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  • Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

    Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 165 ratings
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The highly anticipated sequel to the international bestseller, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder! More dark secrets are exposed in this addictive, true-crime fueled mystery. Pip is not a detective anymore.With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year...
  • Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 4 by Robin Jones Gunn

    Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 4 by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Get in on Christy's Senior YearThe last three books, collected in one page-turning volume, conclude the bestselling Christy Miller series with hope and promise! At the start of her senior year, Christy looks forward to growing closer to Todd, but her friendship with Katie is on the rocks, threatening the year she was certain would be A Time to Cherish...
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    christian  young adult  length-long
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  • Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 2 by Robin Jones Gunn

    Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 2 by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    The first nine books in the popular Christy Miller series are now available in three treasured volumes! Bestselling author Robin Jones Gunn packs each one with enough action, romance, and drama to keep you reading and wanting more. It all starts the summer Christy vacations on a California beach and meets two friends who change her life forever...
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    christian  young adult  length-long
  • Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 3 by Robin Jones Gunn

    Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 3 by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The first nine books in the popular Christy Miller series are now available in three treasured volumes! Bestselling author Robin Jones Gunn packs each one with enough action, romance, and drama to keep you reading and wanting more. It all starts the summer Christy vacations on a California beach and meets two friends who change her life forever...
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    christian  young adult  length-long
  • The Original Crowd by Tijan

    The Original Crowd by Tijan

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    This is the original version of A Whole New Crowd. It has only gone through one round of edits so it is rough. I make no apology for this. The edited version was released as A Whole New Crowd. This is being published at readers' requests. They want to own the original version as well so here it is in all its gritty and monstrously long glory. There is lots of sex so the reader is forewarned...
  • The Bay by L.J. Ross

    The Bay by L.J. Ross

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    SECRETS NEVER STAY BURIED FOR LONG... In the picturesque seaside town of St Ives, Detective Sergeant Sophie Keane is a pillar of the community. Between the occasional collar and lazy weekends spent on the beach, it seems a perfect life. But for Sophie, the golden sands and crystal waters hide a dark secret, one that’s lain buried for twenty years...
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    suspense  mystery  contemporary  young adult
  • Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 1 by Robin Jones Gunn

    Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 1 by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    The first nine books in the popular Christy Miller series are now available in three treasured volumes! Bestselling author Robin Jones Gunn packs each one with enough action, romance, and drama to keep you reading and wanting more. It all starts the summer Christy vacations on a California beach and meets two friends who change her life forever...
  • Prague Counterpoint by Bodie Thoene

    Prague Counterpoint by Bodie Thoene

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    In Vienna Prelude, Elisa Lindheim risked her life helping others escape pre-World War II Austria. The climactic ending finds her safely in Czechoslovakia, but not for long. A million other lives are endangered, and she cannot still their silent cry for help...
  • Munich Signature by Bodie Thoene

    Munich Signature by Bodie Thoene

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    DISCOVER THE TRUTH THROUGH FICTION Who will dare to take a stand? In May 1938 Hitler’s forces continue to swallow pieces of Europe, forcing Jews to flee from his ever-tightening net...
  • Forever and Ever Boxed Set Seven: Books 43-51 by E.L. Todd

    Forever and Ever Boxed Set Seven: Books 43-51 by E.L. Todd

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fall into E.L. Todd’s most popular series, with millions of copies sold worldwide! Follow the stories of a group of friends as they experience true love, real heartbreak, and genuine friendship, in this unforgettable series.This collection 43. To Love Again44. All Hope Is Lost45. This Love46. All That Matters47. In My Heart48. There You Are49. Lost In You50. Kiss Me There51...
  • Tragic / Manic / Panic by J.A. Huss

    Tragic / Manic / Panic by J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    ALL BOOKS IN THIS SERIES ARE NOW AVAILABLE. This is the COMPLETE ROOK and RONIN TRILOGY in one book. This omnibus edition includes: Tragic , Manic , and Panic . 876 actual paperback pages...
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    suspense  young adult  length-epic
  • There I Find Rest by Jessie Gussman

    There I Find Rest by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    On the shore of Lake Michigan, just up the road from Blueberry Beach is another small town. Strawberry Sands.A place of comfort.A place of rest and peace.A place where divorcee and single mom, Kim Tinsley, can go to try to make a new life for herself, raising her baby, while praying for her older child who has left the faith of her childhood and is questioning everything she’d ever taught her...
  • Coming Attractions by Robin Jones Gunn

    Coming Attractions by Robin Jones Gunn

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Are you serious? As graduation approaches, Katie Weldon is pretty sure she s ready for the word engaged to describe her relationship with Rick. But Eli seems to always be right there when she needs support. Rick is everything Katie s ever dreamed of, offering her stability and love. Eli, on the other hand, brings adventure, spontaneity, and a wild love for God...
  • Forever Betrayed by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Betrayed by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Trust is hard to come by in a world filled with betrayal. Zain Ali Rahman is in line for his country’s crown. Granted, he’s two names down the list, but it still meant he was in the family business of politics. While hosting an international summit in Keeneston, Zain just hopes to make a difference in the world by making it a safer place...
  • Unashamed: Rahab by Francine Rivers

    Unashamed: Rahab by Francine Rivers

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    2001 Christy Award winner! Book 2 in the Lineage of Grace series by best-selling author Francine Rivers. In her trademark style, Francine tells the compelling story of Rahab from the book of Joshua. Readers will gain a fresh understanding of God's work through the life of this unlikely woman in the lineage of Christ...
  • Love Always, Kate by D. Nichole King

    Love Always, Kate by D. Nichole King

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Dear Diary, Leukemia’s been my life since I was eleven. Now, six years later, I want my life back. Only I’m not sure what that is. The test results came back today. 22,000. Which means I’m officially out of remission—again. I have three options: 1. Another round of chemo. 2. A super-new experimental drug. 3. Dump it all— forget the meds and treatments and enjoy the time I have left...
  • Sky Zone by Creston Mapes

    Sky Zone by Creston Mapes

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A Political Rally. A Terrorist Threat. A Nightmare of Cataclysmic Proportions.Jack and Pamela Crittendon have hit the breaking point. After months out of work as a reporter, Jack is playing Mr. Mom and working part-time at Festival Arena with his survivalist friend Brian Shakespeare...
  • The Gates of Zion by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene

    The Gates of Zion by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Ellie, a young American photojournalist, finds herself in the Jerusalem of 1947. She unwittingly becomes a pawn in a political chess game when she photographs some ancient scrolls discovered by Bedouins. David seems to love her dearly, but Moshe has a purpose and commitment in life that intrigues her more than she can say...
  • Season of Blessing by Beverly LaHaye, Terri Blackstock

    Season of Blessing by Beverly LaHaye, Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The fourth and final novel about the trials and joys of the residents of Cedar Circle. Sylvia Bryan has been feeling weak and tired, but is shocked when her internist finds a malignant lump in her breast. She and her husband can’t understand why God is allowing cancer to attack at a time when their missionary work is going so well...
  • Vienna Prelude by Bodie Thoene

    Vienna Prelude by Bodie Thoene

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Predating the events of The Zion Chronicles Series, Vienna Prelude opens in pre-World War II Austria. Elisa Lindheim, a violinist with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, is of Jewish heritage but has adopted an Aryan stage name. Thus she is able to travel and play in Germany even though a 1935 law forbade Jewish musicians to do so...
  • Sundown by Susan May Warren

    Sundown by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 18 ratings
    Former Delta Operative Colt Kingston knows when someone is lying. He may not know the truth, but he sure doesn't trust Tae, the woman who is caring for his ailing father at Sky King Ranch. Behind those beautiful blue eyes, he can tell there is a troubled--and smart--woman.A few of her stories prove true--he's found the crashed plane and the dead body inside...
  • Double Take by Lynette Eason

    Double Take by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Detective James Cross has been honorably discharged from the Army Criminal Investigation Division due to wounds sustained when an IED blew up near him. Now with the Lake City Police Department, he's rooming with this good buddy and partner, Cole, while he figures out his family dynamics...
  • Seasons Under Heaven by Beverly LaHaye, Terri Blackstock

    Seasons Under Heaven by Beverly LaHaye, Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    What does a child s life-threatening illness cost the neighbors of Cedar Circle? What joys can be hidden in life s greatest tragedies? Behind brightly lit windows and on front porches, marriages are tested and mended, hearts broken, hopes resurrected, dreams released and reformed, values and futures shaped, and faith rekindled . . . or found for the first time...
  • Let My Daughter Go: A Mind-Blowing Christian Fiction Thriller by Creston Mapes

    Let My Daughter Go: A Mind-Blowing Christian Fiction Thriller by Creston Mapes

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rogan Sneed is spending life in prison for the mass shooting he committed at Pioneer Square in Portland, Oregon. The copycat shooter who attempted a similar attack on the anniversary of the event is dead. Time has passed. Wounds are healing.But then a blip on the screen.A teenage girl is kidnapped in Portland...
  • Sunburst by Susan May Warren

    Sunburst by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 8 ratings
    When former Navy SEAL and lifelong bachelor Ranger Kingston is called upon to take part in a rescue mission to save his brother Colt, who has been kidnapped by terrorists in Nigeria, he is shocked to find among the hostages a woman he knows and could never forget...
  • If the Boot Fits by Karen Witemeyer

    If the Boot Fits by Karen Witemeyer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Determined to prove that cattle king Eli Dearing has no justification for evicting his stepmother and half brothers, Asher Ellis uses the cover of a fancy ball to break into the Three Cedars ranch house to search for proof of wrongdoing. On the verge of discovery, he flees, but a boy's cry compels him to make a daring rescue...
  • Cottonwood Whispers by Jennifer Erin Valent

    Cottonwood Whispers by Jennifer Erin Valent

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In this sequel to Jennifer’s award-winning debut novel Fireflies in December, Jessilyn Lassiter and her best friend Gemma Teague have survived prejudice and heartache in their lifelong friendship, but the summer of 1936 threatens to tear them apart yet again. Gemma’s job with the wealthy Hadley family leads to a crush on their youngest son...
  • A Match in the Making by Jen Turano

    A Match in the Making by Jen Turano

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 15 ratings
    Miss Gwendolyn Brinley accepted a temporary paid companion position for the Newport summer season, believing it would be a lark to spend the summer in America's most exclusive town. She suddenly finds her summer turning anything but amusing when her employer expects her to take over responsibilities as an assistant matchmaker...
  • Hidden by Vannetta Chapman

    Hidden by Vannetta Chapman

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A Christian romantic suspense by bestselling author Vannetta Chapman Home is where our story begins ... DANA JACOBS would rather forget the night of tragedy and violence that marred her childhood. She is now supervisor in charge of the Department of Homeland Security in Taos, New Mexico. Her team is prepared to handle any threat—biological, chemical, conventional, cyber, even nuclear...
  • Splintered Oak by T.L. Gray

    Splintered Oak by T.L. Gray

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A Broken Man A Transformed Woman Jake Matthews understands loss. In just one year, he lost his mother, his first love, his career and now his cousin and best friend. Desperate to find some sense of peace, Jake falls into an agreement that could destroy what's left of his floundering life. Naomi Bennett spent the last year finding herself...
  • the Cape Refuge by Terri Blackstock

    the Cape Refuge by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Thelma and Wayne Owens run a bed and breakfast in Cape Refuge, Georgia. They minister to the seamen on the nearby docks and prisoners just out of nearby jails, holding services in an old warehouse and taking many of the "down-and-outers" into their home...
  • Just the Way You Are by Pepper Basham

    Just the Way You Are by Pepper Basham

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Single mom, Eisley Barrett, prefers to keep romance safely housed within a centuries-old mystery, but when she travels to England to unearth the secret, an actor with a sordid past offers her reluctant heart a very different type of discovery. Wes Harrison has a past he’s ashamed to confess...
  • Fractured Memories by Lynn Shannon

    Fractured Memories by Lynn Shannon

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What she can’t remember will kill her…As a teen, Texas Ranger Felicity Capshaw witnessed a murder. The traumatic incident—and the accompanying amnesia—has affected her entire life. She reopens the cold case, but the investigation is cut short when she’s assaulted and nearly killed.Detective Noah Hodge is no stranger to loss. He’s buried his parents and his wife...
  • Valiant Hearts by Linda Lee Chaikin

    Valiant Hearts by Linda Lee Chaikin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Valiant Hearts concludes the sweeping World War I saga begun in Arabian Winds and continued in Lions of the Desert...
  • Matrimony Meltdown by Kathi Daley

    Matrimony Meltdown by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After a year and a half of on again off again relationship status, Zak and Zoe are finally getting married. Not only has her own mother morphed into Momzilla, but Zak’s mother shows up a month before the wedding with plans to stay until the big day. When the mom’s gang up to undo all of Zoe’s wedding plans, things become tense...
  • Impending Strike by Lynette Eason, Sami A. Abrams

    Impending Strike by Lynette Eason, Sami A. Abrams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Protecting him just might cost her everything…Elite Guardian Charlie Lee knows that there is no future with the woman he loves—fellow Guardian Lizzie Tremaine. And, he gets it—as a single mom, Lizzie has to protect her daughter. But more than anything, he wants the chance to prove himself...
  • While the City Sleeps by Elizabeth Camden

    While the City Sleeps by Elizabeth Camden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 8 ratings
    Katherine Schneider's workaday life as a dentist in 1913 New York is upended when a patient reveals details of a deadly plot while under the influence of laughing gas. As she is plunged into danger, she seeks help from the dashing Lieutenant Jonathan Birch, a police officer she has long admired from afar...
  • Always Watching by Lynette Eason

    Always Watching by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The bodyguards of Elite Guardians Agency have more than just skill and prowess in common--they're also all women. When it becomes clear that popular psychiatrist and radio personality Wade Savage has a stalker, his father secretly hires Elite Guardians in order to protect his son. But when Wade's bodyguard is attacked and nearly killed, agency owner Olivia Edwards must step in and fill the gap...
  • The Prodigal: A Ragamuffin Story by Brennan Manning, Greg Garrett

    The Prodigal: A Ragamuffin Story by Brennan Manning, Greg Garrett

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jack Chisholm is on top of his game: lead pastor of a big church in a big city, thousands of members, a huge physical plant. His books sell millions of copies, and he is a public figure, sharing his life's philosophy: 'We have got to do better.' He is also living a lie---nobody could be as holy as his congregants think he is, and like all of us, he has his share of faults, flaws, sins...
  • Sell Out by Tammy L. Gray

    Sell Out by Tammy L. Gray

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Like many elite private schools, Madison High has a legacy steeped in traditions, none of which revolve around learning. Survival is simple: keep your head down, don’t say a word, and never question school royalty. Cody James, a former victim of Madison’s vicious brand of hazing, wants nothing more than to graduate without breaking the unspoken rules that could land him back in social exile...
  • Edge of Dusk by Colleen Coble

    Edge of Dusk by Colleen Coble

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Annie Pederson has lived her life in the shadow of tragedy. Her sister was kidnapped off a dock one day while they were playing. Her father never forgave her for failing to stop it—even though she was only eight at the time. Her first love deserted her for an orthopedic residency. She quickly married his best friend and they were happy—until he and her parents were all killed in the same accident...
  • Stain of Guilt by Brandilyn Collins

    Stain of Guilt by Brandilyn Collins

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As I drew, the house felt eerie in its silence. . . . A strange sense stole over me, as though Bland and I were two actors on stage, our movements spotlighted, black emptiness between us. But that darkness grew smaller as the space between us shrank. I did not know if this sense was due to my immersion in Bland's face and mind and world, or to my fear of his threatening presence. Or both . .
  • Shackled Lily by T.L. Gray

    Shackled Lily by T.L. Gray

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Beautiful, selfish and spoiled Kaitlyn “Issy” Summers had it all, or so everyone thought. Then, one night changed everything. Now trapped in the world that destroyed her to begin with, Issy finds herself in the arms of the one man she vowed to forget. Issy Summers spent her life hardening and numbing her heart to the world...
  • False Identity: A Romantic Suspense Novel by Jennifer Youngblood, Sandra Poole

    False Identity: A Romantic Suspense Novel by Jennifer Youngblood, Sandra Poole

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Chancy Hamilton can’t bear the thought of spending the holidays without her late husband Max who died in a plane crash. When Chancy and her teenage son, Travis, have an argument, Travis storms out of the house and ends up in the wrong part of town where he is attacked by a group of thugs...
  • Protected by Vannetta Chapman

    Protected by Vannetta Chapman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ERIN JACOBS doesn’t hesitate when she receives a desperate call in the middle of the night. As owner of the Noah’s Ark Animal Shelter, it’s her job to rescue animals. But from the start, this case is different. The woman’s frantic plea. Directions to a deserted hunter’s cabin. Insistence that she come alone. Then she’s looking down into a washtub at an infant child...
  • FULL TILT: An Adrenaline-Laced Contemporary Christian Thriller by Creston Mapes

    FULL TILT: An Adrenaline-Laced Contemporary Christian Thriller by Creston Mapes

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You Can't Outrun Your Past - Even if You Were a SuperstarEverett Lester, former front-man for the heavy metal band DeathStroke and one of the world's most recognized celebrities, has turned over a new leaf. The Living Water Tour will take Everett back on the road as he performs his music for a new cause -- but he quickly learns that outrunning his dark and tumultuous past will be impossible...
  • Love Unseen by Rachel Kelley Stones

    Love Unseen by Rachel Kelley Stones

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hannah Hadley is a permanent fixture in London Society and well on her way to becoming a spinster. Despite her beauty and kind disposition, Hannah has accepted the harsh reality of her situation: she will never marry. Continually affected by an illness from her youth, Hannah acknowledges her chances of entertaining potential suitors, at least respectable ones, is slim...
  • Over the Edge by Irene Hannon

    Over the Edge by Irene Hannon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trauma survivor Lindsey Barnes hasn't fully recovered from the ordeal that almost took her life, and now she's in the middle of another crisis. Not only is she the sole witness in a high-profile murder case, but someone is also pushing her to question her sanity...
  • I Pick You by Creston Mapes

    I Pick You by Creston Mapes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There Are Some Bad Seeds You Never Want to MeetA year from retirement and still reeling from daughter Leena’s kidnapping, Portland PD Detective Wayne Deetz is called upon to check on a domestic violence case. From the moment Deetz and his friend Callie Freeland show up to help Sonny Carlisle, they are blindsided by a lawless toxic steamroller named Blaine Milligan...
  • Passages of Hope by Terri J. Haynes

    Passages of Hope by Terri J. Haynes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Discover the Story Behind a Secret Passageway  Walk through Doors to the Past via a new series of historical stories of romance and adventure. Gracie Kingston begins renovations on the Philadelphia house inherited from her grandmother and finds a secret room. It is connected to a house nearby, the home of William Still, the man known as the father of the Underground Railroad...
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