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Gary escaped his fundamentalist family and their crazy church. Pittsburgh, snow, and no job prospects turns fishing coins out of fountains for food into a painful chore. While job-hunting in the busy downtown, Gary gets almost knocked down by some self-important suit. As they grapple, trying not to fall, Gary does the unthinkable. Running late again, Adrian weaves his way through the crows to a critical meeting. A bump, a jostle - he almost landed on the ground, and too bad he’d been so brusque with the tall-and-handsome who kept him from crashing to the sidewalk.

When Merrill Starks set his sights on Justine, his depraved actions set off a sequence of events that would lead to one little girl finding her purpose in life. Dr. Chloe Daniels, renowned forensic psychologist, aided in the identification and capture of some of the most notorious mass murderers the United States had ever known. But Chloe didn't embark on her career by happenstance. Merrill Starks was her inspiration.

Travel Tales: Getting Away with It — or Almost! is about travelers who perpetrate their own schemes on fellow travelers or even the locals themselves. Sometimes they succeed and sometimes they do not.

Confederate captain Caleb Tanner is so vicious in battle that his own men call him the Reaper. Yet, something even darker shadows him. A creature he witnesses drinking the blood of the dying and stealing their souls. In a failed attempt to kill the vampire, Caleb is bitten but survives. Now, the poison of the vampire’s bite flows through his veins, cursing him with an unbreakable bond with the demon that slaughtered his troops. In the aftermath of the Civil War, Caleb vows revenge.

The Kansas City Police Department is under attack by a small group of hackers. These cyber criminals threaten to sell personal information about each officer to the black market, essentially putting lives at stake. Wally Redmond is a sketch artist. He’s an alcoholic. He’s a sex fiend. And he’s given a chance to become a hero. His infatuation for a rookie leads him to situations he would otherwise avoid. But despite his personal issues, he may be the only hope for the cops who dedicate their lives to protect us. He may be the only one with a solution.

The "Last Best Class" of Fish River Community School had lost one of its members every year since the second grade. Waffle Houses were popping up throughout small-town Alabama with one corporate rule: "Good Food Fast." Struggling to cope with the tragedy that shadowed him most of his life, Dr. Jimmy Ryan dedicated himself to bringing people back from the brink, driven by his own guiding principle "Ain't Dead Yet." Not until Jimmy's own death did the folks at the Waffle House in Penelope, Alabama, learn the full extent of the secrets buried with the dead.

In Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events, Carl Rollyson provides a documentary approach to the life and legend of this singular personality. With details of her childhood, her young adult years, her ascent to super-stardom, and the hour-by-hour moments leading to her tragic early death, this volume supplements - and, in some cases, corrects - the accounts of previous biographies.

Cord Alexander finds that his ruthless pursuit of the truth behind missing nuclear waste comes with a very high price. So does the secret he's kept from his wife, Morgan, about a brief affair he had. It's all crashing in, and he's either going to clear his name and save his marriage or...well, let's just say things could go horribly wrong for him. And while his attention is on all that, Morgan is back home dealing with the government, who thinks Cord has done some pretty terrible things, and trying not to lose her mind over evidence that her husband has been cheating on her.

Morgan Windwalker thinks she has the perfect life, the perfect job and most definitely the perfect husband. Then a call comes in the middle of the night and from that moment things start to change. Her once perfect husband, Cord Alexander starts to display a recklessness that troubles her. Cracks start to appear in her perfect life, revealing lies and betrayals she didn't want to believe were possible. Can she keep the cracks from multiplying, keep all the pieces intact, or is she fighting a losing battle?

But as much as I wanted her, there was absolutely nothing I could do about it. I was married. She was half my age. Our love was completely forbidden. I had to resist that perfect body, those teasing looks, the rising sexual tension burning between us like wildfire. I knew it was wrong, but I didn't care.

Special Agent Gabriel Stryker has a penchant for packing heat, thwarting his enemies, and dropping awful puns. And not necessarily in that order. When an international weapons dealer sets his sights on New York City on New Year's Eve, it's up to Stryker to get to the bottom of his nefarious plan before the clock strykes zero. With the help of his not-so-ex-girlfriend and intrepid, acid-tongued reporter, Vikki Phoenix, Stryker will need to call on every last bit of awesomeness - and the occasional spanking - to keep Vikki on the straight and narrow and out of harm's way.

In his youth, Adam Peppers wanted nothing more than the spotlight. The fame, the fortune, and the glory that came with celebrity. Until his brother stole his dream from him. Angry and bitter, he lets the doldrums of suburban life eat away at him. Until one night, it all changes. He finds his parents dead, himself attacked by a mysterious hooded figure, and his house burned down. With nothing left, he seeks an opportunity to take from his brother what he always knew should have been his.

She was lifeless; she was gone, I knew it. I'd lost her. My world was crashing down again, and the darkness was invading me....

Josliyn Michael moved back to New Orleans after a horrific attack at the hands of her husband. She didn't come looking for love, just a fresh start with old friends. Dillon has a past he isn't sure he can overcome and a lifestyle he wasn't ready to give up. When Josilyn was thrust into his arms, everything changed for them both. The attraction was undeniable and they questioned if love was possible. Can Josilyn overcome her fear and release her demons to give love a chance? Can Dillon overcome his past and leave a life behind, or will the past destroy his future? Can love heal their burdened souls?

King of the mountain - that’s Arnold Markowitz. His mountaintop home is a peaceful stretch of land covered with orchards, wild flowers, and towering trees. But there isn’t much room left for beauty these days as a land-development corporation is intent on surrounding his paradise with a sprawling shopping mall. With Markowitz taking on the powers that be, this classic tale takes unexpected twists and turns.

Waking in a strange bed, David finds himself unable to remember how he got there. He’s been hospitalized and soon witnesses a brutal attack on a fellow patient by a late visitor to the ward. After accidentally killing the intruder, he flees with the attacked patient to a farmhouse in the Bergerac region of the Dordogne, where he finds out more mysterious details behind the attack.

Elle and Patrick have settled into a life of peaceful domesticity with their infant daughter after years of battling in the holy wars. However, Hell's agents haven't forgotten about them. When Pyro unleashes his torment in the worst way, Elle and Patrick must find a way to save their child and hold onto each other in the face of incredible evil. Will Hell have the last word in a battle that forces Elle to return to the darkness inside herself?

Pulp Heroes Reborn Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to present volume five of Mystery Men (& Women ), their showcase anthology for debuting new pulp heroes created by today’s best action-adventure writers.

Pandora's once rich husband has invested all of his money in a property development scheme that will leave them bankrupt unless he gets the investment he needs from billionaire media mogul Mark Grayson. When alpha-male Grayson is invited over to dinner, Pandora has a much better plan to ensure their financial survival. She knows Grayson wants a baby more than anything else, and despite her husband's protestations, she intends to be the one to give it to him. How will Pandora's relationship with her husband change if she goes ahead with her plan, and will she be able to resist?

When ex-con Craig Collins began his new job mowing lawns, he was ready to leave his former life where it belonged - in the past. But everything changes when Craig suddenly loses one of his contracts after staring a little too hard at the aging trophy wife of his pizzeria mogul client, Big Gino Pasarelli. Soon, Craig begins to hatch a plan for revenge - along with his transgender sort-of-girlfriend, Juana. Since Big Gino seems to enjoy cheating on his wife, Craig and Juana decide to blackmail him with a sex tape.