Lexi and Nick continue their search for the international leader of a huge human traffic operation in this second book of the series.  Intel has reached the team that he will be visiting his operations in New York very soon.  Lexi goes undercover as a madame at one of the men's clubs to identify him, but complications quickly arise.

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Lexi Steele works for a shadow agency that infiltrates and takes down bad guys using any means necessary.  Nick Donovan has agreed to join the agency to hunt down human trafficers who have kidnapped his sister.  Nick and Lexi must pose as a BDSM couple to stop this group of scum.  This gritty, hard-hitting adventure pulls no punches as the team races to find the leader and take him down.

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Brown's newest is a tense thriller with a slick sociopath who uses movie plots to kill and to frame other people for the murders.  The twists and turns are fast-paced as the hero and heroine must out think the villian to stop him.

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It’s true what they say: Money changes everything. And in Linda Howard’s red-hot novelBurn, the changes come fast, furious, and filled with the kind of sexy suspense, heart-stopping romance, beautiful people, and risky business guaranteed to give you the most bang for your buck. Money certainly changes Jenner Redwine’s life when she wins a lottery jackpot. But it also costs her plenty: Her father rips her off and disappears, her fortune-hunting boyfriend soon becomes her ex, and friends-turned-freeloaders give her the cold shoulder when she stops paying for everything. Flush with new money, Jenner can’t imagine ever finding a place in the world of the wealthy. Seven years later, though, she’s rubbing elbows with the rich, despite the fact she still feels like a party crasher. Luckily she finds an ally–and a guide to the rarefied realm of privilege–in shy, kind-hearted heiress Sydney Hazlett, who quickly becomes Jenner’s confidante and surrogate sister. When Sydney invites Jenner on a charity cruise aboard a luxury liner, Jenner reluctantly agrees. But while she’s expecting–and dreading–two weeks of masquerade balls, art auctions, and preening glitterati, what she gets is more like a Hitchcock movie than a Love Boat episode. Taken hostage by a menacing stranger, Jenner must cooperate in a mysterious cloak-and-dagger scheme–or else. With nowhere to run, and with Sydney’s life as well as her own at risk, Jenner is drawn into a game of dizzying intrigue and harrowing danger. But as her panic gives way to exhilaration, and fear of her captor turns to fascination, Jenner rediscovers feelings she hasn’t had in years–and realizes she’s found a life worth living.If she survives.

Childhood friends, the lovers, come back together in the Black Hills of South Dakota, when a serial killer comes back to the area and targets Lilly and her wildlife rescue center.  The tension is high and the family connections sweet.  A secondary romance adds even more to this exciting story.

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When the drug lord father of police officer Ann Nolan's adopted daughter starts looking for her, Ann changes her name, moves across country, and gets a job with the Mercy Street Project.  Her first case is to try and find out what happened to a man's niece.  The cold case takes some unexpected turns and the two of them dig into the young woman's life.

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The ugly side of small town life is a strong feature of this suspenseful tale.  Edie Swann left Redbud, TN, as a small child after her father is accused of cooking the books of the factory that is the largest employer in town.  After he takes his life, his wife falls into insanity and Edie ends up living with her only aunt.  Twenty years later, she arrives in town hoping to find answers.  When she leaves small black angels for people she suspects betrayed her father, they suddenly start to die.  Sheriff Holt Drennen has no clues, but the new bartender in town interests him.  She rides a Harley, has tattoos, and doesn't back down.  But is she somehow connected to the trouble?

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To pay tuition for college Peter donates sperm and Lily donates eggs at a clinic near their college.  Both students are unsettled by the experience and meet accidentally on the day of their last donation.  Twenty years later, they meet again in an airport on the way back to their alma mater.  A TV in the airport flashes a story about a senior class that has been killed by a gunman, except for two students.  One of the students looks exactly like Peter did twenty years before.  The search for the killer leads to a twisted conspiracy with a lot of high-powered business and political leaders deeply involved.

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Political reporter Kira Douglas is astonished to learn that she is no blood relation to her mother.  Katy Douglas is in dire need of a kidney and the tests reveal the true.  Kira's search for Katy's real daughter leads her to Leigh, a member of a wealthy Atlanta family.  She is protected by the family attorney, Max Payton.  When Kira tries to convince Leigh to help, she becomes the target of a killer. This tense thriller races to see if the killer can be revealed and whether Katy will survive.

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From the author of "Thigh High" comes a new contemporary romance--a riveting family drama filled with secrets, lies, and passion unfolding in Maine and Texas. Original.

Reporter Sophie Rose follows a mystery to Alaska. Because of the reputation of her father, a suave and notorious thief, she's assigned a bodyguard--sexy FBI agent Jack Prescott. Sophie and Jack form an uneasy alliance--one sparked with intense attraction, in Garwood's latest blockbuster.

An outsider in a world of extraordinary wealth, Caer Donahue must learn who can be trusted--and who should be feared. Sent from Ireland to America as a nurse, banshee Caer finds herself embroiled in a mystery of sunken treasure and attempted murder. Original.

Nessa Dahl always had the good sense to steer clear of trouble. Then Jeremiah MacNaught showed up in New Orleans, determined to get to the bottom of a string of bank robberies by two women wearing Mardi Gras masks. Little does Nessa realize that the handsome investigator is convinced she's involved with the crimes--or that he's willing to do anything to get the truth. Even if it means taking the beautiful woman he's convinced is a liar and a thief straight to bed...