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'Bella Caruso survived a nightmare of abuse and betrayal. Today, she has dedicated her life to saving other young women from the hell that almost killed herfirst as an officer of the law, then by stepping outside the law and into the darkness where true evil dwells. Now, it appears that the darkness has taken her once again. JT Caruso often worries about his sister, given her line of work. This time, when he learns that Bella is working undercover...

Compelled to leave the Dallas police force after killing a convicted rapist in a dark alley, tough and sexy Claudia Cruz becomes an operative with Avalon, a clandestine organization of mercenaries who recover stolen art. But her new career choice pits her against the darkly intense FBI agent Vincent DeLuca, who is determined that "this" time, Avalon is not going to beat out the Feds.

In RECKLESS WHISPER the suspense continues with the second novel in the Off the Grid: FBI Series by #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy. FBI Special Agent Bree Adams has a personal secret, something she has managed to keep hidden for the past ten years-at least she always thought so... "FBI Special Agent Bree Adams has a personal secret, something she has managed to keep hidden for the past ten years--at least she always thought...

"FBI agent Madeline Striker's new case feels deeply personal. The kidnapped daughter of tech CEO Jackson Rhodes is the same age her sister was when she was abducted. The kidnap specialist's fierce determination to rescue Jackson's child forges a powerful bond between them, but they can't allow their intense attraction to divert their focus. Because a vindictive enemy is threatening the child's life"--

A deer hunter tracking his wounded prey through the Minnesota woods gets much more than he bargained for when he makes the grisly discovery of a young girl's body. The girl had been pregnant, but the fetus has been removed from her womb and an inverted pentagram drawn on her forehead. After the girl is identified as the daughter of a high-powered senator, FBI agents Bernadette Saint Clare and Tony Garcia are called in to find the murderer and the...

"When tragedy strikes, a cold case suddenly turns hot--and deadly. A peaceful morning is shattered when Washington Metro Police lieutenant Sam Holland's beloved father succumbs to injuries from an unsolved shooting while on duty four years ago. As the community rallies around Sam and her family, one thing becomes crystal clear: her father's death has turned the unsolved case into a homicide--and it's on her to bring her father's killer to justice....

On his quiet fishing trip, Detective Mason Callahan finds the body of his boss, Denny Schefte, near their remote Oregon cabin. The FBI assigns the case to Special Agent Ava McLane, Mason's fiancé, when they learn of the mask left at the scene. The FBI realizes that they are hunting a serial killer that targets police officers.

In Allison Brennan's Make Them Pay, Lucy Kincaid and Sean Rogan are finally tying the knot. Two weeks before their wedding, a surprise visitor shows up at their door: Eden, Sean's estranged sister from Europe. She claims she's in town for the wedding and wants to mend fences. Lucy invites Eden to stay with them after all, family is family but her boss, SSA Noah Armstrong, knows far more about Eden's sketchy past than hes let on. While Lucy is focused...

"A signal is detected at the outer edge of the solar system. Computational biologist Dr. Theo Cray and magician-turned-FBI-agent Jessica Blackwood are looking—and listening...The man at the center of this cosmic mystery is billionaire Thomas T. Theismann. He's spent a lifetime...trying to find out if we're alone in the universe. Highly skeptical, Theo joins the effort to find the source of the signal, and he quickly enlists Jessica to look into...

"FBI agent Jessica Blackwood believes she has successfully left her complicated life as a gifted magician behind her, until a killer with seemingly supernatural powers puts her talents to the ultimate test. A mysterious hacker, who identifies himself only as "Warlock," brings down the FBI's website and posts a code in its place. It hides the GPS coordinates of a Michigan cemetery, where a dead girl is discovered rising from the ground, as if she tried...