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An Isolated Incident by J.D. Kirk
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDo you know who's knocking at your door?After a violent home invasion in the remote wilds of Glen Coe leaves a family of four dead, DCI Jack Logan and his team are brought in to lead the manhunt... -
Ahead of the Game by J.D. Kirk
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhen a body is discovered at a popular Highland landmark, it seems like just another day on the job for DCI Jack Logan and his team.Except this body is missing a very vital component, and given its location - The Well of Seven Heads - it seems like someone is trying to send a message... -
Clue Krewe by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeckett Rousseau is the firstborn son of one of New Orleans’ most prominent families. He’s the quintessential golden boy—great looks, money, and a political career in his future—until his wife murders him. Or at least that’s what everyone thinks.Athena Durand is still reeling from her murder conviction but now that it’s overturned, she’s at a loss on how to proceed with her life... -
True to the Game III by Teri Woods
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe third and most explosive installment of the groundbreaking True to the Game trilogy will take you on a marathon race through the mean streets of Philly... -
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Angels in the Moonlight by Caimh McDonnell
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFor Detective Bunny McGarry, life is complicated, and it is about to get more so.It’s 1999 and his hard won reputation amongst Dublin’s criminal fraternity, for being a massive pain the backside, is unfortunately shared by his bosses. His partner has a career-threatening gambling problem and, oh yeah, Bunny's finally been given a crack at the big time... -
Brother's Keeper III: Luke by Stephanie St. Klaire
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLuke O’Reilly has seen it all, done it all, and lived through it all. When a career ending injury forces him to retire from the military, he struggles to adapt. Luke was born to be a soldier, not conform to the nine-to-five mediocrity of everyday life. He needs to protect and serve like he needs his next breath... -
Roaming Wild by Tracey Devlyn
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe's loved him forever... The last thing traveling nurse Evie Steele expects to find aboard the RV housing her mobile health clinic is her brother’s best friend. As always, Deke’s close proximity stirs her forbidden desires and long-suppressed dreams. But his sudden reappearance in her life and curious interest in her patients makes Evie wonder what he’s hiding. .. -
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COMEBACK GIRL: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn Amazon exclusive!From the international bestselling author of STOP THE WEDDING! (now a Hallmark Channel movie) and the BODY MOVERS mystery series comes a new story of comedy, suspense, and romance. Home is where the hurt is. In COMEBACK GIRL, a young novelist estranged from her family is forced to return to her small hometown for a family emergency, and deal with the ghosts of her past... -
COMEBACK GIRL: part 3 of 6 (Kindle Single) by Stephanie Bond
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn Amazon exclusive! From the international bestselling author of STOP THE WEDDING! (now a Hallmark Channel movie) and the BODY MOVERS mystery series comes a new story of comedy, suspense, and romance. Home is where the hurt is... -
The Waiting by Michael Connelly, Christine Lakin
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsLAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a terrifying serial rapist whose trail has gone cold with the help of the newest volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch, Harry's daughter.Renée Ballard and the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit get a hot shot DNA connection between a recently arrested man and a serial rapist and murderer who went quiet twenty years ago... -
Wreckless Love by Nina.
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRushon “Wreck” Porter, the second oldest of the Porters has found love in all the wrong places until he meets Gia. One night of partying turned into a two-year love affair that had just as many ups as downs. Wreck didn’t think this sweet college girl would even know pain until he got to know her... -
Lost in the Wind by Calle J. Brookes
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe 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... -
Beautifully Decadent by L.A. Fiore
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAvery Collins has just landed her dream job, pastry chef for the posh-Manhattan restaurant Clover. Her new boss, Trace Montgomery, even helped with securing her an affordable place to live: a beautifully restored carriage house owned by his friend, Rafe McKenzie—a man that makes her catch her breath and stirs her imagination... -
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Disaster Inc by Caimh McDonnell
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHe’s a good man having a bad day with the worst hangover. All Bunny McGarry wants is a spot of breakfast and a decent cup of tea. So imagine how annoyed he gets when two masked men attempt to rob the New York diner he is in? Unfortunately, dealing with that problem just leads to a whole lot more... -
Temp Girl: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn Amazon exclusive!From the international bestselling author of STOP THE WEDDING! (now a Hallmark Channel movie) and the BODY MOVERS mystery series comes a new story of comedy, suspense, and romance. Change is good... but not great. In TEMP GIRL, an entitled diva is forced to take a job at a temp agency to get by, and takes a tumble into reality... -
Revenge in Paradise by Deborah Brown
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen a man of questionable character’s corpse is found at The Cottages, beaten to death with Madison’s own gardening tools, she and her partner, Fab, set out to prove that the man’s abused girlfriend did not kill him. Along the way, Madison finds herself behind bars twice, held hostage in a mansion, and running from flying bullets... -
Baker by Scott Hildreth
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsANDY - I got a job next door to a tattooed biker named Baker. He was an outlaw, a criminal, a biker, a bad boy, and a thief. I should have run as far and fast as I could. Instead, on the day we met, I let him have his way with me. I couldn't help myself. His intensity and swagger lured me, but it was the crazy sex that kept me coming back, day after day... -
NYPD Red 6: A missing bride. A bloodied dress. NYPD Red’s deadliest case yet by James Patterson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratings_______________________________At the wedding of the century, a brazen kidnapper steals the star of the show...Erin Easton's wedding in one of New York's biggest venues may have a TV crew documenting every extravagant detail, but when the bride disappears from the reception, it's not diva behaviour. Her dressing room is empty, except for a blood-spattered wedding dress... -
Tangled Web by Wendy Saunders
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCassandra Grayson leads a quiet life managing a library in Queens, NY. There's only one thing missing... her sister.Cassandra hasn't seen her sister since the night their wealthy, prominent father died from a massive heart attack. She had only been five years old at the time and can barely recall the events of that night... -
Dace by Stephanie St. Klaire
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe O’Reilly brothers are back with a vengeance in another riveting novel overflowing with mayhem and murder. Dace O’Reilly is in for the fight of his life to clear the name of the woman who stole his heart... -
COMEBACK GIRL: part 4 of 6 by Stephanie Bond
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn Amazon exclusive! From the international bestselling author of STOP THE WEDDING! (now a Hallmark Channel movie) and the BODY MOVERS mystery series comes a new story of comedy, suspense, and romance. Home is where the hurt is... -
Annihilate Me: Omnibus by Christina Ross
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Annihilate Me: Omnibus edition is a very limited edition that will be published only briefly. It includes Vols. 1-4 at a discounted price!Description : The business of love is dangerous. For Jennifer Kent, a recent MBA graduate who has been searching for work in Manhattan for four long months, time and money are running out... -
Solomon vs. Lord by Paul Levine
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsVictoria Lord follows all the rules. Steve Solomon makes up his own. They'll either end up in ruin, in jail or in bed. Steve barely graduated from Key West School of Law. Victoria is fresh from Yale, toiling for an ambitious DA, before Steve gets her fired. Katrina Barksdale is a sexy former figure skater charged with killing her very wealthy, very kinky husband in Miami... -
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A Lover's Game by Max Walker
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsZane Holden, the founder of Stonewall Investigations, has been haunted by the same case for years. He’s had loved ones taken by the serial killer known as the Unicorn, and his drive to find the monster is higher than ever. Finally, he feels like he’s getting close. Something else that’s getting closer? His wedding day to the man of his dreams. Lorenzo De Luca found the love of his life in Zane... -
Deadly Illusions by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFinn Hardy has watched his brothers find love -- and felt left behind. He's not sure he's ready to settle down -- but he'd at least like the option. Emma Pritchard has a tortured past. Her father is a notorious child molester, her brother a convicted felon. She only has herself to rely on now. That's why she doesn't need -- or want -- anyone to protect her... -
The Fox and O'Hare Series 3-Book Bundle: The Heist, The Chase, The Job by Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Janet Evanovich, the acclaimed creator of Stephanie Plum, and Lee Goldberg, author and television writer for Monk, comes a series of New York Times bestselling novels that “mix the humor from Evanovich and Goldberg’s books with the intricate cons seen in the best episodes of Mission: Impossible” (Library Journal)... -
Death Comes to Cornwall by Kate Johnson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe perfect holiday destination. The perfect place for murder... Molly Higgins never expected to be caught up in a murder investigation. All she'd hoped for this year was to work hard, save enough money to open her very own café on the Cornish coast and avoid her ex, Conor Blackstone, who has just arrived back in the village... -
Sinister Secrets by Traci Hunter Abramson, Clair M. Poulson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPrepare for heart-pounding danger in Sinister Secrets, featuring short stories of suspense from three of your favorite writers: Traci Hunter Abramson, Paige Edwards, and Clair M. Poulson. With all the thrills and chills you’ve come to expect from these best-selling authors, this must-have compilation will keep you at the edge of your seat until the very last page...Categorized as:
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Laying Low in Paradise by Kristy K. James
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLaura Keane and her son have been spending summers at their chalet on Bois Blanc Island since her husband was killed in the war. She never let anyone else in after the chaplain delivered the sad news four years ago, so it’s just the two of them, and she wouldn’t change that for the world. Cameron Rafferty and his friends were keeping secrets... -
Dying for a Dude by Cindy Sample
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE WEST JUST GOT WILDER!When Laurel McKay agrees to perform with the Sassy Saloon Gals during Hangtown's annual Wagon Train parade, her greatest fear is a wardrobe malfunction. Before she can lace up her corset, a 150-year-old skeleton turns up on her grandmother's property. Did Laurel's great-great-grandfather murder his mining partner? Gran insists not and wants Laurel to prove it... -
With This Bling by L.B. Gregg
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCaesar Romano’s catering career is doing better than he’d ever dreamed. And so is his love life—even if his boyfriend’s house in Staten Island is way too far from civilization for his liking... -
Some Like It Greek: A completely laugh-out-loud romantic comedy by Sue Roberts
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere’s nothing like a summer escape. A sun-kissed story about living life to the full.In the month-from-hell, incurable optimist Anna has lost her father and her job, and her trademark smile is dimming. Clearing out her dad’s house, she discovers a postcard of a beautiful sandy beach and a map with a route plotted to the Greek island of Kefalonia... -
Edge of the Heat Series Box Set by Lisa Ladew
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBooks 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... -
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The List by Velvet Vaughn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom 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... -
The Root of all Trouble by Heather Webber
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS...When a spring storm rolls through Freedom, Ohio, landscape designer Nina Quinn expects to get her hands dirty with the mess left behind.But after high winds uproot a tree, revealing the corpse of a man inside its rotted hollow, Nina quickly realizes that cleaning up after Mother Nature’s fury is the least of her worries... -
Fate Book Two by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMissing: Hot Italian Bodyguard Last Seen Wearing Tux... Dakota Dane's bodyguard is the sort of guy every man fears and every woman dreams of: chiseled abs, face of a male model, and tougher than nails. Except with her, of course. And those glimpses of Paolo's soft side are just as sinfully addictive as the rest of him... -
Corban: Wicked Throttle MC #0.5 by Esther E. Schmidt
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere’s a legend amongst members of the Wicked Throttle MC. Something that’s rooted deep into their DNA. None of the younger generation believes it, that is, until the first one falls. Once a soul finds its other half, there is no going back. Only one option; Love and claim at first sight... -
Penitence by Kristin Koval
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor readers of Ann Patchett and Celeste Ng, Penitence is a poignant exploration of love and forgiveness. It’s a suspenseful, addictive page-turner filled with literary insight that compels readers to consider whether each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.When a shocking murder occurs in the home of Angie and David Sheehan, their lives are shattered... -
Blood Stains by Sharon Sala
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMother: Murdered.Father: Unknown.Case: ColdAt the reading of her father's will, Maria Slade receives shocking news—as a four-year-old, she'd witnessed her prostitute mother's murder and been taken into hiding by the well-meaning preacher who'd raised her as his own.Maria remembers none of that... -
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Three Witnesses by Rex Stout
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn three cases--a millionaire who writes his own death warrant, a dog who becomes a killer's worst enemy, and an answering service which refuses to talk about a murder--three witnesses hold the solution for detective Rex Stout... -
Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsTurns out that reading nothing but true crime isn't exactly conducive to modern dating—and one woman is going to have to learn how to give love a chance when she's used to suspecting the worst. PhD candidate Phoebe Walsh has always been obsessed with true crime. She's even analyzing the genre in her dissertation—if she can manage to finish writing it... -
Razor: Fantasy Thriller - Becoming a Hero by Wilkie Martin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA mourning husband can’t live with his guilt… ... he decides to die, not by his own hand, but in heroically helping the vulnerable. Since the peaceful Cotswold countryside offers limited opportunities for heroism, despite the presence of some weird and dangerous inhabitants, he ventures further afield... -
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Hades by Wulf Francú Godgluck
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings******WARNING******* This is not a story about a hero, or some bad boy-badass-antihero. This is a love story of two monstrous villains and one valiant kid, held together by their entwined heartstrings. It won't be pretty. It won't be pleasant. There's no fluffy good feelings about it. It will rip out your heart and never give it back... -
End of Eternity 3 by Loretta Lost
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter all her suffering, it's time to move on and let go. But she can't. She won't... Just when things were looking up, the universe has found a way to kick Carmen Winters in the teeth. A shocking revelation fills her with unbridled wrath and she is determined to bring justice to her family. She finds a devoted ally in Dr... -
Kade by Delores Fossen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne look at the baby girl, and there was no question Kade Ryland was the father. For three months, Kade had posed as Bree Winston's husband at the Fulbright Fertility Clinic, while the two FBI agents investigated a trail of illegal adoptions and surrogates. Nine months later, a baby was dropped at his feet - and Bree was nowhere to be found... -
Brother's Keeper Series Box Set: Books 1-3 by Stephanie St. Klaire
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBROTHER'S KEEPER SERIES BOX SET: BOOKS 1-3Heart-stopping chemistry and breath-holding suspense make this a riveting one-click must...The O’Reilly brothers are a force to be reckoned with in this pulse-pounding, action packed series that will keep you on the edge of your seat…and watching over your shoulder.Murder. Deception. Corruption. There is no match for the Brother’s Keeper Security team... -
Lucky by Stella Marie Alden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI was hired to guard a pair of earrings. Unfortunately, they’re attached to pure, unadulterated trouble.LuckyTrouble starts with a blue-eyed stare that hits below the belt. You might think it ends with a girl-next-door but you’d be wrong. Bloody hell, she’s all woman and you’d swear she was about to do you. Not only that, she’s a bloomin’ genius... -
Crikey a Bodyguard by Kathryn Freeman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA fun heart-warming read. Perfect for Spring! Fabulous new book from the best selling author of Oh Crumbs and Too Damn Nice. Highly recommended. She’s got the brains, he’s got the muscle … When Kelly Bridge’s parents insist on employing a bodyguard for her protection, she’s not happy...
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