In the middle of a Christmas Eve storm, Skyler O'Boyle's home is invaded by three men with guns, one of whom her daughter, Kat, recognizes as the onetime love of her life, and the family must work together and somehow remain calm as the criminals take over the Christmas celebration and endanger their lives.

Time is running out ... After defeating the uprising, and becoming infected with a dose of Plush, Holly is in a race to help a seeker before it's too late. Going South is the only option. But getting there is going to prove difficult, which is why Lockland has entrusted Daze with a secret weapon. A pulse storm, overzealous militia, and uncooperative siblings are only a few of the obstacles standing in their way. Once they arrive on the coast, the...

"A new enemy has surfaced in Eastern Europe in the form of an all-powerful organization called Black Scorpion. Once a victim of human trafficking himself, the shadowy group's crazed leader, Vladimir Dracu, has become the mastermind behind the scourge's infestation on a global scale. And now he's set his sights on Michael Tiranno for reasons birthed in a painful secret past that have scarred both men. [...] Black Scorpion has also taken the woman Michael...

Colter Farrow is on the run from bounty hunters sent by a sadistic sheriff who branded his face. He finds refuge in the remote Cheyenne Mountains, working on a small ranch run by Cimarron Padilla and his beautiful adopted daughter, Pearl. Colter thinks he's found sanctuary at last. But after a savage group of ruthless killers steals a cache of gold, slays Cimarron, and takes Pearl hostage, Colter is back on the vengeance trail. Aided by an aging deputy...

Best-selling author Sandra Brown continues to capture an ever-growing audience with her heady, passionate romances. Her continuous presence on the New York Times best-seller list has proven her to be one of America's most beloved writers. When Miranda Price and her young son are kidnapped from a sightseeing train, she's prepared to risk her own life to protect her child. Dragged off to a Native American reservation and held hostage by the mysterious...

Fall in love all over again with USA TODAY bestselling author Delores Fossen's classic tale of a single mother who needs the help of a Texas lawman to keep them both safe... In the past twenty-four hours Sabrina Carr has been shot at, kidnapped and held hostage. As if being eight months pregnant isn't stressful enough! Now, after narrowly escaping the clutches of masked gunmen, Sabrina and her baby need a protector. That's when hot Texas cop...

"The violent terrorist group ISIS has launched a major military campaign to take over Syria. But as they commit more and more public atrocities, their sources for ammunition are drying up. However, their charismatic and tyrannical leader, Tristan Nazir, has a major card left to play, which will get a new secret shipment of arms underway. Dewey Andreas is sent into the field to meet Mallory, the Milan CIA station chief who has explosive proof about...

Lady Sorcha Hay is devastated to learn that English soldiers are holding her young brother captive. Penniless, the only way she can pay for his freedom is by taking a hostage for ransom herself. Her captive is a wounded knight plucked from the battlefield. Nothing will stop Sorcha from keeping Sir Ruari Kerr enslaved, even as the sight of his bronzed body sets her mind reeling.

"Some secrets hurt; others can kill...The Preacher is dead, the case solved, but now Special Agent Winter Black's missing brother seems to be taunting her, leaving a trail that leads back to their old house in Harrisonburg. As she learns more, Winter must fight the urge to revert back to that primal part of herself that was set on secrecy and vengeance during the investigation of her parents' murder. Especially now that her best friend and partner,...

"Ex-covert-ops soldier Paul Janson and his sharpshooting partner, Jessica Kincaid, set out to rescue the wife of an oil executive who has been kidnapped by Somali pirates."--Provided by OCLC.