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  • Fatal Fraud by Marie Force

    Fatal Fraud by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Previously title Fatal VengeanceA dangerous truth revealed... A prominent member of the D.C. community has been murdered, pulling Lieutenant Sam Holland into yet another high-stakes homicide investigation that has her trying to connect the dots between a dead woman and the friends and family who’d turned against her right before her untimely death...
  • Fatal Invasion by Marie Force

    Fatal Invasion by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    First the fire, then the heat…A brutal home invasion. Two small traumatized survivors who may have witnessed the horror. Lieutenant Sam Holland has never worked a case quite like this one, in which her eyewitnesses are five-year-old twins. But when Sam steps up in a big way for them, she risks her heart as much as her career...
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    crime  drama  family  politics  suspense  adult  audiobook  book
  • State of Denial by Marie Force

    State of Denial by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Denial: refusing to admit the truth or reality of something unpleasant… His mother has been arrested, his government is under new threat, the relentless media is driving him mad, and denial becomes the word of the day for President Nick Cappuano. Meanwhile, his wife, DC Metro Police Lt. Sam Holland Cappuano has caught a big new case with suspects everywhere she looks...
  • State of Bliss by Marie Force

    State of Bliss by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When you have their jobs, there’s no such thing as a peaceful vacation…Sam and Nick are ready to get out of DC—and the White House—for a much-needed vacation to celebrate their second anniversary. Due to ongoing political pressures, they decide to scuttle their plans for a return to Bora Bora to stay closer to home at their favorite oceanfront house at Dewey Beach in Delaware...
  • State of Grace by Marie Force

    State of Grace by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Christmas at the White House Wouldn’t Be Complete Without a Murder or Two…The holiday season is under way in Washington, D.C., but Metro Police Lieutenant Sam Holland is busier than ever as she contends with the murder of a well-liked wife, mother and businesswoman found bound, gagged and dead for quite some time inside her minivan, miles from her home...
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    crime  family  politics  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Fatal Reckoning by Marie Force

    Fatal Reckoning by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    When tragedy strikes, a cold case suddenly turns hot—and deadly A peaceful morning is shattered when Washington Metro Police lieutenant Sam Holland’s beloved father succumbs to injuries from an unsolved shooting while on duty four years ago...
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    crime  drama  family  politics  sad  suspense  adult  audiobook
  • State of the Union by Marie Force

    State of the Union by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s the biggest night of President Nick Cappuano’s life. Will his first lady make it to the Capitol in time for his speech?President Cappuano has been working for months on his first State of the Union address, his highest profile moment yet as the country’s new president...
  • Fatal Threat: A Novel of Romantic Suspense (The Fatal Series) by Marie Force

    Fatal Threat: A Novel of Romantic Suspense (The Fatal Series) by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    With a killer on the loose, it's the worst time to be on lockdown…  It's just another day at the office for Washington Metro Police lieutenant Sam Holland when a body surfaces off the shores of the Anacostia River. But before Sam can sink her teeth into the new case, Secret Service agents seize her from the crime scene...
  • State of Affairs by Marie Force

    State of Affairs by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The phone call that changed their lives forever…Minutes after Vice President Nick Cappuano and Lt. Sam Holland get the call that President Nelson has been found dead in the residence on Thanksgiving, they’re still processing that Nick has been asked to come to the White House to take the oath of office...
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    crime  drama  family  politics  suspense  adult  audiobook  book
  • Fatal Frenzy by Marie Force

    Fatal Frenzy by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Inauguration day is almost here… Lieutenant Sam Holland is on leave, recovering from an attack that shook her to the core. With no case to distract her, she's trying to stay busy—even voluntarily meeting with her new White House staff. But it's not enough to keep the horrific memories at bay, and her family is worried…especially her husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano...
  • Fatal Jeopardy by Marie Force

    Fatal Jeopardy by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Washington, D.C. Police Lieutenant Sam Holland and her husband, U.S. Senator Nick Cappuano, have been looking forward to a quiet Thanksgiving with their son. But any thoughts of a restful holiday are dashed when Sam and Nick return home to a gruesome scene: Sam's seventeen-year-old niece Brooke, barely conscious and covered in blood on their front stoop...
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    crime  drama  family  politics  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc
  • Legacy by Helen Hardt

    Legacy by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    HE'LL KEEP HIS COMMITMENTS NO MATTER WHAT. Brad Steel is in love. Daphne Wade is more than just his wife-to-be and the mother of his unborn child. She's his destiny. Fate brought them together, and he vows to protect her. His determination doesn't waver when he learns a secret about his bride - a secret she herself doesn't know...
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    drama  family  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Vow of Justice by Lynette Eason

    Vow of Justice by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    FBI Special Agent Lincoln St. John is living his own personal nightmare. When the woman he loves, Allison Radcliffe, is killed, he devotes his life to tracking down the killers and making them pay for their crimes. He expected it to be a challenge. What he never expected was to find Allison very much alive shortly after her "murder...
  • Rogue Lies by Kathleen Brooks

    Rogue Lies by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The web has begun to untangle. Elizabeth James has been working in the shadows to take down the group that has quietly snatched power in nearly every part of society. But now, Elizabeth is no longer alone. Tate Carlisle was a respected television journalist until an investigation of the wrong person cut her career short. She may be off the air, but she’s not off the job...
  • Surrender by Helen Hardt

    Surrender by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Jonah Steel has fallen in love with Melanie Carmichael but still lives with the guilt that consumes him as he tries to unravel the mystery of his family's past. A new threat has surfaced, and he finds himself trapped in a web of deceit and lies. Melanie loves Jonah but has yet to surrender completely to his needs. Meanwhile, a new friend uncovers more information and more questions...
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    crime  drama  family  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook
  • Gone Too Far by Debra Webb

    Gone Too Far by Debra Webb

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    This second entry in USA Today bestselling author Debra Webb’s Devlin & Falco series proves that sometimes the past is best left forgotten.As veteran detectives of the Birmingham Police Department, Kerri Devlin and Luke Falco have seen it all. So when the city’s new hotshot deputy district attorney turns up dead as part of a double homicide, the partners immediately get to work...
  • Melt by Helen Hardt

    Melt by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Jonah Steel is intelligent, rich, and hard-working. As the oldest of his siblings, he was charged by his father to protect them. He failed in the worst way. Dr. Melanie Carmichael has her own baggage. Although the renowned therapist was able to help Jonah’s brother, she is struggling with feelings of inadequacy...
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    crime  drama  family  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  anthologies
  • She Can Kill by Melinda Leigh

    She Can Kill by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Reformed assassin Cristan Rojas just wants to raise his daughter in peace. But after twelve years on the run, he learns that even the quiet little town of Westbury, Pennsylvania, has many hidden dangers...
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    crime  drama  family  suspense  abuse  adult  audiobook  book
  • Skylar by Addison Jane

    Skylar by Addison Jane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Skylar thought she’d outrun her past six years ago. Growing up, her life was dictated for her and reinforced with a heavy fist. The people who were meant to love and protect her were those that caused her the most pain. So she risked everything and ran...
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    crime  drama  family  sad  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Fatal Accusation by Marie Force

    Fatal Accusation by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A deadly serious affair… The story breaks as Metro PD lieutenant Sam Holland attends a dinner party with her husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano: President Nelson is accused of having an affair. More shocking still, campaign staffer Tara Weber claims the president fathered her newborn son—while the First Lady was undergoing secret cancer treatment...
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    crime  family  politics  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Blue String by Tess Thompson

    Blue String by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She's a single mom happily raising her son with the help of her family. He's a country music star reeling from tragedy. When he shows up on her doorstep asking for a safe place to hide from the world, will she let him into her heart and family?Costume designer Teagan Lanigan only has time to love her work and the young son she’s raising by herself...
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    family  sad  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Rafe by Maryann Jordan

    Rafe by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The true measure of a man is not in the mistakes he makes…but in how he handles those mistakes. Rafe Walker gained fame while in the Army when he was photographed for a Military Calendar. Afterward, modeling contracts rolled in but he found his life in California lacking and longed for a change...
  • State of Alert by Marie Force, Eva Kaminsky

    State of Alert by Marie Force, Eva Kaminsky

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    11 hours, 35 minutes The first couple is on full alert, deflecting new threats from near and far…Lieutenant Sam Holland has seen just about everything as a D.C. homicide detective, but she’s never been asked to lie to her closest colleagues and her husband—until now...
  • State of Retribution by Marie Force

    State of Retribution by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A Baffling Series of Events Leads to An Unsettling Conclusion… The First Family is hosting their first Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House when Secret Service agents mobilize to hustle them to safety...
  • Marie Force The Fatal Series Volume 1: Fatal Affair\Fatal Justice\Fatal Consequences by Marie Force

    Marie Force The Fatal Series Volume 1: Fatal Affair\Fatal Justice\Fatal Consequences by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Marie Force, the first three books in The Fatal Series, now available in one box set!Fatal Affair Washington, D.C., Metro Police Detective Sergeant Sam Holland needs a big win to salvage her career—and her confidence—after a disastrous investigation...
  • The Slow Burn of Silence by Loreth Anne White

    The Slow Burn of Silence by Loreth Anne White

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the crossroads of small town mystery and dark suspense comes a romance that explores the bonds of family, the power of love, and the potentially explosive collateral damage of the secrets we keep... Sometimes a contract to forget can be as powerful as a promise to remember..
  • Lost in the Wind by Calle J. Brookes

    Lost in the Wind by Calle J. Brookes

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She 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...
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    crime  suspense  contemporary  mystery  fiction  book  adult  romance
  • Nelumbo Nucifera by Cristina Slough

    Nelumbo Nucifera by Cristina Slough

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the surface, Gaby Parker has it all; however, behind closed doors, is a woman who lives in constant fear of the man who was supposed to love her: her husband, Kyle. Beaten, desperate, and broken, Gaby realizes the only way to escape from her violent husband is to kill herself — on paper...
  • Don't Look Back (Women of Justice) by Lynette Eason

    Don't Look Back (Women of Justice) by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Top rated romantic suspense at its best!***One man lives to see her dead. The other is fighting to keep her alive.Twelve years ago, forensic anthropologist Jamie Cash survived a brutal kidnapping. After years of therapy, she has made a life for herself--though one that is haunted by memories of her terrifying past...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  christian  contemporary
  • Master Of My Mind by Jenna Jacob

    Master Of My Mind by Jenna Jacob

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Biggest Club Genesis Book Yet! After the shocking death of my Master left me stunned, the revenge his ex-wife and daughter sought was almost as devastating. Seeking refuge at Club Genesis, my one safe haven, I returned to heal and get back on my own two feet. But I soon learned that fate had other plans for Leagh Bennett...
    Categorized as:
    crime  grief  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Hidden Valley by Annie Seaton

    Hidden Valley by Annie Seaton

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Happily working on her family’s macadamia farm in the rolling hills of northern New South Wales, Dee Peters receives an enigmatic letter hinting of family secrets, and the prospect of her inheriting a cattle station in the Northern Territory outback...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  crime  family  romance  contemporary  mystery  fiction  cozy
  • Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson

    Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Beautifully captures the joys of a new family as it builds to an overwhelmingly moving climax. This is an unforgettable love story, at once heartbreaking and full of hope.James Patterson has written a love story!--a powerfully moving and suspenseful novel about families, loss, new love, and hope. Katie Wilkinson has found her perfect man at last...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  family  grief  sad  suspense  21st-century  adult
  • Sam's Letters To Jennifer by James Patterson

    Sam's Letters To Jennifer by James Patterson

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Grief-stricken by a recent tragedy, Jennifer returns to the resort village where she grew up to help her beloved grandmother. There, Jennifer will discover new meaning in life and experience not one, but two of the most amazing love stories ever...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  family  grief  sad  21st-century  audiobook  book
  • The Crushing Depths by Dani Pettrey

    The Crushing Depths by Dani Pettrey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When an accident claims the life of an oil-rig worker on the first drilling platform off the North Carolina coast, Coast Guard investigators Rissi Dawson and Mason Rogers are sent to take the case. Tensions surrounding the oil rig are high and the death has everyone on edge...
  • Labyrinth of Lies by Irene Hannon

    Labyrinth of Lies by Irene Hannon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When the daughter of a high-profile businessman disappears from an exclusive girls' boarding school, police detective Cate Reilly is tapped for an undercover assignment. It doesn't take her long to realize that beneath the veneer of polish and wealth, things are not as they seem at Ivy Hill Academy. But the biggest surprise of all? The only man she ever loved is also working at the school...
  • Beyond the Moonlit Sea by Julianne MacLean

    Beyond the Moonlit Sea by Julianne MacLean

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    From the bestselling author of These Tangled Vines comes a gripping novel about one woman’s search for answers when her husband vanishes in the night.Olivia Hamilton is married to the love of her life, Dean, a charismatic pilot who flies private jets for the rich and famous. But when he vanishes over the Bermuda Triangle, Olivia’s idyllic existence unravels...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  grief  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  breakup
  • Secrets at Cedar Cabin by Colleen Coble

    Secrets at Cedar Cabin by Colleen Coble

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author Colleen Coble delivers her signature blend of romance and suspense when Brenna Fleming flees to a cabin in Lavender Tides only to discover that everything she believed about herself has been a lie. Six months after her wedding, Bailey Fleming discovers she wasn't really married to Kyle Bearcroft...
  • Seduction in Session by Shayla Black, Lexi Blake

    Seduction in Session by Shayla Black, Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The second Perfect Gentlemen novel from the New York Times bestselling authors of the Masters of Ménage series. Privileged, wealthy, and wild: they are the Perfect Gentlemen of Creighton Academy. But the threat of a scandal has one of them employing his most deceptive—and seductive—talents… Recruited into the CIA at a young age, Connor Sparks knows how dirty the world can be...
  • The Secrets She Kept by Brenda Novak

    The Secrets She Kept by Brenda Novak

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Exciting, emotional, intense. The thrilling follow-up to New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak's highly acclaimed The Secret Sister. The things that happen in families are always surprising and sometimes shocking! The rich and powerful Josephine Lazarow, matriarch of Fairham Island, is dead. The police say it's suicide, but Keith, her estranged son, doesn't believe it...
  • Cornered Coyote by Dianne Harman

    Cornered Coyote by Dianne Harman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Gripping tale that is as Sweet as a Ballerina and as Pugnacious as a Pitbull!The silver bird gleamed in the blue sky, as the early morning sun bathed it in soft golden hues. Flight 714 was on the last leg of its journey, having burned close to fifty thousand gallons of jet fuel on its trans-Atlantic flight from Paris to Los Angeles...
  • Identity by Nora Roberts

    Identity by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A new thriller about one man's ice-cold malice, and one woman's fight to reclaim her life.Former Army brat Morgan Albright has finally planted roots in a friendly neighborhood near Baltimore. Her friend and roommate Nina helps her make the mortgage payments, as does Morgan's job as a bartender...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  family  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Edge of Honor by Jacob Chance

    Edge of Honor by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "I was the FBI’s dirty little secret, until I wasn’t." I’m Brennan Collins, but my associates call me Belfast.Perhaps you’ve heard of me?I’ve been known to be everything from a gentleman gangster to a cold-blooded killer. Men fear me and pledge their undying loyalty. Women desire me and the power I possess, but there’s only one worth my time…Agent Georgia Cohn...
  • A Line Drawn by Catherine Taylor

    A Line Drawn by Catherine Taylor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What began in the The Finest Line and escalated in A Line Crossed, is now concluded in A Line Drawn. As Mairead looks to her future with James, their wedding on the horizon, she is plagued with the demons of her past. One of them seems to have invaded her life, but Mairead is uncertain whether she is the victim of a tortured mind, or the prey of an evil man...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • Rectify by M.K. Gilher

    Rectify by M.K. Gilher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Even the most talented surgeon can’t rectify a broken heart. Dr. Jacade Jordan turned my life upside down in less than a week. He came out of nowhere and penetrated my body and soul. This dominating and bewildering man could possibly be my soul mate. But his Mafia connection with my ex has put me and my loved ones in danger. I should cut ties now and move on while there's still a chance...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  multi-pov
  • Slick Running by Manda Mellett

    Slick Running by Manda Mellett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Slick Like the rest of my brothers, I’m devastated when disaster hits the Satan’s Devils MC. Shocked and angry, there couldn’t be a worse time to be contacted by the woman I’d briefly made my old lady, only for her to run the moment things got too tough. She’d left me with no explanation, and in my book that was enough to cut her out for good...
    Categorized as:
    crime  sad  drama  suspense  romance  contemporary  steamy  dark
  • Neighbors: A Novel by Danielle Steel

    Neighbors: A Novel by Danielle Steel

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In Danielle Steel’s gripping new novel, a reclusive woman opens up her home to her neighbors in the wake of a devastating earthquake, setting off events that reveal secrets, break relationships apart, and bring strangers together to forge powerful new bonds.Meredith White was one of Hollywood’s most recognizable faces...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  family  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • 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 ratings
    Julie 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...
    Categorized as:
    family  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery  romance
  • Deadly Holiday by Alexa Grace

    Deadly Holiday by Alexa Grace

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It is four days before Christmas and all is not quiet as the characters you grew to love in The Deadly Trilogy books fight their inner demons, deception, and pray for miracles in this action-packed novella. Shawn Isaac is a bright five-year-old who has experienced more than his share of domestic violence and abuse...
    Categorized as:
    crime  family  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  holidays
  • Girl of Lies by Charles Sheehan-Miles

    Girl of Lies by Charles Sheehan-Miles

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Andrea Thompson is smart, assertive and beautiful. She’s also desperately lonely. Raised in Europe by her grandmother, she struggles knowing neither of her parents wanted her, and she has no idea why. When Andrea receives an urgent call from her older sister Carrie, she agrees to fly to the United States to help. Carrie’s newborn daughter Rachel needs a bone marrow transplant...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  family  politics  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  book
  • The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks

    The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks; but there is one leap of faith Taylor can't bring himself to make: He can't fall in love...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  sad  suspense  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
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