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  • Now and Then and Always by Melissa Tagg

    Now and Then and Always by Melissa Tagg

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “It was just a house. Just a craggy old house in a hidden grove, shuttered and still . . . ” Last year, after traumatic circumstances forced her from her job as a nanny, Mara Bristol finally found a place to belong—the winsome Everwood Bed & Breakfast at the edge of Maple Valley, Iowa. For months, she’s helped its owner, Lenora, maintain the ramshackle property despite their shortage of guests...
  • High Stakes Deception by Christy Barritt

    High Stakes Deception by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Former Texas Ranger and rodeo champion Ainsley Tatum will do whatever is necessary to figure out the truth surrounding her brother’s death in a terrorist bombing fifteen years ago. When her boss at Vanishing Ranch hands her the opportunity to find answers, Ainsley is all in—except for one caveat...
  • Lethal Betrayal by Christy Barritt

    Lethal Betrayal by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Emily Holcomb never thought working for a nonprofit would endanger her life. But when she’s abducted by ruthless men, it’s clear someone has an agenda they don’t want exposed. She manages to escape, only to find herself at the mercy of another man. But is he her oasis or a deadly mirage?Former Mexican federal police commander Mateo Garcia wants to leave his painful past behind...
  • Silent Night by Christy Barritt

    Silent Night by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Catch up with your favorite Lantern Beach characters as they come together to help the town's beloved police chief.On the night before Christmas Eve, as she begins her maternity leave, Lantern Beach Police Chief Cassidy Chambers disappears. Suspecting foul play, law enforcement officers combine forces with the Blackout Security team and island residents to find her...
  • Ranger Honor by Lynn Shannon

    Ranger Honor by Lynn Shannon

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Secrets never stay buried...When Sheriff Claire Wilson is attacked, she calls Texas Ranger Gavin Sterling for help with the investigation. The handsome lawman is smart and kind, but Claire is determined to ignore the sparks between them. Divorce shredded her heart and left her jaded when it comes to love. She pours everything she has into raising her small son and protecting her hometown...
  • The Letter Keeper by Charles Martin

    The Letter Keeper by Charles Martin

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Combining heart-wrenching emotion with edge-of-your-seat tension, Charles Martin explores the true power of sacrificial love. He shows up when all hope is lost. Murphy Shepherd has made a career of finding those no one else could—survivors of human trafficking. His life’s mission is helping others find freedom. But then the nightmare strikes too close to home...
  • Lineage of Corruption by Robin Patchen

    Lineage of Corruption by Robin Patchen

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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  • Giant Fall by Liz Bradford

    Giant Fall by Liz Bradford

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Another man has been executed, just like Tom. What secrets will be revealed by the light of the truth?Police Captain Keith Baker loves leading the detectives squad in Hazel Hill, but he's beginning to wonder if it is a good fit for him...
  • Line of Duty by Christy Barritt

    Line of Duty by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jaxon Wilder didn’t plan on returning home to Fog Lake, Tennessee, following his tour of duty in Iraq. But after a gut-wrenching failure during his stint in the Army, he now faces a new challenge: his family. Abby Brennan always did her best to be the good girl and to live by the rules. When a wrong decision changes her entire life, she tries to hide from the world...
  • Night Vision: by Susan Sleeman

    Night Vision: by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A woman on the run with no one to trust…When a Christmas vacation at a snowy Mt. Hood cabin turns into a home invasion, Jenna Paine will do anything to protect her four-year-old daughter. Even if it means putting Jenna's own life on the line. Which she must do when the intruder threatens to kill her...
  • Night Prey by Susan Sleeman

    Night Prey by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She lived for upholding the law…Defense attorney, Malone Rice, doesn’t want to go to her fifteen year class reunion. Attending means running into her former high school flame, now Portland police detective, Ian Blair. But when the committee decides to honor her for her pro-bono work with homeless teens, she knows it would be churlish not to attend. She will have to go and make the best of it...
  • Brink of Danger by Christy Barritt

    Brink of Danger by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ansley Wilder has always lived life on the wild side, using thrills to numb the pain from her past and escape her mistakes. But a near-death experience two years ago changed everything. When another incident nearly claims her life, she turns her thrill-seeking ways into a fight for survival. Ryan Philips left Fog Lake to chase adventure far from home...
  • One Day Gone: A Mylas Grey Mystery by Luana Ehrlich

    One Day Gone: A Mylas Grey Mystery by Luana Ehrlich

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mylas Grey is a private investigator but don’t call him a private detective. That title belongs to his father—not to him. Mylas is the Chief Investigator for Senator Davis Allen, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. His job is to do background investigations for the President’s judicial nominees, and that’s the only kind of investigation he’s interested in doing...
  • Night Moves by Susan Sleeman

    Night Moves by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If you’re in his sights…County social worker, Natalie Dunn discovers a horrible secret about the father of her juvenile clients. The man not only killed one woman, but Natalie suspects he’s killed several others. She plans to go to the authorities, but before she can, the killer turns his sights on her...
  • Dead Silence: by Susan Sleeman

    Dead Silence: by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A child she’ll do anything to keep. After Kelsey Moore’s husband dies, she wants only one thing. To adopt her husband’s son who she has come to call her own. But as she begins the process that her husband had dragged his feet on, she learns a secret so shocking she begins to question everything she knows except for the love she feels for her son...
  • Firefly Diaries by C.C. Warrens

    Firefly Diaries by C.C. Warrens

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "The world whipped around her in a dizzying funnel of lights and shouts, people in uniforms pressing in from all directions. Noelle sat motionless in the street, barely able to breathe. His little body was too still. Too broken."Noelle's world shattered that night, like the pieces of headlights scattered across the dark street. There was no rebuilding her life around the grave of her child...
  • Fatal Vendetta by Christy Barritt

    Fatal Vendetta by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trapped in a deadly game, Addison Barlow has no choice but to play by her tormentor’s rules.Following a terrifying home invasion, Addison’s life is controlled by fear. As the threats rise, she flees to a friend’s secluded cabin by Lake Tahoe. But when the woman next door disappears, Addie worries she just escaped one bad situation for another...
  • Terminal Velocity by Lisa Phillips

    Terminal Velocity by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A last resort.One final chance for the future they want.Joseph is the name they’ve given him. Before that, he was Casper—a trained killer. Now he’s been sidelined to a summer camp retreat center, and if he doesn’t make this work he’ll get kicked out of the Accountant’s Office program for good...
  • Made of Steele by Susan Sleeman

    Made of Steele by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She keeps her feelings to herself…When Teagan Steele faces her hardest challenge since taking over her family’s security company, she has to dig deep to figure out how one of their clients smuggled antiquities into this country, and what they did with them. And she has to clear Steele Guardians of any charges of collusion and wrongdoing.But a bold undercover agent changes everything...
  • Bad Landing by Edie James

    Bad Landing by Edie James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s too busy for love. He’s allergic to commitment. They’ll make the perfect pretend couple, right?Scientist Jane Farrell’s new discovery might just change the world… if she lives long enough to introduce it at the World Energy Conference...
  • The Last Target by Christy Barritt

    The Last Target by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The paper found in a terrorist's pocket holds six names--and single mom Rachel Reynolds is the only one on the list who's still alive. Private security contractor Jack Sergeant wants to ensure she stays that way, but first he must convince Rachel the danger is real. Rachel can't believe that someone's after her...until she's grazed by a shooter's bullet...
  • Dead Reckoning by Christy Barritt

    Dead Reckoning by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Yachtie Kenzie Anderson knows what she saw at the harbor--a woman murdered and pushed into the water. But there's not only no evidence of a crime, but there's no dead body either.Jimmy James Gamble believes Kenzie, even if no one else does. But he senses the danger in the air and wants to keep her away from any more trouble--especially after their last charter...
  • Tipping Point by Christy Barritt

    Tipping Point by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the charter season continues, yachtie Kenzie Anderson suspects that beneath the tranquil surface aboard Almost Paradise are turbulent currents. Has the havoc of the past several charters simply put her on edge? Or is something dangerous hiding just out of sight?Captain Jimmy James Gamble can't believe it when items belonging to charter guests begin to disappear...
  • Margin of Error by Christy Barritt

    Margin of Error by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Some secrets have deadly consequences. Brynlee Parker thought her biggest challenge would be hiking to Dead Man’s Bluff and fulfilling her dad’s last wishes. She never thought she’d witness two men being viciously murdered while on a mountainous trail. Even worse, the deadly predator is now hunting her. Boone Wilder wants nothing to do with Dead Man’s Bluff, not after his wife died there...
  • Winds of Danger by Christy Barritt

    Winds of Danger by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Wes O’Neill is perfectly content to hang with his friends and enjoy island life on Lantern Beach. Something begins to change inside him when Paige Henderson sweeps into his life. But the beautiful newcomer is hiding painful secrets beneath her cheerful facade. Police dispatcher Paige Henderson came to Lantern Beach riddled with guilt and uncertainties after the fallout of a bad relationship...
  • Storm of Doubt by Christy Barritt

    Storm of Doubt by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A pastor who’s lost faith in God. A romance writer who’s lost faith in love. A faceless man with a deadly obsession. Nothing has felt right in Pastor Jack Wilson’s world since his wife died two years ago. He hoped coming to Lantern Beach might help soothe the ragged edges of his soul. Instead, he feels more alone than ever. Novelist Juliette Grace came to the island to hide away...
  • Code of Ethics by Lynette Eason

    Code of Ethics by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Detective Isaac Martinez lands in the ER with a gunshot wound, he pulls through thanks to trauma surgeon Ruthie St. John. But as the witness to a crime and possible corruption, Martinez is at risk from someone intent on silencing him--and those around him--forever...
  • Dead End by Susan Sleeman

    Dead End by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Evaluating trace evidence is her job… When Sierra Byrd’s father needs a kidney transplant, despite her parents’ protest claiming they could never ask for her help, Sierra insists on being tested for the transplant. But when results prove it is physically impossible for her father to be her biological father, her family finally confesses their long-held secret...
  • Distorted by Christy Barritt

    Distorted by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mallory Baldwin is a survivor. A former victim of human trafficking, she’s been given a second chance, yet not a night goes by that she doesn’t remember being a slave to weapons dealer Dante Torres. Despite being afraid of the dark and wary of strangers, Mallory is trying to rebuild her life by turning her tragedy into redemption...
  • Desperate Rescue by Christy Barritt

    Desperate Rescue by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Vanishing Ranch founder Charlie Soldier is closer than ever to discovering who orchestrated the hotel bombing that killed hundreds of people and ultimately led to her father’s death. But as she and her team tighten the noose, the culprit threatens to expose secrets that could destroy Charlie.Monroe Davis, Charlie’s right-hand man, has been sidelined with life-threatening injuries...
  • Courageous by Joy Ohagwu

    Courageous by Joy Ohagwu

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A GRIPPING CHRISTIAN MYSTERY, SUSPENSE & ROMANCE SERIES Courageous is the next book in The Pete Zendel Series. As our search for the dangerous Hunter begins, will he prove to be just as elusive as ever? Will Ladi be safe? Or will she get caught or killed? FULL DESCRIPTION COMING SOON.  Preorder now...
  • Expired Getaway by Lisa Phillips

    Expired Getaway by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She won’t stop being dead.He’ll never give up the fight to choose life...
  • A Shot at Redemption by Liz Bradford

    A Shot at Redemption by Liz Bradford

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After her abusive marriage fails and an affair rattles Gavin's and Jocelyn's faith, a baby changes everything.Gavin Riley has been a detective with the Hazel Hill PD for two years, and while he and his partner, Becca Palmer, have by no means closed every case, too many unsolved cases in a row has left Gavin doubting his ability to do his job...
  • Two Days Taken: A Mylas Grey Mystery by Luana Ehrlich

    Two Days Taken: A Mylas Grey Mystery by Luana Ehrlich

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two days. That's all it's supposed to take. But when Mylas suddenly discovers the truth, it isn't two days anymore.Private investigator Mylas Grey is anticipating photographer Whitney Engel's visit to Washington. He's been planning their itinerary, looking forward to spending time with her, and wondering if the spark between them will ignite into a roaring fire...
  • Expired Flight by Lisa Phillips

    Expired Flight by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She can't remember who she is.He'll never give up the life he knows...
  • Amish Accident by Ashley Emma

    Amish Accident by Ashley Emma

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    While driving through Amish country in Unity, Maine, Freya Wilson accidentally hits an Amish man with her car in a blizzard, instantly killing him.Panicked, she leaves him there in the road and drives away, afraid that if she is arrested, her violent ex will locate her using his connections with the police...and kill her...
  • Under Fire by Liz Bradford

    Under Fire by Liz Bradford

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Someone wants Jacq Sheppard dead.FBI Special Agent Jacq Sheppard has been fighting for trafficked women since the day her best friend disappeared at the hands of a trafficker thirteen years ago. While searching for a missing young woman, Jacq is convinced she sees her long lost friend, Morgan...
  • Who the Bishop Knows by Vannetta Chapman

    Who the Bishop Knows by Vannetta Chapman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What You Don't See Might Hurt You Every year, residents of the small Amish community in Monte Vista, Colorado, look forward to the Ski Hi Stampede, the state's oldest professional rodeo. The rodeo is always good, clean entertainment for the hardworking farmers of the San Luis Valley. But this year, the Stampede turns deadly for one Amish man...
  • Sun Coast Chronicles by Terri Blackstock

    Sun Coast Chronicles by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The police think he killed someone. He swears he’s innocent. All she knows for certain is his crime against her. Louis Dubose, international art dealer, has been murdered. The police are certain they’ve got their man. Recently fired by Dubose, Ben Robinson has a motive backed by a convincing trail of evidence. Except that one person isn’t convinced—someone who knows Ben well...
  • Dead Center: by Susan Sleeman

    Dead Center: by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everyone has a secret… When forensic photographer Ainsley Duncan’s brother is wrongly convicted of murder, she works hard to exonerate him through her contacts, but nothing clears his name until she happens upon a long-buried secret involving Grady Houston—the Veritas Center’s ballistics, firearms, and explosives expert...
  • Dead Heat by Susan Sleeman

    Dead Heat by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tracing cyber criminals is his job… When hackers breach hospital security to steal patient records and begin blackmailing them, Veritas Center’s cybercrime expert, Nick Thorn is hired to locate security holes and patch the system. But he doesn’t stop there. He wants to bring down the hacker and make her pay...
  • Dead Even by Susan Sleeman

    Dead Even by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When she discovers her worst nightmare…When Maya Glass—the Veritas Center’s toxicology/controlled substances expert—goes to check on her scientist friend after a cryptic phone message, Maya stumbles upon her worst nightmare. A deadly toxin has been released, her friend’s assistant has died in his secluded island lab, and her friend is missing...
  • Fatal Code by Natalie Walters

    Fatal Code by Natalie Walters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "In the global race for space domination, a cryptologist must overcome his greatest mistake to help the granddaughter of a nuclear physicist decipher the clues to a top secret nuclear project before it falls into the hands of America's...
  • I Pick You by Creston Mapes

    I Pick You by Creston Mapes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There Are Some Bad Seeds You Never Want to MeetA year from retirement and still reeling from daughter Leena’s kidnapping, Portland PD Detective Wayne Deetz is called upon to check on a domestic violence case. From the moment Deetz and his friend Callie Freeland show up to help Sonny Carlisle, they are blindsided by a lawless toxic steamroller named Blaine Milligan...
  • Cold Pursuit by Susan Sleeman

    Cold Pursuit by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s on the run… When Whitney Rochester’s brother-in-law kills her sister, Whitney fears for the life of her niece and nephew. She can’t leave them in her murderous brother-in-law’s care so she goes on the run with the children to be sure they’re out of his reach. Or so she thinks until a killer shows up—weapon in hand—at the ski resort where she works and targets her. But he’s in pursuit...
  • Cold Dawn by Susan Sleeman

    Cold Dawn by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An inferno meant to destroy… Blackwell Tactical operator and former criminalist Samantha Willis discovers forensic evidence to prove her friend has been murdered. But before she can gather the evidence, an explosion erupts and a fiery inferno traps her in a building. She helplessly watches the evidence go up in flames and prays that she can escape before the encroaching flames take her life...
  • Shadowed by Dani Pettrey

    Shadowed by Dani Pettrey

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three Novellas from Bestselling AuthorsIn Dee Henderson's "Missing," a Wyoming sheriff is called to Chicago when his elderly mother goes missing. Paired with a savvy Chicago cop, the two realize her disappearance is no accident, and a race against the clock begins.Dani Pettrey returns to Alaska with "Shadowed," introducing readers to the parents of her beloved McKenna clan...
  • Lone Witness by Rachel Dylan

    Lone Witness by Rachel Dylan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Prosecutor Sophie Dawson's first job in the White Collar division of the Fulton County D.A.'s office is to build a case against a local bank employee who may be cheating clients. But when circumstances beyond her control leave her as the only witness to a double homicide involving a vengeful gang, her world is turned upside down...
  • Fatal Mistake by Susan Sleeman

    Fatal Mistake by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An FBI agent must protect the woman who can identify a terrorist bomber in bestselling author Susan Sleeman's riveting romantic suspense novel. Each day could be her last...but not if he can help it. Tara Parrish is the only person ever to survive an attack by the Lone Wolf bomber...
  • Cross the Line by C.C. Warrens

    Cross the Line by C.C. Warrens

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An unexpected, late-night visitor.And a missing teenage girl.Holly’s quiet evening at the investigative agency takes a curious turn when a frantic woman shows up on the doorstep after closing with a tale about a missing prostitute.With JGH Investigations in financial distress, and a client who can’t afford their services, Holly decides to tackle this investigation on her own time...
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