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When Angels Cry by MaryLu Tyndall
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the not too distant future…Wars, plagues, and famines ravage the world, immorality and violence are rampant, and the Bible is outlawed.Angelica Smoke, a single mother and cocktail waitress, ascends the steps of a megachurch to deliver a message from God to the one man she hoped to never see again...Categorized as:
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The Ultimate Religion by Gillian Dance
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMegan grew up in care and suffered all kinds of abuse, then struggled in adulthood to build a normal lifeHampered by her differences and lack of identity, Megan was lured into the embrace of a fundamentalist Christian group...Categorized as:
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The Cabinet of Dr. Leng by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAgent Pendergast faces his latest challenge in this next installment of the #1 NYT bestselling series by acclaimed authors Preston and Child, the second in the Leng Trilogy.Following the events of Bloodless, FBI Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast and Constance Greene return. Against all odds, Constance has found a way back to the place of her origins, New York City in the late 1800s...Categorized as:
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One More Life to Live by Steven Decker
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsImagine being given a chance at a second life but with a catch. You have no say in when, where, or who you will be. Would you take it?Edward Stubbins is a boy robbed of all that is good in life. An orphan in post-war England, he's shipped to Australia at age ten. Cruelty, rejection, and a severely broken heart are the hallmarks of his youth...Categorized as:
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Deadlock by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis exhilarating FBI thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter finds Savich and Sherlock confronting two baffling mysteries.A young wife is forced to confront a decades-old deadly secret when a medium connects her to her dead grandfather. A vicious psychopath wants ultimate revenge against Savich, but first, she wants to destroy what he loves most—his family...Categorized as:
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Crown of Souls by Ronie Kendig
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Kendig has out done herself."-- RT Book Reviews on Conspiracy of Silence Six months after stopping a deadly plague, Cole "Tox" Russell and his team are enjoying a little rest. That peace is short-lived when a sniper shot hits Tox. The enemy is discovered to be one of their own, a rogue Special Forces team operator...Categorized as:
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Hell to Pay by Pamela Fagan Hutchins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUSA Best Book Award-Winning Series, Cross Genre Fiction. A pulse-pounder full of humor and heart, the latest in the What Doesn't Kill You romantic mystery series. Big-haired paralegal and former rodeo queen Emily has her life back on track. Her adoption of Betsy seems like a done deal, her parents have reunited, and she’s engaged to her sexy boss Jack... -
The Bones of Makaidos by Bryan Davis
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA wall of fire protects the inexperienced villagers of Second Eden from a planned invasion of dragons and Nephilim, but how long will the flames last? Billy, Walter, Ashley, Elam, and the faithful dragons help the people prepare, but they are woefully outnumbered and will have to go back to Earth and recruit the humans who have the ability to revert to their former dragon states... -
White: The Great Pursuit by Ted Dekker
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 39 ratings"Never break The Circle."In this final installment of Ted Dekker's groundbreaking Circle trilogy, Thomas Hunter has only days to survive two separate realms of danger, deceit, and destruction. The fate of both worlds hinges on his unique ability to shift realities through his dreams...Categorized as:
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Red: The Heroic Rescue by Ted Dekker
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 38 ratings"We have stepped off the cliff and are falling into madness."The mind-bending pace of "Black" accelerates in "Red," Book Two of Ted Dekker's groundbreaking Circle trilogy. Less than a month ago, Thomas Hunter was a failed writer selling coffee at the Java Hut in Denver. Now he finds himself in a desperate quest to rescue two worlds from collapse...Categorized as:
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Holy Ghost by John Sandford
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWheatfield, Minnesota - a metropolis of seven hundred souls. The word "moribund" might have been invented for Wheatfield. Nothing ever happened there and nothing ever would—until the mayor of sorts (campaign slogan: "I'll Do What I Can") and a buddy come up with a scheme to put the town on the map... -
Finding Hope in the Darkness of Grief: Spiritual Insights Expressed Through Art, Poetry and Prose by Diamante Lavendar
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWritten to honor Diamante's children in Heaven, Finding Hope In The Darkness Of Grief is a recipient of five awards to date for Poetry, Religion/Spirituality, Inspiration and Gift Book.This earthly plane offers much for us to learn: happiness, wisdom, loss, heartbreak, and enlightenment... -
Hunter Killer by Brad Taylor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPike Logan tracks highly-trained Russian assassins to Brazil in this blistering, action-packed thriller from New York Times bestselling author and former Special Forces Officer Brad Taylor.Pike Logan and the Taskforce were once the apex predators, an unrivaled hunting machine that decimated those out to harm the United States, but they may have met their match...Categorized as:
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The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 29 ratings#1 New York Times BestsellerWhat would happen if we called on God for help and God actually appeared? In Mitch Albom's profound new novel of hope and faith, a group of shipwrecked passengers pull a strange man from the sea. He claims to be "the Lord." And he says he can only save them if they all believe in him...Categorized as:
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Tides of Fire by James Rollins
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn the latest riveting thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author, an international research station in the Coral Sea comes under siege during a geological disaster that triggers massive quakes, deadly tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. To stop the world from burning, it’s up to Sigma Force to uncover a secret buried at the heart of our planet...Categorized as:
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The Awakening by K.E. Ganshert, Katie Ganshert
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 26 ratings"I can't go home. It's not safe. Nowhere is." Tess Eckhart isn’t crazy. She’s not suffering from psychosis. She and Luka Williams are part of The Gifting. Before they can find out what that means, the man with all the answers turns up dead. The only thing he left behind? A few patient files that lead to the nation’s most lawless city...Categorized as:
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Whirlwind by Robert Liparulo
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBest-selling novelist Robert Liparulo is a former journalist, with over a thousand articles and multiple writing awards to his name. His first two critically acclaimed thrillers?Comes a Horseman and Germ?were optioned by Hollywood producers. Bestselling author Michael Palmer calls Deadfall, released in November, 2007, ?a brilliantly crafted thriller... -
Rattlesnake Road by Amanda McKinney
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEveryone hits rock bottom, only the brave escape.Welcome to 1314 Rattlesnake Road.A quaint two-bedroom log cabin nestled deep in the woods of the small, southern town of Berry Springs—the perfect hideaway to escape your past.Tucked inside thick, mahogany walls lay mysterious letters, forgotten and untouched for decades... -
The Rising: Antichrist is Born by Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMarilena Carpathia has only one dream: to be a mother. So when a mysterious clairvoyant promises the fulfillment of this dream, Marilena does not hesitate. Through genetic engineering and the power of the prince of darkness himself, Marilena is about to become a chosen vessel, one who will unknowingly give birth to the greatest evil the world has ever known...Categorized as:
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Cloak of the Light by Chuck Black
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAuthor of the popular Kingdom Series returns with this thrilling new novel for young adults.Tragedy and heartache seem to be waiting for Drew Carter at every turn. Sydney Carlyle, a mysterious and elusive girl offers encouragement through her faith, but Drew is too logical and scientific to believe that her prayer of healing was anything but coincidental in the restoration of his eyesight...Categorized as:
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Soul's Gate by James L. Rubart
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“Every now and then we get a break from reality. A glimpse into the other world that is more real than the reality we live in 99 percent of our days. The Bible is about a world of demons and angels and great evil and even greater glory.”What if you could travel inside another person’s soul?To battle for them. To be part of Jesus healing their deepest wounds... -
Remnants by Carolyn Arnold
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSavannah, Georgia used to be a tranquil tourist destination—until human body parts started floating down the river.FBI Agent Brandon Fisher trusts his team with his life—or at least he did. It’s only been six months since Brandon’s boss almost died at the hands of a serial killer when the team is called to Savannah, Georgia... -
Written In Bones by James Oswald
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe roots of murder run deep . . . When a body is found in a tree in The Meadows, Edinburgh's scenic parkland, the forensics suggest the corpse has fallen from a great height...Categorized as:
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Black: The Birth of Evil by Ted Dekker
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsEnter an adrenaline-laced epic where dreams and reality collide.Fleeing his assailants through deserted alleyways, Thomas Hunter narrowly escapes to the roof of a building. Then a silent bullet from the night clips his head...and his world goes black.From the blackness comes an amazing reality of another world-a world where evil is contained...Categorized as:
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Labyrinth by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe #1 New York Times bestselling FBI Thriller series returns with another tour de force in which Agent Sherlock risks losing her career—and her sanity—over a case that is more complicated and twisted than any she’s ever encountered. On a dark night, Agent Sherlock is driving along circuitous mountain roads in West Virginia when her car is suddenly T-boned at an intersection...Categorized as:
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Blessed Child by Ted Dekker, Bill Bright
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe young orphaned boy was abandoned and raised in an Ethiopian monastery. He has never seen outside its walls -- at least, not the way most people see. Now he must flee those walls or die.But the world is hardly ready for a boy like Caleb...Categorized as:
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Innocent Blood by James Rollins, Джеймс Роллинс
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA vicious attack at a ranch in California thrusts archaeologist Erin Granger back into the folds of the Sanguines, an immortal order founded on the blood of Christ and tasked with protecting the world from the beasts haunting its shadows and waiting to break free into the sunlight... -
The Black Angel by John Connolly
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhen a young woman disappears from the streets of New York City, ties of friendship and blood inevitably draw ingenious, tortured detective Charlie Parker into the search. Soon he discovers links to a church of bones in Eastern Europe, a 1944 slaughter at a French monastery, and to the myth of an object known as the Black Angel -- considered by evil men to be beyond priceless...Categorized as:
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Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThis is the second book in the Peaceful Warrior Saga. Neither a sequel nor prequel, this adventure takes place within the context of the original book, shedding new light on the path he was to travel, and would one day teach. After a period of training with the man he calls Socrates, Dan Millman is sent away by his old mentor to apply what he has learned to everyday life...Categorized as:
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Tears of a Dragon by Bryan Davis
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsVictory in the Circles of Seven came at a great cost to Billy Bannister and Bonnie Silver. A vicious evil was unleashed on the earth that only the dragons can defeat. With Billy’s father, the great Clefspeare, missing, Billy and Bonnie must lead the dragons into war against the Watchers—demonic beings as old as the earth itself...Categorized as:
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Harbingers by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIt starts off so simply: Jack, still feeling down after the tragic events of Infernal, is hanging in Julio's when a regular named Timmy asks him for help. His teenage niece has been missing since this morning; the police say it's too early to worry, but Timmy knows something bad has happened. Jack says he'll put the word out on the street... -
Hurt by Travis Thrasher
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHis Rebellion Will Soon Turn to Hope When Chris Buckley first encountered the mysteries of creepy Solitary, North Carolina, he had little idea how far he would fall into the town’s shadows. After losing the love of his life, Chris tried to do things his way. He hunted answers. Then he gave up trying to find them. But now Chris comes back to Solitary knowing there’s a purpose for his being there... -
War Hawk by James Rollins, Grant Blackwood
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFormer Army Ranger Tucker Wayne and his war dog Kane are thrust into a global conspiracy that threatens to shake the foundations of American democracy in this second exciting Sigma Force spinoff adventure from New York Times bestselling authors James Rollins and Grant Blackwood.Tucker Wayne’s past and his present collide when a former army colleague comes to him for help...Categorized as:
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Gravestone by Travis Thrasher, Kirby Heyborne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHis fear will soon turn to anger…. At first, Chris Buckley was simply warned. And watched. But as Chris unravels the haunting riddles of the town of Solitary, he finds that much more than the life of a town is at stake. Whether facing a pastor with a house full of skeletons or a cousin he never knew existed, Chris is forced to choose between light and darkness, life and nightmarish death... -
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The Dividing by Devin Downing
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAdamic is the language of the Gods. When spoken, it has the power to create worlds, to raise the dead, to make man as God. Fortunately, no one has spoken it in thousands of years. The only remnants are the written spells. The people of Cavernum depend on these spells. They’re etched into the city walls, fending off the feeders—deadly creatures with a thirst for human blood... -
Dark Spies by Matthew Dunn
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUnti Will Cochrane Thriller #4 by Matthew Dunn has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher...Categorized as:
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Spies Don't Fall for Their Asset by Meg Easton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s an international spy. She accidentally becomes his asset.Every Tuesday, my best friend and I get together to watch spy movies, and I dream of a secret agent sweeping me off my feet.Imagine my surprise when a) one actually does, b) I don’t realize he’s a spy (even though “secret” is in the job title, so I should’ve seen that coming), and c) his mission is to protect me...Categorized as:
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Diablo Mesa by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 27 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child continue with the next book featuring archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson.Lucas Tappan, a wealthy and eccentric billionaire and founder of Icarus Space Systems, approaches the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute with a proposal for an excavation—and a hefty donation...Categorized as:
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Blood Brothers by James Rollins, Rebecca Cantrell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling authors James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell comes a dark story of murder, mystery, and a brotherhood steeped in a bloody past.As a young reporter, Arthur Crane exposed the secrets behind the Orchid Killer, a cult murderer from the late '60s whose crimes blackened the end of the Summer of Love... -
Hosts by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsRepairman Jack returns in a sequel to the New York Times bestseller, The Tomb!Repairman Jack has been tearing up the urban adventure scene ever since he was introduced in the New York Times bestseller The Tomb. As his fans know, Repairman Jack doesn't deal with electronic appliances; he's a situation fixer, no matter how weird or deadly a situation may be... -
Heaven's Wager by Ted Dekker
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt was an absolutely perfect day . . . until everything went absolutely perfectly wrong. Kent Anthony is a brilliant software engineer who is cashing in on a brilliant career. He's finally living the idyllic life, far from thoughts of theft and murder and other kinds of horrible criminal behavior.He's left his past far behind . . . or so he thinks... -
Chasing The Night by Iris Johansen
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA CIA agent's two-year-old child was stolen in the night as a brutal act of vengeance. Now, eight years later, this torment is something Catherine Ling awakens to every day. Her friends, family, and colleagues tell her to let go, move on, accept that her son is never coming back. But she can't...Categorized as:
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Double Take: An FBI Thriller by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIt's been more than six months since her husband's brutal death, and Julia Ransom is just beginning to breathe again. She loved her husband, renowned psychic August Ransom, but the media frenzy that followed his murder sapped what little strength she had left. Now, after dinner with friends, strolling along San Francisco's Pier 39, she realizes that she's happy...Categorized as:
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Seize The Night by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThere are no rules in the dark, no place to feel safe, no escape from the shadows. But to save the day, you must...Seize the Night.At no time does Moonlight Bay look more beautiful than at night. Yet it is precisely then that the secluded little town reveals its menace. Now children are disappearing. From their homes. From the streets. And there's nothing their families can do about it...Categorized as:
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Fever Dream by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsYesterday, Special Agent Pendergast still mourned the loss of his beloved wife, Helen, who died in a tragic accident in Africa twelve years ago. Today, he discovers she was murdered. Tomorrow, he will learn her most guarded secrets, leaving him to wonder: Who was the woman I married? Why was she murdered? And, above all . . . Who murdered her? FEVER DREAM Revenge is not sweet: It is essential...Categorized as:
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Rise of the Fallen by Chuck Black
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA six thousand year war rages and now the demonic Fallen are coming for him—the one man shrouded in mystery. Only Validus stands in their way.Validus is the last and least of God’s angels, but he’s seen much across the millennia since his creation...Categorized as:
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The Dragon Factory by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsJoe Ledger and the DMS (Department of Military Sciences) go up against two competing groups of geneticists. One side is creating exotic transgenic monsters and genetically enhanced mercenary armies; the other is using 21st century technology to continue the Nazi Master Race program begun by Josef Mengele. Both sides want to see the DMS destroyed, and they've drawn first blood...Categorized as:
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Blink by Ted Dekker
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe future changes in the BLINK of an eye...or does it?Seth Borders isn't your average graduate student. For starters, he has one of the world's highest IQs. Now he's suddenly struck by an incredible power--the ability to see multiple potential futures.Still reeling from this inexplicable gift, Seth stumbles upon a beautiful woman named Miriam... -
A Man Called Blessed by Ted Dekker
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA high-stakes quest for the Ark of the Covenant. An assassin out to stop them. And a man named Caleb, whose supernatural powers may be the only thing that can save them.In this explosive sequel to Blessed Child, Jewish soldier-turned-archaeologist Rebecca Soloman leads a team deep into the Ethiopian desert to find the one man who may know the final resting place of the Ark of the Covenant...Categorized as:
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The New Recruit by Jill Williamson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsForced to choose between military school and a Christian spy organization, skeptic Spencer Garmond signs on with the Bible geeks. But before he even boards the plane for Moscow, Spencer realizes this is no Bible club. These guys mean business...Categorized as:
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