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Bad Blood by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
New victims. New betrayals. New secrets.When Cassie Hobbes joined the FBI’s Naturals program, she had one goal: uncover the truth about her mother’s murder. But now, everything Cassie thought she knew about what happened that night has been called into question. Her mother is alive, and the people holding her captive are more powerful—and dangerous—than anything the Naturals have faced so far... -
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In an Instant by Suzanne Redfearn
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsLife is over in an instant for sixteen-year-old Finn Miller when a devastating car accident tumbles her and ten others over the side of a mountain. Suspended between worlds, she watches helplessly as those she loves struggle to survive.Impossible choices are made, decisions that leave the survivors tormented with grief and regret... -
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![Dragon's Gap: 4-5 Includes Love's Impulse by L.M. Lacee]()
Dragon's Gap: 4-5 Includes Love's Impulse by L.M. Lacee
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsL.M. Lacee's second omnibus edition in the popular fantasy-romance Dragon's Gap Saga.Ash & Olinda's StoryTo lose a whole life and not know why changes Olinda's perspective on who, and what she is. Discovering that myths and legends from the pages of fantasy are true, and you yourself are a myth, defies logic! For Olinda this is no story... -
![Island of Graves by Lisa McMann]()
Island of Graves by Lisa McMann
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsAlex and Aaron Stowe are at a crossroads.Everything Aaron has worked so hard to build in Quill has crumbled. Fallen from the height of power and influence and left for dead in a foreign place, Aaron has lost everything, and now he must humbly beg for food from those who saved his life... -
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![Island of Shipwrecks by Lisa McMann]()
Island of Shipwrecks by Lisa McMann
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsAlex and his friends from Artimé are stranded on a newly discovered island after barely surviving a storm that destroys their ship. And it turns out they’re not alone…Back in Quill, Aaron’s power base grows as he aligns himself with an unlikely ally... -
![The Red Church by Apryl Baker]()
The Red Church by Apryl Baker
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the swamps of New Orleans sits an old church. Its history is steeped in blood and death. For over a century, this abandoned church has inspired fear, and the rumors of the creatures that inhabit it have kept the locals away. The church has been sold, but work on the property has stalled... -
![The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson]()
The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 75 ratingsEllingham Academy must be cursed. Three people are now dead. One, a victim of either a prank gone wrong or a murder. Another, dead by misadventure. And now, an accident in Burlington has claimed another life. All three in the wrong place at the wrong time. All at the exact moment of Stevie’s greatest triumph . . .She knows who Truly Devious is. She’s solved it. The greatest case of the century...Categorized as:
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![Bridge of Ash by Jacquelyn Benson]()
Bridge of Ash by Jacquelyn Benson
England's deadliest secrets are at risk—and so is the man Lily is about to marry.As World War I rages across Europe, a military officer is brutally murdered in a remote English country house. Lord Strangford is the only suspect.To clear his name, Lily must unravel the secrets that surround the corpse... -
![When Heaven Weeps by Ted Dekker]()
When Heaven Weeps by Ted Dekker
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsA thriller unlike any you have ever read. A love strong enough to bring a tremor to your bones. A sacrifice powerful enough to make heaven weep.At the close of World War II, a shell-shocked solider, Jan Jovic, was forced to inflict a game of life and death on a peaceful Bosnian community... -
![The Dying Breath by Alane Ferguson]()
The Dying Breath by Alane Ferguson
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsCameryn?s ex-boyfriend is back . . . and ready to kill! Cameryn had thought she was in love with him. He was smart, strong, and would do anything for her?even kill. Kyle O?Neil disappeared after his first attempt on Cameryn?s life at the end of The Angel of Death . Now he is back for his second... -
![7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! [Manga], Vol. 2 (ループ7回目の悪役令嬢は、元敵国で自由気ままな花嫁生活を満喫する (Manga) #2) by Hinoki Kino, Touko Amekawa]()
7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! [Manga], Vol. 2 (ループ7回目の悪役令嬢は、元敵国で自由気ままな花嫁生活を満喫する (Manga) #2) by Hinoki Kino, Touko Amekawa
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsKEEP YOUR HANDMAIDENS CLOSE, AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSEREvery time Rishe turns twenty, she dies and is reincarnated to the day her engagement is broken off. This time around, she winds up the fiancee of the man who killed her in her previous life: the crown prince of the Galkhein Empire, Arnold! Knowing from her past lives that Galkhein is on the path to war, Rishe is determined to prevent it...Categorized as:
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![Lion's Honor by Celia Kyle]()
Lion's Honor by Celia Kyle
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSometimes the Queen of the Jungle needs to lean on her King. Okay, she’s really not the queen and he’s totally not the king, but damn it, they need each other. Four years ago, werelioness Honor Mauer walked away from Ridgeville and hopped on a plane bound for London. She had college dreams and none of them included her pesky maybe-mate Grayson...Categorized as:
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![Hurt by Travis Thrasher]()
Hurt by Travis Thrasher
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHis Rebellion Will Soon Turn to Hope When Chris Buckley first encountered the mysteries of creepy Solitary, North Carolina, he had little idea how far he would fall into the town’s shadows. After losing the love of his life, Chris tried to do things his way. He hunted answers. Then he gave up trying to find them. But now Chris comes back to Solitary knowing there’s a purpose for his being there... -
![No Way Home by Annette Dashofy]()
No Way Home by Annette Dashofy
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA relaxing trail ride turns tragic when Paramedic and Deputy Coroner Zoe Chambers discovers the body of a popular county commissioner in her Pennsylvania woods. Inconsistencies surround the horrible accident, but before she can investigate further, she's pried away by a plea for help from her best friend, whose son has been deemed a person of interest in a homicide over a thousand miles away... -
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![Refuge for Masterminds by Kathleen Baldwin]()
Refuge for Masterminds by Kathleen Baldwin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLady Jane Moore has a secret. A secret that must be kept buried. For if anyone discovered the truth, her life at Stranje House would crumble. And with Napoleon Bonaparte’s invasion of England underway, everyone at Stranje House is already in danger. Mortal danger.Jane knows it. She may not be like Tess, who has the advantage of prophetic dreams...Categorized as:
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Blink by Ted Dekker
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe future changes in the BLINK of an eye...or does it?Seth Borders isn't your average graduate student. For starters, he has one of the world's highest IQs. Now he's suddenly struck by an incredible power--the ability to see multiple potential futures.Still reeling from this inexplicable gift, Seth stumbles upon a beautiful woman named Miriam...Categorized as:
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![Famous Last Words by Katie Alender]()
Famous Last Words by Katie Alender
Hollywood history, mystery, murder, mayhem, and delicious romance collide in this unputdownable thriller from master storyteller Katie Alender. Willa is freaking out. It seems like she's seeing things. Like a dead body in her swimming pool. Frantic messages on her walls. A reflection that is not her own. It's almost as if someone -- or something -- is trying to send her a message... -
![Ghost Hunt, Vol. 1 by Shiho Inada, Fuyumi Ono]()
Ghost Hunt, Vol. 1 by Shiho Inada, Fuyumi Ono
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsPARTNERS IN FEAR The decrepit building was condemned long ago, but every time the owners try to tear it down, “accidents” start to happen–people get hurt, sometimes even killed. Mai Taniyama and her classmates have heard the rumors that the creepy old high school is haunted–possibly by ghosts from the Second World War... -
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Another Girl Lost by Mary Burton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsA woman’s harrowing past comes back to haunt her in a novel of twisting psychological suspense by New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton.Ten years ago, fifteen-year-old Scarlett Crosby was held captive in a terrifying ordeal with a girl named Della. Scarlett escaped, their predator was killed, and Della simply vanished. Detective Kevin Dawson always wondered if Della even existed... -
![Dark Premonitions by Heather Topham Wood]()
Dark Premonitions by Heather Topham Wood
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPsychic Kate Edwards had her first premonition—a vision of her own murder by a faceless attacker. With very few clues to go on, she has to use her psychic gifts to uncover who wants her dead. Paranoia sets in and Kate wonders if there’s anybody she can trust. As Kate fears her impending death, she’s desperate to seek comfort with her ex-boyfriend Jared Corbett... -
![Gravestone by Travis Thrasher]()
Gravestone by Travis Thrasher
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHis Fear Will Soon Turn to Anger…. At first, Chris Buckley was simply warned. And watched. But as Chris unravels the haunting riddles of the town of Solitary, he finds that much more than the life of a town is at stake. Whether facing a pastor with a house full of skeletons or a cousin he never knew existed, Chris is forced to choose between light and darkness, life and nightmarish death... -
![Not Quite Cold by Lyla Payne]()
Not Quite Cold by Lyla Payne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGraciela Harper thought that getting rid of Anne Bonny’s ghost would be the first step toward putting all of the problems of her past behind her. Maybe things would work out with Beauregard Drayton, Heron Creek’s charming mayor. Maybe she and her cousin Amelia, and their childhood friends Melanie and Will, could find a way back to the comfortable friendship that defined their lives... -
![Temptation by Travis Thrasher]()
Temptation by Travis Thrasher
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe third book in the Solitary Tales series for young adults, Temptation follows the soul-wrenching twists of Chris Buckley’s journey as he heads deeper into a darkness that threatens all he loves best. As a reluctant student at Harrington High’s summer school, Chris meets a fun-loving senior girl who offers a welcome diversion from Chris’s past... -
![Nil Unlocked by Lynne Matson]()
Nil Unlocked by Lynne Matson
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsOn the island of Nil, the rules are set. You have exactly 365 days to escape—or you die. Rives is now the undisputed Leader of Nil City, but keeping the City united is tougher than ever.Raiders have grown bolder, supplies are dwindling, and non-human inhabitants have taken a turn toward the deadly... -
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![Forevermore by Cindy Miles]()
Forevermore by Cindy Miles
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOn a misty cliffside, mystery and romance await. . . . Ivy Calhoun's life has been turned upside down. Her new stepdad has uprooted Ivy and her mom, bringing them to live in an actual castle in the misty Scottish countryside. There are stone-faced servants and shadowy corridors, and the ancient walls seem full of secrets. Ivy is at once frightened and intrigued... -
![Echoes by Melinda Metz]()
Echoes by Melinda Metz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCan't believe she did that . . . . . . at four-thirty I have to . . . . . . I hate this place . . . Rae Voight is losing her mind. When she walks down the halls of Sanderson Prep, she hears voices . . . even when no one is talking. Other people's thoughts crowd her head, a confusing tangle of insecurities and dark secrets... -
![Coral Moon by Brandilyn Collins]()
Coral Moon by Brandilyn Collins
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe figure remained still as stone. Leslie couldn’t even detect a breath. Spider fingers teased the back of her neck. Leslie’s feet rooted to the pavement. She dropped her gaze to the driveway, seeking … what? Spatters of blood? Footprints? She saw nothing... -
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Dark Secrets 1 by Elizabeth Chandler
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsTwo girls haunted by the past... and destined to relive it In Legacy of Lies , Megan has to stay with the uptight grandmother she wants nothing to do with. She's determined to get through the visit without any drama, but when she falls into a twisted love triangle with potentially fatal consequences, Megan may be caught up in her family's legacy in more ways than she realizes... -
![Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult]()
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
For more than a decade, Jenna Metcalf has never stopped thinking about her mother, Alice, who mysteriously disappeared in the wake of a tragic accident. Refusing to believe that she would be abandoned as a young child, Jenna searches for her mother regularly online and pores over the pages of Alice’s old journals... -
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Blink Once by Cylin Busby
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWest is a high school senior who has everything going for him until an accident leaves him paralyzed. Strapped down in his hospital bed, slipping in and out of consciousness, West is terrified and alone. Until he meets Olivia. She's the girl next door-sort of... -
![Seven Minutes in Heaven by Sara Shepard]()
Seven Minutes in Heaven by Sara Shepard
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsMY SISTER WANTS THE TRUTH.BUT SOMETIMES THE TRUTH HURTS.For months, my long-lost twin, Emma, has been living my life and trying to solve my murder. She's unearthed dark secrets about my friends, my family, and my tangled past. But when it comes to finding my killer, she keeps running into dead ends.Until my body shows up in Sabino Canyon...Categorized as:
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![Mystery Royale by Kaitlyn Cavalancia]()
Mystery Royale by Kaitlyn Cavalancia
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE INHERITANCE GAMES meets HOTEL MAGNIFIQUE in this genre splicing YA fantastical mystery.The only thing sixteen-year-old Mullory Prudence has left of her mom is a "Run if the strange finds you." But mysterious warnings don’t pay the bills or help take care of her sick Gran. And they certainly don’t make her miserable after-school job any more bearable... -
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Three by Ted Dekker
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsBy all accounts seminary student Kevin Parsins is leading a good, if not virtuous, life. But like all people, Kevin has his secrets. And someone wants them revealed. While driving home from a day at graduate school, Kevin receives a call from a mysterious stranger who calls himself Slater... -
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Gasp by Lisa McMann
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAfter narrowly surviving two harrowing tragedies, Jules now fully understands the importance of the visions that she and people around her are experiencing. She’s convinced that if the visions passed from her to Sawyer after she saved him, then they must now have passed from Sawyer to one of the people he saved... -
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![The Oceanography of the Moon by Glendy Vanderah]()
The Oceanography of the Moon by Glendy Vanderah
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA heartfelt novel of shedding secrets, facing the past, and embracing the magic of love and family by the Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Where the Forest Meets the Stars.After the untimely deaths of her aunt and mother, young Riley Mays moved from Chicago to her cousins’ Wisconsin farm... -
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Ominous by Kate Brian
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAfter the shocking revelations made in the Private prequel, The Book of Spells , Noelle and Reed know they are descendants of the original Billings Girls, and their legacy includes a mysterious coven of witches... -
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Twisted by Sara Shepard
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsIt’s been a year since the torturous notes from A stopped and the mystery of Alison DiLaurentis’s disappearance was finally put to rest. Now seniors in high school, Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily are older, but they’re not any wiser. The pretty little liars have more secrets than ever - twisted secrets that could destroy the perfect lives they’ve worked so hard to rebuild...Categorized as:
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Vengeance by Kate Brian
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAfter the devastating events at Reed's birthday party, Noelle is determined to put the past to rest, but Reed is adament about rebuilding Billings. Coming up against endless roadblocks from the headmaster, not to mention Billings alumni, Reed will not let her legacy end with a pile of rubble. As if that weren't enough, old ghosts come back to haunt to the Billings Girls... -
![Robbed of Soul: Legends of Treasure Book 1 by Lois D. Brown]()
Robbed of Soul: Legends of Treasure Book 1 by Lois D. Brown
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn Engaging Adult Mystery Romance Rescued but psychologically damaged from a failed mission, ex-CIA officer Maria Branson takes the job of police chief in the quiet town of Kanab, Utah. Rest and relaxation are the doctor’s orders. She gets neither...Categorized as:
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![WOLF by Kelly Oliver]()
WOLF by Kelly Oliver
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFormer Montana cowgirl Jessica James is sleeping on a desk in the attic at the Philosophy Department at Northwestern University in the Chicago suburbs. She blames her advisor, Professor Wolfgang “Wolf” Schumtzig, “Preeminent Philosopher and World Class Dick-Head.” When he’s found dead in his office, her real education begins... -
![In Cold Blood: A Mystery Novel by Willow Rose]()
In Cold Blood: A Mystery Novel by Willow Rose
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA boarding school steeped in tradition. A killer cloaked in darkness. A campus soaked in blood. For Detective Forrest, evil has a distinctive smell. When a dead girl’s severed organs are found strung from a tree, Forrest fears that French Revolution-era savagery is making a comeback…Sara Damsgaard is in debt, newly widowed, and desperate to provide for her young sister... -
![It Waits in the Forest by Sarah Dass]()
It Waits in the Forest by Sarah Dass
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUnlike the other residents of the small Caribbean Island of St. Virgil, Selina DaSilva does not believe in magic. With a logical mind and a knack for botany, Selina used to dream of leaving the island to study Pharmacology—until a vicious, unsolved attack left her father dead and her mother in a coma... -
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Vanished by Kate Brian
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAgainst all odds, Reed Brennan re-established Billings as an underground literary society. She and the new initiates created a glamorous secret headquarters and were ready to show Easton Academy that even though Billings House is gone, the Billings Girls are stronger than ever. But before Reed had a chance to revel in her success, something horrible happened: Noelle disappeared... -
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![Cross My Heart, Hope to Die by Sara Shepard]()
Cross My Heart, Hope to Die by Sara Shepard
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsIT'S NOT EASY BEING ME.BUT MY TWIN SISTER HAS NO CHOICE.When I died two months ago, my killer told my twin sister to become me - or else. Now Emma has it down to a T. She tosses her hair with the signature Sutton Mercer flip and can lead a Lying Game prank with the best of them. She's even repairing my relationship with my adoptive family. The only thing she hasn't done is solve my murder...Categorized as:
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![Hide and Seek by Sara Shepard]()
Hide and Seek by Sara Shepard
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsMY FRIENDS AND I USED TO PLAY LYING GAMES.NOW MY TWIN SISTER IS LIVING ONE.When I was alive, my family seemed picture-perfect. My adoptive parents adored me, and my little sister, Laurel, copied my every move. But now that my long-lost twin, Emma, has taken my place to solve my murder, we’re both learning just how flawed my family really is...Categorized as:
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![Untraceable by Shelli R. Johannes]()
Untraceable by Shelli R. Johannes
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 25 ratings16-year-old Grace has lived in the Smokies all her life, patrolling with her forest ranger father who taught her about wildlife, tracking, and wilderness survival. When her dad goes missing on a routine patrol, Grace refuses to believe he’s dead and fights the town authorities, tribal officials, and nature to find him... -
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Untraceable by S.R. Johannes
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis book is free right now! Book 2 Uncontrollable is also now available! Book 3 is scheduled for June 3, 2014. 16-year-old Grace has lived in the Smokies all her life, patrolling with her forest ranger father who taught her about wildlife, tracking, and wilderness survival... -
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Epiphany by Gemma James
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLibrarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B00E0LUEKQ. “For all the times I'd witnessed the murders of other women in my dreams, I'd failed to see my own.” For 23-year-old Mackenzie Hill, tossing her life down the garbage disposal is easy after a painful incident shatters her life... -
![The Heidelberg Effect by Susan Kiernan-Lewis]()
The Heidelberg Effect by Susan Kiernan-Lewis
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsElla Stevens never knew a mother’s love. Her fierce independence was always seen as the keystone of her whole identity—unfettered by romantic involvements or family demands—until the day she moved to Heidelberg, Germany and her world began to unravel. There, she discovered the terrible secret her mother died to protect...Categorized as:
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