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  • State of Shock by Marie Force

    State of Shock by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    They never saw this coming… Hold on to your hat for the next First Family book, coming December 20, 2022...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  m-f  contemporary  death  audiobook
  • State of Suspense by Marie Force

    State of Suspense by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A high-profile murder has Sam and her team chasing an elusive killer…Just back from their anniversary trip to Dewey Beach, there’s no slow roll back to work for the first couple as Sam is immediately thrust into a baffling new case that has everyone on edge. The FBI wants in on this one, and she’s determined to figure out what happened before they can take over her investigation...
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  • State of Denial by Marie Force

    State of Denial by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Denial: refusing to admit the truth or reality of something unpleasant… His mother has been arrested, his government is under new threat, the relentless media is driving him mad, and denial becomes the word of the day for President Nick Cappuano. Meanwhile, his wife, DC Metro Police Lt. Sam Holland Cappuano has caught a big new case with suspects everywhere she looks...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  m-f  contemporary  death  audiobook
  • State of the Union by Marie Force

    State of the Union by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    It’s the biggest night of President Nick Cappuano’s life. Will his first lady make it to the Capitol in time for his speech?President Cappuano has been working for months on his first State of the Union address, his highest profile moment yet as the country’s new president...
  • Fatal Frenzy by Marie Force

    Fatal Frenzy by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Inauguration day is almost here… Lieutenant Sam Holland is on leave, recovering from an attack that shook her to the core. With no case to distract her, she's trying to stay busy—even voluntarily meeting with her new White House staff. But it's not enough to keep the horrific memories at bay, and her family is worried…especially her husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano...
  • A Cosy Countryside Christmas by Eliza J. Scott

    A Cosy Countryside Christmas by Eliza J. Scott

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Ella Welford’s done with love. After having her fingers burnt, she’s been resolutely single for the last year and has sworn to stay that way.Joss Campion’s still reeling from a messy divorce and has vowed never to open his heart to love again.Growing up in the picturesque village of Lytell Stangdale, with the North Yorkshire Moors as their playground, Joss and Ella were best friends...
  • Leo by Maryann Jordan

    Leo by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    He had no complaints… Great job, great boss, great co-workers. And a best friend he’d known for years.Okay, almost no complaints… The women he dated paled in comparison to his best friend.She had a lot of complaints… A job she hated, a tyrant for a boss, working with people that got on her last nerve. And no time for love. Plus, the guys she dated couldn’t come close to her best friend...
  • Rising Storm by Kathleen Brooks

    Rising Storm by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Katelyn Jacks was used to being front and center as a model. But she never had to confront the Keeneston Grapevine! After retiring from the runway and returning to town to open a new animal clinic, Katelyn found that her life in the public eye was anything but over...
  • Dirty Dozen by Liliana Hart

    Dirty Dozen by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In the twelfth installment of the J.J. Graves mystery series from New York Times Bestselling Author Liliana Hart, winter has moved into Bloody Mary with a vengeance. But so has a killer who's bringing a modern flair in his imitation of Jack the Ripper. It's up to J.J. and her husband, Sheriff Jack Lawson, to hunt the hunter and bring justice to the victims...
  • Captivating Anika by Freya Barker

    Captivating Anika by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Anika Jones has her future carefully plotted out and is checking the boxes, one by one, despite the bumps thrown in her path. This last one is a challenge, but she manages to stay on track; her salon is thriving, and she just bought a house. Unfortunately, when one of her employees runs into trouble, she inevitably gets sucked in, throwing her carefully paced life off-balance...
  • Shadows and Silk by Liliana Hart

    Shadows and Silk by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Agent Brant Scott knows when a battle is lost. He’s been an integral part of hunting down members of the del Fuego cartel for years, but it’s not the violent criminals that have the ability to bring him to his knees. That honor belongs to one woman...
  • Suspects by Danielle Steel

    Suspects by Danielle Steel

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 28 ratings
    A dedicated CIA agent becomes an unexpected ally to a woman haunted by the kidnapping of her family, in this thrilling novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel.Theodora Morgan is fashion royalty...
  • Tied Bond by Emma Hart

    Tied Bond by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Holly Woods is going to hell in a handbasket—but this time, Satanists aren’t to blame. Halloween is. Nonna doesn’t understand why there are skeletons and demons everywhere. Mom is threatening to stitch a devil into Nonna’s pillowcase if she doesn’t shut up. Bek is bumbling over a date with Jason, the handsome FBI agent who conveniently got himself relocated to Austin, and I… Well...
  • Count to Ten by Karen Rose

    Count to Ten by Karen Rose

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 38 ratings
    In all his years in the Chicago Fire Department, Lieutenant Reed Solliday ahs never experienced anything like this recent outbreak of house fires - devastating, vicious and in one case, homicidal. He has another problem - his new partner, Detective Mia Mitchell. She's brash, bossy, and taking the case in a direction he never imagined...
  • Colton's Mission by Kendall Talbot

    Colton's Mission by Kendall Talbot

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Kat Reynolds, a spirited yet feisty nature photographer, traces a clue to her father's disappearance seven years ago to Tulum, Mexico, she's determined to get answers. Armed with her father's last mysterious photo, her clue leads her to a massive underground cave system. But to enter the subterranean maze, she needs the expertise of grumpy scuba diving expert Colton Henderson...
  • Death is Not Enough by Karen Rose

    Death is Not Enough by Karen Rose

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The past comes back to haunt a high-profile defense attorney in the newest book in the Baltimore series from the New York Times bestselling author of Edge of Darkness and Monster in the Closet.In his work as a defense attorney in Baltimore, Thorne has always been noble to a fault--specializing in helping young people in trouble just as someone did for him when he was younger...
  • The Getaway Cabin by Sage Parker

    The Getaway Cabin by Sage Parker

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Her greatest fear came true. Now what? 53-year-old Valerie Schuster was a great mother and wife for over 30 years…until she wasn’t.When her husband decides to leave her days before their anniversary, and their kids move across the country, her sister suggests it’s time for a change. So, Valerie decides to hide away in her parent’s old run-down cabin...
  • Holding Beast by E.C. Land

    Holding Beast by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
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  • Fear No Evil by Allison Brennan

    Fear No Evil by Allison Brennan

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    In cyberspace, no one can hear you scream. Instead of preparing for her high school graduation, Lucy Kincaid is facing a vicious execution. Lured by an online predator, she’s destined to die horribly–live on the Internet–while hundreds of heartless viewers watch and vote on the method of her slaughter...
  • Detroit by Jessica Gadziala

    Detroit by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’d always liked her from afar.Sure that nothing could ever happen between them, though, he kept that to himself.Until one morning, when Detroit witnesses his estranged brother arresting Everleigh for a crime he knew she didn’t commit. Determined to prove her innocence, and protect her from the real criminals, Detroit jumps into action to get her free, then move her into the clubhouse...
  • Niro by Jessica Gadziala

    Niro by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    * You do not need to read the OG Henchmen to read this new series *Joining the MC had never been a question.Raised by an ex-cage-fighting member, Niro hadn’t seen any future for himself that didn’t involve bikes, guns, violence, and the brotherhood he’d learned to revere above all else. But joining the Henchmen meant he couldn’t have the only other thing in life he wanted.Andi...
  • To Hold and Protect by Sandra Owens

    To Hold and Protect by Sandra Owens

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "With realistic characters, witty banter, a well-written storyline, and a bit of action thrown in, Keeping Guard will draw readers in from the first page until the last." — Harlequin JunkieIt’s a deadly game of cat and mouse…Willow Landry only plans to humor the adorable little girl playing matchmaker one door down...
  • Levi: Driverton 2 by Ruth Cardello

    Levi: Driverton 2 by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Driverton’s bad boy is falling in love with his best friend’s cousin and it just might cost him everything.Levi has always had a sweet spot for Katie, but she’s not his type. He likes his women wild, willing, and from out of town so they’re easy to move on from when his interest wanes.Katie is opinionated and off-limits...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  m-f  contemporary  humor  length-short
  • The Irish Daughter: Utterly gorgeous, gripping and emotional Irish fiction by Daisy O'Shea

    The Irish Daughter: Utterly gorgeous, gripping and emotional Irish fiction by Daisy O'Shea

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Standing on the cliff above the wild Irish sea, Hannah wipes a tear from her eye and thinks about the man she called ‘Da’. She was never his daughter. Hannah has been lied to her whole life by everyone she loved...
  • Tall, Dark and Daring by Suzanne Brockmann

    Tall, Dark and Daring by Suzanne Brockmann

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Experience two classic tales of heroes facing danger and falling in love from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann’s Tall, Dark and Daring series — collected here in one volume! The Admiral’s Bride When six canisters of a lethal nerve agent are stolen from a military testing lab, Admiral Jake Robinson must recover the chemicals—by any means necessary...
  • See No Evil by Allison Brennan

    See No Evil by Allison Brennan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    A cunning killer hides in plain sight.A troubled teenage girl has been charged with the grisly murder of her stepfather. The evidence is damning: Emily was found alone at the scene with blood on her hands, and an incriminating e-mail she wrote outlines a murder plot identical to the method of the brutal slaying...
  • Burning Justice by Tee O'Fallon

    Burning Justice by Tee O'Fallon

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After narrowly surviving a childhood fire that killed two of his friends, ATF Special Agent Brett Tanner knows what it’s like to get too close to the flame. The trauma only spurs him and his K-9 partner to track down the arsonists targeting a Colorado town. This latest warehouse blaze looks suspicious as hell…and there’s a body. Now it’s murder...
  • Tell That To My Heart by Eliza J. Scott

    Tell That To My Heart by Eliza J. Scott

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jemima Dewberry wears her heart on her sleeve. Her weakness for bad boys, coupled with her track record for making bad decisions has led to endless heartbreak. The only trouble is, she can’t seem to kick the habit...
  • Twisted by Laura Griffin

    Twisted by Laura Griffin

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 32 ratings
    Motive, opportunity, and no alibi - it seems close to a slam-dunk. But while rookie detective Allison Doyle’s department has ID’d a suspect in a young woman’s vicious murder, she is uneasy. Then legendary FBI profiler Mark Wolfe shows up with a startling theory: if he’s right, the real murderer is an elusive psychopath just days away from another kill...
  • The Hunt by Allison Brennan

    The Hunt by Allison Brennan

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 30 ratings
    Touched by a killer, she feels the fire of revenge. Twelve years ago, Miranda Moore miraculously survived the torture of a serial killer who was never caught. Since then, Miranda, a former FBI trainee and now a member of a local search-and-rescue squad, has witnessed with horror the recovery of the mutilated bodies of seven young women, all victims of her tormentor, known as The Butcher...
  • Stone Sober by Gwyn McNamee

    Stone Sober by Gwyn McNamee

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stone Hawke is precisely the kind of man women are warned about—handsome, intelligent, arrogant, and intricately entangled with some dangerous people. I should stay away, but he manages to strip my soul bare with just a look and dominates my thoughts. Bad decisions are in my past. My life is (mostly) on track, even if it is no longer the one to medical school...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  m-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • Pursuing Dace by Stephanie St. Klaire

    Pursuing Dace by Stephanie St. Klaire

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The O’Reilly brothers are back with a vengeance in another riveting novel overflowing with mayhem and murder. Dace O’Reilly is in for the fight of his life to clear the name of the woman who stole his heart...
  • Face of Danger by Roxanne St. Claire

    Face of Danger by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Private investigator Vivi Angelino loves living life on the edge, but stepping into the shoes of a movie starlet to bait a serial killer isn't just a thrill . . . it's a ticket to the big time for her fledgling security firm. That is, as long as a certain risk-averse FBI agent stays out of her way-and out of her fantasies...
  • Malcolm by Jessica Gadziala

    Malcolm by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    He was happy with his quiet life.With the club, with his family, with his cabin in the woods.He didn’t think he needed more than that.Not until he came across her.But when a string of unfortunate events starts to seem less like happenstance and more like something someone had planned...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  m-f  bikers  contemporary
  • Engage by June Gray

    Engage by June Gray

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    PART FIVE OF JUNE GRAY'S DISARM SERIES The past has a way of catching up... A long time has passed since Elsie's heart was broken, since the person who always shielded her from pain broke her heart. Just when she begins to rebuild, Henry returns and upends everything all over again...
  • Have I Told You Lately by Beth Moran

    Have I Told You Lately by Beth Moran

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One photo and a handful of letters can change everything.Emmie Brown has always known she was adopted. Nellie Brown sacrificed everything to make their life together comfortable and, while not the most demonstrative or warm woman, Emmie never doubted her devotion...
  • The Kill by Allison Brennan

    The Kill by Allison Brennan

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Her worst nightmare brought back to life, she risks everything for a second shot at justice. For thirty years, FBI scientist Olivia St. Martin has lived with guilt and one abiding certainty–that while she wasn’t able to save her sister’s life, she did testify and helped to convict the rapist and killer...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  m-f  contemporary  length-long
  • Return to Red Castle by Dorothy M. Keddington

    Return to Red Castle by Dorothy M. Keddington

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Red Castle ... an ancient citadel of wine-red stone in the heart of Utah's primitive High Uinta Mountains. Hidden away near its rocky base, a small plane lies twisted and broken. The four men ... desperate, ruthless, will stop at nothing to retrieve the plane's valuable cargo, but their only clue to its location are the words ... Red Castle. Jesse Chisholm ..
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  m-f  contemporary  length-short
  • Unforgivable by Laura Griffin

    Unforgivable by Laura Griffin

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Tracing Killers is Mia Voss's Business. And Her Work Just Got Personal.At first, Mia Voss thinks it’s just bad luck when her already lousy day ends with a carjacking, but what seems like a random incident is followed by another sinister episode. A DNA expert, Mia has made it her mission to put away vicious criminals. Suddenly, she’s become the target of one...
  • The Getaway Cabin by Sage Parker

    The Getaway Cabin by Sage Parker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her greatest fear came true. Now what? 53-year-old Valerie Schuster was a great mother and wife for over 30 years…until she wasn’t.When her husband decides to leave her days before their anniversary, and their kids move across the country, her sister suggests it’s time for a change. So, Valerie decides to hide away in her parent’s old run-down cabin...
  • The Getaway Cabin by Sage Parker

    The Getaway Cabin by Sage Parker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her greatest fear came true. Now what? 53-year-old Valerie Schuster was a great mother and wife for over 30 years…until she wasn’t.When her husband decides to leave her days before their anniversary, and their kids move across the country, her sister suggests it’s time for a change. So, Valerie decides to hide away in her parent’s old run-down cabin...
  • Low Tide by Dawn Lee McKenna

    Low Tide by Dawn Lee McKenna

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    In Apalachicola, Florida, sinister things are afoot, as sinister things tend to be.Lt. Maggie Redmond is called to a crime scene on St. George Island, where she is met with the body of Gregory Boudreaux. The medical examiner calls it a suicide, but no one knows that Maggie has a horrible connection to the dead man...
  • Twelfth Sun by Mae Clair

    Twelfth Sun by Mae Clair

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The hunky young PhD knows all about seduction, but what does he know about love? Reagan Cassidy is settled in her life. She has a thriving interior design firm, an upscale condo, two cats, and a goldfish...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  m-f  contemporary  length-short
  • Unspoken Vows by Jordan Marie

    Unspoken Vows by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Steel Vipers MC and Titans of Hell MC Crossover She had secrets. One of them might get them both dead. Lennox has a chip on her shoulder. She won't even try to deny it.She has a score to settle with the president of the Titans of Hell. She has a plan, and they will feel her wrath.She, however, didn't plan on getting distracted by its newest member...
  • Easton's Claim by Kaylea Cross

    Easton's Claim by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She needs a fresh start somewhere else. Piper Greenlee is desperate to get out of Sugar Hollow. After her ex-husband’s notorious scandal and their subsequent divorce, her life and reputation are in tatters. Not to mention the disturbing feelings she’s started to have for a longtime friend recently. She’s ready to leave all that behind, start over somewhere far away and reinvent herself...
  • Shiver of Fear by Roxanne St. Claire

    Shiver of Fear by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The legacy that haunts her . . .The mystery she must solve . . .A man who threatens to reveal her secrets . . .and break her heart.Burned by a failed marriage, former FBI agent Marc Rossi wants back in the investigation game with no emotional strings attached...
  • Don't Let Go by Marliss Melton

    Don't Let Go by Marliss Melton

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    DON'T GIVE UP. It's love that keeps teacher Jordan Bliss up at night: the lost love for a Venezuelan orphan named Miguel...and the memory of a Navy SEAL tearing him from her arms. Now in the U.S. and longing for her child, Jordan vows to somehow, some way, bring Miguel home. DON'T LOOK BACK. To Navy SEAL Solomon McGuire, orders are orders...
  • Spectacular Rascal by Lili Valente

    Spectacular Rascal by Lili Valente

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "... hot, sexy AND funny! " - NYT  Bestseller Lauren Blakely ​" Witty, flirty, and oh so dirty! The chemistry...is red-hot!" -Bestseller Lacey Black When you've been screwed over by Mr. Wrong, let a Spectacular Rascal show you how good it feels to be bad. You know the smooth, successful New York businessman type? Well, I'm the other guy--the one you don't bring home to mama...
  • And Then You Die by Iris Johansen

    And Then You Die by Iris Johansen

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    When Bess Grady and her sister arrive in Mexico on vacation they are expecting paradise. Instead they find every person in the village is dead, killed in a bloodless carnage. The sisters are aided only by a mysterious agent who holds the key to stopping a vicious weapon aimed at America...
  • Riptide by Catherine Coulter

    Riptide by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Becca Matlock, a senior speechwriter for the governor of New York, is at the top of her professional game when she receives her first phone call. "Stop sleeping with the governor or I'll kill him." The thing is, she's not sleeping with the governor, but it doesn't stop the phone calls. The police stop believing her after the stalker murders an innocent in New York City to prove a point...
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