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Ella is one of the few human females who rejected her Drexian warrior match. Sent to live with the other “rejects” in a special part of the high-tech space station, she has no desire to have her life dictated by a bunch of alphas on steroids. And no way would she ever be charmed by an alien playboy. Not only is Dakar a member of Inferno Force, which means he’s bigger, tougher, and more dangerous than other Drexian warriors, he’s also known throughout the galaxy for his ability to sweet-talk almost any female out of her panties.

Trista expects her alien warrior mate to be big and gorgeous. She doesn't expect him to take her hostage. She's already been abducted from Earth to be a tribute bride for the Drexian warriors, and Trista has finally gotten used to the idea of marrying a brawny alien warrior. Sort of. He has to be better than the awful guys from home she’s been trying so hard to forget.

War hero General Randall Andrews has been nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court and George Carson leads the fight to defeat him. Before the final Senate vote on his nomination, Andrews is found shot to death in his Tampa home and George is arrested for murder. Judge Willa Carson believes with all her heart that her husband is the victim of twisted justice, but why won't he defend himself?

Trey Steam believes his mother was wrongfully convicted of murdering his father in 1972. When no-nonsense Federal Judge Willa Carson is presented with the true facts, she's convinced Billie Jo Steam is innocent. Determined to right the wrongs of a justice system that is too often about the system and too seldom about justice, Willa pulls out all the stops, including the use of genetic testing and her most distinguished political connections, to give Bille Jo back her family and her freedom.

Three FBI murder mysteries that crackle with suspense. One gutsy FBI agent who never wanted to become a modern-day heroine.

When patients like GMA's Robin Roberts come to Dr. Kellyann, their biggest complaint is stubborn belly fat. Now, after over two decades of practice as a naturopathic physician, Dr. Kellyann has perfected a powerful belly-slimming plan. With Belly Envy, you're going to blast your belly fat with a 10-day diet of shakes, smoothies, bone broth, and mini-meals. As you load up with fat-melting, detoxifying nutrients that cleanse and de-age your cells, you'll shift your metabolism into high gear, slashing insulin levels and becoming a fat-burning machine.

Tampa's free-spirited Judge Wilhelmina Carson returns in the third installment of this well-loved series. During Tampa's annual Gasparilla Pirate Festival, murder chases Judge Willa's beloved secretary into a world of corruption, bank fraud, and art theft while Willa's dad, Jim Harper, suffers hell of his own making. Just as Willa is recovering from the shock of meeting her father's new trophy wife, her secretary Margaret Wheaton becomes mysteriously involved with a nefarious jeweler.

It’s Christmas on the Drexian space station, and the abducted Earth women are in the mood for some holiday fun. With the help of the station’s colorful wedding planners and stylists, the tribute brides are decking the halls and jingling the bells. And when it comes to their Drexians mates, the stockings aren’t the only things that are hung. Six steamy Drexian-human couples are all eager to steal more than a few kisses under the mistletoe. And they might even get to do some merry matchmaking while they’re at it!

After a night of raw passion with the man Claire O'Briene had been secretly admiring for years, she thought their time together had come once and for all. Fate had finally brought them back to each other, but unfortunately nothing had changed. He was still the same man who ran away from relationships. Against his better judgment, Mason Bradley gave in to the temptation and allowed himself one night with the one woman he'd been too afraid to want - and too afraid to need.

Recruited to investigate a string of grisly murders, FBI agent Alex Troutt is without words. The mutilations are unlike anything she's ever witnessed. The slayings don't stop. There is no pattern. With the aid of a CIA agent, Alex tracks the assassin down the east coast. But every step forward proves to be a step too late, the kill list seemingly endless. And then the killer turns it up a notch. It's a vendetta unlike any other, because a killer must make it personal. Alex has no other option: To end the murders, she must confront the person who destroyed her life.

Thirty years have passed since that fateful night. Can Alex ever forget the mother she never really knew? Alex finally confronts the killer—the same man who just murdered the Boston police chief. And what Alex pulls from him shatters her core. Clinging to a whisper of hope, Alex must outthink and outduel everyone in her path to right a 30-year wrong. Will Alex’s quest to find the truth destroy her life all over again?

Boston Strong of just a few years ago is now Boston on edge. And this time the targets are men of the cloth—priests. Could Alex's friend and colleague be behind these bombings? Alex is torn between her loyalty of friendship and her FBI oath. But what price will she ultimately pay? Bloody Sunday. The IRA. The movement toward peace. Wounds of decades ago have reopened, bleeding all over Boston. As Alex pieces together the puzzle, she wonders how innocent her colleague really is. How far will someone go to make a stand?

The tectonic plates shift and a tidal wave of corruption engulfs the Big Island. The deluge of crimes is so ruthless that many run for cover -- or pay the ultimate price.

Everyone needs a vacation - even hardworking, crime-fighting federal judges. Looking forward to a quiet week of stunning winter scenery, roaring fires, and warm companionship, Judge Willa Carson and her husband, George, head north to Pleasant Harbor, Michigan, and slam into murder.

If you are ready to create the life you desire without emotional baggage weighing you down, this book is for you! In spite of your achievements in life, do you remain curiously and even frustratingly unfulfilled? In spite of your efforts to create the life of your dreams, do you feel that love, youthful exuberance, and happiness remain devastatingly elusive? If you can relate to these obstacles, you are not alone.

Come and See offers an invitation for women to consider a surprising solution to their life’s emotional vertigo. A solution that is challenging, nurturing and perhaps, a little unsettling. A cure that reinforces a women’s value, worth and significance, while at the same time, demanding no achievement, striving, or performance hurdles. Forgiveness and Grace exist and are available.

Judith Campbell prides herself on her level head. She's a scientist with a 10-year plan, a well-managed bank account, and a clear understanding of what she wants out of life. Currently, that means a summer of fun touring Europe with her friends. She intends to see some amazing scenery, flirt with a cute guy or two, and return home ready to settle down for good. Falling madly in love with an Italian playboy is definitely not on her life goals to-do list. But then her eyes meet those of Cesare D'Angelo across a crowded piazza.

A little boy makes his first kill—and he likes it. He is cunning, charming, and without remorse. He is a sociopath. Alex tracks a homicidal maniac, yet the evidence doesn't line up. Could there be more than one killer? She knows she's being played, but by whom? And for what twisted purpose? When the cold hand of death touches her family, all bets are off. It’s a frantic race for Alex to stop a manipulative killer...before the bloodbath reaches haunting proportions.

The shadow of death envelopes her sleepy seaside hometown. Can Alex’s family escape the crossfire? Drug lords have no mercy…and spare no one to achieve their sinister goals. Disconnected investigations converge into one focal point—and for Alex, it hits too close to home. Alex will stop at nothing to blow the crime ring straight to hell. But who in her family will be sacrificed in the process?

This book is a scientific expedition to research and explore the enterprise-grade big data appliances with blended OLTP and OLAP capabilities. Enterprise database systems with the aid of big data analytics create an intelligent ecosystem by taming and wrangling the data coming from extreme-disparate sources of structured and unstructured channels with massive parallelization techniques to discover, visualize, predict, and action the patterns and trends of mashups of big data.