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Fatal Fraud by Marie Force
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsPreviously title Fatal VengeanceA dangerous truth revealed... A prominent member of the D.C. community has been murdered, pulling Lieutenant Sam Holland into yet another high-stakes homicide investigation that has her trying to connect the dots between a dead woman and the friends and family who’d turned against her right before her untimely death... -
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State of Bliss by Marie Force
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen you have their jobs, there’s no such thing as a peaceful vacation…Sam and Nick are ready to get out of DC—and the White House—for a much-needed vacation to celebrate their second anniversary. Due to ongoing political pressures, they decide to scuttle their plans for a return to Bora Bora to stay closer to home at their favorite oceanfront house at Dewey Beach in Delaware... -
![A Merciful Promise by Kendra Elliot]()
A Merciful Promise by Kendra Elliot
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Wall Street Journal bestselling series continues as Mercy Kilpatrick becomes embedded in the nightmare of a terrorist conspiracy.The job: infiltrate a militia amassing illegal firearms in an isolated forest community. FBI agent Mercy Kilpatrick is the ideal candidate. She knows Oregon. She’s near the compound... -
![State of the Union by Marie Force]()
State of the Union by Marie Force
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s the biggest night of President Nick Cappuano’s life. Will his first lady make it to the Capitol in time for his speech?President Cappuano has been working for months on his first State of the Union address, his highest profile moment yet as the country’s new president... -
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![The Fall of V by Jessica Gadziala]()
The Fall of V by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThey knew she was going to strike back for taking down her empire, for imprisoning her for years. All those years stuck in a cell gave her a lot of time to think, to plot, to plan her revenge. But they couldn't have anticipated this . * This can not be read as a standalone. ** This is also not a romance... -
![If I Live by Terri Blackstock]()
If I Live by Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsCasey is hiding again—in Memphis this time—but it’s different now. She knows without a doubt that Dylan believes her and is doing all he can to help bring Brent’s killer to justice. He’s become an unexpected friend . . . and even, maybe, something more. Hope makes everything more bearable... -
![Rogue Lies by Kathleen Brooks]()
Rogue Lies by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe web has begun to untangle. Elizabeth James has been working in the shadows to take down the group that has quietly snatched power in nearly every part of society. But now, Elizabeth is no longer alone. Tate Carlisle was a respected television journalist until an investigation of the wrong person cut her career short. She may be off the air, but she’s not off the job... -
![Protecting His Own by Cherise Sinclair]()
Protecting His Own by Cherise Sinclair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA man protects those given into his care. Landscape designer, Beth King survived an abusive husband and built a new life for herself with the help of Master Nolan, the strongest, most protective man she has ever known. She loves him with all her heart, but the one thing he wants, she can’t give him. To her grief, the damage from her abusive first marriage means she can’t bear him children... -
![The Medic by Anna Hackett]()
The Medic by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsShe’s a tough former soldier trying to resist the charming medic who’s going all in to claim her.Former Norwegian special forces soldier Siv Pederson is making a new start in San Francisco. New country, new job at Norcross Security, and her new rule: no men... -
![Bonded in Death by J.D. Robb]()
Bonded in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe #1 New York Times bestselling author spins an epic tale of loyalty, treachery, murder, and the long shadow of war…His passport read Giovanni Rossi. But decades ago, during the Urban Wars, he was part of a small, secret organization called The Twelve. Responding to an urgent summons from an old compatriot, he landed in New York and eased into the waiting car... -
![Secrets Never Die by Melinda Leigh]()
Secrets Never Die by Melinda Leigh
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe #1 Amazon Charts bestselling series continues as Morgan Dane and PI Lance Kruger fight for the innocence of a young murder suspect—if only they could find him.When a retired sheriff’s deputy is shot to death in his home, his troubled teenage stepson, Evan, becomes the prime suspect. Even more incriminating, the boy disappeared from the scene of the crime... -
![Slay by Nina Levine]()
Slay by Nina Levine
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBook 4 in the Bestselling Storm MC Series by Nina Levine BLOOD WILL BE SHED... The ghosts of Donovan "Blade" Brookes' life are closing in on him. Hardened by an abusive childhood and haunted by the murder of his fiancé, Blade struggles against the dark forces threatening to consume him. When he helps Layla Reed in her hour of need, he has no idea she will be the light to his darkness... -
![A Merciful Secret by Kendra Elliot]()
A Merciful Secret by Kendra Elliot
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn this Wall Street Journal bestseller, a pair of ritual murders could expose Mercy Kilpatrick to something terrifying: her own past…Raised off the grid by survivalists, Mercy Kilpatrick believed in no greater safeguard than the backwoods of Oregon. Unforgiven by her father for abandoning the fold for the FBI, Mercy still holds to her past convictions. They’re in her blood... -
![Sweet Child O' Mine by Lexi Blake]()
Sweet Child O' Mine by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA look into the life at McKay-Taggart on the day Charlie and Ian have their babies... -
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![Hidden by Stephanie St. Klaire]()
Hidden by Stephanie St. Klaire
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFirefighter Colton Sparks is beautiful, brawny, and lonely? Colton, a die-hard romantic, is looking for a Hallmark worthy happily ever after, but finding Mrs. Right has been as fruitful as playing the lottery. It’s no secret that he dreams of white picket fences, finding love, and having a family. He has the white picket fence, he just needs her. He’s every woman’s dream; they just aren’t his... -
![The Negotiator by Dee Henderson]()
The Negotiator by Dee Henderson
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFBI agent Dave Richman from Danger in the Shadows is back. He's about to meet Kate O'Malley, and his life will never be the same. She's a hostage negotiator. He protects people... -
![Fresh Water for Flowers: A Novel by Valérie Perrin]()
Fresh Water for Flowers: A Novel by Valérie Perrin
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsViolette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne. Casual mourners, regular visitors, and sundry colleagues—gravediggers, groundskeepers, and a priest—visit her to warm themselves in her lodge, where laughter, companionship, and occasional tears mix with the coffee she offers them. Her life is lived to the rhythms of their funny, moving confidences... -
![The Slow Burn of Silence by Loreth Anne White]()
The Slow Burn of Silence by Loreth Anne White
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the crossroads of small town mystery and dark suspense comes a romance that explores the bonds of family, the power of love, and the potentially explosive collateral damage of the secrets we keep... Sometimes a contract to forget can be as powerful as a promise to remember.. -
![Savage by K.L. Savage]()
Savage by K.L. Savage
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI'm on the road, but there's only one thing on my mind.Eden...Problem is, this isn't me.I don't chase.I don't pursue.But I can't help myself.Eden is stubborn.Headstrong.The toughest woman I know.My mistake was letting myself have a taste.It wasn't enough.I'm addicted.I'm breaking my own rules.I don't care how complicated it is.But the complications keep coming.. -
![Dangerous Secrets by Jenna Gunn]()
Dangerous Secrets by Jenna Gunn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe former SEAL’s new mission has a serious perk—a fake date with a beautiful stranger. Unraveling the lies surrounding her life? That’s where things get lethally dangerous. Justin 'Dozer' Roark didn’t expect to need a fake date for his first civilian security mission. He would quickly flip you off if you told him he’d fall for the cocktail waitress he paid to help him... -
![The Woman in the Back Room by Jessica Gadziala]()
The Woman in the Back Room by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe hadn’t planned on being a part of the Family.Life had thrown a curve at him at a young age that made him reevaluate his path in life.And he chose out.But when tragedy strikes, awakening the need for revenge, he finds himself wanting back in. To the Family. The life. The people.Including a woman he never could have seen coming, one he never would have thought he’d want in his life... -
![Love Me Dead by Lisa Renee Jones]()
Love Me Dead by Lisa Renee Jones
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe next heart-racing Lilah Love story is coming. This installment to Lilah's series is a standalone. Women are dying. The killer wants to play a game with Lilah Love. Lilah doesn't play games, she doesn't submit to demands... -
![This is Who I Am by Cherise Sinclair]()
This is Who I Am by Cherise Sinclair
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWhen trying to save a woman from slavers, Master Sam screwed up. Royally. Now Linda wants nothing to do with him. Or with BDSM. She won’t even admit she’s a masochist. As a dominant and sadist, he can give her what she needs, and when an opportunity arises, he slips into her life, intending to make amends... -
![Rescued by Stephanie St. Klaire]()
Rescued by Stephanie St. Klaire
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJust as the walls start to come down, boundaries redefine, and things heat up, tragedy hits the small mountain town of McKenzie Ridge. Sexy EMT Dawson Tayler made hearts break, and panties melt with a single look. Far from home, in the charming tourist town, he lives a simple life his family would be appalled by – if they were alive... -
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![Spiraled by Kendra Elliot, Nick Podehl]()
Spiraled by Kendra Elliot, Nick Podehl
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFBI Special Agent Ava McLane solves crimes; she doesn’t witness them. When she’s trapped in a mall without her weapon as a shooter picks off victims, she hides with a wounded teen and prays for her survival.But that’s only the beginning…An epidemic of mass shootings has has swept across Oregon. The young shooters terrify the public, committing random murders before taking their own lives... -
![She Can Scream by Melinda Leigh]()
She Can Scream by Melinda Leigh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn one moment, high school teacher and single mother Brooke Davenport interrupts a vicious assault, saves a young woman’s life, and attracts the attention of a serial killer. Sixteen years ago, Brooke lost her roommate to a brutal murder. Now she teaches women’s self-defense, still trying to heal from the guilt and grief that plague her... -
![Caleb: A Gritty Bad Boy MC Romance by Ali Parker, Weston Parker]()
Caleb: A Gritty Bad Boy MC Romance by Ali Parker, Weston Parker
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA Today Best Selling author Ali Parker I’m a loner, and it seems I always will be. It’s safer that way. My last girl up and left because things got too dangerous. Not that I blame her. It’d be better if I could stay away from love for good, but the pretty single mom who dances at my club has my attention, then my body, and now my heart... -
![The Damaged by Tijan]()
The Damaged by Tijan
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe world knows about Kash.Both Bailey and Kash were used to living in the shadows, but now they must live in the public eye.Kash is figuring out his new found role against his grandfather, and Bailey is starting her graduate program late. At university, everyone is watching Bailey, and some are wondering if her legendary father, Peter Francis, bought her way into the elite program... -
![Perilous Trust by Barbara Freethy]()
Perilous Trust by Barbara Freethy
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn PERILOUS TRUST, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy brings you the first book in a new romantic suspense series! OFF THE GRID: An FBI Trilogy offers three breath-stealing books filled with action-packed plot, heart-stopping romance, and page-turning suspense. It was one dark night that brought Damon Wolfe and Sophie Parker together... -
![Free Fall by Fern Michaels]()
Free Fall by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe bestselling Revenge of the Sisterhood series concludes -Yoko Akia has been hungering for revenge all her life, and now, finally, it is time. Yoko's mother was just fifteen when a rich American deceived her into a life of degradation in a twisted prostitution ring. She died aged seventeen after bearing her baby girl. Now a great movie star, he is long overdue some justice... -
![Xtreme Measures by Em Petrova]()
Xtreme Measures by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe mafia, a smuggling ring and the wilds of Alaska are no match for Special Operative Elias Gasper. But a brazen redhead might be.Gasper’s known as the do-it-all guy. From HALO jumps to calming hostages, he’s on it. When he stumbles across a woman in hiding, he meets a new challenge in getting her to talk... -
![Out of the Blue by Kaylee Rose]()
Out of the Blue by Kaylee Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAuthors Note: Family of Blue (book 1) and Forever Blue (book 2) must be read prior to reading Out of the Blue, the final book in the series.For Kellie, life was almost perfect.She’d found the man of her dreams in Lance, and finally consigned their initial problems to the past... -
![Seduced by Sunday by Catherine Bybee]()
Seduced by Sunday by Catherine Bybee
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsShe swore off love forever…but he just might change her mind. The sixth sweet, thrilling book in the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling Weekday Brides series from Catherine Bybee.Meg Rosenthal: Matchmaker by day, realist by night, Meg is not about to get swept away by a charming, darkly handsome businessman in a designer suit... -
![Darker: The Novice by M. S. Parker]()
Darker: The Novice by M. S. Parker
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI don’t date, ever. Casual sex is all I need.Relationships? Well, my dark past crushed that fairytale fantasy for me. Instead, I’m all into my PI firm. After a snail’s pace start, I have my first big client. There’s just one snag, I have to do research in my hometown, a place I never wanted to see again in my life... -
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![Watching Over You by Lori Foster]()
Watching Over You by Lori Foster
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWelcome back to Ridge Trail, Colorado! Get ready for the next book in Lori Foster’s thrilling McKenzies of Ridge Trail series.Detective Crosby Albertson has been tracking a criminal network. While investigating leads, he keeps crossing paths with members of the highly trained, suspiciously well-informed McKenzie family... -
![The Devil Unleashed by Ali Vali]()
The Devil Unleashed by Ali Vali
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs the heat of violence rises, so does passion. A gunshot meant to end the legacy of the Casey Clan has left a weakened Cain fighting to regain control of her business while trying to protect her heart from the woman who left her. Threatened from every side, Cain must unleash that devil to protect all she holds dear... -
![Through the Storm by Diane Greenwood Muir]()
Through the Storm by Diane Greenwood Muir
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOnce things start falling apart around Polly Giller, chaos takes over and all she can do is hold on for the ride. Sylvie Donovan has finished school and things are supposed to be rainbows and unicorns. Not in Bellingwood. Her oldest son, Jason, has just started high school and isn't handling the transition well... -
![Two Bit: Satan's Fury MC by L. Wilder]()
Two Bit: Satan's Fury MC by L. Wilder
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhere I was his weakness, he became my strength. Two Bit: I've never been one to hold back. I've always said what was on my mind - right or wrong - and earned my name because of it. Giving my two cents hasn't always been a good thing, but on one fateful night, it led me to her. She was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of girl. Undeniably beautiful. Fearless. Unforgettable... -
![No Holding Back by Lori Foster]()
No Holding Back by Lori Foster
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNot needing him won’t stop her from wanting him…Trucker Sterling (Star) Parson is no stranger to the challenges a woman faces, both in her industry and in life. But she can take care of herself. She’s never needed—or wanted—a man around...until she meets Cade McKenzie. The take-charge bar owner sets off all kinds of alarm bells for Sterling, but he also sets her heart racing... -
![Stronger Than You Know by Lori Foster]()
Stronger Than You Know by Lori Foster
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTheir secrets run deep, but desire runs deeper…Kennedy Brooks has spent years learning how to protect herself, and empowering other women to do the same. Still, there are some hazards that can’t be predicted. That includes Reyes McKenzie, who owns her local gym. Strong, capable, and watchful, he seems like the one man who might understand her past... -
![Seduction in Session by Shayla Black, Lexi Blake]()
Seduction in Session by Shayla Black, Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe second Perfect Gentlemen novel from the New York Times bestselling authors of the Masters of Ménage series. Privileged, wealthy, and wild: they are the Perfect Gentlemen of Creighton Academy. But the threat of a scandal has one of them employing his most deceptive—and seductive—talents… Recruited into the CIA at a young age, Connor Sparks knows how dirty the world can be... -
![Smokey by L. Wilder]()
Smokey by L. Wilder
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author L. Wilder comes book five in the Satan's Fury Series, a standalone MC romance.SmokeyYou can't fight fate, especially when it brings you a girl like MJ Thompson. She wasn't just beautiful. No, she was so much more than that. She was smart with a smile full of magic and curves that drove me to distraction... -
![Deja Vu by Fern Michaels]()
Deja Vu by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThanks to a presidential pardon, the Sisterhood can put their fugitive days behind them and resume their lives in peace. Still, all the women admit that lately things are a little too calm and peaceful. Meeting up for the first time in months to celebrate Kathryn’s birthday — in the City of Sin, no less — seems like the perfect antidote... -
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Game Over by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWith yet another successful assignment behind them, the ladies of the Sisterhood have enjoyed a relaxing break together and celebrated the wedding of Myra and Charles on Big Pine Mountain. But as soon as the newlyweds return from their shortened honeymoon, they are hit with some exciting yet unsettling news... -
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![Cross Roads by Fern Michaels]()
Cross Roads by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Sisterhood Will Not Be Broken It's been a year and a half since the women of the Sisterhood received their presidential pardons, but the freedom they craved has come at a high price... -
![Deadly Deals by Fern Michaels]()
Deadly Deals by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter years of trying to become pregnant without success, Rachel Dawson and her husband Thomas felt their dreams had finally come true the day they brought home their newly adopted twin babies. Though the lawyer Baron Bell who arranged for the surrogate mother charged a hefty six-figure fee, one glance into the eyes of their precious children told them it was all worth it... -
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Hide and Seek by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhoever said living well is the best revenge never met the Sisterhood... Together, the seven fearless friends known as the Sisterhood have served sweet justice to villians who thought they were above the law. But paycheck has its price, and the Sisterhood's last assignment almost landed them in jail... -
![Sweet Revenge by Fern Michaels]()
Sweet Revenge by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPULL A FAST ONE? NOT ON THE SISTERHOOD'S WATCH ... There are some things that a group of gracious ladies just can't overlook --- and doing one of their friends dirty is at the top of the list. That's the mission of the Sisterhood, seven women who would do anything to help out one of their clan, especially when it means righting a wrong. And Isabelle Flanders has definitely been done wrong... -
![Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge by Jackie Collins]()
Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge by Jackie Collins
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLucky Santangelo is back—with a vengance! Dangerously sensual, breathtakingly beautiful, and utterly unforgettable, she is Lucky Santangelo, the sizzling star of Chances, Lucky, and Lady Boss. With Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge, Jackie Collins continues the saga of Lucky Santangelo in a nonstop, action-packed tale of sex, betrayal, drugs, intrigue, and murder... -
![Hokus Pokus by Fern Michaels]()
Hokus Pokus by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThere is no match for the Sisterhood the seven friends who have taken vigilante justice to a new level not even the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Although the women foiled former FBI director Mitch Riley’s plot to frame their friends Judge Nellie Easter and lawyer Lizzie Fox, now they must remain in exile or risk capture...
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