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The United States has stared down many threats with President Jack Ryan at the helm, but what if he&’s not…
there when we need him? That&’s the question facing a nation in the most shocking entry in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times bestselling series. A shadowy billionaire uses his fortune to further his corrupt ambitions. Along the way, he&’s toppled democratically elected governments and exacerbated divisions within stable nations. The competitors he&’s destroyed, the people he&’s hurt, they&’re all just marks on a ledger. Now, he&’s ready to implement his most ambitious plan of all. There&’s only one force standing in his way—President Jack Ryan. How do you compel a man like Jack Ryan to bend? He&’s personally faced down everything from the Russian navy to cartel killers. It will take more than political headwinds or media disfavor to cause him to turn from his duty to the American people, but every man has an Achilles heel. Jack Ryan&’s is his family. The answer is as simple as it is shocking. The billionaire has assembled an international team of the most ruthless mercenaries alive. Their mission—kidnap the First Lady
May 1917: The elegant streets of Boston are thousands of miles away from the carnage of the Western Front. Yet…
even here, amid the clatter of horse-drawn carriages and automobiles, it is impossible to ignore the war raging across Europe. Emma Lewis Swan's husband, Tom, has gone to France, eager to do his duty as a surgeon. Emma, a sculptress, has stayed behind, pursuing her art despite being dismissed by male critics. On the bustling sidewalk she spies a returned soldier. His brutally scarred face inspires first pity, and then something more-a determination to use her skill to make masks for disfigured soldiers. Leaving Boston for France also means leaving behind Linton Bower, a fiery, gifted artist determined to win her. Emma's union with Tom has been steady yet passionless, marred by guilt over a choice she made long ago. In Paris, she crafts intricate, lifelike masks to restore these wounded men to the world. But in the course of her new career she will encounter one man who compels her to confront the secret she's never revealed, not even to Tom. Only by casting off the façade she has worn for so long can she pursue a path through heartbreak and turmoil toward her own unexpected future
Bullying Irish Catholic matriarch Alice Kelleher presides over her dysfunctional family at their beach house in Maine. Alice's unwed granddaughter…
Maggie shows up with some surprising news--she's pregnant. Soon Alice's angry hippie daughter Kathleen and goody-goody daughter-in-law Ann Marie arrive. Strong language. Bestseller. 2011
After a Molotov cocktail sets fire to Merlotte's bar and Sookie and Sam barely escape, they investigate who targeted them--and…
why. Meanwhile Eric, who has issues of his own, arrives on the scene. Some violence, some strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2011
With the mystery of Maureen Johnson and Brittany Cavallaro and the historical intrigue of Romanov, this genre-bending YA will pull…
readers into one girl's journey of discovering the impossible tale of a long-lost aunt—and through her, the importance of being true to yourself. It's not every day you discover you might be related to Anastasia...or that the tragic princess actually survived her assassination attempt and has been living as the woman you know as Aunt Anna. For Jess Morgan, who is growing tired of living her life to please everyone else, discovering her late aunt's diaries shows her she's not the only one struggling to hide who she really is. But was her aunt truly a Romanov princess? Or is this some elaborate hoax? With the help of a supremely dorky but undeniably cute local college student named Evan, Jess digs into the century-old mystery. But soon Jess realizes there's another, bigger truth waiting to be revealed: Jess Morgan. Because if she's learned anything from Aunt Anna, it's that only you can write your own story. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook
North Korea. Pak Jun Do spends his childhood on an orphan slave-labor crew--even though his father runs the orphanage. Later…
he is placed on kidnap duty, snatching Japanese citizens whose skills are needed. Over time, his assignments grow increasingly dangerous. Pulitzer Prize. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2012
Someone removes a small-time Kentucky pot dealer's kidneys, then offers to sell them back. U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens's investigations into…
this and connected crimes uncover a transplant nurse gone bad, a coldhearted mine-company lawyer, and a poker-playing college girl. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2012
Are you ready for some of the most exciting, death-defying escape stories ever told? The sixth installment in the Great…
Escapes series is here—perfect for fans of the I Survived series! June, 1942—Libya. Free French Officer Susan Travers was one of the few women on the frontlines in Africa during World War Two. After the Germans surrounded the military camp of Bir Hakeim, a shocking order was issued. The French troops were going to break out in the middle of the night—crossing through dangerous minefields and enemy territory—to reach their British allies. And Officer Travers would be leading the charge. With the lives of thousands of military men at risk, stakes were high. But Officer Travers didn't face rejection and break gender barriers to back down now. Her country needed her to fight. And win. For reluctant readers to total bookworms, this gripping historical fiction story will leave you eager to read the whole series!
David Wallace and other trainees arrive at the IRS center in Peoria, Illinois, in 1985 to begin their careers as…
agents--the same year that the IRS began to operate like a for-profit business. The work is so tedious that boredom-survival training is offered. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2011
India, 1822. Emily Ensworth, the niece of the governor of Bombay, and her party are attacked by Black Cobra cultists.…
After escaping, Emily sails home to England with Major Gareth Hamilton. The two fall in love as they struggle to elude their pursuers. Explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2010
London, 1822. Annabel Winslow must marry well to save her family from poverty. The elderly earl of Newbury, who needs…
a son, is interested, but Annabel is attracted to the earl's current heir, his nephew Sebastian Grey. Annabel is torn between desire and duty. Explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2010
The disclosure of U.S. senator Richard Woodruff's illicit affair sparks changes in his family. Wife Sylvie retires to her seaside…
home. Daughters Diana, a physician, and Lizzie, a recovering addict, join Sylvie in contemplating the past and future. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2010
Former CIA agent Jack Morgan inherits his father's private investigation company, which doesn't hesitate to use force and forensics to…
obtain results. Jack is probing a professional-football gambling scandal and the murders of L.A. school girls when his ex-lover is murdered. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2010
Adam Winters, head of the local Ghost Hunter Guild, searches for a stolen relic--and a woman who can read dreamlight.…
Adam persuades Marlowe Jones to join him on his journey, and the two fall in love. Sequel to Burning Lamp (DB 71091). Some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2010
Seventeen-year-old Cara lives with her father Luke, whose marriage disintegrated years ago under the pressure of his obsessive interest in…
researching wolves. When an accident leaves Luke in a coma, Cara and her estranged brother Edward's differing opinions on life support lead to a courtroom battle. Strong language. Bestseller. 2012
Old ladies who have been swindled by contractors and landlords who need squatters removed hire Dick Henry to set things…
right. Now a porn producer wants Dick to tail his unfaithful wife Judy. But Dick knows Judy as "Lynette"--his lover. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2011
2005. Forty-one-year-old Jolene, a Washington state National Guard helicopter pilot, is deployed to Iraq. She leaves behind a troubled marriage,…
a difficult preteen daughter, and a preschooler. While Jolene experiences the horrors of war, her husband Michael raises their children alone. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2012
Assistant district attorney Andy Barber investigates the murder of a fourteen-year-old boy in his New England town. But the evidence…
points to Andy's son Jacob, the victim's schoolmate, and it becomes known that Andy and Jacob are from a line of violent men. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2012
1980. Sixty-year-old Marshall Stone, a widower and retired pilot, journeys to France to retrace the trail he took after his…
B-17 bomber crashed in 1944. Marshall searches for the woman--who was only a schoolgirl then--who led him to safety, and comes to terms with his past. Some strong language. 2011
Conner Danson, a carpenter from Sacramento, witnesses a murder and is sent to Virgin River, California, until the trial. Conner…
falls in love with Leslie Petruso, a divorced office manager with her own personal baggage. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2012