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  • Clue Krewe by Jana Deleon

    Clue Krewe by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Beckett Rousseau is the firstborn son of one of New Orleans’ most prominent families. He’s the quintessential golden boy—great looks, money, and a political career in his future—until his wife murders him. Or at least that’s what everyone thinks. Athena Durand is still reeling from her murder conviction but now that it’s overturned, she’s at a loss on how to proceed with her life...
  • Flame and Fortune by Jana Deleon

    Flame and Fortune by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    No smoke without a fire. It’s New Year’s in Sinful, and the competition for the New Year’s Queen is heating up as the warring churches go head-to-head. Fortune Redding is not the sequined dress kind of woman, but reluctantly agrees to partake in the debacle so that Ida Belle and Gertie can best their nemesis, Celia, who’s put up former Sinful mean girl RJ Rogers...
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  • A Christmas Wedding at the Castle by Eliza J. Scott

    A Christmas Wedding at the Castle by Eliza J. Scott

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Do you believe in fate? Livvie Weatherill does…. This time last year, if anyone had told Livvie Weatherill she’d have fallen in love and would be making plans for her Christmas wedding to Zander Gillespie, she would have laughed in their face...
  • Sweat and Soap, Vol. 3 by Kintetsu Yamada

    Sweat and Soap, Vol. 3 by Kintetsu Yamada

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 39 ratings
    The office romance between the quiet and sweet accountant Asako, who's spent her life ashamed of how much she sweats, and rising star of the bath and toiletry world Kotaro got off to a fast and steamy start! Kotaro's status at the company has made her wary of revealing their relationship to their colleagues at Liliadrop, and she's stumbled into the discovery that Kotaro has been mentoring an...
  • Misquoted & Demoted by Amanda M. Lee

    Misquoted & Demoted by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Avery Shaw’s life is a mess – and that’s putting it mildly. County Commissioner Tad Ludington is on the warpath, and his complaints haven’t fallen on deaf ears. The new publisher is watching the staff – and Avery is of particular interest. As punishment, he’s decided to bust her down to sports – and no one is happy about it...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  humor  length-medium  audiobook
  • Eleusis by Emilia Finn

    Eleusis by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Princesses are meant to kiss frogs to find their prince - not criminals. William Quinn was labeled a killer years ago. The accusations were false. .. until now. Forced to choose between an innocent and a monster, he made a quick decision. Now he’s running from the law, leaving behind the woman he’d kill for. Olivia Conner is a princess in every meaning of the word...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  sports  humor  length-medium  m-f
  • BOURBON GIRL: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    BOURBON GIRL: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An Amazon exclusive! In the romantic mystery BOURBON GIRL, a young woman takes a job as a tour guide on the trail of bourbon distilleries in Kentucky to search for her biological father, and finds so much more along the way. This BOURBON GIRL, Part 6 novella is a month's worth of daily episodes: DECEMBER...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  heroine sleuth  humor  suspense
  • Plum Boxed Set 2 by Janet Evanovich

    Plum Boxed Set 2 by Janet Evanovich

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The adventures continue for Stephanie Plum, Trenton's best-known bounty hunter, in these three Complete Plum Novels from #1 Bestselling Author Janet Evanovich! Four to Score: Stephanie Plum is forced to enlist the help of Grandma Mazur, ex-hooker and wannabe bounty hunter Lula, and transvestite rock musician Sally Sweet in an attempt to capture revenge-seeking waitress Maxine Nowicki...
  • Worth Fighting For: A Kit and Bobby Rollin On Novella by Emilia Finn

    Worth Fighting For: A Kit and Bobby Rollin On Novella by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’d take a lot for Bobby Kincaid to fall out of love. In fact, I’m not sure he knows how. His mom and dad taught him how to do it right, how to do it fully, and how to never let go. ‘Worth Fighting For’ is the family reunion that you never knew you needed...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  sports  humor  length-novella  m-f
  • Bonfires & Hot Chocolate at The Little Duck Pond Cafe by Rosie Green

    Bonfires & Hot Chocolate at The Little Duck Pond Cafe by Rosie Green

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    If you love all the colours of autumn, you're sure to warm to this uplifting story of love, loss and starting over. Primrose Wilkins arrived in Sunnybrook with a burning desire to find the family she's never known. But after a heart-breaking false start, she's beginning to have second thoughts...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  contemporary  humor  length-short
  • Overedited & Underpaid by Amanda M. Lee

    Overedited & Underpaid by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Avery Shaw thought she’d seen it all. Then she gets the sort of call she never expected. Buried in a part of the city she never visits, across the road from the Dairy Queen of all places, is Antique Dolls. It’s a niche strip club featuring dancers over the age of 40… and a very unique clientele...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  humor  suspense  length-medium  audiobook
  • Seven Card Stud by Emilia Finn

    Seven Card Stud by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This is book 7 in the Stacked Deck Series. Full blurb coming soon.
    Categorized as:
    new adult  sports  humor  length-medium  m-f  cliffhanger
  • The Preditorial Page by Amanda M. Lee

    The Preditorial Page by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Is speed-dating okay when you're in a relationship? It is when you're looking for a killer, especially in Avery Shaw's world. A naked body has been discovered in the nearby Clinton River, and while Sheriff Jake Farrell is keeping his cards close to his vest, Avery has another avenue of Eliot...
  • Sinful Desire by Emilia Finn

    Sinful Desire by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    Marriage. Commitment. Forever. Those are the things a man desires...
  • Plum Boxed Set 2 by Janet Evanovich

    Plum Boxed Set 2 by Janet Evanovich

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    This boxed set contains three hilarious Stephanie Plum novels from Janet Evanovich: Four to Score, High Five and Hot Six. Four to Score:. Stephanie Plum, Trenton, New Jersey's favorite pistol-packing, condom-carrying bounty hunter, is back--and on the trail of a revenge-seeking waitress who's skipped bail...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  heroine sleuth  humor
  • Crazy Eights by Emilia Finn

    Crazy Eights by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They say he’s a murderer - so she ran. I say she’s mine - so I must follow. Even knowing the inevitable pain that’s coming straight for me, I’ll continue to search, to wish, and when I eventually find her, continue to kiss her. Because when a Kincaid knows, he knows. *. Crazy Eights is the conclusion to Jamie and Cam's story.
    Categorized as:
    new adult  sports  humor  length-medium  m-f
  • These Inconvenient Fireworks by mdasch, everydayslike

    These Inconvenient Fireworks by mdasch, everydayslike

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    One Direction Fanfic. Future AU in which nobody tries out for X Factor but the boys end up finding one other eventually anyway. Louis is a jaded bastard who owns a cat named Duchess and teaches drama to teenagers, Harry is an idealistic aspiring photographer/part-time footy coach, Zayn teaches English lit and wears leather jackets, Liam saves people from burning buildings, and Niall is Niall...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-m  queer  humor  length-long
  • Sinful Deceit by Emilia Finn

    Sinful Deceit by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    History doesn’t always stay buried. And loyalty isn’t always given freely. It’s the winter of 1986, and Holly Wade is a blushing bride on the cusp of the perfect life with the perfect man. I do’s are spoken. Promises are exchanged. And lifetimes are planned. It all seems so picturesque on the outside...
  • Shot Off the Presses by Amanda M. Lee

    Shot Off the Presses by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Life should be good for Avery Shaw. She's got a hunky new boyfriend in local pawnshop owner (and sometime private detective) Elliot Kane, her cousin Lexie swears she'll be moving out of her house one day "real soon" and her family has been relatively quiet for a whole week. That's practically perfection in Avery's world...
  • Movie Club Mysteries: Books 1-3: Dial P for Poison / The Postman Always Dies Twice / How to Murder a Millionaire by Zara Keane

    Movie Club Mysteries: Books 1-3: Dial P for Poison / The Postman Always Dies Twice / How to Murder a Millionaire by Zara Keane

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Alternate cover edition of ASIN B098CFSCQV. “Five weeks ago, I’d given my cheating ex and crumbling career in the San Francisco PD the proverbial middle finger, and moved to the Wild West…of Ireland...
  • Zero F*cks by S.M. Shade

    Zero F*cks by S.M. Shade

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    Mr. Rogers did not prepare me for the people in my neighborhood. A cut in financial aid for college and a lot of bad luck have landed me not only on Violent Circle, but in the apartment known as Frat Hell. I can handle myself, so living with three guys isn’t a problem. Even the madhouse disguised as a low income neighborhood isn’t an issue...
  • BOURBON GIRL: part 4 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    BOURBON GIRL: part 4 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An Amazon exclusive! In the romantic mystery BOURBON GIRL, a young woman takes a job as a tour guide on the trail of bourbon distilleries in Kentucky to search for her biological father, and finds so much more along the way. This BOURBON GIRL, Part 4 novella is a month's worth of daily OCTOBER...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  heroine sleuth  humor  suspense
  • BOURBON GIRL: part 5 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    BOURBON GIRL: part 5 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An Amazon exclusive! In the romantic mystery BOURBON GIRL, a young woman takes a job as a tour guide on the trail of bourbon distilleries in Kentucky to search for her biological father, and finds so much more along the way. This BOURBON GIRL, Part 5 novella is a month's worth of daily episodes: NOVEMBER...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  heroine sleuth  humor  suspense
  • Coffee at The Beach House Hotel by Judith Keim

    Coffee at The Beach House Hotel by Judith Keim

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Ann and Rhonda continue to deal with guests at The Beach House Hotel on the Gulf Coast of Florida, including Bobby “Bugs” Bailey, a star player in the NFL. At the Vice-President’s suggestion, Bobby’s coach has sent him there to work to help adjust his behavior after Bobby’s life of fame gets out of control...
  • Buried Leads by Amanda M. Lee

    Buried Leads by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Journalists are supposed to report the news, not be it. For Avery Shaw, though, that's easier said than done. Avery has spent the last month on her boss' list -- you know the one -- and she can't figure out a way to get off it...
  • Anchor by M. Mabie

    Anchor by M. Mabie

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    I believe in love at first sight. Now I know soulmates exist. Nothing has ever been easy for us. Every fight, every struggle, has been worth it. I’m stubborn, but what woman isn’t? She’s hard work and I love the overtime. He’s frustrating and unpredictable. I hope he never changes. I love driving her crazy. That’s half the fun. Lou’s sexy curls. Honeybee’s pink nose...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  humor  contemporary  length-medium
  • Dime a Dozen by Gina LaManna

    Dime a Dozen by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Detective Kate Rosetti is at the top of her career. She’s catching bad guys, thwarting crooks, and putting murderers behind bars. Not to mention, she’s finally in a committed relationship with her billionaire boyfriend...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  heroine sleuth  suspense  humor  m-f  audiobook
  • Dragon Security: The Complete Series by Glenna Sinclair

    Dragon Security: The Complete Series by Glenna Sinclair

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    I went to his sister because that’s what he told me to do. But when his brother, Cole, accused me of being a gold digger, I knew I couldn’t trust them. I didn’t realize she would send Cole to watch over me. Or that he would carry me out of my trailer when he saw how bad it really was...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  new adult  suspense  humor  military
  • Right Ho, Jeeves: Jeeves & Wooster Series by P.G. Wodehouse

    Right Ho, Jeeves: Jeeves & Wooster Series by P.G. Wodehouse

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Bertie returns to London from several weeks in Cannes spent in the company of his Aunt Dahlia Travers and her daughter Angela. In Bertie's absence, Jeeves has been advising Bertie's old school friend, Gussie Fink-Nottle, who is in love with a goofy, sentimental, whimsical, childish girl named Madeline Bassett….
  • Double Knot by Gretchen Archer

    Double Knot by Gretchen Archer

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Super Spy Davis Way sets sail on a Caribbean cruise aboard the MS Probability with fifty billionaires, a boatload of Louis Vuitton luggage, Anderson Cooper, and her mother. (Her mother? ) The weather is perfect, the seas are calm, and Suite 704 is spectacular. Until the door slams shut. For good. Obviously, it’s a system glitch...
  • Celtic Justice by Rebecca Zanetti

    Celtic Justice by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A stolen treasure, a sabotaged pie, and a town full of trouble…. Silverville’s St. Patrick’s Day is bigger than ever, thanks to Nana O’Shea’s Pot of Gold display at her brand-new magic potion shop, Celtic Moon Herbals. The centerpiece? Antique gold nugget boxes that just might form a treasure map. Most people think it’s just another of Nana’s tall tales—until the display vanishes...
  • Gray Wolf Security by Glenna Sinclair

    Gray Wolf Security by Glenna Sinclair

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    This best selling series is now bundled together for the first time! Enjoy all 5 Gray Wolf Security books. No cliffhangers. More than 1,000 pages :).
  • New Media & Old Grudges by Amanda M. Lee

    New Media & Old Grudges by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Avery Shaw likes to win. Unfortunately, her single-minded focus on being declared victor tends to get her into trouble. That’s never more true than when she decides to take on her archnemesis Tad Ludington. With an election coming up, Avery is ready to let her freak flag fly in an attempt to get Tad to show his true colors on television … thus sabotaging his chance at getting into office...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  humor  length-medium
  • Mayhem & Mistletoe by Amanda M. Lee

    Mayhem & Mistletoe by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Avery Shaw has the world at her fingertips … and a pile of dead Santas near the railroad tracks. Interestingly, she’s more focused on the Santas than her personal life, but only because she’s been warned that a proposal is imminent from her live-in love Eliot Kane and she needs to look somewhere else – anywhere else will do – rather than accept what he’s trying to offer...
  • The Last Exchange by Charles Martin

    The Last Exchange by Charles Martin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    “Here’s the catch—even if I make it out of here alive, I need a reason to breathe again. ”. When MacThomas Pockets finished his last tour as part of the Scottish Special Forces, he was hired to consult for a film director to finesse some scenes that weren’t working. In a twist he never saw coming, he ended up moving to L. A. to work as the bodyguard for movie star Maybe Joe Sue...
  • Plum Boxed Set 3 by Janet Evanovich

    Plum Boxed Set 3 by Janet Evanovich

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    This boxed set contains three hilarious Stephanie Plum novels from Janet Evanovich: Seven Up, Hard Eight and To the Nines. Seven Up. All New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has to do is bring in semi-retired bail jumper Eddie DeChooch. For an old man he's still got a knack for slipping out of sight--and raising hell...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  heroine sleuth  humor
  • Max by Lisa Helen Gray

    Max by Lisa Helen Gray

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Max. .. I’ve got my looks, my charm, and well, a smile that melts panties. My charm only gets me so far though. Apparently, that limit is the law. I don’t even care when the courts finally give me a punishment for vandalising the church property; in my defence, I didn’t know it was a church...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  humor  alpha male  length-long  m-f  audiobook
  • Wedding at Sea by Melissa Tagg

    Wedding at Sea by Melissa Tagg

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Lilian doesn’t remember anything about her life before the day Maggie Muir found her on her front porch—a toddler, abandoned and alone. And maybe that’s okay. She has a beautiful life at Muir Farm, including an adopted family she adores and a successful career as a lawyer. But she also has a secret . . . one that raises just as many questions about her future as it does her unknown past...
  • Watching the Detectives by Julie Mulhern

    Watching the Detectives by Julie Mulhern

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Ellison Russell wanted a decorator, not a corpse. Too bad she finds Mrs. White in the study killed with a revolver. Things go from bad to worse when she finds Mr. White in the dining room killed with a candlestick...
  • Shattered Hearts: The Complete Series by Cassia Leo

    Shattered Hearts: The Complete Series by Cassia Leo

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    “This series was just plain addicting! ”. “Chris Knight can rock my ovaries. ”. “I started reading and nothing else mattered. ”. Five novels from the New York Times bestselling Shattered Hearts series available in Kindle Unlimited for a limited time. The Shattered Hearts series is a steamy and tender rock star romance spanning an epic 25 years and 1,589 pages...
  • Hard Hitting & Misleading by Amanda M. Lee

    Hard Hitting & Misleading by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Avery Shaw is back from her honeymoon and on the prowl for a story. She wants to prove that marriage has softened her – nothing ever could – and the way she’s going to do that is by rocking the news world with something monumental. Then a body drops in her neighborhood, only blocks away from her house, and the hunt is on...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  humor  suspense  length-medium  audiobook
  • Riddle Me This by Gina LaManna

    Riddle Me This by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Detective Kate Rosetti is not a big fan of February 14th. Even worse than gigantic bouquets of roses and buckets of chocolate, however, are the love notes she’s been receiving from the murderer who very nearly stole her life. Unfortunately, a peaceful Valentine’s Day isn’t in the cards for Kate Rosetti...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  humor  suspense  length-short  m-f  audiobook
  • Busted by Emilia Finn

    Busted by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Daughter of an over protective world-champion fighter, and shielded by dozens of alpha men, Emma Kincaid was locked in an ivory tower many years ago. Too bad she shimmied down water pipes the moment she was old enough to do so. Coercing with the devil twins is as natural as breathing to her, and getting into trouble with them is as easy as falling in love...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  sports  humor  length-medium  m-f
  • Weddings & Whodunits by Amanda M. Lee

    Weddings & Whodunits by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Avery Shaw never saw marriage on the menu – and when she did, she avoided it like liver and onions – but it appears her life is about to change. She simply can’t decide if it’s for better or worse. With matrimony barreling down on her, she needs a distraction, and she gets it in the form of a warning...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  humor  suspense  length-medium  audiobook
  • Outta Crime by Alex A. King

    Outta Crime by Alex A. King

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Two Godmothers. Zero Wands. It’s not easy being dead. Just ask Kat Makris. She’s stuck in an underground bunker, watching her own funeral, where more people are laughing than crying. Being dead has other consequences, too...
  • Leave it to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse

    Leave it to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Ronald Psmith (“the ‘p’ is silent, as in pshrimp”) is always willing to help a damsel in distress. So when he sees Eve Halliday without an umbrella during a downpour, he nobly offers her an umbrella, even though it’s one he picks out of the Drone Club’s umbrella rack...
  • GRAY WOLF SECURITY, Texas: The Complete 6-Books Series by Glenna Sinclair

    GRAY WOLF SECURITY, Texas: The Complete 6-Books Series by Glenna Sinclair

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Free with Kindle Unlimited. .. Enjoy the complete Volume 2 of the Gray Wolf Security series. Romance, Suspense, Mystery and a touch of Comedy. 6 Books. No Cliffhangers. More than 1,000 pages :). Book 1: Defending Tierney. I never wanted to be anything other than a defense attorney...
  • This Moment by Kelly Elliott

    This Moment by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Kian Carter is stuck in a rut. A successful lawyer in his parents’ New York City office, he’s sick and tired of their greed, their lifelong insistence on putting their powerhouse practice above all else—including Kian and his siblings. So he does what he should have done long ago, what his brother and sister did…Kian turns his back on law...
  • Twirled Bond by Emma Hart

    Twirled Bond by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    If I thought Holly Woods was crazy before, I was wrong. Devin is finally married. Nonna's on the wedding warpath. Drake might be getting ideas. His mom just dropped a bombshell, and Bek is caught between a hot as hell FBI agent and my super-sweet little brother. And I still don't have the shoe closet Drake promised me when he moved in six months ago...
  • Tangled Bond by Emma Hart

    Tangled Bond by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 32 ratings
    One date with the sexier-than-sin Detective Drake Nash. Simple. Until you take into account that my brother finally proposed to his girlfriend, so Nonna is on a warpath—and the crazy old bat has Cupid by the balls...
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