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  • Thirty-Four and a Half Predicaments by Denise Grover Swank

    Thirty-Four and a Half Predicaments by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Rose Gardner hates seeing her normally flamboyant best friend Neely Kate struggle with depression. So when Rose stumbles onto a piece of evidence indicating her birth mother might have been involved in a crime, she does the one thing guaranteed to cheer Neely Kate. She convinces her friend to help her solve a mystery...
  • Thirty-One and a Half Regrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Thirty-One and a Half Regrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Book Four in the USA Today bestselling Rose Gardner Mystery Series! While Rose recovers from a broken heart, she finds herself at odds with her sister—and business partner—Violet. Rose buries herself in her landscaping work, but becomes worried when her employee and friend, Bruce Wayne Decker, goes missing. In the meantime, Fenton County assistant D.A...
  • Sins of the Father by Denise Grover Swank

    Sins of the Father by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As the fallout from J.R. Simmons’ death begins to settle, some of the victims are still dealing with the results of that deadly night. Rose mourns the changes in her life and struggles to move on. Neely Kate is devastated when Joe leaves Henryetta two weeks after his father’s death and refuses to speak to her...
  • Moonshine & Masquerades by Kathleen Brooks

    Moonshine & Masquerades by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A traitor, a love taken, a family destroyed all for power. A masquerade hiding evil has been in place too long. It’s time to reveal who is under the mask.The human residents of Moonshine Hollow have learned about the presence of real, finger-wiggling, magic-casting witches. It’s now up to them to decide if the witches stay to defeat the evil or if the witch trials come to Moonshine Hollow...
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    paranormal  suspense  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • Thirty and a Half Excuses by Denise Grover Swank

    Thirty and a Half Excuses by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Life in Henryetta, Arkansas is turned upside down with the arrival of a televangelist, but it’s the death of a little old lady on Rose’s street that catches her attention. The Henryetta police deem her death natural causes, but Rose suspects foul play and so does an unlikely supporter — the president of the Busy Body Club, her eighty-two year old neighbor Mildred...
  • The Best Christmas Ever by Heather Graham

    The Best Christmas Ever by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jackson Crow and his wife, Angela Hawkins, seldom leave the office for a vacation, much less at Christmas, when many of their agents are out in the field. But this year, Jackson wants to spend the holiday away, at an historic home in Virginia that he wants to buy — even if it is too far for them to commute to work each morning...
  • 死亡万花筒 Kaleidoscope of Death by Xi Zi Xu, 西子绪

    死亡万花筒 Kaleidoscope of Death by Xi Zi Xu, 西子绪

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    起初的异样,是家里的猫不让抱了。林秋石发现周围的一切都开始变得充满了不协调感。然后某一天,当他推开家中的门,却发现熟悉的楼道变成了长长的走廊。走廊的两头,是十二扇一模一样的铁门。故事由此开始。阮南烛对林秋石说,当你凝视深渊时,深渊也在凝视着你。林秋石听后陷入沉思,然后对着深渊拉下了裤子拉链……阮南烛:“……你把裤子给我好好穿上!”不皮会死病娇攻X一起皮的沉稳受,双皮奶组合,灵异风格升级流。"Kaleidoscope of Death"It started off peculiarly; first, his domestic cat refused to let him cuddle it...
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    paranormal  suspense  drama  romance  horror  fantasy  lgbtq  mystery
  • Betrayed: Book Two - The Road to Redemption by Nicky Charles

    Betrayed: Book Two - The Road to Redemption by Nicky Charles

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    How do you love again when your heart is dead? How do you know when it’s time to let go?Damien’s kicked about the country these past three years. No pack. No purpose. No reason to keep on living. When an old friend, Kane Sinclair, asks for his help, he agrees and heads to Chicago. After all, what does he have to lose?Sam’s grown up on the streets...
  • Northbane Shifters by Isabella Hunt

    Northbane Shifters by Isabella Hunt

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Deep in the Farthing Mountains, in what was British Columbia before the Rift, the Northbane shifters have carved out a refuge. Winfyre Ridge. Away from the horrors, wars, and darkness. A place to live free and prosper. To start over. If you can get there. WOLF's WAGER Reagan Grace fled from a city laid to waste...
  • Darkness Exposed by Terri Reid

    Darkness Exposed by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Jeannine appeared in the room across from Mary. Her face was streaked with tears and she was visibly trembling. “Mary, I remembered,” she cried. “I remembered and it was awful.”The time has finally come for Mary to investigate Jeannine’s murder...
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    drama  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  cozy  crime
  • Stolen Dreams by Maddie Wade

    Stolen Dreams by Maddie Wade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A page-turner that is thrilling, steamy, teary and wonderful! Nate Jones is unlucky in love. He’s watched his parents love story play out his entire life and wants that for himself. His whole world was rocked when he walks into a hospital room and falls head over heels in love with Skye and Noah. Skye Mitchell is a single mother to an exceptional young boy...
  • Daylighters by Rachel Caine

    Daylighters by Rachel Caine

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    While Morganville, Texas, is often a troubled town, Claire Danvers and her friends are looking forward to coming home. But the Morganville they return to isn’t the one they know; it’s become a different place—a deadly one…Something drastic has happened in Morganville while Claire and her friends were away...
  • Seized by Seduction by Brenda Jackson

    Seized by Seduction by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One glance is all it takesFrom the moment his eyes meet hers across the crime-scene tape, ex-con turned bodyguard Quasar Patterson knows he has to see the mysterious Dr. Randi Fuller again. She's a renowned psychic investigator who can foresee danger for others, but not for herself...
  • Gillette Park by Gerri Hill, Nicol Zanzarella

    Gillette Park by Gerri Hill, Nicol Zanzarella

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Gillette Park, a sleepy town nestled in the Rocky Mountains, harbors a secret.Twenty-three years ago, a young girl went missing. Three days later her body was found lodged beneath the footbridge over Gillette Creek. The murder shook the town but they soon found it was only the beginning. A serial killer hides among them—a serial killer who strikes twice, sometimes three times a year...
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    paranormal  drama  suspense  romance  mystery  lgbtq  wlw  crime
  • Thorns of Decision by Breeana Puttroff

    Thorns of Decision by Breeana Puttroff

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Quinn Robbins was prepared for her mother to be angry. After all, she'd disappeared for two days without warning; to visit the world on the other side of the Dusk Gate that nobody else knows exists. What she wasn't prepared for was seeing her mother calmly sitting there, waiting for her return, as if Megan Robbins somehow knew the secret, too...
  • Una sonata de verano by Belén Martínez Sánchez

    Una sonata de verano by Belén Martínez Sánchez

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    NOVELA GANADORA DEL I PREMIO PUCK¿Y si tu libro favorito fuera mucho más que una buena historia?Casio Oliver está obsesionado con Preludio de invierno, la primera obra de Óscar Salvatierra, un escritor ya retirado...
  • Born in Fire by Nora Roberts

    Born in Fire by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 57 ratings
    Three modern sisters bound by the timeless beauty of Ireland...The eldest Concannon sister, Maggie, is a reclusive, stubborn and free-spirited glassmaker—with a heart worth winning.Margaret Mary is a glass artist with an independent streak as fierce as her volatile temper...
  • Heist by Ariana Godoy

    Heist by Ariana Godoy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Una historia altamente adictiva de una de las autoras estrella de la plataforma, Ariana Godoy.El pueblo de Wilson es tranquilo, regido por unas costumbres y creencias religiosas muy estrictas, donde Leigh ha crecido, siguiendo cada regla y pauta como se le ha indicado...
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    suspense  drama  romance  mystery  new-adult  fiction  dark  fantasy
  • Building From Ashes by Elizabeth Hunter

    Building From Ashes by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Power, passion, and politics collide in an Elemental World that is ruled by the ancients.For a thousand years, earth vampire Carwyn ap Bryn has sacrificed for the good of others: God, his family, his friends. But tragedy rips his world apart, causing him to question everything about his eternity...
  • Falling to Pieces by Denise Grover Swank

    Falling to Pieces by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    **137 page novella following Thirty and a Half Excuses in the USA Today bestselling Rose Gardner Mystery series** When Joe walks out of Rose’s life, she can’t imagine life without him. But with support from her friends—and an unexpected person—Rose finds her way to climb out of her despair...
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    paranormal  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  cozy  crime  female-mc
  • Fallen Eden by Nicole Williams

    Fallen Eden by Nicole Williams

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    If happily ever after were a place, twenty-year-old Bryn Dawson would be on the farthest planet from it. Reduced to stolen glances and secret meetings as they await a Betrothal the Council is bent on stalling, William and Bryn have to settle for happily right now, but with a man like William Hayward at her side, Bryn’s hardly settling...
  • Finding You by T.M. Cromer

    Finding You by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Finding You is a heart-wrenching, suspenseful story about one woman and her faith in true love. Due to adult themes, this book is not recommended for anyone under the age of 18.Heat level: 3.5Tissue consumption level: 1 boxShe didn’t see this one coming.Samantha Holt had the perfect relationship—until one day, she didn’t...
  • To Stop a Shadow by Carrie Pulkinen

    To Stop a Shadow by Carrie Pulkinen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trent's heart may belong to Tina, but a shadow demon is after his soul…Trent Austin is a successful, big-city lawyer. The last thing he needs is the burden of a run-down house in the suburbs. But when his crazy uncle dies and leaves his estate to Trent, he soon learns he's inherited a lot more than a Victorian mansion...
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    drama  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  cozy  demons
  • Shattered by Dale Mayer

    Shattered by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some events are life shattering… Caught in a gilded cage for most of her life, Hannah keeps trying to escape. There’s something wrong with her the doctors can’t diagnose, but she’d rather be free and die than stay trapped… forever. When she's caught once again, Trevor offers her a unique way out...
  • Innocent Prey by Maggie Shayne

    Innocent Prey by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    To save innocent lives, they'll have to risk their own. Self-help superstar Rachel de Luca and Detective Mason Brown have finally given in to their overwhelming attraction to each other, but neither of them is ready to let physical passion turn into full-blown romance, so they carefully maintain an emotional distance...
  • The Biker's Gift by Nikki Landis

    The Biker's Gift by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The past never stays buried.Bodie Whitman lost everything six months ago.When a rival MC took away his woman and his pride, he swore absolute and brutal violence.Nothing was standing in his way,Including the brotherhood.He’s a wildcard. A Rogue. A goddamn mess.When his pres offers the chance to seek vengeance,Bodie doesn’t hesitate to make his move...
  • Pawn by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    Pawn by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From New York Times Bestseller, Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, Comes Part Two of Mr. Rook's Island, a Sexy, Dark, Romantic Suspense. SHE KNOWS HE'S BAD. THE QUESTION IS, HOW BAD?Stephanie Fitzgerald is nobody's pawn. Determined to discover the truth about a missing loved one, she lands a job at the world's most exclusive resort, working for the only man with the answers--Mr. Rook...
  • Deadly Obsession by Maggie Shayne

    Deadly Obsession by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A cold-blooded killer with a burning obsession… Rachel de Luca has a bad feeling about the new woman in Detective Mason Brown's life, the nurse taking care of him after he's injured in the line of duty. She'd like to think it's just jealousy, but intuition tells her it's something more, maybe something dangerous...
  • Hallow Be the Haunt by Heather Graham

    Hallow Be the Haunt by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Years ago, Jake Mallory fell in love all over again with Ashley Donegal—while he and the Krewe were investigating a murder that replicated a horrible Civil War death at her family’s Donegal Plantation. Now, Ashley and Jake are back—planning for their wedding, which will take place the following month at Donegal Plantation, her beautiful old antebellum home...
  • A Thousand Lies by Sharon Sala

    A Thousand Lies by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Evil comes in all shapes and sizes, but seems more deadly when hidden in physical beauty. Anson Poe hides behind a handsome face as he wreaks havoc upon those around him. Nothing touches his heart but power and greed; not the woman he married, or the four children they share. Brendan Poe shares his father's stunning looks while trying to live down the shame...
  • Wild Fire by Christine Feehan

    Wild Fire by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Leopard shifter Connor Vega carries the scent of a wild animal in its prime, and bears the soul-crushing sins of past betrayals. Isabeau Chandler's never forgiven him-or forgotten him. The mating urge is still with her, and hotter than ever. Dangerously hot..
  • Night School Endgame by C.J. Daugherty

    Night School Endgame by C.J. Daugherty

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Broken. Scattered. But not defeated.The spy is gone but the cost has been high - the rebels at Cimmeria Academy have lost their leader and Carter West is missing. Nathaniel can taste victory. But Allie and the other survivors aren't done yet. First they have to get Carter back. Then they plan to make Nathaniel pay.One way or another - the game must end...
  • The Seductive Impostor by Janet Chapman

    The Seductive Impostor by Janet Chapman

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The first in a dazzling duo of romances featuring two sisters from the ruggedly beautiful Maine coast...and the men who sweep them away. Rachel Foster wishes Sub Rosa -- the seaside mansion she helped her father build and the scene of a terrible tragedy -- would crumble into the sea. But Keenan Oakes, Sub Rosa's new owner, is moving in and stirring up the dark secrets of the cliff-perched manor.
  • Peaceful Slumber by Nikki Lynn Barrett

    Peaceful Slumber by Nikki Lynn Barrett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Scott I was somewhat normal once. Until I died. It was only for a few minutes, but ever since then, I can see ghosts. The first time I see her is in the cemetery, wearing a blood stained wedding dress. No one else knows she exists. I have no idea how to help her or why I chose to, but she's here now...
  • No Going Back: Soft Focus / After Dark by Jayne Ann Krentz, Jayne Castle

    No Going Back: Soft Focus / After Dark by Jayne Ann Krentz, Jayne Castle

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two exciting novels by the New York Times bestselling author, collected for the first time in one volume...
  • My Next Breath  (The Obsidian Files) by Shannon McKenna

    My Next Breath (The Obsidian Files) by Shannon McKenna

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Zade Ryan. Rebel supersoldier. Nearly superhuman. On a desperate quest to rescue his missing brother Luke by any means possible. To do it, he must seduce the elusive Simone Brightman, inventor of the ingenious and deadly tech used to capture Luke and hold him prisoner, location unknown. Zade will do whatever it takes to get close to Simone...
  • Baker Bear by Scarlett Grove

    Baker Bear by Scarlett Grove

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a big-city lawyer and a small-town baker find love in Fate Valley?An unexpected return ... Donika Devon's career has taken her to Harvard and the most powerful law firm in New York City. When a shocking discovery at work leaves her life in shambles, she has nowhere to go but back home to Fate Valley ... where she signs up for a shifter-human dating website. An unconventional courtship ..
  • Spellbound by Anna Santos

    Spellbound by Anna Santos

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jessica is on the run, but this time she’s evading her own mate so that she can secure their happily ever after.Ruthless and biased vampire Alaric put a bounty on Jessica’s head. She’s the only one who can break his curse—or so he thinks.The witch isn’t going to wait for him to make his move...
  • Dark Premonitions by Heather Topham Wood

    Dark Premonitions by Heather Topham Wood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Psychic Kate Edwards had her first premonition—a vision of her own murder by a faceless attacker. With very few clues to go on, she has to use her psychic gifts to uncover who wants her dead. Paranoia sets in and Kate wonders if there’s anybody she can trust.As Kate fears her impending death, she’s desperate to seek comfort with her ex-boyfriend Jared Corbett...
  • The Final Omen by Heather Topham Wood

    The Final Omen by Heather Topham Wood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Psychic Kate Edwards had seen her death in a premonition. She was given the opportunity to stop her murder from happening and finally reconnect with her love Detective Jared Corbett. However, fate had different ideas…Kate finds herself trapped between life and death. Her only companion is Rose Corbett, Jared’s long dead mother...
  • Forty-Four Book Nine by Jools Sinclair

    Forty-Four Book Nine by Jools Sinclair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Charlie Modine didn’t find any justice in life. And the afterlife hasn’t been much better. Still, Modine’s ghost is more determined than ever to find the cold-blooded murderer who ran his wife down on the streets of New York City. Tortured and tormented, Modine asks for help from the only person who will listen. The only one who knows he’s there. Abby Craig...
  • The Trouble With Ghosts by A.L. Kessler

    The Trouble With Ghosts by A.L. Kessler

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Poltergeists, severed thumbs, and lies… PIB agents Abigail Collins and Nick Averin are rattled when a handful of severed thumbs are found at an abandoned house, but neither of them expected it to link to a decades old murder with strange ties to the paranormal world. When Abby’s greatest enemy seems to be helping her from afar, it’s clear that there’s more to this case than the duo first believed...
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    drama  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  ghosts
  • Intricate Obsessions by Jennifer Rayes

    Intricate Obsessions by Jennifer Rayes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gaia and Raoul have recovered from the poisoning, but the assassination attempt has fractured their relationship beyond repair. Dominique has lost his mother, his crew, and his purpose, and is trying not to lose his sister, while playing a dangerous game with the Governor...
  • Evoke by Danielle Simmons, D.M. Simmons

    Evoke by Danielle Simmons, D.M. Simmons

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Set in the fictional town of Lake Haven, Maine, Evoke examines the complexities of love and loss among childhood friends after a tragic accident claims the lives of three, while leaving two behind.When five friends return home from college for the summer, it feels as if the friendship that has bound them together since childhood is stronger than ever...
  • Mind Games by Nora Roberts

    Mind Games by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Identity presents a suspenseful new novel of tragedy and trauma, love and family, and the evil that awaits.As they do each June, the Foxes have driven the winding roads of Appalachia to drop off their children for a two-week stay at their grandmother’s...
  • Blood on the Bayou by Heather Graham, Natalie Ross

    Blood on the Bayou by Heather Graham, Natalie Ross

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times best seller Heather Graham...It's winter and a chill has settled over the area near New Orleans. Finding a stream of blood, a tourist follows it to a dead man, face down in the bayou. The man has been done in by a vicious beating, so violent that his skull has been crushed in. It's barely a day before a second victim is found..
  • Starlight Web by Yasmine Galenorn

    Starlight Web by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Moonshadow Bay…where magic lurks in the moonlight, and danger hides in the shadows.One month before January Jaxson turns 41, her husband ditches her for a trophy wife. Adding insult to injury, he steals the business she helped build, and kicks her out during the holidays...
  • Wherever She Goes by ReGina Welling

    Wherever She Goes by ReGina Welling

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What man in his right mind would want to date a blind psychic? For Kat Canton, the answer was none so she turned away from romance completely. Until the day a pair of warm brown eyes suddenly came into focus. Now, she must decide whether to turn toward the light and let love into her life or walk away and remain in darkness...
    Categorized as:
    drama  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  cozy  fiction
  • New Revelations by Heather Topham Wood

    New Revelations by Heather Topham Wood

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life should’ve been perfect. Kate Edwards had won the heart of police detective Jared Corbett and was coming to terms with her psychic ability. Things were blissful—until the day she met Declan Brayden.Declan also has psychic visions and wants to work alongside Kate. Kate doesn’t trust the damaged and arrogant seer, but she knows combining their abilities would allow her to help more people...
  • When You Call My Name by Sharon Sala

    When You Call My Name by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    WHENEVER YOU NEED ME ...She had given him the most precious gift of all --- the gift of life. But something more than a mere blood transfusion linked Wyatt Hatfield to the stranger who had saved him. Something that allowed her to call out to him for help in the stillness of the night --- without ever speaking a word ...And now it was his turn to give...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  crime  family  fiction
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