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Strangers in Death / Salvation in Death / Promises in Death / Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn a New York City of the near future, the streets are as tough as ever—and so are the cops. Especially Eve Dallas, the homicide detective who has made a name for herself solving the most challenging cases. Don’t miss these four action-packed novels in this. #1 New York Times bestselling series. Strangers in Death. Salvation in Death. Promises in Death. Kindred in Death. -
Fight of the Walker by Coralee June
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI’m desperate to rescue the men I love, so when the smooth-talking Ethros leader, Commodore Cavil, comes along, its almost too easy to agree to his deal. Not that we had much of a choice. I find myself on the beautiful island of Ethros where once a Walker, always a Walker, and all the freedoms of Dormas are ripped from my fingers. It’s hard not to see the irony in it all... -
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Unrest by Wendy Higgins
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Wendy Higgins brings you the second book in this thrilling apocalyptic world. .. Being on the run in the desert means food and sanctuary are hard to come by, but Amber Tate and her crew are not about to give up. Not after having the things they love brutally ripped from them by an unknown enemy who sent their world into the apocalypse... -
Love and Decay 2, Episode Six by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan and Page are still trapped with Kane in the cabin in the woods and they have no idea if help is coming or if anyone will be able to find them. Besides the utter boredom and eerie solitude, they have to deal with Kane’s crazy mom and the danger Kane poses to Reagan, in more than just the physical sense... -
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Hunted by Lisa Harris
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHe promised to protect her. But what happens when the hunter becomes the prey? Welcome to Shadow Ridge, where LONGMIRE meets JERICHO. From USA Today Best-selling author Lisa Harris comes an epic series where the survival of Shadow Ridge depends on learning how to fight crime all over again...Categorized as:
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Biting the Sun by Tanith Lee
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsPublished for the first time in a single volume, this duet of novels is set in a hedonistic Utopia where no pleasure is off-limits. Ravenous for true adventures of the mind and body, desperate to find some meaning, one restless spirit finally bucks the system and strikes at the very heart of a soulless society. -
Ritual in Death / Missing in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDark, mystifying and powerful forces are at work in these two superb J. D. Robb short stories. Ritual in Death. When a naked, knife-wielding man who thinks he has killed someone crashes a glamorous ball she's attending, Lieutenant Eve Dallas is almost relieved. The clues point towards ritual murder, but Eve knows there is nothing supernatural about a deadly lust for power. .. Missing in Death... -
Bathsheba by Jill Eileen Smith
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsBathsheba is a woman who longs for love. With her devout husband away fighting the king's wars for many months at a time, discontent and loneliness dog her steps--and make it frighteningly easy to succumb to King David's charm and attention. Though she immediately regrets her involvement with the powerful king, the pieces are set in motion that will destroy everything she holds dear... -
Reclamation by Erica Stevens
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe highly anticipated conclusion to the bestselling Ravening Series. The first book in this series, Ravenous, is free. Hunted by alien enemies and desperate to survive the invasion, Bethany and Cade are forced into situations they never imagined were possible... -
The McClane Apocalypse Book Ten by Kate Morris
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the McClane saga continues, the family realizes that someone in their trusted, inner circle may just be the person who has leaked precious information about them, Fort Knox, and their community allies to the men who were running the highwaymen and ultimately to whoever they were reporting... -
Frequency by Lisa Harris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSHE TRUSTED THE WRONG PERSON. Four deaths, most likely tied to arsenic-tainted water, leave the town of Shadow Ridge frantic for answers before someone else dies. But that isn’t the only nightmare Tess McQuaid is facing. She has proof someone attempted to cover up a murder as another arsenic death. HER LIFE DEPENDS ON FINDING OUT THE TRUTH... -
Shattered by Lisa Harris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Shadow Ridge, where LONGMIRE meets JERICHO. From USA Today Best-selling author Lisa Harris comes an epic new series where the survival of Shadow Ridge depends on learning how to fight crime all over again. In the prequel to the series, The Last Day, Chase said good-bye to Hope and left Shadow Ridge for an overnight prisoner transport to San Angelo. . . the day before the grid went down...Categorized as:
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Abomination by Colleen Coble
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"Crackles with an ominous electricity, pulling you inside the mind of a killer who is terrifyingly twisted. .. terrifyingly real. The pages will race by as you read, but I guarantee your heart will race even faster. ". -T. L. Hines, author of "Waking Lazarus". A beautiful woman stands by the side of the road, barefoot and bleeding, a child in her arms...Categorized as:
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Taken Over by Erica Stevens
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsDevastated by the loss of Cade, struggling to survive in a world she no longer knows, Bethany is determined to exact revenge upon the aliens that have shredded her life, and the lives of her family and friends. Presented with an opportunity to uncover the secret that Dr. Bishop feels her blood holds, and why she is different than the rest of the survivors, Bethany strikes out on a mission... -
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The Passengers by John Marrs
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsEight self-drive cars set on a collision course. Who lives, who dies? You decide. When someone hacks into the systems of eight self-drive cars, their passengers are set on a fatal collision course...Categorized as:
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Survival by Lisa Harris
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWelcome to Shadow Ridge, where Longmire meets Jericho. A dead body. A missing suspect. A town fighting for survival. In today’s world, law enforcement agencies across the country rely on forensic tools, DNA testing, and crime labs...Categorized as:
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His Choice by Sheila Kell
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAJ Hamilton never expected his life to spiral so low. Tangled up with Baltimore's largest crime boss, The Magician, he is ordered to threaten a bothersome reporter. His attraction to Megan Rogers was as unexpected as was their heated encounter. AJ tries to warn her off. When she doesn't heed his advice, he's forced to protect her from herself... -
Deception by Lisa Harris
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s been over a year since Sam McQuaid has been back home to Shadow Ridge, and this time, he’s returning with a bounty on his head. Welcome to Shadow Ridge, where LONGMIRE meets JERICHO. From USA Today Best-selling author Lisa Harris comes an epic new series where the survival of Shadow Ridge depends on learning how to fight crime all over again...Categorized as:
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Buried Flames by Kennedy Layne
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMason Sykes had served many years in the Marine Corps for his country. His loyalty and sacrifice had left him disfigured—inside and out. He didn’t harbor regrets, especially since he’d finally found the peace and quiet he’d always desired on a Nebraska farm. Brenna Helm was a country girl through and through, right down to her cowgirl boots... -
Jason and Lily by Kate Wrath
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLong before Outpost Three…. Before battles,. Before journeys…. Before the shattering of old worlds…. …And the building of new ones…. Long before Eden and Jonas…. there was…. Jason and Lily. -
Loving Them by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSaved from a life of suffering, Paloma Delacroix is determined to make the best life possible for herself, and for the four men she loves. Loving them is a challenge she never dreamed she’d be up for and one she refuses to fail. Before they can kickstart the life they all dream of, Thomas, Clay, Keith and Quinn McQueen will take Paloma back to Mars Station... -
Shadows Have Gone by Lissa Bryan
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsCarly Daniels knows what it is to suffer loss. She knows what it is to sacrifice. In the two years since a pandemic virus—known only as the Infection—decimated humanity, she’s made choices she never could have imagined. She’s condoned violence in the name of peace and done the unthinkable in the name of mercy... -
Taken by the Spare by Vilyn DeVine
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI had one day left on my shift when chaos erupts. Taking a job as a correctional officer on a ship that orbits Earth and Hydor isn’t thrilling, but it pays well. And once my month-long shift is over? I get a month of paid vacation. I work, then I travel. Repeat. I had just one more day to go, and then I’d be shuttled back to Earth and ready to go on my next adventure... -
Blood Echo by Christopher Rice
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA conspiracy that promises bloodshed and the only woman who can stop it collide in the page-turning thriller by Christopher Rice, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Bone Music. Kidnapped and raised by serial killers, Charlotte Rowe suffered an ordeal that made her infamous. Everyone in the world knew who she was. But no one in the world has any idea what she’s become…... -
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Riders of the Storm by Julie E. Czerneda
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe next chapter in the Stratification saga that ? delivers all the right elements. ?(Sci Fi Weekly) On the distant world of Cersi, Om? ray Aryl Sarc and her supporters have been exiled from the rest of their people. Finding refuge in the mountains, they work to rebuild the ruined village of Sona, even as they try to discover what happened to the original Sona Clan... -
Where Shadows Meet: A Romantic Suspense Novel by Colleen Coble
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHannah is distraught when her parents are murdered—but what makes it worse is that she should have been at home with them . . . not meeting her forbidden love, Reece. Unable to face the community and her guilt, she runs away and marries him. But Reece isn’t the man she thought he was... -
Lord of All Things by Andreas Eschbach, Samuel Willcocks
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWinner of the 2012 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for best German science fiction novel, Lord of All Things is also a story about love against all odds. They are just children when they meet for the first time: Charlotte, daughter of the French ambassador, and Hiroshi, a laundress’s son. One day, Hiroshi declares that he has an idea that will change the world... -
Scorch Road by Toby Neal, Emily Kimelman
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA new romantic action adventure for fans of romance thriller suspense and family romance series! One of six Italian brothers and a sister, JT Luciano is a widowed environmental biologist with a touch of the Sight who is preparing for an apocalyptic event he knows is coming...Categorized as:
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Arena by Karen Hancock
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA Repackaged Award Winner From Karen Hancock. Callie Hayes is living a life of fear and disillusionment when she volunteers for a psychology experiment that promises to turn her life around. As her orientation proceeds, Callie becomes frightened by the secrecy and evasion she encounters...Categorized as:
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Undone by Wendy Higgins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsUSA Today and New York Times bestselling author, Wendy Higgins, brings you the gripping, sensual conclusion to her apocalyptic trilogy. Amber Tate never dreamed their heart-wrenching escape from the enemy’s attack would lead them to the most beautiful place she’s ever seen, marred by one ugly fact; it’s under enemy control...Categorized as:
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Hidden Flames by Kennedy Layne
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere were a few things that got Owen Quade through his multiple combat tours. One was the dream of riding a custom motorcycle on a winding mountain road. The former Marine had finally managed to complete that goal, and along the way he’d gained his own bike shop and the mechanic to go with it. She was a rare beauty, and he wasn’t talking about his bike either...Categorized as:
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Exodus by Courtney McPhail
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll Malcolm Evans wants is to find his sister and her kids and get them some place safe. As an ex-CIA agent, he finds himself in the role of leader of a ragtag group of survivors heading to a promised sanctuary in the Great Lakes. Veronica Alpert spent her childhood preparing for the end of the world, thanks to her paranoid survivalist father... -
Palpitations by S.K. Munt
Good girls don't smoke. Good girls get their injections. Good girls are excited on the eve of their wedding. Good girls die in the first five minutes of the zombie apocalypse. Charlotte's naughty streak is either going to pay off, or get her devoured. And there are worse things going bump in the night than the red-eyes. A hostage. A viral outbreak...Categorized as:
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Warrior's Reign: A Sci Fi Alien Romance by Emma Alisyn, Sora Stargazer
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsRedemption. Assassination. A bond forged under fire. Reign is given a second chance to save her career when a royal friend offers her a job on an elite team of personal guards. Determined to prove her worth, she fends off sneaky sabotage by the implacable head of security, Vykhan, who thinks she is dangerous and hot-headed...Categorized as:
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Mastered by Sara Fields
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOver the years since the Vakarrans conquered Earth, the few humans who remain free have been living in hiding, biding our time, trying to survive, and waiting for our chance to strike back. My sister was our leader, until the enemy took her. Now the task falls to me. But when I come face to face with four Vakarran warriors for the first time, it is nothing like what I expected…. -
State of Pursuit by Summer Lane
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsABSOLUTELY HEART-STOPPING! " - Leti Del Mar, author of Land of the Unaltered. "[Summer Lane] IS QUITE A TALENTED WRITER WITH AN AMAZING GIFT FOR NARRATION. " - Janice White, Editor & Author of Clarity: A Text on Writing. Cassidy Hart is alone. Her Commander and the love of her life, Chris Young, has gone missing in action... -
Shadows of Lancaster County by Mindy Starns Clark
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAnna Bailey thought she left the tragedies of the past behind when she took on a new identity and moved from Pennsylvania to California. But now that her brother has vanished and his wife is crying out for help, Anna knows she has no choice but to come out of hiding, go home, and find him... -
Exalted by Tara Elizabeth
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAfter the fall of mankind, the Exalted became the protectors of the people. As an Exalted trainee, all Mena ever wanted was to be strong, to serve and to fearlessly protect the people of the United Republic of the Saved. All Exalted feel the same. In fact, that’s all they feel. Only when Ryker, an outsider, crashes into Mena’s life, does she learn that people are meant to feel much more... -
When Dreams Cross by Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsJustin Pierce's brainchild, Khaki Kangaroo, is exactly the cartoon theme Andi Sherman needs for her world-class amusement park, Promised Land. In turn, Andi's park is the opportunity that can rocket Justin from obscurity to success. For both of them, spreading the Gospel through their creation is their passion--a shared dream that could cement a powerful partnership...Categorized as:
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Denounced by Tara Elizabeth
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 2 of the EXALTED series. Mena, an Exalted trainee, is the on the other side of a difficult choice: to leave the United Republic of the Saved with Ryker or return with Ethan and be United. Her decision changes everything . . . things she never considered. She has to overcome shocking realizations and tough challenges in the new life she has chosen... -
In the End by Tracey Ward
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsJordan and Alissa made it out of Portland, away from ground zero where The Fever still rages on. But they couldn't beat the quarantine. Now barriers are being built and the remaining survivors of the outbreak are trapped. And the undead just keep coming. The wave of infected is building as city after city is devoured... -
Zekke by Hannah Davenport
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA military male by heart, Zekke wants no part of having a mate. They make you weak…vulnerable. He would rather be on his war ship fighting the enemy. When King Mallik ordered that Earth be protected, Zekke didn’t hesitate. Commanding a fleet is what he was born to do, what he lived for. But what he finds on Earth is the very thing he’s trying to avoid... -
A Marriage for Meghan by Mary Ellis
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFans of superb Amish fiction will welcome the rich and moving stories of The Wayne County series by Mary Ellis, the bestselling author of Abigail's New Hope, Never Far from Home, and The Way to a Man's Heart. Meghan Yost is 19, bright, and eager to prove to her father, the bishop, that she's mature enough to teach in the Old Order district... -
The Dawn of a Dream by Ann Shorey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLuellen O'Connell is stunned and confused when her husband of just one month tells her he is leaving--and that he has another wife. Deeply wounded by this betrayal, Luellen decides to follow the dream she had set aside of obtaining a teaching degree. But her wayward husband left something behind when he abandoned her... -
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Imperfect Match by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA man whose future is assigned - A heart that yearns to be free. Lee Kennedy’s destiny is controlled by the Algorithm. It’s the reason he’s still in college, regardless of his good academic performance. He’s switched his major repeatedly and stalled on his Master’s thesis, but there’s only so much longer he can hold out. Because once he graduates, the Algorithm must be triggered... -
Sidone by Milana Jacks
He’s half my age. He cooks. He fusses over my bad sleeping habits, and knows how to handle a gun. Our little reprieve during a mission can only mean one thing: my guard is down. And the enemy I hunt is watching me, waiting for the perfect time to strike. The time is now.Categorized as:
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Autumn by V.L. Dreyer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTen years ago, a deadly virus wiped out the majority of the human race, with the exception of an unlucky few with a natural immunity to the plague. Sandy McDermott is one of them, a solitary survivor who has braved the last decade alone. Now, finally, she’s found something she truly cares about. After years of loneliness, she has a new family... -
Elite by Nicola Claire
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHave you been a model Citizen today? Selena Carstairs has been raised an Elite. She lives the life of privileged luxury, never wanting for anything. Respected. Admired. Honoured. But life is not what it seems. .. The island of Wánměi has a strict set of rules. Be a model Citizen and all will be rewarded. Disobey the law and the consequences are dire... -
Enigma: What Lies Beneath by Ditter Kellen
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEnigma revolves around aquatic beings that evolved beneath the Ocean thousands of years ago. Armed with hidden fangs and poisonous barbs, they pose a threat to the humans known as the land walkers. This series takes you through their struggles, their deep love for those they choose as mates and the deadly virus now sweeping through the land...Categorized as:
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The Fifth Man by John B. Olson, Randy Ingermanson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsValkerie Jansen is tough, beautiful, and being pursued by every man on the planet. Literally. The planet in question is Mars, with a total population of four. Days before a giant dust storm is projected to strike their camp, Valkerie is attacked by an unseen assailant. Fortunately, there are only three suspects. Unfortunately, all three of them . . . are innocent...
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