Bøger af C K Crigger
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- A Western Adventure Romance
161,95 kr. SPUR AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR C.K. CRIGGER'S FAN-FAVORITE THE WOMAN WHO SERIES IS BACK WITH A JAW-DROPPING CONCLUSION.January Billings is entangled in a web of family drama and danger after inheriting the Flowers fortune and guardianship over her young cousins, Jem and Hattie Flowers. With an inheritance that isn't just wealth-but also a legacy of trouble-she must navigate the treacherous waters of societal expectations, hidden family secrets, and a tangled past that threatens to unravel her newfound responsibilities.When Jem is falsely accused of theft and a mysterious girl named Wren seeks refuge in her home, January vows to protect her family and unearth the truth. Joining forces with rugged bounty hunter Eli Pasco, they confront relentless attackers and work to unravel the dark secrets of a notorious brothel where Wren's mother once worked.But with a final confrontation looming on the horizon, and January and Eli drawing closer amidst the chaos, January makes her biggest gamble yet-risking it all for a life of normalcy.
- Bog
- 161,95 kr.
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347,95 kr. When January Billings receives a letter informing her not only of a grandfather she knew nothing about, but also that a meeting with the attorney will include something to her advantage, she is both angry and intrigued. Eli Pasco convinces her to follow up on the matter. A second note telling her to stay away "on pain of death" only makes the decision easier. January is not a woman to be cowed by threats.
- Bog
- 347,95 kr.
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168,95 kr. Fighting to keep her past a secret, one woman struggles to preserve the future she's worked so hard to build.Ocean Galliard is trying to blend in as best she can in her new home of Clovis County. But when a prisoner is brought into the cafe she's working at, unkempt and rambling in Polish, she can't help but take action. Growing up with her Polish grandmother, Ocean knows enough to understand that this prisoner's life-and the life of his child-are in imminent danger.Working with the Clovis County Sheriff and his deputy, Ash Joes, to translate the man's pleas, the case progresses. But Ocean's knowledge of foreign languages attracts attention of the worst kind, and she's soon thrust into the criminal underworld of cattle rustlers, kidnapping, and lynching. As tensions build, Ocean begins to develop feelings for a certain tall, dark, and quiet deputy. And while Ash has never been a stranger to conflict and unrest, she can tell his limits are being tested as he struggles to keep her safe and protect his county.Will Ocean forsake her own happiness to safeguard hidden truths...or will they unravel one translation at a time?
- Bog
- 168,95 kr.
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208,95 kr. "SPUR AWARD WINNER C.K. CRIGGER'S FAN-FAVORITE THE WOMAN WHO... SERIES IS BACK WITH ANOTHER HIGH STAKES ADVENTURE IN THE WILD, WILD WEST! When January Billings receives a letter informing her not only of a grandfather she knew nothing about, but also that a meeting with the attorney will include something to her advantage, she is both angry and intrigued. Eli Pasco convinces her to follow up on the matter. A second note telling her to stay away "on pain of death" only makes the decision easier. January is not a woman to be cowed by threats. Turns out her grandfather was enormously wealthy and he's left most of his fortune to January. Three male cousins expected to inherit the fortune and, one way or another, mean to see they do. Matters escalate when January meets two more unnamed heirs-underage kids she begins to feel responsible for. Arson, arrows, kidnapping, and murder are all in the cousins' bag of tricks. As January fights to stay alive and keep the kids safe, Eli and a few friends join her in her mission to see justice done"--
- Bog
- 208,95 kr.
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208,95 kr. "SPUR AWARD WINNER C.K. CRIGGER IS BACK WITH TWO OF HER MOST LOVED CHARACTERS IN ANOTHER DANGER, ACTION, AND ADVENTURE FILLED INSTALLMENT OF THE FAN-FAVORITE THE WOMAN WHO... SERIES! It's hard to deny friends asking for help-even when it means stepping headlong into danger. As a sort of left-over deputy from a previous adventure, January Billings is compelled to answer the call when a valuable gun is stolen from the local mercantile, and the storekeeper viciously assaulted. The town marshal is out of action and the sheriff is an ineffectual fool. What else can she do but step up? Besides, the stolen gun links Eli Pasco to the situation and she wants to know why. However, old connections don't make the job any easier. To make matters worse, a gang of outlaws-two of which harbor grudges against January and Eli-have drifted into town to work a complex investment scam and rob a bank. Death will walk the streets of the little western town on this cold winter night, pitting a few against many. What will it take to beat the odds? The odds are stacked against her...but she likes it that way..."--
- Bog
- 208,95 kr.
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- A Traditional Western Novel
208,95 kr. "It's May, and the river is in flood. Mountain snow melt and torrential rain has plagued the area for a week. Knox Burdette witnesses a murderous attack on a neighbor and Anson Lowell can't let him escape. With no witness, the case falls apart. When one murder has been committed, a second comes at little cost, right? Especially when the witness is a no-account ranch hand. But William Ault lived long enough to press a letter onto Knox and beg him to deliver it to his attorney in Spokane. Knox, being an honest man, undertakes the task. Knox is trying to escape the gang when a riverbank collapses under his horse. It is Tinker O'Keefe who discovers him clinging to a log. She effects a rescue of both man and horse and takes them in. The gang, while searching for Knox, shows up at Tinker's house, making threats. The thing is, Tinker's home is a former brothel, and she is painted with the same brush. She hides Knox, and the next day they make their way to Spokane to meet with the attorney. More surprises are in store, including to whom William Ault has bequeathed his ranch and the discovery of an independent witness to Ault's murder. Even so, nothing will stop the murderer's urge to kill Knox and Tinker"--
- Bog
- 208,95 kr.
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208,95 kr. January Billings is starting over after bringing her husband's murderer to justice, when a stranger shows up at her ranch door.
- Bog
- 208,95 kr.
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198,95 kr. Jacoba and Charlie DeGroot come west intent on homesteading on the newly opened Coeur d' Alene Indian Reservation. Providing Charlie's name is drawn in the land lottery, that is. But on sign-up day, a head-on collision between two trains nearly derails their plans. While Charlie is dreadfully injured, a man appears out of nowhere and saves Jacoba. Friction between the newlyweds arises when Jacoba's name is drawn in the lottery instead of Charlie's. During the winter, as Charlie heals, Jacoba labors to make ends meet. When at last Charlie can function, he moves to the homestead by himself while Jacoba stays behind to work and keep money coming in. But is Charlie really working for the benefit of them both? That is the question that plagues Jacoba. On a visit to the homestead, she discovers nothing has been accomplished. No cabin built, no land cleared, an expensive team of horses neglected. It's when she decides to move to the site herself that matters come to a head. Her husband has changed, and not for the better. Now there's a question Jacoba has to ask herself. "Is this piece of ground worth dying for?"
- Bog
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223,95 kr. Border Patrol agent Lily Turnbow is fighting a terrorist for her life when everything around her dissolves into a maelstrom of light and thunder. Awakening one hundred years in the future, she finds a ruined world in which bands of mutants are at war with normal humans, and discovers she is as changed as her surroundings.
- Bog
- 223,95 kr.
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208,95 kr. SPUR AWARD WINNING AUTHOR C.K. CRIGGER WELCOMES BACK TWO BELOVED CHARACTERS WHO ARE INTENT ON REVENGE.Shay Billings and January Schutt have been married four months when he's summoned by the local bank president to a meeting. With the final payment due on his land, Shay rides to town for the meeting, then is murdered on the way home…The bank president declares the loan in arrears and informs January the bank is taking everything except the clothes on her back. Devastated by Shay's death, January knows skullduggery is afoot and vows to fight back. Worse, it seems she'll have to go after Shay's murderer herself as the local sheriff lacks the backbone. Everything ties together, to her mind. The foreclosure nothing more than downright theft, the murder an act of revenge by the widow of Shay's old enemy. But January has friends, too, especially in Ford Tervo, a deputy U.S. marshal who had been Shay's friend.Now, vowing her own revenge, the final showdown becomes two widows duking it out.
- Bog
- 208,95 kr.
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248,95 kr. Former soldier Frankie McGill has returned home from Afghanistan minus half of her right foot, a plate in her head, and PTSD. After some months in medical care, she's ready to take on the new battle of finding and holding a job. But not just any job. Frankie is a combat-trained paramedic. When all she can find is a position in the small, mostly volunteer fire department of her old hometown, she's immediately plunged into much more than dealing with her own trauma. She moves into a duplex the previous tenant abruptly abandoned and soon discovers someone has dark secrets to hide and they don't care who they have to kill to keep them hidden. Will Frankie's military training and experience be enough to save her life?Fans of Margaret Mizushima and Barbara Nickless are sure to love this mysterious page turner by award-winning author C.K. Crigger.
- Bog
- 248,95 kr.
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208,95 kr. IT'S 1905 IN BUTTE, MONTANA AND SPARKS ARE FLYINGA fearless safecracking heroine and a hero who's a wanted man team up to stop a law firm full of embezzlers. But there's a problem…a hired killer will chase them all the way across Montana to shut them up.The goal now: make it out of Montana alive!C.K. Crigger offers a new twist on your classic western that will have you glued to your seat with The Yeggman's Apprentice.
- Bog
- 208,95 kr.
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208,95 kr. Shay Billings is pleasantly surprised at discovering a new bridge over the river, as it cuts several miles from his trip into town. Ambushed and left for dead, he has even more cause to be grateful when the bridge-builder saves his life. Shay's savior turns out to be a mysterious young woman with extraordinary skills. More importantly, she's a strong ally when he and a few other men are forced to defend themselves and their ranches against a power hungry rich man. Marvin Hammel seems determined to own everything in their small valley, his intention to gobble up not only their homes and their livelihoods, but the water that flows through the land.January Schutt just wants to be left alone to hide her scars. She's rebuilt the bridge that crosses the river onto her property, and lives like a hermit in a rundown old barn. All that changes when she takes in a wounded Shay Billings. Now she's placed in the middle of a war over water rights. But has she picked the winning side?
- Bog
- 208,95 kr.
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- A Cozy Mystery Novel
198,95 kr. The day Truth Diamond and her dog, Razz, find a woman's charred hand at one the Golden West Resort's campsites, is the day her busy life spins out of control. A search for a body turns up nothing. Truth believes her resort on Lost Girl Lake is in the clear, but when the rest of the body comes to light, the situation goes from bad to worse. She receives one of those "offers you can't refuse" for the resort, her flirty young employee, Becca Keene, vanishes, and a camper is murdered. Why? That's what Truth wants to know.Finding whoever is doing the killing should be quick and simple. Plenty of law enforcement is around. There's Pratt, the quiet and appealing undercover FBI agent; Hunter, the dishy Fish and Wildlife officer; the Sheriff's department detective and his hardworking deputy. Can't anyone find Becca before she ends up gone forever? It's beginning to look like Truth has to do everything herself, unless she becomes the next victim.
- Bog
- 198,95 kr.