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Healed: Stone and Pepper by Tess Thompson
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's Cliffside Bay and beyond in this heartwarming enemies-to-lovers romantic adventure from USA Today bestselling author Tess Thompson. Stone Hickman is the last of a dying breed. The former Marine believes in integrity, service to his country, a hard day's work, and taking care of his loved ones... -
![Tainted: Lance and Mary by Tess Thompson]()
Tainted: Lance and Mary by Tess Thompson
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne career-ending mistake sends Lance Mullen home to Cliffside Bay in search of a fresh start. And in no time at all, home begins to feel like the place he was always meant to be. With his beautiful new beach house, his friends and family close by, and a profitable business to grow, life really is good. That is until his heart tries to wreck everything... again... -
![Crime and Punishment Part 1 by Fyodor Dostoevsky]()
Crime and Punishment Part 1 by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOne of the greatest works of fiction ever written, this intense psychological study is a terrifying murder mystery and a fascinating detective thriller that explores the soul of a man possessed by both good and evil and who cannot escape his own conscience... -
![Jaded: Zane and Honor by Tess Thompson]()
Jaded: Zane and Honor by Tess Thompson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsZane Shaw isn't the type to cower in a corner, until he meets Honor Sullivan. She's the most phenomenal woman he's ever met, but he's been burned before and so he's doomed to fall for her from a distance. If only his past hadn't left him so weary, perhaps he could be the man he was raised to be. Honor Sullivan has too much at stake to get distracted by a man. But Zane Shaw isn't just any man... -
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![House of Cards by sugamins]()
House of Cards by sugamins
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFandom: 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTSRelationships: Jeon Jungkook/Kim Taehyung | V, Jeon Jungkook/Park Jimin, Kim Taehyung | V/Park Jimin, Jeon Jungkook/Kim Taehyung | V/Park Jimin--------------------------------------------------Jungkook is the heir to a mob empire, the most notorious in the whole of Seoul... -
![Gulf Coast Cottage by Maggie Miller]()
Gulf Coast Cottage by Maggie Miller
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEscape to the Gulf Coast of Florida with Georgia Carpenter as she gets a second chance at life, love, and happiness. In the middle of an awful divorce, fifty-three-year-old Georgia Carpenter finds herself out of luck, time, and money. Then her phone rings with the news that her great aunt has died and left her a cottage in the Gulf Coast town of Blackbird Beach... -
![Identity by Nora Roberts]()
Identity by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA new thriller about one man's ice-cold malice, and one woman's fight to reclaim her life.Former Army brat Morgan Albright has finally planted roots in a friendly neighborhood near Baltimore. Her friend and roommate Nina helps her make the mortgage payments, as does Morgan's job as a bartender... -
![Who by Megan Mitcham]()
Who by Megan Mitcham
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA billionaire in high heels. A relentless stalker. A chance rooftop meeting. Her choices could send everything crashing down.Billionaire Larkin Ashford is fiercely independent, but even she has to admit her fashion empire was built on the backs of brides. When her company has the opportunity to go public, her board of directors won’t pull the trigger unless she settles down... -
![Anita by Max Ellendale]()
Anita by Max Ellendale
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDoctor Anita Oliver is steadfast in her support of her patients and friends. Always reliable, always there when they need her. After a lifetime spent consulting with the FBI and working for the Seattle Police Department, Anita tumbled onto the front line of the Four Point Killer case. During those years, she helped the people she cared about through endless emotional and physical pain... -
![See No Evil by Allison Brennan]()
See No Evil by Allison Brennan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA cunning killer hides in plain sight.A troubled teenage girl has been charged with the grisly murder of her stepfather. The evidence is damning: Emily was found alone at the scene with blood on her hands, and an incriminating e-mail she wrote outlines a murder plot identical to the method of the brutal slaying... -
![Aiden's Game by Sienna Mynx, Erica Langdon]()
Aiden's Game by Sienna Mynx, Erica Langdon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFirst Installment to "Tale of Three Hearts Series" Genre: Multi-cultural Women's Fiction Category: Drama Word Count 55K Other book in the series: Daisy's Choice by Sienna Mynx - Book Two Description: Meet Aiden Keane: rich, sexy, and bored. He owns Vegas and every lost soul looking to make it rich. No bets are placed at the infamous Shamrock Hotel from which Aiden Keane doesn't collect... -
![Bodies of Water by T. Greenwood]()
Bodies of Water by T. Greenwood
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn 1960, Billie Valentine is a young housewife living in a sleepy Massachusetts suburb, treading water in a dull marriage and caring for two adopted daughters. Summers spent with the girls at their lakeside camp in Vermont are her one escape--from her husband's demands, from days consumed by household drudgery, and from the nagging suspicion that life was supposed to hold something different... -
![The Shadow Between Us by Carol Mason]()
The Shadow Between Us by Carol Mason
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat is it about the coast that attracts people running from their past? Maybe there’s something in a sea breeze that blows away your problems. Maybe when you look out at the ocean you can see the future; forget the secrets and pain holding you back. Or at least you can forget them for a time. When Olivia moves to Port Townsend, her marriage is floundering, and her life is in pieces... -
![Aaron by J.P. Barnaby]()
Aaron by J.P. Barnaby
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI can’t describe what it’s like to want to scream every minute of every day. Two years after a terrifying night of pain destroyed his normal teenage existence, Aaron Downing still clings to the hope that one day, he will be a fully functional human being. But his life remains a constant string of nightmares, flashbacks, and fear... -
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![Vanished by Irene Hannon]()
Vanished by Irene Hannon
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsReporter Moira Harrisons is lost. In the dark. In a thunderstorm. When a confusing detour places her on a rural, wooded road, she's startled by the sudden appearance of a lone figure caught in the beam of her headlights... -
![Clean by Juno Dawson]()
Clean by Juno Dawson
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI can feel it swimming through my veins like glitter ... it's liquid gold.When socialite Lexi Volkov almost overdoses, she thinks she's hit rock bottom.She's wrong. Rock bottom is when she's forced into an exclusive rehab facility.From there, the only way is up for Lexi and her fellow inmates, including the mysterious Brady... -
![Conflict of Interest by Jae]()
Conflict of Interest by Jae
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWorkaholic Detective Aiden Carlisle isn’t looking for love—and certainly not at the law enforcement seminar she reluctantly agreed to attend. But the first lecturer is not at all what she expected. Psychologist Dawn Kinsley has just found her place in life... -
![The Rise by Shari King, Shari Low]()
The Rise by Shari King, Shari Low
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen 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... -
![Sacrificial Muse by Maegan Beaumont]()
Sacrificial Muse by Maegan Beaumont
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe is his muse, and the fates require sacrifice. San Francisco Detective Sabrina Vaughn is able to shrug off the nine red roses being delivered to her office every day. But when only eight roses arrive on the same day a Berkeley student's mutilated body is found, Sabrina fears that the killer is taunting her... -
![Her Fear: The Amish of Hart County by Shelley Shepard Gray]()
Her Fear: The Amish of Hart County by Shelley Shepard Gray
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn New York Times bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray’s latest novel of suspense in her Amish of Hart County series, an EMT falls for a woman with ties to an Amish community where people are dying similar, suspicious deaths.Sadie Detweiler never imagined she’d move to Kentucky, yet here she is: a pregnant, unmarried Amish girl banished by unforgiving parents to live with kin she barely knows... -
![Beautiful Disaster by Laura Spinella]()
Beautiful Disaster by Laura Spinella
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRead Laura Spinella's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. A story of love lost...and found. Mia Wells's eco-friendly career goals are about to become a reality-but her life-altering moment is interrupted when an unexpected call ushers in her tremulous past... -
![Invisible Love by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt]()
Invisible Love by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEric-Emmanuel Schmitt is the author of three luminous collections of short stories published by Europa Editions, including the bestselling Most Beautiful Book in the World, and one novel, Three Women in a Mirror... -
![The Lies We Hide by S.E. Lynes]()
The Lies We Hide by S.E. Lynes
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThirty years ago, Nicola Watson lived with her parents and older brother in a respectable suburb... -
![Edge of Recall, The by Kristen Heitzmann]()
Edge of Recall, The by Kristen Heitzmann
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTessa Young, an up-and-coming landscape architect who specializes in the design and creation of labyrinths, has immersed herself in the mythological, spiritual, and healing aspects of the elaborate structures. She also is searching for God and hoping to make sense of the nightmares that have plagued her since childhood... -
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![A Cottage by the Sea by Carole Matthews]()
A Cottage by the Sea by Carole Matthews
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGrace has been best friends with Ella and Flick since university. The late-night chats, shared heartaches and good times have created a bond that has stood the test of time... -
![The Rose Petal Beach by Dorothy Koomson]()
The Rose Petal Beach by Dorothy Koomson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsEvery love story has a dangerous twist. Tamia Challey is horrified when her husband, Scott, is accused of something terrible – but when she discovers who his accuser is, everything goes into freefall. Backed into a corner and unsure what to think, Tamia is forced to choose who she instinctively believes... -
![The Escape Artist by Diane Chamberlain]()
The Escape Artist by Diane Chamberlain
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsSusanna Miller may have lost legal custody of her beautiful eleven-month-old son, Tyler, but that doesn't mean she is giving him up. Even if her ex-husband, Jim, an attorney, and his new wife, Peggy, have every advantage to offer a child, Susanna knows the two of them cannot be as caring, loving, and devoted as she has been... -
![The Lucky Ones by Liz Lawson]()
The Lucky Ones by Liz Lawson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFor fans of Thirteen Reasons Why, This Is How It Ends, and All the Bright Places, comes a new novel about life after. How do you put yourself back together when it seems like you've lost it all?May is a survivor. But she doesn't feel like one. She feels angry. And lost. And alone... -
![Out of the Blackness by Carter Quinn]()
Out of the Blackness by Carter Quinn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA childhood of abuse has left Avery so physically and emotionally scarred he believes he shouldn't be alive. His only sanctuary has been his relationship with his older foster brother Sam. Avery finally lets Sam convince him to start therapy to help overcome his crippling anxiety, but even that can't prepare him for the upheaval caused by meeting Noah Yates.Noah is everything Avery fears... -
![The Off Season by Colleen Thompson]()
The Off Season by Colleen Thompson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWinter winds off the Atlantic have turned the tourist mecca of Seaside Creek, New Jersey, into a ghost town. Dr. Christina Paxton, however, is growing accustomed to living with ghosts. Recently widowed, the emergency room physician has returned to the shore with her young daughter, house-sitting a sprawling beachside Victorian home... -
![Someone Knows by Vi Keeland]()
Someone Knows by Vi Keeland
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn English professor’s deadly past comes back to haunt her in this chilling and sexy thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Vi Keeland.As a college English professor, Elizabeth looks forward to the start of each new semester teaching her creative writing seminar. At least until she reads chapter one of The Reckoning, a tale about a high school senior who has an affair with her teacher... -
![Last Seen Alive by Carlene Thompson]()
Last Seen Alive by Carlene Thompson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChyna Greer was sixteen when her best friend, Zoey, disappeared. Though very different in looks and temperament, the two girls shared a bond that was stronger than blood. But even Chyna's urgent warnings couldn't prevent a love-struck Zoey from sneaking out to the lake to meet her secret crush--and being swallowed up into the warm summer night forever…... -
![Enemy by K.A. Merikan]()
Enemy by K.A. Merikan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDon’t bring a kiss to a knife fight.Roadkill. Violent. Brash. Obsessive. In the closet.Clyde. Cunning. Ruthless. Biker royalty. Trapped on the other side of the same closet.Roadkill.I’ve hated Clyde Turner since the moment I laid eyes on him. I hate him for existing, for tempting me, for being everything I can’t have... -
![Coming to Terms by K.A. Moll]()
Coming to Terms by K.A. Moll
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsComing to Terms tells the story of Sawyer James, a cop, angry and alone, an alcoholic. Sexually abused by her father when she was a child, she keeps secrets with her twin sister and numbs past trauma with the bottle. When her twin is psychiatrically hospitalized, she’ll work with the hospital social worker, and in doing so, will be offered no choice but to deal with past horrors... -
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![The Boy at the Bottom of the Fountain by Jay Bell]()
The Boy at the Bottom of the Fountain by Jay Bell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes dreams come true, whether you’re ready for them or not. Shane was only fourteen when found a photo of a boy his age and became obsessed with it. Now, thirteen years later, he has a chance encounter with a man who bears a striking resemblance... -
![Boy Toy by Barry Lyga]()
Boy Toy by Barry Lyga
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsJosh Mendel has a secret. Unfortunately, everyone knows what it is.Five years ago, Josh’s life changed. Drastically. And everyone in his school, his town—seems like the world—thinks they understand. But they don’t—they can’t. And now, about to graduate from high school, Josh is still trying to sort through the pieces. First there’s Rachel, the girl he thought he’d lost years ago... -
![My Sister's Secret by Tracy Buchanan]()
My Sister's Secret by Tracy Buchanan
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhat if everything you’d built your life on was a lie? Willow’s memories are happy: full of smiles, love and laughter. But a mysterious invitation to a photographic exhibition exposes a secret that’s been buried since a tragic accident years ago. Willow is forced to question everything she knew about Charity, her late mother, and Hope, the aunt she’s lived with since she was a child... -
![Journey by Danielle Steel]()
Journey by Danielle Steel
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEveryone knows Madeleine and Jack Hunter. Maddy is an award-winning TV anchorwoman. Jack is the head of her network. To the world, theirs is a storybook marriage. But behind the doors of their lush Georgetown home a different story emerges. Maddy has always tried to deny Jack's subtle put-downs, control, and jealousy... -
![That Day You Left by Dorothy Koomson]()
That Day You Left by Dorothy Koomson
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA powerful, thought-provoking emotional thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Dorothy Koomson. Previously published as THE FLAVOURS OF LOVE.Would you protect your husband's killer?It's been 18 months since that day when Saffron's husband, Joel, was murdered. Everyone in her life believes she is coping well. And no one suspects the mother-of-two knows who killed Joel... -
![Chameleon by Ellen Hopkins]()
Chameleon by Ellen Hopkins
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFocuses on a teen who has to come to terms with the fact that her ex-military father abducted her when she was a very small child; though she thought her mother had abandoned her, she had been searching for her the whole time... -
![52赫茲的鯨魚們 by Sonoko Machida, 町田苑香]()
52赫茲的鯨魚們 by Sonoko Machida, 町田苑香
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings52赫茲的鯨魚，是世界上最孤獨的鯨魚。其他鯨魚無法接收到牠發出的高頻率叫聲。雖然有很多同伴，但其他同伴聽不到牠的呼喚，牠也聽不到其他同伴的聲音。就像總是無比孤單、無人理解，無人在乎的我一樣⋯⋯ 沒有人能理解、無法將內心呼喊、求救傳達出去的你，並不孤單。「我會傾聽你那無法傳達給任何人的52赫茲的聲音。」 日本九州一處偏遠的海邊小鎮。斷絕所有一切，獨自移居此地的貴瑚，在某個下雨天遇到了跟自己一樣散發孤單感的一名少年。 他身上有和我相同的氣味。那是沒有父母關愛的孤獨氣味。這種氣味很棘手，無論再怎麼仔細清洗都洗不掉。孤獨的氣味不是滲進皮膚或是肌肉，而是滲進內心。 她彷彿從少年身上看見當年的自己──悲慘、絕望、被踐踏、了無生趣。當時的貴瑚遇見了這世上唯一能聽到她求救呼喊的人，她才得以倖存。如今，貴瑚想要對少年伸出援手……... -
![A Single Breath by Lucy Clarke]()
A Single Breath by Lucy Clarke
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe deeper the water, the darker the secrets There were so many times I thought about telling you the truth, Eva. What stopped me was always the same thing… When Eva’s husband Jackson tragically drowns, she longs to meet his estranged family. The journey takes her to Jackson’s brother’s doorstep on a remote Tasmanian island... -
![The Secret Hour by Luanne Rice]()
The Secret Hour by Luanne Rice
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Secret Hour Beneath his careful and controlled demeanor, attorney John O’Rourke is a man whose life is in turmoil. Since the death of his wife, he has been juggling the rigors of a controversial capital murder case and the demands of raising two children. Eleven-year-old Maggie’s crooked bangs and rumpled clothes eloquently reproach John’s earnest but haphazard attempts at mothering... -
![What You Wish For by Fern Michaels]()
What You Wish For by Fern Michaels
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIf her abusive husband had not tried to kill her and her beloved dog, Helen Ward might never have left her million dollar home and run far away. Now, Helen's changed her identity and moved across the country, hopeful that she can be safe, happy, maybe even loved. And when she meets college professor Sam Tolliver, she begins to believe fairy tales do come true... -
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![Meg's Confession by Sierra Donovan]()
Meg's Confession by Sierra Donovan
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMeg Reilly is a pregnant widow who ducks into a confessional to spill her deepest, darkest secrets. Trouble is, the man on the other side of the booth isn't a priest. Craig Stovall is the owner of a local construction business--he's just there to repair the confessional. But when Meg starts talking, he's too surprised and tongue-tied to stop her until he hears too much... -
![In Sight of Stars by Gae Polisner]()
In Sight of Stars by Gae Polisner
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Klee’s father was the center of his life. He introduced Klee to the great museums of New York City and the important artists on their walls, he told him stories made of myths and magic. Until his death... -
![The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan]()
The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsOne school. Twenty voices.Endless possibilities.There's the girl who is in love with Holden Caulfield. The boy who wants to be strong who falls for the girl who's convinced she needs to be weak. The girl who writes love songs for a girl she can't have. The two boys teetering on the brink of their first anniversary. And everyone in between... -
![After You Left by Carol Mason]()
After You Left by Carol Mason
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsYou want to know what the worst thing is? It’s not the embarrassment, or the looks on people’s faces when I tell them what happened. It isn’t the pain of him not being there—loneliness is manageable. The worst thing is not knowing why. When Justin walks out on Alice on their honeymoon, with no explanation apart from a cryptic note, Alice is left alone and bewildered, her life in pieces... -
![Dare 2 Dream by Ashley S. Clancy]()
Dare 2 Dream by Ashley S. Clancy
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Aymee wakes each morning, she's had yet another vivid dream. Her night time visions are so sexually chaotic that when her eyes do open, she can't separate those dreams from her reality and often believes that they have actually taken place... -
![The Lure by Felice Picano]()
The Lure by Felice Picano
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn 1979, Felice Picano rocketed to fame with the publication of this shocking, controversial thriller. Riveting and candid in its depiction of the gay sexual subculture of the era, and praised by Stephen King as "Explosive..
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