The Double Disguise

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TJ Moore

"In San Francisco, CSI Photographer Cameron Frost spends his nights capturing evidence from the latest crime. And he's good at it. So when San Francisco citizens start disappearing, Cameron and his team jump on the case. But the trail of missing people leads Cameron straight into the den of a self-proclaimed mastermind bent on one terrifying goal. Cameron and his team must outwit the evil at the center of this crime web before time runs out. TJ Moore tells a gripping and thought-provoking story of manipulation and twisted motives in this beat-the-clock thriller." --

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Julianna Baggott

West Virginia, 1924: Alma works in a hosiery mill where the percussive roar of machinery has far too long muffled the engine that is her heart. When Alma's husband decides that they should set out to find their fortune in Florida, Alma has little choice but to leave her three children and ailing mother behind. But when Alma is then abandoned at a Miami dock, she is suddenly forced to make her own way in the world. With the help of a gentle giantess and an opium-addicted prostitute, Alma reclaims her children from the orphanage and forges ahead with an altogether new sort of family. As an act of survival, she chooses to run a house of prostitution, a harvest that relies on lust and weakness in men, of which "the world has a generous, unending supply." The Madam is the story of a house of sin. It is here where Alma's children will learn everything there is to know about "love and loss, sex and betrayal." Based on the real life of the author's grandmother, The Madam is a tale of epic proportions, one that will haunt readers long after its stunning conclusion.

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T.M. Doran

"Dennis Cole and his three best buddies from childhood gather for a weekend reunion. On the first night, one of the men is murdered-or is he? A professor of engineering by day and a writer of detective fiction by night, Cole and the other survivors try to piece together the mysterious fate of their friend. The suspenseful story moves back and forth between the unfolding reunion gone bad and childhood events that involved these friends who grew up on the same street. Looming largest in the memory of Dennis is the striking character of his widowed father, T.A.-Marine veteran of the Korean War and blue-collar philosopher. In his interactions with T. A, Dennis tries to make sense out of life; but instead of simple answers, puzzling questions of evil, human freedom, and the possibility of transformation are all T.A. seems to provide. These questions follow Dennis through young adulthood and beyond; they finally catch up to him in the surprising and thrilling climax of this novel. A murder mystery and a coming of age story, both with many twists and turns, Terrapin is about man's potential for doing either good or evil, his tendency to do the latter, and his response to the consequences of his actions."--Publisher's website.

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Victoria Leigh

GRIFF -- A Flirting Father Who Caught Her Staring -- and Wouldn't Let Go... He usually wasn't jealous of his high-spirited three-year-old, but Griff Ross envied his son Harry when he found the boy in Sharron Capwell's arms! Her lush mouth made him long to kiss her breathless, while her soft curves tempted him with visions of her bare shoulders touched only by moonlight and his hands. His slow drawl gave Sharron irresistible goose bumps, but did she dare run wild with him? He Tempted Her to Yearn for What She'd Never Known. She tasted of honey and wine, made him burn with pleasure as no woman ever had, but Griff insisted he wanted only a friend and lover, still hurt by a betrayal he'd never forgiven. Thrilling to the ecstasy he taught her, Sharron struggled with her need to be his wife and Harry's mother, sure it was a dream she'd never share. Once both admitted what they couldn't deny, would forever belong enough?