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Muted by L.H. Owens, Leanne Owens
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOutback horseman Lane Dimity is one of the most powerful social media personalities on the planet. Although unable to speak since the tragedy that took place on his eighth birthday, his words reach out across the world, changing lives. When he learns that more than a thousand stallions have been bred by the U.S. pharmaceutical company Pilatos, he is determined to free them... -
Harley by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReturning to the town he was raised in was hard, except that Harley can once more see the only golden light of those days. He’d walked away from her because she’d been too young, and he would never be good enough. Harley was back to check on the War Dog Bowser, but Harley can’t help but feel like he never really left... -
Promising You by Allie Everhart
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Jade first arrived at Moorhurst College, she never imagined that the guy who helped her move in would end up being the guy she wants to be with forever. Now, seven months later, Jade and Garret are starting to talk about a future together. But the people around Jade are planting doubts in her mind, questioning her decision to be part of the Kensington family... -
The Wedding Plan by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf you love small towns, endearing relationships, food, animals, and a touch of murder, you will love this mystery series set in the small town of White Eagle Montana. In book 10 in the series, Tess and Tony plan a secret wedding ceremony, Nona plans a visit, and Tess and Mike plan a face to face meeting with their father. Of course you know what they say about the best laid plans... -
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Alaskan Rescue by Terri Reed
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA mountain search-and-rescue missionturns into a fight for their lives.Sent to find a wedding party that disappeared during a hike, Alaskan state trooper Hunter McCord and his K-9 partner, Juneau, discover bridesmaid Ariel Potter hanging from a cliff. But this was no accident—she was pushed—and her hiking companions are missing... -
Desert Rescue (K-9 Search and Rescue) by Lisa Phillips
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith his K-9’s help,can he save the son he didn’t know existed?Rescuing a kidnapped child is part of the job for search-and-rescue K-9 handler Patrick Sanders—but this time it’s his son. Now Patrick and his furry partner must work with his high school love, Jennie Wilcox, to shield the little boy he just learned about... -
Betrayed: Book Two - The Road to Redemption by Nicky Charles
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHow do you love again when your heart is dead? How do you know when it’s time to let go?Damien’s kicked about the country these past three years. No pack. No purpose. No reason to keep on living. When an old friend, Kane Sinclair, asks for his help, he agrees and heads to Chicago. After all, what does he have to lose?Sam’s grown up on the streets... -
Cold Case Pursuit (True Blue K-9 Unit: Brooklyn) by Dana Mentink
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA cold case solved by the K-9 unit…but the past is not so easily escaped.Decades after her parents’ murders, Penelope McGregor’s grateful the killer’s finally been identified—until he comes after her. Now Detective Tyler Walker and his K-9 partner, Dusty, must protect Penelope and catch the culprit…while making sure his little girl stays out of the crosshairs... -
High Meadow by Freya Barker
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn emergency call to pick up an injured stallion on the side of the road sends Alexandra Hart, the new owner of Hart's Horse Rescue, into action. A recent addition to the area, she is not impressed when the animal's taciturn owner shows up. With his less-than-stellar disposition, he’s the kind of man she normally avoids at all costs, unfortunately, he owns the ranch just down the road... -
Finding Felicity by P. Creeden
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan the sweetness of rekindled love temper the bitter tang of murder? Despite a difficult childhood, Felicity Stilton never gave up on her dreams. Now, as an adult, she and her Golden Retriever, JJ, help special needs children pave the way for their own futures. Everything is perfect, until she gets the one call she never expected to receive... -
Good Vibes Only by Gregory Ashe
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJust vibing. Good Vibes Only is a collection of short stories from Iron on Iron. It includes the “All the Feels” Jem and Tean get settled in their temporary new home. This story is set after The Face in the Water . “Add Me Back” Theo and Auggie (especially Auggie) spend time with their new friends. This story is set before The Girl in the Wind . “Adulting is Hard” North and Shaw are.. -
Another Man's Treasure by S.W. Hubbard
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOn a snowy Christmas Eve, a beautiful young mother goes out to buy a few last minute gifts and never returns…. ….thirty years later, her daughter picks up her trail. As the owner of an estate sale business, Audrey Nealon knows a lot about art, antiques, and the unlikely places old people hide their treasures... -
Battling Destiny by Danielle Stewart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMichael Cooper has his life together. He is the successful lawyer all his friends turn to when they find themselves in trouble, and he and his beautiful wife just welcomed their newborn daughter to the world. In just under two years, he went from a cocky bachelor to a quintessential family man with a close-knit group of friends. Yes, Michael Cooper has his life together... -
Yukon Justice by Dana Mentink
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSabotage on a family ranch…this K-9’s on the case.When her estranged uncle attempts to sabotage her family’s reindeer ranch, K-9 team assistant Katie Kapowski heads home to help save it—and becomes his target. With their rocky past, Alaska State Trooper Brayden Ford and his furry partner are the last team Katie wants assigned to protect her...Categorized as:
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Saving Sarah by Melissa Storm, Sweet Promise Press
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSarah Campbell loves living vicariously through the residents in the Redwood Cove Rest Home. Each day, she and her Golden Retriever, Lucky, treat and care for patients in hospice, making their final days as comfortable as possible while listening to all of their lives’ greatest stories. But a surly patient named Eleanor insists she can’t die before “setting things right”... -
Operation K-9 Brothers by Sandra Owens
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNavy SEAL Jack Daniels (save the jokes, he's heard them all) and his trusty Belgian Malinois sidekick, Dakota, are back home in Asheville, North Carolina, after a bomb left them scarred. Unable to accept that he'll never be able to return to his team, Jack is looking for a miracle... -
Mountain Survival (K-9 Search and Rescue) by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn injured victim has disappeared…Can a park ranger and her K-9 find him?When search-and-rescue park ranger Autumn Mercer and her K-9 partner, Sherlock, meet a stranger in the mountains whose brother is injured, they drop everything to help. But all they find where Derek Peterson last saw his sibling is a trail of blood—and men who want them dead... -
Micah's Promise by Annabella Stone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMicah Kennedy has lived with PTSD for years. He is an expert at hiding his struggles behind the quick wit and snark that is very much a part of his makeup. His need to keep a promise to a dying comrade feeds his nightmares and invades his dreams—until that promise brings him military K-9 Delta. Hawk McKinnon has spent most of his life kicking trouble’s ass in every hotspot around the globe... -
Magnus by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDeep in the permafrost of the Arctic, a joint task force, comprised of over one dozen countries, comes together to level up their winter skills. A mix of personalities, nationalities, and egos bring out the best—and the worst—as these globally elite men and women work and play together... -
Her Guarded Hero by Caitlyn O'Leary
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCan He Save Her Life? Can She Save His Soul?Navy SEAL Dalton Sullivan, once again, seeks solace in the wilderness. As he treks through the forests surrounding Lake Tahoe shots ring out, and he watches in horror as a woman is thrown off her horse and lands unconscious at his feet.Aurora Chance has no idea why someone wants her dead... -
The Breath of Dawn by Kristen Heitzmann
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKristen Heitzmann Delivers Powerful New Romantic SuspenseMorgan Spencer has had just about all he can take of life. Following the tragic death of his wife, Jill, he retreats to his brother's Rocky Mountain ranch to heal and focus on the care of his infant daughter, Olivia... -
Too Many Crooks Spoil the Plot by Sarah Osborne
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPediatrician Mabel Aphrodite Brown adores kids. So when a childhood friend asks Ditie to babysit her kids for a few days, she jumps at the chance. She never imagined she’d be solving a murder too . . . Despite growing up together, Ditie hasn’t seen Ellie Winston in two years, and she didn’t even know Ellie was living in Atlanta... -
Macarons and Mayhem by Agatha Frost
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsExcitement blossoms through Peridale when a prestigious gardening magazine picks the village as the spotlight for their next issue, but that joy quickly turns to dread when members of the local gardening society, The Peridale Green Fingers, start dying one by one after their obituaries are sent to The Peridale Post the day before their murders... -
Into the Deep by Colleen Coble
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA local scientist misses his son's birthday party and turns up dead in Lake Superior. A radical environmental group blames a mysterious lab for the dead fish found in a remote stream. Then an Alzheimer's patient goes missing and his home is ransacked. Into the Deep is third in the acclaimed romantic suspense series from best-selling author Colleen Coble... -
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Catherine Coulter Collection: The Cove, The Maze, and Eleventh Hour by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Cove (Sandra Burr, Joyce Bean, Melissa Coates): The Cove is a quaint little postcard town made up only of old folk who sell the World's Greatest Ice Cream - a secret recipe that brings lots of tourists into town. Into The Cove comes Sally Brainerd, daughter of murdered Amory St. John of Washington, D.C., seeking sanctuary, and FBI Special Agent James Quinlan who's undercover and after her... -
In Her Father's Shadow by Quinn Avery
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSienna Rivers’s aspirations for a normal childhood came crashing down the night they discovered her father was a serial killer. Once her mother’s illusion of a perfect family is destroyed, Sienna is sent to live with the only other “family” she knows... -
Pervade Montego Bay by Vanessa Fewings
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor every patch of sun, there's a pool of shadows. For every stretch of paradise, there's a stain of secrets. Montego Bay offers everything the heart desires...and the soul fears. Emily Rampling once again finds herself in the throes of unforgettable passion and irresistible power as she dives deeper into the love of two men and the dangerous world they inhabit... -
Chasing Secrets by Heather Woodhaven
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a witness becomes a target…Can this K-9 track down the killer?After Karenna Pressley stumbles upon a ruthless drug dealer trying to drown her best friend, she’s on his hit list—and out of places to run. Her ex-boyfriend, K-9 officer Ray Morrow, is determined to keep her safe with his drug-detecting spaniel, Abby... -
A Scandalous Husband by Bev Pettersen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPRISON CHANGES EVERYTHING. It’s been two rough years since Dani Tattrie has seen her husband. She didn’t plan on running their California ranch by herself, but she’s scraped by. Now though, a string of bad luck has left her reeling and ready to sell. Training horses is still her dream job but she’s never recovered from her husband’s bewildering incarceration... -
Christmas K-9 Unit Heroes by Lenora Worth, Katy Lee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDanger comes to Denver for the holidays…in these thrilling Rocky Mountain K-9 Unit novellas.With veterinarian Sydney Jones being targeted, K-9 Officer Gavin Walker and his furry partner must stand between her and certain death in Lenora Worth’s Hidden Christmas Danger... -
A Home for Haley by Mary Jane Morgan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHaley Donahue’s husband has been missing in action for more than a year, a year of waiting and pain as she watches other soldiers return home to their families. Determined to build a better life for her toddler Ryan, Haley relocates to Nashville and takes a job as nanny to a little girl learning to live without her mother... -
Watching Willow by Ann Omasta
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn the verge of losing her job, local television star Willow Winks desperately seeks the one thing she believes can save her fledgling career--a golden retriever sidekick.Willow thought being told she was getting too old for television was the most frightening thing a celebrity diva could hear--until she and her furry best friend, Buddy, receive a threatening letter... -
A Tangle in the Vines by Anna Celeste Burke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe curtain may fall on the Calla Lily Players' first season unless Lily and Austin can find a killer on the loose in California's wine country. Torrential rains threaten to put a damper on The Calla Lily Players’ first outdoor theater production. When the ground suddenly shifts, buried secrets revealed amid the tangled vines put the spotlight on murder... -
Til Death by Annette Dashofy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen one of Chief Pete Adams’ first murder convictions is overturned, he and County Detective Wayne Baronick are assigned to reinvestigate the case. As new theories about the murder surface, Pete begins to question not only the original suspect’s guilt, but his own investigative skills from the days when he first took over the Vance Township Police Department... -
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Firefly Effect by K.K. Allen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor years, tales of the Firefly Man were nothing more than elaborate rumors spread by residents in the Great Smoky Mountains.Until the night Evelyn Vaughn stumbled upon a dead body in the woods.Fear gripped her, and silence stole her voice.All while she watched the boy she was with that night take the fall.Fourteen years later, Evelyn is nothing more than a shell of her former self...Categorized as:
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Detection by Lisa Phillips
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBIG CITY CRIME. SMALL TOWN HEROESA boy with no name.Officer River Gaines walks in the footsteps of the cop who rescued him from the ocean and gave him a name—and a family to belong to. River and his K-9 partner, Kutter, work side-by-side finding people in Benson, but the fact he never remembered who he is has become a weight he never let go.A girl with no future... -
Thicker Than Water by Melissa Good
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis sequel to Red Sky at Morning is the continuing saga of Dar Roberts and Kerry Stuart. It starts off with Kerry involved in the church group of girls. Kerry is forced to acknowledge her own feelings/experience toward/with her folks as she and Dar assist a teenager from the group who gets jailed because her parents tossed her out onto the streets when they find out she is gay... -
Justice Mission by Lynette Eason
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCaught in a killer’s sights… Introducing the True Blue K-9 Unit series After K-9 unit administrative assistant Sophie Walters spots a suspicious stranger lurking at the K-9 graduation, the man kidnaps her—and she barely escapes. With Sophie’s boss missing and someone determined to silence her, NYPD officer Luke Hathaway vows he and his K-9 partner will guard her... -
Tracking Justice by Shirlee McCoy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the night, a young boy goes missing from his bedroom. Police detective Austin Black assures desperate single mother Eva Billows that he'll find her son. He has to, so he can put to rest his own harrowing memories. With his search-and-rescue bloodhound, Justice, Austin searches every inch of Sagebrush, Texas. And when Eva insists on helping, Austin can't turn her away... -
Mystic Falls by Vickie McKeehan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEmotionally reeling after the death of her grandmother, Gemma Channing is settling into Coyote Wells, the hometown where she grew up, after a ten-year absence. While trying to come to terms with the loss of her Gram, disturbing things begin to happen. Women are disappearing... -
Beyond a Doubt by Colleen Coble
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNothing seems beyond a doubt when Bree opens a cold-case file with clues too close for comfort. Arson. Theft. Murder. When Bree Nichols discovers a corpse in her own basement, a whirlwind investigation ushers an unbidden danger to all she holds dear... -
A Rush of Wings by Kristen Heitzmann
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRunning from terrors both recent and remembered, Noelle flees her New York mansion for the Rocky Mountains, seeking a place to hide from the men who betrayed her. Her sanctuary is a horse ranch, where she discovers solace in the breathtaking scenery she paints... -
Sealed with Courage by Laura Scott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRisking their hearts and their lives while protecting the innocent…Will they find the kidnapped boy in time?Sign language teacher Aubrey Clark feels responsible when ten-year-old Lucas goes missing. She’s determined to find her deaf student and knows more than she should from reading the lips of the man involved in the boy’s disappearance. Now she’s in the killer’s crosshairs too... -
Beowolf by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey weren’t looking for love. But fate—and a dog named Beowolf—had other plans…Retired military pilot Thaddeus (Nutsbe) Crushed deserves peace and quiet. If his work in tactical operations for Iniquus’s Panther Force hadn’t earned him that right, the fact that he lost his legs in the service of his country should’ve... -
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Intricate Obsessions by Jennifer Rayes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGaia and Raoul have recovered from the poisoning, but the assassination attempt has fractured their relationship beyond repair. Dominique has lost his mother, his crew, and his purpose, and is trying not to lose his sister, while playing a dangerous game with the Governor... -
Backstretch Baby by Bev Pettersen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe can accept his past...but can he? Private investigator Rick Talbot shuns polite society, preferring to keep horrific memories at bay by hunting the most hardened of criminals. Tracking down stolen bridles at a California racetrack is a mind-numbing assignment that’s way beneath his pay grade... -
Sheriff by Laura Scott
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHAZARDOUS HOMECOMING Witnessing a prison break, FBI agent Julianne Martinez is within seconds of death…before she's rescued by the one man she thought she'd never see again. She'd know her long-ago love, Brody Kenner, anywhere, even with a sheriff star on his chest. Years ago she left Texas and Brody, and had no plans of returning…until the trail of a missing agent brought her home to both... -
Mountain Hostage by Hope White
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey’re tracking a kidnapper But will they be the next targets? After an ambush during a mountain hike, Zoe Pratt ends up shoved off the mountain and her friend kidnapped. Enigmatic search and rescue volunteer Jack Monroe tracks Zoe with the help of his K-9 partner, Romeo, but as the only witness to the attack, she’s far from safe... -
Fugitive Trail by Elizabeth Goddard
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA killer’s out for vengeance…unless this K-9 sniffs him out first.When a plane carrying dangerous convicts crashes in the Colorado Rockies, Deputy Sierra Young and her search-and-rescue K-9, Samson, race to help—and discover they’re after her! With one survivor vowing revenge, Sierra’s former coworker turned PI, Bryce Elliott, is determined to protect her... -
Christmas Ranch Rescue by Lynette Eason
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHER CHRISTMAS PROTECTOR When his former crush is suspected of funneling drugs through her ranch, it’s DEA agent Nathan Williams’s job to find out if Becca Price is guilty. But after Becca is attacked, his top priority becomes protecting her. Convinced she’s innocent, Nathan is determined to find the real culprit before the escalating threats become deadly...
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