Chase Anderson, wounded in Afghanistan, gets a rebuilt knee and falls for his surgeon. They marry, but nine months later, she’s raped and murdered as she planned a meal to let Chase know he would be a dad. The killer's DNA left at the scene is compromised by the Chicago Police and a one-year sentence for breaking and entering is too much for Chase to accept. Chase leaves no evidence when he drowns the killer in the man’s bathtub. The twin brothers of the killer, who work for a Chicago crim...

Mike Shepherd—self-proclaimed Chicago’s number one private detective—never expects his next case to blow past him on the freeway. But when fugitive Ferlin Husky Lewis speeds into view, Mike sees more than a criminal… he sees a payday he desperately needs. The pursuit costs him everything: his only decent suit, a crucial date with Diana, and any chance of keeping this case under control. Because Lewis isn’t just running—he’s leaving a trail of bodies behind him. As the killer stays one step...

It was about 0215 hours when I was awoken by the first rocket hitting the camp, shortly followed by the second one. I know this because I felt the BOOM! in my chest. A feeling that I had not experienced since I was living on the airfield in Mogadishu, a feeling that I rather hoped I would never have to experience again . . . Seconds later, the Kandahar Airfield air-raid siren sounded . . .Retired Captain Adam J. Webb provides a genuine glimpse into life in the Canadian Armed Forces...

In Slaves, Women & Homosexuals William J. Webb tackles some of the most complex and controversial issues that have challenged the Christian church--and still do.He leads you through the maze of interpretation that has historically surrounded understanding of slaves, women and homosexuals, and he evaluates various approaches to these and other biblical-ethical teachings. Throughout, Webb attempts to "work out the hermeneutics involved in distinguishing that which is merely ...

This fable is inspired by one of the world’s ancient works of literature ‘Mahabharat.’This is a fascinating story of an arrogant crow and a graceful swan. The crow grows confident by feeding on rich and delicious but leftover food. This story beautifully depicts how a wise and graceful swan defeated the crow that fed fat with the leftovers.The story also highlights the importance of casting off pride, which can lead one to a peaceful life.Ultimately, the swan and the crow d...

A centaur seeks illicit surgery in an alien bodily modification club. Two medieval monks react to their transformation and demonic pregnancy in very different ways. A resourceful trans teen destroys sports bigots through the power of pluckiness...and abundant body horror. A stellar cathedral crosses galaxies to dump the corpse of God into a star before the mission devolves into a panoply of psychedelic orgies. A doxxed teen falls victim to violent assault and dishes out some harrowing retr...

Quality management. Process mapping. Speed to production. In the past 50 years, a rigorous, measurement-based methodology called Six Sigma has brought production management to previously unimaginable levels of success and sophistication. Top corporations such as Motorola and GE have built their reputations, products, and revenues using this approach. Indeed, Six Sigma has found widespread application in every significant industry and business—except marketing and sales.In Sales...

The sun was slowly sinking behind the lofty buildings which crowned the hill of Zion, and its departing beams were glowing on the marble walls and golden pinnacles of the Temple, when young Naomi and her friend Claudia came forth from the dwelling of Zadok the priest, and wandered down the lovely little stream of Siloë. They passed through the Water Gate, and entered a garden of luxuriant fruit-trees, which extended to the margin of the brook Kedron on the east, while its southern boundary...

Tawnya Davitakov is ordered to either convince the KGB’s US money launderer to begin work again or eliminate him. In her nine-year career, no one has ever been nice to her. Not anyone in Russia, Europe, or the Middle East. In her first assignment in the US, everyone is nice. Weary from her dangerous and stressful work, she decides to quit and become an American. It seems easy. Not so much. She teams with an ex-fighter pilot to confront a Spetsnaz assault team, then travels to Russia one fi...

Matt Pearson steps in when his young friend and neighbor refuses to be recruited as a drug runner for a local gang and they won’t stop. Matt can’t ignore it. A confrontation escalates into aggression placing a target on his back. When they murder someone close to Matt, they ignite a war. Assisted by his ex-military buddy Paul the gang is disrupted. Now all Matt has to do is convince the cops he should not be criminally charged for his involvement, and that he didn’t kill the person he love...

Joshua “Ash” Drake is a man in hiding.Hiding from the past, from the horror of his life as a priest after the gods disappeared.Hiding from his emotions, denying the nightmares that haunt his sleep and the anger that fuels his days.Most of all, hiding from the truth—that no matter how much he keeps his head down, no matter how he clings to the echoes of everyday life, his city—his world—is dying.When a new technology offers salvation to his desperate city, As...

**Harlequin Intrigue brings you three full-length stories in one collection! Dive into action-packed stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Solve the crime and deliver justice at all costs.A COLBY CHRISTMAS RESCUE**by Debra WebbSpecial agent Jamie Colby is on a can't-fail mission. Kidnappers need her unique skills and have leveraged her family to get them. Her partner, Kendrick Poe, is a bonus for the abductors. But with ransom and reunion complicating ...