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  • 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...
  • Fortune Funhouse by Jana Deleon

    Fortune Funhouse by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    The traveling carnival has made its stop in Sinful and everyone is ready for thrilling rides, challenging games, and most importantly, funnel cake. But when a man is murdered in the funhouse and Emmaline LeBlanc is knocked unconscious so the killer can escape, the good times are over...
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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...
  • 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...
  • No Escape by Julie Moffett

    No Escape by Julie Moffett

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Geek 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...
  • Tied Bond by Emma Hart

    Tied Bond by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Holly 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...
  • GRAVEYARD GIRL: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    GRAVEYARD GIRL: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An 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...
  • The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley

    The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 11 ratings
    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...
  • No Test for the Wicked by Julie Moffett

    No Test for the Wicked by Julie Moffett

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A 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...
  • Revenge in the Roses by Dale Mayer

    Revenge in the Roses by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Riches 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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    mystery  suspense  humor  contemporary  audiobook
  • Levi: Driverton 2 by Ruth Cardello

    Levi: Driverton 2 by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Driverton’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...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  contemporary  humor  length-short  m-f
  • ESCORT GIRL: part 4 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    ESCORT GIRL: part 4 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An 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..
  • No Strings Attached by Julie Moffett

    No Strings Attached by Julie Moffett

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Oops, I did it again… Leave it to me, Lexi Carmichael, to become a target for an elite organization of cyber criminals simply by being in the wrong place at the right time. As if I weren't already freaking out about planning my best friend's bachelorette party, I now have to keep my eyes peeled for people trying to kill me...
  • Disorderly Conduct by Rebecca Zanetti

    Disorderly Conduct by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A fun, sexy, suspenseful new series from New York Times Bestselling Author Rebecca Zanetti!Bullets and Kisses Can BurnThe last person Anna Albertini expects to see in an orange jumpsuit in District Court—a place she SO doesn't belong as a new prosecuting attorney—is Aiden Devlin, the man who’d saved her life when they were kids. For years, she has dreamed about him...
  • ESCORT GIRL: part 5 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    ESCORT GIRL: part 5 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An 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..
  • Secrets of Clearwater Castle by Emma Davies

    Secrets of Clearwater Castle by Emma Davies

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Heartbroken Lowri Morgan, a young Welsh widow, is finally packing up her beloved husband’s belongings, her young daughter Wren asleep at her side. Then, hidden amongst the very last pile of papers, Lowri finds an official-looking letter – and her whole world shifts…Her husband had a secret inheritance, one he’d never mentioned or done anything about...
  • Temp Girl, part 1 by Stephanie Bond

    Temp Girl, part 1 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When an entitled diva loses her lucrative job and is forced to take temp work, she also takes a tumble into reality...
  • No Biz Like Showbiz by Julie Moffett

    No Biz Like Showbiz by Julie Moffett

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Lexi Carmichael: helping geeks everywhere get some. Okay, so it's not exactly as it seems, but that's what's happening on the dating reality show called Geeks Get Some that I, geek extraordinaire Lexi Carmichael, have been called to work on. Not that I'm a fan of reality shows (I can barely deal with my own reality)...
  • Bobbie Faye's   Family Jewels by Toni McGee Causey

    Bobbie Faye's Family Jewels by Toni McGee Causey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    It had been a whole freaking month since Bobbie Faye Sumrall had blown up anything or been shot at, and that was almost a new record. Then her diva cousin Francesca waltzed up to where she manned the gun counter in Ce Ce's Cajun Outfitter and Feng Shui Emporium and everything just went to hell. Fast...
  • Hidden in the Keys  (Longboat Key Book 3)  (Longboat Key Island) by Sage Parker

    Hidden in the Keys (Longboat Key Book 3) (Longboat Key Island) by Sage Parker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Where are you, Frank? What have you done?”From Amazon #1 Best-Selling Author...Julia Masterson has high hopes for a new beginning. Her husband, Frank, had promised to dedicate the rest of his life making their marriage work. Both newly retired, in their little beach cottage in Longboat Key, Florida, everything started out just as she imagined.Until he didn’t come home that night. Or the next...
  • Irresistible at Christmas by Tamara Ferguson, Natalie Ann

    Irresistible at Christmas by Tamara Ferguson, Natalie Ann

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Celebrate The Heart of The Season With EIGHT BRAND-NEW, NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED CHRISTMAS STORIES From Nine New York Times & USA Today Bestselling, Award Winning Authors.Ranging from fun and flirty romantic comedy to poignant holiday romance, this collection of semi-sweet and steamy stories will have you crying one moment while laughing the next...
  • The Hitwoman and the Poisoned Apple by J.B. Lynn

    The Hitwoman and the Poisoned Apple by J.B. Lynn

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    How do you solve a murder when the victim is still alive? Maggie Lee’s murder mentor (and almost lover) Patrick Mulligan wants her to find out who poisoned him before it’s too late. Keeping the man she loves alive would be hard enough if all she had to worry about was not getting caught, but nothing’s ever that simple...
  • Fields' Guide to Abduction by Julie Mulhern

    Fields' Guide to Abduction by Julie Mulhern

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Poppy Fields is a Hollywood IT girl with big problems. Bodies are popping up like daisies, the Mexican police have taken her passport, and, when she runs for the border, a cartel makes her their unwilling guest.That same cartel is primed to flood the US with a dangerous new drug...
  • Deadly in High Heels: High Heels Mysteries #9 by Gemma Halliday

    Deadly in High Heels: High Heels Mysteries #9 by Gemma Halliday

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    New York Times, USA Today, and #1 Kindle Bestselling series! When fashion designer Maddie Springer is invited to help style contestants in the Hawaiian Paradise Beauty Pageant, she jumps at the chance! The fantastic publicity coupled with a weeklong vacation with her best friends Marco and Dana, is a win-win. But trouble follows her to paradise when one of the beauty queens winds up dead...
  • Protecting Abigail by R.R. Banks

    Protecting Abigail by R.R. Banks

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "I need you to protect my sister." Not the typical request from a best friend. But when I locked eyes with Abigail, there was no turning back. The loss of my wife left me and my daughter broken. A despair so deep, the billions I had couldn't come close to fixing. Abigail was more than just green eyes and gorgeous curves. She was a precious thing I wanted to save and protect...
  • Death, Taxes, and a Sequined Clutch by Diane Kelly

    Death, Taxes, and a Sequined Clutch by Diane Kelly

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    AN EXCLUSIVE E-BOOK by the author of Death, Taxes, and Extra-Hold Hairspray DIANE KELLY DEATH, TAXES, AND A SEQUINED CLUTCH A Death and Taxes Novella   IRS special agent Tara Holloway isn’t going to let a perfect opportunity to collect pass her by. Especially when she can do it in sequins and a bedazzled hip holster … Death and taxes wait for no woman...
  • Pitch Black by Elise Noble

    Pitch Black by Elise Noble

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Diamond’s on the hunt for her husband’s killer when a phone call orders her to stop looking or people will die—her friends, her colleagues, anyone close to her. Unable to think straight, she decides to disappear, protecting her team as well as her sanity while she tries to heal...
  • The Bounty by Janet Evanovich, Peter Evanovich

    The Bounty by Janet Evanovich, Peter Evanovich

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kate and Nick race against time to find a buried train filled with Nazi gold...And this time they're bringing their fathers on the adventure. Forced into an unlikely partnership by the FBI, Special Agent Kate O'Hare and international conman Nick Fox have brought down some major criminals together, but nobody this big: A vast international organization known as The Brotherhood...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  humor  contemporary  audiobook
  • Rest In Pieces by Katie Graykowski

    Rest In Pieces by Katie Graykowski

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Mustang Ridges isn’t a town, a stripper, or some old western movie. She’s a feisty, single mom living in the small town of Lakeside, Texas where money does buy happiness and keeping up appearances is much more important than the truth...
  • Passion, Betrayal And Killer Highlights by Kyra Davis

    Passion, Betrayal And Killer Highlights by Kyra Davis

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Sophie Katz has just offered a man $12,000 for his services… Is she desperate or just meshugeneh? Considering the kind of disasters that usually befall the half-black, half-Jewish mystery writer, probably both. Because the last time Sophie saw sexy P.I...
  • Love Game by Elise Sax

    Love Game by Elise Sax

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Perfect for fans of Janet Evanovich, Jennifer Crusie, and Katie MacAlister, Elise Sax’s wickedly funny Matchmaker series proves that the road to love comes with a few dead ends. Five months have passed since Gladie Burger came to Cannes, California, to join her eccentric Grandma Zelda in the family matchmaking business, and Gladie is quickly mastering the rules of attraction...
  • Family Case of Murder by Vanessa Gray Bartal, Rebecca Tocheff

    Family Case of Murder by Vanessa Gray Bartal, Rebecca Tocheff

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Lacy Steele has been dispatched to the Hamptons with the tall order to make amends with her estranged sister, Riley, and her ex-fiancé, Robert. The time has come to decide which of her friends to take as her date: Tosh or Jason. As if to add to her already high stress level, she'll be spending the weekend with Robert's certifiable family, and his aunt has declared a ban on dessert...
  • Calamity Jayne and the Campus Caper by Kathleen Bacus

    Calamity Jayne and the Campus Caper by Kathleen Bacus

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What does a blonde get on her intelligence test?Drool. Ace cub reporter Tressa Jayne Turner is carrying a full load--and we're not talking post-holiday pounds. Back in college for the fourth time (but who's counting!?), "Calamity Jayne" is looking to nab a raise from her stingy boss at the Gazette , Stan...
  • Possessive Daddy Next Door by B.B. Hamel

    Possessive Daddy Next Door by B.B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Single dad. Former cop.I take what I want… and protect what I love.I moved to Loftville to stay hidden. Just me and my daughter Tabitha against the world.Until I find Delia Lofthouse with a sprained ankle in the woods near my cabin.I can’t leave that gorgeous girl alone, so I help her home, make sure she’s okay… and tumble deep into her world.Not that I can stop myself...
  • Ugley Business by Kate Johnson

    Ugley Business by Kate Johnson

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Sophie Green, the worst spy the British secret service has ever seen, is back and she's in love with a car.Book two of the Sophie Green Mysteries. Her best friend is being stalked, and to find out why, Sophie has to solve a murder committed fifteen years ago...
  • Divorced, Desperate And Dating by Christie Craig

    Divorced, Desperate And Dating by Christie Craig

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Sue Finley murdered people...on paper. As a mystery writer, she knew all the angles, who did what and why. The only thing she couldn't explain was...well, men. Dating was like diving into a box of chocolates: sometimes the sweetest-looking specimens were candy-coated poison. After a breakup with a bank robber and a divorce from a cross-dresser, she gave it up for good...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  contemporary  humor  m-f  length-medium
  • Obsession by Lisa Clark O'Neill

    Obsession by Lisa Clark O'Neill

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trauma surgeon Justin Wellington is accustomed to handling gunshot wounds... just not over his Cobb salad. When a lunch date with his best friend, the woman with whom he's quietly and desperately in love - homicide detective Kathleen Murphy - becomes the scene of a drive-by shooting, Justin's surgical skills are called upon to save the life of a young waitress...
  • Mr. Write by Lisa Clark O'Neill

    Mr. Write by Lisa Clark O'Neill

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They say you can’t go home again… When Tucker Pettigrew returns to Sweetwater, South Carolina after a thirty year absence, he knows that his reappearance will stir the town pot. The sole grandson of the most powerful man in town, Tucker wants to understand why his recently deceased mother fled Sweetwater all those years ago with little more than the clothes on their backs...
  • A Valentine Mystery in Pajaro Bay by Barbara Cool Lee

    A Valentine Mystery in Pajaro Bay by Barbara Cool Lee

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A short story from the world of Pajaro Bay. He's home with the flu. She's stuck at work. They each think this is going to be the worst Valentine's Day ever. But before the day is done, they'll solve a crime--and find each other--all thanks to a lost little pup and a tiny bit of luck...
  • Building Blocks of Murder by Vanessa Gray Bartal, Rebecca Tocheff

    Building Blocks of Murder by Vanessa Gray Bartal, Rebecca Tocheff

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Somehow Lacy Steele has bought a building. And not just any building, but the historic Stakely Building, the pinnacle of her small downtown. In an effort to save the behemoth, she must now confront not only the displeasure of the mayor and the developers who wanted to tear it down, but her own uncertainty over how to deal with such a vast project...
  • Deadly Heat by Richard Castle

    Deadly Heat by Richard Castle

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Picking up where Frozen Heat left off, top NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat pursues the elusive former CIA station chief who ordered the execution of her mother over a decade ago...
  • Raging Heat by Richard Castle

    Raging Heat by Richard Castle

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    In New York Times Bestselling author Richard Castle's newest novel, an illegal immigrant falls from the sky and NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat's investigation into his death quickly captures the imagination of her boyfriend, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Jameson Rook. When he decides to work the case with Heat as his next big story, Nikki is at first happy to have him ride-along...
  • Carter: The Sinner Saints by Adrienne Bell

    Carter: The Sinner Saints by Adrienne Bell

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    After years of heading an elite Special Forces unit, nothing ever gets past Carter Macmillan…until the night slick-talking reporter, Ally Weaver, gives him the slip. Ally Weaver is used to following the story, but she’s never had a lead blow up on her before…literally. Now one of her confidential sources has been murdered, and she’s determined to find out why...
  • Stand By Your Hitman by Leslie Langtry

    Stand By Your Hitman by Leslie Langtry

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Missi Bombay invents things--fatal flowers, Jell-O bullets, stroke-inducing panty hose and other ways to kill a target without leaving any kind of evidence. She's a great asset to her family of assassins. The one thing she can't invent, though, is a love life. Unfortunately, her mom has decided to handle that for her...
  • The Summer of Katya by Trevanian

    The Summer of Katya by Trevanian

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    In the golden summer of 1914, Jean-Marc Montjean, recently graduated from medical school, comes to the small French village of Salies to assist the village physician. His first assignment is to treat the brother of a beautiful woman named Katya Treville. As he and her family become friendly, he realizes they are haunted by an old, dark secret . .
  • Arsenic in the Azaleas by Dale Mayer

    Arsenic in the Azaleas by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Riches to rags. … Controlling to chaos...
  • Practically Imperfect by Mary Frame

    Practically Imperfect by Mary Frame

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Gemma McDougall is certain about three things: one, she’s never going to lose her Latina ass. Two, her career is more important than the crappy (and nonexistent) relationships she’s had to endure her entire adult life. Three, she’s going to get the next promotion to detective if it kills her...
  • Groomed for Murder by Zoe Dawson

    Groomed for Murder by Zoe Dawson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can a dog have a bad hair day? Brooke Palmer owns Pawlish, an exclusive doggie spa and grooming business in upper Manhattan, but when a client’s champion poodle gets a bad poodle cut and has to undergo therapy to recover, the client sues. The lawyer they send is drop dead gorgeous, but Brooke won't be wooed by a corporate shark in a sharp suit...
  • Ring of Fire by Heather Huffman

    Ring of Fire by Heather Huffman

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An adventurous blend of love, power, greed, and personal conviction, Ring of Fire reminds us things aren't always as they seem. When rare, violet-gray diamonds are discovered at Alexandra McAlister's clean-energy research site on a small South Pacific island, the reclusive scientist suddenly finds herself plagued by greedy gem hunters...
  • The Housewife Assassin's Killer 2-Book Set by Josie Brown

    The Housewife Assassin's Killer 2-Book Set by Josie Brown

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    OWN THEM TOGETHER! Book 1: The Housewife Assassin's Handbook / Book 2: The Housewife Assassin's Guide to Gracious Killing Murder, suspense, sex--and some handy household tips. IN BOOK 1: THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN'S HANDBOOK: - EVERY DESPERATE HOUSEWIFE WANTS AN ALIAS: Donna Stone has one...and it happens to be government-sanctioned...
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