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I’d do anything for my family. Even go undercover and devote my life to the FBI so they can continue to thrive. Everything I do is for the Vitale name. I just have to focus, complete my job, divert attention and stay out of trouble.

Damiano De Luca: a curse with no cure. Before he ruled the De Luca family, before he became the man everyone feared, before he scoured an empire in search of me, he chose me to ruin. I was innocent. An untainted princess. The heiress to the Vitali mafia throne. And I was in the wrong place at the wrong time when I met the wrong boy. My name is Renata Vitali...and this is not a love story.

Jake Adams is back with his fourth thrilling adventure. When an old Cold Warrior from Russia asks Jake to observe the launch of their newest ICBM, Jake finds himself in the taiga of the Russian Far East. But something goes terribly wrong with the missile, and the Russians discover an American plane has shot down the missile with their new Airborne Laser system. This event sets into motion a chain of events that span from the United States capitol, California, the Pacific Northwest, a remote Aleutian Island, and across the Pacific to China and South Korea.

Un amor prohibido. Un pasado que lo destruyó todo. Un viaje que hará tambalear los cimientos de una relación vetada. Los lazos de la familia atan, y los de la pasión pueden hacerlos saltar por los aires. Traiciones, secretos, intriga y mucha mafia te sumergirán en un mundo que no te permitirá salir indemne.

Grant Forrester is living his lifelong dream. He’s finally become a respected voice as the Arts and Entertainment writer for The Best of Texas, the state’s premier magazine. Through him, hundreds of thousands of readers discover the hidden treasures of rich history Texas has to offer. He has it all… including a trail of bodies left in his wake…

As the smoke from the bonfire spirals into the night sky and the cool drinks slip down our throats, none of us can take our eyes off Lacey. Everyone who is close to Lacey sits by the smoky fire. Her adoring boyfriend, who holds onto her, perhaps a little too tightly. Her little sister, always in Lacey’s shadow, sifting fine soft sand through her fingers, never taking her eyes off Lacey. And me. When the fire burns out, we stumble away from the beach, along the cliff path—faces burned by the wind, hearts full of secrets. But Lacey never makes it home.

Now, I'm forced into a marriage with the Italian mafia's Capo Alessio to unite our two families. From the very first night, he showed me brutality I should be used to by now. I'm haunted by the past and now the present. If he thinks I will break so easily, he's mistaken. I have lived among monsters my entire life. I will survive.

Six months after being tasked with an off-the-books, international investigation, Ben Porter finds himself bedridden in a Washington, DC, hospital, beset with mysterious, life-threatening symptoms. Faced not only with tragedy but also with mounting pressure from his superiors, Ben is forced into an impossible choice: Does he fulfill his duty, or does he disobey his command? Or...can he do both?

Six months after the events in Devious Measures, both women are moving on with their lives…or so they thought. Fearful of their abilities, they will find out that the most powerful and devious cabal ever assembled in American history has other plans for them. With the clock ticking to November, Tierra and Victoria must fight to survive the onslaught unleashed against them by dark forces bent on eliminating their Vital Targets.

When a Canadian spy comes to ex-black ops specialist Aubrey Sentro for help tracking down notorious Cold War spymaster Günter Witt, she wants to say no. It’s been thirty years since Aubrey’s captivity in East Berlin, and she has no desire to return. Her focus now is on mending the relationships that suffered during her years working in the shadows. But when a ruthless mercenary targets Aubrey and her daughter, the game changes.

The world has no shortage of moral ambiguity, especially in the emergency room. In Pulse, Dr. Jackson is an emergency room physician who seems to have the big house, beautiful wife, and an impeccable reputation as one of the most respected emergency physicians in Dallas. As the layers get peeled back, Dr. Jackson's life isn't so perfect after all. Filled with unique twists, complex medical cases, personal issues, and even a chess game, Pulse proves that there is always more to the story!

Someone’s killing one college co-ed a month in North Texas. A predator with exacting tastes uses technology to select his targets.

L’anima è una scintilla della sostanza delle stelle, scrisse Eraclito. Ed è sotto il cielo notturno di Caminiti, un borgo di un paio di migliaia di anime arroccato su un promontorio basaltico a picco sulle coste estreme dello Jonio, che il giudice Nicola Sciacchitano si ritrova, nel settembre del 2018, a trascorrere un periodo di ferie. Ha scelto quel luogo perché ha bisogno di raccoglimento. Attraversato dalle inquietudini della mezz’età e stanco di stendere sentenze ha deciso di cambiare spartito e di scrivere un romanzo.

It could just be coincidence. It also could be revenge. But hardened cop Frank Zimmerman doesn’t believe in coincidences. Neither does FBI profiler Nathan Thomas. A drowned lawyer, a fatal car accident, a heart attack, and a socialite’s lethal fall in front of a huge crowd all have their cop antennae pinging—hard. They dig for evidence to support Frank's theory of a trail of bodies that lead into the past.

When FBI profiler Nathan Thomas meets Bella Amsel, he realizes she might very well be his dream girl. Too bad she has a stalker that neither of them know about—at first. They survive a nightmare–but they don't escape unscathed. A harrowing ordeal puts Nathan and Bella face to face with pure evil. Little do they know–it's only the beginning.

Bristol Scott has a dirty little secret about her first husband’s unfortunate passing. And now that she’s arranged to marry Lorenzo Vitale, a man who’s strikingly like the deceased, she finds herself back in the thick of the action.

Dopo mesi trascorsi dietro una scrivania per aver ferito un passante nel corso di una retata, un ispettore viene inviato in un villaggio vicino alla frontiera di cui nemmeno conosceva l'esistenza. Ad attenderlo c'è un caso d'omicidio considerato già risolto. La vittima è una donna che conduceva un'esistenza appartata, e il presunto assassino è suo fratello, un giovane con disturbi mentali che abitava insieme a lei e che ora è scomparso. Facile, forse troppo.

Julia is the perfect spouse, mother, cook, cleaner and speech writer to her husband, James. But behind it all is a stifled woman trapped in a gilded cage. When she meets Laurel, a therapist who promises fulfilment, Julia opens herself up to the hope of a different future. But what happened in Greece all those years ago that binds these two women together? And will uncovering the truth destroy everything…or set them free?

È notte. Su un'autostrada del Nord Italia industriale corre una macchina con a bordo tre funzionari di una ditta commerciale. Tornano a casa da un viaggio di lavoro, sono stanchi, nulla di strano che decidano di fermarsi in un autogrill per bere un caffè e comprare le sigarette; una breve sosta prima dell'ultimo sforzo. Ma in quella stazione di servizio, sotto gli occhi indifferenti dei camionisti assonnati e delle ragazze del bar, il destino aspetta uno di loro. Una leggerezza e una banale dimenticanza lo faranno precipitare nelle maglie di un meccanismo giudiziario impeccabile.

Dotato di arguzia e di un formidabile spirito di osservazione, il giovane Vitale Federici, cadetto di Montefeltri, viene chiamato a indagare su un concatenarsi di delitti all'apparenza insolvibili. L'Italia di fine Settecento, tuttavia, si rivelerà presto ai suoi occhi come un insidioso gioco di apparenze, sotto il quale si celano le macchinazioni di aristocratici, religiosi e magistrati. Le città di Roma, Urbino e Venezia diverranno per lui autentiche trappole mortali, dalle quali potrà salvarsi soltanto grazie al lume dell'intelletto e all'arte della dissimulazione.