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Realistic, sharp-edged, and complex, Unspeakable is Sandra Brown's best yet. A beautiful woman locked in silence, a man stalked by dark secrets he can no longer outrun, and an over-the-hill peace officer seeking redemption must defeat their own demons before a tumultuous confrontation with a diabolical killer.

Griff Burkett has a multimillion-dollar contract with the Dallas Cowboys. But at the end of his football career, deep in debt, a crime kingpin offers him a chance to resolve his loans by throwing a game. Griff agrees, and walks into an FBI sting. After serving time, he finds only closed doors. Then he is summoned by eccentric millionaire Foster Speakman. Speakman, a recluse since a car accident left him crippled, is impotent. Deadly consequences ensue when he hires Burkett to impregnate his wife.

Hurt one too many times in the past, Sloan Fairchild is convinced that she will never be able to trust her heart to a man again. Instead, she pours all her energy into making a success of her elegant San Francisco bed and breakfast inn. But when her best friend asks her to house her fiancé for a month, Sloan opens the doors of Fairchild House to Carter Madison...and meets a man who turns her world - and her concept of herself - upside down.

Cage Hendren was his twin Hal's opposite in every way. Hal was dedicated to a worthy cause; Cage was the black sheep of the family. Hal graciously allowed his fiancée, Jenny, to help him with his work; Cage just loved her with all his heart.

New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown is back with a spine-tingling story of murder and betrayal, and a homicide detective's struggle with his own rules of conduct. When Detective Sergeant Duncan Hatcher is summoned to the home of Judge Cato Laird in the middle of the night to investigate a fatal shooting, he knows that discretion and kid-glove treatment are the key to staying in the judge's good graces and keeping his job.

All he wanted was enough whiskey to forget. Ravaged by grief after a car crash killed his cherished wife and unborn child, Chase Tyler has abandoned his family business. He'd hit the rodeo circuit and the bars with equal disregard for his life, unwilling to face his pain and move on - until a bad-tempered bull and a lady from the past forced him to.... All she wanted was his love. Marcie Johns had known Chase all her life, and had been driving the car when it crashed.

Die Journalistin Kerra Bailey ist kurz davor, das Interview ihres Lebens zu führen. Vor 25 Jahren wurde Major Franklin Trapper zum Helden, als er nach einem Bombenanschlag in Dallas eine Handvoll Überlebende in Sicherheit brachte. Um an den Major heranzukommen, braucht sie jedoch seinen Sohn John, der wenig kooperativ ist. Aber Kerra lässt nicht locker, auch weil dieser abweisende Mann eine unheimliche Anziehungskraft auf sie ausübt.

Als sich die Blicke von Jordie Bennet und Shaw Kinnard das erste Mal treffen, sprühen die Funken! Doch Jordie weiß auch, dass er geschickt wurde, um sie zu töten. Sie ist sich sicher, dass ihre Zeit abgelaufen ist - doch Shaw hat andere Pläne. In der Hoffnung, durch sie an die dreißig Millionen Dollar zu gelangen, die ihr Bruder gestohlen hat, entführt er sie. Doch Shaw ist nicht der Einzige, der hinter dem Geld her ist, und schon bald müssen Jordie und Shaw auf der Flucht vor dem FBI und einem gefährlichen Verbrecher lernen, sich aufeinander zu verlassen, um so der tödlichen Gefahr zu entgehen, in der sie beide schweben.

Never. Sunny Chandler always said she’d never go back to the tiny town where she grew up. It was just three years ago that she was at the center of a notorious scandal - and the good folks of Latham Green, Louisiana, made it clear they’d never let her forget it. So Sunny packed up and headed for New Orleans, and now she wouldn’t give up city life for the world. But when she’s invited to her best friend’s wedding, Sunny has no choice but to go home. And with her return come the whispers...the looks... the rumors she tried to escape.

When Jordie Bennet and Shaw Kinnard lock eyes across a disreputable backwater bar, something definitely sparks. Shaw gives off a dangerous vibe that makes men wary and inspires women to sit up and take notice. None feel that undercurrent more strongly than savvy businesswoman Jordie, who doesn't belong in a seedy dive on the banks of a bayou. But here she is...and Shaw Kinnard is here to kill her.

Willkommen in der Welt von Rache, Gier und Gewalt... Ausgerechnet die angesehene Ärztin Rennie Newton ist für den Freispruch des Berufskillers Lozada verantwortlich. Jetzt aber steht sie selbst für einen seiner Morde unter Verdacht. Denn Lozada tötet für die Frau die er begehrt - sie. Nur ein Mann vertraut Rennie noch: der vom Dienst suspendierte Polizist Wick Threadgill. Wick ahnt nicht, dass Rennie nicht nur viel zu verlieren, sondern noch mehr zu verbergen hat.

Sie hat sich immer geweigert, die Anrufe ihres kleinen Bruders anzunehmen. Niemals mehr Kontakt zu ihrer Familie, niemals mehr heim nach Destiny, Louisiana! Doch nun erhält sie Nachricht von seiner Ermordung.

Detective Duncan Hatcher wird nachts zum Haus des angesehenen Richters Cato Laird gerufen, weil dessen junge Ehefrau Elise in Notwehr einen Einbrecher erschossen hat. Doch Duncan erkennt schnell, dass Elise nur die halbe Wahrheit sagt. Er hält sie des heimtückischen Mordes für schuldig, bis Elise eines Abends bei ihm Hilfe sucht und ihm eine beinahe unglaubliche Geschichte erzählt.