All his life, Dan Mariner just wanted to follow in his father's footsteps, staying "on the line" as a firefighter. But after long months of healing from severe burns he received in a fire that nearly took his life--and succeeded in taking his father's--Dan is asked by his Chief to return to Yorkville, his old home town, to assist in the search for a dangerous serial arsonist. Reluctantly he agrees, planning to stay a few weeks. Soon after he arrives, however, he is quickly catapulted into the gruesome world of the arsonist as new fires become more explosively dangerous and the numbers of...

When Florida attorney Tina Jefferson hears her mother's gasping voice on the telephone, she knows something's happened. "What's going on, Mom?" Tina asks. "You sound...worried."

"Worried?" the older woman retorts. "Why, everything's wonderful, Tina, what could possibly be wrong? I play shuffleboard every day and we all have such fun."

Except, Tina knows, that her mother has never played shuffleboard in her life; she's a successful, lifelong sculptress.

So Tina decides to jump into her flying club's airplane and cross Florida to her mother's condo on the west coast to see what's going...

Professor Amos Frost thought he was going to enjoy a quiet sabbatical visiting old friends on Florida's Gulf coast with his son Windy.until one day they went fishing in Amos' dory. To their astonishment, they discovered weird, injured fish swimming disjointedly beneath the bay water. Disappointed in their fishing expedition and puzzled by the odd behavior of the fish, the two had already turned back to shore when hungry sharks, drawn in from the outer Gulf for an easy meal, hit the vulnerable fish with a vengeance, almost sinking Amos' small boat and actually devouring a nearby fisherman who...

This book's purpose was to find out how people across the United States felt about their health care. In that effort, the author interviewed hundreds of people-male or female, retired or working, ill or well, health professional or not-and was shocked by the disdain with which most of those questioned view our health care system. Their opinions are a large part of this book. What has happened to a once-great health system often proclaimed by many as best in the world? The author consulted dozens of experts present both when the system as created as well as those working in the field today....

"Victims of domestic violence who read this book will know they are not alone." -Laurel Lynch, Director Hope Family Services Bradenton, Florida "Here the mind of the murderer is revealed in his own words. This book is for women and all who have daughters and sisters because what happened to Jean is far from rare. Many women are unknowingly at risk. Offered here is insight into the impact of parent-daughter and mother-daughter relationships that we all need to acknowledge and nurture. If the unthinkable occurs, families must find ways to cope with what should never have happened." -Constance...

This book's purpose was to find out how people across the United States felt about their health care. In that effort, the author interviewed hundreds of people-male or female, retired or working, ill or well, health professional or not-and was shocked by the disdain with which most of those questioned view our health care system. Their opinions are a large part of this book.What has happened to a once-great health system often proclaimed by many as best in the world?The author consulted dozens of experts present both when the system as created as well as those working in the field today. The...

Ben Bairstow is a busy general surgeon whose life is filled with routine cases and life-threatening emergencies. Into that life comes a beautiful young woman, the wife of his partner, who needs his medical attention. He struggles between his attraction to her and his need to maintain a distance if he is to help her get well. She is also attracted to him, which complicates Bairstow's life. In his private life, Bairstow has three children, one of whom has been arrested for shoplifting, and a devoted wife. Developing conflicts in the family challenge each member, threatening to drive them apart...