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Twenty years ago, Rachel Gaston accidentally shot and killed her brother in a teenage game that went horribly wrong. Today, Rachel is moving on and trying to put the guilt of what happened behind her. But then she receives a text on the anniversary of her brother's death: I forgive you. This text is the first of many, all seemingly from beyond the grave, and at the same time she is receiving midnight phone calls from a blocked number. Are these happenings malicious? Are they genuinely forgiving? Is she in danger? Or is Rachel just being paranoid?  

Lisa Jackson is a surprising cheerleader for the joys of running. Formerly a committed fitness-phobe, she became a marathon runner at 31 and ran her first 56-mile ultramarathon at the age of 41. Unlike many runners, Lisa's not afraid to finish last. In fact, she's now done so in 25 of the 100-plus marathons she's completed so far.

Sarah McAdams needs a fresh start. So she's come home to the shores of Oregon's wild Columbia river, to renovate the old Victorian mansion where she grew up. Her daughters, Jade and Gracie, aren't impressed by the run-down property, and as soon as they pull up the isolated drive, Sarah too is beset by uneasy memories - of her cold, distant mother, of the half-sister who vanished without a trace, and of a long-ago night when Sarah was found outside, feverish and delirious.

London Danvers was kidnapped as a child from her wealthy family. Over the years, many women have claimed to be her, trying to lay claim to the long-lost heiress's inheritance. Among them is Adria Nash, who has arrived in Oregon claiming to be London - but, unlike the others, she's different: she knows personal details only London could have known. And there is someone who does believe her - who is watching her every move, waiting to see how she runs, how she screams, and how she dies....

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.

HE’S A BAD BOY - 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. HE'S JUST A COWBOY - 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.

Tiffany Rhodes's horse farm was in trouble long before she met Zane Sheridan, a breeder with a shady reputation. Yet she couldn't help but feel relieved when Zane offered to buy her out. Though Tiffany didn't trust him, she was drawn to him like a magnet. What did this mysterious man want from her...and why was he using a gambit with her heart?

Open your heart to the holidays with these stories of unexpected love from best-selling authors Lisa Jackson, Maisey Yates, Stacy Finz, and Nicole Helm.

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?

When Thorne McCafferty rushes home to the family ranch, he is thinking only about whether his sister Randi will survive the car wreck that has put her in the hospital. He never expects that Randi's E.R. doctor will be Nicole Stevenson. Nicole has never forgotten the teenage passion she shared with Thorne...or the sting of his unexplained rejection. Now she's all grown up - but he still affects her in the very same way. Will they both be able to move beyond their pasts for a second chance at a happy ending?

When Thorne McCafferty rushes home to the family ranch, he is thinking only about whether his sister Randi will survive the car wreck that has put her in the hospital. He never expects that Randi’s E.R. doctor will be Nicole Stevenson.Nicole has never forgotten the teenage passion she shared with Thorne… or the sting of his unexplained rejection. Now she’s all grown up—but he still affects her in the very same way. Will they both be able to move beyond their pasts for a second chance at a happy ending?

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.

Slade McCafferty was a bachelor through and through - too busy raising hell to settle down. Case in point: fifteen years ago daredevil Slade had taken wild child Jamie Parsons’s innocence, and then had broken her heart. But Jamie is back in town, a lawyer, all confidence and polished professionalism. And seeing her again is setting off a tidal wave of emotions Slade thought he’d dammed up ages ago. Back then, as now, there’d been something about Jamie that made Slade ache for more. A hell of a lot more…

Ein kleines nächtliches Abenteuer wird für die Teenager Shiloh, Kat und Ruth aus Prairie Creek in Wyoming zum Albtraum: Die wilde Shiloh, deren Stiefvater sie misshandelt, Kat, deren Mutter im Sterben liegt, und die scheue Pfarrers-Tochter Ruth wollen einfach nur mal etwas anderes erleben, als sie sich nachts aus dem Haus schleichen, um nackt baden zu gehen. Einen zusätzlichen Kick erhält ihr Vorhaben durch die Tatsache, dass in Prarie Creek vor Kurzem drei Mädchen verschwunden sind.

Die drei amerikanischen Bestseller-Autorinnen Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush und Rosalind Noonan bündeln ihre Kräfte in "Greed - Tödliche Gier", einem hochspannenden Thriller, in dem ein psychopathischer Killer Jagd auf eine ganze Familie macht. Prairie Creek, Wyoming, USA: Vor zwanzig Jahren vernichtete ein Feuer das Anwesen der Dillinger-Familie, kostete Judd Dillinger das Leben und ließ seine Freundin für immer verkrüppelt zurück. Man beschuldigte damals einen Serien-Brandstifter, der zu jener Zeit sein Unwesen trieb. Doch heute geschehen erneut ominöse Dinge in Prairie Creek.

"Du wirst bezahlen" - diese unheilvolle Nachricht erhalten sechs Personen, die in einem Sommer vor zwanzig Jahren gemeinsam als Erzieher in einem Feriencamp tätig waren. Damals verschwanden unter ungeklärten Umständen zwei ihrer Freunde, und der Rest der Gruppe hüllte sich in Schweigen. Jetzt will einer der sechs Übriggebliebenen, Detective Lucas Dalton, die alten Fälle wieder aufrollen, wohl wissend, dass jeder der ehemaligen Freunde das eine oder andere dunkle Geheimnis hütet - genauso wie er selbst...

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

Eve Renner will sich in einer abgelegenen Hütte im Wald mit ihrem alten Freund Roy treffen, von dem sie einen sonderbaren Anruf bekommen hat...

Die Fotografin Abby Chastain verlor im Alter von 15 Jahren ihre Mutter, als diese - schon seit langem von Wahnvorstellungen gequält - aus dem Fenster ihres Zimmers in einer psychiatrischen Anstalt in den Tod sprang.

Jetzt kommen die Schatten der Vergangenheit zurück, als eine unheimliche Mordserie New Orleans erschüttert. Der Täter, der sich in den Katakomben eben jener Anstalt versteckt hält, tötet jeweils Opferpaare...

Ein Mörder geht in einem Kloster um. Er steckt Novizinnen in Brautkleider und erdrosselt sie mit Rosenkränzen...