by Julia McDermott (2014)
After years of guilt over a long-ago tragedy, Candace Morgan is finally poised for success. The CEO of her own women's shapewear company, she's about to launch a new swimsuit line--and make a fortune. When she is guilted into loaning her brother a huge sum of money for real estate, she believes she's simply fulfilling a family promise. In reality, she's enabling a devious sociopath ... and now, she's roped into the renovation from hell. For years, Monty Carawan has envied his sister's wealth. Spiteful and self-centered, he's convinced that her success came at the expense of his own future. But when the housing market plunges and Candace attempts to disentangle herself from Monty's mess, her brother's malicious streak brings the family tension to a dangerous boiling point.--Back cover.
Robert Ferrigno
In a near-future world decimated by nuclear bombs, the Islamic-occupied nations that once comprised the United States struggle with religious fundamentalism, while retired shadow warrior Rakkim Epps endeavors to unite the Islamic Republic with the Bible Belt.
Colin D. Peel
In a new job, but unable to forget the horrors of his last assignment, freelance photojournalist Michael Fraser is unprepared for the tragedy that introduces him to Anna Todini. When he agrees to help her, he finds himself entangled in an international conspiracy that aims to undermine the future of the West's military defences. Against his better judgement, but no longer able to ignore attempts on Anna's life, Fraser is forced to relive his past and fight for his own survival in remote and dangerous regions of Eastern Europe To keep Anna alive Fraser must depend on men who operate outside the law and he has somehow to discover whether or not he has been fatally betrayed.
Margi Preus
Francie plunges into her senior year of high school near Minnesota's Enchantment Lake, but when her long-lost brother, Theo, turns up, so does a dead body, and Francie is drawn into another mystery.
David Goodis
Once upon a time Eddie played concert piano to reverent audiences at Carnegie Hall. Now he bangs out honky-tonk for drunks in a dive in Philadelphia. But then two people walk into Eddie's life—the first promising Eddie a future, the other dragging him back into a treacherous past.