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  • Ponniyin Selvan- Whirlwinds : Part 2 by Kalki

    Ponniyin Selvan- Whirlwinds : Part 2 by Kalki

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Whirlwinds, the exciting second part of Kalki R Krishnamurthy's historic magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan, our hero Vallavarayan Vandhiyathevan's adventures continue as he rides into marshy quagmires, befriends a mysterious girl, becomes the object of intense suspicion by the wily Pazhuvettarayars - and meets the hero of his dreams...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  historical  fantasy  war  length-long
  • The Light Through the Leaves by Glendy Vanderah

    The Light Through the Leaves by Glendy Vanderah

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    One unbearable mistake at the edge of the forest. In a moment of crisis, Ellis Abbey leaves her daughter, Viola, unattended—for just a few minutes. But when she returns, Viola is gone. A breaking point in an already fractured marriage, Viola’s abduction causes Ellis to disappear as well—into grief, guilt, and addiction...
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  • Callum by Nyssa Kathryn

    Callum by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    One wedding, one fake relationship, and a threat no one saw coming. Attending a wedding is dead last on Fiona Lock’s list of priorities. She has two options: stay home and let the family gossip mill speculate on why she isn’t there; or attend the wedding and pretend she’s just fine. The decision is obvious. Not only does she choose option B…she may have mentioned a boyfriend she doesn’t have...
  • The Souls of Lost Lake by Jaime Jo Wright

    The Souls of Lost Lake by Jaime Jo Wright

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Wren Blythe has long enjoyed being among the Northwoods, helping her father with programming at a youth camp. But when a little girl in the area goes missing, an all-out search ensues, reviving the decades-old campfire story of Ava Coons, the murderess, who still roams the woods. Joining the search, Wren stumbles upon the Coons cabin ruins and a rotting porcelain doll...
  • Dance of Stars and Ashes by Nisha J. Tuli

    Dance of Stars and Ashes by Nisha J. Tuli

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    A love that burns brighter than starlight. A gift that could leave her world in ashes. It’s time for Zarya to release the fire within. In the jeweled city of Dharati, Zarya found passion and adventure for the first time. A mysterious stranger named Rabin helped to free the power within her—a dark, ancient magic that should not exist. Now, Zarya learns Rabin’s true identity...
  • Beautiful Sins by Piper Lawson

    Beautiful Sins by Piper Lawson

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    “I don’t know how to treat a woman like you. ”. I swore I’d cut Harrison King out of my life, and my bed, forever. The second my contract with the ruthless billionaire who owned me was up…. I ran. Not knowing that decision would only twist the web around us tighter. Now, he’s back, and the sins of his past threaten to destroy us both. He still thirsts for power and vengeance...
  • Threads of Fate by C.A. Blooming

    Threads of Fate by C.A. Blooming

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    All Orah wanted was to discover what lay behind the hidden garden door, but when it inadvertently traps her in the Land of Gods, she finds more than she bargained for. Now stuck in this new world, she must decide if she can unlock the power necessary to get her home. To do so, she will have to reckon not only with the Gods threatening her but also with the darkest parts of herself...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  fantasy  high fantasy  length-long
  • Take Me by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Take Me by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She was the path to redemption I never saw coming. .. I’m Christian Giordano. Raised to rule and be ruthless. I take what I want, claim what I want. And, she’s my new obsession. Lilly was the angel in my kingdom of sin. A dancer up for auction to the highest bidder. That was the plan…. Until, I decided I wanted her for myself. So I closed the auction and made her an offer she couldn’t refuse...
  • Kings Falling by Ronie Kendig

    Kings Falling by Ronie Kendig

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Leif Metcalfe and his team, dubbed Reaper, need to recover the stolen, ancient Book of the Wars if they hope to stop the Armageddon Coalition and their pursuit of global economic control. But their attention has been diverted by a prophecy in the book that foretells of formidable guardians who will decimate the enemies of ArC...
  • Buck the Halls by Zoe Chant, Murphy Lawless

    Buck the Halls by Zoe Chant, Murphy Lawless

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He’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. .
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  fantasy  humor  christmas  length-novella
  • Cat Pay the Devil: A Joe Grey Mystery by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

    Cat Pay the Devil: A Joe Grey Mystery by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Molena Point, California, should be a tranquil place. Nestled quietly on the Pacific coast miles below San Francisco, it's not the kind of town escaped convicts seek out...
  • His Garden of Bones by Vickie McKeehan

    His Garden of Bones by Vickie McKeehan

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Not all flowers are grown with love. Years earlier, teenage girls began to vanish off the streets of Seattle. Now, they're turning up dead, their mutilated bodies left in prominent locations around the city. Skye Cree suspects there are more...
  • What if I Stop Running? by Wynta Tyme

    What if I Stop Running? by Wynta Tyme

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After losing her first love at such an early age, Red thought she’d seen all that life had to offer her. Running away from her hometown and to a big city, to fulfill her duties as a vet, she never thought she’d have to return to the one place that hurt her the most. With an ill grandmother, she’s left with no choice but to aid her...
  • Wild Hunt by River Ramsey

    Wild Hunt by River Ramsey

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s all fun and games to them--especially when someone gets hurt. One god of mischief and mayhem. One god of fur and fang. And the god of death himself. They’ve all been out to get me since the school year began, but this semester, the Rabbit’s got some tricks up her sleeve...
  • A Place Called Freedom by Ken Follett

    A Place Called Freedom by Ken Follett

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   Scotland, 1766. Sentenced to a life of misery in the brutal coal mines, twenty-one-year-old Mack McAsh hungers for escape. His only the beautiful, highborn Lizzie Hallim, who is trapped in her own kind of hell. Though separated by politics and position, these two restless young people are bound by their passionate search for a place called freedom...
  • The Shadow Children by Cheryl Bradshaw, Janet Fix

    The Shadow Children by Cheryl Bradshaw, Janet Fix

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Save the children. This is her motivation, mantra, and endgame. Within the tunnels of the historic port city of Savannah, fourteen-year-old Andi Leland has her mind set on freedom—not just for herself but for all the other teens who have come before her. But it is not to be …...
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    mystery  suspense  fantasy  mafia  length-short  audiobook
  • No More Yesterdays by Catherine Bybee

    No More Yesterdays by Catherine Bybee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    New York Times. and. USA Today. bestselling author Catherine Bybee lights the fuse, and the Stone siblings must rely on their wits and hearts to uncover a dangerous enemy…and an explosive secret. Taking over her late father’s company was never part of Alex Stone’s life plan. But now, sitting in the CEO chair at Stone Enterprises, she’s resigned to living her life alone...
  • At the Mercy of Midnight by Chloe Cullen

    At the Mercy of Midnight by Chloe Cullen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Amelia Winslow and Silas Finley are rival scholars who have spent years trying to outsmart one another, until a fateful discovery binds them together in a way neither is able to escape. When they are cut by a pair of ancient daggers, they become bonded against their will and transported to each other every night at midnight by a magic that seems to be unraveling before their eyes...
  • The Smoke Hunter by Jacquelyn Benson

    The Smoke Hunter by Jacquelyn Benson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Indiana Jones meets Lara Croft in Benson's engrossing action thriller. ". -RT Book Reviews, Top Pick. THE DEBUT OF A CAPTIVATING VOICE AND RIVETING STORYTELLER! Frustrated suffragette and would-be archaeologist Ellie Mallory stumbles across a map to a city that shouldn't exist, a jungle metropolis alive and flourishing centuries after the Mayan civilization mysteriously collapsed...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  historical  fantasy  length-long
  • Grumpy Doctor by B.B. Hamel

    Grumpy Doctor by B.B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He’s got magic hands, a perfect body, and a horrible attitude. I never wanted to get anywhere near Dr. Piers Hood. He’s a total jerk, and he thinks he’s the greatest surgeon in the country. Which he is, and that makes it all so much worse. Sometimes I wish I could cut off my own ears so I don’t have to listen to him anymore...
  • Taken by the Lake Monster by Melody Lynch

    Taken by the Lake Monster by Melody Lynch

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Picture this. you're in your 40s and the young man at the shop tells you that you were probably hot twenty years ago. And on top of that, your ex-husband is flying his former mistress in and out of the country on vacations. You jump on a dating site and say yes to the first bloke who messages you—and that’s how you end up drowning in a lake in the middle of the night...
  • The Nurse by J.A. Corrigan

    The Nurse by J.A. Corrigan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When you hear her story, will you believe her? Rose Marlowe is a hard-working nurse, a loving wife, and a merciless killer. Or so she says. Despite her confession, it is hard to believe that this beautiful, kind woman could have killed her vulnerable patient in cold blood...
  • Captured: Gowns & Crowns by Jennifer Chance

    Captured: Gowns & Crowns by Jennifer Chance

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For beautiful, pampered Lauren Grant, the idea of love without strings is a fairy tale and a trap. Though she’s skillfully maintained her image as the carefree celebutante, for years she’s been systematically stalked by the richest—and most ruthless—golden boy of the Jet Set. To stay one step ahead, she’s used every resource at her disposal...
  • Carolina Isle by Jude Deveraux

    Carolina Isle by Jude Deveraux

    Rated: 3.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 29 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux uncovers the passions and scandals that take a small town by storm when two cousins switch lives. Ariel and Sara never imagined their high-spirited attempt to step into each other's shoes would cause such upheaval...
  • Charms & Witchdemeanors by Amanda M. Lee

    Charms & Witchdemeanors by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Tillie Winchester’s past is about to come back to haunt her, and what she sees as fun and games someone else sees as a recipe for murder. When a local woman is poisoned at Hemlock Cove’s senior center, Aunt Tillie is the prime suspect. Bay, Thistle and Clove don’t believe their great-aunt is guilty – although Thistle is fine if the police want to haul her away for a long weekend...
  • Witch on Probation by Kim Richardson

    Witch on Probation by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Trouble follows me like a curse. Which, to be fair, is kind of accurate. I thought Gallows Gate couldn’t get any worse after the missing-teen fiasco. Turns out, it can. The Council’s breathing down my neck, dark magic is leaking through the cracks in the veil, and every supernatural creep in town seems to want a piece of me. Lucky me...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  witches  paranormal  fantasy
  • A Tomb with a View by Maggie March

    A Tomb with a View by Maggie March

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She sees dead people. He is dead people. And their canine companion has a few secrets of her own. Together, they're Lockwood Cove's most dysfunctional detective trio! Most roommates squabble over dirty dishes and unpaid bills. Anna McGuffin wishes that were her biggest problem...
  • Amateur Goddess by Erin R Flynn

    Amateur Goddess by Erin R Flynn

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    My name is Bevin Millen and I’m doing my best to survive the waters I’m swimming… Being CEO of a successful magical company hidden from the rest of the world. A college student who has never had a conventional education before or friends and has had to hide her magic from her psychotic family...
  • Flowering Inferno by Annabel Chase

    Flowering Inferno by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Did someone manifest murder or was it simply a tragic glamping accident? Spring has arrived in the charming riverside town of Newberry, along with the thorn in Mia’s side—her formidable mother is in town to attend a manifestation retreat at a nearby glamping site...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  paranormal  witches  fantasy  audiobook
  • The Phoenix by Jillian Dodd, Hayden Bishop

    The Phoenix by Jillian Dodd, Hayden Bishop

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the sixth book in a sizzling series filled with action and adventure. Fans of The Selection and The Hunger Games will discover a heart-pounding thrill ride of espionage and suspense set in glittering high society. A single sentence is muttered from the lips of an assassin dangling from a four-story building, “It starts in Montrovia. ”...
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