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The second novel in the PI Jim Keegan series.A reclusive millionaire hires PI Jim Keegan to look after her interests, she is currently hidden away at the legendary Chateau Marmont hotel. All Keegan has to do is humour her, keep her important papers in his office safe, and make weekly checks of her LA properties, but within a week she goes missing. Keegan suspects her ne'er-do-well young nephew of murder-but all the evidence he can find is circumstantial,...
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Wild horses couldn't pull Silki off her beloved Navajo Rez... or could they? Bummed that yet another summer has passed all too quickly, Silki and her best friend, Birdie, head out for one last hurrah at the Navajo Nation Fair. When the fun is overshadowed by the theft of a famous horse, Silki is plunged into a baffling adventure teeming with international undercurrents and intrigue. Boy-crazy Birdie is fluttering her eyelashes at Silki's good-looking...
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Working deep undercover was dangerous. Mercenary turned DEAagent Hawke Morran found out just how dangerous when his coverwas suddenly blown. His life hung in the balance-until a mysteriouswoman saved him from certain death.
Hawke was a lone wolf-used to bringing down the bad guys byhimself. Without a partner. Yet now he and Miranda Shelton wererunning for their lives, desperate to uncover the identity of Hawke'sbetrayor. Journeying from the mountains...
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When the Heir to the Firstborn is chosen by the Mother, the lore dictates that they must find their Companions among the tribes, and the first of those shall be Water. But when Aeris, oldest daughter and Heir to Firstborn Aria makes her Progress, her Water is nowhere to be found. The lore has once more been broken, threatening to throw the world out of balance. Two years later, as Aeris comes of age and continues to seek her missing Companion, an...
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"Solitario Cisneros thought his life was over long ago. He lost his wife, his family, even his country in the late 1870s when the Rio Grande shifted course, stranding the Mexican town of Olvido on the Texas side of the border. He'd made his brooding peace with retiring his gun and badge, hiding out on his ranch, and communing with horses and ghosts. But when a gruesome string of murders and kidnappings ravages the town, pushing its volatile mix of...
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Danger lurks while love blossoms in Shirlee McCoy's exciting stories
Valley of Shadows
It isn't just DEA agent Hawke Morran who's at risk when his undercover assignment is blown. The lovely Miranda Shelton saved him-;so now she's in danger, too. It's up to Hawke to keep them both safe. His heart will accept nothing less.
Stranger in the Shadows
When disaster shatters Chloe Davidson's life, she comes home to Lakeview, Virginia, to find some peace....
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Seekers trilogy (Brian Cullen) volume 2
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After months of searching, The Seekers think they may have come to the end of their search for the Chalice of Fire that was stolen by Bricriu Poisontongue. But, just as they are about to reach their goal, the wily thief slips away. Grimly, the Seekers once again set off after Bricriu to return the Chalice to the Red Branch. But the way, is overrun with vampires and other creatures of the night controlled by the evil wizard Maliman. The wizard has...
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Derek Stillwater thrillers volume 4
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"A raid on a Pakistan Al-Qaeda cell recovers two laptops. When the computers' booby-traps are defused and the computers decrypted and translated, they indicate that Al-Qaeda has planned a series of simultaneous attacks in five U.S. cities involving potential dirty bombs, biological weapons and maybe even a nuclear weapon-on Election Day. Derek Stillwater, troubleshooter for the Department of Homeland Security, is assigned to a multi-jurisdictional...
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An ancient world of full unique magic and dark creatures. Where only gallant magical knights stand against demons and worse.Meet the offbeat but valiant knight Rowan. With a sense of humor and fair play toward all.And a dangerous mission may spell hope … or doom them all.Rowan charges headlong into action and adventure in this incredible novella of sword and sorcery. Grab this spellbinding epic fantasy and your heart will pound in more ways than...
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Sarah and David, a young married couple from New York City, arrive to settle near Salamanca, a small Pennsylvania forest village whose unwelcoming inhabitants appear to be protecting a secret and troubled past. Prey to her own childhood demons, as well as chronic anxiety attacks, Sarah discovers that this new life, which was supposed to bring about a fresh start, actually only drastically increases her foreboding. In order to confront her fears, Sarah...
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Are modern young woman coming out of college achieving all their potential, or are they struggling with fears, insecurities, unemployment, and many roles and responsibilities imposed, by family and society? This book is a tool to encourage women to seek their true value throughout these junctions in their lives and to find their gifts. I urge them to begin this amazing journey called life with the end in mind.
This book also talks to mothers and grandmothers...
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His soul filled with hate, Master Scout Terrllss-rr goes to Anar'on, the world of the Wanderers, to find Teena his loved one, and to avenge himself against his brother Dharaklin. In a moment that would have unleashed the hand of Death, Terr is confronted by a shattering personal revelation. To slake his thirst with the blood of his brother, Terr must be prepared to forsake Teena's love and face personal oblivion. Damaged in a running fight with the...
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"Solitario Cisneros creía que su vida hacía tiempo que había terminado. Perdió a su esposa, su familia, e inclusive a su país hacia finales de la década de 1870 cuando el Rio Grande cambió su curso dejando al pueblo mexicano de Olvido del lado tejano de la frontera. Había hecho las paces, si bien a regañadientes, con el hecho de tener que abandonar su pistola y su insignia, y retirarse a su rancho a convivir con caballos y fantasmas. Pero...
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Somewhere in Shadow Valley lies a secret that could forever change the frontier. Only a posse of gunmen with special abilities can defend that secret from a tribe of ghostly warriors, an advancing army led by a deranged Colonel, and the perils of the valley itself. Nominated for the Eisner Award for 'Best Digital Comic' in 2010, and for the Harvey Award for 'Best Online Comics Work' in 2011, Dark Horse collects the supernatural webcomic into a 200+...
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"Frederick Douglass was born into slavery on Maryland's Eastern Shore and became an extraordinary champion of liberty and equality. Throughout his long life, Douglass was also a man of profound religious conviction. ... With an eye toward explaining how Douglass's religious beliefs shaped his influential public career, Dilbeck retells the story of Douglass's life"--
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 When we are experiencing heartbreak, it's hard to think clearly enough to understand how our personal pain fits into the larger picture. But when we view life through the lens of God's word, we can see that the paths of righteousness wind their way through green pastures and along quiet waters, but they can also go down into the valley of shadows.
#2 The path that...
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The Fowler's Snare is the second in an exciting new teen / junior teen Fiction supernatural fiction series. The first, Casting Shadows, leads beautifully into this second book!
Summer Solstice has arrived and the Elliot Twins, Aunt Bella, and the others are headed back to Trilleah where the Valley of Shadows--and King Shrailzhar--awaits their return.
While the travelers are unaware of what lurks beneath their path, all that lies just out of...
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"Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the baby boom. There was a script for a family like the Galvins--hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony--and they all tried to play their parts. But behind the closed doors of the house on Hidden Valley Road was a far different reality: psychological breakdown,...
19) Eragon
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In Alagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.
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The true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing 1914 exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth, a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most treacherous jungles in the world. Indians armed with poison-tipped arrows haunt its shadows; piranhas glide through its waters; boulder-strewn rapids turn the river into a roiling cauldron. After his humiliating election defeat in 1912, Roosevelt set his sights...
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