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Wyatt by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA story that could cost her everything…Investigative journalist Quinn Ross isn’t a woman who can just let major news pass her by. So, when she stumbles across a story like no other, she makes it her mission to report it to the masses.She doesn’t count on the lengths to which some may go to keep her story from seeing the light of day... -
Before the Storm by Robert Thier
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMr. Rikkard Ambrose, cold-hearted billionaire and hero of the “Storm and Silence” series is without a doubt the richest and most powerful man of the British Empire...Categorized as:
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Guarding Secrets: An Enemies to Lovers Suspenseful Romance by Jenna Gunn
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnce burned… twice, hell no. The former Marine turned bodyguard’s been burned. He can’t just trust a spy that’s shows up on his doorstep. Too bad the protector in him has something else in mind…Danee Swann can't do it alone. She needs help tracking down a missing person.Joining up with Agile Security's team is just the answer she's been so desperate for...Categorized as:
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Bolt: Bolt Saga: Volume One: Parts 1, 2 & 3 by Angel Payne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWorking the night shift at one of Downtown LA’s hottest hotels, Emmalina Crist has had her fair share of strange encounters—but none of them have prepared her for meeting Reece Richards, the charismatic bad boy of the Richards Resorts dynasty... -
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The Order : Chasm of Wicked Sins by Katerina St. Clair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the third gripping installment of "The Order Series," Forest Blackburn, burdened by her past and haunted by her demons, faces her toughest challenge yet. As the death of those closest to her shatters her world, Forest finds herself teetering on the edge of darkness, grappling with grief and betrayal... -
Logan by Nyssa Kathryn
Her scars are invisible, to everyone but him.Grace Castle lived through hell, and she’s never fully recovered. Nor may she ever. But she’s better than she was, and now devotes her time and energy to helping other women…until someone connects her old life to her new one. Suddenly, she’s forced to do something that goes against her conscience, her moral compass…her heart...Categorized as:
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Alex + Ada, Vol. 2 by Jonathan Luna, Sarah Vaughn
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsTensions rise between humans and robots in this sci-fi/drama set in the near future. Alex took a huge risk to unlock Ada and it seems to have paid off - Ada can now think for herself and explore life as a sentient android. As Alex and Ada spend more time together, they become closer. But as restrictions tighten on androids, Ada feels unsure about her place in Alex's life and the world... -
Rangers at Roadsend by Jane Fletcher
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSergeant Chip Coppelli escaped the manipulative plots of her powerful family by becoming a soldier. After 9 years in the elite Rangers, dealing with thugs and wild predators, she has learned to spot trouble coming, and that is exactly what she sees in the mystery surrounding her new recruit, Katryn Nagata. But even so, Chip was not expecting murder... -
Lethal Intent by Cara C. Putman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Caroline takes a job with a promising medical start-up, she believes she’s on the side of angels . . . until she’s asked to go too far.When the judge she’s clerked for dies, Caroline Bragg starts over as in-house counsel for a pharmaceutical start-up working on innovative adult stem cell research with the potential to save thousands of lives... -
Raging Storm by Vannetta Chapman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the Darkness, Anarchy Awakens When a massive solar flare wiped out all modern technology across the globe, the small town of Abney, Texas, was thrown into chaos. Shelby Sparks and her teenage son, Carter, have found refuge, but Shelby knows she can't simply remain hidden forever...Categorized as:
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The Animal Under The Fur by E.J. Mellow
From award-winning author E. J. Mellow comes an action romance dripping with vengeful delight. Orphaned on the streets as a baby, Nashville Brown, a.k.a Kill Operative 3, knows better than to rely on anyone. With heightened senses and superhuman strength to survive, she’s been raised as the perfect assassin. The trick to her success? Keeping everyone, even her best friend, at arm’s length...Categorized as:
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Safe Haven by Angela White
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 14 ratings*This is the Large Print (18 Pt. font) Edition.Safe Haven: A place of safety and of light, of duty and honor: A Refuge for survivors.Also: A place of death and darkness, where magic and murder go hand in hand.After months of carrying the burdens alone, Adrian finally has the help he needs. Five of the six have come and he can't wait to get things started... -
The Founding by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 16 ratings1434: Wars of the Roses; Richard III Seeking power and prestige; grim, ambitious Yorkshireman Edward Morland arranges a marriage between his meek son Robert and spirited Eleanor, young ward of the influential Beaufort family. Eleanor is not only appalled at being forced to marry a mere "sheep farmer," but is secretly in love with Richard, Duke of York... -
Lawless by Tarah Benner
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFrom the author of The Fringe comes an addictive new dystopian saga.When Lark was sentenced to twenty-five years behind bars, she thought San Judas was her lucky break. The primitive 16,000-acre community in rural New Mexico isn’t like any other prison. There are no cells, there is no warden, and Mother Mercy is the law... -
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Bone Music by Christopher Rice
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThere’s more than one way to stoke the flames of revenge… Charlotte Rowe spent the first seven years of her life in the hands of the only parents she knew—a pair of serial killers who murdered her mother and tried to shape Charlotte in their own twisted image. If only the nightmare had ended when she was rescued... -
Cotton Crossing by Lilith Saintcrow
Cotton Crossing was a dead end, but not for Ginny Mills. She’s just marking time, getting experience in the county library system, before moving back to a decent urban environment. Then the phones stop working. Lee Quartine knows there’s no way the pretty girl at the library will even look at him. Especially since he can’t open his mouth...Categorized as:
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RV There Yet? by Diann Hunt
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLife's a journey. Midlife's an adventure. But two weeks in a RV with the hot-flash sisters could drive anyone over the hill.Dede signed on for this cross-country RV trip selflessly, for Millie and Lydia's sakes. Besides, she needed to get her mind off a love gone wrong and a demanding gourmet chocolates business... -
The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf the grid went down, how would you find someone on the other side of the country? How would you find hope? After a global economic collapse and failure of the electrical grid, amid escalating chaos, Carson, a high school teacher of history who sees history bearing out its lessons all around him, heads west on foot toward Beatrix, a woman he met and fell hard for during a chance visit to his... -
The A.I. Who Loved Me by Alyssa Cole
The critically acclaimed Audible Original narrated by Regina Hall and with a cameo from Mindy Kaling is now available in ebook and print formats!Trinity Jordan leads a quiet, normal life: working from home for the Hive, a multifunctional government research center, and recovering from the incident that sent her into a tailspin...Categorized as:
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The Shell Collector by Hugh Howey
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe ocean is dying. The sea is growing warmer and is gradually rising. Seashells have become so rare that collecting them is now a national obsession. Flawless specimens sell like priceless works of art. Families hunt the tideline in the dark of night with flashlights. Crowds gather on beaches at the lowest of tides, hoping to get lucky... -
The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIf the grid went down, how would you find someone on the other side of the country? How would you find hope? After a global economic collapse and failure of the electrical grid, amid escalating chaos, Carson, a high school teacher of history who sees history bearing out its lessons all around him, heads west on foot toward Beatrix, a woman he met and fell hard for during a chance visit to his... -
Auctioned To The Armitage Brothers by Daniella Wright
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"There are private auctions, held by the wealthy elite of this city.It may be your only option for a better life for you and your daughter.But I have to ask, are you still able to bear children?"The chills run through my spine.But what other option do I have?A single mom.A convicted, abusive ex-husband.A world that is crumbling...Categorized as:
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Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 84 ratingsIn a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet—sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair and are soon cloistered in a premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city... -
Girlfriend on Mars by Deborah Willis
Rated: 3.45 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAmber Kivinen is moving to Mars. Or at least, she will be if she wins a chance to join MarsNow. She and twenty-three reality TV contestants from around the world—including a hunky Israeli soldier, an endearing fellow Canadian, and an assortment of science nerds and wannabe influencers—are competing for two seats on the first human-led mission to Mars, sponsored by billionaire Geoff Task... -
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The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSet against the backdrop of a failed political uprising, The Queue is a chilling debut that evokes Orwellian dystopia, Kafkaesque surrealism, and a very real vision of life after the Arab Spring.In a surreal, but familiar, vision of modern day Egypt, a centralized authority known as ‘the Gate’ has risen to power in the aftermath of the ‘Disgraceful Events,’ a failed popular uprising... -
The Curiosity by Stephen P. Kiernan
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsMichael Crichton meets The Time Traveler's Wife in this powerful debut novel in which a man, frozen in the Arctic ice for more than a century, awakens in the present day. Dr. Kate Philo and her scientific exploration team make a breathtaking discovery in the Arctic: the body of a man buried deep in the ice...Categorized as:
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Vox by Christina Dalcher
One of Entertainment Weekly's and SheReads' books to read after The Handmaid's TaleOne of Good Morning America's "Best Books to Bring to the Beach This Summer"Set in an America where half the population has been silenced, VOX is the harrowing, unforgettable story of what one woman will do to protect herself and her daughter...Categorized as:
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Sweet Virginia (Out of Line collection) by Caroline Kepnes
Rated: 3.09 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAudible narration by Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars)What’s a woman to do when she fails to live up to feminine ideals? It depends on what she’s willing to give up in this darkly comic short story by Caroline Kepnes, the bestselling author of You.Shelby is struggling with parenthood, marriage, a passive-aggressive mother, and unemployment... -
J by Howard Jacobson
Rated: 2.92 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSet in the future - a world where the past is a dangerous country, not to be talked about or visited - J is a love story of incomparable strangeness, both tender and terrifying. Two people fall in love, not yet knowing where they have come from or where they are going. Kevern doesn't know why his father always drew two fingers across his lips when he said a world starting with a J... -
Phantom Game by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsUnbridled passion collides with an unearthly danger in this GhostWalker novel...
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