Author: Scott Burnell
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1649525079
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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Fourteen-year-old Heather O'Rourke's life was decimated when her older brother was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Los Angeles. The suspect fled to Mexico, and the sheriff's department appeared to have given up on pursuing him. Five years later, feeling angry and abandoned by the very agency her brother laid his life down for, she made a dangerous decision to seek help from a stranger to get justice for her brother. As a student-athlete at UCLA, she was taking a chance at getting caught and ruining her volleyball career. But for her, it was worth it. Family was more important. She was told that the man she was going to see had the ability to help her. However, it was up to her to convince him into doing it. She didn't have any money to give him, but she still had her innocence. She was terrified and desperate. Heather had to make a decision that no woman should ever have to make. It was a decision that would change her life forever. On the surface, Andy DiPaola seemed to be a man who had everything a man could want: good looks, money, a successful business, political power, and a lakefront home in Lake Arrowhead, California. But having been through several tragedies himself, he was left with an emptiness in his life. Everybody in his life had either been taken from him or had left him. From the moment Heather entered his office to the moment she left, he was intrigued and attracted to this beautiful woman. He told himself that this was the girl that he had been waiting for his whole life. But unfortunately, if he did this favor that she asked of him, he could never be with her. But the right thing to do was to help her. Unintended Consequences captures the heartbreak of losing loved ones and how those tragedies could lead to new beginnings with unexpected happiness filled with romance, surprises, and most of all, everlasting love.
Author: Rick Mofina
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 9780786015252
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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Winner of the Crime Writer of the Year Award San Francisco crime reporter Tom Reed is burnt out. The breaking story of a jewel heist gone violently awry -- with the murder of a cop and the abduction of a female hostage -- is one most journalists would kill for. Tom hopes it will be his last. But this time, there's more at stake than a Pulitzer. Because the woman taken by the two homicidal fugitives is Ann Reed, Tom's wife. And her capture wasn't random . . . it was personal.
Author: Stephen J. Cannell
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312989422
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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The bestselling author and Emmy Award-winning writer/producer sets this action-packed Shane Scully thriller in the high-stakes world he knows best--Hollywood. Martin's Press.
Author: Krik Marty
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN: 1612048269
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
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A man gets to manage a Hall of Fame baseball team.
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Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 1300
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Author: George Putnam
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1469775875
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 445
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The Honey Bubble takes us down into the forgotten, decomposing, inner-city Los Angeles neighborhoods most of us pass over on elevated freeways, and into the threadbare, desperate lives of the denizens there. Three owners of borderline skid-row gin mills hatch a dingbat scheme to bolster their revenues by, what else?, murdering the competition. The Competition is the only decent guy around, it seems; the honest owner/operator of the only watering hole in the area where youd even trust the ice. The three co-conspirators, no master criminals to begin with, set off a series of Rube Goldberg missteps and quickly begin to be devoured by their own scheme. When the intended victims bodyguard gets wind of the plot, the whole landscape darkens, and the second half of the novel becomes an accelerating, cinematic slide into a truly demonic and violent denouement, and a life-or-death climax you will never see coming. This book is at once very funny, genuinely frightening, elegantly crafted, and boasts one of the most truly frightening villains I have even encountered in print or film. Rodney Deming, screenwriter
Author: John W. Casperson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1434315703
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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What does a 28 year-old Marine officer serving active duty in the War In Iraq do when he receives word that his father has terminal cancer? He combines a life goal of riding his bicycle across the United States, coast to coast, with a fundraising effort to benefit cancer research and raise awareness. He unites with four others three of whom are in their 60's and one in his early 40's and sets out to cover 3,400 miles of challenging terrain in 31 days. This is a story about 5 men who pursue a mission with good will, faith, and high hopes. Along the way, they experience intense physical pain, a mental challenge unlike anything they've ever experienced, and more adversity than they bargained for. These pages will take you on the ride with this diverse group and you'll share in their experiences as they come to better understand who they are as individuals, their personal limits, and what really matters in life. Come share in their journey as they set out to inspire people, but end up being inspired by the many kind people they met along the way.
Author: George Putnam
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532084668
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 377
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In a community with four nightclubs, three owners plan the murder of the most successful. But when one of the three gets cold feet, the plan comes apart, and a psychotic interloper takes over. The interloper feels empowered by an imagined power generated from a celestial bolt of energy.
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Publisher: Orbit
ISBN: 0316519189
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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"The stakes couldn't be higher ... The suspense, the danger, and the rocket-fueled pace are all turned up to 11."―Kirkus "Furious, frenetic, fun, and "f**k you" —Robert Brockway on The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind Teagan Frost -- the girl with telekinetic powers and a killer paella recipe -- faces a new threat that could wipe out her home forever in the second book of Jackson Ford's irreverent fantasy series. Teagan Frost's life is finally back on track. Her role working for the government as a psychokinetic operative is going well. She might also be on course for convincing her crush, Nic Delacourt, to go out with her. And she's even managed to craft the perfect paella. But Teagan is about to face her biggest threat yet. A young boy with the ability to cause earthquakes has come to Los Angeles -- home to the San Andreas, one of the most lethal fault lines in the world. If Teagan can't stop him, the entire city -- and the rest of California -- will be wiped off the map . . . For more from Jackson Ford check out:The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind
Author: John Brown
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1478778008
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 177
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Cerebral Palsy, a developmental disease impacting motor coordination, affects 3 out of 1,000 births. While medical intervention such as physical or speech therapy, ambulatory aides like wheelchairs or braces, help a child achieve a productive life, John Brown was determined that he would leave his mark on the world. Born in the early 50's with a type of spastic CP impacting his gait and balance, but leaving his speech intact, John and his strong willed mother fought against the times' conventional wisdom and doctors' predictions that he would never walk. After an early childhood of repeated muscle lengthening surgeries and body braces, he insisted upon leaving a special education school to be mainstreamed in the Philadelphia Catholic, then public, school systems, and went on to play Catholic grade school football and developed a keen interest in high school wrestling and football. After completing a degree in broadcast journalism, he embarked on a 44 year career as an award winning Philadelphia radio disc jockey, traffic reporter and meteorologist, retiring in October 2013. From the childhood specialists who viewed him as just another special needs child, to his first radio program director who called him a diamond in the rough, John was determined to be the best in his field and demonstrate that hard work, perseverance and, some luck, can help one trump the odds no matter the obstacles. John's is a story of the American spirit, how tears, determination and true grit can get you to the top.
