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Track Her Down by Melinda Leigh
For Sheriff Bree Taggert, a gruesome double murder exposes the secrets of the dead in a shocking novel of suspense by #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh.A teenager returns home from work and finds her parents shot to death in their bed. Responding to the call, Sheriff Bree Taggert realizes the crime wasn’t a burglary gone wrong. The couple was executed... -
![The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain]()
The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsFrom bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel that perfectly interweaves history, mystery, and social justice.When Kayla Carter's husband dies in an accident while building their dream house, she knows she has to stay strong for their four-year-old daughter...Categorized as:
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![HOT Courage by Lynn Raye Harris]()
HOT Courage by Lynn Raye Harris
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes you have to fight for what you want. Or risk losing everything you love…For elite Strike Team 2 soldier Noah Cross, everything is easy. Hell, that’s his call sign. Easy.But when he inherits a two-year-old baby girl, nothing is easy anymore...Categorized as:
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![The Butcher by L. Wilder]()
The Butcher by L. Wilder
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey call me the butcher. I wash away the sins of the most notorious men in the state. I take their crimes and make them disappear. I’m not innocent in this game of cat and mouse, but let me be clear. I’m not like the men I work for—I’m not a cold-blooded killer. I’m simply the cleaner. Or at least that’s all I was... When I found her, everything changed... -
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![Black Velvet by Lynn Raye Harris]()
Black Velvet by Lynn Raye Harris
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe doesn’t believe in heroes anymore. He’ll prove her wrong. Mercenary Dax Freed would rather stride into the desert naked and covered in honey than pretend to be a reclusive romance novelist’s fake boyfriend, but nobody gave him the option. Roberta Sharpe writes about heroes for a living, but she already knows they don’t exist in real life...Categorized as:
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![The Angels' Share by J.R. Ward]()
The Angels' Share by J.R. Ward
#1 New York Times bestselling author J. R. Ward delivers the second novel in her Bourbon Kings series—a sweeping saga of a Southern dynasty struggling to maintain a façade of privilege and prosperity, while secrets and indiscretions threaten its very foundation… In Charlemont, Kentucky, the Bradford family is the crème de la crème of high society—just like their exclusive brand of bourbon... -
![Stranger on the Shore by Josh Lanyon]()
Stranger on the Shore by Josh Lanyon
Twenty years ago young Brian Arlington, heir to Arlington fortune, was kidnapped. Though the ransom was paid, the boy was never seen again and is presumed dead. Pierce Mather, the family lawyer, now administers and controls the Arlington billions. He's none too happy, and more than a little suspicious, when investigative journalist Griffin Hadley shows up to write about the decades-old mystery...Categorized as:
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![Stolen Faith by Lila Dubois, Mari Carr]()
Stolen Faith by Lila Dubois, Mari Carr
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFalling in love while being tortured isn’t just a trial by fire, it’s trial under fire. Izabel didn’t expect her marriage to include kidnapping and torture. The honeymoon hasn’t even begun before she and her new husbands are kidnapped by a group of dangerous zealots. She only just met the men she’ll marry, but one of them is hiding his dangerous past... -
![Her Eternal Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary]()
Her Eternal Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe Needed a Hero Tied up, tossed in a truck, and locked in a muddy shack, Jenny Rivers is sure she is going to die, because if her captors don’t kill her, her injuries probably will. Navy SEAL Braxton Walker’s job is brutal, but he thrives on it. Parachuting into Bangladesh to rescue a woman is all in a day’s work...Categorized as:
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![Keep Her Quiet by Emma Curtis]()
Keep Her Quiet by Emma Curtis
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 21 ratings'This is grip-lit at its best' Fanny BlakeJenny has just given birth to the baby she’s always wanted. She’s never been this happy.Her husband, Leo, knows this baby girl can’t be his. He’s never felt so betrayed.The same night, a vulnerable young woman, Hannah, wakes to find her newborn lifeless beside her. She’s crazed with grief... -
![Cover of Darkness by Kaylea Cross]()
Cover of Darkness by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsTargeted by a terrorist cell, Bryn McAllister survives a bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut only to be left to die in a desert cellar. When she is rescued by Navy SEAL Lieutenant Declan McCabe and his team, Bryn must rely on the handsome officer to get her to safety... -
![The Target by Catherine Coulter]()
The Target by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsFBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are faced with the case of an abducted child in this “absorbing”(Publishers Weekly) FBI Thriller. Escaping unwanted media attention after a notorious incident, Ramsey Hunt retreats into the solitude of a cabin high in the Colorado Rockies... -
![The Red-Hot Cajun by Sandra Hill]()
The Red-Hot Cajun by Sandra Hill
Rene LeDeux returns home to southern Louisiana after quitting his job in Washington as an environmental lobbyist. Years of battling with the oil industry and land developers have left him completely burnt out, and now all he wants to do is work on his cabin on Bayou Black. But his peace of mind is disrupted by a few things. One, his great-aunt Tante Lulu is determined to get him hitched...Categorized as:
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![Fool Me Once by Deany Ray]()
Fool Me Once by Deany Ray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThirtysomething Piper Harris and her grandmother, former members of a motorcycle gang, are struggling to adjust to their new life in Bitter End, Florida, after being relocated there at a retirement complex as part of the witness protection program.Let’s just say Gran laundered money so well, she washed away their freedom... -
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![Nanny for the Firefighter by Emma Blake]()
Nanny for the Firefighter by Emma Blake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI thought coming back to Red Lodge would be a quiet escape.But then I ran into Mason—the firefighter who once had my whole heart.Now he’s got a fierce protectiveness and a daughter who steals my breath with her shy smile.He needs my help. And even though it risks exposing the past I’ve tried to bury, I can’t say no... -
![Black Forever by Victoria Quinn]()
Black Forever by Victoria Quinn
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe second the whip was placed in my hand, I snapped.I couldn't turn away.I needed this.The man I fought for so long has returned, more feral than before... -
![Somebody to Love by April Wilson]()
Somebody to Love by April Wilson
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsChicago homicide detective Tyler Jamison has accepted that fact that he was born defective. Women just don't do it for him, and he can't contemplate any other option. So, loneliness it is. Ian Alexander has met the man of his dreams, but the guy's in complete denial of his sexuality. Ian's not giving up on Tyler, though. Tyler's a domineering, controlling force of nature.. -
![Hard Line by Sidney Bell]()
Hard Line by Sidney Bell
Premed student Tobias Benton is making amends for his past. He keeps his head down, mouth shut and colors within the lines. But when his close friend Ghost goes missing, Tobias will do whatever it takes to get answers—including using blackmail to enlist some help. The last thing he’s looking for is romance... -
![A Disappearance in Drury Lane by Ashley Gardner]()
A Disappearance in Drury Lane by Ashley Gardner
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWinter 1818As Captain Gabriel Lacey prepares to leave for his upcoming wedding, he's interrupted by his former neighbor, Marianne Simmons, concerned about an actress friend of hers who's gone missing... -
![Black Hills by Nora Roberts]()
Black Hills by Nora Roberts
A summer at his grandparents' South Dakota ranch is not eleven-year-old Cooper Sullivan's idea of a good time. But things are a bit more bearable now that he's discovered the neighbor girl, Lil Chance, and her homemade batting cage. Even horseback riding isn't as awful as Coop thought it would be... -
![The Shark by Mary Burton]()
The Shark by Mary Burton
At the grisly murder scene of a teen prostitute, Virginia state trooper Riley Tatum’s past roars back to haunt her. When she was a teenage runaway, she was kidnapped, drugged, and left unconscious on the streets. She has no memories of what happened, only strange recurring dreams of two men playing cards. Former FBI agent Clay Bowman, Riley’s old flame, is Shield Security’s newest member... -
![The Baby Rescue by Margaret Daley]()
The Baby Rescue by Margaret Daley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsOPERATION BABY RESCUE To rescue an abducted infant from a baby-smuggling ring, U.S marshal Colton Phillips has to work with FBI agent Lisette Sutton. But their tactics couldn't be more different. The too-pretty agent goes by the book, whereas Colton breaks rules to get the job done. Colton vows to keep his heart out of the job, but his unwanted attraction to Lisette lowers his guard... -
![No One But You by Maureen Smith]()
No One But You by Maureen Smith
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsONE RECKLESS NIGHT OF PASSION… After a long absence, FBI agent Althea Pritchard has returned home to Baltimore, but it already feels like history is repeating itself. A teenage girl has been abducted—just as Althea was eight years before. The ordeal left her determined to capture such predators, and she’s more prepared than ever... -
![Squall Line by Gwyn McNamee]()
Squall Line by Gwyn McNamee
WAR Out on the water, I’m in control. I don’t make mistakes. But the fiery redhead destroyed my plans and left me no choice. I had to take her. Now I’m fighting for my life while battling my growing attraction for my hostage. Grace may have started my downfall, but she could also be my salvation. GRACE The moment he stepped foot on my ship, I knew he was trouble... -
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![The Enforcer A Steamy Daddy Dom Romantic Suspense by Delta James]()
The Enforcer A Steamy Daddy Dom Romantic Suspense by Delta James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDaddy's protective embrace is Alicia's only sanctuaryIn the heart-pounding world of high-stakes operations, Brock is the man you want by your side. As a key member of the Cerberus team, he's accustomed to wrapping up cases with precision and adrenaline coursing through his veins... -
![Just Say When by Aimee Nicole Walker]()
Just Say When by Aimee Nicole Walker
Someone wants Police Chief Emilio Mendoza dead. And if his unknown assailant doesn’t kill him, pining for Sheriff Abraham Beecham just might. Abe and Lio’s thirty-year journey has taken them from heated rivals to best friends with countless labels and pit stops along the way. Romance is the only avenue left unexplored but not from lack of love or desire...Categorized as:
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![Stealing from Mr. Rich by Anna Hackett]()
Stealing from Mr. Rich by Anna Hackett
To save my brother, all I have to do is steal from a billionaire.My brother is in trouble. Again. But this time he’s in debt to some really bad people, and I’ll do anything to save him. Even be blackmailed into cracking an unbreakable safe belonging to the most gorgeous man in New York. And one of the richest... -
![Death by the Riverside by J.M. Redmann]()
Death by the Riverside by J.M. Redmann
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAmong the moss-covered trees and wrought-iron balustrades of southern Louisiana, Detective Michele Knight (Micky to her friends) takes on the seemingly simple job of shooting a few photos for a client, but the going gets rough as Micky finds herself slugging through thugs and slogging through swamps in an attempt to expose a dangerous drug ring... -
![Deadly Promise by Brenda Joyce]()
Deadly Promise by Brenda Joyce
It is March of 1902, and Francesca Cahill-Fifth Avenue heiress, undaunted political activist and intrepid amateur sleuth-has just learned of a grave new danger haunting the streets of New York. A beautiful teenage girl named Emily O'Hare is missing and Francesca fears that the girl has been abducted...Categorized as:
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![Blind Date with a Blue-Collar Billionaire by Evangeline Kelly]()
Blind Date with a Blue-Collar Billionaire by Evangeline Kelly
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan her blue-collar man prove he’s different from all the rest? Lindsey Clarke was doomed. Every serious boyfriend she had fell for her more beautiful cousin, Destiny. When it happened yet again on the eve of her thirtieth birthday, she was devastated and wondered if she would always be delegated to second best...Categorized as:
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![Through the Evil Days by Julia Spencer-Fleming]()
Through the Evil Days by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe eighth book in the Rev. Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mystery series. On a frigid January night, Chief of Police Russ Van Alstyne and Reverend Clare Fergusson are called to the scene of a raging fire, that quickly becomes a double homicide and kidnapping. Which is the very last thing Russ needs...Currently he's struggling with the prospect of impending fatherhood... -
![Close Enough To Kill by Beverly Barton]()
Close Enough To Kill by Beverly Barton
Close enough to touch... He's their secret admirer, wooing them with phone calls, love letters, and special gifts. From a distance, he admires them. Desires them. Despises them. And when he gets close enough, he kills them all. Close enough to kiss.. -
![Sinful Obsession by Brook Wilder]()
Sinful Obsession by Brook Wilder
I agreed to marry a bratva boss in exchange for him protecting my mother.The moment my paths crossed with Arsen Isakov, normality went out the window.I went along with his twisted plan of a fake marriage - all to keep my mother safe - and walked down the aisle towards him with my head held high.Nothing prepared me for becoming pregnant with his child... -
![Murder Aforethought by Parker St. John]()
Murder Aforethought by Parker St. John
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA ticking clock. A deadly enemy. Can they keep their heads in the game when their hearts are already on the line? Valentine Rivetti made a horrible mistake when he became a Marine Sniper at the age of twenty. Returning home with PTSD and a guilty conscience, he’s blackmailed into working for the mafia to save his family...Categorized as:
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![Rock Steady by Kat Mizera]()
Rock Steady by Kat Mizera
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhy should I do relationships when I have the world at my feet?As the electrifying rhythm guitarist of the hottest rock band in the world, women are throwing themselves at me like guitar picks. Why would I settle for just one?Until Jesse. She's not just anyone. She's smart, sassy, and gives as good as she gets. I think I’ve finally met my match...Categorized as:
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![Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart]()
Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart
After a rather drab existence in an English orphanage Linda Martin is appointed governess to the nine-year-old owner of the Chateau Valmy in the French Alps. During little Philippe's minority the estates are being managed by his crippled uncle Leon, and Leon's handsome son Raoul. All seems delightful, but there are tensions below the smooth surface...Categorized as:
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![Emeralds and Espionage by Lynn Gardner]()
Emeralds and Espionage by Lynn Gardner
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAllison Alexander, home in California on a brief vacation from her work at the United Nations, is shot at and pursued by mysterious intruders who have taken over the estate on which she and her mother have lived as caretakers since Allison was a child... -
![Other Than Honorable by Parker St. John]()
Other Than Honorable by Parker St. John
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRevenge is a risky business… but nothing is more dangerous than love. No one would suspect the hell Matthew Ballard has lived through, least of all the green-eyed Marine sent to protect him. Matt is playing a long con against a dangerous foe. He can’t afford the distraction of a bodyguard with his own pile of issues… no matter how desperately he secretly craves the feel of his rough hands... -
![Next to Die by Marliss Melton]()
Next to Die by Marliss Melton
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsPenny Price dreads the sound of her ringing phone. She's convinced that the person barraging her with threatening calls is a man who got away with murder--her father's. Armed with evidence but branded a target, Penny's only salvation is the playboy nextdoor--Navy SEAL Lieutenant Commander Joe Montgomery...Categorized as:
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![Critical Pursuit by Janice Cantore]()
Critical Pursuit by Janice Cantore
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOfficer Brinna Caruso has built a reputation at the precinct as the cop to call when a child goes missing. For Brinna, it's personal because she was once one of them. Brinna and her K-9 search and rescue dog, Hero, will stop at nothing to find a missing child, no matter the stakes. Detective Jack O'Reilly isn't ready to return to his homicide duties after losing his wife to a drunk driver... -
![Remember Me by J.L. Beck, C. Hallman]()
Remember Me by J.L. Beck, C. Hallman
They’re coming for her, but first, they’ll have to go through me. Grace was my first love, my forever, and then I lost her. I’d spent years watching from afar, knowing I could never have her again. The violence, the hate, and pain it owned me. It took all the good from me. It took her from me. The mafia was the only thing that could curb my violent tendencies... -
![Turquoise and Terrorists by Lynn Gardner]()
Turquoise and Terrorists by Lynn Gardner
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe news hit Allison like a blow to the stomach. A helicopter carrying her kidnapped husband, Bart, had crashed into the side of a mountain. “I’m sorry, Mrs. Alexander . . .there were no survivors,” the secret service agent said...Categorized as:
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![Misleading Lake by Nicola Jane]()
Misleading Lake by Nicola Jane
SaraWhat’s so wrong with being the fun party animal who likes to experiment, meet new people, and take guys home for one night stands? Well, not all the time, obviously.Meeting him was a game changer for me, in more ways than one. We both liked the same stuff, yah know, in the bedroom. It didn’t hurt he was bloody gorgeous...Categorized as:
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![Ivory White by Cambria Hebert]()
Ivory White by Cambria Hebert
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsOnce upon a time…There is a girl with skin as fair as ivory and hair as black as night.She was the apple of her father’s eye, but now that he has died,someone wants to dip that apple into poison.Advised to flee, Ivory escapes her elite world in New York Cityand stumbles into a place she didn’t know existed.A modern-day princess, afraid and lost on the dark streets, running for her life...Categorized as:
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![Hidden Riches by Nora Roberts]()
Hidden Riches by Nora Roberts
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts unveils the intriguing world of antiques dealing, where an independent woman discovers the price of breathless desire-and the schemes of an obsessed killer... Dora Conroy has a passion for antiques—and any other rarities she can acquire for her quaint Philadelphia shop. A seasoned dealer, she knows all the tricks of the trade... -
![Cross My Heart by Cynthia Eden]()
Cross My Heart by Cynthia Eden
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere are some cases you never forget.Former FBI agent Elijah Cross tried to put the past behind him. For years, he spent his days and his nights tracking some of the most brutal killers in the US. Now? He protects the rich and famous while working at Wilde. Less danger, more glamour…and a whole lot more cash...Categorized as:
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![Running Scared by Shirlee McCoy]()
Running Scared by Shirlee McCoy
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThanks to Maggie Tennyson, Kane Dougherty's son--abducted five years earlier--has finally been found. The private investigator just wants to show his gratitude...so why is Maggie pushing him away?Maggie's thrilled to have united father and son. Now, if only Kane would leave her alone! It's not safe to be near her, not with her shadowed past... -
![Pearls and Peril by Lynn Gardner]()
Pearls and Peril by Lynn Gardner
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAllison and Bart, married less than a week, return to their Hawaiian honeymoon suite to find the room ransacked. Thousands of miles from home, they’re being followed. But why, and by whom? What dark secret do they hold that makes them prime targets for murder by a sinister madman bent on revenge? It’s a heart-stopping game of cat and mouse, with Allison caught in a demonic web... -
![Command Performance by Nora Roberts]()
Command Performance by Nora Roberts
RETURN ENGAGEMENT In Eve Hamilton's youth, His Royal Highness Alexander de Cordina had played the part of a fairy-tale prince, but seven years ago Eve had learned that its villains were undeniably real. She had also learned to put her childhood dreams behind her. It was Alexander's request that brought Eve, along with her theatrical troupe, back to Cordina... -
![Dead Silence by Brenda Novak]()
Dead Silence by Brenda Novak
There's a body buried behind a Mississippi farmhouse. Grace Montgomery knows who it is, and she knows why it happened. She was only thirteen the night it all went wrong. And now, like then, she has no choice but to keep her mouth shut. Grace left the town of Stillwater thirteen years ago, trying to forget, trying to make good. As an assistant D.A...Categorized as:
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