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The Reunion: A Novel by Dan Walsh
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAaron Miller knows a thing or two about loss. He’s lost love. Dignity. Second, and even third, chances. Once honored for his heroism, he now lives in near obscurity, working as a handyman in a humble trailer park. But God is a master at finding and redeeming the lost things of life. Unbeknownst to Aaron, someone is searching for him... -
![The Price of Valor by Susan May Warren]()
The Price of Valor by Susan May Warren
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFormer Navy SEAL Hamilton Jones thought that the love of his life was dead. But when a girl claiming to be his daughter shows up with a dire message from his wife, Ham knows he will stop at nothing to find her and bring her home... -
![A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving]()
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 72 ratingsIn the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys—best friends—are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills the other boy’s mother. The boy who hits the ball doesn’t believe in accidents; Owen Meany believes he is God’s instrument. What happens to Owen, after that 1953 foul ball, is extraordinary and terrifying... -
![Hidden by Vannetta Chapman]()
Hidden by Vannetta Chapman
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Christian romantic suspense by bestselling author Vannetta Chapman Home is where our story begins ... DANA JACOBS would rather forget the night of tragedy and violence that marred her childhood. She is now supervisor in charge of the Department of Homeland Security in Taos, New Mexico. Her team is prepared to handle any threat—biological, chemical, conventional, cyber, even nuclear... -
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![Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger]()
Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsNine Stories (1953) is a collection of short stories by American fiction writer J. D. Salinger published in April 1953. It includes two of his most famous short stories, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and "For Esmé – with Love and Squalor". (Nine Stories is the U.S. title; the book is published in many other countries as For Esmé - with Love and Squalor, and Other Stories... -
![Ever After by Karen Kingsbury]()
Ever After by Karen Kingsbury
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn this sequel to 'Even Now', Emily is 20 & at college on a soccer scholarship when she meets the man who changes everything for her... -
![Saved by Hazel James]()
Saved by Hazel James
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLeilani Moretti Life is out to get me. Humvee accident that took my right hand? Strike one. Cancer three years later that stole my breasts and hair? Strike two. An overbearing mother who seems to think I’m twelve, not twenty-seven? Yeah, I’m out of there. I thought moving to Oklahoma would give me a fresh start. I hoped life would finally cut me some damn slack... -
![Adored by You: A Sweet, Celebrity, Military Romance by Jess Mastorakos]()
Adored by You: A Sweet, Celebrity, Military Romance by Jess Mastorakos
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan the sergeant and the celebrity get their second chance?Sergeant Noah West was eighteen years old the last time he saw Paige Walker. He joined the Marines for a more stable life and she left to chase her movie star dreams. But no matter where the Marine Corps sends him, he can't help but hope that their paths might one day cross again... -
![Promise at Dawn by Romain Gary]()
Promise at Dawn by Romain Gary
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratings'Promise at Dawn' begins as the story of a mother's sacrifice. Alone and poor, she fights fiercely to give her son the very best. Gary chronicles his childhood with her in Russia, Poland, and on the French Riviera. And he recounts his adventurous life as a young man fighting for France in the Second World War... -
![True Valor by Dee Henderson]()
True Valor by Dee Henderson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsHeroes get a new meaning when you see inside their lives. Gracie is a Navy Pilot; Bruce works Air Force Pararescue. With dangerous jobs—often away from home—they write love letters. When Gracie is shot down behind enemy lines, Bruce has one mission: get her out alive... -
![To Live by C.G. Cooper]()
To Live by C.G. Cooper
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsElmore Thadeus Nix, it's retirement time. You're sixty-five and ready. Take that final physical and then it's adios to your old life and hello to the new. Not so fast. Sorry, Elmore. Your plan's about to change. It's Elmore's last day of work. As part of his retirement, he heads to the family doctor for the follow-up to a routine physical. That's when the universe shifts on its axis. Cancer... -
![Shelter from the Storm by Kristen Ethridge]()
Shelter from the Storm by Kristen Ethridge
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSOMETIMES THE PERSON STANDING IN YOUR WAY IS YOUR ONLY HOPE As the director of the Port Provident Animal Shelter, Becca Collins had devoted her life to helping the furriest residents of Port Provident. When a special Labrador retriever, Polly, needs her help on the eve of Hurricane Hope, Becca can’t say no—even if it means she’ll have to ride out the hurricane on Provident Island... -
![Amish Promises by Leslie Gould]()
Amish Promises by Leslie Gould
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJourney Down a Quiet Lane in Lancaster County Where Love and Heartache and Friendship and Healing Meet When Joel and Shani Beck arrive at their new home, they're looking for peace. Shani is thrilled to have Joel back from Iraq, but he needs time to heal, and the quiet of Lancaster seems just the place... -
![Send Down the Rain by Charles Martin]()
Send Down the Rain by Charles Martin
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAllie's second husband is killed tragically when his 18-wheeler crashes into the rocks near their home in Cape San Blas--the tanker was full of fuel and the explosion could be seen on overhead satellites. She'd already lost the beloved waterfront restaurant her parents started and now losing her husband, no matter how unfulfilling their marriage was, might just push her over the edge... -
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![Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot by Rebecca Rosenberg]()
Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot by Rebecca Rosenberg
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsChampagne, France, 1800. Twenty-year-old Barbe-Nicole inherited Le Nez (an uncanny sense of smell) from her great-grandfather, a renowned champagne maker. She is determined to use Le Nez to make great champagne, but the Napoleon Code prohibits women from owning a business...Categorized as:
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![Where You Come From by Saša Stanišić, Damion Searls]()
Where You Come From by Saša Stanišić, Damion Searls
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn August, 1992, a boy and his mother flee the war in Yugoslavia and arrive in Germany. Six months later, the boy’s father joins them, bringing a brown suitcase, insomnia, and a scar on his thigh... -
![The Kremlin Conspiracy by Joel C. Rosenberg]()
The Kremlin Conspiracy by Joel C. Rosenberg
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Joel C. Rosenberg returns with a high-stakes political thriller set in Russia.Everything he learned to protect the president, he must use to take out theirs.With an American president distracted by growing tensions in North Korea and Iran, an ominous new threat is emerging in Moscow... -
![Freedom Code by Elaine Levine]()
Freedom Code by Elaine Levine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Sleeper SEALs are former U.S. Navy SEALs recruited by a new counter-terror division to handle solo dark ops missions to combat terrorism on U.S. soil.When a CIA agent is found beheaded in a Boulder, Colorado alley just hours after speaking to an informant about a potential terrorist cell, retired Navy SEAL Levi Jones is activated to find his killer... -
![Flightpath by Amber Addison]()
Flightpath by Amber Addison
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom New York Times best-selling author Cristin Harber and Amber Addison comes an exciting collaboration… Being married young isn't a thing of the past in Louisiana. And for Madelyn and Seth, it's a way of life. Except, no one prepared them for the road ahead... -
![Jenny by Melissa McClone]()
Jenny by Melissa McClone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGrab your beach hat and a towel and prepare for a brand new series brought to you by twelve New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors… Beach Brides! Fun in the summer sun! Twelve heartwarming, sweet novellas linked by a unifying theme... -
![Crazy for You by Michelle Sass Aleckson]()
Crazy for You by Michelle Sass Aleckson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe problem with being related to everyone in town is that there is no one left to date…until now. But will this outsider survive his family?Former soldier Veronica “Ronnie” Morales isn’t going to let her kid brother, Tiago, get pulled into the gangs of Minneapolis, so, seeking safety and a fresh start, she heads to sleepy Deep Haven on the north shore of Minnesota... -
![The Captivating Warrior (Navy SEAL Romance) by Cami Checketts, Daniel Banner]()
The Captivating Warrior (Navy SEAL Romance) by Cami Checketts, Daniel Banner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings**The Captivating Warrior will be $.99 on Tuesday, April 24th** A lost love. Decades of pain. Is love a mission Sutton Smith will ever complete? Twenty-five years ago, Sutton Smith was stripped of his rank of commodore and his promising career in the British Royal Navy. The real loss came when the love of his life dumped him and married a scheming duke... -
![The Day He Went Away by Jennifer Millikin]()
The Day He Went Away by Jennifer Millikin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Life, fate, the universe, they all broke the rules." I was the luckiest girl in the world. I had it all. Everything I never knew I wanted. Until one day in June, it all came crashing down. My best friend, my life, my love. All gone. I live in the Valley of the Sun, but I’m the darkest storm cloud. "Heal," they all tell me. "Move on... -
![Ask Him Why by Catherine Ryan Hyde, Amy McFadden]()
Ask Him Why by Catherine Ryan Hyde, Amy McFadden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of Pay It Forward comes the stunning and emotional story of a young soldier’s unthinkable act…and the bonds of a sister and brother’s love.Ruth and her little brother, Aubrey, are just teenagers when their older brother ships off to Iraq. When Joseph returns, uninjured, only three and a half months later, Ruth is happy he is safe but also deeply worried... -
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![PUNCHED by Jacob Chance]()
PUNCHED by Jacob Chance
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReagan is the one who got away - or should I say the one I drove away? Now, four years later, she’s back to manage the gym where I train. Seeing her everyday is a distraction I can’t afford. I’m so close to achieving the big payoff I’ve been working for. Nothing’s going to keep me from winning this belt - not even her.This is a second chance MMA romance standalone... -
![The Great Santini by Pat Conroy]()
The Great Santini by Pat Conroy
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsStep into the powerhouse life of Bull Meecham. He's all Marine --- fighter pilot, king of the clouds, and absolute ruler of his family. Lillian is his wife -- beautiful, southern-bred, with a core of velvet steel. Without her cool head, her kids would be in real trouble. Ben is the oldest, a born athlete whose best never satisfies the big man... -
![The French for Love by Fiona Valpy]()
The French for Love by Fiona Valpy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLike a glass of wine in the French afternoon sunshine – The French for Love is the perfect summer escape. Gina has lost her perfect job, her boyfriend and her favourite aunt all within the space of a few months... -
![The French for Always by Fiona Valpy]()
The French for Always by Fiona Valpy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFive Weddings. The perfect venue. One little hitch... Leaving the grey skies of home behind to transform a crumbling French Château into a boutique wedding venue is a huge leap of faith for Sara. She and fiancé Gavin sink their life savings into the beautiful Château Bellevue – set under blue skies and surrounded by vineyards in the heart of Bordeaux... -
![The Wounded Warrior's Wife by Hannah R. Conway]()
The Wounded Warrior's Wife by Hannah R. Conway
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBattles Raging Within Are Those You Must Fight to Win WHITLEIGH CROMWELL dreamt of a happily ever after with her newlywed soldier husband. COLLIER CROMWELL loved God, his wife, and his country, though military life exacted a demanding toll. An unexpected deployment during the height of war sends Collier away for yet another year... -
![The Drinker of Horizons by Mia Couto]()
The Drinker of Horizons by Mia Couto
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe scintillating conclusion to the critically acclaimed historical saga: the Jan Michalski Prize–winning Sands of the Emperor trilogy."[Couto's] life has been woven into the history of the nation, and he has become the foremost chronicler of Mozambique’s antiheroes: its women, its peasants, even its dead... -
![Somewhere to Begin by Mika Jolie]()
Somewhere to Begin by Mika Jolie
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere are wounds that never show on the body. For twenty-nine years, Colbie Bennington does as expected with an eternal smile stained on her lips. The biggest chances she’s ever taken can be counted on one hand, three fingers to be exact—her battered red chucks, painting her toenails a vibrant blue, and her wedding dress... -
![Loving London by Ellie Wade]()
Loving London by Ellie Wade
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFLAWED I left. I followed my dream— To write, to feel, to live. But my life has no meaning without Loïc. I’m fading. I'm not whole, not me, Without him. Loving Loïc is how I breathe. FLAWED She's gone. I'm a hollow waste of space. I can't feel, can't breathe, can't fight Without London. She's who I am— What I am supposed to be. Loving London Is how I live... -
![The Corsican Woman by Madge Swindells]()
The Corsican Woman by Madge Swindells
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSybilia turned as if sleepwalking and, trance-like, walked down the stone steps to the living room. She shuddered as she took the rifle from the peg on the wall, but after only a moment's hesitation, she loaded it and went outside. Sybilia Rocca is beautiful, gentle and intelligent... -
![Two Hearts Unspoken by Tamara Ferguson, Adriana Hanganu]()
Two Hearts Unspoken by Tamara Ferguson, Adriana Hanganu
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings#1 Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Series From The Bestselling Mother's Day Magic AnthologyMulti-Award Winning, Bestselling AuthorWINNER 2015 TRR Readers' Choice Award New Adult Romance WINNER 2016 TRR Readers' Choice Award Anthology RomanceThe single mom of a severely autistic son, Elizabeth Bowen is a full-time accountant in Illinois... -
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![A Story Between The Lines by Santhosh Sivaraj]()
A Story Between The Lines by Santhosh Sivaraj
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAdi, a soft rebel with a strong mind, challenged the world with his smile. Nila, an innocent girl with a beautiful heart, loved the world with all she had. Love sparkled in the mountains, when Adi's adrenaline lost to Nila’s serenity. Life struck them hard when Adi woke up to a rude shock. His Nila had disappeared and his memories were lost in an accident that Adi cannot recollect... -
![Imani All Mine by Connie Rose Porter]()
Imani All Mine by Connie Rose Porter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"With authority and grace" (Essence), Imani All Mine tells the story of Tasha, a fourteen-year-old unwed mother of a baby girl. In her ghettoized world where poverty, racism, and danger are daily struggles, Tasha uses her savvy and humor to uncover the good hidden around her... -
![Love, Tussles, and Takedowns by Violet Duke]()
Love, Tussles, and Takedowns by Violet Duke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe’s a better fighter...but she has all the weapons. After his combat injuries retire him from the military career he wasn't ready to give up, battle-scarred Hudson Reyes now spends his new life as a movie industry fight scene and weapons specialist simply doing what he knows best: surviving. Until he meets her. The one woman who makes him want to live again... -
![A Soldier's Return by RaeAnne Thayne]()
A Soldier's Return by RaeAnne Thayne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Women of Brambleberry House are back! Returning home to Cannon Beach and living in Brambleberry House, a place where good things seemed destined to happen, had brought Melissa Fielding and her young daughter such joy. Perhaps it was no accident when the single mom “bumped” into Eli Sanderson, and discovered the handsome doctor was also back in town... -
![To Go on Living: Stories by Narine Abgaryan, Margarit Ordukhanyan]()
To Go on Living: Stories by Narine Abgaryan, Margarit Ordukhanyan
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSet in rural Armenia in the aftermath of war, Narine Abgaryan’s haunting short stories show people finding hope and purpose again. Named “one of Europe’s most exciting authors” by the Guardian, Narine Abgaryan has written a dozen books which have collectively sold over 1.35 million copies... -
![Guapa by Saleem Haddad]()
Guapa by Saleem Haddad
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA debut novel that tells the story of Rasa, a young gay man coming of age in the Middle East Set over the course of twenty-four hours, Guapa follows Rasa, a gay man living in an unnamed Arab country, as he tries to carve out a life for himself in the midst of political and social upheaval... -
![Along the Broken Road by Heather Burch]()
Along the Broken Road by Heather Burch
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsArmed with only a journal and a promise, soldier Ian Carlisle returns home to fulfill his friend’s dying wish: to find the man’s daughter and read her his journal, one page at a time. The woman he finds in River Rock, Missouri, is just as warmhearted, artistic, and feisty as her father described... -
![The Forever Christmas Tree by Sandra Hill]()
The Forever Christmas Tree by Sandra Hill
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Christmas bells are chiming across the Outer Banks town of Bell Cove, North Carolina, but there’s one local ‘grinch’ who’s not listening . . . He’s got bad-boy looks and a Bah Humbug attitude, so when the local paper asks the villagers to vote on the “Biggest Local Grinch” as a fund-raising project, Ethan Rutledge isn’t surprised to hear he’s made the ballot... -
![Secrets of a Kept Woman by Shani Greene-Dowdell]()
Secrets of a Kept Woman by Shani Greene-Dowdell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShayla Wilson and her two sisters from another mother are all keeping secrets and telling lies. Her beautiful, expensive, expertly-designed house of lies is about to fall, but not before she learns that the one person she least expects is the reason for her pain... -
![Man Buns by Shari J. Ryan]()
Man Buns by Shari J. Ryan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings**𝗔 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗗 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗬** I got out of the Marine Corps to give my daughter a better life. I’m a strong and capable single dad. I got this, right? Not so much. The one thing my daughter wants is the hardest to find—a mom... -
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![This is the Wonder (The Clean Cut) by Tracey Ward]()
This is the Wonder (The Clean Cut) by Tracey Ward
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI went to Europe to study. To have fun, to hide, to run away from the endless sea of choices that would mold and shape the rest of my life. I wasn't ready for any of that. I wasn't ready to have all the answers. I definitely wasn't ready for Jax. Handsome, sweet, and sporting the biggest blue eyes I'd ever seen, he swooped into my world and changed everything... -
![Loch and Key by Shelli Stevens]()
Loch and Key by Shelli Stevens
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll the military training in the world won't help him knock down her walls.The McLaughlins, Book 3 Years ago a terrifying attack left Kenzie McLaughlin trusting only a few men in her insular life on Whidbey Island-her brothers and her father... -
![Redefining Us: A Reclusive Novel by Harloe Rae]()
Redefining Us: A Reclusive Novel by Harloe Rae
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn order to truly save him, I need to redefine us. Xander Dixon was my best friend. Loyal and dependable. A brave warrior. A permanent presence in my life until that fateful day he boarded a plane headed overseas. Xander’s unwelcome silence haunted me for three years… Until he suddenly resurfaces. Blinded by misplaced fury. Trapped in a pool of darkness...Categorized as:
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![Silence Is a Sense by Layla AlAmmar]()
Silence Is a Sense by Layla AlAmmar
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"This is not just good storytelling, but a blueprint for survival." — The New York Times Book ReviewA transfixing and beautifully rendered novel about a refugee’s escape from civil war—and the healing power of community.A young woman sits in her apartment, watching the small daily dramas of her neighbors across the way...Categorized as:
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![The Bone Fire by György Dragomán]()
The Bone Fire by György Dragomán
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom an award-winning European writer, a Gothic page-turner with all the menace and promise of a fairy tale In the aftermath of a revolution that has plunged her country into chaos, thirteen-year-old Emma’s small corner of the world is shattered after her dissident parents' death in a car crash... -
![Born Again Sinner by Daryl Banner]()
Born Again Sinner by Daryl Banner
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratings"Cody Davis is gonna make a sinner out of me." Yes, I know exactly who he is. The wounded soldier at the end of Willow Street. Intimidating. Devastatingly handsome. Muscular body chiseled from stone. Deep dark eyes that dare you to come near. Attitude for days. And I just became his caregiver...
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