Inspector Thierry Dulac of Interpol was on vacation in
the Canadian Rockies when a helicopter alights nearby; he
is needed urgently in Rome. Pope Clement XXI has suffered
a heart attack, and while on his way to hospital he is
kidnapped along with his personal physician. After some
investigating, it Read more...
Lita Matthews, a reporter, will be covering the wedding
of the year: Callie, the sister of Lita's best friend
Lori, is marrying Jake Mitchell of the rock band The
Rift. Apart from one unforgivable gaffe, Lita is known
for her integrity. The problem is, that mistake happened
four years Read more...
Dmitri Stavitsky and Gwen Peterson met and died at the
height of the Cold War. Dmitri and Gwen are reapers: they
harvest the souls of the newly dead in order for the
souls to be sent to their proper destination, be it
Heaven or Hell. Some people are chosen to Read more...
On her way to a business meeting, Gaby Struthers' plane
is rerouted to Dortmund, and at the airport she
encounters a young woman, Lauren. Lauren is on the verge
of becoming hysterical and Gaby tries to calm her down.
But is it a coincidence that Gaby bumps into Lauren, who Read more...
Petunia Wayfield was on her way from Boston to
California, when due to unfortunate circumstances, she
ended up in Simple, Texas. Without a penny to her name
and no financial support from her father, she got a
position as schoolteacher to earn money and make her way
to San Francisco Read more...
When Osamu Nonoguchi went to call on his friend,
successful author Kunihiko Hidaka, he noticed a woman in
Hidaka's garden; she said the writer had poisoned her
cat, which startled Nonoguchi. Shortly after going back
home, Nonoguchi receives a phone call from Hidaka who
says he has something important Read more...
Sawyer O'Donnell signed up to be foreman for two years at
the Fiddle Creek Ranch. When he arrives at the bunkhouse
where he is supposed to live, alone, he comes face to
face with Jill Cleary: she reluctantly opens the door and
points a shotgun at him. Although, not Read more...
Maddie St. Clair used to be a prosecutor, but since she
has been paying for her younger sister's studies, she has
been working as an associate in a big law firm, and she's
rather short on cash. One day, Maddie's boss tells her
there's a client Read more...
There is a hostage situation and the Dallas SWAT team is
sent to the premises. As the team SUV leaves the
compound, investigative reporter Mackenzie "Mac" Stone
follows their van. Mac has been watching them for 2 days.
She's dying to do a story on the elite team since Read more...
Lacey Clark has just returned from Hollywood with her five
year-old adopted son, Henry. She'll be staying in Indigo
Beach South Carolina for at least six weeks; her ex-
boyfriend's agent told her she could stay at the
lighthouse in his stead. Lacey, a failed actress, is Read more...
Jane Spyrus is a weapons and spy technology designer for
B.L.I.S.S., a spy agency. She is very dedicated to her
work and hasn't been dating much. She lives with her
grandmother, Maggie, who was a B.L.I.S.S. agent before
she was hurt Read more...
Mara Livinston is newly divorced, and two weeks before
Christmas, she is driving from Texas back home to Denver,
when a snow storm hits. Her car skids, and won't start,
so she goes looking for help, and that's when she finds
herself surrounded by wolves. She runs and Read more...
Tilly Danes and Jordan Kelly, famous chefs, are both
judges on the panel for the Culinary Channel's
competition Personal Chef Showdown. Tilly and Jordan have
known each other for a few years, and still don't see eye
to eye, most of the time; but they agree on Max Read more...
Julian Fortescue came by his new title of Duke of Danford
only because he happened to be the only male left in a
family of women. He was an art dealer, and "the
disreputable and despised" Julian doesn't quite know how
to behave as a duke; he's more Read more...
Since waking up from a vampire coma three years ago,
Russell
has been fuelled by revenge: his only reason to live is
to destroy Master Han who changed him against his will.
Russell lost everything and everyone he cared for; he
works alone. He's a rebel, something of a Read more...
The end of the Great War is approaching, and Evelyn Gray
had followed in her father's footsteps: she's a nurse in
France. There was to be no fraternization between the
nurses and the soldiers under their care, but love cannot
be stopped. Evelyn had met Private Ralph Kelley Read more...
It's harvest time in the small town of Granford
Massachussetts, and it's the busy season for apple
orchard owner Meg Corey and her Jamaican apple-pickers.
The small town is also slowly being beautified, and Meg's
friend Gail, director of the Historical Society, wants
the Society's Read more...
At the Odalon Animal Sanctuary, the chimpanzees are ready
to go to sleep, when a gunshot is heard; within ten
minutes, thirteen of the animals are dead then almost
burned to
a crisp by the wildfires that have been raging in
California. One chimp escaped though. Deputy Detective
Investigator Layla Read more...
The impact of the disastrous dinner with Lona has reached
epic proportions as the lies about Bee become the fodder
of blogs; as her name becomes known all over the
internet, Bee is deluged with dubious gifts and offers.
With her reputation completely ruined, Bee is convinced
her roommate Cyndi Read more...
Jared Stone just got himself in serious hot water. The
CEO of Stone Enterprise, after a night out, penned a
manifesto meant as a private joke between friends.
However the following day, on what had seemed a perfect
morning, Jared's misogynistic rant has popped up all over
the internet Read more...