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  • Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 84 ratings
    With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn’t know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive. But that won’t keep her from trying to take down The Reestablishment once and for all. Now she must rely on Warner, the handsome commander of Sector 45. The one person she never thought she could trust. The same person who saved her life...
  • Payback in Death by J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen

    Payback in Death by J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    13 hours, 54 minutes A retired colleague's suspicious death puts Lt. Eve Dallas on the case in Payback in Death, the electrifying new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author J.D. Robb.Lt. Eve Dallas is just home from a long overdue vacation when she responds to a call of an unattended death. The victim is Martin Greenleaf, retired Internal Affairs Captain...
  • Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

    Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 106 ratings
    Sparks are igniting.Flames are spreading.And the Capitol wants revenge. Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be...
  • New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb

    New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Twelve years ago, Eve Dallas was just a rookie NY cop when her instincts led her to the apartment of Isaac McQueen, a man she discovered to be a sick murderer and pedophile, who was keeping young girls in cages. Now a homicide Lieutenant, Eve is one of the most distinguished officers in the city—and then she learns that McQueen has escaped from jail...
  • Visions in Death by J.D. Robb

    Visions in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    "The summer had been long hot and bloody. Fall, with its cooler temperatures was coming. Maybe people wouldn't be as inclined to kill each other. But she doubted it." Eve Dallas' latest case involves the murder of a young mother, found raped and strangled. As Eve starts investigating an offer of help comes from an unlikely source...
  • Born in Death by J.D. Robb

    Born in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Eve Dallas has a grisly double homicide to solve when two young lovers—both employees of the same prestigious accounting firm—are brutally killed on the same night. It doesn't leave Eve a lot of leftover time to put together a baby shower for her buddy Mavis, but that's supposedly what friends are for.Now Mavis needs another favor...
  • Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb

    Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    'She stood in Purgatory and studied death. The blood and the gore of it, the ferocity of its glee. It had come to this place with the wilful temper of a child, full of heat and passion and careless brutality.' In an uptown strip joint a cop is found bludgeoned to death. The weapon's a baseball bat. The motive is a mystery...
  • Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb

    Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb's phenomenal series has captivated readers with it tantalizing blend of romance, suspense, and futuristic police procedural. Now, New York cop Eve Dallas returns to face her most ingenious foe -- a "secret admirer" who taunts her with letters...and kills without mercy.LOYALTY IN DEATHAn unknown bomber is stalking New York City...
  • The Akseli by Dianne Duvall

    The Akseli by Dianne Duvall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Simone has hunted and slain psychotic vampires night after night for hundreds of years and desperately needs a change. When the leader of the Immortal Guardians offers her an opportunity to guard ten mortal women who are venturing to another planet, she dives right in and finds traveling into space and meeting amazing alien races just as exciting as she'd hoped… until an enemy attacks...
  • Sparks Rise by Alexandra Bracken

    Sparks Rise by Alexandra Bracken

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Don’t miss the thrilling novella that connects the last two novels in the New York Times best-selling Darkest Minds trilogy. Sam didn’t think things could get worse at Thurmond rehabilitation camp. Then the Reds arrive. Everyone assumed the kids with firepower had been killed years ago. Instead they were taken away, brainwashed, and returned as terrifyingly effective guards...
  • Creation in Death by J.D. Robb

    Creation in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    When the body of a young brunette is found in East River Park, artfully positioned and marked by signs of prolonged and painful torture, Lieutenant Eve Dallas is catapulted back to a case nine years earlier...
  • Born of Defiance by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Born of Defiance by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Born an Outcast, Talyn Batur has spent the whole of his life fighting against the prejudice of his people. An Andarion without a father is not something anyone wants to be...
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    alpha-mc  angst  dark  female-mc  military  paranormal  suspense  abuse
  • Light by Michael Grant

    Light by Michael Grant

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    It's been over a year since all the adults disappeared. Gone.In the time since every person over the age of fourteen disappeared from the town of Perdido Beach, California, countless battles have been fought: battles against hunger and lies and plague, and epic battles of good against evil...
  • Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb

    Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    It was always a shock, not the hard one Bowers had hoped for. Eve had seen too much for that. But what one human could do to another was never routine for her. With the precision of a surgeon, a serial killer preys on the most vulnerable of souls of the world's city streets. The first victim: a homeless person, found dead in New York City. No bruises, no signs of a struggle...
  • Betrayal in Death by J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts

    Betrayal in Death by J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    At the luxurious Roarke Palace Hotel, a maid walks into suite 4602 for the nightly turndown - and steps into her worst nightmare. A killer leaves her dead, strangled by a thin silver wire. He's Sly Yost, a virtuoso of music and murder. A hit man for the elite. Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows him well. But in this twisted case, knowing the killer doesn't help solve the crime...
  • Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb

    Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    He is an expert with the latest technology...a madman with the mind of a genius and the heart of a killer. He quietly stalks his prey. Then he haunts the police with cryptic riddles about the crimes he is about to commit--always solved moments too late to save his victims' lives.Police lieutenant Eve Dallas found the first victim butchered in his own home...
  • Born of Fire by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Born of Fire by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    In a universe where assassins make the law, everyone lives in fear--except for Syn. Born of an illicit scandal that once rocked a dynasty, he always knew how to survive on the bloodthirsty streets. But that was then, and the future is now…Syn was raised as a tech-thief until his livelihood uncovered a truth that could end his life...
  • Seduction in Death by J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts

    Seduction in Death by J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Lieutenant Eve Dallas is searching for a Casanova killer with a deadly appetite for seduction. Dante had been courting his victim in cyberspace for weeks before meeting her in person. A few sips of wine and a few hours later, she was dead. The murder weapon: a rare, usually undetectable date-rape drug with a street value of a quarter million dollars...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  drama  female-mc  paranormal  suspense  abuse
  • Memory In Death by J.D. Robb

    Memory In Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    For once detective Eve Dallas can look at her latest murder victim and feel absolutely nothing. For Trudy Lombard awakens memories in Eve she'd rather forget. A seemingly ordinary middle-aged woman, Lombard was also one of Eve's foster parents and Eve was one of many traumatised children placed in her haphazard care. But now - only a few days after showing up in Eve's office - Lombard is dead...
  • Divided in Death by J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts

    Divided in Death by J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Reva Ewing, a former member of the Secret Service and a security specialist for Roarke Enterprises, is a prime suspect in a double homicide. She had every reason to want to kill her husband, the renowned artist Blair Bissel. Not only was he having an affair, he was having it with her best friend.But Lieutenant Eve Dallas, who's on the case, believes Reva is innocent...
  • Delusion in Death by J.D. Robb

    Delusion in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    After years on the force, Eve Dallas didn't think she could be shocked anymore... until now.It was just another after-work happy-hour bar downtown, where business professionals unwound with a few drinks, complained about the boss, maybe hooked up with someone for the night. Until something went terribly wrong. At first it was just a friction in the air. The noise intensified...
  • Devoted in Death by J.D. Robb

    Devoted in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Eve Dallas tracks a couple whose passion is fueled by cold brutality in the newest crime thriller from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Obsession in Death and Festive in Death. When Lieutenant Eve Dallas examines a body in a downtown Manhattan alleyway, the victim’s injuries are so extensive that she almost misses the clue...
  • Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb

    Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 52 ratings
    She was one of the most sought after women in the world. A top model who would stop at nothing to get what she wanted—even another woman's man. And now she was dead, the victim of a brutal murder. Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas put her life on the line to take the case when suspicion fell on her best friend, the other woman in the fatal love triangle...
  • Painless by Crystal Ash

    Painless by Crystal Ash

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Love is never painless.Especially when you love dangerous men.My heart wants the most dangerous one of all--the golden man with the beautiful smile. Gunner strikes enemies as ruthlessly as his falcon, but when it comes to us, he keeps me tortured and begging for a swift end.He crushed me once, then kissed hope back into me. His indecision will be the slow, painful death of me. I’m done waiting...
  • Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb

    Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    IN A FUTURE WHEN COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY BRINGS LOVERS TOGETHER, DATING CAN BE A DEADLY GAME...No one likes to be alone during the holidays. And for New York's most posh dating service, Personally Yours, it is the season to bring lonely hearts together...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  drama  female-mc  paranormal  suspense  abuse
  • Origin in Death by J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts

    Origin in Death by J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Set in 2059 in New York City, the number-one bestselling In Death series has given fans a searing glimpse into near-future law and order. Now, as scientists work to expand the limits of technology, Detective Eve Dallas tracks the cunning, cold-blooded killer of a father and son.A pioneer of modern reconstructive and cosmetic surgery, Dr. Wilfred B...
  • Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb

    Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    When the newly promoted captain of the NYPSD and his wife return a day early from their vacation, they were looking forward to spending time with their bright and vivacious sixteen-year-old daughter who had stayed behind.Not even their worst nightmares could have prepared them for the crime scene that awaited them instead...
  • In the Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken

    In the Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 54 ratings
    Ruby can't look back. Fractured by an unbearable loss, she and the kids who survived the government's attack on Los Angeles travel north to regroup. With them is a prisoner: Clancy Gray, son of the president, and one of the few people Ruby has encountered with abilities like hers. Only Ruby has any power over him, and just one slip could lead to Clancy wreaking havoc on their minds...
  • Ritual in Death by J.D. Robb

    Ritual in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    J. D. Robb’s In Death novels have been praised as “Law & Order: SVU – in the future” (Entertainment Weekly). Now, together for the first time in one volume, are three stories that spotlight Lieutenant Eve Dallas doing what she does best: solving crime with skill, integrity, and passion. Eternity in Death A seductive killer is luring in victims with a promise of the impossible – immortality...
  • In Time by Alexandra Bracken

    In Time by Alexandra Bracken

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Don't miss this exciting short story that connects The Darkest Minds to its much-anticipated sequel, Never Fade. Gabe's life has been devastated in the wake of the economic crash. The only option left for someone like him to escape his tragic past is to leave his small town behind and to attempt to become a skiptracer...
  • Vendetta in Death by J.D. Robb

    Vendetta in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Lieutenant Eve Dallas must keep the predator from becoming the prey in Vendetta in Death, the newest thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author J.D. Robb. She calls herself Lady Justice. And once she has chosen a man as her target, she turns herself into a tall blonde or a curvaceous redhead, makes herself as alluring and seductive as possible to them...
  • Witness in Death by J.D. Robb

    Witness in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb comes a new novel in the futuristic series that has captivated readers everywhere. When a celebrity is killed right before her eyes, New York detective Eve Dallas takes a new place in crime - as both officer and witness to murder..
  • Terminal by Kathy Reichs, Brendan Reichs

    Terminal by Kathy Reichs, Brendan Reichs

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The thrilling finale to Kathy and Brendan Reichs’ New York Times bestselling VIRALS seriesThe Virals are back—but they’re not the only pack in town anymore. Terminal finds Tory Brennan—grandniece of the famous forensic anthropologist (star of the hit show Bones)—and the rest of the Morris Island gang tracking a pack of rogue Virals who call themselves the Trinity...
  • Glory in Death by J.D. Robb

    Glory in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    It is 2058, New York City. In a world where technology can reveal the darkest of secrets, there's only one place to hide a crime of passion-in the heart. Even in the mid-twenty-first century, during a time when genetic testing usually weeds out any violent hereditary traits before they can take over, murder still happens. The first victim is found lying on a sidewalk in the rain...
  • Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken

    Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 68 ratings
    Ruby never asked for the abilities that almost cost her her life. Now she must call upon them on a daily basis, leading dangerous missions to bring down a corrupt government and breaking into the minds of her enemies. Other kids in the Children’s League call Ruby “Leader”, but she knows what she really is: a monster...
  • Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb

    Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Lieutenant Eve Dallas is no party girl, but she's managing to have a good time at the celebrity-packed bash celebrating 'The Icove Agenda', a film based on one of her cases. What comes as a surprise however is seeing the actress who plays Peabody drowned in the pool on the roof of the director's luxury building...
  • Taken in Death by J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen

    Taken in Death by J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Unabridged, 3 audio compact discs, 3 hours 17 minutes_______________Two young children disappear from their East Side home in New York City, their nanny killed in cold blood. As Lieutenant Eve Dallas begins to unravel the crime scene and search for the children, she's drawn into the twisted mind of a kidnapper who will stop at nothing to take revenge...
  • Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb

    Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    There's a thin line between hero worship and dangerous obsession...the explosive new Eve Dallas and Roarke thrillerA crisp winter morning in New York. In a luxury apartment, the body of a woman lies stretched out on a huge bed. On the wall above, the killer has left a message in bold black ink: FOR LIEUTENANT EVE DALLAS, WITH GREAT ADMIRATION AND UNDERSTANDING...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  dark  drama  female-mc  paranormal  steamy  suspense
  • In the Requiem by Hailey Turner

    In the Requiem by Hailey Turner

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Never let go. Weighed down by scandal, Captain Jamie Callahan must choose between saving his family’s reputation and his father’s political aspirations, or taking down the enemy once and for all. Choosing one over the other will have lasting repercussions he can’t escape. Whatever path Jamie ultimately picks, Staff Sergeant Kyle Brannigan will be right by his side to face the consequences...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  drama  dystopia  military  paranormal
  • The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

    The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 70 ratings
    When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp...
  • Defy Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Defy Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 51 ratings
    The gripping fifth installment in the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Shatter Me series. Will Juliette’s broken heart make her vulnerable to the strengthening darkness within her?Juliette’s short tenure as the supreme commander of North America has been an utter disaster...
  • Dark in Death by J.D. Robb

    Dark in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    It was a stab in the dark.On a chilly February night, during a screening of Psycho in midtown, someone sunk an ice pick into the back of Chanel Rylan’s neck, then disappeared quietly into the crowds of drunks and tourists in Times Square...
  • In the Blood by Hailey Turner

    In the Blood by Hailey Turner

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Running out of time. Captain Jamie Callahan is frustrated with his team constantly being at the mercy of the enemy in order to further the MDF’s goals. To make matters worse, his father’s political campaign is ramping up and Jamie’s every move is being watched by the media. He is acutely aware of all the eyes trained on him, his team, and Staff Sergeant Kyle Brannigan in particular...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  dystopia  military  paranormal  steamy
  • Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 49 ratings
    They died with smiles on their faces. Three apparent suicides: a brilliant engineer, an infamous lawyer, and a controversial politician. Three strangers with nothing in common - and no obvious reasons for killing themselves. Lieutenant Eve Dallas found the deaths suspicious. And her instincts paid off when autopsies revealed small burns on the brains of the victims...
  • Eternity in Death by J.D. Robb

    Eternity in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    When club-hopping bad girl Tiara Kent is found dead in her plush Manhattan apartment, the killing has all the earmarks of a vampire attack. The ever-practical Lieutenant Eve Dallas has to deal with superstitious cops carrying garlic and stakes, as well as the ever-hysterical press. None of the wealthy young victim’s friends seem to know much about the Dark Prince she has been secretly seeing...
  • Remember When by Nora Roberts, J.D. Robb

    Remember When by Nora Roberts, J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Part 1: Hot RocksPart 2: Big JackShe's one author - with two number-one New York Times-bestselling careers. As Nora Roberts, her novels include Three Fates and Birthright. As J. D. Robb, she offers such novels as Portrait in Death. Now she unites her separate identities in a riveting two-part novel that combines edgy suspense and romantic passion - and journeys through past, present, and future...
  • Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb

    Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 49 ratings
    Even in an age of cutting-edge technology, old beliefs die hard...Conducting a top secret investigation into the death of a fellow police officer has Lieutenant Eve Dallas treading on dangerous ground. She must put professional ethics before personal loyalties. But when a dead body is placed outside her home, Eve takes the warning personally...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  dark  drama  female-mc  paranormal  steamy  suspense
  • Midnight in Death by J.D. Robb

    Midnight in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The number-one New York Times best selling In Death series explodes with intrigue, passion, and suspense. Now, Nora Roberts, writing as J. D. Robb, propels you into the darkest night of Lieutenant Eve Dallas' life - when a killer comes to call.Eve's name has made a Christmas list, but it's not for being naughty or nice. It's for putting a serial killer behind bars...
  • Bone Rider by J. Fally

    Bone Rider by J. Fally

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Riley Cooper is on the run. Misha Tokarev, the love of his life, turned out to be an assassin for the Russian mob, and when it comes to character flaws, Riley draws the line at premeditated murder. Alien armor system McClane is also on the run, for reasons that include accidentally crashing a space ship into Earth and evading U.S. military custody...
  • Festive in Death by J.D. Robb

    Festive in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Personal trainer Trey Ziegler was in peak physical condition. If you didn’t count the kitchen knife in his well-toned chest.Lieutenant Eve Dallas soon discovers a lineup of women who were loved and left by the narcissistic gym rat...
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