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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...
  • 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...
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  • Cruising Cowboys: A Cruise Ship Cozy Mystery Novel by Hope Callaghan

    Cruising Cowboys: A Cruise Ship Cozy Mystery Novel by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    When a famous cowboy dies after a fall from a mechanical bull while onboard Siren of the Seas, the cruise line’s CEO dispatches staff to investigate. The ship’s head of security and Captain Armati are forced to step down pending further investigation. For Millie, it’s a race against time to figure out if the cowboy recklessly put his life in danger or if something much more sinister is afoot...
  • 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...
  • Saltwater Cowboy by Christy Barritt

    Saltwater Cowboy by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    When a mysterious woman washes up in Cape Corral, a wild horse sanctuary off North Carolina's coast, law enforcement officer Levi Sutherland is determined to figure out if she's connected with the crimes recently plaguing the island. The problem is, she can't remember anything . .
  • 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.When a masked intruder comes barreling into the club firing a gun and hits the owner, Avery is intrigued...
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    mystery  suspense  humor  length-medium  audiobook
  • Cruising Family Style: A Made in Savannah Cozy Mystery Novel by Hope Callaghan

    Cruising Family Style: A Made in Savannah Cozy Mystery Novel by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The Garlucci family’s epic cruise vacation onboard the Siren of the Seas is smooth sailing until Carlita’s son becomes a prime suspect after his boss…the head of the “mafia family” is found dead...
  • Break My Fall by Lynn H. Blackburn

    Break My Fall by Lynn H. Blackburn

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dr. Meredith Quinn always planned to return to Gossamer Falls to practice dentistry. Now that she's back home, she's made it a point to offer clinics to children and adults in nearby underserved areas. Unfortunately, those same areas are known to harbor drug traffickers, and Police Chief Grayson Ward suspects that local law enforcement is looking the other way...
  • BOURBON GIRL: part 1 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    BOURBON GIRL: part 1 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...
  • 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...
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    mystery  suspense  heroine sleuth  humor  m-f  audiobook
  • 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...
  • 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...
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    suspense  mystery  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...
  • Mischief and Mutiny by Hope Callaghan

    Mischief and Mutiny by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As the Siren of the Seas nears its next port of call, a group of disgruntled crewmembers circulate a petition to have the ship’s purser fired.Millie is shocked to learn that not only is her close friend’s name at the top of the list, but other loyal crewmembers’ names are listed as well...
  • 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...
  • Rendezvous and Revenge: A Cruise Ship Cozy Mystery Novel by Hope Callaghan

    Rendezvous and Revenge: A Cruise Ship Cozy Mystery Novel by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When the star of Siren of the Seas new hit show is murdered backstage, Felix lands the lead role and also the top spot on the list of suspects...
  • Dragon Security: The Complete Series by Glenna Sinclair

    Dragon Security: The Complete Series by Glenna Sinclair

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 22 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...
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    mystery  suspense  humor  military  new adult
  • 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...
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    mystery  suspense  humor  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...
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    suspense  mystery  humor  length-short  m-f  audiobook
  • 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...
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    mystery  suspense  humor  length-medium  audiobook
  • Oracles & Obituaries by Amanda M. Lee

    Oracles & Obituaries by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Halloween 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...
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    suspense  mystery  humor  length-medium  audiobook
  • 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...
  • Janet Evanovich Boxed Set #3 by Janet Evanovich

    Janet Evanovich Boxed Set #3 by Janet Evanovich

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
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    suspense  mystery  heroine sleuth  humor
  • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Liliana Hart

    Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    What 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...
  • Very Nice Funerals by Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer

    Very Nice Funerals by Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    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...
  • 8 Bodies is Enough by Stephanie Bond

    8 Bodies is Enough by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When 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 ratings
    When 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...
  • Above the Fold & Below the Belt by Amanda M. Lee

    Above the Fold & Below the Belt by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Avery 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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    suspense  mystery  humor  length-medium  audiobook
  • A Few Good Women by Camilla Chafer

    A Few Good Women by Camilla Chafer

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Private 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...
  • On Deadline & Under Fire by Amanda M. Lee

    On Deadline & Under Fire by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There’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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    mystery  suspense  humor  length-medium  audiobook
  • Very Special Forces by Camilla Chafer

    Very Special Forces by Camilla Chafer

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Private 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...
  • 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...
  • Suspicious Minds by Christy Barritt

    Suspicious Minds by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Christy 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...
  • Made in Savannah Mysteries Box Set: Books 1-10 by Hope Callaghan

    Made in Savannah Mysteries Box Set: Books 1-10 by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After the mysterious death of her mafia “made man” husband, Carlita Garlucci makes a shocking discovery. Follow the Garlucci family saga as Carlita and her daughter try to escape their NY mob ties and make a fresh start in Savannah, Georgia. They soon realize you can run but can’t hide from your past...
  • 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 ratings
    Savannah’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 ratings
    When 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...
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    mystery  suspense  humor  length-medium  m-f  audiobook
  • The Incredible Winston Browne by Sean Dietrich

    The Incredible Winston Browne by Sean Dietrich

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Beloved writer Sean Dietrich—also known as Sean of the South—will warm your heart with this rich and nostalgic tale of a small-town sheriff, a mysterious little girl, and a good-hearted community pulling together to help her.Folks in Moab live for ice cream socials, baseball, and the local paper’s weekly gossip column...
  • 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 ratings
    One 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...
  • Island Chaptal and The Ancient Aliens' Treasure by Camilla Monk

    Island Chaptal and The Ancient Aliens' Treasure by Camilla Monk

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Okay, 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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    suspense  mystery  humor  audiobook
  • HOLIDAY GIRL: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    HOLIDAY GIRL: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    An 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..
  • Off the Record by Amanda M. Lee

    Off the Record by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Camping 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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    suspense  mystery  humor  length-medium  audiobook
  • 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...
  • 9 Bodies Rolling by Stephanie Bond

    9 Bodies Rolling by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Round 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..
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    mystery  suspense  heroine sleuth  humor  audiobook
  • Tangled Up In You by Barbara Freethy

    Tangled Up In You by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Detective Adam Cole has been a loner for as long as he can remember. He's very good at protecting people. He's great at being a friend, but relationships that go beyond that—not so much. A darkness in his past prevents him from making himself open and vulnerable...
  • Brilliance and Betrayal by Lynn Morrison, Anne Radcliffe

    Brilliance and Betrayal by Lynn Morrison, Anne Radcliffe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The cruellest fate for a man…Lord Peregrine Fitzroy once toyed with his peers with the ease of a man playing chess. His mother’s treason, however, reduced him to a pawn. Surviving accusations of her crimes came at a price. When a foreign prince falls ill at Peregrine’s first appearance since returning to English soil, he can’t help but suspect the poison was henbane...
  • Bylines & Skylines by Amanda M. Lee

    Bylines & Skylines by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Life 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...
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    suspense  mystery  humor  length-medium  audiobook
  • 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...
  • Spiced by Gina LaManna

    Spiced by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Love 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...
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    mystery  suspense  humor  length-medium  m-f  audiobook
  • Seasoned by Gina LaManna

    Seasoned by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Meg’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...
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    mystery  suspense  humor  length-medium  m-f  audiobook
  • 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 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..
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