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Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year. “Fans [of The Wire] can find many of the same strengths in Kerrigan’s work” (The New York Times). Vincent Naylor has just been released from prison and has already begun to plot his next heist—the robbery of an armored car. Det. Sgt. Bob Tidey has been caught perjuring himself to protect fellow officers. He’s also found the link between an unsolved murder case and the recent execution of a corrupt banker in serious financial difficulty. An old acquaintance will change the course of the investigation. A retired nun living on regrets and bad memories notices something deeply suspicious and makes a phone call that sets in...
Sienna Sinclair never thought that when she ran from her unwanted fiance' that she would be running right in to the arms of another. She had decide a long time ago never to be like her mother. She had big dreams and there wasn't a man in any of them. However Liam Pierceson would be the man of any woman's dreams. Just not hers. Paul Newlyn has just been given the gift of a lifetime. Too bad for him his gift has decided that she doesn't want to given. In a last ditch effort to win her over he decides to give her a gift of his own. A gift that could prove to be the biggest mistake of his life. Liam Pierceson high powered business attorney has never been afraid to fight for what he wants and with Sienna Sinclair he is sure that this will be a fight to the death. Every time he takes a step forward she makes him take two steps back, but there is just no way he will give up on this witty island beauty. He likes a woman that can keep him on his toes. Read on as the story unfolds on the woman that refuses to claimed and the two men hell bent on have her as his own.
The police cannot decide if the clown sightings reported around Grambling pose a threat or are just a hoax. That is, until a young homeless boy is lured away from his parents in the dead of night. Malachi has been dreaming of the little boy he could not save in Afghanistan. He is pulled between the deep need to drink and drown his past and his desire to try and help save the little boy who was snatched from Tent City, under his nose. Then a man dressed in a clown's outfit is found bludgeoned to death. Brangian reports and watches in horror as the crime is connected to her property and members of her own family are once again suspects. Can Branigan and Malachi help to bring the truth to light before the little boy is harmed, and before the wrong person is convicted of murder...
He’s been hit by a series of painful losses, and he’s got the scars to prove it. She’s got her own wounds, ones she doesn’t want him to see … Rancher Liam Delaney’s still suffering from the triple blow of his beloved uncle’s death, his breakup from a woman he’d wanted to marry, and an accident that left him with an injury that still hasn’t fully healed. When he meets artist Aria Howard, he starts to feel things he hasn’t felt in a long time—like optimism and hope for the future. But Aria’s history—one she’s trying to hide from him—has taught her that love is dangerous and that forever is nothing but a fairy tale. If Liam’s going to earn her trust, he’s going to have to give her the one elusive thing she’s always longed for. Loving the Storm is the third book in Linda Seed’s Delaneys of Cambria series.
Governments in liberal democracies pursue social welfare, but in many different ways. The wellbeing approach instead asks: Why not focus directly on increasing measured human happiness? Why not try to improve people’s overall quality of life, as it is subjectively seen by citizens themselves? The radical implications of this stance include shifting attention to previously neglected areas (such as mental health and ‘social infrastructure’ services) and developing defensible measures of overall wellbeing or quality of life indicators. Can one ‘master’ concept of wellbeing work to create more holism in policy-making? Or should we stick with multiple metrics? These debates have been li...
Megan Scott’s relationship with California rancher Liam Delaney started off well, but lately it’s been going too far too fast—and it’s beginning to feel like a trap she doesn’t know how to escape. Drew McCray has been embroiled in a feud with his cousin Liam for years, but so far, he’s managed to keep his distance. Now, a wedding in which they’re both groomsmen is forcing the two of them together, for better or worse. Considering that Drew is falling hard for Liam’s girl, it's probably going to be worse. The Promise of Lightning is the second novel in a series readers have called “gripping,” “flawless,” and “a wonderful read.”
She hires a contractor to fix up her house, then realizes it’s her life that needs a renovation … Breanna Delaney is a devoted mother, a loyal sister, and a grieving widow who always thinks of others before herself. But lately, she’s been wanting more. If she can just restore her ramshackle beach house to its former glory, it will be a big step toward taking care of her own needs for a change. Jake Travis, battered by a recent divorce, goes into his job as Breanna’s contractor expecting nothing more than a paycheck. Sure, she’s attractive as hell, but she’s way out of his league. But the more closely he works with her, the more he thinks maybe he has the tools to repair both of their lives. Searching for Sunshine is the fourth book in Linda Seed’s Delaneys of Cambria series.