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  • Axel by Christy Barritt

    Axel by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Women are missing. Private security firm Blackout must find them before another victim disappears.Axel Hendrix likes to live on the edge. That’s why being a Navy SEAL suited him so well. But after his last mission, he cut his losses and joined Blackout instead. His team’s latest case involves an undercover investigation on Lantern Beach...
  • Safe and Sound by Christy Barritt

    Safe and Sound by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The thrilling conclusion to the Lantern Beach Guardian...
  • Shock and Awe by Christy Barritt

    Shock and Awe by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Just when things seem to be settling down, an explosive new secret rips Ty and Cassidy's serenity apart...
  • Giant Fall by Liz Bradford

    Giant Fall by Liz Bradford

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Another man has been executed, just like Tom. What secrets will be revealed by the light of the truth?Police Captain Keith Baker loves leading the detectives squad in Hazel Hill, but he's beginning to wonder if it is a good fit for him...
  • Night Prey by Susan Sleeman

    Night Prey by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She lived for upholding the law…Defense attorney, Malone Rice, doesn’t want to go to her fifteen year class reunion. Attending means running into her former high school flame, now Portland police detective, Ian Blair. But when the committee decides to honor her for her pro-bono work with homeless teens, she knows it would be churlish not to attend. She will have to go and make the best of it...
  • One Day Gone: A Mylas Grey Mystery by Luana Ehrlich

    One Day Gone: A Mylas Grey Mystery by Luana Ehrlich

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mylas Grey is a private investigator but don’t call him a private detective. That title belongs to his father—not to him. Mylas is the Chief Investigator for Senator Davis Allen, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. His job is to do background investigations for the President’s judicial nominees, and that’s the only kind of investigation he’s interested in doing...
  • Let There Be Life by Melissa Storm

    Let There Be Life by Melissa Storm

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Liz Benjamin has lost her place in the world. With her closest friends both preoccupied by a sport she has no interest in and her father having recently remarried a woman she loathes, it’s enough to make Liz pack her bags and leave Anchorage for good. That is, until a handsome stranger arrives in town and starts asking all the wrong questions...
  • 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...
  • Wreathed in Disgrace by Robin Patchen

    Wreathed in Disgrace by Robin Patchen

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A famous actress, a protective bodyguard, a festive Christmas season, and a killer...or two...on the loose.Everybody believes movie star Denise Masters abandoned her family to pursue her dream, but the truth is much more complex. For years, she's longed to return to Coventry to repair her relationship with her daughter, but contractual obligations--and fear of being rejected--have kept her away...
  • Dead Drift by Dani Pettrey

    Dead Drift by Dani Pettrey

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Burning 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...
  • Narrow Escape by Christy Barritt

    Narrow Escape by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As general contractor for Vanishing Ranch’s new lodge, Natalie Whitehurst fights to keep her late husband’s business alive and regain her life after his death. When her remote jobsite is compromised, her survival instincts kick in.Natalie suspects her mysterious new crewmember, Joshua Madden, is keeping secrets, especially since her troubles started around the time he arrived...
  • Refuge of Redemption: The Colsons by Christy Barritt

    Refuge of Redemption: The Colsons by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Home is a place of refuge—unless it’s a serial killer’s playground. For years, residents of Fog Lake thought of Bear Colson as the son of an infamous serial killer. But Bear stood his ground, determined not to be driven away. Now, new evidence has emerged that could clear his father’s name, and Bear sets out to use his skills as a computer forensics expert to find the killer’s real identity...
  • Terminal Velocity by Lisa Phillips

    Terminal Velocity by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A last resort.One final chance for the future they want.Joseph is the name they’ve given him. Before that, he was Casper—a trained killer. Now he’s been sidelined to a summer camp retreat center, and if he doesn’t make this work he’ll get kicked out of the Accountant’s Office program for good...
  • The Devoted by Suzanne Woods Fisher

    The Devoted by Suzanne Woods Fisher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Amish life is all she's ever known--but will it satisfy her soul? Restless and adventurous, Ruthie Stoltzfus is right on the cusp of leaving her Amish home. Secretly, she's earned her GED, saved her money--but she can't quite set her journey into motion. Just as everything falls into place, along comes Patrick Kelly. Patrick is a young man on a journey of his own...
  • Dead Reckoning by Christy Barritt

    Dead Reckoning by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Yachtie Kenzie Anderson knows what she saw at the harbor--a woman murdered and pushed into the water. But there's not only no evidence of a crime, but there's no dead body either.Jimmy James Gamble believes Kenzie, even if no one else does. But he senses the danger in the air and wants to keep her away from any more trouble--especially after their last charter...
  • Tipping Point by Christy Barritt

    Tipping Point by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the charter season continues, yachtie Kenzie Anderson suspects that beneath the tranquil surface aboard Almost Paradise are turbulent currents. Has the havoc of the past several charters simply put her on edge? Or is something dangerous hiding just out of sight?Captain Jimmy James Gamble can't believe it when items belonging to charter guests begin to disappear...
  • Winds of Danger by Christy Barritt

    Winds of Danger by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Wes O’Neill is perfectly content to hang with his friends and enjoy island life on Lantern Beach. Something begins to change inside him when Paige Henderson sweeps into his life. But the beautiful newcomer is hiding painful secrets beneath her cheerful facade. Police dispatcher Paige Henderson came to Lantern Beach riddled with guilt and uncertainties after the fallout of a bad relationship...
  • Desert Rescue (K-9 Search and Rescue) by Lisa Phillips

    Desert Rescue (K-9 Search and Rescue) by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With his K-9’s help,can he save the son he didn’t know existed?Rescuing a kidnapped child is part of the job for search-and-rescue K-9 handler Patrick Sanders—but this time it’s his son. Now Patrick and his furry partner must work with his high school love, Jennie Wilcox, to shield the little boy he just learned about...
  • The Lesson by Suzanne Woods Fisher

    The Lesson by Suzanne Woods Fisher

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In her wildest dreams, spunky and impulsive nineteen-year-old Mary Kate Lapp never imagined herself behind a schoolteacher's desk. A run-in (literally) with the schoolteacher compels her to act as a substitute teacher, just as her restless desire to see the world compels her to apply for a passport . . . just in case. The only thing of interest to M.K...
  • Run Aground by Christy Barritt

    Run Aground by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A dead captain on a luxury yacht leads to a tumultuous seafaring journey . . .Med student Kenzie Anderson, tired of letting others chart her future, accepts a job as second steward aboard Almost Paradise. But when she finds the captain dead before the charter even begins, her plans seem to capsize...
  • The Moonlighters Collection: Truth Stained Lies, Distortion, Twisted Innocence by Terri Blackstock

    The Moonlighters Collection: Truth Stained Lies, Distortion, Twisted Innocence by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Terri Blackstock’s bestselling Moonlighters trilogy—now available in one volume! Truth Stained Lies When truth doesn’t make sense, will lies prevail? Distortion A husband’s lies can have deadly consequences. Twisted Innocence Holly Cramer’s past choices have finally caught up to her, but she never expected them to endanger her baby...
  • Expired Getaway by Lisa Phillips

    Expired Getaway by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She won’t stop being dead.He’ll never give up the fight to choose life...
  • A Shot at Redemption by Liz Bradford

    A Shot at Redemption by Liz Bradford

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After her abusive marriage fails and an affair rattles Gavin's and Jocelyn's faith, a baby changes everything.Gavin Riley has been a detective with the Hazel Hill PD for two years, and while he and his partner, Becca Palmer, have by no means closed every case, too many unsolved cases in a row has left Gavin doubting his ability to do his job...
  • Expired Flight by Lisa Phillips

    Expired Flight by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She can't remember who she is.He'll never give up the life he knows...
  • Amish Accident by Ashley Emma

    Amish Accident by Ashley Emma

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    While driving through Amish country in Unity, Maine, Freya Wilson accidentally hits an Amish man with her car in a blizzard, instantly killing him.Panicked, she leaves him there in the road and drives away, afraid that if she is arrested, her violent ex will locate her using his connections with the police...and kill her...
  • Finding Felicity by P. Creeden

    Finding Felicity by P. Creeden

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can the sweetness of rekindled love temper the bitter tang of murder? Despite a difficult childhood, Felicity Stilton never gave up on her dreams. Now, as an adult, she and her Golden Retriever, JJ, help special needs children pave the way for their own futures. Everything is perfect, until she gets the one call she never expected to receive...
  • 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...
  • Betrayal of Faith by Mark M. Bello

    Betrayal of Faith by Mark M. Bello

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    How can one have faith when faith itself is corrupt? When Jennifer Tracey discovers that her new parish priest has harmed her two sons, she seeks justice. Standing in her way? The Coalition-a secret church organization tasked with the responsibility of taking care of these types of incidents quickly and quietly and by any means necessary...
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  • The Celtic Stone by Nick Hawkes

    The Celtic Stone by Nick Hawkes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Chris Norman’s dreams of being a commercial pilot are shattered when he crashes his plane in central Australia. His life hangs in the balance—a balance that is swayed by the intervention of an Aboriginal bushman bent on his own murderous mission. The bushman leaves Chris with a mysterious and incongruous legacy, a Celtic cross made of stone...
  • Sun Coast Chronicles by Terri Blackstock

    Sun Coast Chronicles by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The 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...
  • On Your Knees by Liz Bradford

    On Your Knees by Liz Bradford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Seventeen years have passed... Adam wants a second chance, but so does a killer...Detective Adam Jamison had been given more than he can handle. After a friend dies in his arms, he turns to the bottle to alleviate the pain. But when the rape case he and his partner, Amelia Johnson, are working turns into murder, Adam questions his ability to keep anyone safe...
  • Wait Until Dark: Carolina Moon Series, Book 3 by Christy Barritt

    Wait Until Dark: Carolina Moon Series, Book 3 by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A woman grieving broken dreams. A man struggling to regain memories. A secret entrenched in folklore dating back two centuries. Antiquarian Felicity French has no clue the trouble she’s inviting in when she rescues a man outside her grandma’s old plantation house during a treacherous snowstorm. All she wants is to nurse her battered heart and wounded ego, as well as come to terms with her past...
  • Breach of Honor by Janice Cantore

    Breach of Honor by Janice Cantore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As a police officer in Table Rock, Oregon, Leah Radcliff puts her life on the line to help others every day. But at home, Leah's battling her own personal nightmare: Brad, her abusive husband, a fellow officer, celebrated hero, and beloved son of a powerful prominent family...
  • I Pick You by Creston Mapes

    I Pick You by Creston Mapes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There Are Some Bad Seeds You Never Want to MeetA year from retirement and still reeling from daughter Leena’s kidnapping, Portland PD Detective Wayne Deetz is called upon to check on a domestic violence case. From the moment Deetz and his friend Callie Freeland show up to help Sonny Carlisle, they are blindsided by a lawless toxic steamroller named Blaine Milligan...
  • Five Days in May by Ninie Hammon

    Five Days in May by Ninie Hammon

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    On a warm May Friday in 1963, a mammoth tornado hurls across the empty plains toward the little town of Graham, Oklahoma. The writhing column of destruction a mile wide and eight miles high is not just on a collision course with the town, but with the lives of four of its residents--each of whom has already planned their own personal rendezvous with death that day...
  • The Way of Grace by Cathy Bryant

    The Way of Grace by Cathy Bryant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In pursuit of justice, in need of grace . . . A justice-seeking perfectionist pursues her dream of a perfect life in her hometown of Miller’s Creek, Texas. Sidetracked by a desire to be a prosecuting attorney, Grace Soldano launches into uncharted waters, making herself over to please her boss and mentor...
  • Lone Witness by Rachel Dylan

    Lone Witness by Rachel Dylan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Prosecutor Sophie Dawson's first job in the White Collar division of the Fulton County D.A.'s office is to build a case against a local bank employee who may be cheating clients. But when circumstances beyond her control leave her as the only witness to a double homicide involving a vengeful gang, her world is turned upside down...
  • Body of Evidence by Irene Hannon

    Body of Evidence by Irene Hannon

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Forensic pathologist Grace Reilly has seen her share of unusual deaths in rural Missouri. But when she begins to notice a curious pattern in autopsies of elderly residents whose demise appears to be natural, she takes her concerns to Sheriff Nate Cox.Nate is skeptical about the link Grace is seeing between the deaths--and her suspicions of foul play. But her persistence is compelling...
  • A Bridge Unbroken by Cathy Bryant

    A Bridge Unbroken by Cathy Bryant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Letting go to build a bridge… Dakota Kelly wants her painful past to disappear. A plan to start afresh is derailed when she co-inherits her late grandfather’s farm with Chance Johnson, the man responsible for the scars on her heart. But Chance isn’t the only ghost from the past. Someone else is out to get her and will stop at nothing to get what he wants...
  • Fatal Mistake by Susan Sleeman

    Fatal Mistake by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An FBI agent must protect the woman who can identify a terrorist bomber in bestselling author Susan Sleeman's riveting romantic suspense novel. Each day could be her last...but not if he can help it. Tara Parrish is the only person ever to survive an attack by the Lone Wolf bomber...
  • Cross the Line by C.C. Warrens

    Cross the Line by C.C. Warrens

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An 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...
  • The Protector by Shelley Shepard Gray

    The Protector by Shelley Shepard Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Everyone needs a safe place to call home When her mother passes away, Ella's forced to auction off her family's farm. Her father died years ago, and she could never manage the fifty acres on her own. But after she moves to town, she can't deny the pain she feels watching the new owner, Loyal Weaver, repairing her family's old farmhouse—everything Ella had once dreamed of doing...
  • The Calling by Suzanne Woods Fisher

    The Calling by Suzanne Woods Fisher

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Twenty-year-old Bethany Schrock is restless. Her love life has derailed, her faith hangs by a thread, and she is spending the incredibly hot summer days wading through a lifetime’s accumulation of junk at the home of five ancient Amish sisters. About the only thing that holds her interest is the spirited and dangerously handsome Jimmy Fisher–and he seems bent on irritating her to no end...
  • 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...
  • The Still of Night by Kristen Heitzmann

    The Still of Night by Kristen Heitzmann

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kristen Heitzmann's characters leap from the page with a balance of strength and fragility as they face anguish from the past. Jill and Morgan, once high school sweethearts, had loved and lost—each other and the baby whom Jill gave up at birth. Years later, Morgan is outwardly successful, but he is still haunted by the memory of the tiny child...
  • Aftermath by Terri Blackstock

    Aftermath by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This gripping new thriller will leave you on the edge of your seat. A devastating explosion.Three best friends are at the venue to hear their favorite band. Only one makes it out alive.A trunk full of evidence.When police stop Dustin Webb with a warrant to search his trunk, he knows there’s been a mistake. He’s former military and owns a security firm...
  • Collateral Danger by Roxanne Rustand

    Collateral Danger by Roxanne Rustand

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Josh Bryant is back in Wolf Creek. And now, mountain guide Tessa McAllister has more to fear than drought, wildfires, and underhanded rivals.Years ago, the handsome photojournalist had broken her heart, leaving her with a secret to harbor alone. Now he is back in town. Distracting her. Making her remember their past.But someone is watching them. Waiting...
  • Expired Game by Lisa Phillips

    Expired Game by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She won't stop working to bring down West and save the town.He'll never admit he might be the one standing in her way.Officer Jessica Ridgeman wants to make detective. But her drive to bring down West runs deeper even than that. When the local crime lord fights back in repeated attempts to kill her, she knows she’s onto something.Ted Cartwright is the PD tech guy...
  • Expired Cache by Lisa Phillips

    Expired Cache by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She'll never agree to stay.He'll never stop trying to protect her.History Professor Ellie Ridgeman is back in her hometown for the reading of her grandfather's will. She only has to face her fears this one last time, and then she's off on sabbatical. But the former police chief's last words come with a cryptic instruction Ellie can't ignore. Even when it puts her life in danger...
  • Tone Death by Christy Barritt

    Tone Death by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Camryn Paine is all ears when it comes to solving crimes. . .Annie King, a popular social media personality, is being threatened and requests Camryn’s help. Before Camryn can uncover the truth about what’s going on, Annie nearly dies while filming her show. With Annie in the hospital, Camryn is compelled to do whatever she can to help...
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