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Francesca by Gillian Y. Godden
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSingle mother Francesca is struggling to get by when an act of desperation leads to her owing a debt to notorious gangland boss, Tony Lambrianu. Tony has his own troubles – a change of image from playboy to respectable married man is needed to further his criminal career. He has women falling at his feet, but none he wants to make his wife... -
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Walk by Cora Brent
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“I saw him for who he was; not just some tortured ex-con trying to beat back his demons and figure out his place in the world. Stone Gentry was sexy, complex, damaged, mysterious. He was a man I could fall for …if he let me.” 1513 …The number of single lines you carefully scratched on a piece of notebook paper at each sunrise... -
![Coma Girl: Part 5 by Stephanie Bond]()
Coma Girl: Part 5 by Stephanie Bond
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNEW! An Amazon exclusive! From the international bestselling author of STOP THE WEDDING! and the BODY MOVERS mystery series comes a new story of family drama, suspense, comedy, and romance. In COMA GIRL, a victim of a tragic event lies in a hospital bed, at the mercy of friends and relatives who think she can't hear them. But she SO can. COMA GIRL is a daily serial available on stephaniebond... -
![Coma Girl: part 3 by Stephanie Bond]()
Coma Girl: part 3 by Stephanie Bond
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNEW! An Amazon exclusive! From the international bestselling author of STOP THE WEDDING! and the BODY MOVERS mystery series comes a new story of family drama, suspense, comedy, and romance. In COMA GIRL, a victim of a tragic event lies in a hospital bed, at the mercy of friends and relatives who think she can't hear them. But she SO can... -
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![Coma Girl: part 2 by Stephanie Bond]()
Coma Girl: part 2 by Stephanie Bond
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNEW! An Amazon exclusive!From the international bestselling author of STOP THE WEDDING! and the BODY MOVERS mystery series comes a new story of family drama, suspense, comedy, and romance.In COMA GIRL, a victim of a tragic event lies in a hospital bed, at the mercy of friends and relatives who think she can't hear them. But she SO can.The COMA GIRL daily serial is available on stephaniebond... -
![Kray: Broken Deeds MC by Esther E. Schmidt]()
Kray: Broken Deeds MC by Esther E. Schmidt
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKray and North are like a unit, where there's one, there's the other. When the both of them take a case involving a missing agent, they become more involved than they bargained for. Vienna is willing to do anything to find her sister and bring her home safe. Anything except shacking up with the two bikers who are dead set on solving this case... -
![Unfinished Business by J.A. Jance]()
Unfinished Business by J.A. Jance
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this heart-pounding and sharply written thriller from J.A. Jance, the “grand master of the genre” (The Providence Journal), Ali Reynolds’s personal life is thrown into turmoil just as two men show up on the scene—a former employee of her husband’s who has just been released from prison and a serial killer who sets his sights a little too close to home... -
![刑罰 by Ferdinand von Schirach, フェルディナント・フォン・シーラッハ]()
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![Shattered Rhythm by R.B. Hilliard]()
Shattered Rhythm by R.B. Hilliard
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsChaz Jones’ life hasn’t been easy. Meltdown’s newest drummer doesn’t give a damn about anything except for his kit, his sticks and his throne. Music offers him a way out and he takes it, only to discover it isn’t enough. Nothing is ever enough. … Until Olivia Olivia Marshall had her dream job, her dream boyfriend, and her dream life... -
![Blood Brothers: A gritty, unforgettable gangland thriller from bestseller Heather Atkinson by Heather Atkinson]()
Blood Brothers: A gritty, unforgettable gangland thriller from bestseller Heather Atkinson by Heather Atkinson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen you’re running the streets, loyalty is everything…Gangs rule the streets of the rough Gallowburn Estate in Glasgow, but the deepest rivalry of all is between Jamie Gray and his friends, known as the Blood Brothers, and their enemies, the Lawsons... -
![Coma Girl: Part 4 by Stephanie Bond]()
Coma Girl: Part 4 by Stephanie Bond
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the international bestselling author of STOP THE WEDDING! and the BODY MOVERS mystery series comes a new story of family drama, suspense, comedy, and romance. In COMA GIRL, a victim of a tragic event lies in a hospital bed, at the mercy of friends and relatives who think she can't hear them. But she SO can. COMA GIRL is a daily serial available on stephaniebond... -
![Someone Else's Baby by Ruby Speechley]()
Someone Else's Baby by Ruby Speechley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe gave away her children. Now she wants them back.Charlotte Morgan knows how it feels to desperately want a baby. As a child, seeing her mum devastated by losing her longed-for babies, Charlotte wished another woman could give her mother what she so craved... -
![In the Blink of An Eye by Jo Callaghan]()
In the Blink of An Eye by Jo Callaghan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratings'THE MOST ORIGINAL CRIME NOVEL YOU'LL READ THIS YEAR' CLARE MACKINTOSH ‘THIS HAS TO BE A STRONG CONTENDER FOR CRIME DEBUT OF THE YEAR’ T. M. LOGAN In the UK, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds. Just gone. Vanished. In the blink of an eye. DCS Kat Frank knows all about loss. A widowed single mother, Kat is a cop who trusts her instincts... -
![Therapy by Sebastian Fitzek]()
Therapy by Sebastian Fitzek
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsNo witnesses, no evidence, no body: Star psychologist Viktor Larenz’s twelve-year-old daughter, Josy, who had suffered from an inexplicable illness, has vanished under mysterious circumstances during a visit to her doctor, and the investigation into her disappearance has brought no results. Four years later, Viktor remains a man shattered by this tragedy... -
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![Timber by Courtney Lynn Rose]()
Timber by Courtney Lynn Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTimberCaelan Finnigan is mine.Just because she's technically a clubwh*re, and I haven't claimed her as my ol' lady, doesn't change a thing. She's been mine since she was twenty-three, she just didn't realize it.Even though I swore I'd never take an ol' lady, things are changing. I'm changing. Watching my sister getting married, my older brother having a baby-- I want all that... -
![Evil: Finding St. Germaine by Judith Lucci]()
Evil: Finding St. Germaine by Judith Lucci
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor Fans of Robin Cook, Tess Gerritsen, Patricia Cornwell, Michael Palmer Alex returns to Wyndley Farm, her childhood home in Virginia, to await the birth of her baby. An urgent call from Crescent City Medical Center compels her to return to New Orleans to investigate cruel, questionable incidents and heinous patient deaths...Categorized as:
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![AF MC Ohio Book Three by Esther E. Schmidt]()
AF MC Ohio Book Three by Esther E. Schmidt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne nameless encounter six years ago leaves both C.Rash and Magnolia with scorching memories. After all these years they both would like to find the one they shared a one-night stand with, though both for different reasons. Memories can either haunt you or give you the strength to hold on and pull yourself through dark moments. Magnolia experienced both... -
![Changing Lanes by Maren Lee]()
Changing Lanes by Maren Lee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLane Bennett is the new hotshot lead public defender of Bounty County. A transplant from Chicago to Montana, Lane ran from the big city to escape a bad breakup, a far-too-stressful job, and all the anxiety issues that came along with it. But kicking ass and taking names as a small town public defender often pits her against the hottie Sheriff's Department deputies...Categorized as:
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![Healing What's Mine: Hound Search & Rescue Book 3 by Autum Remington]()
Healing What's Mine: Hound Search & Rescue Book 3 by Autum Remington
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHawk I’ve never felt this way before. Seeing her but never having her is torture that even rivals my past... well, almost. I’m too dark, too broken. I never want to bring her into the nightmare that is my life. Just when I think I have found the one to chase away the darkness and heal my broken soul, someone tries to take what’s mine. I find I will stop at nothing to bring them down... -
![Hero's Flight by Janie Crouch]()
Hero's Flight by Janie Crouch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAir Force Combat Controller Derek Bollinger knows what it is to feel that every breath might be his last. Enduring hell in an enemy prison for five weeks taught him that.The only thing that got him through it was the thought of his family, his hometown of Oak Creek, Wyoming, and especially of Becky Mackay.He survived, but with blood on his hands. His own. His friends’ who died beside him... -
![Tear Me Apart by J.T. Ellison]()
Tear Me Apart by J.T. Ellison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOne moment will change their lives forever…Competitive skier Mindy Wright is a superstar in the making until a spectacular downhill crash threatens not just her racing career but her life. During surgery, doctors discover she’s suffering from a severe form of leukemia, and a stem cell transplant is her only hope. But when her parents are tested, a frightening truth emerges... -
![The Mercy of Snakes by Dean Koontz]()
The Mercy of Snakes by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA series of suspicious deaths in a retirement home draws Nameless into the confidence of a terrified former resident—and into the dark heart of a shocking conspiracy. In part five of the Nameless series, it’s time to hunt.Oakshore Park is Michigan’s most exclusive assisted-living community. Presided over by two killer angels of mercy, it’s also the go-to facility in assisted dying... -
![Boucher House: Book 1 by B.C. Morgan]()
Boucher House: Book 1 by B.C. Morgan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen I first came to the Boucher House I thought it would be simple. It was supposed to be easy; follow the rules, and take the meds they give you so you can become better. But what if they're not trying to cure us? Everyday I feel like I'm changing more and more from the person I used to be. I'm not quite sure who I've become throughout the torturous treatments and sessions with Dr... -
![Effacement by Hieronymus Hawkes]()
Effacement by Hieronymus Hawkes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen recording every aspect of your life has become the law, what happens when your connection to the world is severed? With the advent of BioNarratus’s Vitasync neurochip, serious crime has all but disappeared. Without a lifelog you can’t get a bank account, medical insurance, or a job... -
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![Underneath by Andie M. Long, Michelle Dunbar]()
Underneath by Andie M. Long, Michelle Dunbar
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the Author of The Alphabet Game comes a tale of drama and suspense. LAUREN LAWLER’s life is visually perfect. However husband Niall seems to have forgotten she exists. Running a Vintage shop on Ebay and meeting her best friend Monique for coffee and shopping, Lauren feels settled but bored... -
![Deceive Me by Karen Cole]()
Deceive Me by Karen Cole
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA PERFECT FAMILY OR A PERFECT LIE? When Jo's teenage daughter goes missing, she feels like the world is collapsing around her. Has Grace been taken or have recent tensions between mother and daughter driven her away? With little urgency from the police who have dismissed Grace as a teenage runaway who will soon return home, Jo takes matters into her own hands... -
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Fear Nothing by Lisa Gardner
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn #1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner’s latest pulse-pounding thriller, Detective D. D. Warren must face a new fear as a serial killer terrorizes Boston.My name is Dr. Adeline Glen. Due to a genetic condition, I can’t feel pain. I never have. I never will. The last thing Boston Detective D. D. Warren remembers is walking the crime scene after dark... -
![Never Lie by Freida McFadden]()
Never Lie by Freida McFadden
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsNewlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams.But when they visit the remote manor that once belonged to Dr. Adrienne Hale, a renowned psychiatrist who vanished without a trace four years earlier, a violent winter storm traps them at the estate… with no chance of escape until the blizzard comes to an end... -
![She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica]()
She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient’s frightening past in this chilling thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Local Woman Missing and Just the Nicest Couple.Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom to a teenage daughter and working as a full time nurse... -
![Daddy's Little Survivor by Everly Raine]()
Daddy's Little Survivor by Everly Raine
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith no plan in mind, Monroe knows only one thing. That if she doesn’t take this chance to escape, the next beating might be her last. Out of gas, food, and luck, desperate for rest and safety, she pulls up to the side of a residential street to gather her thoughts...Categorized as:
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![I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is In Love with a Pedophile: 6 Patient Files From Prison by Dr. Harper]()
I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is In Love with a Pedophile: 6 Patient Files From Prison by Dr. Harper
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe highly anticipated sequel to I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is Going to be the Next School ShooterI've counseled the most chilling criminals... A young inmate who fell in love with a pedophile. A man who intentionally infected strangers with HIV. A patient with an extremely unusual addiction. A sociopath who wanted to have a conscience... -
![I Want Never Gets by Tracey Waples]()
I Want Never Gets by Tracey Waples
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsENVY. OBSESSION. REVENGE. Years after she fell out with her best friend, Laura remains terrified of the past coming back to haunt her… Laura, the only child of doting parents, is at the centre of what seems a perfect family. Daughter of a well-known television personality, she spends her time between their idyllic Northumberland farmhouse and summers on the Amalfi coast... -
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Critical Conditions by Stephen White
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Stephen White comes the sixth suspense thriller featuring psychologist Dr. Alan Gregory.Summoned to the hospital to learn the motives behind a teenage girl's suicide attempt, Alan discovers that the girl's young stepsister lies near death in another hospital with a heart disease... -
![All For You by Louise Jensen]()
All For You by Louise Jensen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe new gripping psychological thriller from the bestselling author The Date and The SisterMEET THE WALSH FAMILYLucy: Mother. Wife. Falling to pieces . . .Aidan: Father. Husband. In too deep . . .Connor: Son. Brother. Can never tell the truth . . .Everyone in this family has something to hide, but what are they trying to protect, and at what cost?IT WAS ALL FOR YOU... -
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![First Do No Evil by Carey Baldwin]()
First Do No Evil by Carey Baldwin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBella: It's a lifesaving vaccine with one deadly side effect—murder. There’s a killer lurking in Dr. Skylar Novak’s family tree—the gene for breast cancer. That's why her brilliant brother invented the Bella vaccine. But even if the miracle drug protects her from the cancer that took her mother's life, it can't save Sky from the flesh and bone evil stalking her in secret... -
![Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham]()
Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLucy Sharpe is larger than life. Magnetic, addictive. Bold and dangerous. Especially for Margot, who meets Lucy at the end of their freshman year at a liberal arts college in South Carolina. Margot is the shy one, the careful one, always the sidekick and never the center of attention... -
![Deadly Secrets and Lies by Stacy Claflin, Sarah A. Denzil]()
Deadly Secrets and Lies by Stacy Claflin, Sarah A. Denzil
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is an exciting multi-author bundle that will keep you turning the pages well into the night! Watch Your Back by Stacy Rosy Hills — with its peaceful ambiance and friendly neighbors — seems like the perfect place for Ariana and Damon to start over and heal from their pasts. But when their neighbor Rita disappears, they realize their new community may hide a killer…One For Sorrow by Sarah A... -
![Ride-along by Maren Lee]()
Ride-along by Maren Lee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChloe Tisdale is a fun-loving woman with a crappy job, no current prospects for romance, and the apparent inability to listen to instructions from demanding men. After a run-in with a creepy stalker, she heads for Imminence, Montana to hide out and party with her wild, foul-mouthed cousin. Conveniently for Chloe, her cousin's husband just happens to be the Sheriff of Bounty County... -
![Ward D by Freida McFadden]()
Ward D by Freida McFadden
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsMedical student Amy Brenner is spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward.Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospital’s inpatient mental health unit. There are very specific reasons why she never wanted to do this required overnight rotation. Reasons nobody can ever find out... -
![True Crime Story by Joseph Knox]()
True Crime Story by Joseph Knox
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 19 ratings'What happens to those girls who go missing? What happens to the Zoe Nolans of the world?' In the early hours of Saturday 17 December 2011, Zoe Nolan, a nineteen-year-old Manchester University student, walked out of a party taking place in the shared accommodation where she had been living for three months.She was never seen again... -
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Malice by Jennifer Jaynes
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratings8 hours, 23 minutesThe perfect life becomes the perfect nightmare in a twisting novel of psychological suspense from #1 USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Jaynes…Dr. Daniel Winters is living a fairy-tale life. He has a beachfront home in Malibu, a career as a respected pediatrician at a thriving Los Angeles practice, and a gorgeous new wife, Mia... -
![The Serial Killer's Daughter by Lesley Welsh]()
The Serial Killer's Daughter by Lesley Welsh
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCharmer, liar, father… Killer. Suzanne’s life changes forever the day she receives a visit from Rose Anderson, the woman who has been living with her estranged father, Don. Don is dead, but Rose wants Suzanne to have his possessions – including a series of intimate diaries and a mysterious collection of photographs of women... -
![Critical Judgment: A Novel by Michael Palmer]()
Critical Judgment: A Novel by Michael Palmer
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the tiny town of Patience, California, newcomer Dr. Abby Dolan has noticed a frightening syndrome among her emergency room patients. It begins with a baffling, seemingly minor set of symptoms, but builds relentlessly until it plunges its victims into insane, murderous rages. As she searches for clues to this deadly mystery, Abby's superiors make it clear her probing is unwelcome... -
![An Inconvenient Woman by Dominick Dunne]()
An Inconvenient Woman by Dominick Dunne
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJules Mendelson is wealthy. Astronomically so. He and his wife lead the kind of charity-giving, art-filled, high-society life for which each has been carefully groomed. Until Jules falls in love with Flo March, a beautiful actress/waitress. What Flo discovers about the superrich is not a pretty sight. And in the end, she wants no more than what she was promised... -
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![Boy A by Jonathan Trigell]()
Boy A by Jonathan Trigell
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA is for Apple. A bad apple. Jack has spent most of his life in juvenile institutions; he's about to be released with a new name, new job, and a new life. At 24, he is utterly innocent of the world, yet guilty of a monstrous childhood crime. To his new friends, he is a good guy with occasional flashes of unexpected violence. To his girlfriend, he is strangely naive and unreachable... -
![People Like Us by Dominick Dunne]()
People Like Us by Dominick Dunne
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe way journalist Gus Bailey tells it, old money is always preferred, but occasionally new money sneaks in--even where it is most unwelcome. After moving from Cincinnati, Elias and Ruby Renthal strike it even richer in New York, turning their millions into billions. It would be impolite for high society to refuse them now. Not to mention disadvantageous... -
![Do No Harm by L.V. Hay, Lucy V. Hay]()
Do No Harm by L.V. Hay, Lucy V. Hay
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter leaving her marriage to jealous, possessive oncologist Maxwell, Lily and her six-year-old son have a second chance at happiness with teacher Sebastian. Kind but vulnerable, Sebastian is the polar opposite of Maxwell, and the perfect match for Lily. After a whirlwind romance, they marry, and that's when things start to go wrong... -
![Hideaway Isle Complete Series: Books 1-4 by Kelly Utt]()
Hideaway Isle Complete Series: Books 1-4 by Kelly Utt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReeling and in shock after witnessing a gruesome accident, Margot fled her home state of Florida, choosing a path that would take her far away from the pain. She left everything behind, including her little sister, Lottie.Now, seven years later, mysterious happenings on the island lead Margot to the realization that she must return home and face the ghosts of her past... -
![Her Deadly Secret by Chris Curran]()
Her Deadly Secret by Chris Curran
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA FAMILY BUILT ON LIES…A dark and twisty psychological thriller, in which a young girl is abducted and her family is confronted with a horror from deep in their past. Perfect for fans of BA Paris and Sue Fortin.A young girl has been taken. Abducted, never to be seen again.Joe and Hannah, her traumatized parents, are consumed by grief... -
![Three Secrets by Clare Boyd]()
Three Secrets by Clare Boyd
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA terrible secret killed your husband… But which one? Robert kisses his wife on the head before heading out to the shop for more wine; he walks up the hill, takes a left across the footbridge and jumps to his death on the busy motorway below...
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