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The First Death by Kendra Elliot
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA Wall Street Journal bestselling series.For a search and rescue expert, the buried remains of her past are a dangerous obsession in a twisting novel of suspense by a Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author.Rowan Wolff was five years old when she, her brother, and their babysitter were kidnapped by a serial killer in the Pacific Northwest. The babysitter was murdered... -
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The Dex-Files by Karina Halle
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThe truth is out there...The Dex-Files is a compilation novel that accompanies the Experiment in Terror Series and is not to be-read as a stand-alone. In the Dex-Files we find a variety of scenes and chapters from the enigmatic Dex Foray's POV from books #1-6 in the series. Some of these scenes have been previously published, albeit from Perry's POV, while other scenes are completely new... -
![The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin]()
The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsMara Dyer knows she isn't crazy. She knows that she can kill with her mind, and that Noah can heal with his. Mara also knows that somehow, Jude is not a hallucination. He is alive. Unfortunately, convincing her family and doctors that she's not unstable and doesn't need to be hospitalised isn't easy. The only person who actually believes her is Noah... -
![Morally Ambiguous by Veronica Lancet]()
Morally Ambiguous by Veronica Lancet
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe just wants to be loved… by the one man who is not capable of feeling it. A CUTE PSYCHO Charming and unpredictable, Vlad Kuznetsov is known as the joker of the underground world. Known to many yet known by none, he is a true social chameleon. His feigned affability might present him as inoffensive but his inner demons could unleash a bloodbath at any time... -
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![Pretty Lost Dolls by Ker Dukey]()
Pretty Lost Dolls by Ker Dukey
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom bestselling authors Ker Dukey & K Webster comes the heart-stopping, internationally bestselling crime thriller Pretty Lost Dolls which is book two in the continuation of the epic Pretty Little Dolls series.Have you ever touched another’s soul with the essence of your own and breathed them in, so they become a part of you? I have... -
![Fallen by Mia Sheridan]()
Fallen by Mia Sheridan
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsScarlett Lattimore arrives at Lilith House, an abandoned mansion built in 1876, that later housed a reform school for troubled girls, to start a new life with her seven-year-old daughter... -
![Pretty Stolen Dolls by Ker Dukey]()
Pretty Stolen Dolls by Ker Dukey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom bestselling authors Ker Dukey & K Webster comes the heart-stopping, internationally bestselling crime thriller Pretty Stolen Dolls.Have you ever had to make a decision that haunts you every single day for the rest of your life—the life you stole back? I have... -
![Morsel by Audrey Rush]()
Morsel by Audrey Rush
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy violent desires are harmless. My fantasy tends to scare most women away, but my daydreams never hurt anyone. When I find Mona, a mysterious artist with similar sensual needs, we indulge in roleplaying.It seems like I found my dream girl. But while we grow closer, Mona’s desires become more extreme, and my primal cravings become harder to control... -
![Closer Than You Think by Karen Rose, Hillary Huber]()
Closer Than You Think by Karen Rose, Hillary Huber
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratings28 hours, 37 minutesFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Watch Your Back and Did You Miss Me comes the newest novel by “the queen of romantic suspense” (Crime and Punishment).Psychologist Faith Corcoran is desperate to escape the stalker who’s made her life a nightmare for the past year—desperate enough to run to the one place that has been her nightmare far longer... -
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Three Complete Novels: Heaven/Dawn/Ruby by V.C. Andrews
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis volume features the first novels in three thrilling V.C. Andrews' series: "Heaven, Dawn, " and "Ruby"--an unprecedented hardcover collection--complete and unabridged--at an inviting price! Available... -
![War, Unfinished by Veronica Lancet]()
War, Unfinished by Veronica Lancet
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is a pitch black villain romance with irredeemable characters. Please check triggers before reading New York City. Vicious Battlefield. Home. With a million dollar bounty on my head, it took me years to step foot in the city again. Now I'm back. And the order of business is rather simple. 1. Destroy my reprobate brother. 2. Take back my stolen legacy. 3. Have a goddamn drink in peace... -
![Heartless Heathens by Santana Knox]()
Heartless Heathens by Santana Knox
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHey, Over here. No, look up.Yeah, I’m the one they talk about. The headmaster’s prized possession, locked away in the bell tower of NotreDame Parochial College. To most of the students I was just a myth. An urban legend.The girl who rings the bells up in the tower, the one who talks to gargoyles.Frollo’s secret Then they showed up, those heartless heathens. Outcasts, just like me... -
![Grave Matter by Karina Halle]()
Grave Matter by Karina Halle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHorror Romance meets science fiction in this dark and delicious gothic psychological thriller by NYT bestseller Karina Halle, perfect for fans of Gothikana, Ninth House, and Mexican Gothic. Aspiring mycologist Sydney Denik is getting a second chance... -
![Ending Evil by Vickie McKeehan]()
Ending Evil by Vickie McKeehan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Evil TrilogyThree friends believe they have escaped the evil clutches that have haunted them since childhood until a stranger brings revenge full circle. Ending EvilThe castoff daughter of rock star, Nick Tyler and artist, Ella Canyon, Quinn is determined to overcome her grim childhood and achieve her lifelong dream of becoming a doctor... -
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![Stolen: A Cassidy & Spenser Thriller by Carey Baldwin]()
Stolen: A Cassidy & Spenser Thriller by Carey Baldwin
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIs she missing…or a murderer? When Laura Chaucer, daughter of a U.S. senator, vanishes from her college campus, celebrated FBI profilers Special Agent Atticus Spenser and forensic psychiatrist Dr. Caitlin Cassidy are called in. Thirteen years ago, Laura and her nanny disappeared from her family’s Denver home. Laura was found alive, but her nanny wasn’t so lucky… and the killer was never caught... -
![Desolate by Ker Dukey]()
Desolate by Ker Dukey
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWarning, this book contains dark themes and explicit sex, read with caution. Desolate is the SECOND book to the International Bestselling title, Empathy. Please read book 1 to truly enjoy this title."Dark... raw... desolate. Ker Dukey at her finest." - International Bestselling Author, S.K. Hartley.Dark, twisted and captivating. I couldn't devour this book fast enough. Dukey does it again. . -
![Deadly Little Lessons by Laurie Faria Stolarz]()
Deadly Little Lessons by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCamelia Hammond's trying junior year of high school is finally over...but her troubles aren't. After she discovers a painful truth about her family, she escapes to a summer arts program in Rhode Island. Determined to put family - and boyfriend - drama behind her, she throws herself into her artwork.At the arts school, she gets caught up in the case of Sasha Beckerman, a local girl who is missing... -
![Deadly Little Voices by Laurie Faria Stolarz]()
Deadly Little Voices by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHigh school junior Camelia thought her powers of psychometry only gave her the ability to sense the future through touch. But now she’s started to hear voices. Mean voices. Berating her, telling her how ugly she is, and that she’d be better off dead... -
![See No Evil by Allison Brennan]()
See No Evil by Allison Brennan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA cunning killer hides in plain sight.A troubled teenage girl has been charged with the grisly murder of her stepfather. The evidence is damning: Emily was found alone at the scene with blood on her hands, and an incriminating e-mail she wrote outlines a murder plot identical to the method of the brutal slaying... -
![Counts of Eight by Brynn Ford]()
Counts of Eight by Brynn Ford
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRELEASE DATE: May 31, 2020ARCs sign-up open through May 18, 2020: bit.ly/CO8ARCsAll of my choices had been stripped from me except for one.Dance or die.Three years ago, I was taken, stolen away, far from the world I knew, far from civilization. I became a slave, forced to serve one of the four families with my talent. I'd been abused, battered, tortured in isolation... -
![Replay by Ken Grimwood]()
Replay by Ken Grimwood
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsAt forty-three Jeff Winston is tired of his low-paid, unrewarding job, tired of the long silences at the breakfast table with his wife, saddened by the thought of no children to comfort his old age. But he hopes for better things, for happiness, maybe tomorrow ...But a sudden, fatal heart attack puts paid to that... -
![The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin]()
The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsMara Dyer wants to believe there's more to the lies she’s been told.There is.She doesn’t stop to think about where her quest for the truth might lead.She should.She never had to imagine how far she would go for vengeance.She will now.Loyalties are betrayed, guilt and innocence tangle, and fate and chance collide in this shocking conclusion to Mara Dyer’s story.Retribution has arrived... -
![Deeper Evil by Vickie McKeehan]()
Deeper Evil by Vickie McKeehan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Evil Secrets TrilogyThree friends believe they have escaped the evil clutches that have haunted them since childhood until a stranger brings revenge full circle. Deeper EvilBaylee Scott is the daughter of renowned director William Scott and actress Sarah Moreland. Baylee has worked for years to put her father’s abusive alcoholic outbursts behind her... -
![Unhinged Cain by Brooklyn Cross]()
Unhinged Cain by Brooklyn Cross
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsContemporary/MF/Thriller-Horror/Serial Killer/Captive/DarkKirby wished for a new life, but the Devil sent her Cain.I knew what my calling in life was at a young age. I was the embodiment of death. The scent of blood and watching the life fade from something’s eyes was more delicious than any dessert... -
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![The Blood We Crave: Part One by Monty Jay]()
The Blood We Crave: Part One by Monty Jay
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy secrets are infested with infatuation. His cravings are dripping in blood. Is it love? Or is it something much darker… An obsession. Death found me as a young girl. Latching onto the core of my soul. No one knows what that horrid night did to me. What kind of monster it flourished inside me... -
![Nocticadia by Keri Lake]()
Nocticadia by Keri Lake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA dark, atmospheric tale of deadly secrets and forbidden love.Mortui vivos docent.The dead teach the living.After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I’d find the cure for what ravaged her. And leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me... -
![The Isle of Sin & Shadows by Keri Lake]()
The Isle of Sin & Shadows by Keri Lake
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis island alone boasts more ghost stories than all of Louisiana combined.And I'm one of them. In the Louisiana swamplands, ghost stories are as much a part of childhood as chasing fireflies and crawfishing. They never much scared me, though, nor the possibility of evil out to do me harm. Until the night I watched shadows come to life and butcher everything I loved... -
![The Dead List by Jennifer L. Armentrout]()
The Dead List by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen Ella is mysteriously attacked on her way home from a party, her entire life changes as she finds herself at the center of an attempted murder investigation. Ella tries to move on, but her attacker isn't done yet. He shows himself in the form of horrifying signs and symbols: a clown mask strewn on her bed, a dead bird in her backpack, a shadow moving past her window in the night... -
![The Morning After (Pierce Reed/ Nikki Gillette) by Lisa Jackson]()
The Morning After (Pierce Reed/ Nikki Gillette) by Lisa Jackson
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHIS VICTIMS . . . A woman is frantic as she awakens in a dark, closed space. From above her comes the muffled sound of cruel laughter, followed by the hard splatter of dirt. Pure terror takes over as she realizes she's being buried alive--and her last breath is a scream that no one but a sadistic killer will hear . . . WILL TAKE HIS SECRETS . . -
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Cold Blooded by Lisa Jackson
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling author of Hot Blooded returns to steamy New Orleans and the French Quarter with her supremely sexy and suspenseful new novel.With every book she pens, Lisa Jackson reaffirms her status as one of today's most talented, original and compelling writers of romantic suspense... -
![Final Scream by Lisa Jackson]()
Final Scream by Lisa Jackson
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNew York Times best-selling author Lisa Jackson crafts the breathtaking tale of a woman haunted by disaster, unable to escape the ghosts of her past. When she was only 16, Cassidy Buchanan fell for the 19-year-old bad boy in town, Brig McKenzie - who'd had his share of run-ins with both the law and the local women. Then a terrible fire killed Cassidy's sister, and Brig was the chief suspect... -
![Mud Vein by Tarryn Fisher]()
Mud Vein by Tarryn Fisher
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen reclusive novelist Senna Richards wakes up on her thirty-third birthday, everything has changed. Caged behind an electrical fence, locked in a house in the middle of the snow, Senna is left to decode the clues to find out why she was taken. If she wants her freedom, she has to take a close look at her past. But, her past has a heartbeat... and her kidnapper is nowhere to be found... -
![Don't Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout]()
Don't Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsSamantha is a stranger in her own life. Until the night she disappeared with her best friend, Cassie, everyone said Sam had it all - popularity, wealth, and a dream boyfriend. Sam has resurfaced, but she has no recollection of who she was or what happened to her that night. As she tries to piece together her life from before, she realizes it's one she no longer wants any part of... -
![The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin]()
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 70 ratingsMara Dyer believes life can't get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.It can.She believes there must be more to the accident she can't remember that killed her friends and left her strangely unharmed. There is.She doesn't believe that after everything she's been through, she can fall in love. She's wrong... -
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![Saving Mercy by Abbie Roads]()
Saving Mercy by Abbie Roads
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe's found her at last...Cain Killion knows himself to be a damaged man, his only saving grace the extrasensory connection to blood that he uses to catch murderers. His latest case takes a macabre turn when he discovers a familiar and haunting symbol linking the crime to his own horrific past—and only one woman could know what it means.Only to lose her to a nightmare.. -
![The House Always Wins by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau]()
The House Always Wins by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMat and Douglas’s time as Nikolai’s wards is finally drawing to a close. Though torn apart by Nikolai’s machinations, their fates are still inextricably entwined: they’ve been sold to the same cruel master, and are united in their desire to go home... -
![Shattered Stars by Shari J. Ryan]()
Shattered Stars by Shari J. Ryan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"You will lose your memory."That's what a doctor told me at just twenty nine years old.My headaches and exhaustion weren't from overexertion like I thought.It was more.A lot more.Despite my unimaginable challenges, I found love at a time I needed it most.Layne, a rising star and popular frontman, was unknowingly singing life into my soul through his allusive lyrics... -
![Digital Velocity by Reily Garrett, Rylan Killian]()
Digital Velocity by Reily Garrett, Rylan Killian
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe deadliest weapons are the ones we never see. Keyboard prodigy, Lexi Donovan has risen from teenage orphan of the streets to complete independence with little help along the way. When a friend is threatened, Lexi’s anonymous message sends police into a firefight, leading to a wounded cop... -
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Sacrificial Muse by Maegan Beaumont
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe is his muse, and the fates require sacrifice. San Francisco Detective Sabrina Vaughn is able to shrug off the nine red roses being delivered to her office every day. But when only eight roses arrive on the same day a Berkeley student's mutilated body is found, Sabrina fears that the killer is taunting her...Categorized as:
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![When I'm With You: When We Are One by Beth Kery]()
When I'm With You: When We Are One by Beth Kery
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPart 8 in new 8 part serial.The next serial sensation from Beth Kery, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Because You Are Mine. New York Times bestselling author Beth Kery's blistering new novel of a man and woman bound by the scandalous secrets of the past--and by the sexual hunger that still fuels their uncontrollable desires.. -
![Empathy by Ker Dukey]()
Empathy by Ker Dukey
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBlake:I am a brotherI am a police detectiveI am a contract killerI don’t want to loveI don’t want to feelI don’t want … EMPATHY. They say some people are born with decreased activity in the front central lobe causing them a deficiency in empathy... -
![Hidden by Kendra Elliot, Kate Rudd]()
Hidden by Kendra Elliot, Kate Rudd
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsEleven years ago, the Co-ed Slayer murdered nine female students on the Oregon State University campus. Lacey Campbell barely escaped his attack, but lost her best friend whose remains were never found. As the sole surviving victim, Lacey helped send the sadistic serial killer to prison for life... -
![Lamb by Sybil Knight]()
Lamb by Sybil Knight
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe was my brother’s fiancée. And my absolute obsession. There were three things and only three things I knew for sure about the woman sitting across from me at the family dinner table every night for the last week. She was completely off-limits. She was my brother’s fiancée. And she was my absolute obsession.Fact of the matter was, I’d also seen her first... -
![Deadly Little Games by Laurie Faria Stolarz]()
Deadly Little Games by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsHigh school juniors Camelia and Ben have discovered a powerful bond: They both possess the power of psychometry, the ability to see the future through touch. For Ben, the gift is a frightening liability. When he senses a strong threat or betrayal, he risks losing control. Camelia's gift is more mysterious. When she works with clay, her hands sculpt messages her mind doesn't yet comprehend... -
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![Deliver by Pam Godwin]()
Deliver by Pam Godwin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHis name was Joshua Carter. Now it's whatever she wants it to be. She is a Deliverer. She lures young men and delivers them to be sold. She delivers the strikes that enforce their obedience. She delivers the sexual training that determines their purchase price. As long as she delivers, the arrangement that protects her family will hold. Delivering is all she knows... -
![The Tied Man by Tabitha McGowan]()
The Tied Man by Tabitha McGowan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn alternate cover edition for this ASIN can be found here. Lilith Bresson, an independent, successful young artist, is forced to travel from her home in Spain to the wild borderlands of northern England, to repay her feckless father’s latest debt by painting a portrait of the enigmatic Lady Blaine Albermarle... -
![Right Behind You by Gail Giles]()
Right Behind You by Gail Giles
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen he was nine, Kip set another child on fire. Now, after years in a juvenile ward, he is ready for a fresh start. But the ghosts of his past soon demand justice, and he must reveal his painful secret... -
![Dying to Tell by Rita Herron]()
Dying to Tell by Rita Herron
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhat happened to Sadie Nettleton’s twin sister at the psychiatric hospital all those years ago? Sadie Nettleton fled Slaughter Creek ten years ago, leaving behind the only home she’d ever known—and the only man she ever loved. Unable to cope with her sister's madness, or the terrible secret she and her sister share, Sadie swore never to return... -
![Wicked Lies by Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush]()
Wicked Lies by Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIf At First You Don't SucceedFor two years, Justice Turnbull has paced his room at Halo Valley Security Hospital, planning to escape. Justice has a mission-one that began with a vicious murder two decades ago. And there are so many others who must be sent back to the hell that spawned them. . .Kill. . -
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In Silence by Erica Spindler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Avery Chauvin returns to her Louisiana hometown after her father's suicide, she discovers clippings of a fifteen-year-old murder and learns about recent disappearances and murders that lead her to start an investigation...
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