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  • The Wrecked One by Brittney Sahin

    The Wrecked One by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    One moment. One decision. Will change everything. I’ve spent my life chasing stories and mysteries, as well as running from love. I’ve also come face-to-face with evil before. Felt its breath on my skin and survived. But nothing could prepare me for that one day when my life changed. Impossible choices and unbearable sacrifices were made, and evil still won...
  • The Truth Seeker by Dee Henderson

    The Truth Seeker by Dee Henderson

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 43 ratings
    Women are turning up dead, and Lisa O'Malley has a habit of walking into crime scenes, curious. She's a forensic pathologist, and mysteries are her domain. U.S. marshall Quinn Diamond has found loving her is easier than keeping her safe. Lisa's found the killer, and now she's missing too...
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  • Fatal Identity by Marie Force

    Fatal Identity by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Every family has its secrets…  As the first anniversary of her marriage to Vice President Nick Cappuano approaches, Lieutenant Sam Holland is dreaming of Bora Bora—sun, sand and a desperately needed break from the DC grind. But real life has a way of intervening, and Sam soon finds herself taking on one of the most perplexing cases of her career...
  • True Honor by Dee Henderson

    True Honor by Dee Henderson

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 36 ratings
    CIA officer Darcy St. James is after a man who knew September 11 would happen--a man who chose to profit from the knowledge. Navy SEAL Sam "Cougar" Houston is busy: The intelligence Darcy is generating has his team deploying around the world. Under the pressure of war, their romance flourishes...
  • Fatal Betrayal by Barbara Freethy

    Fatal Betrayal by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    "I can’t think of a better way to spend a Saturday night than losing myself in one of Barbara Freethy’s books. I love the Off The Grid series but I honestly think this one is my favorite. I have no doubt her next book will be awesome, too!" Booklovers AnonymousRomance and danger collide in the next thrilling book in the OFF THE GRID: FBI SERIES by #1 NYT Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy...
  • The Negotiator by Dee Henderson

    The Negotiator by Dee Henderson

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 41 ratings
    FBI agent Dave Richman from "Danger in the Shadows" is back. He's about to meet Kate O'Malley, and his life will never be the same. She's a hostage negotiator. He protects people...
  • Bake Off by Denise Grover Swank

    Bake Off by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Maddie Baker hasn’t seen Detective Noah Langley since he ghosted her a month ago, but now she needs his help to find a missing woman. When Maddie Baker offers a self-defense course, a terrified young woman asks her for private lessons to escape a chokehold. Maddie readily agrees to meet Amy the next morning, but when she doesn’t show up, Maddie becomes concerned...
  • Stranded by Dani Pettrey

    Stranded by Dani Pettrey

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 28 ratings
    When her friend vanishes from a cruise ship, reporter Darcy St. James isn't satisfied with their explanation that she simply left her job of her own accord. Something isn't lining up, and Darcy believes the only way to find the truth is to put herself in Abby's position. Within days, Darcy learns her friend wasn't the only person to disappear mysteriously...
  • Whiskey for Breakfast by Liliana Hart

    Whiskey for Breakfast by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The Private Investigator's Handbook Rule #1: Don't break the law Rule #2: See Rule #1 ...And then there's Addison Holmes, who makes up her handbook as she goes along. Addison is licensed to carry and she means business. The only thing getting in her way is a sexy detective, a neighborhood watch from hell, a dead billionaire, a black market sperm bank, and a long lost heir...
  • Blaze by Helen Hardt

    Blaze by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Are you missing the Steel Brothers? Are you yearning for more? Welcome to the next generation! Join the grown children of Jonah, Talon, Ryan, and Marjorie for new adventures, mysteries, and heart-pounding passion...
  • A Hero for Her: Small-town Romantic Suspense by Maryann Jordan

    A Hero for Her: Small-town Romantic Suspense by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The first time they met, they didn't like each other.The second time they met, they vowed to stay away from each other.The third time they met…Sometimes, the third time is the charm.Jared’s bad mood had him snap at the beautiful woman on the beach. After another run-in with the rude man, she decided to keep her distance...
  • Whiskey Sour by Liliana Hart

    Whiskey Sour by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Addison Holmes is at it again. When priceless Russian gems are stolen on their way to Savannah and the courier is murdered, all the clues lead to back to an escort service that seems above reproach. But looks can be deceiving. Throw in a sexy detective and a dangerous FBI agent, and Addison finds out very quickly that she's in way over her head...
  • A Name Unknown by Roseanna M. White

    A Name Unknown by Roseanna M. White

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 15 ratings
    Edwardian Romance and History Gains a Twist of Suspense Rosemary Gresham has no family beyond the band of former urchins that helped her survive as a girl in the mean streets of London. Grown now, they concentrate on stealing high-value items and have learned how to blend into upper-class society...
  • Whiskey, You're The Devil by Liliana Hart

    Whiskey, You're The Devil by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Things are looking up for Addison Holmes. She's about to take her P.I. exams, she's living in sin with the man of her dreams, and she hasn't had a phone call from her mother in three whole days. But she should have known things were too good to last...
  • Happy Death Day by Lisa Renee Jones

    Happy Death Day by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Kane Mendez.The son of a drug lord, who is not his father's son, and yet, he has enemies. Too many enemies.Lilah Love.The FBI agent who perhaps kills a little too easily. Or does she? As she's called in to consult on a case, and catch a killer, her troubles back home don't go away. People want her dead. She simply wants them dead first.Kane and Lilah. Lilah and Kane. War is on the horizon...
  • Perfectly You by Claudia Y. Burgoa

    Perfectly You by Claudia Y. Burgoa

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    USA TODAY Bestselling Author Claudia Burgoa brings us a light-hearted small-town romantic comedy full of a swoon-worthy billionaire, single dad romance, and big laughs. I need a massive break.So long to my cheating boyfriend and betraying roommate.Goodbye hectic emergency room and long hours...
  • The Dagger Dance by Elizabeth Bailey

    The Dagger Dance by Elizabeth Bailey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Lady Fan returns in another twisty murder case! For fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Barbara Erskine and Jane Austen.Can Lady Fan unravel another mystery…?1793, EnglandAfter a not-so-relaxing holiday in Tunbridge Wells, Lady Ottilia and Lord Francis Fanshawe have returned to their home with a young orphaned girl, Pertesia ‘Pretty’ Brockhurst...
  • Double Mint by Gretchen Archer

    Double Mint by Gretchen Archer

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR "Seriously funny, wickedly entertaining. Davis gets me every time." - Janet Evanovich It's convention season at the Bellissimo Resort and Casino and Davis Way Cole barely notices. It's hard to pay attention when you live in a Jambalaya Junkyard...
  • The Witness by Dee Henderson

    The Witness by Dee Henderson

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 31 ratings
    Police Chief Luke Granger's witness to a murder, Amy Griffin, has been on the run for years. Her family thinks she was murdered eight years ago, but Amy chose to accept a life in the shadows in order to protect her sisters' lives. Now unveiled secrets about their father have thrust the sisters into the public spotlight. The man who wants Amy dead now sees her sisters as the way to locate her...
  • Double Knot by Gretchen Archer

    Double Knot by Gretchen Archer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR "Powerfully heartfelt and knock-your-socks-off hilarious. I'm a fan!" - Janet Evanovich Super Spy Davis Way sets sail on a Caribbean cruise aboard the MS Probability with fifty billionaires, a boatload of Louis Vuitton luggage, Anderson Cooper, and her mother. (Her mother?) The weather is perfect, the seas are calm, and Suite 704 is spectacular...
  • Entertaining Distraction by Samantha A. Cole, Judi Perkins

    Entertaining Distraction by Samantha A. Cole, Judi Perkins

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The last woman Mike Donovan ever expected to be attracted to is one who wants to dominate him. While his brother is in the BDSM lifestyle, Mike never understood it. But when Charlotte Roth, aka Mistress China, sets her sights on him, he finds himself wanting to obey her every command...
  • The Secret of Love by Cynthia Wright

    The Secret of Love by Cynthia Wright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A STOLEN HEARTWhen Lady Isabella Trevarre first set eyes on Gabriel St. Briac, she announced to her best friend: “That is the man I will marry!” Now a woman grown, Izzie has traded her girlish dreams for the independent life of an artist, but she never quite forgot the dazzling Frenchman who captivated her young heart. When he appears again in Cornwall, sparks of desire kindle between them..
  • She's Got the Guns by M.O. Mack

    She's Got the Guns by M.O. Mack

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She's Got the Guns, the debut Thriller-Suspense from Author M.O. Mack...What could possibly be worse than being beaten, broke, and on the run from a dangerous criminal? What if that criminal is your ex and works for the FBI?Oh, and then there’s the tiny matter of landing a job. Not so easy for a girl on the run...
  • Double Strike by Gretchen Archer

    Double Strike by Gretchen Archer

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bellissimo Resort and Casino Super Spy Davis Way knows three things: Cooking isn't a prerequisite for a happy marriage, don't trust men who look like David Hasselhoff, and money doesn't grow on Christmas trees. None of which help when a storm hits the Gulf a week before the most anticipated event in Bellissimo history: the Strike It Rich Sweepstakes...
  • Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon

    Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 42 ratings
    It was a hell of a longshot... CIA Assassin Fortune Redding is about to undertake her most difficult mission ever--in Sinful, Louisiana. With a leak at the CIA and a price on her head by one of the world's largest arms dealers, Fortune has to go off grid, but she never expected to be this far out of her element...
  • Death at the Deep Dive by Josh Lanyon

    Death at the Deep Dive by Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Pirate Cove's mystery bookstore owner and sometimes-amateur sleuth Ellery Page discovers a vintage diving collection bag full of antique gold coins tucked away for safe keeping in the stockroom of The Crow’s Nest, it sets off a series of increasingly dangerous events, culminating in meeting Police Chief Jack Carson’s parents. Er… Culminating in murder...
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    mystery  pirates  m-m  contemporary  actors  suspense  humor  queer
  • Candy Cane Challenge by Melody Tyden

    Candy Cane Challenge by Melody Tyden

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One year ago, Holly and Jackson met when their best friends Gemma and Cole got together. There was an instant spark between them, but they were looking for different things. Holly wanted a fling and Jackson was after love. When it came time for him to return to New York, they parted as friends and Holly stayed behind in London...
  • Curveball by Teresa Michaels

    Curveball by Teresa Michaels

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Breanne Sullivan’s world has been turned upside down. In the midst of an investigation surrounding her husband, Breanne returns to the corporate world she left years ago to raise her children. Now, a required business trip places her on Innovation Airways’ maiden flight sitting next to pitching sensation and self-proclaimed bachelor, Drew Scott...
  • Cover Shot by LynDee Walker

    Cover Shot by LynDee Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s been a slow news month in Richmond, and crime reporter Nichelle Clarke is enjoying the downtime when ominous messages and a dead body kick things into high gear. And that’s before the guy with the rifle takes a hospital full of people hostage...
  • Anchors Aweigh by Kathleen Bacus

    Anchors Aweigh by Kathleen Bacus

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    What’s a blonde pirate always looking for, even though it’s right behind her?Her bootyAhoy, mateys! With her grandma wedded and bedded (eeow!) Tressa Jayne Turner is looking forward to the weeklong cruise that follows. Good food. Warm beaches. Romantic sunsets. A swashbuckling ranger-type, Rick Townsend, who shivers her timbers. Nothing can take the wind out of Tressa’s sails this time...
  • Diner Impossible by Terri L. Austin

    Diner Impossible by Terri L. Austin

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After shunning her overbearing parents' wealthy lifestyle, waitress and part-time college student, Rose Strickland, is drawn back into their world when she tries to prove the impossible: the innocence of the town's crooked police chief. He's suspected in the gruesome death of Delia Cummings, his secretary and mistress, and all the evidence points to him...
  • Diner Knock Out by Terri L. Austin

    Diner Knock Out by Terri L. Austin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rose Strickland's life is complicated. Besides her waitressing gig, she works part-time for Andre Thomas, a PI with no faith in Rose's ability to investigate, her love life with Sullivan has stalled, and her BFF, Roxy, has found a new bestie, leaving Rose out in the cold. Determined to prove herself, Rose takes a case on the sly...
  • Sleepless at Midnight by Jacquie D'Alessandro

    Sleepless at Midnight by Jacquie D'Alessandro

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 36 ratings
    The ladies in London are abuzz over Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, especially Miss Sarah Moorehouse. Her imagination is fired up, so when she spies Matthew Devenport, Marquess Langston, mysteriously sneaking home in the wee hours clutching a shovel, she simply must investigate...
  • The Devil's Horizon by Matt Tomerlin

    The Devil's Horizon by Matt Tomerlin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Golden Age of Piracy is drawing to a close. Captain Guy Dillahunt recklessly pursues the infamous Charles Vane across the Caribbean, risking the lives of his entire crew for one last chance at glory. Former strumpet Jacqueline Calloway uncovers a dark destiny she never could have imagined. The dashing Gabe Jenkins attempts to right the wrongs of his past, and meets an enemy he does not expect...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  sassy heroine  length-long
  • Armed and Fabulous by Camilla Chafer

    Armed and Fabulous by Camilla Chafer

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    All Lexi wants to do is get through the day at her boring temp job with Green Hand Insurance. That’s until she discovers the vice president, Martin Dean, in a pool of blood and herself at the center of an investigation into insurance fraud. Millions of dollars are missing, the chief suspect is dead and her mysterious, sexy, new boss is not what he seems...
  • Heist Society by Ally Carter

    Heist Society by Ally Carter

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 90 ratings
    When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her on a trip to the Louvre…to case it. For her seventh birthday, Katarina and her Uncle Eddie traveled to Austria…to steal the crown jewels. When Kat turned fifteen, she planned a con of her own—scamming her way into the best boarding school in the country, determined to leave the family business behind...
  • Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich

    Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 70 ratings
    Trenton, New Jersey, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has inherited a “lucky” bottle from her Uncle Pip. Problem is, Uncle Pip didn’t specify if the bottle brought good luck or bad luck. . . . BAD LUCK: Vinnie, of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds, has run up a gambling debt of $786,000 with mobster Bobby Sunflower and is being held until the cash can be produced...
  • Stiff Penalty by Annelise Ryan

    Stiff Penalty by Annelise Ryan

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Deputy coroner Mattie Winston knows a thing or two about dead bodies. That's why she's on the case of Derrick Ames, a high school math teacher stabbed to death with a barbecue fork straight to the heart. Sure, she's turned up some motives and a few suspects, but nothing adds up. Especially when the evidence points to Ames's teenage son...
  • Vortex by Cherry Adair

    Vortex by Cherry Adair

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Cherry Adair plunges into a world of high-sea adventure and romance, where a long-lost treasure is a deadly lure—and love is the most dangerous current of all… SWEPT AWAY Searching for a sunken ship off the coast of Peru, treasure hunter Logan Cutter manages to pull a very different kind of prize from the sea — beautiful mystery woman Daniela Rosada...
  • Simon Says Die by Lena Diaz

    Simon Says Die by Lena Diaz

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Madison McKinley knows someone is stalking her. The police tell her she's imagining things, and they're too busy trying to find the "Simon Says" killer to investigate. But day by day, hour by hour, Madison's terror grows stronger, and not even the return of FBI Special Agent Pierce Buchanan into her life can calm her fears...
  • Quicksand by Gigi Pandian

    Quicksand by Gigi Pandian

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A thousand-year-old secret room. A sultan’s stolen treasure. A missing French priest. And an invitation to Paris to rekindle an old flame.... Historian Jaya Jones finds herself on the wrong side of the law during an art heist at the Louvre...
  • Checkered Crime by Tonya Kappes

    Checkered Crime by Tonya Kappes

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Laurel London is one tough cookie. Orphaned and with one heckuva checkered past, she’s grown street smart and no one is going to tell her different, even if it means getting tangled up with the wrong side of the law. After terrorizing Walnut Grove, Kentucky all her adolescent life, she’s back and she’s ready to go on the up and up. Make something of herself...
  • The Devil's Tide by Matt Tomerlin

    The Devil's Tide by Matt Tomerlin

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A young pirate narrowly avoids the gallows when the governor of the Bahamas enlists his aid in bringing hostage-turned-pirate Kate Lindsay to justice. A pirate hunter returns to his old ways, with the demons of his past swiftly following his trail...
  • Tall, Dark, and Dirty by A.M. Hargrove

    Tall, Dark, and Dirty by A.M. Hargrove

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They say dreams don’t come true. In my case they did.After I finished my FBI training in Quantico, I landed back in my hometown of Atlanta, working undercover. It was what I’d dreamed of since I was a kid. I’d found my one and only true love – a.k.a. work -- and was perfectly content. Until an old friend, my best friend from fifteen years ago, came barging back into my life...
  • An Astronomer in Love by Antoine Laurain

    An Astronomer in Love by Antoine Laurain

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From the best-selling author of The Red Notebook comes the enchanting story of two men, 250 years apart, who find themselves on separate missions to see the transit of Venus across the Sun.In 1760, astronomer Guillaume le Gentil sets out on a quest through the oceans of India to document the transit of Venus. The weather is turbulent, the seas are rough, but his determination will conquer all...
  • The Romance Situation by Ellie Hall

    The Romance Situation by Ellie Hall

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Could anything make visiting my sister on a tropical island better?Actually, yes. I wish I could say my ex-boyfriend is an ex-con, but more like an current conman. I’d rather not be hiding out, but I can’t think of a better location than this forgotten Florida Key.I’m not complaining because my sis and I are besties. When she’s not working at a law firm, bonus, she’s opening a bookstore-café...
  • How Hard Can It Be? by Robyn Peterman

    How Hard Can It Be? by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    What happens when an accountant decides to grab life by the horns and try something new? Apparently a pirate named Dave, a lot of pastel fleece, and blackmail—just to start with… Visualize and succeed, Oprah said. I was sure as hell trying, even if my campaign to score a job as the local weather girl had ended in a restraining order. Okay, TV was not my strength...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  pirates  contemporary  m-f  length-medium
  • The Return by Sharon Sala

    The Return by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    As a legacy of hatred erupts in a shattering moment of violence, a dying mother entrusts her newborn daughter to a caring stranger.... Now, twenty-five years later, Katherine Fane has come home to Camarune, Kentucky, to bury the woman who raised her, bringing a blood feud to its searing conclusion...
  • The Capricorn Stone by Madeleine Brent

    The Capricorn Stone by Madeleine Brent

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 12 ratings
    When Bridie Chance discovers that her much-loved father is a highly successful criminal, and now dead, her world is shattered. With no home or friends and almost no money, she has to care for her family. But in this world of new people, how can she know who will be friends or enemies? Bridie holds a secret that she does not know she possesses, a secret many desire...
  • Unsafe Haven by Char Chaffin

    Unsafe Haven by Char Chaffin

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    For Kendall Martin, a small, remote village in Southwest Alaska seems like a good place to start over. On the run from an abusive relationship, she leaves everything familiar behind and begins a new life as owner of a small souvenir and sportsman trading post in picturesque Staamat. Denn Nulo knows everyone in town: he’s the Chief of Police in Staamat...
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