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Lasting Shadows by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRidge Faulkner was a renowned luxury house builder. When Ridge was selected at a charity bachelor auction, he was surprised when it wasn’t for an actual date. The woman only wanted him to help fix up her house. Savannah Ambrose was starting her life over in Shadows Landing. But she needed help with the fixer-upper she was moving into... -
![Special Circumstances by Sheldon Siegel, Tim Campbell]()
Special Circumstances by Sheldon Siegel, Tim Campbell
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsListening Length: 12 hours and 18 minutesIntroducing an electrifying new voice in legal fiction--in a phenomenal thriller unlike anything you've read before...Debut author Sheldon Siegel bursts into the legal arena with a riveting courtroom drama, exposing the world of big-time law firms and lawyers in a sharp-witted, wonderfully sardonic page-turner of a novel.Meet Mike Daley. Ex-priest... -
![Silenced by Dani Pettrey]()
Silenced by Dani Pettrey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRomantic Suspense's Rising Star Returns with an Electric New ThrillerA relaxing day of rock climbing takes a disturbing turn when Kayden McKenna's route leads her face to face with a dead climber. Is it a terrible accident or something sinister? When the case is handed to the overburdened sheriff, he turns to Jake Westin... -
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Sabotaged by Dani Pettrey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGrowing up, goody-two-shoes Kirra Jacobs and troublemaker Reef McKenna were always at odds. Now paired together on Yancey's search-and-rescue canine unit, they begin to put aside old arguments as they come to see each other in a different light. Then a call comes in from the Iditarod that will push them to their limits. Kirra's uncle, a musher in the race, has disappeared... -
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![Cold Blooded by Toni Anderson]()
Cold Blooded by Toni Anderson
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA journalist searching for the truth about her best friend’s death—and the FBI agent who needs her to stop. Disgraced investigative journalist Pip West is devastated when she discovers her best friend’s body face-down in a tranquil lake. When cops and federal agents determine that her friend overdosed then drowned, Pip knows they’re mistaken and intends to prove it... -
![Mission: Without a Trace by Nicole Edwards]()
Mission: Without a Trace by Nicole Edwards
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTheir first official case as a task force doesn’t take Brantley Walker and Reese Tavoularis far from home.Getting right down to business, the Off the Books task force prioritizes a case of a fifteen-year-old girl who went missing nine years earlier from the same small town they grew up in: Coyote Ridge, Texas... -
![Deceived by Stella Barcelona]()
Deceived by Stella Barcelona
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTheir destinies have been set in motion by their ancestors. Taylor Marlowe Bartholomew carries three of the most notable names in New Orleans society. She hoped to forge her own path in the world as an Assistant District Attorney, but that dream is dying as obligations pull her into the family shipbuilding business... -
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Wait for Me by Susan May Warren
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen two women go missing in the Montana wilderness, Pete Brooks must trust his skills, teammatesand the woman who broke his heartif he hopes to bring them all home alive... -
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Full Contact by Kelly Fox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOmar: If that joker doesn’t stop annoying me, I’m going to give that mouth of his something better to do.The first time I saw Anders F***ing Bash, he was shirtless, armed, and simultaneously the most beautiful and frustrating man I’ve ever met. He has not gotten any uglier. Or any less frustrating. And today I finally took a swing at him... -
![Tangled Webs by Irene Hannon]()
Tangled Webs by Irene Hannon
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThree-Time RITA Award Winner Delivers Another Heart-Stopping Thriller After a disastrous Middle East mission ends his six-year Army Ranger career, Finn McGregor needs some downtime. A peaceful month in the woods sounds like the perfect way to decompress. But peace isn't on the agenda once he crosses paths with publishing executive Dana Lewis, a neighbor who is nursing wounds of her own... -
![Riptide by Dawn Lee McKenna]()
Riptide by Dawn Lee McKenna
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOnce again, sinister things are afoot in Apalachicola, FL, and one of them is an actual foot.When a local fisherman finds a man’s foot in his net, it sets off a chain of events that no one can anticipate. Lt. Maggie Redmond soon discovers that the foot belongs to the friend of another recently dead guy, Gregory Boudreaux, the man she never told anyone about... -
![Burning Ridge by Margaret Mizushima]()
Burning Ridge by Margaret Mizushima
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFeaturing Mattie Cobb and her K-9 partner Robo, Burning Ridge by critically acclaimed author Margaret Mizushima is just the treat for fans of Alex Kava... -
![Beauty in Hiding by Robin Patchen]()
Beauty in Hiding by Robin Patchen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 2 in the Beauty in Flight series: Harper’s second chance at life will become a second stint in prison if anyone connects her to those two dead men. Nutfield, New Hampshire, is as good a place as any to hide from the murderer Harper left behind in Maryland. All she has to do is lie low and make enough money to keep herself and Red alive until she can figure out who her enemies are... -
![Now or Never by Janet Evanovich]()
Now or Never by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsShe said yes to Morelli. She said yes to Ranger. Now Stephanie Plum has two fiancés and no idea what to do about it. But the way things are going, she might not live long enough to marry anyone.While Stephanie stalls for time, she buries herself in her work as a bounty hunter, tracking down an unusually varied assortment of fugitives from justice... -
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Redemption by Eden Winters
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLiving is the easy part.Agent Lucky Lucklighter and his partner escaped Mexico alive, only to plunge into bureaucratic fallout from their mission. Hell, maybe Lucky should have stayed south of the border. Especially when the Southeastern Narcotics Bureau places Bo into rehab, and Lucky’s facing both therapy and an inquiry into a fatal shooting... -
![Two Hearts Find Christmas by Tamara Ferguson]()
Two Hearts Find Christmas by Tamara Ferguson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJosh Loughlin, a blind wounded warrior, has returned to his hometown of Crystal Rock, Wisconsin at Christmastime. As a teenager, Josh operated with a ring of thieves run by his father. But when his stepbrother is forced to tolerate the same mental and physical abuse Josh experienced as a teenager, Josh decides it's time to step up... -
![Waiting For Wren by Cate Beauman]()
Waiting For Wren by Cate Beauman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWren Cooke has everything she’s ever wanted—a thriving career as one of LA’s top interior designers and a home she loves. Business trips, mockups, and her demanding clientele keep her busy, almost too busy to notice Ethan Cooke Security’s gorgeous Close Protection Agent, Tucker Campbell... -
![Falling For Sarah by Cate Beauman]()
Falling For Sarah by Cate Beauman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWidow Sarah Johnson struggled to pick up the pieces after her life was ripped apart. After two years of grieving, she’s found contentment in her thriving business as photographer to Hollywood’s A-list and in raising her angel-faced daughter, Kylee... until bodyguard and long-time friend Ethan Cooke changes everything with a searing moonlight kiss... -
![Where There's Smoke by Susan May Warren]()
Where There's Smoke by Susan May Warren
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom RITA award-winning author Susan May Warren comes a new action romance. Book 1 in the Montana Fire: Summer of Fire trilogy. She’s a smokejumper afraid of fire… Kate Burns is a legendary smoke jumper, known for her courage and willingness to risk everything to get the job done. Only she has a secret, one she won’t admit to anyone... -
![The Deep End by Traci Hunter Abramson]()
The Deep End by Traci Hunter Abramson
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Another exciting read by Traci Abramson, Traci brings together personal experience in competitive swimming and insider knowledge of US spy agencies to deliver a riveting story from the first paragraph to the... -
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Mischief in Mudbug by Jana Deleon, Johanna Parker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsReading time 8 hours, 38 minutes.Description: Sabine LaVeche needs to locate a blood relative fast--her life depends on it. The late Helena Henry shows up offering to help, and Sabine knows she's really in trouble when it's the best idea she's heard in a while. Then PI Beau Villeneuve takes on Sabine's case. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2009. This recording is available courtesy of Audible, Inc... -
![Remains of Innocence by J.A. Jance]()
Remains of Innocence by J.A. Jance
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis is an updated cover of this Kindle edition. An old woman, both a hermit and a hoarder, is dying in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. While cleaning out her dilapidated house, her estranged daughter, Liza Machett, discovers a fortune in hundred-dollar bills... -
![Tiffany Lynn Is Missing by Dan Alatorre]()
Tiffany Lynn Is Missing by Dan Alatorre
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA young Florida woman goes missing; everybody believes she is dead. They even have a body at the morgue that her mother identified as her.But the mother keeps getting letters from the daughter saying “Don’t worry, and don’t look for me.” They are in the deceased girl’s handwriting and there’s even a DNA match - but the body at the morgue is definitely her... -
![Avarice by Lisa Clark O'Neill]()
Avarice by Lisa Clark O'Neill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeventeen years ago, Ainsley Tidwell’s young life was shattered upon her discovery of the body of her murdered cousin, Carly. Now Carly’s sister Sabrina is missing, and Ainsley returns to Dahlonega, Georgia for the first time since the homicide that tore her family apart... -
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![Yours by Fiona Quinn]()
Yours by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo Good Deed Goes UnpunishedA USA TODAY Bestselling Novella from Fiona Quinn - a Kate Hamilton Mysteries NovellaScience teacher Kate Hamilton is hiding out in the small Virginia town where she was born and raised.Her marriage is in tatters. Her future uncertain... -
![Woman in Shadow by Carrie Stuart Parks]()
Woman in Shadow by Carrie Stuart Parks
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCarrie Stuart Parks combines her expertise as a forensic artist with her ability to craft a gripping story in this page-turning web of light and shadow. A woman off the grid. Darby Graham thinks she's on a much-needed vacation in remote Idaho to relax. But before she even arrives at the ranch, an earthquake strikes—her first clue that something is amiss... -
![Diamondback Cave by K.L. Fogg]()
Diamondback Cave by K.L. Fogg
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsImogene Vandergrift wants out of jail. And she'll say or do just about anything to make sure she can recover the millions in diamonds she has hidden away... -
![The Haunting at Sebring Hotel by J.S. Donovan]()
The Haunting at Sebring Hotel by J.S. Donovan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSurrounded by autumn-touched trees, an ominous Art Deco-inspired 1923 hotel overlooks the raging Atlantic Ocean. A silhouetted figure stands behind one of its dark windows, eagerly awaiting his next guest.Anna Hall, a workaholic single mom, purchases the infamous and historically-rich Club Blue to fulfill her romanticized dream of being an independent hotel manager... -
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Uncontrollable by Shelli R. Johannes
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUnstoppable (BK 3) - June 3, 2014 As Grace recovers from tragedy, her science class is chosen by Agent Sweeney at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to help with research on the new "Red Wolf Reintroduction Program"...Categorized as:
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![Abandoned by J.P. Barnaby]()
Abandoned by J.P. Barnaby
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLittle Boy Lost, Book Two. Jamie is gone. Brian's secret has been revealed. Brian McAllister's story continues as he tries to cope with the loss of his best friend and soul mate amid the alienation and ridicule of his classmates. When hatred turns to violence, Brian narrows his focus to two goals: surviving and finding Jamie... -
![Dangerous Surrender by Katie Reus]()
Dangerous Surrender by Katie Reus
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA cold-blooded killer wants her dead. After her friend is murdered right before her eyes, Taylor uses her wits to escape with just a bullet wound, thankful to be alive. But now the killer isn’t the only one after her—the cops are, too, and Taylor’s not sure she can trust them—or anybody else in her life in California... -
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![Tahoe Chase by Todd Borg]()
Tahoe Chase by Todd Borg
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Ski Racer's Wife Falls From A High Deck92-year-old, former Olympic ski racer Joe Rorvik is devastated when he finds his wife Cynthia down below their deck, still alive but comatose after a fall. While the fall looks like an accident, Joe Rorvik hires Tahoe Detective Owen McKenna to investigate... -
![Ultimate Weapon by Shannon McKenna]()
Ultimate Weapon by Shannon McKenna
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTamara’s a bad girl with a dangerous difference. Enter a terrifying, sexually charged world of thrilling suspense where love is the riskiest game of all . . . THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST Covert operations are what Val Janos is all about. The man is mysterious and sinister, and lethally hot... -
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![Gathering Shadows by Nancy Mehl]()
Gathering Shadows by Nancy Mehl
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWynter Evans is a promising young reporter for a television station in St. Louis, but even a bright future doesn't take away her pain over the disappearance of her brother nine years ago. So when she stumbles across a photograph of a boy with an eerie resemblance to him, she can't pass up the chance to track him down... -
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The Fallen Man by Tony Hillerman
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman comes another thrilling mystery featuring Leaphorn & Chee who must investigate a cold case that has far more personal consequences than expected.“Gripping.”—New York Times Book ReviewHuman bones lie on a ledge under the peak of Ship Rock mountain, the remains of a murder victim undisturbed for more than a decade... -
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Triggerfish Twist by Tim Dorsey
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen Tim Dorsey sat down to write his first novel, the hilarious and hugely successful Florida Roadkill, he killed off way too many people. Now he needs them back. So in Triggerfish Twist, Dorsey invites us to take a warped trip back in time as he reunites the living with the soon to be very dead... -
![Failure to Appear by J.A. Jance, Gene Engene]()
Failure to Appear by J.A. Jance, Gene Engene
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA desperate father's search for his runaway daughter has led him to the last place he ever expected to find her: backstage at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. But the murders in this dazzling world of make-believe are no longer mere stagecraft, and the blood is all too real. The hunt for his child has plunged former Seattle Homicide Detective J.P... -
![A Witch in Time by Catherine Kean, Wynter Daniels]()
A Witch in Time by Catherine Kean, Wynter Daniels
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to Cat's Paw Cove, Florida-an enchanting seaside town and favorite tourist destination. But there's something unusual about the locals, both human and feline. The popular Shipwreck Museum might just take you back in time, and the historic Sherwood House holds secrets, old and new... -
![Mountain Home by Bracken MacLeod]()
Mountain Home by Bracken MacLeod
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLyn works at an isolated roadside diner. When a retired combat veteran stages an assault there her world is turned upside down. Surviving the sniper’s bullets is only the beginning of Lyn's nightmare. Navigating hostilities, she establishes herself as the disputed leader of a diverse group of people that are at odds with the situation and each other... -
![Lost and Found by Karey White]()
Lost and Found by Karey White
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Ripple Effect Romance Novella Lydia was supposed to have an adventurous and exciting summer. Instead she's done nothing more than read and eat takeout. Now it's time to go home, and what does she have to show for it? A big fat nothing. Unless, of course, her trip to the airport somehow turns into something more than just a flight home. Blake feels like he's been sent on a wild goose chase... -
![Bad Guys Don't Win by Marie Astor]()
Bad Guys Don't Win by Marie Astor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNot only are Janet Maple and Dennis Walker great at catching the bad guys, they’re also crazy in love and engaged to be married. But the duo’s perfect wedding plans hit a snag when a closed case comes back from the dead, pulling Janet and Dennis into a dangerous assignment. Mila Brabec has rebuilt her life from scratch... -
![Pros & Cons of Christmas by A.E. Wasp]()
Pros & Cons of Christmas by A.E. Wasp
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChristmas time and the gang is celebrating leaving the threats and dangers behind them with a week long house party in the country. It’s the perfect opportunity for a murder. My name is Charlie Binghman. Well, it was back when I was a conman. Now I’m done. Finished. Out of the business. A vigilante grifter no more. Charlie Bingham is dead for real this time... -
![The Maltese Pigeon by David Bishop]()
The Maltese Pigeon by David Bishop
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNEW BOOK RELEASE BY DAVID BISHOP A shy, mysterious woman and a shadowy fat man put Matt Kile in the middle of Russian Romanov history, danger, murder, and enormous wealth. All while Matt spars with two romantically competitive women... -
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![King Perry by Edmond Manning]()
King Perry by Edmond Manning
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn a trendy San Francisco art gallery, out-of-towner Vin Vanbly witnesses an act of compassion that compels him to make investment banker Perry Mangin a mysterious offer: in exchange for a weekend of complete submission, Vin will restore Perry’s “kingship” and transform him into the man he was always meant to be... -
![Quicksand by Gigi Pandian]()
Quicksand by Gigi Pandian
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA thousand-year-old secret room. A sultan’s stolen treasure. A missing French priest. And an invitation to Paris to rekindle an old flame.... Historian Jaya Jones finds herself on the wrong side of the law during an art heist at the Louvre... -
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Wild Jinx by Sandra Hill
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the third book of her hot and hilarious series, New York Times bestselling author Sandra Hill takes readers along on another wild ride with Jinx, Inc., where trouble is no match for a cagey Cajun matchmaker--and passion conquers all. When reporter Celine Arseneaux entered The Playpen, a Baton Rouge club for men AND women, she never expected John LeDeux to swagger up to her... -
![Weaver's Needle by Robin Caroll]()
Weaver's Needle by Robin Caroll
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo recovery specialists. One murder. A hunt for the Dutchman's Lost Gold Mine becomes a race of survival. Former Army MP Landry Parker fell into the recovery specialist role quite by accident—to help her ailing father. Now that she’s on her own, she is determined to prove herself and honor her family legacy... -
![Wildly Winston by Lori Foster]()
Wildly Winston by Lori Foster
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll four Winston brothers are scorchingly handsome, sensually passionate—and stubbornly proud. Left alone in the world after their parents' deaths, they learned to depend on each other—and to cherish the bond that holds them together. Now, with their disarming charm and sexy smiles, they will inspire readers' wildest, most sensuous fantasies—and will surely become the men of their dreams... -
![Edge by Tiffinie Helmer]()
Edge by Tiffinie Helmer
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEDGE He’s lost his edge… Photojournalist Cache Calder lives to chase a great story. He’s just returned from the Middle East after surviving a suicide bombing that left him injured and grief-stricken. The last thing he wants is to travel to the wilds of Alaska on a “Where Is She Now” Assignment...
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