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Her anonymous tips to the New Orleans police had helped to crack some of their toughest cases. But the cops didn't know that this elusive contact worked in their own evidence department--or that Faith Corbett was psychic. Faith had no idea her gift was the result of genetic engineering and part of a twisted heritage her mother had kept from her--until a serial killer started hunting for psychics and chose Faith as his next target. To catch the killer, she'd have to reveal her identity to a skeptical detective whose faith in her could mean the difference between life and death....

Athena Force: The adventure continues with three secret sisters, three unusual talents and one unthinkable legacy....

A Middle Eastern capitol building has been captured by insurgents. The prime minister, his staff and a group of visiting college students have become disposable hostages. But what the rebels don't know is that someone is still loose in the building.... FBI legal attaché Selena Jones took the foreign post when her marriage hit the rocks. Now she's narrowly escaped becoming a hostage--but she's trapped. She has just hours to find out what the rebels are up to and outsmart their compelling leader. And her lone contact to the outside world is the one man she swore never to trust again....

Top-notch forensic scientist Alexandra Forsythe returned to Athena to prove that the death of her dearest friend had been no accident. Armed with only her razor-sharp mind and coolness under fire--and the memory of a desperate call for help--Alex set out to uncover a truth that could shake the foundations of the academy that had trained her. Her digging provoked deadly retaliation and the attentions of a stranger who might lead her toward the truth--or her death. Because in the race for final proof, only the most determined would survive....

LYNN WHITE'S VOW: I'LL NEVER BE USED AGAIN

Her adoptive father had turned out to be a criminal--and left her holding the bag. The FBI had used her to catch him. Now Lynn White was nobody's pawn. She had a new life, close to Athena Academy and the secrets of her past. But when authorities blackmailed her to use her unique skills one last time, Lynn returned to the stealth game. Her assignment: stop terrorists from smuggling a bomb through Miami's Stingray Wharf.

The good news was her contact--undercover FBI agent Nick Barnes, the man Lynn had loved and lost. Nick risked his cover to protect her, and Lynn fell for him all over again--until his own explosive secret shattered her trust in ways more devastating than any bomb....

SHE HAD MOVES NO ONE COULD MATCH

And that kept superspy Nadja Stefn alive on many an undercover assignment. Until one slip changed the game forever.

It happened one icy cold night...two spies on the run, holing up together...the night Nadja wore red. They exchanged no names, and five years later Nadja still didn't know the identity of her child's father. Until she was chosen for a mission that paired her with her mystery lover.

When the assassin they're after kidnaps their daughter, Nadja faces a terrible choice: A) deliver her daughter to this vicious criminal, or B) lose her child forever. But master game player Nadja might just go with option C....

Highly trained assassin Dawn O'Shaugnessey was hard to kill--but the superhealing powers she'd been born with had become almost a curse. Dawn had learned the horrifying truth behind her origins from the women of Athena Academy, and she'd vowed to help them destroy the scientist who'd made her the perfect killer. But there was a catch. The very genes that allowed Dawn to take a bullet and heal within minutes were self-destructing, and only her creator could stop the damage. Now Dawn had to choose between life and payback....

MOTHER BY DAY, AGENT BY NIGHT

Sasha Sterling had been one of the best covert agents in the field, until she discovered how lethal the price could be. With a son to raise and her marriage on the rocks, there was no room for the kind of clandestine spy games she used to play.

Then one trusted agent went rogue, stealing vital information that could endanger intelligence operatives around the globe. Now Sasha must go back to her old life for one last mission. Because the rogue agent is Sasha's estranged husband--and she's under orders to bring him in...or take him down.

FROM: PAIGE CARMICHAEL

SUBJECT: TROUBLE WITH LATEST ASSIGNMENT

A joke. That's what most cops think of me, an expert in Forensic Statement Analysis. I catch criminals by what they say--and, more important, what they don't. The science of language and double meanings fascinates me, and if that makes me a nerd at the police department, I can live with it. Even suffer the contempt of hot homicide cop Nate McCall. But an odd statement from one of Oklahoma City's finest has triggered my suspicion--his words ring of murder. And proving it could silence me forever....

Someone was trying to assassinate the president of the United States, and only army intelligence captain Diana Lockworth had the ability to stop them--if she could convince the authorities she wasn't a crackpot. It didn't help that her intel came from a source so secret even she didn't know who it was. With only twenty-four hours to stop the attack, she had to figure out who was masterminding the plot and when they planned to strike. First, she had to get the charismatic young president on her side. And then she'd give the enemy a new target--herself!

Meet Melissa Daniels. This leggy redhead is strong, smart and seductive. And with a black belt in karate, she's not afraid of anything.

Too bad she doesn't exist.

Melissa is the alter ego of master of disguise Kristie Hennessy, who prefers steak dinners to stakeouts. As a profiler for a secret government agency, Kristie researches the most heinous killers around. But when one case draws her into the action, she can't resist letting her more audacious other half emerge. As a mysterious man--whom she knows only by his sexy voice--feeds her clues, Kristie must decide between her quiet life and Melissa's risky adventures. She doesn't know who to trust, or who she even is anymore....