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Touch & Geaux by Abigail Roux
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAfter having their faces plastered across the news during a high-profile case, FBI Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett have become more useful to the Bureau posing for photo ops than working undercover. Just as Zane is beginning to consider retirement a viable option, Ty receives a distress call from a friend, leading them to a city rife with echoes from the past... -
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Pawns in the Bishop's Game by Emilia Finn
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHow do you protect the girl, when the most dangerous threat in her life is you? Kane Bishop is a professional enforcer, smuggler, all-around law breaker, and the latest resident of a tiny town hidden by mountains and forest. His job is to keep his kingpin boss safe and off the local law enforcement's radar... -
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Bound by Aleatha Romig
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWith more revealed, what does that mean for the future? From New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes a brand-new dark romance trilogy bringing us back to the same dangerous underworld as WEB OF SIN. You do not need to read the Web of Sin trilogy to get caught in this new and intriguing saga, Tangled Web... -
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Devil's Hour by Aimee Nicole Walker
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDevil’s hour, noun: the hour when the demon or devil who leads hell is at its strongest. Born on the wrong side of the tracks, Royce Locke is no stranger to scrapping and fighting for the things he wants. What he desires most is Sawyer Key—his partner on the force and the man he’s falling in love with... -
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![The Hitman's Guide to Staying Alive Despite Past Mistakes by Alice Winters]()
The Hitman's Guide to Staying Alive Despite Past Mistakes by Alice Winters
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsJacksonNow that Leland’s decided to give up his life as a hitman and take a walk on the mild side, we’ve been enjoying a simple life of taking down bad guys the legal way. I didn’t know he would be just as reckless as a PI, but it’s not my fault if I happen to enjoy helping him hunt down the occasional criminal... -
![Atonement by Sloane Kennedy]()
Atonement by Sloane Kennedy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“Once a fuck up, always a fuck up.” Words twenty-six-year-old Dante Thorne has had to live with for more years than he can count and a title he finally earned at the tender age of sixteen when one careless decision led to tragedy... -
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Chokehold by K.A. Merikan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings--- The ugliest truths blossom into the prettiest lies. ---A year into the relationship with Domenico, Seth still wants him as desperately as ever. Nothing is better than being intoxicated with lust for his deadly man and feeling his steady hands all over.No matter the misunderstandings, the fights... The crash. The burn... -
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Cold Deceit by Toni Anderson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA tenacious forensic anthropologist needs protection from an elite FBI HRT operator as they search for a ruthless killer in this Romantic Thriller by New York Times bestselling author Toni Anderson.When forensic anthropologist Zoe Miller stumbles across a murder victim in the blisteringly hostile Sonoran Desert, she triggers a chain of events that puts her in the crosshairs of a ruthless killer... -
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Final Lover by Jocelynn Drake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo assassins meet, don’t kill each other, and fall in love. It’s happily ever after, right? Not so fast. Reformed mercenaries Justin Mallory and Gabriel Prescott have taken the big leap of living together. They’re even working together. But “one last job” has them taking a falsely accused man and his young son into their home for safe keeping... -
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The Bait by N.R. Walker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen three men turn up in their sleepy little town of Tallowwood, Harry and Asher know something’s wrong. Not because someone could find them, but the fact that Asher’s informant and oldest friend, Yunho, failed to alert them. Messages and phone calls unanswered; Harry and Asher go to Thailand to find Yunho is missing... -
![The Hitman's Guide to Making Friends and Finding Love by Alice Winters]()
The Hitman's Guide to Making Friends and Finding Love by Alice Winters
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWhat happens when a snarky hitman and a by-the-book PI cross paths? Leland Being a hitman has its perks, but I never thought getting an accidental mooning by an attractive PI while he’s caught on a fence would be one of them. While it’s not exactly love at first sight, he’s captured my interest and won’t let go... -
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Vengeful Lover by Jocelynn Drake
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEvery assassin has an exit strategy – their ultimate plan for leaving that dangerous life and disappearing. They just never expect to live long enough to enact it. Gabriel Prescott was no different. But everything changed when he met fellow mercenary Justin Mallory. Now he’s racing across Europe with Justin to put to rest old threats before they can end both their lives... -
![Something to Dye For by Aimee Nicole Walker]()
Something to Dye For by Aimee Nicole Walker
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA phone call in the middle of the night forces Detective Gabriel Wyatt out of his warm bed and into the frigid night to identify the body of a murdered man whose wallet contains Gabe’s business card instead of an ID. That night sets off a chain of events that chills Gabe to his bones when it appears that the killer has set his eyes on a new target – Josh Roman... -
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Haven by K.A. Merikan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings— Not the same river, not the same man. —After seven years away, Seth and Domenico are back in Sicily with one goal in mind.Revenge.The man who’d hounded their family is still alive, and as untouchable as he’s always been. While they wait for the right moment to strike, reality clashes with fond memories of home... -
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![Forsaken by Sloane Kennedy]()
Forsaken by Sloane Kennedy
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI didn’t know how to tell him how afraid I’d been that I’d never have this moment with him. This moment where it was just the two of us. This moment where he made me feel whole without even trying. --Eli Abandoned. Abused. Betrayed. Ex-cop Maverick “Mav” James needs only three things... -
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Gilded Agony by K.A. Merikan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“We are two halves of the same rotten apple.”Deep in the Amazonian jungle, there is a mansion with a rose garden and a hen house where juicy tomatoes are the perfect shade of red, and marble countertops glisten.Inside, where even the shadows don’t reach, something is rotting, and the perfect facade can only hold the stench for so long... -
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Bloodbath by K.A. Merikan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“I don’t even know who I am anymore.” “All you need to know is that you’re mine.” Seth would follow Domenico to the depths of hell. He promised to always be at Domenico’s side. But hell becomes all too real when they infiltrate the world of Toro - a notoriously security-obsessed arms dealer, who has eyes and ears everywhere... -
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Happy Death Day by Lisa Renee Jones
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKane Mendez.The son of a drug lord, who is not his father's son, and yet, he has enemies. Too many enemies.Lilah Love.The FBI agent who perhaps kills a little too easily. Or does she? As she's called in to consult on a case, and catch a killer, her troubles back home don't go away. People want her dead. She simply wants them dead first.Kane and Lilah. Lilah and Kane. War is on the horizon...Categorized as:
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Swamp Blood by K.A. Merikan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings--- Faking their own death was the easy part. ---After months of recovering from his injuries, Seth struggles with who he has become. Afloat in a reality he never planned, he tries to find the lost pieces of himself again. Find the purpose, motivation, and strength to get back into shape. He is sick and tired of being a burden for Domenico, who seems to have it all together... -
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Mission: Without a Trace by Nicole Edwards
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTheir first official case as a task force doesn’t take Brantley Walker and Reese Tavoularis far from home.Getting right down to business, the Off the Books task force prioritizes a case of a fifteen-year-old girl who went missing nine years earlier from the same small town they grew up in: Coyote Ridge, Texas... -
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When Death Frees the Devil by L.J. Hayward
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEthan is finally free. He’s left the Cabal behind and embraced a civilian life with Jack, the man he loves. The only problem is that the Cabal isn’t willing to let him go. A call in the middle of the night and a threat to Jack’s family, and Ethan is back in the game. The only way out is to take on the organization that spent years warping his life... -
![A Shameless Little Bet by Meli Raine]()
A Shameless Little Bet by Meli Raine
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow do I prove a negative? I need to prove Jane is innocent, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Mirrors, smoke, and lies can conjure a truth that isn't real. Money, bribes, and power can twist reality. What we call proof is all an elaborate magic act. So is love... -
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Devil in the Details by L.J. Hayward
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf there’s one thing assassin Ethan Blade knows, it’s how to plan a job. How to study a target, find the weak spot, and strike. He keeps his guns clean, his knives sharp, and his heart sealed away behind more locks than his precious cars. Alone but safe. Until Jack Reardon burrowed his way into Ethan’s life, his car, and his heart. This may just be the deadliest mess he can’t plan his way out of... -
![Rough Trade by Sidney Bell]()
Rough Trade by Sidney Bell
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsQuick-witted hustler Ghost is no stranger to living dangerously; survival has always been the name of the game. He’s just always gone it alone. Now he’s got the wrong people breathing down his neck, and the only way out demands placing his trust in the unlikeliest of heroes: Duncan Rook, a gruff cop whose ethics are as solid as his body... -
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![Save Me by Ariana Nash]()
Save Me by Ariana Nash
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe third and final book in the outstanding mafia/priest MM Forgive Me series. Vitari Angelini knows selling a cache of Battaglia guns to a drug lord is not what Francis would call legal, but he’ll never find out. Besides, it’s for a good cause: Francis’s happy ever after... -
![The Cleaner by Jessica Gadziala]()
The Cleaner by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs the name of her podcast suggests, Poppy is on the case. Of a serial killer operating just under the radar in Navesink Bank. And nothing will get in her way. Except, maybe, a good-looking guy with tortured eyes, anxiety, and a cleaning compulsion... -
![A Mended Man by Jaime Reese]()
A Mended Man by Jaime Reese
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA story of healing and confronting demons… Detective Aidan Calloway is rock-solid strong. He's a man of justice—loyal to his friends, family, and job—even if it requires bending a law…or two. He shields himself behind an abrasive, fearless facade, until a phone call one night chips his armor and throws his perfectly planned, hollow life into a tailspin. Jessie Vega is the epitome of optimism... -
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Forbidden Lover by Jocelynn Drake
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDevlin Relic was off limits.The sweet man had already lost a husband and nearly lost his life when someone put a contract on his head last year.He needed to focus on raising his adopted son and finding a nice, normal man.Kai was anything but nice and normal.He was an assassin, and that did not fit into Dev’s neat and tidy life... -
![180 Proof Vega by Santino Hassell]()
180 Proof Vega by Santino Hassell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmilio Vega is a shit-talking, eighteen-year-old gunrunner who is dragged out of the world of crime he grew up in, and forced to work for a covert organization that deals in assassination and political intrigue.The full version of Volume 1 is expected to be published in 2015.Note: The first three parts of Volume 1 are available for free on the author's GR profile... -
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Suspicion's Fire: Trinity Masters: The Mafia, Book 1 by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn arranged marriage is already quite dramatic, especially with two grooms. When a bomb goes off at the wedding reception, Gabriella Torres is left wondering who exactly she just married.This might have been an assassination attempt aimed at her new husband Vincente, the security minister for Castile... -
![His Fatal Love by Leighton Greene]()
His Fatal Love by Leighton Greene
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEasily bored, completely manipulative, and utterly deadly…and that’s just in bed.As an assassin for the Castellani Family, I live for the thrill of the job. I'm devoted to my Family and my Don, because they keep me safe.To Leo Bernardi, I'm a monster. A killing machine. And a puppet that his Family can use for their own ends. To me, Leo is just a pawn in a game that I'm playing. A means to an end... -
![Deadly Lover: Special Edition by Jocelynn Drake]()
Deadly Lover: Special Edition by Jocelynn Drake
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew Expanded Content for Deadly Lover!Justin Mallory is an assassin. But he’s really a good guy.He has years of bad decisions to make up for, starting with agreeing to join the CIA after being recruited out of the Marines. No reason to add more black marks to his soul.Now he chooses the jobs and he works always alone. It’s safer that way, and he can make sure the good guy always wins... -
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![The Reaper by Silvia Violet]()
The Reaper by Silvia Violet
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA marine. An assassin. A fine line between love and hate.I’ve seen too much death as a marine and the son of a mafia boss’s stooge. I finally have a chance to do what I’ve always wanted: raise horses.The catch: My brother’s ranch is also a safehouse for men the police would never protect.TJ, our first client, is a hot AF mafia assassin who doesn’t take no for an answer... -
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![Thunder and Lightning by Patricia Logan]()
Thunder and Lightning by Patricia Logan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJarrett Evans and Thayne Wolfe have been partnered in the ATF for nearly two years and their love and commitment to each other has grown over time. Now faced with one final challenge, the boys are headed to Arizona to help Thayne’s mom, stumbling headfirst into a brand new case... -
![Chrysalis by S.E. Harmon]()
Chrysalis by S.E. Harmon
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA gunshot to the head is bad enough. Waking up with amnesia is far worse. I learn that the hard way when I wake up in the hospital, my memory practically wiped. I don’t know why someone wants me dead. Hell, I don’t even know my name. They say my name is Christian Cross. Too bad that name means nothing to me.I haven’t forgotten everything, though... -
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High Fidelity by M. Chandler
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA fellow FBI agent with an old grudge picks Simon as the instrument of his revenge. And he knows the hidden truth behind one of Simon's closest-kept secrets... or does he? On the other side of the world, two steps ahead of a ruthless, implacable foe accidentally set on his trail by Simon, Jeremy Archer is running for his life..Categorized as:
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![Corruption by Eden Winters]()
Corruption by Eden Winters
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRenegade biker. Drug runner. Recovering addict. Wanted by the Southeastern Narcotics Bureau. But he isn’t a crook, he’s the law. SNB Agent Bo Schollenberger’s solved his cases using his brains and not a gun, and with his partner, not alone. Now he’s handed a tough new case involving designer drugs that turn users violent... -
![Wicked Games by Aimee Nicole Walker]()
Wicked Games by Aimee Nicole Walker
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRyder Jameson and Lucien Clarke have a complicated past: Ryder conserves art; Lucien steals it. Their love-hate relationship spans six years and two continents and has endured multiple heists. Hoping to restore his tarnished reputation, Ryder returns home to Cincinnati to accept a position at an acclaimed museum... -
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Conviction by Jane Henry
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBraxton Cannon can’t get the girl on the dance floor out of his mind, the woman he literally swept off her feet and into Club Verge. She’s no submissive, but he can’t help but admire her ferocity, even as he yearns to take her over his lap and teach her manners. He’s determined to keep her safe if he has to lock her up himself. Officer Zoe Mackay can handle herself... -
![Bargaining with the Devil: A Death and the Devil Novella by L.J. Hayward]()
Bargaining with the Devil: A Death and the Devil Novella by L.J. Hayward
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMeta-State spy Jack Reardon believes it’s all been taken care of. He has his verbal agreement with his boss to “keep Blade happy,” and Jack is more than willing to do his best in that regard. He also has his bargain with Ethan, to keep seeing each other. Small victories, interspersed with exploding bombs, smashed cars and miffed co-workers, all while consorting with an international assassin... -
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King Slayer by Layla Reyne
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNever fall for a mark. Mission fail. Christopher Perri--a.k.a. Dante Perry--infiltrated the Madigan organization with one goal: vengeance for his murdered partner. Falling for the assassin at the head of the table wasn't part of the plan, but Hawes Madigan is not the cold, untouchable Prince of Killers Chris expected... -
![Dealing in Death: A Death and the Devil Extended Novella by L.J. Hayward]()
Dealing in Death: A Death and the Devil Extended Novella by L.J. Hayward
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEthan Blade—assassin extraordinaire, cold-blooded killer, heartless monster, and . . . retiree? I’ve spent my whole life dealing in death, efficiently eliminating targets while fighting to preserve a sense of self and morality, to avoid becoming as detached and ruthless as my siblings. I thought I had succeeded... -
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Saving Mitch by Emily Matthews
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDo opposites always attract? Will sweet, clumsy Maggie and troubled, bad-boy Mitch find love amidst the danger that surrounds them? Find out in this romantic, suspenseful, sometimes funny debut novel by Emily Matthews. Tormented police officer Mitch MacDonald will stop at nothing to find a killer, and his obsession is about to cost him his job... -
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![Mission: All In by Nicole Edwards]()
Mission: All In by Nicole Edwards
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBrantley Walker has dedicated his life to fighting for his country. Having given eighteen years to the US Navy, the last ten as a SEAL, the mission was the only thing he knew, the only thing that mattered. He never even considered what life would look like after the mission was over. Until he’s forced to... -
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The Final Hour by London Miller
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings**The Stunning conclusion to Mishca and Lauren's Story** Three months pass without incident, leading Mishca and Lauren to believe they can finally move on from the past and build a life together ...but enemies both old and new lurk in the shadows, waiting for the opportunity to strike... -
![Evenfall Volume One by Santino Hassell, Ais]()
Evenfall Volume One by Santino Hassell, Ais
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn a post-apocalyptic future, the Agency works behind the scenes to take down opposition groups that threaten the current government. Their goals justify all means, even when it comes to their own agents.Sin is the Agency's most efficient killer. His fighting skills and talent at assassination have led to him being described as a living weapon... -
![Where Death Meets the Devil by L.J. Hayward]()
Where Death Meets the Devil by L.J. Hayward
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsJack Reardon, former SAS soldier and current Australian Meta-State asset, has seen some messy battles. But “messy” takes on a whole new meaning when he finds himself tied to a chair in a torture shack, his cover blown wide open, all thanks to notorious killer-for-hire Ethan Blade. Blade is everything Jack doesn’t believe in: remorseless, detached, lawless... -
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Embracing His Syn by A.E. Via
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLibrarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00M7JAE44.Sergeant Corbin 'Syn' Sydney had dedicated his life to becoming the best detective. So when he heard there was an opening on the notorious Atlanta Narcotics Task Force, he jumped at the chance...
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