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  • Foxy In Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Foxy In Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’m risking everything for Vanessa. One last time. I can’t turn the other way and let her family be murdered by the Skull Kings. I have to do something. Maybe I can earn her father’s trust. And finally get my woman back...
  • A Shameless Little Con by Meli Raine

    A Shameless Little Con by Meli Raine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I didn’t do it. I never betrayed my friend. Last year, I was kidnapped along with presidential candidate’s daughter Lindsay Bosworth, forced to help her assailants, my mother implicated in one of the biggest political scandals in American history. I've been cleared of any wrongdoing, but that doesn’t matter. Once you’re tried by the media, you’re guilty as sin...
  • Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

    Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died.Now Sally is the centre of attention, not only from the hungry media and worried police, but also a sinister voice from a past she has no memory of...
  • Secret by Penelope Sky

    Secret by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She saved my life. She promised she wouldn't intervene, that her loyalty was to her family, not me. But she did it anyway. Now everything is different. I can feel it with every kiss, every time she's underneath me. This isn't a meaningless fling anymore. It's so much more. I know it...and she knows it...
  • L'Affaire Alaska Sanders by Joël Dicker

    L'Affaire Alaska Sanders by Joël Dicker

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Avril 1999. Mount Pleasant, une paisible bourgade du New Hampshire, est bouleversée par un meurtre. Le corps d'une jeune femme, Alaska Sanders, est retrouvé au bord d'un lac. L'enquête est rapidement bouclée, la police obtenant les aveux du coupable et de son complice.Onze ans plus tard, l'affaire rebondit...
  • When You Come Back by Debra Webb

    When You Come Back by Debra Webb

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From AMAZON CHARTS bestseller of TRUST NO ONE Forensic Anthropologist Emma Graves knows about the dead. But can the dead help her remember why she’s still alive? When You Are Lost… Emma Graves was only eight years old when a tragic school bus accident shattered the rural community where she grew up...
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    suspense  crime  dark  romance  mystery  audiobook  fiction  killer
  • Mine to Hold by Ashley Nicole

    Mine to Hold by Ashley Nicole

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For years, she maintained her composure and played the role of dutiful wife as her husband lied and cheated with more women than he could count. Now, Janie is fed up and ready to call it quits, but he wants to hold on. As secrets are revealed, Janie realizes her husband’s double life may just cost her own...
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    crime  dark  suspense  adult  black-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Demon by Stella Andrews

    The Demon by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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  • Midnight Reckoning by Rebecca Deel

    Midnight Reckoning by Rebecca Deel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Her sister was a world-class jewel thief. But she crossed the wrong person and now Sophie's baby may pay the price. Sophie Valero has spent her life living down her last name. In a family of murderers, thieves, and con artists, she's the black sheep...
  • Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole

    Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tor Jude and I managed to salvage something beautiful from the war torn rubble of our lives, a blissful happiness that we paid for in blood. We fought our way here, leaving pieces of ourselves along the way. I thought this was the happily ever after in our twisted fairy tale, but I was wrong. Jude I may be free by definition...
  • War by Stevie J. Cole, LP Lovell

    War by Stevie J. Cole, LP Lovell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The kind of life I’ve lived, it haunts you. Stains you. Destroys you. It took everything from me. My love. My family… my transgressions were paid with Tor and Cayla’s blood and I want revenge. Blood. Death. His head in my hands.I’ve lost everything, and all that’s left to do is end the men who took them from me. Betrayal. Secrets. Vengeance.This is war...
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    crime  dark  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • The Missing Piece by Sharon Sala

    The Missing Piece by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Solving the puzzle could be the last thing he does…PI Charlie Dodge knows what it’s like to have something important disappear. His wife, Annie, suffers from early-onset Alzheimer’s, causing her to remember little of the life she shared with her husband. Charlie has devoted his career to saving what he can—missing people, threatened lives...
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    crime  dark  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Lost in the Wind by Calle J. Brookes

    Lost in the Wind by Calle J. Brookes

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She had survived. She could survive. She would survive again. After a brutal assault and cancer as a teenager, Dr. Nikkie Jean Netorre wouldn’t let herself be called a victim. Nikkie Jean wasn’t a victim. She was a survivor. Now a pediatric surgical resident at the best teaching hospital in Texas, Nikkie Jean knows there’s nothing she can’t make it through if she just keeps going...
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    crime  suspense  contemporary  mystery  fiction  book  adult  romance
  • Lazarus' Crown by Atlas Rose, Raven Scott

    Lazarus' Crown by Atlas Rose, Raven Scott

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They’re all bad here in Cosa Nostra. Criminals in one way or another. Barely restrained beasts disguised by money and power. And somehow I’ve fallen for the worst of them.Lazarus Rossi…the Stidda Mafia Prince. He’s malicious and controlling. He’s fire melting me from the inside. I’m both terrified and consumed...
  • Come / Come Back by J.A. Huss

    Come / Come Back by J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ***THIS IS A TWO-BOOK BUNDLE*** COME – Dirty, Dark, and Deadly Book One THIS IS BOOK ONE OF A SERIES. THIS IS A NOVELLA. YOU WILL GET MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS IN THIS BOOK. IF YOU HATE THAT - SKIP THIS WHOLE SERIES COMPLETELY. (It's twisty, complicated, dark, dirty, and ALL the main characters are killers.) My name is James Fenici and you will never see me coming...
  • Limit by Molly McAdams

    Limit by Molly McAdams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The final breathtaking installment in New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Molly McAdams’s REBEL series. Protecting people isn’t simply my job—it’s engrained in me. It doesn’t atone for my countless sins. There’s no washing the blood off my hands after a lifetime in the mob. I just want to save those who can’t save themselves...
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    crime  dark  suspense  adult  book  captivity  contemporary  fiction
  • Black Light: Suspicion by Measha Stone

    Black Light: Suspicion by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I have my own suspicions about you, Sophie.”   Sophie Nelson knows her kinky interests are no more than fantasy, definitely not something that’ll ever happen in the real world. So the sexual playground Black Light is the best place to turn. A safe place to play. Until Scott. Detective Scott Russo knows better than to get sexually involved with his partner...
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    crime  dark  suspense  adult  billionaire  book  contemporary  fiction
  • For Cam by Soraya Naomi

    For Cam by Soraya Naomi

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For Cam can be read as standalone, but it's advised to read book 3 For Adriano before book 4. Book 1 and 2 center around another couple.Camilla Guillermo’s life has been turned upside down ever since she joined the Chicago Syndicate and was reunited with Adriano Montesi, the cocky and charismatic Mafia man who captured her heart two years ago...
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    crime  dark  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Leith by Jane Henry

    Leith by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cairstina Reilly was locked in silence when I found her.When I ravaged my way through weak men to save her.When I killed for her.Now our fates are tangled together in a web of lies, danger, and betrayal.I have to take her hostage.Drag her from her silent, private world,And force her into mine...
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    crime  dark  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • Dying for Love by Rita Herron

    Dying for Love by Rita Herron

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Everything she believes is a lie. Amelia Nettleton has struggled to overcome her childhood trauma and finally has a chance to lead a normal life—a life with a husband and a family. But a recurring nightmare haunts her: she dreams of a baby crying for its mother…a baby that may be hers, and was stolen from her...
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    crime  dark  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Wrench by Addison Jane

    Wrench by Addison Jane

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    If there were skeletons in your closet, Wrench would find them. The skills he possessed had landed him in jail on more than one occasion. But he would continue to do whatever he had to in order to protect his family—the Brothers by Blood MC. If that meant time behind bars, so be it. He never thought his loyalty to the club would falter. He thought wrong...
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    crime  dark  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult  biker  book
  • The Stepchild by Nicole Trope

    The Stepchild by Nicole Trope

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Three-year-old Millie Everleigh disappears on a crisp winter’s day, and nothing is as it seems…It’s the phone call every mother dreads.I’m climbing into the car after a trip to the grocery store. As the engine starts, my phone rings. It’s my stepdaughter, Shelby, who is babysitting my three-year-old little girl Millie.‘I only went upstairs for a second,’ she says through her sobs. ‘She’s gone...
  • Gone by Elisabeth Naughton

    Gone by Elisabeth Naughton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Three years ago, Alec and Raegan McClane lived every parent’s worst nightmare: their one-year-old daughter, Emma, was abducted from a park when Alec turned his back for just a moment. Emma was never found, and presumed dead. The crushing trauma, plus Alec’s unbearable guilt, ended the couple’s marriage. Now a four-year-old girl matching Emma’s profile is found wandering a local park...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Nyx: A Dark MC Romance by Serena Akeroyd

    Nyx: A Dark MC Romance by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Nyx is the night.He's the dark.The monster under your bed.The demon in your dreams.He's a child's savior.The slayer of filth.A guardian no one dare cross.But there's blood on his hands, rage in his heart, black in his soul, and he's caught my eye... And his demons? They want me...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  suspense  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Black Ink: Part II by N.M. Catalano

    Black Ink: Part II by N.M. Catalano

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alexander Black Ruler of an empire. An enigma. Ruthless and powerful. Someone is setting him up, threatening to destroy everything he's built. He's got one thing on his mind; keeping Gemma safe. Gemma Trudeau A pawn in a game. It's a game she has no way of winning, with players who win only one way. Elimination. Black will not lose. To him, it's no game. It's life and death...
  • Reaper's Till Death by Glenna Maynard

    Reaper's Till Death by Glenna Maynard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s forbidden and too damn young for him, but he’ll have her until death do them part. Reaper The moment she steps off the bus wearing a belly top showing off her navel ring, I know she is pure trouble. Harley is a brat who needs a real man to put her in line. My Prez has decided I’m just the man for the job...
  • The Hacker by Renee Rose

    The Hacker by Renee Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    SHE BETRAYED MY FAMILY--I WILL MAKE HER PAY.The sweet redhead in our building isn’t as innocent as we thought.She brought a Fed into our circle. Got my twin brother shot.Now she will pay. I’m putting her in charge of nursing him back to health. If he dies, she dies. That’s what I told her, anyway. Of course I wouldn’t actually harm her.Our beautiful neighbor is already under my skin...
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    crime  dark  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Relentless River by Lindsay Cross

    Relentless River by Lindsay Cross

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He was Ice. Sheriff Bo Lawson was everything a retired Marine Special Operations Operator should be. Cold. Calculating. Calm in all situations. He handled terrorists and too drunk locals without blinking, until a couple of dead bodies show up in his small town, throwing his controlled environment into chaos. She was fire...
  • Her Hero by Jane Henry, Maisy Archer

    Her Hero by Jane Henry, Maisy Archer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Donnie Nolan learned early that the secret to life is control. Born into a world of blood and violence, he broke free from the chains of his past with the help of Master Blake and his crew at The Club, and vowed that nothing would drag him back… until a knock at the door reminds him that there are some chains that can never be broken...
  • Innocent Prey by Maggie Shayne

    Innocent Prey by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    To save innocent lives, they'll have to risk their own. Self-help superstar Rachel de Luca and Detective Mason Brown have finally given in to their overwhelming attraction to each other, but neither of them is ready to let physical passion turn into full-blown romance, so they carefully maintain an emotional distance...
  • Bastien Nikolaev by Naomi West

    Bastien Nikolaev by Naomi West

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Bratva came in the night and set the place on fire.I thought it was my chance to finally escape this awful mob-owned club.Goodness gracious, was I wrong.Because the man pounding at the door is not a knight in shining armor, here to liberate this damsel in distress from her nightmare.More like the polar freaking opposite...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  captivity  contemporary
  • False Hope by Meli Raine

    False Hope by Meli Raine

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She thinks she’s fooled me. But I’ve known all along.Almost.Lily is hiding something, a secret so big, she came out of a year-long coma and her first instinct was to lie.Who does that? Someone who is afraid. No—not afraid.Terrified. And it’s my job to take that fear away.My partner and I have spent countless man-hours hunting down the cold-blooded killer who did this to her...
  • Into the Firestorm by Kat Martin

    Into the Firestorm by Kat Martin

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    At Brodie Operations Security Service, Inc., following your instincts is company policy . . . M. Cassidy—Luke Brodie had heard the name before, some novice bounty hunter working Seattle, catching tricky skips with more success than a newcomer should expect. But the dark curls, sparkly top, and impressive cleavage were not what Brodie had pictured...
  • Faceless by Martina Cole

    Faceless by Martina Cole

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Eleven years ago Marie Carter was convicted of killing her two best friends. And she's paid the price. Now she is being released from prison. It's time to go home. But life has moved on, and Marie has nowhere to go. Her parents have disowned her; her friends have abandoned her; even her kids don't want to know...
  • The Missing and the Dead by Stuart MacBride

    The Missing and the Dead by Stuart MacBride

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    One mistake can cost you everything…A little girl’s body washes up just outside the sleepy coastal town of Macduff, kicking off a major manhunt. Officially, the investigation is out of Sergeant Logan McRae’s hands, but DCI Steel’s Major Investigation Team, drafted in from Aberdeen, is getting nowhere fast.Steel is running out of ideas and time...
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    crime  dark  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Jantar Secreto by Raphael Montes

    Jantar Secreto by Raphael Montes

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Um grupo de jovens deixa uma pequena cidade no Paraná para viver no Rio de Janeiro. Eles alugam um apartamento em Copacabana e fazem o possível para pagar a faculdade e manter vivos seus sonhos de sucesso na capital fluminense. Mas o dinheiro está curto e o aluguel está vencido...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  crime  dark  horror  fiction  contemporary  mystery  terror
  • Tainted Pictures by Sarah Robinson

    Tainted Pictures by Sarah Robinson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tainted Pictures is an Amazon Bestseller in Crime, Thrillers, and Romantic Suspense. The Photographer is back, dropping menacing hints at every turn. Reminding Kate that he owns her. That he broke her body. And at the same time, Derrick Kane broke her heart. The small, quiet life that Kate Jackson had built for herself was over...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Hero Undercover: 25 Undercover Romances by Annabel Joseph, Addison Cain

    Hero Undercover: 25 Undercover Romances by Annabel Joseph, Addison Cain

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    CAN YOU HANDLE 25 SMOKIN' HOT, TAKE-CHARGE, BAD BOYS?Don't miss this sizzling compilation of panty-melting military masters, determined detectives, and rope twirling cowboys. Your knees will grow weak with each take-charge encounter leaving you breathless for more. Sink into the novellas and submit to these sinfully strict salacious alpha males...
  • 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:
    crime  dark  suspense  adult  angst  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Mysterious Abduction by Rita Herron

    Mysterious Abduction by Rita Herron

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’ll never give up on finding her baby. And neither will the sheriff of Whistler.For five years, Cora Reeves has searched for her baby, who went missing in a fire—a baby she swears is still out there. When the private investigator sniffing out clues ends up dead, Sheriff Jacob Maverick’s on the cold case. As old evidence takes on new meaning, Jacob is deperate to ensure Cora’s safety...
  • Christmas Hostage by Jane Blythe

    Christmas Hostage by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tragedy tore them apart. Now it’s giving them a second chance.He walked away because he thought it was what she wanted. When FBI Agent Tom Drake arrives at the scene of a robbery, the last person he expects to see is his ex-wife...
  • Cut in Darkness by Heather Sunseri

    Cut in Darkness by Heather Sunseri

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An outlaw biker gang, a US Senator hell-bent on vengeance, and a killer blend of heroin. None is as dangerous to Agent Brooke Fairfax as falling for Declan O'Roark...
  • Family that Binds by A.J. Wyatt

    Family that Binds by A.J. Wyatt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Vengeance gives you purpose. Heartache cripples you. Pick your poison.Neal Sanders is on the precipice of getting all he’s ever wanted in life, becoming Don and obtaining his seat on the Commission. However, it all seems to come at a cost. His love for Amelia, an outsider, is stronger than he ever imagined possible but still he must marry Arica Bastone, the princess of Cosa Nostra...
  • Summer Stalker by Nicole Helm

    Summer Stalker by Nicole Helm

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Someone’s watching them.Someone they’d never suspect.Reece Montgomery’s on an undercover mission to learn what unsuspecting B and B owner Lianna Kade knows about her husband’s murder. However, the workaholic North Star agent finds himself in serious danger, not the least of which is his unprofessional need to protect Lianna and her son, Henry...
  • Lost by Ker Dukey, D.H. Sidebottom

    Lost by Ker Dukey, D.H. Sidebottom

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A dark novel, 18+ We came from nothing and were given a second chance at life, and life was pretty good until it tipped on its axis and my world came tumbling down around me. My Baby Sister is missing… Stolen… Lost… I’ve never felt this helpless before now, the vacant hole inside me expanding with each passing second of not knowing where she is...
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    crime  dark  suspense  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Looking for a Cowboy by Donna Grant

    Looking for a Cowboy by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A cowboy finds love in the most unlikely place in New York Times bestseller Donna Grant's newest Heart of Texas novel, Looking for a CowboyA beautiful stranger has come to Clearview, asking questions that are nobody’s business. Cooper Owens also wasn’t born yesterday. He knows that this out-of-towner is hiding a dark secret of her own...
  • Edge of the Heat Series Box Set by Lisa Ladew

    Edge of the Heat Series Box Set by Lisa Ladew

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Books 1-4 of the Edge of the Heat Series - romantic suspense box set - bundle Emma Hill fights for her life, and the life of her new boyfriend against an evil, scheming, dirty cop. Her new boyfriend has some secrets of his own to bring to the fight, both for their lives, and for Emma's heart...
  • The List by Velvet Vaughn

    The List by Velvet Vaughn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the author of The Fan and Committed is the first romantic suspense novel in the COBRA Securities series. The List is an intriguing mixture of pulse-pounding suspense and sizzling passion. It was just supposed to be a game... What started out as a harmless game between friends has turned deadly real. Fourteen men are dead, all from apparent accidents...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery  thriller
  • Finley's Claim by Atlas Rose, Raven Scott

    Finley's Claim by Atlas Rose, Raven Scott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They call me the Cosa Nostra Prince.The first son of the most dangerous Salvatore Mafia family.We run the crime. We take the money. We control the war.So when our ‘launderer’ decides to run with one hundred million dollars of our money, you can bet we’ll hunt them down.Only they’ve run to a place they think they’re safe.A place that’s heavily guarded.An island in the middle of nowhere...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Shadows at Dawn by Kat Martin

    Shadows at Dawn by Kat Martin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Don’t miss this scorching novella, part of what Publishers Weekly is calling Kat Martin’s “tantalizing” new Maximum Security series! Private detective Jaxon Ryker swore to himself he would keep his hands off Mindy Stewart. No matter how much Jax might secretly wish otherwise, his colleague at The Max is strictly off-limits...
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