Madison “Mads” Hawkins A one-night stand. That’s all it was supposed to be. Then, my world is turned upside down when my father insists I need a bodyguard. I disagree. All it will do is mess up my carefully curated life. I’m a grown woman—I don’t need protection. But then a certain mysterious, older man tells me he’s my new bodyguard. Isaac “Ike” Harrison As second in command at St. James Security, my days are filled with protecting my clients. Most days, it’s pretty easy. Then a certain sultry woman walks through my door, and I know I’m in trouble. I couldn’t keep my hands off her sweet curves last night and today she can’t be bothered to take her protective detail seriously. But as the situation threatens to boil over, she has no choice—she has to trust me. Or else she might not like the consequences.

K.J. Maitland's gripping Jacobean historical thriller series comes to a dramatic conclusion... 'What a wonderful storyteller Maitland is' THE TIMES London, 1608. Three years after the Gunpowder Treason, the King's enemies prepare to strike again. Daniel Pursglove is tasked by royal command with one final mission: he must infiltrate the Serpents - a secret group of Catholics plotting to kill the King - or risk his own execution. But other conspirators are circling, men who would blackmail Daniel for their own dark ends. In the Serpents' den, nothing is quite as it seems. And when Daniel spies a familiar face among their number, the game takes a dangerous turn. As plague returns to London, tensions reach breaking point. Can Daniel escape the web of treason in which he finds himself ensnared - or has his luck finally run out? PRAISE FOR THE DANIEL PURSGLOVE SERIES 'Dark and enthralling' ANDREW TAYLOR 'Colourful and compelling' SUNDAY TIMES 'Full of tension and danger... powerfully atmospheric' JENNIFER SAINT 'Goes right to the heart of the Jacobean court' TRACY BORMAN 'Spies, thieves, murderers and King James I? Brilliant' CONN IGGULDEN 'There are few authors who can bring the past to life so compellingly... Brilliant writing and more importantly, riveting reading' SIMON SCARROW 'A beautifully crafted thriller... Breathtaking and bone-chilling' MANDA SCOTT 'Maitland is a superlative historical novelist' REBECCA MASCULL 'Devilishly good' DAILY MAIL 'The intrigues of Jacobean court politics simmer beneath the surface in this gripping and masterful crime novel' KATHERINE CLEMENTS 'Beautifully written with a dark heart, Maitland knows how to pull you deep into the early Jacobean period' RHIANNON WARD

A blanket of fog grounds a flight and Maclaren finds himself sharing a room with a fellow passenger who then disappears, leaving behind an envelope. The contents seem innocent, but they lead to nightmarish adventures, culminating in the avoidance of cold-blooded killers in a deserted windmill in the company of a beautiful redhead.

Clandestine operative Benbow Smith recruits a former Secret Service agent to bring down an enemy of the free world in this thriller from the author of the Miss Silver Mysteries Lindsay Trevor, a junior partner in a publishing firm, boards a train headed for Waterloo Station. He is contemplating his future as a soon-to-be-married man when the stranger seated across from him asks if he’s willing to die for his country. Trevor was taken prisoner during World War I, and after his escape, he was recruited by Britain’s Secret Service. But that was twelve years ago. The last thing he wants now is to risk his life again—or is it? Operative Benbow Smith is betting that Trevor wants back in the game. And when an unfortunate series of events changes the direction of his life, the former Secret Service agent signs on. With Lindsay Trevor declared officially dead, the victim of a fatal accident, he’s free to impersonate another man. Soon the agents are enmeshed in a spiraling web of blackmail, intrigue, and murder, fighting a predatory criminal who is a master of deceit and manipulation. Danger Calling is the 2nd book in the Benbow Smith Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

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This book will help both students and practitions in various disciplines deal with stressful and dangerous situations. The book's focus is on the immediate face-to-face management of interpersonal danger, and it looks at ways in which helping professionals should implement good practice, while dealing with the moments of extreme stress, confusion, fear and anxiety that these situations give rise to.

Clairvoyant Helen Staples has helped out the police before. When she received visions of a kidnapped boy, she worked intimately with the authorities to help find him. But months after locating the kidnapped child, other, more gruesome images of murder suddenly appear. A serial killer is on the loose and Helen knows she must do everything she can to stop him. Detective Martin Hamlin is thrilled when Helen returns to the police station and offers her services as a profiler. Frustrated by his inability to catch the killer, Martin is desperate for Helen's help. But the passionate kiss they shared months ago still hovers at the edge of his mind. When Martin moves into Helen's house to protect her, neither can deny the intensity of their feelings. The situation becomes dire when the killer discovers that Helen is helping the police. Now Helen is a target and Martin must protect her at all costs. Can they catch the killer before he strikes again or will Helen be his next victim?

The beautiful Belinda Lanwick has not attended the dinner party given by her cousin as she is still in mourning following the death of her beloved father. However, when the guests were leaving, she saw Lord Ian Cheddington and thought him exceedingly handsome. She knew that he was one of the most sought after young men in London and was considered the most eligible bachelor in the Social world. It is then that she overhears an indiscreet conversation between her cousin and a Countess. The Countess speaks of a Russian Princess in London who is doing everything she can to attract Lord Ian and what is more Princess Natasha is suspected of being a Russian spy. When she receives a letter from her sister asking her to stay with her in London and they can go shopping together to buy a new wardrobe for when she comes out of mourning, Belinda decides to go. However, when she arrives she finds that she is on her own most of the time because her sister is so busy. One morning she sees an advertisement in The Times for a lady's maid to Princess Natasha. She feels strongly that she must defend her country and so applies for the position and begins work immediately. Once inside the Princess's house, Belinda cleverly finds a way of overhearing what is said when the Princess entertains a suspicious visitor. Hearing that Lord Ian is in grave danger, she has to find a way to warn him. How Lord Ian is almost given a new and powerful drug that would make him unknowingly reveal vital State secrets. How he and Belinda travel to Marseilles to find where this evil drug is made. And how Belinda is frightened and upset by what then happens, but finds the true love she has always been seeking is all told in this romantic and exciting novel by BARBARA CARTLAND.

A cruel stepfather plans to force his innocent daughter to murder recently-widowed brave warrior Christian de la Croix. The brutal old man, however, never counts on the saving power of love.