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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... -
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A Christmas Wedding at the Castle by Eliza J. Scott
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDo 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... -
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Plum Boxed Set 2 by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe 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... -
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Overedited & Underpaid by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAvery 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.When a masked intruder comes barreling into the club firing a gun and hits the owner, Avery is intrigued... -
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Dime a Dozen by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDetective 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... -
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New Media & Old Grudges by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAvery 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... -
![Mayhem & Mistletoe by Amanda M. Lee]()
Mayhem & Mistletoe by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAvery 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... -
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Dragon Security: The Complete Series by Glenna Sinclair
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsI 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... -
![Riddle Me This by Gina LaManna]()
Riddle Me This by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDetective 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... -
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Weddings & Whodunits by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAvery 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... -
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Oracles & Obituaries by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHalloween is Avery Shaw’s favorite time of year. What’s not to love? Slasher movies, hot chocolate and corn mazes. She’s addicted to them all. During a visit to one of those mazes, she runs across several men trying to kidnap a teenage girl. In true Avery fashion, she intervenes … resulting in a severe injury... -
![No Escape by Julie Moffett]()
No Escape by Julie Moffett
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsGeek girl Lexi Carmichael thought meeting the in-laws would be easy as long as they met on neutral ground and she was fully prepared with a spreadsheet full of etiquette dos and don’ts. But unfortunately for Lexi, things don’t always turn out as she planned.Meeting the in-laws is a daunting task even for those who are outgoing and socially capable... -
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![Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Liliana Hart]()
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Liliana Hart
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWhat do an art forger, a missing clown and a dead cop have in common? Nothing except for Addison Holmes.Addison is back and better than ever. Err...or at least better than she was. She has the P.I. license to prove it and a stack full of cases to solve. But the biggest mystery is Nick. She knows he's keeping something important from her regarding one of her cases... -
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![Very Nice Funerals by Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer]()
Very Nice Funerals by Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer
Rose Malone is doing all right except that her daughter is struggling with PTSD, her lover is leaving her for the Appalachian Trail, and there’s a rumor that there’s a million bucks in the building she inherited which has inspired every money-hungry man in her weird little town to bring her cheap flowers and offer to search the place for her... -
![Very Nice Funerals by Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer]()
Very Nice Funerals by Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRose Malone is doing all right except that her daughter is struggling with PTSD, her lover is leaving her for the Appalachian Trail, and there’s a rumor that there’s a million bucks in the building she inherited which has inspired every money-hungry man in her weird little town to bring her cheap flowers and offer to search the place for her... -
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8 Bodies is Enough by Stephanie Bond
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen you gamble with the truth... Carlotta Wren is off on another adventure--this time following a lead from her jailbird father to Las Vegas to find out what happened to her long-lost mother. Unaware of Carlotta's mission, her brother Wesley tags along with grandiose designs of winning big with a secret bag of cash he found. But as soon as the Wren siblings hit Sin City, their luck runs cold... -
![In the Line of Ire by Camilla Chafer]()
In the Line of Ire by Camilla Chafer
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Private Investigator Lexi Graves receives an expensive bag from her new husband, she’s delighted… for all of five seconds. That’s exactly how long it takes her to realize it’s a fake. Then another fake bag turns up, along with an outraged mall manager that is desperate to find the culprit before the mall’s impeccable reputation for selling quality goods is tarnished... -
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Above the Fold & Below the Belt by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAvery Shaw has taken on her fair share of jerks. Often, she’s considered the jerk when she takes them down … a role she gladly relishes. Now, though, she’s taking on a whole faction of jerks. It seems a battle of the sexes is brewing in Macomb County... -
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A Few Good Women by Camilla Chafer
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsPrivate investigator, Lexi Graves is on cloud nine. After getting engaged to her boyfriend-slash-boss, Solomon, along with her old job back, now, her best friend is about to give birth to her first baby. Nothing could make life better for Lexi... but a blast from her past could make everything a whole lot worse. Anthony Simon Steadman isn't a man Lexi ever thought she'd run into again... -
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On Deadline & Under Fire by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere’s nothing Avery Shaw loves more than a challenge … at least when it comes to tracking down a story. The challenge she’s facing this time is the one thing she might not be able to overcome, though. Vacation. That’s right, not only is Southeastern Michigan’s busiest reporter off work for a week … but she’s also on the receiving end of a visit from her boyfriend’s mother... -
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Very Special Forces by Camilla Chafer
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsPrivate Investigator Lexi Graves couldn’t be happier. All she has left to do is wrap up a case between a fighting married couple before she can focus solely on adding the finishing touches to her own wedding. That case is a snap to solve but a woman suddenly enters the detective agency with a puzzling request and Lexi decides to take a last-minute look into the matter... -
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Tied Bond by Emma Hart
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsHolly Woods is going to hell in a handbasket—but this time, Satanists aren’t to blame. Halloween is. Nonna doesn’t understand why there are skeletons and demons everywhere. Mom is threatening to stitch a devil into Nonna’s pillowcase if she doesn’t shut up. Bek is bumbling over a date with Jason, the handsome FBI agent who conveniently got himself relocated to Austin, and I… Well... -
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Suspicious Minds by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsChristy Barritt Rock and roll may never die, but the King is definitely dead . . . again. To pay off some bills, crime scene cleaner Gabby St. Claire takes a job doing mold remediation, but she finds a surprise in the dilapidated home's crawlspace: Elvis, dead as a doornail and still wearing his blue suede shoes... -
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![Survival Clause: A Savannah Martin Novel by Jenna Bennett]()
Survival Clause: A Savannah Martin Novel by Jenna Bennett
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSavannah’s friend Tamara Grimaldi was fourteen when her mom was murdered, and the body dumped along the side of Interstate 65 in Indiana. Since then, Grimaldi has kept an eye out for her mother’s killer, first as a homicide detective in Nashville, and now as the chief of police for the city of Columbia, Tennessee, a few miles off I-65... -
![Sleigh All Day by Gina LaManna]()
Sleigh All Day by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Detective Kate Rosetti is startled awake in the middle of the night by a phone call from her mother, she knows it’s not good news. It turns out Kate’s father, the notorious Angelo Rosetti, is missing. There are no witnesses and no leads, and with only a week to go before Christmas, Kate hopes to find her father before the New Year... -
![One for the Money / Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich]()
One for the Money / Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsOne For the Watch out, world. Here comes Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. In Stephanie's opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, armed schizophrenics, and August heat, humidity, and hydrocarbons are all part of the great adventure of living in Jersey... -
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Island Chaptal and The Ancient Aliens' Treasure by Camilla Monk
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOkay, so it starts kind of like Hart to Hart. He’s March November, a self-made millionaire and former legendary hitman, who now runs Struthio Security, a wholly legitimate business catering to high-end clients in serious trouble—think being in the cross-hairs of a Nigerian warlord.He works with Island Chaptal, his girlfriend and partner... -
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HOLIDAY GIRL: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAn Amazon exclusive!In the romantic mystery HOLIDAY GIRL, a city woman inherits a Christmas-year-round shop in a small southern town from an eccentric aunt. The wrinkle? She doesn't even LIKE the holidays! But as she's drawn into the lives of the shop's quirky customers, she begins to realize that southern men have a certain charm.. -
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Off the Record by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCamping is supposed to be a peaceful and relaxing time … unless you’re Avery Shaw, of course. No, when you’re Macomb County’s most intrepid reporter, camping is akin to murder … or a very slow and painful death by disease-carrying bugs. That’s what Avery thinks as she takes a well-earned vacation with her boyfriend Eliot Kane... -
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GRAVEYARD GIRL: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn Amazon exclusive!In the romantic mystery GRAVEYARD GIRL, a city girl hiding out from a scandal agrees to house-sit an old home in a rural area where she thinks no one will know her to finish a project she hopes will repair her reputation... -
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9 Bodies Rolling by Stephanie Bond
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRound and round we go... Carlotta Wren is still reeling over her parents' return after a ten-year absence. After putting her life on hold for so long, she's not sure how to move forward. Her new reality isn't exactly what she thought it would be, especially considering the altered circumstances of the three men in her life. Until we all fall down.. -
![Bylines & Skylines by Amanda M. Lee]()
Bylines & Skylines by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLife is changing for Avery Shaw. She’s searching for a house with her boyfriend Eliot so they can officially move in together. She’s been gifted special passes to Macomb County’s comic book convention – and she couldn’t be more excited. She’s also been put in charge of her most hated enemy at work, and the power is going straight to her head... -
![The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley]()
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley
Twenty-one-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitting around in sweatpants and playing video games nineteen hours a day. Since she has no credit or money to speak of, her options are limited, so when an opportunity to work as a live-in caregiver for an elderly woman falls into her lap, she takes it.One slip on the rug... -
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![Spiced by Gina LaManna]()
Spiced by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLove is in the air at Casa Luzzi! Hearts, stars, and tiny gel-cling cupids line the windows while Meg, Clay, Anthony, and Lacey struggle to navigate the waters of their new and (mostly) improved relationships. But all is not sparkles and sprinkles over at the Luzzi Estate. With Marissa and Clarissa on the run from home, Lacey is tasked to find them – and find them fast... -
![Seasoned by Gina LaManna]()
Seasoned by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMeg’s Christmas List 1. Balloonicorns 2. Pringles 3. Double sled ’Tis the season…for a new career? It’s a few days before Christmas, and Lacey Luzzi & gang are at a dead end in their search for Jackson Cole. So when Lacey receives a job offer from none other than the rich, the glamorous, the Hollywood-bound Miss Harriet Lizabeth Morgan the Third, she says yes... -
![ESCORT GIRL: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond]()
ESCORT GIRL: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn Amazon exclusive!In this romantic mystery, a young woman who works for a PR firm is chaperone, babysitter, and therapist to VIPS who come to Atlanta to promote their movies, music, books, TV shows, politics, and products.. -
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No Test for the Wicked by Julie Moffett
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Geek's Worst Nightmare: Going Back to High School Returning to high school is not something I ever wanted to do over—it was awful the first time around. So why do I have to go back as part of a new undercover assignment? Because the universe loves playing jokes on me, obviously... -
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Unwritten & Underwater by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAvery Shaw is living the dream … kind of. She’s officially moved to her dream house and her boyfriend Eliot Kane is making her host a housewarming party to show off the new digs to her family. All is going well – other than the endless arguments over food and hiding from Avery’s family, of course – until one of Avery’s enemies comes calling... -
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Lacey Luzzi: Sprouted: a humorous, cozy mystery! by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Gina LaManna A blonde, a brunette, and a red-head walk into a bank… And rob it. As Lacey waits for Baby Luzzi to make his or her appearance, she’s decided to cool her jets on the whole “chasing criminals” lifestyle at her husband’s insistence... -
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Taylor by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMurder is a deadly way to start a relationship ...Finally back in Coronado and his own apartment but still tired from traveling, Taylor helps a neighbor by closing her apartment door as she dashes back to work. But, as he does so, a smell he's all too familiar with permeates the air. And he's plunged into a multiple homicide with no meaning or end .. -
![Collateral Damage: A Savannah Martin Novel by Jenna Bennett]()
Collateral Damage: A Savannah Martin Novel by Jenna Bennett
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA white supremacy hate group is spreading its tendrils through the bucolic hills of Middle Tennessee, holding target practice in Laurel Hill wildlife area and stockpiling weapons in preparation for a race war. It's up to Savannah's husband Rafe to find and eliminate them.. -
![Revenge in the Roses by Dale Mayer]()
Revenge in the Roses by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRiches to rags. ... Bullets start flying. ... Rage is rising, ... especially for some!When the journey to Rosemoor for a celebratory evening turns deadly, Doreen’s life is flipped on her head. She can only watch in horror as Mack is shot right in front of her. Horrified, she vows to solve this case and fast, before the shooter realizes he failed and comes back for a second attempt... -
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Secret Squirrel by Giulia Lagomarsino
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAsher White.You’ve read about them in Reed Security. You’ve come to know a little about who the men of OPS are. But everything you thought you knew is a lie—smoke and mirrors. The truth of OPS is hidden deep inside, waiting to be revealed. Owens Protective Services. Defend. Investigate. Secure... -
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![Levi: Driverton 2 by Ruth Cardello]()
Levi: Driverton 2 by Ruth Cardello
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDriverton’s bad boy is falling in love with his best friend’s cousin and it just might cost him everything.Levi has always had a sweet spot for Katie, but she’s not his type. He likes his women wild, willing, and from out of town so they’re easy to move on from when his interest wanes.Katie is opinionated and off-limits... -
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12 Bodies and a Wedding by Stephanie Bond
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt will be the happiest day of her life...Carlotta Wren has been looking forward to her wedding day since she was a little girl, and she wants it to be perfect. But even as she plans a blowout wedding, she has other worries on her mind... -
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Misprints & Mistakes by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAvery Shaw is in a funny spot. Her best friend is pregnant, her cousin’s girlfriend is up to something and her boyfriend has serious issues on the brain. When teenager Sierra Jackson goes missing, Avery is in a unique position to scoop everyone... -
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From Fear to Eternity by Elise Sax
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIt’s still up in the air whether Gladie really has her psychic grandmother’s “gift,” but she’s determined to finally give matchmaking her best shot. She’s also determined to give her new relationship with hottie Police Chief Spencer Bolton a shot… that is, if she can find him... -
![Rose Gardner Mystery Box Set by Denise Grover Swank]()
Rose Gardner Mystery Box Set by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBox set of the first three books and novella in the USA Today bestselling Rose Gardner Mystery series. When Rose Gardner decides she's done frittering her days away at the DMV, she turns Henryetta, Arkansas upside down as she navigates life, love and the investigation of a murder every now and then... -
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Sauced by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsTony Soprano, meet Stephanie Plum. Over 50,000 Lacey Luzzi books are now in the hands of mystery readers! #1 Amazon Bestselling mystery series in Humor & Cozy Mystery categories To try a Lacey Luzzi book for free, please sign up for my newsletter at www.ginalamanna...
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