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  • Death Rocks by L.J. Ross

    Death Rocks by L.J. Ross

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A COINCIDENCE... When the body of a talented photographer is found on the rocks beneath the ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle, DCI Ryan and his team of detectives immediately suspect the worst. But, since none of their potential suspects seems to have a motive, the case runs cold...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  contemporary  length-short
  • Swamp Spook by Jana Deleon

    Swamp Spook by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    When 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...
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  • State of Alert by Marie Force, Eva Kaminsky

    State of Alert by Marie Force, Eva Kaminsky

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    11 hours, 35 minutes The first couple is on full alert, deflecting new threats from near and far…Lieutenant Sam Holland has seen just about everything as a D.C. homicide detective, but she’s never been asked to lie to her closest colleagues and her husband—until now...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  contemporary  mystery  audiobook
  • Fatal Fraud by Marie Force

    Fatal Fraud by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Previously title Fatal VengeanceA dangerous truth revealed... A prominent member of the D.C. community has been murdered, pulling Lieutenant Sam Holland into yet another high-stakes homicide investigation that has her trying to connect the dots between a dead woman and the friends and family who’d turned against her right before her untimely death...
  • 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  contemporary  death  mystery  m-f  audiobook
  • State of Alert by Marie Force

    State of Alert by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The first couple is on full alert, deflecting new threats from near and far…Lieutenant Sam Holland has seen just about everything as a D.C. homicide detective, but she’s never been asked to lie to her closest colleagues and her husband—until now...
  • On Her Watch by Melinda Leigh

    On Her Watch by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Sheriff Bree Taggert becomes a target when she follows the twisting trail of a serial killer in a bone-chilling novel of suspense by #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh.A pair of hikers find a tarp-wrapped body in a clearing in the woods. When a search in the surrounding area yields two more, Sheriff Bree Taggert knows they’ve stumbled onto a serial killer’s dumping ground...
  • Fireproof by Eric Wilson, Alex Kendrick

    Fireproof by Eric Wilson, Alex Kendrick

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 51 ratings
    INSIDE BURNING BUILDINGS, Captain Caleb Holt lives by the firefighter's adage: NEVER LEAVE YOUR PARTNER. Yet at home, in the cooling embers of his marriage, he lives by his own rules.Growing up, his wife Catherine always dreamed of marrying a loving, brave firefighter . . . just like her father.Now, after seven years of marriage, she wonders when she stopped being "good enough...
  • Running to You by Robin Patchen

    Running to You by Robin Patchen

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Sam never understood why Eliza left him five years ago, ghosting him without explanation. He’s avoided romance ever since, focusing on building his business. Money might not keep him warm at night, but it can sure buy a lot of blankets. Then Eliza shows up on his doorstep and throws herself into his arms...
  • The Beard Made Me Do It by Lani Lynn Vale

    The Beard Made Me Do It by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 41 ratings
    He’s only a friend. Those words had haunted him from the moment Jessie James had heard them muttered from the one girl, above all others, that he thought had his back. Sixteen years later, he still feels those words like a brand on his soul...
  • 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...
  • Chasing Fortune by Brittney Sahin

    Chasing Fortune by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Echo Team has a new addition—a K-9, and he’s in need of training . . .Eight-plus years as Echo Three and Chris Hunter is still as mission-focused as ever, continuing to fight for his country as part of a secretive team of operatives serving the President.When Chris decides to rescue a dog for the team, he soon discovers he and the guys are far from K-9 whisperers, and they need help...
  • Tainted by Riley Edwards

    Tainted by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Former Navy SEAL sniper Matthew Kessler thought his life was charmed. He was wrong. He thought his father had amassed the family’s wealth through hard work. He was wrong again. He thought the battlefield had taught him everything he needed to know about strength and courage. He was absolutely wrong. In the blink of an eye, everything he thought he knew about his family became a lie...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  contemporary  military  m-f  audiobook
  • Stamp by Cee Bowerman

    Stamp by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    Valentine Russo has gone from living the life of a privileged member of a well-known mafia family to a prison inmate and now a television celebrity. Through all of those many life chapters, he’s still not found the one person who can make his life complete...
  • 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  contemporary  mystery  death  m-f  audiobook
  • Cuthbert's Way: A DCI Ryan Mystery by L.J. Ross

    Cuthbert's Way: A DCI Ryan Mystery by L.J. Ross

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    A SECRET KEPT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS...After the dramatic theft of a priceless artefact from Durham Cathedral, the rest of the world believes that DCI Ryan and his team were able to recover and return St. Cuthbert’s cross to its rightful home...
  • Forever Paired by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Paired by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Landon Davies had worked hard to start his own restaurant. It was a very different path than most of his family had taken. He was one of the few family members that were not military or law enforcement. But his hard work had given him a restaurant that was beginning to take off when a woman’s scream in the alley outside his kitchen changed everything...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  contemporary  sports  humor  m-f  audiobook
  • The Girl in the Moss by Loreth Anne White

    The Girl in the Moss by Loreth Anne White

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A shallow grave exposes deadly secrets as bestselling author Loreth Anne White brings her thrilling series of romantic suspense to its shocking conclusion… Disgraced ex-cop Angie Pallorino is determined to make a new start for herself as a private investigator...
  • 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...
  • Mists of the Serengeti by Leylah Attar

    Mists of the Serengeti by Leylah Attar

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Once in Africa, I kissed a king... "And just like that, in an old red barn at the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro, I discovered the elusive magic I had only ever glimpsed between the pages of great love stories. It fluttered around me like a newborn butterfly and settled in a corner of my heart. I held my breath, afraid to exhale for fear it would slip out, never to be found again...
  • A Merciful Promise by Kendra Elliot

    A Merciful Promise by Kendra Elliot

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    The Wall Street Journal bestselling series continues as Mercy Kilpatrick becomes embedded in the nightmare of a terrorist conspiracy. The job: infiltrate a militia amassing illegal firearms in an isolated forest community. FBI agent Mercy Kilpatrick is the ideal candidate. She knows Oregon. She’s near the compound...
  • Full House by Emilia Finn

    Full House by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Miles “Iowa” Walker is a fighter on a mission.He’s determined to win this year’s Stacked Deck tournament. He plans to get his six-year-old daughter out of a bad situation. And if there’s any time and money leftover, he’d love to take her out for ice cream without worrying about the cost or deadly consequences.Miles and his daughter have known only what it’s like to struggle...
  • Flashpoint by Catherine Coulter

    Flashpoint by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Agents Savich and Sherlock are back in the latest installment in Catherine Coulter’s #1 New York Times bestselling FBI Thriller series, where the past refuses to stay buried.A year has passed since Elizabeth Palmer was nearly killed with hundreds more in the attempted bombing of St...
  • A Beast Captured My Heart: A BBW Love Story by Masterpiece

    A Beast Captured My Heart: A BBW Love Story by Masterpiece

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Praise aka Beast needed a special remedy for his brokenness and mental being. After losing who he assumed was the love of his life things for Praise changed. Battling his whole life on and off of different pills to help him cope with a special disorder. He comes across a special woman by the name of Kayori, who he soon realizes is the remedy and the medicine to help him get through...
  • A Merciful Fate by Kendra Elliot

    A Merciful Fate by Kendra Elliot

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Raised by preppers, survivalist and FBI agent Mercy Kilpatrick has a deep-rooted need for a safe place. Her getaway in the Cascade Foothills is her secret. But when skeletal remains are unearthed—those of a murdered man linked to a notorious heist—Mercy realizes she isn’t the only one with something to hide. Thirty years ago, an armored-car robbery turned deadly. The mastermind was captured...
  • A Merciful Silence by Kendra Elliot

    A Merciful Silence by Kendra Elliot

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    In the fourth book of the Wall Street Journal bestselling series, FBI agent Mercy Kilpatrick must unlock the mystery of a mass murder, and the secrets of its silent witness… For Mercy Kilpatrick, returning to rural Oregon has meant coming to terms with her roots. Raised as a prepper, Mercy is now relying on her survivalist instincts to defend her town from the people the law can’t reach...
  • Maximus by Riley Edwards, Operation Alpha

    Maximus by Riley Edwards, Operation Alpha

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    What happens when a woman who’s done the unthinkable needs protection—can a man who’s lost his belief in humanity keep her safe? Max Brown doesn’t trust anyone but his team. The former SEAL learned early in life that people let you down—they lie, they steal, and they lie some more. Love is a word that is used to manipulate. Family is meaningless. Max is an island and he prefers it that way...
  • At the River by Kendra Elliot

    At the River by Kendra Elliot

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    A Wall Street Journal bestselling series.The mystery of three missing teens and a traumatizing murder unearths decades of buried secrets in a shocking novel of suspense by a Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author.Twenty years ago, five teenage campers disappeared. Two eventually turned up, bound and left for dead on the Columbia River’s rocky shore...
  • Shielding Riley by Susan Stoker

    Shielding Riley by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 29 ratings
    Porter “Oz” Reed knew better than most how words could hurt just as much as a fist. He never planned on getting married or having kids, but all that changed when his nine-year-old nephew was dropped off on his doorstep. Riley Rogers is done with men. But her plan to stay single takes a hit when her tall, dark, and very handsome neighbor needs assistance with his nephew...
  • Hook by Chelle Bliss

    Hook by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    Falling in love is supposed to be the easy part. But nothing prepared me for losing my wife. I promised her that I’d love again. Find someone to mend my broken heart. And that seems impossible, until the day that I walk into Tilly Carter’s cupcake shop. I’ve never met a woman like her—sassy, dirty-mouthed, and smells like vanilla and sin. Someone that makes me want to sweep her off her feet...
  • Until December by Aurora Rose Reynolds

    Until December by Aurora Rose Reynolds

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    Gareth Black is drawn to December Mayson the moment he spots her across the room at her cousin’s wedding. When he approaches the beautiful woman, she captivates him with her shyness and wit, making him crave her.With a pull so strong it’s impossible to ignore, December knows there’s something between her and Gareth. She just hopes they’re capable of jumping the hurdles ahead of them...
  • Hadley by Addison Jane

    Hadley by Addison Jane

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    People change, it's a fact of life. Hadley found that out the hard way after her husband came home one day with darkness in his eyes that she'd never seen before. Realizing that she couldn't allow him to drag her into the shadows, she watched him walk away, thinking she’d be free to move on with her life. But now she was on the run, seeking safety from a man she once vowed to love forever...
  • Cash by Lola Wright

    Cash by Lola Wright

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    LiviBeing a female in a male-dominated career can be daunting, but I refuse to allow others’ attitudes to deter me. I always try to be professional, compassionate and non-judgmental. Through hard work, I have earned respect within my department. Wearing a badge and uniform, I’ve seen the best and worst of humanity...
  • Jokes on You by Lani Lynn Vale

    Jokes on You by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 32 ratings
    Booth Pena definitely didn’t make the smartest of decisions when he was a teenager.At eighteen, he knocked a girl up and signed up for the military all in the same day—signing his life away in more ways than one...
  • No Damaged Goods by Nicole Snow

    No Damaged Goods by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Fearless firefighter. Silver tongue. Single dad.My grouchy hero pushes all my freaking buttons...The red hot stranger who just saved my bacon might be the end of me.Blake Silverton could sweet talk an angel into sin.Fierce small-town fire chief. Rough velvet voice. Drop dead gorgeous.Don't even get me started on the tortured single dad thing...
  • Revealing Annie by Freya Barker, Operation Alpha

    Revealing Annie by Freya Barker, Operation Alpha

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As the fire department’s joker, Kyle (Sumo) Matsumoto, loves nothing better than ribbing the guys at the station. However, he’s all business when he’s on a call, and when he tries to snag the attention of a cute little baker. Then life takes a more serious turn when he’s plunged headfirst into fatherhood—of a teenage boy—giving his teammates the last laugh...
  • The Hero I Need by Nicole Snow

    The Hero I Need by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nicole Snow returns with a hilariously intense small-town love story where two star-crossed hearts and one snarly tiger ignite a romance up-roar.He knew I was trouble the instant I showed up with a stolen Bengal tiger.But Grady McKnight didn't flinch like a sane person—he took us in.Bruce the tiger found shelter. I met a hero grump. And Grady got a hot mess...
  • 10-Code by Freya Barker

    10-Code by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    As a forty-one-year-old mother of three boys, working two jobs, Marya Berger doesn’t have the time or energy to consider a relationship. Especially after a lifetime of poor choices in the romance department. But when the disappearance of a young boy strikes a little too close to home, and a younger man she’s tried to ignore offers his help, she doesn’t stand in the way...
  • Beyond Affection by Abbie Zanders

    Beyond Affection by Abbie Zanders

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Shane Callaghan is used to drawing female attention, but this is the first time a woman actually drooled over him. From the moment he spotted the pretty blonde catching a few Z’s during his lecture, a spark ignited deep in his chest. And each minute he spends with the gentle-hearted Kindergarten teacher only fans the flames...
  • Sterling Streak by L.B. Dunbar

    Sterling Streak by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Love was a losing battle for this country music darling and a single dad, baseball star until one night brings them together and one small town sets the playing field for a possible winning streak.They call me Lady Boss. Maneater. Queen. But beneath the makeup, blond wig, and glitzy costumes, I’m just a country girl who likes to sing. I don’t hate men, I’m just struggling to find a good one...
  • In the Waning Light by Loreth Anne White

    In the Waning Light by Loreth Anne White

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Two decades after her sister’s brutal attack and murder, Meg Brogan has finally found happiness…or so it appears. A bestselling true-crime writer, Meg has money, fame, and a wealthy fiancé. But when a television-show host presses her to tackle the one story everyone claims she cannot write—the story of her own family’s destruction—her perfect life shatters...
  • What Love Looks Like by Nikki Ash

    What Love Looks Like by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    HudsonSince I lost my wife, my life has consisted of being a single dad to two crazy kids and playing professional football, leaving me with no room for anything or anyone else.Until the moment I met Sawyer. Something about her feels right, and I know it’s more than just chemistry. She’s a game changer. My second chance at love.I want all of her days, her nights, and everything in between...
  • Keeping Her by Jordan Marie, LJ Anderson

    Keeping Her by Jordan Marie, LJ Anderson

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    One kiss from those cherry lips and I knew she was meant to be mine.I’m claiming her and I won’t be letting her go.Luke “Grunt” Stafford had one job.He didn’t like it, but when your President gives you an order you usually follow it.He didn’t plan on the feisty redhead that showed up and rocked his world.Jasmine Blake knows how her family and friends see her...
  • The Flirt by Layla Hagen

    The Flirt by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Being a single dad while managing one of the biggest businesses in New Orleans keeps me very busy. I spend my free time with my daughter, Bella — reading to her, styling her hair, or choosing nail polishes appropriate for an eight-year-old.But I’m okay with that because she is my whole world.After my divorce, I made myself a promise: I wouldn’t date until Bella was older...
  • Saved by Love by Kelly Elliott, Ellie Grace

    Saved by Love by Kelly Elliott, Ellie Grace

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My momma used to say, “Out of every tragedy, a miracle of love would come." The last ten years of my life have been nothing but tears and pain. I lost hope and wanted to give up on waiting for my miracle to come.Finally, a light is shining at the end of the tunnel. After leaving Texas and my past behind, I've started a new life journey in Estes Park, Colorado...
  • Aiden by LeAnn Ashers

    Aiden by LeAnn Ashers

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From the day she came into my life, I knew I couldn’t walk away from this girl. She was beautiful, a light in this dark and messed up world, but I saw it in her eyes. I saw the pain she carried, and in that moment, I made a promise. Her demons would pay. All of them. They didn’t know what I was capable of or what my MC could do. As I now look down at yet another lifeless body, I smile...
  • Bishop's Endgame by Katie Reus

    Bishop's Endgame by Katie Reus

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Read the final book in the Endgame trilogy where blood is thick, but passion is thicker… He kidnapped a princess to exact revenge. Set up for a crime he didn’t commit, Ellis Bishop takes the law into his own hands to exact justice and clear his name. Unfortunately, that means he has to kidnap a crime boss’s daughter—a perfect mafia princess, set to become queen of a dirty empire...
  • Possession: An Interracial Romance by T.K. Leigh

    Possession: An Interracial Romance by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes the right path isn’t the easiest one.Weston Bradford entered my world in a whirlwind. Or, more accurately, during a torrential downpour. After our brief encounter, I didn’t think I’d ever see the attractive man with mesmerizing blue eyes again. Not in a city the size of Atlanta...
  • Jester by Lilly Atlas

    Jester by Lilly Atlas

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Thrust into a world of danger and fear, first grade teacher, Emily, is forced to comply with a terrifying MC president’s demands in order to save her only brother’s life. Her only port in the storm is Jester, a member of a rival MC she’s supposed to use and betray. Jester proves to be the opposite of everything Emily expects, and before long she’s in his bed and he’s in her heart...
  • Colson by Jessica Gadziala

    Colson by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The club has known peace for so long.Too long, it seemed. And now the president is missing,the supply chain is drying up,and there are threats from within and out.Colson should have had nothing else on his mind.But then there she was.The new neighbor.A woman with her hands full of her own problems should have sent him running, but he just couldn't seem to stay away...
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