A devastating secret drove her from the man she loved. Will a deadly secret lead her back to him? Diana Reid is an investigative reporter skilled at uncovering other people's secrets. It's her own secret that she'll go to great lengths to keep buried--a secret that drove her to leave her fiancé and hometown of Diamond, Texas eight years ago. All that's about to change when she receives a letter stating people are dying, and implicating her hometown's largest employer. With no other choice, Diana risks her life and her secrets by returning to Diamond, Texas to uncover the deadly plot. It took Brad Jordan years to put his life back together after Diana walked out on him. Leaving his brother in charge of the family business, Jordan Industries, Brad pursued a law degree and is now mayor of Diamond, Texas. Just as he rebuilt his life after Diana's desertion, he plans to rebuild his hometown by bringing in new industry and businesses. Those plans are threatened, however, when an El Paso physician notifies Brad that his family's company may be conducting illegal practices and sacrificing the public's health. The doctor's evidence is circumstantial at best, but just the hint of impropriety will shut down the company and bankrupt the town. Brad is further conflicted when the physician suggests bringing in Diana Reid to uncover the wrongdoing. Diana is the last person he wants to see professionally or personally, and he nixes the idea. Unfortunately, she shows up anyway. Torn between his family and his oath of office, and recognizing she may be Brad's only option to get at the truth, he'll join forces with the very woman he's vowed to forget. Together, Diana and Brad face a dangerous adversary intent on keeping their deadly agenda buried.

Here Lies America is a fast-paced, hilarious travel narrative in which Jason Cochran visits the major American tourism attractions that exist because something really horrible happened there. He romps through disaster zones, battlefields, terrorist attack sites--as long as it has a parking lot and a gift shop, he put it on the itinerary, no gravestone unturned. Along the way, he takes a look at the motivations of the people who installed the monuments, and when he pauses to seek the meaning behind the early demise of one of his own ancestors, he uncovers a tragic race-based murder plot that had been buried for a century. This is an American journey that could only be undertaken in our turbulent times, celebrating the absurd while surveying the country's teetering patriotic mythology from a healthy position on the margins. Jason chases newspaper clippings in dusty archives to inscriptions on rusty plaques to get to the truth, and in doing so, creates a moving miniature portrait of what it really means to be an American: what's "fact," what's "history," and what really matters.

He'd faced down danger multiple times, but now Pentagon liaison Evan Pike had to deal with the ultimate confrontation. Telling Megan Randall that her late husband had been murdered by his own government was difficult. Keeping their association strictly about business, however, was proving impossible. Especially once Megan's life was put in jeopardy. On the run with a stranger, Megan wondered how her quiet life had changed so drastically. Having Evan as her protector was comforting and she knew he'd do anything to keep her alive. But he was also a man who had her questioning her belief that she'd never love again. And that was even more dangerous….

This collection elucidates the key role played by the National Research Council seminars, reports, and pamphlets in setting an agenda that has guided American archaeology in the 20th century.

A "New York Times" political cartoonist and writer presents a collection of his most popular essays and drawings about life and government hypocrisy.

A telephone call originating in Idaho triggers alarms as far away as New York and Paris. When the Secretary of the Interior’s helicopter is shot out of the sky, his plans to develop an exclusive residential community on lands owned by his wife’s family are put on hold. The President’s National Security Advisor suspects the Secretary’s murder may signal the beginning of a series of terrorist attacks on US soft targets, possibly sponsored by the Saudi Royal family to stop the Secretary’s push to tap additional US oil and gas reserves. CIA operative Alec Caldwell, a master at mountain man skills, is tasked with finding the crash site in the remote Idaho Mountains. Conflicting evidence leads Caldwell to suspect there is more to the Secretary’s death than meets the eye. When deadly radioactive waste is found buried in the Secretary’s development, Alec tracks the culprit to Europe, but a contract assassin silences his target before he can take him into custody. Caldwell ultimately identifies the assassin, but does not turn her over to the FBI. He, and the CIA have other plans for her considerable talents. Caught up in a web of mistakes in handling the case, a disgruntled FBI agent blames Alec for his problems and targets him for assassination. Can Beth get Alec the medical attention he needs to save his life or do the Alec Caldwell sagas end here?