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Forever Mine by Linsey Lanier
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn old friend. A bad smell. A body stuffed into a wall. You'll never escape. After she left her abusive husband thirteen years ago, Miranda Steele became a fighter. Over the years, she picked up martial arts and street fighting tactics, and now that she works for the Parker Investigative Agency, she can handle a weapon. But the battle with her inner demons? Not so easy... -
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Thin Ice by Linsey Lanier
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTake what matters most to her," said the voice. And he knew he would. He had to. Thirteen years ago, Miranda Steele’s abusive husband stole her baby and gave it up for adoption. Then he kicked Miranda out of his house. So she remade herself. Thirteen years later, the feisty, stubborn skeptic came to Atlanta hoping to find her daughter... -
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Point Two by Max Ellendale
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe case is reopened..."I can't believe this shit is happening again. Four Point's dead and yet, everyone I care about is unsafe. Again. Brody's gone, Maggie's hurt, and now Ben and I have to fix everything ourselves. This time, I'll be the one watching.. -
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Dirty Dozen by Liliana Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the twelfth installment of the J.J. Graves mystery series from New York Times Bestselling Author Liliana Hart, winter has moved into Bloody Mary with a vengeance. But so has a killer who's bringing a modern flair in his imitation of Jack the Ripper. It's up to J.J. and her husband, Sheriff Jack Lawson, to hunt the hunter and bring justice to the victims... -
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![Fire Dancer by Linsey Lanier]()
Fire Dancer by Linsey Lanier
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA honeymoon in Maui. A luxury beachfront resort. A handsome wealthy new husband. A vicious murder. After all, this is PI Miranda Steele we're talking about. And where Miranda goes, trouble follows. That lovely honeymoon gets hijacked when she finds the body of a popular fire dancer on the beach. Of course, she has to investigate... -
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The Tell Tale by Clare Ashton
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA small town, enduring love, a web of secrets.The Tell Tale has been watching and waiting, because there’s something queer about the village of Foel.Beth Griffiths has returned home to raise her daughter in the Welsh hills. They arrive to the open arms of the community, but not all is what it seems and Beth isn’t home for the reason she pretends either... -
![The Watcher by Linsey Lanier]()
The Watcher by Linsey Lanier
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Another wonderful book with great story and characters." Amazon reviewerHigh in the mountains of southeastern Brazil a killer lurks.An old friend calls.She’s getting death threats.Once again PI Miranda Steele feels the call of her destiny.When she and Parker get to Brazil and discover grisly human remains near a mountain resort, she knows those threats are very real... -
![Playing Dirty by Liliana Hart]()
Playing Dirty by Liliana Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJ.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... -
![Cold to the Touch by Cari Hunter]()
Cold to the Touch by Cari Hunter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWinter in the Derbyshire Peaks: months of knee-deep snow, short days, and rocketing crime rates. Detective Sanne Jensen is living in self-imposed isolation and quietly falling apart, while Dr. Meg Fielding--Sanne's best friend and occasional lover--is struggling to cope with her violent brother, who is back in town and demanding money that she doesn't have... -
![Beautifully Loyal by Nicole Edwards]()
Beautifully Loyal by Nicole Edwards
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSometimes love isn’t enough… Sometimes you’re required to be beautifully loyal. If you think you know her… You’re wrong. If you think you know her family… Wrong again. If you think you know her story… You don’t. Ashlynn Adorite is no stranger to the cruel and unusual world she was born into. In fact, she accepts it, understands it, embraces it... -
![The Woman in the Back Room by Jessica Gadziala]()
The Woman in the Back Room by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe hadn’t planned on being a part of the Family.Life had thrown a curve at him at a young age that made him reevaluate his path in life.And he chose out.But when tragedy strikes, awakening the need for revenge, he finds himself wanting back in. To the Family. The life. The people.Including a woman he never could have seen coming, one he never would have thought he’d want in his life... -
![Heart Wounds by Linsey Lanier]()
Heart Wounds by Linsey Lanier
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"I LOVE this book and the whole series!" Amazon reviewerAt the London Museum of Antiquity,the priceless Marc Antony dagger is stolen.The museum director is heart-broken.He knows only one person can help him now.Actually, two people. Ace private investigator Wade Parker and his new bride and partner, Miranda Steele... -
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Xtreme Affairs by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA scarred special operative meets his match with the woman determined to save him from himself.It was just a little accident—but it changed his life.Special Xtreme Ops team, River Hepburn wakes in the hospital to the sight of Sacha—his best friend’s little sister—watching over him. Their emotional bond over her brother’s death is undeniable, but he isn’t prepared to feel more... -
![Fatal Finale by Miranda Rijks]()
Fatal Finale by Miranda Rijks
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWho is abducting talented young musicians – and why?When a gifted violinist disappears from a prestigious music academy, the police ask psychologist Dr. Pippa Durrant to help with the case.Working alongside new flame, DS Joe Swain, Pippa quickly realises that the world of first class musicianship is not all peace and harmony... -
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![Heart of Duty by Natalie Debrabandere]()
Heart of Duty by Natalie Debrabandere
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDONE WITH THIS THING CALLED LOVE?Once a rising star journalist, Lia Kennedy built a reputation for excellence on the frontlines of the Middle East. Even so, three years on the sidelines caring for her ailing father have left her exhausted, single, without a career. Eager for a fresh start, Lia takes on a job as a Police reporter on the West Coast... -
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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... -
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Secrets by Nicole Edwards
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe members of the Off the Books Task Force are nearing their one-year anniversary, and while they’ve closed several cases, it hasn’t been easy. Despite the fact the governor disbanded the team, they are thriving under the umbrella of Sniper 1 Security. Now that they work in the private sector, there are new tasks that must be tackled, like bringing on new members... -
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Calem by Christopher Harlan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Calem, the first of the New York's Finest series from contemporary romance author Christopher Harlan, a renowned psychologist and an embattled NYPD detective join forces to end the city's reign of terror, finding salvation and love in each other's arms in the process. Dr. Cordelia Summers is a brilliant psychologist... -
![Mermaid by Max Ellendale]()
Mermaid by Max Ellendale
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEx-Detective Veronica Baird lost almost everything she'd worked for in life to a spray of fateful bullets. A desperate move from Portland back to Seattle at the beckon of a friend, promises a safe place to live, a job, and support. When Veronica reunites with her best friends after circumstances urged them apart, Jordan and Alice rally around her in hope of nursing her back to life... -
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Codirection by Gregory Ashe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey killed a girl to keep their secrets. They won’t stop there.A new home, a fresh start, a chance to do things right this time—and Shaw and North are determined to make it work. But the night of their housewarming party, things don’t go as planned. A reporter arrives, wanting to talk to North about his ex-husband, his father, and a criminal syndicate... -
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Locked In by Lori Matthews
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn 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... -
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Chaos in Death / Possession in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChaos in Death When eye witness testimony paints the killer as a green-skinned monster with swollen red eyes and goblin ears, even Eve Dallas is shaken. But as she gets closer, the trail suggests something far more disturbing - someone is playing with science... Possession in Death After a Russian woman whispers her dying words to Eve Dallas, strange things begin to happen... -
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The House of Lies by Debra Burroughs
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom 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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Price of Honor by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHonor 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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![11 Bodies Moving On by Stephanie Bond]()
11 Bodies Moving On by Stephanie Bond
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe latest installment in the BODY MOVERS series! Carlotta Wren's life is entering new territory--a new career path, a new direction in her love life, and possibly new family members to uncover. A big part of moving on, though, means leaving people and other pieces of her past behind... which might be harder than she realized... -
![Justice for All by Radclyffe]()
Justice for All by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhile Detective Lt. Rebecca Frye's elite unit attempts to uncover the connection between the local organized crime syndicate and a human trafficking ring, she and her team, and those they love, unwittingly become targets. As part of the operation, Dellon Mitchell goes undercover with a young woman posing as her lover--a woman with a secret agenda that might cause them both their lives... -
![Justice in the Shadows by Radclyffe]()
Justice in the Shadows by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a shadow world of secrets, lies, and hidden agendas, Detective Sergeant Rebecca Frye and her lover, Dr. Catherine Rawlings, join forces once again in the elusive search for justice... -
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Stryke First by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis book is part of a series. It contains homosexual relations, violence and coarse language. It is preceded by Falcon's Fox. Rebel Stryker has had to fight to survive from the moment he was born to a heroin-addicted mother. Raised by his grandparents, his only mission in life was to succeed where his mother had failed... -
![The Devil Inside by Ali Vali]()
The Devil Inside by Ali Vali
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBrains, guts, and ruthless ambition should be enough to come out on top in any fight. Except when the battle is over love, all bets are off. Derby Cain Casey was groomed from birth to take the reins of the Casey family enterprises, which just happens to be one of the major crime organizations in New Orleans... -
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The Murder Game by Beverly Barton
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNew Game The game is simple--he is the Hunter. They are the Prey. He gives them a chance to escape. To run. To hide. To outsmart him. But eventually, he catches them. And that's when the game gets really terrifying... New RulesPrivate investigator Griffin Powell and FBI agent Nicole Baxter know a lot about serial killers--they took one down together... -
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Cabin 1 by Amanda McKinney
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom bestselling and multi-award-winning romantic suspense author Amanda McKinney comes the first book in the steamy, edge-of-your-seat, three-part series, Steele Shadows Security… Hidden deep in the remote mountains of Berry Springs is a private security firm where some go to escape, and others find exactly what they’ve been looking for... -
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True North by M.E. Montgomery
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlex 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... -
![Dirt Nap by Carolyn Elizabeth]()
Dirt Nap by Carolyn Elizabeth
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThough still suffering side effects from the injuries she sustained in a serious fall, Corey Curtis is off restricted duty and back at work in the morgue. Within hours of cutting the cast off her arm with a bone saw she’s asked by her former mentor to assist on a body recovery. Now she’s elbow deep in decomposing human remains and a suspicious death that hits far too close to home... -
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![Retaliation by Mimi Barbour]()
Retaliation by Mimi Barbour
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA 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... -
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Love's Witness by Claire Highton-Stevenson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Frankie Shaw moves 250 miles south, hoping to start a new life without the ghost that haunts her, the last thing she expects to see is her ex-girlfriend Lisa Bittern.Because Lisa was murdered fourteen years ago... -
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Shattered by Lisa Clark O'Neill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEighteen years ago, Lucy Flannery’s young life was shattered when her mother and little brother were murdered – a crime made all the more heartbreaking by the fact that the killer was her father. However, recently uncovered evidence proves that her father was wrongfully convicted... -
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Stirred by Annie Dyer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEnemies. 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...Categorized as:
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![Gray Matters by Dolores Arden]()
Gray Matters by Dolores Arden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRemy Devereux is an ace homicide detective with the SFPD. At work, she’s embroiled in a months-long murder investigation that has yet to show any signs of breaking. At home, she’s on the skids with her soon-to-be ex-girlfriend, while nightmares of the gruesome murder scene keep her up at night.On the other side of the country, Giana Falco has just made the biggest change in her life... -
![Chain Reaction by Cara Malone]()
Chain Reaction by Cara Malone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe chemistry is off the charts in the latest romantic suspense in the bestselling Fox County Forensics series.Hardworking chemist Dylan and quiet-but-quirky histologist Elise are inseparable. Instant best friends ever since they joined the medical examiner’s team, they fancy themselves matchmakers around the office—and they’re blind to what’s right in front of them... -
![The One to Walk Away by L. Dreamer]()
The One to Walk Away by L. Dreamer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor FBI Special Agent Lake Stuart, doing the right thing had come at a price—her family. Years later, in a new city, a new career, she’s still feeling the burden of the cost. She refuses to let anyone close enough to break her heart again. She’s the one to walk away now—until she goes home with Dr. Mel Pascale for one of her many routine one-night stands... -
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Beverly Barton Bundle: Dead By Midnight / Dead By Morning / Dead By Nightfall by Beverly Barton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Murder. . .The last sounds Dean Wilson hears are a clock striking twelve and a killer's taunting words. And his death is just the first. One by one, victims are stalked and shot at close range. Only the killer knows their sins, and who will be the next to die at midnight. . . And In Life. . -
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In the Company of Crocodiles by Maggie Brown
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo 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... -
![Heart of the Devil by Ali Vali]()
Heart of the Devil by Ali Vali
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere 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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![Dirty Bites by Rhys Ford]()
Dirty Bites by Rhys Ford
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings**FREE HOLIDAY DOWNLOAD FROM RHYS FORD, GREG TREMBLAY AND DREAMSPINNER PRESS**Danger. Desire. Loss. Love.In every story, there are a thousand more bound up and waiting to be told; here are just a few from the Cole McGinnis Mysteries... -
![North and Shaw: Out of Office by Gregory Ashe]()
North and Shaw: Out of Office by Gregory Ashe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNorth and Shaw: Out of Office is a collection of short stories. It includes the following: “Bad Boys at the Radio Girls” Radio Girls is a lesbian bar. A group of straight guys thinks it’s funny to crash. North and Shaw are hired to take care of this problem (and they try not to fulfill the white savior stereotype while doing so). This story takes place before Orientation... -
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Gold Star Chance by C.J. Murphy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHigh in the Appalachian Mountains, Sheriff Chance Fitzsimmons, frequently puts her specialized rescue training to use. The retired smoke jumper, turned law enforcement officer, is dedicated to the protection of all those who live in or visit Tucker County, West Virginia. With her K9 partner, Zeus, she maintains the peace even as it eludes her off-duty life... -
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From the Ashes by Stacy Lynn Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter narrowly escaping death in Out of the Flames, San Francisco police detective Manhattan Sloane goes after the corrupt officials who had a hand in her wife’s murder. Would-be lover, DEA Agent Finn Harper, puts her career on the line again to help. Along the way, Sloane and Finn stir up a hornet’s nest and the cartel drug lord pulling all the strings... -
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Double Play / Perfect Victim by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKindle compilation of two novellas in the Nadia Stafford crime series.Double PlayLife is good for Nadia and Jack. Their wilderness lodge business is booming, and they’re building a new home together, complete with a couple of dogs. It’s as close to normal as life gets…especially for a pair of contract killers.But for Jack, semi-retirement is a dangerous proposition... -
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Diamond Days by Suzanne Steele
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen 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...
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