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Winter in Montana. Ein Psychopath fesselt seine weiblichen Opfer an einen Baum, um sie bei eisiger Kälte erfrieren zu lassen. Seine Nachricht an die Polizei: die Initialen der Toten und ein Stern. Es fehlen noch Buchstaben, um die Botschaft zu entschlüsseln. Als Detective Regan Pescoli verschwindet, ist deren Kollegin Selena Alvarez in höchster Alarmbereitschaft. Immer noch ist der "Unglücksstern-Mörder" nicht gefasst und nun vermutet sie ihre Partnerin in den Fängen des Killers. "Meidet des Skorpions Zorn" – so könnte seine kryptische Botschaft lauten.

Nach einem bösen Streit mit ihrem schwerreichen, notorisch untreuen Freund James Cahill will Megan Travers nur noch weg von dessen Ranch in den Cascade Mountains. Trotz eines heftigen Schneesturms macht sie sich auf den Weg zu ihrer Schwester, doch dort kommt sie nie an. Als die Detectives Brett Rivers und Wynonna Mendoza James befragen wollen, finden sie ihn mit einer Kopfverletzung im Krankenhaus vor. James sagt aus, er könne sich an nichts erinnern, weder an Megan noch an seine zahlreichen Affären.

Many people have become angry and frustrated with organized religion and evangelical Christianity, in particular. Too often the church has proven to be a source of pain rather than a place of hope. Forgive Us acknowledges the legitimacy of much of the anger toward the church. In truth...

Eve Renner har stått på dödens tröskel. Ett samtal från en gammal vän ledde henne till stugan där det hemska hände. Där hon såg sin vän ligga i en pöl med blod - och där hennes älskare Cole Dennis sköt henne innan hon tappade medvetandet. Varför gjorde han det? Eves minnesluckor gör att hon inte får något grepp om traumat som nästan tog hennes liv. Och på grund av minnesluckorna är Cole en fri man.

Livet har knappast varit en dans på rosor för Abby Chastain. På sin femtonde födelsedag förlorade hon sin mamma i en fruktansvärd tragedi. Tjugo år senare är hennes egen tillvaro en enda röra. Abbys ex-man, radiokändisen Luke Gierman, har inte bara lämnat henne för en betydligt yngre kvinna. Han har även en förkärlek för att hänga ut sin ex-fru på bästa sändningstid. Inte långt efter att Abby känt en obehaglig närvaro utanför sitt hem får hon ett fruktansvärt besked.

I en sjaskig lägenhet i New Orleans blir en kvinna brutalt mördad av en hänsynslös gärningsman. Hennes kropp hittas sargad och sönderbränd, men mördaren är säker på att han lyckats komma undan utan att bli sedd. Det visar sig dock snart att det faktiskt finns ett vittne - någon som sett precis allt som skett. Problemet är bara att hon inte befunnit sig på platsen. Hon har inte ens varit vaken. När Olivia Benchet för andra gången vaknar av en fruktansvärd och våldsam drömsyn bestämmer hon sig för att kontakta polisen.

Would you risk being arrested by Iran’s secret police or subject yourself to a "torture massage" in North Korea just so you could say you’d survived to tell the tale? And would you even want to share a crude-oil bath with a retired croc hunter in Azerbaijan? Or pull a golden ring from a turd? Graham and his wife Lisa have done all of these things. Travel Agents - the warm and witty follow-up to the best-selling Travel Seekness - continues the unforgettable story of Lisa and Graham’s hilarious and often hair-raising escapades around the world.

Es sollte nur Spaß sein: ein harmloses Ballerspiel mit Platzpatronen. Doch als die 17-jährige Rachel auf ihren Halbbruder Luke schießt, wird dieser von einer tödlichen Kugel getroffen. Zwar berichten zwei Mädchen später von einem Schuss, der nicht aus Rachels Pistole gekommen sei, doch der Fall kann nie ganz aufgeklärt werden. 20 Jahre später fühlt sich Rachel noch immer schuldig, und letztlich ist an diesem Trauma auch die Ehe mit ihrer großen Liebe, Detective Cade Ryder, zerbrochen.

In the photograph, three teenaged girls splash in the lake on a sweltering summer evening. Shiloh, Kat, and Ruth are unaware of the man who spies on them from the woods. They have no idea how their lives will be changed by the brutal violence that follows - and the vow of secrecy they take. Fifteen years later, Ruth and Shiloh have both returned to Prairie Creek, Wyoming, where Kat is deputy sheriff. Though they've tried to leave their shared past behind, each has the feeling that someone is lurking in the shadows.

Jules lässt sich als Lehrerin an der Blue Rock Academy, einer Besserungsanstalt für schwer erziehbare Jugendliche in den Bergen Süd-Oregons, einstellen...

Keiner wird dich retten. Keiner wird deine Schreie hören. Jetzt ist der richtige Zeitpunkt. Jetzt wirst du endlich begreifen, was echte Seelenqual ist...

Kristi Bentz kehrt an ihr altes College zurück, um Englisch zu studieren und einen Krimi zu schreiben. Dafür sucht sie nach realen Fällen...

Is hiding the identity of her child’s father worth risking her life? Randi McCafferty seems to think so, but investigator Kurt Striker is hell-bent on changing her mind. Hired by her well-meaning but overbearing brothers to keep Randi and her son safe, Kurt knows the only way to eliminate the danger is to reveal Randi’s darkest secret…any way he can. Yet when protection leads to desire, will Randi and Kurt’s explosive affair leave them vulnerable to the threats whispering in the shadows?

Young love - that was what Nadine and Hayden had. The kind of love that captures the soul and never dies. That is, until Hayden's father swindled Nadine's family, and they didn't see each other for 13 years. When his father suddenly dies, Hayden returns home to the family's lakeside mansion - and to his first love. But Nadine and her two young sons aren't quite ready to trust again. Soon Hayden is left trying to work through mistrust and misinformation to gain the love of the girl no amount of money could make him forget....

For six agonizing years Heather Tremont Leonetti tried to make a lie of the breathless summer when rodeo rider Turner Brooks broke her innocence and branded her heart. But now only the truth could save her most precious, cherished memento. Which meant she'd have to beg the help of the one man who could drive her to her knees - the proud, unforgiving loner she'd loved ... the unforgettable cowboy who'd sired her son.

Adam Drake was determined to clear his name of the false charges that ruined his career at Montgomery Inns – and if that meant deceiving the hotelier’s beloved daughter, Marnie Montgomery, and even stowing away on her boat, so be it. If she had secrets, he would discover every single one….

Matt has never met a woman who wouldn't succumb to the McCafferty charm. But beautiful Kelly Dillinger, the cop assigned to his sister's hit-and-run case, proves indifferent to his attention. Her all-business attitude pricks his ego...and fires up his blood. The more she resists, the more determined he becomes to break down her defenses. Matt might think that law enforcement is no place for a lady, but he might soon find himself making a plea for passion.

Famous criminal defense attorney Jackson Moore thought he had left his bad-boy past behind him — but his childhood sweetheart had different plans for him. Rachelle Tremont thought she could forget her tragic small-town history by writing about it in her nationally syndicated column. She hadn't counted on Jackson Moore's return, or on the way her blood ran hot at the sight of him. He was determined to discover the town's secrets with Rachelle — and in doing so, uncover some secrets of their own.

"Sail Away": Adam Drake was determined to clear his name of the false charges that ruined his career at Montgomery Inns - and if that meant deceiving the hotelier’s beloved daughter, Marnie Montgomery, and even stowing away on her boat, so be it. "Million Dollar Baby": When Chandra Hill is awakened by a cry in the night, she is shocked to discover an abandoned newborn in her barn. Emergency room doctor Dallas O’Rourke finds himself bonding instantly with the baby - and the intriguing woman who brought him in.

Young love — that was what Nadine and Hayden had. The kind of love that captures the soul and never dies. That is, until Hayden’s father swindled Nadine’s family, and they didn’t see each other for thirteen years. When his father suddenly dies, Hayden returns home to the family’s lakeside mansion — and to his first love. But Nadine and her two young sons aren’t quite ready to trust again. Soon Hayden is left trying to work through mistrust and misinformation to gain the love of the girl no amount of money could make him forget….