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Deep State by L.T. Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter meeting with Jack Noble, things have been silent. Until Bear Logan receives a cryptic message that sends him to Chicago for a meeting. But Noble isn't there, and neither is anyone else. Bear soon finds himself teamed up with a green reporter who claims to have inside information about a brewing conspiracy that could have long-reaching ramifications... -
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Rising Water by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen a group of strangers purchase land on Tortola and Norman Island to set up a commune, the locals simply write them off as an odd sort—until one of their bloated bodies washes up on the shore of a nearby resort island. As luck would have it, Jesse McDermitt is visiting a friend on Norman Island after tracking a terrorist submarine from the Windward Islands... -
![Axe's Devotion by E.C. Land]()
Axe's Devotion by E.C. Land
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s a new face, and something I need to have.AxeEveryone left and now I’m picking up the pieces. After the fire, what could I expect? We know who was behind it and the club is ready for a fight. No one fucks with us and gets away with it, but I’d be lyin’ if I said I wasn’t distracted.I can’t stop staring at her... -
![Jax by Cristin Harber]()
Jax by Cristin Harber
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSeven is an enigma. A motorcycle club princess. The daughter of a notorious gangster. The best friend of the deputy mayor. A coffee shop owner. The single mom of two young, adopted children... -
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![Conflicted by Lori Matthews]()
Conflicted by Lori Matthews
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of the Callahan Security Series.Meet Elias Mason of the US Coast Guard’s TEAM RECON. As in reconstructed. As in broken and needs fixing.Team RECON has a new headquarters now—Miami, Florida, which also happens to be Elias’s hometown. He’s been avoiding his past like the plague, but there are some things you can’t outrun... -
![Call of the Bone Ships by R.J. Barker]()
Call of the Bone Ships by R.J. Barker
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA brilliantly imagined saga of honour, glory and warfare, Call of the Bone Ships is the captivating epic fantasy sequel to RJ Barker's The Bone Ships.Dragons have returned to the Hundred Isles. But their return heralds only war and destruction... -
![Just Follow The Money by Jinx Schwartz]()
Just Follow The Money by Jinx Schwartz
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she’s not afraid to use it! She’s been visiting France for a couple of months, barging on the Canal du Midi with her boyfriend, Jenks Jenkins She hit the hot spots in the South of France, ate great food, drank fine wine, and foiled a terrorist plot: all the usual stuff... -
![Just A Happy Camper by Jinx Schwartz]()
Just A Happy Camper by Jinx Schwartz
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she's not afraid to use it. She's cruising Mexico's hauntingly beautiful Sea of Cortez when she gets a job offer she can't refuse. Not only is the project located in her old stomping grounds in Texas Hill Country, but comes with an RV for living quarters. She has no problem driving a forty-five foot yacht, but RVing is new to her... -
![Swift and Silent: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett]()
Swift and Silent: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThings in the Middle Florida Keys aren’t as idyllic as they seem. If one looks closely, there’s a layer of dirt just below the surface. The butt-ugly kind of dirt that’s hard to get off... -
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Fallen Pride by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this third installment of the Jesse McDermitt series, Jesse faces an antagonist unlike any other. A friend’s son, who was dishonorably discharged from the Corps, is suffering from post-traumatic stress. With Jesse’s help he learns to cope with his demons and gets his discharge overturned, so that he can once again serve the country he loves... -
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Fallen Hunter by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJesse McDermitt has been grieving the loss of a loved one to terrorists. He's been holed up on his secluded island home for months, numbing his mind and body with endless, mundane tasks. But he has a plan for vengeance. A friend approaches Jesse seeking help for her dad who's been pressured into running drugs for a dangerous Cuban smuggler... -
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Rebelling Rogue by E.C. Land
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA rumor destroyed us, and now I'll put back the broken pieces.RogueMy life hasn't been the same since she left. Rebel was the one woman who knew me better than anyone else. Long story short, she was tricked into thinking I cheated on her. I didn't, but she didn't care. She wanted to be out of my life and I let her walk away. I shouldn't have, but it's too late now... -
![Mafia War by L. Steele]()
Mafia War by L. Steele
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy husband is a made man, a villain, the boss of the Mafia...He stole me from my normal life and catapulted me into the center of the underworld.He imprinted his crimson fingerprints on my psyche and tried to set me free.It's wrong of me to be attracted to the viciousness in him.And yet I can't... won't stop until he loves me back.It's why I returned to him.It's why I allowed him to use me.. -
![Bratva Knight by T.J. Maguire]()
Bratva Knight by T.J. Maguire
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNikolai VolkovThe funny thing about trust is it’s so hard to gain but so easy to lose. One stupid mistake cost me the only woman I’ve ever loved.Cost me her.Tatiana Andreeva.My fierce, golden-haired goddess with the face of an angel and the attitude of the fucking devil. She was my everything, and I would do whatever it took to get her back, because a life without her was a life not worth living...Categorized as:
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![The Becić Connection by Estelle Ryan]()
The Becić Connection by Estelle Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsArt restoration. A sinister collector. Internet of Things.Doctor Genevieve Lenard is woken in the middle of the night with the news that a loved one has been kidnapped and forced to steal a masterpiece. Her world-renowned nonverbal communication skills are of no worth when her autistic mind can barely handle the distress and the mystery behind the kidnapping...Categorized as:
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Landfall by Dawn Lee McKenna
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs a hurricane gathers its power just off Apalachicola’s shore, another storm comes to a head in Lt. Maggie Redmond's home.Held prisoner by a man bent on avenging the death of a son, Maggie must find a way to save herself and her two children.No one knows where they are. No one is coming to help... -
![Fish On!: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett]()
Fish On!: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJesse McDermitt is finally ready to retire. But life has other plans. While diving on a remote reef deep in the backcountry of the Florida Keys with his wife, son and two friends, he discovers of all things, a car.Not just any car, but a 1928 Duesenberg Model J, the most powerful and stylish automobile of its time... -
![His Greatest Risk by Anna Blakely]()
His Greatest Risk by Anna Blakely
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsR.I.S.C. SERIES FINALEA man searching for a purpose. A woman searching for love. A monster out to destroy R.I.S.C…and anyone who gets in his way.Former Delta Force operator Trace Winters is an expert at two things: Finding the bad guys and taking them down. The instinct he was born with and the skills he’s learned make him the perfect candidate to lead R.I.S.C.’s new Charlie Team... -
![In Too Deep by Kimberly Kincaid]()
In Too Deep by Kimberly Kincaid
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs Station Seventeen’s rookie, Luke Slater knows his fire and EMS training will be both rigorous and risky, but he never imagined having to partner up with the one woman he wants to keep at arm’s length most of all. Quinn Copeland is as wide-open as Luke is reserved. He has no interest in letting the sweet and sexy paramedic rock his hard-earned control... -
![Rising Tide by Wayne Stinnett]()
Rising Tide by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a small homemade boat drifts under the Seven Mile Bridge, Jesse McDermitt doesn’t hesitate to jump in and pull the boat ashore on Pigeon Key with an injured boy aboard. The boy provides more questions than answers. He’s believed to be a Cuban refugee, yet when he regains consciousness, he speaks perfect English, but can’t even remember his name... -
![Dead Reckoning by Dawn Lee McKenna, Axel Blackwell]()
Dead Reckoning by Dawn Lee McKenna, Axel Blackwell
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe real Florida lies far from the interstates, where there are no dancing mice, bikini-covered beaches, or shopping malls. If you listen closely, beneath the cries of hungry gulls and the rustle of wind through the palm fronds, you might hear it whisper its secrets. Lieutenant Evan Caldwell is a man adrift, cut loose from a life he thought he knew... -
![Finding Her by Ami Van]()
Finding Her by Ami Van
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings**Note: It is recommended you read the first book in the series before reading this one.** After surviving the last year together with his love, Derrick King, head of the King Family should be enjoying wedding bliss with his new wife, Stellina. With a baby on the way and his family growing stronger, he should be the happiest man in the world... -
![Out of the Blue by Kaylee Rose]()
Out of the Blue by Kaylee Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAuthors Note: Family of Blue (book 1) and Forever Blue (book 2) must be read prior to reading Out of the Blue, the final book in the series.For Kellie, life was almost perfect.She’d found the man of her dreams in Lance, and finally consigned their initial problems to the past... -
![War of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone]()
War of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRocky Mountain Showdown Big Max Higgins ran the outlaw town of Hell's Creek up in the north Montana Rockies. . .and he decided to include the nearby town of Barlow in his cutthroat operation. What he didn't know was that Smoke Jensen was there with his wife, visiting relatives. It didn't take Smoke long to rout out the lot of them with angry fists and blazing guns. . -
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![Awful Reckoning: A Cade Chase and Simon Pack Novel by John M. Vermillion]()
Awful Reckoning: A Cade Chase and Simon Pack Novel by John M. Vermillion
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the heart of Silicon Valley, antifa kidnaps a Stanford student, the daughter of Wil Chambers, a man of exceptional wealth. Long ago, as football teammates at LSU, Wil and Cade Chase pledged mutual in extremis assistance. Cade drops his plans for transforming American secondary education and leaves Rockledge, not knowing when or if he will return... -
![Hit and Run by Lori Matthews]()
Hit and Run by Lori Matthews
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGage Callahan knew his latest assignment with Callahan Security was going to be a disaster. He traipsed around Europe to locate the computer programmer he was hired to protect only to discover she's actually a hacker hiding in Alaska. Tensions mount when she narrowly escapes becoming roadkill as a vicious organization comes after her... -
![Steady As She Goes by Wayne Stinnett]()
Steady As She Goes by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJesse McDermitt is starting a new chapter in his life. As captain of the research vessel Ambrosia, his stated mission is to study the oceans and seafloor, searching for rich oil deposits. His unstated mission is to locate and eradicate the enemies of society on behalf of Armstrong Research, a secretive organization funded by some of the wealthiest people on the planet... -
![Enduring Charity by Wayne Stinnett]()
Enduring Charity by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen her position with the government is eliminated, Charity Styles is faced with an uncertain future. The only part of her previous life that she truly enjoyed was sailing her classic sloop. The cruising lifestyle is wonderful and helps keep her mind centered, as she sails from one anchorage to another, looking for her true calling... -
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All Ahead Full: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJesse McDermitt discovers an environmental nightmare of deception and greed taking place in Central America. A cartel is branching into smuggling things other than drugs. And they’re doing it quite effectively.The Honduran rain forests and its inhabitants are at peril. The cartel needs hidden places to grow coca, used in the manufacture of cocaine... -
![At The Heart Of It by Penny Vincenzi]()
At The Heart Of It by Penny Vincenzi
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAT THE HEART OF IT is vintage Penny Vincenzi: rich with characters, life-changing decisions, love, desire and conflict. 'There are few things better in life than ... the latest novel by Penny Vincenzi' Daily Express1950s London. Tom Knelston is charismatic, working class and driven by ambition, ideals and passion. He is a man to watch. His wife Alice shares his vision... -
![Man on Fire by A.J. Quinnell]()
Man on Fire by A.J. Quinnell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsKnown only as Creasy, he was hired to protect, not to kill. A battle-scarred, burnt-out mercenary, working as a bodyguard for the young daughter of an Italian industrialist, he thought he had lost the power of feeling. Until the girl's beguiling touch awakens in him the ability to love.Then something happens, something so devastating that Creasy is consumed by a single-minded rage for revenge... -
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Steel Cobras MC Complete Box Set: Books 1-6 by Evie Monroe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor the first time ever. Get ALL SIX of The Steel Cobras Series in one complete box set! Phoenix - Find's love in the back of a Mercedes. Cullen - Can you say baby daddy? Drake - Totally off limits. Says who? Jetson - Just what the doctor ordered. Hart - Loses more than he ever imagined. Zane - What the club forbids, he does with a vengeance... -
![Desired by Mya Grey]()
Desired by Mya Grey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLeaving Dario might be my only way outBut it’ll tear my heart out to lose himAnd to complicate everything… I’m pregnantI know his past weighs heavily on him.But he’s responsible for what he does in the present.Losing his mother by his father’s hand must have destroyed him, because Dario wants to fix what can’t be fixed.I know he wants out. Wants a better life for us... -
![Elusive Charity by Wayne Stinnett]()
Elusive Charity by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSince the recent death of a wealthy but perverted businessman, Charity Styles has been hiding in plain sight, as if challenging anyone to come after her.She’s on her own once more, living day to day on her beloved Wind Dancer, anchored near a quaint little Gulf Coast town in the Florida Panhandle... -
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![Sea of Greed by Clive Cussler]()
Sea of Greed by Clive Cussler
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling master of adventure, a brand new mission for Kurt Austin and the NUMA crew--based on a remarkable historical incident. January 1968Two submarines--one French, one Israeli--vanish in the Mediterranean within days of each other. Extensive search-and-rescue operations turn up no sign of either vessel... -
![COASTAL CONSPIRACY: Coastal Adventure Series Number 1 by Don Rich]()
COASTAL CONSPIRACY: Coastal Adventure Series Number 1 by Don Rich
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMichael "Murph" Murphy and his girlfriend, Lindsay Davis, weren't looking to get into real estate investing, but they knew not to pass up a great deal when they saw one. Mallard Cove Marina was ripe for the picking, and it fell right in their laps. But a mysterious bomber saw it as a great deal, too. He wants to kill their deal, and them along with it... -
![Boca Grande Breeze by Ed Robinson]()
Boca Grande Breeze by Ed Robinson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBreeze did not want to get involved. He had problems of his own, but when he saw the man on the sailboat punch his partner, he was forced to act. He didn’t need a woman around while he plotted his revenge against the man responsible for Brody’s death. He was on a mission, and this stranger could only slow him down... -
![A SEAL's Surrender by Makenna Jameison]()
A SEAL's Surrender by Makenna Jameison
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s the one man she can never forgive…or forget.Lexi Mattingly, a hotshot Pentagon security specialist, can’t escape her past. Sent down to Little Creek to track down hackers attempting to infiltrate Top Secret naval databases, the last man she expects to run into is the ruggedly handsome Navy SEAL she left in Coronado a lifetime ago... -
![Gotrek & Felix : The Third Omnibus by William King]()
Gotrek & Felix : The Third Omnibus by William King
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRe-issue of the third omnibus edition of Gotrek & Felix novelsGotrek and Felix: unsung heroes of the Empire, or nothing more than common thieves and murderers? The truth perhaps lies somewhere in between, and depends entirely upon whom you ask..Categorized as:
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![Ricochet by Cristin Harber]()
Ricochet by Cristin Harber
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom New York Times Bestseller Cristin Harber of the Titan series comes a new standalone romantic suspense novel. Colin questioned his recruitment to Delta team from day one, but he's made sure to earn his accomplishments twice over. No one could accuse his diplomat father of pulling strings. Falling for Adelia is everything he never planned and always wanted. No complications. No agenda... -
![Home Sweet Home by Robert M. Kerns]()
Home Sweet Home by Robert M. Kerns
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsEarth. A world untouched by magic, or so its people believe.Gavin’s unexpected return shatters that belief, throwing the world into panic.And all Gavin wants is to return to Drakmoor...Categorized as:
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![The Wild One by Nick Petrie]()
The Wild One by Nick Petrie
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWar veteran Peter Ash tracks a murderer and his criminal family through the most forbidding and stark landscape he has ever encountered, in the latest thriller from the national bestselling author of The Drifter... -
![Lost Charity: A Charity Styles Novel by Wayne Stinnett]()
Lost Charity: A Charity Styles Novel by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter a long hiatus, Charity Styles is itching to get back into the fray. She’s had a succession of minor assignments, none of which provided her with the action she craves.After months of recharging and rethinking her position in the Armstrong organization, she’s on the verge of walking away, returning to what could be a more normal life... -
![Man Overboard: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett]()
Man Overboard: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJesse McDermitt has returned to the Florida Keys. But things in the islands are different now. The locals are worried, but nobody can explain why. A sense of foreboding hangs in the humid July air.One of the locals, an investment banker, is waiting tables at the Rusty Anchor Bar and Grill. He seems a shell of the man he used to be, a hollow man whose fortune and wife are gone... -
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![Gotrek & Felix: The Fourth Omnibus by Nathan Long]()
Gotrek & Felix: The Fourth Omnibus by Nathan Long
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew omnibus of Gotrek & Felix novels: Elfslayer, Shamanslayer, and ZombieslayerGotrek and Felix: unsung heroes of the Empire, or nothing more than common thieves and murderers? The truth perhaps lies somewhere in between, and depends entirely upon whom you ask..Categorized as:
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![Revenant by Michelle St. James]()
Revenant by Michelle St. James
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCharlotte Duval had given everything. Just like her mother. After the whirlwind romance that brought her together with the brooding and enigmatic Christophe Marchand, Charlotte is trying to regain her equilibrium by continuing their search for the stolen cross that is legend in the art world... -
![Big Bad Wolf, Book 1 by Diana A. Hicks]()
Big Bad Wolf, Book 1 by Diana A. Hicks
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSantino Buratti is ruthless, powerful, and only cares about one thing...his latest prey Lucinda O'Brien.As the only daughter of a mafia kingpin in Chicago, I grew up knowing my virginity was a commodity to be sold to the highest bidder.When I moved to New York City to meet my future husband, I did so with my eyes wide open... -
![The Perfect Lie by Charlotte Byrd]()
The Perfect Lie by Charlotte Byrd
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLibrarian's Note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B08FD81PN8This was supposed to be so easy. We go to the desert, find the money that Tyler is owed, and start a new life.But then a gun goes off and everything goes to hell.What happens now?How do we get through this?My last hopes evaporate with each passing moment.But as long as Tyler is breathing, I have to keep fighting... -
![As Night Falls by K.B. Winters]()
As Night Falls by K.B. Winters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKidnapped. What a joke. Rourke It should’ve been punishment enough, right? Instead, I’m stuck with this woman, A fiery redhead with a mouth that would make a sailor blush. She hates me, but she wants me. The two aren’t mutually exclusive, And I can sympathize. Because I want to wrap my hands around her neck . . . while I kiss her. And not just to shut her up. Okay, maybe sometimes... -
![Mack by Zahra Girard]()
Mack by Zahra Girard
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVicious. Possessive. Criminal.No one stands between me and what I want.And I want her.I never could keep my hands to myself.My enemies learned that the hard way.So when I come across Sophia, terrified and on the run,I can’t resist her bright eyes and her body built for sin...
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