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  • Rachel by Serena Akeroyd

    Rachel by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It took a death for me to realize a hard truth:I'm not just the Sinners' lawyer.They're not just clients.They're family.But my family is broken, torn apart by politics and dangerous factions who want to control us.It's no longer enough to stick to the sidelines. It's not enough to be the face of the law amid the MC.It's time to ascend.Rex needs his First Lady.It's time to rain hell...
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    suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Scorch by Chelle Bliss

    Scorch by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The headstrong and wild Luna Gallo is about to have her world rocked, altering the course of her life and putting her on a path she never expects.Scorch is the tenth full-length standalone novel in the Men of Inked Heatwave series by Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Chelle Bliss...
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    suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • After Glow by Autumn Jones Lake

    After Glow by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    One uncovered truth shines a light on the throne of lies I’ve been sitting on for years. A revelation with the power to test the bonds of brotherhood like never before. My ruthless obsession to protect what’s mine burns hotter than ever. Promises I’ve made to my brothers I burn to keep. Vows made to my wife I swear to honor. Through the web of tangled loyalties, one thing remains clear...
  • Tempest by Kris Michaels

    Tempest by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the dark world of a Guardian Shadow, an axiom exists: “Don’t. Get. Caught." His code name was Tempest, and his enemy caught him. Stratus did unspeakable things to him until, out of his mind, he prayed for death—but he’d never broken faith with his brothers. God, how he wished they knew that. He had not compromised them. He’d told Stratus nothing...
  • Blood Money: A Legal Thriller by Scott Pratt

    Blood Money: A Legal Thriller by Scott Pratt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In the sixth volume of the bestselling Joe Dillard series, Dillard does something he has never done before -- he hires a young associate. Her name is Charleston Story, she is bright and beautiful, and in her very first case, she winds up inheriting an item so valuable that it threatens to destroy her and everything she cares about...
  • Conflict of Interest by Scott Pratt

    Conflict of Interest by Scott Pratt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A six-year-old girl is kidnapped from her bed in Tennessee's oldest town. The ransom note demands millions. In this fifth installment of the highly-acclaimed and bestselling Joe Dillard series, Dillard is hired to represent the parents of a child who has gone missing...
  • Injustice For All by Scott Pratt

    Injustice For All by Scott Pratt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A criminal court judge is found hanging from a tree. A young employee of the district attorney's office goes missing. In this third book of the best selling Joe Dillard series, Dillard finds himself in the middle of two volatile mysteries. The primary suspect in the judge's murder is Dillard's son's best friend, and Dillard's wife may have destroyed evidence...
  • Justice Redeemed by Scott Pratt

    Justice Redeemed by Scott Pratt

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Two years ago, Darren Street made a name for himself as the man who rooted out corruption in the district attorney’s office. Now the hotheaded young lawyer is in the public eye yet again—this time, accused of murder.Jalen Jordan retained Street for what seemed to be a minor traffic violation, but when evidence turned up linking Jordan to the death of two boys, Street wanted out of the case...
  • Once You've Touched The Heart by Iris Bolling

    Once You've Touched The Heart by Iris Bolling

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jeffrey Harrison is anointed with the looks, charisma and political connections to go far. He doesn't realize how far until he meets the one woman who touches his heart like no other. Tracy Washington's innocence and purity overwhelms him and even though she's his sister's best friend, he can't stop thining about her...
  • Safe Haven by Emilia Finn

    Safe Haven by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ...
    Categorized as:
    legal  suspense  contemporary  small-town  steamy
  • Lineage of Corruption by Robin Patchen

    Lineage of Corruption by Robin Patchen

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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  • Night Prey by Susan Sleeman

    Night Prey by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She lived for upholding the law…Defense attorney, Malone Rice, doesn’t want to go to her fifteen year class reunion. Attending means running into her former high school flame, now Portland police detective, Ian Blair. But when the committee decides to honor her for her pro-bono work with homeless teens, she knows it would be churlish not to attend. She will have to go and make the best of it...
  • Unwavering Security by Christy Barritt

    Unwavering Security by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  christian  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • A Crime of Passion by Scott Pratt

    A Crime of Passion by Scott Pratt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A beautiful, young, rising star in the country music world is found dead in a Nashville hotel room. The owner of her record company is charged with murder. In the seventh installment of Scott Pratt's bestselling Joe Dillard series, Dillard is hired to travel to Tennessee's capital city to defend Paul Milius, a record company baron accused of strangling Kasey Cartwright, his label's young star...
  • Negeri Para Bedebah by Tere Liye

    Negeri Para Bedebah by Tere Liye

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Di negeri para bedebah, kisah fiksi kalah seru dibanding kisah nyata.Di negeri para bedebah, musang berbulu domba berkeliaran di halaman rumah.Tetapi setidaknya, Kawan, di negeri para bedebah, petarung sejati tidak akan pernah berkhianat...
  • The Heart of Him by Iris Bolling

    The Heart of Him by Iris Bolling

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    James Brooks, the campaign manager for Attorney General hopeful JD Harrison finds himself reluctantly falling for Ashley Harrison, sister to the candidate. As the two become more attracted to each other, their past love interests emerge and threaten to destroy what appears to be a sex-driven relationship. James has hidden his family ties from Ashley and his friends for reasons of his own...
  • Killian: Hope City, Book 8 by Kris Michaels

    Killian: Hope City, Book 8 by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Killian Ganas was the drive and the brains behind Hope City Construction. He worked a fine margin of profit and loss to build his business and he was damn proud of what he’d accomplished. Then she showed up. He didn’t dislike many people, but it was a close thing when it came to Bekki King. The anger the vibrant, sexy woman incited made his blood boil. He wanted her… gone. Maybe...
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    suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Devil's Due: Satan's Devils MC Colorado Chapter #3 by Manda Mellett

    Devil's Due: Satan's Devils MC Colorado Chapter #3 by Manda Mellett

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When I left everything behind to go nomad, I didn’t expect to run into trouble before I stepped foot in the clubhouse I was aiming for. I didn’t expect to save a woman, not just once but multiple times. I didn’t expect to pit myself against the US Marshals or another MC. I’d just extracted myself from one relationship, I didn’t want another...
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    suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Stolen Salvation: A Shadow Elite Novel by Maddie Wade

    Stolen Salvation: A Shadow Elite Novel by Maddie Wade

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  contemporary  marriage
  • Oath of Sacrifice by Jane Henry

    Oath of Sacrifice by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She may be promised to a stranger... But we know the truth. Rosa Rossi is mine. Mine to have and to hold, No matter the cost. If we're discovered, My life is forfeit, And she'll be exiled forever. But I know... I see through every glance sent my way I feel every pulse of her heart. And my heart beats with hers...
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    suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Fighting for Jen by Cara Carnes

    Fighting for Jen by Cara Carnes

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She fights for those who can’t fight back…Jennifer Davenport vowed to never back down from a fight. Raised in a violent home, she’d survived her share of nightmares and monsters lurking in the shadows. She’s made it her life mission to help all of Counterstrike’s clients start a new life. Her former Delta force brothers get them out, and she paves the way to a better future. Easy, right?Yeah, no...
  • Code Name: Diesel by Heather Slade

    Code Name: Diesel by Heather Slade

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    DIESEL As a Cornell grad and former CIA operative, I’ve got the wits and thirst for danger to go deep into the shadows. Seeing my fair share of death and destruction, I never flinch when my life is on the line. But when I meet her, I know she’s the only one who can truly destroy me. BRYAR This damn serial killer investigation is going to be the death of me—literally...
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    suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Justice Lost by Scott Pratt

    Justice Lost by Scott Pratt

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In the Wall Street Journal bestseller, lawyer turned rogue Darren Street faces the most personal and ruthless vendetta of his life.After forfeiting years serving time for a false murder conviction, former criminal defense attorney Darren Street finally got his freedom back and is trying to build a regular life...
  • The Tracker by Chad Zunker

    The Tracker by Chad Zunker

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Trust no one.Sam Callahan learned this lesson from a childhood spent in abusive foster care, on the streets, and locked in juvie. With the past behind him and his future staked on law school, he is moonlighting as a political tracker, paid to hide in crowds and shadow candidates, recording their missteps for use by their opponents...
  • A Gambler's Jury by Victor Methos

    A Gambler's Jury by Victor Methos

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What they’re doing to her client is a crime. Attorney Dani Rollins is bullish in the courtroom—pushing judges and prosecutors to their limits in defense of the innocent. So when she meets Teddy Thorne, a mentally challenged teen accused of selling drugs, Dani knows she’s got this in the bag. She can easily settle the case with a couple of court appearances...
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    legal  politics  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime
  • The Shotgun Lawyer by Victor Methos

    The Shotgun Lawyer by Victor Methos

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the bestselling author of The Neon Lawyer comes a page-turning thriller about a scrappy lawyer and his fight for justice.Personal injury attorney Peter Game has a reputation: cynical, untroubled by ethics, and willing to take any case, anytime, in his pursuit of the win. He dreams of a sweetheart score that’ll make his name and net him millions...
  • Dirty Rich Obsession: All Mine by Lisa Renee Jones

    Dirty Rich Obsession: All Mine by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    CONTINUING CARRIE AND REID'S STORY (begin their story in Dirty Rich Obsession) In this lifetime there is one person who will own you, who will know you, who will understand you like no one else could possibly understand you. That person for me is Carrie. I didn't want to love her. I didn't want to need her. But now that she's my world, no one is going to take her from me...
  • When He's Bad by Lisa Renee Jones

    When He's Bad by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The second book in a Walker Security trilogy featuring Adrian Ramos...He was dirty. That's how Priscilla met him. She was all about just how dirty he was and, in fact, had to be. Now, he's just plain bad. When you cross a man like Adrian Ramos, you find out just how bad he can be. Priscilla started out as an enemy, became a lover, and now, she is his obsession.Lies. Secrets...
  • Dirty Devil by Liliana Hart

    Dirty Devil by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A series of bizarre murders that are seemingly unrelated turn out to be the work of a serial killer in the newest installment of the New York Times bestselling J.J. Graves Mystery Series.Coroner J.J. Graves and Jack Lawson investigate the murder of a victim who got exactly what he deserved. But justice is blind, and they have to put their personal feelings aside to hunt a ruthless killer...
  • Frat Party by John Ellsworth, Jode Ellsworth

    Frat Party by John Ellsworth, Jode Ellsworth

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Finally, the Christine Susmann legal thriller spinoff series has arrived: A university fraternity has a toga party and nude photographs of one young partygoer suddenly emerge worldwide on the Internet. The girl believes she was assaulted while unconscious and her father seeks legal help for her...
    Categorized as:
    legal  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction  mystery
  • Heist: A Diamond Doms Novel by Ivy Nelson

    Heist: A Diamond Doms Novel by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Patrick Sutton just wants to forget his father ever existed. Unfortunately, the media and a very public trial are not going to let that happen. Thankfully he has his second family, the members of Club Solitaire. Among them is the charming Austin Yates, a high profile defense attorney who dabbles in contract law for his company from time to time...
    Categorized as:
    legal  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  contemporary  dark
  • Running Scared by Velvet Vaughn

    Running Scared by Velvet Vaughn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the run with nowhere to goDeclan Elliot has fully recovered following serious injuries obtained while protecting Jamal West from danger. The ink isn't yet dry on the contract for Declan to become COBRA Securities' newest agent when Jamal's life is threatened again. Declan drops everything to rush to his rescue...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Devoted by Cami Checketts

    Devoted by Cami Checketts

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Water of Life by Jennifer Bramseth

    Water of Life by Jennifer Bramseth

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Widowed judge and single parent Cara Forrest lives a grief-filled existence, sustained by the light of her life, her young son. She has no time or inclination to lose her heart again—especially to the likes of Drake Mercer, the rakish attorney who appears in her court on a weekly basis...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  legal  romance  humor  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • The SEAL's Surprise Bride  (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Rachel McNeely

    The SEAL's Surprise Bride (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Rachel McNeely

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    State prosecutor Cheryl Buckley has made it her mission to take down bad people, defying death threats and intimidation. Naturally, she leaps at the opportunity to strike another blow against a gang that she already dealt with in court. She refuses to let fear rule her life. She can take care of herself...
  • Delayed Justice by Cara C. Putman

    Delayed Justice by Cara C. Putman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She had long given up the desire to be loved. Now she only needed to be heard. Jaime Nichols went to law school to find the voice she never had as a child, and her determination to protect girls and women in the path of harm drives her in ways both spoken and unspoken...
  • Exposed by Jennifer Bene

    Exposed by Jennifer Bene

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It all started with a lie... but all the greatest love stories start off messy.Maddie O'Neill has always wanted to be a reporter, but after two years in Washington, D.C. working at a daily coupon paper, she can feel her dreams slipping through her fingers. Suddenly, with a single phone call from a friend at The Washington Post, everything changes...
  • Betrayal at the Border by Mark M. Bello

    Betrayal at the Border by Mark M. Bello

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In Betrayal at the Border, attorney Zachary Blake returns to tackle two cases that strike at the heart of our nation's contentious immigration debate.In Riverview, Michigan, undocumented immigrants Miguel and Mary Carmen Gonzalez are determined to realize the American dream. They find jobs at a local filler plant, have children, and lead an all-American life, that is until ICE raids their plant...
    Categorized as:
    legal  politics  adult  book  contemporary  crime  drama  epic
  • Going Hard by Kelsey Browning

    Going Hard by Kelsey Browning

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Slick sports agent Griffin Steele is living the highlife in Los Angeles, far from the shadow of the North Carolina mountains where he grew up. But when his hometown falls on hard times and needs his help, Grif reluctantly agrees to commute between coasts. He never expects the lush scenery, in the form of pretty tomboy Carlie Beth Parrish, to be such a temptation...
  • Justice in Time by John Ellsworth

    Justice in Time by John Ellsworth

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Legal Thriller With Romance by USA TODAY Bestseller John EllsworthAssistant District Attorney Lettie Portman charges a U.S. Senator with the murder of his wife. The wife was found dead sitting in her Mercedes with a garden hose from the exhaust into her window. Suicide? Maybe, except the detectives learn the wife's fingerprints are nowhere on the hose...
  • Never Goodbye by Adam Mitzner

    Never Goodbye by Adam Mitzner

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A thriller of murder, redemption, and breakneck twists by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Dead Certain. After her sister was murdered, Ella Broden meted out her own punishment, then abandoned her career to pursue her passion as a singer. But another murder that hits close to home draws her back to seek justice...
    Categorized as:
    legal  politics  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime
  • Incriminating Evidence by Sheldon Siegel

    Incriminating Evidence by Sheldon Siegel

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    With his terrific first novel, Special Circumstances , Sheldon Siegel delivered legal fiction so exciting, it drew comparisons with the very top tier of courtroom thrillers. Now he has a new challenge for defense attorney Mike Daley--ex-priest, ex-husband, ex-public defender--and it’s a high-profile zinger: a case he doesn’t think he can win for a client he can’t stand...
  • An Informal Introduction by Heather Gray

    An Informal Introduction by Heather Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She saves lives. He protects them. And someone's trying to stop them both. Lily Ziminski is an ICU nurse near the nation's capital where politics are a regular part of hospital policy. Assigned a series of high-profile patients, she finds herself an unwilling focus of the media. Lily would much rather do without all the attention...except where one cowboy-hat-wearing state trooper is concerned...
  • Troy by Anna del Mar

    Troy by Anna del Mar

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Troy Battleson is a man with many secrets. No wonder his call sign is Rogue.A former special operations pilot, Troy is now a ferocious lawyer engaged in a high-stakes mission to catch a mysterious enemy. Handsome and smooth-talking, he hides his past behind an extensive catalog of manipulating charm.Marisol Mendez is a scientist playing the dangerous role of spy...
  • The Jailhouse Lawyer by James Patterson, Nancy Allen

    The Jailhouse Lawyer by James Patterson, Nancy Allen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown—and ends up in jail herself. James Patterson does John Grisham.In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court...
    Categorized as:
    legal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime  female-mc
  • Next of Kin by Kia Abdullah

    Next of Kin by Kia Abdullah

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Abdullah’s legal thrillers make John Grisham seem like a maiden aunt.” Sunday Times Crime Club “An enthralling, heartbreaking and thrilling courtroom drama that had me shouting out loud and gripped until the last page.” Nadine Matheson, author of The Jigsaw Man“Brilliantly tense, this is another clever page turner from Kia Abdullah that I couldn’t put down. Just superb...
    Categorized as:
    legal  politics  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime
  • Craving Heat by Adrienne Giordano

    Craving Heat by Adrienne Giordano

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Maggie Kingston is a woman working in a man’s world…and doing a damn good job. Being Steele Ridge’s first female sheriff isn’t easy. Especially when your cousins are magnets for trouble. The Steeles do everything the hard way, but Maggie’s tougher than she looks. Nothing shakes this sheriff until her cousin brings one of his superstar players—and the accompanying media circus—to town...
  • Saving Cate by Ellie Masters

    Saving Cate by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    True love isn’t about falling in love. Sometimes it’s about letting go…Caleb broke what should never have been broken. He made a mistake and walked away from his soulmate to join the Marines and become the man she deserves. Now grief has stolen Cate's smiles. He did that. He destroyed her happiness...
  • Enemies Among Us by Jeffrey S. Stephens

    Enemies Among Us by Jeffrey S. Stephens

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As Nick Reagan hunts down the terrorist mastermind, The Handler, he uncovers corruption at the highest levels of government—perhaps even within his own CIA.Nick Reagan and his team of talented CIA operatives have managed to prevent three horrific attacks planned by the ruthless terrorist known worldwide as The Handler...
  • The Trial by Robert Whitlow

    The Trial by Robert Whitlow

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A lawyer ready to die takes one final case...the trial of his life.Attorney Kent "Mac" MacClain has nothing left to live for. Nine years after the horrific accident that claimed the life of his wife and two sons, he's finally given up. His empty house is a mirror for his empty soul, it seems suicide is his only escape. And then the phone rings...
    Categorized as:
    legal  suspense  adult  book  christian  contemporary  crime  fiction
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