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Caleb's Crossing: A Novel

A richly imagined new novel from the author of the New York Times bestseller, People of the Book. Once again, Geraldine Brooks takes a remarkable shard of history and brings it to vivid life. In 1665, a young man from Martha's Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. Upon this slender factual scaffold, Brooks has created a luminous tale of love and faith, magic and adventure. The narrator of Caleb's Crossing is Bethia Mayfield, growing up in the tiny settlement of Great Harbor amid a small band of pioneers and Puritans. Restless and curious, she yearns after an education that is closed to her by her sex. As often as she can, she slips away to explore the island's glistening beaches and observe its native Wampanoag inhabitants. At twelve, she encounters Caleb, the young son of a chieftain, and the two forge a tentative secret friendship that draws each into the alien world of the other. Bethia's minister father tries to convert the Wampanoag, awakening the wrath of the tribe's shaman, against whose magic he must test his own beliefs. One of his projects becomes the education of Caleb, and a year later, Caleb is in Cambridge, studying Latin and Greek among the colonial elite. There, Bethia finds herself reluctantly indentured as a housekeeper and can closely observe Caleb's crossing of cultures. Like Brooks's beloved narrator Anna in Year of Wonders, Bethia proves an emotionally irresistible guide to the wilds of Martha's Vineyard and the intimate spaces of the human heart. Evocative and utterly absorbing, Caleb's Crossing further establishes Brooks's place as one of our most acclaimed novelists. Watch a Video

The Fifth Witness (Mickey Haller)

Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to see one of his clients accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home. Mickey puts his team into high gear to exonerate Lisa Trammel, even though the evidence and his own suspicions tell him his client is guilty. Soon after he learns that the victim had black market dealings of his own, Haller is assaulted, too--and he's certain he's on the right trail. Despite the danger and uncertainty, Haller mounts the best defense of his career in a trial where the last surprise comes after the verdict is in. Connelly proves again why he "may very well be the best novelist working in the United States today" (San Francisco Chronicle).

Chalk Outline Confessions: The Remix

Francine Styles receives a visit from two detectives one fateful night announcing her husband’s death. She later finds out his killer is a man he has been having an affair with. Now she is on a mission to end the lives of men also leading double lives. Witness each murder firsthand as even Francine’s trusted psychiatrist is nothing more than a helpless pawn in her quest for revenge. Law enforcement is unable to pinpoint her whereabouts or deduce who is next in her line of victims and she is referred to as “The Revlon Killer” – a name given to her because of the way she seduces her victims before killing them in cold blood!

Fury (New Species, Book One)

Book 1 in the New Species series.Ellie is horrified to discover the pharmaceutical company she works for is doing illegal experiments. Company scientists have spliced human and animal DNA, creating exotic new species. One such “experiment” captures her heart and she’ll do anything to save him—even if he hates her for it.Fury has never known compassion or love. He’s spent his life in a cell, chained and abused by humans. The one woman he allowed himself to trust betrayed him. Now he’s free and set on vengeance. He vows to end her life but when she’s finally in his grasp, harming her is the last thing he wants to do to the sexy little human.Fury can’t resist Ellie—the touch of her hands, her mouth on his skin, her body wrapped around his. He’s obsessed with the scent of his woman. And Ellie wants Fury—always has. She craves his big, powerful body and wants to heal his desolate heart.But loving Fury is one thing…taming him is another.Reader Advisory: This story contains the heartrending aftermath of a rape scene involving a captive male. Another scene involves capture and forced touching by a hurt, vengeful Fury.

In My Dreams

It was happening again. The dreams. The nightmares. It was something seventeen year-old Elizabeth "Lizzy" Hayes thought she'd outgrown; dreams that would come true; detailed premonitions of how people would die. This time she dreams about her boyfriend, Michael Young, and soon discovers that he's been found... dead. Michael hasn't crossed over because he was murdered. Now, his murderer is coming for Lizzy, and his spirit won't rest until she's safe. As a newbie spirit, the easiest way for him to make contact is through Lizzy's dreams. When she dreams, it's as if he hasn't died. Lizzy must learn to pull on her inner strength to survive horrifying events. Meanwhile, in the spirit world, Michael learns everything he can about his supernatural gifts to help. But will it be enough to save her?

Wrath (New Species, Book Six)

Book 6 in the New Species series.Wrath volunteers to live and work outside Homeland, where he'll once again be confined in a small space with other males. He was subjected to horrific abuse and conditioning and forced to view endless sex tapes of human females while chained to Mercile's perverted machines. Wrath knows he's too dangerous and emotionally damaged to ever be with a female.Lauren has just been detained by three big, buff, well-armed men-New Species. One of them really catches her eye. He's tall, sexy and...her new roommate, apparently. Having never met a man this spectacular, she decides to taste every inch of his amazing body. Wrath is definitely open to that plan. The sex is incredible and he gives her everything she needs-but he'll only go so far. Something is holding him back.Lauren has to make him unleash his desire and Wrath has to get past his fear if the couple wants any chance at a future together.Publisher's Note: While each New Species book is a standalone, the greatest enjoyment will come from reading them in series order.

Predestined (Existence)

You would think after helping save her boyfriend from an eternity in Hell that things would go back to normal. Well, as normal as life can be when you can see souls and your boyfriend is Death. But for Pagan Moore, things are just getting weirder. The high school quarterback and reigning heartthrob, Leif Montgomery, is missing. While the town is in a frenzy of worry, Pagan is a nervous wreck for other reasons. Apparently good ‘ol Leif isn’t your average teenage boy. He isn’t even human. According to Death, Leif doesn’t have a soul. The quarterback may have skipped town but he’s still showing up in Pagan’s dreams... uninvited. Dank has known from the beginning Leif wasn’t human. But he hadn’t worried about a simple soulless creature. Now, he realizes he made a grave mistake. Pagan’s soul has been marked since birth as a restitution, to a spirit so dark not even Death walks near it. Dank knows saving Pagan’s soul won’t be easy but Pagan is his. And he’s already proven he’ll defy Heaven to keep her. If Hell wants a piece of him too, then bring it on.

Invisible Enemies

Abby has a wonderful voice, and sings in the choir at Grace Faith Church. When God chooses Abby and her family as pawns in his wager with Satan, her life is turned upside down. Abby is banned from her beloved church and soon, she's hanging out with a new crew, drinking and getting high.Abby runs into Randy Nelson, her older sister's ex. They begin dating, and soon Abby becomes pregnant and marries him. Unknown to Abby, the Nelsons are members of a New Age cult called the Brotherhood. When Abby finds out about her husband's involvement in the Brotherhood, and his many infidelities, the marriage turns sour. For years, God's angels and Satan's demons wage war with Abby's soul. When Abby discovers RJ, her thirteen-year-old son has been attending Brotherhood initiation ceremonies, she joins forces with her old minister and together, they fight the good fight of faith and Abby shows Satan just how strong her faith really is.

A Night to Remember

James Cameron's 1997 Titanic movie is a smash hit, but Walter Lord's 1955 classic remains in some ways unsurpassed. Lord interviewed scores of Titanic passengers, fashioning a gripping you-are-there account of the ship's sinking that you can read in half the time it takes to see the film. The book boasts many perfect movie moments not found in Cameron's film. When the ship hits the berg, passengers see "tiny splinters of ice in the air, fine as dust, that give off myriads of bright colors whenever caught in the glow of the deck lights." Survivors saw dawn reflected off other icebergs in a rainbow of shades, depending on their angle toward the sun: pink, mauve, white, deep blue--a landscape so eerie, a little boy tells his mom, "Oh, Muddie, look at the beautiful North Pole with no Santa Claus on it." A Titanic funnel falls, almost hitting a lifeboat--and consequently washing it 30 yards away from the wreck, saving all lives aboard. One man calmly rides the vertical boat down as it sinks, steps into the sea, and doesn't even get his head wet while waiting to be successfully rescued. On one side of the boat, almost no males are permitted in the lifeboats; on the other, even a male Pekingese dog gets a seat. Lord includes a crucial, tragically ironic drama Cameron couldn't fit into the film: the failure of the nearby ship Californian to save all those aboard the sinking vessel because distress lights were misread as random flickering and the telegraph was an early wind-up model that no one wound. Lord's account is also smarter about the horrifying class structure of the disaster, which Cameron reduces to hollow Hollywood formula. No children died in the First and Second Class decks; 53 out of 76 children in steerage died. According to the press, which regarded the lower-class passengers as a small loss to society, "The night was a magnificent confirmation of women and children first, yet somehow the loss rate was higher for Third Class children than First Class men." As the ship sank, writes Lord, "the poop deck, normally Third Class space ... was suddenly becoming attractive to all kinds of people." Lord's logic is as cold as the Atlantic, and his bitter wit is quite dry.

Killing Hope (Gabe Quinn Thriller)

 '- a gripping thriller with a killer twist ...'   "Every bit up there as Patterson, Child and Connolly" - ★★★★★ Review by 'I Love New York' - (Burns Country) Amazon International Bestseller - Over 63,000 Kindle Downloads.  "Highly recommend this book to all murder/thrillers lovers as well as anyone who loves a story that will draw you inand keep you wanting more." - ★★★★★ Review by The Kindle Book Review. 'Fast, intelligent, enthralling. Houghton's punchy style takes the breath away.' - John Paul Davis, UK Bestselling Author of 'The Templar Agenda'   Killing Hope (Gabe Quinn Thriller) One man stands in the way of countless innocent deaths ...One man will try to stop him ...Only one will succeed ...  "Celebrity Cop" Gabe Quinn is back working Robbery-Homicide after a personaltragedy has left him emotionally bare. He's raw, but resolved to catch a serial killer stalking the streets of two major cities.With cryptic clues left at each crime scene, Gabe is faced with the seemingly impossibletask of piecing together the bizarre puzzle - following signs that point toward a killerwhose motive questions everything he believes in ...  'If you could save a million lives by taking one ... would you?'    "Our hero, and accomplices, embark on a lofty quest to track down the man responsiblefor a series of heinous and gruesome crimes. Behind every murder is a motive, and fromevery murder there, of course, exists a trail. Following the trail is our hero, LAPD copGabe Quinn. Seasoned pro Quinn has seen it, done it and succeeded: in fact, so much sohis exploits have made him something of a celebrity. But fame and catching crime rarelymatch. And in this, Quinn's toughest quest yet, his resilience is put to the ultimate test.This is not simply about stopping crime. The world is watching - and judging." - ★★★★★ Review by 'The Raven' (England)  Amazon US Top 20 Bestseller | Amazon UK Top 40 Bestseller  Amazon International Top 10 Bestseller - THRILLERS | SUSPENSE | MYSTERYAmazon #1 International Bestseller - POLICE PROCEDURALSAmazon #3 UK Bestseller - THRILLERSAmazon #3 UK Bestseller - MYSTERYAmazon #5 US Bestseller - SUSPENSEAmazon #5 UK Bestseller - HARD-BOILEDAmazon #6 US Bestseller - THRILLERS