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  • Thirty-Five and a Half Conspiracies by Denise Grover Swank

    Thirty-Five and a Half Conspiracies by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Book eight in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Rose Gardner Mystery series. Rose Gardner has survived plenty of close scrapes in the past, but her latest bit of trouble has landed her in the Fenton County holding cell on trumped up charges. The most powerful man in southern Arkansas, J.R...
  • 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)...
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  • Up Shute Creek by Denise Grover Swank

    Up Shute Creek by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rose Gardner feels like she’s up a creek without a paddle. Her sister is dying, her secret boyfriend, James Malcolm, is struggling to protect the county underworld from an upstart drug dealer, and her ex has moved back to town with a bee in his bonnet and a mission to root out corruption in the county...
  • Flowering Inferno by Annabel Chase

    Flowering Inferno by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Did someone manifest murder or was it simply a tragic glamping accident?Spring has arrived in the charming riverside town of Newberry, along with the thorn in Mia’s side—her formidable mother is in town to attend a manifestation retreat at a nearby glamping site...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  paranormal  witches  fantasy
  • Jon's Helter Skelter Cold Case by A.J. Sherwood, Katie Griffin

    Jon's Helter Skelter Cold Case by A.J. Sherwood, Katie Griffin

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Jonathan Bane and Donovan Havili cordially invite you to their wedding.They just have to prove a man’s innocence and get him out of prison first.Not to mention prove Solomon completely inept (not hard), and fired from being a detective.Oh, and train Jon’s new apprentice.They can probably get married this year. Probably...
  • Dragon Mine by Donna Grant

    Dragon Mine by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Walk with New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant through the doorway into the next engaging installment of her captivating new Dragon Kings series…I am hers, and she is mine…Vaughn has spent eons searching for the woman who captured his heart, only to be disappointed time and again. Sure, he sees her in his dreams. May get to touch and hold her. But it’s not the same...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  paranormal  fantasy  length-medium
  • The Ghost and the Poltergeist by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    The Ghost and the Poltergeist by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The Ghost and the PoltergeistBook 34 in the paranormal cozy mystery seriesHaunting DanielleLiving in a haunted house is nothing new to Danielle. In fact, she’s rather fond of the ghosts who visit Marlow House.But after she brings home the twins, unexplained paranormal activities in the nursery perplex not just her, but the ghosts who frequently visit Marlow House...
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    suspense  mystery  paranormal  fantasy
  • 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...
  • Ripple of Secrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Ripple of Secrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    After her Assistant DA boyfriend’s near brush with death, Rose Gardner hopes to make it through the holiday season with a minimal amount of drama. But she can’t forget the promise she made to the king of the Fenton County underworld in exchange for Mason’s life...
  • Awakened Dragons  (Gem Dragons) Complete Series by Terry Bolryder

    Awakened Dragons (Gem Dragons) Complete Series by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Get all six of the bestselling Awakened Dragons book in this unbelievable complete series set, available for a limited time. Six sexy, larger than life fire breathers with unique, gemstone related powers who just woke up and are ready to defend humanity and learn the ways of the modern world while finding their fated mates...
  • 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...
  • Short, Lethal & Claimed by R.L. Mathewson

    Short, Lethal & Claimed by R.L. Mathewson

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Forget everything that you thought you knew about vampires…From NY Times Bestselling Author R.L. Mathewson comes the eighth installment in the incredibly sexy paranormal romance series that breaks all the rules. For the past eight hundred years, Logan has been focused on one thing.Revenge...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  vampires  paranormal  fantasy
  • Moonshine & Masquerades by Kathleen Brooks

    Moonshine & Masquerades by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A traitor, a love taken, a family destroyed all for power. A masquerade hiding evil has been in place too long. It’s time to reveal who is under the mask.The human residents of Moonshine Hollow have learned about the presence of real, finger-wiggling, magic-casting witches. It’s now up to them to decide if the witches stay to defeat the evil or if the witch trials come to Moonshine Hollow...
  • Nevermore by Kit Trace

    Nevermore by Kit Trace

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 8 ratings
    There is nothing definitive about life after death, except the involuntary enrollment at the mysterious Nevermore Academy. Now Lenore and Annabel Lee must begin their curriculum to recover the memories of their tragic demise...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  f-f  fantasy  paranormal  queer  glimpses-kisses
  • Bojan by Dale Mayer

    Bojan by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Haunted by a painful and unimaginable past, Bojan sought refuge in his work to keep the memories—and Lacy—at bay. But, when she raises the alarm over Bullard’s family, Bojan is forced to step into fray. Bullard is particularly wary of these ”special” skills, except for those of Terk’s team. Plus ignoring the offer of these skills can be dangerous—especially when a threat involves his family...
  • Sanders by Dale Mayer

    Sanders by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sanders hadn’t been expecting a rescue from his own captivity. Now free, he can do no less than help Ania, another captive, someone he barely knows. Yet his connection to her had kept Sanders alive during his darkest times. He can do no less than help her now. Ania must escape her father’s total control...
  • SCAMMED: Gray Wolf Security: Book Seven by Mary Kennedy

    SCAMMED: Gray Wolf Security: Book Seven by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Scammers are becoming more clever and more persistent. But when they decide to target the Belle Fleur team and all that they do for others, they’ve messed with the wrong group of people.When a young woman is ready to take her own life instead of enduring shame for something she has not done, it’s the most unlikely of our heroes who saves her...
  • MAJOR: Voodoo Guardians: Book Twenty-Five by Mary Kennedy

    MAJOR: Voodoo Guardians: Book Twenty-Five by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Major Carson and his former team of Rangers were home. At least they would be home eventually. Right now, it seemed as though nothing was going his way. Leaving Egypt without Elena was the most difficult thing he'd ever done. Ever bone in his body was telling him to stay; telling him to make her come home with him. But he wanted it to be her decision...
  • Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco

    Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    A loud clap of thunder booms, and rattles the windows of Grandma's old farmhouse. "This is Thunder Cake baking weather," calls Grandma, as she and her granddaughter hurry to gather the ingredients around the farm. A real Thunder Cake must reach the oven before the storm arrives. But the list of ingredients is long and not easy to find . .
  • I Will Mend You by Gigi Styx

    I Will Mend You by Gigi Styx

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    My worst nightmare finally stepped out of the mirror.And the only man who can save me is a ghost.PreyI'm trapped in a forgotten nightmare with the monster I most fear.The key to my freedom lies behind a wall of memories.Xero's specter invades my mind, whispering both vengeance and salvation.He insists he's real, yet I can't trust my shattered psyche...
  • Protector Mate by Ariana Hawkes

    Protector Mate by Ariana Hawkes

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A brand new mail-order bride series from the author of Shiftr: Swipe Left For Love. Jagger needs a mate. Fast. He’s running from a dark past and his life as the self-appointed sheriff of the outcast community of Ragtown was supposed to keep him on track...
  • Finding Shelter by Kathi Daley

    Finding Shelter by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Rescue Alaska is a fast moving mystery series with a paranormal twist which takes place in a small town in northern Alaska where visitors come to hike and ski. Harmony Carson is a lifelong resident who volunteers as a member of the local search and rescue team. She has a unique gift which she often considers a curse...
  • Delayed Departures by Terri Reid

    Delayed Departures by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mary O'Reilly has absolutely no plans to meet with anyone on Black Friday as she sets up her office for the annual Christmas Walk that is to be held the following weekend in downtown Freeport. So, nearly eight months pregnant, she dresses for comfort-sweats, thick socks and a flannel shirt...
  • Tiger Protectors Boxed Set by Terry Bolryder

    Tiger Protectors Boxed Set by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Three tiger shifter enforcer brothers fall for their curvy mates in this limited time boxed set from Terry! A Tiger’s Bounty Jace is tall, dark and handsome. He's also a super rare tiger shifter, with orange eyes and a keen sense of justice that has him constantly on the hunt for the worst criminals in the shifter world...
  • Clear Expectations - A Mary O'Reilly Paranormal Mystery  (Book 20)  (Mary O'Reilly Paranormal Mysteries) by Terri Reid

    Clear Expectations - A Mary O'Reilly Paranormal Mystery (Book 20) (Mary O'Reilly Paranormal Mysteries) by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Mandy, a novice nurse at Freeport hospital, took the elevator down to get supplies for her area. It only took a moment to go from four down to three. The elevator doors opened to a dimly lit floor. She walked out and glanced to her right. The empty nurses station was just down the hall before the double doors that she assumed led to the now empty rooms...
  • Relentless by Brenda K. Davies

    Relentless by Brenda K. Davies

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dante’s relentless determination to bring home lost people and reunite families has driven him since the day his sister disappeared, twenty years ago.After giving up on having a family, his life was consumed with finding those who are missing … until he meets Cassidy...
  • Finding Hope by Kathi Daley

    Finding Hope by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Rescue Alaska is a warm yet fast moving mystery series with a light paranormal twist. Harmony Carson, a search and rescue volunteer, has a unique gift which she often considers a curse. She is able to 'see' the individuals she is meant to rescue, and more often than not, she can feel their fear and their pain as well...
  • Consumed by Brenda K. Davies

    Consumed by Brenda K. Davies

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When Mollie awakens to find herself in a cage, she doesn’t remember how she or her sister got there, but she also discovers they are not alone in their nightmare. After their captors take her sister, Mollie vows to do whatever it takes to rescue Aida. The only problem is, she has no idea how she’s going to break free… until Mike arrives...
  • Starlight by Terry Bolryder

    Starlight by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Theo Lancaster isn't just the world's best surgeon. He's also a night-stalking monster, a creature of darkness. At least, some of the time. Thanks to his best nurse, Theo has had an ace in the hole for several years now. That is, until she threatens to leave. Only then does he realize she's much more than just another coworker, and the only human his heart could want...
  • Her Dragon Rebel by Roxie Ray

    Her Dragon Rebel by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Is he more than a spoiled playboy?I need people in this town to take me seriously.I’m the only female handyman—er, handywoman—around, and my business depends on it.But the town’s men just won’t listen.Enter Rico. He’s a troublemaker, but he needs a job.Nobody else wants to work for me.It’s perfect.There’s no way I’m falling for the playboy.She’s my only hope.Get a job or lose everything...
  • Frayed Edges by Terri Reid

    Frayed Edges by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A bullet shot rings out on the night of the Super Moon and a promising college student is killed. Was it an accident, or did her research into false claims by a bio-tech, agricultural company garner her too much attention? The wrong kind of attention. Mary and Bradley have to find out or Ruth McCredie will never rest...
  • Missing in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Missing in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jana DeLeon, a new release in the Ghost-in-Law series. After an eventful first week on the job, Game Warden Jadyn St. James is happy the small bayou town of Mudbug, Louisiana, seems to have fallen back into its normal routine. But when FBI agent Raissa Bordeaux is kidnapped, Jadyn is certain the short-lived peace has come to an abrupt end...
  • Prince Of Ice by Terry Bolryder

    Prince Of Ice by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Luka, the last unmated ice dragon, knows exactly how to win over the sassy, sweet scientist he fell for at first sight. He's going to take it slow, let her warm up, and show her how hot an ice dragon's kiss can be. All while hiding his identity...
  • The Ghost Who Stayed Home by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    The Ghost Who Stayed Home by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Left alone at Marlow House with Sadie and Max, Walt expects Danielle and Lily to return by the end of the week. When they don’t, he begins to wonder what happened to them. The ghost of Marlow House doesn’t scare six-year-old Evan MacDonald. When the child sneaks into the house in the middle of the night, seeking Walt’s help, the resident spirit learns something has happened to Danielle and Lily...
  • 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...
  • Protection, Inc. Complete Collection by Zoe Chant

    Protection, Inc. Complete Collection by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    This team of shifter bodyguards will do anything to protect their mates! Read the complete hot and hilarious series in one binge-ready collection!The bodyguards of Protection, Inc. were misfits until they came together to form a team as close as a family. They can face any danger, from vengeful dragons to evil experiments to rampaging dinosaurs (yes, dinosaurs)...
  • First Cut by J.T. Bishop

    First Cut by J.T. Bishop

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A serial killer returns to taunt the woman once determined to catch him.In this gripping thriller, former detective Jill Jacobs must confront the Makeup Artist, an elusive psychopath whose trail of terror left seven dead and whose obsession almost destroyed her...
  • Not Quite Gone by Lyla Payne

    Not Quite Gone by Lyla Payne

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life in Heron Creek is looking up for Graciela Harper, despite the fact that every ghost within a fifty mile radius seems intent on sticking to her like glue - and not the weak Elmer's kind, either But with a sexy boyfriend, her old friends back in her life, and a great job prospect at one of the oldest plantations in the country, it's hard to complain..
  • The Blackwood Files : File Two: Private Wars by Terri Reid

    The Blackwood Files : File Two: Private Wars by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Even though her father’s murderer had been found and killed, Bruce Blackwood’s spirit would still not rest. Now his focus was on his daughter, Brooke, and the danger she would be in if she ever recovered the childhood memory of his death...
  • Eye of the Falcon by Dale Mayer

    Eye of the Falcon by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As a young girl, Issa, bonded with her pet falcon was the lookout for her father’s smuggling operation in Ireland. After everything blew up one night and her father and brothers were killed, her mother brought her to America to start over. Immigrating was hard, but eventually she grew up and pursued a career in environmental sciences and continued to follow her passion for falconry...
  • Top Gun Tiger by Zoe Chant

    Top Gun Tiger by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lost in the jungle. Pursued by dinosaurs. And that’s the least of their problems… Tiger shifter and bodyguard Destiny knows Ethan isn’t the one. No matter that the Recon Marine is the only man who can keep up with her, in a fight or on the dance floor. No matter how he makes her laugh, or how he makes her burn. Shifters always know their mates, and her tiger says he isn’t hers...
  • Shadow Wolf: True Mates Generations Book 7 by Alicia Montgomery

    Shadow Wolf: True Mates Generations Book 7 by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When tragedy took away everything she loved, Mika Westbrooke hardened her heart and focused her energy on defeating her clan’s enemies. However, when a charming Cajun worms his way into the New York clan, her instincts and her wolf go haywire and she suspects that he may be the one fate intended for her--her True Mate. But Mika doesn't want a mate or to love again...
  • Fatal Traditions: A Short Story from the Deadwood Humorous Mystery Series by Ann Charles, C.S. Kunkle

    Fatal Traditions: A Short Story from the Deadwood Humorous Mystery Series by Ann Charles, C.S. Kunkle

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There’s a real trick to catching a soul-stealing Hungarian devil made of shadow and smoke. Unfortunately, Violet Parker doesn’t know what that trick is and her aunt’s life depends on her figuring it out. But killing is an old family tradition for her ... or rather a fatal tradition...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  paranormal  humor  fantasy  m-f  length-novella
  • The Fortune Teller by J.A. Whiting

    The Fortune Teller by J.A. Whiting

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 9 in the Claire Rollins mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J.A. Whiting. It is September and Claire, Nicole, and Robby have just begun shooting the new cooking show for their local television station. Each episode showcases a location around Massachusetts and highlights a recipe related to the location...
  • Maybelle's Affair - A Finders Mansion Mystery by Terri Reid

    Maybelle's Affair - A Finders Mansion Mystery by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mary and Bradley are eager to move into their new home, but the ghostly sounds coming from the parlor and from the master bedroom have them both regretting the purchase of the Finders Mansion...
  • Never Say Sever in Deadwood: Deadwood Humorous Mystery Book 12 by Ann Charles, C.S. Kunkle

    Never Say Sever in Deadwood: Deadwood Humorous Mystery Book 12 by Ann Charles, C.S. Kunkle

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All Violet Parker wants is a day off. Better yet, just a “normal” day. But things never go as planned, especially in Deadwood.Someone—or rather something—broke into the local taxidermy shop and took bites out of the critter displays before racing off into the dark. But this is no random crime and Violet knows it...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  paranormal  humor  fantasy  mystery
  • Firebird of Glass by Zoe Chant

    Firebird of Glass by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her first Christmas might be the last ChristmasTadra has known her entire life that she was meant for a great destiny. But she never expected it to happen like this: trapped in a strange new world, her magic broken and her voice silenced, unable to shift to anything other than a tiny shadow of her firebird's glory.Ansel's kiss releases Tadra from her glass prison..
  • Moonshine & Menace by Kathleen Brooks

    Moonshine & Menace by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Polly Lurie had been battling evil for centuries, but everything changed when she was selected to teach Zoey Rode how to use her new powers. Together they defeated evil and Zoey took her place among the witches, even finding love with the dark and dangerous Slade. Polly wishes to find that same love. Only the one man she’s interested in doesn’t seem to think of her as anything but a friend...
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