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Titus by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe shattered his heart once. Can he set her betrayal aside for the sake of his country?The last person Titus Armstrong wants to join forces with is the woman who dumped him for his brother, Alex. But Presley Lennox is Blackout’s best chance at infiltrating a dangerous organization known as The System and finding out more about their deadly plans... -
Rising Tide by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA FORMER SEAL UNDER SCRUTINYBenjamin James knows there’s a traitor within his former command. The rest of his team might even think it’s him. As danger closes in, he must clear himself and stop a deadly plot by a dangerous terrorist group.A WOMAN CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIREAll CJ Compton wanted was a new start after her career ended under suspicion... -
Ranger Honor by Lynn Shannon
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSecrets never stay buried...When Sheriff Claire Wilson is attacked, she calls Texas Ranger Gavin Sterling for help with the investigation. The handsome lawman is smart and kind, but Claire is determined to ignore the sparks between them. Divorce shredded her heart and left her jaded when it comes to love. She pours everything she has into raising her small son and protecting her hometown... -
The Letter Keeper by Charles Martin
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsCombining heart-wrenching emotion with edge-of-your-seat tension, Charles Martin explores the true power of sacrificial love. He shows up when all hope is lost. Murphy Shepherd has made a career of finding those no one else could—survivors of human trafficking. His life’s mission is helping others find freedom. But then the nightmare strikes too close to home... -
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The Cottage on Ghost Lane by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEach house has a history. Each person has a secret. Each turn of events leads to danger.Come back to me.Cole Dalton’s wife, Caroline, had the words etched onto a pendant for him. Each time he deployed overseas as a military bomb tech, she stitched the pendant into his uniform. Cole returned safely from the battlefield . . . only to bury his wife after a tragic car accident... -
Sky Zone by Creston Mapes
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA rally for a controversial presidential candidate.A terrorist threat.A nightmare of cataclysmic proportions. Jack and Pamela Crittendon have hit the breaking point. After months out of work as a reporter, Jack is playing Mr. Mom and working part-time at Festival Arena with his survivalist friend Brian Shakespeare. Meanwhile, Pamela has gone back to work full-time while eight months pregnant... -
Maddox by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s on the case . . . and she’s his prime suspect.Classified technology is missing, a delivery driver is dead, and former Navy SEAL Maddox King must find the culprits before a dangerous plan is enacted.To find answers, the Blackout agent must go undercover as a maintenance man at millionaire Seymore Whitlock’s estate... -
Ripple Effect by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDOING THE RIGHT THING WAS HIS HARDEST TASK YET Griff McIntyre never expected his ex-wife, Bethany, and two-year-old daughter, Ada, to show up on his doorstep. After someone tried to abduct Ada, Bethany is desperate to find safety. Now Griff’s not letting either of them out of his sight... -
Ranger Faith by Lynn Shannon
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's a deadly holiday season... Last Christmas, profiler Emilia Sanchez barely escaped the clutches of a serial killer. All she wants is to forget the incident and move on with her life, especially since the murderer is dead. But when she receives a poinsettia along with a threatening message, it triggers Emilia’s worst fears—that she’s not safe after all... -
Night Hawk: by Susan Sleeman
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s determined to find her father’s killer…FBI Agent, Toni Long, lost her father a year ago when he was killed in a joint FBI and ICE investigation led by Clay Byrd, a man Toni had found herself infatuated with. Unfortunately, the killer escaped, and if Toni hadn’t been distracted by her attraction to Clay, maybe her father wouldn’t have died... -
Shadow Game by Shawna Coleing
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe must put her faith in a God she doesn’t trust in order to save a man she can never have.Morgan Caine spent three years in prison for a crime she didn’t commit before being acquitted, but that doesn’t mean she’s innocent. While trying to rebuild her life, she takes a gamble and hacks into a computer network, stumbling across an assassination plot in the process... -
Driving Force by Lynette Eason, Kate Angelo
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s the last client she wants to protect…Elite Guardians bodyguard/former sniper CHRISTINA SHERMAN has protected uncooperative clients before—but this time, well her client is bossy, headstrong and occasionally eats off the floor...Categorized as:
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Saltwater Cowboy by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a mysterious woman washes up in Cape Corral, a wild horse sanctuary off North Carolina's coast, law enforcement officer Levi Sutherland is determined to figure out if she's connected with the crimes recently plaguing the island. The problem is, she can't remember anything . . -
Blizzard Showdown by Shirlee McCoy
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA missing-person case…turns into a rescue operation.After months of searching for Violet James, Gabriel Runyon and his K-9 partner finally track her down—just in time to rescue her from her ex-fiancé. Now they must safeguard the single mother and her newborn daughter...Categorized as:
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No Landing by Edie James
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe's her brother's best friend. She’s loved him forever, but will old secrets—and a determined killer—destroy their chances for a happy ending?Star Brannigan might know more about computers than men, but she’s certain her older brother was killed because of the dangerous ransomware program he and their friends thought they’d destroyed years ago. And now the murderer’s stalking her... -
Bad Landing by Edie James
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s too busy for love. He’s allergic to commitment. They’ll make the perfect pretend couple, right?Scientist Jane Farrell’s new discovery might just change the world… if she lives long enough to introduce it at the World Energy Conference...Categorized as:
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Last Landing by Edie James
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s brash, unpredictable, and seriously over-confident. She’s brilliant, thorough, and way too interested in following the rules.Former SEAL and NCIS investigator Dale Bonham and FBI agent Tamra Bosch have a long history of butting heads, but when a killer from their past resurfaces, they’ll have to figure out how to play nice…or die...Categorized as:
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Blackout by Lisa Phillips
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBIG CITY CRIME. SMALL TOWN HEROESA missing woman.Cut loose from the CIA after a devastating injury, Ember Hendryx only wants one thing—to live long enough to find her missing sister. The clock is running down. She’s got the skills to do this, but she’ll need the one thing she can’t do for herself if she’s going to succeed... -
Cold Case by Susan Sleeman
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the one thing strikes that she never saw coming… Former FBI cyber security agent Eryn Calloway has successfully cracked countless complex cyber investigations. Her expertise is highly valued working as Blackwell Tactical's cyber expert. But when her computer is locked with ransomware, she suddenly finds herself facing the biggest challenge of all... -
Legacy Rejected by Robin Patchen
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll she wants is a home, but there is no safe haven when mobsters are after you. Realtor Ginny Lamont's family has abandoned her, leaving her with nothing but a warning that she’s in danger. But Ginny's built a home in New Hampshire. After a childhood of nomadic living, she’s not running again, certainly not because of some nameless, baseless threat... -
Edge of Dusk by Colleen Coble
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAnnie Pederson has lived her life in the shadow of tragedy. Her sister was kidnapped off a dock one day while they were playing. Her father never forgave her for failing to stop it—even though she was only eight at the time. Her first love deserted her for an orthopedic residency. She quickly married his best friend and they were happy—until he and her parents were all killed in the same accident... -
Ranger Courage by Lynn Shannon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe games he plays are deadly... As chief of police for Harrison University, Avery Madison expects to spend her days buried in administrative paperwork--until a murdered woman is discovered on campus. She asks Texas Ranger Weston Donovan for help. The former football star turned lawman is heartbreakingly handsome, but Avery has put romance on the back burner... -
Deep Harbor by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA JOB AS EASY AS SUNDAY MORNING Guilt over past mistakes haunt former Navy SEAL Dez Rodriguez. When he’s asked to guard a pop star during a music festival on Lantern Beach, he’s all set for what he hopes is a breezy assignment. UNTIL HE MEETS BREE JORDAN Bree hasn’t found fame to be nearly as fulfilling as she dreamed... -
Margin of Error by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSome secrets have deadly consequences. Brynlee Parker thought her biggest challenge would be hiking to Dead Man’s Bluff and fulfilling her dad’s last wishes. She never thought she’d witness two men being viciously murdered while on a mountainous trail. Even worse, the deadly predator is now hunting her. Boone Wilder wants nothing to do with Dead Man’s Bluff, not after his wife died there... -
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To Steal a Heart by Jen Turano
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter a childhood as a street thief, Gabriella Goodhue thought she'd put her past behind her until a fellow resident at her boardinghouse is unjustly accused of theft. In the middle of breaking into a safe that holds the proof to prove her friend's innocence, Gabriella is interrupted by Nicholas Quinn, the man she once considered her best friend—until he abandoned her...Categorized as:
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Night Fall by Susan Sleeman
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe faces dangerous situations all the time…Olympic downhill skier, Harper Young, knows what it’s like to look danger in the face. After all, she does it every time she races down a ski slope. She’s fine with that danger and even excels under the pressure, winning Olympic gold. And as a governor’s daughter, she’s familiar with receiving threats from the general public... -
Stealth Retribution by Vikki Kestell
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRetribution. Also known as "payback" or a more dated word: "vengeance." Arnaldo Soto has taken Emilio and intends to use him as bait to trap Gemma. It's an effective strategy, because Gemma will do anything-anything-to save the young boy.The woman known as Gemma Keyes is gone, her molecular structure destroyed and reassembled as . . . something else... -
Legacy Reclaimed by Robin Patchen
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’ll risk anything to save the company her parents built. He’ll risk anything to save her. Her enemies will stop at nothing to make sure they both fail. Chelsea Hamilton spent her life preparing to run the international clothing business her parents started, but she’s still caught off guard when she learns of her mother’s untimely death...Categorized as:
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Never Happen to You by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCrime is something that happens to strangers. Until it’s not. As women continue to vanish in Alaska’s Far North, the Arctic Circle Murder Club meets again to combine their skills and search for the truth. Only the evidence isn’t adding up. The case of The Missing Women of Dalton Highway has gone cold, and every new possibility leaves them with frostbite... -
Only Her Undercover Spy by Cami Checketts
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn undercover spy tracks an international drug runner to the famed Mystical Lake Resort. When he gets distracted by the charming granddaughter of the owner will he lose his case or lose his heart?Devon Berkshire, aka Chris Wilson, hasn't told a woman his real name since he left the military and became a spy and he's never, ever failed on a job... -
Fast Landing by Edie James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLong-buried secrets lead to murderous resentments.When a sniper’s bullet narrowly misses cafe owner Lauren Lowe in her own driveway, her life spins out of control... -
Cold Dawn by Susan Sleeman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn inferno meant to destroy… Blackwell Tactical operator and former criminalist Samantha Willis discovers forensic evidence to prove her friend has been murdered. But before she can gather the evidence, an explosion erupts and a fiery inferno traps her in a building. She helplessly watches the evidence go up in flames and prays that she can escape before the encroaching flames take her life... -
Unintended Target by D.L. Wood
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTravel photojournalist Chloe McConnaughey thought she understood her brother Tate — a brilliant programmer willing to compromise anything to get ahead. She just didn’t know that included her. When Tate dies unexpectedly, Chloe copes by taking an assignment in the Caribbean where she meets Jack, a charming Manhattan escapee who almost has her believing life could turn around... -
Key Witness (The Security Experts) by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Elle Philips witnesses an armed robbery while standing in line at the bank, she sets into motion a deadly game of cat and mouse. Mark Denton, a security contractor and former navy SEAL, also witnesses the robbery, and is hired by Elle's father to keep his daughter safe following the incident... -
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Lifeline (The Security Experts) by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"I DID IT FOR YOU." The chilling words in the text message have Julianne Grace fearing for her life. She's sure that her abusive ex-fiancé has killed two people-and that she's the next target. But will anyone believe that her presumed dead ex is really alive? The only man who can help Julianne is cool, aloof security specialist Bradley Stone... -
Fatal Mistake by Susan Sleeman
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn FBI agent must protect the woman who can identify a terrorist bomber in bestselling author Susan Sleeman's riveting romantic suspense novel. Each day could be her last...but not if he can help it. Tara Parrish is the only person ever to survive an attack by the Lone Wolf bomber... -
Crash Landing by Edie James
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s everything he wants in a woman. Too bad she wants to put him in prison. Former SEAL sniper Christian Murphy has faced more than his share of danger. His abiding faith always got him through. Now a Knight Tactical agent, he’s still working hard to bring down the bad guys and protect the innocent, but the fallout from an old mission gone wrong puts everything he loves at risk...Categorized as:
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The Prince of Spies by Elizabeth Camden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLuke Delacroix has the reputation of a charming man-about-town in Gilded Age Washington, D.C. In reality, he is secretly carrying out an ambitious agenda in Congress. His current mission is to thwart the reelection of Congressman Clyde Magruder, his only real enemy in the world...Categorized as:
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The Deadly Shallows by Dani Pettrey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCoast Guard Flight Medic Brooke Kesler is ecstatic to watch her friend and mentee graduate from medic A-school, but her elation turns to anguish when men in ski masks open fire on the crowd.CGIS Agent Noah Rowley is rocked to the core when he learns of a mass shooting raging on his Coast Guard base... -
Thunder of Heaven by Tim LaHaye
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEconomies have fallen, freedom has been suppressed, and peace is a distant memory. The world is falling apart. Joshua Jordan's protege Ethan March, along with Jimmy Louder and Rivka Reuban have been left behind in a world that is rapidly coming under the complete influence of the Antichrist...Categorized as:
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Silenced: The Wrath of God Descends by Jerry B. Jenkins
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEnter the continuing story of double agent Paul Stepola as he works to protect his fellow believers from the government that is trying to eliminate them. The underground church is in mortal peril following the apocalyptic events in Los Angeles, which have only cast further suspicion upon Christians...Categorized as:
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Rise of the Mystics by Ted Dekker
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSome say the great mystery of how one can live in two worlds at once died with Thomas Hunter many years ago. Still others that the gateway to that greater reality was and is only the stuff of dreams. They are all wrong.Rachelle Matthews, who grew up in the small town of Eden, Utah, discovered just how wrong when she dreamed and awoke in another world... -
Bittersweet Memories (Off-Limits) by Catharina Maura
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWhen her boyfriend breaks her heart, Alanna goes after his older brother in a quest for revenge.It would have been simple — if he wasn’t also her new boss.As they work together it soon becomes clear Silas knows more about her than he should. He knows about the past she's forgotten and the memories that evade her... but some secrets are better left buried...Categorized as:
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Courage in the Shadows by Robin Patchen
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen she crosses paths with a killer from her past, can she survive long enough to step into her future?Ever since she and thirteen other models were kidnapped years before, Summer Lake has fought to ensure that she can protect herself...Categorized as:
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Expired Cache by Lisa Phillips
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe'll never agree to stay.He'll never stop trying to protect her.History Professor Ellie Ridgeman is back in her hometown for the reading of her grandfather's will. She only has to face her fears this one last time, and then she's off on sabbatical. But the former police chief's last words come with a cryptic instruction Ellie can't ignore. Even when it puts her life in danger... -
Scene of the Crime by Sharon Dunn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSomeone’s out to end her life.Can a K-9 unit shield her from harm?Evidence from forensic specialist Darcy Fields could convict a killer—if she survives to testify. A copycat killer seems determined to discredit her, frighten her…and silence her, permanently... -
Christmas Up in Flames by Lisa Harris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTargeted by an arsonist...can she survive the holidays?Back in her ex's hometown to investigate an arson, fire inspector Claire Holiday plans to do her job and be home by Christmas...until her B&B is set on fire while she's sleeping. She escapes only with the help of firefighter Reid O'Callaghan -- her secret son's father...Categorized as:
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Callum's Compass: Journey to Love by Sara L. Foust
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKat Williams's brother died in a gruesome accident in the mountains of East Tennessee. She blames herself. Ryan Jenkins's fiancée was murdered. He couldn’t protect her. With the death of her brother, Kat believes she is unworthy of love from anyone—even God...Categorized as:
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True Nobility by Lori Bates Wright
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLeft alone in an unfamiliar land where her noble title is of no importance. Everything she believes in crumbles, nothing is as it seems. Driven by desperation, she risks it all to return to the one man whose love remains true. When Lady Victoria Haverwood, beloved daughter of a prominent English earl, becomes the target of a murderous plot, her idyllic world is swiftly turned upside down... -
Christmas Peril by Lynn Shannon
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA hidden peril…Exhausted and overworked, FBI agent Noelle Logan is looking for a peaceful holiday getaway. Her plans are destroyed when she stumbles across a murder victim—and nearly becomes one herself.Police officer David Carpenter vows to find the killer while protecting Noelle. He won’t leave his former sweetheart to face the danger alone even if it means putting his heart at risk...
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