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State of Bliss by Marie Force
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen you have their jobs, there’s no such thing as a peaceful vacation…Sam and Nick are ready to get out of DC—and the White House—for a much-needed vacation to celebrate their second anniversary. Due to ongoing political pressures, they decide to scuttle their plans for a return to Bora Bora to stay closer to home at their favorite oceanfront house at Dewey Beach in Delaware...Categorized as:
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Fatal Threat: A Novel of Romantic Suspense (The Fatal Series) by Marie Force
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWith a killer on the loose, it's the worst time to be on lockdown… It's just another day at the office for Washington Metro Police lieutenant Sam Holland when a body surfaces off the shores of the Anacostia River. But before Sam can sink her teeth into the new case, Secret Service agents seize her from the crime scene...Categorized as:
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Owen by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOwen Cullen was a dream. Not a dream come true because I’d never dared to dream. He was my wildest fantasy, a hallucination, a delusion. The handsome man who’d saved my life—twice. He was a real-life hero, and I was…what was I? Filth, that was what I was. The daughter of a gangster, the niece of the reigning king of Chicago’s underground. I tried my best not to fall in love with Owen... -
Targeted by Kendra Elliot
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA Wall Street Journal bestseller All Detective Mason Callahan wanted was a quiet fishing trip with the guys—a chance to get away and unwind before Halloween.Until he finds the body of his boss, Denny Schefte, near their remote Oregon cabin. Now all he wants is to catch the sadist who slit Denny’s throat and covered his face with a mask...Categorized as:
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Seconds to Live by Melinda Leigh
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA Wall Street Journal bestseller Wildlife biologist Mac Barrett avoided his hometown of Scarlet Falls for years—too many bad memories. But when he receives the news that his father is dying, he rushes home only to discover he’s too late. Shaken, Mac retreats to his remote cabin seeking peace and solace...Categorized as:
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The Hangman by Mary Burton
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsJulia Vargas is a cop with a mission. When she’s not chasing down bad guys, Julia dedicates her time to investigating the Hangman serial killer…the same unsolved case that her father, Jim Vargas, was working on when he supposedly shot and killed himself three decades before. While rumors continue to swirl around her father’s death, Julia attempts to hunt down the truth...Categorized as:
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Griffin by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes it sucked being the oldest.Griffin had been the oldest of five kids, and even as an adult, those traits still stuck. Responsible. Reliable. Always taking care of others.Moving into an apartment in old Victorian home, he longed to expand his custom home refinishing business, but found himself still taking care of others. The older woman who owned the building...Categorized as:
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Final Orders by Gregory Ashe
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn embattled author. Fanatical parents. A son who can’t stay out of trouble. It’s the last one that’ll probably kill him.When Emery Hazard gets drawn into a brawl at a monthly school board meeting, he knows he’s in trouble; his husband, John-Henry Somerset, is chief of police, and they’re already under enough scrutiny as they try to finalize their foster son’s permanency plan... -
When a Secret Kills by Lynette Eason
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsInvestigative reporter Jillian Carter knows it's time to put the past to rest. She's tired of looking over her shoulder, letting a killer go free. She's no longer the scared kid who changed her name and disappeared. Now, no matter what the cost, Jillian must do what she is trained to do--ferret out the truth and expose it... -
Hear My Heart by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMilitary duty called them away to war zones, but after tours overseas, the group of friends found their way back home as men, seeking the peaceful little seaside town. Now, the band of brothers, together once more, work to provide a place for less fortunate veterans to call home...Categorized as:
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Sweet Rose by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJason Boswell had moved to Baytown at the invitation of his Navy buddy to open a garage and tattoo parlor. He never meant to start off on the wrong foot with the beautiful Rose. Rose Parker wanted to open an ice-cream parlor in Baytown, but life kept handing her one setback after another. And for Jason? It appeared that he managed to get everything he wanted...Categorized as:
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Cold Malice by Toni Anderson
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsASAC Steve (Mac) McKenzie is out to prove himself by leading a task force investigating a series of murders in the heart of Washington, DC. His undercover work in an antigovernment compound twenty years earlier is related—as is the sweet, innocent girl he befriended back then. Now that girl is a beautiful woman, and she has something to hide...Categorized as:
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Still Waters by Sara Driscoll, Susan Bennett
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSet against the gripping backdrop of K-9 search-and-rescue missions, Sara Driscoll’s mystery series is “wonderfully readable” (Publishers Weekly). A treat for dog lovers who like their heroines smart and their stories with a harder edge.A training session in the Minnesota wilderness becomes a fight for survival for FBI handler Meg Jennings and her K-9 partner.. -
Guarding Your Heart: Baytown Boys by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSophie Bayles was devastated by grief when her beloved brother, a soldier, had been killed in action when she was a teenager. Guarding her heart, she left Baytown and the boy she had loved…her brother’s best friend. Callan Ward lucked out when he was assigned to the Coast Guard station in his hometown of Baytown...Categorized as:
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Jax by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat happens when the very men—trained to make the hard decisions—come up against the rules and regulations that hold them back from doing what needs to be done? They either stay and work within the constraints given to them or they walk away. Only now, for a select few, they have another option: The Mavericks... -
Beau by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat happens when the very men—trained to make the hard decisions—come up against the rules and regulations that hold them back from doing what needs to be done? They either stay and work within the constraints given to them or they walk away. Only now, for a select few, they have another option: The Mavericks... -
Cold Aim by Janice Cantore
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPolice Chief Tess O’Rourke’s small town is still reeling from a devastating fire when the FBI asks for help: Could she shelter a witness in a high-profile human trafficking case? Initially reluctant to put the townspeople of Rogue’s Hollow at risk, Tess is swayed after she sees Pastor Oliver Macpherson’s genuine conviction to rescue those in need, a trait in him she’s coming to love more each day...Categorized as:
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Storm Rising by Sara Driscoll, Angela Dawe
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe heart-pounding thriller of a series continues as FBI Special Agent Meg Jennings and her search-and-rescue K-9 companion confront the fury of nature—and the more dangerous nature of man . . . In the wake of a devastating hurricane, Special Agent Meg Jennings and her Labrador, Hawk—invaluable members of the FBI’s Human Scent Evidence Team—have been deployed to Virginia Beach... -
Before It's Too Late by Sara Driscoll, Angela Dawe
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSpecial Agent Meg Jennings and her trusted search-and-rescue Labrador, Hawk, must race against the clock before a diabolical killer strikes again . . . Somewhere in the Washington, D.C. area, a woman lies helpless in a box. Barely breathing. Buried alive. In Quantico, the FBI receives a coded message from the woman’s abductor. He wants to play a decipher the clues, save the girl... -
In Harm's Way by Irene Hannon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHow can she expect anyone to believe her... when she can hardly believe it herself? FBI special agent Nick Bradley has seen his share of kooks during his fifteen years with the Bureau. But Rachel Sutton is an enigma. She seems normal when she shows up at his office... until she produces a tattered Raggedy Ann doll and tells him about a strange feeling of terror it gives her when she touches it... -
Midnight Reckoning by Rebecca Deel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHer 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... -
Cold Justice Series Box Set: Volume I: Books 1-3 by Toni Anderson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNow you can get the first three books of the Cold Justice Series in one bundle! Justice isn’t always black or white. Sometimes it’s cold and dark. A Cold Dark Place: Former CIA assassin Alex Parker works for The Gateway Project, a clandestine government organization hell-bent on taking out serial killers and pedophiles before they enter the justice system...Categorized as:
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Fatal Legacy by Rebecca Deel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree deaths in two weeks and she could be the next victim. The biggest dangers bookstore owner Del Peterson faces are paper cuts and aching feet until a gift draws her into the center of a federal investigation and she's taken into custody as a material witness. When Del's safe house is breached and a marshal dies protecting her, she turns to the man she knows has the skills to help...Categorized as:
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Hidden Target by Rebecca Deel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNo murderer is going to unravel Madison Ryder's new life. Following the deaths of her husband and unborn son, Madison spent two years knitting her life back together by returning home and opening a yarn store. Now the stalker who murdered her family means to finish the job...Categorized as:
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Dangerous Choice by Barbara Freethy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Dangerous Choice, Special Agent Diego Rivera must choose between duty and love, loyalty and betrayal, and between his ideals and the agency he serves… Don't miss this new thrilling, chilling, romantic suspense by #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy... -
Broken Bonds by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAutumn winds and rain have returned to Crimson Point.It’s November in the Pacific Northwest and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Beckett and the Crimson Point gang are looking forward to celebrating the holiday together. This year they all have more to be thankful for than ever…but that also means they have even more to lose.But this year a different kind of storm is looming...Categorized as:
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Triplets Rise by K.L. Savage
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDaddy'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... -
I'm Watching You by Karen Rose
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAlternate cover for this ISBN can be found here: I'm Watching YouI KNOW THEIR CRIMESStar prosecutor Kristen Mayhew has a dangerous secret admirer. He seems to knows her every thought, her every move. He sends her letters. And he kills the criminals she herself is powerless to stop...Categorized as:
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Cold Blooded by Toni Anderson
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA journalist searching for the truth about her best friend’s death—and the FBI agent who needs her to stop. Disgraced investigative journalist Pip West is devastated when she discovers her best friend’s body face-down in a tranquil lake. When cops and federal agents determine that her friend overdosed then drowned, Pip knows they’re mistaken and intends to prove it...Categorized as:
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No Man's Land by Sara Driscoll, Angela Dawe
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSpecial Agent Meg Jennings and her search-and-rescue dog are on the trail of a killer hiding where others fear to tread… For Meg Jennings and her K-9 companion, Hawk, exploring the ruins of a deserted building is an exciting way to sharpen their skills without the life-or-death stakes they face as part of the FBI’s Human Scent Evidence Team... -
Spiraled by Kendra Elliot, Nick Podehl
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFBI Special Agent Ava McLane solves crimes; she doesn’t witness them. When she’s trapped in a mall without her weapon as a shooter picks off victims, she hides with a wounded teen and prays for her survival.But that’s only the beginning…An epidemic of mass shootings has has swept across Oregon. The young shooters terrify the public, committing random murders before taking their own lives...Categorized as:
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She Can Scream by Melinda Leigh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn one moment, high school teacher and single mother Brooke Davenport interrupts a vicious assault, saves a young woman’s life, and attracts the attention of a serial killer. Sixteen years ago, Brooke lost her roommate to a brutal murder. Now she teaches women’s self-defense, still trying to heal from the guilt and grief that plague her...Categorized as:
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Quinn's Quest by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFed up with always feeling one step behind, Quinn is determined to find out who is trying to annihilate all of Bullard’s team. Only the trail takes him to Izzie, Bullard’s niece. The team knows the saboteur was someone close to Bullard, and Izzie had had a hell of a fight with Bullard the last time they spoke... -
Shane by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when the very men—trained to make the hard decisions—come up against the rules and regulations that hold them back from doing what needs to be done? They either stay and work within the constraints given to them or they walk away. Only now, for a select few, they have another option: The Mavericks. A covert black ops team that steps up and break all the rules … but gets the job done... -
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Bonaparte's Belle: A SEALs of Honor World Novel by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSheriff Angela Zimmerman is not what Bonaparte expects when he arrives in her district. But he was here to help her out at Levi’s request. A little matchmaking by Levi was going on too but didn’t change the fact that she was in trouble.When Levi said he was sending a man over, she didn’t realize he meant this gentle mountain of a man... -
North: Broken Deeds MC by Esther E. Schmidt
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFull blurb coming soon. The complete Broken Deeds MC series can be read together or separately. Each book in the Broken Deeds MC series is a complete standalone story featuring a new couple. Except for Kray and North. They are like a unit, where there's one, there's the other. As are their stories; you read one, you'll need the other... -
The Evening Wolves by Gregory Ashe
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvery 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... -
Jagger by Amanda McKinney
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSecrets, lies, deceit… A former Navy SEAL turned homicide detective has met his match in this new *standalone* addition to the number #1 Bestselling Steele Shadows Series…He found her covered in blood.She promises she’s innocent.The question is.. -
North's Nikki by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn what circumstance wouldn’t a knight want to rescue a damsel in distress? A former SEAL working for Legendary Securities, North Dockter has found the very circumstance that challenges even his stalwart, chivalrous ways. Nikki Beckwith is a firecracker who butts heads with him at every turn, refusing to follow orders or listen to his experience unless doing so suits her... -
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... -
A Lethal Betrayal: A Thrilling Novel of Romantic Suspense by Lori Matthews
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe men and women of the US Coast Guard are back in action in a brand new series, Coast Guard Hawai'iChief Petty Officer Dane Landry is injured and burning through his last chance with the US Coast Guard. His new team is tasked with finding stolen military-grade technology, but he finds himself in the crosshairs of an investigation as the prime suspect in the murder of a former teammate... -
Written in Blood by Rebecca Deel
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMegan Cahill might soon be making the news instead of writing it. Newspaper editor Megan Cahill loves red pens, clean prose, and fast cars. When a friend is murdered, Meg sets a trap to snare the killer. The bait? One steamed editor with a razor-sharp pen. Only one person stands in her way, a stubborn police detective. Death is no stranger to Detective Rod Kelter...Categorized as:
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Hiding by Calle J. Brookes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAdventure. Danger. Excitement. Those were not words PAVAD Internal Affairs Supervisor Kyra Dillon wanted to hear in conjunction with her life ever again. She’d had enough adventure in her life lately—and had the bullet scar on her temple to prove it. But she’d go through all that hell again if it meant never returning to her hometown—Value, Texas. Population 897...Categorized as:
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Burning Justice by Tee O'Fallon
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter narrowly surviving a childhood fire that killed two of his friends, ATF Special Agent Brett Tanner knows what it’s like to get too close to the flame. The trauma only spurs him and his K-9 partner to track down the arsonists targeting a Colorado town. This latest warehouse blaze looks suspicious as hell…and there’s a body. Now it’s murder...Categorized as:
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Healing Love: Saints Protection & Investigation by Maryann Jordan, Andrea Michelle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSaints Protection & Investigation A private investigation business, pulling together men from the CIA, FBI, ATF, DEA, Border Patrol, SEALs, and police, devoted to the missions that no one else wanted or could solve. Cam Perez left his juvenile deliquent years behind to become an undercover detective and then accepted a job with Saints Protection & Investigations...Categorized as:
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Watching Over You by Lori Foster
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWelcome back to Ridge Trail, Colorado! Get ready for the next book in Lori Foster’s thrilling McKenzies of Ridge Trail series.Detective Crosby Albertson has been tracking a criminal network. While investigating leads, he keeps crossing paths with members of the highly trained, suspiciously well-informed McKenzie family... -
Witness by Rebecca Deel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFour burglaries. Three assaults. One murder. Not the crime stats Police Chief Ethan Blackhawk envisions for his first two weeks on the job. Ethan uncovers a link to his past, an assassin who bested him five years ago and again hunts in his territory. He welcomes a second chance to capture the assassin...until he falls in love with the only witness...Categorized as:
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Cold Cruel Kiss by Toni Anderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the daughter of the US Ambassador to Argentina is kidnapped in broad daylight on Christmas Eve, the FBI sends one of its best negotiators to investigate.Supervisory Special Agent Max Hawthorne arrives at an embassy thrown into chaos as US and local law enforcement hustle to track the young woman...Categorized as:
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Make Them Pay by Allison Brennan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLucy Kincaid and Sean Rogan are finally tying the knot.Two weeks before their wedding, a surprise visitor shows up at their door: Eden, Sean's estranged sister from Europe. She claims she's in town for the wedding and wants to mend fences. Lucy invites Eden to stay with them after all, family is family but her boss, SSA Noah Armstrong, knows far more about Eden's sketchy past than he's let on...Categorized as:
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Breaking Point by Allison Brennan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBella Caruso survived a nightmare of abuse and betrayal. Today, she has dedicated her life to saving other young women from the hell that almost killed her—first as an officer of the law, then by stepping outside the law and into the darkness where true evil dwells. Now, it appears that the darkness has taken her once again.JT Caruso often worries about his sister, given her line of work...Categorized as:
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