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  • State of Shock by Marie Force

    State of Shock by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    They never saw this coming… This story picks up right where State of the Union left off with another wild ride for the First Couple as they navigate work, family and an all new and extra baffling murder mystery that has Sam pushing the boundaries to get answers before a killer can strike again...
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    drama  family  grief  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime
  • True to Me  (By the Sea) by Kay Bratt

    True to Me (By the Sea) by Kay Bratt

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Wish Me Home comes a breathtaking novel about the secrets that families keep and one woman’s illuminating search for the truth. Quinn Maguire has a stable life, a fiancé, and what she thinks is a clear vision for her future...
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    drama  family  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  cozy  female-mc
  • Legacy by Helen Hardt

    Legacy by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    HE'LL KEEP HIS COMMITMENTS NO MATTER WHAT. Brad Steel is in love. Daphne Wade is more than just his wife-to-be and the mother of his unborn child. She's his destiny. Fate brought them together, and he vows to protect her. His determination doesn't waver when he learns a secret about his bride - a secret she herself doesn't know...
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    drama  family  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Ruby Jane by Susan May Warren

    Ruby Jane by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She loved...and lost.Ruby Jane never thought she'd meet the man of her dreams while running from the police in Russia. That he'd steal her heart on a train to Siberia. But loving a former CIA officer comes with a price...a life of danger. A life of high stakes.A life where he simply disappears...He has no memory of the man he was.Mack Jones has no memory of his past..
  • Rafe by Maryann Jordan

    Rafe by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The true measure of a man is not in the mistakes he makes…but in how he handles those mistakes. Rafe Walker gained fame while in the Army when he was photographed for a Military Calendar. Afterward, modeling contracts rolled in but he found his life in California lacking and longed for a change...
  • The Library by Bella Osborne

    The Library by Bella Osborne

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Two different generations. Two unusual people. Thrown together to save their local library.Tom is a teenager and blends into the background of life. After a row with his dad, and facing an unhappy future at the dog food factory, he escapes to the library. Tom unwittingly ends up with a bagful of romance novels and comes under the suspicion of Maggie...
  • Active Defense by Lynette Eason

    Active Defense by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As a former field surgeon in Afghanistan, Heather Fontaine is used to life-or-death situations. She just didn't expect them to follow her home. When she returns from a party to find that someone has broken into her house--and threatened her friends--she assumes it is the stalker who has been following her and creeping her out...
  • An Unfinished Story: A Novel by Boo Walker

    An Unfinished Story: A Novel by Boo Walker

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A grieving widow and a disenchanted writer form an unexpected bond in a novel about second chances and finding the courage to let go of the past. It’s been three years since Claire Kite lost her husband, David, an aspiring novelist, in a tragic car accident. Claire finally finds the courage to move on; then she discovers among the remnants of her shattered world her husband’s last manuscript...
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    drama  family  grief  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  female-mc
  • Fresh Water for Flowers: A Novel by Valérie Perrin

    Fresh Water for Flowers: A Novel by Valérie Perrin

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Violette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne. Casual mourners, regular visitors, and sundry colleagues—gravediggers, groundskeepers, and a priest—visit her to warm themselves in her lodge, where laughter, companionship, and occasional tears mix with the coffee she offers them. Her life is lived to the rhythms of their funny, moving confidences...
  • Night Road by Kristin Hannah

    Night Road by Kristin Hannah

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Jude Farraday is a happily married, stay-at-home mom who puts everyone’s needs above her own. Her twins, Mia and Zach, are bright and happy teenagers. When Lexi Baill enters their lives, no one is more supportive than Jude. A former foster child with a dark past, Lexi quickly becomes Mia’s best friend. Then Zach falls in love with Lexi and the three become inseparable...
  • The Color of Joy by Julianne MacLean

    The Color of Joy by Julianne MacLean

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Color of Joy is USA Today bestselling author Julianne MacLean’s eighth instalment in her popular Color of Heaven series, which has delivered many happy sighs to thousands of readers worldwide and left them clamoring for more...
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    drama  family  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery  religion
  • Nelumbo Nucifera by Cristina Slough

    Nelumbo Nucifera by Cristina Slough

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the surface, Gaby Parker has it all; however, behind closed doors, is a woman who lives in constant fear of the man who was supposed to love her: her husband, Kyle. Beaten, desperate, and broken, Gaby realizes the only way to escape from her violent husband is to kill herself — on paper...
  • The Dead Don't Dance by Charles Martin

    The Dead Don't Dance by Charles Martin

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A sleepy rural town in South Carolina. The end of summer and a baby about to be born. But in the midst of hope and celebration comes unexpected tragedy, and Dylan Styles must come to terms with how much he's lost...
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    drama  family  grief  adult  audiobook  book  christian  contemporary
  • Sam's Letters To Jennifer by James Patterson

    Sam's Letters To Jennifer by James Patterson

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Grief-stricken by a recent tragedy, Jennifer returns to the resort village where she grew up to help her beloved grandmother. There, Jennifer will discover new meaning in life and experience not one, but two of the most amazing love stories ever...
  • Friends & Forever by J.M. Darhower

    Friends & Forever by J.M. Darhower

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Friends: One moment. One wrong choice. That was all it took to destroy a friendship. *takes place before Sempre* Forever: Halloween. With a three year old. 'Nuff said...
  • Olive Juice by T.J. Klune

    Olive Juice by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It begins with a message that David cannot ignore: I want to see you. He agrees, and on a cold winter’s night, David and Phillip will come together to sift through the wreckage of the memory of a life no longer lived. David is burdened, carrying with him the heavy guilt of the past six years upon his shoulders. Phillip offers redemption...
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    drama  family  grief  adult  angst  audiobook  book  children
  • Labyrinth of Lies by Irene Hannon

    Labyrinth of Lies by Irene Hannon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When the daughter of a high-profile businessman disappears from an exclusive girls' boarding school, police detective Cate Reilly is tapped for an undercover assignment. It doesn't take her long to realize that beneath the veneer of polish and wealth, things are not as they seem at Ivy Hill Academy. But the biggest surprise of all? The only man she ever loved is also working at the school...
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    drama  family  adult  audiobook  book  christian  contemporary  fiction
  • Beyond the Moonlit Sea by Julianne MacLean

    Beyond the Moonlit Sea by Julianne MacLean

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    From the bestselling author of These Tangled Vines comes a gripping novel about one woman’s search for answers when her husband vanishes in the night.Olivia Hamilton is married to the love of her life, Dean, a charismatic pilot who flies private jets for the rich and famous. But when he vanishes over the Bermuda Triangle, Olivia’s idyllic existence unravels...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  grief  adult  audiobook  book  breakup  contemporary
  • Chamaeleon by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Chamaeleon by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s time for a change...For the last seven months, my life has revolved around Knox, Theo, Chase, Ethan, Jackson, and Theo. They’ve kept me safe, made me laugh, and embraced me as one of their own. Now, the unimaginable is happening—I’m turning my back on the life I created with them. But no matter how much distance I put between us, my heart doesn’t seem to understand it’s time to move on...
  • Stay with Me by Becky Wade

    Stay with Me by Becky Wade

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A mysterious letter alluding to a secret in her parents' past brings Genevieve Woodward back to her Blue Ridge Mountains hometown, but she's also in need of a break from a high-profile career that has left her dangerously burned out and concealing a powerful secret of her own...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  grief  adult  audiobook  book  christian  contemporary
  • The Secrets She Kept by Brenda Novak

    The Secrets She Kept by Brenda Novak

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Exciting, emotional, intense. The thrilling follow-up to New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak's highly acclaimed The Secret Sister. The things that happen in families are always surprising and sometimes shocking! The rich and powerful Josephine Lazarow, matriarch of Fairham Island, is dead. The police say it's suicide, but Keith, her estranged son, doesn't believe it...
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    drama  family  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • The Cottages on Silver Beach by RaeAnne Thayne

    The Cottages on Silver Beach by RaeAnne Thayne

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Years after betraying her, he’s back in Haven Point…and determined to uncover the truth For the sake of her brother’s children, innkeeper Megan Hamilton has put her entire life on hold to become their guardian. The last person she wants to ever see again is Elliott Bailey, who she feels is responsible for her brother’s current predicament...
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    drama  family  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • Don't Let Me Go by Susan Lewis

    Don't Let Me Go by Susan Lewis

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Charlotte Nicholls has a secret that haunts her.She and three-year-old Chloe have left their home and friends, and are now building a new life for themselves in New Zealand.All Charlotte wants to do is to forget the past, to blot out what went before, and to look only to the future.At last she and Chloe feel safe...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  book  contemporary  dark  fiction  kidnapping  mystery
  • Hard Hart by Whitley Cox

    Hard Hart by Whitley Cox

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’ll take a tough woman to win this Hard Hart…Krista Matthews, a hard-headed, hard-fighting rookie cop, is determined to prove herself on the force. It’s not just a man’s world anymore and she'll show them all she’s up to the challenge, even if it means putting up with the advances from her lecherous mentor, Myles Slade...
  • Rescued: A Small Town Single Dad Romance by Jill Burrell

    Rescued: A Small Town Single Dad Romance by Jill Burrell

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Breaking down in a nowhere town called Providence wasn’t part of the plan.When her life falls apart in a matter of a few hours, all single mother Amy Lawson wants is a fresh start. She doesn’t expect to break down and find herself at the mercy of strangers...
  • The Day She Came Back by Amanda Prowse

    The Day She Came Back by Amanda Prowse

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    When her loving, free-spirited grandmother Primrose passes away, Victoria is bereft, yet resilient—she has survived tragedy before. But even her strength is tested when a mysterious woman attends Prim’s funeral and claims to be the mother Victoria thought was dead...
  • Vegas Heat by Fern Michaels

    Vegas Heat by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    With A Simple Twist Of Fate, Fortunes Rise And Fall. . .Vegas Heat is the story of the Thornton dynasty. . .of Fanny Thornton, who takes over Babylon, the family's magnificent Las Vegas casino, when her ex-husband Ash falls desperately ill. . .of Fanny's twin sons, Sage and Birch, one content in his conventional life, while the other's search for happiness leads to tragedy--and renewed hope. .
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  epic  female-mc
  • Between Now and Forever by Barbara Freethy

    Between Now and Forever by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From #1 NY Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes a romantic and suspenseful new novel in the popular family series, The Callaways. Nicole met Ryan when he was a handsome, cocky teenager with a desire to fly high above the clouds...
  • Amelia Unabridged by Ashley Schumacher

    Amelia Unabridged by Ashley Schumacher

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sparks fly between two teens as they grapple with grief, love, and the future.Eighteen-year-old Amelia Griffin is obsessed with the famous Orman Chronicles, written by the young and reclusive prodigy N. E. Endsley. They’re the books that brought her and her best friend Jenna together after Amelia’s father left and her family imploded...
  • Supernova: Partikel by Dee Lestari

    Supernova: Partikel by Dee Lestari

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Di pinggir Kota Bogor, dekat sebuah kampung bernama Batu Luhur, seorang anak bernama Zarah, dan adiknya, Hara, dibesarkan secara tidak konvensional oleh ayahnya, dosen sekaligus ahli mikologi bernama Firas. Cara Firas mendidik anak-anaknya mengundang pertentangan dari keluarganya sendiri...
  • The Keeper of Stories by Sally Page

    The Keeper of Stories by Sally Page

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A charming, uplifting debut novel—full of humor and depth—that has taken readers around the world by surprise. Everyone has a story to tell. But does Janice have the power to unlock her own?She can’t recall what started her collection...
  • The Law of Inertia by Sophie Gonzales

    The Law of Inertia by Sophie Gonzales

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When James’s boyfriend died by suicide, no one questioned what happened. A foster kid with a checkered past and a history of suicide attempts, Ash was just another number in a system that failed him. But to James, Ash was never just a number, and the facts around his death no longer stack up so neatly...
  • The Garden House: A Novel by Marcia Willett

    The Garden House: A Novel by Marcia Willett

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Marcia Willett's The Garden House is a charming and heartwarming novel about family, yearning, and long-buried secrets …Fresh out of university and right on the precipice of adulthood, El is trying her best to figure out what it is she really wants from life. This is complicated by the fact that she is also dealing with the loss of her father, Martin...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  grief  21st-century  adult  book  contemporary  cozy
  • Enchant by Rachel Van Dyken

    Enchant by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Stand Alone Prequel to the Eagle Elite Series In the mafia...only the strong survive. Joyce loves Luca. Luca loves Joyce. Frank loves his family and will do anything to protect it, even if it means taking away his brothers reason for existing. Falling, only takes one step, one movement of the chess piece, and in Joyce's fall she took more than just one heart with her...
  • Forgotten by Mariah Stewart

    Forgotten by Mariah Stewart

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart comes a novel of sexy romantic suspense for fans of Nora Roberts, Catherine Coulter, and Karen Robards...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction  killer
  • When I Was Invisible by Dorothy Koomson

    When I Was Invisible by Dorothy Koomson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    'Do you ever wonder if you've lived the life you were meant to?' I ask her. She sighs, and dips her head. 'Even if I do, what difference will it make?' In 1988, two eight-year-old girls with almost identical names and the same love of ballet meet for the first time. They seem destined to be best friends forever and to become professional dancers...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  adult  book  contemporary  crime  female-mc  fiction
  • Sweet Liar by Jude Deveraux

    Sweet Liar by Jude Deveraux

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    It was her father's dying wish that Samantha Elliot search for her grandmother, who'd disappeared from Louisville when she was a baby. So here she was, in big, dirty New York City...her parents were dead, her divorce was final, and she was all alone.... Michael Taggert was Samantha's landlord, and he was easily the most beautiful man she'd ever seen...
  • Cancel the Wedding by Carolyn T. Dingman

    Cancel the Wedding by Carolyn T. Dingman

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A heartfelt fiction debut that will appeal to fans of Emily Giffin’s Southern charm and Jennifer Weiner’s compelling, emotionally resonant novels about the frustrations of blood ties, Cancel the Wedding follows one woman’s journey to discover the secrets of her mother’s hidden past—and confront her own uncertain future...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  grief  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  death
  • Her Mother's Shadow by Diane Chamberlain

    Her Mother's Shadow by Diane Chamberlain

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Annie A loving mother and wife, Annie O'Neill was the heart of the small community of Kiss River. But her generous nature hid a darker side that remained secret for years after her tragic death. Lacey When Lacey O'Neill finally learns the shattering truth about the mother she's spent a decade emulating, the foundation of her life begins to crumble...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • 92 Pacific Boulevard by Debbie Macomber, Sandra Burr

    92 Pacific Boulevard by Debbie Macomber, Sandra Burr

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Olivia Lockhart-GriffinCedar Cove, WashingtonDear Listener,I'm sorry to say that our good sheriff, Troy Davis, has suffered a disappointment in love. He was hoping to marry his onetime girlfriend, Faith Beckwith, who recently moved back to town. Well, the latest is that Faith ended the relationship last month, even though both of them are widowed and available...
  • The Passing Storm by Christine Nolfi

    The Passing Storm by Christine Nolfi

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A gripping, openhearted novel about family, reconciliation, and bringing closure to the secrets of the past.Early into the tempestuous decade of her thirties, Rae Langdon struggles to work through a grief she never anticipated. With her father, Connor, she tends to their Ohio farm, a forty-acre spread that itself has enjoyed better days...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  grief  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  female-mc
  • Grave Talk by Nick Spalding

    Grave Talk by Nick Spalding

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Time is a healer, but it helps to have a friend.The last thing Alice expects to see at her husband’s graveside on his birthday is a giant, talking frog. On closer inspection, it’s a grown man dressed as Kermit...
    Categorized as:
    grief  drama  family  romance  fiction  humor  contemporary  death
  • The Rise by Shari King, Shari Low

    The Rise by Shari King, Shari Low

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When we bury our secrets, they always come back to haunt us...Their rise was meteoric.Only a few years before, they had been three friends from Glasgow, just trying to survive tough lives of danger and dysfunction.But on one Hollywood evening in 1993, they were on the world’s biggest stage, accepting their Oscar in front of the watching world.That night was the beginning of their careers...
  • Honor's Promise  (Silhouette Promo) by Sharon Sala

    Honor's Promise (Silhouette Promo) by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Don’t miss the chance to read the novels that launched New York Times bestselling author Sharon Sala’s career. WAS SHE RIGHT TO TRUST THIS STRANGER? For Honor O’Brien, home had always been Charlie’s All-Night Truck Stop, where weary drivers were sure to find the best barbecue in West Texas...
    Categorized as:
    family  grief  adult  book  children  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Deadly Beginnings by Jaycee Clark

    Deadly Beginnings by Jaycee Clark

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jaycee Clark is best known for her Deadly books, a series of romantic suspense novels featuring the very sexy Kinncaid brothers. But before Aiden, Ian, Brayden, Gavin, and Quinlan there was Jock Kinncaid, the charismatic patriarch to the Kinncaid family, and Kaitlyn O’Reilly, the woman who captured his heart forever...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Mahu Vice by Neil S. Plakcy

    Mahu Vice by Neil S. Plakcy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Months have passed since Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka walked away from the blaze at Wa’ahila State Park—and from his partner Mike.Now, Kimo and Mike must work together to solve an arson-homicide while attempting to mend their relationship.Neil S. Plakcy is the author of the Mahu series...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  grief  adult  anthologies  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • Smolder by Desiree Douglas

    Smolder by Desiree Douglas

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Scarlett Barrington left the small town of Greenshade behind forever, along with unspeakable emotional wounds. She is preparing to begin her dream job when she's called home to help her estranged mother, a hoarder, clean out her mess or risk losing her house. Reluctantly returning home, nothing prepares her for the shock of coming face to face with her first love...
  • Another's Child: A Gripping Novel by Einat Danon

    Another's Child: A Gripping Novel by Einat Danon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Imagine inheriting a child that you don’t even know! One morning, Yael and Arik Katz are startled by a surprise inheritance: Noa, the ten-year-old daughter of Canadian friends with whom they had made a long-forgotten will-exchange agreement, is delivered to their doorstep with no warning...
  • The Lie that Binds us by Isabella Phoenix

    The Lie that Binds us by Isabella Phoenix

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Aaron showed me what it was to feel protected, loved, and cherished. Then, he destroyed me without so much as a goodbye.He left me alone, to pick up the pieces of my shattered heart. Years went by and I fooled myself into thinking I had moved on, content with a secure job and the new man in my life. Unfortunately, something that was truly broken cannot be fixed without leaving deep scars...
  • A Perfect Dilemma by Zoe Dawson

    A Perfect Dilemma by Zoe Dawson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The one secret she can't stand to keep is the one she can't afford to tell. The perfect little rich girl, River Pearl Sutton has always done what her family expected of her. She’d become the perfect little beauty queen, the perfect child model and now her global success locks her into a life she never really chose...
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