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  • Legacy of Lies by Christy Barritt

    Legacy of Lies by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Madison Colson never wanted to come back to Fog Lake, Tennessee. Her family’s reputation was forever tarnished when her father was accused of a string of violent murders over a decade ago. She and her brothers were shunned from the area—by everyone except their aunt. At least, that’s how it felt.Now her aunt is dying, and Madison is the only one who can help...
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    christian  cozy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  killer
  • Silent Night by Christy Barritt

    Silent Night by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Catch up with your favorite Lantern Beach characters as they come together to help the town's beloved police chief.On the night before Christmas Eve, as she begins her maternity leave, Lantern Beach Police Chief Cassidy Chambers disappears. Suspecting foul play, law enforcement officers combine forces with the Blackout Security team and island residents to find her...
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    christian  cozy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  holidays
  • Thirty-Four and a Half Predicaments Bonus Chapters: Rose Gardner Mystery by Denise Grover Swank

    Thirty-Four and a Half Predicaments Bonus Chapters: Rose Gardner Mystery by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rose Gardner Mystery Bonus chapters posted on the Denise Grover Swank website for newsletter subscribers the summer of 2015. **** DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT READ UP TO THIRTY-FOUR AND A HALF PREDICAMENTS**** Seven bonus chapters that start immediately after the end of Thirty-Four and a Half Predicaments...
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    cozy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery  paranormal
  • Safe and Sound by Christy Barritt

    Safe and Sound by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The thrilling conclusion to the Lantern Beach Guardian...
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    christian  cozy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery  religion
  • Shock and Awe by Christy Barritt

    Shock and Awe by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Just when things seem to be settling down, an explosive new secret rips Ty and Cassidy's serenity apart...
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    christian  cozy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery  religion
  • The Cottage on Ghost Lane by Christy Barritt

    The Cottage on Ghost Lane by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Each house has a history. Each person has a secret. Each turn of events leads to danger.Come back to me.Cole Dalton’s wife, Caroline, had the words etched onto a pendant for him. Each time he deployed overseas as a military bomb tech, she stitched the pendant into his uniform. Cole returned safely from the battlefield . . . only to bury his wife after a tragic car accident...
  • Line of Duty by Christy Barritt

    Line of Duty by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jaxon Wilder didn’t plan on returning home to Fog Lake, Tennessee, following his tour of duty in Iraq. But after a gut-wrenching failure during his stint in the Army, he now faces a new challenge: his family. Abby Brennan always did her best to be the good girl and to live by the rules. When a wrong decision changes her entire life, she tries to hide from the world...
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    christian  cozy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Unwavering Security by Christy Barritt

    Unwavering Security by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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    christian  suspense  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Firefly Diaries by C.C. Warrens

    Firefly Diaries by C.C. Warrens

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "The world whipped around her in a dizzying funnel of lights and shouts, people in uniforms pressing in from all directions. Noelle sat motionless in the street, barely able to breathe. His little body was too still. Too broken."Noelle's world shattered that night, like the pieces of headlights scattered across the dark street. There was no rebuilding her life around the grave of her child...
  • Wreathed in Disgrace by Robin Patchen

    Wreathed in Disgrace by Robin Patchen

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A famous actress, a protective bodyguard, a festive Christmas season, and a killer...or two...on the loose.Everybody believes movie star Denise Masters abandoned her family to pursue her dream, but the truth is much more complex. For years, she's longed to return to Coventry to repair her relationship with her daughter, but contractual obligations--and fear of being rejected--have kept her away...
  • Edge of Dusk by Colleen Coble

    Edge of Dusk by Colleen Coble

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Annie Pederson has lived her life in the shadow of tragedy. Her sister was kidnapped off a dock one day while they were playing. Her father never forgave her for failing to stop it—even though she was only eight at the time. Her first love deserted her for an orthopedic residency. She quickly married his best friend and they were happy—until he and her parents were all killed in the same accident...
  • Keeping Guard by Christy Barritt

    Keeping Guard by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "You can't hide from me."Her anonymous stalker's threats are getting scarier and scarier. Now Kylie Summers fears for her life. She flees her home for the protection of a former military man in a small Virginia town. But her brother's handsome best friend already has a long list of obligations. Kylie knows she's intruding on Nate Richardson's life...
  • Run Aground by Christy Barritt

    Run Aground by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A dead captain on a luxury yacht leads to a tumultuous seafaring journey . . .Med student Kenzie Anderson, tired of letting others chart her future, accepts a job as second steward aboard Almost Paradise. But when she finds the captain dead before the charter even begins, her plans seem to capsize...
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    christian  cozy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery  religion
  • The Fear That Chases Me by Linda J. White

    The Fear That Chases Me by Linda J. White

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There is no fear in love ... so why is Jessica still running from it? Jessica Chamberlain and her search-and-rescue dog, Luke, hunt for lost people in the Tidewater area of Virginia. But that’s a side hustle: Jess’s work as a private investigator pays the bills. Right now, she’s looking for a girl missing for twenty years and the truth about a man’s suicide...
  • Expired Getaway by Lisa Phillips

    Expired Getaway by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She won’t stop being dead.He’ll never give up the fight to choose life...
  • Expired Flight by Lisa Phillips

    Expired Flight by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She can't remember who she is.He'll never give up the life he knows...
  • Who the Bishop Knows by Vannetta Chapman

    Who the Bishop Knows by Vannetta Chapman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What You Don't See Might Hurt You Every year, residents of the small Amish community in Monte Vista, Colorado, look forward to the Ski Hi Stampede, the state's oldest professional rodeo. The rodeo is always good, clean entertainment for the hardworking farmers of the San Luis Valley. But this year, the Stampede turns deadly for one Amish man...
  • Guarding Grace by Ann Omasta, Sweet Promise Press

    Guarding Grace by Ann Omasta, Sweet Promise Press

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The puppy that stole their hearts is missing! Grace Wilson loves the wonderful life she has created with her daughter, Clover, in picturesque Redwood Cove, California--even if she is a bit lonely. When sweet Clover asks her mom for a "Golden Wetweevuh" puppy, Grace decides they might just have room in their hearts for a lovable and fluffy four-legged addition to their little family...
  • Finding Felicity by P. Creeden

    Finding Felicity by P. Creeden

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can the sweetness of rekindled love temper the bitter tang of murder? Despite a difficult childhood, Felicity Stilton never gave up on her dreams. Now, as an adult, she and her Golden Retriever, JJ, help special needs children pave the way for their own futures. Everything is perfect, until she gets the one call she never expected to receive...
  • He Walks Among Us by Christy Barritt

    He Walks Among Us by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Members of the Arctic Circle Murder Club get together to discuss the next case they'll take a deep dive into. But their plans are quickly derailed when three bodies emerge from an icy river nearby and a friend of one of the victims pleads for help...
  • Sun Coast Chronicles by Terri Blackstock

    Sun Coast Chronicles by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The police think he killed someone. He swears he’s innocent. All she knows for certain is his crime against her. Louis Dubose, international art dealer, has been murdered. The police are certain they’ve got their man. Recently fired by Dubose, Ben Robinson has a motive backed by a convincing trail of evidence. Except that one person isn’t convinced—someone who knows Ben well...
  • Wait Until Dark: Carolina Moon Series, Book 3 by Christy Barritt

    Wait Until Dark: Carolina Moon Series, Book 3 by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A woman grieving broken dreams. A man struggling to regain memories. A secret entrenched in folklore dating back two centuries. Antiquarian Felicity French has no clue the trouble she’s inviting in when she rescues a man outside her grandma’s old plantation house during a treacherous snowstorm. All she wants is to nurse her battered heart and wounded ego, as well as come to terms with her past...
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    christian  cozy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery  religion
  • I Pick You by Creston Mapes

    I Pick You by Creston Mapes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There Are Some Bad Seeds You Never Want to MeetA year from retirement and still reeling from daughter Leena’s kidnapping, Portland PD Detective Wayne Deetz is called upon to check on a domestic violence case. From the moment Deetz and his friend Callie Freeland show up to help Sonny Carlisle, they are blindsided by a lawless toxic steamroller named Blaine Milligan...
  • A Killer Carol by Laura Bradford

    A Killer Carol by Laura Bradford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Heavenly, PA has been transformed into a Christmas wonderland, and Claire is delighted to celebrate the season...but a fiendish killer has other plans in this all-new installment in the national bestselling series...
  • Murder Served Cold by Nancy Skopin

    Murder Served Cold by Nancy Skopin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    PI Nicoli 'Nikki' Hunter is blindsided when someone close to her is murdered, and their body dumped in an alley. Detective Bill Anderson catches the homicide and, knowing Nikki, doesn't even attempt to discourage her from conducting her own investigation, which, in this case, takes a village...
  • The Buck Stops Here by Mindy Starns Clark

    The Buck Stops Here by Mindy Starns Clark

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Callie learns that the man she loves is somehow connected to the man who killed her late husband, she confronts Tom. But he informs her that his hands are tied by the National Security Agency and he can tell her nothing. Despite the secrecy surrounding Tom and the NSA, Callie decides to find out for herself exactly what is going on and how Tom may have been involved in her husband's death...
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    christian  cozy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Justice Betrayed by Patricia Bradley

    Justice Betrayed by Patricia Bradley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It's Elvis Week in Memphis, and homicide Detective Rachel Sloan isn't sure her day could get any stranger when aging Elvis impersonator Vic Vegas asks to see her. But when he produces a photo of her murdered mother with four Elvis impersonators--one of whom had also been murdered soon after the photo was taken--she's forced to reevaluate...
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    christian  cozy  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  family
  • High-Stakes Holiday Reunion by Christy Barritt

    High-Stakes Holiday Reunion by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A CHILD'S LIFE IS AT STAKE  When Christopher Jordan sees the fear in Ashley Wilson's eyes, he knows he can't let her request for help go unanswered. Despite their tumultuous history, he's the only person his ex-fiancée can trust to find her kidnapped nephew...
  • Justice Buried by Patricia Bradley

    Justice Buried by Patricia Bradley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In an effort to get her security consulting business off the ground, Kelsey Allen has been spending a lot of time up in the air, rappelling down buildings and climbing through windows to show business owners their vulnerabilities to thieves...
  • Cross the Line by C.C. Warrens

    Cross the Line by C.C. Warrens

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An unexpected, late-night visitor.And a missing teenage girl.Holly’s quiet evening at the investigative agency takes a curious turn when a frantic woman shows up on the doorstep after closing with a tale about a missing prostitute.With JGH Investigations in financial distress, and a client who can’t afford their services, Holly decides to tackle this investigation on her own time...
  • Deceptive Shallows by Christy Barritt

    Deceptive Shallows by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He lost her once. He won’t lose her again . . . After waiting for years, Brandon Hale is finally about to marry Finley Cooper, the woman of his dreams. But when things start to go haywire on their wedding day, Brandon can’t shake the feeling that something terrible looms . . .Just as Finley emerges to walk down the aisle, federal agents surround her and place her under arrest...
  • Dubiosity by Christy Barritt

    Dubiosity by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Savannah Harris vowed to leave behind her old life as an intrepid investigative reporter. But when a friend raises suspicions about two migrant workers who’ve gone missing from the sleepy coastal town Savannah calls home, her curiosity spikes...
  • Dark Water by Christy Barritt

    Dark Water by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    AN ELITE SECURITY TEAM WITH EVERYTHING ON THE LINE Blackout, a group of former special ops members who come together to protect the defenseless and guard secrets, has their first assignment. A FORMER NAVY SEAL WHO’S HAUNTED BY HIS LAST MISSION Colton Locke can’t forget the black op that went terribly wrong. In an effort to heal and start again, he moves to Lantern Beach, NC...
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    christian  cozy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • A Quarter for a Kiss by Mindy Starns Clark

    A Quarter for a Kiss by Mindy Starns Clark

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It�s April, spring is in the air, and Callie and Tom have just spent a wonderful few weeks getting to know each another after years of a telephone�only relationship. But as their time together draws to a close, they are called to the hospital bed of mutual friend Eli Gold, who has just been shot. Eli asks Callie to find out who is responsible for the shooting and begs Tom to help her...
  • Aftermath by Terri Blackstock

    Aftermath by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This gripping new thriller will leave you on the edge of your seat. A devastating explosion.Three best friends are at the venue to hear their favorite band. Only one makes it out alive.A trunk full of evidence.When police stop Dustin Webb with a warrant to search his trunk, he knows there’s been a mistake. He’s former military and owns a security firm...
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    christian  cozy  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  drama
  • Tone Death by Christy Barritt

    Tone Death by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Camryn Paine is all ears when it comes to solving crimes. . .Annie King, a popular social media personality, is being threatened and requests Camryn’s help. Before Camryn can uncover the truth about what’s going on, Annie nearly dies while filming her show. With Annie in the hospital, Camryn is compelled to do whatever she can to help...
  • Random Acts of Scrooge by Christy Barritt

    Random Acts of Scrooge by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Christmas is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year, but a real-life Scrooge is threatening to ruin the season’s good will. Holly Anna Paladin can’t wait to celebrate Christmas with family and friends. She loves everything about the season—celebrating the birth of Jesus, singing carols, and baking Christmas treats, just to name a few...
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    christian  cozy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  holidays
  • The Melancholy Moon: A Sweet Tea Mystery by Glenda Manus

    The Melancholy Moon: A Sweet Tea Mystery by Glenda Manus

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Funny, witty Cassandra Phillips has reason to be cynical. Life has dealt her numerous blows so she's put up an impenetrable wall around her own heart. Jilted by her husband for another woman, she now faces what she calls “the Big C” diagnosis, proof enough that even God has deserted her...
  • The Sweet Tea Quilting Bee by Glenda C. Manus

    The Sweet Tea Quilting Bee by Glenda C. Manus

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A stranger’s murder in the dark alley behind May’s Flower Shop is causing the residents of Park Place, South Carolina to keep their children inside and their doors locked at night. Banty Hen Antique Shop owners, Sam and Valerie Owens, are caught right smack dab in the middle since they were the last ones to see the victim alive...
  • Fort Point by Susan Page Davis

    Fort Point by Susan Page Davis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An ill-fated class reunion at Fort Point. . . Maine’s most famous author is murdered the night after the reunion. A classmate turns up dead a few days later, apparently drowned at Fort Point. What does a cold case burglary have to do with the deaths? And did a third classmate really commit suicide? The Priority Unit solves its most challenging case, relying on wits, hard work, and faith...
  • Primary Suspect by Laura Scott

    Primary Suspect by Laura Scott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wrongfully Accused A Callahan Confidential story When fire investigator Mitch Callahan is attacked at a crime scene, he’s shocked to uncover the body of a slain ex-girlfriend—and realize someone’s framing him for murder. Widowed ER nurse Dana Petrie believes Mitch is innocent, and not just because he makes her feel alive again after tragedy marred her past...
  • High-Risk Rescue by Elizabeth Goddard

    High-Risk Rescue by Elizabeth Goddard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the shadow of Mt. Rainierher life hangs in the balance.Surviving a shoot-out is not how Hannah Kahn planned to start her new job. But when her boss is killed, the shooters think she knows something and make her their next mark. She’ll have to rely on Ayden Honor—her boss’s bodyguard and her ex—to outrun the mysterious mercenaries now intent on chasing her...
  • A Melody for James: Song of Suspense Series book 1 by Hallee Bridgeman

    A Melody for James: Song of Suspense Series book 1 by Hallee Bridgeman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Solitary strangers meet during a stormy stopover. Hours later, their hearts hum a harmonious duet. Melody Mason has the hottest female voice in the country music scene. But the cheers of throngs of adoring fans mean little in the absence of the handsome stranger who rescued her years before. Widower James Montgomery has never forgotten her. He prays God can bring her back...
  • Ricochet by Christy Barritt

    Ricochet by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Molly Hamilton returns to her beloved summer camp, she finds nothing but trouble. First she hits a dead body in the road before arriving. Then she discovers the camp director is missing. If that isn't stressful enough, Molly's new boss is none other than Nick White, the man who once broke her heart. Nick and Molly know there's something dangerous going on at Camp Hope Springs...
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    christian  cozy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • The Priority Unit by Susan Page Davis

    The Priority Unit by Susan Page Davis

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A missing man. A mysterious computer program – Even the people constructing it don’t know what it will do.On the worst night of Harvey Larson’s life, his partner is killed and his wife, Carrie, walks out on him. Ten years later, the Portland, Maine police detective has learned to cope with his grief and depression...
  • Target For Terror by L.A. Iding

    Target For Terror by L.A. Iding

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Critical Care nurse Natalia Sokolova is honored to take care of the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia after he’s shot in Washington, DC. But after her patient mysteriously dies and her house explodes into flames, Natalia soon realizes that she’s become a pawn in a sinister game. She has little choice but to trust former FBI Agent Sloan Dryer to keep her safe...
  • Convenient Lies by Robin Patchen

    Convenient Lies by Robin Patchen

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She married her enemy…  When investigative journalist Reagan McAdams discovers her new husband is part of an international crime family, she flees Paris with their newborn and returns to her childhood home in New Hampshire to gather enough money to disappear forever. She’ll do whatever it takes to protect her son from his criminal father. He never quit loving her...
  • Unbreakable by Nancy Mehl

    Unbreakable by Nancy Mehl

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mennonite Romantic Suspense Sure to Thrill Readers Gentle and unassuming Hope Kauffman has never been one to question or try to make changes. She quietly helps her father run Kingdom Quilts and has agreed to the betrothal her father arranged for her with the devout but shy Ebbie Miller...
  • The Sugar Haus Inn by Serena B. Miller

    The Sugar Haus Inn by Serena B. Miller

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Originally published as Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio. Republished as Love's Journey in Sugarcreek: The Sugar Haus Inn (Book I) ---Back Cover Blurb--- Policewoman Rachel Troyer has always looked after her three elderly Amish aunts, proprietors of a farmhouse inn near Sugarcreek, Ohio. The idyllic town is popular with tourists, who come to sample its famous Amish goods...
  • Midnight Sea by Colleen Coble

    Midnight Sea by Colleen Coble

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "Lani opened her eyes fully, straining to see something, anything. It was as though she swam in a black sea that blacked out all light, all visual sensation. 'I can't see,' she whispered. 'I can't see!' Her shriek rose and echoed off the blackness." A seemingly random shooting at her aunt's coffee farm has left Lani Tagama blind. Now she must learn to navigate in a world of darkness...
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