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1) Ballistic
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"After being betrayed by his compatriots and forced to take on a near-suicidal covert mission by the CIA, Court Gentry thought he could find refuge living in the Amazon rain forest. But his bloody past catches up to him when a vengeful Russian crime lord forces him to go on the run once again. Court makes his way to one of the only men in the world he can trust.... Years before, Eddie Gamboa saved Court's life. Now Eddie has been murdered by the notorious...
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Talia Inger volume 1
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Talia Inger is a rookie CIA case officer assigned not to the Moscow desk as she had hoped but to the forgotten backwaters of Eastern Europe - a department only known as 'Other.' When she is tasked with helping a young, charming Moldovan executive secure his designs for a revolutionary defence technology, she figures she'll be back in DC within a few days. But that's before she knows where the designs are stored - and who's after them. With her shady...
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John Milton has finally found a place to escape the bloodshed: off-season Coney Island. No tourists. No special ops. Just peace and quiet. But when a local boy witnesses a grisly murder, Britain's finest ex-assassin can't resist investigating. Milton uncovers a vicious drug kingpin and a group of crooked cops from a notorious precinct known as "The Alamo." Against such dangerous foes, his hunt for retribution could end in one final battle.
4) Fast Charlie
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"Victor Gischler's legendary first novel, originally published as GUN MONKEYS, tells the story of Charlie Swift, loyal Mob enforcer to a Central Florida crime boss, who goes ballistic when a rival gangster murders his crew, his boss goes missing, the FBI swarms the scene, and a cadre of killers come after him with everything they've got. No one's quicker on the trigger than Charlie Swift - but is Charlie fast enough to get himself out alive...?"
5) Hero
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After stopping a robbery at the Beverly Hills home of her client, a security guard to the stars is celebrated in the media as a local hero, but also draws the attention of the crime kingpin behind the burglaries.
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She has power over death. He has power over her. When two enemies strike a dangerous bargain, will they end a war . . . or ignite one? Heroes die, cowards live. Daughter of a conquered world, Ruying hates the invaders who descended from the heavens long before she was born and defeated the magic of her people with technologies unlike anything her world had ever seen. Blessed by Death, born with the ability to pull the life right out of mortal bodies,...
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Throne of glass novels volume Prequel
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"Step into the world of the Throne of Glass series with this collection of prequel novellas. Celaena Sardothien is her kingdom's most feared assassin. Though she works for the powerful Assassin's Guild and its scheming master, Arobynn Hamel, she yields to no one and trusts only her fellow killer-for-hire, Sam. But when Arobynn dispatches her on missions that take her from remote islands to hostile deserts, Celaena finds herself acting independently...
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Flesh and fire novels volume 3
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After a startling betrayal ends with both Sera and the dangerously seductive ruler of the Shadowlands she has fallen madly in love with being held captive by the false King of the Gods, there is only one thing that can free Nyktos and prevent the forces of the Shadowlands from invading Dalos and igniting a War of Primals. Convincing Kolis won't be easy, though - not even with a lifetime of training. While his most favored Revenant is insistent that...
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"The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults against the mundane struggles of modern life, resulting in a novel that is revelatory and resonant. Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to talk about in therapy. He walked among invisible powers: devils and anti-gods that mock the mortal form. He learned a lethal catechism, lost his shadow, and...
11) The Mantis
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"Kabuto is a highly skilled assassin eager to escape his dangerous profession and the hold his handler, the sinister Doctor, has over him. The Doctor, a real physician who hands over Kabuto’s targets as “prescriptions” in his regular appointments with him, doesn’t want to lose Kabuto as a profitable asset, but he agrees to let him pay his way out of his employment with a few last jobs. But the most lucrative jobs involve taking out other professional...
12) Spy x family: 11
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"Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world. But when he receives the ultimate assignment--to get married and have a kid--he may finally be in over his head! Threatened by Yor's relationship with Melinda Desmond, Anya gets serious about her own friendship scheme. On the way to a museum field trip, however, she and her class become the target of activists looking to free...
13) A vicious game
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The halfling saga volume 3
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"With her enemies closing in, Keera and her fellow rebels must rally after a devastating defeat, but her discovery of new powers gives them a fighting chance"--
""It seems fate has dealt me the same hand again. I know how to play it." A new king is on the throne and the rebellion lies in ruins. Keera spends her days drinking and her nights avoiding the strange dreams that have haunted her since she returned from the capital. Keera's family in Myrelinth...
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These kisses of his ... they're demanding and possessive. They're hungry and deep. They're the kisses of a man who wants more of a woman--who wants everything--and isn't going to stop until he gets it. Author Olivia Rossi hasn't been able to write a word since tragedy struck two years ago and ripped her world apart. Heartbroken and still haunted by the past, she accepts an offer to spend the summer at a friend's apartment in Paris in search of healing...