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Rose

.When she danced, she could dream --Beautiful and talented, Rose was the apple of her father's eye. But when he is tragically taken from her, his carefully hidden secrets destroy the only life Rose has ever known -- and lead her into a world of luxury unlike any she has imagined. Rose is whisked off to a prestigious private school, while her mother falls into a hateful whirlwind of wealth and greed. But a most unlikely person will show Rose the true meaning of family -- and give her the courage to follow her dream...

Extreme Measures

The latest pulse-pounding thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon Vince Flynn explodes onto the scene with a deadly and charismatic hero fans will cheer for all the way to the last riveting page.Vince Flynn's thrillers, featuring counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp, have dominated the imagination of readers everywhere. Time and again, Flynn has captured the secretive world of the fearless men and women, who, bound by duty, risk their lives in a covert war they must hide from even their own political leaders.Now, with Rapp away on assignment in Pakistan, CIA Director Irene Kennedy turns to his protégée Mike Nash. Nash has served his government honorably for sixteen years -- first as an officer in the Marine Corps and then as an operative in an elite counterterrorism team run by none other than Mitch Rapp. He has met violence with extreme violence and has never wavered in his fight against the jihads and their culture of death.Nash has fought the war on terrorism in secret without accolades or acknowledgement of his personal sacrifice. He has been forced to lie to virtually every single person he cares about, including his wife and children, but he has soldiered on with the knowledge that his hard work and lethal tactics has saved thousands of lives. But the one thing he never saw coming was that his own government was about to turn on him.In Extreme Measures, Flynn introduces a modern-day patriot -- a hero who loves his country, even when it betrays itself. Using his insider knowledge of intelligence agencies and the military, Flynn once again delivers an all-too-real portrayal of a war that is that is waged every day by a handful of brave, devoted souls. Smart, fast-paced, and jaw-droppingly realistic, Extreme Measures is the political thriller of our time.

Jade

"Tears are more private than smiles.... Why should I share anything with these girls?"Jade had listened to Misty and Star tell their stories. Now it is her time to speak. But she can't. For while the others in Dr. Marlowe's therapy group had exposed their hidden pains and secret pasts, they are nothing like Jade. They don't know what it is like to be a pawn in a courtroom battle too hateful to ever forgive.Or that escaping the madness had lured Jade into an ordeal too traumatic to forget....

Trade Secret

Most of the lawyers Nason Nichols, P.I., knew had their offices in the basement of a courthouse; for Holtree's client, he quickly recalculated his daily rate. Zoltec Industries was the world's leading producer of high-powered microprocessor computer chips. A former employee, Dr. Bruce Platt, had stolen vital technological secrets which if sold to foreign competitors would mean disaster for Zoltec and for its founder, Armand Zoller. But the formidable Zoller has devised an ingenious scheme to safeguard his company and send the competition down the microchip path; Nichols, with the help of Zoltec's top scientist, Dr. Rachel Ornstein, is to provide the necessary discretion, ingenuity, and brawn. Rachel, Platt's spurned lover, is the kind of woman who deserves long looks and deeper thoughts: welcome distractions for Nichols, who has done without distaff companionship since his wife's departure on a self-empowered journey in search of her core. Traveling across New England's fall countryside in search of Platt, the Harvard-dropout sleuth and the sensuous physicist take a wrong turn into murder when Nichols discovers a shotgunned corpse in his quarry's New Hampshire cottage. Nichols, a suspect by default, needs answers fast. His Vietnam buddy and high-tech stock expert, Bucky Hanrahan, offers hot tips, brotherly concern, bawdy flights of prose and martini-sodden musings on the Celtic twilight; Zachariah Truscott, a suave blond Brahmin and Zoltec's B-school financial guru, pleads his fiscal case at the Union Boat Club; Butch Tenaki, Nichols's Harvard pal, provides the State Department's take on thugs hired by foreign companies; Dr. Winston Quarles, a disgruntled Zoltec scientist, reveals the damaging liaison he's formed and the painful reasons for it. In a whirlpool of greed and deception, misguided passion and a lethal interest in the status quo, Trade Secrets barrels towards its ingenious and surprising conclusion.

The Broken Place

Women On Top

Nancy Friday's phenomenal bestsellers My Secret Garden and Forbidden Flowers broke new ground, revealing for the first time the complexity of women's secret sexual fantasies. In Women on Top, she returns to the subject that made her famous, examining the erotic fantasy lives of more than one hundred and fifty modern women. Drawn from Friday's personal interviews and letters, Women on Top contains transcripts of real sexual fantasies that will change your mind-set about women and sex. A revolutionary exploration of female eroticism, Women on Top reveals the powerful and astounding sexual attitudes that are forever changing our intimate lives.

The Constant Gardener

John le Carre's exquisite new novel opens in northern Kenya with the gruesome murder of the young and beautiful Tessa Quayle. Her husband, Justin, sets out on a personal odyssey in pursuit of the killers and their motive, and what he learns makes him not only a suspect among his own colleagues, but a target for his wife's killers. A master chronicler of the betrayals of ordinary people caught in political conflict, le Carre portrays the dark side of unbridled capitalism as only he can. In THE CONSTANT GARDENER he unfurls a profoundly moving story of a man elevated through tragedy as Justin Quayle, amateur gardener and cautious bureaucrat, discovers his own resources and the extraordinary courage of the woman he barely had time to love.

Time

Set up in his trendy Dupont Circle condo, devouring all the perks of A-list society, and impressively navigating the intricate machinations of top-level politics, young Ben Krause seems to have it made. The fast-rising speechwriter for the newly inaugurated Charles Sheffield, More... Ben is living the ideal Washington life -- and is sharing it with his girlfriend, White House staffer Gretchen Burns. There's just one snag: Gretchen is sleeping with the president.Gretchen swears her love for Ben and vows to do "anything" to ensure their future happiness...except end the affair. After all, she's won the ultimate prize: one-on-one "face-time" with the president. And, perhaps not coincidentally, Ben's stock as a speechwriter has never been higher.... Erik Tarloff's scathing national bestseller is a pitch-perfect political satire that delivers so much more than an echo of recent headlines. Mordantly humorous, offhandedly savvy, unexpectedly touching, "Facetime" is a razor-sharp, sexy anatomy of modern power -- professional and personal, public and private.

Dr Atkins Quick & Easy New Diet CookBook

The companion volume to "Dr Atkins' New Diet Revolution", containing mouth-watering recipes that can be ready in 30 minutes or less. Designed for healthy eating, these recipes allow you to eat the Atkins way, whether you are a beginner, shedding pounds, or maintaining your ideal weight.

The Mulberry Tree

For nearly twenty years, quiet, unassuming Lillian Manville has devoted herself to her self-made billionaire husband -- and enjoyed a luxurious life of splendid homes, trips, jewels, and clothes. But when James Manville dies in a plane crash, Lillian's grief is compounded by a shocking mystery: all that Jimmie has left to her is an old farmhouse in tiny Calburn, Virginia. Now, Lillian's unexpected circumstances are leading her to a made-over life in Calburn, an exciting business?and a sweet new love with a handsome local man. But will she have the courage to unveil the truth surrounding a past scandal and the loss of her husband? The answers may be as close as the mulberry tree in her yard -- and Lillian must dig deep within herself to Wght the secrets and lies that threaten to uproot the past she cherished and the future she treasures....This lush bestseller shines with the passion, intrigue, and warmth that is Jude Deveraux at her best.

Santa Cruise

Alvirah Meehan, the lottery winner turned amateur sleuth, and her husband Willy, private detective Regan Reilly, her new husband Jack, and Regan's parents are all guests on the Royal Mermaid's maiden voyage, the Santa Cruise. The ship's passengers include members of the Oklahoma Readers and Writers group - who are planning a mystery seminar dedicated to a Ghost of Honour, the late Left Hook Louie - as well as assorted other charitable folk all planning on a restful post-Christmas vacation. What the guests don't know is that two escaping criminals have been smuggled on board. The hoped-for tranquility quickly vanishes when a terrified mystery fan swears she has spotted the Ghost of Honour in the ship's chapel, and soon after - while a storm develops outside - an attempt is made on the life of a feeble passenger. As the Royal Mermaid sails on through troubled waters, Alvirah, Regan and Jack are uncovering clues that lead them to dangerous criminals.

The Intruders

With the Vietnam War over, Lieutenant Grafton finds himself on the aircraft carrier Columbia teaching Marines the nuances of military aviation, and that precision flying can be a matter of life and death even in peacetime.

The Silva Mind Control Method

Since The Silva Mind Control Method was first published in hardcover, over one million people (including top celebrities) have graduated from Mind Control training to use their minds at a deeper and more effective level, even in their sleep! Based on the extraordinary 4-day course pioneered by Jose Silva, this life-transforming book shows how people have learned to overcome tension, bad habits, emotional insecurity, and even illness with the techniques of Mind Control.

Night Whispers

A policewoman in a small Florida community, Sloan Reynolds knows that her modest upbringing was a long way from the social whirl of Palm Beach, the world inhabited by her father and her sister, Paris. Total strangers to Sloan, they have never tried to contact her -- until a sudden invitation arrives, to meet them and indulge in the Palm Beach social season. A woman who values her investigative work more than a Dior dress, Sloan is unmoved by the long-overdue parental gesture. But when FBI agent Paul Richardson informs her that her father and his associates are suspected of fraud, conspiracy, and murder, Sloan agrees to enter into her father's life -- while hiding her true profession.Sloan's on top of her game until she meets Noah Maitland, a multinational corporate player and one of the FBI's prime suspects -- and finds herself powerfully attracted to him, against her deepest instincts. When a shocking murder shatters the seductive facade of the wealth and glamour surrounding her, Sloan must maneuver through a maze of deceit and passion, to find someone to trust -- and to decipher the truth behind those terrifying whispers in the dark.

The Magic Of Thinking

Millions of people throughout the world have improved theirlives using The Magic Of Thinking Big. Regarded as one of the foremostexperts on motivation, the author helps you to sell better, manage better, earn moremoney and, most important of all, find greater happiness and peace of mind. Thebook gives you workable methods, not empty promises. Its ideasand and techniques are so original that the author had to invent a whole newvocabulary to express them. He presents a planned programme for living on a bigscale - in one's job, marriage and family life and in social and culturalactivities. He proves that you need not have a great intellect or great talentto be a giant among men; but you do need the habit of thinking and acting

Remember when

Alone on a moonlit balcony at Houston's White Orchid Charity Ball, Diana Foster had no inkling of the extraordinary journey that would begin that night. Recently jilted by her fiance for a blonde Italian heiress

A Loving Scoundrel

Johanna Lindsey brings to glorious life her beloved aristocratic family of adventurous rogues and spirited ladies as the Malorys confront the shocking news that Jeremy, the rakehell son of gentleman pirate James Malory, has fallen in love. When Jeremy Malory hires Danny, a young woman who grew up on London's streets disguised as a boy, as his upstairs maid, he secretly intends to make her his mistress. But Danny surprises him with her dreams of becoming a refined lady and a gentleman's wife. As she transforms from urchin to elegant beauty before Jeremy's eyes, she unwittingly captivates the charming scoundrel. Now high society tongues are wagging: Who is this mysterious newcomer, and what is the truth about her past? No matter that a life-long adversary will go to any lengths to ensure Danny's downfall, Jeremy, who vowed never to succumb to matrimony, finds his resolve weakening as he pursues a woman whose strong, passionate nature rivals his own and promises the kind of challenge a Malory man can't resist.

Stillwatch

Pat Traymore, a brilliant investigative repoter, is drawn to Washington to discover the truth about enigmatic and ambitous Senator Abigail Jennings. The Senator is tipped to be the first female vice-president, and her reputation intrigues Pat - but she also has an ulterior motive for coming to the city. Years earlier, as a child, Pat was present during the violent deaths of her parents. Left damaged, both mentally and physically, she is seeking solace by returning to the house where the events took place. However, somebody has learned her plans - and is hellbent on stopping her. As the storm gathers, Pat begins to suspect everyone around her - even handsome congressman Samuel Kingsley, with whom she is madly in love. But who would want to hurt her? And how are these new events connected to the deaths of her mother and father? As the storm gathers, Pat begins to suspect everyone around her - even handsome congressman Samuel Kingsley, with whom she is madly in love. But who would want to hurt her? And how are these new events connected to the deaths of her mother and father?

You Belong To Me

Regina Clausen was forty-three, successful in her career but insecure and unfulfilled in her personal life. Travelling alone on the luxury liner Gabrielle, she disembarked in Hong Kong saying she would rejoin the ship when it docked in Japan. She was never seen again... Three years later, radio presenter Susan Chandler does a series about vanishing women on her radio talk show. When a caller, who refuses to identify herself, tells of meeting a man on a cruise who gave her a ring inscribed 'You Belong to Me', but then disappeared when she refused to leave the ship with him, she thinks little of it. But then Regina's mother appears at Susan's office with a ring bearing the same inscription which was found amongst her daughter's belongings, and Susan begins to suspect that they are on the trail of something dangerously sinister... As she Looks deeper susan finds herself confronted with the horrifying possibility that she may know the killer and that she may even be his next victim.

Where are the children?

Nancy Harmon has a new home, a loving husband and two beautiful children.The thing is, she's had all this before...Seven years ago she escaped from a volatile marriage and the devastating deaths of her first two children. Now, she's trying to start afresh. The accusations. The newspaper stories. The blame. That's all behind her.Or so she thinks.For someone has not forgotten. Someone who is determined to bring the terror and the pain hurtling back. One cold morning, Nancy leaves her children to play outside - but when she returns, they have disappeared. With growing terror, she realises it has begun again...

A cry in the night

Divorcee Jenny MacPartland's struggle to support herself and her two small daughters is not helped by her irresponsible ex-husband. But suddenly a new man steps into her life. Rich, handsome Erich Krueger sweeps her off her feet and off to his mansion in the country. Everything seems to be perfect, and Jenny feels like a fairy-tale princess. But gradually the fairy-tale turns into a nightmare. Something is very wrong in the great house that has become her prison. Something that threatens her marriage, her life - and her children.

time is my time

A high-powered Hollywood agent is found drowned in her swimming pool. Jane Sheridan, a former classmate of the deceased, believes this new death - the fifth from her graduate year - is related to the forthcoming twenty-year reunion of Stonecroft Academy. She is there to be honoured during a ceremony, but slowly realises someone is out to stop her. And when she recieves a mysterious, taunting fax about her daughter Lily - a daughter she secretly gave up for adoption twenty years before - Jean understands that whoever it is knows far more about her life than she first thought. With the deaths and the message haunting her, Jean attends the reunion - but events begin to spiral out of control. As she draws closer to the truth, Jean is unaware that a vicious killer is among the guests; a killer who works under the cover of darkness, and who will stop at nothing to complete his mission...

The Main Chance

Bella Main, Regal Owner of the main Chance, the worlds largest private bank, invites tweed and paula To visit her at Hengistbury manor, the banks hq. Located in a massive elizabethan mansion, hidden Away In the forest in the deep south of britain, the atmosphere is eerie and oppressive.Bella tells Tweed and Paula Grey, his assistant, that she has refused an enormous offer from Calouste Gubenkian, the most ruthless and villainous man in Europe. Within days of their visit Bella is murdered. Tweed and Paula return to investigate the atrocious act. The bank's HQ is based in a huge Elizabethan manor hidden in The Forest, a vast area in the deep south of England. Tweed has already met members of the two families, run by their forefathers for generations. Was Bella murdered by one of them - or is it the work of the vicious Calouste? The movement never stops, changing to Calouste's Chateau Les Rochers in the Belgian Ardennes. A ferocious battle takes place. Two more murders are committed at the manor. Tweed and Paula race to tiny Seacove on the rugged Cornish coast to prevent another murder. Finally, Tweed proves the Bank, founded in 1912, was based on a brutal crime all those years ago.

Moonlight Becomes You

Oh, God! She was burried alive! She pounded her fists on the lid of the casket, but even inside, the thick satin muffled the sound. Finally She Screamed.a Manhattan party, fashion photographer Maggie Holloway is reunited unexpectedly with her former stepmother, Nuala, and their friendship is resumed. But when Maggie arrives for dinner one evening at Nuala's home, she finds her dead. Stranger still, she learns that only days before her death Nuala had changed her will, leaving everything to Maggie ...The only condition is that Maggie occasionally visits an old friend, Greta Shipley. It is when she accompanies Greta to visit Nuala's grave that she discovers something is badly wrong. When Greta also dies suddenly, of supposedly natural causes, Maggie's suspicions are confirmed. But what Maggie doesn't realize is that she, too, has become a target for the killer, and that each clue she uncovers brings her closer to a terrifying fate ...