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  • Unwritten & Underwater by Amanda M. Lee

    Unwritten & Underwater by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Avery Shaw is living the dream … kind of. She’s officially moved to her dream house and her boyfriend Eliot Kane is making her host a housewarming party to show off the new digs to her family. All is going well – other than the endless arguments over food and hiding from Avery’s family, of course – until one of Avery’s enemies comes calling...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  humor  law-enforcement  adult  audiobook  book
  • Mayhem & Mistletoe by Amanda M. Lee

    Mayhem & Mistletoe by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Avery Shaw has the world at her fingertips … and a pile of dead Santas near the railroad tracks. Interestingly, she’s more focused on the Santas than her personal life, but only because she’s been warned that a proposal is imminent from her live-in love Eliot Kane and she needs to look somewhere else – anywhere else will do – rather than accept what he’s trying to offer...
  • New Media & Old Grudges by Amanda M. Lee

    New Media & Old Grudges by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Avery Shaw likes to win. Unfortunately, her single-minded focus on being declared victor tends to get her into trouble. That’s never more true than when she decides to take on her archnemesis Tad Ludington. With an election coming up, Avery is ready to let her freak flag fly in an attempt to get Tad to show his true colors on television … thus sabotaging his chance at getting into office...
  • Above the Fold & Below the Belt by Amanda M. Lee

    Above the Fold & Below the Belt by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Avery Shaw has taken on her fair share of jerks. Often, she’s considered the jerk when she takes them down … a role she gladly relishes. Now, though, she’s taking on a whole faction of jerks. It seems a battle of the sexes is brewing in Macomb County...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  humor  law-enforcement  adult  audiobook  book
  • In Cahoots with the Prickly Pear Posse by Ann Charles, C.S. Kunkle

    In Cahoots with the Prickly Pear Posse by Ann Charles, C.S. Kunkle

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Morgan sisters are BACK … “This dusty corner of Arizona is about to have a replay of the O.K. Corral!” * * * When “Crazy” Kate Morgan learns that her sisters are the next targets on a killer’s to-do list, she’s hell-bent on chasing down trouble before it rides into Jackrabbit Junction...
  • Alpaca Lies by Ellen Riggs

    Alpaca Lies by Ellen Riggs

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can a dancing alpaca waltz her way out of a murder allegation and go toe-to-toe with the real killer? Alvina, the alpaca, is the most popular rescue animal at Runaway Farm. Her passion for dancing with handsome men has created a cult-like following...
  • The Preditorial Page by Amanda M. Lee

    The Preditorial Page by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Is speed-dating okay when you're in a relationship? It is when you're looking for a killer, especially in Avery Shaw's world. A naked body has been discovered in the nearby Clinton River, and while Sheriff Jake Farrell is keeping his cards close to his vest, Avery has another avenue of Eliot...
  • Bite the Bullet by Gina LaManna, Suzie Althens

    Bite the Bullet by Gina LaManna, Suzie Althens

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Listening Length 8 hours and 50 minutesSummer in the Twin Cities is hard to beat, and Detective Kate Rosetti is excited to show FBI Agent Jack Russo a nice, relaxing time while he’s back in town. Unfortunately, her plans go belly up when Tommy “Two-Toed” Bianchi is found floating face down in Kate’s favorite lake...
  • Oracles & Obituaries by Amanda M. Lee

    Oracles & Obituaries by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Halloween is Avery Shaw's favorite time of year. What's not to love? Slasher movies, hot chocolate and corn mazes. She's addicted to them all.During a visit to one of those mazes, she runs across several men trying to kidnap a teenage girl. In true Avery fashion, she intervenes... resulting in a severe injury...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  humor  law-enforcement  adult  audiobook  book
  • Bylines & Skylines by Amanda M. Lee

    Bylines & Skylines by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Life is changing for Avery Shaw. She’s searching for a house with her boyfriend Eliot so they can officially move in together. She’s been gifted special passes to Macomb County’s comic book convention – and she couldn’t be more excited. She’s also been put in charge of her most hated enemy at work, and the power is going straight to her head...
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    cozy  crime  humor  law-enforcement  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • Misprints & Mistakes by Amanda M. Lee

    Misprints & Mistakes by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Avery Shaw is in a funny spot. Her best friend is pregnant, her cousin’s girlfriend is up to something and her boyfriend has serious issues on the brain. When teenager Sierra Jackson goes missing, Avery is in a unique position to scoop everyone...
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    cozy  crime  humor  law-enforcement  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • Extra! Extra! Dead All About It by Amanda M. Lee

    Extra! Extra! Dead All About It by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The primary election is almost here and Avery Shaw is in her glory. Her boss has unleashed her on the leading candidates - including two of whom she downright loathes - and Macomb County's leading reporter (and pot-stirrer extraordinaire) is about to turn the election on its ear.She just needs to find a story first...
  • Riddle Me This by Gina LaManna

    Riddle Me This by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Detective Kate Rosetti is not a big fan of February 14th. Even worse than gigantic bouquets of roses and buckets of chocolate, however, are the love notes she’s been receiving from the murderer who very nearly stole her life.Unfortunately, a peaceful Valentine’s Day isn’t in the cards for Kate Rosetti...
  • Shot Off the Presses by Amanda M. Lee

    Shot Off the Presses by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Life should be good for Avery Shaw. She's got a hunky new boyfriend in local pawnshop owner (and sometime private detective) Elliot Kane, her cousin Lexie swears she'll be moving out of her house one day "real soon" and her family has been relatively quiet for a whole week. That's practically perfection in Avery's world...
  • Buried Leads by Amanda M. Lee

    Buried Leads by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Journalists are supposed to report the news, not be it. For Avery Shaw, though, that's easier said than done.Avery has spent the last month on her boss' list -- you know the one -- and she can't figure out a way to get off it...
  • Picking Up the Pieces by Denise Grover Swank

    Picking Up the Pieces by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    **Novella following Thirty-Two and a Half Complications in the USA Today bestselling Rose Gardner Mystery series** While Rose might be reeling from the news that Joe’s ex-girlfriend is pregnant, she’s got bigger issues to deal with...
  • Very Special Forces by Camilla Chafer

    Very Special Forces by Camilla Chafer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Private Investigator Lexi Graves couldn’t be happier. All she has left to do is wrap up a case between a fighting married couple before she can focus solely on adding the finishing touches to her own wedding. That case is a snap to solve but a woman suddenly enters the detective agency with a puzzling request and Lexi decides to take a last-minute look into the matter...
  • COMEBACK GIRL: part 5 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    COMEBACK GIRL: part 5 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An Amazon exclusive!From the international bestselling author of STOP THE WEDDING! (now a Hallmark Channel movie) and the BODY MOVERS mystery series comes a new story of comedy, suspense, and romance. Home is where the hurt is. In COMEBACK GIRL, a young novelist estranged from her family is forced to return to her small hometown for a family emergency, and deal with the ghosts of her past...
  • COMEBACK GIRL: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    COMEBACK GIRL: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An Amazon exclusive!From the international bestselling author of STOP THE WEDDING! (now a Hallmark Channel movie) and the BODY MOVERS mystery series comes a new story of comedy, suspense, and romance. Home is where the hurt is. In COMEBACK GIRL, a young novelist estranged from her family is forced to return to her small hometown for a family emergency, and deal with the ghosts of her past...
  • Home Again: Starting Over by Becki Willis

    Home Again: Starting Over by Becki Willis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Things 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...
  • Dark Side of the Moo by Ellen Riggs

    Dark Side of the Moo by Ellen Riggs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sweet life on the farm turns sour when a guest mooves on to greener pastures. Permanently.Ivy was happy to put her old life at Flordale Corporation behind her, but with a recent murder tarnishing her new inn’s reputation she can’t afford to be choosy about paying guests. So when her former teammates from HR ask to hold their retreat at Runaway Farm and Inn, she throws down the welcome mat...
  • In the Line of Ire by Camilla Chafer

    In the Line of Ire by Camilla Chafer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Private Investigator Lexi Graves receives an expensive bag from her new husband, she’s delighted… for all of five seconds. That’s exactly how long it takes her to realize it’s a fake. Then another fake bag turns up, along with an outraged mall manager that is desperate to find the culprit before the mall’s impeccable reputation for selling quality goods is tarnished...
  • Stolen Dreams by Terri Reid

    Stolen Dreams by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “But Sol, it ain’t haunted like you thought,” Marty argued cautiously. It wasn’t a good idea to get Sol too angry. “We’ve tried everything, séances, Ouija boards, mediums—everything. This place is just an old, empty house. A creepy, old house.”Sol shook his head, disregarding Marty’s words, and started up the tall staircase to the second floor. “It just has to seem like a haunted house,” he said...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  ghosts
  • Rose Gardner Mystery Box Set by Denise Grover Swank

    Rose Gardner Mystery Box Set by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Box set of the first three books and novella in the USA Today bestselling Rose Gardner Mystery series. When Rose Gardner decides she's done frittering her days away at the DMV, she turns Henryetta, Arkansas upside down as she navigates life, love and the investigation of a murder every now and then...
  • A Few Good Women by Camilla Chafer

    A Few Good Women by Camilla Chafer

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Private investigator, Lexi Graves is on cloud nine. After getting engaged to her boyfriend-slash-boss, Solomon, along with her old job back, now, her best friend is about to give birth to her first baby. Nothing could make life better for Lexi... but a blast from her past could make everything a whole lot worse. Anthony Simon Steadman isn't a man Lexi ever thought she'd run into again...
  • Laugh or Death by Camilla Chafer

    Laugh or Death by Camilla Chafer

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When 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...
  • 8 Bodies is Enough by Stephanie Bond

    8 Bodies is Enough by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When you gamble with the truth... Carlotta Wren is off on another adventure--this time following a lead from her jailbird father to Las Vegas to find out what happened to her long-lost mother. Unaware of Carlotta's mission, her brother Wesley tags along with grandiose designs of winning big with a secret bag of cash he found. But as soon as the Wren siblings hit Sin City, their luck runs cold...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  humor  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • Six Feet Under by Tonya Kappes

    Six Feet Under by Tonya Kappes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Too many cooks in the kitchen spoil the broth. And let me tell you, this broth is in trouble. Get ready for a Southern showdown. The residents of Cottonwood, Kentucky are sent into a tizzy when the Culinary Channel comes to town to film an episode of Southern Home Cookin’ with celebrity chef Frank Von Lee. Especially Sheriff Kenni Lowry...
  • No Such Thing as a Lost Cause by Shelly Fredman

    No Such Thing as a Lost Cause by Shelly Fredman

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When rookie cop, Dave Wolinski is shot during a routine traffic stop, Brandy (who's along for the ride) finds herself face to face with the shooter; drug-crazed, pit bull fighting, gang member, Mario Lewis. Brandy shoots Lewis in self defense and becomes the target of gang retaliation...
  • File One: Family Secrets by Terri Reid

    File One: Family Secrets by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Brooke Callahan’s life might not have been perfect, but it was pretty much what she had expected. She was successful, she was admired and she had a reputation for being a tough defense lawyer, even for her pro-bono cases. Her father was the well-respected and often feared, Judge Callahan...
  • Temp Girl: part 5 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Temp Girl: part 5 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An Amazon exclusive!From the international bestselling author of STOP THE WEDDING! (now a Hallmark Channel movie) and the BODY MOVERS mystery series comes a new story of comedy, suspense, and romance. Change is good... but not great. In TEMP GIRL, an entitled diva is forced to take a job at a temp agency to get by, and takes a tumble into reality...
  • 15 Minutes by Larissa Reinhart

    15 Minutes by Larissa Reinhart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    #10days #findthewoman #getthejob #doNOTfallinlove When ex-teen star Maizie Albright returns to her Southern hometown of Black Pine, Georgia, she hoped to rid herself of Hollywood tabloid and reality show hell for a new career as a private investigator. Instead, Hollyweird follows her home. Maizie’s costar crushing, but now for her gumshoe boss. Her stage-monster mother still demands screen time...
  • Welcoming Seas by Lily Harper Hart

    Welcoming Seas by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rowan Gray is a former photojournalist starting a new life on The Bounding Storm, one of the Atlantic Ocean’s most decadent cruise ships. She’s friendly and excited for her new career … but she’s also hiding a secret. Quinn Davenport left a career in the military to become head of security on The Bounding Storm...
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    cozy  crime  humor  law-enforcement  paranormal  adult  book  fiction
  • Sense and Scent Ability by Renee George

    Sense and Scent Ability by Renee George

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My name is Nora Black, and I'm fifty-one-years young. At least that's what I tell myself, when I'm not having hot flashes, my knees don't hurt, and I can find my reading glasses.I’m also the proud owner of a salon called Scents & Scentsability in the small resort town of Garden Cove, where I make a cozy living selling handmade bath and beauty products. All in all, my life is pretty good...
  • Kissing in Action by Camilla Chafer

    Kissing in Action by Camilla Chafer

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When Lexi gets her latest gig, tracking down a blackmailer guilty of extorting thousands of dollars from the country’s hottest girl band, it’s practically a dream come true. However, rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous doesn’t turn out to be as much fun as she hoped...
  • A Medium Education by Erin Huss

    A Medium Education by Erin Huss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My name is Zoe Lane, and I see dead people.Over the last year, I have confronted criminals, solved murders, saved lives, had multiple brushes with death, looked into the eyes of a serial killer, and stared down the barrel of a gun. I thought I knew stress. I thought wrong. In all my life I have never experienced anything as stressful as the pickup zone at Trucker Middle School...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  humor  paranormal  adult  book  fiction
  • Collateral Damage by Jenna Bennett

    Collateral Damage by Jenna Bennett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A white supremacy hate group is spreading its tendrils through the bucolic hills of Middle Tennessee, holding target practice in Laurel Hill wildlife area and stockpiling weapons in preparation for a race war. It's up to Savannah's husband Rafe to find and eliminate them..
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    cozy  female-mc  humor  adult  book  fiction  mystery  suspense
  • Right of Redemption by Jenna Bennett

    Right of Redemption by Jenna Bennett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “The hilarious dialog and the tension between Savannah and Rafe will delight fans of chick-lit mysteries and romantic suspense.” —Jo Ann Vicarel, Library Journal Savannah Martin has always been a good girl, doing what was expected and fully expecting life to fall into place in its turn...
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    cozy  female-mc  humor  mystery  fiction  suspense  romance  book
  • Shadows in the Salon by Kirsten Fullmer

    Shadows in the Salon by Kirsten Fullmer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A spooky mystery, a promising romance, and a secret society of scheming women… Michelle owns the Salon, Shear Genius, on Sugar Mountain Main Street, a favorite with the tourists and locals alike. Lately she’s being plagued by eerie and unexplained goings-on...
  • Unfinished Business by Jenna Bennett

    Unfinished Business by Jenna Bennett

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When realtor and recovering Southern Belle Savannah Martin wakes up alone on what is supposed to be her wedding day, she isn’t sure what to think. Did her fiancé—bad-boy TBI agent Rafe Collier—decide he couldn’t face being shackled to one woman for the rest of his life..
  • Adverse Possession by Jenna Bennett

    Adverse Possession by Jenna Bennett

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Savannah Martin’s real estate career has been an uphill battle. As far as Savannah is concerned, her personal zenith was getting Aislynn Turner and Kylie Mitchell into their dream home, a Victorian cottage in the hip and happening historic district of East Nashville, last January.That was six months ago, and now the dream has turned sour...
  • The Hitwoman Hunts a Ghost by J.B. Lynn

    The Hitwoman Hunts a Ghost by J.B. Lynn

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bumbling hitwoman Maggie Lee has discovered the sister she thought was dead might be alive. She’s desperate to find her, but all of her bosses are making unreasonable demands. Demands she can’t afford not to meet.Once again, Delveccio, the chocolate pudding loving mob boss, needs someone whacked...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  humor  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  animals
  • The Hitwoman and the Neurotic Witness by J.B. Lynn

    The Hitwoman and the Neurotic Witness by J.B. Lynn

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book 5 in the Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman series When her apartment building is blown to smithereens, bumbling hitwoman Maggie Lee is forced to move back into the Bed & Breakfast she grew up in. Living with her three meddling aunts is bad enough, but it just so happens that the B&B is also occupied by a U.S...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  humor  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Shadows Of Hunters Ridge by Sarah Barrie

    Shadows Of Hunters Ridge by Sarah Barrie

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Something’s not right in Hunters Ridge… Ebony Blakely has her life nearly exactly where she wants it. She’s a country vet with a successful business in Hunters Ridge, a town that she loves, and has a close group of friends. The only thing missing is romance...
  • Mystery at the Edge of Madness by Beth Byers

    Mystery at the Edge of Madness by Beth Byers

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    July 1925Severine DuNoir was twelve when she discovered the bodies of her parents, and the day after the funeral, she was sent to a convent in another country.  By the time she resolves to go home, her sole focus is to reveal what happened to her parents.Coming home, however, unveils a far more sinister plot than she could have expected.  It’s clear from her first night that something is afoot...
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    cozy  paranormal  humor  female-mc  crime  mystery  historical  fiction
  • Witch's Block by Amy Boyles

    Witch's Block by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    At forty-three, Paige Provey is at the height of her career. As the author of a successful paranormal book series, she has a legion of fans who all believe she has powers herself. But when Paige's ex-husband reveals that she's a fraud, she quickly finds herself and her career canceled.But Paige is still under a publishing contract, so she must put out a new book--one that will save her career...
  • The Arrangements - Box Set by Annie Adams

    The Arrangements - Box Set by Annie Adams

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Final Arrangment The Vulture is dead. The body of Quincy McKay's nemesis and biggest competitor in the floral business has just been discovered in a casket at the mortuary, complete with flowers on the lid. Derrick Gibbons, aka The Vulture, stole all of Quincy's funeral business, and now she's on a mission to get it back...
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    cozy  crime  humor  adult  anthologies  fiction  mystery  romance
  • If It Bleeds, It Leads by Amanda M. Lee

    If It Bleeds, It Leads by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Local news reporter Avery Shaw’s week is going from bad to worse.It’s bad enough there’s a dead body in the parking lot of the paper, but when the investigation into the death leads to drugs – and a tie to her own family – things continue to spiral downward.If she could focus on that, though, it would just be another normal week...
  • Blink of an Eye by Alyssa Day

    Blink of an Eye by Alyssa Day

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A detective who turns into a tiger. A pawn shop owner who can see how you'll die. The criminals never had a chance. If you enjoyed Sookie Stackhouse and True Blood, you’ll love Tess Callahan and the Tiger’s Eye mysteries. Tess and sexy shapeshifter Jack solve mysteries with supernatural flair, and the laughs fly as fast as the clues...
  • Deadly Illusions by Lily Harper Hart

    Deadly Illusions by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Finn Hardy has watched his brothers find love -- and felt left behind. He's not sure he's ready to settle down -- but he'd at least like the option. Emma Pritchard has a tortured past. Her father is a notorious child molester, her brother a convicted felon. She only has herself to rely on now. That's why she doesn't need -- or want -- anyone to protect her...
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    cozy  crime  humor  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
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