The woman comes into the bar and catches Jake's attention immediately. Not beautiful, but there is something striking about her. She asks for Steve Canby, who's just left, and dismisses Jake with a glance. Then she leaves. Jake doesn't think much of it until he comes out of the bar and finds the woman being choked by a huge hulk of a man. Coming to her rescue, he barely manages to keep from being strangled himself. Later, they end up at his apartment. Her name is Angela, and she just wants someplace safe to spend the night. Someone is out to get her. Jake Barrow is a private detective between jobs, so he agrees. But later that night when he returns from a false alarm from someone claiming to want his services, he finds her gone. Was the call a ruse? Who knew she was here? But this is just the beginning-it's not long before his pursuit of Angela leads to murder.

The hilarious follow-up to the memoir, Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl. It's been four years since Susan's husband dragged her kicking and screaming from their comfortable, big city East Coast life to a farm in Virginia cattle country. Susan's adjusting as best she can, which isn't easy considering she's been known to wear Manolos in manure. She'll never be a real farm girl, but as readers will see from her side- splitting confessions, she's faking it just fine.

It's not every day you see your childhood friend and one-time crush on national news. Jackie Sellers just wishes it were under different circumstances. She can't believe that Ian Lockwood is wanted in connection with a terrorist plot, and she's determined to find him and help him clear his name. But she's not the only one looking. The FBI wants him captured. The bad guys want him dead. Ian just wants to stay alive long enough to save thousands of innocent lives. Lynette Eason throws readers right into the action from page one, propelling them along a dangerous road and asking the provocative question of how far we'd be willing to go if we were up against a wall.

What began innocently enough is a prime example of trafficking. Young girls flattered into becoming a hostage for the sake of sexual pursuit. Many of them are 12 or 13 years of age! Trafficking is a form of Modern Day Slavery. Many girls fall into becoming a victim to this criminal activity. Being pressured into a sex act is just the beginning. DO NOT FALL PREY TO A STRANGER. What could start out as a boyfriend/girlfriend situation could turn dangerous very quickly. AVOID THE PLOY : "Oh, you are so pretty..." and then there is the "I could get you a job being a model" DON'T ALLOW ANYONE TO TOUCH YOU ... BE SUSPICIOUS IF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS PERSON. ... and you've heard this before from your Mom, teachers, etc., DON'T ACCEPT A RIDE WITH STRANGERS. REPORT TO ANY ADULT WHOM YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH, IF ANY OF THE ABOVE HAPPEN TO YOU. remember, the police are always there to help. Even use 911. The Ohio State Patrol Intelligence Unit at 1-866-678-8477. Remember, you will NOT be in any trouble if you seek help and tell the truth. Confide in someone or call the police. You can ask to speak to a female officer, don't hesitate. Never lie when explaining your situation. One lie will lead to another and another. Although statistics don't show males falling victim to trafficking, but it is not out of the question. Gender does not mean girls/women alone. Know that you are loved, yes by many people working to irradiate this horrible, devastating crime. BE AWARE... BE SMART ...

Justine Cantrell has a terrible secret to hide. The compelling and moving new novel from the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of Too Close to Home, Behind Closed Doors, No Child of Mine and Don't Let Me Go. Why has Justine Cantrell suddenly changed her name, abandoned the husband and family she loves and a successful business to start a new life in a place many thousands of miles away? There isn't a man involved, but there is a terrible secret that she must hide from her new friends and neighbours as securely as she needs to hide herself from those she's left behind. What is Justine's Secret?

No Place to Hide: Alpha Company at Nui Ba Den puts into words what few can imagine and even fewer have experiencedthe harrowing and life-altering experience of facing deadly assaults from snipers. The U.S. Armys Alpha Company, deployed in Vietnam in 1969, followed orders sending it toward a mountain, Nui Ba Den. There they encountered North Vietnamese snipers, secure on higher ground, who subjected the company to two days of unremitting attack. In the end, nine members of the company and two of Charlie Company who came to their aid lost their lives. The author, Bill Sly, survived both the battle at Nui Ba Den and the Vietnam War. A college degree in history education and his military duties writing narratives to support awards of the Medal of Honor provided him with the background and expertise to bring to life his first-hand experience with the war and this particular engagement. In the pages of No Place to Hide, he tells the story of this company and its men who served, fought, and died and those who survived to remember and to remind others of the sacrifices of their comrades. No Place to Hide: Alpha Company at Nui Ba Den honors the men who fought together, remembers the sacrifices of those who died, and preserves the history of the events it depicts.

A shocking true story that reveals how one woman was tormented to the very depths of despair by her husband through coercive control and continual physical and sexual abuse.