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Love, Danger, Homecomings & Heart β€” Your June Reading Escape Starts Here

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One disastrous night. One devastating man. One diabolical proposition.


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He’s stubborn. She’s tougher. His kid? Already picked the bride.


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A small-town second chance wrapped in danger, desire, and Sharon Sala heart.


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From reality TV heartbreak to real-life reinvention.


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A missing twin. A deadly cartel. One K-9 team caught in the crossfire.


The Lightning Rod by Brad Meltzer

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THE LIGHTNING ROD
By: Brad Meltzer

A Zig and Nola Novel

Escape Artist #2
William Morrow Paperbacks
April 2023
On Sale: April 4, 2023
Featuring: Zigarowski
432 pages
ISBN: 0062892398
EAN: 9780062892393
Kindle: B0983KKTGW
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Hardcover (March 2022)

Women's Fiction | Thriller Crime

Archie Mint has a secret. He’s led a charmed life—he’s got a beautiful wife, two impressive kids, and a successful military career. But when he’s killed while trying to stop a robbery in his own home, his family is shattered—and then shocked when the other shoe drops. Mint’s been hiding criminal secrets none of them could have imagined.

While working on Mint’s body before his funeral, mortician “Zig” Zigarowski discovers something he was never meant to see. That telling detail leads him to Mint’s former top secret military unit and his connection to artist Nola Brown. Two years ago, Nola saved Zig’s life—so he knows better than most that she’s as volatile and dangerous as a bolt of lightning.

Following Nola’s trail, he uncovers one of the U.S. government’s most intensely guarded secrets—an undisclosed military facility that dates back to the Cold War and holds the key to something far more sinister: a hidden group willing to compromise the very safety and security of America itself.

Trouble always finds her…

She’s the lightning rod.

Escape Artist

The Escape Artist
THE ESCAPE ARTIST
#1.0 β€’ April 2019
The Lightning Rod
THE LIGHTNING ROD
#2.0 β€’ April 2023
The Lightning Rod
THE LIGHTNING ROD
#2.0 β€’ March 2022

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