Stana Katic
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In the beginning of WWII, Churchill orders his new spy agency -- the Special Operations Executive (SOE) -- to recruit and train women as spies. Their daunting mission: conduct sabotage and build a resistance. SOE's "spymistress" recruits two unusual candidates: an ambitious American with a wooden leg and a Muslim pacifist. Together, these women help to undermine the Nazi regime in France, leaving an unmistakable legacy in their wake. Inspired by true...
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After retrieving the philosophical stone at an auction, but losing his girlfriend, Flynn Carsen has a breakdown. In need of a vacation, Flynn travels to New Orleans and develops a crush on a French singer named Simone, who discloses that she is the guardian of a key to access the Judas Chalice that is capable of resurrecting vampires. When Simone reveals that she is a vampire, Flynn questions whether she is not using him to reach the chalice and increase...
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"All new and original to this volume, the 21 stories in Dangerous Women include work by twelve New York Times bestsellers, and seven stories set in the authors' bestselling continuities--including a new "Outlander" story by Diana Gabaldon, a tale of Harry Dresden's world by Jim Butcher, a story from Lev Grossman set in the world of The Magicians, and a 35,000-word novella by George R. R. Martin about the Dance of the Dragons, the vast civil war that...
