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I never should have stolen from the mafia. But the gorgeous, scarred stranger I had a one-night-stand with didn't come with a last name—he came with my name on his lips. And like the irresponsible menace I am, I walked out with the one thing I shouldn't have touched. The worst part is he comes...

Adventure, mystery, with just enough heart—The Seed Collector is a scientific thrill ride where the greatest discoveries aren’t always the ones you set out to find. Dr. Alexander Arlen, a renowned botanist, is drawn into a deadly race to locate a clandestine jungle laboratory—one guarded by mercenaries and built around a discovery that could redefine human evolution or be weaponized by those willing to kill for it. From steamy jungles to glittering capitals, the chase becomes a test of wit, will, and trust.

Park Chen has spent most of his life as a killer—a deadly, deep cover operative known as the Bone Collector. Now, he’s been benched. Reassigned as an instructor at Project Watchtower, he’s tasked with training a school of psychopathic assassins while trying to keep a promise to his friends. Gift Ayutthaya isn’t treated like a gift at all. If anything, his parents treat him as a burden, though a spoiled one. After an attempt on his life, they pass that burden onto someone else. Park. The man Gift’s been fantasizing about for years. A man who sees him as an adorable but incompetent distraction.

Eccentric billionaire Tom Tennyson has a score to settle. As a boy, his father took him on a hunting trip to the Himalayas. When things went horribly wrong, the encounter left him deeply scarred.

Deadly phantoms stand in the way of Benedict Shade’s quest to “collect” (i.e., “steal”) an exotic magical artifact that could lead him to the fulfillment of his lifelong ambition: locating the prison of the legendary Earthmaker. But ghosts are not Shade’s only problem. A mysterious necromancer would like him to give up his quest. The police would like to frame him for murder. A government witch would like to send him to a labor camp in the frozen North. A dead woman from his checkered past would like to drag him kicking and screaming to her own private underworld.

After freeing himself from the clutches of two treacherous Academy Instructors, Jeremy is stuck in a Rift with no way to easily escape. However, what he does have is an opportunity to improve himself by dispersing the energy inside the Cores within the Rift, finally applying permanent increases to his Abilities; he might even have the opportunity to permanently unlock the Fire Affinity, adding to his growing collection.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva delivers another stunning thriller in his action-packed tale of high stakes international intrigue. On the morning after the Venice Preservation Society’s annual black-tie gala, art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon enters his favorite...

“A world-class practitioner of spy fiction.”—Washington Post In this electrifying thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva, Gabriel Allon undertakes a search for a stolen Vermeer masterpiece and uncovers a conspiracy that could bring the world to the brink of nuclear...

Benedict Shade, were-cat and collector of exotic magical artifacts, is tasked by the Lord’s Investigation Agency to “collect” (i.e., “steal”) two pieces of fossilized dung from a river spirit in a backwoods town. What seems to be a routine job (for him) turns out to be anything but. Everyone in town believes Shade is an undercover agent for the LIA, a charge his hepcat buddy, Dwayne, is quick to remind him is true. A mysterious femme fatale can’t decide whether to seduce Shade or let him be killed by a horde of human mudfish.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER In a world of high-class magic and gangster grit, a star-crossed couple must decide where their loyalties lie in the sizzling romantasy follow-up to BookTok star Stacey McEwan’s New York Times bestseller A Forbidden Alchemy. There is war in...

Ancient guardian Bigfoot returns in this full-volume cryptid survival saga packed with brutal battles, high-stakes horror, and nonstop action. Koda, protector of the Earth’s last wild places, must defend the balance of nature against a rising force of myth and nightmare. Ten epic cryptid showdowns across the globe Perfect for fans of cryptid horror, dark fantasy, and cryptozoology fiction Gritty, cinematic, and packed with lore Includes all ten original novels:

After a dying man mentions a sleepy town in upstate New York, Jack Winchester races to the infamous community to uncover the dangerous culprit behind an unsolved disappearance, but the threat from his past is still playing games. Set days after the end of Cry Wolf, this pause-resisting thriller throws Jack into a world of fear, brutality, and the hands of a state hospital where no one is safe, and no one escapes.

Bestselling author Gill Paul returns with a brilliant novel about Lady Evelyn Herbert, the woman who took the very first step into the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, and who lived in the real Downton Abbey, Highclere Castle, and the long after-effects of the Curse of Pharaohs. Lady Evelyn Herbert...

Colter Axton, a superconscious being who borrows the minds of others for himself and fixes outstanding debts for individuals who fail to pay for services rendered by The Seeker's Market. Phalex, a creation of The Seeker's Market, tracks down debtors to face judgment in front of defrauded merchants. Colter engages in regular confrontations with Phalex, racing against time to settle debts for his clients before Phalex catches them. A particular client, Theodore Kunis, poses a challenge for Colter as the deadline to pay an outstanding debt approaches.

“Urban fantasy, unexpected romance, and mythology all collide in King's latest. A must for V.E. Schwab and Katee Robert fans.” –Booklist In this stunning contemporary fantasy novel for fans of V. E. Schwab and Kaliane Bradley, a historian’s dream job in Italy takes a dark turn when she...

When a prince appears on a witch's doorstep, lost and injured, she lets him into her home...But she is determined that her heart will remain tightly locked, and he will never have the key. In a kingdom where magic evokes both awe and fear, Alma’s rare magical affinity causes the witch hunters to descend on her family, forcing her to abandon all she knows. For a decade, Alma conceals herself, estranged from a world that misconstrues her powers.

New York City is thrown into chaos by the assaults of the Bone Collector, a serial kidnapper and killer who gives the police a chance to save his victims from death by leaving obscure clues. The cops go to Lincoln Rhyme, an ex-NYPD forensics expert left paralysed after an accident on the job...

Der Journalist Peter Adam erwacht im Kölner Dom - ohne Erinnerung daran, was in den letzten Tagen geschehen ist. Ringsum hebt sich der Boden, die Hölle tut sich auf, Menschen stehen in Flammen. Hat die Zeit der Apokalypse begonnen? Selbst der Papst im fernen Rom, der sich Petrus II. nennt, scheint von einem Dämon besessen zu sein und tut nichts, um das drohende Verhängnis abzuwenden. Die letzte Hoffnung der Welt liegt in der rätselhaften Tätowierung, die Peter Adams gesamten Körper bedeckt. Uralte Zeichen, die den Weg zu einem der größten Mysterien der Menschheitsgeschichte weisen. Dem Ursprung des Bösen.

A new type of serial killer is stalking the streets of New York - one more devious and disturbing than ever before. They call this butcher The Skin Collector: a tattooist with a chamber of torture hidden deep underground. But instead of using ink to create each masterpiece, the artist uses a...

Das Jahr 2134: Die Erde steht vor dem Untergang - und mit ihr die gesamte Menschheit. Hunger und Armut, Kriminalität, Gewalt und Terror beherrschen den Alltag. Die einzige Rettung der Menschheit scheint in der Kolonisierung neuer Welten zu bestehen. Die Space Troopers, Kämpfer einer speziell ausgebildeten militärischen Einheit, sollen die Kolonisten beschützen. Doch im Kassiopeia-Sektor wartet ein fremder Feind, dessen Brutalität die Menschheit kaum etwas entgegenzusetzen hat.