Paradise has a dark side.She can't stop thinking about a drowned girl's face... because it reminds her of her own.Overcoming a past filled with scars, Lei makes a life for herself and her dog, Keiki, as a cop in the sleepy Big Island town of Hilo. When a routine patrol turns up two murdered teens, Lei's world is rocked. She knows one of the girls, and she can't rest until she finds answers—not only about the victims, but about her ...

She has kept every secret she owns. He has been trained to find them.Salthollow, 1692. The trials are not over.Evangeline Holt has built her quiet life one careful year at a time — an apothecary on Morrow Street, a reputation for competence, and a secret she has carried since she was seven years old. The old blood came to her without asking. It cost her everything ordinary life had to offer, and she has never once let anyone close enough to see it.T...

Paradise hides darkness behind a beautiful face.The teen in the car at the base of the cliff is no suicide.When a nameless young girl is found in a crashed vehicle on the rocks of one of Maui's black lava cliffs, Detective Lei Texeira can't rest until she finds out what really happened. She blazes through all the wealth and poverty of Maui island society in her quest for justice, even as she faces the personal demons of commitment ...

Your Recovery Begins Now.You’re living in a body that no longer feels like your own. Doctors shrug. People don’t get it. Some say you’re lazy. And the life you used to live feels like a distant memory. You didn’t choose this battle, but you’re living it every day. The exhaustion, the fear, the isolation—and none of it is fair. You’ve probably been told to “just rest,” “think positively” or “push through” more times than you can count.It’s t...

About three years before the story begins in Still Waters, Joaquin was doing a job in the Caribbean with the start of the Garza Security team. And then he met Sara...and she was involved with cartels, the NSA, the DEA and looked like a fish out of water. Want to know how Lance and Toffy got their names? Check out this fun novella and the guys of Garza.

A NEW EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED BOOKS ON THE TROUBLESBranded as 'Bandit Country' by the British government, South Armagh was the heartland of the Provisional IRA. It was the rebel Irish stronghold where Thomas 'Slab' Murphy reigned supreme, bomb attacks on England were planned and the SAS tracked the IRA snipers who hunted British soldiers.In this acclaimed and remarkable book – originally published in 1999 – Toby Harnden, winner of the Orwell P...

What existential threats does humanity face? And how can we secure our future?'The Precipice is a powerful book . . . Ord's love for humanity and hope for its future is infectious' Spectator'Ord's analysis of the science is exemplary . . . Thrillingly written' Sunday TimesWe live during the most important era of human history. In the twentieth century, we d...

Meet Ruby, Pearl and Jade—three sisters from St. Thomas.A bookworm and a secret billionaire.A supermodel, and an assassin.A dancer with OCD, and a TV producer.These women will set the world on fire.____________________________________Grab this box set, and escape into the thrill of first love! "Filled with heat, action, and believable characters. Toby Jane has created a stunning world I never wanted to leave!"—Urban ...

In Da Vinci's Ghost, critically acclaimed historian Toby Lester tells the story of the world’s most iconic image, the Vitruvian Man, and sheds surprising new light on the artistry and scholarship of Leonardo da Vinci, one of history’s most fascinating figures.Deftly weaving together art, architecture, history, theology, and much else, Da Vinci's Ghost is a first-rate intellectual enchantment.”**—**Charles Mann, author of 1493Da Vi...

From a world-leading AI researcher, the history of artificial intelligence told through the six key ways it functionsSince Alan Turing first posed the question “Can machines think?” artificial intelligence has evolved from a speculative idea to a transformative force. The Shortest History of AI traces this evolution, from Ada Lovelace’s visionary work to IBM’s groundbreaking defeat of the chess world champion and the revolutionary emergence of ChatGPT....

Paradise is threatened by a fight for sacred artifacts.She just wants to disarm the IED.Newly assigned to the bomb squad, Detective Lei Texeira struggles with skills that may be dangerously out of reach, even as a heinous crime strikes close to home and catches her husband in the crossfire.The woman is his. And if he can't have her, she'll have to die.An investigation into heiau desecration...

Paradise is fighting a battle of extinction.And someone is hunting the hunters.A poacher's death in the cloud forest on Maui draws Detective Lei Texeira into a bizarre case in a rare setting highlighting the peril of Hawaii's native birds.They deserve to die for what they've done.A killer with a conscience will stop at nothing to save the lives of birds on the brink of extinction.Le...