kidnapping

"Joe has witnessed things that cannot be erased. A former FBI agent and Marine, his abusive childhood has left him damaged beyond repair. He has completely withdrawn from the world and earns his living rescuing girls who have been kidnapped into the sex trade. When he's hired to save the daughter of a corrupt New York senator held captive at a Manhattan brothel, he stumbles into a dangerous web of conspiracy, and he pays the price. As Joe's small web of associates are picked off one by one, he realizes that he has no choice but to take the fight to the men who want him dead"--OCLC.

"Clara has escaped the clutches of the dreaded Chimera. With her mysterious wildfriend Cat at her side she is slowly getting to grips with her new wildwitch powers. Then, one morning, she receives an urgent cry for help: come to the park, one hour before sunset... Before she knows it, the Wildways are calling Clara back. She finds herself drawn to the windswept clifftops of Westmark, where soul-stripped animals roam, and a dark magic waits. There Clara's new-found skills and courage are put to the ultimate test, as she desperately battles to save her friends and defeat an old enemy."--Back cover.

When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.

"The boy who is secretly champion of the MultiCosmos computer game learns he is the target for murder, and for his safety must go to CosmicCon in Tokyo, but as he tries to rescue a kidnapping victim he learns things are not what they seem."--OCLC.

The Screech Owls get an all-expenses paid trip from Canada to Ufa, Russia, when a Russian billionaire and hockey fan brings them there to teach young people how to play hockey their way. When Sarah is kidnapped for a ransom of ten million rubles, however, the Screech Owls may have to save her themselves if the millionaire will not pay the ransom.

Thrilled by her new friendships after spending years locked in a tower, Princess Rapunzel organizes a holiday that she dubs "Friendship Day" and creates an elaborate puzzle gift for Eugene and Cassandra, a celebration that is thrown into turmoil by the kidnapping of Pascal the chameleon.

"When Princess Pulverizer and her friends, Lucas and Dribble the dragon, hear about an evil beast capturing townspeople, the trio set out to find and rescue the prisoners, but their mission is imperiled when Lucas and Dribble are abducted"--Provided by publisher..

Clea, not sure if her soul mate Sage is alive or dead, begins having dreams of him with another woman and decides to team up with his enemy in an effort to locate him.

After twelve-year-old Addison Cooke's uncle unearths ancient Incan secrets in Peru, he is kidnapped by a shadowy organization intent on stealing the treasure unless Addison and his friends can decipher the clues first.

"A suspenseful story of one child's experience of the drug wars in Mexico"--Back cover.