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Penny Harrigan is a low-level associate in a big Manhattan law firm who has an apartment in Queens and no love life at all. So it comes as a great shock when she finds herself invited to dinner by one C. Linus Maxwell, aka "Climax-Well," a software megabillionaire and lover of the most gorgeous and accomplished women on earth. After taking her to Manhattan's most exclusive restaurant, he whisks Penny off to a hotel suite in Paris, where he proceeds,...

Attorney Nina Reilly returns in the eleventh thriller in this bestselling series, ready to take on her biggest challenge yet: coming home. As Nina unravels a murder, she exposes the secrets and lies lurking behind tragedy.

"Two Washington, DC police detectives take on the power elite and unravel the secrets behind a brutal murder"--Provided by the publisher.

Huey Valentine, his mother Miss Olivia, and Huey's great friend Abigail Thurmond live an idyllic life on Pawley's Island in South Carolina's lowcountry. Then one day, Rebecca Simms, who has been catapulted from her home, her marriage, and her children, seeks haven on the island. When Huey and Abigail help Rebecca see her day in court, they provoke a national forum for discussion.

"The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993--a witty, engaging, serious, and playful collection of writings and speeches from the woman who has had a powerful and enduring influence on law, women's rights, and popular culture. My Own Words is a selection of writings and speeches by Justice Ginsburg on wide-ranging topics, including gender equality, the workways of the Supreme Court, on being Jewish, on law...

Bestseller Robards (Superstition) opens her latest romantic thriller with a bang by placing her heroine, assistant district attorney Sarah Mason of Beaufort County, S.C., in the midst of a convenience store robbery gone wrong. A cashier is shot to death, Mason is wounded in the head and a young girl, who was hiding in the store during the gunplay, vanishes. Mason, who has thrown herself into her work with a vengeance since the disappearance of her...

A young model named Alana Martin has vanished from a glitzy party on South Beach, and cops want to question Rick Slater, formerly Army Special Forces, now a driver for an influential U.S. congressman--and the last person seen with her. Miami defense attorney C.J. Dunn has reasons to dislike Slater's boss, but if she takes this case, the congressman can get her a job hosting a show on a major news outlet. For a woman who grew up dirt-poor, the celebrity...

The truth can't stay buried forever...
The McCaffertys: Slade
Slade McCafferty was a bachelor through and through—too busy raising hell to settle down. Case in point: fifteen years ago daredevil Slade had taken wild child Jamie Parsons's innocence, and then had broken her heart. But Jamie is back in town, a lawyer, all confidence and polished professionalism. And seeing her again is setting off a tidal wave of emotions Slade thought he'd...

Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper has always been fascinated by the stage, especially the Metropolitan Opera. When a world-renowned Russian ballerina is murdered at the Met shortly after her performance, Cooper quickly launches into an investigation, eager to go behind the scenes. But she soon discovers that the clues--and the suspects--are as complex as the corridors that zigzag throughout the great opera house.

Despite their Israeli citizenship, Hana and Daud cannot safely return to their homeland because a dangerous terrorist ring is threatening Daud. Hana is perfectly fine remaining in the United States, working for a law firm in Atlanta, especially when she learns she’s pregnant. But Daud can’t shake the draw to return home to Israel, even if it makes him a walking target. Hana is helping her boss plan a huge Middle East summit in Atlanta when Jakob...