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From the author of the critically acclaimed Prime Deceptions and Chilling Effect, the hilarious new novel about the adventures of Captain Eva Innocente and the crew of La Sirena Negra. Nothing wrecks Captain Eva Innocente's vacation plans quite like an anonymous threat to vaporize billions of people. Hundreds of monoliths have suddenly materialized in space, broadcasting the same looped message: surrender or be exterminated. Is the universe being epically spammed?Surrender to whom? Exterminated when? And how is Eva, commander of a beat-up cargo ship, supposed to prevent it?

USA TODAY bestselling author Kimberly Belle returns with a deeply addictive thriller exploring the dark side of the digital world when a mommy-blogger's assistant goes missing. When Alex first began posting unscripted family moments and motivational messages online, she had no intention of becoming an influencer. Overnight it seemed she'd amassed a huge following, and her hobby became a full-time job?one that was impossible to manage without her sharp-as-a-tack personal assistant, AC.

"Do we ever really know our children? Amber Garza invites readers to untangle the web of a family just like yours--or are they? This thriller will have you triple-guessing yourself." --Eliza Jane Brazier, author of If I Disappear. A mother questions everything she knows about her son when a local woman is found dead. Valerie has been forgetting things. Her daughter worries about her being on her own in her big Victorian house--one rumored to be haunted after a tragedy decades earlier--and truth be told, she is a little lonely.

Danger comes to Denver for the holidays…in these thrilling Rocky Mountain K-9 Unit novellas. With veterinarian Sydney Jones being targeted, K-9 Officer Gavin Walker and his furry partner must stand between her and certain death in Lenora Worth’s Hidden Christmas Danger. And the clock is ticking in Silent Night Explosion by Katy Lee—but can Jodie Chen trust the newest K-9 officer, Victor Abrams, and his dog to find a bomb and keep her alive…despite Victor’s shadowed past?

When Ava returns to her hometown, teenage daughter in tow, she finds herself forced to confront her role in a twenty-year-old murder, before her daughter becomes the next victim.

Attorney Gavin Webster says he paid $100,000 in ransom to the men who kidnapped his wife. Now they've disappeared with the cash. But Jonathan Stride learns the lawyer had plenty of motive to mastermind the crime. And as Stride digs for the truth about Gavin Webster and his wife, he must also deal with a crisis in his own marriage.

Jonathan Stride's investigation of a girl's disappearance leads him onto the set of a film in Duluth, where a movie based on a case in his own past is being made. But the actor playing Stride is rumored to have a dark side--and will stop at nothing to protect his reputation.

When new photographs surface, detective Jonathan Stride discovers that the motive behind a bombing in Duluth may not have been terrorism at all. But can the truth be discovered before more innocent people are killed?

Ten years ago, six-year-old Catalina's parents were murdered, and now she's come to Detective Stride for protection from a killer. Stride's instinct is to help Cat, whose parents' case still haunts him, but Stride's partner isn't convinced this damaged girl is the one who needs protection.

When a rich doctor's baby is kidnapped, Lieutenant Jonathan Stride and his partner, Serena, end up on opposite sides of the case, with Stride pursuing evidence that incriminates the doctor and Serena trying to prove the baby was abducted.