Download or read book For Your Own Good written by Samantha Downing and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER “Witty and macabre.”—Caroline Kepnes "Slick and chilling."—Megan Miranda “A perfect summer book.”—NPR USA Today bestselling author Samantha Downing is back with her latest sneaky thriller set at a prestigious private school—complete with interfering parents, overeager students, and one teacher who just wants to teach them all a lesson… Teddy Crutcher has won Teacher of the Year at the elite Belmont Academy, home to the best and brightest. He says his wife couldn’t be more proud—though no one has seen her in a while. Teddy really can’t be bothered with a few mysterious deaths on campus that are looking more and more like murder, or with the student digging a little too deep into Teddy’s personal life. His main focus is pushing these kids to their full academic potential. All he wants is for his colleagues—and the endlessly meddlesome parents—to stay out of his way. If not, well, they’ll get what they deserve. It’s really too bad that sometimes excellence comes at such a high cost.

Download or read book You Can Run written by Trevor Wood and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2023-03-16 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'FAST PACED AND GRIPPING BUT WITH A HEART OF PURE GOLD' HARRIET TYCE 'BEGINS AT THE SPEED OF A RUNAWAY TRAIN ... PROPULSIVE PAGE-TURNER' VASEEM KHAN 'GO RUBY! WHAT A HERO!' FIONA ERSKINE It takes a village to save a child in this pulse-pounding standalone thriller from the acclaimed author of The Man on the Street. It wasn't her dad they were after. It was her. Ruby Winter is surprised when her reclusive father invites a stranger into their house. She eavesdrops on their conversation and is alarmed when she hears a fight break out. She dashes into the kitchen to save her dad but the stranger's the one lying on the floor in a pool of blood. Her dad urges her to pack a bag. They must quit their Northumbrian cottage and run. There isn't time to explain why. But as they try to flee her dad is captured. The only people who can help her are the villagers she has shunned her whole life. But, desperate to find her father and to work out who took him and why, she must seek their help. But what if learning the truth means discovering the life she once knew was a lie?

Download or read book To Have and to Harm written by Debra Doxer and published by Debra Doxer. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She kept everyone from harm, except herself… Raielle’s life was shrouded in secrets. Her power was a secret and so was her past. When she came to Fort Upton, everything changed. She discovered her family, and she found the boy who would own her heart forever. But it couldn’t last. Knowing so little about her power nearly destroyed her. She had to leave and break both their hearts. Now she’s back in California, and she doesn’t have to hide who she is anymore. But there is no relief in that because she’s drowning in regret. She knew it would take a miracle or a sin to save her, and there was no miracle. Her survival came at too high a price. She found her father, but she can’t go back to Lucas until she finds redemption. She saved him. Then she left him… She came out of nowhere and changed him forever, then she disappeared and left him reeling. Her whole life, she never had anyone who really loved her. Until him. Did she think he wouldn’t come for her? Did she believe she wasn’t worth it? Lucas leaves everything behind to follow Raielle. When he finds her, she’s a pale shadow of the girl he remembers. Her power is betraying her and so are the people around her, but one thing hasn’t changed. She selflessly wants to save the world, and he just wants to save her. With more secrets to uncover and dark truths to face, Raielle and Lucas must make sacrifices for each other. But in the end, will those sacrifices bring them closer together or tear them apart? When he’s forced to make the ultimate sacrifice, will she turn her back on everything she believes in to save him again?

Download or read book Sad Love written by MJ Fields and published by MJ Fields. This book was released on 2024-04-24 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blue Valley series is not your typical love story. It is a journey through one’s past … maybe even a story resembling someone close to you. It’s our story. Welcome to the college years … Love has not been easy for Tessa Ross and Lucas Links, but they have managed to overcome situations that so many others in their lives haven’t. And through all of their difficulties, neither have ever denied the love they have for one another. But sometimes love isn’t enough. What new joys, pains, and decisions will they make as they take their first steps into adulthood? This is love, not a fairy tale. Warning: Highly Emotional! This book contains volatile characters in real-life situations that may be triggering to some readers.

Download or read book Bear Flag Revolt written by T.J. Barnes and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-11-07 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the November of 2020, a business tycoon was reelected as president of the United States. California responded by seceding from the United States and forming the Democratic Republic of California. Now the fledgling California government is embroiled in a domestic insurgency. The new president of California must form an army to put down the freedom fighters backed by the United States. These are the stories of the patriots, opportunists, and pacifists trying to survive the unrest.

Download or read book King Lucas Shit List written by Matthew Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This motivational and personalized notebook and writing journal has 120 College Ruled Pages with 6x9 in size. Perfect for Writing and Drawing at Home or School, Diary for taking notes, write short stories and keeping memories. Good for journaling, brainstorming, meditation or wirting poems. It makes a great motivational and inspirational gift for both men and women, teens, or boys and girls for back to school, Christmas or holiday gift, graduation or beginning of the school year gift.

Download or read book Shadow Prey written by John Sandford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of ritualistic murders committed across the United States draws Lucas Davenport into an unimaginable conspiracy of revenge in this “classic”(Boston Globe) thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. A slumlord butchered in Minneapolis...A rising political star executed in Manhattan...A judge slashed to death in Oklahoma City... Each victim has a history of bad behavior, but the only thing the killings have in common is the murder weapon—a Native American ceremonial knife—and a trail of blood that leads to an embodiment of evil known only as Shadow Love. Recruited to be the lethal hand of a terrorist campaign, Shadow Love has his own bloody agenda, one he will do anything to achieve. Enlisted to find him are Minneapolis police lieutenant Lucas Davenport and New York City police officer Lily Rothenburg. But despite the countrywide carnage they needn’t look far. Because Shadow Love is right behind them.

Download or read book Knot Again written by Kwana Jackson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of... USA Today's Best Rom-Coms of July Shondaland's Best Books of July BookRiot's Best Romance Novels of July Sometimes fireman Lucas Strong feels like he can only find any peace and quiet at the local laundromat, where every day is rinse and repeat — until a fateful run-in with his high school crush. Hoping to attract more customers to his family’s knitting shop, Lucas Strong participated in an FDNY charity calendar and accidentally became a local celebrity. The only place he can find solace is Scrubs—a 24/7 laundromat where he can disappear for a couple of hours. But Lucas’s soapy sanctuary is shaken by an inquisitive little girl with a late-night interest in knitting, whose mother is his old school crush. Sydney Harris knows that Harlem is like any other small town, and everyone is probably whispering about how she left such a good man—and a good life—behind to wash and fold laundry by the pound. If only they knew the truth. But Sydney will always put her daughter’s happiness first, even if that means moving back to Harlem and facing her past. What Sydney never expected was to see Lucas again. A long-forgotten attraction kicks into high gear as Lucas and Sydney start to spend time together at the laundromat, and they must decide if this is true love or just an infatuation, thin and fragile as a soap bubble.

Download or read book Broken Prey written by John Sandford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-05-10 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't miss this “sexy, bloody thriller"(Publishers Weekly) in #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford's Prey series... The first body is of a young woman, found on a Minneapolis riverbank, her throat cut, her body scourged and put on display. Whoever did this, Lucas Davenport knows, is pushed by brain chemistry. There is something wrong with him. This isn’t a bad love affair. The second body is found three weeks later, in a farmhouse six miles south. Same condition, same display—except this time it is a man. Nothing to link the two victims, nothing to indicate that the killings end here. “This guy…” Lucas said. He took a deep breath, let it out as a sigh. “This guy is going to bust our chops.” And soon he is going to do far, far worse than that…

Download or read book Tempted by a Touch written by Kris Rafferty and published by Entangled: Select Suspense. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People keep dying around Harper MacLain. Try as she might, she can’t stop bad things from happening to those she loves. When her closely guarded secret lands her in the middle of her ex-boyfriend’s investigation, she’s in over her head. She hates that Detective Lucas Sullivan is in her life again, tempting her to fall back into bad habits...and his bed. When Harper left him, Lucas tried not to care, burying himself in his job instead. Then Harper became the job. Now they’re on the run, and all he can think about is keeping her safe...and his hands off her. Lucas knows she's the key to solving his case, if he can keep them alive long enough to do it. And that's the trick...because falling in love can kill you. The An Unlikely Hero series is best enjoyed in order: Reading order: Book #1 - Betrayed by a Kiss Book #2 - Tempted by a Touch Book #3 – Seduced by Sin

Download or read book Forged Futures written by Katherine McIntyre and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lana's barely surviving the loss of her husband when Tribe member Lucas offers protection from the Landsliders, but in each other, they might uncover a chance to heal. Joe Ganzorig, Mackey Kendricks' right hand shaman, has appeared in Ricketts Glen again, and Lucas Diaz is on the job. Except this time, the Landsliders are targeting the recently widowed Lana Bennett. Turns out her husband's murder hadn't been accidental—he was involved in the Landsliders and stole an anti-shifter bomb from the big boss himself. The Landsliders want it back, and they won't stop their attacks until their device is delivered. Lucas volunteers to keep her safe while they search for the device, needing to protect this wry, stunning woman who's still standing even after everything she's weathered. Despite the distance they each try to keep, both Lucas and Lana can't deny the scorching attraction between them. However, with the constant reminders of Lana's husband and the Landsliders increasing their threats by the day, these newfound feelings could expire before they ignite. And if the Landsliders find the device before them, none of the shifters will stand a chance at survival.

Download or read book Easy Prey written by John Sandford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-03-01 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucas Davenport investigates an unsettling series of murders in this classic novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series—and this one is John Sandford “at the top of his game” (New York Post)… In life she was a high-profile model. In death she is the focus of a media firestorm that’s demanding action from Lucas Davenport. One of his own men is a suspect in her murder. But when a series of bizarre, seemingly unrelated slayings rock the city, Davenport suspects a connection that runs deeper than anyone had imagined—one that leads to an ingenious killer more ruthless than anyone had feared... FEATURING A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR

Download or read book John Sandford Lucas Davenport Novels 6 10 written by John Sandford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novels six through ten in #1 New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Sandford’s Prey series, featuring Minneapolis homicide investigator Lucas Davenport. NIGHT PREY A savage psychopath is playing cat and mouse with Lucas Davenport. But both killer and detective find themselves at odds with a female investigator who has intensely personal reasons for catching the killer herself—and fast. MIND PREY Lucas Davenport has met his match—a nemesis more intelligent, and more depraved, than any he has tracked before. A pure, wanton killer who knows more about mind games than Lucas himself—and with a female psychiatrist already in his trap, he’s one step ahead. SUDDEN PREY The crime spree should have ended when Lucas Davenport killed the female bank robber during the shoot-out. But it’s just beginning, because the woman’s husband isn’t about to let Lucas—or anyone he loves—escape retribution. SECRET PREY When a wealthy banker is shot dead during a hunting trip, Lucas Davenport's routine murder investigation turns into a cat-and-mouse game with a killer who won't hesitate to take the fight to Lucas himself. And those he loves… CERTAIN PREY A wealthy socialite has been murdered. Now the killer must tie up a few loose ends. One is the witness. The other is Lucas Davenport—and of all the criminals Davenport has hunted, none has been as efficient or as ferociously intelligent as the woman who’s hunting him.

Download or read book John Sandford Lucas Davenport Novels 1 5 written by John Sandford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 1994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first five novels in #1 New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Sandford’s Prey series, featuring Minneapolis homicide investigator Lucas Davenport. RULES OF PREY He left notes with every woman he killed. Rules of murder: Never have a motive. Never follow a discernible pattern. Never carry a weapon after it has been used...So many rules to his sick, violent games of death. But Lucas Davenport isn’t playing by the rules. SHADOW PREY Three victime killed by the same weapon—a Native American ceremonial knife—and a trail of blood that leads Lucas Davenport to an embodiment of primal evil known only as Shadow Love. EYES OF PREY Lucas Davenport is up against two killers. One hideously scarred. The other strikingly handsome, a master manipulator fascinated with all aspects of death. The dark mirror of Davenport’s soul… SILENT PREY Dr. Mike Bekker, a psychotic pathologist, is back on the streets, doing what he does best—murdering one helpless victim after another. Lucas Davenport should have killed Bekker when he had the chance. Now he has a second chance… WINTER PREY Lucas Davenport had tracked killers in cities across America. But the woods of rural Wisconsin are as dark and primal as evil itself. And in the heart of every mother and father, there is fear...because tonight, the Iceman cometh.

Download or read book John Sandford Lucas Davenport 11 15 written by John Sandford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-02-07 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novels eleven through fifteen in #1 New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Sandford’s Prey series, featuring Minneapolis homicide investigator Lucas Davenport. EASY PREY The murder of a supermodel during an A-list party incites a media firestorm—and confirms Lucas Davenport’s worst suspicions. The model is only the first victim—and one of his own men is a prime suspect. CHOSEN PREY Art history professor James Qatar’s hobby was taking secret photographs of women. Then one day his fantasy went too far. Now the tables have turned. It’s Qatar who has become an obsession—of Lucas Davenport’s. And for both men, there’s no turning back. MORTAL PREY Years ago, Lucas Davenport almost died at the hands of Clara Rinker, a soft-spoken Southern beauty, and one of the FBI’s most wanted killers. Now, they’re crossing paths again. With nothing left to lose she can only be stopped by Davenport—or count him among her victims… NAKED PREY The two victims—male and female, one black, one white—were found hanging from a tree in the Minnesota woods. It’s a crime with gruesome and ugly implications, but as Lucas Davenport discovers, the motive runs deeper than anyone imagined. HIDDEN PREY Theories abound when a Russian gets himself killed on the shore of Lake Superior—shot with fifty-year-old bullets. But when it turns out he had very high government connections, Lucas Davenport gets the call.

Download or read book John Sandford Lucas Davenport Novels 16 20 written by John Sandford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 2249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novels sixteen through twenty in #1 New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Sandford’s Prey series, featuring Minneapolis homicide investigator Lucas Davenport. BROKEN PREY Two bodies are found three weeks apart. Same condition, same display—but there's nothing to link the two victims, nothing to indicate that the killings end here. But that's not about to stop Lucas Davenport. INVISIBLE PREY A wealthy woman and her maid are murdered. Robbery would seem the likely scenario, except that none of the clues are coming together for Lucas Davenport. At least not those he can see. PHANTOM PREY After one troubled college-age student disappears and two are found slashed to death, Lucas Davenport finds himself hunting what appears to be a modern-day Jack the Ripper. WICKED PREY Out of Lucas Davenport’s past comes a psycho nursing a violent grudge. But why go after Davenport for revenge when Davenport’s young daughter is so close, and so vulnerable? STORM PREY When a simple robbery turns deadly, the thieves close in on the one woman who was the only possible witness: Lucas Davenport’s wife. They have only one option—eliminate her. And fast.

Download or read book Beyond Malice written by Rebecca Forster and published by Rebecca Forester. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike her sister Nora, attorney Amanda Cross has worked hard for what little she has. When Nora is accused of murdering a partner's wife she is abandoned by the legal community and reluctantly turns to Amanda for a defense. With the help of an investigator with a chip on his shoulder, outgunned Amanda must peel away the protective layers of those who are beyond reproach and save her sister.