"Are we in public right now, or not?"Twelve people, old friends and new acquaintances, have abandoned everything they knew to create a self-contained society in a former shopping mall. Welcome to A Better Place."I'm not in charge at all. I'm just a facilitator."With the right blend of personalities, it could be paradise. But what about with this mix? Everyone's thrilled to escape the drudgery of their former lives,...

Improving the dire health problems faced by many Native American communities is central to their cultural, political, and economic well being. However, it is still too often the case that both theoretical studies and applied programs fail to account for Native American perspectives on the range of factors that actually contribute to these problems in the first place. The authors in Medicine Ways examine the ways people from a multitude of indigenous communities think about and practice hea...

An arrogant, high profile scientist at a Midwest university is found dead and headless. The bloodless laboratory murder scene and missing head mark the beginning of a series of events that push the brilliant but somewhat misanthropic Dr. Andy Cobb to the top of the suspect list. Andy's alleged guilt is bolstered by circumstantial evidence and a personal vendetta against him by the local law enforcer, Art Fletcher. As Andy strives to avoid the law while solving the murder mystery, he is aid...

A top-tier pimp, Dumond Presley, and his favorite employee, Shaunlese Courage, discover a plot to put deadly "performance enhancing" drugs into the hands of their clients. The perpetrators of this malicious scheme hail from the upper-most echelons of the pharmaceutical industry and government. A cast of colorful characters assist Dumond and Shaunlese as they outwit these criminal masterminds.

After four years in prison for crimes she didn't commit, Catherine Miller just wants to lie low at her isolated farmhouse. But someone still thinks she's guilty-and should pay the ultimate price. Someone angry enough to spray-paint murderer on her home and attack her in broad daylight. Her neighbor, former navy SEAL Darius Osborne, vows to hunt down her predator. The handsome security contractor has as harrowing a past as Catherine's, and won't let anyone get too close. Yet with a...

There was no man more dedicated to his job than Detective Mason Blackpaw. Yet when he discovers a dead body at the Bucking Bronc Lodge, he's forced to confront his moment of greatest weakness-and a reunion with the very pregnant Dr. Cara Winchester.…Cara fell for the sexy Comanche officer the moment she laid eyes on him, captivated by his loyalty and fiercely protective instincts. Their romance was brief but intense, and when it ended, he left part of him with her. Now a killer was...

“As much a mind game as it is thriller, a scientific puzzle buried in a murder mystery, all set against the surreal world of Hollywood filmmaking. . . . I can’t wait for the next book!”—James RollinsAcclaimed mystery writer Neil McMahon, coauthor of the James Patterson thriller Toys, delivers a fast-paced psychological thriller from the heart of a city gone insane: America’s myth-making capital, Los Angeles, has become a bedlam of murder, drugs, conspiracy, and obsession, ...

A detective must protect his star witness when she receives threats in this romantic suspense thriller by a USA Today bestseller.As the lone surviving victim who can put her attacker away in prison, heiress Bailey Austin becomes the key to the D.A.'s case against a notorious criminal. As lead detective, Spencer Montgomery must prep her for trial. But he becomes her personal protector when she starts receiving terrifying "gifts" meant to scare her away from...

Passion, peril and a princess in hidingForced into hiding after a threat to her life, Princess Gabriella St. Pierre must protect both herself and her unborn child. Working at an orphanage, the princess tries to suppress memories of a passionate night long ago with Whit Howell-her father's royal bodyguard and a man she never thought she'd see again.When an attempted abduction occurs as Princess Gabriella is leaving the orphanage, Whit rescues her and vows to keep he...

For former Special Forces officer Cole Bennett, there's no room for error or emotions on his latest, all-too-personal mission. Hiding his identity and getting much too close to artist Skylar Pope is the only way to get some long-overdue justice. But keeping his simmering desire under control is one battle Cole would give anything to lose.Suddenly Skylar discovers everything she believes in is a lie. And if finding the truth means confronting her family's and Cole's most wr...

"What woman wouldn't get all hot and bothered if Titus Alexander was staring at her like that?"As part of a number-one-selling girl band, Roxanne Carmichael was used to having the eyes of thousands on her, but now that she's scrubbing floors, one condescending look from the Duke of Torchester fires her blood with fury…and attraction!Titus doesn't suffer fools, and does not drop his guard. But his new chambermaid is threatening his iron self-contro...

Khalis Tannous has spent years ruthlessly eradicating every hint of corruption and scandal from his life-even shunning his own family.When Grace Turner arrives at Khalis's private Mediterranean island to view his family's stolen collection of priceless art, even he isn't blind to her beauty. Yet he recognizes the shadows in her eyes-she, too, has her secrets.Grace can foresee the cost of giving in to temptation, but she is helpless to resist Khalis's slow, determined seduct...