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A sweeping adventure that's equal parts romance and thriller, K.T. Tomb's latest novel takes the reader from the ruins of a lost civilization to the sun-drenched beaches of the Mediterranean. While on an archaeological dig in Knossos, Crete - Europe's oldest city - Chyna Stone and the Found History team come across a tantalizing clue to the location of a legendary treasure.

Debonair, Casanova, Romeo, Don Juan, Lothario—are all words to describe professional male escort, Jupiter Madison. Sleuth, investigator, murderer... not so much. While out on a typical first date with a new client, Jupiter suddenly finds himself at the epicenter of a real life cat-and-mouse chase surrounding the murder of an unidentified woman. When his good friend, Mark, an ex-cop turned private investigator, discovers a dead body in the front seat of his car, he comes to Jupe for help. Someone is trying to frame Mark—except he doesn’t know why or who. But by bringing Jupe into his ...

Cash Cassidy goes against her husband’s wishes and departs Wales for South America to seek El Dorado, the famed lost city of gold. When she’s pursued by authorities, robbed of a critical item, and abandoned by the smugglers who were her guides, it’s up to Cash to find her way to safety to El Dorado. Meanwhile, Cash’s husband is desperate to find her—he’ll do anything to save her from a terrible fate. Cash travels undercover on the odyssey of a lifetime through jungles, across mountains, and even across borders. After she meets a man who reveals more clues about the whereabouts ...

Will an American journalist escape his impending execution and fulfill an ancient Chinese prophecy? Max Harper, an international magazine photographer, lands in deep trouble in Beijing when he’s unjustly convicted of espionage and sentenced to death. Enter Min, a mysterious, beautiful Chinese woman with a sword. She breaks him out of jail and propels him on an epic journey toward the mountains of Tibet where she says their destiny awaits. In fact, she says he’s the one who must help save her people. Max isn’t so sure he believes her ancient legend about the gods who, every three ...

Was a rare amethyst mine illegally seized from the Japanese ancestors of a well-known Atlanta family just after World War II? The Amethyst Agenda finds two members of The Adventurers team on a thrilling hunt deep in Japan, where descendants of post-war villains have their own secrets and intend to keep them. Four months ago, anthropology professor Travis Monahan was shot while investigating the mysterious floating city at Baikal. Suffering from PTSD, he’s been holed up in their Atlanta office with his Jack Russell terrier and his brooding thoughts. One of the partners, Savannah Summers, ...

When a ship laden with gold disappears in the Sea of Okhotsk, Travis and his team of Alpha adventurers are asked to locate and recover the priceless cargo. With his intrepid partner, Savannah, unable to work this case, Travis worries his remaining two partners aren’t up to the task. Indeed, now he must rely on Fiona, a loose cannon with a penchant for trouble, and Thyri, who has a keen business mind, but no investigative skills. Travis knows he must be out of his mind to go on a mission with these ill-equipped adventurers, but the payout for a successful gold recovery is a solid incentive...

Cash Cassidy’s life in Wales can’t compare to the thrills she experienced in El Dorado. But now, the reality of pregnancy results in that familiar restlessness and an urge to flee. Cash is tormented by dreams and visions that she can’t remember. The fallout is that she repeatedly becomes the gone girl who rushes off to find mythical treasures and leaves her life—and her husband’s heart—in shambles. While attending a book launch party, Cash wants to start a new book and jet off on a research adventure, but her agent, publisher, and husband want her to stay home and not write ...

An insurance investigation brings Savannah and Travis to the sweltering, multicultural city of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Turns out, diamonds are being stolen and replaced with fake gems—and a consortium of traders seems unable, or unwilling, to give any information to the police. When Travis unexpectedly spots his nemesis, Monica Chen, he tails her to a high-rise hotel where she speaks to a couple of beefy thugs. What is Chen, the ruthless criminal mastermind, doing in Sri Lanka? Is she in Sri Lanka to run the diamond scam? Soon, Travis hits the casinos to pursue leads that may connect Chen to ...

A rosary once passed from Queen Isabella of Spain to King Charles disappeared long ago. While Queen Isabella possessed it, she claimed to receive spiritual visions from the Virgin Mary, which may have begun the Inquisition. Chyna Stone and her remaining Found History team partners go on a quest for Queen Isabella’s rosary. While it’s believed to possess great spiritual power, legend has it that anyone outside her bloodline who touches her rosary will go mad. When Chyna and the Found History team hear reports of a growing disturbance that mimics the legend, they fly to Cordoba to seek ...

In the fourth exciting novel of this treasure-hunting series, Thalia Phoenix (aka Phoe), who is an amateur archeologist, gets a call from the Vatican about a friar who disappeared while searching for the Fountain of Youth in Tibet.Then, billionaire Simon Kessler again hires Phoe, this time to find the Fountain of Youth and bring back its water. In addition someone abandons a mysterious baby on Phoe's doorstep.

Thalia Phoenix’s vacation is cut short when Simon Kessler hires her to authenticate the purported Ark of the Covenant. But is the Ark in Ethiopia the real thing or a replica? Either way, Thalia is in big trouble. If it’s the authentic Ark, opening the lid to check for the original Ten Commandments, a jar of manna and Aaron’s staff could cause instantaneous death and bring down the wrath of God upon others, too. However, if the Ark is fake, will an international incident erupt among the faithful waiting to know the truth? Unfortunately, Thalia and Charlotte are followed by a gang of ...

In a land fraught with wars and dangerous mythical beasts, peacetime can be a burden a knight wouldn’t wish upon his worst enemy. So with the Welsh and the Mercians holding a truce, Sir Dylan of Ystrad turns his considerable skills to the age-old tradition of dragon-slaying! After recruiting fellow slayer Flynn and alchemist Evan, the trio set out to the Dark Continent, where travelers have reported an over-abundance of larger, more ferocious dragons. But while awaiting to set sail, a blacksmith regales them with a story he’d heard from an ancient mariner. The sailor had been ...

K.T. Tomb takes an infamous page from history and recreates it as a sweeping adventure thriller and undersea treasure hunt in Ghosts of the Titanic. First, she takes listeners back to 1912 and the maiden voyage. Forbidden Russian lovers - Stephan Ivanovich, a peasant farmer, and Darya Nikita, an aristocrat with a dowry of diamonds - board the Titanic so they can elope and enjoy a life together in America.

Dr. Evan Knight, a maverick historian and martial arts expert, is on a lifelong quest for the Garden of Eden. He researches it, he paints it, he even dreams about it. One day, while giving a college lecture on the Garden, he recognizes a compelling and beautiful woman from his recurring dream. She's no ordinary woman and she's about to introduce him to a world of danger, wonder and ancient history that will challenge his courage and threaten his safety, and hers.

History begets legends. Swords versus sorcery. Mortals cross paths with faeries. A high adventure of love, loss, treachery, and redemption. When John of Dumnonia visits his cousin, Rhys, he learns of the House of the Dragon. With renewed purpose, John sets out to seek the legendary Dragon’s Spire. John has his quest, but Owain has a mission, too. A chieftain with dangerous secrets, Owain leads his force of Silurian rebels against the Romans. However, when they’re betrayed, an ambush results. Owain retreats with the survivors, but now, there’s a price on his head. A Roman price. In ...

Chyna Stone and her Found History begin a quest for the Ivory Bow, a supernatural artifact of raw power that once belonged to Queen Christina of Sweden. The Ivory Bow hasn’t been seen since World War II. Turns out, Chyna Stone isn’t the only interested party. Someone ruthless will do anything to obtain it. When the Found History team members race to Lithuania after the Ivory Bow, they find themselves amid political upheaval. Worse, their contact is about to be killed and to escape the same fate, they must deceive the locals. As Chyna and her team get closer to the Ivory Bow, the danger ...

In the second novel of a new treasure-hunting series, Phoe, an amateur archaeologist and collectibles shop owner, is hired by her wealthy client to find her own brother, who went missing years ago when he was on a quest for the Spear of Destiny. Find her brother and thus, find the Spear?

In the first novel of a new treasure-hunting series, Phoe, an amateur archaeologist and collectibles shop owner, is hired by her wealthy client to seek and retrieve the legendary Hammer of Thor. She doesn't know if the artifact even exists, but, like her movie idol, Indiana Jones, she can't resist going on the quest for this compelling artifact.

When Cash is asked to complete the research of a renowned historian - a man famous for his search for the Holy Grail - she can't agree quickly enough. After all, life at her new home in Berkeley, California, has quickly become dull: too dull for a best-selling adventurer who's equally famous for her hands-on research...and for landing in hot water.

When Nick Caine and Ishi go missing from an airport, the price of their freedom is the Syrinx of Polyphemus... The legendary pan flute of a mythological cyclops. But others want it, too—and stealing it will create yet another powerful enemy. The Cyclops is more than a religious relic. It has powers so immense that whoever possesses it could rule the world—or destroy it. They’re dealing with the Illuminati, being chased by a madman, being kidnapped and trying to stop a megalomaniac from taking over the world... It’s all in a day’s work for antiquities thief and looter ...