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  • Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich

    Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author and “most popular mystery writer alive” (The New York Times) Janet Evanovich is in top form as she sends Stephanie Plum on the trail of a stolen cache of dirty diamonds. Stephanie Plum, Trenton’s hardest working, most underappreciated bounty hunter, is offered a freelance assignment that seems simple enough...
  • Fate & Furies: An epic romantic fantasy by Scheuerer

    Fate & Furies: An epic romantic fantasy by Scheuerer

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    “I always knew you would be the end of me.”With darkness cursing the world around her, Althea Zoltaire is desperate for vengeance. But as she hunts Wilder Hawthorne across the kingdoms, brutal secrets begin to unravel.Not knowing what – or who – to trust, Thea and her companions find themselves entwined with a destiny far greater than one man...
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  • The Light Through the Leaves by Glendy Vanderah

    The Light Through the Leaves by Glendy Vanderah

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    One unbearable mistake at the edge of the forest.In a moment of crisis, Ellis Abbey leaves her daughter, Viola, unattended—for just a few minutes. But when she returns, Viola is gone. A breaking point in an already fractured marriage, Viola’s abduction causes Ellis to disappear as well—into grief, guilt, and addiction...
  • Wear Wolf by Zoe Chant, Murphy Lawless

    Wear Wolf by Zoe Chant, Murphy Lawless

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Where oh WEAR could she be?Wolf shifter and fashion designer Zane Bellamy has a he’s ‘face-blind,’ unable to recognize people easily no matter how often he’s seen them.Victoria Hawthorne has a secret, too, but she’s a long-term substitute teacher, and if she’s learned anything from teaching first graders, it’s that the best way to keep a secret is to not tell anybody...
  • A Court of Wicked Fae by Alaya Wells

    A Court of Wicked Fae by Alaya Wells

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    A woman determined to destroy a conniving king. A fae lord who will sacrifice himself to shield her from harm. Can their love survive the upcoming battle? A thorny collar controls my every move and betrayal haunts me, but I’m still determined to seek vengeance for my brother’s death. I’ll do it with or without Vexxion’s help. But when he calls in his favor, I’m given no choice...
  • Mayhem by Elizabeth Knox

    Mayhem by Elizabeth Knox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everything between us changed in an instant.MagnusWith one of our enemies finally gone, we all thought we’d have an easy couple of months until someone else rose from the ashes. What we didn’t expect was for it to happen a lot sooner than we thought. It didn’t take months. In weeks there was another snake we needed to take down...
  • Luxe Two: A LaLa Land Addiction by Ashley Antoinette

    Luxe Two: A LaLa Land Addiction by Ashley Antoinette

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In Luxe Two: A LaLa Land Addiction by New York Times bestselling author Ashley Antoinette, there is only one thing more powerful than anything...the love of the high... Bleu is addicted...addicted to the luxe life and it has led her down a road of self-destruction. She knows what it feels like to be turned out by the game...
  • Cat Pay the Devil: A Joe Grey Mystery by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

    Cat Pay the Devil: A Joe Grey Mystery by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Molena Point, California, should be a tranquil place. Nestled quietly on the Pacific coast miles below San Francisco, it's not the kind of town escaped convicts seek out...
  • The Doctor Who Has No Ambition by Victoria Quinn

    The Doctor Who Has No Ambition by Victoria Quinn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As the world's most renowned heart surgeon, I accomplished every dream I had. I did my humanitarian work in South Africa, conducted ground-breaking research with my clinic, and made a difference every single day. The best part? The way my father looked at me...like he'd never been more proud.But when my patience dies on the table, I lose everything.And I mean EVERYTHING.My wife left me...
  • Storm by Aria Ray

    Storm by Aria Ray

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Storm, the president of the Dark Slayers MC, is everything I should stay away from - tough, powerful and addictive.I have no business stepping into his world. Especially after that article, I wrote about his MC club.But I’m out of options. I need his help.Kids are missing – my sister among them. Storm and the Slayers are my last hope.Storm agrees to help but demands I pretend to be his woman...
  • Delicate Revenge: A Dark Secret Society Romance  (Breaking Belles) by Alta Hensley, Stasia Black

    Delicate Revenge: A Dark Secret Society Romance (Breaking Belles) by Alta Hensley, Stasia Black

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Bellamy Carmichael was Darlington’s princess all through high school. Perfect, popular, too gorgeous for words—and unfortunately, she knew it. I’d had a crush on her ever since arriving at Darlington Prep, only she never looked my way except for an occasional cruel put down. I was a scrawny kid, nerdy, and worst of all, my family was new money.But now, a decade later, the tables have turned...
  • Cassidy Jones and Vulcan's Gift by Elise Stokes

    Cassidy Jones and Vulcan's Gift by Elise Stokes

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is an alternate cover image. (ISBN13: 9780988185104) Two months after being infected with a strange retrovirus, Cassidy Jones continues to live a double life as she struggles to master her astonishing superpowers. School has become the only normal thing left in her life—except for tall, dark, and handsome Emery Phillips, who shadows her every move, ensuring her secret is safe...
  • The Doctor Who Has No Chance by Victoria Quinn

    The Doctor Who Has No Chance by Victoria Quinn

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I rushed into something I wasn't ready for. I want to be ready, wish I were ready, but I'm just not.But I miss her. Every day. Every moment. Always.It's like losing half of my soul.Maybe Sicily is the right person, just not the right time...
  • The Traitor And the Chalice by Jane Fletcher

    The Traitor And the Chalice by Jane Fletcher

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Tevi and Jemeryl, soldier and sorceress, must risk all in the race to uncover a traitor and retrieve the chalice that, in the wrong hands, could bestow dangerous powers.A dark presence is threatening to uncover long hidden secrets, and the future of the whole Protectorate is at stake...
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  • Yakuza Lover, Vol. 6 by Nozomi Mino

    Yakuza Lover, Vol. 6 by Nozomi Mino

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When feisty college student Yuri is attacked at a party, she’s saved by Toshiomi Oya, the underboss of a yakuza syndicate. Despite her obvious attraction to him, she convinces herself that she’s not in the market for a bad boy type. But when they meet again, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to him—kicking off a steamy and dangerous love affair that threatens to consume her, body and soul...
  • Green Arrow and Black Canary, Vol. 1: The Wedding Album by Judd Winick

    Green Arrow and Black Canary, Vol. 1: The Wedding Album by Judd Winick

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    After an on-again/off-again courtship of superheroic proportions, Green Arrow finally asked for Black Canary's hand in marriage. Now, the real story begins! Will this star-crossed couple make it down the aisle? Guest-starring The Justice League of America and many of the DC Universe's top villains...
  • Captured: Gowns & Crowns by Jennifer Chance

    Captured: Gowns & Crowns by Jennifer Chance

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For beautiful, pampered Lauren Grant, the idea of love without strings is a fairy tale and a trap. Though she’s skillfully maintained her image as the carefree celebutante, for years she’s been systematically stalked by the richest—and most ruthless—golden boy of the Jet Set. To stay one step ahead, she’s used every resource at her disposal...
  • Shattered Justice by Karen Ball

    Shattered Justice by Karen Ball

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Deputy’s Sense of Justice Destroyed There’s no way sheriff’s deputy Dan Justice could have prepared for this. He spent a lifetime ensuring his actions and faith live up to the meaning of his name—Avidan: “God is just.” Then injustice invades his world, ripping away what matters most, forever robbing him of the life he once knew...
  • Taming Mr. Black by Goddy Francis

    Taming Mr. Black by Goddy Francis

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Club K, home for the finest and wealthiest men in the country, owned by playboy billionaire, Killian Black.He is the handsome, cocky, and dominant bachelor with a shitty reputation. He has one simple rule—never mix work with pleasure...
  • If I Can't Have You by Charlotte Levin

    If I Can't Have You by Charlotte Levin

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    'So beautifully written, such a devastatingly compelling story... I can honestly say it’s one of the best books I’ve ever read - it is without shadow of a doubt, EASILY up there with Girl On a Train and Eleanor Oliphant.' - Ruth JonesSamuel, the day we met I knew I’d finally found what I’ve been waiting for.You.Happiness, at last.Then you left me.And now I am alone...
  • Scared to Live by Stephen Booth

    Scared to Live by Stephen Booth

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Detective Constable Ben Cooper and Detective Sergeant Diane Fry must uncover the secrets of two grim murder scenes in England's Peak District--one inexplicable...and the other unspeakable...
  • The Hot-Blooded Groom by Emma Darcy

    The Hot-Blooded Groom by Emma Darcy

    Rated: 3.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Bryce Templar's father had given him an ultimatum: Bryce had one year to marry and produce an heir....When Bryce met Sunny, the attraction between them was like a bolt of electricity. Business was forgotten—passion took over..
  • Made of Steel by Ivy Smoak

    Made of Steel by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 3.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    Once upon a time, my name was Summer Brooks. I fell in love with a prince and my dreams went as far as the stars. I had my whole life figured out. I had my whole life in front of me. But my life wasn’t meant to be a fairy tale. Everything I knew was taken away in a flash. Broken. Lost. Abandoned. Beaten. Ten years of pain. Ten years of torture. I’m finally free...
  • Carpathian Collection by Christine Feehan

    Carpathian Collection by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "The queen of paranormal romance" (USA Today) presents three darkly compelling novels in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that "bring[s] vampiric Carpathians to vivid, virile life" (Publishers Weekly)...
  • 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...
  • If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

    If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 104 ratings
    Oliver Marks has just served ten years in jail - for a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the man who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened a decade ago...
  • Gabriel's Inferno Trilogy by Sylvain Reynard

    Gabriel's Inferno Trilogy by Sylvain Reynard

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The haunting trilogy of one man’s salvation and one woman’s sensual awakening . . . The first three volumes in the story of Professor Gabriel Emerson and his beloved Julia, an unforgettable exploration of sin, seduction, forbidden love, and redemption...
  • Mountain Homecoming by Janice Whiteaker

    Mountain Homecoming by Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Think you know who the most dangerous person in Greenlea is? You're wrong. Greenlea was supposed to be a temporary stop. A safe haven for Cora while a storm from her past blows over. But Greenlea isn’t safe. And her storm is far from over. **** Joel just wants to keep Cora safe. Help her in a way no one else can. But he doesn’t realize all that’s following her...
  • Bearheart Guardian: A Small Town Shifter Romance by Harmony Raines

    Bearheart Guardian: A Small Town Shifter Romance by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Secrets are finally revealed as danger stalks the Bear Creek Guardians...
  • Shattering Dawn by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Shattering Dawn by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 23 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...
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