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After the leader of an African rebel group hijacks the shipment of enough gold to fund a revolution, Mack Bolan must retrieve it before the killing starts. But the military commander is elusive, and with oil, minerals and political clout at stake, it's going to take more than guns and bombs to bring him down.Tracking the gold to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bolan is determined to win the battle. Unable to trust even the CIA, he has to put his combat and survival skills to the test in order to infiltrate the rebel base and destroy the key players. In a region filled with danger, deceit and government conflict, there is only one man who can stop the revolution–the Executioner.

Julian Burke’s reputation as a libertine was famous throughout Vienna.Few people know his debauchery is merely a pleasant way to mask his true mission: to recover jewels stolen from the British monarchy by a French comte. When he spots Sophie DuPlessy at the comte’s party, he thinks the vivacious beauty is just another debutante who can help his charade.But Julian soon learns Sophie is no innocent young miss – she’s a passionate, daring woman who challenges and arouses him like nobody else. A woman playing a dangerous game of her own. . .

Henry Lewis leaves school and heads toward his Aunt Jasmine's for lunch, but he can't resist the lure of the ice cream truck. When Henry fails to show, his Aunt has no choice but to dial 911.It's a warm springtime in Toms River, New Jersey, and as the school year comes to a close, young Henry Lewis has an irresistible urge to buy his first ice cream of the season. He would choose a strawberry and chocolate cone, naturally, and it would taste all the better for being prepared by nice old Mr. Smith from the ice cream truck. But when Henry disappears, the FBI has just forty-eight hours to find him alive and Henry's dad, Jim, decides he'll be the one to track his son down.

The story of a forty-something woman who falls in love with a man almost half her age.Every summer, Giulia comes down to stay at her lovely little place by the sea. It's quiet and peaceful. Not this summer…When Giulia's two sons make friends and invite them to stay, one of them takes a shine to her and turns her world upside down.As Giulia wrestles with her emotions, she faces a stark choice: resist temptation or risk losing a son…

Kyoko was born to fight demons and thought she knew all the rules until she befriended a half-breed vampire and was accidentally seduced by his master. Realizing that the enemy has a heart, the lines between good and evil become blurred, leaving Kyoko confused and in a world of danger. Now with an obsessed master vampire stalking her every move and his twin brother starting a vampire war, Kyoko is pulled even closer to the one thing she was supposed to destroy.