Download or read book The FBI Houston Collection Firewall Double Cross Deadlock written by DiAnn Mills and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 1180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection bundles all three of bestselling author DiAnn Mills’s FBI: Houston novels into one e-book for a great value! #1 Firewall (2015 Christy Award finalist; 2014 winner of a Genre Fiction award from Library Journal) After a whirlwind romance, Taryn Young is preparing to board a plane at Houston International Airport, bound for a dream honeymoon, when a bomb decimates the terminal. Injured but still alive, she awakens to discover her husband is missing and they’re both considered prime suspects in the attack. Further, the FBI is convinced her husband isn’t who he appears to be. Agent Grayson Hall’s number-one priority is to catch those responsible for the day’s act of terror. All evidence is pointing to Taryn and her new husband. But his instinct tells him her pleas of innocence are genuine. Is her naiveté just for show, or could she truly be another victim of a master scheme, possibly linked to the software she recently developed for her company? With both their lives and reputations on the line, and the media outcry for justice increasing with each passing minute, Taryn and Grayson have no choice but to trust one another . . . and pray they can uncover the truth before they become two more casualties. #2 Double Cross FBI Agent Laurel Evertson’s investigation into a scam targeting the elderly takes an unexpected twist when key evidence leads her to Morton Wilmington, a felon she arrested five years ago on her first undercover assignment. That case has haunted her since, and though she’s vowed to forget Wilmington—and what she sacrificed to put him away—he is now her best lead. Houston Police Officer Daniel Hilton fears his grandparents may be the scammer’s next targets, and he’ll do anything to protect his family—even force interagency cooperation. But he’s quickly drawn to Laurel’s empathy and zeal and agrees to follow her lead . . . even if it means teaming up with a felon. As the unlikely trio uncovers evidence suggesting the scam is more extensive and deadly than they imagined, both Laurel and Daniel find themselves in the crosshairs of a killer. Together they must decide if they can trust Wilmington’s claims of redemption, or if he’s leading them straight into a double cross. #3 Deadlock Two murders have rocked the city of Houston. Are they the work of a serial killer, or is a copycat trying to get away with murder? That is the question facing Special Agent Bethany Sanchez, who is eager for her new assignment in violent crimes but anxious about meeting her new partner. Special Agent Thatcher Graves once arrested her brother, and he has a reputation for being a maverick. Plus, their investigative styles couldn’t be more opposite: he operates on instinct, while she goes by the book. When hot leads soon fizzle out, their differences threaten to leave them deadlocked. But an attempt on their lives turns up the heat and brings them closer together, and a third victim might yield the clue that will help them zero in on a killer. This could be the case of their careers . . . if they can survive long enough to solve it.

Download or read book The Kingdom The Luna s Vampire Prince Book 2 written by Bella Moondragon and published by Rogue Wolf Publishing, LLC. This book was released on with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I love you, Ainslee. And I want to make you my wife," Prince Rafe tells me. "I love you, too," I tell him. "But you know we can't be together--no matter how we feel about one another. Not now." *** After I came to the castle as a political prisoner instead of a feeder, Rafe and I acknowledged our feelings for one another. But giving King Axel an ultimatum didn't help our situation, and now, I'm betrothed to him instead of Rafe. Then, something terrible happens, leaving the entire kingdom in an uproar. I have to get to my cousin, Alpha King Striker, before it's too late. If not, the entire kingdom will fall to our enemies. Will I be able to save the kingdom? Will Rafe and I end up together? And what will happen when Rafe finds out I'm pregnant? From the author of The Alpha King’s Breeder, One Weekend with the Billionaire, and Shared by the Sexy Billionaire Twins.

Download or read book The Legend of Princess Twin Star written by Joe Pegasus and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inca is resurrected! A king whose weapon is cocaine, whose resource is the lost Inca gold, enters the modern day world and the lives of seemingly ordinary people. A princess who carries a tattoo around her neck that reveals the secrets to mankind's survival through the horrors predicted for a doomsday scenario. The girl is kidnapped, to be sold into child slavery and her secrets are stolen. Far away, the son of a drug runner is also kidnapped. Elsewhere a strange Monsignor buying up snatched children brings the boy and princess together. In New York City a power hungry mobster who can read the future gains control over the key to mankind's future. A dangerous drug dealer on Long Island enslaves the kidnapped boy's mother. All this unfolds with a DEA agent hot on their heels! Add to the mix a ragtag police narcotic squad and the race is on to recover the kidnapped children and the key to mankind's survival hidden beneath the princess' lacy blouse. Alchemy and Mesoamerican intrigue blend in this first of a series of three books. Taken into Deep Shadows introduces the characters and their roles in leading a stumbling and misguided world toward the cosmogenesis prophesied for December 21, 2012.

Download or read book Scars of His Wrath written by Zoey Ellis and published by Zoey Ellis Books. This book was released on 2024-04-23 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bound by fate to the man she's sworn to defy. Revered for her magical ability, Naya is the most treasured omega in her parent’s empire. Her birth heralded an era of peace, and her people eagerly anticipate the day she will ascend to the throne. But finding her true mate is key to her successful rule. And no matter how hard she searches, Naya can’t find the one who ignites the profound attraction her alpha is destined to arouse. Then one night, she is stolen. Akoro, an alpha motivated by vengeance and violence, takes her to a distant land where her powers are useless. A cold-hearted king, he reveals the full extent of his cruelty, but despite his overbearing nature and growing fixation with her, he demands she help him conquer her empire. Naya refuses, and vows to safeguard her people from this savage beast. But then Akoro awakens the primal craving she’s been desperate to find. The one that confirms that he is her true mate. BEWARE: This story is only for those who love a cruel, overbearing, jealous hero who wasn’t expecting to find a woman so perfect who is his mate. Please see author website for full warnings.

Download or read book Harper s New Monthly Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Harper s New Monthly Magazine written by Henry Mills Alden and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harper's informs a diverse body of readers of cultural, business, political, literary and scientific affairs.

Download or read book Harper s Magazine written by Henry Mills Alden and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important American periodical dating back to 1850.

Download or read book Playing Their Way into Literacies written by Karen E. Wohlwend and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015-04-25 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This book provides a theoretical and empirical foundation for the development of new and exciting pedagogical approaches to the teaching and learning of digital literacies in the earliest years of schooling... researchers, educators, and policymakers alike ignore its key messages at their peril in the decades ahead.” —From the Foreword byJackie Marsh, the University of Sheffield, UK “Play, too often in the past, has been seen as a four-letter word by those who wish to raise academic standards. Wohlwend shows why this position is untenable and why play is a curricular necessity in kindergarten and beyond. This is a must read for anyone worried about what parents and administrators will say about the infusion of play in their curriculum.” —Jerome C. Harste, Indiana University, Bloomington Karen Wohlwend provides a new framework for rethinking the boundaries between literacy and play, so that play itself is viewed as a literacy practice along with reading, writing, and design. Through a variety of theoretical lenses, the author presents a portrait of literacy play that connects three play groups: the girls and, importantly, boys, who played with Disney Princess media; “Just Guys” who used design and sports media to make a boys-only space; and a group of children who played teacher with big books and other school texts. These young children "play by design"—using play as a literacy to transform the texts that they read, write, and draw—but also as a tactic to transform their relational identities in the social spaces of peer and school cultures. Emphasizing the importance of play despite current high-stakes testing demands, this book: Provides an argument for re-centering play in early childhood curricula where play functions as a literacy in its own right. Offers cutting-edge analyses and examples of new literacies, popular culture, and multimodal discourses. Illustrates how children’s play can both produce and challenge normative discourses regarding ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. Examines the multimodal, multimedia textual practices of young children as they play across tensions among popular media, peer relationships, and school literacy. Features vivid descriptions, examples of young children in action, and photographs. Karen E. Wohlwendis an assistant professor in Literacy, Culture, and Language Education at Indiana University. The research in this book was awarded the 2008 International Reading Association Outstanding Dissertation Award.

Download or read book Pearl s Secret written by Neil Henry and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pearl's Secret is a remarkable autobiography and family story that combines elements of history, investigative reporting, and personal narrative in a riveting, true-to-life mystery. In it, Neil Henry—a black professor of journalism and former award-winning correspondent for the Washington Post—sets out to piece together the murky details of his family's past. His search for the white branch of his family becomes a deeply personal odyssey, one in which Henry deploys all of his journalistic skills to uncover the paper trail that leads to blood relations who have lived for more than a century on the opposite side of the color line. At the same time Henry gives a powerful and vivid account of his black family's rise to success over the twentieth century. Throughout the course of this gripping story the author reflects on the part that racism and racial ignorance have played in his daily life—from his boyhood in largely white Seattle to his current role as a parent and educator in California. The contemporary debate over the significance of Thomas Jefferson's longtime romantic relationship with his slave, Sally Hemings, and recent DNA evidence that points to his role as the father of black descendants, have revealed the importance and volatility of the issue of dual-race legacies in American society. As Henry uncovers the dramatic history of his great-great-grandfather—a white English immigrant who fought as a Confederate officer in the Civil War, found success during Reconstruction as a Louisiana plantation owner, and enjoyed a long love affair with Henry's great-great-grandmother, a freed black slave—he grapples with an unsettling ambivalence about what he is trying to do. His straightforward, honest voice conveys both the pain and the exhilaration that his revelations bring him about himself, his family, and our society. In the book's stunning climax, the author finally meets his white kin, hears their own remarkable story of survival in America, and discovers a great deal about both the sting of racial prejudice as it is woven into the fabric of the nation, and his own proud identity as a teacher, father, and black American.

Download or read book The Gates of Evangeline written by Hester Young and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journalist Charlie Cates goes to gloomy, swampy Louisiana to write a book about the disappearance of a young child. Her research uncovers family secrets, lies, and clandestine affairs. This first book in a new series is incredibly suspenseful, with a vivid setting, a supernatural tinge, and an intricate plot that keeps you guessing until the end.

Download or read book Westminster Chess Club Papers written by and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Cowboy Summer written by Debra Salonen and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anne Fraser can't refuse her stepfather's request to manage his ranch while he's away, but she has reservations about taking her daughter back to Nevada for the summer. Especially when she discovers that her stepfather has also talked his grandson—champion bull rider Will Cavanaugh—into helping out at the Silver Rose. Now, in addition to running the ranch, worrying about her child and reassuring her boss in New York that her absence is temporary, Anne has to find a way to deal with the feelings she still has for Will.

Download or read book The Woman at the Washington Zoo written by Marjorie Williams and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2007-03-31 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marjorie Williams knew Washington from top to bottom. Beloved for her sharp analysis, elegant prose and exceptional ability to intuit character, Williams wrote political profiles for the Washington Post and Vanity Fair that came to be considered the final word on the capital's most powerful figures. Her accounts of playing ping-pong with Richard Darman, of Barbara Bush's stepmother quaking with fear at the mere thought of angering the First Lady, and of Bill Clinton angrily telling Al Gore why he failed to win the presidency -- to name just three treasures collected here -- open a window on a seldom-glimpsed human reality behind Washington's determinedly blank façe. Williams also penned a weekly column for the Post's op-ed page and epistolary book reviews for the online magazine Slate. Her essays for these and other publications tackled subjects ranging from politics to parenthood. During the last years of her life, she wrote about her own mortality as she battled liver cancer, using this harrowing experience to illuminate larger points about the nature of power and the randomness of life. Marjorie Williams was a woman in a man's town, an outsider reporting on the political elite. She was, like the narrator in Randall Jarrell's classic poem, "The Woman at the Washington Zoo," an observer of a strange and exotic culture. This splendid collection -- at once insightful, funny and sad -- digs into the psyche of the nation's capital, revealing not only the hidden selves of the people that run it, but the messy lives that the rest of us lead.

Download or read book A to Zoo written by Rebecca L. Thomas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 1657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.

Download or read book Kimball s Dairy Farmer written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lloyd s Register of British and Foreign Shipping written by and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 1312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Silver Ravens written by Jane Fletcher and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Celts knew it as Annwyn, the Otherworld—certainly not a destination IT professional Lori Cooper anticipates when distracting herself with a magazine puzzle page in the dentist’s waiting room. Clues buried in the answers lead her to Tamsin, who claims to command a band of warriors for the queen of the fay. From this, Lori concludes that Tamsin is both insane and dangerous. She’s also quite worryingly attractive. However, Lori’s own sanity becomes a bigger concern when she finds herself held captive in a strange world with yet more puzzles to solve. She must pick her way through layers of illusion and deceit. Nothing and nobody, including Tamsin, is quite as they seem. Who can Lori trust? She will need to uncover the full truth if she is to return home, mind and body intact.