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Cowboy in the Crosshairs by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey’re total opposites. That doesn’t mean he won’t lay down his life for her.Silas Shanie is ready for action. Now that his medical leave is over, he’s more than capable of being back on the WEST Protection team. His first assignment? Easy. His new ward? Not at all. But he’ll keep the gorgeous, shallow heiress safe because it’s his job. He doesn’t have to like her. Except…he does. Maybe too much... -
![Playing Dirty by Liliana Hart]()
Playing Dirty by Liliana Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJ.J. Graves and her husband, Sheriff Jack Lawson, are sworn to protect and serve. The Christmas season brings out the best—and worst—in people, and death hits close to home when a Bloody Mary local is murdered. Bringing justice to the dead is what they do—even when they don’t like the victim... -
![Stone Sober by Gwyn McNamee]()
Stone Sober by Gwyn McNamee
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStone Hawke is precisely the kind of man women are warned about—handsome, intelligent, arrogant, and intricately entangled with some dangerous people. I should stay away, but he manages to strip my soul bare with just a look and dominates my thoughts. Bad decisions are in my past. My life is (mostly) on track, even if it is no longer the one to medical school... -
![Center Stage by Denise Grover Swank]()
Center Stage by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFirst book in the Magnolia Steele Mystery series by the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Denise Grover Swank. Ten years ago, Magnolia Steele fled Franklin, Tennessee after an incident that left her with hazy memories and a horror of the place where she had been born and bred. Though her abrupt departure destroyed most of her treasured relationships, she vowed never to return . . -
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![Beyond the Garden by Ashley Farley]()
Beyond the Garden by Ashley Farley
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAll is right in Ellie Pringle Hagood’s world. Recently married to the man of her dreams and in anticipation of the big family she’s always wanted, she focuses on restoring the large home she inherited from her grandmother on Charleston’s prestigious Battery. Abbott, the father she adores, lives just down the street from her... -
![A Deeper Fear by Allison Brennan]()
A Deeper Fear by Allison Brennan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFBI Agent Lucy Kincaid’s husband, Sean Rogan, is in a dark place after being held captive. He won’t talk about it with anyone, not even Lucy. She’s hoping a conference in Sacramento, which includes family and the unveiling of a highly sought after drone Sean’s been working on, will help him heal... -
![Murder Boogies with Elvis by Anne George]()
Murder Boogies with Elvis by Anne George
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Southland's most mismatched set of siblings -- flamboyant Mary Alice and prim and proper Patricia Anne -- are back and ready to boogie in a King-sized story of hip-shaking mayhem and murder most tacky.At an age when most women are slowing down, oversized, over-the-top Mary Alice a.k.a. "Sister" -- is always on the lookout for the next good time...and the next husband... -
![Somewhere Only We Know by Barbara Freethy]()
Somewhere Only We Know by Barbara Freethy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratings#1 NY Times Bestselling Author delivers a romantic, emotional and suspenseful novel in SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW. Firefighter Burke Callaway has been living in the shadows since the tragic death of his fiancée. He had no interest in coming out of the dark, until the beautiful and unpredictable Maddie came back to town... -
![Murder in the Family by Paula Bernstein]()
Murder in the Family by Paula Bernstein
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHannah Kline is a successful Los Angeles obstetrician and the recently widowed mother of a young daughter. She is barely managing to hold it all together, when her life is shattered once again by the brutal murder of her beautiful, bright, zany and recently divorced sister-in-law Beth. Hannah is determined to do whatever she can to assist the police in finding the murderer... -
![Murder Carries a Torch by Anne George]()
Murder Carries a Torch by Anne George
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTrue love never dies. Well…almost never.Though unalike as snowflakes, sisters Patricia Anne and Mary Alice share a sympathetic heart for their distraught cousin Luke—known affectionately in his boyhood as “Pukey Lukey,” because of his penchant for getting sick in moving vehicles... -
![The House of Lies by Debra Burroughs]()
The House of Lies by Debra Burroughs
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Debra Burroughs... P.I. Emily Parker and sexy police detective Colin Andrews are back, along with their close circle of friends. The House of Lies is Book 7 and you are in for another exciting and dangerous murder mystery with a thrilling dose of romance. Emily is fighting to clear the prime murder suspect while Colin is working to put him in jail... -
![Snow Blind by Lori G. Armstrong]()
Snow Blind by Lori G. Armstrong
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe frigid winter months are mighty slow in the PI biz for Julie Collins and her partner, Kevin Wells—until the duo is hired by a young woman to investigate problems at her grandfather’s assisted living facility, where they encounter lax security, unqualified healthcare personnel, and a shady senior volunteer organization... -
![Sweet Vengeance by Fern Michaels]()
Sweet Vengeance by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels’ new novel is a deeply satisfying and uplifting story of one woman’s journey from heartbreak to triumph. Tessa Jamison couldn’t have imagined anything worse than losing her beloved twin girls and husband—until she was convicted of their murder... -
![What She Saw by Wendy Clarke]()
What She Saw by Wendy Clarke
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe lied to her daughter to save her family. Everyone knows Leona would do anything for her daughter Beth: she moved to Church Langdon to send Beth to the best school, worked hard to build a successful business to support them and found them the perfect little cottage to call home. Leona and Beth hike together, shop together, share their hopes and fears with one another... -
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![Murder Undeniable by Anita Waller]()
Murder Undeniable by Anita Waller
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLooking for a gripping and addictive cozy mystery to enjoy this winter? Katerina Rowe, a Deacon at the church in the sleepy village of Eyam, has a fulfilled life. She is happily married to Leon and her work is rewarding. But everything changes when she discovers the body of a man and a badly beaten woman, Beth, in the alleyway behind her husband’s pharmacy... -
![Brewed Awakening by Cleo Coyle]()
Brewed Awakening by Cleo Coyle
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom Cleo Coyle, the New York Times bestselling author of Shot in the Dark and Dead Cold Brew, comes a delicious new entry in the "fun and gripping" (Huffington Post) Coffeehouse Mysteries.When coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi awakens on a bench in Washington Square Park, she has no idea she's been missing for days, or that her friends and family have been frantic with worry... -
![True North by M.E. Montgomery]()
True North by M.E. Montgomery
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlex and Kayla have found in each other what they need to move moved beyond the tragedies of their pasts and are ready to embrace their future together. But the problem with the past is it doesn’t always agree to be left behind, and sometimes it follows, unwilling to let go. Now everything they thought they knew to be true is suddenly turned up on end... -
![Retaliation by Mimi Barbour]()
Retaliation by Mimi Barbour
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA virgin librarian with hot-chick potential, the conflicts in her story won’t let you put the book down. Be prepared for an all-nighter… She watches the mob kill her twin and is too frozen with fear to stop them. How can she live with that cowardice eating away at her self-respect? Revenge claws at her sheltered existence until she can’t breathe. Though she’s naïve, she isn’t stupid... -
![Bound and Deceased: A Taylor Quinn Quilt Shop Mystery by Tess Rothery]()
Bound and Deceased: A Taylor Quinn Quilt Shop Mystery by Tess Rothery
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTaylor Quinn thought she was done with murder. She’d finally settled into her life as owner of Flour Sax Quilt Shop in Comfort, Oregon. It wasn’t exciting, but there were compensations, like spending time with handsome Hudson the handyman, and being close to her Grandpa Ernie... -
![Diamond Days by Suzanne Steele]()
Diamond Days by Suzanne Steele
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen shots ring out at a wedding, it leaves the Glazov family wondering if they are up against their most dangerous enemy to date--an insider... This is the first time the family has ever faced a betrayal from within. Told in third person past tense, all the couples make an appearance, with Glazov being the strong lead... -
![An FBI Murder Mystery Bundle by Ava Strong, Blake Pierce]()
An FBI Murder Mystery Bundle by Ava Strong, Blake Pierce
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA two-book mystery bundle by debut author Ava Strong and #1 bestselling author Blake Pierce, author of ONCE GONE, a #1 bestseller on Amazon with over 1,000 five star reviews!Here is a bundle of the first books in two different series—the Ilse Beck FBI Suspense Thriller series by Ava Strong and the Adele Sharp Mystery series by Blake Pierce—all in one convenient place... -
![Notorious by Carey Baldwin]()
Notorious by Carey Baldwin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe woman everyone loves to hate is dead. Dallas socialite Cynthia Langhorne is infamous for her beauty, her philanthropy, and her home wrecking--until she's found shot through the heart and posed nude at a fundraising ball. The case is high profile, and there's a bigger problem: Cindy is the wife of a decorated FBI special agent--the prime suspect in her murder... -
![Two to Die For by Allison Brennan]()
Two to Die For by Allison Brennan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo tales of murder and betrayal from the Lucy Kincaid and Maxine Revere series Spiral (Lucy Kincaid, #12.5)Sean Rogan and Lucy Kincaid are enjoying their honeymoon in a remote cabin outside Vail, Colorado. They sorely need the quiet time alone—a break from the murder and violence that has defined so much of their lives. And for one blissful week, they are in paradise... -
![Mug Shot: A Java Jive Mystery by Caroline Fardig]()
Mug Shot: A Java Jive Mystery by Caroline Fardig
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFull of humor and suspense, the bestselling Java Jive series heats up as the irrepressible heroine of Death Before Decaf faces off against Nashville’s upper crust to solve a shocking murder. Former musician Juliet Langley has barely had a day off since taking over management of the coffeehouse owned by her best friend, Pete Bennett... -
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![Bones in the Begonias by Dale Mayer]()
Bones in the Begonias by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRiches to rags. … Chaos continues. … Murders abound. … Honestly? Doreen Montgomery’s new life in Kelowna was supposed to be a fresh start after a nasty split from her husband of fourteen years, plus a chance to get her bearings and her life back on track. Instead her first week in her new hometown was spent digging up dead bodies, chasing clues, and getting in Corporal Mack Moreau’s way... -
![The Stone House Secret by Debra Burroughs]()
The Stone House Secret by Debra Burroughs
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPraise for The Lake House Secret . . . "It was hard to put down, wanted to keep reading til I finished the book." ~ Sheri Henderson "A great book filled with super characters, good story line, plenty of twists, turns, and surprises." ~ Dexter Don "A great treat! Debra gets you on the first page and keeps you till the last... -
![The Perfect Murder by Brenda Novak]()
The Perfect Murder by Brenda Novak
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor more than a year, Sebastian Costas has been trying to unravel the truth behind the murder of his ex-wife and son. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, he's convinced that her second husband—a cop—committed both murders, then faked his own death. Now Sebastian has followed the slimmest of leads to Sacramento…and that's where he finally gets the break he needs... -
![A Field of Poppies by Sharon Sala]()
A Field of Poppies by Sharon Sala
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwo families. One secret. Separated by a river and twenty years of lies. Five minutes changed Poppy Sadler’s life forever. Tick. The hospital called. Her mother’s battle with cancer was finally over. Tock. The police showed up at her door. Her father’s body has just been pulled from the River. Tick. Murdered. Tick, Tock. Five minutes and a secret is coming undone... -
![The House of Now and Then by Jo Dixon]()
The House of Now and Then by Jo Dixon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYou should leave the past in the past ... or should you? A vividly told, jaw-droppingly twisty and wholly engaging story about the consequences of discovering the truth. For readers of Sally Hepworth, Nicola Moriarty and Adele Parks... -
![The Thorn Girl by Laura Elliot]()
The Thorn Girl by Laura Elliot
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA swallow flutters its wings into a dimly lit attic as Adele Foyle stumbles across the secret diary of the mother she has never met, and a shocking account of a crime committed over twenty-five years ago... -
![In His Blood by Kate Bold]()
In His Blood by Kate Bold
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFBI Special Agent Eve Hope can’t escape the shadow of her notorious serial killer father—though he is jailed, the puzzle of the loving father of her childhood haunts her, and now, assigned to a copycat case, she is forced to face her worst memories... -
![Lesser Evil by Lesley Pearse]()
Lesser Evil by Lesley Pearse
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWould you cross the street if wickedness lived there? When Fifi moves to London with her bricklayer boyfriend Dan, her mother is outraged. Despite initial feelings of horror at her new surroundings, Fifi finds the freedom from her middle-class family background exhilarating... -
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![Caught You by Molly Black]()
Caught You by Molly Black
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn a notorious stretch of highway rife with serial killers, new victims are appearing, their cars crashed off the road by a reckless killer, their bodies missing... -
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![Cover Your Tracks by Claire Askew]()
Cover Your Tracks by Claire Askew
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRobertson Bennet returns to Edinburgh after a 25-year absence in search of his parents and his inheritance. But both have disappeared. A quick, routine police check should be enough - and Detective Inspector Helen Birch has enough on her plate trying to help her brother, Charlie, after an assault in prison. But all her instincts tell her not to let this case go. And so she digs... -
![Club Luxe 5: New Beginnings by Olivia Noble]()
Club Luxe 5: New Beginnings by Olivia Noble
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe thought the worst was over, until the one woman who could change everything returned... Malcolm never thought he would ever see his wife again. Her abandonment caused him years of suffering, and the sting of her betrayal tore his heart to shreds... -
![Ripley: Lost in a Sea of Secrets: A lost love, second chance novel by Jacqui Penn]()
Ripley: Lost in a Sea of Secrets: A lost love, second chance novel by Jacqui Penn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA secret. A suspicion. A shattered heart. Ripley Bradford’s world is torn apart. Her lover and best friend, Joe, has mysteriously disappeared without trace, and everything points to her father, who she suspects has been involved in foul-play in the past. Years pass, and with the realisation that Joe is gone forever, Ripley marries... -
![Kade by Delores Fossen]()
Kade by Delores Fossen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne look at the baby girl, and there was no question Kade Ryland was the father. For three months, Kade had posed as Bree Winston's husband at the Fulbright Fertility Clinic, while the two FBI agents investigated a trail of illegal adoptions and surrogates. Nine months later, a baby was dropped at his feet - and Bree was nowhere to be found... -
![Had a Great Fall by Jullian Scott]()
Had a Great Fall by Jullian Scott
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA serial killer is on the loose in Chicago. When Dani Jeffries wakes up in a dark cell, she learns that she is about to become the latest victim. As a shadowy figure comes for her at night, she finds herself face-to-face with an unimaginable monster. Olivia Thompson has recovered from her physical injuries, but she is still haunted by memories of things that go bump in the night...Categorized as:
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![Sprinkles of Suspicion by Kim Davis]()
Sprinkles of Suspicion by Kim Davis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne glass of cheap California chardonnay cost Emory Gosser Martinez her husband, her job, and her best friend. Unfortunately, that was only the beginning of her troubles.Distraught after discovering the betrayal by her husband and best friend, Tori, cupcake caterer Emory Martinez allows her temper to flare. Several people witness her very public altercation with her ex-friend... -
![Murder in Paris by Susan Kiernan-Lewis]()
Murder in Paris by Susan Kiernan-Lewis
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe City of Light is anything but when a killer stalks the cobblestone streets… For a woman who loves fashion, there is no place on earth more exciting than Paris where the clothes are to die for and everyone you meet is dressed to kill. Maggie’s visit to the City of Light in the midst of Paris Fashion Week turns into a nightmare when she witnesses a murder within her own family... -
![War and Peach by Susan Furlong]()
War and Peach by Susan Furlong
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe author of Rest in Peach serves up another bite of Southern charm in the latest Georgia Peach mystery. Nola Mae Harper is too busy restocking the jars of preserves and chutney flying off the shelves of her shop, Peachy Keen, to keep up with all the gossip about the upcoming mayoral election, but she does know the debate is sure to be a real barn burner... -
![Bad Guys Get Caught by Marie Astor]()
Bad Guys Get Caught by Marie Astor
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBad Guys Get Caught (Book Three in the Janet Maple Series) Janet Maple and Dennis Walker are aces at catching the bad guys, but an assignment involving an international gangster and a sleazy politician just might have them in over their heads. With the man of her dreams on her arm and a dream job at one of NYC’s top private agencies, Janet’s life is nearly perfect... -
![The Burning Pages by Paige Shelton]()
The Burning Pages by Paige Shelton
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDelaney Nichols faces off against an elusive arsonist in the seventh Scottish Bookshop Mystery, The Burning Pages, from beloved author Paige Shelton....One winter's night, bookseller Delaney Nichols and her coworker Hamlet are invited to a Burns Night dinner, a traditional Scottish celebration of the poet Robert Burns. She's perplexed by the invitation, but intrigued... -
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![A Book to Kill For by Harper Lin]()
A Book to Kill For by Harper Lin
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA quiet book lover falls for a rugged carpenter... who doesn't even like to read?!?Maggie Bell loves working at a bookshop in the charming town of Fair Haven, Connecticut. After her beloved boss passes away, his son, Joshua Whitfield, comes into town and turns Maggie’s world upside down. He wants to turn part of the store into a cafe and sell books about vampires and silly romances... -
![Just Add Trouble by Jinx Schwartz]()
Just Add Trouble by Jinx Schwartz
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she's not afraid to use it! A globe-trotting engineer with adventure in her soul, Hetta is determined to solidify her relationship with her long-distance boyfriend, Jenks Jenkins... -
![Night Tales by Nora Roberts]()
Night Tales by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDetective Boyd Fletcher's Night Shift assignment to protect vulnerable Cilia O'Roarke is fraught with danger... especially to his heart. Prosecutor Deborah O'Roarke suspects a link between enigmatic Gage Guthrie and a heroic phantom who lurks in Night Shadow. Lieutenant Althea Grayson and P.I. Colt Nightshade butt heads and hearts, tracking a killer... -
![A Little Night Murder by Nancy Martin]()
A Little Night Murder by Nancy Martin
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMurder under the stars... Nora Blackbird—pregnant at last!—is spending summer afternoons wallowing in the Bucks County pool of her best friend, Lexie Paine, who has just been released from prison. At night, Nora is covering Philadelphia’s high-society events for the local newspaper. And this time she doesn’t have to look far for a good story... -
![The Perfect Family Man by M.M. DeLuca]()
The Perfect Family Man by M.M. DeLuca
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFive years ago, my little boy went missing. Now my husband’s vanished, too.I wish I could say that the tragedy of little Jack disappearing brought me and Nate closer together. But my husband is more distant from me now than he’s ever been. Perhaps that’s why I don’t ask him exactly where he’s going when he sets off on another business trip... -
![Foreign Éclairs by Julie Hyzy]()
Foreign Éclairs by Julie Hyzy
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhite House executive chef Ollie Paras has served plenty of meals to foreign dignitaries from around the world. But someone is ready to serve her an ice-cold dish of revenge... Things are about to really heat up for Ollie. News of a bombing and attempted breakout at a federal prison reveals that the brother of a terrorist she helped defeat is back with a vengeance...
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