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Once upon a time, Robert “Butch” Bliss was a rising star in the adult film entertainment industry. He had promise. He had talent. Everyone said he was on his way up.But he went down instead. Down for a load of cocaine that wasn’t his, in a car that wasn’t his, either. Bliss is sentenced to five years at the state correctional facility in Tehachapi, where he gets five more years following an unfortunate incident in the prison shower. Ten years is a long time. Ten years can do a lot ...

Robert "Butch" Bliss has spent the last ten years in prison, for crimes he didn't commit. Now, his time served, he's ready to get out and find his way back to the world he knew.Or not, because his old job? Working in the adult filmed entertainment industry. Perhaps it is time for Butch to find a new career, though not ten minutes after he walks out of jail, he finds himself drawn back into that same salacious world. Is he in or is he out? He needs to decide pretty quick, before som...

Once upon a time, Robert "Butch" Bliss paid his debt to society, and now he's not looking for any trouble. But it finds him anyway. It starts with a trip across the border with a handful of co-eds and a large python in a sack. Soon, he's got mysterious government agencies, conspiracy theorists, drug smugglers, high-price lawyers, and a seriously yappy dog on his tail. Oh, and one of the co-eds is trying to blackmail him, but she's not very good at it . . .Filled with unforgettable ...

Robert "Butch" Bliss is not a man who goes looking for trouble. He's out of work, doesn't owe anyone money, and is happily living rent-free in the bungalow in Mrs. Chow's backyard. He did his time in prison, and he paid his debt to Mr. Chow, before the old man died. Life is simple and easy for Butch.Until two guys try to rob a convenience store when Butch is buying beer. It looks like one of those "what are the chances?" coincidences, except Butch knows one of the robbers. The last...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The iconic thriller series that inspired the upcoming streaming show on Prime Video, in development now!“A solid, poignant tale of violence against the innocent . . . cool, brisk and polished.”—The Washington Post“The combination of Alex Delaware [and] Detective Milo Sturgis . . . makes for the most original whodunit duo since Watson and Holmes.”—Forbes**In an upscale L.A. neighborhood, a backy...

Discover where it all began—the first “snappily written, fast-paced, and witty” (USA TODAY) novel in the beloved Stephanie Plum series featuring a feisty and funny heroine who “comes roaring in like a blast of very fresh air” (The Washington Post), from Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dirty Thirty.Meet Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. In Stephanie’s opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, armed...

The iconic thriller series that inspired the upcoming streaming show on Prime Video, in development now!**A second-rate actor is found mutilated in a car trunk. Then a psychologist at a Los Angeles hospital for the criminally insane is murdered in a similar grisly fashion. Suddenly the incoherent ramblings of an inmate at the presumably secure institution begin to make chilling sense—they are, in fact, horrifying predictions. Yet how can a barely functional psycho...

In this spectacular New York Times bestselling father/son collaboration that “barrels along like a freight train” (Publishers Weekly), Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men?In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep: they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodi...

“I leaned forward and put my hand softly against his chest, my fingers tracing lightly over the patches on his jacket.  My lips, quivering with anticipation, pressed forward against his and I felt no resistance in him.  He kissed me back and I was shocked at the softness he brought me.  So much of him seemed like a fearsome animal.  The softness was a surprise that made me smile ear to ear – a hard thing to do when you’re trying to kiss someone.”  ...

Pre-order HIDE AND SEEK, the first standalone thriller from Chris Carter, coming July 2026!A thrilling eBook exclusive short story from Sunday Times bestselling author Chris Carter.Meet Robert Hunter, the youngest Homicide Detective the Los Angeles Police has ever recruited, on his first day. As a rookie, he is given a simple suicide investigation to cut his teeth on. But when he arrives a...

From USA Today Bestselling author, Leslie Langtry...A Greatest Hits NovellaParis Bombay is looking for lasting love--a real woman to share Harvey Wallbangers with--which isn't easy to find when you're a member of history's most prolific family of assassins. Instead, he ends up with a lethal assignment that isn't his, a reluctant role as the new Bachelor on a reality TV show, and a slew of menacing death threats. Paris knew life as a Bombay ...