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State of Bliss by Marie Force
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen 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... -
Fortune Furlough by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt’s not a vacation until there’s a murder. Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie are finally off to Florida on the vacation they’ve always talked about. Days filled with white sand, turquoise water, and fruity drinks are the only thing on the agenda... -
Cajun Fried Felony by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsVenus Thibodeaux had a reputation for being trouble. Some said she started at birth. When she finally left Sinful shortly after turning eighteen, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. When she blew back into town four years later, no one was happy about her return... -
Swamp Santa by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt’s Christmas in Sinful and Fortune is set to participate in all the local hoopla. A Christmas gala, caroling, and a sleigh ride are on the agenda. Murder is not. But when someone bumps off Santa, Fortune is aware a killer is lurking among the holiday cheer... -
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State of the Union by Marie Force
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’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... -
The Lies She Told by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's been a week since Carly Moore’s friend Jerry was run off the road and killed, and the sheriff’s department has already struck out on leads. She’s not about to sit back and let it go, but the last thing she wants is to endanger anyone else. Besides, as she learned long ago, problems come in threes... -
Vow of Justice by Lynette Eason
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFBI 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... -
If I Live by Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsCasey is hiding again—in Memphis this time—but it’s different now. She knows without a doubt that Dylan believes her and is doing all he can to help bring Brent’s killer to justice. He’s become an unexpected friend . . . and even, maybe, something more. Hope makes everything more bearable... -
When a Secret Kills by Lynette Eason
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsInvestigative reporter Jillian Carter knows it's time to put the past to rest. She's tired of looking over her shoulder, letting a killer go free. She's no longer the scared kid who changed her name and disappeared. Now, no matter what the cost, Jillian must do what she is trained to do--ferret out the truth and expose it...Categorized as:
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Night Hawk: by Susan Sleeman
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s determined to find her father’s killer…FBI Agent, Toni Long, lost her father a year ago when he was killed in a joint FBI and ICE investigation led by Clay Byrd, a man Toni had found herself infatuated with. Unfortunately, the killer escaped, and if Toni hadn’t been distracted by her attraction to Clay, maybe her father wouldn’t have died...Categorized as:
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Dead Ringer by Susan Sleeman
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe was hiding from her past… When a local woman goes missing and Sheriff Blake Jenkins delivers her blood sample to DNA expert Emory Steele for analysis, Blake discovers Emory is a dead ringer for the missing woman. Blake’s gut says the woman is related to Emory. But Emory rejects the notion, requiring a DNA test before she’ll concede that she does indeed have a twin sister she never knew about... -
Rafe by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe 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... -
In Too Deep by Lynn H. Blackburn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the dive team is called in to recover a body from a submerged car, they aren't prepared to find an encrypted laptop--or an unsettling connection between investigator Adam Campbell and the dead accountant. Adam turns to his friend Dr. Sabrina Fleming--a professor at the local university with unparalleled computer security and forensics skills--to recover the files from the laptop... -
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... -
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Dead Drift by Dani Pettrey
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBurning debris littering the ground . . . smoke pluming in the acrid air . . . this is just the beginning if he fails.Seven years ago, operative Luke Gallagher vanished to become part of an elite team set on capturing a deadly terrorist... -
Chasing Secrets by Lynette Eason
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsElite Guardians bodyguard Haley Callaghan may be in South Carolina, but when a photo leads investigators in West Ireland to open a twenty-five-year-old cold case, her life is suddenly in danger. Haley knows how to take care of herself; after all, she's made a career out of taking care of others... -
Code of Valor by Lynette Eason
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat Detective Brady St. John really needs is a relaxing vacation. Unfortunately, just as the sun is setting on his second day at a friend's cabin on Lake Henley, he hears a scream and races to rescue a woman from her would-be killer. When the killer escapes only to return to finish the job, Brady vows to utilize all of his many resources to keep her safe--and catch those who would see her dead... -
Cold Malice by Toni Anderson
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsASAC Steve (Mac) McKenzie is out to prove himself by leading a task force investigating a series of murders in the heart of Washington, DC. His undercover work in an antigovernment compound twenty years earlier is related—as is the sweet, innocent girl he befriended back then. Now that girl is a beautiful woman, and she has something to hide... -
Cold Aim by Janice Cantore
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPolice Chief Tess O’Rourke’s small town is still reeling from a devastating fire when the FBI asks for help: Could she shelter a witness in a high-profile human trafficking case? Initially reluctant to put the townspeople of Rogue’s Hollow at risk, Tess is swayed after she sees Pastor Oliver Macpherson’s genuine conviction to rescue those in need, a trait in him she’s coming to love more each day... -
Lethal Legacy by Irene Hannon
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe police say her father's death was suicide. But Kelly Warren says it was murder--and she has new evidence that she believes proves it. Detective Cole Taylor doesn't put much credence in her claim, and nothing in his case review suggests foul play...Categorized as:
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The Negotiator by Dee Henderson
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFBI agent Dave Richman from Danger in the Shadows is back. He's about to meet Kate O'Malley, and his life will never be the same. She's a hostage negotiator. He protects people... -
Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsStephanie Plum, Trenton’s hardest working, most underappreciated bounty hunter, is offered a freelance assignment that seems simple enough. Local jeweler Martin Rabner wants her to locate his former security guard, Andy Manley (a.k.a. Nutsy), who he is convinced stole a fortune in diamonds out of his safe... -
Stranded by Dani Pettrey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen her friend vanishes from a cruise ship, reporter Darcy St. James isn't satisfied with their explanation that she simply left her job of her own accord. Something isn't lining up, and Darcy believes the only way to find the truth is to put herself in Abby's position. Within days, Darcy learns her friend wasn't the only person to disappear mysteriously... -
In Harm's Way by Irene Hannon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHow can she expect anyone to believe her... when she can hardly believe it herself? FBI special agent Nick Bradley has seen his share of kooks during his fifteen years with the Bureau. But Rachel Sutton is an enigma. She seems normal when she shows up at his office... until she produces a tattered Raggedy Ann doll and tells him about a strange feeling of terror it gives her when she touches it... -
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Hidden Target by Rebecca Deel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNo murderer is going to unravel Madison Ryder's new life. Following the deaths of her husband and unborn son, Madison spent two years knitting her life back together by returning home and opening a yarn store. Now the stalker who murdered her family means to finish the job... -
Home Again: Starting Over by Becki Willis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThings in The Sisters are heating up, and Madison Reynolds is in the hot seat. When a local woman dies in a most unconventional way, In a Pinch takes on the quirky case and once again, Maddy finds herself in the middle of a would-be murder investigation. Even with the help of her grandmother and best friend Genny, this case may be too hot to handle... -
Rest in Pink by Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the NY Times Bestselling duo that wrote Agnes and the Hitman, the second book in a new series.Liz Danger is a ghostwriter, trapped in her old hometown for the summer... -
No Test for the Wicked by Julie Moffett
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Geek's Worst Nightmare: Going Back to High School Returning to high school is not something I ever wanted to do over—it was awful the first time around. So why do I have to go back as part of a new undercover assignment? Because the universe loves playing jokes on me, obviously... -
Night Fall by Susan Sleeman
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe faces dangerous situations all the time…Olympic downhill skier, Harper Young, knows what it’s like to look danger in the face. After all, she does it every time she races down a ski slope. She’s fine with that danger and even excels under the pressure, winning Olympic gold. And as a governor’s daughter, she’s familiar with receiving threats from the general public...Categorized as:
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Laugh or Death by Camilla Chafer
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a broken man arrives in town desperate to locate his missing girlfriend, loved-up PI Lexi Graves is determined to reunite the lost loves. However, the further Lexi delves into the case, the more it appears that the missing woman doesn't want to be found... -
Following the Trail by Lynette Eason
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTracking leads in her sister’s disappearancecould make a K-9 handler the next victim.Lacey Jefferson’s search for her missing sister quickly turns into a murder investigation—thrusting Lacey and her search-and-rescue K-9, Scarlett, into a killer’s sights. Now teaming up with her ex-boyfriend, Sheriff Creed Payne, is the only way to discover the murderer’s identity... -
When a Heart Stops by Lynette Eason
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSpunky and outgoing, nothing much bothers medical examiner Serena Hopkins--except for the thought of falling in love again. But when a serial killer is picking off her former classmates, Serena's life becomes intertwined with her old high school crush, FBI agent Dominic Allen...Categorized as:
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A Distant Shore: A Novel by Karen Kingsbury
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe #1 New York Times bestselling author and “inspirational fiction superstar” (Publishers Weekly) presents this high stakes love story of danger, passion, and faith.She was a child caught in a riptide in the Caribbean Sea. He was a teenager from the East Coast on vacation with his family. He dove in to save her, and that single terrifying moment changed both of their lives forever... -
Hell to Pay by Pamela Fagan Hutchins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUSA Best Book Award-Winning Series, Cross Genre Fiction. A pulse-pounder full of humor and heart, the latest in the What Doesn't Kill You romantic mystery series. Big-haired paralegal and former rodeo queen Emily has her life back on track. Her adoption of Betsy seems like a done deal, her parents have reunited, and she’s engaged to her sexy boss Jack... -
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The Big Kill by Elise Sax
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsProgress is being made on Gladie’s house and her impending wedding. Meanwhile, her best friend Bridget is ready to give birth. But all of that takes a backseat to Gladie’s discovery in her grandmother’s attic about her father... -
Bluegrass Undercover by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn her first follow-up to the Best Selling Bluegrass Series, Kathleen Brooks brings Keeneston back to life through the Davies Brothers. Cade Davies had too much on his plate to pay attention to newest resident of Keeneston. He was too busy avoiding the Davies Brothers marriage trap set by half the town... -
No Such Thing As A Free Ride by Shelly Fredman
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPuff piece reporter, Brandy Alexander is determined to win the battle of self improvement. She is eating better (or at least telling people she is) working out (if sparring with a guy who fishes doughnuts out of the gutter and eats them counts) and checking her impulsive behavior at the door. But it's hard to stay on track when her own therapist gives her up as a lost cause... -
No Living Soul by Julie Moffett
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlthough I never expected it, my work as a computer geek has me traveling around the world, solving mysteries and fighting bad guys. Sometimes with my friends, but always with trouble by my side... -
Written in Blood by Rebecca Deel
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMegan Cahill might soon be making the news instead of writing it. Newspaper editor Megan Cahill loves red pens, clean prose, and fast cars. When a friend is murdered, Meg sets a trap to snare the killer. The bait? One steamed editor with a razor-sharp pen. Only one person stands in her way, a stubborn police detective. Death is no stranger to Detective Rod Kelter... -
No Regrets by Julie Moffett
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGeek girl Lexi Carmichael has tackled her share of formidable tasks, but nothing quite as daunting as serving as maid of honor at her best friend’s wedding When I agreed to stand by my best friend, Basia, on her big day, I had no idea what I was in for. Bouquets and unflattering evening wear I can handle... -
Burden of Proof by DiAnn Mills
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReeling from a negotiation gone wrong, FBI Special Agent April Ramos is caught off guard when a frazzled young woman shoves a crying baby into her arms, then disappears. Worry for the child's safety quickly turns to fear when a man claiming to be the girl's father abducts them at gunpoint... -
Celebrating Tina: An Inspirational Holiday Romantic Suspense by Sara Blackard
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA K-9 handler determined to prove she belongs. A detective with an unwavering plan. Can they overcome their painful pasts and accept the gift of love?Tina West has spent her life feeling like she stood on the outside, but since taking a job at Stryker Security, life seems to be turning for the better.Tina never imagined when she took a job as a nanny she’d end up training for search and rescue... -
Justice Buried by Patricia Bradley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn an effort to get her security consulting business off the ground, Kelsey Allen has been spending a lot of time up in the air, rappelling down buildings and climbing through windows to show business owners their vulnerabilities to thieves... -
Fragile Designs by Colleen Coble
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere’s only one thing more dangerous than family secrets.Since her police-officer husband Eric’s mysterious murder, Carly Harris has been struggling to support herself and their infant son. Her career as an antique dealer isn’t sustainable, nor is her dream of becoming a novelist... -
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Watching Over You by Lori Foster
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWelcome back to Ridge Trail, Colorado! Get ready for the next book in Lori Foster’s thrilling McKenzies of Ridge Trail series.Detective Crosby Albertson has been tracking a criminal network. While investigating leads, he keeps crossing paths with members of the highly trained, suspiciously well-informed McKenzie family... -
Gone without a Trace by Patricia Bradley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's been more than two years since homicide detective Livy Reynolds's cousin disappeared from Logan Point. Unlike most people in her hometown, Livy has never believed that Robyn left voluntarily. When Dallas private investigator Alex Jennings contacts Livy concerning a missing senator's daughter who was last seen in Logan Point, she notices eerie similarities between the two disappearances... -
The Great Jackalope Stampede by Ann Charles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the award-winning author of the Kindle Bestselling Deadwood Mystery Series comes the hilarious third book in the Jackrabbit Junction Mystery series: THE GREAT JACKALOPE STAMPEDE!"There's nothing like a woman who wears a tool belt!"Praise for THE GREAT JACKALOPE STAMPEDE"Cool characters, a clever mystery, and a ton of laughs--The Great Jackalope Stampede delivers them all! If you haven't... -
Witness by Rebecca Deel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFour burglaries. Three assaults. One murder. Not the crime stats Police Chief Ethan Blackhawk envisions for his first two weeks on the job. Ethan uncovers a link to his past, an assassin who bested him five years ago and again hunts in his territory. He welcomes a second chance to capture the assassin...until he falls in love with the only witness... -
Hidden Peril by Irene Hannon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs teenagers, Kristin Dane and her two best friends took a vow to make the world a better place. Twenty years later, she's fulfilling that pledge through her fair trade shop that features products from around the world. All is well until, one by one, people connected to the shop begin dying. Detective Luke Carter, new to the St. Louis PD, wants to know why... -
Through the Storm by Diane Greenwood Muir
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOnce things start falling apart around Polly Giller, chaos takes over and all she can do is hold on for the ride. Sylvie Donovan has finished school and things are supposed to be rainbows and unicorns. Not in Bellingwood. Her oldest son, Jason, has just started high school and isn't handling the transition well...
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