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Lover in Lingerie by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI know this has no future.Only heartbreak.Bosco Roth may be the man I've fallen for, but he'll never be the man I marry.He's too dangerous. Too risky.When our three months is over, I'll walk away.At least that's what I keep telling myself.. -
![Hostile Ground by Cara Carnes]()
Hostile Ground by Cara Carnes
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDo whatever it takes to survive…Addy Rugers survived a treacherous, brutal upbringing after her parents died. Trained for death and seduction and forced to work for her brother’s covert ops organization, she learned to rely only on herself and chameleon her way through every mission... -
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Mercy by David Baldacci
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFBI Agent Atlee Pine’s harrowing search for her long-lost sister Mercy reaches a boiling point in this breakneck thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci. For her entire life, FBI agent Atlee Pine has been searching for her twin sister, Mercy, who was abducted at the age of six and never seen again... -
![Widow's Undoing by L. Wilder]()
Widow's Undoing by L. Wilder
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrankie Sullivan was everything I wasn’t.She was good, beautiful and strong.She hadn’t let her past break her. She’d held on to the hope for a better tomorrow, not only for herself but for her two boys.She was a woman who wanted...who deserved more. I wasn’t a man who could give more.I was cold, broken and full of rage. My past had broken me.I never allowed anyone get too close... -
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![La Famiglia by Sienna Mynx]()
La Famiglia by Sienna Mynx
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"Never question my heart, my courage, my loyalty! To my men and to this family I am all things. But to my wife I am only one. Husband." - Don Giovanni Battaglia. The year is 1992. The Battaglia family awaits the birth of the newest members to their clan. Twin boys will be born to the capo di tutti capi of the Neapolitan clans... -
![Unruly: A Legacy Novel by Bethany-Kris]()
Unruly: A Legacy Novel by Bethany-Kris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe crime boss. The hustling queen. Cross and Catherine Donati have been married five years, but the life they’ve chosen still has things to teach them yet. One can never become too comfortable in their business. Trouble soon follows. The principe and principessa are all grown up … It’s tough being at the top... -
![In Walked Sin by Stoni Alexander]()
In Walked Sin by Stoni Alexander
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIT'S GOOD TO BE BAD…I have no soul.And that suits me.How else could I wield absolute power in the nation’s capital?I own this town and everyone in it. The public thinks the politicos run Washington. Who do you think is pulling their strings?I am.Some hate me for it…until they find themselves in the center of a scandal. That’s when I become their savior... -
![Sweet Child O' Mine by Lexi Blake]()
Sweet Child O' Mine by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA look into the life at McKay-Taggart on the day Charlie and Ian have their babies... -
![The Léger Connection by Estelle Ryan]()
The Léger Connection by Estelle Ryan
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsStolen art. Rogue police officers. Drones.A video call from her dad leads top white-hat hacker Francine to four stolen masterpieces. And to a possible murder--in Brazil. Her frustration at being so far away is turned into anger when her loved ones are attacked and corrupt law enforcement officials stonewall their inquiries... -
![Escaping From Forever by Scarlett Black]()
Escaping From Forever by Scarlett Black
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome wars are won by sacrificing the Queen.Life demanded Katherine become stronger than the men around her, all of whom were willing to use her as a pawn in their deceptive games. They robbed her of her will and silenced her voice until she reached her breaking point and broke free. It would be over her dead body before she would ever allow herself to be dragged back into that toxic existence... -
![Cerberus Tactical K9: Team Alpha Boxed Set by Fiona Quinn]()
Cerberus Tactical K9: Team Alpha Boxed Set by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEx-Special Operators join the Cerberus Iniquus Tactical K9 Team Alpha with three action adventure novelsSurvival InstinctMilitary training won’t help when the enemy is a force of nature…All Major Dani Addams wanted when she started up that trail was to mourn and honor her fallen friend... -
![Death Blow by Isabella Maldonado]()
Death Blow by Isabella Maldonado
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHomicide detective Veranda Cruz takes on the most ruthless member of the Villalobos cartel.Phoenix homicide detective Veranda Cruz is on a mission. After Hector Villalobos tried to destroy her family, Veranda vowed to take down his powerful crime syndicate.Beautiful, shrewd, and lethal, Daria Villalobos is on a mission of her own... -
![Raven by K.L. Savage]()
Raven by K.L. Savage
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNot even the holidays can make a bastard like me feel better.The guys are all gone for Christmas, but I decide to stay.I'm hunting a horrific serial killer and I can't afford to lose him.I'm regretting that decision when I find her:Beaten, bloodied, and left out in the snow to die.Who is she?That's the problem. Not even she knows... -
![Love Me Dead by Lisa Renee Jones]()
Love Me Dead by Lisa Renee Jones
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe 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... -
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![Phoenix Burning by Isabella Maldonado]()
Phoenix Burning by Isabella Maldonado
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe battle between Veranda Cruz and the Villalobos cartel turns Phoenix into a war zone.Homicide Detective Veranda Cruz will stop at nothing to take down the Villalobos cartel. But when a wave of violence in the city escalates, she fears that the secrets of her past will take her down instead.Adolfo Villalobos is a crime boss who's determined to stake his claim...Categorized as:
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![The Uccello Connection by Estelle Ryan]()
The Uccello Connection by Estelle Ryan
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCoded paintings. Missing planes. Dirty bombs. After a foiled attempt on the lives of world leaders, criminal mastermind Ivan Fradkov successfully eludes world-renowned nonverbal expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard and her team for months. But things heat up quickly when a stranger is assassinated in the chair next to Genevieve while she’s having lunch with her friend... -
![The Morisot Connection by Estelle Ryan]()
The Morisot Connection by Estelle Ryan
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMurdered criminals. Flawless forgeries. Encrypted operas.The murder of an opera house director forces world-renowned nonverbal communications expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard and her team into an impossible position: protecting notorious criminals--from what appears to be a serial killer... -
![No Way Out by Amy McKinley]()
No Way Out by Amy McKinley
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn action-packed mafia romance about secrets, arranged marriage, and redemption by USA Today Bestselling author Amy McKinley.Max’s endgame is clear—take back what’s rightfully his and punish those who have wronged him.Under the guise of assassin Matteo Trambino, Max infiltrates a vital arm of the Chicago Mafia to protect his Sicilian mentor’s granddaughter, Liliana, from her dangerous father... -
![Stone Sober by Gwyn McNamee]()
Stone Sober by Gwyn McNamee
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStone Hawke is precisely the kind of man women are warned about—handsome, intelligent, arrogant, and intricately entangled with some dangerous people. I should stay away, but he manages to strip my soul bare with just a look and dominates my thoughts. Bad decisions are in my past. My life is (mostly) on track, even if it is no longer the one to medical school... -
![Dark Justice by Kristi Belcamino]()
Dark Justice by Kristi Belcamino
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA ruthless killer intent on wreaking havoc in San Francisco through a series of senseless slayings will do anything to escape detection, including making sure Gia Santella is the one who takes the fall ...After years abroad, Gia Santella has finally gone home to San Francisco searching for meaning in a life full of loss... -
![Deadly Justice by Kristi Belcamino]()
Deadly Justice by Kristi Belcamino
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 14 in the USA Today Bestselling Gia Santella Crime Thriller series by Agatha, Anthony, Barry & Macavity finalist Kristi Belcamino... -
![Marcus by Bethany-Kris]()
Marcus by Bethany-Kris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen falling is easy, people often forget about the crash.The time has finally come for Marcus Guzzi to step into his birthright. He’s the firstborn—the next boss to take over his family’s mafia and he’s never been more ready... -
![Bad Blood by L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain]()
Bad Blood by L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe body slumps over the steering wheel. Pools of blood going tacky on the dash. Two shots to the back of the head. A mafia-style hit in a small town.So Special Agent Violet Darger arrives in rural Michigan. She must make sense of this savagery. Figure out how something like this could happen in an idyllic town of just 5,000.The victim had been living the American dream... -
![The Woman with the Scar by Jessica Gadziala]()
The Woman with the Scar by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe was not the kind of man meant to fall in love. He was the proud enforcer of the Costa Family who perhaps enjoyed the violent, bloody parts of his job a bit too much.All that changed, though, when he was put on a job that had him crossing paths with a woman who changed everything.She was not the kind of woman to have hope. The life she found herself trapped in had very little to look forward to... -
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![Diablo by Chiah Wilder]()
Diablo by Chiah Wilder
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDiablo, Sergeant-At-Arms of the Night Rebels MC, doesn’t chase women the way his fellow brothers do. Women flock to the ripped, bearded, tatted biker, but he pushes them away. His past haunts him and rage burns deep inside him. His only focus is the club, his Harley, and his shots of whiskey. He doesn’t want a woman messing with his life. He doesn’t trust them. Then he sees her... -
![Celt. by London Miller]()
Celt. by London Miller
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to the Den ... Six minutes is all he needs to get a job done … Kyrnon “Celt” Murphy is one of the best thieves in the world. After all, his childhood was spent with a caravan of Irish Travelers that taught him everything he knows... -
![Illicit Ire by Naomi Porter]()
Illicit Ire by Naomi Porter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAva. My warrior.Our demons are silent when we’re together.I’m Drew Rivers, a damaged, angry man. My only joy in life is smashing faces in the MMA cage until an innocent woman lights up my entire universe with her smile.Ava doesn’t blame me for failing her the night of her attack. She befriends me. Teaches me how to enjoy simple pleasures, shows me kindness—and I fall hard... -
![Butcher's Moon by Richard Stark, Joe Barrett]()
Butcher's Moon by Richard Stark, Joe Barrett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe sixteenth Parker novel, Butcher’s Moon is more than twice as long most of the master heister’s adventures, and absolutely jammed with the action, violence, and nerve-jangling tension readers have come to expect... -
![Ruthless Cross by Barbara Freethy]()
Ruthless Cross by Barbara Freethy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEveryone has a secret. Some are worth killing for… some are worth dying for…FBI agent Flynn MacKenzie is no stranger to deception, but when the brutal murder of a federal judge unravels an intricate and shocking web of lies, he finds himself tangled up in personal life-changing secrets and in the arms of a woman he isn't sure he can trust... -
![Surrender by Lisa Renee Jones]()
Surrender by Lisa Renee Jones
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsChris and Sara from Inside Out return in the explosive finale to Ella's story from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones with the third book in the sexy, suspenseful Careless Whispers series.Passion burns fiercely hot between Ella Ferguson and Kayden Wilkens, the man who held secrets and lies in his hands, and then allowed them to fall into hers... -
![Only the Brave by Mel Sherratt, Anne Flosnik]()
Only the Brave by Mel Sherratt, Anne Flosnik
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen one of the notorious Johnson brothers is murdered and a bag of money goes missing, a deadly game of cat and mouse is set in motion.DS Allie Shenton and her team are called in to catch the killer, but the suspects are double-crossing each other and Allie has little time to untangle the web of lies... -
![In Safe Hands by J.P. Carter]()
In Safe Hands by J.P. Carter
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHow far would you go to save the ones you love? The first book in a gripping new crime series featuring DCI Anna Tate.When nine children are snatched from a nursery school in South London, their distressed parents have no idea if they will ever see them again. The community in the surrounding area in shock... -
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Restoration by Tate James
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s always been about the chase. The prize. The puzzle. The Game. I became the best of the best, Hermes, because no one could catch me. No one could touch me.No one had.Until her.She’s everything I never knew I wanted.She is my life.It’s been one bad call after another in this Game. It’s cost the woman I love more than I ever wanted her to have to pay... -
![Tell No One / Gone For Good by Harlan Coben]()
Tell No One / Gone For Good by Harlan Coben
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben comes an unforgettable duet of classic novels—two top-notch thrillers filled with the author’s signature storytelling genius.TELL NO ONEFor Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams... -
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![Hit for Freedom - Anna's Battle by Margaret McHeyzer]()
Hit for Freedom - Anna's Battle by Margaret McHeyzer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnna Brookes also known by her Professional name 15, did what she had never done before. She didn’t kill her target, HiT 149. HiT 149 better known as Ben Pearson did something he had never done before. He fell in love with Anna Brookes... -
![Bone's Destiny by Naomi Porter]()
Bone's Destiny by Naomi Porter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey say don’t drink too much tequila... Funny, I can’t remember why.Oh, right… Or we’ll wake up chained to a wall.The scary-ass biker staring at me says I’m paying for my father’s debt.I’m devastated and scared.Utterly clueless about my dad’s dirty dealings.The tattooed, brooding biker isn’t helpful or friendly.He just watches me with those laser-gray eyes... -
![Wrath by Gwyn McNamee]()
Wrath by Gwyn McNamee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll I see is red.Blood.Pain.Rage.It consumes me.The moment he took her, wrath invaded my soul.I only have one purpose. End him and take back what’s mine. Love isn’t always clean, and wrath is the deadliest sin... -
![Fearless III by Amarie Avant]()
Fearless III by Amarie Avant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVassiliThe mudak, my father Anatoly, raped my mother for all of Russia to see.My baby sister, Sasha, never had it any better.I went from crawling to fighting to stop Anatoly, king of the bratva. Life was a nightmare before Zariah clung to me. Now, we have a little girl and our son is on the way.But the game is changing in the mafia. Too many alphas want a taste. Somehow, I'm shoved into the chaos... -
![Spark of Hope by Kathleen Kelly]()
Spark of Hope by Kathleen Kelly
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy 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... -
![Primo DeLuca by Keta Kendric]()
Primo DeLuca by Keta Kendric
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNevah: A night out with my girlfriends flipped my boring life on its head, and I ended up in the hands of a sexy mob boss who was the living manifestation of danger. The only fix to the problem I stepped into left me anchored to Primo DeLuca, who declared we were in a relationship before he even knew my name... -
![Zain by Evie Monroe]()
Zain by Evie Monroe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOh, you think you’ve got problems . . . The Steel Cobras are at war and I’m to blame. But there are only two things worth fighting for in this life. My club and my woman. I should have never prospected with Hells Fury. Then I wouldn’t have needed to defect. And we wouldn’t be in this senseless war. And I’ve fallen in love with Sasha, my Russian dumplin’. Sweet, wholesome, and delicious... -
![Corrupted Seduction by Kiana Hettinger]()
Corrupted Seduction by Kiana Hettinger
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHeidiNo one needs to tell meI'm in deep, deep trouble.I never meant for it to happen,but I walked into a crime scene.Instead of fleeing, I did the unthinkable.I stabbed the killer in the back.Now I find myself kidnapped and held prisonerby a brutally gorgeous Italian mafia don,a man who’s as magnetizing as he is terrifying... -
![Corrupted Sinner by Kiana Hettinger]()
Corrupted Sinner by Kiana Hettinger
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrute This was supposed to be nothing but business. I help her to take down the Domínguez cartel and set my kidnapped sister free. But nothing about Greta is as I expected. Not her killer curves, or her boldness. Or the way those hazel eyes of hers hold me captive from the moment our paths collide. She’s become a toxic mix of my dark desires. But no matter how much I crave her, I can't touch her... -
![Locked In by Lori Matthews]()
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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![Ravage by Kristen Luciani]()
Ravage by Kristen Luciani
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsProtect the empire at all costs,Eliminate any threats,And defeat our enemies.For years, I’ve accepted these responsibilities to keep my family safe.I’ve given up my life in exchange for their happiness.Until Gianna tore through the barbed wire surrounding my black heart and showed me what I’d been missing.She’s beautiful, naïve, and dangerous.A liability to everything I’ve built... -
![Dark Dive by Andrew Mayne]()
Dark Dive by Andrew Mayne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Wall Street Journal bestselling series. Searching for a missing diver takes a Florida detective on a deep-diving adventure in a gripping thriller by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Sea Castle . After the Underwater Investigation Unit’s disbandment, public outcry ushers Sloan McPherson and her partner, former navy diver Scott Hughes, back into the depths of crime solving... -
![The Fragile Ones by Jennifer Chase]()
The Fragile Ones by Jennifer Chase
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen the bodies of eleven and twelve-year-old sisters, Tessa and Megan, are found at the bottom of a ravine—dressed in matching pastel summer outfits, their small bodies broken from the fall—Detective Katie Scott is called to one of the most shocking and heartbreaking crime scenes of her career... -
![Hard Knocks by Zoë Sharp]()
Hard Knocks by Zoë Sharp
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings‘Perhaps if the army had known what was inside me, what I would eventually turn into, they might not have been so keen to let me go.’Charlie really didn’t care who shot dead her traitorous ex-army comrade Kirk Salter during a bodyguard training course in Germany... -
![His Lady by Jane Henry, Maisy Archer]()
His Lady by Jane Henry, Maisy Archer
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsElena Slater grew up on the streets of New York City, as the baby sister of Alexander “Slay” Slater. She knows how to hold her own, and she’s anything but submissive... -
![His to Defend by Rhenna Morgan]()
His to Defend by Rhenna Morgan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook one of NOLA Knights, the heart-stoppingly sexy spinoff series by Men of Haven author Rhenna Morgan His world. His rules. Her love. Though his methods may be rough, when it comes to protecting what’s his, Russian vor Sergei Petrovyh’s heart is always in the right place. That’s never been more true than when the gorgeous Evette Labadie asks him for a job...
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