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  • Forever Hidden by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Hidden by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Some things weren't meant to stay hidden... Sydney Davies is used to being in the spotlight. But the former model turned fashion designer isn't used to family secrets. Sydney is sent to dig up the past. What she finds instead is Deacon and a case of a missing girl with a link back to her life in the fashion industry. Deacon McKnight is hardly ever surprised due to his work as an investigator...
  • John Green: The Complete Collection Box Set by John Green

    John Green: The Complete Collection Box Set by John Green

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Brand new, this iconic box set includes all of John Green's bestselling novels--including Looking for Alaska, The Fault in Our Stars, and Turtles All the Way Down!Perfect for both new fans and longtime collectors, this deluxe set includes paperback editions of five critically acclaimed, award-winning modern classics by #1 bestselling author John Green: - Looking for Alaska - An Abundance of...
  • White Knuckles by Autumn Jones Lake

    White Knuckles by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    TWO TATTERED SOULS After countless detours, Wrath and Trinity’s wedding is only ten days away. Together they’ve battled their demons and are ready to declare their commitment to each other in front of their entire Lost Kings MC family. ONE BITTER ENEMY No one is prepared for the threat that crawls out of the shadows and issues an evil ultimatum...
  • Unfinished Business by Brenda Jackson

    Unfinished Business by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "Hot and sexy."—Romance Reader at HeartTMA PROMISE MADEInvestigative reporter Christy Madaris doesn't want to complicate her life with romance. She made that mistake once when she believed Alex Maxwell's promise to marry her. True, Alex made that promise when Christy was just a teenager. But she believed him with all her heart—and when Alex laughed it off years later, Christy was crushed...
  • Blaze by Janie Crouch

    Blaze by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kendrick and Neo's love story, plus the exciting start of the family Dorian and Ray never thought they'd have...Ivy League graduate and computer genius Kendrick Foster, aka Blaze, never expected to find himself putting down permanent roots in a tiny town in Wyoming.But family isn’t always blood, and the Linear Tactical team is very definitely his family. He’s not going anywhere...
  • Love Under Siege: A Limited Edition Military Romantic Suspense Collection by Samantha A. Cole, Maryann Jordan

    Love Under Siege: A Limited Edition Military Romantic Suspense Collection by Samantha A. Cole, Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Eight Sizzling Full-Length Novels featuring Military Heroes by acclaimed authors who know how to bring the Heat, Action and Suspense! Tuff Enough by Samantha A. Cole While security operative Jason “Tuff” Tanner lives for dangerous assignments, he likes his downtime in his quiet neighborhood too...
  • Passion by Florencia Bonelli, Rosemary Peele

    Passion by Florencia Bonelli, Rosemary Peele

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Helping suffering children of the war-torn Congo has long been a dream for pediatric surgeon Matilde Martinez. When the opportunity arises, she must leave Paris—and the recent heartache of love lost—to take it...
  • Phantom's Emblazonment by Ciara St. James

    Phantom's Emblazonment by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Months of getting messages and leads from a mysterious stranger over the internet have Phantom beyond curious. He isn’t ready to say the stranger is a friend. Nothing has led to them finding and eliminating the last two members of the criminal family his club and their friends at Time Served have been battling for three years.He’s afraid to get his hopes up...
  • Unexpected Bliss by Lexi Blake, Sophie Oak

    Unexpected Bliss by Lexi Blake, Sophie Oak

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Elisa Leal is looking for some joy in her life. Years of tragedy and struggle took their toll, and now she is searching for new connections to raise her spirits. When she discovers proof that her biological father is alive, she decides to find him and make contact. Her quest leads her to the small town of Bliss, Colorado, and the strangest man she’s ever met—Mel Hughes...
  • Squall Line by Gwyn McNamee

    Squall Line by Gwyn McNamee

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    WAR Out on the water, I’m in control. I don’t make mistakes. But the fiery redhead destroyed my plans and left me no choice. I had to take her. Now I’m fighting for my life while battling my growing attraction for my hostage. Grace may have started my downfall, but she could also be my salvation. GRACE The moment he stepped foot on my ship, I knew he was trouble...
  • GoodKnight: A Reed Security Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    GoodKnight: A Reed Security Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I f*@ked up when I killed that senator. I thought I was uncovering some dirty secrets.But the things I uncovered could kill millions. Lives are at stake, but none of that matters to me.Not when they've taken my wife.They held a gun to her head.Now they'll all die.I won't stop until I take them all out. Until she's back in my arms.Then I have to walk away...
  • The Ghost: A Bratva Blood Novella by SR Jones

    The Ghost: A Bratva Blood Novella by SR Jones

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Andrius:In order to ensure my wife can live freely and safely, I might be about to blow up my marriage.War is coming though, and sometimes the only thing you can do is head into battle. This time, my enemies won't see me coming. I'll slip into their lives like a ghost, and leave them devastated. I must hope and pray that when I return to my own life, my wife will still be waiting for me...
  • Bound by Redemption : A Motorcycle Club Romance by Ryan Michele

    Bound by Redemption : A Motorcycle Club Romance by Ryan Michele

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Micah and Ensley’s story continues… Redemption. Micah thought he was on the right path, making amends with the Ravage MC and taking responsibility for his daughter Remy. Suddenly everything turned on its head. Now he along with the brothers of the Ravage MC have a serious task. Figure out who is responsible for the chaos surrounding them...
  • Potter by Jaime Lewis

    Potter by Jaime Lewis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tenley Cortez finally had everything going for her; a job that she enjoyed, her friends and family, and a man who treated her with love and respect. But when her toxic ex-boyfriend shows back up and decides he wants to rekindle their relationship to further his shady business dealings things get a little dicey, not to mention dangerous...
  • Sexy/Dangerous by Beverly Jenkins

    Sexy/Dangerous by Beverly Jenkins

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wearing her shades, a black Stetson, and snakeskin cowboy boots, security agent Maxine "Max" Blake is the baddest thing walking. Ex-marine, ex-cop, and a whole lotta 'tude, Max doesn't have time for anything but her job. Her latest assignment: to protect Dr. Adam Gary. Her problem: he doesn't want her there. Adam wants to focus on his work, not to be distracted by this tall, sexy woman...
  • Green Envy by Aleatha Romig

    Green Envy by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “Nothing is enough to the man for whom enough is too little.” ~ EpicurusAt what age did I begin to question everything? As far back as I, Donavan Sherman, can recall, I saw the world, not through the rose-colored glasses of others—those spectacles worn by the individuals who see what surrounds them and are satisfied—but through vision hued by green...
  • Storm Front by Susan May Warren

    Storm Front by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A tornado has destroyed a small Minnesota community and among the missing are not only a group of students but also PEAK Rescue team leader Chet King. Ty Remington will stop at nothing to rescue his mentor, not even when the girl he loved—and lost—walks back into his life. But Brette needs his help more than he knows, despite her stubborn determination to push him away...
  • A Season for Tending by Cindy Woodsmall

    A Season for Tending by Cindy Woodsmall

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In a community where conformity flourishes, seeds of Rhoda’s odd behavior were planted long ago. Can she cultivate her relationships with the same care and tenderness that she gives her beloved garden?   Old Order Amish Rhoda Byler’s unusual gift and her remarkable abilities to grow herbs and berries have caused many to think her odd...
  • Burn by Stephanie Rowe

    Burn by Stephanie Rowe

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In this sizzling romantic suspense by a New York Times bestselling author, a serial arsonist targets the biological family he found through an online DNA ancestry test. Five years ago, Charlotte Murphy's brother tracked down her family through a DNA ancestry test. Charlotte was the only one he left alive. And now he's back to finish the deadly game he started...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  contemporary  fiction  book  adult  romance
  • Total Surrender by Velvet Vaughn

    Total Surrender by Velvet Vaughn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From the author of Kidnapped and Tough as Nails comes the eleventh romantic suspense novel in the COBRA Securities series. Total Surrender is an intriguing mixture of pulse-pounding suspense and sizzling passion. Beware of the Dangerously Devoted. COBRA Securities agents Hunter McGrath and Talia Cohen pose as husband and wife to infiltrate a mysterious cult, led by the charismatic Elijah...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  contemporary  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • Rock Bottom: Satan's Devils MC #7 by Manda Mellett

    Rock Bottom: Satan's Devils MC #7 by Manda Mellett

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rock Rock I’ve committed the ultimate crime. To repay my gambling debts, I’ve stolen from my MC. Now, I’m out in bad standing. Cast adrift from all men I called Brother, I approach a rival MC. They let me join on the basis I share all the information about my previous club. In other words, they want me to help them take out the Satan’s Devils...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Aiden & Ariel by Jet Masters, Ellie Masters

    Aiden & Ariel by Jet Masters, Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love is everywhere in this swoon-worthy, steamy couple's romance. Plunge head over heels as you ride out a hurricane on an oil rig. Dive into 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐈 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭: 𝐴𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛 & 𝐴𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑙’𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 by master storytellers, Jet & Ellie Masters where your happily ever after is waiting. ARIEL BLACK For a woman unlucky in love, Ariel certainly falls for it fast...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Hawk by Nikki Landis

    Hawk by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hawk's storyHAWK is a full-length, standalone bad boy romance and the third book in the Devil’s Murder MC featuring take-charge bikers who adore and fiercely protect their women. HAWK has no cheating, no cliffhanger, plenty of heat, and a guaranteed HEA along with a slight paranormal twist...
  • Free Fall by Fern Michaels

    Free Fall by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The bestselling Revenge of the Sisterhood series concludes -Yoko Akia has been hungering for revenge all her life, and now, finally, it is time. Yoko's mother was just fifteen when a rich American deceived her into a life of degradation in a twisted prostitution ring. She died aged seventeen after bearing her baby girl. Now a great movie star, he is long overdue some justice...
  • The Palace by Penelope Sky

    The Palace by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A line was drawn in the sand.I made my choice.I picked her over him.But I begin to regret that choice, and when Raven wants to destroy the camp, I know I'll regret it even more...
  • The Boss by Penelope Sky

    The Boss by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's complicated. Am I allowed to say that? Am I allowed to use that as an excuse to feel something toward the man that runs this place, is the reason I'm here in the first place, as well as my sister Raven? They call him The Boss. I call him Fender. And he calls me Beautiful. I can tell myself I'm just using him to get what I want. But we both know that's not true...
  • Rock Redemption by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rock Redemption by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I lost everything.Stripped of all I'd found, now even my name is a scar.A reminder of how far I've fallen and what was ripped away.By my own devices, if not my own hand.My music is all I have left, and the memories of the only woman I ever truly loved.Zoe, who owns my heart.I'll do anything to earn her forgiveness. Even lay myself bare.And I want my brother back...
  • Raven by Nikki Landis

    Raven by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Raven, V.P. of the Devil's Murder MC, is no stranger to loss.Four months ago, his best friend Rook, president of the club, was gunned down and left for dead.Vengeance becomes his focus as Rook's son Crow returns home to take his place as the new president.The hunt begins for Rook's murderers, leading Raven to an abandoned house outside Las Vegas...
  • Annihilate Me 2: Vol. 1  (The Annihilate Me Series) by Christina Ross

    Annihilate Me 2: Vol. 1 (The Annihilate Me Series) by Christina Ross

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In ANNIHILATE ME 2, expect everything you've come to know about the #1 worldwide best-selling ANNIHILATE ME series--the love, the humor, the suspense. Only ramped up in ways that you never expected. This is ANNIHILATE ME at its best! DESCRIPTION: In ANNIHILATE ME 2, love is tested. Lives are claimed. Nothing is certain. In a flash, one can just lose it all...
  • Devil's Protection by A.F. Montoya

    Devil's Protection by A.F. Montoya

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I knew better than to get involved with him.He’s supposedly one of the most terrifying men in the MC. He’s also my best friend’s brother and therefore off limits. But I’ve been pining for him since I was a kid and no matter how hard I try to contain it, it never really goes away...
  • Where Two Hearts Meet by Liz Johnson

    Where Two Hearts Meet by Liz Johnson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In her kitchen at Rose's Red Door Inn, executive chef Caden Holt is calm, collected, and competent. But when her boss asks her to show off their beautiful island to impress a visiting travel writer and save the inn, Caden is forced to face a world much bigger than her kitchen--and a man who makes her wish she was beautiful...
  • Winston by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Winston by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Winston Prescott has been a grumpy SOB for the past ten years. None of his brothers in the Savage Kings MC knew why, not until the day one of them made the mistake of posting a sexy centerfold on the wall of the clubhouse.The gorgeous model posing topless on sports cars and motorcycles isn’t just any girl. Her name is Zoe Donahue, and she also happens to be Winston’s stepsister...
  • The View from Prince Street by Mary Ellen Taylor

    The View from Prince Street by Mary Ellen Taylor

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the author of The Brighter the Light comes the story of two women connected by the grief they never got over and the journey they embark on to finally move forward.It’s been fifteen years since her sister died, and Rae McDonald still hasn’t recovered from the accident—or the ways she tried to cope with it. Not even a PhD in psychology has helped her deal with her feelings...
  • Hide and Seek by Fern Michaels

    Hide and Seek by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Whoever said living well is the best revenge never met the Sisterhood... Together, the seven fearless friends known as the Sisterhood have served sweet justice to villians who thought they were above the law. But paycheck has its price, and the Sisterhood's last assignment almost landed them in jail...
  • Sweet Revenge by Fern Michaels

    Sweet Revenge by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    PULL A FAST ONE? NOT ON THE SISTERHOOD'S WATCH ... There are some things that a group of gracious ladies just can't overlook --- and doing one of their friends dirty is at the top of the list. That's the mission of the Sisterhood, seven women who would do anything to help out one of their clan, especially when it means righting a wrong. And Isabelle Flanders has definitely been done wrong...
  • The Jury by Fern Michaels

    The Jury by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The Jury Even reeling from the loss of one of their own, the Sisterhood is always prepared to rally behind a new friend. For years, Paula Woodley has suffered the broken bones and shattered self-esteem caused by an abusive marriage. But what can she do? Her high-profile, Washington power-broker husband is not a man to be crossed. Or so he thinks...
  • Hokus Pokus by Fern Michaels

    Hokus Pokus by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    There is no match for the Sisterhood the seven friends who have taken vigilante justice to a new level not even the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Although the women foiled former FBI director Mitch Riley’s plot to frame their friends Judge Nellie Easter and lawyer Lizzie Fox, now they must remain in exile or risk capture...
  • Lethal Justice by Fern Michaels

    Lethal Justice by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    SMART WOMEN ... BRILLIANT CHOICES The women of the Sisterhood are fun, smart, sassy, and determined to get their way every time. But most of all, they are the best friends a woman wants by her side in good times and bad. Meeting once again in Myra Rutledge's beautiful Virginia home, they're ready to face a new challenge and right a vicious wrong ..
  • Fast Track by Fern Michaels

    Fast Track by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    It’s been years since the members of the Sisterhood first banded together, with the help of their mentor Charles Martin, to exact their own form of justice on those whose crimes had gone unpunished by the legal system...
  • Victory Run 3 by Devon Hartford

    Victory Run 3 by Devon Hartford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There’s only one rule in Rock & Roll: Don’t sleep with anyone in the band. Victory Payne is the hottest lead guitar player on the night club scene of Hollywood’s infamous Sunset Strip. With nothing but her car and her guitar, she’s ready to claw her way to success. Victory never gives up. Then she breaks rock’s cardinal rule...
  • Redemption Road by Nicole Hart

    Redemption Road by Nicole Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kash Bennett has always done things his way. His looks and bad boy ways give every woman in his path the hope of changing him. He has rules that won't be broken, for anyone. Mackenzie Harrison has spent her entire life doing things someone else's way. When her possessive boyfriend goes too far, she knows it's time for a change. She's been stuck for too long. But her ex isn't giving up...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Saving Sara by Kat Mizera

    Saving Sara by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Best friends to lovers is a risky game... Pro hockey player Aaron Ferrar has shit luck with women. With one divorce, one psycho, and far too many one-night stands under his belt, he can’t seem to break his bad dating habits. He knows he’s not good enough for his sweet, sexy best friend, so he would never go there, but it’s getting harder and harder to resist her...
  • Kat, Knight Watch Badges by Danielle Norman

    Kat, Knight Watch Badges by Danielle Norman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I never believed in love at first sight...Until the ATM ate my debit card, And Jackson Boudreaux stepped in to save the day. All business, in his nine to five banker suit--I couldn’t help but wonder what he was hiding under that perfect form. I was leather and handcuffs. He was ties and cuff-links, But it didn't matter that we were from two different worlds...
  • Survive the Night by Carol J. Post

    Survive the Night by Carol J. Post

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tracking a serial killer in Harmony Grove turns personal for Detective Lexi Simmons when her cousin becomes a victim. The situation goes from bad to worse when she’s teamed up with Officer Alan White whose heart she broke seven years ago. But she is determined to find justice for Kayla and the other women brutally murdered and won’t let her and Alan’s shared past interfere...
  • Fair Game by Amelia Wilde

    Fair Game by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gabriel Hill has always been too charming for his own good. Women. Money. Information. Sex got him everything he ever wanted, until it almost killed him. A price he was willing to pay, before he met Elise. Before he fell for her. Now revenge isn't enough for him. He wants it all. The most beautiful woman. The most dangerous game. And a happily ever after, if it's not too late to save them both...
  • Rumblin' Knights Boxed Set by Bella Jewel, Ben Ellis

    Rumblin' Knights Boxed Set by Bella Jewel, Ben Ellis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR COMES ALL FOUR BOOKS IN THE RUMBLIN' KNIGHTS SERIES IN ONE BOXED SET! Come on a wild ride with the Knight Brothers in this incredible boxed set. It includes all four books in the Rumblin' Knights Series. Knights Rising #1 - Lincoln and Shania. These two will take you on a wild ride, especially when Lincoln finds out the secrets Shania has been hiding...
  • Alaska Spark by LoLo Paige

    Alaska Spark by LoLo Paige

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a chance encounter on a wildfire lead to true love under a midnight sun?Tara Waters loves being a firefighter and the adrenaline rush of fighting wildfires and saving lives is her calling. She must be on her game to join an elite hotshot crew in Montana. But when Tara is sent to fight fires in Alaska, her dream falls out of reach...
  • Fanning the Biker's Flame by Piper Davenport

    Fanning the Biker's Flame by Piper Davenport

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ShadowAs a newly patched member of the Dogs of Fire Motorcycle Club, and a recruit for the Savannah Fire Department, the world is mine for the taking. With more women than I can handle and my brothers at my side, I feel invincible.Turns out, my Achilles heel might be a woman whose life has just gone up in flames...
  • Teach Me Like That by Marie James, Jim Cauthen

    Teach Me Like That by Marie James, Jim Cauthen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Thirty-three, single, and loving life. Construction worker by day and playboy by night. Kegan Cole has what many men can only dream about. A great job, incredible family, and more women fawning over him than he can count. What more could he ask for? Lexi Carter spends her days teaching at a private school...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Bloodlines by Danielle Bourdon

    Bloodlines by Danielle Bourdon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Author's Note: This book is meant to be read after books 1-7 of the Latvala Royals series. Long before Latvala became a country, two men fought a bitter battle to claim control of the land. The outcome of their feud fell into the abyss of time, subdued and forgotten in the centuries to follow. This is the story of a younger generation looking for answers that don't want to be found...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
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