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Saving Meadow by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA sexy FBI suspense thriller romance Meadow The road was long, it was painful, and it was raw. It has taken me four years to come to terms with my new reality. A life in which I live with the daily reminders of a vicious attack that has left me scarred both emotionally and physically... -
![The Keeper of Bees by Gregory Ashe]()
The Keeper of Bees by Gregory Ashe
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEmery Hazard has pretty much everything under control. He and his fiancé, John-Henry Somerset, are more in love than ever, despite the stress of wedding preparations hanging over them. His business as a private investigator is growing. He’s even enjoying time with his growing circle of friends... -
![The Butcher of the Bay: Part II by J. Bree]()
The Butcher of the Bay: Part II by J. Bree
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMonsters have stalked me my entire life.From my father’s failing drug business to the evil men he sold me to, I have seen the worst of humanity only to find safety in the arms of the greatest monster of all.I call the Butcher of the Bay mine.Betrayed by his oldest and most loyal friend, I was stolen away from him and have once again been sold at auction... -
![Edge of Darkness by Karen Rose]()
Edge of Darkness by Karen Rose
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe fourth and final book in Karen Rose's nail-biting Cincinnati Series revisits your favourite characters battling crime in the city's dark underbelly. Fans of Tess Gerritsen, James Patterson and Karin Slaughter will not be able to tear themselves away from this explosive thriller. Homicide detective Adam Kimble is no stranger to battling demons... -
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![Silenced in the Falls by Elle Gray]()
Silenced in the Falls by Elle Gray
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo be young, wild, and carefree.The true essence of Taft High’s Spring dance.But there’s a price for the naivety of youth.A high price that could cost your blood, soul, and your silence.Sweetwater Falls is a charming town with all sorts of characters.From chaperoning the school dance with Ryker to putting drunk drivers behind bars... -
![Missing in the Falls by Elle Gray]()
Missing in the Falls by Elle Gray
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWho killed Lexi Wise?Former FBI agent Spenser Song thought she was leaving the chaos behind her after taking the job as Sheriff of Sweetwater Falls.But when a monster from her past catches up with her, she finds herself fighting for her life once again.Despite the danger, Spenser begins to settle in, making new friends and earning the respect of the local townspeople... -
![Bleeding Hearts by Stella Hart]()
Bleeding Hearts by Stella Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDexter crossed with 50 Shades: enter a world filled with dark secrets, twisted lies, and dirty desires... I’m coming for her… I’ve watched her, I’ve hunted her, and now I’m here to claim her. Celeste Riley, my pretty little angel. Soon to be my pretty little captive. She pretends she’ll never want a killer like me, but we both know that isn’t true... -
![Bloody Cruel Psycho by Lucy Smoke]()
Bloody Cruel Psycho by Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA life for a life … will kill the both of us in the end.Clover I know nothing of the Sickness at Eastpoint University. I know only the backroads that slip past the southern beaches and the gators that make their way onto the swamps shores. Until him. Until the killer known as Braxton Smalls finds his way into my stilted trailer on the coast of Port Charlotte... -
![Make Me Burn by C.R. Jane, May Dawson]()
Make Me Burn by C.R. Jane, May Dawson
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne night changes everythingOne fight gone viral can win Paxton a million dollars, endorsements, UFC recruiting.And another video gone viral could cost him it all.Because now a stalker is sending him videos from the night his mother was killed.Pax thought he’d killed her murderer. He thought he could move on... -
![Marked for Death by Anna Blakely]()
Marked for Death by Anna Blakely
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe speaks for the dead.For Dr. Maggie Carpenter, spending the day surrounded by death isn't just normal...it's her calling. As a forensic pathologist, it's her job to find justice for victims who are unable to speak for themselves. So when the sexy FBI agent she worked with a few months ago asks her to consult on a particularly disturbing case in Colorado, she can't bring herself to say no... -
![Wanna Play A Game? by Alina May]()
Wanna Play A Game? by Alina May
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSawyerHunting people has become boring…until she comes along. She’s full of fight and fire. Pushing her to her limits is exhilarating. I love scaring her. Hurting her. Hunting her. It makes me hard. She’s our little toy, and the game has just begun. And what a fun game it is to play.MilesSawyer kidnapped a woman and brought her to our home. He wants me to play his twisted games... -
![Midnight Obsession by Melinda Leigh]()
Midnight Obsession by Melinda Leigh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh’s edgy new thriller, Louisa Hancock thought she was safe…but there’s a new killer in town.When a mysterious package lands on Louisa Hancock’s doorstep, the Philadelphia museum curator can hardly anticipate the nightmare that’s about to envelop her... -
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I See You by Mary Burton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton comes a gritty, suspenseful story in the Criminal Profiler series. FBI special agent Zoe Spencer uses skeletal remains to recreate the faces of murder victims through sculpture. Though highly scientific, the process is also sensitive and intimate; she becomes attached to the individuals she identifies, desperate to find justice for each... -
![Constant Risk by Janie Crouch]()
Constant Risk by Janie Crouch
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe hunters Become the hunted. Deputy Tanner Dempsey and Bree Daniels are tasked with unraveling a deadly mystery in Dallas—one that involves transmitting live feeds of victims trapped in tanks as they fill with water. Bree’s computer genius is their only hope at solving the crime... -
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![Obsession by Harleigh Beck]()
Obsession by Harleigh Beck
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSavannahImagine my surprise when the chance to interview the country’s most notorious man on death row lands on my table. His final confession. It’s too good of an opportunity to turn down.Robbie Hammond is old enough to be my father, a man condemned for the murder of at least fourteen women. He is dangerous, deadly. Intense in ways I can’t explain... -
![Make Me Beg by C.R. Jane, May Dawson]()
Make Me Beg by C.R. Jane, May Dawson
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe monsters almost made me love them.And now I’m paying the price.But so are they.Stellan, Cain, Remington, Paxton and I are locked together in a war that I refuse to lose.They’ve taken my freedom, my money, my reputation…but they can’t take my soul.They keep forgetting I was forged in fire by a demon. Monsters don’t scare me.They think I’m trapped in their mansion with them... -
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Merciless by Mary Burton
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this riveting linked novel, rising romantic suspense star Burton deftly heightens the suspense that began in "Senseless." No Pity. Each skeleton is flawless—gleaming white and perfectly preserved, a testament to his skill. Every scrap of flesh has been removed to reveal the glistening bone beneath. And the collection is growing… No Compassion... -
![Burn You Twice by Mary Burton, Melissa Moran]()
Burn You Twice by Mary Burton, Melissa Moran
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratings8 hours, 56 minutesFire can destroy the past. It can also uncover secrets in this novel of searing suspense by New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton.Ten years ago as an undergrad, Joan Mason escaped an arsonist’s fire. Shaken, she fled the small collegiate Montana town, leaving behind friends and not looking back... -
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![Deep Spiral by Cole McCade]()
Deep Spiral by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsABOUT THIS EPISODE A deadly, unstable shooter. A trap Malcolm and Seong-Jae can't escape. And more than one life on the line as they find themselves facing down one of the Golden Ratio Killer's proxies in a high-stakes hostage situation that could ramp up the serial murderer's mathematical body counts exponentially. And if Malcolm and Seong-Jae aren't careful, they'll be among the tally... -
![Savage Queen by Alisha Williams]()
Savage Queen by Alisha Williams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSomething I never thought was capable, happened.Now I’m trying to make all these relationships work without letting my past effect my life.So I do what I do best, shove it down deep and distract myself with sex and blood.But I don’t have to worry about finding things to keep me busy because someone has come into my city, putting teenagers at risk... -
![Black Hearts: A Dark Captive Romance by Stella Hart]()
Black Hearts: A Dark Captive Romance by Stella Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt takes a monster to destroy a monster. My enemies have taken Celeste. Kidnapped her to torture and kill her. I won’t stop looking for her. Won’t give up on her. I’ll destroy anyone and anything that gets in my way, and the punishment for those who have taken her will be brutal and unmerciful. She belongs with me. She belongs to me. I’m never letting go. Ever... -
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The Invitation by A.J. Rivers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen FBI agent Ava James received a call from an ex,she could have never predicted the mayhem that would follow...After receiving an invitation to attend a Christmas themed wedding in the mountains,Ava had planned out her perfect winter escape.However, the getaway turns into a nightmare when she stumbles upon the groom’s sister frozen in the snow... -
![Vile by Debra Webb]()
Vile by Debra Webb
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDeputy Chief Jess Harris knows her time is running out. Somehow she must protect the people she loves and any more innocent victims from the serial killer obsessed with her... -
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Vicious by Debra Webb
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 7 in the Faces of Evil series. Serial killer Eric Spears is far from done. He has chosen his next victim and Deputy Chief Jess Harris knows it's only a matter of time until he comes for her. The murders are vicious, the killer relentless... -
![Heinous by Debra Webb]()
Heinous by Debra Webb
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe body count is rising. The serial killer obsessed with Birmingham’s Deputy Chief Jess Harris is getting closer, and he knows Jess’s secret. Can she protect the child she carries and the people she loves from Eric Spears and his followers? The body farm discovered in a small Alabama town has many buried secrets... -
![Surviving Doctor Vincent: The Good Doctor Trilogy Book 2 by Renea Mason, Nancy Cassidy]()
Surviving Doctor Vincent: The Good Doctor Trilogy Book 2 by Renea Mason, Nancy Cassidy
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe sequel to Curing Doctor Vincent... -
![Hollow Veins by J. Rose]()
Hollow Veins by J. Rose
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll I ever wanted was the chance to live. From the moment I left my cage, I’ve fought for every single breath. But my new life came at a cost.The rapture approaches. Hysteria is taking over the country.Michael Abaddon stole everything from me. My freedom. My sanity. My soul. As his reign of terror escalates, the time has come to take my life back.He wants to burn us all... -
![Shut Up and Drive by L.M. Krier]()
Shut Up and Drive by L.M. Krier
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA serial sex attacker is spreading fear in Stockport and DI Ted Darling and his team are on the case.The man randomly targets young women and abducts them from busy supermarket car parks. He's armed with a knife and is clearly highly trained in how to handle it.Ever-dwindling police resources make the manhunt harder, even though the attacker clearly doesn't care whether or not he's caught... -
![Wrath by Coralee June]()
Wrath by Coralee June
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI hated fire. I hated how the smoke wrapped around my naked body, stinging my skin with defiant embers. I hated the smell of burnt flesh, the ashes heavy on my tongue, my charred soul like splinters deep in my chest.She’s dead, Juliet.There’s nothing else you can do--Dragging my bleeding feet across the concrete, I walked toward the flames. Heat licked at my cheeks... -
![All the Dead Girls by Rita Herron]()
All the Dead Girls by Rita Herron
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a violent storm hits Graveyard Falls, it unearths the unimaginable: skeletons of teenage girls, each dressed in white and holding a candle. It’s clear to FBI agent Beth Fields that this is the work of a long-standing killer—but could it be the one she escaped years ago? She has no memory of the man who held her captive and murdered her friend... -
![Death is Not Enough by Karen Rose]()
Death is Not Enough by Karen Rose
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe past comes back to haunt a high-profile defense attorney in the newest book in the Baltimore series from the New York Times bestselling author of Edge of Darkness and Monster in the Closet.In his work as a defense attorney in Baltimore, Thorne has always been noble to a fault--specializing in helping young people in trouble just as someone did for him when he was younger... -
![Salvation by Cassie Hargrove, Story Brooks]()
Salvation by Cassie Hargrove, Story Brooks
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt started with an Obsession… We knew from the moment we saw her that she would be ours, and we used all of our means of Seduction to prove it to her... However, with our way of life comes trouble. It didn’t matter how much Devotion we had, it wasn’t enough to keep her safe, and now we’re here. We’re fighting for our lives and everything we never knew we’d have... -
![No Escape by Mary Burton]()
No Escape by Mary Burton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe Was Taught How To Kill Even behind bars, serial killer Harvey Day Smith exudes menace. Psychologist Jolene Granger has agreed to hear his dying confession, vowing not to let the monster inside her head... -
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![Trajectory by Cole McCade]()
Trajectory by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRising tensions between Malcolm, Seong-Jae, and Aanga Joshi reach a tipping point — and send our devilish duo on a rogue mission. Mal and Seong-Jae are off the radar, off the rails, and determined to track down the connection between Sila and the Golden Ratio Killer, no matter who stands in their way.One way or another, they'll put a name and a face to the nightmare.One way or another.. -
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Rogue by Sinclair Kelly
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSecrets are kind of my thing.Or at least they were. Now my lies are catching up to me, and the stakes are higher than ever.The men who unexpectedly claimed me are breaking down every wall I have, exposing vulnerabilities and opening old wounds. But now is not the time for weakness. Not when someone is out to get us and enemies are around every corner... -
![Fractal Recursion by Cole McCade]()
Fractal Recursion by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's first blood drawn as the white rabbit dangles the lives of innocents in the balance, forcing Malcolm to choose between his parents and a missing FBI agent. Yet Malcolm's attempts to stall for time and find a better solution open a doorway into the Golden Ratio Killer's thoughts, his secrets...and the truth of the past that made him who he is today... -
![White Rabbit, Part II by Cole McCade]()
White Rabbit, Part II by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe white rabbit crashes storytime with Sila, Malcolm, and Seong-Jae — a little too literally, leaving our intrepid detectives battered but not broken. Yet what they find with the white rabbit's arrival could destroy even the strongest man: a diabolical game with over two dozen lives at stake, turning their final showdown into a macabre stage play with the white rabbit as its star... -
![Night Stalker by Shirlee McCoy]()
Night Stalker by Shirlee McCoy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA serial killer is on the loose… in the first book in Shirlee McCoy's FBI: SPECIAL CRIMES UNIT series After Special Agent Adam Whitfield's ex-wife is nearly killed when she stops an abduction, the serial killer that Adam's been hunting turns his focus on Charlotte Murray for getting in his way... -
![Hard Angle by Cole McCade]()
Hard Angle by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUnsettled tensions from the last case come to a head as Seong-Jae reveals his secrets — but will it be enough to repair the fractures in his relationship with Malcolm?Especially when their only promising lead on the Golden Ratio Killer's identity falls apart, along with any hope of returning home to Baltimore and to their life together.When their primary suspect turns up dead..... -
![Loving Doctor Vincent by Renea Mason]()
Loving Doctor Vincent by Renea Mason
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe final installment of the Good Doctor Trilogy. After becoming entwined the Society’s web of deceit, Elaine Watkins has to decide who she can trust... -
![The Shadow by Amanda McKinney]()
The Shadow by Amanda McKinney
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA gruesome murder linking to a famous painting sends FBI Criminal Profiler Eli Archer down a path of lies, deceit… and infatuation. Eli Archer has been called many things at the Bureau, but carefree and light-hearted aren’t two of them...Categorized as:
suspense law-enforcement kidnapping dark contemporary mystery serial-killers military -
![Reaper and Ruin by Elle Thorpe]()
Reaper and Ruin by Elle Thorpe
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn explosion shatters the night. The three men I love are thrown from the bluff into the raging sea below.And one of them can’t swim.But the fall isn’t the only thing trying to kill us.Every step we take, danger stalks closer.Every breath we steal, the killer waits in the shadows.When he rips someone I love away from me, the fragile family I’ve fought to build begins to unravel... -
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![The Surviving Girls by Katee Robert]()
The Surviving Girls by Katee Robert
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA fierce survivor and a fearless FBI agent battle a copycat serial killer in a gripping thriller from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Katee Robert. Twelve years ago, Lei Zhang and her friend Emma Nilsson miraculously lived through the notorious Sorority Row Murders that left twenty-one of their sisters dead... -
![Cold Calculation by Cole McCade]()
Cold Calculation by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsABOUT THIS EPISODE How do you profile a serial killer who keeps changing his pattern? A body encased in ice and a cryptic message make Malcolm, Seong-Jae, and Aanga Joshi question everything they thought they'd learned about the Golden Ratio Killer. If their suspect can change his methods and alter his patterns, he could easily disappear... .. -
![Corpse Roads by J. Rose]()
Corpse Roads by J. Rose
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn therapy, they tell you to use your senses.List the things you know. Sermons recited with malice. A blood-soaked ritual. The sting of tears and gasping sobs of the dying. Rotting flesh. I grew up in a cage, tortured by the Lord Almighty's most twisted servant. Death and despair became my close companions as I watched years of slaughter at Pastor Michaels’ hand. Eighteen girls. Dead... -
![In Sequence by Cole McCade]()
In Sequence by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsABOUT THIS EPISODE The Golden Ratio killer resurfaces in California to target a former victim, and this time the case takes Malcolm and Seong-Jae hunting deep into his past, searching for connections between victim and killer that may reveal his identity... -
![Possession by L.K. Shaw]()
Possession by L.K. Shaw
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter relocating to Washington, D.C. to avoid an overzealous secret admirer, Dr. Madeline Parrish wants to learn all that the city has to offer. When a friend invites her to explore the dark pleasures at the exclusive BDSM club, Black Light, Madeline meets two enigmatic Doms, with whom she spends one explosive night... -
![His Sinner: A Masked Stalker Romance by Harmony West]()
His Sinner: A Masked Stalker Romance by Harmony West
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s her saint . . . now she’ll be his sinner.SaintBriar is more than my muse—she’s my soulmate.She just doesn’t know it yet.After a writing retreat in seclusion with me, she’ll never want to leave. And if she does? Perhaps I simply won’t let her.After all, what’s a saint without his sinner?BriarMy masked stalker is forcing me to stay with him in his Gothic manor...
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