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A Killing Curse by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOne last time, the Phoenix will rise, and her flames will savage all who stand between her and those she loves…The game is afoot, and I never saw it coming. A game of demons, angels and new breed of abnormal that is beyond anything else I’ve faced. A monstrosity that is bent on destroying every other abnormal on the planet. Only one thing can stop those who would wipe us out. A cursed weapon... -
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart, Del Roy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIF YOU FAIL,ALL IS LOST.Join the Mysterious Benedict Society as Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance embark on a daring new adventure that threatens to force them apart from their families, friends, and even each other...Categorized as:
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Spy School Project X by Stuart Gibbs
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the tenth book in the New York Times bestselling Spy School series, Ben Ripley races against time and across state lines—by car, train, boat, and plane—to avoid his new cyber enemies and track down Murray Hill.Ben Ripley’s longtime nemesis, Murray Hill, has put a price on Ben’s head and accused him of being at the center of a conspiracy on the internet...Categorized as:
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City of the Dead by James Ponti
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this fourth installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies go codebreaking in Cairo in another international adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls.Codename Kathmandu, better known as Kat, loves logic and order, has a favorite eight-digit number, and can spot a pattern from a mile away...Categorized as:
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Forbidden City by James Ponti
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this third “thrilling” (Kirkus Reviews) installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies help a fellow agent in another international adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls...Categorized as:
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Jack Be Quick by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStrike Force: An Iniquus Romantic Suspense Mystery Thriller The prayer on her lips is JACK Be Quick. It’s been months since ex-Navy SEAL Jack McCullen last saw his fiancée, Suz Molloy. He was on the other side of the world involved in a grueling black ops mission for Iniquus Corporation at the behest of the US government... -
Hyper Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf she fails, her whole team could be destroyed.Lexi “Lynx” Sabado is more than ready for her marriage with ex-SEAL Striker Rheas. But getting her happily ever after is fraught with hurdles when her psychic abilities start going haywire, giving her vague warnings of impending danger.As it turns out, identifying threats can be overwhelming when everything and everyone is the potential source...Categorized as:
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Fall of the Chosen by Lola St. Vil, Jason Clarke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAll we ever did was try to help the angel world and humanity like we were raised to. But some of you paras plot to destroy us for no other reason than how powerful we will become. And now the days of playing nice with the paras are over...Categorized as:
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Lethal Game by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe sparks of unexpected passion ignite in this electrifying GhostWalker novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan.When Malichai Fortunes attacks a problem, he does it full force--a habit that earns the GhostWalker a painful injury and a forced vacation in San Diego, California. With nothing but physical therapy on the horizon, Malichai is starting to get restless..Categorized as:
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The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsChildrenYou must not comeSTOPDangerousThe Mysterious Benedict Society is back with a new mission: to go on a mind-bending international scavenger hunt designed to engage their individual talents. As they search for all the clues and riddles Mr...Categorized as:
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Chain Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFound in the debris of the plane wreck barely alive, Lexi Sobado is finally home. But home does not mean safe. Someone powerful, connected, and willing to kill is after her. Lexi Sobado, the young Iniquus puzzling prodigy, puts her expertise to the test as she faces a dark enemy, threatening not only her and Iniquus, but American defense and safety... -
Cuff Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMore of this is true than you would believe.In her most thrilling novel yet, USA Today bestselling author Fiona Quinn exposes the dark forces threatening America. The Hydra, a monstrous group that includes a secret society that will do anything for power, is ready to strike, and only Lexi stands a chance to stop them.It’s a mind-bending plot of control and destruction... -
Gone But Not Forgotten by Charlie Cochet
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCodename: Chaos.Former THIRDS agent turned TIN operative Dexter J. Daley is a legend. Just ask him, he’ll tell you. Chaos isn’t so much a codename as it is Dex’s state of being. As a spy for the Therian Intelligence Network, Dex has spent the last four years bringing down the bad guys. Hell, his middle name is literally Justice... -
Her Name Is Knight by Yasmin Angoe
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsHer Name Is Knight revolves around Nena Knight, codename Echo, a highly trained assassin for The Tribe – a clandestine international organization dedicated to the protection and advancement of the peoples and countries of Africa around the world... -
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The Phoenix by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the sixth book in a sizzling series filled with action and adventure. Fans of The Selection and The Hunger Games will discover a heart-pounding thrill ride of espionage and suspense set in glittering high society.A single sentence is muttered from the lips of an assassin dangling from a four-story building, “It starts in Montrovia...Categorized as:
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The Dauntless by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSave the Prince. Save the World. Spy Girl.Huntley Von Allister's cover is firmly in place.She's brilliantly completed her first four missions.But she is done.Done working for Black X.Done trying to untangle the mystery of what got her mother killed.And very, very done with love... -
No Matter the Cost by Susan May Warren
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe put her hand to her chest, still unable to breathe.He had dark hair and a beard, ripped pants, a dirty suit coat and wore such an intense expression of pursuit on his face, she just knew—He was going after Alan Martin.And she might never see him again.No. Not again.Not ever again.He passed her, didn’t even look at her, his gaze pinned on Martin, who’d vanished down the stairs...Categorized as:
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Omega by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsOmega - a shadowy organization that is synonymous with power in the metahuman world. They have hunted Sienna Nealon since the day she first left her house, have killed countless Directorate agents and operatives, and now they unveil their greatest plot - Operation Stanchion, a mysterious phrase let slip by an Omega operative in the midst of a battle...Categorized as:
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Enemies by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFar from home, having failed in her quest to kill Old Man Winter, Sienna Nealon finds herself in the city of London, working with Omega, her oldest enemies...Categorized as:
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Dead Ringer by Pandora Pine
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCold Case Detective and newlywed, Ronan O’Mara, is sitting on top of the world. When he returns to work after his honeymoon, he finds more waiting for him than a stack of dusty cold case files. Hidden in the mail on Ronan’s desk is a letter from Tank Hutchins, aka The Riverside Ripper... -
London Bridge is Falling Down by Christopher Fowler
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt was the kind of story that barely made the news.When 91-year-old Amelia Hoffman died in her top-floor flat on a busy London road, it's considered an example of what has gone wrong with modern society: she slipped through the cracks in a failing system.But detectives Arthur Bryant and John May of the Peculiar Crimes Unit have their doubts... -
Weakest Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHer education was unusual……and that might just give her a chance.Can Lexi survive an assassin?Lexi didn’t have a normal childhood; she was raised by the intelligence community. They saw her potential and now, with a target on her back, she needs to figure out who’s after her and why. And where did her mentor go?If she was going to get answers……she would need some help... -
Trust No One by Linda Sue Park
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen seven members of their family were kidnapped, thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, got ready for the fight of their lives. But their enemy, a terrifying group known as the Vespers, remained frustratingly elusive. They stay in the shadows, picking off Cahills one by one...Categorized as:
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Shatterproof by Roland Smith
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAfter pulling some spectacular heists, Amy and Dan have become two of Interpol's most wanted criminals. So when Vesper One orders them to steal the world's largest diamond, they know they're facing life in prison...or worse. But with the Cahill hostages still in peril, Amy and Dan have no choice but to launch a mission that leads them to an ancient city full of dangerous secrets... -
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The Candymakers and the Great Chocolate Chase by Wendy Mass, Mark Turetsky
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe highly-anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Candymakers by beloved author Wendy MassIt has been a few months since the nationwide New Candy Contest, and Logan, Miles, Philip, and Daisy have returned to their regular lives. But when the winning candy bar comes down the conveyor belt at the Life is Sweet candy factory, Logan realizes something's very wrong...Categorized as:
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Family by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsJust hours after finding Andromeda and crossing paths with her mother, Sienna Nealon finds herself up against a bigger threat than ever before. Omega, the organization that unleashed Wolfe and others upon her, has declared war on the Directorate and the first strikes have already landed...Categorized as:
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The Ferocious Force by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMortals have never been more at risk. Adler Sinclair wants them gone, once and for all. However, there’s a long list of things Liv Beaufont won’t allow to happen. First, mortals can’t die. Secondly, the brainwashing has to stop. And thirdly, the person who killed her family is going to pay. Badly. The stakes have never been higher...Categorized as:
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Broken by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSienna Nealon is a broken human being. Her lover is dead, her closest friends have deserted her, and her employers have betrayed her. From the ashes of her desperation, she must master the metahuman powers at her command and finally tame the souls that share her body for one ultimate purpose - revenge against the ones who destroyed her life...Categorized as:
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Itsy Bitsy Spider by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsQueenie Landry's job as a fortune teller at an amusement park pays the bills but it's a far cry from the respectable psychic advisor role she once filled at the police station where the love of her life, Kirk Wallace, was a detective. A case went bad when she steered the team in the wrong direction and a woman died... -
Savage Silence by Ellis Leigh
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere's no escaping a Dire Wolf on the hunt...Dire Wolf Thaus preferred the silence, having spent most of his time alone as the weaponry expert of his pack. But a mission outside of his expertise will challenge him more than he ever expected and threaten more than just his life. Some memories are too horrific to forget... -
Mason by Amaya Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s ruthless.He’s dark.He’s seductive.He’s the kind of man a girl should stay the hell away from.I’m not the kind of girl that’s ever really been seen, always preferring data, romantic comedies, and books to interacting with people. The problem however is my boss has given me a new assignment. I’m to be at Mason’s Zacchara’s beck and call.Whatever Mason wants, Mason will get... -
Charlie Thorne and the Curse of Cleopatra by Stuart Gibbs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn this third book in the Charlie Thorne series from bestselling author Stuart Gibbs, Charlie tracks down Cleopatra’s greatest treasure in Egypt.Charlie Thorne is a genius. Charlie Thorne is a renegade. Charlie Thorne isn’t going down without a fight.After tracking down incredible discoveries by Einstein and Darwin, Charlie is back... -
Thunder Game by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDiego Campos has come home to die. The GhostWalker is tired of walking a dark path shaped by countless losses. There has never been a moment of good in his life that wasn’t followed by something bad. But as he makes his way to his family’s homestead in the Appalachian Mountains, his plans are interrupted by a violent ambush that sets his life on a new course... -
The Dead of Night by Peter Lerangis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA LIFE ON THE LINEWhen seven members of his family were kidnapped by the Vespers, thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill knew he was in for the fight of his life. He knew he was up against an impossibly powerful enemy. And Dan knew the odds were that some of his family members wouldn't make it.But even as Dan steels himself to accept these facts, the unthinkable happens...Categorized as:
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Blood Vengeance by David Leadbeater
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the pivotal novel of the Matt Drake series, everything changes. Matt Drake's team is torn apart around him. The President of the United States is abducted. America and the world sit before their TV screens, shuddering in disbelief as Washington DC itself comes under attack. The Blood King is back!The night has never been so dark, the dawn so far out of reach...Categorized as:
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Deadly Obsession by Maggie Shayne
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA cold-blooded killer with a burning obsession… Rachel de Luca has a bad feeling about the new woman in Detective Mason Brown's life, the nurse taking care of him after he's injured in the line of duty. She'd like to think it's just jealousy, but intuition tells her it's something more, maybe something dangerous... -
A King's Ransom by Jude Watson
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAmy and Dan are in a race for their lives . . . and the enemy may be even closer than they think.When seven members of their family were kidnapped by a sinister organization known as the Vespers, thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, vowed they'd stop at nothing to bring the hostages home. But then the ransom comes in and the Vespers demand the impossible...Categorized as:
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The Echelon by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the seventh book in a sizzling series filled with action and adventure. Fans of The Selection and The Hunger Games will discover a heart-pounding thrill ride of espionage and suspense set in glittering high society. The Echelon’s plan to change the shape of the world is succeeding. The disease was released. People are dying... -
The Valiant by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the fourth book in a sizzling series filled with action and adventure. Fans of The Selection and The Hunger Games will discover a heart-pounding thrill ride of espionage and suspense set in glittering high society...Categorized as:
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"Shouldn't You Be in School?" by Lemony Snicket
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIs Lemony Snicket a detective or a smoke detector? Do you smell smoke? Young apprentice Lemony Snicket is investigating a case of arson but soon finds himself enveloped in the ever-increasing mystery that haunts the town of Stain'd-by-the-Sea... -
Legacy by C.J. Daugherty
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn the last year, Allie's survived three arrests, two breakups and one family breakdown. The only bright point has been her new life at Cimmeria Academy. It's the one place she's felt she belongs. And the fact that it's brought dark-eyed Carter West into her life hasn't hurt either...Categorized as:
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Enoch's Ghost by Bryan Davis
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWalter, Ashley, and Karen ride the dragon Thigocia in search of her son, Gabriel, and her long-lost mate, Makaidos. When Walter and Ashley find an army of giants hibernating in the depths of the earth, they meet a mysterious girl named Sapphira Adi who claims to be thousands of years old. Sapphira reveals a sinister plot, conceived centuries ago by Morgan Le Faye and the devil himself... -
Night School Endgame by C.J. Daugherty
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsBroken. Scattered. But not defeated.The spy is gone but the cost has been high - the rebels at Cimmeria Academy have lost their leader and Carter West is missing. Nathaniel can taste victory. But Allie and the other survivors aren't done yet. First they have to get Carter back. Then they plan to make Nathaniel pay.One way or another - the game must end...Categorized as:
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Guard Wolf by Lauren Esker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAvery Hollen is a werewolf without a pack. After growing up in the foster system, this lone wolf has bonded to his co-workers at the Shifter Crimes Bureau because he has no one else, but he's always yearned for a pack and a family of his own. Then a box of orphaned wolf shifter puppies turns up on his doorstep, with danger one step behind .. -
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Venom by Jennifer Estep
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsWhat kind of assassin works pro bono?It’s hard to be a badass assassin when a giant is beating the crap out of you. Luckily, I never let pride get in the way of my work. My current mission is personal: annihilate Mab Monroe, the Fire elemental who murdered my family. Which means protecting my identity, even if I have to conceal my powerful Stone and Ice magic when I need it most...Categorized as:
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The Phantom of Barker Mill by Steve Higgs
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTempest Michaels never could refuse a woman in distress. The owner of Barker Steel Mill has died. The coroner says natural causes, but the tearful widow is convinced otherwise and the Mill has a Phantom that has been held responsible for accidents and deaths dating back to 1912... -
Right to the Kill by Craig Schaefer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen two operatives go dark in Tampa, chasing the trail of an oligarch with ties to the demonic underworld, Vigilant Lock — the nation’s first and last line of defense against occult attack — sends their best to the rescue: Harmony Black, a troubled investigator and an elemental witch with a keen but tangled mind; and her partner Jessie Temple, the daughter of a supernatural slasher and the... -
The Darkness Dwellers by Kirsten Miller
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDon’t miss Strike three!First they ventured deep under New York to save the city itself.Then things got personal as the Irregulars ventured into a haunted mansion in Chinatown to uncover an evil twin...Categorized as:
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Reckless Roulette by Alice Winters
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSeven days until game over.LenKade has seven days left to live… unless I do something about it. I amone of the best assassins around, after all. But… I’m not sure I exactly care what happens to Kade. He’s rude, only cares about himself and his casino, and did I mention he doesn’t know a single thing about video games?Okay, okay... -
Brody's Vow by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA trained assassin on the run. Trinity Durant isn’t accustomed to relying on anyone for help. She’s the deadliest of all her Valkyrie sisters, getting up close and personal for her kills. But this time, it’s different. When she’s injured on a job, she has no one to turn to except the handsome stranger holding a weapon on her. Since she needs to escape the city, she reluctantly accepts his help...
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