Rules of Engagement (Lexi Graves Mysteries, 11)

Rules of Engagement (Lexi Graves Mysteries, 11)

Camilla Chafer

Mystery & Thrillers / Romance / Literature & Fiction

From USA Today bestselling author Camilla Chafer...When her fiancé is shot in an apparent assassination attempt, private investigator Lexi Graves' world is thrown into chaos and turmoil. With the list of suspects growing by the minute, and the hit man still on the loose, there's no way Lexi can sit idly by Solomon's bedside and hope he survives when she could be out hunting for the person or persons responsible.After taking charge of Solomon's private detective agency, Lexi enlists the help of her friends and family in her effort to bring the perpetrator to justice. Investigating, however, will lead Lexi into some areas of Solomon's life that he purposefully left behind and unveil some startling revelations about the man she loves. With the situation becoming increasingly dangerous, Lexi has no choice but to unravel his past and ask a surprising source for help in her quest to discover why Solomon was targeted. Yet with her successive questions come some shocking answers and a...
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Plague Ship tof-5

Plague Ship tof-5

Clive Cussler

Literature & Fiction / Adventure / Nonfiction

In the dependably entertaining if less than top-notch fifth Oregon Files thriller from bestseller Cussler and Du Brul (after  Skeleton Crew ), Capt. Juan Cabrillo, who heads the Corporation, a covert military company for hire, and the multifaceted crew of the  Oregon , a high-tech ship disguised to look like a tramp steamer, take on a group known as the Responsivists. The Responsivists publicly espouse a program of global population control, but are secretly planning a devastating attack on the human race utilizing a virulent virus found aboard an ancient ship that may be Noah's Ark. The authors are up to their usual high standards when in fighting mode, though the chief villain, the doctor who heads the Responsivists, falls short of Juan's billing as the single-most-evil human being I have ever met. Readers may wish that next time out the bad guys put up more of a struggle.
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What Really Happened in Peru tbc-1

Clare, Cassandra

Clare, Cassandra

Fans of The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices know that Magnus Bane is banned from Peru—and now they can find out why. One of ten adventures in The Bane Chronicles. There are good reasons Peru is off-limits to Magnus Bane. Follow Magnus’s Peruvian escapades as he drags his fellow warlocks Ragnor Fell and Catarina Loss into trouble, learns several instruments (which he plays shockingly), dances (which he does shockingly), and disgraces his host nation by doing something unspeakable to the Nazca Lines. This standalone e-only short story illuminates the life of the enigmatic Magnus Bane, whose alluring personality populates the pages of the #1 New York Times bestselling series, The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices series. This story in The Bane Chronicles, What Really Happened in Peru, is written by Sarah Rees Brennan and Cassandra Clare.
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Au Revoir

Au Revoir

Mary Moody

Mary Moody

Popular gardening writer and television presenter Mary Moody is part of a generation of women who 'had it all'. At fifty, her life was full, with a fulfilling career, a husband, children and even grandchildren. The only thing missing was time for herself, a chance to reflect on life and its meaning–so Mary decided to say au revoir. For six glorious months, she left her work, family and friends to live on her own in the South of France. Au Revoir is the story of Mary's solo journey. It is funny, warm and reflective, as Mary adapts to life as a single person in one of the most delightful parts of rural France. Revelling in the food, seasons and characters she encounters, Mary's book will strike a chord with every woman managing a busy life.
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The Death & Loralei Collection

The Death & Loralei Collection

Judith Post

Judith Post

Loralei has been able to see spirits since she was a small child. She first meets Death when he comes for her sick mother and their attraction for one another soon leads to romance. When Death crosses the threshold of their home, he takes human form as a tall, handsome lover. Loralei discovers that she can use a crystal ball to call spirits back to their earthly realm. She begins to help solve murders and ease loved ones who had no closure.This collection includes the never-before-published concluding novella. In Spirits Bound, an arsonist kills an entire apartment building full of residents. When Death goes to help the confused spirits make the journey Home, Loralei accompanies him to investigate the mystery of who set the fires.
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Girl in Blue Velvet Who Fell From the Stars

Girl in Blue Velvet Who Fell From the Stars

Freda, Paula

Freda, Paula

From my East Meets West Series, The Girl in Blue Velvet Who Fell From the Stars. Clean, contemporary, a tad bit sensual, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Western Sweet Romance. The girl in blue velvet who fell from the stars to earth, in my backyard, among the mimosas, with a blue rose for an anklet and a smile and a wink my heart to link For love and for life....
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Just As I Am

Just As I Am

Billy Graham

Billy Graham

Hailed as "the world's preacher," Billy Graham has enjoyed a career that has spanned six decades and his ministry of faith has touched the hearts and souls of millions.In Just As I Am Graham reveals his life story in what the Chicago Tribune calls "a disarmingly honest autobiography." Now, in this revised and updated edition, we hear from this "lion in winter" (Time) on his role over the past ten years as America's pastor during our national crisis of the Oklahoma bombing and 9/11; his knighthood; his passing of the torch to his son, Franklin, to head the organization that bears his name; and his commitment to do the Lord's work in the years of his and his wife Ruth's physical decline.
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A Thousand Leagues of Wind, the Sky at Dawn ttk-4

Fuyumi Ono

Fuyumi Ono

After a year of depending on her ministers to govern the kingdom of Kei, Yoko follows Keiki's advice and descends the mountain to live among her people, eager to learn how to be a better leader from the village's wise-man, Enho. However, when Enho is kidnapped, Yoko finds herself thrust into an all-out war between the kingdoms. Friendships and alliances are put to the test during the Battle of Wa Province. Can Yoko summon the strength to take up her responsibilities as Queen?
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The Last Heiress

The Last Heiress

Mary Ellis

Mary Ellis

Bestselling author Mary Ellis (A Widow's Hope) presents The Last Heiress, a new romantic standalone that intertwines the lives of a British manufacturing heiress and an American merchant caught in the turbulent time of the War Between the States.Amanda Dunn set sail from England for Wilmington, North Carolina, hoping to somehow restore shipments of cotton for her family's textile mills, which have been severely disrupted by the American Civil War. But when she meets Nathaniel Cooper, her desire to conduct business and quickly return to England changes.Amanda's family across the sea deems the hardworking merchant unsuitable for the lovey and accomplished heiress. And when Nate himself begins to draw away, Amanda has her own battle for a happy future on her hands.As the War Between the States heats up, Nate's brother, a Confederate officer, comes for a visit. Nate begins to think about joining up—not in support of slavery but to watch his brother's back...
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Murder With Peacocks ml-1

Donna Andrews

Mystery & Thrillers

When Meg Langslow is roped into being a bridesmaid for the nuptials of her mother, her brother's fiancee, and her own best friend, she is apprehensive. Getting the brides to choose their outfits and those of their bridesmaids (and not change their minds three days later), trying to capture the principals long enough to work out details, and even finding peacocks to strut around the garden during the ceremony--these are things Meg can handle. She can brush off the unfortunate oaf who is smitten with her, and take philosophically her disappointment when she learns that the only eligible man in her small Virginia town (and a delightful hunk he is) is of questionable sexual preference. But even Meg is taken aback when the unpleasant former sister-in-law of Meg's soon-to-be stepfather disappears and is later found dead. Well, that's one way to zip up a wedding, and Andrews does a fine job of making the three celebrations more fun and more unusual than anything you've ever read in Ann Landers.
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