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  • It All Falls Down by Denise Grover Swank

    It All Falls Down by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The final book of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling Rose Gardner Investigations series. When a body shows up south of Henryetta, Rose knows trouble is on the horizon. Rufus Wilson worked for the county crime lord, Skeeter Malcolm, and she soon discovers Wilson had a special skill set—he could crack safes...
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    drama  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  cozy
  • When the Bough Breaks by Denise Grover Swank

    When the Bough Breaks by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The sixth book in the Rose Gardner Investigations series.For months, Rose has suspected her ex-brother-in-law, has a foot in the criminal world, and she’s equally sure her deceased sister had the evidence to prove it—evidence stolen days just days after Violet’s death...
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    drama  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  cozy
  • The Lies She Told by Denise Grover Swank

    The Lies She Told by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It's been a week since Carly Moore’s friend Jerry was run off the road and killed, and the sheriff’s department has already struck out on leads. She’s not about to sit back and let it go, but the last thing she wants is to endanger anyone else. Besides, as she learned long ago, problems come in threes...
  • Legacy by Helen Hardt

    Legacy by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    HE'LL KEEP HIS COMMITMENTS NO MATTER WHAT. Brad Steel is in love. Daphne Wade is more than just his wife-to-be and the mother of his unborn child. She's his destiny. Fate brought them together, and he vows to protect her. His determination doesn't waver when he learns a secret about his bride - a secret she herself doesn't know...
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    drama  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Buried in Secrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Buried in Secrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Book four of the USA Today bestselling Carly Moore series.Be careful where you dig…Life in Drum, Tennessee has been quiet since corruption was uncovered in the sheriff’s department three months ago—too quiet. Still, Carly is shocked when she discovers one of her sweetest lunch customers at the tavern has committed murder in cold blood...
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    drama  paranormal  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  cozy
  • Walker: Lighthouse Security Investigations by Maryann Jordan

    Walker: Lighthouse Security Investigations by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lighthouse Security Investigations The Lighthouse SI Keepers were men and women from the SEALs, Rangers, Special Forces, Deltas, and AF Special Ops. All having been trained in CIA Special Ops, the Keepers were the best of the best and ready to take on any mission. Julie Baxter, chaperone to three teenage girls to the Mayan ruins in Mexico was having the vacation of a lifetime...
  • Her Scream in the Silence by Denise Grover Swank

    Her Scream in the Silence by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    >b>In the second book of the USA Today bestselling series, Carly looks into a young woman’s disappearance while trying to hide her own dark secrets. Carly Moore is finally feeling settled in Drum, Tennessee. She likes her job waitressing at Max’s Tavern AND her boyfriend… she should have known both were too good to be true...
  • The Quinn Brothers Trilogy by Nora Roberts

    The Quinn Brothers Trilogy by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    SEA SWEPT A champion boat racer, Cameron Quinn traveled the world spending his winnings on champagne and women. But when his dying father calls him home to care for Seth, a troubled young boy not unlike Cameron once was, his life changes overnight. . . In the end, a social worker, as tough as she is beautiful, will decide Seth's fate...
  • Gray Wolf Security: Back Home by Glenna Sinclair

    Gray Wolf Security: Back Home by Glenna Sinclair

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Kindle Unlimited Bundle... Enjoy the complete 4th Volume of Gray Wolf Security. Romance, Suspense, Mystery and a touch of Comedy. 5 Books. No Cliffhangers. More than 1,000 pages :) AUDRA I’d never worked undercover. But I danced in the strip clubs before I joined the Army and I knew that world...
  • Darius' Promise by Jen Talty

    Darius' Promise by Jen Talty

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Captain Darius Ford has done his best to put the past where it belongs. He and his team have a new gig with the Brotherhood Protectors, and starting over never looked so good. That is until the woman who has haunted his dreams comes waltzing into his office as if she wasn’t the reason his military career ended. Special Agent Fenmore Harley has never for a second believed that Darius was a liar...
  • Tate by Maryann Jordan

    Tate by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Country music, his parents, cold beer, and apple pie…just a few of the things Frank Tate loves. The former SEAL, now a Lighthouse Security specialist also loves his job and lives for the next mission. But when a call from home sends him back to the mid-west, the past and present collide as danger follows the girl he left behind years before...
  • Troy by Dale Mayer

    Troy by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    SEAL of Honor: TroyWhen a friend of Tesla's sends out an SOS on the lowdown on an oil rig in trouble, Troy has a good idea what he's getting into. As far as he is concerned, the maximum danger, the potential for betrayal, and the chances of not coming home sounded like the right kind of job for him.After all, he lived alone...
  • Gage's Goal by Dale Mayer

    Gage's Goal by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gage hadn’t told the rest of his team, but he’d planned to meet up with Lorelei after their team disbanded. A little one-on-one time was needed to see if all the sparks they’d felt over the last few years were the real thing. He’d deliberately avoided getting involved with anyone he worked with, so this seemed like the perfect opportunity...
  • A Third Moment in Time: A Collection of Short Stories by Susan Stoker

    A Third Moment in Time: A Collection of Short Stories by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Third Moment in Time is a collection of stories by Susan Stoker, including 3 short stories that have been published previously in recent anthologies, a story written specifically for social media, and a brand new, never been published novella featuring a beloved character from the Silverstone series.The Bully: When a bully at school targets the seventh-grader, Annie Fletcher is on her own...
  • Lethal Secrets by Jenna Gunn

    Lethal Secrets by Jenna Gunn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Eli’s first mission after the SEALs is FUBAR. Gather intel? That’s a negative. Save a woman and claim her as his to protect? Roger that. ~Mia BaileyWomen like me don’t get fairytale endings.We get abusive brothers.Liars and cheating.We get scars.Damage so deep it will never be shaken.Until a gigantic battle-hardened SEAL decides to prove otherwise.Vows to avenge me.Puts his life on the line...
  • Winds of Danger by Christy Barritt

    Winds of Danger by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Wes O’Neill is perfectly content to hang with his friends and enjoy island life on Lantern Beach. Something begins to change inside him when Paige Henderson sweeps into his life. But the beautiful newcomer is hiding painful secrets beneath her cheerful facade. Police dispatcher Paige Henderson came to Lantern Beach riddled with guilt and uncertainties after the fallout of a bad relationship...
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    drama  suspense  adult  book  christian  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Killian by Dale Mayer

    Killian by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Killian is called up to retrieve a woman who’s been kidnapped, then escaped, only to be captured again.With a sketchy SOS coming in, he’s tracking her from Vancouver to Alaska, where the intel finally stops.The apple of her father’s eye, Cisco was a late gift in his life. But when it counted, he wasn’t there for her, leaving her alone and unprotected...
  • Corbin by Dale Mayer

    Corbin by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Corbin is tracking a cabinet minister’s pregnant daughter, who’d been snatched off the streets several days ago. The incident followed several other missing women’s cases, except those women already had given birth, and their children were also kidnapped at the same time...
  • Diesel by Dale Mayer

    Diesel by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Diesel book 13 in The Mavericks series.Traveling to China to retrieve a kidnapped scientist shows Diesel the depths of human depravity. Not that he needs more proof. He's been doing this type of work for a decade. This is the first time though the person he was rescuing was this interesting...
  • Nelumbo Nucifera by Cristina Slough

    Nelumbo Nucifera by Cristina Slough

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the surface, Gaby Parker has it all; however, behind closed doors, is a woman who lives in constant fear of the man who was supposed to love her: her husband, Kyle. Beaten, desperate, and broken, Gaby realizes the only way to escape from her violent husband is to kill herself — on paper...
  • Black Magic by D. Camille

    Black Magic by D. Camille

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Thirty year old billionaire Jordan Black is all about handling his business, in the boardroom and most definitely in the bedroom; and his business is controlling everything and everyone around him. That is, until he meets Sage Parker, the ultimate temptation and the younger sister of his close friend and business associate, which makes her the forbidden fruit he will never taste...
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    drama  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Wade's War by Dale Mayer

    Wade's War by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sophia met Wade a few years back, and the last she heard from him was he’d be back to take her out to dinner—and never saw him again. Having spent several years in the meantime working with Merk and his team in Texas, when Terk called for her help, Sophia jumped at the opportunity to go. Even if Wade didn’t get it, she knew a connection worth trying for when she felt it...
  • Storm by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Storm by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    StormI had one job, get Jessica "Rabbit" Finley to sell her property to Reed Security. I could do that. I was Army Strong. Hell, I took down bad guys for a living. I could handle this sexy vixen. No problem. Except, she's a little crazy. She thinks that there are ghosts on her property, and she has the men at Reed Security believing her too...
  • Asher by Nyssa Kathryn

    Asher by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She needs his love. He needs her safe.When a workplace romance becomes something deeper for Lexie Harper, she’s devastated to learn Asher Becket is determined to keep their sensual touches and passionate kisses behind closed doors. But that’s not good enough. Lexie won’t be anyone’s dirty little secret…especially when she’s harboring a secret of her own that won’t stay hidden for long...
  • Make You Feel My Love by Kait Nolan

    Make You Feel My Love by Kait Nolan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Will danger catapult these lifelong friends to lovers?Autumn Buchanan has loved Judd all her life. Best friends since they were children, he’s been fulfilling her rescue fantasies for years. But years ago, her dreams of more ended in blood and a nightmare that nearly cost them both their lives...
  • The Way of Grace by Cathy Bryant

    The Way of Grace by Cathy Bryant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In pursuit of justice, in need of grace . . . A justice-seeking perfectionist pursues her dream of a perfect life in her hometown of Miller’s Creek, Texas. Sidetracked by a desire to be a prosecuting attorney, Grace Soldano launches into uncharted waters, making herself over to please her boss and mentor...
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    drama  suspense  adult  book  christian  contemporary  fiction  medical
  • Treasure and Protect by Lori Ryan

    Treasure and Protect by Lori Ryan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She's finished waiting. Cora Walker is tired of waiting for Justin Kensington to open his eyes and see that they could be great together. No worries. She's got a Man Plan, More specifically, a Get-Over-The-Man Plan. Or maybe she'll call it the Move-on Method. Whatever. It involves online dating and sorting through the losers to find her winner...
  • Circumstantial Evidence by Lisa Clark O'Neill

    Circumstantial Evidence by Lisa Clark O'Neill

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Selected as a Best of 2015 by All About Romance Book Blog As Chief of Police in Sweetwater, South Carolina, Will Hawbaker has seen more than his share of violent crime. But none of it has prepared him for the aftereffects of a young boy dead at the hand of his mother’s boyfriend. And when the suspected killer turns up dead himself, it raises more questions...
  • Lennox by Dale Mayer

    Lennox by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Planning to meet his sister in Germany, but, when she’s a no-show, Lennox has his first inkling that trouble has come home in a big way … When his sister and her best friend go missing, Lennox is determined to find and to keep his only family member safe … and her best friend. They were both doctors, traveling the globe with the UN. Lennox was proud of his sister’s accomplishments...
  • Descend to Darkness by Heather Graham

    Descend to Darkness by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Heather Graham comes a new story in her Krewe of Hunters series…Angela Hawkins Crow awakens to find herself in total darkness. Despite her years as a Krewe agent, she is first seized with panic, but her life and her training kick in...
  • Hatch by Dale Mayer

    Hatch by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hatch is more than happy to step up and to rescue the missing father-and-daughter archeological duo. Now if only it were that easy. They’d been questioned by the Egyptian government and released, with a warning to not leave Cairo. But, when their hotel room is found empty, most believe they took off ahead of punishment—but not Hatch’s team...
  • Rick's Road by Dale Mayer

    Rick's Road by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stubborn was something Rick had been called a lot. Independent. A loner. All true but, once a powerful healer connects to bring him back from the brink of death, Rick is in danger of losing that control and that privacy he so values.Cara understands Rick’s need to be alone, but it’s not possible any longer, and that isn’t something she’s ready to tell him...
  • Shadow in the Desert by Becca Jameson

    Shadow in the Desert by Becca Jameson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After a disastrous career-ending mission, he never expected to be sent back into the shadows.For months Ajax has been languishing on his sister’s couch, drowning himself in beer and whiskey. It was the only way to bury the pain of losing his entire SEAL team during a mission he does not remember. Until he discovers everything he’s been told about that day was a lie...
  • Reno by V. Theia

    Reno by V. Theia

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everyone thought Reno was a happy-go-lucky biker.But in truth, the Diablo Disciples MC’s SAA had many personal issues on his shoulders.His co-dependent twin, for one.They’d relied only on each other for years.Now their sadistic older brother was back in their lives to cause trouble for the club.And then a knock-out woman changed Reno’s entire outlook on life.He wanted more...
  • Shattered by Dale Mayer

    Shattered by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some events are life shattering… Caught in a gilded cage for most of her life, Hannah keeps trying to escape. There’s something wrong with her the doctors can’t diagnose, but she’d rather be free and die than stay trapped… forever. When she's caught once again, Trevor offers her a unique way out...
  • Pawn by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    Pawn by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From New York Times Bestseller, Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, Comes Part Two of Mr. Rook's Island, a Sexy, Dark, Romantic Suspense. SHE KNOWS HE'S BAD. THE QUESTION IS, HOW BAD?Stephanie Fitzgerald is nobody's pawn. Determined to discover the truth about a missing loved one, she lands a job at the world's most exclusive resort, working for the only man with the answers--Mr. Rook...
  • Bitter Reckoning by Heather Graham

    Bitter Reckoning by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All of their extraordinary adventures makes an ordinary vacation very appealing Danni Cafferty and Michael Quinn are happy to accept an invitation to a new couples resort from a friend of Danni’s...
  • Lightning Lingers by Barbara Freethy

    Lightning Lingers by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From #1 NY Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes the second book in a new romantic suspense trilogy: Lightning Strikes. In these connected novels, lightning leads to love, danger, and the unraveling of long-buried secrets that will change not only the past but also the future… Katherine Barrett, a dedicated young doctor, receives a terrified phone call from her brother, TJ...
  • Summer Rain by Barbara Freethy

    Summer Rain by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From #1 NYT Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes the third and final book in the Lightning Strikes Romantic Suspense Trilogy. Action, suspense, romance and family secrets lead to an explosive conclusion! Danielle Monroe is determined to use her new job in DC as a stepping-stone to a high-powered political career...
  • The Night Island by Jayne Ann Krentz

    The Night Island by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The disappearance of a mysterious informant leads two people desperate for answers to an island of deadly deception in this new novel in the Lost Night Files trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz...
  • Between Now and Forever by Barbara Freethy

    Between Now and Forever by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From #1 NY Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes a romantic and suspenseful new novel in the popular family series, The Callaways. Nicole met Ryan when he was a handsome, cocky teenager with a desire to fly high above the clouds...
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    drama  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction  mystery
  • Stop Me by Brenda Novak

    Stop Me by Brenda Novak

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Who was the real killer? Romain Fornier lost his reason for living when his daughter was kidnapped and murdered. He used a cop's gun to mete out his own justice and spent the next few years in prison. Once he was freed, he returned to his Cajun roots in small-town Louisiana. But now he learns that he might have killed the wrong man...
  • Butterfly by Kathryn Harvey

    Butterfly by Kathryn Harvey

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Above an exclusive men's store on Rodeo Drive there is a private club called Butterfly, where women are free to act out their secret erotic fantasies. Only the most beautiful and powerful women in Beverly Hills are invited to join... JESSICA--The lawyer, who longs for the days when men were men, and women dressed to please them...
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    drama  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery  steamy
  • No Going Back: Soft Focus / After Dark by Jayne Ann Krentz, Jayne Castle

    No Going Back: Soft Focus / After Dark by Jayne Ann Krentz, Jayne Castle

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two exciting novels by the New York Times bestselling author, collected for the first time in one volume...
  • The Deadly Series Boxed Set by Jaycee Clark

    The Deadly Series Boxed Set by Jaycee Clark

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There are few men as sexy and charming as Jaycee Clark’s Kinncaid brothers, and readers will be thrilled to find them all in one great place. Each of their heart-pounding stories is told in this five-book collection, including Deadly Shadows, Deadly Ties, Deadly Obsession, Deadly Games, and Deadly Secrets...
  • Deadly Proposal by Lily Harper Hart

    Deadly Proposal by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life should be good for James Hardy. His business is thriving, his brothers are settled, and he's desperately in love with his girlfriend, Mandy. Unfortunately, growing pains are straining his relationship, and when a misunderstanding overlaps with a catastrophic explosion at a charity event, Mandy’s life is left hanging in the balance...
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    paranormal  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  cozy  fiction  humor
  • Built of Secrets by Jemi Fraser

    Built of Secrets by Jemi Fraser

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s got a secret… Okay, she’s got several… But only one could get her killed. Humiliated after being duped by her ex, Tansy chooses flight over fight. An inherited fishing lodge she can pull off the grid while working on her tech is the perfect hideout. Burned-out FBI agent, Sam is worried about his best friend’s little sister. After a devastating case, he heads to Vermont to check on her...
  • Blood on the Bayou by Heather Graham, Natalie Ross

    Blood on the Bayou by Heather Graham, Natalie Ross

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times best seller Heather Graham...It's winter and a chill has settled over the area near New Orleans. Finding a stream of blood, a tourist follows it to a dead man, face down in the bayou. The man has been done in by a vicious beating, so violent that his skull has been crushed in. It's barely a day before a second victim is found..
  • Diamond Sky by Annie Seaton

    Diamond Sky by Annie Seaton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Kimberley can be a haven for those who can stand the heat, but its isolated beauty can also be deadly, if you're not paying attention... The remote Matsu diamond mine in the Kimberley is the perfect place for engineer Dru Porter to hide. Her insignificance in that vast and rugged landscape helps her feel invisible. And safe...
  • Deadly Secrets by Jaycee Clark

    Deadly Secrets by Jaycee Clark

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Secrets can hurt . . . Bitter and resigned to a life alone, Quinlan Kinncaid swore he'd never marry-until the eccentric Ella Ferguson barged headlong into his life. But before he can trust his own feelings and build a new life with Ella, she's gone, and he's left with a secret so big he can't even bear to tell his own family. Some secrets can destroy . .
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