A King's RansomThe author of five bestselling novels, including Under Cover of Darkness and The Pardon, James Grippando writes compulsively readable thrillers that could be drawn from today's headlines, only better. Now his trademark gifts are wonderfully demonstrated in a taut new tale of intrigue that will keep you guessing to the final, breathtaking scene. Just two years out of law school, Nick Rey is on the career fast track at a hot Miami law firm when he is

Failure could mean the fall of Richmond and a career-ending defeat for Robert E

a childhood friend

each would become part of a drama for the ages

there is no bond stronger than that of the two sisters—confidants

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He's wild—a savage—and her only hope of staying alive

The Story of Ain’t describes a great cultural shift in America

from dealing with cancer to dreaming of Harvard

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who lived with the orneriest stepmother west of the Mississippi and two stepsisters who were so nasty

A secret between two sisters

showing how events in the farthest reaches of the Universe created the conditions for life—and death—on our planet