Author: Jill Elizabeth Nelson
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 0307561569
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
They say keep your friends close and your enemies closer…but what if you can’t tell the difference? For security consultant Desiree Jacobs, the assignment was simple: make off with an ancient Mayan artifact and hand it over to the good guys in time to plan her wedding to ultra-fine FBI agent Tony Lucano. Yet, in a world where no one is as they seem, Desi must decipher who the good guys are–before she ends up in the hands of a ruthless enemy. Suddenly, artifact recovery turns into archaeological espionage, and the woman who finds all the answers must now ask questions: Who’s looting priceless antiquities underneath the nose of the baffled Mexican government? And what does a violent gang of drug and human traffickers have to do with missing artifacts? Even with Tony on her side, Desi will need way more than luck to survive against the odds. She’ll need the truth–not just to set her free, but to liberate many innocents caught in the snare of calculating evil.
Reluctant Smuggler
Author: Jill Elizabeth Nelson
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 0307561569
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
They say keep your friends close and your enemies closer…but what if you can’t tell the difference? For security consultant Desiree Jacobs, the assignment was simple: make off with an ancient Mayan artifact and hand it over to the good guys in time to plan her wedding to ultra-fine FBI agent Tony Lucano. Yet, in a world where no one is as they seem, Desi must decipher who the good guys are–before she ends up in the hands of a ruthless enemy. Suddenly, artifact recovery turns into archaeological espionage, and the woman who finds all the answers must now ask questions: Who’s looting priceless antiquities underneath the nose of the baffled Mexican government? And what does a violent gang of drug and human traffickers have to do with missing artifacts? Even with Tony on her side, Desi will need way more than luck to survive against the odds. She’ll need the truth–not just to set her free, but to liberate many innocents caught in the snare of calculating evil.
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 0307561569
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
They say keep your friends close and your enemies closer…but what if you can’t tell the difference? For security consultant Desiree Jacobs, the assignment was simple: make off with an ancient Mayan artifact and hand it over to the good guys in time to plan her wedding to ultra-fine FBI agent Tony Lucano. Yet, in a world where no one is as they seem, Desi must decipher who the good guys are–before she ends up in the hands of a ruthless enemy. Suddenly, artifact recovery turns into archaeological espionage, and the woman who finds all the answers must now ask questions: Who’s looting priceless antiquities underneath the nose of the baffled Mexican government? And what does a violent gang of drug and human traffickers have to do with missing artifacts? Even with Tony on her side, Desi will need way more than luck to survive against the odds. She’ll need the truth–not just to set her free, but to liberate many innocents caught in the snare of calculating evil.
Reluctant Burglar
Author: Jill Elizabeth Nelson
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 1590526864
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Desiree's murdered father was an art thief. Can she preserve the family business, please her heavenly Father, avoid death threats, and trust FBI Special Agent Tony Lucano all at the same time?
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 1590526864
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Desiree's murdered father was an art thief. Can she preserve the family business, please her heavenly Father, avoid death threats, and trust FBI Special Agent Tony Lucano all at the same time?
Reluctant Runaway
Author: Jill Elizabeth Nelson
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 0307561976
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Museum security expert Desiree Jacobs is back in this sequel to Reluctant Burglar, and only she can unearth the horrifying secret that links together stolen Indian artifacts, a murdered museum guard, a missing woman, and a baby in danger. Desiree "Desi" Jacobs doesn’t mean to get in danger’s path. Really she doesn’t. But when a friend is in trouble you don’t just walk away, no matter what your overprotective FBI agent boyfriend says. So when Desi and Tony’s date at a presidential ball is interrupted by a frantic Maxine Webb, Desi doesn’t hesitate to jump in. Soon Desi is neck-deep in a confusing array of villains. Did Maxine’s niece run away or was she taken? Is she still alive or the victim of a perverse ritual? And who wants her infant son--and why? Then Tony’s organized crime case collides with Desi’s investigation, throwing them both into the path of something dark and sinister. Something that craves blood. From the streets of Desi’s beloved Boston to the mountain desert of New Mexico, Desi and Tony must rely on God to thwart unseen forces and save a young woman and her baby from a villain more evil than any of them can imagine.
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 0307561976
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Museum security expert Desiree Jacobs is back in this sequel to Reluctant Burglar, and only she can unearth the horrifying secret that links together stolen Indian artifacts, a murdered museum guard, a missing woman, and a baby in danger. Desiree "Desi" Jacobs doesn’t mean to get in danger’s path. Really she doesn’t. But when a friend is in trouble you don’t just walk away, no matter what your overprotective FBI agent boyfriend says. So when Desi and Tony’s date at a presidential ball is interrupted by a frantic Maxine Webb, Desi doesn’t hesitate to jump in. Soon Desi is neck-deep in a confusing array of villains. Did Maxine’s niece run away or was she taken? Is she still alive or the victim of a perverse ritual? And who wants her infant son--and why? Then Tony’s organized crime case collides with Desi’s investigation, throwing them both into the path of something dark and sinister. Something that craves blood. From the streets of Desi’s beloved Boston to the mountain desert of New Mexico, Desi and Tony must rely on God to thwart unseen forces and save a young woman and her baby from a villain more evil than any of them can imagine.
The Smuggler Wore Silk
Author: Alyssa Alexander
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101636092
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A thrilling, seductive adventure from award-winning author Alyssa Alexander… After he is betrayed by one of his own, British spy Julian Travers, Earl of Langford, refuses to retire without a fight, vowing to find the traitor. But when the trail leads to his childhood home, Julian is forced to return to a place he swore he’d never see again, and meet a woman who may be his quarry—in more ways than one. Though she may appear a poor young woman dependant on charity, Grace Hannah’s private life is far more interesting. By night, she finds friendship and freedom as a member of a smuggling ring. But when the handsome Julian arrives, she finds her façade slipping, and she is soon compromised, as well as intrigued. As she and Julian continue the hunt, Grace finds herself falling in love with the man behind the spy. Yet Julian’s past holds a dark secret. And when he must make a choice between love and espionage, that secret may tear them apart.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101636092
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A thrilling, seductive adventure from award-winning author Alyssa Alexander… After he is betrayed by one of his own, British spy Julian Travers, Earl of Langford, refuses to retire without a fight, vowing to find the traitor. But when the trail leads to his childhood home, Julian is forced to return to a place he swore he’d never see again, and meet a woman who may be his quarry—in more ways than one. Though she may appear a poor young woman dependant on charity, Grace Hannah’s private life is far more interesting. By night, she finds friendship and freedom as a member of a smuggling ring. But when the handsome Julian arrives, she finds her façade slipping, and she is soon compromised, as well as intrigued. As she and Julian continue the hunt, Grace finds herself falling in love with the man behind the spy. Yet Julian’s past holds a dark secret. And when he must make a choice between love and espionage, that secret may tear them apart.
Smuggler Nation
Author: Peter Andreas
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199301603
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
America is a smuggler nation. Our long history of illicit imports has ranged from West Indies molasses and Dutch gunpowder in the 18th century, to British industrial technologies and African slaves in the 19th century, to French condoms and Canadian booze in the early 20th century, to Mexican workers and Colombian cocaine in the modern era. Contraband capitalism, it turns out, has been an integral part of American capitalism. Providing a sweeping narrative history from colonial times to the present, Smuggler Nation is the first book to retell the story of America--and of its engagement with its neighbors and the rest of the world--as a series of highly contentious battles over clandestine commerce. As Peter Andreas demonstrates in this provocative and fascinating account, smuggling has played a pivotal and too often overlooked role in America's birth, westward expansion, and economic development, while anti-smuggling campaigns have dramatically enhanced the federal government's policing powers. The great irony, Andreas tells us, is that a country that was born and grew up through smuggling is today the world's leading anti-smuggling crusader. In tracing America's long and often tortuous relationship with the murky underworld of smuggling, Andreas provides a much-needed antidote to today's hyperbolic depictions of out-of-control borders and growing global crime threats. Urgent calls by politicians and pundits to regain control of the nation's borders suffer from a severe case of historical amnesia, nostalgically implying that they were ever actually under control. This is pure mythology, says Andreas. For better and for worse, America's borders have always been highly porous. Far from being a new and unprecedented danger to America, the illicit underside of globalization is actually an old American tradition. As Andreas shows, it goes back not just decades but centuries. And its impact has been decidedly double-edged, not only subverting U.S. laws but also helping to fuel America's evolution from a remote British colony to the world's pre-eminent superpower.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199301603
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
America is a smuggler nation. Our long history of illicit imports has ranged from West Indies molasses and Dutch gunpowder in the 18th century, to British industrial technologies and African slaves in the 19th century, to French condoms and Canadian booze in the early 20th century, to Mexican workers and Colombian cocaine in the modern era. Contraband capitalism, it turns out, has been an integral part of American capitalism. Providing a sweeping narrative history from colonial times to the present, Smuggler Nation is the first book to retell the story of America--and of its engagement with its neighbors and the rest of the world--as a series of highly contentious battles over clandestine commerce. As Peter Andreas demonstrates in this provocative and fascinating account, smuggling has played a pivotal and too often overlooked role in America's birth, westward expansion, and economic development, while anti-smuggling campaigns have dramatically enhanced the federal government's policing powers. The great irony, Andreas tells us, is that a country that was born and grew up through smuggling is today the world's leading anti-smuggling crusader. In tracing America's long and often tortuous relationship with the murky underworld of smuggling, Andreas provides a much-needed antidote to today's hyperbolic depictions of out-of-control borders and growing global crime threats. Urgent calls by politicians and pundits to regain control of the nation's borders suffer from a severe case of historical amnesia, nostalgically implying that they were ever actually under control. This is pure mythology, says Andreas. For better and for worse, America's borders have always been highly porous. Far from being a new and unprecedented danger to America, the illicit underside of globalization is actually an old American tradition. As Andreas shows, it goes back not just decades but centuries. And its impact has been decidedly double-edged, not only subverting U.S. laws but also helping to fuel America's evolution from a remote British colony to the world's pre-eminent superpower.
Global Human Smuggling
Author: David Kyle
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421401983
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
Ten years ago the topic of human smuggling and trafficking was relatively new for academic researchers, though the practice itself is very old. Since the first edition of this volume was published, much has changed globally, directly impacting the phenomenon of human smuggling. Migrant smuggling and human trafficking are now more entrenched than ever in many regions, with efforts to combat them both largely unsuccessful and often counterproductive. This book explores human smuggling in several forms and regions, globally examining its deep historic, social, economic, and cultural roots and its broad political consequences. Contributors to the updated and expanded edition consider the trends and events of the past several years, especially in light of developments after 9/11 and the creation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. They also reflect on the moral economy of human smuggling and trafficking, the increasing percentage of the world's asylum seekers who escape political violence only by being smuggled, and the implications of human smuggling in a warming world.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421401983
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
Ten years ago the topic of human smuggling and trafficking was relatively new for academic researchers, though the practice itself is very old. Since the first edition of this volume was published, much has changed globally, directly impacting the phenomenon of human smuggling. Migrant smuggling and human trafficking are now more entrenched than ever in many regions, with efforts to combat them both largely unsuccessful and often counterproductive. This book explores human smuggling in several forms and regions, globally examining its deep historic, social, economic, and cultural roots and its broad political consequences. Contributors to the updated and expanded edition consider the trends and events of the past several years, especially in light of developments after 9/11 and the creation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. They also reflect on the moral economy of human smuggling and trafficking, the increasing percentage of the world's asylum seekers who escape political violence only by being smuggled, and the implications of human smuggling in a warming world.
Smuggler's End
Author: Del Hahn
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 1455621013
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 1455621013
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Illegal Aliens
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship and International Law
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alien labor
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alien labor
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Smuggler Catcher
Author: Mr. Zoran Knezev
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479767573
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
This book "Smuggler Catcher" details my career with US Customs later, after 9/11 renamed to US Customs and border Protection. Every word in the books is true and correct. Together with my highly successful work I had to fi ght for the promotions. This due to the fact that I was still a foreigner in the eyes of some of my supervisors who simply refused to accepts me as one of their own.The book contains a number of original photographs which show some of my successful operations. I estimate that during my work for the US Government we have seized over twenty million dollars of "Dirty Money". I am now happily retired and enjoying the benefi ts given to me.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479767573
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
This book "Smuggler Catcher" details my career with US Customs later, after 9/11 renamed to US Customs and border Protection. Every word in the books is true and correct. Together with my highly successful work I had to fi ght for the promotions. This due to the fact that I was still a foreigner in the eyes of some of my supervisors who simply refused to accepts me as one of their own.The book contains a number of original photographs which show some of my successful operations. I estimate that during my work for the US Government we have seized over twenty million dollars of "Dirty Money". I am now happily retired and enjoying the benefi ts given to me.
The Smuggler's Daughter
Author: Sandra Heath
Publisher: Belgrave House
ISBN: 1947812548
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Dashing aristocrat Sir Madoc and his pregnant sister Lady Catti move to their family castle outside of a small fishing village to find a way to smuggle Catti’s husband into the country. To aid his sister, Madoc makes advances on the local smuggler’s daughter, Averil, a woman who believes she can take what she wants—never mind that she’s already engaged to the local Lord. When Madoc meets the rich and beautiful Corralie, the four become entangled in an intriguing dilemma. Which lady would help Madoc with his ultimate goal of smuggling his brother-in-law into England and win his heart? With a cast of colorful characters, political intrigue, and romantic entanglements, this is a quick-moving adventure with humor and dramatic secrets to keep a reader guessing.
Publisher: Belgrave House
ISBN: 1947812548
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Dashing aristocrat Sir Madoc and his pregnant sister Lady Catti move to their family castle outside of a small fishing village to find a way to smuggle Catti’s husband into the country. To aid his sister, Madoc makes advances on the local smuggler’s daughter, Averil, a woman who believes she can take what she wants—never mind that she’s already engaged to the local Lord. When Madoc meets the rich and beautiful Corralie, the four become entangled in an intriguing dilemma. Which lady would help Madoc with his ultimate goal of smuggling his brother-in-law into England and win his heart? With a cast of colorful characters, political intrigue, and romantic entanglements, this is a quick-moving adventure with humor and dramatic secrets to keep a reader guessing.