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Sworn to a goddess. One with her blade. A heart yet unbroken. It would have been only one more year of training. One year in the dust and wind of the Calma Desert. But Gandrett Brayton’s fate storms in disguised as a beautiful stranger with a damning secret. As he forces her into the service of the lord who tore her from her mother’s arms ten years ago to commit her to the Order of Vala, Gandrett is left with a choice: run, or work for the man she despises and earn the chance to see her family again.

As they learn about Gandrett’s captivity, Drew and Palvin drum up new allies in a rigorous attempt to free their queen, while in Phornes, Taghi and Mckenzie face the consequences of the prince’s foolish bargain. Struggling to defend the western capital of the shattered kingdom, Brax and Armand must make a tough decision before all of Sives falls under Raynar’s spell. But even with the forces they have gathered, the Human-Fae Alliance might not be enough to save Neredyn.

Not one moment of rest for Gandrett. Not as she sets out to rescue the Fae male who was taken from her just as she admitted her own feelings for him. Now, it is up to her—to her fighter’s mind, her determination, and to her growing magic that is expanding far beyond what she thought herself capable of. If she can hold on just a little longer, she could save them all—Addie, who is suffering in the Dragon King’s claws; Mckenzie, who is fighting her own battles in the southernmost territory; the young Lords of Ackwood and Eedwood, who are on their own; and her brother.

Breaking the curse will break her heart. Gandrett can no longer hope that she has a dying chance to save the prince of Ulfray or the friend the Dragon King has taken from her. But she won’t give up. In this third installment in Angelina J. Steffort’s Shattered Kingdom series, Gandrett must fight the biggest battle of her life: the battle of her heart.

She saved her enemy. Now she must save the future of Sives. All Gandrett ever wanted was to go home. Now, that there is no home for her to return to, Gandrett must decide whether she still wants to be a Child of Vala - if the goddess has forsaken her. While Gandrett is still learning to control her magic, an old cult rises in Sives, estranging Gandrett further from her goddess and threatening the future of the kingdom.

With evil rising, every secret can change the course of history.The curse is broken. The Fae are free. And so is Gandrett - at least to walk away from the palace at Lei’Vreah, from the King of Fae who she supposedly is in love with, from the prince who almost died in her arms. Her friends are out there, needing her help. Mckenzie who is struggling at the Phornian court, and Addie, for who any help might come too late. And her brother - When Gandrett returns to Everrun in the hope of breaking free from the Order at last, she isn’t prepared for the mission the Meister sends her on.

While Gandrett and Nehelon are struggling to fit into their new role at the Fae court and secure alliances, Valyn is making his own dangerous alliances. Addie is left to face the aftermath of a battle that redefines her relationship with the Dragon King, while in the west Brax Brenheran is presented with unexpected support and a theory that could change the course of the war.

The FBI Hostage Rescue Team is dispatched to engage in resolving critical incidents. This bundle is the first three critical incidents in the series: SuperCel, Free Fall, and Lost Art.

Darfur, Sudan. 2009. Two doctors employed by NGOs stumble across a strange metallic cylinder, which has been embedded for perhaps millions of years in desert rock. Mystified by the object, they gather four of the world’s leading experts in science and technology a computer scientist, a physicist, a biochemist, and a genetic researcher and head to London to study it thoroughly. The six have barely begun running tests on the cylinder, when they suddenly disappear telling family members not to go looking for them.

After finding the killer who tried to take out the entire team and now with Bullard safe, the crew heads back to the island where he recovered. Leia wants to get married there, so Dave has gone ahead with Katie, Bullard’s caterer, to set things up. Katie has been in Dave’s orbit for a long time; she’s not sure what’s changed in their relationship, but something certainly has, and she couldn’t be happier. Except for one loose thread from that same island. After all, someone let the outside world know Bullard was alive.

Centuries after the Forgotten Wars ravaged the world and turned it to ash, the Houses of Pilar, Darakai, Boreal, and Bastiion forged an accord with the royal line of Thoarne, founding a Quadren of advisory to the throne of Orynthia. Every generation, a single haidren from each of the four Houses is appointed to this coveted chair. Upon her ascension to adulthood, Luscia Tiergan takes her seat at court as al’haidren to the House of Boreal. As she adjusts to her new life, Luscia uncovers a pattern of forgotten children, slain in the streets of Bastiion.

The Jade Dragon will take you on a journey to old Shanghai, where danger, excitement, and romance exist side by side. In 1935, Shanghai is the place to be. Glittering nightlife, bustling business, and a diverse international community are just some of the appeals of the "Paris of the Orient". Douglas Bainbridge, Office of Naval Intelligence, is beginning a two-year immersion in Shanghai when he runs into Tim McIntyre, a childhood friend from San Francisco. Tim is a reporter for the Associated Press, and he offers to show Doug the local nightlife.

Emily and Daniel Lane, a happily married couple, are attempting to live a simpler life and live it to the fullest on their small farm in rural middle Tennessee. The two become separated when Daniel, while on a trail ride, accidentally discovers The Shimmering, a gateway that sends him 200 years back in time.

Hatch is more than happy to step up and to rescue the missing father-and-daughter archeological duo. Now if only it were that easy. They’d been questioned by the Egyptian government and released, with a warning to not leave Cairo. But, when their hotel room is found empty, most believe they took off ahead of punishment - but not Hatch’s team. When the father’s foreman turns up dead, Hatch investigates the body-dump location and finds the daughter, weaving through the sand, ready to collapse.

For thousands of years, the Angel of Death has challenged worldwide authorities with sinister games of murder. With the abduction of a 17-year-old celebrity, a new game has begun that pushes humanity closer to the brink of extinction. Private Investigator Jack Calloway has died twice in his quest to save children lost in a world of cruelty. Now, Jack accepts a case that will push the boundaries of his faith and sanity as he dares to pick up the pieces.

Life was good for Daniel until he grew up and saw his father for what he really was - a monster! The death of his girlfriend and family was more than Daniel Horwitz could take. The blame for his grief rested totally on his father, Frank Horwitz. It was time for him to pay for his crimes, and Daniel had devised a plan to collect.

August 1937, the Japanese have invaded northern Shanghai, and a fierce battle rages across the city, but the International Settlement is an island of safety. When an American seaman is found shot on the edge of the urban battleground, mere feet from the boundary, Doug Bainbridge is assigned to investigate for the navy. But what seems a case of foolhardy drunken daredevil sightseeing gone wrong becomes much more sinister when Doug learns it wasn't a Chinese or Japanese military gun that shot Seaman Nick Bonadio. His was no accidental death.

Shanghai, 1936. A series of assassinations of Japanese businessmen, sailors, and officials has struck fear into the International Settlement, and the Chinese government is blaming communist insurgents. Doug Bainbridge is soon pulled into the political intrigue. When a friend of Doug's is arrested for the assassination of a Japanese secret agent, Doug is certain she didn't do it. Since Chinese officials don't seem to care about Wong Mei-ling's actual guilt or innocence, Doug and his girlfriend Lucy Kinzler take it upon themselves to find proof of the real killers.

The sight of the body did not sicken Ben. Not right away. Guilt was what got him: The mounting consequences rising in his throat, and the truth which would inevitably come spilling out. Sometime after the events at Duncastor, two men are dispatched to make a delivery. It was a straightforward assignment: Take the sealed cargo - a container roughly the size of a child’s casket - and deliver it to a reclusive specialist residing in a lakeside cabin. What this specialist did or specialized in was never mentioned.

Sam Straight wants to be a good lawyer. Instead, he finds himself disillusioned in 1990s LA, daydreaming in court of the gentle savior he wants to be, and drinking away his frustrations at night in his office. But he is violently shaken from the despairing emptiness of his life one evening when an intruder at the law firm brutally stabs him and his partner.