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The heat rises fast when the wildfire burns."Buchman writes with beauty and passion... The flames of passion burn brightly in this meticulously researched, hard-hitting, and suspenseful contemporary. Best 10 romance of the spring." – Publishers WeeklyCarly Thomas could read burn patterns before she knew the alphabet. A third-generation forest fire specialist who lost both her father and her fiancé to the flames, she's learned to live life like...
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Teenager Dilya Stevenson's life at the White House is like no one else's. As the First Family's nanny and dog walker, her duties are sometimes light and always enjoyable. Which leaves her plenty of time to keep her eyes and ears open behind the scenes. Facing danger as a child, and even death has taught her to be a loner-too much so her elders fear.
Retired spy Miss Watson takes pride in trusting no one. But she keeps a weather eye on Dilya from...
43) Ice Shelf Rescue
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Alaskan bush pilot Aurora Evans and her trusty Twin Otter cargo plane Myrtle finally found the perfect fit-Antarctica.
Glaciologist Tommy Dale has discovered his life's purpose on The Ice-as locals refer to the continent-facing down climate change one-on-one.
But when an accident far out on the Larsen Ice Shelf forces a rescue in the heart of a midwinter whiteout, Aurora and Tommy discover a whole new passion.
If they can just survive.
44) Fallen Sky
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How to investigate an incident that hasn't yet happened?Miranda Chase may be the nation's top air-crash specialist, but not even her autistic mind can analyze a crash that...isn't one.The UK Prime Minister's personal jet sits intact on the tarmac at a Colorado Space Force base. But for how long? They've received a threat that the plane will explode if anyone tries to deplane. No matter the cause, a UK Prime Minister murdered on US soil won't end well.To...
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The only thing worse than being a Goddess with a bad cold? Living with the Jewish qvetch of a One God when he has one. But even all bad colds must come to an end. When Anne-who originally embraced fame as Hera (a much younger and more vain Goddess in her days as a Greek deity)-tries to take a delivery of apples for the Jewish New Year celebration, it seems that the old year still contains a few unresolved issues.
46) Tricky Dog Gals
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-White House Protection Force story #5- Other than her Secret Service dog Trixie, Bethany Wilson has never met a woman up to her West Virginian standards. But when she and her matchmaking German shepherd cross paths with another hill-country gal, Marine Corps Captain Olivia Miller, she wonders if she's finally met her match. They face the ultimate test of their new-found relationship when a terrorist attack goes dangerously wrong. But putting their...
47) Heart's Refuge
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Brody Jones flies Lifter Rescue-diving down into the hazards of Low Earth Orbit. There he saves who he can of Earth's last refugees. Captain Karina Rostov of the Future Night Stalkers can't understand Brody's career choice-neither his commitment to Lifter Rescue nor his refusal to fly with her. When a rescue flight forces them both to confront their pasts, each must finally face their own Heart's Refuge.
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When the person you depend on most disappears, where do you begin the search? Her mentor, an ex-spy turned librarian, vanishes without warning. Dilya and Zackie, the former First Dog, can't find her on their own. Before it's too late, they must reconstruct a trail of hints left in keeping with Dilya's inner circle of friends. But when hints turn into solid clues, Dilya knows they must hurry or they'll be too late.
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When fighting a wildfire, how far is one step too many? And what happens after you take it?"A richly detailed and pulse-pounding balance of fast-paced drama and romance." – RT Book ReviewsRaised in the Outback, Jeannie Clark fought bush fires in Australia and wildfires in the US. But when she uses her firefighting helicopter to rescue a wildfire photographer she finds more danger than ever before.Cal Jackson may be an orphan and a foster child of...
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The Hotshot team's job: Hike to the wildland firefight and face the beast of wildfire-up close and personal. Five heartwarming love stories, with exclusive author intros, in one great collection. Leading the Leavenworth Hotshots is one woman's dream. Candace Cantrell and her team take on the wildfires of Washington's North Cascade Mountains. Except it isn't just their lives that are on the line, it's their hearts.(previously published as individual...
51) Nightwatch
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As the Arctic melts, the fabled Northwest and Northeast Passages are opening. But are they opening to war?A Chinese freighter attacked. A sabotaged passenger jet crashed in Quebec. And high overhead an E-4B Nightwatch, America's fortress-in-the-sky, sees all.With nations shifting to high alert, Miranda Chase lands once more in the midst of the fray. But first she must fight battles of her own. Can she conquer the emotional chaos her autism unleashes...
52) Hitomi's Path
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Japan disappeared 500 years ago. It's people didn't. Five hundred years ago, Japan hid itself from the rest of the world. Rather than technology, they discovered power. The emperor still rules, but the mystics hold sway. Hitomi is the youngest warrior in the history of the fighting Mura clan, who have evolved from the rough beginnings as the Ninja into the race's supreme weapons. But Hitomi stumbles upon a secret, one so vast that even the emperor...
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Drone: a rebel CIA director takes on China and almost turns a trade war into a real one.
Thunderbolt: a US senator's scam has North Korea prepping their nukes.
Condor: a shot at the intelligence jackpot of a lifetime occurs, deep in the heart of Russia.
At the center of all three? Miranda Chase: air-crash genius investigator for the NTSB, team leader, and high-functioning autistic.
What's at risk if she doesn't solve the crash and the crises?...
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Character drives story-any story, any genre. Imagine 2001: A Space Odyssey without HAL, Tolkien without Gandalf, or Ian Fleming without James Bond. A great character can't save a bad book, but the best writing in the world won't survive a weak one.
For over 25 years, M. L. has been studying Character Voice. This book collects what he has learned so far. A set of practical tools that work for any genre and any writing style. He also discusses how...
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Cutting-edge computer systems designer. Crisis project manager. Consultant to the Fortune 100. Utter workaholic.
Before he became a writer, M.L. "Matt" Buchman had dreamed of traveling the world by sailboat or small plane. Not once did he think about doing it by bicycle - not until he lost everything: career, house he'd been remodeling for the family he never had time to find, sense of self, all of it.
Broke and burned out at thirty-five, he sold...
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Night Stalkers Captain Tyra Walker flies deep into enemy territory. It seems that "flight" has become her whole life's story, whether in her Arkansas hometown or in a kick-ass helicopter.Delta operator Major Norm Lawrence stepped away from his past and only thinks about the next mission, until Tyra crosses his path.When Tyra's past meets Norm's present deep in the Hindu Kush Mountains-a land where military arms flow from Pakistan into Afghanistan-they'll...
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When one of their own is threatened-the nation's #1 air-crash investigation team enters a race to survive.An airliner downed on a Pacific atoll. A CIA covert strike team sent in to "clean it up." An old enemy seeks revenge. This time, the NTSB's autistic air-crash investigator, Miranda Chase, and her team are in the crosshairs. The action races around the globe as US military airbases become shooting galleries and their lives are placed on the line.And...
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Here's some stories I write down. Done it 'cause my best friend Jen said I oughta-what with us being some of the first gals to haul cargo 'cross the black reaches of the Up'n'up and all. She said I should put in some of the wisdom I learnt from Pap too 'cause he raised me up so fine. I always do what she says what with her being so smart and all. So here's some of how I got my first ship Elsie. There's some of how me and Jen was flyin' for Planetary...
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When it's time to leave the team, can they actually go? Jeremy's skills make him ready to leave Miranda's air-crash investigation team and start his own. But neither Jeremy nor Miranda are prepared for it when the time comes. Jeremy must take the lead. Miranda must stay behind. The change forces each member of the team to grapple with their own challenges. Does the answer lie in the black box of a flight data recorder? Maybe it does.
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Local Gloucester artist Morgan Henry built a career carving sand. Upon the arrival of a magnificent racing yacht off the beach, he alters his latest contest entry to match. Little does he know that his past skippers the boat. Mary Elizabeth sailed away from Gloucester and made her name on the ocean racing circuit. She never once looked back. Yet for reasons beyond her understanding, she returns. On the beach, in a sand sculpture conceived by a...