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The Three Brooches by Katherine Lowry Logan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Kit MacKlenna returned to her soul mate in the 19th century, Elliott Fraser thought he would never see his beloved goddaughter again. But when a message from Kit is discovered in a 135-year-old painting, Elliot must either ignore Kit's request for help or test the Legend of the Three Brooches...Categorized as:
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![In Danger's Path by W.E.B. Griffin]()
In Danger's Path by W.E.B. Griffin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDesperate to find someone to unite the warring interests of General MacArthur, Admiral Nimitz, and OSS chief Donovan, FDR puts Fleming Pickering in charge of the OSS's Pacific operations...Categorized as:
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![Call To Arms by W.E.B. Griffin]()
Call To Arms by W.E.B. Griffin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe attack on Pearl Harbor swept America into the raging heart of the war. The stormy South Pacific presented a daring new challenge, and the men of the Corps were ready to fight. An elite fraternity united by a glorious tradition of courage and honor, the Marine Raiders were bound to a triumphant destiny...Categorized as:
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![Close Combat by W.E.B. Griffin, Dick Hill]()
Close Combat by W.E.B. Griffin, Dick Hill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBestselling author W.E.B. Griffin's epic sixth novel in THE CORPS series—a powerful, dramatic tribute to the courageous men and women who braved WWII...Categorized as:
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![Behind the Lines by W.E.B. Griffin]()
Behind the Lines by W.E.B. Griffin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBehind the Lines is W. E. B. Griffin's powerful novel of World War II -- and the courage, patriotism, and sacrifice of those who fought it.By 1942, the Japanese have routed the outnumbered American forces and conquered the Philippines. But deep in the island jungles, the combat continues. Refusing to surrender, a renegade Army officer organizes a resistance force and vows to fight to the last man...Categorized as:
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![Soldier's Duty by Elle James]()
Soldier's Duty by Elle James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen their father disappeared into the Crazy Mountains, the McKinnon boys had to grow up fast. Angus McKinnon, the oldest, had just completed his fourth deployment with the elite Delta Forces when he was called home. He ended his Army career to return to the family ranch and help his mother. He was supposed to come back and marry his girlfriend, but she hadn’t waited for him... -
![The Colonels by W.E.B. Griffin]()
The Colonels by W.E.B. Griffin
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThey were the professionals, the men who had been toughened by combat in the mine-laden fields of Europe, in Korea, in Greece, in Indochina. Now, in the twilight of a dying decade, they must return to the United States to forge a new type of American soldier--one to be tested on the beaches of Cuba and in a new war yet to come.. -
![Retreat, Hell! by W.E.B. Griffin]()
Retreat, Hell! by W.E.B. Griffin
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt is the fall of 1950. The Marines have made a pivotal breakthrough at Inchon, but a roller coaster awaits them. While Douglas MacArthur chomps at the bit, intent on surging across the 38th parallel, Brigadier General Fleming Pickering works desperately to mediate the escalating battle between MacArthur and President Harry Truman...Categorized as:
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![The Aviators by W.E.B. Griffin]()
The Aviators by W.E.B. Griffin
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIt is 1964. The Vietnam War has begun to escalate, its new style of battle demanding new weapons and tactics, and men who can use them. Overnight, it seems, the United States Army must scramble to create its first-ever Air Assault Division, a force critical to its chances of success. The obstacles are staggering--untrained men, technical mishaps, interservice rivalries... -
![Force of Kings by Christian Cameron]()
Force of Kings by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTwin monarchs Satyrus and Melitta have worked hard, seen much blood shed and many good friends die to secure their fertile kingdom on the Black Sea. But as the colossal conflict between Alexander the Great's former generals to inherit his empire rages from one end of the known world to the other, sitting on the sidelines is not an option...Categorized as:
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![Miss Delightful by Grace Burrowes]()
Miss Delightful by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMiss Dorcas Delancey, vicar’s daughter and advocate for the less fortunate, has been guarding her heart from fortune hunters and fashionable fribbles for years. She’s completely unprepared for Alasdhair MacKay, former officer and all around grouch, to steal that heart... -
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Black Cross by Greg Iles
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIt is January 1944 — and as Allied troops prepare for D-day, Nazi scientists develop a toxic nerve gas that will repel and wipe out any invasion force. To salvage the planned assault, two vastly different but equally determined men are sent to infiltrate the secret concentration camp where the poison gas is being perfected on human subjects...Categorized as:
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![Dances with Wolves by Michael Blake]()
Dances with Wolves by Michael Blake
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOrdered to hold an abandoned army post, John Dunbar found himself alone, beyond the edge of civilization. Thievery and survival soon forced him into the Indian camp, where he began a dangerous adventure that changed his life forever. Relive the adventure and beauty of the incredible movie, Dances with Wolves...Categorized as:
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![Snow Wolf by Glenn Meade]()
Snow Wolf by Glenn Meade
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the heart of the Cold War, they sent him to plot the ultimate assassination. Now they want him dead...It is 1953. Joseph Stalin, the world's most tyrannical dictator, is teetering on the edge of insanity, and about to plunge the world into nuclear chaos. Only one man and one woman can penetrate the Iron Curtain and stop this madman, before it's too late.But someone inside the Kremlin knows... -
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![The Saboteurs by Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul]()
The Saboteurs by Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIsaac Bell returns for another thrilling mission in a new book from the Grand Master of Adventure, Clive CusslerDetective Isaac Bell's wife has said that he is always in the wrong place at the right time. This is certainly the case when Bell thwarts the attempted assassination of a United States Senator shortly after meeting the man... -
![The Smoke At Dawn by Jeff Shaara]()
The Smoke At Dawn by Jeff Shaara
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Jeff Shaara returns to the Civil War terrain he knows so well, with the latest novel in the series that started with A Blaze of Glory and A Chain of Thunder. In The Smoke at Dawn, the last great push of the Army of the Cumberland sets the stage for a decisive confrontation at Chattanooga that could determine the outcome of the war. Summer, 1863...Categorized as:
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![Special Ops by W.E.B. Griffin]()
Special Ops by W.E.B. Griffin
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsW.E.B. Griffin returns to the series that launched his phenomenal career-- in an explosive new novel that pits a team of Special Forces warriors against the legendary revolutionary Che Guevara...Categorized as:
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![The Burning Shore by Wilbur Smith]()
The Burning Shore by Wilbur Smith
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCentaine de Thiry grew up with privilege, wealth, and freedom on a sprawling French estate. Then war came crashing down around her, and a daring young South African aviator named Michael Courtney stole her heart amidst the destruction. But the tides of fate and battle sent the young woman on a journey across a dangerous sea to the coast of Africa... -
![Dream Town by David Baldacci]()
Dream Town by David Baldacci
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPrivate investigator and World War II veteran Aloysius Archer heads to Los Angeles, the city where dreams are made and shattered, and is ensnared in a lethal case in this latest thriller in #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci’s Nero Award-winning series... -
![The Lost Brother by Sarah Woodbury]()
The Lost Brother by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNovember 1146. Gwynedd is at war with Ranulf, Earl of Chester, who seeks to gain a foothold in Wales against the day peace finally comes to England. On the eve of King Owain’s counter-assault on Mold Castle, the body of a woman who bears a striking resemblance to Gwen is discovered buried in someone else’s grave... -
![The Bounty Killers by J.A. Johnstone]()
The Bounty Killers by J.A. Johnstone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Loner didn't just bust out of jail, he busted out twice. The third time might be the charmor a bullet in the belly. A Bounty On His Head. A Gun In His Hand. He didn't want muchjust the chance to drift out of Texas into New Mexico Territory. That's when the Loner discovered there was a price on his head. A victim of mistaken identity, he broke out of Hell Gate Prison a few years back... -
![The Unlikely Spy by Sarah Woodbury]()
The Unlikely Spy by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAugust 1146. Prince Hywel has called all the bards of Wales to him for a music festival to mark the third anniversary of his rule over Ceredigion. He has invited all the lords of Wales too, including his father, his uncle, and his neighbor to the south, King Cadell. But with the highborn also come the low: thieves, spies, and other hangers-on... -
![Word of Honor by Nelson DeMille, Brian Murray]()
Word of Honor by Nelson DeMille, Brian Murray
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHe is a good man, a brilliant corporate executive, an honest, handsome family man admired by men and desired by women. But a lifetime ago Ben Tyson was a lieutenant in Vietnam. There the men under his command committed a murderous atrocity--and together swore never to tell the world what they had done. Now the press, army justice, and the events he tried to forget have caught up with Ben Tyson...Categorized as:
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![The Return of Kid Cooper by Brad Smith]()
The Return of Kid Cooper by Brad Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe year is 1910. Nate Cooper is an old-school cowboy who has spent nearly thirty years in a Montana prison of a wrongful life sentence for a false murder conviction. Nate's moral compass is true and unwavering: he does all the wrong things for all the right reasons. Upon his release he learns that the turn of the century has brought great change--none of it good... -
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![The New Breed by W.E.B. Griffin]()
The New Breed by W.E.B. Griffin
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFrom the blistering jungles of Vietnam to the far-flung battlefields of the African Congo, they faced the turmoil of a new era. It was a different kind of war. But the courage and skill of these young fighting men were an American tradition. Like their fathers before them, they rose up to the ultimate challenge of military valor, holding their own in a storm of clashing cultures...Categorized as:
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![The Sea Wolves by Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul]()
The Sea Wolves by Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDetective Isaac Bell battles foreign spies, German U-boats, and an old nemesis to capture a secret technology that could alter the outcome of World War I in the latest adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Clive Cussler...Categorized as:
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![Legacy of War by Wilbur Smith, David Churchill]()
Legacy of War by Wilbur Smith, David Churchill
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA brand-new Courtney Series adventure.The action-packed new book in the Courtney Series and the sequel to Courtney's War. The war is over, Hitler is dead - and yet his evil legacy lives on. Saffron Courtney and her beloved husband Gerhard only just survived the brutal conflict, but Gerhard's Nazi-supporting brother, Konrad, is still free and determined to regain power... -
![Pacific Glory by P.T. Deutermann]()
Pacific Glory by P.T. Deutermann
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA thrilling, multi-layered World War II adventure following two men and an unforgettable woman, from Pearl Harbor through the most dramatic air and sea battles of the war Marsh, Mick, and Tommy were inseparable friends during their naval academy years, each man desperately in love with the beautiful, unattainable Glory Hawthorne...Categorized as:
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![Dead of Night by Simon Scarrow]()
Dead of Night by Simon Scarrow
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs Germany strangles under the tight grip of the Nazi Party, the frozen winter of 1940 brings even more reasons to fear the dark in the crackling new WWII crime novel from #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Scarrow – perfect for fans of Philip Kerr’s Berlin Trilogy, Robert Ludlum, Andrew Gross, and William Christie… One freezing night in 1940 Berlin, an SS doctor and his wife return from...Categorized as:
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![Blood and Honor by W.E.B. Griffin]()
Blood and Honor by W.E.B. Griffin
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIf you enjoyed W. E. B. Griffin's Honor Bound, you should segue with pleasure into this involving sequel. Set in Buenos Aires in 1943, it follows the adventures of three American soldiers as they think and fight their way through a complex story about Nazi sympathizers, dedicated supporters of the Allied cause, and other people just trying to stay alive...Categorized as:
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![Pandora's Curse by Jack Du Brul]()
Pandora's Curse by Jack Du Brul
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDuring World War II, in a secret Nazi submarine base, containers crafted entirely from looted wartime gold were hidden away. The treasure was not the solid gold chests, but the cargo they carried--an artifact so lethal that whoever possessed "Pandora's boxes" held the power to unleash hell upon the Earth.. -
![The Forgotten Holocaust by Scott Mariani]()
The Forgotten Holocaust by Scott Mariani
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA BRUTAL MURDER. A HORRIFYING SECRET.ONLY BEN CAN EXPOSE THE TRUTH.A lost, aimless and hard-drinking Ben Hope has wandered back to his old haunt in Ireland. The ex-SAS soldier is searching for peace, but trouble soon appears when Kirsten Hall, a young journalist, is brutally murdered right in front of him. Unable to prevent it, Ben is driven by guilt to hunt down the killers... -
![Sharpe's Regiment by Bernard Cornwell]()
Sharpe's Regiment by Bernard Cornwell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSharpe returns to England and discovers an illegal recruiting ring that sells soldiers like cattle to other divisions. The ringleaders know Sharpe is on their trail, and they try to kill him at every turn... -
![The Sacred Sword by Scott Mariani]()
The Sacred Sword by Scott Mariani
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the seventh bestselling Ben Hope conspiracy thriller, the action shoots back in time to the days of Jesus Christ – and a buried secret that has staggering implications for the world as we know it…Returning to the UK to try to sort out his stormy personal life, Ben runs into two old friends. Simeon and Michaela were once his fellow students at Oxford – now they are The Reverend and Mrs Arundel... -
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![The Skeleton Key by James Rollins]()
The Skeleton Key by James Rollins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author James Rollins comes a thrilling short story that delves deep beneath the city of Paris to a dark necropolis, where the only means for escape is…The Skeleton Key...Categorized as:
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![Kingdom of Darkness by Andy McDermott]()
Kingdom of Darkness by Andy McDermott
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHistory’s most sought after treasure is now mankind’s worst fear.In Los Angeles, a desperate man seeks out renowned archaeologist Nina Wilde and her husband, ex-SAS soldier Eddie Chase -- only to be gunned down in front of them. The assassin is soon identified as a ninety-year-old Nazi war criminal -- with the body of a healthy forty-year-old...Categorized as:
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![Love Alters Not by Patricia Veryan]()
Love Alters Not by Patricia Veryan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe never dreamed being a traitor would endanger her life and her heart. Impetuous Dimity Cranford bravely sets out to rescue her wounded friend by delivering a crucial cypher to his fellow Jacobite sympathizers. But her midnight coach is overturned and she is forced into a bold deception to avoid questioning. Masquerading as Mrs...Categorized as:
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![Bad Men Die by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone]()
Bad Men Die by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE GREATEST WESTERN WRITERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY In this brilliant series from national bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, Luke Jensen, reported killed during the Civil War, comes back with a vengeance to forge his own legend in a violent, lawless land... -
![Blood on the Verde River by Dusty Richards]()
Blood on the Verde River by Dusty Richards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Dusty Richards writes. . .with the flavor of the real West." --Elmer Kelton"Dusty Richards is the embodiment of the old west. He brings it to life so realistically, you can almost feel the bullets whizzing past your face." --Storyteller Magazine Never Fight A Man. . . 600 miles from a railroad head in Texas, Chet Byrnes and a handful of cowboys set out to build a new life on the Arizona frontier...Categorized as:
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![Melody Hill by Rick DeStefanis]()
Melody Hill by Rick DeStefanis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Army sniper Duff Coleridge is recruited into a CIA advisor’s Special Operations Group in Vietnam, he little realizes how much of his soul he will be required to sacrifice. Vietnam is a world away from Melody Hill, his home in the mountains of east Tennessee, and Duff quickly finds the clear moral lines of life back home are blurred in the glare of an enigmatic war... -
![Death Rides Alone by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone]()
Death Rides Alone by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Greatest Western Writers Of The 21st Century Mountain Man Smoke Jensen's long-lost brother Luke Jensen is a dead shot scarred by war--the perfect formula for a bounty hunter. And he's cunning, and fierce enough to bring down the deadliest outlaws of his day. . . Law Of The Gun Luke Jensen has earned this bounty, hunting down the violent man charged with murdering a preacher's daughter... -
![The Viking Prince by Sarah Woodbury]()
The Viking Prince by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMay 1148. All Dublin is shocked by the murder of a prominent merchant, but only Prince Godfrid knows that the dead man was also a co-conspirator in his brother's plan to take the throne of Dublin. With death stalking his every move, Godfrid must call upon new friends and old to find the killer--and with their help uncover a conspiracy stretching beyond Dublin's walls to every kingdom in Ireland... -
![Sharpe's Honor by Bernard Cornwell]()
Sharpe's Honor by Bernard Cornwell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe Vittoria Campaign is February to June 1813. Victory depends on the increasingly fragile alliance between Britain and Spain. Majpr Sharpe's enemy, Pierre Ducos, seizes a chance to both destroy the alliance and take revenge on Sharpe. The lovely spy, La Marquesa, traps Sharpe in a web of deadly intrigue; he is hunted by allies and enemies alike...Categorized as:
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Saving Mrs. Roosevelt by Candice Sue Patterson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Safety of the First Lady Rests in Shirley’s HandsShirley Davenport is as much a patriot as her four brothers. She, too, wants to aid her country in the war efforts, but opportunities for women are limited. When her best friend Joan informs her that the Coast Guard has opened a new branch for single women, they both enlist in the SPARs, ready to help protect the home front...Categorized as:
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![Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade by Rob MacGregor, George Lucas]()
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade by Rob MacGregor, George Lucas
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe time is the 1930s.Indiana Jones had always managed to get into enough trouble on his own. But this time, he finds himself in the deadliest situation imaginable -- he must rescue his father, eminent professor Dr. Henry Jones, from the Nazis' clutches to keep them from discovering secret information only Dr. Jones possesses... -
![The Flag Captain by Alexander Kent]()
The Flag Captain by Alexander Kent
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the spring of 1797 Richard Bolitho brings the 100-gun Euryalus home to Falmouth to be flagship of the hastily formed squadron which has been chosen to make the first British re-entry to the Mediterranean for nearly a year. As flag captain, Bolitho is made to contend with the unyielding attitudes of his new admiral, as well as the devious requirements of the squadron's civilian advisor... -
![The Amber Secret by David Leadbeater]()
The Amber Secret by David Leadbeater
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA vanished relic. A deadly prize. The half-mad explorer Dante Caruso swears he’s found a fabled Russian relic called the Amber Room, and he’s attracting the wrong kind of attention. A ruthless team of Ukrainian relic hunters called R24 has kidnapped him and his family; they want to know where the Amber Room is—and they’ll spill blood to find it... -
![Seven Days in May by Fletcher Knebel, Charles W. Bailey II]()
Seven Days in May by Fletcher Knebel, Charles W. Bailey II
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Gentleman Jim" Scott was a brilliant magnetic general. Like a lot of people, he believed the President was ruining the country. Unlike anyone else, he had the power to do something about it, something unprecedented and terrifying. Colonel "Jiggs" Casey was the Marine who accidentally stumbled onto the plot... -
![The Lord of Ireland by E.M. Powell]()
The Lord of Ireland by E.M. Powell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEngland, 1185. John is a prince without prospect of a crown. As the youngest son of Henry II, he has long borne the hated nickname ‘Lackland’. When warring tribes and an ambitious Anglo-Norman lord threaten Henry’s reign in Ireland, John believes his time has finally come. Henry is dispatching him there with a mighty force to impose order... -
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Fired Up by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDare Riker is a doctor who saves lives, but someone seems determined to end his. It may have something to do with the traitors he dealt with during the Civil War, or it might be related to the recent incident with Flint Greer and the ranch...Categorized as:
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