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  • Tarnished by Riley Edwards

    Tarnished by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Some men are born protectors, some are forged by the tragedies of their past, some are tempered and toughened by the atrocities they witness on the battlefield. Former Navy SEAL Logan Haines was a combination of all three. From a young age, he was taught that love hurt—it came with fists, lies, guilt, and blame...
  • Reborn by Melody Anne, John Henley

    Reborn by Melody Anne, John Henley

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jon Eisenhart (Eyes) has been the team leader of the Special Ops team formed by Joseph Anderson to stamp out drugs in the Seattle metro area. In this riveting final we see the first four books come to an exciting end where the streets, neighborhoods, and families are freed from the seedy world of violence and drugs...
  • Axe's Devotion by E.C. Land

    Axe's Devotion by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s a new face, and something I need to have.AxeEveryone left and now I’m picking up the pieces. After the fire, what could I expect? We know who was behind it and the club is ready for a fight. No one fucks with us and gets away with it, but I’d be lyin’ if I said I wasn’t distracted.I can’t stop staring at her...
  • Tempting Country by L. Wilder

    Tempting Country by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    You don’t know until you know...We didn't exchange names or numbers. There was no reason to. It was just a simple hook up--until it wasn't.I had no idea the beautiful girl I'd met in the bar was Billy the Butcher's daughter. The chick wasn’t only a looker, she was smart—really smart. She had to be to pull one over on the Sinners...
  • The Courbet Connection by Estelle Ryan

    The Courbet Connection by Estelle Ryan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Forged masterpieces. Kidnapped students. The dark net. Nonverbal communications expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard's search for an international assassin is rudely interrupted by an autistic teenager who claims that forged masterpieces are being sold on the dark net--a secret internet few know exists...
  • The Léger Connection by Estelle Ryan

    The Léger Connection by Estelle Ryan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Stolen art. Rogue police officers. Drones.A video call from her dad leads top white-hat hacker Francine to four stolen masterpieces. And to a possible murder--in Brazil. Her frustration at being so far away is turned into anger when her loved ones are attacked and corrupt law enforcement officials stonewall their inquiries...
  • Forging Blade by Khloe Wren

    Forging Blade by Khloe Wren

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nothing in life has ever come easily for him, and rescuing his woman is no exception. Jared “Blade” Walker’s life hasn’t been his own for a long time. Sold by his father when he was just sixteen to the head of the mob, he did what he had to in order to survive and became one of their most lethal enforcers. But now, thanks to his ties with the Charon MC, he has a chance to get some vengeance...
  • Rebelling Rogue by E.C. Land

    Rebelling Rogue by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A rumor destroyed us, and now I'll put back the broken pieces.RogueMy life hasn't been the same since she left. Rebel was the one woman who knew me better than anyone else. Long story short, she was tricked into thinking I cheated on her. I didn't, but she didn't care. She wanted to be out of my life and I let her walk away. I shouldn't have, but it's too late now...
  • Mafia War by L. Steele

    Mafia War by L. Steele

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My husband is a made man, a villain, the boss of the Mafia...He stole me from my normal life and catapulted me into the center of the underworld.He imprinted his crimson fingerprints on my psyche and tried to set me free.It's wrong of me to be attracted to the viciousness in him.And yet I can't... won't stop until he loves me back.It's why I returned to him.It's why I allowed him to use me..
  • Rescuing Jinx by Ellie Masters

    Rescuing Jinx by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One expert cryptologist. One Navy SEAL. They'd rather die than work together, but can they put aside their differences in time to save six missing women?The Guardian Hostage Rescue series gets more intense with every book. With dangerous missions, heroic rescues, nail-biting suspense, and sizzling romance, it's an addictive adrenaline rush...
    Categorized as:
    crime  kidnapping  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  cozy  dark
  • Sybil’s Protector by Ellie Masters

    Sybil’s Protector by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SYBIL Falling for my Protector might cost me my life. I was abducted and shipped out, meant to be sold. My freedom stolen. My body no longer mine. My life…over. Or so I thought. The Guardians swooped in. They saved me from a living Hell, but my life is still in danger. The men who took me want me back. They’re out there, hunting me. Once again, the Guardians step up...
  • Triplets Rise by K.L. Savage

    Triplets Rise by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Daddy'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...
  • The Sirani Connection by Estelle Ryan

    The Sirani Connection by Estelle Ryan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Stolen masterpieces. Deadly narcotics. Artificial intelligence.A mysterious email and the arrest of a fugitive art thief send Doctor Genevieve Lenard and her team to Prague, where it soon becomes apparent that this theft has a close connection to a sadistic killer they've been tracking for almost a year...
  • Dead Canyon by Jeff Carson

    Dead Canyon by Jeff Carson

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When a drug runner on pre-trial release disappears, nobody’s surprised in Sluice-Byron county. What is shocking, however, is when Wolf finds the man’s severed foot, tracking ankle bracelet still attached. It looks like somebody has come to retrieve their man, and make a statement while doing so.Why? Wolf wonders...
  • Sorin by Brooke Sivendra

    Sorin by Brooke Sivendra

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A code. A cult. A kidnapping. James Thomas is playing a deadly game of chess, but not everyone will survive…. Maya Ashwood has been taken hostage, and her kidnapper wants two things in exchange: James Thomas and Mak Ashwood.James must create a plan that will enable him to both rescue Maya and keep Mak safe from the clutches of the man hunting him.The stakes have never been higher...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • His Greatest Risk by Anna Blakely

    His Greatest Risk by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    R.I.S.C. SERIES FINALEA man searching for a purpose. A woman searching for love. A monster out to destroy R.I.S.C…and anyone who gets in his way.Former Delta Force operator Trace Winters is an expert at two things: Finding the bad guys and taking them down. The instinct he was born with and the skills he’s learned make him the perfect candidate to lead R.I.S.C.’s new Charlie Team...
  • Savage Risk by Anna Blakely

    Savage Risk by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    HER SAVAGE NEED FOR JUSTICE MAY END UP COSTING HER EVERYTHINGWhen the serial killer who has taunted Detective Riley York for years suddenly reemerges in her new city, she vows to take him down for good. With her partner by her side, Riley will risk everything for one final chance to see justice served.Until now, Eric West has kept his burgeoning feelings for his partner close to the vest...
  • Night Fall by Kristi Belcamino

    Night Fall by Kristi Belcamino

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A group of hackers fighting for the underdog. A greedy society that will stop at nothing to get what they want.Gia Santella is no stranger to San Francisco’s gritty streets, dark underbelly, and unusual crimes. But when the vigilante heiress comes up against a powerful evil trying to destroy her beloved city she realizes her enemies will stop at nothing to make sure she stays out of the way...
  • The Depth of Darkness by L.T. Ryan, Sean Patrick Hopkins

    The Depth of Darkness by L.T. Ryan, Sean Patrick Hopkins

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Detective Mitch Tanner's life hangs in the balance. He clings to the daughter in his care. He agonizes over the disappearance of his son and estranged wife. Twelve months has yet to turn up a solid lead.While investigating the apparent accidental death of Dusty Anne Miller, Mitch and his partner Sam Foster find themselves in the middle of a fiendish plan that strikes too close to home...
  • Levon's Night by Chuck Dixon

    Levon's Night by Chuck Dixon

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A gang of vicious criminals hunts the world over for a cache of hundreds of millions in stolen currency. Their search brings them to a snowbound community in the dead of a Maine winter. They came one night to torture, rob and kill. They picked the wrong night. Levon's Night..
  • Jacks Are Wild by Christopher Greyson

    Jacks Are Wild by Christopher Greyson

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    AMAZON BEST-SELLER! • Best-Seller – Romance Mystery & Suspense – Organized Crime If you love a strong hero, smart women sleuths, and more twists and turns than a piece of licorice – you have found your book! Handsome, white-knight, Police Officer Jack Stratton is back in this action-packed, thrilling adventure...
  • Her Last Breath by Charlie Gallagher

    Her Last Breath by Charlie Gallagher

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Discover a crime thriller which will have you gripped from the explosive start to one of the most shocking endings of the year. DETECTIVE GEORGE ELMS THOUGHT HE’D SEEN IT ALL, UNTIL HE COMES UP AGAINST SERIAL KILLER HENRY ‘THE BULL’ ROBERTS. Henry Roberts had a type — young, blonde, attractive women. He is three years into a life sentence. Two of his victims were never found...
  • Safe Haven by Patricia MacDonald

    Safe Haven by Patricia MacDonald

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She finally had everything she ever wanted . . .Dena returns to her hometown for a high school reunion. She gets together with Brian, her high school crush, and ends up pregnant.She moves back to the small town where she grew up to start a new life with horse breeder Brian.But behind closed doors, Dena’s perfect life becomes the perfect nightmare...
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    crime  heist  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  family  fiction
  • Finding Her by Ami Van

    Finding Her by Ami Van

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    **Note: It is recommended you read the first book in the series before reading this one.** After surviving the last year together with his love, Derrick King, head of the King Family should be enjoying wedding bliss with his new wife, Stellina. With a baby on the way and his family growing stronger, he should be the happiest man in the world...
  • Silas by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Silas by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cora Walsh had no idea how drastically her life would change when a mob boss hired her to cook for him.After witnessing a bloody massacre, she tries to pretend it was all just a bad dream when she returns to her normal life. That is, until two detectives show up at the restaurant where she works, asking questions about who killed the man who hired her and his four guards...
  • Jagger's Choice: Ruthless Sinners MC by L. Wilder

    Jagger's Choice: Ruthless Sinners MC by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    *Jagger’s Choice was previously released in the Very Naughty MC Christmas Anthology.*Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best Sell L. Wilder brings you a new addition to the Ruthless Sinner series. Jagger will show readers just how hard it is to resist a bad boy with a good heart.He hadn’t meant to let her in. She was just supposed to be his ticket out...But she became so much more...
  • Terminated by Lori Matthews

    Terminated by Lori Matthews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the bestselling author of the Callahan Security Series.Meet Cain Maddox of the US Coast Guard’s TEAM RECON. As in reconstructed. As in broken and needs fixing.The sole survivor of a deadly IED attack that killed his best friend, Cain, has been recovering physically and mentally for the last year, thanks to his assignment to Team RECON...
  • War of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone

    War of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rocky Mountain Showdown Big Max Higgins ran the outlaw town of Hell's Creek up in the north Montana Rockies. . .and he decided to include the nearby town of Barlow in his cutthroat operation. What he didn't know was that Smoke Jensen was there with his wife, visiting relatives. It didn't take Smoke long to rout out the lot of them with angry fists and blazing guns. .
  • Ice by E.C. Land

    Ice by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I saw her for the first time, broken and in despair.IceI swore long ago, I’d never want anyone for myself. I didn’t want to take the chance of losing someone I loved, not after everything I’ve seen in life. Then I see her and know I have to help. I didn’t intend for it to happen, but it did.Now I’ve got no choice but to handle the demons not only in her head—there’s more coming for her...
  • Whip's Breath by E.C. Land

    Whip's Breath by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One night. That was what we signed up for.WhipI had a great night of drinkin’ and went back to the hotel with a gorgeous woman. Prettier than anyone I’ve ever seen before. We had mind-blowing sex, and I mean mind blowing. So good I’ve had dreams about her ever since.Hell, I told all my brother’s about the piece of ass I nailed at the concert and they told me I was a fool for lettin’ her get away...
  • Malibu Burning by Lee Goldberg

    Malibu Burning by Lee Goldberg

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    For a professional criminal and a relentless arson investigator, fear and revenge spread like wildfire in a an incendiary thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg.Hell comes to Southern California every October. It rides in on searing Santa Ana winds that blast at near hurricane force, igniting voracious wildfires. Master thief Danny Cole longs for the flames...
  • Deadly Risk by Jane Blythe

    Deadly Risk by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The last thing he wants is to fall for her.Mackenzie Arden knows she'll never be free of her brother's violent obsession with her, and now she's his prisoner and an unwitting pawn in his plot. When she’s rescued by a man who is as intriguing as he is intimidating, she finally starts to feel safe for the first time in her life, only he wants nothing to do with her...
  • Man on Fire by A.J. Quinnell

    Man on Fire by A.J. Quinnell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Known only as Creasy, he was hired to protect, not to kill. A battle-scarred, burnt-out mercenary, working as a bodyguard for the young daughter of an Italian industrialist, he thought he had lost the power of feeling. Until the girl's beguiling touch awakens in him the ability to love.Then something happens, something so devastating that Creasy is consumed by a single-minded rage for revenge...
  • Bone's Destiny by Naomi Porter

    Bone's Destiny by Naomi Porter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They say don’t drink too much tequila... Funny, I can’t remember why.Oh, right… Or we’ll wake up chained to a wall.The scary-ass biker staring at me says I’m paying for my father’s debt.I’m devastated and scared.Utterly clueless about my dad’s dirty dealings.The tattooed, brooding biker isn’t helpful or friendly.He just watches me with those laser-gray eyes...
  • Devil's Flame MC Box Set: Books 1-5 by Romi Hart

    Devil's Flame MC Box Set: Books 1-5 by Romi Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Warning: The Devil's Flame MC will melt your kindle!RAFEI’m her brother’s worst nightmare and her dangerous Devil.I’ve waited for the last six years to take revenge for my dead sister.Now I’m the VP of the Devil’s Flame MC.And I’ll make him pay for what he did to her.But just at the right time, Kira Hawthorne came into my life.My enemy’s sister.But the moment I saw her, I knew I had to claim her...
  • Becoming the Hitman by Hayley Faiman, PinkInk Designs

    Becoming the Hitman by Hayley Faiman, PinkInk Designs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When life hits, it holds nothing back. Renzo Pagano knows just how hard life’s punch can slam against you and just how deep the wounds can embed themselves inside of your soul. Ten years ago all Siobahn Doyle was normal. Then she wasn’t or at least her life wasn’t. Everything changed in an instant. Her beloved sister disappeared without a trace. A stranger’s touch. A kiss...
  • Undeniable Risk by Anna Blakely

    Undeniable Risk by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Homeland Agent Jason Ryker lives for his job, often blurring the lines between right and wrong for the greater good. But when the only woman to ever steal his focus--and his heart--becomes the target of a ruthless killer, there are no more lines. There's only her...
  • Deathwatch Beetle by Jaycee Wolfe

    Deathwatch Beetle by Jaycee Wolfe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Grim:Losing loved ones is nothing new to me. Life is short and seems even shorter for the people I love the most. I refuse to lose anyone else. I have dedicated my life to saving people in need. My brothers will always come first, though. Until I see her bruised and beaten on the side of the road. I vow right then and there to heal her and protect her...
  • WRECKED: GODS OF CHAOS MC, BOOK FOUR by Honey Palomino

    WRECKED: GODS OF CHAOS MC, BOOK FOUR by Honey Palomino

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE SCARS YOU CAN’T SEE ARE THE HARDEST TO HEAL Jesse’s whole life has been a wreck and he’s got the scars to prove it.   When he joins up with his Uncle Ryder’s MC, he finally feels like his life has meaning. The roar of the bike, the open road, the heaviness of the cut stretched across his tattooed shoulders. But the Gods of Chaos MC isn’t like other clubs...
  • Deadly Affair by Misty Evans, Amy Manemann

    Deadly Affair by Misty Evans, Amy Manemann

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Deadly Affair, an SCVC Taskforce novella Cooper Harris, head of the SCVC Taskforce and nicknamed The Beast, isn’t afraid of anything…except that the woman who rocks his world may be about to dump him. Celina is acting distant and secretive while an engagement ring burns a hole in Cooper’s pocket...
  • Goose: A Devil's Highwaymen MC Romance by Lila Grey

    Goose: A Devil's Highwaymen MC Romance by Lila Grey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bambi and Goose had their whole lives ahead of them when evil tore through their sleepy little town, ripping apart their friendship and forcing them to make drastic decisions. Years later, evil is back and they’re fighting to save not only their crumbling friendship but their very own lives...
  • Black Widow by Kristi Belcamino

    Black Widow by Kristi Belcamino

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Mediterranean cruise. A fascinating new friend. An assassin playing a deadly game of revenge. Vigilante heiress Gia Santella has everything that money can buy. It’s what she can’t buy—love, companionship, friendship—that eludes her. When Gia is forced to take a luxury cruise, she sets aside her vigilante ways...
  • Fallen by Kristen Luciani

    Fallen by Kristen Luciani

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In this life, it’s never just an eye for an eye.When I stopped my car that night, it was to do something good. Something right. I ignored the deadly threats hanging over me and saved a life.But my actions came with a price, one too steep for me alone to pay.And that mistake is about to cost me everything...
  • Upheaval by T.L. Payne

    Upheaval by T.L. Payne

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After surviving the prison riots and deadly skirmishes with the wanna-be dictator of Texas County, Maddie and her group are left with dwindling resources, unprepared for the harsh winter ahead. Old friends pitch in to help until a more deadly foe arrives to put all of their lives at risk. A daring mission to St. Louis for precious lifesaving supplies has deadly consequences...
  • Duke by Savannah Rylan

    Duke by Savannah Rylan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her daughter is her world. When Eden and I split eleven years ago I never imagined being a father. Hell, I hardly knew what was happening next week, let alone a decade later. But everything changes with Sierra shows up on my doorstep. With Eden, not far behind. Sierra is mine, I can feel it in my bones. And I'll do anything to make my family whole...
  • A SEAL's Surrender by Makenna Jameison

    A SEAL's Surrender by Makenna Jameison

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s the one man she can never forgive…or forget.Lexi Mattingly, a hotshot Pentagon security specialist, can’t escape her past. Sent down to Little Creek to track down hackers attempting to infiltrate Top Secret naval databases, the last man she expects to run into is the ruggedly handsome Navy SEAL she left in Coronado a lifetime ago...
  • Her Hero by Jane Henry, Maisy Archer

    Her Hero by Jane Henry, Maisy Archer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Donnie Nolan learned early that the secret to life is control. Born into a world of blood and violence, he broke free from the chains of his past with the help of Master Blake and his crew at The Club, and vowed that nothing would drag him back… until a knock at the door reminds him that there are some chains that can never be broken...
  • REST IN PEACE by Willow Rose

    REST IN PEACE by Willow Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sarah Chapman is angry at her husband. She’s also drunk… very drunk as she drives down their street, ready to face him.When a neighbor hears the commotion and rushes to help, he finds her inside, gun still in her hand, and her husband, Steven, dead in the bed.Sarah is arrested and taken away but claims to be innocent.The only one who believes her is FBI profiler, Eva Rae Thomas...
  • Ricochet by Cristin Harber

    Ricochet by Cristin Harber

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From New York Times Bestseller Cristin Harber of the Titan series comes a new standalone romantic suspense novel. Colin questioned his recruitment to Delta team from day one, but he's made sure to earn his accomplishments twice over. No one could accuse his diplomat father of pulling strings. Falling for Adelia is everything he never planned and always wanted. No complications. No agenda...
    Categorized as:
    crime  kidnapping  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  dark  epic
  • Uprising by T.L. Payne

    Uprising by T.L. Payne

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Texas County, Missouri is a powder keg ready to blow.As winter approaches, small-town issues become big trouble.Maddie Langston and her group of post-apocalyptic survivors are stretched thin.Vengeful old foes take advantage of weakened defenses. Without support, as supplies dwindle, citizens are forced to take matters into their own hands...
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