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She Knows His Secrets… One of them is that she has to die Within hours of finding a Nazi World War II codebook in her father’s attic, librarian Sara Fischer becomes a target. Afraid for her life, Sara calls in a debt. FBI agent Marc Bayard moves in the shadowy world that Sara has fallen into and may be the only one who can guide her out.In a race to reveal the secrets of a Nazi code, Sara and Marc are catapulted into the cutthroat world of international intrigue and politics. Sara wants to believe she is more than a means to an end for Marc.And with history repeating itself, she is aware that this time their survival depends on whether or not they are able to see through the mistakes of their past.

CALCULATED RISKIntelligence circles are buzzing with increased chatter about an imminent terrorist strike against the United States. Now, new intel points to a Philippine-based organization that has just kidnapped a dozen American missionaries.Hal Brognola calls in Mack Bolan with a threefold mission: capture the terrorist leader and extract more information by any means, free the missionaries, and stop whatever hell is about to be unleashed on innocent Americans. Bolan's got solid support, but the enemy remains elusive, as does the bigger picture…until the Executioner's relentless assault exposes a grand conspiracy as grim as it is all too likely: a mastermind pulling the strings of global terror for profit…

So begins the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides and three generations of the Greek-American Stephanides family who travel from a tiny village overlooking Mount Olympus in Asia Minor to Prohibition-era Detroit, witnessing its glory days as the Motor City, and the race riots of l967, before they move out to the tree-lined streets of suburban Grosse Pointe, Michigan. To understand why Calliope is not like other girls, she has to uncover a guilty family secret and an astonishing genetic history that turns Callie into Cal, one of the most audacious and wondrous narrators in contemporary fiction. Lyrical and thrilling, Middlesex is an exhilarating reinvention of the American epic.Middlesex won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

A celebration of the sexy side of rural life in this sizzling collection of steamy stories.Come have a roll in the hay in a collection of stories that deliver lust, humour and above all, satisfaction.In her romping, rollicking first-ever collection that celebrates the sexy side of rural life, Rachael Treasures sexy tales are guaranteed to get your tractor revving, FIFTY BALES OF HAY is an honest and imaginative exploration of everyday men and women getting down and dirty on the land.From the dairy shed to the stables, Treasure's cheeky satirical humour and wicked imagination offers up a dozen fun-filled, and sometimes thought-provoking, tales of dirt, dust and lust. This collection will have you clamouring for a whip, a saddle and a cowboy.