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Since Jake left the family farm in Vermont at age twelve to live with his uncle in New Orleans, he has seen Mason four times in the past twenty-three years. The first cost him two hundred grand and a trip to Colorado. The next dragged him to Turkey, where he had to cover up three murders. Africa almost killed him. And the fourth? It's 2004, and Mason has sold Jake, his skills, and his freedom to the highest bidder. Now Jake is trapped in Costa Rica, working for a man he despises, caught up in a business he hates.

When Samantha, Beth, Jody and Delaney decide to submit their DNA samples to an online ancestry service, they think it will be a fun exploration into their family's heritage. Instead, a shocking truth is uncovered — one of the sisters has a different father. Just as they grapple to understand this perceived betrayal, the half-sister is brutally murdered. A family member seems the most likely suspect, but which one is to blame?

The Isaac L. Larson Airfield—ICAO code KILL, is land alive with possibility and rife with ghost stories, but for Abigail Nightingale, real life is more terrifying than any chilling tale. Her monsters are real—she’s married to one. Once fatally in love, now feeling cursed, she fights to save her husband from himself and salvage the life they’ve built. Addicted to his wife like so many things, and desperate to cling to all his demons, her husband attempts to bribe her affection with a discovery flight at KILL.

Little Bright Eyes, her father always called her. Stalled in life by his death and plagued by her past and a vicious stalker, Izzy fights to reclaim her life—but like that stalker, Izzy is more than she seems. Things heat up when the attractive and fiery officer Naldo de Silva catches her storied eyes. Yet though she has tried to find love with another her heart may always belong to Tucker Brown, an aviation mechanic and dear friend whose checkered past is intertwined with hers.

A gritty and twisted, haunting journey for anyone who has ever done the right thing, the wrong way. Perhaps we all have Daddy issues, but none as deep and dangerous as Lynsey's… Bonfire stories were still slung about Old Man Riley, the town creep, but none have ever reached Lynsey Zajac. Healing and heartsick, Lynsey is doing all she can to rebuild her life and reclaim her husband Joe’s affection. One day while out running in the woods, she stumbles upon an abandoned house—a place with a secret, sinister history.

Kylie Bell seemingly has it all—a beautiful home, a fulfilling career and she is married to the love of her life. To top it all off, her husband, Michael, has planned the most romantic weekend away to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. Their escape to the quintessential New England resort on the Maine coast is more than Kylie ever hoped for until a late-night knock on their door shatters the façade of Kylie’s picture-perfect life. Michael is arrested for murder; a murder he vehemently denies committing.

We Are God's Masterpiece explores the profound truth that we are God's Masterpiece. Through the vivid tapestry of life, this book beautifully articulates the divine process of molding, shaping, and refining that occurs as we navigate the journey from victory to victory. The author explains how God, the divine sculptor, crafts our existence. Each victory becomes a chisel, and every challenge a molding hand, shaping us into the unique masterpiece intended by our Creator.

Prepare to embark on a captivating journey into the profound and intricate concept of the Holy Trinity in Christianity. Brace yourself as we unravel the mysteries that have perplexed theologians and believers for centuries. "Exploring the Holy Trinity" is not just another book; it is a comprehensive and accessible guide that will navigate you through the depths of this fundamental doctrine.

I've been so careful Somehow my past found me just as I'm sucked into the mystery of a missing woman. Are they related? Is the killer really back? Or am I losing it? Colette Baker has spent her life trying to stay invisible and outrun her past. Her mother abandoned her as a baby. At twelve, a tragedy in foster care forced her to start over with a new name. She's learned not to need anyone. No one else has ever needed her, until now.

Throw together a magical cat, a cursed tarot card deck and a free-spirited, obsessive-compulsive witch getting in touch with her sorceress forces, and you get Jane Starr, and her adorable ragdoll-Cheshire cat, Theodosia. With a large glass of wine in hand, Jane romps through a contemporary fantasy, in an absurd and surreal land full of magical, light-hearted mystery.

Detective Trent Williams comes home to find his daughter taking a nap...but he can't find his wife Molly. She would never leave her family and friends, yet the whispers say she did before. For the second time, his reputation and career are on the line. He can’t lose Molly again. Trent launches the most important investigation of his life. The hours add up but the clues don’t. Did her amnesia come back or did someone take her?

The waterpark has a grand opening and Zelda, the bog witch, is awakened from an ancient slumber. The whole town has come to ride all the rides, slide the Whirly Curly slide, splash and squirt with Mr. Octopus and deep dive with Sully the Seal. Stinking and covered in sludge, Zelda makes a fuss and when security asks her to leave the massacre begins. The waterpark comes to life with wet rides that kill. It’s a slasher-fest, gore, summer-fun nightmare.

1886, Central Asia. A female shaman sells a bundle full of rare tulip bulbs to a field botanist. After arriving back home in Holland, the valuable bundle goes missing. Convinced a poor, crippled dock worker is the thief, the botanist goes in hot pursuit. But when the botanist fails to return, his son asks the local constable to investigate.