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Deep State by L.T. Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter meeting with Jack Noble, things have been silent. Until Bear Logan receives a cryptic message that sends him to Chicago for a meeting. But Noble isn't there, and neither is anyone else. Bear soon finds himself teamed up with a green reporter who claims to have inside information about a brewing conspiracy that could have long-reaching ramifications... -
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Savage Kings by Jennilynn Wyer
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSavage Kings is the heart-pounding second installment of the Savage Kingdom Series.One strong-willed woman set on revenge.Four men who were her enemies… until they were more.Get ready for Alexandria, Keane, Jax, Rafael, and Liam to bring the chaos.My name is Alexandria Donatella McCarthy, or Andie for short. Daughter of the don of the Rossi syndicate. Abused. Neglected. Overlooked... -
![Whore by Tanika Lynch]()
Whore by Tanika Lynch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhoever said "whoring wasn't easy" never lied! But somebody had to do it! Working the mean streets of Detroit was getting hard on young Kamone, with two small mouths to feed... -
![True to the Game III by Teri Woods]()
True to the Game III by Teri Woods
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe third and most explosive installment of the groundbreaking True to the Game trilogy will take you on a marathon race through the mean streets of Philly... -
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![Dead Sorry by Helen H. Durrant]()
Dead Sorry by Helen H. Durrant
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLooking for a brilliant best-selling crime mystery with great detectives?THE PAST COMES BACK TO HAUNT THEMTwenty-five years ago a schoolgirl was attacked by three bullies in her home where she lived with her grandmother.Now, the mother of one of those bullies is found murdered on the Hobfield housing estate. Written on the wall in the victim’s blood is the word, “sorry... -
![Me & My Boyfriend by Keisha Ervin]()
Me & My Boyfriend by Keisha Ervin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHere comes a honey colored, hazel-green eyed St. Louis bombshell named Meesa. With money in the bank, designer clothes in her closet and true friends by her side, Meesa still longs for more. All of her life she's wanted for one thing and one thing only, love. When she meets the infamous Black, a street pharmacist from the North side of The Lou, finally love is in her grasp... -
![Tempting Country by L. Wilder]()
Tempting Country by L. Wilder
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYou don’t know until you know...We didn't exchange names or numbers. There was no reason to. It was just a simple hook up--until it wasn't.I had no idea the beautiful girl I'd met in the bar was Billy the Butcher's daughter. The chick wasn’t only a looker, she was smart—really smart. She had to be to pull one over on the Sinners... -
![Hustlin' Divas by De'nesha Diamond]()
Hustlin' Divas by De'nesha Diamond
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the award-winning, national bestselling author hailed as the 'Duchess of Street Lit' comes a steamy, sexy, gritty tale about Memphis' ride-or-die chicks, who'll do whatever it takes to get what they want.In South Memphis, four women live in high-stakes, high-risk territory... -
![The Léger Connection by Estelle Ryan]()
The Léger Connection by Estelle Ryan
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsStolen art. Rogue police officers. Drones.A video call from her dad leads top white-hat hacker Francine to four stolen masterpieces. And to a possible murder--in Brazil. Her frustration at being so far away is turned into anger when her loved ones are attacked and corrupt law enforcement officials stonewall their inquiries... -
![Last Victim by Helen H. Durrant]()
Last Victim by Helen H. Durrant
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA two-month-old baby is missing. James’s parents left him with a babysitter while they went out for dinner. But when they get home, there’s no sign of baby or sitter.This is the last thing DCI Rachel King wants to hear on her last night of maternity leave. But worse is to come. The missing infant belongs to Scott Agnew, alleged member of Manchester drug-dealing ring, the Trio... -
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Mafia War by L. Steele
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy husband is a made man, a villain, the boss of the Mafia...He stole me from my normal life and catapulted me into the center of the underworld.He imprinted his crimson fingerprints on my psyche and tried to set me free.It's wrong of me to be attracted to the viciousness in him.And yet I can't... won't stop until he loves me back.It's why I returned to him.It's why I allowed him to use me.. -
![The Day the Streets Stood Still by JaQuavis Coleman]()
The Day the Streets Stood Still by JaQuavis Coleman
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this gripping and heart-wrenching story, you will meet Sean. He was raised by a hustling, well-connected mother and was taught early about street survival. When his mother is brutally murdered, Sean is thrust into a cold world all alone.An old friend of his mother takes Sean under his wing and introduces him to a life of drug dealing at its highest level... -
![Sorin by Brooke Sivendra]()
Sorin by Brooke Sivendra
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA code. A cult. A kidnapping. James Thomas is playing a deadly game of chess, but not everyone will survive…. Maya Ashwood has been taken hostage, and her kidnapper wants two things in exchange: James Thomas and Mak Ashwood.James must create a plan that will enable him to both rescue Maya and keep Mak safe from the clutches of the man hunting him.The stakes have never been higher... -
![TWO HEARTS IN ACCORD by Tamara Ferguson, Adriana Hanganu]()
TWO HEARTS IN ACCORD by Tamara Ferguson, Adriana Hanganu
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings#1 International Hot New Release #1 International Best Seller Injured in Iraq, Lieutenant Neil Harrison returned to active duty in pararescue with a prosthetic leg, while sniper Lieutenant Anna Drummond regained her weaponry skills after losing an arm... -
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![Levon's Night by Chuck Dixon]()
Levon's Night by Chuck Dixon
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA gang of vicious criminals hunts the world over for a cache of hundreds of millions in stolen currency. Their search brings them to a snowbound community in the dead of a Maine winter. They came one night to torture, rob and kill. They picked the wrong night. Levon's Night.. -
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Safe Haven by Patricia MacDonald
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsShe finally had everything she ever wanted . . .Dena returns to her hometown for a high school reunion. She gets together with Brian, her high school crush, and ends up pregnant.She moves back to the small town where she grew up to start a new life with horse breeder Brian.But behind closed doors, Dena’s perfect life becomes the perfect nightmare... -
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Silas by Lane Hart, D.B. West
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCora Walsh had no idea how drastically her life would change when a mob boss hired her to cook for him.After witnessing a bloody massacre, she tries to pretend it was all just a bad dream when she returns to her normal life. That is, until two detectives show up at the restaurant where she works, asking questions about who killed the man who hired her and his four guards... -
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Terminated by Lori Matthews
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of the Callahan Security Series.Meet Cain Maddox of the US Coast Guard’s TEAM RECON. As in reconstructed. As in broken and needs fixing.The sole survivor of a deadly IED attack that killed his best friend, Cain, has been recovering physically and mentally for the last year, thanks to his assignment to Team RECON...Categorized as:
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![The Contract by Stella Andrews]()
The Contract by Stella Andrews
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey will save me; they will break me.Not if I get there first.Rockwell AcademyA place where the demons circle and destiny changes lives.I was sent to join my twin. To finish my education before fate reaches out and drags me in line.Freedom is something I crave, but it will never be mine all the time I’m controlled by my father... -
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Malibu Burning by Lee Goldberg
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFor a professional criminal and a relentless arson investigator, fear and revenge spread like wildfire in a an incendiary thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg.Hell comes to Southern California every October. It rides in on searing Santa Ana winds that blast at near hurricane force, igniting voracious wildfires. Master thief Danny Cole longs for the flames... -
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Dark Houses by Helen H. Durrant
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTHE STUNNING NEW CRIME MYSTERY FEATURING D.I. GRECO BY BEST-SELLING AUTHOR HELEN H. DURRANT A young woman is found brutally murdered in an empty house Detective Stephen Greco and his team must piece together her life as quickly as possible. Within twenty-four hours there is another horrific murder using the same method... -
![Shaken (Quake Runner: Alex Kayne, #1) by Kevin Tumlinson]()
Shaken (Quake Runner: Alex Kayne, #1) by Kevin Tumlinson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlex Kayne wanted to make the world a better, safer place for everyone—now she’s on the run.A fugitive, wanted for murder and espionage, Alex survives through skill, training, and a little luck. And with the help of her invention: the Quantum Integrated Encryption Key.QuIEK—pronounced “Quake”—is the ultimate digital skeleton key... -
![The Cain Conspiracy by Nick Thacker]()
The Cain Conspiracy by Nick Thacker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVicente Garza and Ravenshadow are still at large. Entire village populations in Peru have gone missing...Ben and Julie and the rest of the CSO crew want to find out why.Science, religion, and history collide... in a terrifying finale.The Harvey Bennett Thrillers begins a new chapter with The Cain Conspiracy. If you've enjoyed the series so far, this is one book you will not want to miss... -
![The Chale Bay Murders by Pauline Rowson]()
The Chale Bay Murders by Pauline Rowson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMeet DI Andy Horton. He’s a risk-taking Harley-Davidson-riding detective who doesn’t always play by the rules . . . which often lands him in trouble with his bosses.Suspicious lights at sea, decomposing bodies and an old flame send Horton down a rabbit hole in this captivating crime thriller.An elderly man obsessively watches the coast from his Victorian house high on the hill above Ventnor... -
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![Levon's Hunt by Chuck Dixon]()
Levon's Hunt by Chuck Dixon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA DARK AND TWISTED VIGILANTE JUSTICE SERIES THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT DOWN.Levon Cade uncovers more of the conspiracy that cost him the life of a beloved family member. All he wants is to be left alone to raise his daughters, but he can’t walk away from finding the men responsible for the death of his young cousin... -
![Bad Boy's Baby by Alexis Winter]()
Bad Boy's Baby by Alexis Winter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHis baby isn’t the only secret I’m carrying.I’m the reason his brother is rotting in prison.Yeah, not exactly the start to a happily ever after.My job is to put criminals in jail,Not sleep with the suspect’s brother.Broken men with dangerous secrets,And junkyard tats…Not exactly my type.Yeah, tell that to my battery operated boyfriend.It’s his eyes.Soul piercing eyes... -
![Torn Between a Goon and a Gangsta 2 by Jade Jones]()
Torn Between a Goon and a Gangsta 2 by Jade Jones
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhere there is love...there is also hate, jealousy, and resentment for long time friends Dre, Nikki, and Hassan. A carefully planned home invasion was meant to go smoothly...but an unforeseen turn of events ultimately leads to bloodshed. Nothing is what it seems and no one can be trusted when it comes to the love of the almighty dollar... -
![Becoming the Hitman by Hayley Faiman, PinkInk Designs]()
Becoming the Hitman by Hayley Faiman, PinkInk Designs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen life hits, it holds nothing back. Renzo Pagano knows just how hard life’s punch can slam against you and just how deep the wounds can embed themselves inside of your soul. Ten years ago all Siobahn Doyle was normal. Then she wasn’t or at least her life wasn’t. Everything changed in an instant. Her beloved sister disappeared without a trace. A stranger’s touch. A kiss... -
![Holding Out For Forever by Vera Quinn, Monica Langley Holloway]()
Holding Out For Forever by Vera Quinn, Monica Langley Holloway
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou can never go back... I thought I would never love again. I put the BlackPath MC and our families first. I have old enemies, mixed with new rivalries, that put everything at risk. Then I met her. One stolen kiss is all it took. I told her she would never be mine. Nine months later, and we have a permanent bond. Everything else doesn't matter... -
![Goose: A Devil's Highwaymen MC Romance by Lila Grey]()
Goose: A Devil's Highwaymen MC Romance by Lila Grey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBambi and Goose had their whole lives ahead of them when evil tore through their sleepy little town, ripping apart their friendship and forcing them to make drastic decisions. Years later, evil is back and they’re fighting to save not only their crumbling friendship but their very own lives... -
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Rubble by Mackenzy Fox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBracken Ridge Arizona, where the Rebels M.C. rule and the only thing they ride or die for more than their club is their women, this is Rubble’s storyRubble:When I first laid eyes on her I thought she was an angel.One I shouldn’t try and corrupt. One I should leave well alone.But I’d never been very good at staying away from things that I shouldn’t, it only made me want her more.I pursued her... -
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Corrupted Sinner by Kiana Hettinger
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrute This was supposed to be nothing but business. I help her to take down the Domínguez cartel and set my kidnapped sister free. But nothing about Greta is as I expected. Not her killer curves, or her boldness. Or the way those hazel eyes of hers hold me captive from the moment our paths collide. She’s become a toxic mix of my dark desires. But no matter how much I crave her, I can't touch her... -
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High Stakes by Kristi Belcamino
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*Warning* Be prepared to lose sleep, skip chores, and hide from family to read this new Queen of Spades thriller!When Eva Santella answers a desperate plea for help from a boy worried about his sibling, she has no idea that a sinister organization is behind his problems.As Eva uncovers a mass murder scheme, her enemies try to stop her by striking at what she holds dear... -
![Taste of Vengeance by Kristi Belcamino]()
Taste of Vengeance by Kristi Belcamino
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey dine with bishops. They vacation with presidents. They sleep with movie stars. So who can stop them when their actions turn deadly? Sydney Rye and Gia Santella—two fierce vigilantes devoted to justice—meet for the first time when they find themselves caught up in a deadly Silicon Valley subculture revolving around some of the most powerful men in the world... -
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![Black Widow by Kristi Belcamino]()
Black Widow by Kristi Belcamino
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Mediterranean cruise. A fascinating new friend. An assassin playing a deadly game of revenge. Vigilante heiress Gia Santella has everything that money can buy. It’s what she can’t buy—love, companionship, friendship—that eludes her. When Gia is forced to take a luxury cruise, she sets aside her vigilante ways... -
![Duke by Savannah Rylan]()
Duke by Savannah Rylan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHer daughter is her world. When Eden and I split eleven years ago I never imagined being a father. Hell, I hardly knew what was happening next week, let alone a decade later. But everything changes with Sierra shows up on my doorstep. With Eden, not far behind. Sierra is mine, I can feel it in my bones. And I'll do anything to make my family whole... -
![Corrupted Temptation by Kiana Hettinger]()
Corrupted Temptation by Kiana Hettinger
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI know what I am.A monster parading around in an Armani suit.Nico Costa—the perfect monster.The minute my eyes land on the dark-haired vixen that walks into my club, a desire so strong twists like pain in my gut.We play a game of lust that awakens my long-dead heart inside its cage.But I know better than to let a vixen rattle the well-oiled steel bars... -
![The House on Gallows Green by Frances Lloyd]()
The House on Gallows Green by Frances Lloyd
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Dick and Rosemary Brown move to the countryside to escape the city and its violence, the last thing they worried about was the disappearance of the previous owners of their house, Gallows Green... -
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Friends and Foes by Kaylie Hunter
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSmoking hot men, amazing friends that can drink me under the table, and plenty of money for food and booze – What else could a girl ask for in life?Oh – Yeah, to rescue my son from my evil nemesis and hopefully end her for good in the process.Those same hot men and amazing friends have no idea why I work so tirelessly to build my business and my bank account... -
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Diamond King by Stacy M. Jones
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn international art thief. A mysterious series of thefts and murders. An FBI agent’s career hangs in the balance.FBI Agent Kate Walsh has been called to Washington D.C. to testify before Congress about her actions in a previous case. The accusations could be career ending and she has much to prove. When the international art thief known as the Phantom is thought to have struck in D.C...Categorized as:
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![Her Perfect Secret by T.J. Brearton]()
Her Perfect Secret by T.J. Brearton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA gripping psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Gone.It’s him.Tom. The boy whose mother I helped put in prison for life.I recognize the sharp nose and flare to the nostrils. His thick eyebrows and defined cheekbones. But mostly it’s the eyes. Sea green.But my daughter, Joni, keeps calling him Michael. And they’re here at the lake house telling us they’re getting married... -
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Revenant by Michelle St. James
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCharlotte Duval had given everything. Just like her mother. After the whirlwind romance that brought her together with the brooding and enigmatic Christophe Marchand, Charlotte is trying to regain her equilibrium by continuing their search for the stolen cross that is legend in the art world... -
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Rule by Michelle St. James
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Come to Paris.” It had been a dream Charlotte Duval was only too happy to believe in. But then she’d packed up her life in L.A. and flown across the Atlantic to find that Christophe Marchand had abandoned her.Again.She knew when it was time to give up on a man. And it was past time to give up on Christophe Marchand... -
![Cisco Bandits by Inge-Lise Goss]()
Cisco Bandits by Inge-Lise Goss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReaders' Favorite International Book Awards Finalist ~ Mystery - MurderNewly trained and ready to rock her first assignment, Gwynn Reznick is about to go undercover for the first time. She will investigate one of the highly private companies who call on Ruben Dordi's Investigation Group. Ruben is the boss--and he also happens to be Gwynn's boyfriend... -
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![VENOM ON THE LEVELS an addictive crime thriller full of twists by David Hodges]()
VENOM ON THE LEVELS an addictive crime thriller full of twists by David Hodges
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMEET DETECTIVE KATE HAMBLIN IN THIS BESTSELLING SERIES FROM A FORMER POLICE OFFICER.The world’s deadliest spider. A detective terrified of the creatures. A ruthless psychopath who will use her fears against her.Detective Kate is called out to a reported theft at Moat House in the marshy wilds of the Somerset Levels... -
![Outlaw Souls MC Box Set: Books 1-6 by Hope Stone]()
Outlaw Souls MC Box Set: Books 1-6 by Hope Stone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWARNING: The Outlaw Souls MC will have you on your KNEES! Prepare to be thrilled with this action packed 6 book box set filled with protective alphas and smart, sassy heroines. Get ready for a ride of a lifetime in this binge-worthy series! RyderLife...it broke me from a young age.Oh, I’m way too beast for this beauty.And yet, my hardened heart...it wanted her.I’m her nightmare.Her saviour... -
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Murder by Mike Wells
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis book is the third in a series. Global counterfeiting mastermind Giorgio Cattoretti takes Elaine under his wing, tempting her with heady amounts of money to apply her expert knowledge to improve his near-perfect U.S. bills. But Elaine still loves Nick. When Nick enters the picture, it maybe too late... -
![Mary Higgins Clark Carol Higgins Clark Ebook Christmas Set: Christmas Thief, Deck the Halls, Dashing Through the Snow by Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark]()
Mary Higgins Clark Carol Higgins Clark Ebook Christmas Set: Christmas Thief, Deck the Halls, Dashing Through the Snow by Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNow, in one eBook boxed set, a collection of suspenseful and humorous holiday stories by Mary Higgins Clark, America’s Queen of Suspense, and her daughter, bestselling mystery writer Carol Higgins Clark... -
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Brutal Captor 6 by Amber Adams
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIs blood always thicker than water?While still reeling from a recent discovery about her marriage, and after a harrowing run-in with her crazed half-brother Frankie, April finds herself once again the target at the center of it all.This time, she is forced into the role of a pawn at the dangerous hands of her father, the boss of the Capeci crime family... -
![Crash by Zahra Girard]()
Crash by Zahra Girard
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA lifetime in the MC means I know to keep my heart in check.But nothing could’ve prepared me for her.I don’t do relationships.My heart and my loyalty belongs to the club.Everything I do is to protect my MC and their future.And love? Love is a distraction. Dangerous.And Violet Cassidy is out to get me killed.Violet isn’t looking for a relationship either...
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