What sacrifice is too big for all-consuming love? What is revenge worth? Are there psychological and moral boundaries beyond which passion does not dare to step? Chantal, a woman with irresistible charms, was a clear-minded, very successful journalist when at the age of 28, she married a financial tycoon who convinced her to try a different lifestyle. Jovan, the 42 years old surgeon from Yugoslavia - an extraordinary man both in appearance and in substance, considered his life a journey to wisdom, to discoveries of life’s meaning and purpose. This journey came to an abrupt end when his daughter, a 14 years old beauty, was abducted and killed in a small town in Montenegro in 1995, while the civil war in Yugoslavia was still in full swing. From this moment on, revenge became the purpose of his life, the obsession, the only justification for his existence. At this crossroad, by a sheer chance, he met Chantal in New York: they fell in love with each other. Chantal had to make a terrible choice: leave her loving husband and life of luxury and go after Jovan and her mission in life - journalism, or stay in comfort and lose her first genuine love and mission. Her hesitation was painful but short. Finding killers was a demanding task for Jovan. Police closed the case claiming that hostile Croats abducted his daughter Lilia. The only witness, though, who later refused to testify, said that he saw how local pimps grabbed the girl on the street and ran away in a car. Both versions lacked credibility, as the autopsy concluded that the girl was a virgin. Soon Chantal discovered something not less horrendous than the war and no less important to report about: the East European prostitution ring, which used Yugoslavia as a hub for trafficking adolescent girls from Russia, Ukraine, and Romania to the affluent West European countries and North America. Again, she witnessed terrifying events when innocent and helpless girls had to go through hell during their short and horrific lives. Jovan discovered the secrets of his daughter’s death and found the killers. The revenge was as brutal as the crime which triggered it. The vengeance and the payback for it ruined Chantal’s and Jovan’s love and changed their lives forever.

We call it justice—the assassination of Osama bin Laden, the incarceration of corrupt politicians or financiers like Rod Blagojevich and Bernard Madoff, and the climactic slaying of cinema-screen villains by superheroes. But could we not also call it revenge? We are told that revenge is uncivilized and immoral, an impulse that individuals and societies should actively repress and replace with the order and codes of courtroom justice. What, if anything, distinguishes punishment at the hands of the government from a victim’s individual desire for retribution? Are vengeance and justice really so very different? No, answers legal scholar and novelist Thane Rosenbaum in Payback: The Case for Revenge—revenge is, in fact, indistinguishable from justice. Revenge, Rosenbaum argues, is not the problem. It is, in fact, a perfectly healthy emotion. Instead, the problem is the inadequacy of lawful outlets through which to express it. He mounts a case for legal systems to punish the guilty commensurate with their crimes as part of a societal moral duty to satisfy the needs of victims to feel avenged. Indeed, the legal system would better serve the public if it gave victims the sense that vengeance was being done on their behalf. Drawing on a wide range of support, from recent studies in behavioral psychology and neuroeconomics, to stories of vengeance and justice denied, to revenge practices from around the world, to the way in which revenge tales have permeated popular culture—including Hamlet, The Godfather, and Braveheart—Rosenbaum demonstrates that vengeance needs to be more openly and honestly discussed and lawfully practiced. Fiercely argued and highly engaging, Payback is a provocative and eye-opening cultural tour of revenge and its rewards—from Shakespeare to The Sopranos. It liberates revenge from its social stigma and proves that vengeance is indeed ours, a perfectly human and acceptable response to moral injury. Rosenbaum deftly persuades us to reconsider a misunderstood subject and, along the way, reinvigorates the debate on the shape of justice in the modern world.

Revenge: Narcissistic Injury, Rage, and Retaliation addresses the ubiquitous human wish to take revenge and settle scores. Featuring the contributions of eleven distinguished mental health professionals, it offers a panoramic and yet deep perspective on the real or imagined narcissistic injury that often underlies fantasies of revenge and the behavioral trait of vindictiveness. It describes various types of revenge and introduces the concept of a ‘good-enough revenge.’ Deftly blending psychoanalysis, ethology, religious studies, literary criticism, and clinical experience, the book goes a long way to enhance empathy with patients struggling with hurt, pain, and desires to get even with their tormentors. This volume is of great clinical value indeed!

Revenge is a dish best served hot in this exhilarating installment of New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey's bold, sexy, and deadly Gideon series. Gideon, a professional assassin, is convinced that an old score with a former client from Detroit was settled a long time ago. But the lady from Detroit has never forgotten-or forgiven-Gideon, and with a crack team of hit-men, she's not letting him out of her sight. Now, Gideon's on the run again, embarking on a global chase that takes him from London to Nashville, and back to the Caribbean where those on both sides of this battle are dying for revenge.

Quest for Revenge By: RLK James is devoted and loyal—to his wife, to his friends, and most importantly to the crown. As a Musketeer, he upholds the most admirable values. But when faced with heartbreaking betrayal from the person he least expected, James is forced to decide what—and who—matters the most to him. In Quest for Revenge, RLK presents a story of loyalty, love, and honor, and leaves the reader wondering what is to come at every turn.

The daughter he never knew needs his protection… After she spent years in hiding, turning to mounted police officer Mason Reed for protection is the last thing Tessa Vitale thought she’d do—until her mafia family tracks her down. With her brother planning to kidnap her daughter and kill Tessa, her little girl’s secret father is their only hope. But can the man she left behind put their past aside to save their daughter? From Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith. Smoky Mountain Defenders

Vina decided in honor of her late husband to create his business from scratch and take revenge on all those who prevented their happiness. If we consider this situation in detail, then two people were to blame for their misfortune with Arthur – this is Amir and Sultana. Vina decides to kill Amir and Sultana. Enraged, Guntur shot at Sultana’s lying body. – Dad, she’s dead. Amir hugged his father and began to cry.

This dramatic tale recounts the dangers that lurk in the streets, clubs, and every corner of your community. • It’s about good vs evil. • It’s about greed and blatant sex. • It’s about a serial killer with no conscience. • It’s about friendship gone bad. Blaze, a ruthless, cold-hearted killer, has no conscience when it comes to slaughtering anyone who gets in his way. Ty has been Blaze’s best friend since second grade. Word on the street alerts Ty about Blaze’s ruthless murders. Ty’s life is turned upside down when his cousin is killed. Time is against Blaze as he realizes that his childhood friend wants revenge for his cousin’s death. Will Blaze get payback, or will he escape A Friend’s Rage for Revenge?

Alone. Broken. Scared Abigail Summer ran away from campus in search of refuge in her father’s home. She thought the pain she was in was going to kill her, that was until she crossed his path. Betrayed. Bitter. Vengeful Lorenzo ran his life by a simple rule. No one betrayed him, especially where money was concerned. Now he is forced to face that betrayal and he will do anything to get his revenge, even if it means visiting the sins of the father on the daughter.

USA Today–Bestselling Author: A bargain of passionate desire threatens to consume two lost souls. Jack Maguire was turned away from his father’s house and has never forgotten that day—or how much he wanted his stepsister, Sally. Now a billionaire tycoon, by a twist of fate Jack’s inherited his father’s property—and has an opportunity to get revenge. Jack has a bargain to make with Sally, who has grown into a beautiful, desirable woman. She can keep her beloved house—if she will be his mistress on weekends.