After Chance Moore, a former FBI cyber-security specialist turned cybercriminal, hacks the bank account of a notorious Guatemalan cartel member, he's kidnapped and smuggled into Guatemala. After escaping and trying desperately to reach the Belize border, he crosses paths with Vonnie Hollister, a depressed prescription addict and alcoholic, who is in Belize to sell her family's 150-year-old banana plantation. Vonnie is sinking deeper into addiction, and a love affair with an unscrupulous bu...

Sixteen-year-old Malchus lives with his parents in Corinth. The gods have been good to his family, and Malchus is expected to one day become part of his father’s merchant business and make his mark among the trade. What no one knows is that Malchus wants to eventually leave the shop and captain his own ship. But when a dinner guest unwittingly brings the black death plague into their house, Malchus is soon left an orphan who must be sold to the highest bidder to pay off his father’s tremen...

"This is a one-sitting read, a welcome addition to the Black Knights, Inc. series, and a must for military romance fans."—BooklistThey may get a second chance—if they can make it out of the jungle alive.Carlos "Steady" Soto's nerves of steel have served him well at the covert government defense firm Black Knights Inc. But nothing has prepared him for the emotional roller coaster of guarding the woman he once loved and lost.Abby Thomson is c...

A young woman travels to America seeking her stolen daughter in this provocative novel from an award-winning author.The profound intelligence and political resonance readers have come to expect from Giller Prize-winner David Bergen are on rich display in his electrifying novel, Stranger, "an engrossing human exploration of displacement and inequality in a world governed by greed" ( Toronto Star).Íso Perdido, a young Guatemalan woman, works...

Get the next exciting installment of the best selling romantic suspense series Task Force Hawaii, now on sale at a discounted price through preorder!Facing an obsessive killer proves to be easier than falling in love.Task Force Hawaii, Book 4The last person Drew Franklin wants to work with is Cat Kalakau. Their history makes it difficult being in the same room, let alone being joined at the hip during a case. Months ago, they’d shared a night filled with romance and...

The author of five bestselling novels, including Under Cover of Darkness and The Pardon, James Grippando writes compulsively readable thrillers that could be drawn from today's headlines, only better. Now his trademark gifts are wonderfully demonstrated in a taut new tale of intrigue that will keep you guessing to the final, breathtaking scene.Just two years out of law school, Nick Rey is on the career fast track at a hot Miami law firm when he is suddenly plunged headfirst into a ...

Originally published in 2002 and nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime NovelA blend of thriller, satire, and romance with a shocking twistRomance novelist Maggie Schneider flees snowy Canada for Costa Rica, seeking inspiration … and maybe even a romantic encounter. She finds far more than she expected when she’s kidnapped by a rag-tag gang led by a handsome, charismatic revolutionary called Halcon: the Falcon. Also held hostag...

From the “pulse pounding” (Kirkus Reviews) writer of TV hit Walker, Texas Ranger comes a riveting Hollywood thriller that will keep you captivated until the shocking conclusion.Retired Inspector Jack Bertolino gets his first taste of the erratic nature of Hollywood when A-list producer, George Litton, options one of Jack’s recent cases for a film.Jack is engaged as the film’s technical advisor, which stars It Girl Susan Blake. But more imp...

To Trust...Rockfort Security operative Shane Gallagher has been brought into S&D Systems to find a security leak. Confidential information has been stolen, and Shane suspects Elena Reyes, a systems analyst with the access and know-how to pull it off. As he finds excuses to get close to her, their attraction is too strong to ignore, but how can Shane trust the very woman he's investigating?Or Not to TrustElena has spent her life prov...

Winner of the Nebula Award: "A lovely and literate exploration of the dark moment where myth and science meet" (Samuel R. Delany).When night falls over the Yucatan, the archaeologists lay down their tools. But while her colleagues relax, Elizabeth Butler searches for shadows. A famous scientist with a reputation for eccentricity, she carries a strange secret. Where others see nothing but dirt and bones and fragments of pottery, Elizabeth sees shades of the men and w...

From the author of L.A. Weather comes “a whimsical, humorous, and passionate mystery that explores the love and hurt of a father and daughter on the run” (Jorge Ramos, News Anchor for Univision).“1,001 nights in a Mexicali women’s prison . . . González and Daughter Trucking Co. is about our compulsion to make events into stories and stories into bridges of understanding.”—John Sayles, Screenwriter and DirectorServing a sen...

A couple's insurance scam could turn a faked death into a real one, in this witty crime thriller by the Edgar Award–winning author of the Dortmunder novels.After more than a decade of skipping out on their debts, Lola and Barry owe a lot of money to the wrong people. To escape the loan sharks, Barry decides it's time for one of them to die—or at least to pretend to. As the venue for this insurance fraud, they choose Lola's home country, Guerrera, where death certif...