The murder of an Interpol translator in France. Nine mutilated bodies found under a fish shack in remote Tromsø in northern Norway.A $ 6 million dollar bribe for a Norwegian detective.Chief Inspector Sohlberg is in danger.There's also one crime in the making that doesn't even come close to the "Mass Murder" category. And that crime requires Sohlberg to do the unthinkable in this gripping novel about obsession, paranoia, organized crime, and whether it's better for a few to be sacrificed so that many will live.Or is it better for many to be sacrificed so that a few get to live?

Boston Kincaid is ruthless when comes to getting what he wants – and from the minute he sees Julianna Holly, he’ll stop at nothing to have her in his bed but the tide turns when Julianna turns up pregnant and runs away. Now, Boston is determined to drag her back to his bed — whether she’s willing or not. Julianna is in a terrible position. Not only is she knocked up but she may have gone and fallen for the jerk, too. However, Julianna is no push-over and she might just have to find a way to forget about Boston Kincaid if she wants to save her heart. Now, if only her heart would cooperate. This is the second installment of a three-part serial. Enjoy! EXCERPT:“If that baby is mine…”“Quit saying that, you know it’s yours!”His gaze roamed hers and for the briefest moment she thought she saw desperate hope glimmering in his dark eyes that caused a traitorous leap in her heart. No, don’t do that, she told herself, horrified that she would care about his feelings. He’d done this to her on purpose. He’d tricked her. That was the only answer. But even as she cursed him silently for what he’d done, she wasn’t prepared for the soft touch of his lips brushing against hers as he said, “If what you say is true…then we truly created a miracle and nothing will keep me from my child.” He deepened the kiss and her knees threatened to buckle, damn him. “Not even if its mother hates me,” he murmured and she swallowed a cry as he abruptly let her go. “Richard will take you home. I have calls to make.”And then he left her to stare after him. Julianna wiped away the remnant of his kisses and ground the tears from her eyes. She ought to grab a cab and screw Boston with his dictates but even as the defiant thought blazed across her thoughts, she sank back down on the bed and knew she’d await Richard to ferry her back to Boston’s house because in a way, his place had become more like home than her apartment, even with the gaudy gold-plated bathroom fixtures that she hated.Why? Ah crap, because as much as she hated to admit it…it was because at night, Boston crawled into bed with her and they slept entwined with one another, as if they were carved from the same block of wood to fit together. Dumb bad luck.Julianna glanced down at her belly and her breath hitched in her throat as the sobering thought of motherhood weighed on her shoulders.She squeezed her eyes shut and a tentacle of fear reached from a dark place and curled around her thoughts. Women died giving birth. It was rare — but it happened. It was a worst-case scenario…and it’d happened to someone she’d loved very much.It might be irrational to fear the same fate but by the time Richard had arrived to pick her up, she was fighting the urge to lose whatever food remained in her stomach.Bottom line? She was afraid of this baby.And she was ashamed to admit it.

November, 2002, and sixteen-year-old Clare is travelling from Glasgow to Florence with her older brother Danny to be a part of the anti-capitalist demo. Amidst the crowds they meet Julian and Letitia, two alluring and seductive anti-capitalists from down south. Over the next few years the lives of Danny, Clare, Letitia and Julian become impossibly tangled in the personal and the political as each decides what is and what's not worth shouting about. But how will they come to shape the world – and how will the world come to shape them?

This bargain-priced boxed set contains all six of Patricia Ryan’s award-winning medieval romances, originally published by NAL. “Ms. Ryan breathes freshness into every page and enthralls readers with the power of her characters’ emotions and their intelligent handling of the complex situations. She is a wonderful writer whose talent continues to enchant readers.” RT BookReviews Silken Threads: In this acclaimed medieval romance inspired by Hitchcock’s Rear Window, a wounded soldier heals in the London home of a young widow who steals his heart—but his future rests on an arranged marriage to his lord’s daughter. Silken Threads won Romance Writers of America’s RITA® Award for Best Long Historical Romance. “Fresh, swift and sexy.” New York Times bestselling author Mary Jo Putney The Sun and the Moon: Hugh has never had any trouble avoiding ties of the heart—until he recruits a beautiful young Oxford scholar to pose as his wife for an espionage mission. Inspired by Hitchcock’s Notorious, this medieval romance won a Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best Historical Romantic Mystery/Suspense. “Once you start this nonstop read, you won’t go to bed until you’ve turned the last page.” RT BookReviews Secret Thunder: A young Saxon widow enters into an arranged marriage to the notorious Black Dragon, a Norman knight with a ferocious reputation—and a terrible secret. “A marvelous love story from the queen of medieval romance. This is as good as it gets. If you only read one historical romance this year, it should be Secret Thunder!” The Literary Times Wild Wind: Alex’s youthful passion for Nicolette ended with a broken heart for him and an arranged marriage for her to another man. Nine years later, her husband asks Alex to sire a child on her, then disappear forever. A Waldenbooks Star Pick. “It’s wonderful. Don’t miss it!” New York Times bestselling author Jo Beverley Falcon’s Fire: Lowborn knight Thorn Falconer negotiates the arranged marriage of his overlord’s son to the sister of a fellow crusade veteran in return for a coveted estate, only to find himself losing his heart to the bride. “A richly textured pageant of passion. A grand adventure!” New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs Heaven’s Fire: Celibate priest and Oxford scholar Rainulf Fairfax finds himself drawn to a humbly born young woman after he rescues from her vicious overlord. “Lusty and exhilarating, this is medieval romance at its best. Heaven’s Fire is a splendid tale, and Patricia Ryan is a writer to watch.” New York Times bestselling author Patricia Gaffney About the Author: Patricia Ryan is the USA Today bestselling author of more than two dozen romances and mysteries, including the #1 national bestseller Still Life With Murder. Her novels have garnered rave reviews and been published in over twenty countries. A RITA® winner (for Silken Threads) and four-time nominee, she is also the recipient of two Romantic Times Awards and a Mary Higgins Clark Award nomination for the second book of her historical mystery series featuring Boston governess Nell Sweeney, which she wrote under the name P.B. Ryan. Pat’s Evil Twin, Pamela Burford, is also a published romance novelist. To find out more about Patricia Ryan’s award-winning romances and romantic suspense, including special projects, excerpts, and sneak previews, subscribe to her email newsletter by visiting patricia-ryan.com. Most issues features free and deeply discounted ebooks by Patricia and other bestselling romance and mystery authors.

Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Erotica in 2003 and 2004, Cleis’ Best Lesbian Erotica series is the gold standard for erotic lesbian fiction, and this year's collection is no exception. Best Lesbian Erotica 2009 journeys into the world of hot women-on-women action with edgy, unusual stories that push lesbian lust and desire to new heights. Edited by best-selling author Tristan Taormino and selected and introduced by the noted author, playwright, and poet Joan Larkin, this latest edition of America’s most popular lesbian erotica series is smart, sensual, inventive, and breathtaking. From threesomes to gender-bending to shedding one's wholesome image to indulge in more visceral pursuits, the women in these stories reveal all their pleasures in memorable tales that are both sexy and lyrical.

Multiple personality is at the suspenseful heart of this unusual thriller by award-winner Lesley Glaister Inis has bleached her hair white and run away from her husband, Richard, and the son and daughter she loves. After leaving her nice suburban house in London, she moves into a small flat on a dead-end street in the inner city of Sheffield. Her neighbor is eighty-four-year-old Trixie Bell, a hymn-singing veteran of the Salvation Army. But beneath Trixie's unassuming exterior lies a very different personality. Three very different personalities—one of which is homicidal. In her sixth novel, Somerset Maugham Award winner Lesley Glaister tells an electrifying tale of love, madness, and a desperate fight for survival—of which there can be only one winner.

Best Lesbian Erotica 2004 journeys into the world of lesbian sex with uncommon, edgy stories that push lesbian lust and desire to new heights. This year’s stories are selected by award-winning author Michelle Tea, whose gritty, personal writing has earned her top accolades.

Another pop history pageturner from the New York Times bestselling authors of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates. When the British fought the young United States during the War of 1812, they knew that taking the mouth of the Mississippi River was the key to crippling their former colony. Capturing the city of New Orleans and stopping trade up the river sounded like a simple task—New Orleans was far away from Washington, out of sight and out of mind for the politicians. What the British didn't count on was the power of General Andrew Jackson. A formidable military leader with a grudge against the British and a heart for the common man, he rallied the divided inhabitants of New Orleans, bringing together Frenchmen, Native Americans, freed slaves, pirates, and Kentucky woodsmen.In their now trademark fashion, Kilmeade and Yaeger will trace the development of Jackson's character and bring the...