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  • Exodus by Elle Casey

    Exodus by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    EXODUS My name's Bryn Mathis. I'm seventeen years old, and my world has been turned upside down and inside out. I'm racing towards a future I cannot control. I thought I had everything worked out, but then things changed. I thought we were all cut off from one another, but it turns out, we're not...
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    horror  contemporary  length-long
  • Warpaint by Elle Casey

    Warpaint by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    APOCALYPSIS is a 3-book, YA Post-Apocalyptic series, beginning with Book 1, Kahayatle. This book, Warpaint, is the 2nd in the series. Book 3 will be available August 31, 2012. WARPAINT My name's Bryn Mathis. I'm seventeen years old, and I live in Kahayatle, otherwise known as The Everglades...
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    horror  contemporary  length-medium
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  • Hidden Agenda by Rochelle Alers

    Hidden Agenda by Rochelle Alers

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Powerful, predatory, irresistibly male, Matt Sterling has been called a soldier of fortune--and worse. But for Eve Blackwell, he's the perfect man for a dangerous job: to track down Alejandro Delgado, Eve's wealty ex-husband, into Mexico. There, he must rescue Eve's young son Chris, who has been abducted by his vengeful father...
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    abduction  contemporary  length-medium
  • Haven by Elle Casey

    Haven by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My name's Bryn Mathis. I'm seventeen years old, and I'm alive at a critical time in our world's history, unlike all the adults and babies who didn't survive the virus that almost wiped out the human race. Alliances are building, enemies are gathering, and everything's about to reach the boiling point...
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    horror  contemporary  length-medium
  • Buried by C.J. Carmichael

    Buried by C.J. Carmichael

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    An alternate cover edition can be found here.Justice is overdue in the coastal town of Twisted Cedars where two unsolved mysteries lay buried in the past.Over thirty years ago a series of murders targeting Oregon librarians was never solved. Now someone with inside knowledge is feeding clues to true crime writer Dougal Lachlan, promising him the best story of his career...
  • The Persian Boy by Mary Renault

    The Persian Boy by Mary Renault

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    “It takes skill to depict, as Miss Renault has done, this half-man, half Courtesan who is so deeply in love with the warrior.”– The Atlantic Monthly The Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexander’s life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas...
  • The Flesh Cartel #16: To the Victor by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    The Flesh Cartel #16: To the Victor by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the exciting final season of the Flesh Cartel . . . With the help of the FBI, Mat Carmichael has let himself be re-taken by the Flesh Cartel. Objective? Rescue his brother, exact revenge, and destroy the entire organization from the inside...
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    horror  contemporary  length-novella
  • The Target by Catherine Coulter

    The Target by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    FBI 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

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 23 ratings
    The long hot Louisiana summer just got hotter for Rene LeDeux. He's burned out by D.C. politics and only wants to build his cabin in peace...
  • Down Weavers Lane by Anna Jacobs

    Down Weavers Lane by Anna Jacobs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Madge Carter goes back to her home town of Northby, she takes her daughter with her, but continues to live from immoral earning. Unfortunately, as Emmy grows up she catches the eye of Madge's protector, who tries to force her down the same path as her mother. Then a wealthy gentleman becomes obsessed by her and pursues her, though Emmy seeks only to earn an honest living as a maid...
  • Tearing Down the Wall by Tracey Ward

    Tearing Down the Wall by Tracey Ward

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    #1 Bestseller on Amazon! The Colonists have attacked. Their ships blaze in the dark on the inky black waters of the Sound. They'll burn through the night, remnants of a battle lost. A battle won by the Vashons. This time. What will come with the morning light is still a mystery, especially to Joss and her Lost Boys...
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    horror  contemporary  length-medium
  • The Flesh Cartel #4: Consequences by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    The Flesh Cartel #4: Consequences by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    In episode four of The Flesh Cartel , Mat and Dougie Carmichael begin their training with their new master, Nikolai, where they both learn the meaning of servitude . . . and of consequences for their choices. For Mat, destined to be trained but not broken—to always fight but never win—life with Nikolai is suffering stacked on suffering...
  • Under the Lemon Tree by Emma Cowell

    Under the Lemon Tree by Emma Cowell

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can one Greek summer heal the secrets of the past? Could rediscovering her roots help Kat rebuild a life without her brother…?Shattered by the sudden loss of her beloved twin, Nik, Kat is struggling to find meaning in a life turned upside down...
  • In a Dark House by Deborah Crombie

    In a Dark House by Deborah Crombie

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The Barnes & Noble Review Deborah Crombie is building a reputation for creating powerful and dramatic mysteries. Her protagonists, Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James, have more in common than the home and love they share, they're also both Scotland Yard detectives...
  • Kill Your Darlings by MesserMoon

    Kill Your Darlings by MesserMoon

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Kill Your Darlings: To remove or refrain from using something in spite of one's affection for itYears after Regulus loses his brother they're reunited, and as he struggles to figure out where he fits in Sirius's life he also struggles not to get lost in the impossible feelings he has for Sirius's best friend...
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    horror  queer  contemporary  f-f  length-epic
  • The Baby Rescue by Margaret Daley

    The Baby Rescue by Margaret Daley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    OPERATION 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 ratings
    ONE 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...
  • Captive Queen by May Dawson

    Captive Queen by May Dawson

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I’m married to him… but I kneel for them.As a mafia princess, I’ve always had a bodyguard. But when he disappears under mysterious circumstances, handsome, dangerous Luca takes his place. Sometimes Luca terrifies me. Sometimes he makes me feel safe for the first time in my life.Meanwhile, my father won’t listen to my fears about my fiancé, Gabriel...
  • The Flesh Cartel #6: Brotherhood by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    The Flesh Cartel #6: Brotherhood by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    In the season finale of The Flesh Cartel: Fragmentation, Nikolai sets into motion his plan to break the bonds of brotherhood between Dougie and Mat. Time and again, Mat and Dougie have proven they’ll do anything to stay together, anything to spare the other misery or pain. To sever that thread, Nikolai plots a strategy more cruel and clever than he’s ever employed before...
  • If There Be Thorns / Seeds of Yesterday by V.C. Andrews

    If There Be Thorns / Seeds of Yesterday by V.C. Andrews

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Two books in one: If There Be Thorns and Seeds of Yesterday, from V.C. Andrews's classic series that begins with Flowers in the Attic...
    Categorized as:
    horror  contemporary  length-epic
  • Most Likely to Die by Lisa Jackson, Beverly Barton

    Most Likely to Die by Lisa Jackson, Beverly Barton

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    It's been twenty years since the night Jake Marcott was brutally murdered at St. Elizabeth High School. It's a night that shattered the lives of Lindsay Farrell, Kirsten Daniels, and Rachel Alsace. It's a night they'll never forget. A killer will make sure of that...A 20-year reunion has been scheduled for St. Elizabeth's...
  • The Flesh Cartel #3: Choices by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    The Flesh Cartel #3: Choices by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    The Flesh Cartel returns for a compelling second season with "Choices." Brothers Mat and Dougie Carmichael thought nothing could be worse than being snatched from their home and brutally dehumanized in preparation for sale as sex slaves. But they learn their suffering has only just begun when they’re shipped to their new master’s home...
  • Death & the Zombie Apocalypse by Chelsea Bellingeri

    Death & the Zombie Apocalypse by Chelsea Bellingeri

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    All hope is lost. The zombies have stormed the University of Michigan’s Peabody Dormitory and there’s no way out of the building. Cage is missing and possibly dead. Rachel and her group of friends must somehow escape Ann Arbor and venture to the safe zone at Ford Field in Detroit...
    Categorized as:
    horror  contemporary  length-short
  • Jamaican Sunset by Linda Lee Chaikin

    Jamaican Sunset by Linda Lee Chaikin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Publicly betrothed to Baret Buckington, her handsome sea captain, Emerald Harwick can scarcely contain her joy. She will manage her plantation's Great House on Jamaica until his return from sailing with buccaneer Henry Morgan, and then they will marry. Meanwhile, she will begin a singing school and translate the African slave chants God's songs of redemption...
  • The Betrayal of Lies by Debra Burroughs

    The Betrayal of Lies by Debra Burroughs

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Murder and mayhem are afoot! Feisty private eye, Emily Parker, is finally moving forward in her relationship with the hunky police detective--that is, until a new friend suddenly goes missing. Suspicions are flying that one of Emily's closest girlfriends may be involved...
  • The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths

    The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Ruth Galloway uncovers the bones of what might be a notorious Victorian child murdress and a baby snatcher known as "The Childminder" threatens modern-day Norfolk in the latest irresistible mystery from Elly Griffiths. Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway uncovers the bones of a Victorian murderess while a baby snatcher threatens modern-day Norfolk in this exciting new entry in a beloved series...
  • Emeralds and Espionage by Lynn Gardner

    Emeralds and Espionage by Lynn Gardner

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Allison 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...
  • Critical Pursuit by Janice Cantore

    Critical Pursuit by Janice Cantore

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Officer 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...
  • Don't Scream by Wendy Corsi Staub

    Don't Scream by Wendy Corsi Staub

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Don't Tell A Soul. . . In a remote, heavily wooded area near the Berkshires of Massachusetts, Rachel Lorant died on her birthday. But she didn't die alone. That night, her four sorority sisters make a solemn, trembling pledge. They will never reveal what has just happened in those woods--ever. Instead, they will take their terrible secret to their graves. . . Don't Think About The Past. .
  • Moondust and Madness by Janelle Taylor

    Moondust and Madness by Janelle Taylor

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    CAPTIVE TO HIS SAVAGE PASSION... A moan escaped Jana Greyson as this strong, handsome stranger invaded her lips with his demanding kisses. He had stolen her from her world, made her his prisoner, and now enslaved her with the trembling rapture of his hunger... igniting a white-heat that melted her will to resist...
  • Flowers of Evil, Volume 7 by Shuzo Oshimi

    Flowers of Evil, Volume 7 by Shuzo Oshimi

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the seventh volume of the Flowers of Evil readers are sent to a completely new time and locale. Takao and Sawa have been forcibly separated. Takao is now living in suburbs of the big city. His parents have new lives in a small apartment and their past for the most part has been forgotten...
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    horror  contemporary  length-short
  • Running Scared by Shirlee McCoy

    Running Scared by Shirlee McCoy

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Thanks 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...
  • Delia's Gift by V.C. Andrews

    Delia's Gift by V.C. Andrews

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Hope is shattered... La esperanza se destruye No amount of money can keep heartbreak away: Delia Yebarra learned that painful lesson after a boating tragedy ended her fairy-tale romance with Adan Bovia, a wealthy politician's son...
    Categorized as:
    horror  contemporary  length-medium
  • Pearls and Peril by Lynn Gardner

    Pearls and Peril by Lynn Gardner

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Allison 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...
  • Sovereign by E.R. Arroyo

    Sovereign by E.R. Arroyo

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Chemical warfare has obliterated most of the world, including America, and the survivors have turned into feral beasts, save one colony, Antius, the last remnant of civilization. Seventeen-year-old Cori (aka Citizen 1206) only longs for wide open spaces and freedom. But Antius has no use for such things, just mindless drones to serve in a place with walls, fences, and laws...
  • Delia's Heart by V.C. Andrews

    Delia's Heart by V.C. Andrews

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    TORN BETWEEN TWO WORLDS... Atrapada entre dos mundos Delia Yebarra survived a treacherous desert crossing to protect her friend Ignacio from murder charges...
    Categorized as:
    horror  contemporary  length-long
  • The Value of X by Poppy Z. Brite

    The Value of X by Poppy Z. Brite

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    2003 - Subterranean Press - Hardcover - 1st Edition - The Value of X - By Poppy Z...
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    horror  contemporary  length-short
  • Distant Voices by Barbara Erskine

    Distant Voices by Barbara Erskine

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Barbara Erskine's storytelling talent is undeniable. -- "The Times" Barbara Erskine's second volume of short stories creates a wide and vivid range of worlds and emotions, from love, romance, loneliness and grief, to betrayal, passion, adventure and compelling suspense...
    Categorized as:
    horror  contemporary  length-long  audiobook
  • The Seamstress by Frances de Pontes Peebles

    The Seamstress by Frances de Pontes Peebles

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    As seamstresses, the young sisters Emília and Luzia dos Santos know how to cut, how to mend, and how to conceal. These are useful skills in the lawless backcountry of Brazil, where ruthless land barons called "colonels" feud with bands of outlaw cangaceiros, trapping innocent residents in the cross fire...
    Categorized as:
    abduction  contemporary  length-epic
  • The Dom by Julia Sykes

    The Dom by Julia Sykes

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I don’t deserve her: the sweet, perfect angel with the sweet, perfect life. She doesn’t know anything about my violent past. But if I could just touch her, taste her, then maybe I could pretend her perfect world could be mine, too. I know I should stay away, but when she looks to me for protection, her fate is sealed. Ashlyn will be mine. Note: The Dom is the prequel to The Daddy and The Dom...
    Categorized as:
    abduction  mafia  bdsm  contemporary
  • Are You Afraid? by Carla Cassidy

    Are You Afraid? by Carla Cassidy

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She thought the darkest part of her life was behind her... At the age of sixteen, Jessica Langford endured and escaped the grip of a serial killer who buried his victims alive. After overcoming this terrifying experience, she started her own radio program to help those living in fear. If she could survive her past, why not help others do the same? ...until the darkness closed in again...
    Categorized as:
    horror  contemporary  suspense  m-f  length-medium
  • Last Resort by Hannah Alexander

    Last Resort by Hannah Alexander

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    - Hannah Alexander has just been awarded the prestigious Christy Award for the first book in the Hideaway series and the launch title of Steeple Hill trade, Hideaway (10/04). - Hannah Alexander's recent Christy Award win has helped to draw positive attention to both the husband-wife writing team and the Steeple Hill imprint...
  • Cage of Eden 4 by Yoshinobu Yamada

    Cage of Eden 4 by Yoshinobu Yamada

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    EVIL SPRINGS FROM KINDNESS!After days of exposing themselves to the danger of prehistoric beasts and the harsh climate, the survivors break into several smaller groups - all trying to eke out an existence on the island...
    Categorized as:
    horror  contemporary  length-short
  • A Killing Frost by Hannah Alexander

    A Killing Frost by Hannah Alexander

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    WILL THE GUILT SHE CARRIES CAUSE HER TO LOSE HIM FOREVER?Dr. Jama Keith reluctantly returns to her tiny hometown of River Dance, Missouri. She carries a secret that could destroy her relationship with Derrick Mercer, her childhood sweetheart. When she confesses, will she lose him forever?Derrick Mercer thought he’d hit bottom when his childhood sweetheart rejected his marriage proposal...
  • FanGirl by Angel Lawson

    FanGirl by Angel Lawson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ruby Miller has her summer all planned out. Sitting by the pool. Babysitting for some extra cash. Packing for college. All of that changes when a fan video Ruby and her best friend, Iris, create goes viral gaining their little fansite a ton of hits and the attention of the big wigs in Hollywood. Ruby and Iris fall into the world of actors, movie sets, teen stars and elusive artists...
    Categorized as:
    horror  contemporary  length-medium
  • Cage of Eden 14 by Yoshinobu Yamada

    Cage of Eden 14 by Yoshinobu Yamada

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE DEPTHS OF DARKNESS Sengoku has a plan to infiltrate the mad doctor Nishikiori's camp, but things backfire and Sengoku and his crew are sent on what may be a suicide mission to explore deep inside the mysterious pyramid...
    Categorized as:
    horror  contemporary  length-short
  • Soul Kitchen by Poppy Z. Brite

    Soul Kitchen by Poppy Z. Brite

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    If you can't stand the heat...Get the hell out of New Orleans! Liquor has become one of the hottest restaurants in town, thanks in part to chefs Rickey and G-man’s wildly creative, booze-laced food...
    Categorized as:
    horror  contemporary  length-medium
  • The Lake House Secret by Debra Burroughs

    The Lake House Secret by Debra Burroughs

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    With her life going from bad to worse, reporter Jenessa Jones is drawn back to her small hometown by a death in her family. When human remains are discovered not far from town, Jenessa is assigned the story, throwing her into the thick of town drama...
  • Loath Letters by Christy Leigh Stewart, Megan Hansen

    Loath Letters by Christy Leigh Stewart, Megan Hansen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Step into the world that exists inside all our heads. There are no secrets, no taboos, just humans being human. This book opens the door to our innermost sanctum so we can all gawk at the odd, horrific, fantastic side of human's less spoken of nature. In this collection of short stories, you'll both laugh and cringe, maybe be left feeling violated or finally understood...
    Categorized as:
    horror  contemporary  length-short
  • Saving Scotty by Annie Jocoby

    Saving Scotty by Annie Jocoby

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Scotty is sure that she was betrayed by Nick, so she wants nothing more to do with him. Unfortunately, her life is endangered by Mr. Lucas, as she is abducted by him and spirited away to an island far away from New York City. Nick begins a desperate search for Scotty, knowing that every minute that Scotty is in the hands of Mr. Lucas is another minute that she is horribly suffering...
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