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Gabe by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGabe Harris was the walking, talking personification of a hero. And a hero was what I needed. My life went from boring to hair-raising with a stroke of a key. I knew better than to poke around on the dark web. But when my friend Kalee Solberg came home months after she’d been presumed dead, I couldn’t stop myself from looking into who was behind her capture...Categorized as:
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Declan by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDeclan Crenshaw went from orphan, to Special Forces soldier, to the CIA’s golden child. Life was perfect—almost. He shouldn’t have pushed his luck and simply enjoyed the bounty fate had given him—a beautiful wife, sweet baby girl, and more love than he ever dreamed he’d know. Until a threat he never saw coming obliterated his world. His wife and child murdered... -
![Shattered Lies: Web of Lies #3 by Kathleen Brooks]()
Shattered Lies: Web of Lies #3 by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe time has come to step out of the shadows . . . Valeria McGregor was a better shot, a better fighter, and smarter than everyone she’d ever gone up against as an agent for the DEA. Then she’d uncovered illegal activity within her own organization and was fired as part of a cover-up. That was how she’d joined the secret group who reports only to the president...Categorized as:
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![Fatal Frenzy by Marie Force]()
Fatal Frenzy by Marie Force
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsInauguration day is almost here… Lieutenant Sam Holland is on leave, recovering from an attack that shook her to the core. With no case to distract her, she's trying to stay busy—even voluntarily meeting with her new White House staff. But it's not enough to keep the horrific memories at bay, and her family is worried…especially her husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano...Categorized as:
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Myles by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFormer Delta Operator Myles Simms doesn’t know when to quit. The concept so foreign to him he can’t give up on Delilah Watts. A woman he’s never met—a woman who might be the enemy yet he’s compelled to save her. Intel Specialist Delilah Watts never imagined sending an email would be deadly. Kidnapped and left to die, yet she regrets nothing...Categorized as:
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Fatal Identity by Marie Force
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEvery family has its secrets… As the first anniversary of her marriage to Vice President Nick Cappuano approaches, Lieutenant Sam Holland is dreaming of Bora Bora -- sun, sand and a desperately needed break from the DC grind. But real life has a way of intervening, and Sam soon finds herself taking on one of the most perplexing cases of her career...Categorized as:
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Tinderbox by Rachel Grant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the volatile tinderbox of the Horn of Africa, Morgan Adler has made the paleoanthropological find of a lifetime. The discovery brings her to the attention of a warlord eager to claim both Morgan and the fossils, forcing her to make a desperate dash to the nearby US military base to beg for protection. Master Sergeant Pax Blanchard has orders to intercept Dr...Categorized as:
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![A Shameless Little Con by Meli Raine]()
A Shameless Little Con by Meli Raine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI didn’t do it. I never betrayed my friend. Last year, I was kidnapped along with presidential candidate’s daughter Lindsay Bosworth, forced to help her assailants, my mother implicated in one of the biggest political scandals in American history. I've been cleared of any wrongdoing, but that doesn’t matter. Once you’re tried by the media, you’re guilty as sin... -
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![Elusive Promise by Barbara Freethy]()
Elusive Promise by Barbara Freethy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"The twists are endless, the danger is far reaching, and the thrills are nonstop." Isha C. Goodreads on Perilous Trust, OFF THE GRID: FBI SERIES When tragedy strikes an engagement party, Special Agent Parisa Maxwell becomes the sole survivor and the only witness to a kidnapping and the theft of a legendary diamond...Categorized as:
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![Five Years in Yemen: A Titus Ray Thriller by Luana Ehrlich]()
Five Years in Yemen: A Titus Ray Thriller by Luana Ehrlich
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA CIA contractor goes missing in Iraq. Five years later, he turns up in Yemen. Now, it’s up to Titus to find out if he’s a traitor or a patriot. After Titus accepts an assignment to bring rogue CIA contractor Jacob Levin back to the States, he learns the operation has been put on hold pending Presidential approval. That’s fine with him...Categorized as:
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![State of Alert by Marie Force, Eva Kaminsky]()
State of Alert by Marie Force, Eva Kaminsky
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratings11 hours, 35 minutes The first couple is on full alert, deflecting new threats from near and far…Lieutenant Sam Holland has seen just about everything as a D.C. homicide detective, but she’s never been asked to lie to her closest colleagues and her husband—until now... -
![Disconnect by Traci Hunter Abramson]()
Disconnect by Traci Hunter Abramson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrent Miller is still trying to get past the nightmares of his last mission into Nicaragua when a new commander takes charge of his Navy SEAL team. Commander Gardner has just one to further his career. And the so-called Saint Squad is in his way... -
![Point of No Return by Tiffany Snow]()
Point of No Return by Tiffany Snow
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsKathleen Turner wasn't expecting to fall in love when she came to Indianapolis a year ago, much less with two very different men. And not just any men. Brothers.Blane Kirk, former SEAL turned attorney, is every woman’s dream man. A playboy who changes women as often as he changes his tie, trying to hold on to Blane could only break Kathleen's heart... -
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![Friends: A Friends to Lovers Gay Romance by Nora Phoenix]()
Friends: A Friends to Lovers Gay Romance by Nora Phoenix
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSeth is so confused. If Coulson is straight, why is he checking Seth out? Seth is an out and proud Secret Service agent. When he’s asked to assist the FBI on an investigation, he meets FBI agent Coulson.Coulson is straight. Or so he says. Seth has no reason to doubt that, not even when they become close friends. Really close friends. But that’s all they are: friends...Categorized as:
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![Serve by Nora Phoenix]()
Serve by Nora Phoenix
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo stubborn alpha men meet the one boy who wants them both…Denali knows what he wants. He loves his job in the Residence of the White House, but what he craves is serving. A Dom. Or in his case: two.When tragedy strikes once again, Denali offers himself to Milan, the president’s brother in law. Milan accepts, but he insists Secret Service agent Asher joins them as well...Categorized as:
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![The Red Ledger: 5 by Meredith Wild]()
The Red Ledger: 5 by Meredith Wild
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTomorrow isn’t promised… I’ve seen death. I’ve watched my place in the world fall away. Every day, the life I’ve chosen with Tristan changes shape. It’s not the life I wanted for us, but it’s ours. I accept this, as unready as I sometimes feel to face the dark side of humanity he knows too well. Now the person who’s responsible for putting us on this path has slipped from our grasp...Categorized as:
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![Dangerous Choice by Barbara Freethy]()
Dangerous Choice by Barbara Freethy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Dangerous Choice, Special Agent Diego Rivera must choose between duty and love, loyalty and betrayal, and between his ideals and the agency he serves… Don't miss this new thrilling, chilling, romantic suspense by #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy...Categorized as:
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Bloody Vows by Lisa Renee Jones
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFBI agent Lilah Love leads a complicated life. She's engaged to Kane Mendez, a man most call dangerous, but hey birds of a feather, do flock together. She's dangerous, too, and in ways only Kane understands. As for their happily ever after, well that might have to wait... -
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Catalyst by Rachel Grant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a food storage depot in famine-struck South Sudan is torched, American aid worker Brie Stewart flees, only to land in a market where she’s the next item up for auction...Categorized as:
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Firestorm by Rachel Grant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCIA covert operator Savannah James is after intel on a potential coup in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but she needs a partner fluent in Lingala to infiltrate the organization. Sergeant First Class Cassius Callahan is the perfect choice, except he doesn’t like her very much. He doesn’t trust her, either, despite the sparks that flare between them, fierce and hot...Categorized as:
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![Faded Gray Lines by Cora Kenborn]()
Faded Gray Lines by Cora Kenborn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA dark second chance mafia romanceLove is the deadliest lie.I had the picture-perfect life.Then I fell for the boy my mother warned me about.A lowlife. A criminal.To me, he was just Matty. To the world, he was Mateo Cortes, a soulless killer for the Carrera Cartel.We were the virgin and the villain. The debutante and the devil.He swore we'd end in ruin. I swore love would conquer all.I was wrong... -
![Inside Straight: An Amber Farrell Novel by Mark Henwick, Lauren Sweet]()
Inside Straight: An Amber Farrell Novel by Mark Henwick, Lauren Sweet
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe witch who doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Amber is under orders to spend a relaxing Christmas with her House and family in Denver. No chance.A fleeing Athanate House with rebel Adepts and a dying human kin throw themselves at Amber's mercy and her decisions unleash a terrifying journey into the world of the most secretive of paranormal races - the Adepts...Categorized as:
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![Storm Surge - Book One by Melissa Good]()
Storm Surge - Book One by Melissa Good
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's fall. Dar and Kerry are traveling - Dar overseas to clinch a deal with their new ship owner partners in England, and Kerry on a reluctant visit home for her high school reunion. In the midst of corporate deals and personal conflict, their world goes unexpectedly out of control when an early morning spurt of unusual alarms turns out to be the beginning of a shocking nightmare neither expected... -
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![In Harm's Way by Traci Hunter Abramson]()
In Harm's Way by Traci Hunter Abramson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor years, Troy has lived in the shadows as a Guardian. As part of this secret government taskforce, he has agreed to oversee the team’s base of operations on a remote private island in Maine, replacing fellow agent Ace and his wife, Kristi, for a year. When Troy steps in to hold down the fort, however, he does not anticipate company... -
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Fearless Pursuit by Barbara Freethy
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSecrets and lies…strangers and spies… After the death of an asset, Special Agent Jax Kenin goes undercover bartending at an exclusive Hollywood club in hot pursuit of a spy ring. His mission gets complicated when a beautiful brunette begins asking questions about an old murder. She's making people nervous, and he needs to get her out of the way before she blows up his operation...Categorized as:
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![When Death Frees the Devil by L.J. Hayward]()
When Death Frees the Devil by L.J. Hayward
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEthan is finally free. He’s left the Cabal behind and embraced a civilian life with Jack, the man he loves. The only problem is that the Cabal isn’t willing to let him go. A call in the middle of the night and a threat to Jack’s family, and Ethan is back in the game. The only way out is to take on the organization that spent years warping his life... -
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Silent Evidence by Rachel Grant
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe man of her fantasies is finally hers. Sort of… Two things haunt forensic anthropologist Hazel MacLeod: the bones of victims of genocide she examines for her work, and former SEAL Sean Logan’s rejection. But within days of moving to her cousin’s estate to take a much needed break, she finds herself faced with both...Categorized as:
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![Word of Honor by Radclyffe]()
Word of Honor by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAll Cameron Roberts and Blair Powell want is a small, intimate wedding, but the paparazzi and a domestic terrorist have other plans. First Daughter Blair Powell and her lover Cameron Roberts, newly appointed deputy director of the Homeland Security Office, escape to a ski chalet in the Rockies after a harrowing attack by members of a domestic terrorism organization...Categorized as:
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![Incriminating Evidence by Rachel Grant]()
Incriminating Evidence by Rachel Grant
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom enemies to allies… When archaeologist Isabel Dawson stumbles upon an unconscious man deep in the Alaskan wilderness, her survival skills are put to the test. She tends his wounds and drags him to shelter, only to discover she’s saved the life of Raptor CEO Alec Ravissant—the man who may have covered up her brother’s murder to save his senatorial campaign...Categorized as:
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![A Stranger in the Family by Jane Casey]()
A Stranger in the Family by Jane Casey
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe gripping new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling authorEvery mother's worst nightmare . . .When nine-year-old Rosalie Marshall vanished from her bed one summer night, her disappearance tore her family apart.Now, sixteen years later, her mother Helena is found dead, her husband by her side... -
![Elantris by Brandon Sanderson]()
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 77 ratingsElantris was the capital of Arelon: gigantic, beautiful, literally radiant, filled with benevolent beings who used their powerful magical abilities for the benefit of all. Yet each of these demigods was once an ordinary person until touched by the mysterious transforming power of the Shaod. Ten years ago, without warning, the magic failed...Categorized as:
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![Cold Light of Day by Toni Anderson]()
Cold Light of Day by Toni Anderson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPhysicist Scarlett Stone is the daughter of the man considered to be the most notorious Russian agent in FBI history. With her father dying in prison she’s determined to prove he’s innocent, but time is running out. Using a false identity, she gains access to the Russian ambassador’s Christmas party, searching for evidence of a set-up...Categorized as:
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![Silent Scream by Karen Rose]()
Silent Scream by Karen Rose
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen a teenage girl dies in a suspicious fire, Detective Olivia Sutherland is assigned to track down the arsonist. Then she discovers something more sinister: a vicious blackmailer who preys on young people and murders without hesitation. Making her work even harder is sexy firefighter David Hunter...Categorized as:
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![Collateral Damage by Fern Michaels]()
Collateral Damage by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThrough all their adventures, the bond of the Sisterhood has remained steadfast and unshakeable. But for the first time, the Sisterhood verges on falling apart when the ladies have to choose between two difficult assignments. The first job guarantees a huge paycheck; the second offers a presidential pardon — and a chance to finally emerge from hiding...Categorized as:
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![The Elias Network by Simon Gervais]()
The Elias Network by Simon Gervais
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMr. & Mrs. Smith meets political thriller in this heart-pounding series debut about two undercover flames whose new mission risks exposing their true identities to the world…and, worse, each other.Caspian Anderson is a translator for the United Nations—or so he’s led everyone to believe... -
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Redwood Pack, Vol. 5 by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRedwood Pack Vol 5 contains the sixth book in the Redwood Pack series and a special novella in print and digital form.Hidden Destiny (Redwood Pack Book 6)North Jamenson has always held his wolf closer to the surface then others. He's the quiet one, the one no one really knows about yet he holds the darkest secret...Categorized as:
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![Best Man by C.J. Bishop]()
Best Man by C.J. Bishop
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome are brothers. Some are friends. All are the best. As our couples turn to the special people in their lives who were there for them during the worst of the worst, and extend their honored requests, the Phoenix family begin to make room for a new member who may be holding back the truth of how badly he was abused. Note: This is an M/M romance and should be read by readers 18yo and above only... -
![An Informal Introduction by Heather Gray]()
An Informal Introduction by Heather Gray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe saves lives. He protects them. And someone's trying to stop them both. Lily Ziminski is an ICU nurse near the nation's capital where politics are a regular part of hospital policy. Assigned a series of high-profile patients, she finds herself an unwilling focus of the media. Lily would much rather do without all the attention...except where one cowboy-hat-wearing state trooper is concerned... -
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Pervade Montego Bay by Vanessa Fewings
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor every patch of sun, there's a pool of shadows. For every stretch of paradise, there's a stain of secrets. Montego Bay offers everything the heart desires...and the soul fears. Emily Rampling once again finds herself in the throes of unforgettable passion and irresistible power as she dives deeper into the love of two men and the dangerous world they inhabit... -
![Lights Out by Natalie Walters]()
Lights Out by Natalie Walters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCIA analyst Brynn Taylor developed a new program to combat terrorism, and she invited members of foreign intelligence agencies to America to foster cooperation between countries. Now one of them, Egyptian spy Remon Riad, is missing.Jack Hudson has been working for the Strategic Neutralization and Protection Agency (SNAP) for almost nine years and takes the lead in hunting down the missing spy...Categorized as:
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![Loving Deep by Tracey Devlyn]()
Loving Deep by Tracey Devlyn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBiologist Britt Steele is on a mission-to protect endangered red wolves in the mountains of North Carolina. But when the wolves extend their territory, he clashes with the new landowner—his mentor’s daughter, a sexy, determined woman who intends to sell her inheritance to the highest bidder. Miranda Shepherd’s quirky bar is her passion, but money’s flowing out faster than she can pour a drink... -
![Blind Seed by Olivia Gaines]()
Blind Seed by Olivia Gaines
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAt a remote campsite in the mountains of North Carolina, a woman arrives seeking the protection of Boyd Glover, the technician known as Falling Rocks.Falling Rocks is renowned for being a careful, meticulous planner who leaves nothing to chance. He thinks everything through, six times over, before making a move or a decision...Categorized as:
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![Face-Off by Kathleen Brooks]()
Face-Off by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStone Townsend is the center for the pro-hockey team in Charleston. There are just a few things he’s concerned with: bringing his large family together again, leading his new team to a championship, and doing a lot of scoring–on and off the ice. Which is why it was the worst time to get an injury under new team management and a new coach... -
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![Girl of Rage by Charles Sheehan-Miles]()
Girl of Rage by Charles Sheehan-Miles
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFour days ago, Andrea Thompson agreed to fly to the United States to help her sister Carrie. Four days ago, everything changed. Now Andrea is lost and on the run. Dylan Paris is missing. Julia and Crank Wilson are under investigation by the Internal Revenue Service. The Thompson family is scattered and in danger, and Andrea’s very identity may hold the key to unlock decades of buried secrets...Categorized as:
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![Ending Evil by Vickie McKeehan]()
Ending Evil by Vickie McKeehan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Evil TrilogyThree friends believe they have escaped the evil clutches that have haunted them since childhood until a stranger brings revenge full circle. Ending EvilThe castoff daughter of rock star, Nick Tyler and artist, Ella Canyon, Quinn is determined to overcome her grim childhood and achieve her lifelong dream of becoming a doctor... -
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Click by Nora Phoenix
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe doesn't just want the friendship or the benefits. He wants it all.Rhett, the White House photographer, is tired of everyone treating him like he’s fragile. He wants a life of his own. Punch his V-card. A boyfriend.Making new friends is a good first step, even if it’s with his boss, Calix, who’s fifteen years his senior. Calix is kind and protective, and he encourages Rhett to spread his wings...Categorized as:
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![Girl of Lies by Charles Sheehan-Miles]()
Girl of Lies by Charles Sheehan-Miles
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAndrea Thompson is smart, assertive and beautiful. She’s also desperately lonely. Raised in Europe by her grandmother, she struggles knowing neither of her parents wanted her, and she has no idea why. When Andrea receives an urgent call from her older sister Carrie, she agrees to fly to the United States to help. Carrie’s newborn daughter Rachel needs a bone marrow transplant... -
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Covert Evidence by Rachel Grant
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFalling in love was never part of his mission… With visions of professional glory, underwater archaeologist Cressida Porter embarks on a research trip deep into the heart of Eastern Turkey. Her dreams turn into nightmares when she becomes the unwitting courier for a terrorist network...Categorized as:
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Cold Evidence by Rachel Grant
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe frigid waters of the Pacific Northwest are about to get hot… The only thing Navy underwater archaeologist Undine Gray fears more than facing former SEAL Luke Sevick is never scuba diving again...Categorized as:
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