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Lucky (Avon Romance)

by Sharon Sala

From the moment he spies Lucky Houston stepping off a bus into the dazzle of Las Vegas -- with nothing except a gift for dealing cards and a promise to keep -- Nick Chenault is hooked. Nick has been around town long enough to know a winner when he sees one. And this strong-willed lovely with a Tennessee drawl that could melt glaciers is just what he needs... and wants! But Lucky's a gambler's daughter, not a... (more)

Weird Las Vegas (Weird)

by Joe Oesterle

Las Vegas is weird: that's no stretch of the imagination. But the truth is even stranger than anyone imagined! With a little digging, Joe Oesterle and Tim Cridland found all kinds of bizarre and odd folks lurking about in Nevada. There's the Neon Boneyard, where discarded historic signs bake in the sun and even Bonnie and Clyde's Death Car. And just for guys: take a break at a chunk of the Berlin Wall...now turned... (more)

Mackenzie's Pleasure / Defending His Own

Mackenzie's Pleasure / Defending His Own

by Linda Howard

Barrie needed a saviour. The terrorists holding her hostage surely wouldn''t tolerate her silence much longer. Instead they would silence her. Then out of the darkness he arrived. Rugged and dangerous, he led her straight into his sheltering arms.'

Made in the U.S.A. [MADE IN THE USA 7D]

by Billie(Author) ; Morris, Cassandra(Read by) Letts

Underworld USA Trilogy

Blood's a Rover

by James Ellroy

Summer, 1968. Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy are dead. The assassination conspiracies have begun to unravel. A dirty-tricks squad is getting ready to deploy at the Democratic Convention in Chicago. Black militants are warring in southside L.A. The Feds are concocting draconian countermeasures. And fate has placed three men at the vortex of History. Dwight Holly is J. Edgar Hoover’s pet strong-arm goon,... (more)

The Scarecrow

by Michael Connelly

Forced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the paper to write the definitive murder story of his career. He focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder. But as he delves into the story, Jack realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus. The kid... (more)

The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers

by Angie Fox

Demon slaying powers should come with an instruction book... Seriously. Why does a new hair dryer have a twelve-page how-to manual, but when it comes to ancient demon-fighting hocus-pocus, my biker witch granny gives me just half a dozen switch stars and a rah-rah speech? Oh, and a talking terrier, but that's another story. It's not like my job as a preschool teacher prepared me for this kind of thing. ... (more)

Final Justice [FINAL JUSTICE 6D]

by Fern(Author) ; Merlington, Laural(Read by) Michaels

Bad Kitty

by Michele Jaffe

Midnight Louie: Book 1

Catnap

by Carole Nelson Douglas

" Catnap features two of the most lovable characters you'd ever want to meet: public relations expert Temple Barr, a petite redhead with a high heel shoe fetish; and the irrepressible Midnight Louie. When these two kneel nose to nose over a dead body at the American Booksellers Association convention in Las Vegas, the fur flies and the fun starts. "If you want a fast-paced, exciting, hard-to-solve mystery,... (more)

by Hunter S. Thompson

Stylish reissue of a classic first published in the 1970s: Hunter S Thompson's ether-fuelled, savage journey to the heart of the American Dream. 'We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold! And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going... (more)

Dino : Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams

Dino : Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams

by Nick Tosches, Jean Esch

No house limit,: A novel of Las Vegas

by Steve Fisher

Joe Martin, owner of the Rainbow’s End casino in Las Vegas, is an independent operator who coexists uneasily with the syndicate, holding down his place on the Strip by keeping both his head and heart strictly on task. But when the syndicate sends the world’s best gambler to the Rainbow’s End craps tables to break the bank—at the exact moment when Martin thinks he might be falling in love—he finds himself under... (more)

Immortality Bites: Book 3

Lady & the Vamp

by Michelle Rowen

Former vampire hunter Michael Quinn is living a nightmare: he's been turned into a vampire. His only hope is the "Eye"--a long-lost artifact that, once every millennium, will grant one wish to its possessor. Fortunately for Quinn, he has a map detailing the path to the "Eye." All he needs to do is find it, then he can wish himself back into humanity. Janie Parker has made a lot of many mistakes in her life, not... (more)

Cullotta: The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster and Government Witness

Cullotta: The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster and Government Witness

by Dennis N. Griffin

From burglary to armed robbery and murder, infamous bad guy Frank Cullotta not only did it all, in Cullotta he admits to it -- and in graphic detail. This no-holds-barred biography chronicles the life of a career criminal who started out as a thug on the streets of Chicago and became a trusted lieutenant in Tony Spilotro's gang of organized lawbreakers in Las Vegas. Cullotta's was a world of high-profile heists,... (more)

The Greek Billionaire's Baby Revenge (Harlequin Presents)

The Greek Billionaire's Baby Revenge (Harlequin Presents)

by Jennie Lucas

His mistress...Working for Nikos Stavrakis was exhilarating until one night, when he made love to Anna... His baby... Anna believes Nikos is unfaithful, and flees. Nine months later, she is left nursing a tiny baby... His wife? Nikos is furious when he discovers Anna's taken his son. He vows to seek retribution! He will make Anna his bride, and teach her who's boss!

Island Life (Five Star First Edition Mystery)

Island Life (Five Star First Edition Mystery)

by Michael W. Sherer

How do you live without someone who’s been part of your life for twenty years? Jack Holm begins to find out when his wife doesn’t return to their suburban Seattle home after shopping one day. Her absence is not unusual given her flight attendant’s job, and it’s a respite from recent marital discord, so Jack feels relief not worry. But when a day goes by with no word, then another, Jack, his teenage daughter and... (more)

Winner Takes All: Steve Wynn, Kirk Kerkorian, Gary Loveman, and the Race to Own Las Vegas

Winner Takes All: Steve Wynn, Kirk Kerkorian, Gary Loveman, and the Race to Own Las Vegas

by Cynthia Holloway

Wall Street Journal columnist Christina Binkley takes an up-close-and-personal look at how Steve Wynn, Kirk Kerkorian, and Dr. Gary Loveman are building a bigger and better Las Vegas and how their influence is spreading beyond the city's borders.

Audition: A Memoir

by Barbara Walters

Young people starting out in television sometimes say to me: “I want to be you.” My stock reply is always: “Then you have to take the whole package.” And now, at last, the most important woman in the history of television journalism gives us that “whole package,” in her inspiring and riveting memoir. After more than forty years of interviewing heads of state, world leaders, movie stars, criminals, murderers,... (more)

$The Manning Grooms: Bride On The Loose\Same Time, Next Year$

The Manning Grooms: Bride On The Loose\Same Time, Next Year

by Debbie Macomber

Jason Manning is content with his life as a bachelor, a slob and a sports fan. Then a precocious girl named Carrie Weston decides to play matchmaker, introducing him to her mother, Charlotte. To his relief, Charlotte is as averse to marriage as he is. But Jason's feelings start to change once he gets to know his Bride on the Loose . James Wilkens was almost a Manning groom—because he almost married one of the... (more)

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