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Tandy Angel isn't a normal girl, and she knows it. For one thing, her family is magnificently wealthy and lives in a massive apartment in the famous Dakota building in New York City. Her parents are the head of a prominent hedge fund and the CEO of a large pharmaceutical company. She has been told from a very young age that her detachment from any kind of emotion is a superb trait. In fact, her parents have tried to cultivate a lack of emotion in all four of their children in order to encourage perfection of the highest level.

St. Patrick's Day, New York City. Everyone is celebrating, but everyone is in for a shock. Born into the heat and hatred of the Northern Ireland conflict, IRA man Brian Flynn has masterminded a brilliant terrorist act: the seizure of Saint Patrick's Cathedral. Among his hostages: the woman Brian Flynn once loved, a former terrorist turned peace activist. Among his enemies: an Irish-American police lieutenant fighting against a traitor inside his own ranks and a shadowy British intelligence officer pursuing his own cynical, bloody plan.

Just before summer begins, thirteen-year-old Ali finds an old photograph. She recognizes the two children in it; one's her mother, the other her aunt Dulcie--but who is the third person, the one who's been torn out of the picture? Ali will have two months to figure it out, since she's spending the summer with her aunt and her cousin in the same house her mom and aunt used to visit when they were kids.

A fourth-grader fights back when her favorite book is banned from the school library--by starting her own illegal locker library.

Twentysomething bartender Jason Bishop's world is shattered when his estranged father apparently commits suicide, but the greater shock comes when he learns his father was a secret agent in the employ of the Invisible Hand, an ancient society of spies wielding magic in a centuries-spanning war. Now the Golden Dawn, the shadowy cabal of witches and warlocks responsible for his father's murder and the death of his mother years before, have Jason in their sights. His survival will depend on his mastering his own dormant magic abilities--provided he makes it through the training.

Jessamy is the crux of a revolution forged by the Commoner class hoping to overthrow their longtime Patron overlords. But enemies from foreign lands have attacked the kingdom, and Jes must find a way to unite the Commoners and Patrons to defend their home and all the people she loves. Will her status as a prominent champion athlete be enough to bring together those who have despised one another since long before her birth?

Denny Malone is the "King of Manhattan North," a highly decorated NYPD detective sergeant and the real leader of "Da Force," an elite special unit. Only a few know that Malone is a dirty cop. Now he's in a trap and must walk the thin line.

Brad is on death row for the murders of his girlfriend, who disappeared fifteen years ago, and her parents. His last hope is troubled PI Roxane Weary, who is hired to locate his girlfriend.

When John Puller's older brother, Robert, escapes from a high security prison, he becomes the most wanted criminal in the country. Puller takes on the burden of bringing his brother in to face justice and quickly discovers there are others pursuing him as well.

A deadly fall on a rugged stretch of California coast, a home invasion gone wrong in Brittany, someone is assassinating the members of America's most select kill/capture team, the last line of defense against foreign threats, and Captain John Hayes must race against the clock to stop them.