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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...
  • High Stakes Deception by Christy Barritt

    High Stakes Deception by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Former Texas Ranger and rodeo champion Ainsley Tatum will do whatever is necessary to figure out the truth surrounding her brother’s death in a terrorist bombing fifteen years ago. When her boss at Vanishing Ranch hands her the opportunity to find answers, Ainsley is all in—except for one caveat...
  • Lethal Betrayal by Christy Barritt

    Lethal Betrayal by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Emily Holcomb never thought working for a nonprofit would endanger her life. But when she’s abducted by ruthless men, it’s clear someone has an agenda they don’t want exposed. She manages to escape, only to find herself at the mercy of another man. But is he her oasis or a deadly mirage?Former Mexican federal police commander Mateo Garcia wants to leave his painful past behind...
  • Legacy of Lies by Christy Barritt

    Legacy of Lies by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Madison Colson never wanted to come back to Fog Lake, Tennessee. Her family’s reputation was forever tarnished when her father was accused of a string of violent murders over a decade ago. She and her brothers were shunned from the area—by everyone except their aunt. At least, that’s how it felt.Now her aunt is dying, and Madison is the only one who can help...
  • Ranger Honor by Lynn Shannon

    Ranger Honor by Lynn Shannon

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Secrets never stay buried...When Sheriff Claire Wilson is attacked, she calls Texas Ranger Gavin Sterling for help with the investigation. The handsome lawman is smart and kind, but Claire is determined to ignore the sparks between them. Divorce shredded her heart and left her jaded when it comes to love. She pours everything she has into raising her small son and protecting her hometown...
  • Rocco by Christy Barritt

    Rocco by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Former Navy SEAL and new Blackout recruit Rocco Foster is on a simple in and out mission. But the operation turns complicated when an unsuspecting woman wanders into the line of fire.Peyton Ellison’s life mission is to sprinkle happiness on those around her. When a cupcake delivery turns into a fight for survival, she must trust her rescuer—a handsome stranger—to keep her safe...
  • Lineage of Corruption by Robin Patchen

    Lineage of Corruption by Robin Patchen

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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  • Cape Corral Keeper by Christy Barritt

    Cape Corral Keeper by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They agreed to marry. But they never agreed to fall in love.When Cape Corral Fire Chief Dillon McGrath saves a woman wearing a wedding dress from drowning, he knows he’ll have a great story to tell the guys at the station later. He never expected to get personally involved in the woman’s plight to stay alive...
  • Line of Duty by Christy Barritt

    Line of Duty by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jaxon Wilder didn’t plan on returning home to Fog Lake, Tennessee, following his tour of duty in Iraq. But after a gut-wrenching failure during his stint in the Army, he now faces a new challenge: his family. Abby Brennan always did her best to be the good girl and to live by the rules. When a wrong decision changes her entire life, she tries to hide from the world...
  • Ripple Effect by Christy Barritt

    Ripple Effect by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    DOING THE RIGHT THING WAS HIS HARDEST TASK YET Griff McIntyre never expected his ex-wife, Bethany, and two-year-old daughter, Ada, to show up on his doorstep. After someone tried to abduct Ada, Bethany is desperate to find safety. Now Griff’s not letting either of them out of his sight...
  • Proof of Life by Kimberly Rae Jordan

    Proof of Life by Kimberly Rae Jordan

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    PROOF OF LIFE is book four of the Christian romance series, BLACKTHORPE SECURITY by Kimberly Rae Jordan. Follow the lives of the men and women working for BlackThorpe Security as they face the challenges of life, faith and love. The BlackThorpe Security series is a spin-off from the Christian romance series, The McKinleys...
  • Ranger Faith by Lynn Shannon

    Ranger Faith by Lynn Shannon

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It's a deadly holiday season... Last Christmas, profiler Emilia Sanchez barely escaped the clutches of a serial killer. All she wants is to forget the incident and move on with her life, especially since the murderer is dead. But when she receives a poinsettia along with a threatening message, it triggers Emilia’s worst fears—that she’s not safe after all...
  • Night Vision: by Susan Sleeman

    Night Vision: by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A woman on the run with no one to trust…When a Christmas vacation at a snowy Mt. Hood cabin turns into a home invasion, Jenna Paine will do anything to protect her four-year-old daughter. Even if it means putting Jenna's own life on the line. Which she must do when the intruder threatens to kill her...
  • Night Hawk: by Susan Sleeman

    Night Hawk: by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’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...
  • 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...
  • Troubled Tidings by Christy Barritt

    Troubled Tidings by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A blown tire on a lonely desert road leads to Christmas Eve trouble.Vanishing Ranch chef Dean Burns just needed to pick up a few things for Christmas dinner. When his tire blows on the way home, he assures coworker Kota Perez that they’ll be back on the road in no time.Dean soon realizes the flat tire was no accident, and the simple trip transforms into a terrifying fight for survival...
  • Brink of Danger by Christy Barritt

    Brink of Danger by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ansley Wilder has always lived life on the wild side, using thrills to numb the pain from her past and escape her mistakes. But a near-death experience two years ago changed everything. When another incident nearly claims her life, she turns her thrill-seeking ways into a fight for survival. Ryan Philips left Fog Lake to chase adventure far from home...
  • Night Moves by Susan Sleeman

    Night Moves by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If you’re in his sights…County social worker, Natalie Dunn discovers a horrible secret about the father of her juvenile clients. The man not only killed one woman, but Natalie suspects he’s killed several others. She plans to go to the authorities, but before she can, the killer turns his sights on her...
  • Dead Ringer by Susan Sleeman

    Dead Ringer by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She 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...
  • Dead Silence: by Susan Sleeman

    Dead Silence: by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A child she’ll do anything to keep. After Kelsey Moore’s husband dies, she wants only one thing. To adopt her husband’s son who she has come to call her own. But as she begins the process that her husband had dragged his feet on, she learns a secret so shocking she begins to question everything she knows except for the love she feels for her son...
  • The Inn on Hanging Hill by Christy Barritt

    The Inn on Hanging Hill by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lindsey Waters never wanted to return to the seaside inn where she grew up. Too many traumatic memories haunt the place, both from her childhood and from days gone by. But with guilt relentlessly chasing her after a tragic choice, she’s desperate for a fresh start.Mysterious incidents begin plaguing the inn—dangerous incidents—that make it clear someone wants to scare Lindsey away...
  • Driving Force by Lynette Eason, Kate Angelo

    Driving Force by Lynette Eason, Kate Angelo

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s the last client she wants to protect…Elite Guardians bodyguard/former sniper CHRISTINA SHERMAN has protected uncooperative clients before—but this time, well her client is bossy, headstrong and occasionally eats off the floor...
  • 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...
  • Rescue Me by Susan May Warren

    Rescue Me by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When Deputy Sam Brooks commits to something, nothing can sway him--not just on the job as liaison between the Mercy Falls sheriff's department and PEAK Rescue, but in his private life. He's the one who stuck around to take care of his mother after his father's accidental death. And he's the one--perhaps the only one--who believes Sierra Rose is the perfect girl for him...
  • Hidden by Vannetta Chapman

    Hidden by Vannetta Chapman

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Christian romantic suspense by bestselling author Vannetta Chapman Home is where our story begins ... DANA JACOBS would rather forget the night of tragedy and violence that marred her childhood. She is now supervisor in charge of the Department of Homeland Security in Taos, New Mexico. Her team is prepared to handle any threat—biological, chemical, conventional, cyber, even nuclear...
  • Chasing Secrets by Lynette Eason

    Chasing Secrets by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Elite 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...
  • Fatal Vendetta by Christy Barritt

    Fatal Vendetta by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trapped in a deadly game, Addison Barlow has no choice but to play by her tormentor’s rules.Following a terrifying home invasion, Addison’s life is controlled by fear. As the threats rise, she flees to a friend’s secluded cabin by Lake Tahoe. But when the woman next door disappears, Addie worries she just escaped one bad situation for another...
  • 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...
  • Secrets of Shame: The Colsons by Christy Barritt

    Secrets of Shame: The Colsons by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A killer’s rampage has just begun . . .Attorney Isaac Colson only wants to put his past in Fog Log behind him and return to his life in Memphis. He thought the trauma involving the infamous The Good Samaritan Killer was behind him—until an ominous letter beckons him back home.Isaac Colson is the only man Rebecca Moreno has ever loved...
  • Blackout by Lisa Phillips

    Blackout by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    BIG CITY CRIME. SMALL TOWN HEROESA missing woman.Cut loose from the CIA after a devastating injury, Ember Hendryx only wants one thing—to live long enough to find her missing sister. The clock is running down. She’s got the skills to do this, but she’ll need the one thing she can’t do for herself if she’s going to succeed...
  • Cold Case by Susan Sleeman

    Cold Case by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When the one thing strikes that she never saw coming… Former FBI cyber security agent Eryn Calloway has successfully cracked countless complex cyber investigations. Her expertise is highly valued working as Blackwell Tactical's cyber expert. But when her computer is locked with ransomware, she suddenly finds herself facing the biggest challenge of all...
  • Breakwater Protector by Christy Barritt

    Breakwater Protector by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One secret will tear them apart. The other will pull them closer.Lizzie McCreary needs to disappear. As danger stalks her, she escapes to windswept Cape Corral with her eight-year-old son, Preston. The isolated island offers her a desperate hope for safety.Saltwater cowboy Dash Fulton isn’t looking for love...
  • Signs of Love by Kimberly Rae Jordan

    Signs of Love by Kimberly Rae Jordan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SIGNS OF LOVE is book two of the Christian romance series, BLACKTHORPE SECURITY by Kimberly Rae Jordan. Follow the lives of the men and women working for BlackThorpe Security as they face the challenges of life, faith and love. The BlackThorpe Security series is a spin-off from the Christian romance series, The McKinleys...
  • 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...
  • The Last Target by Christy Barritt

    The Last Target by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The paper found in a terrorist's pocket holds six names--and single mom Rachel Reynolds is the only one on the list who's still alive. Private security contractor Jack Sergeant wants to ensure she stays that way, but first he must convince Rachel the danger is real. Rachel can't believe that someone's after her...until she's grazed by a shooter's bullet...
  • 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...
  • Storm of Doubt by Christy Barritt

    Storm of Doubt by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A pastor who’s lost faith in God. A romance writer who’s lost faith in love. A faceless man with a deadly obsession. Nothing has felt right in Pastor Jack Wilson’s world since his wife died two years ago. He hoped coming to Lantern Beach might help soothe the ragged edges of his soul. Instead, he feels more alone than ever. Novelist Juliette Grace came to the island to hide away...
  • 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...
  • Dead End by Susan Sleeman

    Dead End by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Evaluating trace evidence is her job… When Sierra Byrd’s father needs a kidney transplant, despite her parents’ protest claiming they could never ask for her help, Sierra insists on being tested for the transplant. But when results prove it is physically impossible for her father to be her biological father, her family finally confesses their long-held secret...
  • 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...
  • The Forgiving Jar by Wanda E. Brunstetter

    The Forgiving Jar by Wanda E. Brunstetter

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What would happen if you found out someone has been impersonating you?   Sara Murray had never met her mother’s parents and was surprised to learn after her death that they were Amish living in Pennsylvania. When she is finally able to make the trip to meet them, she is shocked to learn someone else has been living with them and pretending to be Sara...
  • Distorted by Christy Barritt

    Distorted by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mallory Baldwin is a survivor. A former victim of human trafficking, she’s been given a second chance, yet not a night goes by that she doesn’t remember being a slave to weapons dealer Dante Torres. Despite being afraid of the dark and wary of strangers, Mallory is trying to rebuild her life by turning her tragedy into redemption...
  • Night Fall by Susan Sleeman

    Night Fall by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She 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...
  • The Color of Joy by Julianne MacLean

    The Color of Joy by Julianne MacLean

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Color of Joy is USA Today bestselling author Julianne MacLean’s eighth instalment in her popular Color of Heaven series, which has delivered many happy sighs to thousands of readers worldwide and left them clamoring for more...
  • Desperate Rescue by Christy Barritt

    Desperate Rescue by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Vanishing Ranch founder Charlie Soldier is closer than ever to discovering who orchestrated the hotel bombing that killed hundreds of people and ultimately led to her father’s death. But as she and her team tighten the noose, the culprit threatens to expose secrets that could destroy Charlie.Monroe Davis, Charlie’s right-hand man, has been sidelined with life-threatening injuries...
  • Under Fire by Liz Bradford

    Under Fire by Liz Bradford

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Someone wants Jacq Sheppard dead.FBI Special Agent Jacq Sheppard has been fighting for trafficked women since the day her best friend disappeared at the hands of a trafficker thirteen years ago. While searching for a missing young woman, Jacq is convinced she sees her long lost friend, Morgan...
  • 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...
  • Dead Center: by Susan Sleeman

    Dead Center: by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everyone has a secret… When forensic photographer Ainsley Duncan’s brother is wrongly convicted of murder, she works hard to exonerate him through her contacts, but nothing clears his name until she happens upon a long-buried secret involving Grady Houston—the Veritas Center’s ballistics, firearms, and explosives expert...
  • Dead Heat by Susan Sleeman

    Dead Heat by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tracing cyber criminals is his job… When hackers breach hospital security to steal patient records and begin blackmailing them, Veritas Center’s cybercrime expert, Nick Thorn is hired to locate security holes and patch the system. But he doesn’t stop there. He wants to bring down the hacker and make her pay...
  • Dead Even by Susan Sleeman

    Dead Even by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When she discovers her worst nightmare…When Maya Glass—the Veritas Center’s toxicology/controlled substances expert—goes to check on her scientist friend after a cryptic phone message, Maya stumbles upon her worst nightmare. A deadly toxin has been released, her friend’s assistant has died in his secluded island lab, and her friend is missing...
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