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Taken
by Edward BloorBY 2035 THE RICH have gotten richer, the poor have gotten poorer, and kidnapping has become a major growth industry in the United States. The children of privilege live in secure, gated communities and are escorted to and from school by armed guards. But the security around Charity Meyers has broken down. On New Year's morning, she wakes and finds herself alone, strapped to a stretcher, in an ambulance that's not moving. She is amazingly calm - kids in her neighborhood have been well trained in kidnapping protocol. If this were a normal kidnapping, Charity would be fine. But as the hours of her imprisonment tick by, Charity realizes there is nothing normal about what's going on here. No training could prepare her for what her kidnappers really want . . . and worse, for who they turn out to be. From the Hardcover edition.
The Taken: DI Erica Martin Book 2 (Erica Martin Thriller)
by Alice Clark-PlattsA tense and powerful police procedural set in the city of Durham where a murdered preacher may be more monstrous than his own killer.There's the lost.There's the missing.And there's the taken.She asked me once if we had any secrets, and I shook my head. 'No secrets between us,' she said. 'No,' I answered. 'Never ever.'In a Durham hotel at dawn, celebrated preacher Tristan Snow is murdered as he prays. None of the other guests - not even his daughter, his wife, or her sister - saw or heard anything. But then again, they all had a motive for murder.Detective Inspector Erica Martin is confronted by secrets and lies, lost in a case where nothing is what it seems.With no answers, DI Martin is consumed by questions: Is anyone in this family innocent? When the victim might have been a monster - is there such a thing as justice? And does anyone deserve to die?Praise for Alice Clark-Platts:'Had me on the edge of my sun lounger. Excellent plotting and a genuinely unguessable resolution to the mystery'Sophie Hannah'Grabbed me from the first page and wouldn't let go. A compelling read, beautifully written ... A tense, captivating tale, brilliantly told'Rachel Abbott'A gripping, highly charged thriller'Ralph Fiennes'A brilliantly plotted and utterly gripping thriller' Emma Kavanagh'Superb ... A very assured page-turning storm I read in one sitting'Stav Sherez'Intriguing and sinister with masterful plotting and tension' Mel Sherratt
Taken
by Thomas H. CookThomas H. Cook is an award winner of Edgar Award for best novel. TAKEN is a war book during the World War II, where Russell keys, an air force pilot is saved by a mystery phenomenon, whereas another man, Owen Crawford, is drawn to a bizzare crash into a government cover-up.
Taken (Cole & Pike #13)
by Robert CraisJoe Pike must take on his toughest challenge yet. He must hunt down and rescue . . . Elvis Cole.A nail-biting Cole and Pike novel from the No. 1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author.Elvis Cole. All round nice guy. Always the first man to help a stranger in distress. This time, however, he's paid the ultimate price for trying to be the good Samaritan.Joe Pike. A fierce protector and a dangerous enemy. This time his tough guy exterior will be tested to the limit as he risks everything to save his closest friend.The clock is ticking now that Elvis has been TAKEN.
Taken (Cole & Pike #13)
by Robert CraisJoe Pike must take on his toughest challenge yet. He must hunt down and rescue . . . Elvis Cole.A nail-biting Cole and Pike novel from the No. 1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author.Elvis Cole. All round nice guy. Always the first man to help a stranger in distress. This time, however, he's paid the ultimate price for trying to be the good Samaritan.Joe Pike. A fierce protector and a dangerous enemy. This time his tough guy exterior will be tested to the limit as he risks everything to save his closest friend.The clock is ticking now that Elvis has been TAKEN.
Taken (Cole & Pike #13)
by Robert CraisElvis Cole. All round nice guy. Always the first man to help a stranger in distress. This time, however, he's paid the ultimate price for trying to be the good Samaritan.Joe Pike. A fierce protector and a dangerous enemy. This time his tough guy exterior will be tested to the limit as he risks everything to save his closest friend.The clock is ticking now that Elvis has been TAKEN.Read by Luke Daniels(p) 2011 Brilliance Audio
Taken (An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel #15)
by Robert CraisWhen Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are hired to find her missing girl, the investigation derails into a nightmare. Cole himself disappears and it’s left to Pike to burn through the deadly world of human traffickers to find his friend. But he may already be too late.
Taken: LOST Series #5
by Cynthia EdenIn New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden's latest novel, the Last Option Search Team (LOST) returns-- and for one agent, the hunt for a serial killer just got very personal . . . HE SWORE TO PROTECT HER . . . Bailey Jones somehow survived her harrowing abduction by the infamous Death Angel. But while her physical scars have healed, she can't stop wondering about a woman she helped to escape, who simply disappeared. When LOST agent Asher Young is assigned to her case, Bailey instantly feels an attraction to the intense ex-SEAL who seems to be carrying dark secrets of his own. BUT KEEPING HIS PROMISE . . . Asher can't afford to let his growing feelings for Bailey distract him from his job. Only she can soothe his horrific nightmares, but the last thing he wants is for the demons from his past to ever hurt her. Bailey has gotten past his guard, and the emotions he feels for her--they're as dark and dangerous as the past he doesn't want to face. COULD COST BOTH THEIR LIVESWhen corpses begin surfacing--all marked with the same tattoo depicting the Death Angel's calling card--Asher must race to stop a twisted killer who wants nothing more than to claim his next prize: Bailey . . .
Taken!: A SEAL's Seduction (Harlequin Temptation Ser. #No. 698)
by Lori FosterA DECEPTIVE AFFAIR Virginia Johnson had learned to take what she wanted. It was a strategy that had worked well for her in business, but not so well in her personal life. Men were intimidated by her-except new hire Dillon Jones. Dillon was different. He had broad shoulders, a hard body and a confidence that intrigued her. In short, he was just the man she wanted to seduce... Virginia was just the woman Dillon wanted to seduce...although she could never know that despite finding her sexy as hell, he had an ulterior motive. He was undercover at Virginia's company to help save his brother, and Virginia was the key to getting the information he needed. But if he wanted Virginia, he'd have to take her... FREE BONUS STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME! A SEAL's Seduction by New York Times bestselling author Tawny Weber Navy SEAL Blake Landon knows the rule book inside and out, and follows it. Until he sees the tall redhead whose dark eyes suggest that the rules-especially those in bed-are made to be broken.
Taken
by Kathleen GeorgeThe child was taken in broad daylight, on a warm June morning, in a crowded shopping area in downtown Pittsburgh.Marina Benedict first saw the baby with his mother. Then, just minutes later, she saw him again, in the arms of a man she was certain was not the child's father. In a single life-altering act, Marina followed them. What happens next will plunge her into a mystery that is both heartbreaking and chilling. Within hours of the abduction, the city is galvanized by the story: a child, the son of a pitcher for the Pirates, is missing. And soon a community begins to unravel...Detective Richard Christie struggles with his own demons as he tries to solve a baffling mystery. And Marina Benedict, pulled from the safety of her ordinary life by a brutal crime, is at the center of the story. Because once, Marina tried to save a life and it changed her forever. Now she will risk her life again--for a child who is still out there somewhere, still in need of saving.From the Paperback edition.
Taken (Stranded #2)
by Andrew GreyStranded: Book TwoA Spin-off of StrandedOn the day he and Roman Capanelli were to be married, Malik Stevens wakes up in a small room with very little light. Time must be passing, because a door opens from time to time and food is left for him--that's his only connection to the outside world. Roman is a choreographer on Broadway, and he's waiting for Malik at the park with all their friends, ready to start their marriage ceremony. When Malik doesn't show up, Roman is nearly heartbroken thinking he's been left at the altar. But soon he understands that Malik hasn't stood him up, he's been taken. Desperate and determined, Roman begins searching for clues to aid the police. Then, when Malik escapes, the couple continues the search until they ferret out the culprit, and in the process open up a box of secrets. An orphan who grew up in a foster home, Malik knows his father was a serial killer and his mother died of grief and shame after his father was convicted. Now it seems some of his parents' skeletons still hang in the family closet. But was Malik's kidnapping meant to uncover those secrets or to hide them forever?
Taken: To Save Her Child Taken Silent Hunter
by Lisa HarrisMISSING CHILD Kate Elliot's suburban life turns upside down when her sister is shot and her niece kidnapped. Unsure of whom to trust, she turns to FBI agent Marcus O'Brian. But Kate doesn't want to leave the case to the authorities. Against the handsome agent's orders, she tracks her niece to Paris, and the City of Light quickly becomes a city of danger. Marcus can't explain why he feels such a strong connection with the headstrong woman, but soon he's taking on the role of Kate's protector. Yet when the kidnappers demand a ransom Kate can't deliver, he's not sure how much longer he can keep her alive. Now Marcus has the next twenty-four hours to save a stolen child and the woman he's grown to love.
Taken
by Lisa HarrisMISSING CHILD Kate Elliot's suburban life turns upside down when her sister is shot and her niece kidnapped. Unsure of whom to trust, she turns to FBI agent Marcus O'Brian. But Kate doesn't want to leave the case to the authorities. Against the handsome agent's orders, she tracks her niece to Paris, and the City of Light quickly becomes a city of danger. Marcus can't explain why he feels such a strong connection with the headstrong woman, but soon he's taking on the role of Kate's protector. Yet when the kidnappers demand a ransom Kate can't deliver, he's not sure how much longer he can keep her alive. Now Marcus has the next twenty-four hours to save a stolen child and the woman he's grown to love.
Taken
by Dee HendersonAn investigator who knows tragic loss firsthand, and his new client, missing far too long... Abducted at the age of sixteen and coerced into assisting the Jacoby crime family, Shannon Bliss has finally found a way out. She desperately wants to resume some semblance of normal life, but she also knows she has some unfinished business to attend to. She might have enough evidence to put her captors behind bars for a very long time. When Shannon contacts private investigator Matthew Dane, a former cop, to help her navigate her reentry into society, he quickly discovers that gaining her freedom doesn't mean her troubles are over. If the Jacoby family learns she is still alive, they'll stop at nothing to silence her. If justice is to be done, and if Shannon's life is ever to get on track again, Matthew will need to discover exactly what happened to her--even if it means stirring up a hornet's nest of secrets.
Taken
by Chris JordanNo parent believes it can happen to them-their child taken from a suburban schoolyard in the gentle hours of dusk. But as widowed mother Kate Bickford discovers, everything can change in the blink of an eye. One minute her lanky, amazing, maddening Tommy is begging for ice cream. Then in a terrible instant, he's gone.Opening the door to her Connecticut home, hoping to find her son, Kate comes face-to-face with her son's abductor. He wants money. All she has. And if she doesn't follow something he calls The Method, the consequences will be gruesome.Her comfortable life collapses as precious seconds tick by, and Kate is horrified to uncover the terrible, world-shattering secret she and her son share with a killer who will stop at nothing....
Taken
by Niki Mackay1968, London. When Grace and Lola meet for the first time, it's at a home for young unmarried mothers. Consumed by the dark secrets that brought them there, the two forge an unlikely friendship. When the time comes, Grace is forced to give her daughter away, while Lola's parents take her son in to raise as their own. Seeking refuge after running away from home, Grace finds safety in Lola's family. To Grace, the Scott-Tylers seem like the perfect family, even if family man Dan is usually on the wrong side of the law. But underneath the happy surface simmers a disturbing reality...
The Taken
by Vicki PetterssonGriffin Shaw used to be a PI, but that was back when gumshoes hoofed the streets . . . and he was still alive. Fifty years later, he's an angel, but that doesn't make him a saint. One small mistake has altered fate, and now he's been dumped back onto the mortal mudflat to collect another soul--Katherine "Kit" Craig, a journalist whose latest investigation is about to get her clipped. Bucking heavenly orders, Grif refuses to let the sable-haired siren come to harm. Besides, protecting her offers a chance to solve the mystery of his own unsolved murder--and dole out some overdue payback for the death of his beloved wife, Evie. Joining forces, Kit and Grif's search for answers leads beyond the blinding lights of the Strip into the dark heart of an evil conspiracy. But a ruthless killer determined to destroy them isn't Grif's biggest threat. His growing attraction to Kit could cost them both their lives, along with the answer to the haunting question of his long afterlife . . .readers who have made Kelley Armstrong, Charlaine Harris, Kim Harrison, and Laurell K. Hamilton fantasy superstars.
The Taken: A Hazel Micallef Mystery
by Inger Ash Wolfe&“Lovers of twisty but plausible plotting and an out-of-the-ordinary lead will embrace [this] standout&” police procedural featuring a Canadian detective (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef is having a bad year. After major back surgery, she has no real option but to move into her ex-husband&’s basement and suffer the humiliation of his new wife bringing her meals down on a tray. As if that weren&’t enough, Hazel&’s octogenarian mother secretly flushes Hazel&’s stash of painkillers down the toilet. It&’s almost a relief when Hazel gets a call about a body fished up by tourists in one of the lakes near Port Dundas. But what raises the hair on the back of Micallef&’s neck is that the local paper has just published the first installment of a serialized story featuring such a scenario. Even before they head out to the lake with divers to recover the body, she and DC James Wingate, leading the police detachment in Micallef &’s absence, know they are being played. But it&’s not clear who is pulling their strings and why, nor is what they find at the lake at all what they expected. It&’s Micallef herself who is snared, caught up in a cryptic game devised by someone who knows how to taunt her into opening a cold case, someone who knows that nothing will stop her investigation. The second novel featuring Hazel Micallef, &“a compelling, unlikely hero,&” is a stunning and suspenseful exploration of the obsessive far reaches of love, confirming Inger Ash Wolfe as one of the best mystery writers today (Entertainment Weekly).
Taken: Rising Storm 6 (Deep Ops #1.5)
by Rebecca Zanetti“Explodes with action, spice and humor.” —Publishers Weekly on Hidden Hunter Holt might be the most stubborn ex-soldier ever born, but when he’s called on to help find a lost foster kid, he jumps into action. Even if it means working with the woman who broke his heart five years ago—the woman who still haunts his dreams . . . “Fans of J. D. Robb and Karen Robards will love Zanetti's series start.” —Booklist on Hidden Faye Smith has spent five long years trying to get her life back on track. She knows she should’ve turned toward Hunter and not away from him. But they both had too many demons to destroy. Maybe now they’ll get another chance—and save someone else’s life too . . . “Spicy romantic interplay; Highly recommended.” —Library Journal on Vampire’s Faith But first they’ll have to stop arguing long enough to trust the Deep Ops team. Hunter was a lost boy himself once. In fact, he ran away from the exact same man, their monster of a father. Now he and Faye will have to unite to find the brother he never knew—and maybe each other . . .
Taken at Christmas (Trinity Investigative Team #1)
by Jodie BaileyKeeping a little girl safe means trusting no one… When ex-deputy Mia Galloway is assaulted and threatened at her town&’s Christmas parade, she&’s convinced her adopted daughter is also in danger. Mia is rescued just in time by investigator Hayden McGrath, her late husband&’s best friend, who vows to protect Mia and Ruthie. And the stakes only get higher when Ruthie&’s birth mother is found murdered. Someone desperately wants this child, and they&’ll stop at nothing to get her. With time running out, uncovering the truth is Hayden and Mia&’s only hope of saving an innocent child…From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.Trinity Investigative Team Book 1: Taken at ChristmasBook 2: Protecting the Orphan
Taken at the Flood: Hercule Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #27)
by Agatha ChristieIn Agatha Christie’s classic puzzler Taken at the Flood, the indefatigable Hercule Poiroit investigates the troubling case of a twice-widowed woman.A few weeks after marrying an attractive widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs. Underhay finds herself in sole possession of the Cloade family fortune.Shortly afterward, Hercule Poirot receives a visit from the dead man’s sister-in-law who claims she has been warned by “spirits” that Mrs. Underhay’s first husband is still alive. Poirot has his suspicions when he is asked to find a missing person guided only by the spirit world. Yet what mystifies Poirot most is the woman’s true motive for approaching him.…
Taken Beyond Temptation (Forbidden Fantasies #547)
by Cara SummersJillian Brightman has a forbidden fantasy. She's always dreamed of being swept away and seduced by a mysterious stranger. But the resort she owns with her sisters keeps her too busy to indulge in any kind of fantasy, let alone a forbidden one.At least, until Ian MacFarland comes to Belle Island. And once she sees him, Jillian knows he's the perfect man for a onetime indulgence…no strings attached.Only Ian wants a lot more. And each moment Jillian spends moaning under his touch, she realizes one night won't be enough. Ian is fulfilling cravings she never dreamed she had. Could this be more than a fling?It might be—if Ian was actually the man he said he was….
Taken By a Killer
by Miranda StoweEven though there's a serial killer on the loose in Miners Bend, Reece Daggert and Emily Hayden are determined to still enjoy an active nightlife. Too bad Emily doesn't want to enjoy that nightlife with Reece. Now Reece's sister has become victim number eight and Emily finds herself drawn to Reece as she attempts to comfort him. Will her compassion make her victim number nine?With seven women missing, six of them dead, Miners Bend has issued a protective curfew for women between the ages of twenty and thirty, which plays havoc on Reece Daggert's sex life. Only one woman, strapped with a gun, knife, and pepper spray is brave enough to risk her safety and seek an active nightlife-- Emily Hayden-- the one woman seemingly immune to Reece's charm.Determined not to fall under his seduction, Emily fights her own attraction for Reece until his sister becomes the eighth victim of the Miners Bend Woman Snatcher. When he turns to her in his biggest time of need, Emily can't deny him. But her comfort soon becomes too explosive to handle as Reece demands more and more of not just her body, but her heart and soul as well.
Taken By Storm: A Give & Take Novel (Give & Take)
by Kelli MaineThe USA Today bestselling Give & Take series continues with TAKEN BY STORM, the highly anticipated page turning, seductive and heartstoppingly powerful love story of MJ and Maddie.DECEPTION: Maddie Simcoe knows the devastation that comes from keeping secrets. Now, she's desperate to move on from the heartbreak that almost destroyed her - trading wild passion that once made her knees weak for a life of comfortable stability. But before Maddie can start over, she must return home to put the past behind her once and for all...PASSION: When Maddie blows back into MJ Rocha's life, nothing will stop him from proving to her that walking away from him was the biggest mistake of her life - not even the engagement ring she wears. Her every look, every touch tells MJ that the fire that once raged between them still burns hot, and MJ won't give up until Maddie gives in to the inferno.REDEMPTION: Trapped by a hurricane roaring through Turtle Tear Island, MJ and Maddie find shelter in each others' arms. While the lightning flashes, MJ and Maddie are helpless to fight bonds of desire that tie them together. But just as they're about to surrender to the torturous longing that consumes them both, the storm unleashes violent secrets from MJ's past...secrets that could wash away all MJ and Maddie's hopes of forever...Don't miss the rest of the exhilarating Give & Take series: Taken, No Takebacks, Take Me Back, Given and Take This Man.
Taken By Storm: A Give & Take Novel (Give & Take)
by Kelli MaineThe USA Today bestselling Give & Take series continues with TAKEN BY STORM, the highly anticipated page turning, seductive and heartstoppingly powerful love story of MJ and Maddie.DECEPTION: Maddie Simcoe knows the devastation that comes from keeping secrets. Now, she's desperate to move on from the heartbreak that almost destroyed her - trading wild passion that once made her knees weak for a life of comfortable stability. But before Maddie can start over, she must return home to put the past behind her once and for all...PASSION: When Maddie blows back into MJ Rocha's life, nothing will stop him from proving to her that walking away from him was the biggest mistake of her life - not even the engagement ring she wears. Her every look, every touch tells MJ that the fire that once raged between them still burns hot, and MJ won't give up until Maddie gives in to the inferno.REDEMPTION: Trapped by a hurricane roaring through Turtle Tear Island, MJ and Maddie find shelter in each others' arms. While the lightning flashes, MJ and Maddie are helpless to fight bonds of desire that tie them together. But just as they're about to surrender to the torturous longing that consumes them both, the storm unleashes violent secrets from MJ's past...secrets that could wash away all MJ and Maddie's hopes of forever...Don't miss the rest of the exhilarating Give & Take series: Taken, No Takebacks, Take Me Back, Given and Take This Man.