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Swamp Spook by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsWhen black cats roam, and spooks are seen, Come celebrate, it’s Halloween. Sinful, Louisiana, really knows how to throw a party, and it goes all out for Halloween. The weeklong celebration kicks off with a maze of horror in the park built of hay bales. And Fortune has the perfect assignment—the executioner... -
Echo Road by Kendra Elliot, Melinda Leigh
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsWhen two cross-country cases collide, Bree Taggert and Mercy Kilpatrick join forces to catch a serial killer in an addictive novel of suspense by bestselling authors Melinda Leigh and Kendra Elliot.During a vicious heat wave, a county maintenance worker stumbles upon two suspicious suitcases abandoned by the side of the road... -
Cruising Cowboys: A Cruise Ship Cozy Mystery Novel by Hope Callaghan
Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhen a famous cowboy dies after a fall from a mechanical bull while onboard Siren of the Seas, the cruise line’s CEO dispatches staff to investigate. The ship’s head of security and Captain Armati are forced to step down pending further investigation. For Millie, it’s a race against time to figure out if the cowboy recklessly put his life in danger or if something much more sinister is afoot... -
Cruising Family Style: A Made in Savannah Cozy Mystery Novel by Hope Callaghan
Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Garlucci family’s epic cruise vacation onboard the Siren of the Seas is smooth sailing until Carlita’s son becomes a prime suspect after his boss…the head of the “mafia family” is found dead... -
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Cold Dead Night by Lisa Phillips
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe FBI betrayed her. Now they need her.Private Investigator Kenna Banbury lost everything two years ago at the hands of a serial killer. From the ashes of that encounter, she’s built a life she believes in, searching for the lost and forgotten all over the western US.Bringing her own brand of justice... -
Hotshot in Savannah by Hope Callaghan
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAutumn becomes the prime suspect after local hotshot news anchor, Brock Kensington, is found murdered. Can the Garlucci family clear their friend’s name before she becomes the breaking news story of the year?BONUS: RECIPE INCLUDED!-----------------------------------------Garlucci family friend, Autumn Winter, has landed a primo position as a Channel 11 News entertainment reporter... -
Tactical Force by Lynn Shannon
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSome 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... -
Covert Mission by Lynn Shannon
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDuty 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... -
If I'm Found by Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIt started with the USA TODAY bestseller If I Run. Now Casey's journey continues in If I'm Found. Casey doesn't know why Dylan let her escape just as the police were closing in, but she knows she's got to hide again. New name, new look, new city, new job. But hiding isn't enough. Somehow, she's got to bring Brent's killer to justice... -
Rendezvous and Revenge: A Cruise Ship Cozy Mystery Novel by Hope Callaghan
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the star of Siren of the Seas new hit show is murdered backstage, Felix lands the lead role and also the top spot on the list of suspects... -
Expired Vows by Laura Conaway, Lisa Phillips
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFire. Family. Faith.Last Chance Fire and RescueShe sees the promise of freedom. He vowed to always be the hero.EMT Trace Bently came back to Last Chance County to escape his past. After the loss of his wife, he gave up a promising career as a police officer for the chance to save lives every day as part of the Fire Department... -
Divine Fate: A Divine Cozy Mystery Novel by Hope Callaghan
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsJo is involved in an accident and comes face-to-face with the lone survivor of a property with a tragic past. She soon believes the property is hiding secrets that could save someone…or reveal the identity of a killer... -
One Last Shot by Susan May Warren
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen country music star Oaken Fox joins survivalist Mike Grizz's new adventure show in the Alaskan wilderness, he just wants to boost his fan base. But when tragedy strikes and Air One Rescue must save them, Oaken wants to quit. Too bad his producer has other plans--signing him on with Air One Rescue as a recruit and making a reality show... -
Command Indecision by Camilla Chafer
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA 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... -
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Disconnect by Traci Hunter Abramson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBrent Miller is still trying to get past the nightmares of his last mission into Nicaragua when a new commander takes charge of his Navy SEAL team. Commander Gardner has just one to further his career. And the so-called Saint Squad is in his way... -
Small Town Saboteurs by Hope Callaghan
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe town of Belhaven is under attack by a group who’ll stop at nothing…including murder, to prevent the town from winning the coveted Small Town USA award. “If you like clean mysteries that keep you guessing until the end, you’ll love the Garden Girls!”Garden Girls - The Golden Years is the brand new spin-off series of the Garden Girls Mystery series... -
Break of Day by Colleen Coble
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAnnie Pederson’s happily ever after is finally within sight . . . if she can stay alive long enough to grasp it. Return to the beloved town of Rock Harbor in the final installment of the Annie Pederson trilogy by bestselling suspense author Colleen Coble.In spite of their very rocky start, Annie is working to repair her relationship with her long-lost sister, Sarah... -
Kidnapped by Dee Henderson
Someone snatched his cousin's wife and son. FBI agent Luke Falcon is searching for a kidnapper and sorting out the crime. He's afraid it's the work of a stalker. He's afraid they're already dead. And he'll do anything required to get them back alive . . . but he didn't plan on falling in love with the only witness... -
All That I Dread by Linda J. White
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJessica Chamberlain and her German shepherd, Luke, volunteer with the Battlefield Search and Rescue group in Virginia. Called out to help an FBI team investigating a series of abductions, Jess discovers she's not finished with the past she thought she'd escaped... -
Dubiosity by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsSavannah Harris vowed to leave behind her old life as an intrepid investigative reporter. But when a friend raises suspicions about two migrant workers who’ve gone missing from the sleepy coastal town Savannah calls home, her curiosity spikes... -
Ranger Bravery by Lynn Shannon
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShadows 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... -
Ned by Susan May Warren
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter four years of training to become a Navy SEAL, Ned Marshall is finally ready to marry the woman of his dreams, Shae Johnson . And Shae’s been uber patient, waiting, building a life as a free-lance graphic artist, moving around the globe to be with him. So, when she said yes to his proposal in Geneva, he fully expected to live happily-ever-after... -
Murder on Summer Lane by Hope Callaghan
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsChaos erupts at Andrea’s baby shower, meanwhile Gloria’s sister, Liz, becomes a murder suspect while housesitting for the summer. “If you like clean and humorous fiction books for women, you’ll love Hope Callaghan books!” “Murder on Summer Lane” is Book 22 in the Garden Girls Cozy Mysteries Series... -
Fraser by Susan May Warren
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFraser Marshall is pretty sure his career as a Spec Ops fighter is over. Yes, he’s gone into private security, working for Jones, Inc, but his last gig ended with him wounded and taken captive. And those wounds just won’t heal. The last thing he wants to do is stick around his family’s winery pressing grapes... -
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Twisted Innocence by Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsHolly Cramer’s past choices have finally caught up to her, but she never expected them to endanger her baby.Though Holly’s stumbled through most of her adult life as a party girl, she longs to live a more stable life for her daughter. Then police show up to question her about the whereabouts of Creed Kershaw, Lily’s father... -
Collateral Damage by Lynette Eason
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsHonorably discharged from the Army after an explosion nearly killed her, former military psychiatrist Brooke Adams has set up shop to help others--but her days of helping military personnel are over. She's got her own battles to fight from her time overseas, and she's not equipped to take on more... -
Made in Savannah Mysteries Box Set: Books 1-10 by Hope Callaghan
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter the mysterious death of her mafia “made man” husband, Carlita Garlucci makes a shocking discovery. Follow the Garlucci family saga as Carlita and her daughter try to escape their NY mob ties and make a fresh start in Savannah, Georgia. They soon realize you can run but can’t hide from your past... -
Fallout by Rebecca Deel
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWaking up with amnesia next to a dead body means big trouble for Willow Knox. Worse, the police believe she's a cold-blooded killer. On the verge of being arrested, Willow asks a black ops warrior for help. But someone wants Willow dead at any cost. If they're not careful, Willow and Max will lose everything, including their lives... -
Garden Girls Cozy Mystery Novels: Box Set Books 1-10 by Hope Callaghan
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTreat yourself to this deluxe box set featuring the first 10 novels from bestselling author Hope Callaghan’s “Garden Girls Mystery Series.”Gloria Rutherford, a lonely widow finds new purpose in life when she and her senior friends help solve a murder in their small Midwestern town... -
Silent Sins by Edie James
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRescuing his black-sheep younger brother from yet another mess is nothing new for former SEAL and current Redemption Creek operative Mason Ortiz. Being forced to team up with a brilliant––and seriously controlling––FBI agent absolutely is, though. Mason will do anything to get his brother out of danger, but Special Agent Avery Ellis is only going to compromise this mission, in every way possible... -
Southern Storm by Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSequel to the #1 best-selling Cape Refuge First a dead stranger. Now a missing Police Chief. Did Chief Cade run off to elope . . . or has he met with foul play? The body in the morgue had no ID. No one knew who he was or where he came from when he walked out in front of Cade s car. And when Cade learns he had a gunshot wound before he was struck, finding his identity becomes even more urgent... -
Hostile Intent by Lynette Eason
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAva Jackson entered the military shortly after high school, but her mother's illness has forced her to request an early discharge. She already lost her father while deployed, and there's no way she's going to let her mother die alone. But after a visit to the nursing facility where her mother lives, Ava is attacked walking back to her car... -
Silenced in the Sunflowers by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHearts start to heal. ... Friendships start to grow, ... just not for everyone!Doreen knows her relationship with the police captain has always been on thin ground. She has helped them solve a lot of cases, but she's quadrupled their work and constantly gets in their way... -
Nightshade by Ronie Kendig
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsSoldiers all across the globe are returning home to their families after brutal tours of duty. They are discharged from the service. . .and on their own. Meet Max Jacobs, one of these discarded heroes, as he faces a wall of failure—in his career, his friendships, and his marriage. Failing again—this time to end his life—he is offered a thread of hope... -
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Distortion by Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen Juliet Cole’s husband of fifteen years is gunned down in a dark parking lot before her eyes, she thinks it was a random shooting. Devastated and traumatized, she answers hours of questioning. When she’s finally allowed to return home to break the news to her boys, she hears a voicemail that takes the situation from a random shooting to a planned, deliberate attack. ‘Mrs... -
Dark of Night by Colleen Coble
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAfter clearing Jon’s name and stopping the attempts on her life, Annie Pederson would love some time to just process. Jon was her first love, and now—finally—he’s committed to returning to Rock Harbor and to her. But they’ve both changed in the intervening years... -
Word of Honor by Hallee Bridgeman
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Former college sweethearts FBI Special Agent Lynda Cutler and Sergeant Bill Sanders of the Special Forces A-Team must team up to play husband and wife to stop an ecoterrorist organization in Istanbul... -
Digitalis by Ronie Kendig
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsStep into the boots of a former Marine in this heart-pounding adventure in life and love. Colton “Cowboy” Neeley is a Marine trying to find his footing as he battles flashbacks now that he’s back home. Piper Blum is a woman in hiding—from life and the assassins bent on destroying her family. When their hearts collide, more than their lives are at stake... -
Forgotten Secrets by Robin Perini
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAt 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... -
Into the Deep by Colleen Coble
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA local scientist misses his son's birthday party and turns up dead in Lake Superior. A radical environmental group blames a mysterious lab for the dead fish found in a remote stream. Then an Alzheimer's patient goes missing and his home is ransacked. Into the Deep is third in the acclaimed romantic suspense series from best-selling author Colleen Coble... -
The Crushing Depths by Dani Pettrey
When an accident claims the life of an oil-rig worker on the first drilling platform off the North Carolina coast, Coast Guard investigators Rissi Dawson and Mason Rogers are sent to take the case. Tensions surrounding the oil rig are high and the death has everyone on edge... -
The Shifting Current by Dani Pettrey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAn elusive killer. A false identity. A deadly maze of lies.When Coast Guard Investigative Service Special Agent LOGAN PERRY’s beloved grandfather is murdered, Logan races to his hometown of Cauldron Creek, New Mexico to investigate the murder. His teammate and friend, EMMY THORTON, insists on joining him... -
Active Defense by Lynette Eason
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs a former field surgeon in Afghanistan, Heather Fontaine is used to life-or-death situations. She just didn't expect them to follow her home. When she returns from a party to find that someone has broken into her house--and threatened her friends--she assumes it is the stalker who has been following her and creeping her out... -
True Courage by Dee Henderson
Dee Henderson wraps up her Christy Award-winning Uncommon Heroes series with a riveting story from the home front. When someone snatches his cousin's wife and son, FBI agent Luke Falcon hunts the kidnapper. He has never worked a case involving family, and it's tempting to let his hardened exterior weaken, given the circumstances. But he has to be strong if he's going to bring them home... -
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Fragile Designs by Colleen Coble
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThere’s only one thing more dangerous than family secrets.Since her police-officer husband Eric’s mysterious murder, Carly Harris has been struggling to support herself and their infant son. Her career as an antique dealer isn’t sustainable, nor is her dream of becoming a novelist... -
Acceptable Risk by Lynette Eason
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSarah Denning is a military journalist with the Army in the Middle East when her convoy is attacked and she's taken hostage. When former Army Ranger Gavin Black is asked by his old unit commander--Sarah's imposing father--to plan an extremely risky rescue, he reluctantly agrees and successfully executes it... -
Covert Ops by Traci Hunter Abramson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSienna Blake is used to chaos. As a well-known movie star, she thought she’d seen it all. But that was before she fell in love with Craig Simmons, a navy SEAL and member of the Saint Squad... -
I Will Find You by Susan May Warren
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe released a sound, deep inside, part growl, part acquiescence. “Ruby Jane. You are going to be the death of me.”“No. Not anymore. I’ve learned my lesson.”He cocked his head.Maybe because yes, she’d said that before, but this time — “I never again want to look out into the dark sky and wonder where you are, and if you’re alive. Never want to be more than a phone call away from you... -
The Hiding Place by Paula Munier
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMercy and Elvis are back in The Hiding Place, the most enthralling entry yet in USA Today bestselling Paula Munier's award-winning Mercy Carr mystery series. When the man who killed her grandfather breaks out of prison and comes after her grandmother, Mercy must unearth the long-buried scandals that threaten to tear her family apart... -
Hawk by Ronie Kendig
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRaptor's communications expert, Staff Sergeant Brian "Hawk" Bledsoe is struggling with his inner demons, leaving him on the verge of an "other than honorable" discharge. Plagued with corrupted intel, Raptor team continues to track down the terrorist playing chess with their lives...
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