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Listening to Fear by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe second twisting, explosive book in the new series by multi-million selling author Robert J. Crane... -
Under the Same Sky by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMagnus and Kaitlyn are in two different places, two different times. But she remembers their last conversation — “Where do you know I love you?” “On the air around me, mo reul-iuil. On every breeze is your sigh, under every sky. Tis always the same stars, ye ken. As long as ye are under them then I can hear ye, I love ye, ye say. I can always hear it.” “Good... -
36 by Dirk Patton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRobert Tracy is spirited away from his own execution. A top-secret government project makes him an offer he can't refuse: work for us or disappear permanently. With no choice, he embarks on a mission to undo a terrorist attack that has already occurred, by being sent back in time 36 hours. But all is not as it seems... -
Retribution by J.M. Madden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Dogs of War have rescued American servicemen from research camps run by the Silverstone Collaborative. Now it’s time for the company, and it’s owner Damon Wilkes, to pay for what they’ve done. Wulfe Terberger is the man to bring them to justice... -
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Ravenous Predator by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor years I’ve run my family’s organization in Philadelphia, ruling the city’s underworld with an iron first. I thought no one would dare to steal from me… until someone did. Now she must pay...Categorized as:
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Ruthless Monster by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI went to Miami on the tail of an assassin, but when he turned the tables on me it was mafia kingpin Sebastian Dupree who saved my life...Categorized as:
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The Tetradome Run by Spencer Baum
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the crime wave peaked in the early 70s, and Nixon signed the Redemption Act, no one bothered to imagine what public execution might look like fifty years in the future. No one imagined that The Tetradome Run would become the most popular show in America. This year's show puts convicted felons in a race with genetically engineered monstrous creations... -
Death's Handmaiden by Niall Teasdale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Clan Worlds Alliance is the larget political body in the known galaxy. At its centre lies Shinden, home to the Clan Assembly and the Shinden Alliance School of Sorcery, probably the best educational facility of its type anywhere. Students from all over the Clan Worlds go there to study a form of magic based squarely on scientific principles... -
Allegiance by Laurie Roma
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDragon Warrior Amari Nazira has lived amongst the stars for centuries, traveling the universe and keeping watch over the known galaxies. She has lived her life for the greater good, but her true desire has always been far beyond her reach. Now, taking her destiny into her own hands, she must find the one male who can tame her wild heart... -
Booth by Jason Pellegrini
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAt dawn, on the day of his execution, Joseph Bateman finds himself reflecting on his life, one filled with poor decisions and evil people. Even his lifelong best friend played a pivotal role in earning Joseph his seat on death row...Categorized as:
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Captivated by Sophie Davis
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan't get enough of Talia and Erik? Want to know about their first meeting? Interested in what happens between the books? Dying for a peek at what's coming in Created? Captivated is a Talented Novella that includes four short stories, two from Talia's point of view, and two from Erik's point of view. The first is a detailed account of what happened the first time Talia and Erik met...Categorized as:
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The Desert of Glass by Michael C. Grumley
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOne of mankind's greatest secrets... has been hiding in plain sight for three thousand years.Half a century ago, an aberration was spotted by one of our earliest satellites, and summarily dismissed as a hardware malfunction. But it was no aberration. And no malfunction. It was an accidental glimpse of something extraordinary, and very old... -
Psyche's Caress by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRoha Excelter - code named Psyche - is on assignment on Marketh. She had a simple investigation planned until someone tried to kill her. Twice.The simple problem turned out to be a conspiracy to keep volunteers imprisoned and the population in general, ignorant... -
The Alpha's Catch: A Paranormal Werewolf Romance novella by Reece Barden
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Trazzak by Layla Nash, Juno Wells
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJess Barnes was a rising star in the Information Ministry before she and her crewmates were kidnapped by Xaravian barbarians. She longs for her old life and friends. She can also live without bounty hunters chasing her down in every part of the universe... -
Spark by Rachael Craw
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEvie doesn’t have a choice.One day she’s an ordinary seventeen year old, grieving for her mother. The next, she’s a Shield, the result of a decades-old experiment gone wrong, bound by DNA to defend her best friend from an unknown killer.The threat could come at home, at school, anywhere. All Evie knows is that it will be a fight to the death.And then there’s Jamie. irresistible. off-limits... -
Impulse by Steven Gould
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCent is the teenaged daughter of two very special people, Davy and Millie, the world's only teleports, but her life is far from ideal. Kept in isolation to protect her from her parents' enemies, she wants a normal life, a life with friends and, perhaps, romance. She wants to go to school like any other normal child.If only she were normal..Categorized as:
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Override by Heather Anastasiu
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsZoe is free. She has escaped the enslavement of the Community, disconnected from the hardware that had controlled her every thought and emotion, and evaded capture by the Chancellor intent on killing her. She is finally free, but she is far from safe.Zoe and Adrien hide themselves from detection at the Foundation, an academy that trains teen glitchers to fight in the Resistance movement...Categorized as:
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The Trials by Stacey Kade
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter being on the run, Ariane Tucker finds herself back where she started—under the cruel control of Dr. Jacobs, head of the research facility that created her. Now she must participate in the upcoming trials; a deadly competition pitting her against other alien hybrids, each representing a rival corporation. But Ariane is no one’s weapon... -
The Void Protocol by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsF. Paul Wilson concludes his medical thriller trilogy featuring Rick Hayden and Laura Fanning as they confront the entities responsible for the supernatural events of Panacea and The God Gene.F...Categorized as:
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Mad Powers by Mark Wayne McGinnis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRob Chandler, regaining consciousness, realizes he's somehow been involved in a horrendous car accident. In pain and unable to move, he has no memory of his identity, or how the hell he'd gotten on that deserted desert road in the middle of nowhere. He has little time to contemplate his situation when he sees an 18-wheeler barreling down on him... -
Future Threat by Elizabeth Briggs
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWe know that the future can be changed...but maybe it shouldn't be.Six months ago Aether Corporation sent me to the future, along with four other recruits, but not all of my friends made it out of the mission alive. The guilt eats at me every day, and I swear I'm done with time travel and Aether Corporation forever...Categorized as:
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Lock & Key by Gordon Bonnet
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if your future lies in your past? When Darren Ault meets his friend Lee McCaskill for dinner, he doesn't expect the second course to be a gunshot to the head. Even more unexpected is the fact that the bullet doesn't kill him--instead, it causes the rest of humanity to vanish... -
Home: Interstellar by Ray Strong
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Hard sci-fi with a heart...complex, compelling tale of galactic intrigue." --Kirkus Reviews.Tears don't fall in zero-g.No one believed Meriel when she said the attack on her home ship, the Princess, was piracy: there had not been a reported piracy in a century, and she was just a twelve year-old kid... -
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Broken by Amber Ella Monroe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"His name is Echo Primeblood.He's the Alpha of Alphas. Ruler of his clan.After years of seeking revenge, he's finally found it—and he's found me.But I can't figure out if he wants to ravage me or destroy me. Or both."Broken is Echo's and Patience's romance arc. Each book of the series should be read in order to complete the main story arc... -
Truth by Robin Wasserman
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSome things are too painful to remember--and too deadly to forget.Found: One girl, age 13. Unconscious. Unharmed. Unclaimed. Unidentified.Lost: Everything.J.D. can't run from her past any longer. She knows the truth now: that she's dangerous, a weapon. If she can't learn to control her powers, there's no telling what...or who...she'll destroy next...Categorized as:
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Payback by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPrey on the old and you’re a coward. Prey on the young and you’re pathetic. Prey on the weak and you’re even weaker.Prey on my friends…and you’re history... -
অনন্ত নক্ষত্র বীথি (Ananta Nakkhatra Bithi) by Humayun Ahmed
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Samantha's Talent by Darrell Bain, Robyn Pass
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSamantha Douglas--Sammie to her friends--is a pretty, shy young girl living in a remote area of Alaska with her parents. She is exceptionally intelligent but normal otherwise except for one very unique and exceptional talent: she has been able to talk to animals and have them understand her as far back as she can remember... -
What We Left Behind by Peter Cawdron
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEveryone has a different term for zombies. I call them Zee because that's the term my mother used before she turned, speaking about the whole horde as though it was just one individual. Grammar has no place in the zombie apocalypse… Hazel is a regular teenager growing up in an irregular world overrun with zombies... -
The Girl From Area 51 by Cliff Black
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBorn in captivity, raised to age fourteen in a secret CIA laboratory, a strange girl finds a way to escape. She makes her way to Simpson Springs in Utah's west desert, and there finds help from a most unlikely family. The girl's first contact is with an old man who names the girl Jane. Jane knows nothing of the society she is entering, but her special powers let her know who she can trust... -
Glassford Girl by Jay J. Falconer
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHumanity Will Change Forever, Because of One Girl . . .Emily Heart is a genetic freak.But she wasn't born that way. Someone made her.Someone stole her life and erased everything she knew to be true.They gave her powers she's just beginning to understand, just beginning to harness...Categorized as:
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Betrayal by Robin Wasserman
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsSome things are too painful to remember--and too deadly to forget.Found: One girl, age 13. Unconscious. Unharmed. Unclaimed. Unidentified.Lost: Everything.J.D. and Daniel are on the run, searching for answers about her past...and about the dangerous powers she can't seem to control. She knows she can't trust the memories implanted in her mind by the mysterious Dr...Categorized as:
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Awakening by Robin Wasserman
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSome things are too painful to remember--and too deadly to forget.Found: One girl, age 13. Unconscious. Unharmed. Unclaimed. Unidentified.Lost: Everything.J.D. may not know the truth about her past, but she knows she's in danger, and she can't shake the dark visions haunting her dreams. She won't be safe until she figures out who she is and where she came from...Categorized as:
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Flee by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey say that old habits die hard. I have to agree. Just look at my father. He still hasn’t kicked the habit of abandoning me. But that’s all right.Because if he can run…so can I... -
Bermuda Triangle by Greg Donegan, Bob Mayer
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen a nuclear missile is launched from the waters of the Bermuda Triangle, ex-Green Beret Eric Dane must lead a team into the mysterious depths to confront an enemy which has but one objective -- the total annihilation of all life on Earth... -
Sparks of Light by Janet B. Taylor
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor the first time in her life, Hope Walton has friends . . . and a (maybe) boyfriend. She’s a Viator, a member of a long line of time-traveling ancestors. When the Viators learn of a plan to steal a dangerous device from the inventor Nikola Tesla, only a race into the past can save the natural timeline from utter destruction...Categorized as:
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Shade by Steven Gould
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSteven Gould’s classic SF novel Jumper is the story of a young man with a single mysterious superpower: he can teleport anywhere, in the blink of an eye...Categorized as:
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The Underwood See by Michael Lawrence
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEight months ago, during the depths of a snowy winter, Alaric and Naia Underwood switched realities. Then in June, as floodwaters surrounded their two versions of the house called Withern Rise, they met again, and tragedy struck. It's autumn now, and Naia is feeling haunted...Categorized as:
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Eureka: Substitution Method by Cris Ramsay
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Eureka. Population: BRILLIANT It's a town of geniuses-and now it's the smartest series going. Founded by Albert Einstein and Harry Truman after WWII, Eureka is home to the greatest minds in science and technology. But the creations of these eccentric geniuses threaten to destroy the world as often as they save it... -
Eight's Origin by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratings...Categorized as:
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Rex by Ashley L. Hunt
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Alien royalty. The girl next door. Is the universe against them?Rex The Tribal Elder of Campestria, one of eleven kingdoms on the planet Albaterra. His blue skin, fierce warrior prowess, and dedication to his race are all in keeping with the A’li-uud species, but his free-thinking ideals have others on the Elder Council wondering if he is capable as a leader... -
Coils by Roger Zelazny, Fred Saberhagen
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Year is 1995 in high-tech, computer-rich America..While on vacation with his beautiful girlfriend Cora, Donald BelPatri begins to realize that something is seriously wrong wit his memory.Clickaderick...clickDonald's mind can coil into any computer consciousness, but he cannot remember.. -
The Opal by Michael Siemsen
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMatt Turner grew up witnessing first-hand the worst crimes imaginable. At age 9, he discovered his special ability to “read” the emotional imprints people leave on objects. Against better judgment, his police detective father used his son’s talent to help him solve crimes... -
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Almost Perfect by James Goss
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEmma is 30, single and frankly desperate. She woke up this morning with nothing to look forward to but another evening of unsuccessful speed-dating. But now she has a new weapon in her quest for Mr Right. And it's made her almost perfect.Gwen Cooper woke up this morning expecting the unexpected. As usual... -
Winter's Awakening: The Metahumans Emerge by Karen Luellen
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCreated for evil.Raised to protect.Searching for truth.******When Dr. Margo Pullman goes to work for "The Institute" she hopes to change lives with her research in neurobiological studies. Instead, she is appalled to learn her research is being used to test and torture children, most of whom have died in the process. Margo goes rogue...Categorized as:
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Monster by Michael Grant
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt's been four years since a meteorite hit Perdido Beach and Everyone disappeared. Gone. Everyone, except the kids trapped in the FAYZ - an invisible dome that was created by an alien virus. Inside the FAYZ, animals began to mutate and teens developed dangerous powers. the terrifying new world was plagued with hunger, lies, and fear of the unknown... -
Exceptional by Jess Petosa
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the future, things are anything but ordinary...In 2022, the United States commissioned a group of scientists to experiment with genetic mutations. Their goal was to create a serum that would alter the human genetic code, making the subject stronger and faster. They succeeded but their victory was short lived. Not only had they created a super serum, but also an airborne virus...Categorized as:
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So You Created a Wormhole: The Time Traveler's Guide to Time Travel by Phil Hornshaw, Nick Hurwitch
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome, intrepid temporal explorers, to the world's first and only field manual/survival guide to time travel!DON'T LEAVE THIS TIME PERIOD WITHOUT IT! Humans from H. G. Wells to Albert Einstein to Bill & Ted have been fascinated by time travel-some say drawn to it like moths to a flame. But in order to travel safely and effectively, newbie travelers need to know the dos and don'ts... -
Agent I1: Tristan by Joni Hahn
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAgent I1: Tristan Jacobs Credentials: Second generation Former Navy SEAL DIRE's top agent Enhancements: Teleportation Invisibility Raised in the art of warfare, Former Navy SEAL, Tristan Jacobs, has always been a force to reckon with. Now that D.I.R.E. has successfully implemented his scientific enhancements, he's a walking weapon. Unstoppable, as long as he stays focused. No relationships...
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