In this thrilling novel from a New York Times bestselling author, Alex Cross battles the most ruthless and powerful killer he has ever encountered: a predator known only as the Wolf. Alex Cross's first case since joining the FBI has his new colleagues baffled. Across the country, men and women are being kidnapped in broad daylight and then disappearing completely. These people are not being taken for ransom, Alex realizes. They are being bought and sold. And it looks as if a shadowy figure called the Wolf-a master criminal who has brought a new reign of terror to organized crime-is behind this business. Even as he admires the FBI's vast resources, Alex grows impatient with the Bureau's clumsiness and caution when it's time to move. A lone wolf himself, he has to go out on his own in order to track the Wolf and try to rescue some of the victims while they are still alive. As the case boils over, Alex is in hot water at home too. His ex-fiancee, Christine Johnson, comes back into his life-and not for the reasons he might have hoped.

When her mother goes missing, a young woman uncovers the secrets beneath her protected community. The women asked: How are they safe? And Tamsen Nightingale said: In this red grove, no woman can be harmed. No violence may come upon her. No injury to her flesh from the flesh of another. —The Story of the Sisters, Welcoming Incantation The Red Grove is a special place, protected. Some say a spell was cast by the community’s founder, Tamsen Nightingale. Some say the mountain lions who stalk the nearby hills guard its mysteries and its people. Some say the mighty redwoods keep them safe. Yet Luce’s mother, Gloria, has gone missing. A man came seeking answers among the Red Grove’s mysteries—a connection to the beyond—and died. And then Gloria vanished. The Red Grove is Luce’s whole world. She is devoted to its mission, its rituals and myths. But she knows that her mother, frustrated free spirit though she might be, wouldn’t just leave without a word, wouldn’t leave her little brother, Roo, and especially their aunt Gem, whose care in that suspended state of everdream depends on Gloria in every way. But as Luce tries to figure out what has happened to her mother, she discovers that this special place is not what it seems and that protection comes at a cost. The debut novel by the acclaimed author of The Electric Woman, Tessa Fontaine's The Red Grove is an exploration of the legacies of violence, the price of safety, and the choices we make to protect what we love.

Jack rider is an asshole and a proud one but to his mate aurora he can't be as bad, selfish and a bigger asshole than her father. Jack rider only cares about three things in his life, alcohol, cigarettes and sex, Aurora only wanted a mate to rescue her from the hands of her father and defeat him for good.Jack rider doesn't care about being an Alpha or fighting to have an Alpha position, Aurora wants her mate to fight her father and defeat him for the alpha position. Jack rider doesn't care about having a pack or caring for a bunch of people that means nothing to him, Aurora loves her pack members so she will stop at nothing to make sure they are safe. And jack rider certainly ,doesn't care about being tied down to one women calling her his mate, Aurora has kept herself all her life for her mate . So what happens when the moon goddess sees that, this will be a match made in heaven, feels they will be the perfect mate and pair them as one. Can jack rider continue to act like the baddest wolf in the werewolf world or is he going to change act like a good wolf and be the mate that can resue aurora and love her the way she deserves. But the question is loving a mate, caring for a bunch of people and being an Alpha were the last things on Jack rider's mind.

Get five romance standalones from May Sage’s vault. This anthology includes paranormal and contemporary romance titles. Includes: On Top: a contemporary rom com. Colt thought Alice was going to ask him out. He didn't expect her to propose a friends-with-benefits arrangement. The Brat: a brother’s best friend romance. Brooke is back in town now and she just can't resist raising the blood pressure of her brother, and his hot best friend. Set it Ablaze: a dragon shifter novella. Dragon have one night a year to find their mates. When Kyle accepts to miss his chance in favor of undertaking a secret mission, he doesn't expect to meet the woman made for him along the way. Matchsticks: a modern fairy tale. Quinn's existence revolves around his mission until Lidia, a poor, dirty woman who shouldn't worry about anyone else, crosses his path. Love Blows: an enemy to lover shifter romance. When Kyle took over as Alpha, he made one mistake: demoting the most dominant woman in his pack. He doesn't understand just how much that move cost him until she leaves.

Leaders in Transition brings a new perspective on why some leaders succeed more than others when taking charge of an organisation. Based on in-depth case studies, when four new leaders and their teams in large and complex international organisations were tracked for over a year, this book uncovers that success in managing transition is directly related to leaders' ability to balance tensions, appropriately to the context. The reasons for each leader's effectiveness are explored and analysed, allowing the authors then to extrapolate some general conclusions about the ways in which these tensions reveal themselves during all leadership transitions. Evidently, the success or failure of a new leader is the result of the way multiple actors (the new leader, his or her boss, his organisation and its stakeholders) behave, before and during the taking charge. These multiple interactions are revealed and discussed.

Fans of Susan Elizabeth Phillips will delight (Publishers Weekly) in this "sexy, smart" (Lori Wilde, New York Times bestselling author) western romance about a cowboy who comes home to save his ranch, and finds a family along the way. One of Publishers Weekly's Best Romances of 2018! After one too many heartbreaks, Travis Blake hung up his cowboy hat and put Big Verde, Texas, behind him. But when he gets the call that his young nephew needs him, he knows he has to return home. His plan is to sell the family ranch and hightail it back to Austin, but there's a small problem: the one person who stands in his way is the one person he can't resist. Maggie is pretty sure she hates Travis Blake. He's irritating, he's destroying her business, and . . . and he's just so frickin' attractive. But when they're forced to work together, Maggie discovers that the Most Annoying Man in the World is more than he seems. He's sweet with his nephew, he helps out in the community, and he makes her heart flutter. Maggie doesn't want to risk everything on a man who wants to leave, but what if she can convince this wayward cowboy to stay? "Big Bad Cowboy is sweet and sexy!" -- New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ryan What readers are saying about Big Bad Cowboy... "I fell in love with this book...if you have a soft spot for dirty talking, alpha, sexy cowboys, then [Travis] is your guy." "With its original storyline and the intense chemistry between the hero and heroine, I am one happy reader." "Big Bad Cowboy is an amazingly good book." "Big Bad Cowboy is a delightful western romance that is impressive on all fronts." "Serious, funny, sexy, and just the right amount of angst."