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  • Dying Wishes by Colleen Helme

    Dying Wishes by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Shelby Nichols needs some time off, but for a mind-reader with ties to the police and the mob, is that even possible?Her kids want the dog she's promised them, the police need her to talk to a counselor, and Uncle Joey has unexpected news that could change her life. Is Shelby up to the task? Let's hope so, because solving a murder might be easier than granting a dying wish...
  • Wakes and High Stakes by Trixie Silvertale

    Wakes and High Stakes by Trixie Silvertale

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A flamboyant funeral. A dashing gigolo. Can this psychic sleuth beat the odds on murder?Mitzy Moon is never one to celebrate death. But a compelling invitation to a 1920s themed memorial service, aboard a riverboat casino, entices her to take a gamble. And the only thing hotter than the tables is the newly wealthy widower—until he disappears...
  • No Questions Asked (A Lexi Carmichael Mystery) by Julie Moffett

    No Questions Asked (A Lexi Carmichael Mystery) by Julie Moffett

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ONE LAST FLING (WITH DANGER)Lexi Carmichael: saving scientists one snake at a time.Weddings aren’t my thing—never have been. But eloping would break my mother’s heart, especially since the president of the United States put in a good word for me with his daughter’s wedding planner. I’m going to have the wedding of the year…whether I like it or not...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Contagious Chaos by Emily Goodwin

    Contagious Chaos by Emily Goodwin

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Contagious Chaos, the highly anticipated third book in the Contagium Series, winner of the Contagious Reads Horror Con’s 2014 best horror series, follows Orissa and her friends as they struggle through a zombie filled world...
  • The Fighter by Elin Peer, Noelle Bridges

    The Fighter by Elin Peer, Noelle Bridges

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Unabridged, 1 audiobook sound file (9 parts), 9 hours 25 minutes_______________I’ve lived half of my life on each side of the border. I know what greatness women are capable of and how amazing men can be. For those Nmen who think I can’t be a police officer because I’m a “fragile female,” I have only one thing to say; watch me! Raven is a force of nature who won’t take no for an answer...
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    dystopia  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  drama  female-mc  fiction
  • Destruction by J.M. Madden

    Destruction by J.M. Madden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Going back into the torture camp where he’d been so brutally abused is the last thing Navy SEAL Drake Fontana wants to do, but if there are other men being experimented upon he has to be the one to get them out. And he has to give them an option other than to be a test subject to the Silverstone Collaborative, the pharmaceutical company funding the diabolical experiments...
  • The Thirteenth Month by Elizabeth Hunter

    The Thirteenth Month by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Time is the most fluid medium in the universe; humans are its most replaceable element."There are rules for traveling:A mage must never go forward. Keep the secrets of the order in all times.And never, ever travel during the thirteenth month.Born into a powerful mage family, Narine Anahid Khoren is a time traveler whose life is constantly in flux...
  • Programmed for Love by Lyonne Riley

    Programmed for Love by Lyonne Riley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lela Talbot works on a long haul ore freighter, traveling between the Cloud and Earth. When someone aboard the ship tampers with the engines, Lela is called in to help—along with D-084, the cool, collected, kind android that Lela has been crushing on for weeks.While saving the day, it becomes clear that D returns Lela’s interest...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  suspense  paranormal  romance  sci-fi  space  steamy  kind-mc
  • Reach For The Spy by Diane Henders

    Reach For The Spy by Diane Henders

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book 3 of the Never Say Spy seriesMiddle-aged bookkeeper Aydan Kelly never wanted to moonlight as a spy, but she doesn’t have a choice. Working with computer networks in a secured building sounds safe, but it turns out the job’s a killer – literally.When Aydan’s trusted co-worker is shot while committing an apparently treasonous act, Aydan embarks on a secret mission to clear his name...
  • The Remnant Chronicles by Mary E. Pearson

    The Remnant Chronicles by Mary E. Pearson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Kiss of DeceptionThe Heart of BetrayalThe Beauty of...
  • Defending the Galaxy by Maria V. Snyder

    Defending the Galaxy by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Year 2522. Oh. My. Stars.Junior Officer Ara Lawrence here, reporting for duty. Again. It's situation critical for the security team and everyone in the base - including my parents - with a new attack from the looters imminent, a possible galaxy-wide crime conspiracy and an unstoppable alien threat. But this all pales in the face of my mind-blowing discovery about the Q-net...
  • Raksha by Frankie Rose

    Raksha by Frankie Rose

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    ** Please note: The title of Raksha has been changed to Halo **She has no name. She has her knives; her training; her halo. The first and second give her the tools and the skill to defeat the opponents she is pitched against each month. The third frees her from pain and fear. From any kind of emotion at all. Everything is as it should be...
  • Witches in the Kitchen by Danielle Garrett

    Witches in the Kitchen by Danielle Garrett

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A magical inn bursting with paranormal delight. A picture-perfect seaside town filled with humans who don’t know about their witchy neighbors. This cozy fantasy series has mystery, magic, and a splash of romance!Up until a week ago, my only knowledge of magic came from the movies. Unfortunately, it didn’t stay that way...
  • Murder at Keyhaven Castle by Clara McKenna

    Murder at Keyhaven Castle by Clara McKenna

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    With her wedding to Viscount “Lyndy” Lyndhurst just days away, strong-willed American ex-pat Stella Kendrick is the talk of Edwardian society—and the focus of a deadly mystery—in Clara McKenna’s third historical mystery set in England’s New Forest region at the turn of the 20th century...
  • Voyage in Time by Monique Martin

    Voyage in Time by Monique Martin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Simon and Elizabeth are sent by the Council to 1912 England to make sure scientist Niels Bohr survives long enough to attend a secret meeting. But as tensions in Europe rise and the makings of World War loom on the horizon, they're not the only ones concerned with Bohr's meeting. And not everyone wants him to make it...
  • Red Zone by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Red Zone by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to the new world. Things have changed just a bit. Big Brother's not only monitoring important things like what toilet paper you buy--it now has direct access to everything you see thanks to the mandatory implant you get at birth. And Friday Jones has seen something she wishes she hadn't...
  • Rebel by Joanne Macgregor

    Rebel by Joanne Macgregor

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can you win a war without losing yourself? Sixteen year-old online gamer Jinxy James has been trained as an expert sniper in the war against a terrorist-spread plague which has decimated the USA. Now she’s a wanted fugitive, on the run with a rebel splinter group, risking everything to save and protect her loved ones...
  • Tell Me No Spies by Diane Henders

    Tell Me No Spies by Diane Henders

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 4 of the Never Say Spy seriesAydan Kelly has reluctantly accepted her unwanted role as a part-time spy. It’s painful and dangerous, but she’s willing to make the sacrifice for the good of her country. Too bad her country doesn’t have the same honourable intentions.When Aydan discovers the government murdered her husband, the betrayal drives her on a quest to uncover the truth...
  • Veiled Vixen by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss

    Veiled Vixen by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All his other Harem brothers have found their one true love and they are spectacular princesses. Not Valor’s girl.Veila is the definition of evil.Not the kind of girl a guy falls for. Especially a stand-up guy like Valor. He’s not interested in her sexy glow, her pretty hair, or her glowing eyes.No. Valor only wants one thing for his fated princess.Death...
  • Stone Cold Cyborg by Cara Bristol

    Stone Cold Cyborg by Cara Bristol

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dante Stone is an emotionless cyborg who commands a military space fighter. His ship picks up an SOS call from a settlement on the outer edge of Alliance territory, but by the time he can get there, most of the colonists have been massacred. He rescues the traumatized survivors, including archivist Miranda Lowell and her robot dog...
  • The Tycoon Murderer by Maureen Driscoll

    The Tycoon Murderer by Maureen Driscoll

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE TYCOON MURDERER is the first book in a new time-travel romance/cozy mystery series set in the Pacific Northwest. When Josie Matthews buys a Victorian mansion with a notorious past, she hopes to turn it into a successful inn...
  • Reactivated: Oz by Charissa Gracyk

    Reactivated: Oz by Charissa Gracyk

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Project Phoenix…Find Oz…”Those were the last words her brother Jonah said when he died in her arms. Convinced that he was murdered, Navy Intel Officer Allegra Steele learns that “Oz” is her brother’s former Navy SEAL teammate, Jack “Oz” Cullen.When Allegra asks for Jack’s help, she doesn’t expect the undeniable electricity that sparks between them...
  • A Rip in Time by Monique Martin

    A Rip in Time by Monique Martin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Crosses are back in book 7 of the Out of Time Series. An old enemy returns threatening to destroy not just Simon and Elizabeth, but the timeline itself. To keep that from happening, they must travel back to 1888 London to find Jack the Ripper…and save his life. If he dies, the timeline changes, and everything they know, their lives together, will be lost...
  • The Fourth Horseman by Sarah Woodbury

    The Fourth Horseman by Sarah Woodbury

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    May 1144. Newly wedded, Gareth and Gwen travel across the border into England on a diplomatic mission with Prince Hywel of Wales. But when the mission goes awry and a murder case drops (literally) at their feet, Gareth and Gwen race to uncover a plot that threatens not only their lives, but the life of the future King of England himself...
  • Crashed on an Ice World by Anna Hackett

    Crashed on an Ice World by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s her boss. She’s his best friend. These two deep-space convoy security specialists are fighting their simmering attraction…until a starship crash on a deadly ice world changes everything.Elana Korra loves her security job as a medic on the convoy ship, the Sky Nomad…except for the fact that she’s in love with her boss...
  • Remember Yesterday by Pintip Dunn

    Remember Yesterday by Pintip Dunn

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Follow-up to the New York Times bestselling novel, Forget Tomorrow!Would you change the past to protect your future?Sixteen-year-old Jessa Stone is the most valuable citizen in Eden City. Her psychic abilities could lead to significant scientific discoveries, if only she’d let TechRA study her...
  • Fallout by Chris Morphew

    Fallout by Chris Morphew

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The time for pretending is over. The Shackleton Building has been turned into a concentration camp, and the last free people in Phoenix are forced into hiding. The fight is over unless Jordan and Luke can figure out where the Co-operative is hiding Tobias. And Jordan has to find a way to protect Luke before Peter rages out of control … or else history is doomed to repeat itself...
  • Coached in the Act by Victoria Laurie

    Coached in the Act by Victoria Laurie

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As East Hampton's go-to life coach, Cat Cooper and her BFF, Gilley, delve into the exclusive personal lives of the rich and infamous. But with local gossip growing vicious, knowing too much information can be a death sentence....Wild rumors are swirling in the Hamptons over Twelve Angry Men, a ruthlessly revealing one-woman show written and performed by Yelena Galanis...
  • Yews with Caution by Kate Collins

    Yews with Caution by Kate Collins

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Flower shop owner Abby Knight is out to help a friend in need but soon finds herself in the weeds... The Spring of Abby's Discontent It's April in New Chapel, and Abby and her husband, Marco, are off to buy shrubs for their new house. But the owner of the local landscaping company is nowhere to be found...
  • Inhuman by Kat Falls

    Inhuman by Kat Falls

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    In a world ravaged by mutation, a teenage girl must travel into the forbidden Savage Zone to recover lost artifacts or her father’s life is forfeit.America has been ravaged by a war that has left the eastern half of the country riddled with mutation. Many of the people there exhibit varying degrees of animal traits. Even the plantlife has gone feral...
  • Shattered by Teri Terry

    Shattered by Teri Terry

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    The riveting finale ofthe Slated trilogy—a thought-provoking psychological thriller set in a disturbingly plausible future where the government and its enemies compete to control the minds of the young Kyla is in danger from both the government Lorders who erased her memory and the terrorists who tried to use her. So now she’s on the run...
  • The Iron Fin by Anne Renwick

    The Iron Fin by Anne Renwick

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A vampiric octopus hunting selkies. A torrid love affair. Traitors who prey on those closest to them in a bid for power. Isa McQuiston is caught between two worlds. Strange creatures are attacking her people, their injuries beyond her medical expertise. More than one fisherman has been tossed ashore by the waves, drained of blood, a severed tentacle piercing his flesh...
  • Trespassers by Todd Wynn, Tim Wynn

    Trespassers by Todd Wynn, Tim Wynn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    B.R.A.G. Medallion Winner 2015When four alien visitors arrive on Earth and disappear into the cornfields of Indiana, it is Stewart Faulkner’s job to find them. Who they are, where they’re headed, and what’s important enough to make them jump from a moving spaceship are all questions that Stewart must uncover...
  • Refuse by Joanne Macgregor

    Refuse by Joanne Macgregor

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everyone wants Jinxy, except the one she loves.In a near-future USA decimated by an incurable plague and tightly controlled by a repressive government, teenagers with special skills are recruited and trained to fight in the war against terror.Now a rebellion is brewing...
  • Hallows Gate by Michelle Erickson

    Hallows Gate by Michelle Erickson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alternative Cover Edition for ASIN B0078TEC8WNew Years Eve changed Angelina ‘s lifeShe got lost and fell in love – with a ghostNow she needs to save him by becoming his wifeThe problem?If she succeeds, she frees him, but loses him forever.Love is more complicated than she thought...And that doesn’t include the elves...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  humor
  • Mind Slide by Glenn Bullion

    Mind Slide by Glenn Bullion

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mason has the ability to "mind slide", the ability to project his consciousness. He can be anywhere in the world. Watching. Listening. Kelly tries to put that terrible night behind her. Kidnapped when she was a teenager, she still struggles to overcome the trauma. The details of her rescue were always a little sketchy. It was almost as if someone knew exactly where to find her...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  suspense  book  crime  fiction  horror  killer  mystery
  • A Crime of Poison by Nancy Haddock

    A Crime of Poison by Nancy Haddock

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Silver Six are known for their arts and crafts—but they’re about to be tested in the art of catching a crafty killer.It’s early October, time for the Fall Folk Art Festival and Bake Sale in Lilyvale, Arkansas. Every business along the town square will benefit from the event, including the craft store run by Leslee Stanton Nix—aka Nixy—and the Silver Six, a group of retirees...
  • This Strange and Familiar Place by Rachel Carter

    This Strange and Familiar Place by Rachel Carter

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THESE ARE THE THINGS of which Lydia is now certain:The Montauk Project has been experimenting with time travel for years.The Project's subjects are "recruits" from across time, recruits like Wes, Lydia's ally, friend, and love.The Project is now responsible for the disappearance of two members of her family...And they're coming for Lydia next...
  • Kilty as Charged by Amy Vansant

    Kilty as Charged by Amy Vansant

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A blend of suspense, romance and laughs with just a dash of time-traveling Highlander from author Amy Vansant.When Catriona spots a plaid posterior passed out on the Hollywood movie lot where she works, she doesn't know her life as a fixer for Hollywood's spoiled elite is about to grow more complicated...
  • The Benders by Katie French

    The Benders by Katie French

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The third book in the award-winning, best-selling dystopian series. They’ve escaped the Breeders. They’ve broken out of the Citadel. Now, after all they’ve been through, Riley, Clay, and Ethan know one thing for sure: nothing tastes sweeter than freedom. And no one can rest easy with Auntie Bell in bondage. The group journeys home to rescue her and liberate Clay’s town from the cruel Warden...
  • Grave Cargo by Jami Gray

    Grave Cargo by Jami Gray

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A dead mage, a missing friend, and an unpredictable alliance merge into a volatile package sending Rory careening through the Arcane elite’s deadly secrets. Rory Costas, Arcane Transporter, is finally out from under the Guild’s thumb and ready to jumpstart her career as an independent contractor...
  • Thursday's Child by Monique Martin

    Thursday's Child by Monique Martin

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Crosses -- renowned Professor of the Occult Simon and irrepressible Elizabeth -- set off on their latest time traveling adventure. Leaving Jack behind to nurse his broken heart, the couple travels to 1852 Natchez, Mississippi to help the next person on grandfather Sebastian's list, Mary Stewart. There's just one problem. Little Mary Stewart, just 8 years old, died two days ago...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  suspense  adult  book  drama  fiction  ghosts  historical
  • On a Barbarian World by Anna Hackett

    On a Barbarian World by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When an independent deep-space scout crash-lands on an unknown alien world, the last thing she expects is to find herself claimed by a barbarian warrior. Aurina Phoenix spends most of her time zooming through uncharted space and gathering intel for her family’s deep-space convoy, but her life takes an unexpected detour when a meteor shower brings down her ship...
  • The Uninvited Guest by Sarah Woodbury

    The Uninvited Guest by Sarah Woodbury

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It is the winter of 1143 and all is not well in the court of Owain, King of north Wales. His future in-laws are untrustworthy, the Norman lords on his eastern border are restless, and among his wedding guests lurks a cold-blooded killer...
  • High Energy by Dara Joy

    High Energy by Dara Joy

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From the bestselling author of "Tonight or Never" comes the tale of a reporter and the physicist she's sent to interview--and it's turn into the sizzling story of true love and passion.Physics. Zanita Masterson knew nothing about the subject, and cared little to learn--until a reporting job led her to one Tyberius Augustus Evans...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  paranormal  adult  animals  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction
  • Push by Eve Silver

    Push by Eve Silver

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s either break the rules or die.Miki Jones lives her life by her own strict set of rules, to keep control, to keep the gray fog of grief at bay. Then she’s pulled into the Game, where she - and her team - will die unless she follows a new set of rules: those set by the mysterious Committee.But rules don’t mean answers, and without answers, it’s hard to trust. People are dying...
  • Spark by Rachael Craw

    Spark by Rachael Craw

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Evie doesn’t have a choice.One day she’s an ordinary seventeen year old, grieving for her mother. The next, she’s a Shield, the result of a decades-old experiment gone wrong, bound by DNA to defend her best friend from an unknown killer.The threat could come at home, at school, anywhere. All Evie knows is that it will be a fight to the death.And then there’s Jamie. irresistible. off-limits...
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