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  • State of Grace by Marie Force

    State of Grace by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Christmas at the White House Wouldn’t Be Complete Without a Murder or Two…. The holiday season is under way in Washington, D. C. , but Metro Police Lieutenant Sam Holland is busier than ever as she contends with the murder of a well-liked wife, mother and businesswoman found bound, gagged and dead for quite some time inside her minivan, miles from her home...
  • Nine of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Nine of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Christian. I grew up in the suburbs of Seattle, raised by two people who wanted nothing but the best for me. They’d given me everything. A beautiful home, an excellent education, and so much love and respect. They were the two people I trusted most in the world—until I found out the truth...
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  • State of Suspense by Marie Force

    State of Suspense by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A high-profile murder has Sam and her team chasing an elusive killer…. Just back from their anniversary trip to Dewey Beach, there’s no slow roll back to work for the first couple as Sam is immediately thrust into a baffling new case that has everyone on edge. The FBI wants in on this one, and she’s determined to figure out what happened before they can take over her investigation...
  • State of Denial by Marie Force

    State of Denial by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Denial: refusing to admit the truth or reality of something unpleasant…. His mother has been arrested, his government is under new threat, the relentless media is driving him mad, and denial becomes the word of the day for President Nick Cappuano. Meanwhile, his wife, DC Metro Police Lt. Sam Holland Cappuano has caught a big new case with suspects everywhere she looks...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  m-f  contemporary  death  audiobook
  • State of Shock by Marie Force

    State of Shock by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    They never saw this coming…. Hold on to your hat for the next First Family book, coming December 20, 2022.
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  m-f  contemporary  death  audiobook
  • State of the Union by Marie Force

    State of the Union by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    It’s the biggest night of President Nick Cappuano’s life. Will his first lady make it to the Capitol in time for his speech? President Cappuano has been working for months on his first State of the Union address, his highest profile moment yet as the country’s new president...
  • What I've Done by Melinda Leigh

    What I've Done by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Morgan Dane’s new client has blood on her hands—and no recollection of what happened—as the #1 Amazon Charts bestselling series continues. Haley Powell wakes up covered in blood, with no memory of the night before...
  • Drown Her Sorrows by Melinda Leigh

    Drown Her Sorrows by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 40 ratings
    Sheriff Bree Taggert is blindsided by a killer’s devious plan in number one Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh’s novel of escalating shock and suspense. When Sheriff Bree Taggert discovers the body of a young woman floating near the bank of the Scarlet River, a note in her abandoned car suggests suicide. The autopsy reveals a different story...
  • Ashes by Chelle Bliss

    Ashes by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Dylan Walsh left his small town behind and vowed to never return. But when his brother needs help, Dylan steps back into the memories he tried so hard to forget. He thought there was nothing there for him anymore until a woman he knew as a little girl catches more than Dylan’s eye. Rosie Gallo is known for her kind spirit, good-girl vibes, and her loyalty to the ones she loves...
  • Forever Lies by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Lies by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Greer Parker had her life planned out. She’d follow in her father and brothers’ FBI footsteps, and then she’d become the first female director. Now on loan to the president’s off-the-books black ops group, Greer is at a crossroads in her life—go back to the FBI or forge a new path...
  • Fatal Frenzy by Marie Force

    Fatal Frenzy by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Inauguration day is almost here…. Lieutenant Sam Holland is on leave, recovering from an attack that shook her to the core. With no case to distract her, she's trying to stay busy—even voluntarily meeting with her new White House staff. But it's not enough to keep the horrific memories at bay, and her family is worried…especially her husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano...
  • Billionaire Unreachable ~ Wyatt by J.S. Scott

    Billionaire Unreachable ~ Wyatt by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What happens when the man you think you despise turns out to be a completely different guy beneath the surface? I didn't like Wyatt Durand. He might be my friend's older brother, but he was unpleasant, sarcastic, and the grumpiest guy on the planet. It didn't matter to me that he was a breathtakingly gorgeous, ultra-wealthy billionaire with the very prestigious Durand last name...
  • Sins of the Father: A Forbidden Love/Soul Mate/Billionaire Romance by Maggie Cole

    Sins of the Father: A Forbidden Love/Soul Mate/Billionaire Romance by Maggie Cole

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A slow burn of adrenaline that will keep you buzzing until you can’t handle it anymore…. Worth the wait…. An animal under the sheets…. That’s what his exes claimed about Steven Sinclair on national T. V. He’s super successful, scheduled, and has rules about dating. And he’s my soon to be sister-in-law Quinn’s brother. I’m only in Chicago for the wedding and to watch my niece for the week. .
  • More Than Paper by Maggie Cole

    More Than Paper by Maggie Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Fifteen years ago, I was young and dumb. I married Valeria to save her from being deported and having to marry one of her father’s men. She’s a lesbian, we’re only friends, and it was supposed to be for only a few years. But I didn’t know her father was the most ruthless man in Colombia. Marriage is something he takes seriously. Divorce is not an option...
  • Out of Office by Ruth Cardello

    Out of Office by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A recluse discovers that what he endured and survived was orchestrated by one evil man. With nothing left to lose, Zachary wakes up and chooses vengeance. Charlotte Simmons may pretend to be innocent, but everything she has was bought with money made from my suffering. I intend to uncover her family’s sins and expose them to the world. Lying about who I am? She doesn’t deserve the truth...
  • Wicked Heart by Ivy Layne

    Wicked Heart by Ivy Layne

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Finn Sawyer hates everything about being back in Sawyers Bend. He walked away from his family years before, living off his wits and skills in the kitchen, refining his craft as he worked his way across Europe. Then the father who left him for dead is murdered, and the will offers Finn a chance at his dream...
  • Undone by Ivy Layne

    Undone by Ivy Layne

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lily. Knox Sinclair is a man of a few words. Intense. Focused. Touching him is a bad idea. I already know that. I know it and I want to do it anyway. My life is a mess—A man is the last thing I need. My dead husband left behind nothing but trouble. Knox has answers, but he isn't sharing. I don’t know if I can trust him. I want to. I can’t afford to be wrong...
  • Royal by Blair Babylon

    Royal by Blair Babylon

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dree has been swindled, chased, heartbroken, conscripted, and kidnapped. What on Earth could be worse than all that? Don’t ask. Don’t miss the exciting next book in the Maxence saga, ROYAL! Is this the first Maxence book you’ve run across? Start the series with the first book, ROGUE. Her ex-boyfriend was supposed to propose in Paris, but instead, he swindled her out of every penny she had...
  • Don't Fall For The Billionaire: A Billionaire Single Dad/Nanny Romance With All The Autumn Feels by Sandi Lynn

    Don't Fall For The Billionaire: A Billionaire Single Dad/Nanny Romance With All The Autumn Feels by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Taking the nanny job was supposed to be a temporary arrangement for me. I needed money, not a full-blown life detour, with no prior qualifications, and definitely not a brooding billionaire with a too-serious stare and a daughter who hadn’t smiled in months. But Ashton Cross isn’t what I expected. Yes, he’s powerful. Intimidating. Frustrating. He watches me like he’s starving...
  • Forever by Ivy Nelson

    Forever by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Russell Adler has one job while Elijah Barrett is away. Keep Holly Barrett and her best friend safe from those out to collapse Club Solitaire. There's just one problem, Holly's best friend is a pain in the ass. A gorgeous, irresistible, pain in the ass. Forever is the conclusion to the Diamond Doms series. Cover Reveal and full description coming soon.
  • Heir of Shadows by Kris Michaels

    Heir of Shadows by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Whatever it takes. As long as it takes. ®. Blake King is a shadow no one sees coming. Code name Havoc, he’s a second-generation Guardian Security assassin, sanctioned to eliminate the world’s worst criminals. His next target, a European billionaire whose empire is built on corruption, trafficking, and blood. Elise Serra isn’t part of Blake’s mission...
  • The Real Deal by Brittney Sahin

    The Real Deal by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    A mysterious deal maker. A ruthless businessman. And now he’s on her board of directors . . . Holly McGregor shouldn’t be attracted to someone with ulterior motives at her company. But she can’t avoid his unforgiving stare, deny their electric chemistry, or resist his touch, his mouth, the dangerous invitation she sees in his eyes...
  • Cold Fear by Toni Anderson

    Cold Fear by Toni Anderson

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 27 ratings
    A relentless FBI profiler hunts a vicious killer. When old evidence turns up on a fresh corpse, ASAC Lincoln Frazer is determined it won’t delay the execution of a convicted serial killer. But when more young women are brutally slain, it becomes clear—this new killer is intimately familiar with the old murders. A dedicated emergency physician hides a dark secret. Former Army Captain Dr...
  • Reckless Refuge by Catherine Cowles

    Reckless Refuge by Catherine Cowles

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 25 ratings
    There were shadows I was running from. Ones that haunted and taunted. Ones that made it so I had no choice but to disappear. I’d spent years hiding from the world. My little island haven, the only assurance of safety. It all changed the moment he showed up at my door. The hint of pain in his eyes told me that something haunted him, too. And I couldn’t help but be drawn closer...
  • Seductive Sin by Helen Hardt

    Seductive Sin by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Enter a world of mystery, suspense, sin, and heart-wrenching emotion with Helen Hardt's new series! They’re drawn into a world of seductive sin…. Savannah Gallo sacrificed herself to save her lover and is now imprisoned inside an opulent mansion belonging to a rival crime family. Despite the confining walls, her spirit remains unbroken...
  • Minutes to Kill by Melinda Leigh

    Minutes to Kill by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    After corporate attorney Hannah Barrett tries—and fails—to stop a kidnapping in Vegas, she can’t shake the haunting image of the terrified young girl she couldn’t save. She tells herself that a visit to her hometown in Scarlet Falls could be a welcome distraction. But soon, Hannah realizes the kidnappers have all the info they need to track her every move...
  • The Billionaire's Salvation ~ Max by J.S. Scott

    The Billionaire's Salvation ~ Max by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Billionaire Max Hamilton thought he was finally starting to find contentment, more than two years after losing his wife Mia in a tragic drowning accident. He'd been reunited with a sister he hadn’t realized existed. Finally he had family again, a reprieve from the pain and loneliness that had haunted him since his devastating loss...
  • See No Evil by Allison Brennan

    See No Evil by Allison Brennan

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    A 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...
  • Where We Fall by Nicole Baker

    Where We Fall by Nicole Baker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    What do you do when a client threatens to stop doing business with your company because he finds out about a one-night stand you had with his daughter’s friend? I’ll tell you what my siblings make me do. They make me take our innocent IT Director with us to the client’s largest fundraising event…as my fake girlfriend...
  • Mine by Ivy Nelson

    Mine by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hunter Novak is on a quest to tear everything away from the people who abandoned him and make it his own. His thirst for retribution has landed him at the top of his game. He is a God in Las Vegas and around the world. But it's not enough. There's still one more piece of real estate and power he's after and he gave pop-star Skylar Cameron her career to get it...
  • Undone by Karin Slaughter

    Undone by Karin Slaughter

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 50 ratings
    In this suspense masterpiece, Karin Slaughter weaves together the powerful human stories of three unforgettable characters from her New York Times bestselling novels Faithless and Fractured, who collide here for the first time in an electrifying race against unspeakable human evil. When a tortured young woman enters the trauma center of an Atlanta hospital, Dr...
  • Levi: Driverton 2 by Ruth Cardello

    Levi: Driverton 2 by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Driverton’s bad boy is falling in love with his best friend’s cousin and it just might cost him everything. Levi has always had a sweet spot for Katie, but she’s not his type. He likes his women wild, willing, and from out of town so they’re easy to move on from when his interest wanes. Katie is opinionated and off-limits...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  m-f  contemporary  humor  length-short
  • The Billionaire and His Forever by Sadie S. Black

    The Billionaire and His Forever by Sadie S. Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    We were always going to be an impossible fantasy. There was never a future for us between the secrets and the scandals, the temptations and the lies, and above all--a child who never deserved this life...
  • The Hunt by Allison Brennan

    The Hunt by Allison Brennan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 31 ratings
    Touched by a killer, she feels the fire of revenge. Twelve years ago, Miranda Moore miraculously survived the torture of a serial killer who was never caught. Since then, Miranda, a former FBI trainee and now a member of a local search-and-rescue squad, has witnessed with horror the recovery of the mutilated bodies of seven young women, all victims of her tormentor, known as The Butcher...
  • The Kill by Allison Brennan

    The Kill by Allison Brennan

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Her worst nightmare brought back to life, she risks everything for a second shot at justice. For thirty years, FBI scientist Olivia St. Martin has lived with guilt and one abiding certainty–that while she wasn’t able to save her sister’s life, she did testify and helped to convict the rapist and killer...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  m-f  contemporary  length-long
  • Saving Sophie by Cate Beauman

    Saving Sophie by Cate Beauman

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jewelry designer Sophie Burke has fled Maine for the anonymity of the big city. She’s starting over with a job she tolerates and a grungy motel room she calls home on the wrong side of town, but anything is better than the nightmare she left behind...
  • The Deal by R.L. Mathewson

    The Deal by R.L. Mathewson

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Some people marry for love. Some marry for money. Quinn and Dylan married for revenge. From New York Times Bestseller author R. L. Mathewson comes a new twist in the Neighbor from Hell series, where ultimatums, fake marriages, and revenge turn into something they never saw coming. Quinn Bradford needed to make a choice:. Get married or lose everything...
  • The Bossy Billionaire by Samantha Skye

    The Bossy Billionaire by Samantha Skye

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The minute I found out my real identity, things were never the same. Now I have a bookshop on the brink of bankruptcy and I have no idea how to get my shop profitable, until my brother's best friend shows up to be my new business coach. Huxley Hamilton is a billionaire who is smart and sauve with women falling at his feet...
  • No Bad Deed by Emma Cole

    No Bad Deed by Emma Cole

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Eden is called back after the Carlotti heirs are taken into police custody, framed for a crime they didn't commit. It's up to her and Vinnie to get the situation under control. .. no matter what it takes. With the help of an unexpected ally, Eden and the guys may get their happily ever after yet. Or at least their version of it...
  • Exquisite Scars by L. Ann

    Exquisite Scars by L. Ann

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Luca Tallorico. Drummer, Hot-Tempered, Hurt. The pain in his texts spoke to my own. I reached out, secure in the knowledge we would never meet. He had different ideas. He makes me feel special, beautiful. And makes promises I’m scared to acknowledge. He tempts me to take a walk on the wild side. But I know if we meet, he'll reject me and walk away. Ms Wrong Number. My Firefly. My Light...
  • Stone Sober by Gwyn McNamee

    Stone Sober by Gwyn McNamee

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stone Hawke is precisely the kind of man women are warned about—handsome, intelligent, arrogant, and intricately entangled with some dangerous people. I should stay away, but he manages to strip my soul bare with just a look and dominates my thoughts. Bad decisions are in my past. My life is (mostly) on track, even if it is no longer the one to medical school...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  m-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • Pursuing Dace by Stephanie St. Klaire

    Pursuing Dace by Stephanie St. Klaire

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The O’Reilly brothers are back with a vengeance in another riveting novel overflowing with mayhem and murder. Dace O’Reilly is in for the fight of his life to clear the name of the woman who stole his heart. The fourth installment of the mysterious saga of forbidden love, second chances, and twists of fate is finally here! Just when you think the O'Reilly Brothers can’t get any better—...
  • Joker  by Harley Wylde

    Joker by Harley Wylde

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cleo -- My family put me through hell, and I escaped the only way possible… by marrying a biker locked up in prison. Joker gave me his name and a way to hide from my family. Until the day they find me… Now it’s time I return to the husband who doesn’t want me and hope he doesn’t find out all my secrets -- because if he does, I have a feeling he’s going to make me leave...
  • Rival Desires by M. S. Parker

    Rival Desires by M. S. Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Rival Desires, where the rivalry is fiery, but the romance? It's downright scorching. Meet Cory charming, socially awkward, and co-owner of the established Palo Alto finance firm Gracen & McCrae. Enter Rylee Palmer, the brilliant, enigmatic head of the new game-changer in town, Palmer Money Management...
  • Just a Little Desire by Carly Phillips, Erika Wilde

    Just a Little Desire by Carly Phillips, Erika Wilde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I wasn’t the type of woman who indulged in one night stands, but the irresistible Liam Powers managed to charm me right into his bed. By morning, he was gone, leaving me to wonder if our night together had been nothing more than a dream. . . until he showed up at my office a few weeks later, a wealthy investor interested in infusing cash into our struggling family business...
  • Imperfect Match by Vikki Jay

    Imperfect Match by Vikki Jay

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Charles A. Hawthorne is not just a billionaire but a royalty in Cherrywood. And I’m Daisy Hazy Price, his longest running assistant and his lifeline, as per the media. I equally hate and admire Charles’ dedication for the company and our small town...
  • You Know I Need You by Willow Winters

    You Know I Need You by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I married the bad boy from Brooklyn. The one with the tattoos and the look in his eyes that told me he was bad news. The look that comes with all sorts of warnings. I knew what I was doing. I knew by the way he put his hands on me; how he owned me with his forceful touch. I couldn’t say no to him, not that I wanted to. That was then, and it seems like forever ago...
  • The Agent by Nancy Herkness

    The Agent by Nancy Herkness

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Letting down her guard leaves a woman vulnerable to love—and to a menacing stalker—in a pulse-pounding novel by Nancy Herkness, award-winning author of The Hacker. After fleeing her abusive ex, New Jersey salon owner Natalie Hart is reclaiming her life and self-esteem. Her fragile recovery doesn’t need a player like former FBI agent Tully Gibson, no matter how tempting a fling sounds...
  • Dirty Rich Cinderella Story: Ever After by Lisa Renee Jones

    Dirty Rich Cinderella Story: Ever After by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Continuing where Dirty Rich Cinderella Story left off. .. Get ready for a steamy honeymoon, and a heart-stopping welcome home for Cole and Lori! The unexpected is about to happen and while Lori has faced the demons of her past, she and Cole will face those of his past now. Don't miss both of Lori & Cole's books:. DIRTY RICH CINDERELLA STORY. DIRTY RICH CINDERELLA STORY: EVER AFTER.
  • Vicious Obsession by Naomi West

    Vicious Obsession by Naomi West

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What’s worse than having a stalker? Being the stalker—. and getting caught…. Look, I’m not proud of it. Stalking my boss is not something I set out to do. But I’ve been obsessed with Ransome Rozanov since the day I walked into his office. He’s the CEO of Apex Energy, the largest international oil and gas company in the world. And I’m his right-hand woman...
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