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  • Secret in the Santa by Kathi Daley

    Secret in the Santa by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    A heartwarming cozy mystery series about losing everything, taking a chance, and starting again...
  • The Chesapeake Series: Sea Swept / Rising Tides / Inner Harbor / Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts

    The Chesapeake Series: Sea Swept / Rising Tides / Inner Harbor / Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 31 ratings
    #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Nora Roberts presents her breathtaking Chesapeake Series--SEA SWEPT, RISING TIDES, INNER HARBOR, and CHESAPEAKE BLUE presented together in one set for the first time.SEA SWEPTWhen Cameron Quinn receives word that his father has been in a terrible car accident and is near death, Cam returns home...
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  • Beyond the Chase by Brittney Sahin

    Beyond the Chase by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 33 ratings
    When your whole world disappears, where do you turn?Ava Daniels' lab has been wiped clean.Everything is missing, including her boss and the formula for the dangerous chemical substance they had just discovered.The major problem? No one was supposed to know her lab even existed. And now Ava is the main suspect in the crime.Ava needs answers, and she's utterly alone...
  • What I've Done by Melinda Leigh

    What I've Done by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Morgan Dane’s new client has blood on her hands—and no recollection of what happened—as the #1 Amazon Charts bestselling series continues. Haley Powell wakes up covered in blood, with no memory of the night before...
  • Drown Her Sorrows by Melinda Leigh

    Drown Her Sorrows by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 38 ratings
    Sheriff Bree Taggert is blindsided by a killer’s devious plan in number one Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh’s novel of escalating shock and suspense.When Sheriff Bree Taggert discovers the body of a young woman floating near the bank of the Scarlet River, a note in her abandoned car suggests suicide. The autopsy reveals a different story...
  • Keeper of Secrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Keeper of Secrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The final book in the Carly Moore series.Carly had every intention of heading to Dallas to bring down her father, but not as Wyatt Drummand’s hostage. After Wyatt kidnaps her at gunpoint and threatens to turn her over to her father--the man she’s spent the past nine months hiding from--she explains that his plan will get them both killed...
  • Uncaged by Harper Sloan

    Uncaged by Harper Sloan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 55 ratings
    Greg Cage’s life is more fulfilling than he ever could have imagined. He’s married to the love of his life, has an amazing son, and in a few short months, his family will grow again with the birth of his twin girls. The past year has been a tough one for the Cage family, but they are now on the road to healing by learning to let go of the past and looking forward to their future...
  • Shielding Kinley by Susan Stoker

    Shielding Kinley by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 32 ratings
    When Kinley Taylor witnesses what was possibly the last few minutes of a young girl’s life while in Paris, she realizes exactly how alone she is in the world. The only person she has to turn to for help is the one man who she feels is completely out of her league. Gage “Lefty” Haskins liked the personal assistant the first time he met her...
  • Playing with Lies by Riley Edwards

    Playing with Lies by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A no-strings kinda guy and a forever kinda woman…what could go wrong?I had a stalker and I knew just who to ask for help—Detective Dalton Neary. My own personal Prince Charming. The problem was, he turned out not to be so charming, at least not in the forever kind of way I was looking for. He was a good-time guy with a sexy smile and a goat game that should be illegal. But not the man for me...
  • 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...
  • Searching for Finley by Susan Stoker

    Searching for Finley by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    They've finally found someone who accepts them as they are, but it could all go up in flames in an instant.Finley Norris is a woman with curves to spare, a fact she made peace with long ago…but she can’t say the same for everyone else. Ridiculed for her size her whole life, it’s easy for her to assume her huge crush on a certain sexy mechanic will remain unrequited...
  • Legend by Marie James

    Legend by Marie James

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I wouldn’t call it love at first sight, but my body definitely reacted when I saw her.Getting Faith Robbins under me became my obsession.I knew I wanted fast and done.It’s how I always did things.Looking for anything more with a woman was never in the cards.I wasn’t like the other guys in the Cerberus MC. I didn’t want more.It was physical, sating a desire...
  • The Wrong Bones by Melinda Leigh

    The Wrong Bones by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A frantic chase to catch a grave robber reveals a startling discovery in this tenth installment of the Widow’s Island novella series by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh.Deputy Tessa Black spots a man disturbing a grave in the local cemetery and gives chase. But when Tessa catches him, she learns that the ghoulish trespasser wasn’t robbing graves; he was burying a box of bones...
  • 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...
  • Deserving Ryleigh by Susan Stoker

    Deserving Ryleigh by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Leaving wasn’t an option. She had to stay to protect everything, and everyone, she’d grown to love. Especially him. Ryleigh Lodge has secrets. Her new friends, the men and women at The Refuge, already know that for months she lied about her name, her hacking skills, and how she got the job in the first place. But there’s one last secret...
  • Code Name: Outlaw by Janie Crouch

    Code Name: Outlaw by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Months trapped in the clutches of a madman made Jenna Franklin a shell of the woman she once was. All she can do now is use her computer genius from inside the safety of closed doors. Even two years later, going outside = blood-freezing panic. She’s made herself a haven in the only place she’s felt safe since her captivity: Oak Creek, Wyoming—home of her Linear Tactical friends...
  • 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...
  • Tactical Force by Lynn Shannon

    Tactical Force by Lynn Shannon

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Some wounds never heal.  As a former Navy SEAL, Walker Montgomery faces danger without flinching. But not even a combat zone halfway around the world was far enough to escape the trauma of his teen years. His younger sister was murdered and the killer never caught. Since returning home, he’s been quietly working the case, unable to move on with his life until justice is served.  She’s a survivor...
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  • Over the Edge by Suzanne Brockmann

    Over the Edge by Suzanne Brockmann

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 45 ratings
    "Suzanne Brockmann has taken romantic suspense by storm with her action-packed thrillers. Now she has written the most gripping novel of her career-an unforgettable story of an explosive hostage situation in which two people are caught between the call of duty and the lure of destiny. " Her passion is flying...
  • Covert Mission by Lynn Shannon

    Covert Mission by Lynn Shannon

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Duty is all he knows.  Logan Keller spent his military career saving lives, but none of that prepared him for raising his out-of-control teenage niece. He’s desperate to get through to her. A charity designed for teens seems like the answer, but when Logan arrives to speak to the director, he interrupts an attack on the woman’s life.  Danger surrounds her...
  • Jason by Kris Michaels

    Jason by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Jason King was presented the opportunity of a lifetime… …assume control of Guardian Security from the billionaire who had built the world renowned agency. As CEO, Jason would manage the best security resources in the world...
  • Blaze by Janie Crouch

    Blaze by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kendrick and Neo's love story, plus the exciting start of the family Dorian and Ray never thought they would have. But there's a danger closing in—one that will do its best to rip them all apart.A new beginning.A series' end.The Linear Tactical family has deep roots.They're going to need them to survive the coming storm...
  • Feel the Heat by Cindy Gerard

    Feel the Heat by Cindy Gerard

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 34 ratings
    In New York Times bestselling author Cindy Gerard's sizzling new novel, a ruthless international conspiracy is no match for the irresistible alpha heroes of Black Ops, Inc. A RACE FOR SURVIVAL... Bold, blonde Defense Intelligence officer B. J...
  • A Thin Disguise by Catherine Bybee

    A Thin Disguise by Catherine Bybee

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    A former gun for hire and a federal agent find themselves on the right side of love but the wrong end of a bullet in this Richter installment from New York Times bestselling author Catherine Bybee.On a fateful night in Las Vegas, FBI agent Leo Grant is working on a critical detail in a high-profile child prostitution trial when a beautiful woman jumps into the path of a bullet meant for him...
  • Trapper Road by Rachel Caine, Carrie Ryan

    Trapper Road by Rachel Caine, Carrie Ryan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Sometimes danger comes from the most unexpected places.Gwen Proctor has always been willing to do anything it takes to protect her kids. But there are some things even she can’t protect them from. When a violent incident at Connor’s school brings the press to Gwen’s doorstep, she agrees to take a case out of town hoping to keep her family out of the crushing media spotlight...
  • Code Name: Libra by Janie Crouch

    Code Name: Libra by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My code name is Libra. The stars say I’m charismatic, intelligent, charming.The one with the easy smile.Zodiac Tactical has been the biggest part of my life for the past three years. We guard, protect, rescue...eliminate the threat when nobody else can. And I’ve always been at the front lines—first to help in whatever way was needed.Until I took a bullet to the chest...
  • No Vow Broken by Julie Moffett

    No Vow Broken by Julie Moffett

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Is it a Dream Wedding or a Bad Dream?Geek girl Lexi Carmichael thought getting married would be just a formality. But when the guests are the pope, the president of the United States, and the first lady, she’d soon find out that weddings, much like life, do not always go as planned...
  • Command Indecision by Camilla Chafer

    Command Indecision by Camilla Chafer

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A young woman is dead. Her supposed killer is in custody. And Private Investigator Lexi Graves is on the warpath. Lexi Graves finally feels like she’s got her life on track. She’s got a job that is made to measure and the perfect boyfriend but all it takes is a few shocking minutes for everything to start falling apart...
  • The Safe Bet by Brittney Sahin

    The Safe Bet by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 38 ratings
    She's there to plan the military ball - not to fall for the Marine in charge.Michael Maddox thinks he has his life under control. No attachments, no relationships - he's too busy transforming his knack for military intelligence into a multi-million-dollar enterprise. But when headstrong event planner Kate Adams comes barreling into his life, everything changes...
  • Rafe by Maryann Jordan

    Rafe by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The true measure of a man is not in the mistakes he makes…but in how he handles those mistakes. Rafe Walker gained fame while in the Army when he was photographed for a Military Calendar. Afterward, modeling contracts rolled in but he found his life in California lacking and longed for a change...
  • Forever by Janie Crouch

    Forever by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Some loves are meant to be from the very beginning.Jess O’Conner and Ethan Bollinger have known each other almost their entire lives and have loved each other from the start. The people of Oak Creek have watched them grow up, and everyone has always known what they are...Soulmates.But sometimes, fate demands a different path, derailing even the most carefully mapped plans...
  • 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...
  • Terkel's Twist by Dale Mayer

    Terkel's Twist by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    In advance of another major attack, Terk races to Levi's compound in Texas, where Terk finally gets to meet Celia, the woman carrying his child. Thankfully he arrives in time to protect his friends and new family from another attack, but he's determined to get to the end of this nightmare that tried to earlier destroy his team...
  • Montana Rain by Josie Jade

    Montana Rain by Josie Jade

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Psychiatrist Rayne Westerfield has found purpose in helping patients, especially those with PTSD, heal at the Resting Warrior Ranch. For her, there’s no greater calling than equipping people to fight the worst of their demons.But she’s never allowed anyone to help her fight her own.She’s kept her distance. Kept herself buttoned up tight...
  • Targeted by Kendra Elliot

    Targeted by Kendra Elliot

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    All Detective Mason Callahan wanted was a quiet fishing trip with the guys—a chance to get away and unwind before Halloween. Until he finds the body of his boss, Denny Schefte, near their remote Oregon cabin. Now all he wants is to catch the sadist who slit Denny’s throat and covered his face with a mask...
  • Ranger Bravery by Lynn Shannon

    Ranger Bravery by Lynn Shannon

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Shadows of the past linger…Piper Jensen escaped her small-town, seeking a new life without the baggage of her childhood. Her only regret: breaking up with her first love through a hastily scrawled note. A decade later, when her sister is hurt in a car accident, Piper moves home to help care for her niece and nephew...
  • Lethal Pursuit by Kaylea Cross

    Lethal Pursuit by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Security Forces Lieutenant Maya Lopez is right at home in a war zone: she's been fighting all her life. A hard-won commission in the air force has brought her to Afghanistan, and if she plays her cards right, she could end up with an FBI job. It won't be easy, but that just makes her more determined. Jackson Thatcher is a protector in all senses of the word...
  • Risk No Secrets by Cindy Gerard

    Risk No Secrets by Cindy Gerard

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 34 ratings
    A deadly international mission reunites a sexy Black Ops, Inc. hero and his sizzling former love in Cindy Gerard's seductive romantic thriller. A red-hot attraction... Twelve years of chasing bad guys didn't erase beautiful Sophie Baylor from Wyatt Savage's memory. If he had another chance, he'd never let her leave...
  • 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...
  • Breaking Point by Suzanne Brockmann

    Breaking Point by Suzanne Brockmann

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 35 ratings
    Uncommon valor in the line of duty and unconditional devotion in the name of love are the salient qualities of the daring men and women who risk it all in the heart-pounding thrillers of New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann. Crafted with precision and power, her characters come alive with a depth of emotion few writers have achieved...
  • In Her Sights by Patricia D. Eddy

    In Her Sights by Patricia D. Eddy

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    One moment.Two lives.Their last chance for love.Inara’s never second-guessed a shot, not until the disaster in Colombia—the disaster that led to Coop's death.Drifting, off balance, her emotions out-of-control, she has to pull it together before she’s benched for good.Royce understands Inara’s pain. A stroke may have broken his body, but a mountain of guilt crushed his soul...
  • Count to Ten by Karen Rose

    Count to Ten by Karen Rose

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 37 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...
  • A Deeper Fear by Allison Brennan

    A Deeper Fear by Allison Brennan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid is back in the new e-Novella, A Deeper Fear, from New York Times bestselling author Allison BrennanFBI Agent Lucy Kincaid’s husband, Sean Rogan, is in a dark place after being held captive. He won’t talk about it with anyone, not even Lucy...
  • Scout by Janie Crouch

    Scout by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Published in "Danger and Desire: A Romantic Suspense Anthology".Linear Tactical’s Wyatt Highfield is running for his life with intel that will break up a human trafficking ring. The last thing he wants is to bring danger to Nadine Macfarlane’s door. The gentle beauty has been through enough, and has the scars—physical and emotional—to prove it. But she’s his only option...
  • Sweet Justice by Christy Reece

    Sweet Justice by Christy Reece

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Honor Stone is a young, idealistic FBI agent when her path collides with Seth Cavanaugh. For a girl who has never walked on the wild side, the dark and dangerous Seth is a temptation she can't refuse. But then Seth walks out the door and out of her life...
  • Home Fires by Cat Johnson

    Home Fires by Cat Johnson

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Navy SEAL Cal Swenson's going home has been a long time coming. Too bad his homecoming was based on a lie. And why did Granny feign dying to get him back to New York? That's the big question...
  • Murder at Haven's Rock by Kelley Armstrong

    Murder at Haven's Rock by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong’s Rockton Novels had one of the most unique towns in crime fiction. Murder at Haven's Rock is a spinoff, a fresh start... with a few new dangers that threaten everything before it even begins.Haven’s Rock, Yukon. Population: 0Deep in the Yukon wilderness, a town is being built. A place for people to disappear, a fresh start from a life on the run...
  • Forgotten Secrets by Robin Perini

    Forgotten Secrets by Robin Perini

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    At age ten, Riley Lambert watched helplessly as her sister was abducted from her bedroom. Fifteen years later, she’s channeled the pain of her past into a career as an FBI profiler. Riley devotes her life to bringing violent criminals to justice…and secretly uses government resources to search for her sister, who was never found...
  • Blind Bake by Denise Grover Swank

    Blind Bake by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The first book in a new series by USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times bestselling author, Denise Grover Swank. A month ago, I quit my job and finally left my commitment-phobe boyfriend (seriously Steve, seven years is long enough to know if I’m the one). Then I moved back to my hometown of Cockamamie, Tennessee, to take care of my newly widowed Aunt Deidre...
  • The Murder Game by Beverly Barton

    The Murder Game by Beverly Barton

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    New Game The game is simple--he is the Hunter. They are the Prey. He gives them a chance to escape. To run. To hide. To outsmart him. But eventually, he catches them. And that's when the game gets really terrifying... New RulesPrivate investigator Griffin Powell and FBI agent Nicole Baxter know a lot about serial killers--they took one down together...
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