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  • State of Grace by Marie Force

    State of Grace by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Christmas at the White House Wouldn’t Be Complete Without a Murder or Two…The holiday season is under way in Washington, D.C., but Metro Police Lieutenant Sam Holland is busier than ever as she contends with the murder of a well-liked wife, mother and businesswoman found bound, gagged and dead for quite some time inside her minivan, miles from her home...
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    crime  family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  epic
  • Gone Too Far by Debra Webb

    Gone Too Far by Debra Webb

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    This second entry in USA Today bestselling author Debra Webb’s Devlin & Falco series proves that sometimes the past is best left forgotten.As veteran detectives of the Birmingham Police Department, Kerri Devlin and Luke Falco have seen it all. So when the city’s new hotshot deputy district attorney turns up dead as part of a double homicide, the partners immediately get to work...
  • She Can Kill by Melinda Leigh

    She Can Kill by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Reformed assassin Cristan Rojas just wants to raise his daughter in peace. But after twelve years on the run, he learns that even the quiet little town of Westbury, Pennsylvania, has many hidden dangers...
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    crime  family  female-mc  abuse  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Fatal Accusation by Marie Force

    Fatal Accusation by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A deadly serious affair… The story breaks as Metro PD lieutenant Sam Holland attends a dinner party with her husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano: President Nelson is accused of having an affair. More shocking still, campaign staffer Tara Weber claims the president fathered her newborn son—while the First Lady was undergoing secret cancer treatment...
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    crime  family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  epic
  • Saturdays at Sweeney's by Ashley Farley

    Saturdays at Sweeney's by Ashley Farley

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Members of the Sweeney family, young and old, chart their courses for the future in this final installment of the bestselling Sweeney Sisters Series. When the seafood business Lovie Sweeney established sixty years ago is destroyed by fire, she finds herself at the center of an arson investigation...
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    family  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  epic  fiction  friendship
  • Reliving Fate by Natasha Preston

    Reliving Fate by Natasha Preston

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Murder. Guilt. Obsession. When Bella stumbles upon her dead sister’s diary, she sets out on a mission to find her sister’s killer, but it leads her to the wrong side of town. And right into the path of Rocco, a loner, a bad boy, who is determined to keep her away. After all, you protect your own, and Bella certainly doesn’t belong with the likes of him...
  • Lowcountry on My Mind by Ashley Farley

    Lowcountry on My Mind by Ashley Farley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Childhood friends reunite in an explosive tale of family dysfunction and romance gone wrong.Amelia has been plotting to escape her abusive husband for years. When her mama’s untimely death provides an unexpected opportunity, she hops on the next bus to the South Carolina Lowcountry. Her husband will eventually come for her. But she’s prepared...
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    family  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery  romance
  • Sweet Child O' Mine by Lexi Blake

    Sweet Child O' Mine by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A look into the life at McKay-Taggart on the day Charlie and Ian have their babies...
  • Hidden by Stephanie St. Klaire

    Hidden by Stephanie St. Klaire

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Firefighter Colton Sparks is beautiful, brawny, and lonely? Colton, a die-hard romantic, is looking for a Hallmark worthy happily ever after, but finding Mrs. Right has been as fruitful as playing the lottery. It’s no secret that he dreams of white picket fences, finding love, and having a family. He has the white picket fence, he just needs her. He’s every woman’s dream; they just aren’t his...
  • Change of Tides by Ashley Farley

    Change of Tides by Ashley Farley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Second Chances and New RomancesBirdie Fuller doesn’t like change. And a lot of change is happening at once. Her daughter and three-year-old grandson are moving out of her apartment to a nearby city. Will Birdie be able to survive the loneliness without Hannah and Gus? She joins a dating website to find companionship and meets the seemingly perfect man...
  • Playing Dirty by Liliana Hart

    Playing Dirty by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    J.J. Graves and her husband, Sheriff Jack Lawson, are sworn to protect and serve. The Christmas season brings out the best—and worst—in people, and death hits close to home when a Bloody Mary local is murdered. Bringing justice to the dead is what they do—even when they don’t like the victim...
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    crime  family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Second Time Sweeter by Beverly Jenkins

    Second Time Sweeter by Beverly Jenkins

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    NAACP nominee and USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins continues her beloved Blessings series with a new heartwarming novel set in Henry Adams, Kansas. Malachi “Mal” July has run into trouble in the past. With a reputation as a player, he’s now a recovering alcoholic and has made progress in redeeming himself in the eyes of his family and the citizens of Henry Adams, Kansas...
  • Dirty Rich One Night Stand: Two Years Later by Lisa Renee Jones

    Dirty Rich One Night Stand: Two Years Later by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    CONTINUING CAT AND REESE'S STORY (read the beginning of their story in Dirty Rich One Night Stand) Get ready for Cat and Reese’s story to continue in this novel that will test Cat and Reese’s relationship. Reese is preparing and trying the second hardest trial of his career when the past comes back to haunt him and Cat, just as their lives are getting ready to change irrevocably...
  • Love Me Dead by Lisa Renee Jones

    Love Me Dead by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The next heart-racing Lilah Love story is coming. This installment to Lilah's series is a standalone. Women are dying. The killer wants to play a game with Lilah Love. Lilah doesn't play games, she doesn't submit to demands...
  • Dirty Laundry by Liliana Hart

    Dirty Laundry by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A new novel in the New York Times bestselling series: Coroner JJ Graves and her husband Sheriff Jack Lawson are back on the job when the body of an elderly woman is found in Bloody Mary. Rosalyn McGowen is everyone’s favorite great-grandmother. She always has baked treats in her bag, she smells of roses, and she takes in stray cats. No one knows who could hurt a sweet old lady...
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    crime  family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Caleb: A Gritty Bad Boy MC Romance by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Caleb: A Gritty Bad Boy MC Romance by Ali Parker, Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today Best Selling author Ali Parker I’m a loner, and it seems I always will be. It’s safer that way. My last girl up and left because things got too dangerous. Not that I blame her. It’d be better if I could stay away from love for good, but the pretty single mom who dances at my club has my attention, then my body, and now my heart...
  • Obsession by T.K. Leigh

    Obsession by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One week. No names. No expectations.That was our agreement. We were supposed to walk away after our time in Hawaii was over. No matter what.That was before…Before I learned who she is.Before I realized how interconnected our lives are.Before I fell in love.But our love isn’t the stuff fairy tales are made of.Demons lurk around every corner.Good doesn’t necessarily prevail over evil...
  • The Little Teashop of Lost and Found by Trisha Ashley

    The Little Teashop of Lost and Found by Trisha Ashley

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Alice Rose is a foundling, discovered on the Yorkshire moors above Haworth as a baby. Adopted but then later rejected again by a horrid step-mother, Alice struggles to find a place where she belongs. Only baking – the scent of cinnamon and citrus and the feel of butter and flour between her fingers – brings a comforting sense of home...
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    family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • Nine of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Nine of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    ChristianI grew up in the suburbs of Seattle, raised by two people who wanted nothing but the best for me. They’d given me everything. A beautiful home, an excellent education, and so much love and respect. They were the two people I trusted most in the world—until I found out the truth...
  • Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove Vol 2: 50 Harbor Street\6 Rainier Drive\74 Seaside Avenue\8 Sandpiper Way by Debbie Macomber

    Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove Vol 2: 50 Harbor Street\6 Rainier Drive\74 Seaside Avenue\8 Sandpiper Way by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Debbie Macomber welcomes you to Cedar Cove! This is where you'll find small-town life at its best�and its most interesting… Meet some of the people living here: 50 Harbor Street is where private detective Roy McAfee and his wife, Corrie, live...
  • Xtreme Measures by Em Petrova

    Xtreme Measures by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The mafia, a smuggling ring and the wilds of Alaska are no match for Special Operative Elias Gasper. But a brazen redhead might be.Gasper’s known as the do-it-all guy. From HALO jumps to calming hostages, he’s on it. When he stumbles across a woman in hiding, he meets a new challenge in getting her to talk...
  • Out of the Blue by Kaylee Rose

    Out of the Blue by Kaylee Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Authors Note: Family of Blue (book 1) and Forever Blue (book 2) must be read prior to reading Out of the Blue, the final book in the series.For Kellie, life was almost perfect.She’d found the man of her dreams in Lance, and finally consigned their initial problems to the past...
  • Watching Over You by Lori Foster

    Watching Over You by Lori Foster

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Welcome back to Ridge Trail, Colorado! Get ready for the next book in Lori Foster’s thrilling McKenzies of Ridge Trail series.Detective Crosby Albertson has been tracking a criminal network. While investigating leads, he keeps crossing paths with members of the highly trained, suspiciously well-informed McKenzie family...
  • The Oyster Diver's Secret by Caroline Säfstrand, A.A. Prime

    The Oyster Diver's Secret by Caroline Säfstrand, A.A. Prime

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Set on the beautiful Swedish coast, this is a story of deep friendship and hope, about facing the worst parts of ourselves and stepping into a new future.Inez is ready to clean out her life. Seventy years old and no longer working as a women’s fiction author, her life has been accumulating in piles around her Swedish cottage by the sea. But it’s not just the house that needs cleaning...
  • Somewhere Only We Know by Barbara Freethy

    Somewhere Only We Know by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    #1 NY Times Bestselling Author delivers a romantic, emotional and suspenseful novel in SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW. Firefighter Burke Callaway has been living in the shadows since the tragic death of his fiancée. He had no interest in coming out of the dark, until the beautiful and unpredictable Maddie came back to town...
  • No Holding Back by Lori Foster

    No Holding Back by Lori Foster

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Not needing him won’t stop her from wanting him…Trucker Sterling (Star) Parson is no stranger to the challenges a woman faces, both in her industry and in life. But she can take care of herself. She’s never needed—or wanted—a man around...until she meets Cade McKenzie. The take-charge bar owner sets off all kinds of alarm bells for Sterling, but he also sets her heart racing...
  • Stronger Than You Know by Lori Foster

    Stronger Than You Know by Lori Foster

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Their secrets run deep, but desire runs deeper…Kennedy Brooks has spent years learning how to protect herself, and empowering other women to do the same. Still, there are some hazards that can’t be predicted. That includes Reyes McKenzie, who owns her local gym. Strong, capable, and watchful, he seems like the one man who might understand her past...
  • All My Lies Are True by Dorothy Koomson

    All My Lies Are True by Dorothy Koomson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Tell Me Your Secret and The Brighton Mermaid comes the breath-taking sequel to the iconic Sunday Times bestseller The Ice Cream Girls.Verity is telling lies...And that's why she's about to be arrested for attempted murder.Serena has been lying for years. . .And that may have driven her daughter, Verity, to do something unthinkable..
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    crime  family  female-mc  abuse  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Identity by Nora Roberts

    Identity by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A new thriller about one man's ice-cold malice, and one woman's fight to reclaim her life.Former Army brat Morgan Albright has finally planted roots in a friendly neighborhood near Baltimore. Her friend and roommate Nina helps her make the mortgage payments, as does Morgan's job as a bartender...
    Categorized as:
    crime  family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  drama
  • Spark of Hope by Kathleen Kelly

    Spark of Hope by Kathleen Kelly

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My woman has been taken.As President of the Loyal Rebels MC, I look out for a lot of people.Lola has never been one of them. She’s always taken care of herself.I’ve never officially claimed her.Everyone knows Lola is mine, and no one touches what’s mine. She’s been with me for four years, but Lola has secrets, ones I never even thought to ask her about...
  • A Dollop of Delight by Kelly Collins

    A Dollop of Delight by Kelly Collins

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s tired of coming in second. He needs to be first. Will a baking competition chill the air or bring heat to the kitchen? Pastry chef Chloe Mason is always chosen last, so when she has to fill a space for a no-show contestant on the popular reality cooking show The Big Bake-off, she vows to settle for nothing less than first place...
  • The House of Lies by Debra Burroughs

    The House of Lies by Debra Burroughs

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Debra Burroughs... P.I. Emily Parker and sexy police detective Colin Andrews are back, along with their close circle of friends. The House of Lies is Book 7 and you are in for another exciting and dangerous murder mystery with a thrilling dose of romance. Emily is fighting to clear the prime murder suspect while Colin is working to put him in jail...
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    crime  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  cozy  fiction  mystery
  • Neighbors: A Novel by Danielle Steel

    Neighbors: A Novel by Danielle Steel

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In Danielle Steel’s gripping new novel, a reclusive woman opens up her home to her neighbors in the wake of a devastating earthquake, setting off events that reveal secrets, break relationships apart, and bring strangers together to forge powerful new bonds.Meredith White was one of Hollywood’s most recognizable faces...
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    crime  family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  drama
  • In Plain Sight by Fern Michaels

    In Plain Sight by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    THE BOND OF SISTERHOOD For years Myra Rutledge and Annie de Silva, founding members of the Sisterhood, have funded an underground network run by former Supreme Court Justice Pearl Barnes to help women escape abusive relationships...
  • One Minute Later: A Novel by Susan Lewis

    One Minute Later: A Novel by Susan Lewis

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    International bestselling author Susan Lewis’ riveting, unforgettable novel of a woman whose life changes in an instant and the handsome young man with whom she shares a secret history—perfect for readers of Jodi Picoult, Diane Chamberlain, and Susan Wiggs.  How well do you know the people you love? For one young woman returning to the past, the answer could be heart-shattering..
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    crime  family  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  drama
  • Her First Mistake by Kendra Elliot, Stephanie Németh-Parker

    Her First Mistake by Kendra Elliot, Stephanie Németh-Parker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    10 hours, 7 minutes When a very personal cold case murder is reopened, a detective’s secrets come to light in a novel of shocking twists and suspense by a Wall Street Journal bestselling author.Thirteen years ago, Assemblyman Derrick Bell was murdered in his home by an intruder. His wife, Noelle Marshall, was left for dead. The crime was unsolved, but it wasn’t forgotten...
  • Gage by Delores Fossen

    Gage by Delores Fossen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He faked his death for good reason, but CIA operative Gage Ryland has a better reason to come back from the grave. Though they had a bitter breakup years ago, Gage wants to save his ex-wife - his very pregnant ex-wife - Lynette Herrington from a vengeful hit man. Obviously the baby proves she's gotten over Gage...
  • True North by M.E. Montgomery

    True North by M.E. Montgomery

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alex and Kayla have found in each other what they need to move moved beyond the tragedies of their pasts and are ready to embrace their future together. But the problem with the past is it doesn’t always agree to be left behind, and sometimes it follows, unwilling to let go. Now everything they thought they knew to be true is suddenly turned up on end...
    Categorized as:
    family  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  epic  fiction  mystery
  • Retaliation by Mimi Barbour

    Retaliation by Mimi Barbour

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A virgin librarian with hot-chick potential, the conflicts in her story won’t let you put the book down. Be prepared for an all-nighter… She watches the mob kill her twin and is too frozen with fear to stop them. How can she live with that cowardice eating away at her self-respect? Revenge claws at her sheltered existence until she can’t breathe. Though she’s naïve, she isn’t stupid...
  • Stirred by Annie Dyer

    Stirred by Annie Dyer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Enemies. Foes. Until one night changed them forever. The small town of Severton doesn’t have many secrets. One of the few is exactly why Scott Maynard, bar owner and search and rescue hero, refuses to speak, acknowledge or even breathe the same air as Keren Leigh...
  • Irresistible at Christmas by Tamara Ferguson, Natalie Ann

    Irresistible at Christmas by Tamara Ferguson, Natalie Ann

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Celebrate The Heart of The Season With EIGHT BRAND-NEW, NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED CHRISTMAS STORIES From Nine New York Times & USA Today Bestselling, Award Winning Authors.Ranging from fun and flirty romantic comedy to poignant holiday romance, this collection of semi-sweet and steamy stories will have you crying one moment while laughing the next...
  • Diamond Days by Suzanne Steele

    Diamond Days by Suzanne Steele

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When shots ring out at a wedding, it leaves the Glazov family wondering if they are up against their most dangerous enemy to date--an insider... This is the first time the family has ever faced a betrayal from within. Told in third person past tense, all the couples make an appearance, with Glazov being the strong lead...
  • Notorious by Carey Baldwin

    Notorious by Carey Baldwin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The woman everyone loves to hate is dead. Dallas socialite Cynthia Langhorne is infamous for her beauty, her philanthropy, and her home wrecking--until she's found shot through the heart and posed nude at a fundraising ball. The case is high profile, and there's a bigger problem: Cindy is the wife of a decorated FBI special agent--the prime suspect in her murder...
  • Lost at Sea by A.E. Radley

    Lost at Sea by A.E. Radley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Annie Peck finds herself in a terrible situation and is literally running for her life. A chance encounter with a surprising lookalike leads her towards a risky solution. Captain Caroline West knows she is lucky to be one of the few women cruise ship captains in the world...
    Categorized as:
    crime  family  female-mc  adult  age-gap  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Riverstar by Tess Thompson

    Riverstar by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After ending an affair with a married movie producer, feisty Hollywood makeup artist Bella Webber finds herself back in the quaint Oregon town of River Valley, the location of a famous director’s latest film...
    Categorized as:
    crime  family  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Running by Calle J. Brookes

    Running by Calle J. Brookes

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Seth Lorcan thrived on undercover work and he was good at it. But his latest assignment brought him dangerously close to the edge—and made him a target, from both the bad guys and the good. And if he didn't act fast, all the information he'd risked his life to obtain would be gone, just as quick as the memory card could be destroyed. What he needed was a ride out of there..
  • High Blue Sky by Victoria Connelly

    High Blue Sky by Victoria Connelly

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What would you sacrifice to be with the person you love?Summer has arrived and it’s over a year since strangers Abigail and Edward bought Winfield Hall at auction and restored it together. Now, two new tenants are about to join them at their beautiful Georgian home...
  • Dirty Deeds by Jenna Bennett

    Dirty Deeds by Jenna Bennett

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With hotels in downtown filled to capacity months in advance, real estate agent Savannah Martin decides to pick up some extra money renting out her empty East Nashville apartment. She’s living with her boyfriend, and the place is just sitting there, begging to be put to use...
    Categorized as:
    family  crime  female-mc  romance  mystery  cozy  fiction  contemporary
  • Mug Shot: A Java Jive Mystery by Caroline Fardig

    Mug Shot: A Java Jive Mystery by Caroline Fardig

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Full of humor and suspense, the bestselling Java Jive series heats up as the irrepressible heroine of Death Before Decaf faces off against Nashville’s upper crust to solve a shocking murder. Former musician Juliet Langley has barely had a day off since taking over management of the coffeehouse owned by her best friend, Pete Bennett...
  • Stone by Savannah Rylan

    Stone by Savannah Rylan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I always get what I want. Until now.The club has been infiltrated. There’s a cop who knows too much. And it’s my job as President to clean up this sh*t. I can’t afford any distractions. But when Hayley slams into my bike, she’s all I think about. Her thick curves make me want to take her for a ride. She quickly becomes the stress relief that I need...
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