of what he did, the only girl Brant ever loved became the only girl he couldn't have.Though in a lot of ways, he did have her…He had her first steps, her first words, her first smile. He had her milestones, her heartbreaks, her dreams. He had her heart so woven in with his, he didn't know where she ended, and he began. Only, as the years pressed on, lines became blurred—and the blurrier the line, the easier it is to cross.They say tragedy comes in threes. For Brant, that was true. The first one changed him, the second one broke him, and the third one healed him. But at the center of all that tragedy, there is a love story.And at the center of that love story, there is June.Someone to Watch Over Me: A Novel (The Paradise series #4)
Par Judith McNaught. 2004
Discover the sensual and sweeping power of love in New York Times bestselling author Judith McNaught&’s contemporary romances that will…
make &“you laugh, cry, and fall in love again&” (RT Book Reviews).Leigh Kendall is relishing her stellar Broadway acting career in her marriage to Logan Manning, scion of an old New York family, when her husband finds the perfect mountain property for their dream house. But while driving upstate on a winter&’s night, Leigh is run off the road in the midst of a blinding blizzard. When she awakes in the local hospital, seriously injured, the police inform her that her husband has mysteriously disappeared, and Leigh becomes the focus of their suspicions. The more she discovers about her husband and his business affairs, the less she realizes she knew about Logan Manning. Now, Leigh is heading deeper and deeper into unknown territory—where friends and enemies are impossible to distinguish, and the truth becomes the most terrifying weapon of all in this thrilling tale filled with unrelenting suspense, unforgettable characters, and powerful traces of greed, ambition, and desire.Finding Eden (Acadia Duology #2)
Par Mia Sheridan. 2014
The second book in the Acadia Duology, a forbidden friends-to-lovers romance, from the New York Times bestselling author of Archer's…
Voice.When the world as you know it has ended, when all that you love has been washed away, where do you find strength?Calder and Eden are free from the stifling grasp of Acadia, but the new world they've stepped into is just as isolating. Each convinced the other died in the flood that decimated their community, they're forced into modern life, hearts broken, futures unclear. After all they sacrificed to be together, a life without one another, forever haunted by grief and memories, seems impossible to bear.But they do bear it. They survive. And when they meet by chance years later, happiness, for once, finally seems within their grasp.Still, the past is a bright, burning pain between them, and Calder and Eden cannot truly move on until they lay it to rest. With Acadia's story forced into the public eye and dangerous questions mounting, the two must untangle the truths of the life they came from to discover who they are and who they might become together.Only, what they discover might drown them for good.Gothic Hauntology: Everyday Hauntings and Epistemological Desire (Palgrave Gothic)
Par Joakim Wrethed. 2023
This book provides a theoretically informed account of Gothic Hauntology. It is distinctive foremost in two ways. It shows hauntology…
at work in modern as well as older gothic narratives and it has a unique focus on everyday gothic as well as everyday hauntology. The chapters perform a historical circle going from Munro to Poe and then back again, offering novel readings of works by well-known authors that are contextualized under the umbrella of the theme. Anchored in a well-known topic and genre, but with a specific phenomenological framework, this book will be of interest to both students and more advanced scholars.The Dying of the Light: A Novel
Par Robert Goolrick. 2018
From the author of the bestselling A Reliable Wife comes a dramatic, passionate tale of a glamorous Southern debutante who…
marries for money and ultimately suffers for love—a southern gothic as written by Dominick Dunne.It begins with a house and ends in ashes . . .Diana Cooke was "born with the century" and came of age just after World War I. The daughter of Virginia gentry, she knew early that her parents had only one asset, besides her famous beauty: their stately house, Saratoga, the largest in the commonwealth, which has hosted the crème of society and Hollywood royalty. Though they are land-rich, the Cookes do not have the means to sustain the estate. Without a wealthy husband, Diana will lose the mansion that has been the heart and soul of her family for five generations.The mysterious Captain Copperton is an outsider with no bloodline but plenty of cash. Seeing the ravishing nineteen-year-old Diana for the first time, he’s determined to have her. Diana knows that marrying him would make the Cookes solvent and ensure that Saratoga will always be theirs. Yet Copperton is cruel as well as vulgar; while she admires his money, she cannot abide him. Carrying the weight of Saratoga and generations of Cookes on her shoulders, she ultimately succumbs to duty, sacrificing everything, including love.Luckily for Diana, fate intervenes. Her union with Copperton is brief and gives her a son she adores. But when her handsome, charming Ashton, now grown, returns to Saratoga with his college roommate, the real scandal and tragedy begins.Reveling in the secrets, mores, and society of twentieth-century genteel Southern life, The Dying of the Light is a romance, a melodrama, and a cautionary tale told with the grandeur and sweep of an epic Hollywood classic.The Forbidden Garden: A Novel
Par Ellen Herrick. 2017
“Captivating [...] Herrick weaves a rich tapestry of family lore, dark secrets, and love.” —Brunonia Barry, New York Times bestselling…
author of The Lace Reader and The Fifth PetalPerfect for fans of Kate Morton and Sarah Jio, comes a lush imaginative novel that takes readers into the heart of a mysterious English country garden, waiting to spring to life. Every garden is a story, waiting to be told…At the nursery she runs with her sisters on the New England coast, Sorrel Sparrow has honed her rare gift for nurturing plants and flowers. Now that reputation, and a stroke of good timing, lands Sorrel an unexpected opportunity: reviving a long-dormant Shakespearean garden on an English country estate. Arriving at Kirkwood Hall, ancestral home of Sir Graham Kirkwood and his wife Stella, Sorrel is shocked by the desolate state of the walled garden. Generations have tried—and failed—to bring it back to glory. Sorrel senses heartbreak and betrayal here, perhaps even enchantment. Intrigued by the house’s history—especially the haunting tapestries that grace its walls—and increasingly drawn to Stella’s enigmatic brother, Sorrel sets to work. And though she knows her true home is across the sea with her sisters, instinct tells her that the English garden’s destiny is entwined with her own, if she can only unravel its secrets…The Oxford Inheritance: A Novel
Par Ann McDonald. 2016
At prestigious Oxford University, an American student searches for the truth about her mother’s death in this eerie, suspenseful thriller…
that blends money, murder, and black magic.You can’t keep it from her forever. She needs to know the truth.Cassandra Blackwell arrives in Oxford with one mission: to uncover the truth about her mother’s dark past. Raised in America, with no idea that her mother had ever studied at the famed college, a mysterious package now sends her across the ocean, determined to unravel the secrets that her mother took to her grave. Plunged into the glamorous, secretive life of Raleigh College, Cassie finds a world like no other: a world of ancient tradition, privilege—and murder.Beneath the hallowed halls of this storied university there is a mysterious force at work . . . A dark society that is shaping our world, and will stop at nothing to keep its grip on power. Cassie might be the only one who can stop them—but at what cost?The Last Talk with Lola Faye: A Novel
Par Thomas Cook. 2010
A &“marvelously tense&” novel of psychological suspense centered on a long-ago crime of passion, from an Edgar Award–winning author (Publishers…
Weekly, starred review). With dreams of academic greatness, Lucas Paige rose from humble and sordid beginnings to attend Harvard. But his achievements since then have been meager. In St. Louis to give yet another sparsely attended reading, he discovers a face from the past he&’s tried to forget: Lola Faye Gilroy, the &“other woman&” he long blamed for his father&’s murder. Reluctantly, Luke joins Lola Faye for a drink. As one drink turns into several, these two battered souls relive, from their different perspectives, the most searing experience of their lives. They are transported back to the tiny southern town of Glenville, Alabama, where a violent crime of passion is turned in the light once more. As it turns out, there is much Luke doesn&’t know. And what he doesn&’t know can hurt him. Trapped in an increasingly intense exchange, Luke struggles to gain control and determine what Lola Faye is truly after—before it is too late. This &“darkly powerful&” (Kirkus Reviews) literary thriller, rich with Southern atmosphere, is &“a knockout&” (People). &“Cook continues his work as one of the best fiction writers in America.&” —The Plain DealerFiercombe Manor: A Novel
Par Kate Riordan. 2015
In this haunting and richly imagined dual-narrative tale that echoes the eerie mystery of Rebecca and The Little Stranger, two…
women of very different eras are united by the secrets hidden within the walls of an English manor house.In 1933, naive twenty-two year-old Alice—pregnant and unmarried—is in disgrace. Her mother banishes her from London to secluded Fiercombe Manor in rural Gloucestershire, where she can hide under the watchful eye of her mother’s old friend, the housekeeper Mrs. Jelphs. The manor’s owners, the Stantons, live abroad, and with her cover story of a recently-deceased husband Alice can have her baby there before giving it up for adoption and returning home. But as Alice endures the long, hot summer at Fiercombe awaiting the baby’s birth, she senses that something is amiss with the house and its absentee owners.Thirty years earlier, pregnant Lady Elizabeth Stanton desperately hopes for the heir her husband desires. Tormented by the memory of what happened after the birth of her first child, a daughter, she grows increasingly terrified that history will repeat itself, with devastating consequences.After meeting Tom, the young scion of the Stanton family, Alice becomes determined to uncover the clan’s tragic past and exorcise the ghosts of this idyllic, isolated house. But nothing can prepare Alice for what she uncovers. Soon it is her turn to fear: can she escape the tragic fate of the other women who have lived in the Fiercombe valley . . .Desperate Escape: A Thrilling Suspense Novel
Par Lisa Harris. 2015
This search and rescue missioncould be his last…When Dr. Maddie Gilbert is kidnapped by rebel forces in West Africa, special…
ops agent Grant Reese races to rescue her. But the ruthless drug traffickers holding Maddie hostage have powerful connections—possibly even inside the U.S. government—and they&’ll go to any lengths to silence her permanently. But with enemies on their trail, Grant knows finding Maddie is just the first step of this mission…and making it out alive is the next.From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.Previously publishedDragonwyck: A Novel (Rediscovered Classics Ser.)
Par Anya Seton. 2013
A novel of seduction, mystery, and danger set in New York&’s Hudson Valley in the nineteenth century, by the author…
of Foxfire. There was, on the Hudson, a way of life such as this, and there was a house not unlike Dragonwyck . . . In the spring of 1844, the Wells family receives a letter from a distant relative, the wealthy landowner Nicholas Van Ryn. He has invited one of their daughters for an extended visit at his Hudson Valley estate, Dragonwyck. Eighteen-year-old Miranda, bored with her local suitors and commonplace life on the farm, leaps at the chance for an escape. She immediately falls under the spell of both the master and his mansion, mesmerized by the Gothic towers, flowering gardens, and luxurious lifestyle—but unaware of the dark, terrible secrets that await. Anya Seton masterfully tells the heart-stopping story of a remarkable woman, her remarkable passions, and the mystery that resides in the magnificent hallways of Dragonwyck.Plain Pursuit: A Thrilling Amish Suspense
Par Alison Stone. 2013
Looking into a cold caseleads to a deadly pursuitWhen her brother is killed in a small Amish town, Anna Quinn…
discovers she&’s an unwelcome outsider—unlike the FBI agent investigating the case. Eli Miller left his Amish faith behind long ago, but his heart is rooted in a local cold case with a strange connection to Anna&’s loss. Desperate to uncover the truth, Anna and Eli are faced with stony silences and secrets…secrets that someone wants to remain buried in the past.From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.Previously publishedUndercover Christmas Escape
Par Terri Reed. 2023
An undercover mission has deadly consequences The assignment was simple: infiltrate an office Christmas party, gather evidence and take down…
a drug cartel. However, DEA agent Duncan O&’Brien and deputy US marshal Sera Morales encounter more than they were expecting when masked thieves crash their undercover operation and abduct Sera, who narrowly escapes. Can Duncan and Sera work together, despite their competitiveness and hidden attraction, to capture a merciless drug lord—before this Christmas becomes their last?From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.Harlequin Intrigue December 2023 - Box Set 1 of 2
Par Rachel Lee, Cindi Myers, Julie Lindsey. 2023
Harlequin Intrigue brings you three full-length stories in one collection! Dive into action-packed stories that will keep you on the…
edge of your seat. Solve the crime and deliver justice at all costs.CONARD COUNTY: KILLER IN THE STORM by Rachel LeeConard County: The Next GenerationFor police deputy Artie Jackson, helping a handsome stranger stranded in a blizzard is a no-brainer. But Boyd Connor has his own demons and troubles. And possibly a connection to the stalker threats suddenly plaguing Artie… SECRETS OF SILVERPEAK MINE by Cindi MyersEagle Mountain: Critical ResponseWhen search and rescue volunteer Caleb Garrison and forensic reconstructionist Danielle Priest team up to identify a murdered woman, they&’re swept into a web of secrets—and an attraction neither can deny. Then a case of mistaken identity threatens Danielle&’s safety and Caleb must risk everything to keep her safe. ALWAYS WATCHING by Julie Anne LindseyBeaumont Brothers JusticeReal estate agent Scarlet Wills is being hunted by someone she can't see but who knows her every move. Private investigator Austin Beaumont vows to keep her safe even as their attraction ignites. But when the stalker goes from escalating to unraveling, will Scarlet and Austin escape a dangerous trap? Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served. For more edge-of-your seat romantic suspense, look for Harlequin Intrigue December – Box Set 2 of 2!Love Inspired Suspense December 2023 - Box Set 1 of 2
Par Elizabeth Goddard, Katy Lee, Jane Choate, Sharee Stover. 2023
Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith. This box set includes: K-9 NATIONAL…
PARK DEFENDERS (A Pacific Northwest K-9 novel)by Katy Lee & Sharee StoverMembers of the Pacific Northwest K-9 Unit are in a race against time in these holiday novellas. Can rival officers work together to save a kidnapped woman in Katy Lee&’s Yuletide Ransom? And can the K-9 team stop a bomber out for revenge in Sharee Stover&’s Holiday Rescue Countdown? DEADLY SABOTAGE (An Honor Protection Specialists novel)by USA Today Bestselling Author Elizabeth GoddardMicrobiologist Kinsley Langell survived the explosion that destroyed her lab and killed her boss—only to discover it wasn&’t an accident. Kinsley&’s being targeted, and when she learns the police may be compromised, there&’s only one person who can help her uncover the truth: her ex, security specialist Brett Honor. CHRISTMAS WITNESS SURVIVALby Jane M. ChoateHailey Davenport just watched her fiancé kill someone in cold blood. Now she&’s running for the border with a price on her head—until she&’s found by rancher Michael &“Chap&” Chapman. With threats at every turn, can Chap and Hailey evade hired gunmen…or will this Christmas be their last? For more stories filled with danger and romance, look for Love Inspired Suspense December 2023 Box Set – 2 of 2Harlequin Romantic Suspense December 2023 - Box Set
Par Justine Davis, Lisa Childs, Linda Johnston, Amber Williams. 2023
Looking for heart-racing romance and breathless suspense? Want high-stakes stories that cause sparks to fly between adventurous, brave characters in…
life-and-death situations? Harlequin® Romantic Suspense brings you all that and more with four new full-length titles in one collection!CSI Colton and the Witness (A The Coltons of New York novel)By Linda O. JohnstonWhen Patrick Colton&’s fellow CSI investigator Kyra Patel sees a murderer fleeing a scene, he vows to keep the expectant single mom out of the line of fire. But will the culprit be captured before their growing unprofessional feelings tempt them both? Operation Takedown (A Cutter's Code novel)By Justine DavisAs a former soldier, Jordan Crockett knows the truth about his best friend&’s military death. But convincing Emily Bishop, his deceased buddy&’s sister, exposes them both to a dangerous web of family secrets…and those determined to keep Jordan silenced. Hotshot Hero for the Holidays (A Hotshot Heroes novel)By NYT and USA TODAY bestselling author Lisa ChildsFirefighter Trent Miles stops fires—not starts them. But when his house burns down and a body is found inside, he becomes Detective Heather Bolton&’s number one murder suspect. Their undercover dating ruse to flush out the killer may save Trent from jail, but will Heather&’s heart be collateral damage? Ollero Creek Conspiracy (A Fuego, New Mexico novel)By Amber Leigh WilliamsLuella Decker wants to leave her heartbreaking past behind her. Including her secret romance with rancher Ellis Eaton. But when the animals at her home are targeted and a long-buried family cover-up comes to light, Ellis may be the only one she can trust to keep her alive.Love Inspired Suspense December 2023 - Box Set 2 of 2
Par Terri Reed, Kerry Johnson, Deena Alexander. 2023
Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith. This box set includes: UNDERCOVER CHRISTMAS…
ESCAPEby Terri ReedTasked with bringing down a drug cartel, DEA agent Duncan O&’Brien and deputy marshal Sera Morales&’s undercover mission goes wrong when Sera is kidnapped and incriminating evidence is stolen. Now the cartel is after Sera and Duncan, and retrieving the evidence while protecting long-lost family members may prove lethal… CHRISTMAS FOREST AMBUSHby Kerry JohnsonWhen a child&’s parents are attacked, social worker Lucy Taylor becomes the boy&’s temporary guardian—and a target. After fleeing for their lives when Lucy&’s car is run off the road, they&’re rescued by Ranger Noah Holt…only to be caught up in a deadly wilderness pursuit. CHRISTMAS IN THE CROSSHAIRSby Deena AlexanderMistaken for the twin sister she just discovered, nurse Jaelyn Reed is pursued by a hitman. While protecting her infant niece, she&’ll have to work with lawyer Adam Spencer to bring a killer to justice…before the clock runs out on Christmas. For more stories filled with danger and romance, look for Love Inspired Suspense December 2023 Box Set – 1 of 2Deadly Sabotage (Honor Protection Specialists #3)
Par Elizabeth Goddard. 2023
A fatal explosion… hides a lethal conspiracy After barely escaping a lab explosion that kills her boss, microbiologist Kinsley Langell…
discovers that the blast was no accident—someone intentionally set off a bomb. With a target on her back and the police compromised, Kinsley must rely on her ex, protection specialist Brett Honor, to help investigate the crime. But someone won&’t stop until she&’s silenced—this time permanently. Can Kinsley and Brett uncover the culprit before hired killers finish the job?From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.Honor Protection Specialists Book 1: High-Risk RescueBook 2: Perilous Security DetailBook 3: Deadly SabotageChristmas in the Crosshairs
Par Deena Alexander. 2023
A baby in need of protection— and a hitman in pursuit. After evading an attack, defense attorney Adam Spencer is…
on the run from a dangerous hitman. The killer&’s wife is Adam&’s only hope at apprehending the criminal—until she lands in the hospital. Now he must depend on her twin sister, Jaelyn Reed, to find the answers they need…all while protecting the baby niece Jaelyn didn&’t know she had. But with threats at every turn, trust may be the deadliest trap…From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.Christmas Forest Ambush
Par Kerry Johnson. 2023
A young witness targeted— and danger in the wilderness When five-year-old Boone Harrington witnesses his father&’s murder, he is placed…
in social worker Lucy Taylor&’s care for the holidays. But after someone chases Lucy&’s car off the road in Sumter National Forest, she and Boone turn to ranger Noah Holt for protection from a gang of ruthless gun traffickers. Can Noah keep them alive…especially after discovering Boone unknowingly has something these criminals will kill for? From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.