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Gators and Garters by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 18 ratings‘Til death do us part?Ida Belle, Fortune, and Gertie are gearing up for the big day—Ida Belle’s wedding to Walter—but when the caterer goes missing just a week before the big day, it puts a huge black mark on the joyous celebration... -
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Swamp Spirits by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGhost of a chance?Fortune is thrilled when Ben Harrison, her former CIA partner, and his fiancée, Cassidy, decide to leave DC and move to the Louisiana bayous. They’ve already secured jobs and are only lacking a place to live, so everyone is excited when they quickly find a home. There’s only one problem—the house has a reputation. It’s haunted... -
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Fortune Funhouse by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe traveling carnival has made its stop in Sinful and everyone is ready for thrilling rides, challenging games, and most importantly, funnel cake. But when a man is murdered in the funhouse and Emmaline LeBlanc is knocked unconscious so the killer can escape, the good times are over... -
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Change of Fortune by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSinful, Louisiana, is always a hotbed of activity, and despite the steamy heat, August is no exception. Godzilla is terrorizing the town, looking for a home-cooked meal, and Gertie is worried someone will take the gator out before she can get him under control. Francine has a situation of her own at the café, where food is missing from inventory. And Celia is always up to no good... -
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![Flame and Fortune by Jana Deleon]()
Flame and Fortune by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNo smoke without a fire. It’s New Year’s in Sinful, and the competition for the New Year’s Queen is heating up as the warring churches go head-to-head. Fortune Redding is not the sequined dress kind of woman, but reluctantly agrees to partake in the debacle so that Ida Belle and Gertie can best their nemesis, Celia, who’s put up former Sinful mean girl RJ Rogers... -
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Fortune Furlough by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt’s not a vacation until there’s a murder. Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie are finally off to Florida on the vacation they’ve always talked about. Days filled with white sand, turquoise water, and fruity drinks are the only thing on the agenda... -
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Cajun Fried Felony by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsVenus Thibodeaux had a reputation for being trouble. Some said she started at birth. When she finally left Sinful shortly after turning eighteen, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. When she blew back into town four years later, no one was happy about her return... -
![Swamp Santa by Jana Deleon]()
Swamp Santa by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt’s Christmas in Sinful and Fortune is set to participate in all the local hoopla. A Christmas gala, caroling, and a sleigh ride are on the agenda. Murder is not. But when someone bumps off Santa, Fortune is aware a killer is lurking among the holiday cheer... -
![Swamp Sweets by Jana Deleon]()
Swamp Sweets by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt’s November in Sinful and everyone is gearing up for Thanksgiving. But when Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie bag a body on their turkey hunting trip, the quiet enjoyment of fall is over. No one really knew Miles Broussard well, and as he’d recently sold the building his business was in to retire in another state, no one could explain how he’d ended up murdered and dumped in the bayou... -
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Finding Redemption: Book 5 of The Rollin On Series by Emilia Finn
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is Jon and Tink's story. Full blurb coming soon... -
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Frightfully Fortune by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsRest when you’re dead?It’s time for the annual Halloween festival in Sinful, and Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie can’t wait to suit up and enjoy the food and activities. But when a dead man gallops through the park on a black stallion and slides to a decapitated stop right in front of Swamp Team 3, they know another festival is about to be turned on its head…so to speak... -
![Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays by Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan]()
Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays by Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn one volume, the screenplays to two contemporary classics, directed by Richard Linklater, and starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, about the immediate and life-altering attraction between two strangers. On a train from Budapest to Vienna, Jesse, a young American student, at the end of a romance and his European trip, meets Celine, a young French woman. They are immediately attracted... -
![Finding Victory: Book 2 of the Rollin On Series by Emilia Finn]()
Finding Victory: Book 2 of the Rollin On Series by Emilia Finn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAre you ready for more Kit and Bobby? After an attack that almost claimed her life, Kit wakes to find her boyfriend standing at her back, exactly where he said he'd always be. He'll protect her forever, just like he promised, but there is such thing as too much love. His coddling threatens to smother her... -
![She's Up to No Good by Sara Goodman Confino]()
She's Up to No Good by Sara Goodman Confino
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFor two women generations apart, going home will change their lives in this funny, poignant, and life-affirming novel about family, secrets, and broken hearts by the author of For the Love of Friends.Four years into her marriage, Jenna is blindsided when her husband asks for a divorce... -
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![Becoming a Vincent by C.M. Owens]()
Becoming a Vincent by C.M. Owens
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAlternative Cover Edition of ASIN B072YXCNK1When you live in a place where “turbo speed” internet is a slight step above dial-up, men carry on nine-year beard-growing challenges out of stubborn pride, and your brothers do things like nail all your panties to the outside of your cabin just for funsies, you tend to be a little crazy. You can call it a "locational" hazard, if you will... -
![Poison and Prejudice by Chelsea Field]()
Poison and Prejudice by Chelsea Field
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Izzy agreed to become an undercover poison taster, she didn’t anticipate that it might involve driving around the streets of Los Angeles with a corpse in the trunk. Because the police asked her to. She also didn’t think finding a body together could be considered a bonding experience until she met Connor’s family... -
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Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsStephanie Plum, Trenton’s hardest working, most underappreciated bounty hunter, is offered a freelance assignment that seems simple enough. Local jeweler Martin Rabner wants her to locate his former security guard, Andy Manley (a.k.a. Nutsy), who he is convinced stole a fortune in diamonds out of his safe... -
![Thirty and a Half Excuses by Denise Grover Swank]()
Thirty and a Half Excuses by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLife in Henryetta, Arkansas is turned upside down with the arrival of a televangelist, but it’s the death of a little old lady on Rose’s street that catches her attention. The Henryetta police deem her death natural causes, but Rose suspects foul play and so does an unlikely supporter — the president of the Busy Body Club, her eighty-two year old neighbor Mildred... -
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Kiwi Rules by Rosalind James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNeed an escape? Coming soon: The brand-new, snarky, steamy, Kiwi-centric series by the bestselling author of Escape to New Zealand. Afghanistan hadn't quite killed me. Karen Sinclair just might.You don't find many too-pretty rich boys in the New Zealand Defense Force. Turns out there's a reason for that. Fortunately, you can find your true self in the oddest places... -
![Random Acts of Love by Julia Kent]()
Random Acts of Love by Julia Kent
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe last ever-loving thing I ever thought I'd become is a hypocrite. A big, fat one. Joe doesn't even want me to meet his parents. Trevor's fine with it, but only if they keep thinking I'm his girlfriend. And only his girlfriend. He doesn't want that pesky little thing called truth to get in the way. Both of them are my boyfriends. Both... -
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Royal Bastard by Nana Malone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLucas… Don’t get in trouble, they said. Don’t cause an incident. Oops. I might be a newfound prince, but that doesn’t mean I’m ready to say goodbye to my days of freedom. So when my brother, the king, asks me to babysit a diplomat’s daughter, my first thought is to say no… that is until I see her climbing out of a window with her dress tucked into her thong...Categorized as:
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![Bastard Prince by Nana Malone]()
Bastard Prince by Nana Malone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling author, Nana Malone, comes a deliciously royal, roommates to lovers romance. Lucas... I'll never stop fighting for her...no matter the stakes. A year ago I found out I was a long lost prince. But with one lie, that’s all been undone. But prince or pauper, I’m not going to stop fighting for Bryna. She may be the only thing I can count on right now... -
![Dare You To Love Me by Maria Luís]()
Dare You To Love Me by Maria Luís
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI dare you to find me the perfect match, she said. Luke O’Connor has never turned down a dare. Ever. But that was before his last deployment left the charming playboy a shell of his former self. Now he just wants to be left alone - no hookups, no relationships... -
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Cowgirl Seeks Mountain Man by Marley Michaels
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSince she was a little girl, Ellie-Mae Lincoln has known two things: that she was born to be a cowgirl and she’d live out her days at Eagle Mountain Ranch. She ain’t got no time for men or datin. She’s a homebody who loves looking after her rancher brothers and working with the animals she loves dearly... -
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![Whiskey for Breakfast by Liliana Hart]()
Whiskey for Breakfast by Liliana Hart
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Private Investigator's HandbookRule #1: Don't break the lawRule #2: See Rule #1...And then there's Addison Holmes, who makes up her handbook as she goes along. Addison is licensed to carry and she means business. The only thing getting in her way is a sexy detective, a neighborhood watch from hell, a dead billionaire, a black market sperm bank, and a long lost heir. Piece of cake.. -
![Merry Random Christmas by Julia Kent]()
Merry Random Christmas by Julia Kent
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt all started with a game of Truth or Dare... It's bad enough I got arrested for prostitution on Christmas Eve. Alleged prostitution, mind you. I didn't do it. Of course I didn't. The cops say I offered up a certain sex act for a $5 gasoline gift card, but honey? My sex acts are worth way, way more... -
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Cowboy Seeks a Horse Whisperer by Marley Michaels
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKendra Archer has big dreams in life. Ever since she spent her summers volunteering with neglected animals as a teenager, she’s wanted to run her own horse rescue center... -
![A Body on Fitzgerald’s Bluff by Anna Celeste Burke]()
A Body on Fitzgerald’s Bluff by Anna Celeste Burke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMiriam Webster’s a woman with a few secrets—can she keep them after she and her spirited Dalmatian, Domino, find a body on Fitzgerald’s Bluff? When Miriam Webster moves into the Seaview Cottages active adult community, the last thing she expects is to find a body on the bluffs nearby... -
![Dying to Meet You by Rich Amooi]()
Dying to Meet You by Rich Amooi
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLiz Parker doesn’t like surprises, but winning the lottery isn’t something she would complain about. Before she has time to think about how to spend her new fortune, she’s hit with an even bigger shock than unexpected wealth. She has three months to live unless she finds a one-in-a-million bone marrow donor... -
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Take A Chance On Me by Maria Luís
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWarning: one dirty-talking detective and one feisty crime lab technician collide in the second installment to the sizzling NOLA Heart series! Mixing business with pleasure just got a little hotter down in the Big Easy ... Nathan Danvers has cultivated a certain, sexy reputation among the ladies in New Orleans. As a former marine and current detective for the New Orleans P.D...Categorized as:
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![Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine (29) by Janet Evanovich]()
Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine (29) by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsStephanie Plum breaks the rules, flirts with disaster, and shows who’s boss in this “fast and fun” (Publishers Weekly) thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich.Monday mornings aren’t supposed to be fun, but they should be predictable... -
![Running From the Law by Jami Albright, Jennifer Grace]()
Running From the Law by Jami Albright, Jennifer Grace
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne night of passion. Two second chances. Three little texts . . .Former child star Charlie Klein is in a world of trouble. She’s broke, jobless, and no longer famous—except with the IRS. She’s ready to run, so an emergency call from Texas is all the excuse she needs to get out of Hollywood. But she doesn’t expect to crash into the sheriff of her hometown, the boy she loved and lost... -
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Rumble on the Bayou by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDeputy Dorie Berenger knew the day would go from bad to worse when she found a stoned alligator in the town drunk’s swimming pool. Then DEA agent Richard Starke shows up in Gator Bait, Louisiana, giving out orders and insults faster than you can cast a fishing line... -
![The Hunger Pains by Chelsea Field]()
The Hunger Pains by Chelsea Field
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIsobel Avery is on her second assignment as an undercover poison taster for Los Angeles's rich and famous. And she’s actually enjoying herself. Until her sweet, agoraphobic client mysteriously leaves the safety of his apartment and winds up dead. When crucial evidence goes missing, investigator Connor Stiles will need Izzy's inside knowledge to help track down the killer... -
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![Whiskey Sour by Liliana Hart]()
Whiskey Sour by Liliana Hart
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAddison Holmes is at it again. When priceless Russian gems are stolen on their way to Savannah and the courier is murdered, all the clues lead to back to an escort service that seems above reproach. But looks can be deceiving. Throw in a sexy detective and a dangerous FBI agent, and Addison finds out very quickly that she's in way over her head... -
![Caught Up with the Captain by Kait Nolan]()
Caught Up with the Captain by Kait Nolan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan a retired naval commander and the love he left behind overcome a 34-year-old secret to find their way to a second chance?Captain Mitchell Greyson is a man who believes in duty. A bigger purpose and a thirst to prove himself took him away from his tiny Tennessee hometown--and the girl he loved--more than thirty years ago... -
![Sweet Right Here: A Sweet Romantic Comedy by Jenny B. Jones]()
Sweet Right Here: A Sweet Romantic Comedy by Jenny B. Jones
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwice jilted, I’ve sworn off love forever.But Miller James might be the one man to change my mind.Newly un-engaged, I’ve returned to Sugar Creek to the welcoming arms of my family to make a fresh start. While I have a reputation for being unlucky in love, I’ve just scored the career coup of a lifetime—to work at Hope Farms, a therapy ranch for military veterans... -
![Life Changer by B.J. Harvey]()
Life Changer by B.J. Harvey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a firefighter and the chef he's been crushing on cross paths, sparks fly. ***Divorced single mom Dee has never much believed in fate until now, but something about the charming and adorably awkward flirt, Rhodes, has her intrigued and wanting to know more... -
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Stilettos & Sniper Rifles by Gail Koger
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve been a Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputy for four years. Most folks don’t have a clue about what a cop deals with every day. Like a pack of attack chihuahuas, a monkey with a bad case of diarrhea, a hungry python, a Brahma bull named Bodacious and a six-foot iguana. And that is just the critters. Now let me tell you about the two-legged varmints...Categorized as:
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![Now or Never by Janet Evanovich]()
Now or Never by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsShe said yes to Morelli. She said yes to Ranger. Now Stephanie Plum has two fiancés and no idea what to do about it. But the way things are going, she might not live long enough to marry anyone.While Stephanie stalls for time, she buries herself in her work as a bounty hunter, tracking down an unusually varied assortment of fugitives from justice... -
![Random on Tour: Los Angeles by Julia Kent]()
Random on Tour: Los Angeles by Julia Kent
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBOOK SEVEN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING RANDOM SERIES: I guzzled another flute of Champagne and froze, the liquid in my throat, waiting to be swallowed. Tyler was here. We’d met a few times before, in passing. He was the substitute bass player for the band; I was the lead guitar player’s girlfriend’s best friend... -
![Tougher in Texas by Kari Lynn Dell]()
Tougher in Texas by Kari Lynn Dell
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Look out, world! There's a new cowboy in town."—Carolyn Brown, New York Times Bestselling Author for Tangled in Texas He's got five rulesAnd she's aiming to break them all Rodeo producer Cole Jacobs has his hands full running Jacobs Livestock... -
![Forbidden Falls by Robyn Carr]()
Forbidden Falls by Robyn Carr
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsVIRGIN RIVER IS ABUZZ WITH THE NEWS THAT A STRANGER BOUGHT THE TOWN'S ABANDONED CHURCH ON EBAY. THE BUYER, A YOUNG WIDOWED REVEREND, IS A LITTLE LIKE THE BUILDING ITSELF: IN NEED OF SOME TENDER LOVING CARE.Noah Kincaid arrives ready to roll up his sleeves and revitalize his new purchase, but he's going to need some help. An ad in the local paper brings and improbably candidate his way...Categorized as:
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![Mr. Hired Boss by Lindsey Hart]()
Mr. Hired Boss by Lindsey Hart
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a bad case of mistaken identity ends up with bringing the wrong guy home to mummy and daddy.I met him right when I swore men off forever.And proposed to him right there and then.Pretend to be my boyfriend for the weekend.And walk away with a bundle of cash.It was the perfect plan.He was Greek God Level Gorgeous.Plus what made him the one... he was gay.That would equal zero drama...Categorized as:
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![And Baby Makes Five by Debra Clopton]()
And Baby Makes Five by Debra Clopton
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTWO STUBBORN HUMANS, HIS DOG, HER DONKEY...AND A BRAND-NEW BABYA donkey with a penchant for breaking and entering...in search of alfalfa? Cort Wells had never heard of such a thing, until he and his dog moved into Mule Hollow. And the donkey's eight-months-pregnant owner was Lilly Tipps, raised by her man-hating grandmas... -
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Two Captains, One Chair by Shaye Marlow
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRocking sparkly purple toenails under a pair of steel-toe boots, Suzy is a river barge captain in the Alaskan Bush. She’s a tiny gossip with big problems: her able-bodied barge boy just left her high and dry, she can’t sleep, her best friend Helly is getting all the action… and now, someone’s stolen her gold nugget. Ed is a nice guy... -
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Heartbreak Boys by Simon James Green
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFaking the best summer ever is a lot harder than it looks...At the start of summer, Jack and Nate find themselves dumped as their respective exes, Dylan and Tariq, start up a new relationship together. Not only that, their exes start posting pics on social media, showing the whole world how fabulous their new life together is!Jack and Nate are reeling...Categorized as:
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Tap & Gown by Diana Peterfreund
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFans of Beautiful Disaster will devour Diana Peterfreund's Ivy League novels--Secret Society Girl, Under the Rose, Rites of Spring (Break), and Tap & Gown. At an elite university, Amy Haskel has been initiated into the country's most notorious secret society. But in this power-hungry world where new blood is at the mercy of old money, hooking up with the wrong people could be fatal... -
![Glad One: Crazy is a Relative Term by Margaret Lashley]()
Glad One: Crazy is a Relative Term by Margaret Lashley
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSolving the Mysteries of Midlife and Other Weird Stuff....One crazy old lady. Two gin and tonics. Three derelict beach-bum friends. Will Val’s fourth stab at starting over add up to a big fat zero?St. Pete Beach attracts weirdos like mosquitoes to a bug zapper... -
![Beautiful by Christina Lauren]()
Beautiful by Christina Lauren
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAfter walking in on her boyfriend shagging another girl in their place, Pippa Bay Cox ditches London for the States to go on a drunken road trip with Ruby Miller and some of her Beautiful friends.Scaling the career ladder is the default way to deal with heartbreak—and to just deal—for Jensen Bergstrom. Absolutely buried by his drive and workload, he rarely takes time for himself...
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