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Thunder with a Chance of Lovestruck by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Detective Drest Bright meets his newest charge, sparks literally fly. There is no denying the instant attraction he feels for Rachael Frankenstein. But she’s off-limits, and he knows as much. Her family has been a thorn in the side of the Nightshade Fae Hunters for over a hundred years, and they aren’t about to let him run off into the sunset with her without a fight... -
Savage Mate by Delta James
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Small Town Grumpy Shifter RomanceThe first time she saw him he was coming out of the river... Oh! what a view.Jackson Miller (Jax) left the SEALs to return to his small hometown, Mystic River, Alaska where all the residents are shifters. He’s a grumpy bear shifter and the sheriff.Autumn Bradley was hiking with her fiancé for a birthday weekend... -
The Last Town by Blake Crouch
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsWelcome to Wayward Pines, the last town.Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrived in Wayward Pines, Idaho, three weeks ago. In this town, people are told who to marry, where to live, where to work. Their children are taught that David Pilcher, the town’s creator, is god. No one is allowed to leave; even asking questions can get you killed...Categorized as:
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A Howl to Remember by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSecrets, Magic, and Sizzling Romance in Whispering Pines Celeste Rowan returns to the only place she's ever felt at Whispering Pines, a magical town filled with paranormal beings. But a car accident at the edge of town leaves her with no memories of her life and in the arms of a mysterious, muscular wolf shifter who sets her heart ablaze...Categorized as:
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Under the Dome by Stephen King
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 72 ratingsIt's a bright Autumn morning in the small town of Chester's Mill. Claudette Saunders is having a flying lesson and Dale Barbara is hitching a ride out of town. Neither make it to their intended destinations...Inexplicably, an invisible barrier has descended over the town... -
The Alien's Mail-Order Bride by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThough still carrying the scars of his past as an intergalactic soldier, Emvor doesn’t mind the quiet of his chosen life as a farmer. He doesn’t even mind that most nights are lonely on remote Cassa, but he does need help around his farm. A mail-order bride from his homeworld seems like the perfect solution. She’ll be a tall, sturdy female to help with the chores and bear his children... -
The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson
Rated: 3.42 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsStranger Things meets World War Z in this heart-racing conspiracy thriller as a lonely young woman teams up with a group of fellow outcasts to survive the night in a town overcome by a science experiment gone wrong.Turner Falls is a small tourist town nestled in the hills of western Oregon, the kind of town you escape to for a vacation...Categorized as:
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If, Then by Kate Hope Day
Rated: 3.32 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe residents of a sleepy mountain town are rocked by troubling visions of an alternate reality in this dazzling debut that combines the family-driven suspense of Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere with the inventive storytelling of The Immortalists.In the quiet haven of Clearing, Oregon, four neighbors find their lives upended when they begin to see themselves in parallel realities...Categorized as:
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