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Bamburgh by L.J. Ross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen a cantankerous old woman dies at her home in the sleepy, picturesque village of Bamburgh, DCI Ryan doesn’t think much of it—except, that is, for the small matter of it having been his wife who happened to find her body... -
Negeri Para Bedebah by Tere Liye
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsDi negeri para bedebah, kisah fiksi kalah seru dibanding kisah nyata.Di negeri para bedebah, musang berbulu domba berkeliaran di halaman rumah.Tetapi setidaknya, Kawan, di negeri para bedebah, petarung sejati tidak akan pernah berkhianat... -
The Cleanup by Mila Sin, Manuela Rouget
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt all started when we ruled our high school. I manipulated and lied my way to the top. Max, Viraj, Roark, and Zach always had my back, each participating in my schemes when it struck their fancy or they needed a thrill.Adulthood and disagreements tore us apart. Max is now a horse-raising aristocrat. Viraj is a lawyer by day and an adrenaline junkie by night. Roark is my resident hacker... -
Brother's Keeper III: Luke by Stephanie St. Klaire
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLuke O’Reilly has seen it all, done it all, and lived through it all. When a career ending injury forces him to retire from the military, he struggles to adapt. Luke was born to be a soldier, not conform to the nine-to-five mediocrity of everyday life. He needs to protect and serve like he needs his next breath... -
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Just A Happy Camper by Jinx Schwartz
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she's not afraid to use it. She's cruising Mexico's hauntingly beautiful Sea of Cortez when she gets a job offer she can't refuse. Not only is the project located in her old stomping grounds in Texas Hill Country, but comes with an RV for living quarters. She has no problem driving a forty-five foot yacht, but RVing is new to her... -
Betting On Him by Kelly Collins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s a gangster going straight. She’s a waitress going bankrupt. Will their gamble on a marriage of convenience pay off in true love? Alex Wilde desperately wants to be free of the family’s mob business. But when his infamous father is murdered, the family attorney makes a suggestion he can’t ignore: find a bride before the funeral or they'll force a wedding with a nice Russian gangster girl... -
The Grift of the Magi: a Heist Society novella by Ally Carter
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKatarina Bishop is a thief. To many it wouldn’t matter that she now uses her considerable skills to resteal valuable works of art and return them to their rightful homes. She’s still a thief. So that’s why Kat’s surprised when an Interpol agent comes to her one snowy evening, asking for her help... -
No Place Like Rome by Julie Moffett
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Lexi Carmichael Mystery Italy might seem like a long way to go to hide after a disastrous date. But when sexy uberhacker Slash (no, that's not his real name) asks me to go with him to Rome on an investigation, the timing is sort of perfect... -
HOT MEN: A Contemporary Romance Box Set by Ashlee Price
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Collection of 4 Amazon Best Sellers + 1 Exclusive! This guilty pleasure is for readers who love their bad boys, alpha males and billionaires hot, dark and ready to take the women they want..Categorized as:
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Redemption by Stephanie St. Klaire
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJessie Clarke has worked hard for almost a decade to overcome the trauma of her past, and building her career as a fireman in McKenzie Ridge has helped her become a strong, independent woman. But, underneath her fowl mouth and tough exterior, Jessie hides a secret that could not only endanger her but all those she loves in her small mountain town... -
The Sacred Art of Stealing by Christopher Brookmyre
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLet us prey …The press tend to talk about bank robberies as being daring, ingenious and audacious. They don’t describe many as Dadaist, even the ones who know what ‘Dadaist’ means... -
Worm Holes by Kyle Keyes
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this sequel to Quantum Roots, the meekish Olan Chapman faces danger as vigilante Samuel Leroy McCoy, a US deputy marshal who upheld law and order in 1876, Dodge City.The metamorphous holds an eerie transformation, cloaked with rolling sagebrush and horse whinnies from yesteryear, which causes DPA Director, Alexis Grumman to rethink the validity of worm holes... -
Just Different Devils by Jinx Schwartz
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she's not afraid to use it—most of the time. She's an intrepid cruiser, but wild rumors of marauding gangs of flesh-shredding giant Humboldt squid on a rampage in the Sea of Cortez could keep even Hetta tied to an expensive dock... -
Guilty as Sin by Rosalind James
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere are secrets. There are guilty secrets. And then there's switching places with your twin. Paige Hollander and her identical twin Lily stopped switching places a decade ago. But Lily's run into trouble, and Paige is on leave from the SFPD, recovering from a traumatic shooting. It's not like she has anything better to do, and she remembers how to be feminine. Sort of... -
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The Sentry by Robert Crais
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsDru Rayne and her uncle are Louisiana refugees who relocated to Los Angeles after Hurricane Katrina. Now, five years after the storm, their struggling restaurant faces a different danger. When Joe Pike witnesses Dru's uncle beaten by a neighbourhood gang intent on extorting protection money, he offers his own brand of protection... -
Eyes Only by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSisterhood Forever Lush, exclusive Spyder Island is home to many of the world's billionaires. Years ago, Gretchen Spyder, daughter of the island's namesake, gave her twin babies up for legal adoption. Now Gretchen and her father are trying to get them back. The twins' adoptive parents are a loving but poor couple, completely outgunned by the Spyders' wealth... -
Dirty Rotten Scoundrel by Liliana Hart
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCan ghosts really talk?J.J. Graves is about to find out when her past comes back to haunt her. Too bad her life was just beginning to seem normal.J.J. and Jack set off together on a mission to uncover the secrets of J.J.'s felonious parents... -
The Day That Never Comes by Caimh McDonnell
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRemember those people that destroyed the economy and then cruised off on their yachts? Well guess what – someone is killing them. Dublin is in the middle of a heat wave and tempers are running high... -
High Stakes by Nicolette Pierce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsContinue Nadia Wolf’s adventure in this second book. Nadia Wolf has had enough and she’s fighting back! It comes down to this: Kill or be killed. Nadia doesn’t like those options but she is far from safe from Dagor’s clutches. Not only does she have to worry about saving her neck, but now she has a new roommate taking over her apartment; Muffin . . -
Cashing Out by Nicolette Pierce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMarried. To Ian. No matter how many times Nadia’s predicament crosses through her mind, it always ends with the same question; what in the world have I done? If it wasn’t bad enough that Nadia fled the scene the morning after, it seems her husband jumped ship too. It’s only when cryptic postcards from Africa start piling up that she realizes how far Ian jumped...Categorized as:
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Fearless by Stephanie St. Klaire
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife teeters in the balance when tragedy strikes the small mountain town of McKenzie Ridge… Everly Shaw’s world takes a direct hit leaving her battling demons she thought she buried long ago. A daredevil at heart that throws caution to the wind, the only risk she wouldn’t gamble on was love... -
Knifed In Nice by Zara Keane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“I hadn’t planned on a trip to the French Riviera, but then, I hadn’t planned on shooting a London crime lord in his well-padded derrière.”Meet Angel Doyle, a semi-reformed thief and accidental P.I.During an unfortunate incident at her first legit job in years, Angel fires a ketamine dart into one of London’s most notorious gangsters. Now she’s in disguise and on the run... -
The Ruthless Nakamuras Box Set by Theodora Taylor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe fan-favorite Nakamura brothers have finally been collected into one crazy hot AMBW boxset! This limited time only set includes HIS ENDURING LOVE, HIS REVENGE BABY, and a sneak peek at Hayato Nakamura's long-awaited novel, TWELVE MONTHS OF KRISTAL.HIS ENDURING LOVEI’ve been hiding nearly all my adult life to protect myself and my autistic daughter from the mob boss who wants me dead... -
Rise of the King by Bella Matthews
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsForevers don’t exist when you’re on the run.Amelia cannot get attached—not to the town or the people in it.And definitely not to the tall, dark, and handsome mafia prince who sweet-talks his way past her carefully built walls.Why put yourself through that, knowing it’ll all be ripped away when you leave?And she will have to leave.This life isn’t hers to keep... -
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The Fearless One by Lori Foster
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Count on Lori Foster for sexy, edgy romance.” —Jayne Ann Krentz, New York Times bestselling authorHe had it all planned…until she showed up. Jedidiah Stephens came to the Colorado Rockies for one to uncover the truth behind the fire that killed her family. She’s been chasing down clues, and everything has led her to an isolated campground... -
Break and Enter by Lori Matthews
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCallahan Security is on the brink of disaster. Mitch Callahan pushed his brothers to expand the family business into private security, and their first major client is a complete pain in the ass. It’s no wonder the man has a target on his back, but nothing could prepare Mitch for how seductive his adversary is. Love hurts... -
American by Day: A Novel by Derek B. Miller, Sean Mangan
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA gripping and timely novel that follows Sigrid - the dry-witted detective from Derek B. Miller's best-selling debut Norwegian by Night - from Oslo to the United States on a quest to find her missing brother.She knew it was a weird place.She'd heard the stories, seen the movies, read the books... -
Broken Skin by Stuart MacBride
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsNearly bouncing back from a transfer, Detective Sergeant Logan McRae is still looking at nothing but dead ends. His only chance of escaping his current post is to get noticed. Not that any of the cases he’s working on are the type that you want to get noticed for. For starters, someone dumped a dying man outside the hospital. McRae’s boss D.I... -
His Return by Sheila Kell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFour years without a word. Will she welcome him back? Meet the hot-bodied men of Hamilton Investigation & Security (HIS) as they do whatever it takes to protect the women who have stolen their hearts. Regrets are a bitch but Jake Cavanaugh can't seem to escape his... -
A Texas State of Mind by Ann DeFee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the police chief of Port Serenity, Texas, and a single mom, Lavinia "Lolly" LaTullipe leads a busy life. But it gets even more hectic when she's hit by a double whammy– dead drug dealers floating ashore and Christian Delacroix, an undercover cop sent to investigate the murders. She doesn't need Mr... -
The Housewife Assassin's Killer App by Josie Brown
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn order to flush out an internationally renowned hacker who is wreaking havoc with top secret documents inside the United States’ Intelligence Community’s secured database, housewife assassin Donna Stone infiltrates three very successful high tech corporations: —A company providing smart phones and other wireless devices with an operating system that contains artificial intelligence designed... -
Dr. Hot Stuff by Tawna Fenske
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLife’s taken strange turns for Lady Isabella Blankenship. Bouncing from royal blueblood to the twisty branches of the Bracelyn family tree was wild enough, never mind the surprise kidney transplant. All she wants is quiet bonding with her new fam at Ponderosa Resort, and maybe a chance to ogle her hottie doc... -
You Only Live Once by Haris Orkin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJames Flynn believes he's an expert shot, a black belt in karate, fluent in four languages and irresistible to women. He’s also a heavily medicated patient in a Los Angeles psychiatric hospital. Flynn believes his locked ward is the headquarters of Her Majesty’s Secret Service and that he is a secret agent with a license to kill... -
Black Bounds by Charlotte Byrd
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI don’t belong with her. Born into darkness, life made me a cynic incapable of love. But then Ellie waltzed in. Innocent, optimistic, kind. She’s the opposite of what I deserve. I bought her, but she she stole my heart. Now my business is going up in flames. I have only one chance to make it right. That’s where it happens…something I can never take back... -
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A Naked Singularity by Sergio de la Pava
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Naked Singularity tells the story of Casi, a child of Colombian immigrants who lives in Brooklyn and works in Manhattan as a public defender--one who tellingly has never lost a trial. Never. In the book, we watch what happens when his sense of justice and even his sense of self begin to crack--and how his world then slowly devolves... -
Jack Knifed by Christopher Greyson
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJack felt the familiar burn of shame in his chest. Why do I keep doing this…thinking about her? It was so long ago, but I can’t get what happened out of my head. I shouldn’t let any of that junk define me, but I still do. I’m driving in circles, caught in some loop that I can’t break out of... -
The Final Cut by Catherine Coulter, J.T. Ellison
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsScotland Yard’s new chief inspector Nicholas Drummond is on the first flight to New York when he learns his colleague, Elaine York, the "minder" of the Crown Jewels for the "Jewel of the Lion" exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was found murdered. Then the centerpiece of the exhibit, the infamous Koh-i-Noor Diamond, is stolen from the Queen Mother’s crown... -
Stranger Things Have Happened: An Adrien English Write Your Own Damn Story (The Adrien English Mysteries) by Josh Lanyon, Catherine Dair
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWHO KILLED ROBERT HERSEY? Book store assistant and all around bad boy Robert Hersey has been murdered -- and you are the #1 suspect! To clear your name and get your life back, you must figure out who killed your best friend and first love. What happens next in the story all depends on the choices YOU make. How will the story end? It's all up to YOU... -
His Surprise Package by Ashlee Price
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Marriage Mistake RomanceAm I really married to a billionaire?!This must be some mistake.Or is it...Being married to a handsome, chiseled, rich hottie is every woman's dream come true.But playing the role of Aaron Walsh's wife felt more like a nightmare.He's my husband but why is he so ice cold?I spend most of my time trying to figure him out... -
Lucky by Stella Marie Alden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI was hired to guard a pair of earrings. Unfortunately, they’re attached to pure, unadulterated trouble.LuckyTrouble starts with a blue-eyed stare that hits below the belt. You might think it ends with a girl-next-door but you’d be wrong. Bloody hell, she’s all woman and you’d swear she was about to do you. Not only that, she’s a bloomin’ genius... -
BOSS: The Wolf by Jolie Day
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBoss Rule #1: Never sleep with your employee.Apparently, rules aren’t my thing.Because the moment I wake up naked next to my hot-as-hell new employee,I want to go for round two. I'm not exactly Prince Charming. Some call me The Wolf.I don’t do love, and I sure as hell don’t do forever.But one look at her, and I become a one-woman man.She has a British accent and a car that won’t start... -
White Dog by Peter Temple
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJack Irish—gambler, cook and cabinetmaker, finder of people who don’t want to be found—has a new job, hunting for evidence that might save the beautiful sculptor Sarah Longmore from a murder rap.Jack soon discovers there was nothing straightforward about Mickey Franklin’s death, and falls headlong into a world of shady deals, sexual secrets and country rednecks... -
Mr. Monk on the Road by Lee Goldberg
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAdrian Monk is feeling strangely satisfied these days-and he'd like his agoraphobic brother to feel the same way. So he takes Ambrose, against his will, on the open road in a motorhome. Little crimes pop up along the way and Monk can't resist getting involved. Nor can he help sensing a pattern that reveals the hand of a serial killer at work on this highway to hell... -
No Sunscreen for the Dead by Tim Dorsey
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSerge and Coleman are back on the road, ready to hit the next stop on their list of obscure and wacky points of interest in the Sunshine State. This time, Serge’s interest is drawn to one of the largest retirement villages in the world—also known as the site of an infamous sex scandal between a retiree and her younger beau that rocked the community... -
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Nuclear Jellyfish by Tim Dorsey
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“Dorsey’s brilliantly, profanely funny 11th novel…zips along like P.G. Wodehouse’s best work.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch Tim Dorsey’s outrageously zany, gleefully violent, and uproariously funny Nuclear Jellyfish marks the triumphant return of lovable, thrill-killing Florida historian and tireless civic booster Serge A. Storms... -
I'm Not Stiller by Max Frisch
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsArrested and imprisoned in a small Swiss town, a prisoner begins this book with an exclamation: "I'm not Stiller!" He claims that his name is Jim White, that he has been jailed under false charges and under the wrong identity... -
Sunshine on Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith, Robert Ian MacKenzie
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWith customary charm and deftness, Alexander McCall Smith gives us another instalment in this popular series, now running in its eighth season in The Scotsman... -
Life or Death by Michael Robotham
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhy would a man who has served a long prison sentence escape the day before he's due to be released?Audie was sentenced to 10 years for a robbery in which four people died, including two members of his gang. Five million dollars has never been recovered from the robbery, and everybody believes Audie knows where the money is... -
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAs the countdown to Mma Makutsi's wedding begins, all is not as it should be at the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. While investigating unpleasant occurrences on a southern cattle-post, Mma Ramotswe, always on the side of the weak against the strong, has reason to reflect on Rule No.3 of The Principles of Private Detection: never lie to the client... -
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less by Jeffrey Archer
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe conned: an Oxford don, a revered society physician, a chic French art dealer, and a charming English lord. They have one thing in common. Overnight, each novice investor lost his life's fortune to one man. The con: Harvey Metcalfe!!A brilliant, self-made guru of deceit. A very dangerous individual. And now, a hunted man...
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