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  • Unbreakable by Cari Hunter

    Unbreakable by Cari Hunter

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dr. Grace Kendal never stands a chance. The injured woman comes out of nowhere, bleeding heavily and holding a gun. Compelled to help her, Grace is dragged into Elin Breckenridge’s nightmare. Their fight to survive will take them across the country and to the limits of their endurance...
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    lgbtq  wlw  crime  suspense  romance  mystery  audiobook  fiction
  • Deal with the Devil by Ali Vali

    Deal with the Devil by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s business as usual for crime boss Cain Casey as she maneuvers to form an alliance with the Jatibon organization and secure peace among the ruling families in New Orleans. Cain’s new associate Remington Jatibon is a lot like Cain used to be—a playgirl with a passion for bedding beautiful women and an even greater passion for expanding her father’s empire, on both sides of the law...
  • Hide & Seek by Nicole Edwards

    Hide & Seek by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With the holidays nearing, Brantley Walker and Reese Tavoularis are getting settled, both personally and professionally. For Reese, dealing with Brantley’s about-face regarding the size of the task force is easy. It’s meeting the parents that he’s worried about...
  • The Devil Be Damned by Ali Vali

    The Devil Be Damned by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cain Casey is close to getting everything she wants. Her partner Emma is pregnant with their third child, her children are safe and happy, and her business is still thriving despite the FBI’s vendetta. Life is perfect on the surface, but it’s the underbelly that worries her...
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    crime  lgbtq  suspense  wlw  action-adventure  adult  book  drama
  • Midnight Reckoning by Rebecca Deel

    Midnight Reckoning by Rebecca Deel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Her sister was a world-class jewel thief. But she crossed the wrong person and now Sophie's baby may pay the price. Sophie Valero has spent her life living down her last name. In a family of murderers, thieves, and con artists, she's the black sheep...
  • Triplets Rise by K.L. Savage

    Triplets Rise by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Daddy's little girl is all grown up.Things are about to change around here.If there is one thing I won't allow, it's having my dad's MC ran into the ground.Everyone expects my brothers to take charge, but there is one thing no one knows.I'm the one that runs this club.A woman.And according to men, a woman's place is in bed not at the head of the table...
  • Cold Blooded Lover by Eliza Lentzski

    Cold Blooded Lover by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Former Marine, Cassidy Miller knew what it took to be a good soldier and even a decent beat cop. She was starting to figure out how to be a girlfriend as her relationship with Julia Desjardin progressed, but what did she know about being a cold case detective? Buried under paperwork in the basement of the Fourth Police Precinct, she was going to have to figure it out...
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    lgbtq  wlw  crime  suspense  romance  fiction  mystery  military
  • Noah's Nemesis by Dale Mayer

    Noah's Nemesis by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Noah heard the woman’s cry for help through Levi’s phone, and he was already in the car and moving before anyone could stop him. He hated for any woman to be in distress, and this one sounded devastated. Having helped her once, he was determined to keep her safe, while the team tracked down her attacker...
  • The Devil Incarnate by Ali Vali

    The Devil Incarnate by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For Cain Casey nothing is more important than family, and having hers close—Emma, Hayden, Hannah, and the new baby—is as near as she’ll get to true happiness. But enemies who lurk in the shadows threaten more than just her business, forcing her to question whether the biggest threat comes from having it all...
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    crime  wlw  lgbtq  suspense  romance  mystery  fiction  audiobook
  • The Evening Wolves by Gregory Ashe

    The Evening Wolves by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Every victory comes at a cost. The trail has gone cold. For months now, Emery Hazard and John-Henry Somerset have been trying to find something—anything—that might help them uncover the truth about the criminal organization operating out of the Cottonmouth Club. But every lead has turned out to be a dead end, and every step forward has cost them two steps back...
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    crime  suspense  lgbtq  romance  mlm  mystery  contemporary  family
  • The Devil's Orchard by Ali Vali

    The Devil's Orchard by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In book five of the Casey Family series, Cain and Emma are planning a wedding before the birth of their third child. Cain has done everything possible to protect her family and get their lives back to normal. Cain is strengthening her partnership with the Jatibons and Carlotti families, as well as trying to help her cousin Muriel heal from FBI agent Shelby Phillips’s betrayal...
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    crime  lgbtq  suspense  wlw  action-adventure  adult  book  children
  • Christmas Panther Style by Annabella Stone

    Christmas Panther Style by Annabella Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Their world was turned upside down... With booms, kabooms, and bullets flying after a mad dash across continents on a rescue mission in a plane painted like Santa's sleigh. Join some friends old and new as they chase the enemy none of them ever wanted. One of their own...
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    suspense  lgbtq  crime  romance  mlm  military  contemporary  children
  • Killer Honeymoon by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Killer Honeymoon by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Honeymoon, happily ever after, and…homicide?Newlyweds, Royce Locke and Sawyer Key, embark on a honeymoon road trip where their biggest threat should be dodging drunk tourists on golf carts. But their arrival on South Bass Island lands them in the middle of a contentious battle between lifelong islanders and a property developer who won’t accept no for an answer...
  • Molly: House on Fire by R.E. Bradshaw

    Molly: House on Fire by R.E. Bradshaw

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Molly Kincaid is an extremely successful and equally wealthy defense attorney, but that is all even her closest friends know about her. Behind the facade is a dark past she thought she buried long ago. Now, Molly must face that past and the danger that comes with it...
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    crime  lgbtq  suspense  wlw  action-adventure  adult  book  dark
  • Word of Honor by Radclyffe

    Word of Honor by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All 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...
  • Body and Soul by Patricia Logan

    Body and Soul by Patricia Logan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    More than ten years ago, a series of train bombings devastated railways throughout Europe. Strange poetry sent to local newspapers right before each bombing, confounded investigators at the time. In one of only a handful of failed covert missions, Jarrett had been sent into North Korea to take out the bomber...
  • Unforgiven by Rebecca Zanetti

    Unforgiven by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Run: Gemma Falls never expected to use her game theory expertise to outrun a killer. But for years, that skill is all that kept her one step ahead of a deadly stalker. When Gemma gets the chance to teach at D.C. University, she hopes she and her young daughter have found a safe harbor...
  • Catherine Coulter the FBI Thrillers Collection Books 6-10 by Catherine Coulter

    Catherine Coulter the FBI Thrillers Collection Books 6-10 by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Start with the “vivid characters and fast-moving plotlines”* of Hemlock Bay…and you’ll soon be speeding your way through these five novels in the “suspense-filled series” (Booklist) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author starring agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock...
  • School of Fish by Amy Lane

    School of Fish by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jackson Rivers has been learning how to take care of himself so he can be there for Ellery Cramer, but after eight weeks of healing, body and soul, he’s itching to get back to work. Finally Ellery gives him a simple task: pick up a file on a kid who probably didn’t commit murder but who refuses to participate in his own defense.Nothing is ever that easy...
  • Devoted to the Don by Leighton Greene

    Devoted to the Don by Leighton Greene

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Luca thought keeping me out of the Family business would keep me safe.He was wrong. Now his own life is hanging in the balance, too. While our enemies stalk us, long-buried secrets begin to resurface, and I’m not sure who we can trust.But I won’t let anyone take him from me. No matter what I have to do.I meant every promise I made to Luca in my marriage vows...
  • Fish in a Barrel by Amy Lane

    Fish in a Barrel by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jackson and Ellery face their toughest case yet—against the criminal justice system itself.Jackson Rivers and Ellery Cramer have worked difficult jobs before, but usually it’s getting the facts that’s the problem. For their newest client, the trouble isn’t finding the truth—it’s corruption at the highest levels of the justice system...
  • Interlude by C.S. Poe

    Interlude by C.S. Poe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Interlude is a collection of short stories spanning the complete timeline of the Snow & Winter series, beginning with The Mystery of Nevermore, to after the conclusion of The Mystery of the Bones. They feature the point of view of Sebastian Snow and Calvin Winter and consist of mini-mysteries as well as scenes from daily life...
  • Sun Catcher: Book Three by Giselle Fox

    Sun Catcher: Book Three by Giselle Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three sisters, three lovers, and one stolen diamond.The final chapter in the Sun Catcher Trilogy.Paris police detective Angelique Floret has a theory after a diamond dealer is shot in broad daylight. Fashion model Charlotte Duke is in Paris, and the connections are too many to ignore. With only one way to prove if she's right, Angelique must go undercover...
  • The Killer Who Kept Me by Davidson King

    The Killer Who Kept Me by Davidson King

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nothing about Em’s life is simple. He’s treated worse than anyone in the house, punished for every minor infraction, and has zero chance of ever escaping his current situation. He dreams that someday he’ll be free of this nightmare and finally find someone who will want to keep him.That dream may come true sooner than he thinks...
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    suspense  crime  lgbtq  romance  mlm  abuse  organized-crime  anti-hero
  • Locked In by Lori Matthews

    Locked In by Lori Matthews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the quaint town of Cedar Bluff Maine lies a mystery that even the most secure locks can't contain.Flynn O'Connor, a top-tier operative from the Lock and Key Society, is dispatched to the enigmatic Everlasting Manor—a property whispered to be haunted. Guests report unsettling voices and inexplicable disappearances...
  • Deadly Lover: Special Edition by Jocelynn Drake

    Deadly Lover: Special Edition by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New Expanded Content for Deadly Lover!Justin Mallory is an assassin. But he’s really a good guy.He has years of bad decisions to make up for, starting with agreeing to join the CIA after being recruited out of the Marines. No reason to add more black marks to his soul.Now he chooses the jobs and he works always alone. It’s safer that way, and he can make sure the good guy always wins...
  • Armor: A Firsts and Forever Series Novella by Alexa Land

    Armor: A Firsts and Forever Series Novella by Alexa Land

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dante Dombruso has always been his family’s armor. It’s his job to keep them safe. But he feels he failed them eighteen months ago, when a mysterious arsonist set a fire intended to wipe the Dombrusos off the map. Now Dante is driven to make things right, yet with each day that passes, the trail grows colder and his frustration increases...
  • Kissed by a Killer by Leighton Greene

    Kissed by a Killer by Leighton Greene

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s my job to protect the Morelli men when the law is after them. But now their most dangerous Capo has killed to protect me. My law firm has two unbreakable rules. 1. Never get personally involved with a client. Nick Fontana was only ever supposed to be a booty call, but he’s had me cross-examining my heart since we started hooking up. 2. Never let the Morellis do you a favor...
  • Thunder and Lightning by Patricia Logan

    Thunder and Lightning by Patricia Logan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jarrett Evans and Thayne Wolfe have been partnered in the ATF for nearly two years and their love and commitment to each other has grown over time. Now faced with one final challenge, the boys are headed to Arizona to help Thayne’s mom, stumbling headfirst into a brand new case...
  • 默读 by Priest

    默读 by Priest

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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    lgbtq  suspense  crime  romance  mystery  fiction  contemporary  mlm
  • Price of Honor by Radclyffe

    Price of Honor by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Honor and duty are not always black and white—and when self-styled patriots take up arms against the government, the price of honor may be a life. Blair Powell and Jane Graves have much in common and even more that sets them apart in an invisible battle raging on home soil...
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    crime  lgbtq  suspense  wlw  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Justice Served by Radclyffe

    Justice Served by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The hunt for an informant in the ranks draws Lieutenant Rebecca Frye, her lover Doctor Catherine Rawlings, and Officer Dellon Mitchell into a deadly game of hide and seek with an underworld kingpin who traffics in human souls...
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    crime  lgbtq  suspense  wlw  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Wicked Games by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Wicked Games by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ryder Jameson and Lucien Clarke have a complicated past: Ryder conserves art; Lucien steals it. Their love-hate relationship spans six years and two continents and has endured multiple heists. Hoping to restore his tarnished reputation, Ryder returns home to Cincinnati to accept a position at an acclaimed museum...
  • Tied Up in Steele by Annabella Stone

    Tied Up in Steele by Annabella Stone

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Steele Givens doesn’t do relationships and he knows better than to fall for a man he rescued during a CIA Operation; but then he’s never been a ‘follow the rules’ kinda man. He always swore he’d never drag someone he cared about into a world of danger. But what do you do, when danger stalks him anyway? Kalon Roberts wanted to move on. He’s done with danger and Black Ops Operators...
  • Code of Honor by Radclyffe

    Code of Honor by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The face of terror is hard to recognize—especially when it’s homegrown. Blair Powell is set to join her father on the campaign trail even though a domestic terrorist group has already launched one attack on President Andrew Powell's life...
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    crime  lgbtq  suspense  wlw  action-adventure  adult  angst  audiobook
  • In From the Cold: The I Spy Stories by Josh Lanyon

    In From the Cold: The I Spy Stories by Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE I SPY STORIES -- I SPY SOMETHING BLOODY Espionage was always a game, but now British spy Mark Hardwicke wants to retire and settle down with ex-lover Dr. Stephen Thorpe -- if Stephen will have him. Unfortunately, Stephen has other plans -- and so do the terrorists who want Mark dead. I SPY SOMETHING WICKED It's All Hallow's Eve and Mark Hardwicke's past has come back to haunt him...
  • The Boys Club by Angie Martin

    The Boys Club by Angie Martin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Growing up a homeless juvenile delinquent left its mark on Gabriel Logan. He lived a throwaway existence until a former FBI agent recruited him for a fringe organization for boys like him, ones who could operate outside the law for the sake of justice. As an adult, he sets an example for the others and is slated to take over their group, until his work results in the murder of his pregnant wife...
  • 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...
  • Pros & Cons of Obsession by A.E. Wasp

    Pros & Cons of Obsession by A.E. Wasp

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    FIVE JOBS. FIVE CHANCES FOR REDEMPTION.One thing’s for sure: these men are no angels...
  • A Woman to Treasure by Ali Vali

    A Woman to Treasure by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An ancient scroll isn’t the only treasure Levi Montbard finds as she starts her hunt for the truth—all she has to do is prove to Yasmine Hassani that there’s more to her than an adventurous soul.Levi Montbard loves history and isn’t afraid to search it out no matter where it takes her...
  • In the Company of Crocodiles by Maggie Brown

    In the Company of Crocodiles by Maggie Brown

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two strong-willed women are fighting for survival in a primitive wilderness of venomous snakes, stinging insects, and crocodile-infested swamps. Too bad those are the least of their worries. After being severely wounded in a covert operation, ex-Australian Secret Service officer Vivian Andrews has built a quiet life for herself in a small fishing village in Northern Queensland...
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    wlw  crime  lgbtq  romance  action-adventure  mystery  heist  fiction
  • Heart of the Devil by Ali Vali

    Heart of the Devil by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There was a time when Dalton Casey ran the Casey family while grooming the next generation, but Cain Casey inherits the reins too early when Dalton is gunned down. His loss leaves Cain devastated, and she does her best to keep the business together, but his loss has left her adrift and hungry for revenge. That ends the night a new employee douses her in beer...
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    wlw  crime  lgbtq  romance  mystery  action-adventure  fiction  book
  • Fletcher by M. Tasia

    Fletcher by M. Tasia

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    BLOOD BROTHERSFletcher Daniels has family. The family he chose. His Navy SEAL family.Those who share his DNA are dead to him, except his brother Kyle.When Kyle disappears, Fletcher is forced to confront his “blood” family, whose mere presence makes going through Hell Week at BUD/S feel like a walk in the park.Saving Kyle is fraught with intrigue and betrayal...
  • His Brutal Heart by Leighton Greene

    His Brutal Heart by Leighton Greene

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The ultimate forbidden love: a Mafia Boss and his captive.I'm a man without mercy. A Mafia heir.Brutality was all that ever made sense to me...Until I saw him.Unfortunately, he happens to be the sole witness to my latest crime. That should mean one thing.Elimination.But one look into those pleading blue eyes, and I lost myself.I let a beauty live…But - beast that I am - I’ve locked him away...
  • Searing Need by Tracey Devlyn

    Searing Need by Tracey Devlyn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To escape a brutal killer, a brilliant researcher teams up with a tortured soldier who poses an even greater threat . . . to her heart. Her sister might be the law and her brothers the brawn, but Riley Kingston is definitely the brains of the family...
  • The Misadventures of Callie Compton by Alyson Root

    The Misadventures of Callie Compton by Alyson Root

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s not everyday you find out that your sweet, sweater knitting, church going grandma is the UK’s most prolific crime boss. For Callie Compton, that day became a reality on her eighteenth birthday. Not being criminally inclined, Callie did the only thing she could. She bided her time, stole her grandma’s little black book of scumbag employees, and ran for her life...
  • Follows with Intent by Gregory Ashe

    Follows with Intent by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Keeping your eye on the prize isn’t always a good thing.Nico knows he’s difficult; he has the string of exes to prove it. But staying sharp was the only way to stay safe in the cutthroat world of modeling, and it turns out, graduate school isn’t any gentler. Career first. Boys…later.Jadon knows he’s burning out; his partner at the Metropolitan Police is more than happy to remind him of that fact...
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    lgbtq  suspense  crime  romance  mlm  contemporary  mystery  audiobook
  • Rangers at Roadsend by Jane Fletcher

    Rangers at Roadsend by Jane Fletcher

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After nine years in the rangers, dealing with thugs and wild predators, Sergeant 'Chip' Coppelli has learned to spot trouble coming. That is just what she sees in the unexplained discrepancies surrounding the new recruit, Katryn Nagata, but even so, Chip was not expecting murder...
  • If You're Going Through Hell Keep Going by Tinnean

    If You're Going Through Hell Keep Going by Tinnean

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mark Vincent and Quinton Mann have finally kind of, sort of, exchanged promises. Mark has returned from an assignment on the West Coast, and he’s looking forward to spending some quality time with his lover. After all, it’s the St. Patrick’s Day weekend...
  • Manipulation by Eden Winters

    Manipulation by Eden Winters

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lucky Lucklighter has a new life. His old life wants him back.He traded trafficking for taking down criminals with the Southeastern Narcotics Bureau, and a drug-lord lover for a man on the right side of the law. Bo Schollenberger found the way past the thorny defenses of Lucky’s heart, and made Mr...
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