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Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 39 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author and “most popular mystery writer alive” (The New York Times) Janet Evanovich is in top form as she sends Stephanie Plum on the trail of a stolen cache of dirty diamonds. Stephanie Plum, Trenton’s hardest working, most underappreciated bounty hunter, is offered a freelance assignment that seems simple enough... -
The Curse of Braeburn Castle by Karen Baugh Menuhin
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA centuries-old skeleton is discovered in a lonely Scottish Castle. It wears a crown and hides a curse. Lennox's detective friend, Swift, now lives at Braeburn Castle and it was he who uncovered the skeleton. As ghosts are heard and treasure-seekers appear, the murders begin. Lennox must go to Braeburn and investigate as Halloween draws near... -
Rock Me To The Top (Gracefall: Vicious Love Tour Book One) by Victoria Zak
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsGracefall, the Vicious Love tour, coming to a digital bookstore near you.Gracefall hit the rock scene and never looked back. Now one of the hottest metal bands on the charts, things are looking up, until a tragic accident threatens to rip the band apart. Can the guys recapture the beat that rocketed them to the top, or will they crash and burn?He believed the lie... -
Lucky Charm by K.C. Crowne
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWe shared one WILD night in Ireland.Then the goddess I'd die for skipped town.Today she has the nerve to return...And her kid has MY eyes. Both my desire for Aisling...And her beauty are unmatched. But she kept a BIG secret from me.A cute little girl who resembles me a little too much for coincidence.I've missed years of being her dad - and now I'm mad as h*ll... -
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Small Town Mountain Daddy by K.C. Crowne
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Three babies?? This has got to be a serious mistake." How did this happen?Ezra is the last guy I should be creating a human with.Never mind THREE.Sure he's sinfully hot...But he's also a cocky Neanderthal.And the man who bullied me since I can remember.One major lapse in judgement leads to three heartbeats in my sonogram visit... -
Wear Wolf by Zoe Chant, Murphy Lawless
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhere oh WEAR could she be?Wolf shifter and fashion designer Zane Bellamy has a he’s ‘face-blind,’ unable to recognize people easily no matter how often he’s seen them.Victoria Hawthorne has a secret, too, but she’s a long-term substitute teacher, and if she’s learned anything from teaching first graders, it’s that the best way to keep a secret is to not tell anybody... -
Dax by Shannyn Leah
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDax Colyn is one of the bad boys of Willow Valley. A fearless volunteer firefighter and hard ass mechanic, he makes all the woman swoon and he likes it that way. He keeps people at a distance since his mother died. He doesn’t want to let anyone in, much less a woman he knows he could fall in love with. Ava Anderson keeps people away, too... -
Doctor's Duties by K.C. Crowne
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI'll forget all about my feelings for my professor.Medical school is enough stress as it is.But then mother nature's monthly gift decides to ghost me.Now I'm totally screwed!! The way we met was out of a movie.Then he showed up as my professor the very next day.He's the man with two titles.Dr. Frost. And Professor Mc. Hottie.All that and a panty-dropping New Zealand accent.. -
Billion Dollar Mistake by K.C. Crowne
I should have listened to reason. Now, I’m married to an infuriatingly cocky billionaire.It started with an innocent crush. The popular boy from the wealthy side of town.And a dorky girl he teased mercilessly.Fast forward and the boy I wanted is now a man.Nothing like the star of my teenage fantasies.He's ruggedly handsome and charming.Charismatic. Confident. Sexy...Categorized as:
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Buck the Halls by Zoe Chant, Murphy Lawless
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHe’s really just a deer fellow...Stag shifter Keith Raleigh is back home in Virtue for a family Christmas when he’s roped into a fundraising event by eight year old Noah Brannigan. All Keith has to do is cut his hair...which he’s been growing for twenty years!The moment he sees his stylist, though, Keith knows his heart has been comandeered forever.. -
Wish by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom New York Times bestseller Mimi Jean Pamfiloff comes a sexy, complete-standalone, Contemporary Romance.If I could wish for one thing, it would be to have never met my ex. He took my money, cheated on me, and saddled me with an impossible mortgage.Now, just as I’m fighting to put my life back together, I find an unusual bottle with a note inside: “You get one wish. Make it count.” Har har...Categorized as:
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Hot Seal Daddy: An Age Gap Secret Baby Romance (Alphalicious Daddies) by Sofia Finn
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsNever get your best friend’s daughter pregnant… 14 years ago, I rescued Alexa from her jaded life and swore to protect her since.I was taught to protect and control.Hell, I must’ve been out of my damn mind,Crossing the “no-touch” zone when her 20-year-old seductive curves landed in my bed.She didn't care I’m decades older than her.Or that I’m her daddy’s Navy buddy... -
Christie, Agatha - Spiders Web by Christie Agatha
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsClarissa, the wife of a Foreign Office diplomat, is given to daydreaming. ‘Supposing I were to come down one morning and find a dead body in the library, what should I do?’ she muses. Clarissa has her chance to find out when she discovers a body in the drawing-room of her house in Kent... -
Gnome on the Range by Jennifer Zane
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsOnce you get the zing you can’t go back.Jane West has everything a woman could want. A job in a small Montana town’s only adult store, two busy young boys and one dead husband. Everything except a little excitement–a little zing. But that changes one summer morning at a garage sale when her kids buy some garden gnomes.Now someone wants those gnomes and will let nothing get in their way...Categorized as:
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I, Spy? by Kate Johnson
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsNever underestimate the blonde. “The British spy is elegant, suave and sophisticated. The British spy is not blonde, built and confused.” But Sophie Green is, and she’s just been hired by a highly secret government agency. She drives a car the colour of bile and is obsessed with Buffy the Vampire Slayer... -
The Recovery Agent by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsLost something? Gabriela Rose knows how to get it back. As a recovery agent, she’s hired by individuals and companies seeking lost treasures, stolen heirlooms, or missing assets of any kind. She’s reliable, cool under pressure, and well trained in weapons of all types... -
Heat Wave by Richard Castle
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 69 ratingsA New York real estate tycoon plunged to his death on a Manhattan sidewalk. A trophy wife with a past survives a narrow escape from a brazen attack. Mobsters and moguls with no shortage of reasons to kill trot out their alibis. And then, in the suffocating grip of a record heat wave, comes another shocking murder and a sharp turn in a tense journey into the dirty little secrets of the wealthy...Categorized as:
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Spy x Family, Vol. 10 by Tatsuya Endo, 遠藤達哉
An action-packed comedy about a fake family that includes a spy, an assassin and a telepath!Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world... -
Dial W For Witch by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe Happy Holidays Players—a renowned acting troupe—is coming to town and Hemlock Cove is bursting with excited residents who want parts in the winter festival. That includes the three Winchester matriarchs, who are vying with one another for top billing.Bay Winchester doesn’t care about the pageant, but she’s more than happy to sit back and watch the shenanigans... -
Cast the First Crone by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsScout Randall’s life has turned from bad to worse. With her boyfriend’s murderous mother on the loose, that means she’s a target. But where will the attack come from?Scout thought they would have time to figure things out, time to regroup and come up with a plan. She was wrong. The next enemy is on their doorstep... -
Kiss My Ash by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMia Thorne’s midlife makeover is going better than she ever expected. She has a new job, a new relationship, a new garden—well, never mind the garden. She doesn’t even mind that she’s back to pounding the pavement to generate ad revenue for the local newspaper... -
Marked for Murder: A Shelby Nichols Mystery Adventure by Colleen Helme
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsTrouble follows Shelby NicholsWhy wouldn't it?She works for a mob boss.And the police.A desperate call from a friend in need turns Shelby's life upside down. Someone is out to prove that Shelby is a fake, marking her for murder. How far will they go?As the clock ticks down, she realizes no one is safe, and it's up to her to stop them. Will she succeed? Let's hope so, because time is running out.. -
It's A Hard-Knock Midlife by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMidlife is supposed to be messy, but this is a full-on catastrophic crisis.Just when I thought life might be getting back to normal—normal being a relative word—I couldn’t have been more wrong.Marriage proposal from the Grim Reaper? Yes.Beautiful healthy baby? Yes.Friends and family safe? Yes.Ghost of my worst enemy sitting on my front porch? OMG. Yep... -
Devious Minds by Colleen Helme, Wendy Tremont King
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsListening Length: 9 hours and 6 minutesIt’s been almost a year since a near-fatal gunshot wound left Shelby Nichols with the ability to read minds. In that time she’s faced one problem after another. She’s been shot at, framed for murder, and targeted by a serial killer, just to name a few... -
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Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour #1 by Tee Franklin, Max Sarin
Harley and Ivy on the road trip of the century! Following the wedding disaster of the decade, Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy end up on the run from Commissioner Gordon and the GCPD! But as fun as all that sounds, Ivy still worries over leaving Kite Man at the altar…Luckily, Harley’s got the perfect scheme to shake her out of her wedding-day... -
Immortal World by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsImogen's got some answers about her origins, and a promise from Rafael that he'll help to cure her immortality. But there's a few brand-new problems standing in her way...A vicious pack of disenfranchised Alphas are on their way to Backman's shifter school, coming to try and reclaim what they think is rightfully theirs... -
Fate Interrupted by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsShe had her life all planned out; fate had other ideas.How did an accomplished Southern businesswoman, wife, and mother end up living on California’s Central Coast, working for a stubborn wine-maker, newly divorced, and wrestling with sudden psychic powers?Megan Carpenter asks herself that same question nearly every day... -
Crossing Danger by Colleen Helme
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsShelby Nichols isn't your average soccer-mom turned private investigator. She's more on the quirky side with a little wild thrown in. That's because a near-fatal gunshot wound to the head left her with the ability to read minds. This lands her in all kinds of trouble, and this time is no exception. Helping a reporter, Billie Jo, get the low-down on a case is just the tip of the iceberg... -
Deep In Death by Colleen Helme
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsRunning “errands” for her mob-boss employer, Joey “The Knife” Manetto, often ends with Shelby in trouble, making her cautious about continuing her association with him. Instead, she focuses on a new client who hires Shelby to find her missing mother. What seems like a routine case turns into something more sinister and deadly than she ever imagined... -
Dying Wishes by Colleen Helme
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsShelby Nichols needs some time off, but for a mind-reader with ties to the police and the mob, is that even possible?Her kids want the dog she's promised them, the police need her to talk to a counselor, and Uncle Joey has unexpected news that could change her life. Is Shelby up to the task? Let's hope so, because solving a murder might be easier than granting a dying wish...
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