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Wrath by T.R. Ragan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe follow-up to the Wall Street Journal bestseller Outrage.Those who hunt monsters must be careful not to become monsters themselves.In another life, before human traffickers murdered her husband and stole her children, Faith McMann was a wife, mother, and teacher. Now she has become Furious, a merciless avenger on a deadly mission to retrieve her young son and daughter, no matter the cost... -
Bad Blood by Angela Marsons
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe victim is lying under the trees, arms lifted above his head, unnaturally still. His muscles are slack. His eyes are empty. There are no signs of life. But he is not quite dead…When Detective Kim Stone races to the crime scene, there is no body waiting for the paramedics are desperately trying to save the victim’s life... -
Outrage by T.R. Ragan
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA Wall Street Journal bestseller. The happy life Faith McMann knew as a wife, mother, and teacher was destroyed when vicious criminals murdered her husband, kidnapped her children, and left her for dead. After paralyzing grief, fear, and despair, there was nothing left for her to feel…except fury... -
Sinful Justice by Emilia Finn
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMurderer?Vigilante?Or seeker of justice?The choice is yours.I’m Minka Mayet, Copeland City’s newly appointed chief medical examiner.My position demands I bring justice to those who can no longer fight, but my true calling is to honor the dead... -
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Command by Nina Levine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBetrayal. Destruction. Loss.The Storm MC is a club in crisis and their new President, Scott Cole, has declared war on their enemy. As Scott takes command, the MC is thrust into the biggest battle in their history – a battle to not only save the club, but the lives of its members. Harlow James stands behind her man as he takes charge. She’s determined to prove she can be the woman he needs... -
The Inside Man by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey'll do anything for a second shot at forever.When Cole McGregor entered my life, my whole world changed. My new neighbor was older, gorgeous, and the Irish accent had me swooning. And no matter what, he was always there for me, but only as a friend.The day I walked out of his life without a trace . . . I'd left not as a young girl with a crush but as a woman in love... -
Evil Never Dies by T.R. Ragan
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsPrivate investigator Lizzy Gardner believed in law and order once. But after losing a loved one to a killer and watching too many vicious predators game the system and walk free, she’s traded flawed justice for perfect vengeance.Together with her tough and trusted assistants, Lizzy is tracking down a list of Sacramento’s worst offenders and dealing out the payback they deserve... -
Storm MC Collection Books 1 - 3 by Nina Levine
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBestselling Storm MC Series includes books 1 - 3 Storm #1 Madison Cole’s family is the Storm Motorcycle Club. Her father is the President and her brother is the VP. Two years ago she walked away from her family and the world they live in. Her soul was shattered, her heart was broken and she had an addiction she couldn't shake. She picked up the pieces and put herself back together... -
Nova by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCain LeBlanc, known as Nova to his brothers, is the Enforcer for the Kings of Retribution MC, Louisiana.He's dedicated to the club, but Nova's entire world revolves around his daughter, Piper. Being a single father doesn't come without its challenges. Making sure his lifestyle doesn't affect his home life is one of them.Never bring a woman home.That's one rule Nova has stood by for years... -
The Ghost: A Bratva Blood Novella by SR Jones
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAndrius:In order to ensure my wife can live freely and safely, I might be about to blow up my marriage.War is coming though, and sometimes the only thing you can do is head into battle. This time, my enemies won't see me coming. I'll slip into their lives like a ghost, and leave them devastated. I must hope and pray that when I return to my own life, my wife will still be waiting for me... -
Hunted by Heather Atkinson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRyan and Rachel’s dreams of finally moving back into their family home in Devon after it was devastated by fire are doused by the discovery of a body buried on their land. Ryan, as ever highly dubious of the abilities of the police, decides to look into the matter personally, with the help of the ever-loyal Battler and Bruiser... -
Justice Lost by Scott Pratt
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn the Wall Street Journal bestseller, lawyer turned rogue Darren Street faces the most personal and ruthless vendetta of his life.After forfeiting years serving time for a false murder conviction, former criminal defense attorney Darren Street finally got his freedom back and is trying to build a regular life... -
Furious by T.R. Ragan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSchoolteacher Faith McCann, the heroine of this searing first in a new crime series from Ragan (Evil Never Dies), returns one afternoon to her Sacramento, Calif., home to discover the members of her family bound and gagged: her husband, Craig, and their children, 10-year-old Lara and nine-year-old Hudson... -
Burden of Truth by Robin James
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsTo defend her client, she must dig up a town’s darkest secrets. Defense attorney Cass Leary thought she’d escaped her hometown for good. But after leaving her high-paying job in Chicago, she decides to revisit her troubled past... -
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Corrupted Empire: A Dark Mafia Romance by Nicole Fox
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWe had a chance at paradise. Then I watched it all burn.Lies. Secrets. Shadows. Blood.My world is filled with these things. I thought I knew how to navigate them.I was wrong.And it’s about to cost me everything.My empire is crumbling, because I made the same mistakes my father did.But it’s not just riches I’m losing.It’s also the only chance I ever had at happiness... -
Dead Little Darlings by Rita Herron
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor twenty-five years, the mystery of the missing Darling sisters has gone unsolved. Now it’s time for answers…Traumatized as a child when she witnessed a grisly murder, Marilyn Ellis kept silent for fear she and her mother would become targets of a cold-blooded killer. But guilt and nightmares have plagued her ever since that stormy night... -
Grave by Erin Trejo
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI was left for dead. I had a plan the whole time, I just needed to execute it precisely. Silla wasn’t part of my plan but I couldn’t leave her on her own. Finding out who she was was a shock to me. Yet, I liked the mouthy girl and she would come in handy. Now we’re going to take over the club. One member at a time... -
Tortured Soul by Emma Creed
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings'Bound not by blood but by loyaltyWe live, we ride, and we dieby our own laws'The club is my outlet.A playground where I can set my demons free without judgment.I never expected to be anyone's savior.But when an instinct I thought had died inside me takes overI’m left with no choice... -
Unholy Bonds : A Dark Serial Killer Romantic Suspense by Maya Raine
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree serial killers connected by an unholy thread, tangled in a twisted chase for revenge and blood. In this game of hunters, who will become the ultimate prey?***He is every sin she wants to commit. Yara West spends her day as a Medical Examiner. At nights, she dons the mask of a twisted killer to satiate the demons in her head... -
Seeking Vengeance by Eden Summers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLayla's book.*More information to follow... -
The Betrayal by S.R. Jones
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf you find out your whole existence, everything you ever knew is a lie, where does that leave you? I am Star and I'm a sacrificial offering for my people. A thing to be sold to the highest bidder. Then I'm bought and nothing is as it seems. Up is down, and good is bad. My new master is a hardened mafia soldier named Markos. He wants to save me. I don't want to be saved... -
Blood Sky by S. Massery
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKill those who betray you.Never trust someone with nothing to lose.Family is business. Delia I watched my enemies murder my father. On the run, I plot to return home and lead my mafia family as my father did. But some would kill for my inheritance, and unearthing those people from the shadows would be impossible without Jackson... -
Torian by Eden Summers
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom International bestselling author, Eden Summers, comes a seductive forbidden romance destined to leave you breathless. I fell for the enemy.A man whose actions resemble the devil so closely it frightens me.We were meant to hate each other.To despise and detest.But his appeal is so much greater than the playboy smile and body built for sin.What I'm doing is wrong.What I'm feeling is immoral... -
Degrees of Guilt by H.S. Chandler
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen you read this book, you will think you know every twist in the tale. Maria is on trial for attempted murder. She has confessed to the crime and wanted her husband dead. Lottie is on the jury, trying to decide her fate. She embarks on an illicit affair with a stranger, and her husband can never find out. You will think you know who is guilty and who is innocent. You will be wrong... -
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The Pledge by S.R. Jones
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn my world, you take what you want, and rules are made to be broken. In her world, people are good, kind, and honorable. When our worlds collide, the fallout will burn us both. Stella - her name means star, and for me she burns brighter than any other woman. I've watched her from afar, telling myself she deserves better than me. When she gets taken, all bets are off, and I make my move... -
Haylee's Hero Daddy by Kate Oliver
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe had to get away from him. The person who'd become her nightmare. She had a plan.But could she accept help from the huge, frightening, bossy man that her friends sent to protect her? Could Kane actually be her knight in shining armor?Kane wanted to be her fierce protector, to guard her with his life if needed...Categorized as:
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Layered Lies by Kaylie Hunter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo years after her son was abducted, Kelsey Harrison rebuilds a new life for herself. She opens a store, makes new friends, and settles into a peaceful existence. At least, that’s what she hopes the world believes.Behind closed doors, Kelsey hunts her enemies, living a life of lies. She hasn’t forgotten, hasn’t forgiven. She searches for answers still... -
BLACKHEART by Jessie Cooke, Suzy Wilson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvan “Blackheart” Babineaux is a hard-working, hard-partying, playboy who has spent most of his life as the President of the infamous Jokers, a 1% MC, set deep in the swamps of New Orleans.Blackheart was raised in the swamps, as wild as the cattails that grow there and the alligators he'd learned to wrestle even before he was old enough to drive... -
Marauder by Bella Di Corte
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe stole my heart out of revenge. There was one thing I always thought was mine to give: my heart. I never imagined a marauder would steal it out of vengeance—vengeance that had nothing to do with me. His greatest enemy happened to be the man in love with me, and somehow I became nothing but a pawn. I was no damsel in distress, though. More like an archer, ready to battle... -
The House of Cross by James Patterson
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe thirty-second instalment in James Patterson's globally bestselling Alex Cross series. It’s time to put the guns down, Detective Cross. Even if you knew the way out of this place, we would catch you.A serial killer is taking out America’s finest legal minds, and Alex Cross is called to investigate their brutal murders... -
Betrayal in Blue by Mark M. Bello
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCUT OFF THE HEAD OF A SNAKE AND ANOTHER GROWS IN ITS PLACE . . . Zack and Jack are Back! White Supremacy again rears its ugly head in Dearborn . . . Trial lawyer Zachary Blake tackled The Church and clergy sexual abuse in Betrayal of Faith and white supremacy and a bigoted POTUS in Betrayal of Justice... -
The Gift by S.R. Jones
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKeep your friends close, and your enemies in your bed...ANDRIUSI’m the man they all fear. King of the murky world in which I live.A Bratva hitman with no mercy.Then she comes along, courtesy of a mob boss with no morals. She’s given to me.A gift...mine.To own, to keep. To do with as I please.With blonde hair, and violet eyes, and an innocence begging to be tarnished, she torments me... -
Good Little Girls by Rita Herron
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFear becomes a woman’s greatest weapon in a heart-pounding novel of suspense from the USA Today bestselling author of Pretty Little Killers. Tinsley Jensen survived the torturous clutches of an elusive masked killer dubbed the Skull, only to be held hostage by her nightmares. She’s terrified of leaving her cottage on Seahawk Island, knowing that the madman is still out there... -
Jerry's Passion by Chiah Wilder
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe first time Jerry saw Kylie, he was taken by her beauty and innocence, but he stayed away because she was too young. A member of the Insurgents MC, Jerry’s life revolves around the club, his Harley, and easy sex. Women clamor for the rugged, tatted outlaw’s attention, and he obliges, but his sights are set on the pretty, young blonde who is all grown up now—sweet curves and all…... -
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The Advocate's Ex Parte by Teresa Burrell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAttorney Sabre Brown is summoned into Judge Lawrence Mitchell chambers for an ex parte hearing. When the judge attempts to discuss one of her cases, she refuses to listen without proper counsel present. Later that evening, Judge Mitchell is murdered.Sabre’s shock at his death is only surpassed by an attempt on the life of Dr. Carolina Heller, a psychologist she employs on a regular basis... -
Run For Your Life by C.M. Sutter
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWith the weekend right around the corner, Homicide Detective Mitch Cannon is looking forward to Saturday night. It isn’t often he has a date, and this one will be particularly interesting. His new friend Liza is beautiful, edgy, outspoken, and somewhat odd.But Mitch’s usual Friday-morning phone call to his mom sets the wheels in motion for five days of pure hell... -
Las Vegas Girl by Leslie Wolfe
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDetectives Laura Baxter and Jack Holt are members of the elite: Las Vegas Metro PD, one of the toughest and most respected law enforcement agencies in the United States. In the middle of a city with two million residents and 43 million annual visitors, they’re hunting for a killer... -
The Last Orphan by Gregg Hurwitz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvan Smoak returns in The Last Orphan, the latest New York Times bestselling Orphan X thriller--when everything changes and everything is at risk.As a child, Evan Smoak was plucked out of a group home, raised and trained as an off-the-books assassin for the government as part of the Orphan program... -
Target: A Circle of Justice Novel by L.P. Dover
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*~* STANDALONE NOVEL *~* An assassin . . . that’s what I am. I’m Wade Chandler by day and a killer at night. I get the job done no matter the cost. Not only do I hunt people for the FBI, but I’m also the owner of Chandler Enterprises, one of the top companies in the southeast... -
Control by Lana Sky
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrother of the fiercest crime lord in Fair Haven, Vadim Gorgoshev has survived horrors most men couldn’t imagine in their nightmares—and he’s learned to thrive in the chaos. But the master of control meets his match when a fiery redhead crosses his path... -
Deliver Us: Books 1-3 by Pam Godwin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree scorching hot romance thrillers from New York Times bestselling author, Pam Godwin: Deliver, Vanquish, and Disclaim.Are you ready to fall in love with a villain?Van Quiso’s chilling gunmetal eyes will shiver your blood and torment your heart... -
Stitch by Emmaleigh Loader
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAdley:Nobody thinks that a pretty woman holds dark secrets, but then again, the world only sees what we allow it to.I was raised by very bad people.I learned to do very bad things—things that others would see as depraved.I was fine living my life in the shadows, going unseen…Until he stepped from the abyss... -
Bloodlands by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe cold of Siberia meets the chill of betrayal.In a world where loyalty is fleeting and alliances are temporary, John Milton is on a mission that will bring him face-to-face with enemies old and new. When his friend, Alex Hicks, finds himself pursued by mysterious adversaries, the two men are thrust back into the web of international espionage... -
Atoning Conviction by Greer Rivers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPHOENIXTheir screams haunt me.I’ve tried to drown them out,But now I’m forced to fight my demons in this hell.Shackles remind me I’m a hostage.That my pain isn’t a nightmare.This time, the screams are my own.Only one thing gets me through it all.Brown Eyes.She is my strength and my downfall.But does she want to be rescued?I used to be haunted by the evil in my nightmares.Now the monsters are real... -
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Reaper by Crimson Syn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsREAPER I’m called The Reaper due to the countless men I’ve sent to their graves. Bad men that have touched the people I love. Men that ruined the life of an Angel. My Angel. I sent her into hiding and now I want her back. She can fight me all she wants, But when the dead rise, Only The Reaper can save his Angel. CECILIA Ryan Simon is my curse and my salvation... -
Deadlock by James Byrne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJames Byrne's Deadlock is the sequel to the highly praised The Gatekeeper featuring Dez Limerick, one of the best new thriller heroes.. -
Screams in the Dark by Anna Smith
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA gritty, page-turning thriller perfect for fans of Martina Cole.Refugees are disappearing in Glasgow. The mutilated body of one has been found, but the police aren't interested... -
King's Road by Lane Hart, D.B. West
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHold on tight for a ride down memory lane in this Savage Kings MC prequel!Chase Fury reminisces with his new cellmate Abe Cross about his days prospecting for the MC, in an attempt to entice him to join the Kings.You'll find out more about Deacon Fury, the founding member of the Savage Kings, and then go back to the very beginning, when Chase meets the love of his life... -
Corrupted Oath by Brook Wilder
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe destroyed my world when he corrupted me in his bed. By all means, I'm supposed to hate him.But somewhere along the line, the monster who stole me ended up stealing my heart.He promised me he would do anything to protect me.Anything to protect our baby growing in my belly.To keep me close.And never let me go... -
Decker by Eden Summers
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNow an AMAZON INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "A beautifully crafted, thrilling red-hot romantic suspense." Goodreads reviewer. He protected me from danger and became my biggest threat. He’s my defender. My savior. A brutally determined man with a cocky smirk and an equally cocky attitude. Broad. Strong. Focused. He seduces me with his flirtation. Warms me with his care. But he’s hiding something...
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