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  • Shattered by Helen Hardt

    Shattered by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Ryan Steel is known in Snow Creek as the handsomest Steel brother with the most jovial personality. Now that his busy grape harvest and winemaking season is over, he's happy to spend time with his family and help his brothers, Talon and Jonah, celebrate their impending nuptials. The Steels are taking a well-deserved break from the conspiracy surrounding them..
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    crime  dark  family  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook
  • Unraveled by Helen Hardt

    Unraveled by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Ryan Steel and Ruby Lee are in love, but before they can move forward with a life together, they’re determined to bring resolution to the many unanswered questions they still face. To complicate matters, new threats arise with the arrival of two startling figures from their pasts. As they race against time to find answers, unexpected forces pull them apart...
  • Bound by Desire by Ryan Michele

    Bound by Desire by Ryan Michele

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Have you ever wanted something so badly it consumes you? There is a fine line between needs and wants. Deke Gavelson has wanted his Ravage cut for as long as he can remember. He’s earned it. He was born to be in this club. He’s not afraid to fight for his place, either. Then she barreled into his world, and Deke suddenly desires something more than his rag and winning the next round...
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    crime  dark  family  kidnapping  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc
  • Twisted by Helen Hardt

    Twisted by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Ryan Steel, his world recently upended by an earth-shattering secret, now faces yet another potential revelation surrounding the Steel family mystery. He no longer fully trusts his siblings or the woman he loves. He’s alone—alone and terrified and immersed in a conundrum that becomes more twisted each day. Ruby Lee loves Ryan and desperately wants to help him...
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    crime  dark  family  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook
  • Dead Man's Hand: A Bad Boy Mafia Romance by Renee Rose

    Dead Man's Hand: A Bad Boy Mafia Romance by Renee Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “I OWN YOU NOW” She made a big mistake. You don’t blackmail a Tacone. Coming to me with a threat? Unacceptable. If she needs money, she’ll have to ask nicely. But once I give it to her, we both know what it means: She belongs to me. I do my best to hold back. Give her respect. Trouble is, I can’t keep my hands off her...
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    crime  dark  kidnapping  suspense  adult  age-gap  alpha-mc  audiobook
  • Extreme Risk by Jane Blythe

    Extreme Risk by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can she accept an offer of help from a patient she’s attracted to?Dr. Piper Hamilton is used to keeping on the fringes. She knows what it's like to be responsible for the death of someone you love and she'd do anything to protect herself from feeling that pain again...
  • 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  kidnapping  dark  romance  mystery  audiobook  fiction
  • Caelian by Bella J.

    Caelian by Bella J.

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I had to run. It was that, or marry a man my father auctioned me to when I was a little girl. I knew my father wouldn’t make it easy, but color me surprised when he sends Caelian Del Rossa to find me. The man is a menace. Arrogant. Infuriating. Enigmatic. He thinks he’s my knight in shining armor. I’m convinced he’s nothing more than my father’s retriever...
  • Velvet Devil by Nicole Fox

    Velvet Devil by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    It's the first look on my wedding day.I turn... but my husband isn't there.Instead, I see the stranger who ruined my life.Here's the story:Six years ago, I was on the worst first date in history.A blind date with some jerk who wouldn't take no for an answer.The handsome stranger swooped in.Saved me.And sat down to finish the date.I thought it was crazy.But we had insane chemistry...
  • Absolving Blue by Freya Barker, Operation Alpha

    Absolving Blue by Freya Barker, Operation Alpha

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For long-time Durango Fire Department EMT, Ava ‘Blue’ Navarro, her teammates at Station 3 represent a family more loyal than her own. However, when patients start dying on her watch, she draws the attention of local law enforcement. In particular the smooth-talking detective she’s successfully evaded for years, fearing he might stir up her quiet existence...
  • 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
  • Last Taste of Freedom by Lisa Phillips

    Last Taste of Freedom by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The fight is coming home.For trophy daughter Nora Gladstone, life isn't as perfect as it appears. When her only ally is suspiciously killed the truth of her father's treachery leaks through the cracks of the facade that is her whole world.Zander O'Connell and his team of former soldiers and spies accept a mission from the director of the Department of Clandestine Services...
  • 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  kidnapping  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Maddox by Megan O'Brien

    Maddox by Megan O'Brien

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’ve never known what it’s like to have a dream that’s really mine. To live a life without fear. Being the niece of the most ruthless mob boss in Las Vegas has made any sort of freedom impossible. Francesca Rossi has spent much of her life balancing the weight of running the family bakery with avoiding her uncle’s life of violence and corruption...
  • Avenging Angel by Naomi Porter

    Avenging Angel by Naomi Porter

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The mayhem continues for the Knight's Legion MC…Storm. My protector. I need his darkness, like he needs my light. After surviving an abusive relationship, I swore off men. Until the President of the Knight’s Legion MC crashes into my life, holding me captive with his haunted gray eyes. Storm is a force to be reckoned with and I welcome the chaos— it makes me feel alive. He owns me. Body and soul...
  • Ideal Image by Freya Barker

    Ideal Image by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In one blinding flash, the very fiber of her existence is shredded. For criminal lawyer and single mother, Stacie Gustafson, a dependable career, a well-organized life, and an immaculate image, had always been her armor. Without it she’s left exposed and struggling to create a new existence for her and her daughter. No matter how hard she tries, she is unable to avoid her history...
  • Silent Shadows by Natalie Walters

    Silent Shadows by Natalie Walters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pecca Gallegos moved to the tiny town of Walton, Georgia, to protect her son and escape the dangerous lifestyle that once defined her. When a series of strange circumstances evolve into threats, Pecca finds herself confiding in an unlikely ally--her stubborn patient...
  • Black Hat Hacker (Chicago Syndicate World) by Soraya Naomi

    Black Hat Hacker (Chicago Syndicate World) by Soraya Naomi

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Although part of the Chicago Syndicate world, Black Hat Hacker is a complete standalone and can be enjoyed either with or without reading the rest of the series. You don’t know me. But that’s only because I don’t want you to. I have the most lucrative job in the country as a hacker in the notorious underworld...
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    crime  dark  kidnapping  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • Faith's Tears by E.C. Land

    Faith's Tears by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life is never as easy as they make it out to be.FaithFinding my way back to Axel, well, him finding me, it’s been as if we’re sailing on cloud nine. But what happens when another woman comes into the picture claiming she’s Axel’s and that they share a child together...
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    crime  dark  family  suspense  adult  biker  book  contemporary
  • Pressure by Ivy Nelson

    Pressure by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Someone is breaking through the cyber security system tech billionaire, Lance Moss built from the ground up and he's running out of time to plug the holes before Club Solitaire is forced to close and someone gets hurt.Reluctantly, he allows his fellow board member and friend, Eli, to bring in an outsider to help. He's not expecting to see his ex-girlfriend turned enemy walk through the door...
  • Brutal Bloodline by M'Renee Allen

    Brutal Bloodline by M'Renee Allen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A life for a life. That was the code they lived by. After their Don was gunned down, things changed. This was no longer a life for a life situation. A coward had tried to make a name for himself by taking on their family. It was time for the DeLucas to show their enemies just how brutally savage their bloodline could be...
  • 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  kidnapping  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • Viper's Touch by E.C. Land

    Viper's Touch by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I swore I'd never let another woman look into my heart, but Jade didn't need to see to know the type of man I am.ViperAfter being framed and ending up in prison, I was done with women. I wanted nothing to do with them. A woman was the reason I landed in jail in the first place, so I wasn't ever going to let another put me in so much risk again...
  • Burden of Proof by DiAnn Mills

    Burden of Proof by DiAnn Mills

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Reeling from a negotiation gone wrong, FBI Special Agent April Ramos is caught off guard when a frazzled young woman shoves a crying baby into her arms, then disappears. Worry for the child's safety quickly turns to fear when a man claiming to be the girl's father abducts them at gunpoint...
  • Celebrating Tina: An Inspirational Holiday Romantic Suspense by Sara Blackard

    Celebrating Tina: An Inspirational Holiday Romantic Suspense by Sara Blackard

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A K-9 handler determined to prove she belongs. A detective with an unwavering plan. Can they overcome their painful pasts and accept the gift of love?Tina West has spent her life feeling like she stood on the outside, but since taking a job at Stryker Security, life seems to be turning for the better.Tina never imagined when she took a job as a nanny she’d end up training for search and rescue...
  • Kade by Apryl Baker

    Kade by Apryl Baker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Gut-wrenching, soul-searing grief has haunted Angel Kincaid for seven years, since she suffered a miscarriage. Just when she starts to think she’s come to terms with it, everything she thought she knew is cast into doubt when she comes face to face with a little boy, and  every instinct tells her the child belongs to her—that he is her son...
  • Hidden Valley by Annie Seaton

    Hidden Valley by Annie Seaton

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Happily working on her family’s macadamia farm in the rolling hills of northern New South Wales, Dee Peters receives an enigmatic letter hinting of family secrets, and the prospect of her inheriting a cattle station in the Northern Territory outback...
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    suspense  crime  family  romance  contemporary  mystery  fiction  cozy
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  kidnapping  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc
  • The Redemption of Roan by Kathy Coopmans

    The Redemption of Roan by Kathy Coopmans

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Roan Diamond’s loyalty to the family may be obligated by blood, but nobody ever said he had to love them all, right? As the next in line to head the Diamond dynasty, he has loose ends to take care of, and one of those is his brother Royal. Yet his plans for revenge fall apart the minute he lays eyes on Alina—Royal’s ex-girlfriend, who also happens to be the daughter of the rival Solokov family...
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    crime  dark  kidnapping  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
  • Black Contract by Charlotte Byrd

    Black Contract by Charlotte Byrd

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I don’t belong with her. Born into darkness, life made me a cynic incapable of love. But then Ellie waltzed in. Innocent, optimistic, kind. She’s the opposite of what I deserve. I bought her, but she she stole my heart. Now my business is going up in flames. I have only one chance to make it right. That’s where it happens…something I can never take back...
  • Black Limit by Charlotte Byrd

    Black Limit by Charlotte Byrd

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Is this the end of us? I found a woman I can’t live without. We’ve been through so much. We’ve had our set backs. But our love is stronger than ever. We are survivors. But when they take her from me at the altar, right before she is to become my wife, everything breaks. I will do anything to free her. I will do anything to make her mine for good...
  • Playing with Danger by Riley Edwards

    Playing with Danger by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s strange how quickly life can go from predictable and boring to…not.How a chance meeting can set off a chain reaction.How a single moment can offer much-needed clarity.How a kiss can alter the course of your life.Valentine Malone fell into my life…correction, I fell into his in the aisle of a grocery store...
  • Breaking Silence by Elle James

    Breaking Silence by Elle James

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rucker Sloan thinks all he’s good for is a fighting, killing machine. Long-term relationships are out of the question. Until he meets a nurse who’d risk her life for someone she doesn’t know…After her mother died of a broken heart, nurse Nora Michaels joined the Army to do something to help others and to escape her sad memories...
  • 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  family  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult  biker
  • Tell Me to Lie by Charlotte Byrd

    Tell Me to Lie by Charlotte Byrd

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    There was a time when my debt was the only link we had. There was a time when I couldn’t tell him how much I loved him and he couldn’t tell me. There was a time when I thought I could never have enough money. Now, everything is different. Nicholas Crawford is a stranger who is becoming more strange with every moment. I used to think I could make a life with him, but now I’m not so sure...
    Categorized as:
    kidnapping  crime  suspense  family  dark  romance  audiobook  steamy
  • 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  kidnapping  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • No Escape by Mary Burton

    No Escape by Mary Burton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He Was Taught How To Kill Even behind bars, serial killer Harvey Day Smith exudes menace. Psychologist Jolene Granger has agreed to hear his dying confession, vowing not to let the monster inside her head...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  kidnapping  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Don't Let Me Go by Susan Lewis

    Don't Let Me Go by Susan Lewis

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Charlotte Nicholls has a secret that haunts her.She and three-year-old Chloe have left their home and friends, and are now building a new life for themselves in New Zealand.All Charlotte wants to do is to forget the past, to blot out what went before, and to look only to the future.At last she and Chloe feel safe...
    Categorized as:
    dark  family  kidnapping  book  contemporary  drama  fiction  mystery
  • Before He Vanished by Debra Webb

    Before He Vanished by Debra Webb

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    His disappearance changed her life forever.Twenty-five years ago, Halle Lane’s best friend vanished from their Tennessee town. When a childhood photo brings Liam Hart to Winchester, Halle is certain the man is the same child who vanished. Now Liam seeks out Halle to help him investigate the circumstances of his mysterious past...
  • Down Deep by Kimberly Kincaid

    Down Deep by Kimberly Kincaid

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ian Gamble has a past he’d rather forget—which is exactly what he’s doing at The Crooked Angel Bar and Grill when the place catches fire. Between his active duty in the Marines and his experience as a firefighter, his instincts get him and hot, headstrong bar manager, Kennedy Matthews, to safety...
  • Double Action Deputy by B.J. Daniels

    Double Action Deputy by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Join New York Times bestselling author B.J. Daniels at Cardwell Ranch for nonstop suspense in Big Sky country.A relentless marshal. A rogue detective. A bargain they may not live long enough to regret.When Montana deputy marshal Brick Savage asks homicide detective Maureen Mortensen to help him find the person who destroyed her family, she quickly accepts his offer...
  • Dreamer by Addy Archer

    Dreamer by Addy Archer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Coral sees a chance to reach out for help, she never expected to instantly fall for her savior. But when the men who kidnapped, held her captive, and tormented her return to release a whirl of death and destruction . . . there might not be a chance to fight for newfound love.Dreamer isn’t a softhearted man...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  family  kidnapping  suspense  adult  biker  book
  • Capone's Chaos: Royal Bastards MC Los Angeles Chapter book #2 by J. Lynn Lombard

    Capone's Chaos: Royal Bastards MC Los Angeles Chapter book #2 by J. Lynn Lombard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Man In Control. A Lost Soul. One Last Chance.CaponeAs President of the Royal Bastards MC, Los Angeles Chapter, I have enemies everywhere. They'll use anything and anyone to exploit me. Regardless, only one person has ever brought me to my knees. Danyella.My Bella.Her emerald green eyes captured my soul the moment we looked at each other...
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    crime  dark  family  suspense  adult  biker  book  contemporary
  • Bucking Tradition by Winter Travers

    Bucking Tradition by Winter Travers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Evil is lurking in the dark and casting a shadow around the Devil’s Knights.When that evil comes knocking on Luna’s door, Detective Ransom has had enough. Luna is his and no one is going to take her away from him...
  • Brutal Saint by Luna Kayne

    Brutal Saint by Luna Kayne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    HARLOW IS HUNTING HER SISTER’S KILLER.AND COLE IS HUNTING HER.COLE SAINTThe woman my family is looking for is the one-night stand I can’t get out of my head, and her life depends on me getting to her first.Harlow is sunshine and light.I live in the shadows, among the dark and the damned, but there’s something about Harlow that makes me want to take care of her...
  • Wild Saint by Luna Kayne

    Wild Saint by Luna Kayne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    SHE BEAT HIM AT HIS OWN GAME ONCE.NOW IT’S ROUND TWO,AND THIS TIME THEY’RE PLAYING DIRTY.DAGEN SAINTFive years ago, Nyla stole two million dollars from me and disappeared.Now she’s resurfaced, and I’m determined to settle her debt…one way or another...
  • Possessive by Kristen Luciani

    Possessive by Kristen Luciani

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I struck a deal with the devil…and lost. For years, I followed orders and obeyed instructions.I put the family first. Always. Until temptation consumed me.I made mistakes and lost my focus, putting a target on my own back.I changed the game, Risked it all, And collected a prize. His prize.So when the devil came to collect, I had two options.Join him… Or kill him...
  • 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...
  • Midnight Sacrifice by Melinda Leigh

    Midnight Sacrifice by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    One by one, people are mysteriously disappearing from a small Maine town. Four months ago, a ruthless murderer killed two people and kidnapped three more, including Danny Sullivan's sister, who barely escaped. Unfortunately so did the killer, vanishing without a trace into the vast wilderness. When the police fail to find his sister's captor, Danny returns to Maine to hunt him down...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  family  kidnapping  suspense  adult  audiobook  book
  • Deadly Holiday by Alexa Grace

    Deadly Holiday by Alexa Grace

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It is four days before Christmas and all is not quiet as the characters you grew to love in The Deadly Trilogy books fight their inner demons, deception, and pray for miracles in this action-packed novella. Shawn Isaac is a bright five-year-old who has experienced more than his share of domestic violence and abuse...
    Categorized as:
    crime  family  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  holidays
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