Guardian

Guardian

A. J. Hartley

Fiction / Audiobook / Classics

In A. J. Hartley's thrilling and intriguing 19th-century South African-inspired fantasy world, which started with the Thriller Award-winning Steeplejack, Anglet Sutonga is a teenage detective fighting in a race against time as her beloved city is pushed to the brink.This is what Ang knows: A dear friend is accused of murdering the Prime Minister of Bar-Selehm.A mysterious but fatal illness is infecting the poor. A fanatical politician seizes power, unleashing a wave of violent repression over the city. This is what Ang must do: Protect her family.Solve a murder.RESIST, no matter what, before it's too late."Richly-drawn and diverse cast of characters, with an unstoppable plot!" —Carrie Ryan, New York Times bestselling author"Smart political intrigue wrapped in all the twists and turns of a good detective story." — Kirkus Reviews,starred...
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Absolute Pleasure

Absolute Pleasure

Jamie Denton

Jamie Denton

FBI agent Sunny MacGregor is a whiz at solving puzzles. She's also ambitious. So when an unusual case comes along, she's ready to jump in. What she's not ready for is Duncan Chamberlain. The hot insurance recovery agent offers his help in finding the suspect, except she isn't sure she wants it. Her body, though, is more than anxious to get close to him....For months the Seducer, a con man who seduces women out of their jewelry--and their clothes!--has been on the loose, and Duncan wants to stop him. Hooking up with Sunny seems harmless at the time and an easy way to get back his clients' property. But the more time he and Sunny spend together, the more he thinks about sex...and whether she's willing to jeopardize all she's worked for just for a few nights of absolute pleasure...!
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The Society Bride

The Society Bride

Fiona Hood-Stewart

Fiona Hood-Stewart

Ramon Villalba is handsome, gifted and wealthy; women line up to warm his bed. So why would he want a bride of convenience? Nena Carvajal is a well bred and exquisitely beautiful young heiress who needs protecting from fortune-hunters. On reflection, it would be no hardship for Ramon to enjoy the pleasures of an arranged marriage with her, or to add the Carvajal empire to his already thriving business interests. Ramon is confident he can tame his headstrong virgin wife. But Nena expected to marry for love . . .
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A Momentary Marriage

A Momentary Marriage

Candace Camp

Romance

New York Times bestselling author Candace Camp offers a delicious marriage-of-convenience story in this passionate historical romance, featuring her signature "clever and witty banter, sharp attention to detail, and utterly likable characters" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).James de Vere has always insisted on being perfectly pragmatic and rational in all things. It seemed the only way to deal with his overdramatic, greedy family. When he falls ill and no doctor in London can diagnose him, he returns home to Grace Hill in search of a physician who can—or to set his affairs in order. Arriving at the doctor's home, he's surprised to encounter his daughter Laura, a young woman he last saw when he was warning her off an attachment with his cousin Graeme. Alas, the doctor is recently deceased and Laura is closing up the estate, which must be sold off, leaving her penniless. At this, James has an inspiration: why not marry the damsel in distress? If...
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Big Jim 7

Big Jim 7

Marshall Grover

Westerns

Clay Morrow was trapped.He should have stayed in Ellistown, his small hometown wherein life passed unhurriedly and the sound of gunfire was rarely heard. But rebellious instincts compelled him to ride out in search of a new identity and wild adventure.Very soon, Clay was involved in more adventure, more trouble, more danger than he could handle. His trail had crossed that of the desperate men who conspired to attack and loot an army supply wagon.In the moment of crisis, the adventurer was thrown together with a veteran manhunter, the astute, courageous Jim Rand, and that bucktoothed bravado from south of the border, Benito Espina.Thereby hangs a tale ...
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