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  • Axel by Christy Barritt

    Axel by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Women are missing. Private security firm Blackout must find them before another victim disappears.Axel Hendrix likes to live on the edge. That’s why being a Navy SEAL suited him so well. But after his last mission, he cut his losses and joined Blackout instead. His team’s latest case involves an undercover investigation on Lantern Beach...
  • Legacy of Lies by Christy Barritt

    Legacy of Lies by Christy Barritt

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

    Rocco by Christy Barritt

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

    The Truth in Tiramisu by Rachael Bloome

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Eliza Carter can't keep a secret.Except the one she's been hiding for over eight years. And it's not the recipe for her world-famous tiramisu. With her bakery undergoing a remodel, her son struggling in school, and planning her best friend's wedding, Eliza's secret is the last thing on her mind. Until her high school sweetheart reappears, stirring up old feelings faster than her electric mixer...
  • The Cottage on Ghost Lane by Christy Barritt

    The Cottage on Ghost Lane by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Each house has a history. Each person has a secret. Each turn of events leads to danger.Come back to me.Cole Dalton’s wife, Caroline, had the words etched onto a pendant for him. Each time he deployed overseas as a military bomb tech, she stitched the pendant into his uniform. Cole returned safely from the battlefield . . . only to bury his wife after a tragic car accident...
  • Cape Corral Keeper by Christy Barritt

    Cape Corral Keeper by Christy Barritt

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

    Line of Duty by Christy Barritt

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

    Shadow Game by Shawna Coleing

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She must put her faith in a God she doesn’t trust in order to save a man she can never have.Morgan Caine spent three years in prison for a crime she didn’t commit before being acquitted, but that doesn’t mean she’s innocent. While trying to rebuild her life, she takes a gamble and hacks into a computer network, stumbling across an assassination plot in the process...
  • The Meaning in Mistletoe: A Hopeful Christmas Romance: Poppy Creek Book 4 (A Poppy Creek Novel) by Rachael Bloome

    The Meaning in Mistletoe: A Hopeful Christmas Romance: Poppy Creek Book 4 (A Poppy Creek Novel) by Rachael Bloome

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Return to Poppy Creek in the fourth book in the beloved small-town series by Rachael Bloome...
  • Wreathed in Disgrace by Robin Patchen

    Wreathed in Disgrace by Robin Patchen

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A famous actress, a protective bodyguard, a festive Christmas season, and a killer...or two...on the loose.Everybody believes movie star Denise Masters abandoned her family to pursue her dream, but the truth is much more complex. For years, she's longed to return to Coventry to repair her relationship with her daughter, but contractual obligations--and fear of being rejected--have kept her away...
  • Welcome to Wishing Bridge by Ruth Logan Herne

    Welcome to Wishing Bridge by Ruth Logan Herne

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kelsey is on her way to a life do-over. And it’s not the first time. Abandoned by her drug-addict mother as a teen, she landed in a foster-care group home where she experienced faith and community—and met her best friends, Jazz and Theadora. The trio stuck together like sisters and vowed to make their lives mean something. Now Kelsey’s pushing thirty, and her life has taken a wrong turn...
  • Refuge of Redemption: The Colsons by Christy Barritt

    Refuge of Redemption: The Colsons by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Home is a place of refuge—unless it’s a serial killer’s playground. For years, residents of Fog Lake thought of Bear Colson as the son of an infamous serial killer. But Bear stood his ground, determined not to be driven away. Now, new evidence has emerged that could clear his father’s name, and Bear sets out to use his skills as a computer forensics expert to find the killer’s real identity...
  • Legacy Rejected by Robin Patchen

    Legacy Rejected by Robin Patchen

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All she wants is a home, but there is no safe haven when mobsters are after you. Realtor Ginny Lamont's family has abandoned her, leaving her with nothing but a warning that she’s in danger. But Ginny's built a home in New Hampshire. After a childhood of nomadic living, she’s not running again, certainly not because of some nameless, baseless threat...
  • Keeping Guard by Christy Barritt

    Keeping Guard by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "You can't hide from me."Her anonymous stalker's threats are getting scarier and scarier. Now Kylie Summers fears for her life. She flees her home for the protection of a former military man in a small Virginia town. But her brother's handsome best friend already has a long list of obligations. Kylie knows she's intruding on Nate Richardson's life...
  • Just Breathe by Leeanna Morgan

    Just Breathe by Leeanna Morgan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A priceless journal. A powerful family’s secret. Are you ready for the truth? Tanner doesn’t believe in love. He’s seen the worst that humanity can do and he’s determined not to be a pawn in someone else’s game. Working for a high-profile security company is all he needs—until he meets Kelly Harris. When Kelly bids on a mystery box at an auction, she doesn't realize what she's found...
  • 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...
  • Hometown Girl by Courtney Walsh

    Hometown Girl by Courtney Walsh

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Courtney Walsh returns with a hopeful and emotional new book about seizing second chances, finding yourself, and forging your own path. Beth Whitaker isn’t supposed to be a small-town girl...
  • Who the Bishop Knows by Vannetta Chapman

    Who the Bishop Knows by Vannetta Chapman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What You Don't See Might Hurt You Every year, residents of the small Amish community in Monte Vista, Colorado, look forward to the Ski Hi Stampede, the state's oldest professional rodeo. The rodeo is always good, clean entertainment for the hardworking farmers of the San Luis Valley. But this year, the Stampede turns deadly for one Amish man...
  • Guarding Grace by Ann Omasta, Sweet Promise Press

    Guarding Grace by Ann Omasta, Sweet Promise Press

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The puppy that stole their hearts is missing! Grace Wilson loves the wonderful life she has created with her daughter, Clover, in picturesque Redwood Cove, California--even if she is a bit lonely. When sweet Clover asks her mom for a "Golden Wetweevuh" puppy, Grace decides they might just have room in their hearts for a lovable and fluffy four-legged addition to their little family...
  • Finding Felicity by P. Creeden

    Finding Felicity by P. Creeden

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can the sweetness of rekindled love temper the bitter tang of murder? Despite a difficult childhood, Felicity Stilton never gave up on her dreams. Now, as an adult, she and her Golden Retriever, JJ, help special needs children pave the way for their own futures. Everything is perfect, until she gets the one call she never expected to receive...
  • A Killer Carol by Laura Bradford

    A Killer Carol by Laura Bradford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Heavenly, PA has been transformed into a Christmas wonderland, and Claire is delighted to celebrate the season...but a fiendish killer has other plans in this all-new installment in the national bestselling series...
  • The Buck Stops Here by Mindy Starns Clark

    The Buck Stops Here by Mindy Starns Clark

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Callie learns that the man she loves is somehow connected to the man who killed her late husband, she confronts Tom. But he informs her that his hands are tied by the National Security Agency and he can tell her nothing. Despite the secrecy surrounding Tom and the NSA, Callie decides to find out for herself exactly what is going on and how Tom may have been involved in her husband's death...
  • Changing Fate by Danielle Stewart

    Changing Fate by Danielle Stewart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    To Piper Anderson, fate has always been that unavoidable circumstance that befalls a person. Some people are destined to be happy, and others, like Piper, have a rougher road. Each time she tries to step off her predetermined path in search of happiness, someone or something drags her back to it...
  • Justice Buried by Patricia Bradley

    Justice Buried by Patricia Bradley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In an effort to get her security consulting business off the ground, Kelsey Allen has been spending a lot of time up in the air, rappelling down buildings and climbing through windows to show business owners their vulnerabilities to thieves...
  • Fragile Designs by Colleen Coble

    Fragile Designs by Colleen Coble

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There’s only one thing more dangerous than family secrets.Since her police-officer husband Eric’s mysterious murder, Carly Harris has been struggling to support herself and their infant son. Her career as an antique dealer isn’t sustainable, nor is her dream of becoming a novelist...
  • Deceptive Shallows by Christy Barritt

    Deceptive Shallows by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He lost her once. He won’t lose her again . . . After waiting for years, Brandon Hale is finally about to marry Finley Cooper, the woman of his dreams. But when things start to go haywire on their wedding day, Brandon can’t shake the feeling that something terrible looms . . .Just as Finley emerges to walk down the aisle, federal agents surround her and place her under arrest...
  • Dubiosity by Christy Barritt

    Dubiosity by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Savannah Harris vowed to leave behind her old life as an intrepid investigative reporter. But when a friend raises suspicions about two migrant workers who’ve gone missing from the sleepy coastal town Savannah calls home, her curiosity spikes...
  • Dead End by Nancy Mehl

    Dead End by Nancy Mehl

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a body is discovered in a field in Iowa, the police uncover fourteen additional corpses ranging from 20 years old to recent. The remains point to a serial killer with an MO the authorities have seen before--Ed Oliphant, a man who has been in prison for over 20 years . . . and is Special Agent Kaely Quinn's father...
  • Dark Water by Christy Barritt

    Dark Water by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    AN ELITE SECURITY TEAM WITH EVERYTHING ON THE LINE Blackout, a group of former special ops members who come together to protect the defenseless and guard secrets, has their first assignment. A FORMER NAVY SEAL WHO’S HAUNTED BY HIS LAST MISSION Colton Locke can’t forget the black op that went terribly wrong. In an effort to heal and start again, he moves to Lantern Beach, NC...
  • A Quarter for a Kiss by Mindy Starns Clark

    A Quarter for a Kiss by Mindy Starns Clark

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It�s April, spring is in the air, and Callie and Tom have just spent a wonderful few weeks getting to know each another after years of a telephone�only relationship. But as their time together draws to a close, they are called to the hospital bed of mutual friend Eli Gold, who has just been shot. Eli asks Callie to find out who is responsible for the shooting and begs Tom to help her...
  • Engaged in Trouble by Jenny B. Jones

    Engaged in Trouble by Jenny B. Jones

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a washed-up pop star inherits a wedding planning business, it’s all bouquets and bliss until a bride turns up dead.  Paisley Sutton shot to stardom as a teenage rock sensation, but ten years later that star has fizzled out, just like her bank account...
  • Justifiable Means by Terri Blackstock

    Justifiable Means by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This rape case is an exception: The victim is more than willing to testify. And there's abundant evidence to put the suspect behind bars. Just one thing bothers Detective Larry Millsaps. Young and beautiful Melissa Nelson seems to know almost too much about the evidence needed to convict her attacker. The unfolding investigation unearths a brutal track record on the part of the suspect..
  • Waterfalls by Robin Jones Gunn

    Waterfalls by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Meredith Graham's job as a children's book acquisitions editor takes her to Glenbrooke, Oregon, where she meets the only man who has ever made her heart leap: Jacob Wilde. Trouble is, his heart doesn't seem to be leaping in response to hers. But then, Jake's a movie star. Out of her league. Still, she can't get him out of her mind...
  • A Mountain Too Steep by Robin Patchen

    A Mountain Too Steep by Robin Patchen

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A car accident that might not be an accident at all. A murderer bent on revenge. And a woman desperate to keep her family together. She’s already lost her soul mate. She’ll do anything to protect her children.For the sake of her kids, Camilla Wright managed to survive after her husband's murder...
  • Road to Christmas Past by Kathi Daley

    Road to Christmas Past by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Holly Thompson’s life changed forever when she received an early Christmas present from her dead Aunt Meg. It seemed that prior to her death, her former foster mother had won the gorgeous private investigator during one of her Tuesday morning poker games. The only survivor of a tragic automobile accident when she was only days old, Holly grew up never knowing who she was or where she came from...
  • The Melancholy Moon: A Sweet Tea Mystery by Glenda Manus

    The Melancholy Moon: A Sweet Tea Mystery by Glenda Manus

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Funny, witty Cassandra Phillips has reason to be cynical. Life has dealt her numerous blows so she's put up an impenetrable wall around her own heart. Jilted by her husband for another woman, she now faces what she calls “the Big C” diagnosis, proof enough that even God has deserted her...
  • Chocolate Covered Death by Gemma Halliday

    Chocolate Covered Death by Gemma Halliday

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From #1 Amazon, New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Gemma Halliday comes deliciously deadly decadence in wine country... In order to boost her struggling family winery's reputation, Emmy Oak throws a Wine and Chocolate party for the Sonoma Valley elite--featuring her delicious drinks alongside her friend Leah's decadently chocolaty desserts...
  • High-Risk Rescue by Elizabeth Goddard

    High-Risk Rescue by Elizabeth Goddard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the shadow of Mt. Rainierher life hangs in the balance.Surviving a shoot-out is not how Hannah Kahn planned to start her new job. But when her boss is killed, the shooters think she knows something and make her their next mark. She’ll have to rely on Ayden Honor—her boss’s bodyguard and her ex—to outrun the mysterious mercenaries now intent on chasing her...
  • Dark of Night by Colleen Coble

    Dark of Night by Colleen Coble

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After clearing Jon’s name and stopping the attempts on her life, Annie Pederson would love some time to just process. Jon was her first love, and now—finally—he’s committed to returning to Rock Harbor and to her. But they’ve both changed in the intervening years...
  • A Home for Lydia by Vannetta Chapman

    A Home for Lydia by Vannetta Chapman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Home for Lydia, the second book in a new romantic series from popular author Vannetta Chapman, centers again on the Plain community of Pebble Creek and the kind, caring people there. As they face challenges to their community from the English world, they come together to reach out to their non-Amish neighbors while still preserving their cherished Plain ways...
  • Unforeseeable by Nancy Mehl

    Unforeseeable by Nancy Mehl

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mystery, Romance, and Suspense Seamlessly Combined in a Mennonite Small-Town Setting Callie Hoffman knows she has a good life in Kingdom, Kansas. She's thrilled to be engaged to Levi Housler, the new pastor of Kingdom Mennonite Church, and she spends her days working with her friend and soon-to-be sister-in-law, Lizzie Housler, at Cora's Cafe...
  • The Cedar Key: A Small Town Southern Contemporary by Stephenia H. McGee

    The Cedar Key: A Small Town Southern Contemporary by Stephenia H. McGee

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Could the key to Casey’s future be hidden in someone else’s past?Casey Adams unexpectedly inherits an old Victorian house full of other people’s memories. Stuck in a quirky little Mississippi town, Casey’s hope for a fresh start died as soon she had to lay the grandmother she’d just met to rest.But Grandma Ida carried secrets beyond the grave...
  • Ricochet by Christy Barritt

    Ricochet by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Molly Hamilton returns to her beloved summer camp, she finds nothing but trouble. First she hits a dead body in the road before arriving. Then she discovers the camp director is missing. If that isn't stressful enough, Molly's new boss is none other than Nick White, the man who once broke her heart. Nick and Molly know there's something dangerous going on at Camp Hope Springs...
  • The Priority Unit by Susan Page Davis

    The Priority Unit by Susan Page Davis

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A missing man. A mysterious computer program – Even the people constructing it don’t know what it will do.On the worst night of Harvey Larson’s life, his partner is killed and his wife, Carrie, walks out on him. Ten years later, the Portland, Maine police detective has learned to cope with his grief and depression...
  • A Reason to Run by Christina Coryell

    A Reason to Run by Christina Coryell

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    People are talking about C.W. Oliver, the mysterious author with a book sitting atop the bestseller list. They are also talking about Camdyn Taylor, the pretty blonde from an embarrassing proposal rejection video that has recently gone viral. What would happen if people knew that those two individuals were one and the same? Camdyn Taylor doesn’t like chaos, but it always seems to find her...
  • Reclaimed by Jennifer Rodewald

    Reclaimed by Jennifer Rodewald

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    God takes broken things and makes them beautiful again. He reclaims our desolate places. Suzanna Wilton has had a heavy share of heartache in her twenty-seven years. Left wounded by a marriage cut short, she leaves city life to take up residency in a tiny Nebraska town. Her introduction to her neighbor Paul Rustin is a disaster...
  • The Undercover Bridesmaid by Kimberley Montpetit

    The Undercover Bridesmaid by Kimberley Montpetit

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ONLY .99 Cents!Can love overcome the tragic past between a hired bridesmaid and an FBI Agent? Chloe Romano is a good FBI Agent even though she fights a deep attraction to her team leader, the gorgeous Liam Esposito. Fraternizing with her boss is strictly forbidden, and their feelings for each other have to remain a secret longing...
  • The Sugar Haus Inn by Serena B. Miller

    The Sugar Haus Inn by Serena B. Miller

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Originally published as Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio. Republished as Love's Journey in Sugarcreek: The Sugar Haus Inn (Book I) ---Back Cover Blurb--- Policewoman Rachel Troyer has always looked after her three elderly Amish aunts, proprietors of a farmhouse inn near Sugarcreek, Ohio. The idyllic town is popular with tourists, who come to sample its famous Amish goods...
  • Midnight Sea by Colleen Coble

    Midnight Sea by Colleen Coble

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "Lani opened her eyes fully, straining to see something, anything. It was as though she swam in a black sea that blacked out all light, all visual sensation. 'I can't see,' she whispered. 'I can't see!' Her shriek rose and echoed off the blackness." A seemingly random shooting at her aunt's coffee farm has left Lani Tagama blind. Now she must learn to navigate in a world of darkness...
  • A Perfect Square by Vannetta Chapman

    A Perfect Square by Vannetta Chapman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There s more to the quaint northern Indiana town of Shipshewana than handcrafted quilts, Amish-made furniture, immaculate farms and close-knit families. When a dead girl is found floating in a local pond, murder is also afoot. And Reuben Fisher is in jail as the suspect! Reuben refuses to divulge any information, even to clear himself of a crime Deborah is certain he didn t commit...
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