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![Risky Bargain by Barbara Freethy]()
Risky Bargain by Barbara Freethy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFBI Agent Lucas Raines is a man on a mission, desperate to find a kidnap victim, the billionaire CEO of a video game company, who disappears during a horrific home invasion that leaves one person dead and others terrorized... -
![Wyatt by Susan May Warren]()
Wyatt by Susan May Warren
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe’s lost her twice…he’s not going to lose her again...NHL Hockey Goalie Wyatt Marshall has everything--fame, money and a thriving career. But he’s hiding the two things that matter most...a career-ending injury, and his broken heart. He’s been in love with Coco Stanley since she walked into his life at age fourteen, a foster child for the Marshall family... -
![Sexy as Sin by Rosalind James]()
Sexy as Sin by Rosalind James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSerious men don't eat red Popsicles. Brett Hunter's life isn't unicorns and rainbows, and it sure isn't sparkles. He's a businessman, a disciplined man, a money man, and if he ever believed in magic, it was a long time ago. He's not a hero, and he doesn't play one on TV. Oh, and he really doesn't like the water... -
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![Firefly Diaries by C.C. Warrens]()
Firefly Diaries by C.C. Warrens
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"The world whipped around her in a dizzying funnel of lights and shouts, people in uniforms pressing in from all directions. Noelle sat motionless in the street, barely able to breathe. His little body was too still. Too broken."Noelle's world shattered that night, like the pieces of headlights scattered across the dark street. There was no rebuilding her life around the grave of her child... -
![Hawick by Stacey Reynolds]()
Hawick by Stacey Reynolds
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Earl of Hawick has secrets. Some of them private, some of them a matter of state.Daniel MacPherson inherited his title from one father, the truth from another. When he tracked down his biological father's surviving relations, the Mullens and O’Briens loved him instantly and unconditionally. But Daniel has a secret. A second life which takes him abroad into a web of danger and deception... -
![The Demon by Stella Andrews]()
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![Secrets We Keep (Callaways Cousins #6) (Callaways #14) (Callaway Cousins ) by Barbara Freethy]()
Secrets We Keep (Callaways Cousins #6) (Callaways #14) (Callaway Cousins ) by Barbara Freethy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes the next book in her popular family series: The Callaways. SECRETS WE KEEP is filled with Barbara’s unique blend of romance, mystery, suspense and family drama! Each book stands completely on its own, but if you love one Callaway, you’ll love them all... -
![Lost in the Wind by Calle J. Brookes]()
Lost in the Wind by Calle J. Brookes
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe had survived. She could survive. She would survive again. After a brutal assault and cancer as a teenager, Dr. Nikkie Jean Netorre wouldn’t let herself be called a victim. Nikkie Jean wasn’t a victim. She was a survivor. Now a pediatric surgical resident at the best teaching hospital in Texas, Nikkie Jean knows there’s nothing she can’t make it through if she just keeps going... -
![Her Selfless Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary]()
Her Selfless Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill they get their second chance at love, before fate rips it away?As a child, Kostya (Konstantin) Barona barely escaped Russia with his life when his father was dragged off by the secret police and he watched his mother brutally murdered. Now that he leads a Navy SEAL team, his whole life is based around rescuing those in need.Lark Sorensen is an investigative journalist... -
![Tooth for Tooth by J.K. Franko]()
Tooth for Tooth by J.K. Franko
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhat would YOU do?What would you do if you got away with murder? Would you stop there? Could you?Susie and Roy thought that they committed the perfect crime.Their planning was meticulous. Their execution was flawless. But, there is always a loose end, isn’t there? Always a singing bone.Now, while enemies multiply and suspicions abound, their perfect world begins to crumble... -
![Sun Coast Chronicles by Terri Blackstock]()
Sun Coast Chronicles by Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe police think he killed someone. He swears he’s innocent. All she knows for certain is his crime against her. Louis Dubose, international art dealer, has been murdered. The police are certain they’ve got their man. Recently fired by Dubose, Ben Robinson has a motive backed by a convincing trail of evidence. Except that one person isn’t convinced—someone who knows Ben well... -
![Battling Destiny by Danielle Stewart]()
Battling Destiny by Danielle Stewart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMichael Cooper has his life together. He is the successful lawyer all his friends turn to when they find themselves in trouble, and he and his beautiful wife just welcomed their newborn daughter to the world. In just under two years, he went from a cocky bachelor to a quintessential family man with a close-knit group of friends. Yes, Michael Cooper has his life together... -
![A King's Crusade: by Danielle Bourdon]()
A King's Crusade: by Danielle Bourdon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAuthor's note: This book is meant to be read after books 1-6 in The Royals series. The king and queen of Latvala are pitted against the most dangerous adversary they've ever faced: mother nature. Sander must make his way back across the frozen hinterlands to Chey, fighting against whiteouts, frigid temperatures, and possible traitors in their camp. Danger lurks around every corner... -
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![Dangerous Rescue by Linzi Baxter]()
Dangerous Rescue by Linzi Baxter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s the one man who ripped her heart out. A SEAL who could make her forget everything in the world with one look. Until he disappeared, and she never expected to see him again. When Siena finds out about a million dollar bounty on her head, she knows she’s in too deep... -
![Murder Served Cold by Nancy Skopin]()
Murder Served Cold by Nancy Skopin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPI Nicoli 'Nikki' Hunter is blindsided when someone close to her is murdered, and their body dumped in an alley. Detective Bill Anderson catches the homicide and, knowing Nikki, doesn't even attempt to discourage her from conducting her own investigation, which, in this case, takes a village... -
![A Woman to Blame by Vincent Panettiere]()
A Woman to Blame by Vincent Panettiere
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHours after a thoroughbred racehorse collapses and dies after finishing last in a race he was favored to win, his trainer—a young woman with a promising career—is found dead on a suburban Chicago beach. To the police, it's a simple case of murder-suicide. But Mike Hegan, veteran police detective, refuses to believe the official story... -
![Parker Security #1-5 by Camilla Blake]()
Parker Security #1-5 by Camilla Blake
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook One Emmy Bender’s a good girl who lives a quiet life and always does the right thing. Unlike her twin sister, Isa, a famous DJ who lives life on her own terms. But when Isa vanishes one night before a big show, Emmy’s orderly life is thrown into disarray as she embarks on a search to find out just what happened to her sister... -
![Cross the Line by C.C. Warrens]()
Cross the Line by C.C. Warrens
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn unexpected, late-night visitor.And a missing teenage girl.Holly’s quiet evening at the investigative agency takes a curious turn when a frantic woman shows up on the doorstep after closing with a tale about a missing prostitute.With JGH Investigations in financial distress, and a client who can’t afford their services, Holly decides to tackle this investigation on her own time... -
![Catherine Coulter Collection: The Cove, The Maze, and Eleventh Hour by Catherine Coulter]()
Catherine Coulter Collection: The Cove, The Maze, and Eleventh Hour by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Cove (Sandra Burr, Joyce Bean, Melissa Coates): The Cove is a quaint little postcard town made up only of old folk who sell the World's Greatest Ice Cream - a secret recipe that brings lots of tourists into town. Into The Cove comes Sally Brainerd, daughter of murdered Amory St. John of Washington, D.C., seeking sanctuary, and FBI Special Agent James Quinlan who's undercover and after her... -
![Danger and Desire: A Romantic Suspense Anthology by Kimberly Kincaid, Janie Crouch]()
Danger and Desire: A Romantic Suspense Anthology by Kimberly Kincaid, Janie Crouch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Rookie by Kimberly KincaidPolice recruit Xander Matthews has two goals: to keep his head down and his dark and dangerous past where it belongs—behind him. He never thought he'd see brash, beautiful ADA Tara Kingston again. But now they must catch a brutal killer before it's too late... -
![Tangled Web by Wendy Saunders]()
Tangled Web by Wendy Saunders
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCassandra Grayson leads a quiet life managing a library in Queens, NY. There's only one thing missing... her sister.Cassandra hasn't seen her sister since the night their wealthy, prominent father died from a massive heart attack. She had only been five years old at the time and can barely recall the events of that night... -
![Rock Reclaimed by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott]()
Rock Reclaimed by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m the black sheep son. The one no one ever knew about. The one your mum wouldn’t want you to bring home. I have the Kagan face and the Kagan voice and let’s be real—the legendary Kagan d!ck. And now I was a rockstar too, on my way up. Soaring so high no one could rip me back down to earth. Finally, I had it all…and then there was Zoe... -
![A Dangerous Widow (A Dangerous Series) by Christina Ross]()
A Dangerous Widow (A Dangerous Series) by Christina Ross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFive years after her beloved husband's death, Kate Stone suddenly learns that it was no accident. Instead, due to a chance encounter with a psychic, she discovers that it was a full-on, calculated, cold-blooded murder. Initially, Kate rejects the idea. How could Michael possibly have been murdered? All of the evidence surrounding his death suggests that it was an accident... -
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![Pursuing Pegasus by Linzi Baxter]()
Pursuing Pegasus by Linzi Baxter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPaytonAnother temp assignment complete, I needed a new job to cover the rent so I could take care of my ailing mom. Between dodging my shady landlord and spending this week’s last few pennies on ice cream to soothe my soul, I ran into—or rather got run over by—one of the city’s hottest, most eligible bachelors, right in the grocery store. And as luck would have it, he needs a nanny... -
![Dangerous Truths by Linzi Baxter]()
Dangerous Truths by Linzi Baxter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe loved him once, and he broke her heart. Lucy finally got out of her bad marriage and started over. Her little bakery just scored a huge event. Partially because she was friends with the event planner and the person throwing the charity dinner. What she didn’t expect was to run into her high school sweetheart or get kidnapped.Marcus spent years believing one lie from his best friend... -
![Shiloh by G.J. Walker-Smith]()
Shiloh by G.J. Walker-Smith
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings#1 iBooks Bestseller Here’s what I know about Shiloh Jenson: She is up to no good. Every word out of her mouth is a lie. And I'm madly in love with her. Less Here’s what I know about Shiloh Jenson: She is up to no good. Every word out of her mouth is a lie. And I'm madly in love with her... -
![Dirty Trick by Mickey Miller]()
Dirty Trick by Mickey Miller
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEva: I've always been the good girl. Until one night in Tijuana. When the most gorgeous man in the bar struck up a conversation with me. He was so damn cocky, I decided to play a trick on him. So I made up a fake name. It was innocent, even if he was sinful. I didn't ever think four hours later he would be moaning my fake name. Corbin: She was the sexiest girl I’d ever met... -
![Dangerous as Sin: Ten Addictive Romantic Thrillers & Mysteries by Susan Stoker, Toni Anderson]()
Dangerous as Sin: Ten Addictive Romantic Thrillers & Mysteries by Susan Stoker, Toni Anderson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“The perfect cocktail of international intrigue, non-stop action, and chemistry that sizzles off the page.” ~ Adriana Anders, on COLDER THAN SIN.DANGEROUS AS SIN is a limited-time boxed set collection of 10 full-length standalone novels by some of the best Romantic Suspense authors in the business... -
![Poison Town by Creston Mapes]()
Poison Town by Creston Mapes
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere’s More Than One Kind of Poison in This Town People are sick and dying. Rumors are swirling. Some claim chemicals leaking from a manufacturing plant are causing the cancer that’s crippling people on the poor side of Trenton City, Ohio. Yet nothing at the plant appears amiss. The problem remains a mystery until reporter Jack Crittendon’s long-time mechanic falls ill and he investigates... -
![Dark Signal by Shannon Baker]()
Dark Signal by Shannon Baker
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDark Signal by Shannon Baker is the second installment in the Kate Fox mystery series, called "A must read" by New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava, starring a female Longmire in the atmospheric Nebraska Sandhills.Reeling from her recent divorce, Kate Fox has just been sworn in as Grand County, Nebraska Sheriff when tragedy strikes... -
![Answers For Julie: Book Nine In The Bodyguards Of L.A. County Series by Cate Beauman]()
Answers For Julie: Book Nine In The Bodyguards Of L.A. County Series by Cate Beauman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJulie Keller relishes the simple things: hot chocolate on winter nights, good friends she calls her family, and her laid-back career as a massage therapist and yoga instructor. Julie is content with her life until Chase Rider returns to Bakersfield. Bodyguard Chase Rider isn’t thrilled to be back in the town where he spent his childhood summers... -
![An Invincible Summer by Lily Graham]()
An Invincible Summer by Lily Graham
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes running away is the answer … On an ordinary Tuesday Ria Laburinthos decides to run away. There is nothing ordinary about her decision though. It’s been coming for years. Years of grief and her dreaded job as an obituary writer... -
![A Killer Ending by Karen MacInerney]()
A Killer Ending by Karen MacInerney
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBooks, beach roses... and bodies.Bookseller and recent divorcée Max Sayers has risked her life savings to start a fresh chapter with the purchase of Seaside Cottage Books in cozy Snug Harbor, Maine. But she's barely opened the shop's doors when her new storybook life takes a dark turn... -
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![Once Burned by Margaret Watson]()
Once Burned by Margaret Watson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNO ENEMIES, NO RIVALS,NO MESSY BEAK-UPS…SO WHO’S TRYING TO KILL HER?Julia’s made a great life for herself— she’s now the chef-owner of Madeline’s, the restaurant she’s always dreamed of, and it’s one of the best in Seattle. But suddenly she finds her great life falling apart—on every front... -
![Summer Rain by Barbara Freethy]()
Summer Rain by Barbara Freethy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom #1 NYT Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes the third and final book in the Lightning Strikes Romantic Suspense Trilogy. Action, suspense, romance and family secrets lead to an explosive conclusion! Danielle Monroe is determined to use her new job in DC as a stepping-stone to a high-powered political career... -
![Murder on the Menu by Nancy Skopin]()
Murder on the Menu by Nancy Skopin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPrivate Investigator Nicoli “Nikki” Hunter has lost enthusiasm for the bar and restaurant surveys that pay the bills but no longer challenge her. When the brutal murder of socialite, (and stripper), Laura Howard lands on her desk, she finally encounters a case worthy of her talent.Murder on the Menu is the first in a series of mysteries featuring Nikki Hunter... -
![The Bay by L.J. Ross]()
The Bay by L.J. Ross
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSECRETS NEVER STAY BURIED FOR LONG... In the picturesque seaside town of St Ives, Detective Sergeant Sophie Keane is a pillar of the community. Between the occasional collar and lazy weekends spent on the beach, it seems a perfect life. But for Sophie, the golden sands and crystal waters hide a dark secret, one that’s lain buried for twenty years... -
![When Shadows Fall by Barbara Freethy]()
When Shadows Fall by Barbara Freethy
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFind love, mystery and adventure in WHEN SHADOWS FALL, the seventh book in Barbara Freethy's New York Times Bestselling Series, The Callaways. Olivia Bennett is a biographer, a narrator of lives far more interesting than her own. Orphaned as a child, she has always been fascinated by family relationships... -
![El juego del alma by Javier Castillo]()
El juego del alma by Javier Castillo
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNueva York, 2011. Una chica de quince años aparece crucificada en un suburbio a las afueras. Miren Triggs, periodista de investigación del Manhattan Press, recibe de manera inesperada un extraño sobre. En su interior, la polaroid de otra adolescente amordazada y maniatada, con una sola anotación: «GINA PEBBLES, 2002»... -
![The It Girl by Ruth Ware]()
The It Girl by Ruth Ware
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of One by One returns with an unputdownable mystery following a woman on the search for answers a decade after her friend’s murder. April Coutts-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford. Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It girl, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit... -
![Custody of the State by Craig Parshall]()
Custody of the State by Craig Parshall
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTim LaHaye called The Resurrection File—Craig Parshall’s first novel—“one of the most fascinating books I have read in years.” Parshall continues with Custody of the State, another legal thriller with tightly drawn characters, tense courtroom scenes, and the struggle of a man to bring his beliefs into real life... -
![Relentless Pursuit by Kathy Herman]()
Relentless Pursuit by Kathy Herman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRich with the Cajun flavors of south Louisiana, this final book in the Secrets of Roux River Bayou Series is a story of what it means to find true peace in an uncertain world. Sax Landry left home at seventeen to escape his father’s abuse, leaving his mother and sister to fend for themselves... -
![Malice (Southern Comfort .5) by Lisa Clark O'Neill]()
Malice (Southern Comfort .5) by Lisa Clark O'Neill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe brutal execution of a Russian immigrant suspected of having ties to organized crime is only the beginning for Savannah FBI agent Jesse Wellington. A man known only as “The Ghost” begins wreaking havoc on the Hostess City, bringing murder and mayhem to its southern shores... -
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![A Heatbeat Away by Maureen Smith]()
A Heatbeat Away by Maureen Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings- Maureen Smith's debut novel... -
![Admit One by Lisa Clark O'Neill]()
Admit One by Lisa Clark O'Neill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAllison Hawbaker has spent the past year putting back the pieces of her shattered life. Recovering from both family crisis and personal tragedy, Allie throws herself into building a business with her childhood best friend while trying to put the past behind her. Part of Allie’s past is British thespian Mason Armitage, the man she fell for and rebuffed a year ago... -
![The Brooklyn Drop by Susan Russo Anderson]()
The Brooklyn Drop by Susan Russo Anderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the middle of a wintry night, private investigator Fina Fitzgibbons finds Lorraine’s friend, Phyllida Oxley, slumped over her dining room table, the victim of memory-impairing date rape drugs. When her condition goes from poor to comatose, her distraught fifteen-year-old granddaughter, Kat Oxley disappears... -
![Deadly Reflections by Regan Black]()
Deadly Reflections by Regan Black
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne family's long-buried secrets could be the key to solving a shocking murder...With the holiday season in full swing, Paige Coker is planning a surprise party for her father's retirement when she finds troubling documents that indicate she might not be his daughter at all.Her search for answers is derailed when the event caterer is killed and she becomes the prime suspect... -
![The Southport Secret by Sage Parker]()
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![Danger In The Night by Olivia Jaymes]()
Danger In The Night by Olivia Jaymes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNothing is ever as it seems… Wyatt Stone tries to talk his extremely attractive ex-sister-in-law out of buying a rundown haunted hotel but it doesn’t go at all as planned. Despite his misgivings, she turns the tables and he finds himself agreeing to help restore the money trap...
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