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  • Fade by Ais, Santino Hassell

    Fade by Ais, Santino Hassell

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the Company of Shadows series description:Years after the bombs of WWIII have changed the physical and political landscape, the Agency ruthlessly works behind the scenes to take down rebel groups that threaten the current government. Their goals justify all means. Hsin Liu Vega (Sin) is their most efficient and deadly assassin ever...
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    crime  dark  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult  amnesia  angst
  • The Interludes by Santino Hassell, Ais

    The Interludes by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Interludes is an anthology of stand alone stories that exist between Book #2 (Afterimage) and Book #4 (Fade) of the In The Company of Shadows series. This anthology contains key plot points and major development of characters and relationships that cannot be missed...
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    crime  dark  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult  age-gap  angst
  • Bonded in Death by J.D. Robb

    Bonded in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The #1 New York Times bestselling author spins an epic tale of loyalty, treachery, murder, and the long shadow of war…His passport read Giovanni Rossi. But decades ago, during the Urban Wars, he was part of a small, secret organization called The Twelve. Responding to an urgent summons from an old compatriot, he landed in New York and eased into the waiting car...
  • Dawn's Light by Terri Blackstock

    Dawn's Light by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In the face of a crisis that sweeps an entire high-tech planet back to the age before electricity, the Brannings face a choice...
  • The Broken Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan

    The Broken Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When a brooch is broken, some of its magic is lost... When NYPD detective JL O'Grady is invited to be her brother's plus-one at Montgomery Winery's end-of-harvest gala, she plans to enjoy a fabulous weekend in Napa drinking wine, enjoying sunset dinners on the veranda, and watching her brother's high school basketball tournament...
  • 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...
  • Tyler by Nyssa Kathryn

    Tyler by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sometimes, the biggest secrets can bring both salvation and destruction.Emerson Charles grew up luckier than most, going from a difficult life to finding safety and a true home with her stepmother and stepbrother. Years later, when Levi's in trouble, Emerson will do anything for the brother of her heart, her greatest protector...
  • Brotherhood in Death by J.D. Robb

    Brotherhood in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Dennis Mira just had two unpleasant surprises. First he learned that his cousin Edward was secretly meeting with a real estate agent about their late grandfather’s magnificent West Village brownstone, despite the promise they both made to keep it in the family. Then, when he went to the house to confront Edward about it, he got a blunt object to the back of the head...
  • Time of Death: A J. D. Robb CD Collection: Eternity in Death, Ritual in Death, Missing in Death by J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen

    Time of Death: A J. D. Robb CD Collection: Eternity in Death, Ritual in Death, Missing in Death by J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 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 DeathA seductive killer is luring in victims with a promise of the impossible – immortality...
  • 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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    dark  suspense  romance  horror  fantasy  lgbtq  mystery  mlm
  • 薄雾 Mist by 微风几许, 微風幾許

    薄雾 Mist by 微风几许, 微風幾許

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hyperthymesia. Those with this condition can remember every detail of their lives from something as significant as the world’s turning point to something as small and as insignificant as a minor fleeting thought. They cannot forget and their thirst for knowledge allows them to be considered a genius in some senses.Legend has it that Ji Yushi was this kind of genius...
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    dark  suspense  romance  sci-fi  time-travel  mystery  lgbtq  mlm
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Flynn by Nyssa Kathryn

    Flynn by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Some pasts are harder to escape than others.When Carina Murphy is accused of a crime she didn’t commit, a fresh start in a new town is her only option. Unfortunately, Cradle Mountain may not be the safe haven she’d thought. The son of her new patient may be tall, dark and handsome…but he also knows all about her past.Keeping her job should be the hardest part...
  • 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...
  • First Against the Wall by Manna Francis

    First Against the Wall by Manna Francis

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Who is leading the rabble to victory? Toreth shifted against the wall, trying to get comfortable. Between bruises and handcuffs, he didn't have much success. On the first day, in the first cell, the lights had been on, the water dispenser working, and the prisoner feeding schedule still running. Then the lights went out, and things had gone steadily downhill from there...
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    crime  dark  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  angst
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Mission: Her Rescue by Anna Hackett

    Mission: Her Rescue by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When archeologist January’s plane is shot down over the Guatemalan jungle, she knows she’s being hunted for the invaluable Mayan artifacts she’s carrying. Only one man and his team can save her…the covert, black ops Team 52, and the distrusting former CIA operative who drives her crazy…Dr. January James has a motto: live life to the fullest...
  • 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...
  • Afterimage by Ais, Santino Hassell

    Afterimage by Ais, Santino Hassell

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the Company of Shadows is a series about two people who are thrown together as partners in a secret agency; their mission is to disband rebels who have propagated in a post-war future, but they have to deal with everything that comes with an unlikely partnership as well...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Mist by 微风几许

    Mist by 微风几许

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    yperthymesia. Those with this condition can remember every detail of their lives from something as significant as the world’s turning point to something as small and as insignificant as a minor fleeting thought. They cannot forget and their thirst for knowledge allows them to be considered a genius in some senses.Legend has it that Ji Yushi was this kind of genius...
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    dark  suspense  romance  sci-fi  mystery  time-travel  lgbtq  mlm
  • Twisted Shadows by Allie Therin

    Twisted Shadows by Allie Therin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In a thrilling alternate-universe Seattle, empaths are disappearing—and it’s up to grumpy Reece and his mysterious protector, Grayson, to investigate. Empath hunter Evan Grayson is the Dead Man, transformed by a dark past into a perfect weapon against corrupted empaths...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  dark  romance  fantasy  paranormal  mlm  mystery
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
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    crime  dark  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  angst
  • Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Captain Ivan Vorpatril is happy with his relatively uneventful bachelor’s life as a staff officer to a Barrayaran admiral. Cousin to imperial troubleshooter Miles Vorkosigan, Ivan is not far down the hereditary list for the emperorship. Thankfully, new heirs have directed that headache elsewhere, leaving Ivan to enjoy his life on Komarr, far from the byzantine court politics of his home system...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Interlude in Death by J.D. Robb

    Interlude in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    In early spring of 2059, Lieutenant Eve Dallas is called off planet to face a grueling ordeal - giving a seminar at the largest police conference of the year, to be held in a swanky resort. A resort which just happens to be owned by her husband, Roarke, of course. Even though Eve can't quite see it that way, it's supposed to be at least partly a vacation...
  • Control by Manna Francis

    Control by Manna Francis

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Power Writes Its Own RulesGaining it, keeping it, or losing it, control is more than just a game--it's a critical tool for survival. No more so than in the Administration, where the Investigation and Interrogation Division's Val Toreth faces professional and personal hazards every day...
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    crime  dark  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  angst
  • 180 Proof Vega by Santino Hassell

    180 Proof Vega by Santino Hassell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Emilio Vega is a shit-talking, eighteen-year-old gunrunner who is dragged out of the world of crime he grew up in, and forced to work for a covert organization that deals in assassination and political intrigue.The full version of Volume 1 is expected to be published in 2015.Note: The first three parts of Volume 1 are available for free on the author's GR profile...
  • The Gangster by C.S. Poe

    The Gangster by C.S. Poe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    1881—Special Agent Gillian Hamilton, magic caster for the Federal Bureau of Magic and Steam, has recovered from injuries obtained while in Shallow Grave, Arizona. Now back in New York City, Gillian makes an arrest on New Year’s Eve that leads to information on a gangster, known only as Tick Tock, who’s perfected utilizing elemental magic ammunition...
  • State of Vengeance by Summer Lane

    State of Vengeance by Summer Lane

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Vengeance is coming. Monterey Bay, California, has barely survived a brutal attack from the evil invasion forces of Omega, and Cassidy Hart is exhausted. She has lost a friend and gained a new enemy. The militias seem to be weakening, and Omega seems to be getting stronger...
  • Deep Beneath by Dale Mayer

    Deep Beneath by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You might think you know what lurks below, … but do you really?A kayaking incident off Seattle’s shores sends Whimsy into a coma, where her nightmares are a revolving repeat of her drowning. She wakes to life on an isolated island, involving her strange savior, two dogs with unique identities, and voices, sounds, emotions that aren’t hers alone...
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    crime  dark  suspense  action-adventure  adult  animals  book  dogs
  • Liar City by Allie Therin

    Liar City by Allie Therin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A murder has Seattle on edge, and it falls to a pacifist empath—and a notorious empath hunter—to find the killer before it's too lateIt’s the middle of the night when part-time police consultant and full-time empath Reece gets an anonymous call warning him that his detective sister needs his help...
  • Mine to Share by Kennedy L. Mitchell

    Mine to Share by Kennedy L. Mitchell

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Five murders, one killer, and a chance at an unconventional happily ever after. Two years ago, flirty FBI agent Jameson Bend was the crush I left behind.Today, the grumpy Detective Slade is the man who stars in my dirty fantasies.When my autopsy findings connect five recent murders committed by a single suspect, Jameson and Slade join forces to help solve the series of homicides...
  • 默读 by Priest

    默读 by Priest

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    suspense  dark  crime  romance  mystery  lgbtq  fiction  contemporary
  • Big Jack by J.D. Robb

    Big Jack by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In New York City in 2059, someone is pursuing missing gems from a decades-old heist…someone who’s willing to kill for them. Sharp-witted and sexy, NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas is used to traveling in the shadowy corners outside the law...
  • Chrysalis by S.E. Harmon

    Chrysalis by S.E. Harmon

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A gunshot to the head is bad enough. Waking up with amnesia is far worse. I learn that the hard way when I wake up in the hospital, my memory practically wiped. I don’t know why someone wants me dead. Hell, I don’t even know my name. They say my name is Christian Cross. Too bad that name means nothing to me.I haven’t forgotten everything, though...
  • These Silent Stars by Chani Lynn Feener

    These Silent Stars by Chani Lynn Feener

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Devils of Vitality always spot a liar.Rin Varun’s got something to hide.That’s a lie. He’s got several things. Traveling to a different galaxy was meant to make his life less complicated, but a year in on this new planet and he’s still fighting off his demons...
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    dark  suspense  romance  mlm  sci-fi  fantasy  lgbtq  mystery
  • Curse of the Painted Lady by K. Patrick Donoghue

    Curse of the Painted Lady by K. Patrick Donoghue

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The gruesome death of Anabel Simpson, a retired archaeologist living in a small college town, had rocked her friends and neighbors and stymied the medical examiner. After all, she had been a quiet woman known for her ornate garden, Holstein knickknacks and stories of her days exploring ancient ruins...
  • The Night Island by Jayne Ann Krentz

    The Night Island by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The disappearance of a mysterious informant leads two people desperate for answers to an island of deadly deception in this new novel in the Lost Night Files trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz...
  • Evenfall Volume One by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Evenfall Volume One by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In a post-apocalyptic future, the Agency works behind the scenes to take down opposition groups that threaten the current government. Their goals justify all means, even when it comes to their own agents.Sin is the Agency's most efficient killer. His fighting skills and talent at assassination have led to him being described as a living weapon...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult  age-gap  angst
  • Out of the Ashes by Hailey Turner

    Out of the Ashes by Hailey Turner

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    War never leaves a soldier behind. Staff Sergeant Alexei Dvorkin is still healing from his brief stint as a prisoner of war. While his physical wounds have mended, the emotional scars left behind are slow to disappear...
  • Wonderment in Death by J.D. Robb

    Wonderment in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Someone is hosting dangerous tea parties in 2061 New York... Thing aren't what they seem when Lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates what appears to be a routine murder/suicide. When friends of Darlene and Marcus Fitzwilliams insist Darlene would never hurt her brother, Eve digs deeper...
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