Resultados para "Convicted" en Acción y aventura

Fifteen years to life is a long time to be sentenced to prison, even if I do deserve it. As the Enforcer of my MC, I had to do some things that would give most people nightmares. I'm prepared to do my time, waiting for my lawyer to appeal my sentence. But when an opportunity presents itself to escape, I take it. I'm on my way back to my clubhouse in Tennessee when I get stuck in a small Missouri town. I have to kidnap the small-town mechanic to aid in my escape, ignoring the unfamiliar cravings I feel towards him.

In modern London, Detective Grayson Steel works on Scotland Yard’s most uncomfortable cases. While investigating the mysterious death of a young woman, he discovers secrets that normal people are oblivious to and is dragged into a hidden society that exists alongside the human world. The Nebula Convicto has to deal with secret councils, magical assaults, and beings that usually exist only in fables and myths. Within this magical community, Steel is supposed to take on the role of a special investigator in order to find a girl who has been kidnapped as quickly as possible.

Ich bin der Custos, der Wächter. Ich bin der Schild der Quadriga.« November 1887. Caoimhe ›Kiwa‹ O’Shea, jüngst zum Custos der Ratsquadriga ernannt, dürstet es nach Gerechtigkeit für Yifan Zhangs Opfer! Ihre durchaus ehrenhafte Absicht trifft auf eine überaus ehrenlose Gegnerin. Und während die Zauberin geradezu spielerisch und mit scheinbar grenzenloser Tücke agiert, führt sie der Quadriga deren Grenzen deutlich vor Augen und verfolgt dabei ihre eigenen Pläne. Wieder und wieder fragt sich Kiwa, ob sie dieser Gegnerin gewachsen ist.

Respect all, fear none.... I lived by my father’s motto until River entered the MMA cage; River’s brown eyes reflected mystery, and his soul held darkness. Off-limits to a good girl like me. One day, the demons that haunted River swallowed him whole. Forever passed away, yet I failed at forgetting the beast who showed me a tender side of him. Now, I’m the law. A cop. River’s as gorgeous as sin. An ex-convict. And I’m the reason he was tossed in the slammer.

A veteran Marine and an ex-convict find themselves on opposite sides of the law in this propulsive new thriller from award-nominated suspense master and "damn fine storyteller" Owen Laukkanen (Kirkus Reviews). Could your closest friend be a killer? When a body washes up outside Deception Cove...