Terror-filled eyes. Lungs choked with water. A pounding heartbeat. For Sydney Bristow, it’s a typical day in her not-so-typical after-school job–she’s an agent for SD-6, a top-secret division of the CIA. Or so she thinks. This prequel is the first in a new series based on the smash ABC show Alias–it’s Sydney’s life before she discovers she’s working for the bad guys, juxtaposing normal college life against her fabulous exploits as a working spy.
A crumbling Gothic mansion on a craggy Scottish isle. A secret meeting among the world’s most powerful underground organizations. And lots of bad blood.Sydney’s sent by SD-6 to pose as the heiress of a former ruling family of Romania now mixed up in the black market. Except instead of collecting intelligence, something goes very wrong. One by one people end up disappearing. Gone. Vanished. When someone is found, they’re dead. Will Sydney be the prime suspect . . . or the newest victim?
In Lyssa's world, looks matter. She's a model who loves to give her friends new hairstyles and makeovers, and her friends love getting them. But Dante, Lyssa's cute and funny new boyfriend, doesn't appreciate it when Lyssa decides he's her next project. And when Lyssa tries to make Dante see things her way, he freaks. Lyssa can't understand why--she wants to change his clothes, not who he is. Right?
Sean Foster and his best friend, Devin Schaub, are through with girls--for good. Well, at least for Christmas vacation. After getting their hearts trampled and egos bruised by their now ex-girlfriends, Sean insists that their two-week vacation at his uncle's California beach house be completely girl free. But when Sean meets gorgeous Alexandra Lopez, his resolve begins to crumble. Sean just can't erase Alex's breathtaking beauty from his mind. So he asks her out--without telling Devin. The more time Sean secretly spends with Alex, the more freaked out he gets, because he's falling for her in a major way. The last thing he needs is to get hurt again. Sean knows he should break it off--and fast. But it's hard to play it cool when you're in love....
Mourning To Morning Why would an awesome God call someone like me to feel the burdens of his people? I don't quit understand it but, I've come to a place in my life where I am learning to just trust God. He is Sovereign! As you read this book, I want you to know that there is someone out there who has experienced multiple losses in life. But, I am alive today to tell you that you will smile again. I pray, that this will be the day that you experience the presence of God right there in the center of your pain. He is well able to HEAL YOU! He will give you the grace and the strength you need to make it through. Weeping many endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. LYNN D. MASON is a native of South Philadelphia, currently residing in the State of Delaware. She is the Co-Pastor & Prophetess of Miracle Temple Family Worship Center, 616 Sharon Avenue, Sharon Hill, Pa, where her Pastor & Husband is Lenard L. Mason. She is the mother of 4 children, 2 sons, and 2 daughters. She is the grandmother of 14, and a Great-Grandmother of 1, with another on the way. She was called to the Ministry of the Gospel in 1995, and Ordained as the Co-Pastor & Prophetess of MTFWC in April of 2006. She is the Founder and Director of W.O.W. (Women Of Worth) Ministry, Inc., where she hosts Women's Conferences at least twice a year. She is the Director of Christian Education, Evangelism, and the Outreach Ministry of MTFWC. She is a Biblical Counselor and a mother to many. Her ministry can be explained in Isaiah 61:1-3, and her life can be summed up in one word, Christ.
Jason, the lead singer of Tallulah High's hottest band, has no trouble getting a date with any girl he wants, until he obsesses over Trudy, who his friends warn is bad news.
From a western gal in pursuit of the local sheriff to a single mom running a cooking show withher small children, romance blossoms in many situations. These wonderful stories prove that love is for all ages. A.A. Schenna, Alex Pilalis, Donna Alice Patton, EB Sullivan, Heidi Renee Mason, Johnny Gunn, Susan Lynn Solomon, M. H. Newhouse, and Susanne Matthews delight romantics on this special holiday with their tales of love.
The moment Collier Smith pulled to a stop on that rainy Tennessee mountain road and gently led the dazed, badly bruised woman into the warmth and safety of his car, his own life was shattered. Brittany Banks was the wrong woman at the wrong time. But could there ever be a right time? He was a high-powered attorney on the fast track for a federal judgeship, engaged to a prominent socialite. Brittany Banks was a vulnerable beauty from the wrong side of town. And, in a cruel twist of fate, she was a reminder of the past he had struggled to forget. So why her, why now? Why this insatiable longing, this fierce need to protect her, to possess her—a need that will drive him deeper into her world…perhaps at the cost of his own.
Are you ready for some good old-fashioned romance in a contemporary setting? Then you’ll enjoy these nine stories of modern women who are forced to slow down and take a new look at dating and romance when new men enter their lives. For some it will take vacation time, others will discover through music, while some need the gentle nudges from both God and Grandma. Delight in discovering how chivalry is not dead despite the stresses of today’s world.
Lynn Stegner’s acclaimed novels and story collections have drawn comparisons to the works of Margaret Atwood, Barbara Kingsolver, Alice Munro, and John Updike. Now in her new novel, The Half-Life of Guilt, Stegner tells the story of Clair Bugato and Mason Comstock. Together they journey to the world’s largest saltworks in Baja California, where a proposed expansion threatens the California gray whale population, recently come back from the brink of extinction. In the midst of a conservation battle, they meet a mysterious son of Mexico, Rubio Cantú, who leads them to the powers that be. Their two-week journey sends Clair deep into the past, where she reviews the divergent paths she and her near-identical twin sister have taken away from a childhood tragedy. At the same time, Mason confronts his own unhappy past in Cornwall, England, with a father whose hate was stronger than his love. No other work of fiction patterns the warp and weft of human guilt, the homesickness only love can cure, environmental crises, the intrinsic conflict between international commerce and planetary health, and the necessity of forgiveness. The Half-Life of Guilt is woven from these themes, delivering to the reader an engrossing and transformative literary experience.
FREE DIGITAL SAMPLER FEATURING EXTENDED EXCERPTS FROM TODAY'S BESTSELLING ROMANCEAUTHORS Find your perfect hero just in time for Valentine's Day with a sneak peek at nine sizzlingromances! Whether you're looking for an office romance with gorgeous Mr. Right, to be whisked awayon a passionate island escape with a billionaire, or awaiting a full Texan ranchexperience (complete with your very own cowboy), these alpha males are sure to make youswoon! So settle in for a wild ride with this free Valentine's Day sampler featuringexcerpts from nine new novels written by today's hottest authors. Featuring extended excerpts from: • Under Pressure by Lori Foster • Her Sweetest Fortunes by Stella Bagwell • Wild Horse Springs by Jodi Thomas • The Last Di Sione Claims His Prize by Maisey Yates • Rough & Tumble by Rhenna Morgan • Renegade's Pride by B.J. Daniel • Two-Week Texas Seduction by Cat Schield • Dominate Me by Stacey Lynn • Red Clover Inn by Carla Neggers
Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith. PLAIN RETRIBUTION Amish Country Justice by Dana R. Lynn When Rebecca Miller, a deaf woman who left her Amish community years ago, is stalked by a criminal connected to her past, she needs help. The only local police officer who knows sign language is Miles Olsen, and he’s determined to protect her. MISSION UNDERCOVER Rangers Under Fire by Virginia Vaughan His cover blown, police officer Blake Michaels is shot and left for dead. Now he has only one ally—Holly Mathis, a nurse who has evidence of a corrupt officer’s wrongdoing. But in a town where everyone’s loyalty is suspect, who can they trust? DEADLY DISCLOSURE by Meghan Carver When law student Hannah McClaron is shot at on her way to work, FBI agent Derek Chambers rescues her…then reveals she’s adopted and in danger from her mafia birth family. Can he keep her safe long enough to unravel the mystery of her past?
The unflinching memoir of a young woman nearly destroyed by Ecstasy abuse follows her inspiring journey to battle drug addiction and become a nationally renowned role model.
African Americans who moved to California in hopes of finding freedom and full citizenship instead faced all-too-familiar racial segregation. As one transplant put it, "The only difference between Pasadena and Mississippi is the way they are spelled." From the beaches to streetcars to schools, the Golden State—in contrast to its reputation for tolerance—perfected many methods of controlling people of color. Lynn M. Hudson deepens our understanding of the practices that African Americans in the West deployed to dismantle Jim Crow in the quest for civil rights prior to the 1960s. Faced with institutionalized racism, black Californians used both established and improvised tactics to resist and survive the state's color line. Hudson rediscovers forgotten stories like the experimental all-black community of Allensworth, the California Ku Klux Klan's campaign of terror against African Americans, the bitter struggle to integrate public swimming pools in Pasadena and elsewhere, and segregationists' preoccupation with gender and sexuality.
Two ebooks for the price of one! Single parents find their unexpected chance at love in this $4.99 ebook duo from beloved, bestselling author Carolyn Brown and debut bestseller Kari Lynn Dell. Includes an excerpt from Tangled in Texas, the highly anticipated second book in Kari Lynn Dell's Texas Rodeo series. How to Marry a Cowboy: All Lily and Gabby want for their eighth birthday is a mom. Mason Harper had always side stepped the issue, but what was he supposed to say the day he found a woman wearing a tattered bridal gown and just waking up on his front porch swing? He offers Annie Rose the job of watching his wild girls for a month while he finds a new nanny, and she takes it with intentions of laying low for a month to hide from her abusive ex-boyfriend. But in such close quarters, their growing attraction is impossible to deny... Reckless in Texas: Outside the rodeo ring, Violet Jacobs a single mom and the lone voice pushing for her family's rodeo production company to modernize and gun for the big time circuits. When she takes a business matter into her own hands by hiring on hotshot rodeo bullfighter Joe Cassidy, she expected to start a ruckus inside the family...but never expected her heart to end up on the line. Praise for Carolyn Brown: "The most difficult thing about reading a Brown book is putting it down." —Fresh Fiction "Carolyn Brown is a master storyteller who never fails to entertain." —Night Owl Reviews Praise for Kari Lynn Dell: "An extraordinarily gifted writer." —Karen Templeton, three-time RITA award-winning author "A standout in western romance." —Publishers Weekly
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