Tag: Suspense

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    A Duke to Remember (A Season for Scandal Book 2) 2017 RITA award winner!

    Love takes the stage…

    Elise deVries is not what she seems. By night, the actress captivates London theatergoers with her chameleon-like ability to slip inside her characters. By day, she uses her mastery of disguise to work undercover for Chegarre & Associates, an elite agency known for its discreet handling of indelicate scandals. But when Elise is tasked with locating the missing Duke of Ashland, she finds herself center stage in a real-life drama.

    Noah Ellery left the glamour of the London aristocracy to pursue a simpler life in the country. He’s managed to avoid any complications or entanglements–that is, until he lays eyes on Elise and realizes there’s more to this beautiful woman than meets the eye. But when Elise reveals her real identity–and her true feelings for him–the runaway duke must confront the past he left behind… to keep the woman he loves forever.

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    Girl in the Dark: A Novel A single mother and lawyer, Iris has a colorful caseload, a young son with behavior issues, and a judgmental mother.

    She also has a brother—shocking news she uncovers by accident. Why did her mother lie to her for her entire life? Why did she hide the existence of Ray Boelens from her?

    Curious about this sibling she has never known, Iris begins to search for long-buried truths. What she discovers surprises—and horrifies—her. Her older brother is autistic—and in prison for brutally murdering his neighbor and her daughter.

    Visiting Ray, she meets a man who looks heartbreakingly like her own son. A man who is devoted to his tropical fish and who loves baking bread. A man whose naiveté unnerves her. There is no question that Ray is odd and obsessive, unable to communicate like the rest of us. But is he really a killer?

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    Flight to Redemption (A Samantha Starr Thriller, Book 1) Cleared by the NTSB of any fault when a mid-flight explosion demands a white-knuckle emergency landing of a Boeing jumbo jet, twenty-six-year-old pilot Samantha ‘Danger Magnet’ Starr heads to the Scottish Highlands for rest and relaxation.

    But peace and serenity quickly fade when Sam rescues a boy named Charlie from being abducted by a political terrorist organization.

    Arriving at the nearest police station with the intent of returning Charlie to his powerful and influential father, Sam discovers the police are in cahoots with the abductors, and she’s the one being fingered for kidnapping.

    Now, dodging terrorists, corrupt police, and haunted by her younger brother’s kidnapping and murder years prior, Sam will do anything to protect Charlie in a thrilling Flight to Redemption.

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    Ladder to the Moon From Maya Soetoro-Ng, sister of President Obama, comes a lyrical story relaying the loving wisdom of their late mother to a young granddaughter she never met.

    Little Suhaila wishes she could have known her grandma, who would wrap her arms around the whole world if she could, Mama says. And one night, Suhaila gets her wish when a golden ladder appears at her window, and Grandma Annie invites the girl to come along with her on a magical journey.

    Yuyi Morales’s breathtaking artwork illuminates the dreamlike tale, reminding us that loved ones lost are always with us, and that sometimes we need only look at the moon and remember.

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    Simple Cake: All You Need to Keep Your Friends and Family in Cake [A Baking Book] Over 100 5-Star Reviews!

    A nostalgic ode to the joy of homemade cake, beautifully photographed and with easy mix-and-match recipes for a sweet lift any day of the week.

    NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES

    Everyone has a favorite style of cake, whether it’s citrusy and fresh or chocolatey and indulgent. All of these recipes and more are within your reach in Simple Cake, a love letter from Brooklyn apron and bakeware designer Odette Williams to her favorite treat.

    With easy recipes and inventive decorating ideas, Williams gives you recipes for 10 base cakes, 15 toppings, and endless decorating ideas to yield a treat—such as Milk & Honey Cake, Coconut Cake, Summer Berry Pavlova, and Chocolatey Chocolate Cake—for any occasion.

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    A Riviera Retreat: A warm escapist read that will keep you guessing When Retreat owner Amy offers three lucky competition winners a holiday on the Cote d’Azur, she has no idea that this simple act of kindness will have life-changing repercussions on her own life as well as those who join her…

    Young entrepreneur Chelsea has just been subjected to a very public relationship break up and needs to get away to lick her wounds.

    MP’s wife Victoria is at a crossroads in her life now that the children have left home. She realises she has ambitions of her own and needs some ‘me time’ to figure things out.

    Recently widowed Matilda is assessing life without her beloved husband. Can she find the courage to follow their dream on her own?

    The four women, despite their differences, bond and support each other, making memories and forming friendships that will last for years.

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    The Boy Who Saw: A Solomon Creed Novel Solomon Creed has no recollection of who he is, or where he comes from. The only solid clue to his identity is a label stitched in his jacket that reads: "This suit was made to treasure for Mr. Solomon Creed."

    The jacket fits perfectly, and so does the name, but there is a second name on the label, the name of the tailor who made the suit and an address in southern France. Solomon heads to France in search of this man, hoping to discover more about who he is. But instead of answers he finds a bloody corpse, the Star of David carved into his chest and the words "Finishing what was begun" daubed in blood on the wall.

    When the police discover Solomon at the crime scene they suspect he is the murderer and lock him up. Solomon must escape to clear his name and solve the mystery of why the last remaining survivors of a notorious Nazi death camp are being hunted down and murdered. Only by saving these survivors from evil can Solomon hope to piece together the truth about a decades-old conspiracy as well as discover the key to his own identity.

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    Sound of a Furious Sky: FBI Agent Domini Walker Book 1 (Dom Walker) Returning from an involuntary leave of absence, the gutsy, tenacious FBI Special Agent Domini Walker catches a no-brainer missing persons case. The young heiress Hettie Van Buren has slipped away on a sexy weekend with a delinquent boyfriend. 

    But things are not as they seem… Not by a long shot. 

    The gruesome discovery of the boyfriend’s corpse catapults Dom into action. Has Micah Zapata’s Honduran past finally caught up with him? Why did Micah and Hettie conceal their trip?  What secrets is the wealthy Van Buren family hiding?

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    A Diamond in My Pocket (The Unaltered Book 1) After breaking the 100m world record, sixteen-year-old Calli is whisked away to a secret facility where she’s placed with other teens who possess superhuman speed. She soon finds herself in a deadly situation involving other superpowers, a mystical diamond, and a centuries-old clan vying for world domination.

    Calli will have to rely on her quick wit and gut instinct to navigate her new world which includes secretly carrying a power-infusing diamond, all the while steering clear of the young man who mistakenly believes she’s his soulmate.

    Book one of The Unaltered series introduces a secret universe existing within our own. In this world, cosmic energy grants superhuman abilities, and people of like ability band together in clans for both safety and community. Flesh-ripping demons prowl at night, drawn to the cosmic energy. Governments spy on clans, clans spy on governments, and trusting the wrong person may carry a terrible price.

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    The Gunslinger's Vow (Runaway Brides Book 1) Three runaway brides determined to escape their fates flee West to find freedom that can only be had in a cowboy’s arms…

    Alexandra Brighton spent the last five years in Boston, erasing all evidence of the wild frontier girl she used to be. Before she settles, she’s determined to visit her childhood home one final time. But when she finds herself stranded far from civilization, she has no choice but to trust her safety to the tall, dark and decidedly dangerous bounty hunter, Malcolm Kincaid.

    Now that Malcolm finally has the location of his brother’s killer, he has no intention of wasting time protecting a pampered Eastern lady. But something about Alexandra speaks to the heart he long thought frozen—and her slow transformation from proper miss to wild-eyed beauty leaves him shaken. By the time they reach Montana, Malcolm must decide if seeking justice for past wrongs is worth losing a future with the woman he never expected to need…

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    Anything But a Duke: The Duke's Den Self-made man Aidan Iverson has seen more closed doors in his thirty years than he’s ever cared to count. As a member of the elite Duke’s Den, he has all the money he could possibly need but the one thing he can’t purchase is true power. If roguish Aidan can’t buy his way into society’s hallowed halls, he’ll resort to a more extreme measure: marriage.

    Brought up to be a proper lady, the only thing Diana Ashby desires is to be left alone to the creation of her own devices. But when her dreams are crushed, she must find another way to secure the future of her invention. Knowing his desire to enter her world, Diana strikes a deal to arrange Aidan’s marriage to the perfect lady—as long as that lady isn’t her. She doesn’t need any distractions from her work, particularly of the sinfully handsome variety.

    As Diana and Aidan set out to find him an aristocratic match, neither are prepared for the passion that ignites between them or the love they can’t ignore.

    In the Duke’s Den, can happiness ever be a winning prospect?

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    Beatrix Potter: The Tale of Peter Rabbit (illustrated) Over 400 5-Star Reviews!

    Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were – Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter… These are the first words of one of the most famous and most successful children’s books of all times.

    The Tale of Peter Rabbit is the original classic by Beatrix Potter. First published by Frederick Warne in 1902, it endures as Beatrix Potter’s most popular and well-loved tale. It tells the story of a very mischievous rabbit and the trouble he encounters in Mr. McGregor’s vegetable garden!

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    The Dancing Girls: An absolutely gripping crime thriller with nail-biting suspense (A Detective Jo Fournier Novel Book 1) Over 100 5-Star Reviews!

    Jo pulled together the victims’ pictures. In all cases their arms were askew, in a way that looked like—what? It was like they were freeze-framed in the middle of some action. It was like they were dancing.

    When loving wife Jeanine Hammond is found dead in a small leafy town in Massachusetts, newly promoted Detective Jo Fournier is shocked to her core. Why leave her body posed like a ballerina? Why steal her wedding band and nothing else?

    Hungry for answers, Jo questions Jeanine’s husband, but the heart-breaking pain written on his face threatens to tear open Jo’s old wounds. It’s the same pain she felt when her boyfriend was cruelly shot dead by a gang in their hometown of New Orleans. She couldn’t get justice for him, but she’s determined to get justice for Jeanine’s devastated family.

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    The Charlie Cooper Mysteries: Volumes 1 - 3
    📚 3-Books-in-1 📚

    Her job title should be “walking disaster magnet”. With accolades. And it has nothing to do with her wearing glasses.

    But hey, what do you expect from a geeky precinct secretary going undercover in a drug case?

    JAMMED, PICKLED and DICED are fast-paced, stress-free cozy mysteries with a touch of romance and a lot of humor. A light read with no gore or foul language, these books are perfect to unwind at the end of the day.

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    Friends--And Then Some: A Novel (Debbie Macomber Classics) One of acclaimed author Debbie Macomber’s classic novels, this tender story of two people daring to be more than “just friends” is available for the first time as an eBook.

    Lily Morrissey knows exactly what she wants in a husband: a big bank account. Not that she’s greedy or shallow; she just needs the security for herself and her beloved grandmother. But husband-hunting is harder than she expected, especially with her best friend Jake in the way. In fact, Jake — who would be perfect for her if he weren’t so committed to everything money can’t buy — is becoming downright distracting, with those jade eyes and that disarming grin.

    All Jake wants is the freedom to sail his boat, write his stories, and live life on his own terms. Then his best friend tells him she’s going groom shopping. But Jake can’t imagine life without Lily or bear the thought of her in another man’s arms. How can a rootless guy living a no-strings existence and a woman looking for someone she can count on both get what they need? By letting their hearts choose love.

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    When Panic Attacks: The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life Over 200 5-Star Reviews!

    The truth is that you can defeat your fears. With more than forty simple, effective techniques, you’ll learn how to overcome every conceivable kind of anxiety without medication. 

    Are you plagued by fears, phobias, or panic attacks? Do you toss and turn at night with a knot in your stomach, worrying about your job, your family, work, your health, or relationships? Do you suffer from crippling shyness, obsessive doubts, or feelings of insecurity?

    Now imagine what it would feel like to live a life that’s free of worries and self-doubt. With these forty techniques, you’ll be able to put the lie to the distorted thoughts that plague you and your fears will immediately disappear.

    This is not pop psychology but proven, fast-acting techniques that have been shown to be more effective than medications.

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    Heir of Ra (Blood of Ra Book One) Over 200 5-Star Reviews!

    Ten thousand years beneath the sand. Two myths on a collision course.

    An excavation of the fabled Hall of Records beneath the Sphinx unleashes an ancient disease that leaves Alyssa’s father fighting for his life.

    As Alyssa races to find a cure, she stumbles upon a haunting artifact–and trespasses into the mind of an Egyptian god.

    Ancient history and present time intertwine…

    A global epidemic looms. Alyssa relives memories of an advanced race and unravels clues hidden within the relic, as she evades ruthless adversaries set on exploiting the power of the ancient genes. Then she makes a staggering discovery…

    The world is not quite what it seems.

    Will you question your origin?

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    Cold Bath Lane (The McBride Vendetta psychological thrillers Book 3) Who will pay the price for her silence?

    Nine-year-old Jody does well in school, despite living in a run-down part of East London.

    Then one terrible night, her life changes forever, and Jody is forced to make an impossible choice between telling the truth and keeping her family together.

    The police bring her in for questioning, and pressure her to tell them what really happened but is Jody ready to admit it, even to herself?

    Will the truth win out, or will Jody be sucked into a web of lies in order to protect her family?

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    The Lonely Tree 1944, British Mandate Palestine

    Tonia moves with her family from Poland to British Mandate Palestine, first to her uncle’s small apartment in Tel Aviv and later to the kibbutz that her father Josef helped to establish. Due to the hardships of life in the kibbutz and against the backdrop of what is happening in Nazi-occupied Europe, she longs for security and comfort.

    Amos is a handsome and exotic Yemenite who fights in the Jewish underground, to which Tonia’s father is vehemently opposed. Despite their different backgrounds, Tonia and Amos fall in love. This budding romance is interrupted by the siege of Tonia’s home, Kfar Etzion.

    Tonia finally achieves her dream and moves to Michigan in the US, hoping her family will follow her. But is this where she belongs?

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    Perilous (Cases of Lieutenant Kane Series Book 4) Tampa homicide lieutenant Carl Kane was looking forward to his vacation—a break from psychopathic serial killers, dead bodies, and the daily grind.

    At least, that was the plan…

    When bullets rip through his sister’s house and interrupt his morning coffee, Kane’s vacation comes to an abrupt end.

    Without his team, and fifteen hundred miles out of his jurisdiction, Kane faces his toughest challenge yet. He must ensure the safety of his family, find his missing father and stepmother, and figure out who the men are that are hell-bent on killing him.

    If only things were that simple…

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    Suspense, Young Adult, Cookbooks, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Romance, Biographies & Memoirs, Romantic Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery… today’s featured books have a little something for everyone!

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    Collateral Damage (Danger Never Sleeps Book #1) Honorably discharged from the Army after an explosion nearly killed her, former military psychiatrist Brooke Adams has set up shop to help others–but her days of helping military personnel are over. She’s got her own battles to fight from her time overseas, and she’s not equipped to take on more.

    Former Army Special Ops Sergeant First Class Asher James could handle anything that war sent his way–terrorists, bombs, bullets. The only thing that scares him now is sleep. As the shadows close in, the nightmares begin.

    Finally convinced that he needs help, Asher makes an appointment with a counselor, and Brooke is pressed by her boss to take him on. When he arrives at her office she isn’t there–but a dead body is. Brooke is devastated when she walks in, and Asher is a conveniently strong shoulder to cry on. But she can’t take him on as a client after sharing such an intimate and unprofessional moment, can she? And he’s not sure he can handle sharing his deepest fears with such a beautiful woman.

    When it becomes clear that Brooke was the real target of the attack–and that her secrets go even deeper than his own–Asher vows to protect her no matter what.

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    Challenger Deep Over 100 5-Star Reviews!

    National Book Award and Golden Kite Award Winner

    A captivating novel about mental illness that lingers long beyond the last page, Challenger Deep is a heartfelt tour de force by New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman.

    Caden Bosch is on a ship that’s headed for the deepest point on Earth: Challenger Deep, the southern part of the Marianas Trench.

    Caden Bosch is a brilliant high school student whose friends are starting to notice his odd behavior.

    Caden Bosch is designated the ship’s artist in residence to document the journey with images.

    Caden Bosch pretends to join the school track team but spends his days walking for miles, absorbed by the thoughts in his head.

    Caden Bosch is split between his allegiance to the captain and the allure of mutiny.

    Caden Bosch is torn.

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    One Dish at a Time: Delicious Recipes and Stories from My Italian-American Childhood and Beyond : A Cookbook Over 100 5-Star Reviews!

    More than 100 recipes for the Italian dishes of the much-beloved celeb’s childhood, presented with tips and hints for enjoying them without overindulging.

    As a member of a large, food-loving Italian family, Valerie Bertinelli has always equated food with good times and togetherness. But at one point her love of food threatened not only her health, but her livelihood as an actress, when personal demons drove her to overeat and make poor food choices that caused her weight to balloon by 50 pounds. Now happily svelte, remarried, and riding a new career high, Valerie has made peace with food, giving it a central – yet considered – place in her home and family celebrations.

    One Dish at a Time offers an intimate look into the beloved actress’s kitchen, where she prepares a collection of treasured recipes from her Italian heritage. Along the way, she shares her insights into the portion control and mindful indulgence she has come to practice on her journey to enjoying the pleasures of the table again.

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    The Silent House If someone was in your house, you’d know… Wouldn’t you?

    But the Hunter family are deaf, and don’t hear a thing when a shocking crime takes place in the middle of the night. Instead, they wake up to their worst nightmare: the murder of their daughter.

    The police call Paige Northwood to the scene to interpret for the witnesses. They’re in shock, but Paige senses the Hunters are hiding something.

    One by one, people from Paige’s community start to fall under suspicion. But who would kill a little girl?

    Was it an intruder?

    Or was the murderer closer to home?

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    Queen of the Conquered (Islands of Blood and Storm Book 1) An engrossing tale of colonialism, conquest and revenge.

    On the islands of Hans Lollik, Sigourney Rose was the only survivor when her family was massacred by the colonizers. When the childless king of the islands declares he will choose his successor from amongst eligible noble families, Sigourney is ready to exact her revenge.

    But someone is killing off the ruling families to clear a path to the throne. And as the bodies pile up and all eyes regard her with suspicion, Sigourney must find allies among her prey and the murderer among her peers… lest she become the next victim.

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    The Way to a Man's Heart: A Novel (Debbie Macomber Classics) In this classic story from Debbie Macomber—available for the first time as an eBook—a feisty waitress and a handsome professor receive an education in love over Chaucer and chicken-pot pie.

    Meghan O’Day isn’t sure what captures her fancy more: the sexy stranger in her Wichita diner or his reading material. Before long, Grey Carlyle becomes a regular, ordering the nightly specials and chatting with the spirited redhead about the classics. Certain that her favorite customer has an appetite for more than home cooking, Meghan decides it’s time to teach the good professor a thing or two about romance.

    Grey notices the sparkle in Meghan’s eyes the moment she opens up about her passion for literature. She’s the breath of fresh air and joy this reserved and lonely teacher needs in his life. They say opposites attract, and Grey becomes a true believer each time he holds Meghan in his arms—even as they hit a few speed bumps on the road to togetherness. But if Grey knows anything about great books, it’s that the best tales always have a happy ending.

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    I Am Hutterite: The Fascinating True Story of a Young Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Heritage I Am Hutterite takes readers into the hidden heart of the little-known Hutterite colony in southern Manitoba where author Mary-Ann Kirkby spent her childhood. When she was ten years old her parents packed up their seven children and a handful of possessions and left the security of the colony to start a new life. Overnight they were thrust into a world they didn’t understand, a world that did not understand them.

    Before she left the colony Mary-Ann had never tasted macaroni and cheese or ridden a bike. She had never heard of Walt Disney or rock-and-roll. She was forced to reinvent herself, denying her heritage to fit in with her peers. With great humor, Kirkby describes how she adapted to popular culture; and with raw honesty her family’s deep sense of loss for their community. More than a history lesson, I Am Hutterite is a powerful tale of retracing steps and understanding how our beginnings often define us.

    Controversial and acclaimed by the Hutterite community, Kirkby’s book unveils the rich history and traditions of her people, giving us a rare and intimate portrait of an extraordinary way of life.

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    Intermediate Thermodynamics: A Romantic Comedy (Chemistry Lessons Book 2) Aerospace engineer Esther Abbott doesn’t believe in love, but she’s perfectly happy to hate her annoying screenwriter neighbor, Jonathan. Until she’s forced to strike a devil’s bargain with him: he distracts her best friend from a mouth-breather ex, and in return Esther will help him with the sci-fi script he’s writing.

    Her patience is put to the test when it’s time to fulfill her end of the deal. But the more time she spends with her nemesis, the more hate turns into attraction–and attraction into something much deeper. As Esther’s carefully constructed defenses start to crumble, will love be her undoing or her salvation?

    This sweet, enemies-to-lovers romance is the second in a series of standalone rom-coms featuring heroines who work in STEM fields.

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    Rise of the Dragons (Kings and Sorcerers--Book 1) Kyra, 15, dreams of becoming a famed warrior, like her father, even though she is the only girl in a fort of boys. As she struggles to understand her special skills, her mysterious inner power, she realizes she is different than the others. But a secret is being kept from her about her birth and the prophecy surrounding her, leaving her to wonder who she really is.

    When Kyra comes of age and the local lord comes to take her away, her father wants to wed her off to save her. Kyra, though, refuses, and she journeys out on her own, into a dangerous wood, where she encounters a wounded dragon—and ignites a series of events that will change the kingdom forever…

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    Ice Blue (Lord and Lady Hetheridge Mystery Series Book 1) Anthony Hetheridge, Chief Superintendent for New Scotland Yard, never married, no children, no pets, no hobbies, and not even an interesting vice, will turn sixty in three weeks. With the exception of his chosen career, too sordid for his blue-blooded family to condone, his life has been safe and predictable. But then he meets Detective Sergeant Kate Wakefield – beautiful, willful, and nearly half his age.

    When Hetheridge saves the outspoken, impetuous young detective — siding with her against Scotland Yard’s powerful male hierarchy — his cold, elegantly balanced world spins out of control. Summoned to London’s fashionable Belgravia to investigate the brutal murder of a financier, Hetheridge must catch the killer while coping with his growing attraction to Kate, the reappearance of an old flame, and the secret that emerges from his own past.

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