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High Stakes Deception by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFormer Texas Ranger and rodeo champion Ainsley Tatum will do whatever is necessary to figure out the truth surrounding her brother’s death in a terrorist bombing fifteen years ago. When her boss at Vanishing Ranch hands her the opportunity to find answers, Ainsley is all in—except for one caveat... -
Lethal Betrayal by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEmily Holcomb never thought working for a nonprofit would endanger her life. But when she’s abducted by ruthless men, it’s clear someone has an agenda they don’t want exposed. She manages to escape, only to find herself at the mercy of another man. But is he her oasis or a deadly mirage?Former Mexican federal police commander Mateo Garcia wants to leave his painful past behind... -
A Heart Renewed by Kimberly Rae Jordan
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis story deals with sensitive issues that may be triggering for some readers. Please read the Note to the Reader right before the start of Chapter One for more information.A single night changed everything for her.One man’s choices robbed her of her sense of security. She is powerless. Held captive by the fears in her mind... -
Healing Hearts: A Christian Romance by Kimberly Rae Jordan
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHelping those less fortunate than him shouldn’t have come at such a high cost.Ryker Bennet thought he had the world by the tail. A beautiful fiancée. A successful career as a pediatric surgeon. Plenty of money. Everything was perfect and on track for the life he’d planned for himself... -
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A Change of Heart by Samantha Price
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCherish gets a surprise visitor, who changes her life forever. That's not the only change for the Baker/Bruner family when tragedy strikes... -
In Spite of Ourselves by Jennifer Rodewald
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWho could build a life on such a monumental mistake?Jackson Murphy: family prankster, class clown… and now, smack in the middle of a Vegas-sized mess. All he’d wanted was to qualify for the Boston Marathon. After failing that goal, he slipped into a deep, sulking valley, only to emerge from it with a much bigger problem. He’s married...Categorized as:
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Secrets and Sacrifice: A Christian Romance by Juliette Duncan
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"SECRETS AND SACRIFICE" is the sequel to the highly acclaimed "Shadows Trilogy" books, but can also be read as a stand-alone novel. When Grace O’Connor arrives in the Scottish Highlands, she’s hiding a secret and trailing more baggage than she cares to admit. Grace’s sister, Brianna, has a history linked to Grace’s secret... -
Because of Him: A Christian Romance by Kimberly Rae Jordan
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBoth of their pasts have held pain and loss, but will they finally be able to move past it all together? In the blink of an eye, Cara Morgan lost her mom and the life she’d been building for herself as a professional ballet dancer. Within months, she had a new name and a new life in a small town on the other side of the country... -
Driftwood Danger by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s on one side of the fight to preserve Cape Corral. She’s on the other.Abigail Ferguson wakes up in a strange place with bruises on her face and her hands bound. Someone is trying to teach her family a painful lesson and using Abigail as a pawn. When she’s able to call for help, only one person comes to mind—law enforcement officer Grant Matthews... -
Night Vision: by Susan Sleeman
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA woman on the run with no one to trust…When a Christmas vacation at a snowy Mt. Hood cabin turns into a home invasion, Jenna Paine will do anything to protect her four-year-old daughter. Even if it means putting Jenna's own life on the line. Which she must do when the intruder threatens to kill her... -
Brink of Danger by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAnsley Wilder has always lived life on the wild side, using thrills to numb the pain from her past and escape her mistakes. But a near-death experience two years ago changed everything. When another incident nearly claims her life, she turns her thrill-seeking ways into a fight for survival. Ryan Philips left Fog Lake to chase adventure far from home... -
Sweet Afternoons by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWillen Hawkins knew exactly what she wanted to do with her unexpected inheritance: use it to fix up the Indigo Inn at Blueberry Beach. After all, it’s been more than eighteen years since she graduated from Blueberry Beach High and left town.The life she’s created for herself is far more lonely than the life she’d envisioned for herself as a teen... -
Misty Mornings by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs they agreed on the night of their high school graduation, Leiklyn and her two friends, Tiffany and Willen meet on the porch of the Manor at Blueberry Beach on April Fool’s day, eighteen years after being given their diplomas. Life hadn’t turned out as expected for any of them... -
Bungalow by the Bay by Kay Correll
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMaybe there’s time for one last wish at Lighthouse Point… Courtney Davis is perfectly content with the new life she’s found for herself and her son on Belle Island. They are finally safe from her past. AJ Hamilton can’t shake his past. He finished trying to prove to his family, the media, or anyone else that he’s anything more than the black sheep of the wealthy Hamilton family... -
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Shadow Game by Shawna Coleing
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe must put her faith in a God she doesn’t trust in order to save a man she can never have.Morgan Caine spent three years in prison for a crime she didn’t commit before being acquitted, but that doesn’t mean she’s innocent. While trying to rebuild her life, she takes a gamble and hacks into a computer network, stumbling across an assassination plot in the process... -
His Steadfast Love by Julie Lessman
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s bent on fun. He’s bent on faith. Till true love bridges the gap. Cat O’Bryen is the prodigal daughter unhappy with God. First, the father with whom she reconciled dies of cancer and now her twin sister and best friend marries, leaving Cat at home with a newlywed mother, her new husband, and a little brother... -
Fatal Vendetta by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTrapped in a deadly game, Addison Barlow has no choice but to play by her tormentor’s rules.Following a terrifying home invasion, Addison’s life is controlled by fear. As the threats rise, she flees to a friend’s secluded cabin by Lake Tahoe. But when the woman next door disappears, Addie worries she just escaped one bad situation for another... -
Reaching Her Heart: A Christian Romance by Kimberly Rae Jordan
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWill her heart ever be free to love again? Does she even want it to be? He had been the love of Shayna Caron’s life. Her husband. Her protector. Her world. But then he was tragically taken from her. As a single parent, her focus is completely on raising their son and trying to provide the best possible life for him... -
Something Lovely by Brooke St. James
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIvy's story is the ninth and final addition to the Bishop Family series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but it is recommended that you begin with book one to get the full experience of the family's history. Bishop Motorcycles had been a Memphis institution since the 1960's. Ivy's grandfather started the business, and her parents now helped him run it... -
A Touch of Romance by Kimberly Rae Jordan
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis Christian romance novel of 85,000 words is the sixth book in The Callaghans & McFaddens series from USA Today bestselling author Kimberly Rae Jordan. A HANDFUL OF FLOWERS (ASIN: B01APAIXM6) is the prequel to this series. All he’s wanted is a special woman to shower with love. Mitch Callaghan had a great example of a wonderful relationship as he grew up... -
The Tenderness of His Love by Kimberly Rae Jordan
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPLEASE NOTE: this book was part of the boxed set CHERISH which was available in 2017. If you purchased or read that boxed set, you will already have read this book... -
Legacy Rejected by Robin Patchen
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll she wants is a home, but there is no safe haven when mobsters are after you. Realtor Ginny Lamont's family has abandoned her, leaving her with nothing but a warning that she’s in danger. But Ginny's built a home in New Hampshire. After a childhood of nomadic living, she’s not running again, certainly not because of some nameless, baseless threat... -
Forever My Love by Kimberly Rae Jordan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFOREVER MY LOVE is book 2 in the Christian romance series The McKinleys by bestselling author, Kimberly Rae Jordan. Follow the stories of Eric, Brooke, Alicia and Victoria as their present lives are impacted by decisions and events in their past. This heartwarming series of love, faith and family is sure to inspire and move you. Brooke McKinley has room in her life for only one guy... -
Her Heart, His Home: A Christian Romance by Kimberly Rae Jordan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 5 in the bestselling Christian Romance series, Home To Collingsworth, Her Heart, His Home brings us the story of Will, the lone brother in the Collingsworth family. Will Collingsworth thought he'd had it all. A wife he adored. A job he enjoyed. Financial security through his inheritance. And a baby on the way. Then tragedy strikes, and he is left to raise his daughter on his own... -
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Beauty from Ashes by Kimberly Rae Jordan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBEAUTY FROM ASHES is book five of the Christian romance series, BLACKTHORPE SECURITY by Kimberly Rae Jordan. Follow the lives of the men and women working for BlackThorpe Security as they face the challenges of life, faith and love. The BlackThorpe Security series is a spin-off from the Christian romance series, The McKinleys... -
The Last Target by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe paper found in a terrorist's pocket holds six names--and single mom Rachel Reynolds is the only one on the list who's still alive. Private security contractor Jack Sergeant wants to ensure she stays that way, but first he must convince Rachel the danger is real. Rachel can't believe that someone's after her...until she's grazed by a shooter's bullet... -
Blue Columbine by Jennifer Rodewald
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBest friends—maybe more—until addiction shatters everything. Reeling from professional failure, Andrew Harris needs a fresh start. When he moves back to Colorado to join a Denver law firm, he runs into Jamie, his childhood sweetheart. She is still the kind and faithful girl he remembers—not to mention beautiful and still single... -
Finding Joy by Melanie D. Snitker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes, what looks like a dead end, is really a new beginning. A horrific accident changed everything for Parker Wilson. Unable to find solid footing in his disrupted life, he returns to his family's ranch, a place he thought he'd left behind for good. The scars on his face are a daily reminder of all he's lost, yet his mom still insists he needs to stop hiding and live his life again... -
Love at the Lighthouse by Kay Correll
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGaining her independence has been hard-won, but Susan Hall’s love of Belle Island and the small inn she runs with her son has seen her through. Adam Lyons needs money… and not only for himself. With a raise and a promotion on the line, he comes to Belle Island to convince the owner of a quaint inn to sell it to his company... -
Desperate Rescue by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsVanishing Ranch founder Charlie Soldier is closer than ever to discovering who orchestrated the hotel bombing that killed hundreds of people and ultimately led to her father’s death. But as she and her team tighten the noose, the culprit threatens to expose secrets that could destroy Charlie.Monroe Davis, Charlie’s right-hand man, has been sidelined with life-threatening injuries... -
Finding Home by Carolyne Aarsen
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNurse’s aide Naomi Deacon desperately wants to heal her devastated soul. After caring for her fiancé in his final months, she’s returned to her small hometown alone and looking for direction. So when a pregnant teenager needs in-home care, Naomi takes the job… even though the young woman’s step-brother is the bad boy who broke her heart... -
Refuge of the Heart by Ruth Logan Herne
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDistrict attorney Mitchell Sanderson lost his family to tragedy. He became a dogged prosecutor, with an enviable conviction rate. But when faith, conscience and love of a troubled refugee ripple the smooth waters of his existence, can Mitch risk everything for love? Magdalena Serida fought her way out of a govenment-quelled uprising in Chechnya... -
Everything Behind Us: A Murphy Brothers Story (Book 3) (Murphy Brothers Stories) by Jennifer Rodewald
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNeither wants to relive the past, but they need each other to face the future. Connor Murphy lives by a code of honor and service. Dignified, duty-bound, and responsible, he’s spent the past eight years as a single enlisted airman, determined never to mess up another person’s life the way he did Sadie’s... -
Loving the Entertainer by Cami Checketts
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA famous hotshot and the woman who broke his heart.Being famous isn’t enough for Sawyer, he has to make everyone around him famous. When the woman who told him he’d never be enough comes back into town it’s time to show her all she’s missing out on... -
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A Moment Like This by Staci Stallings
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWedding bells are pealing for Caleb James and Rachel Taylor in Ridgemount, North Carolina. Surrounded by their friends and family, the mad dash to the altar on New Year’s Eve is in full swing. With a house to remodel, a wedding to plan, and new opportunities and challenges around every corner, Caleb and Rachel, along with their friends, have no time to waste... -
Raising Attabury by Staci Stallings
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDani Richardson is living the dream. A corporate lawyer pursuing the case that could make her whole career, married to the man of her dreams with a beautiful child to boot, Dani knows this is the life she’s always wanted. What she can’t quite figure out is why she is so desperately, quietly miserable... -
My Little Gypsy by Brooke St. James
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere was no way love could ever exist between a Bishop and a Meyers. It was absolutely forbidden by both families. As far as Stephen Meyers was concerned, no one in the Bishop family would ever be good enough for his granddaughter. The Bishops were well aware of his feelings and his reputation, and they did everything they could to steer clear of him... -
Another Wish by Annie Dobbs
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHaley Connors is determined to make sure no one ruins her sister's wedding. So what she suspects that the charming best man, Mike Sanderson, is the one behind all the little things that have been going wrong. Mike isn’t anyone she intends to get to know better, and she has reason to believe he might not want to lose his best friend to marriage... -
Back to Bank Street by Brooke St. James
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBack to Bank Street is the ninth and final book in the bestselling Bank Street Stories series. We recommend that you read the stories in order, but they are all standalone romances.Ozzy Abramson had made a name for himself as a photographer. His specialty was portraiture, and he built beautiful scenes around the people he photographed... -
Heart's Ransom by Dora Hiers
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA leaky sink. An orphaned puppy. A naval officer who wants a second chance. Will love and faith win Arden's heart? Or has that ship already sailed…Arden Mayhall doesn’t know what to do with her life anymore. Approaching sixty, it’s not as if she can go out and find a job to fill the time she used to spend caring for her beloved husband... -
Coming Home: A Christian Romance by Kimberly Rae Jordan, Lesley Ann McDaniel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis Christian romance, Coming Home, is book 6 (and the last story) in the Home to Collingsworth series. Lily Collingsworth has been absent from her family home for almost three years. She has finally come to terms with the news that sent her running from her family and the man she was engaged to marry... -
Not Quickly Broken by L.N. Cronk
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhile romance has always been a strong part of each of the books in the series, Not Quickly Broken is the first novel written by L.N. Cronk to be actually classified as a "Romance" novel. Readers have known for a long time that Jordan and Charlotte were meant to be together, but that doesn't mean that things are going to be easy... -
The Harder They Fall by Brooke St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMost of Shelby Kennedy's friends were either married or in serious relationships. Her younger brother was about to get engaged, and two of her younger cousins were already married—not that she was counting. In reality, she hadn't given those facts much thought. She didn't mind her life the way it was. Being single really seemed to suit her... -
Dead Center: by Susan Sleeman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEveryone has a secret… When forensic photographer Ainsley Duncan’s brother is wrongly convicted of murder, she works hard to exonerate him through her contacts, but nothing clears his name until she happens upon a long-buried secret involving Grady Houston—the Veritas Center’s ballistics, firearms, and explosives expert... -
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Dead Heat by Susan Sleeman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTracing cyber criminals is his job… When hackers breach hospital security to steal patient records and begin blackmailing them, Veritas Center’s cybercrime expert, Nick Thorn is hired to locate security holes and patch the system. But he doesn’t stop there. He wants to bring down the hacker and make her pay... -
Dead Even by Susan Sleeman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen she discovers her worst nightmare…When Maya Glass—the Veritas Center’s toxicology/controlled substances expert—goes to check on her scientist friend after a cryptic phone message, Maya stumbles upon her worst nightmare. A deadly toxin has been released, her friend’s assistant has died in his secluded island lab, and her friend is missing... -
Sparks & Embers by Brooke St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAutumn Rains went to Lexington, Kentucky on a mission.This was no vacation.She had a very specific goal in mind.Autumn had done research and knew who she would encounter on the Tanner Farm.Photographs of the family were accessible on the internet, so she had an idea of what to expect when she arrived.Autumn was already aware that she would be meeting tall, handsome athletes on her trip... -
Breaking All The Rules by Rhonda McKnight
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome rules are made to be broken…About the BookDeniece Malcolm is shocked and heartbroken when she finds out her baby sister, Janette, is marrying Terrance Wright, because she was the one who was supposed to marry him! Everybody knows there’s a rule about dating exes. Janette is pregnant and not only is this wedding happening, but Deniece has to arrange the festivities... -
Treat You Better by Brooke St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI was all wrapped up with putting my life back together when I first laid eyes on the man of my dreams. I had been completely focused on figuring out exactly who I was and learning how to be a single mother, so it was a shock to my system when I met this handsome stranger. He ignited feelings I had forgotten existed. My encounter with him was so brief, however, that I didn't even get his name... -
So Happy Together by Brooke St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDaniel Bishop was content with his life. He had grown quite comfortable in his daily routine. He enjoyed working as an instructor at Alpha Security and had no desire to be out in the field like the other bodyguards he trained. Everything was going smoothly until his little sister asked him to accompany her to a gymnastics meet in Florida...
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