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  • The Difference Between Somebody and Someone by Aly Martinez

    The Difference Between Somebody and Someone by Aly Martinez

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The world owes you nothing. It took losing the woman I loved and facing the paralyzing task of moving on without her for me to truly understand that. Consumed by regret and razor-sharp memories, I’d resigned myself to a life of loneliness until a survivor from the same plane crash that took my fiancée stormed into my life.Remi Grey was chaos and sunshine, fire and freedom...
  • Call Back by Denise Grover Swank

    Call Back by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Third book in the USA Today bestselling Magnolia Steele Mystery series.When Magnolia Steele started digging into her father's disappearance, she had no idea she'd find so much dirt. The secrets she unearthed have changed the official story of what happened to him...
  • Thaddeus by Riley Edwards

    Thaddeus by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    There had been a time, I’d been happy—blissfully happy—then a single act of brutality tore Thaddeus Bench from my life. But not from my heart. I never thought I’d see him again. But I did. In a cantina in Mexico. And when he looked over at me with so much hatred in his stare, it pulverized what was left of my heart. Emerson Pierce was my own personal hell...
  • Remy by Elle James

    Remy by Elle James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Retired Navy SEAL Remy Montagne left the Navy to take on a career where he could make a difference. After a short vacation to his old hometown of Bayou Mambaloa and a casual hookup with local woman, Shelby Taylor, he joins Hank Patterson’s Brotherhood Protectors in Montana...
  • Happily Ever After in Bliss by Lexi Blake, Sophie Oak

    Happily Ever After in Bliss by Lexi Blake, Sophie Oak

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A man hiding from his natureHenry Flanders never dreamed his past would catch up to him. After all, the man he used to be is dead and buried. He made a clean break with life in the CIA. He moved to Bliss under a new name. For years he has been living a dream, married to his lovely Nell. Now a miracle has happened, and they have a baby on the way...
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    angst  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  drama  fiction
  • Forgotten Secrets by Christy Barritt

    Forgotten Secrets by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    FBI Special Agent Jesse Marx doesn’t know which is worse—waking up in a horse stable with no memories of the past several days or waking up to discover he’s wearing a wedding band. Not only has he been injured, but he’s also gotten hitched—something he vowed never to do.Sienna Fleming refuses to feel a connection to any man, much less be tied down to one...
  • If I Break THE COMPLETE SERIES Bundle by Portia Moore

    If I Break THE COMPLETE SERIES Bundle by Portia Moore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The complete If I Break Series Bundle. Includes If I Break, Before I Break, Almost Broken and Beautifully Broken. This is not your typical happily ever after... Lauren Brooks wants to do three things: Escape the small town she grew up in, get accepted to her dream school in Chicago, and graduate without drowning in debt. Now she’s working her ass off to do just that...
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    angst  suspense  adult  anthologies  contemporary  dark  drama  fiction
  • Cruel Water by Freya Barker

    Cruel Water by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    *100,000+ words* Innocence marked her… Violation crippled her… Love left her raw… The life she carefully rebuilt is challenged when she is confronted with the sins from her past. The carefully applied protection is at once ripped away, leaving her exposed and vulnerable. Her single night of indulgence with the silver-eyed stranger is only the beginning...
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    angst  suspense  abuse  adult  audiobook  biker  book  contemporary
  • Promising You by Allie Everhart

    Promising You by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Jade first arrived at Moorhurst College, she never imagined that the guy who helped her move in would end up being the guy she wants to be with forever. Now, seven months later, Jade and Garret are starting to talk about a future together. But the people around Jade are planting doubts in her mind, questioning her decision to be part of the Kensington family...
  • I'll Remember You by Sable Hunter

    I'll Remember You by Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Aron and Libby McCoy became husband and wife. No woman could desire a more perfect love. But tragedy struck... while diving on their honeymoon, Aron does not come up from beneath the blue waters off the Cayman Islands. A massive rescue mission is launched, but the only clues found were his wedding ring and later a shredded wet suit covered in blood. The McCoy family is devastated...
  • When He's Wild by Lisa Renee Jones

    When He's Wild by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The third and final book in a Walker Security trilogy featuring Adrian Ramos...He was dirty, then he was bad, now he's just plain wild. Like all the men of Walker Security, when he fell for his woman, he fell hard. Some might call his love for Priscilla a weakness, but you might as well call her a weapon.You hurt her, vengeance is coming and his name is Adrian...
  • Drew by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Drew by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Drew is a new beginnings romance and the fourth book in the series, For The Love Of A Good Woman. It can be read as a standalone, but the characters are intertwined in the whole series. Iris. I swear I could feel her on the breeze, standing here in the serenity of the country. She was my life, my dreams, my love, my wife, but above all that, she was my reason for being...
  • Her Unexpected Cowboy by Danae Little

    Her Unexpected Cowboy by Danae Little

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sydney hides out at her goat ranch, unwilling to ask for the help she desperately needs. She clings to her loneliness as a badge, that is until a cowboy who strangely matches her crazy birthday wish shows up at her door. She is half-scared, half-intrigued by this handsome but bruised up cowboy with no memory...
  • Beautifully Decadent by L.A. Fiore

    Beautifully Decadent by L.A. Fiore

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Avery Collins has just landed her dream job, pastry chef for the posh-Manhattan restaurant Clover. Her new boss, Trace Montgomery, even helped with securing her an affordable place to live: a beautifully restored carriage house owned by his friend, Rafe McKenzie—a man that makes her catch her breath and stirs her imagination...
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    angst  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • Remembering Ivy by Claire Kingsley

    Remembering Ivy by Claire Kingsley

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    After putting her life on hold to care for her dying father, Ivy Nichols feels stuck. Alone and disconnected, she’s struggling to pick up the pieces and move forward. The mysterious William Cole walks into her life, like a beacon of light in a fog. He’s sensual and captivating—awakening Ivy in ways she’s never experienced before...
    Categorized as:
    amnesia  angst  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  dark  drama
  • Battling Destiny by Danielle Stewart

    Battling Destiny by Danielle Stewart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Michael Cooper has his life together. He is the successful lawyer all his friends turn to when they find themselves in trouble, and he and his beautiful wife just welcomed their newborn daughter to the world. In just under two years, he went from a cocky bachelor to a quintessential family man with a close-knit group of friends. Yes, Michael Cooper has his life together...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery  romance
  • Hold Me by W. Winters, Amelia Wilde

    Hold Me by W. Winters, Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I was born into luxury and used to getting what I wanted. What I desired most, with my life in disarray, was the man who sat across from me. He was tall, dark and handsome, but, most notably, forbidden. It made every accidental touch more sinful and every session more addictive. There was so much tragedy and he was supposed to fix me...
    Categorized as:
    angst  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  dark  fiction
  • Wicked Queen: The Royals Collection by Geneva Lee

    Wicked Queen: The Royals Collection by Geneva Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A shocking revelation and an unexpected miracle bring darkness to the Royal family’s doorstep in Wicked Queen, the second volume in the Sovereign Series from New York Times bestseller Geneva Lee. When Alexander’s family discovers his betrayal, he nearly loses everything. But he’s not giving up without a fight, especially when it comes to his wife...
  • High-Stakes Holiday Reunion by Christy Barritt

    High-Stakes Holiday Reunion by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A CHILD'S LIFE IS AT STAKE  When Christopher Jordan sees the fear in Ashley Wilson's eyes, he knows he can't let her request for help go unanswered. Despite their tumultuous history, he's the only person his ex-fiancée can trust to find her kidnapped nephew...
  • The Billionaire's Claim: Redemption by Nadia Lee

    The Billionaire's Claim: Redemption by Nadia Lee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Elizabeth Pryce-Reed. An angel. A virgin. My first love. She was my life until she betrayed me ten years ago. So I built an empire and came after her, intent on vengeance. Instead of giving me the nasty fight I expected, she gazed at me with tragedy in her eyes...then made an unexpected, gut-wrenching move that left me reeling...and vanished...
  • Secrets by Nadia Lee

    Secrets by Nadia Lee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I have secrets--old, ugly ones that can destroy the fragile bond between me and Ivy.So I stay silent, feel them fester and eat at me.But Ivy's ignorance isn't anyone's bliss. It's making her vulnerable to our enemies.And my keeping the secrets is nothing less than a betrayal.When she finds out, I might lose the only thing I've ever wanted......Ivy's love...
  • Stealing Chances by Molly McAdams

    Stealing Chances by Molly McAdams

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What would you do if you woke up to a different life?Because that’s what happened to me.Woke up in a hospital bed with my family and friends telling me everything I knew was nothing more than a coma-induced dream.The girl I love. The baby we’re having . . . all of it ripped away.In their place is a house I don’t recognize and a girl I’ve never seen before who’s claiming she’s my fiancée...
  • A Reckless Note by Lisa Renee Jones

    A Reckless Note by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “I can chase you, and I can catch you, but there is nothing I can do to make you mine.” ― Morrissey It all started with a note, just a simple note hand written by a woman I didn't know, never even met. But in that note is perhaps every answer to every question I've ever had in my life. And because of that note, I travel thousands of miles. I look for her, but find him...
  • Catherine Coulter Collection: The Cove, The Maze, and Eleventh Hour by Catherine Coulter

    Catherine Coulter Collection: The Cove, The Maze, and Eleventh Hour by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Cove (Sandra Burr, Joyce Bean, Melissa Coates): The Cove is a quaint little postcard town made up only of old folk who sell the World's Greatest Ice Cream - a secret recipe that brings lots of tourists into town. Into The Cove comes Sally Brainerd, daughter of murdered Amory St. John of Washington, D.C., seeking sanctuary, and FBI Special Agent James Quinlan who's undercover and after her...
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    suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery  romance
  • Victory Run 3 by Devon Hartford

    Victory Run 3 by Devon Hartford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There’s only one rule in Rock & Roll: Don’t sleep with anyone in the band. Victory Payne is the hottest lead guitar player on the night club scene of Hollywood’s infamous Sunset Strip. With nothing but her car and her guitar, she’s ready to claw her way to success. Victory never gives up. Then she breaks rock’s cardinal rule...
  • Hours to Kill (Homepand Heroes) by Susan Sleeman

    Hours to Kill (Homepand Heroes) by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "When Homeland Security Agent Addison Leigh is attacked and left for dead, her estranged husband, ICE Agent Mack Jordan, discovers that she's in a coma. Full of regret, he promises to find her attacker, but she wakes up forgetting both the incident and her marriage...
  • Tension by R.L. Griffin

    Tension by R.L. Griffin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Stella who emerges from the rubble of the bombing in Montana is a woman full of conflict. She knows she should be grateful that she lived when others didn't, but after waking in the hospital as a celebrity, complete with a new moniker, she's bitter and distrustful, questioning everything in her life. She's unsure of her friends, her new boyfriend, and her job...
    Categorized as:
    angst  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  dark  drama  female-mc
  • Saving Danger by Katie Reus

    Saving Danger by Katie Reus

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    To maintain her cover and keep her family off her back, they fake a relationship.Having spent her whole life trying to prove she’s just as capable as her three older brothers, art retrieval expert Ivy Danger has landed the biggest gig of her career, one that will pay off the mortgage of the animal shelter she owns. That is, if she doesn’t die before finishing the job...
  • Rescuing Rita by Pepper North

    Rescuing Rita by Pepper North

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When she walks in the wrong door at the worst time, will anyone be there to help her?Bartender Rita Alma discovers the new owner of the bar with a vast display of drugs.  When he forces his full-figured employee out the backdoor, Rita takes the first opportunity to get away while no one else can get hurt...
    Categorized as:
    amnesia  suspense  contemporary  mystery  fiction  bdsm  urban  steamy
  • Thunder and Lightning by Patricia Logan

    Thunder and Lightning by Patricia Logan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jarrett 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...
  • A Sinful Encore by Lisa Renee Jones

    A Sinful Encore by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You only thought you knew how this was going to end, but their story is far from over. The explosive finale is bound to leave you breathless. A Sinful Encore is the third and final book in the Brilliance trilogy...
    Categorized as:
    angst  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  contemporary  family
  • Stryke First by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Stryke First by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This book is part of a series. It contains homosexual relations, violence and coarse language. It is preceded by Falcon's Fox. Rebel Stryker has had to fight to survive from the moment he was born to a heroin-addicted mother. Raised by his grandparents, his only mission in life was to succeed where his mother had failed...
    Categorized as:
    angst  suspense  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Our Final Tale by Bella Jewel

    Our Final Tale by Bella Jewel

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    SLATER For over a decade I searched for her. She disappeared a long time ago. But I never gave up. Seeing her again, it was the only thing that kept me holding on for so long. Clutching onto the small chance that she might know who I am when I found her again. If I found her again. It was always a big if...
  • Amnesty by Cambria Hebert

    Amnesty by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There’s freedom in remembering. My past is a double-edged sword. Damned if I do remember, damned if I don’t. Remembering beyond the horrors I already have will change me. Change us. But, what if I’m living a lie? What if everything I thought was wrong, what if who I thought I was is wrong? If not her, then… Who am I? Eddie says it doesn’t matter, but deep down I’m terrified it does...
    Categorized as:
    amnesia  angst  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  book  captivity
  • Coda by Jennifer Hartmann

    Coda by Jennifer Hartmann

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Six years ago, I hit rock bottom.In a desperate attempt to pull myself from the ashes, I had to burn the people I loved most.Now, those same people are drowning in darkness after their world is rocked by tragedy.I've made a business out of helping others, channeling my past trauma into a good cause. But when the one person who needs my help the most sends me away, I have another choice to make...
  • More Than Memories by N.E. Henderson

    More Than Memories by N.E. Henderson

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    SHANE BRADENMemories are never forgotten. Or so it’s said, but she did. She forgot herself, me—us. She forgot everything. One day I woke up and there was only pain. This pain so fierce that I can’t overcome it alone. My heart was ripped out of my chest. I’m surviving, but barely. Not even the physical outlet I seek, to purge the torment of remembering the one I can’t let go, helps anymore...
  • Peaceful Slumber by Nikki Lynn Barrett

    Peaceful Slumber by Nikki Lynn Barrett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Scott I was somewhat normal once. Until I died. It was only for a few minutes, but ever since then, I can see ghosts. The first time I see her is in the cemetery, wearing a blood stained wedding dress. No one else knows she exists. I have no idea how to help her or why I chose to, but she's here now...
    Categorized as:
    amnesia  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  ghosts  mystery
  • Memory Lane by Becky Wade

    Memory Lane by Becky Wade

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After surviving a trauma several years back, Remy Reed relocated to a cottage on one of Maine’s most remote islands. She’s arranged her life just the way she wants it, spending her time working on her wood sculptures and soaking in the beauty of nature. It’s quiet and solitary—until the day she spots something bobbing in the ocean...
  • Devil's Spawn by Manda Mellett

    Devil's Spawn by Manda Mellett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    VannaWhile serving as a Marine, my husband survived when an explosion took out the transport he was travelling in. He lived but suffered a traumatic brain injury which wiped his memory...
  • White Lies by Kristin Mayer

    White Lies by Kristin Mayer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nothing is as it seems. Our love. Our life. Our future. Were the lies to protect me? Or was it something else? There has to be a reason behind all of this. Finding out he doesn't love me would devastate me beyond belief. They say white lies are harmless, but I don’t believe it. There has to be more to our story...
  • Shadow of Vengeance by Kristine Mason

    Shadow of Vengeance by Kristine Mason

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Pub date: TBA Welcome to Hell Week. You have seven days to find him… At Wexman University, male students will do anything to get into a top fraternity. They’ll prove their worth during Hell Week by participating in various physical, psychological and even juvenile pranks. But those shenanigans aren’t so funny when pledges start disappearing...
    Categorized as:
    angst  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  crime  dark  fiction
  • Christmas Amnesia: Faith in the Face of Crime (Callahan Confidential) by Laura Scott

    Christmas Amnesia: Faith in the Face of Crime (Callahan Confidential) by Laura Scott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    MISTLETOE MEMORY LOSS Assaulted a week before a high-profile drug trafficking trial, assistant district attorney Madison Callahan narrowly escapes death…but suffers amnesia. Now, when she can't recall the identity of her attacker, everyone is suspect—except the handsome policeman who saved her...
  • Wicked as Seduction by Shayla Black

    Wicked as Seduction by Shayla Black

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’ll protect her…even if he has to take her captive to save her.Tech wiz and former elite soldier Forest “Trees” Scott had one mission: Rescue the woman being hunted by a vicious cartel and get her to safety. It should have been simple…but the minute he sees the wary beauty with haunted eyes, his desire for her complicates everything. So does her stubborn refusal to trust him...
  • Public by Xavier Neal

    Public by Xavier Neal

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Philanthropist or Antagonist? Billionaire, Weston Wilcox, has finally come into the light. Not only is he actively attending more meetings and allowing his face to constantly be photographed beside his bodacious fiancé's, he's also opened the door for journalists to take a peak behind the curtain at the man he has become...
  • Wrangler's Rescue by B.J. Daniels

    Wrangler's Rescue by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’ll risk everything to bring her cowboy back home… One week ago, Cyrus Cahill told Ashley Jo “AJ” Somerfield that he’d be back in her arms by the weekend. He just needed to buy a bull for his ranch, and then they’d pick up where they left off after that romantic ride through the foothills. But now he’s gone missing and everyone—even the sheriff—believes he’s dead. Everyone…but AJ...
  • Let Me Remind You by Gianni Holmes

    Let Me Remind You by Gianni Holmes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What happens when a man you can't remember has more memories of you than you have of yourself?Clay's football career is brought to a halt after losing his memory in an accident. When he moves back to San Diego, he hopes familiar surroundings will bring back his memory. He doesn’t expect to be slapped in the street by the most interesting guy he's never met before...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  amnesia  mlm  sports  mystery  lgbtq  contemporary  crime
  • The Soldier and the Bodyguard by R.J. Scott

    The Soldier and the Bodyguard by R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Someone wants JC dead, and Adrian is the only thing standing in the way. Has war followed them home? Or is something more sinister at play?JC struggles to understand his place in the world, and despite being wealthy beyond imagination, he’s never found real happiness outside of his friendship with Adrian...
    Categorized as:
    amnesia  angst  suspense  mlm  mystery  crime  military  lgbtq
  • Dark Burning by Lori Ryan

    Dark Burning by Lori Ryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Detective Eric Cantu has been dancing around the sexy reporter for months. The memory of a too-damned-hot one night stand before he knew who she was won't stop torturing him at night. By day she's one step ahead of him in his arson investigation. He's not the only one to notice, either...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  romance  mystery  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Hostile Illusions: Steel Stallions MC Prequel by India R. Adams

    Hostile Illusions: Steel Stallions MC Prequel by India R. Adams

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Steel Stallions MC PrequelFREE DARK CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORY Cruelty and all its powerWhy am I the game of each hour?Every pain, every slice…It was not only me in this deadly vice.I don’t want my stay in the Serenity Institute to be permanent, so I search my mind for memories, but most of what I find are reasons to run. There is only one reason to stay.Him...
  • Broslin Bride: Gone and Done it by Dana Marton

    Broslin Bride: Gone and Done it by Dana Marton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The worst time to be charged with murder is: A. When you have no alibi for the night in question. B. When you have no memory of the night in question. C. When you told people you hated the victim. D. When the detective is the 1st guy you ever slept with--which didn't end well. Check all of the above for Luanne Mayfair. If it wasn't for bad luck, she wouldn't have any luck at all...
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