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  • Thunder Game by Christine Feehan

    Thunder Game by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Diego Campos has come home to die. The GhostWalker is tired of walking a dark path shaped by countless losses. There has never been a moment of good in his life that wasn’t followed by something bad. But as he makes his way to his family’s homestead in the Appalachian Mountains, his plans are interrupted by a violent ambush that sets his life on a new course...
  • Charlie by Janice Whiteaker

    Charlie by Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Charlie is overwhelmed. Shadow Pine is changing so fast it takes everything she has just to keep up. Every minute of the day now goes to stocking shelves. Counting inventory. Filling out freaking spreadsheets. It’s miserable. And it’s all because of one man. Adam Bollingsworth. If the newscaster hadn’t insisted on writing that story, then everything would still be like it was...
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  • Shattering Dawn by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Shattering Dawn by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 0.00 of 5 stars
    · 0 ratings
    An unsettling investigation teaches two deeply suspicious people how to trust in the next thrilling novel of the Lost Night Files trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz. Amelia Rivers, a member of the Lost Night Files podcast team, hires private investigator Gideon Sweetwater to catch the stalker who has been watching her...
  • Chill of Fear by Kay Hooper

    Chill of Fear by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper turns up the heat even as she chills readers to the bone with a new suspense novel that distills the essence of fear itself. In this relentless thriller, two psychics put more than their lives on the line to stop a killer darker and more evil than they could ever imagine. . .
  • A Midsummer Night's Murder by Colleen Helme

    A Midsummer Night's Murder by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A Shelby Nichols Novella. For a mind-reader like Shelby Nichols, finding a murderer should be a piece of cake. But add an overzealous prosecuting attorney with a grudge against her, and the wrong person could end up in jail. Can Shelby find the real killer before he strikes again? (From the Summer Snoops Anthology)...
  • Fade To Midnight by Shannon McKenna

    Fade To Midnight by Shannon McKenna

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The "New York Times-"bestselling author of "Ultimate Weapon" and "Extreme Danger" introduces the long-lost sibling of her beloved McCloud brothers, in her steamiest and most riveting romantic suspense novel yet. Beaten and tortured almost to death, Kev Larsen was found eighteen years earlier in a warehouse alley...
  • Whisper of Evil by Kay Hooper

    Whisper of Evil by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 40 ratings
    Someone is stalking the little town of Silence. .. Three victims have fallen to a killer’s savage vengeance. Each of the dead men was a successful and respected member of the community — yet each also harbored a dark secret discovered only after his murder...
  • Heat Seeker by Lora Leigh

    Heat Seeker by Lora Leigh

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 38 ratings
    John Vincent has always led a life of danger, and now he has every reason to want to remain as dead as the obituary in the Australian papers had proclaimed him to be. He’d left nothing behind in the life he had once led—except for one woman, and one night of unforgettable passion. Now, both will return to haunt him…...
  • Murder in Containment by Anne Cleeland

    Murder in Containment by Anne Cleeland

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In this fourth installment of the Doyle & Acton mystery series, Detective Sergeant Kathleen Doyle realizes that several apparently unrelated murders are actually "containment" murders--murders to contain an ominous scandal that could reach into the highest levels of Scotland Yard's CID...
  • Sleeping with Fear by Kay Hooper

    Sleeping with Fear by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 36 ratings
    Fear has never been so close. .. New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper returns with a relentless thriller that brings her readers face-to-face with fear itself. In this terrifying new novel, a psychic special agent finds herself caught up in a tangled web of secrets, lies. .. and evil. Riley Crane woke up fully dressed, a gun under her pillow, and covered in blood...
  • Merlin's Keep by Madeleine Brent

    Merlin's Keep by Madeleine Brent

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 20 ratings
    THEY CALLED HER JANI BUT SHE ONCE HAD ANOTHER NAME. AND A PAST SHE NEVER KNEW. From far-off Tibet to England's rich countryside, this marvelously enchanting novel unfolds the incredible saga of a beautiful, young half-caste whose strange destiny pulls her into a world of love and terror--a worlds a mysterious power moves slowly toward her, threatening her sanity. .. and her life.
  • Reverence by Shelly Crane

    Reverence by Shelly Crane

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    A short, THREE CHAPTERS from Caleb's point of view from each of the first three books in the series given as a Thank You to fans. It is not necessary to read to continue on with the series. It also includes the first two chapters and a sneak peak of the last book, Independence, which has already released. THIS IS NOT A BOOK. I fell in love with her a little bit right there on the lawn...
  • THE HEALER by Sharon Sala

    THE HEALER by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    It is a gift that may cost him everything. All his life, Jonah Gray Wolf has had an uncanny connection to animals, and the power to heal the sick and wounded. Driven from the only home he’s ever known by those who wish to harness his gift for profit, he becomes a drifter; working in out-of-the-way towns, never staying anywhere too long...
  • Verdad silenciada by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Verdad silenciada by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Agent Hunter Thornton is no stranger to top-secret missions, hes got nothing to lose until a beautiful brunette pulls him into her own dangerous agenda. When a heiress is murdered as Abbie tries to blackmail her for clues, Abbie realizes shes stumbled into an unforgiving conspiracy. They discover a connection and begin a battle against an evil enterprise.
  • Speak No Evil: The Book of Caspian - Part 1 by Tiana Laveen

    Speak No Evil: The Book of Caspian - Part 1 by Tiana Laveen

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Please note, that this book is adult in nature. Please be advised. This is book 3 of a three book series. It is the final book of The Brother Disciple series. This specific book has been divided into two parts, due to its length. This is Part 1 of a double novel. (The second installment of book 3, is available at the exact same time. ) This is a standalone. No cliffhangers...
  • The Secret of the Chateau by Carrie Bedford

    The Secret of the Chateau by Carrie Bedford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A JUG OF WINE, A LOAF OF BREAD—AND DEATH. SHE KNOWS IT’S COMING; SHE HAS TO STOP IT! London architect Kate Benedict has barely shucked off her coat before she spots her host's aura, a swirling pattern above his head that Kate has come to recognize as a prediction of death within a few days. And she’s barely realized he’s in danger when he drops to the floor, shot by an unseen assailant...
  • Sinister Sanctuary by Colleen Gleason

    Sinister Sanctuary by Colleen Gleason

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A nerdy (but sexy) scientist. A writer on deadline. A haunted lighthouse. And a secret worth killing for. .. Welcome to Wicks Hollow: a cozy town near Lake Michigan filled with quaint houses, eccentric residents, and more than its share of ghosts, murders, and sexy romance...
  • Touching Evil by Kay Hooper

    Touching Evil by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 40 ratings
    Sometimes evil lingers so close, you can feel it. .. . Seattle police sketch artist Maggie Barnes has an extraordinary gift. She listens as traumatized crime victims describe their ordeals -- and then uses those horrifying recollections to draw dead-on sketches of the assailants. Some cops think Maggie is telepathic, that she can actually enter the victims' minds...
  • Forged in Smoke by Trish McCallan

    Forged in Smoke by Trish McCallan

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Faith Ansell could never be mistaken for an action hero. The scientist is content in her lab, working with her team on life-changing discoveries. But when a mysterious organization captures her colleagues, she’s forced to flee for her life with SEAL Team 7. Lieutenant Seth “Rawls” Rawlings, ST7’s corpsman, hasn’t been himself since a near-death experience in the Sierra Nevadas...
  • Hunting Fear by Kay Hooper

    Hunting Fear by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    There's a new psychic on the scene, and he's ready for action: introducing Lucas Jordan, the latest addition to Noah Bishop's crackerjack Special Crimes Unit. Lucas Jordan has an extraordinary psychic skill that police all over the country find invaluable: he locates missing people...
  • CHECK by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    CHECK by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times bestseller, Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, comes CHECK, book #3 of the Romantic Suspense series, Mr. Rook’s Island. (Approx. 225 pages). SHE’S ONLY GOT DAYS TO LIVE. HE’S GOT HOURS. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SAVING THE WOMAN YOU LOVE, WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR MORE TIME? Mr. Rook, eccentric billionaire and owner of the most exclusive island resort in the world, has a secret...
  • Gabe by Apryl Baker

    Gabe by Apryl Baker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gabe. Gabriel Knorlin has spent his life protecting himself from the kind of pain no one should ever have to endure. The tragedy he survived sculpted every decision he ever made. The one decision he regretted? Abagail Crawford—a woman he calls family, but one he’s kept at arm’s length. He can’t live through the pain of losing someone he loves again...
  • Jeepers Creepers: Royal Bastards MC Las Vegas, NV by Nikki Landis

    Jeepers Creepers: Royal Bastards MC Las Vegas, NV by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Balen “Creature” Hobbs doesn’t call anywhere home. He’s been a nomad since the day he finished active duty. Fate has other plans when he bumps into a girl beaten outside a local bar. Being a good Samaritan didn’t cross his mind—only justice. Getting involved pulls him into a dark world where the strong prey on the weak...
  • Simon Says….Walk by Dale Mayer

    Simon Says….Walk by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Detective Kate Morgan isn’t impressed with her latest case. A terrorized woman walks into the police station, with a message for Kate. Actually a message that drags Simon into the middle of it—no, make that front and center. A challenge has been issued, one that Kate is determined to solve, hopefully keeping Simon on the sidelines...
  • Pale as Death by Heather Graham

    Pale as Death by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    From the dark depths of Hollywood’s past. The crime scene is horrific: the corpse of a young actress, drained of blood and cut in two. LAPD Detective Sophie Manning’s new case is high-profile and difficult—there’s no evidence to work with. And it’s a disturbing echo of the infamous Black Dahlia killing...
  • Power Play by Catherine Coulter

    Power Play by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    #1 New York Times–bestselling author Catherine Coulter returns with the newest full-throttle adventure in the FBI series featuring Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock. Natalie Black, the U. S. ambassador to the Court of St. James, has returned to Washington, her job in jeopardy...
  • Orchid by Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz

    Orchid by Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 39 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author JAYNE CASTLE. The wildly popular alter ego of bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz creates "delectably entertaining paranormal romantic suspense" (Booklist) in the "unique, synergistic world of St. Helens (Library Journal), the not-so-distant space colony where hearts and minds are gloriously in sync! A top psychic for exclusive Psynergy Inc...
  • If Looks Could Kill by Heather Graham Pozzessere, Heather Graham

    If Looks Could Kill by Heather Graham Pozzessere, Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Madison Adair didn’t witness her famous mother’s brutal murder. But she saw it. Saw the gloved hand. .. felt the knife strike. .. knew her mother’s terror. That was a lifetime ago. But the nightmares have returned; only, this time they’re of a faceless serial killer stalking women in south Florida. A killer she can’t see but who knows she is watching...
  • Standing in the Shadows by Shannon McKenna

    Standing in the Shadows by Shannon McKenna

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 38 ratings
    Ex-FBI agent Connor McCloud can never forget the day he was set up to die at the hands of trusted friend and fellow agent Ed Riggs. Hard justice and loyalty to his badge have cost Connor what he wants most--Ed's shy, studious daughter Erin. He can never have her now, but her beauty still haunts and torments his every waking hour and his most fevered erotic dreams...
  • Cold Blooded by Lisa Jackson

    Cold Blooded by Lisa Jackson

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling author of Hot Blooded returns to steamy New Orleans and the French Quarter with her supremely sexy and suspenseful new novel. With every book she pens, Lisa Jackson reaffirms her status as one of today's most talented, original and compelling writers of romantic suspense...
  • Hiding in the Shadows by Kay Hooper

    Hiding in the Shadows by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 39 ratings
    Terror waits just out of sight. .. Accident victim Faith Parker has done what her doctors feared she never would: awakened from the coma that held her prisoner for weeks. But she has no memory of the crash that nearly killed her -- or the life that led up to it. Nor does she remember journalist Dinah Leighton, the steadfast friend who visited her in the hospital. .
  • Butterfly Lane by T.L. Haddix

    Butterfly Lane by T.L. Haddix

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Genre: Romance with paranormal elements. Book Two in the Firefly Hollow Series. When Zanny Franks Campbell walks in on her husband kissing another woman, she’s devastated but not surprised. She’s known something was wrong for a while but hasn’t had the courage to find out what...
  • Wicked Waves by Sharon Kay

    Wicked Waves by Sharon Kay

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Making daggers out of raindrops is only the tip of the iceberg for Brooke Bonham. As one of four women who can control the elements, her ability to manipulate water packs a deluge of potential. Eager to learn more, she’s frustrated at the precautions she must take to avoid the wrong kind of attention on Earth. Kai's duties as a Lash demon have kept him busy on Earth for nearly two hundred years...
  • Shadows from the Grave by T.L. Haddix

    Shadows from the Grave by T.L. Haddix

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When it comes to murder, the past is never really dead. .. For ten years, Chase Hudson has carried the weight of his college girlfriend’s unsolved murder on his shoulders. When a ghost from the past comes calling, Chase’s friends and family become the targets of a serial killer who’ll stop at nothing to make Chase suffer...
  • Nauti Siren by Lora Leigh, Manxie Hardy

    Nauti Siren by Lora Leigh, Manxie Hardy

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Lora Leigh, the New York Times best-selling author of Nauti Intentions and Nauti Dreams revisits that sultry and ¿sinfully good¿ (Joyfully Reviewed) Southern landscape with a story of a young woman whose desire for a Boston attorney draws them both into a dangerous undercover investigation, and an adversary as lethal as he is relentless. ©2013 Lora Leigh ; (P)2013 Penguin Audio...
  • Always a Thief by Kay Hooper

    Always a Thief by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 33 ratings
    In a deadly game of skill and deception. .. A master thief is just the first wild card. .. The priceless, rarely displayed Bannister collection is about to be exhibited-- and the show' s director, Morgan West, can' t ignore her growing uneasiness. She' s certain she hasn' t seen the last of the infamous cat burglar Quinn...
  • Hostage by Kay Hooper

    Hostage by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Haven operative Luther Brinkman has been sent into the wilderness of the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee to locate escaped felon Cole Jacoby, a mentally unstable bank robber. Supposedly, Jacoby hid more than ten million dollars from his last heist before he was captured—and rather mysteriously escaped federal custody...
  • Out Of Control by Shannon McKenna

    Out Of Control by Shannon McKenna

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 32 ratings
    In Behind Closed Doors and Standing in the Shadows, Shannon McKenna introduced the McCloud Brothers: intense, rugged, super-sexy, and deliciously sensual. Now, Davy McCloud is about to meet a woman he can't trust--or live without . . . Disillusioned P. I Davy McCloud has learned the hard way not to follow blind impulse when it comes to women...
  • Among the Shrouded by Amalie Jahn

    Among the Shrouded by Amalie Jahn

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    What if three psychic strangers came together to change the world? Mia, Thomas, and Kate have paranormal abilities. And a common destiny. They just don’t know it yet. Rookie officer Mia Rosetti never doubts her gift, the ability to see if people are good or evil by looking at their auras...
  • Haunted by Kay Hooper

    Haunted by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    How do you make peace with the dead if the dead aren’t ready to forgive? In New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper’s new novel, the answer lies in the twisting shadows of a small town, and its secrets yet unearthed. .. When Deacon James’s younger sister Melanie calls him, terrified, he goes to her aid in the small Georgia town of Sociable...
  • Hell Bent by Heather Killough-Walden

    Hell Bent by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jack Thane is a man with a very big secret. For years, he has relied upon the skills and resources that came with this secret in order to protect the people he cares about, especially the young Annabelle Drake… the only woman he has ever loved. However, now Jack’s past is catching up with him – and it’s after Annabelle...
  • The Seance by Heather Graham

    The Seance by Heather Graham

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A chill falls over Christina Hardy's housewarming party when talk turns to a recent murder that has all the hallmarks of the so-called 'Interstate Killer' murders from fifteen years before. To lighten the mood, the guests drag out an old Ouija board for a little spooky fun -- and that's when things become truly terrifying...
  • Resilient by Patricia Vanasse

    Resilient by Patricia Vanasse

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Livia has never felt like she fits in. As normal as it sounds, Livia is anything but ordinary. She can feel every emotion of every single person around her, and it’s maddening. In pursuit of some psychic quiet, she moves with her family from New York City to Whidbey Island in the lush and sleepy Pacific Northwest...
  • I'll Be Watching You by Tina Wainscott

    I'll Be Watching You by Tina Wainscott

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her grandmother's murder brings her back to the town she fled years ago to reclaim her home and unearth the truth … while a killer watches her every move. Ten years ago, Kim testified against her rich stepfather in a local girl’s murder. When he was acquitted, the hostile and disbelieving residents forced her to leave town...
  • Forgotten by Maggie Shayne

    Forgotten by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Ash is a slightly claustrophobic investigative reporter on the trail of a serial killer, who thinks his Ms. Right is Suzy Homemaker. As part of his investigation, he's pretending to have amnesia. Joey is a Harley-riding psychic with a penchant for caves and a vested interest in catching the same killer. As part of her investigation, she's pretending to be Ash's wife...
  • Energized by Mary Behre

    Energized by Mary Behre

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the new Tidewater novel by the author of Guarded , a kiss between strangers draws both into unexpected danger and unforgettable desire. .. She’s searching for a sign. .. Hannah Halloran has always believed in her gift. The things she sees through her psychic touch have never led her wrong before. Not when they led her to an unforgettable night with a sexy Marine at a bar...
  • Night Shadow by Nora Roberts

    Night Shadow by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 29 ratings
    Fear casts a long shadow. .. . IN A CITY RULED BY FEAR. .. . .. a solitary figure shrouded in black walked the night, determined to awaken a terrified metropolis from the nightmare of crime. There was nothing -- no bullets, and certainly not legal technicalities -- that could deter the man they called Nemesis from his mission...
  • Smoke in Mirrors by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Smoke in Mirrors by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 38 ratings
    A con artist and seductress, Meredith Spooner lived fast—and died young. But her final scam—embezzling more than a million dollars from a college endowment fund—is coming back to haunt Leonora Hutton. The tainted money is stashed away in an offshore account for Leonora...
  • Night Moves by Heather Graham Pozzessere, Heather Graham

    Night Moves by Heather Graham Pozzessere, Heather Graham

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Photographer Bryn Keller is struggling to raise three boys while getting her career on track, so working with superstar Lee Condor is an opportunity she can't pass up…even if he is the most infuriating—and desirable—man she has ever met. But then Bryn finds herself in unexpected danger. Someone wants something from her—badly enough to hurt her family...
  • Finding Laura by Kay Hooper

    Finding Laura by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Mirror, mirror on the wall,. who's the deadliest one of all? It's an antique mirror that can reveal secrets. .. or tarnish the truth. And for struggling artist Laura Sutherland, buying it is only the first step into a dark maze of lies, manipulation—and murder. It brings Peter Kilbourne into her life and makes her the prime suspect in his fatal stabbing...
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