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  • Southampton Stalker by Hope Callaghan

    Southampton Stalker by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Siren of the Seas has finally arrived in Southampton and love is in the air for one of the crewmembers as he arranges a rendezvous with his online girlfriend. Despite Millie’s concern over their date, he refuses to listen to her. Deciding it won’t hurt to check on him; Millie shows up during the date and witnesses something disturbing...
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  • Hide and Seek by Christy Barritt

    Hide and Seek by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Cassidy and Ty find a child on the beach, mute from some kind of unknown trauma, they begin a search for her family. Clues washing up from a shipwreck reveal few details about what might have happened to the child. But, as they uncover more, they discover something that has more far reaching implications than they ever imagined . . . and now it's a fight to save everything they love...
  • 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...
  • Silent Night by Christy Barritt

    Silent Night by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Catch up with your favorite Lantern Beach characters as they come together to help the town's beloved police chief.On the night before Christmas Eve, as she begins her maternity leave, Lantern Beach Police Chief Cassidy Chambers disappears. Suspecting foul play, law enforcement officers combine forces with the Blackout Security team and island residents to find her...
  • 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...
  • Safe and Sound by Christy Barritt

    Safe and Sound by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The thrilling conclusion to the Lantern Beach Guardian...
  • Divine Wedding by Hope Callaghan

    Divine Wedding by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As Delta and Gary prepare to walk down the aisle just days away from what could be Divine’s wedding of the decade, Jo offers to help Delta spruce up Gary’s old farmhouse.While there, Jo’s hound dog runs off. She and Delta track him down where they make a shocking discovery that threatens to rip the couple apart.The discovery sets off a chain of events that cast suspicion on the groom-to-be...
  • Shock and Awe by Christy Barritt

    Shock and Awe by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Just when things seem to be settling down, an explosive new secret rips Ty and Cassidy's serenity apart...
  • Giant Fall by Liz Bradford

    Giant Fall by Liz Bradford

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Another man has been executed, just like Tom. What secrets will be revealed by the light of the truth?Police Captain Keith Baker loves leading the detectives squad in Hazel Hill, but he's beginning to wonder if it is a good fit for him...
  • 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...
  • Night Prey by Susan Sleeman

    Night Prey by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She lived for upholding the law…Defense attorney, Malone Rice, doesn’t want to go to her fifteen year class reunion. Attending means running into her former high school flame, now Portland police detective, Ian Blair. But when the committee decides to honor her for her pro-bono work with homeless teens, she knows it would be churlish not to attend. She will have to go and make the best of it...
  • One Day Gone: A Mylas Grey Mystery by Luana Ehrlich

    One Day Gone: A Mylas Grey Mystery by Luana Ehrlich

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mylas Grey is a private investigator but don’t call him a private detective. That title belongs to his father—not to him. Mylas is the Chief Investigator for Senator Davis Allen, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. His job is to do background investigations for the President’s judicial nominees, and that’s the only kind of investigation he’s interested in doing...
  • Firefly Diaries by C.C. Warrens

    Firefly Diaries by C.C. Warrens

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "The world whipped around her in a dizzying funnel of lights and shouts, people in uniforms pressing in from all directions. Noelle sat motionless in the street, barely able to breathe. His little body was too still. Too broken."Noelle's world shattered that night, like the pieces of headlights scattered across the dark street. There was no rebuilding her life around the grave of her child...
  • 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...
  • Double Date Disaster by Hope Callaghan

    Double Date Disaster by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Cozy Christian Mystery and Suspense NovelGarden Girls - The Golden Years is the brand new spin-off series of the Garden Girls Mystery series. The last few years have been a roller coaster of life changing events for “Garden Girl” Margaret Hansen - the death of her husband, the shocking discovery of what led to his death, and a big move designed to give her a fresh start...
  • Terminal Velocity by Lisa Phillips

    Terminal Velocity by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A last resort.One final chance for the future they want.Joseph is the name they’ve given him. Before that, he was Casper—a trained killer. Now he’s been sidelined to a summer camp retreat center, and if he doesn’t make this work he’ll get kicked out of the Accountant’s Office program for good...
  • The Confession by Sheldon Siegel

    The Confession by Sheldon Siegel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    THE CONFESSION is BOOK 5 of 7 in the legal thriller series featuring Mike Daley & Rosie Fernandez. Confessions abound-some of them quite unexpected-in Sheldon Siegel's new legal thriller. Mike Daley doesn't go to confession much since he left the priesthood twenty years ago and became a lawyer, but that doesn't stop his old friend, Father Ramon Aguirre, from trying to get him there...
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    crime  legal  religion  spirituality  adult  book  fiction  mystery
  • What the Bishop Saw by Vannetta Chapman

    What the Bishop Saw by Vannetta Chapman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Somewhere in the Embers Lies the Truth A fire blazes out of control in the San Luis Valley of Colorado, leaving an elderly Amish bachelor dead. Bishop Henry Lapp rushes to the scene, and he learns the fire was no accident. Someone intended to kill Vernon Frey. But who would want to kill Vernon? Well, practically everyone—Amish and Englisch alike...
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    christian  cozy  religion  spirituality  adult  book  fiction  mystery
  • Divine Secrets by Hope Callaghan

    Divine Secrets by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hoping to build trust with the Divine locals, Joanna Pepperdine and the Second Chance residents host an open house to get to know the townsfolk better. The event is a huge success…that is until a guest finds a wallet belonging to a man who is now missing...
  • Dead Reckoning by Christy Barritt

    Dead Reckoning by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Yachtie Kenzie Anderson knows what she saw at the harbor--a woman murdered and pushed into the water. But there's not only no evidence of a crime, but there's no dead body either.Jimmy James Gamble believes Kenzie, even if no one else does. But he senses the danger in the air and wants to keep her away from any more trouble--especially after their last charter...
  • Tipping Point by Christy Barritt

    Tipping Point by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the charter season continues, yachtie Kenzie Anderson suspects that beneath the tranquil surface aboard Almost Paradise are turbulent currents. Has the havoc of the past several charters simply put her on edge? Or is something dangerous hiding just out of sight?Captain Jimmy James Gamble can't believe it when items belonging to charter guests begin to disappear...
  • Tides of Deception by Christy Barritt

    Tides of Deception by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Change has come to Lantern Beach: a new police chief, a new season, and . . . a new romance? Austin Brooks has loved Skye Lavinia from the moment they met, but the walls she keeps around her seem impenetrable. Skye knows Austin is the best thing to ever happen to her. Yet she also knows that if he learns the truth about her past, he’d be a fool not to run...
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    christian  crime  religion  spirituality  adult  book  drama  fiction
  • Dead Wrong by Vannetta Chapman

    Dead Wrong by Vannetta Chapman

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A new Amish cozy mystery from Vannetta Chapman. When Agatha Lapp’s brother and sister-in-law are tragically killed in a buggy accident, Agatha relocates to the new Amish community in Hunt Texas, nestled in the Texas Hill Country. She’s there to make a success of her brother’s dream--an Amish B&B. Agatha is friendly, efficient, and capable...
  • Distorted by Christy Barritt

    Distorted by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mallory Baldwin is a survivor. A former victim of human trafficking, she’s been given a second chance, yet not a night goes by that she doesn’t remember being a slave to weapons dealer Dante Torres. Despite being afraid of the dark and wary of strangers, Mallory is trying to rebuild her life by turning her tragedy into redemption...
  • Run Aground by Christy Barritt

    Run Aground by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A dead captain on a luxury yacht leads to a tumultuous seafaring journey . . .Med student Kenzie Anderson, tired of letting others chart her future, accepts a job as second steward aboard Almost Paradise. But when she finds the captain dead before the charter even begins, her plans seem to capsize...
  • All God's Promises by Vikki Kestell

    All God's Promises by Vikki Kestell

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Faith-Filled Fiction at Its Best! So many unanswered questions.Who am I really? Kari wondered again. I am not Kari Hillyer. Not Kari Granger. They tell me my real name is Kari Thoresen Michaels. But who is that person?She frowned. And where are my sister and brother? Who took them? Where are they now?“Lord, my uncle and my cousins urge me to trust you...
  • Plain Survival by Alison Stone

    Plain Survival by Alison Stone

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He never needed anyone…until he met her.When an Amish youth goes missing, Deputy Caitlin Flagler suspects his disappearance is tied to the “Doomsday Preppers” group that has settled in Hunters Ridge. In digging for the answers, she meets Austin Young, a newcomer who seems to have more secrets than the elusive head of the sprawling “bug out” shelter...
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    christian  cozy  religion  spirituality  adult  book  fiction  murder
  • When the Bishop Needs an Alibi by Vannetta Chapman

    When the Bishop Needs an Alibi by Vannetta Chapman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There's a Terrible Secret Hiding in the Bulrushes Amish bishop Henry Lapp eagerly awaits the annual arrival of 20,000 sandhill cranes to the San Luis Valley of Colorado. But his visit to the Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge reveals more than just a miracle of God's creation...
  • Expired Getaway by Lisa Phillips

    Expired Getaway by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She won’t stop being dead.He’ll never give up the fight to choose life...
  • A Shot at Redemption by Liz Bradford

    A Shot at Redemption by Liz Bradford

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After her abusive marriage fails and an affair rattles Gavin's and Jocelyn's faith, a baby changes everything.Gavin Riley has been a detective with the Hazel Hill PD for two years, and while he and his partner, Becca Palmer, have by no means closed every case, too many unsolved cases in a row has left Gavin doubting his ability to do his job...
  • Expired Flight by Lisa Phillips

    Expired Flight by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She can't remember who she is.He'll never give up the life he knows...
  • Expired End by Lisa Phillips

    Expired End by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She won’t stop looking for the truth about her past.He’ll never admit he’s loved her all this time.Kamryn Marshall never believed it when they told her that her mom died in a terrible plane crash. For years she’s wondered why she saw her mom alive—after disaster struck. Nothing about that fateful airshow so many years ago was what it seems...
  • Amish Accident by Ashley Emma

    Amish Accident by Ashley Emma

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    While driving through Amish country in Unity, Maine, Freya Wilson accidentally hits an Amish man with her car in a blizzard, instantly killing him.Panicked, she leaves him there in the road and drives away, afraid that if she is arrested, her violent ex will locate her using his connections with the police...and kill her...
  • 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...
  • Deception by Randy Alcorn

    Deception by Randy Alcorn

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “Messin’ with me’s like wearin’ cheese underwear down rat alley.”-Ollie ChandlerHomicide detective Ollie Chandler has seen it all. Done more than he cares to admit. But when he’s called to investigate the murder of a Portland State University professor, he finds himself going places he’s never gone before.Places he never wanted to go...
  • Amish Alias by Ashley Emma

    Amish Alias by Ashley Emma

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Threatened. Orphaned. On the run. With no one else to turn to, these two terrified sisters can only hope their Amish aunt will take them in. But the quaint Amish community of Unity, Maine, is not as safe as it seems. FREE BONUS: Includes an exclusive free sequel novelette, not available anywhere else: Esther's Amish Secret...
  • On Your Knees by Liz Bradford

    On Your Knees by Liz Bradford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Seventeen years have passed... Adam wants a second chance, but so does a killer...Detective Adam Jamison had been given more than he can handle. After a friend dies in his arms, he turns to the bottle to alleviate the pain. But when the rape case he and his partner, Amelia Johnson, are working turns into murder, Adam questions his ability to keep anyone safe...
  • Expired Secrets by Lisa Phillips

    Expired Secrets by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She won’t tell him the truth.He’ll never stop trying to find it.In this town, Police Detective Savannah Wilcox is the one who uncovers the truth. After a grisly murder occurs, it quickly becomes clear the death is connected to an ongoing investigation. And she’s certain this killer will strike again.Private Investigator Tate Hudson has some secrets of his own...
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    christian  religion  spirituality  adult  book  fiction  mystery
  • Wait Until Dark: Carolina Moon Series, Book 3 by Christy Barritt

    Wait Until Dark: Carolina Moon Series, Book 3 by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A woman grieving broken dreams. A man struggling to regain memories. A secret entrenched in folklore dating back two centuries. Antiquarian Felicity French has no clue the trouble she’s inviting in when she rescues a man outside her grandma’s old plantation house during a treacherous snowstorm. All she wants is to nurse her battered heart and wounded ego, as well as come to terms with her past...
  • I Pick You by Creston Mapes

    I Pick You by Creston Mapes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There Are Some Bad Seeds You Never Want to MeetA year from retirement and still reeling from daughter Leena’s kidnapping, Portland PD Detective Wayne Deetz is called upon to check on a domestic violence case. From the moment Deetz and his friend Callie Freeland show up to help Sonny Carlisle, they are blindsided by a lawless toxic steamroller named Blaine Milligan...
  • Lethal Lobster by Hope Callaghan

    Lethal Lobster by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ~~ Click the “Buy now with 1 click” button at the top of the page OR Read it for FREE with Kindle Unlimited or Amazon Prime ~~ Lethal Lobster Is Book 3 In The Cruise Ship Christian Cozy Mysteries Series BONUS: Recipe Included! Assistant Cruise Director, Millie Sanders' day is off to a shockingly bad start when her boss “volunteers” her to be his Guinea pig for a stun gun self-defense class in...
  • Lone Witness by Rachel Dylan

    Lone Witness by Rachel Dylan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Prosecutor Sophie Dawson's first job in the White Collar division of the Fulton County D.A.'s office is to build a case against a local bank employee who may be cheating clients. But when circumstances beyond her control leave her as the only witness to a double homicide involving a vengeful gang, her world is turned upside down...
  • The Robin's Greeting by Wanda E. Brunstetter

    The Robin's Greeting by Wanda E. Brunstetter

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Season of Hope Is Coming  For the past two years Belinda King, along with her two grown daughters and teenage son, has been struggling to keep the family greenhouse running. Despite disconcerting events that have threatened to put them out of business, they have survived two growing seasons. And now Belinda can focus on the two suitors vying for her attention...
  • Murder at Mile Marker 18 by Denise Jaden

    Murder at Mile Marker 18 by Denise Jaden

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An unlucky amateur sleuth, an adorable cop, and a cat with a hunch…If anyone had told Mallory Beck she would become Honeysuckle Grove’s next unschooled detective, she would have thought they were ten noodles short of a lasagna. Her late husband had been the mystery novelist with a penchant for the suspicious...
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    cozy  crime  christian  spirituality  mystery  fiction  animals  cats
  • Cross the Line by C.C. Warrens

    Cross the Line by C.C. Warrens

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An unexpected, late-night visitor.And a missing teenage girl.Holly’s quiet evening at the investigative agency takes a curious turn when a frantic woman shows up on the doorstep after closing with a tale about a missing prostitute.With JGH Investigations in financial distress, and a client who can’t afford their services, Holly decides to tackle this investigation on her own time...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • The First Rumpole Omnibus by John Mortimer

    The First Rumpole Omnibus by John Mortimer

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Who rose to enduring fame on Blood and Typewriters, told the pregnant Portia of the Chambers it would come out in the end, advised Guthrie Featherstone, Q.C...
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    cozy  crime  humor  legal  adult  anthologies  comedy  fiction
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