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State of Grace by Marie Force
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsChristmas at the White House Wouldn’t Be Complete Without a Murder or Two… The holiday season is under way in Washington, D.C., but Metro Police Lieutenant Sam Holland is busier than ever as she contends with the murder of a well-liked wife, mother and businesswoman found bound, gagged and dead for quite some time inside her minivan, miles from her home... -
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Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK“Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall is an unforgettable story of love, loss, and the choices that shape our lives…but it’s also a masterfully crafted mystery that will keep you guessing until the very last page. Seriously, that ending?! I did not see it coming.” —Reese Witherspoon“Stirring and mysterious…fires directly at the human heart and hits the mark...Categorized as:
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![Secret in the Santa by Kathi Daley]()
Secret in the Santa by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsA heartwarming cozy mystery series about losing everything, taking a chance, and starting again... -
![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 ratingsDo 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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![Adore Me by Jillian Dodd]()
Adore Me by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsJoin Keatyn on Thanksgiving Break in this Keatyn Chronicles novella. I’ve finally become the kind of girl my little sisters could look up to. Except for the lies. Lying to my friends is killing me. And the longer I’m there—the closer we get—the more I feel like I’m being eaten from the inside out. If I go back to Eastbrooke, I’ll end up nothing but a shell. So I'm not going back... -
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Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
Fugitive Apprehension Agent Stephanie Plum has a big problem on her hands: Seven-year-old Annie Soder and her mother, Evelyn, have disappeared. Evelyn's estranged husband, Steven, a shady owner of a seedy bar, is not at all happy. During the divorce proceedings, he and Evelyn signed a child custody bond, and Steven is demanding the money guaranteed by the bond to find Annie...Categorized as:
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![Troubled Tidings: a Christmas novella by Christy Barritt]()
Troubled Tidings: a Christmas novella by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA blown tire on a lonely desert road leads to Christmas Eve trouble.Vanishing Ranch chef Dean Burns just needed to pick up a few things for Christmas dinner. When his tire blows on the way home, he assures coworker Kota Perez that they’ll be back on the road in no time.Dean soon realizes the flat tire was no accident, and the simple trip transforms into a terrifying fight for survival... -
![To the Nines by Janet Evanovich]()
To the Nines by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 89 ratingsStephanie Plum's got rent to pay, people shooting at her, and psychos wanting her dead every day of the week (much to the dismay of her mother, her family, the men in her life, the guy who slices meat at the deli...oh, the list goes on). An ordinary person would cave under the pressure. But hey, she's from Jersey...Categorized as:
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![Hot Six by Janet Evanovich]()
Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
Low-rent bounty hunter Stephanie Plum reaches depths of personal experience that other women detectives never quite do. In Hot Six , for example, a sequence of new and hideous cars bite the dust; she finds herself lumbered with a policeman's multiply incontinent dog; and she has several bad skin days...Categorized as:
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![Wreathed in Disgrace by Robin Patchen]()
Wreathed in Disgrace by Robin Patchen
Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA famous actress, a protective bodyguard, a festive Christmas season, and a killer...or two...on the loose.Everybody believes movie star Denise Masters abandoned her family to pursue her dream, but the truth is much more complex. For years, she's longed to return to Coventry to repair her relationship with her daughter, but contractual obligations--and fear of being rejected--have kept her away... -
![Shock and Awesome by Camilla Chafer]()
Shock and Awesome by Camilla Chafer
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWhen a thief who preys on the super rich women of a high-end dating website turns up in Montgomery, it’s up to Private Investigator, Lexi Graves, to lure him out before he goes to ground. To make matters worse, he's evaded capture numerous times, and this might be the last chance to catch him before he retires altogether from the high stakes game...Categorized as:
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![Seven Up by Janet Evanovich]()
Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
BLOWN UP All New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has to do is bring in semi-retired bail jumper Eddie DeChooch. For an old man he's still got a knack for slipping out of sight--and raising hell...Categorized as:
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![Winter Frost by Lauren Carr]()
Winter Frost by Lauren Carr
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt all started with a chance encounter in the city with Blair, his late wife. Chris Matheson and the Geezer Squad, working under the guise of a book club, dig into the events surrounding his late wife’s supposed death halfway around the globe. A state department employee shoots himself in the back three times. A CIA operative goes missing... -
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Burning Bond by Emma Hart
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBURNING BOND is book six of the HOLLY WOODS FILES series. While it can technically be read as a standalone, it's advised to read the first five books prior to this for full enjoyment. -- Two men, both determined to protect me. I think I love one. I’m almost sure I’m in love with the other. Ride or die just got a whole lot realer... -
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![Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich]()
Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, where bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's life is about to implode in Janet Evanovich's wildest, hottest novel yet! FIRST A STRANGER APPEARS While chasing down the usual cast of miscreants and weirdos Stephanie discovers that a crazed woman is stalking her...Categorized as:
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Fraser by Susan May Warren
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFraser Marshall is pretty sure his career as a Spec Ops fighter is over. Yes, he’s gone into private security, working for Jones, Inc, but his last gig ended with him wounded and taken captive. And those wounds just won’t heal. The last thing he wants to do is stick around his family’s winery pressing grapes... -
![Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich]()
Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 87 ratingsStephanie Plum is thinking her career as a fugitive apprehension agent has run its course. She's been shot at, spat at, cussed at, fire-bombed, mooned, and attacked by dogs. Stephanie thinks it's time for a change. So she quits. She wants something safe and normal. But the kind of trouble she had at the bail bonds office can't compare to the kind of trouble she finds herself facing now..Categorized as:
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![Killer Secrets by Kathleen Donnelly]()
Killer Secrets by Kathleen Donnelly
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA small town’s deadly past is exposed in the newest installment of the suspenseful National Forest K-9 series by Kathleen Donnelly.Until an avalanche ripped down a mountainside, exposing a serial killer’s dumping grounds, Antler Valley, Colorado was a quiet town. Now Forest Service officer Maya Thompson and her beautiful K-9, Juniper, must catch the murderer before they become the next targets... -
![Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich]()
Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich
"I'm Stephanie Plum. My mother says that I'm famous and have to set a good example. She's right, but I'm from Jersey and truth is, I have a hard time getting a grip on the good example thing." Swing off the Jersey Turnpike and you'll be in bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's neighborhood. You'll know it because all hell will be breaking loose...Categorized as:
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Sail by M. Mabie
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis isn’t just a two-year long one-night stand. It’s my life. This is my life. Our life. It isn’t just some careless affair. I’ve made the worst decisions a woman could, but I’ll earn my second chance. She can try keeping all the guilt for herself, but I’m just as much to blame. Loving Casey wasn’t my biggest mistake. Fighting it for so long was... -
![I Will Find You by Susan May Warren]()
I Will Find You by Susan May Warren
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe released a sound, deep inside, part growl, part acquiescence. “Ruby Jane. You are going to be the death of me.”“No. Not anymore. I’ve learned my lesson.”He cocked his head.Maybe because yes, she’d said that before, but this time — “I never again want to look out into the dark sky and wonder where you are, and if you’re alive. Never want to be more than a phone call away from you... -
![Vanishing Legacy by Lynette Eason, Kate Angelo]()
Vanishing Legacy by Lynette Eason, Kate Angelo
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor this Elite Guardian, protecting her client’s daughter just got personal.Elite Guardian Alana Flores, former LAPD underwater dive detective, just wants a fresh start in Savannah, Georgia, with her son, Rocco... -
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Find Me by Tiffany Snow
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs the head of the government’s secret Vigilance spy program, computer guru China Mack already has her hands full when her billionaire boyfriend, Jackson Cooper, asks for one of them in marriage. Thrown for a loop by the sudden proposal, China’s usually well-ordered life takes another hit when someone tries to assassinate the president...Categorized as:
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![Christmas Miracles at the Little Log Cabin by Helen J. Rolfe]()
Christmas Miracles at the Little Log Cabin by Helen J. Rolfe
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA snow-covered log cabin surrounded by Christmas trees brings plenty of surprises for Holly … do you believe in Christmas miracles? Holly is looking for a change and even though not everyone agrees with her career choices, she’s determined there’s more to this life than the long hours she works as an editor in New York City... -
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![Mistletoe Malarkey: A Shayla Murphy Mystery by Stella Bixby]()
Mistletoe Malarkey: A Shayla Murphy Mystery by Stella Bixby
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey've been dating more than a year. They practically live together. Now, Shayla's meeting his family for Christmas.In Ireland. Seamus is a park ranger, shares an apartment with three other guys, and drives a beat up pickup truck... -
![The Only Reason by Donna Schwartze]()
The Only Reason by Donna Schwartze
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA slow burn Navy SEAL romance. Millie Marsh is a fiercely independent CIA agent. Mason Davis is a headstrong Navy SEAL. Join them for this second chapter of their story. When Millie takes the final step toward the answers she craves, will she be forced to choose between her head and her heart?“This sequel absolutely exceeded expectations... -
![Cold Threat by Nancy Mehl]()
Cold Threat by Nancy Mehl
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwenty years ago, several people were murdered in Des Moines, and the only evidence left behind was a snowman ornament hanging on a tree on their front lawns. With a suspect behind bars, the killings have come to an end--or so everyone thought. But now crimes with a similar MO are happening in a small Iowa town, and a local detective believes the killer is back and ready to strike again... -
![Cornered by Lynette Eason, Lynn H. Blackburn]()
Cornered by Lynette Eason, Lynn H. Blackburn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPrepare for three times the thrills with these nail-biting page-turners from your favorite romantic suspense authors!In In the Dark by Lynette Eason, accountant Steph Cross is cleaning out a coworker's desk after her untimely death when she finds cryptic notes that lead her to believe her friend's car accident was no accident at all... -
![Storm Warning by Elizabeth Goddard]()
Storm Warning by Elizabeth Goddard
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHaunted by a half-forgotten past, former army photographer Remi Grant is working at an isolated storm-watching lodge on the rocky Washington coast when she receives a mysterious puzzle piece. The puzzle piece may be the catalyst to unlock a disturbing incident she struggles to remember--the event that sent her into hiding... -
![High-Stakes Holiday Reunion by Christy Barritt]()
High-Stakes Holiday Reunion by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA CHILD'S LIFE IS AT STAKE When Christopher Jordan sees the fear in Ashley Wilson's eyes, he knows he can't let her request for help go unanswered. Despite their tumultuous history, he's the only person his ex-fiancée can trust to find her kidnapped nephew... -
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Santa's Subpoena by Rebecca Zanetti
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSo Much for Peace During the HolidaysAnna Albertini has her hands full during the holiday season. Her boyfriend Aiden is back in town after being undercover across the country for the last three months, and his sudden over-protectiveness is a little too much... -
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Cypher by T.L. Drake
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAward Winning Author T.L. Drake's final book of the Road Demons seriesSicilyI had a life most people envied. Wealth, family, friends, and a future career I had dreamed of having since I was a little girl. My life was perfect, until it wasn’t. I lost everything thanks to a bottle of Jack and…him—a man I don’t even know! A man that I have no choice but to trust now...Categorized as:
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![Beating Ruby by Camilla Monk]()
Beating Ruby by Camilla Monk
Life hasn’t been quite the same for computer engineer Island Chaptal since March, an OCD-ridden professional killer, burst into her life to clean her bedroom and take her on a global chase for a legendary diamond. Sadly, the (hit) man doesn’t just break bones; he breaks hearts, too... -
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Break Me by Tiffany Snow
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJust a few weeks ago, computer prodigy China Mack’s typical night in involved Endor Star Wars pajamas and a sensible bedtime. Now she’s dating gorgeous tech guru Jackson Cooper—one of Forbes’s Top Ten Eligible Billionaires—much to the Twitterverse’s delight. Turns out, going from socially inept hermit to poster girl for geek chic has its challenges... -
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![The Winter Lodge by Susan Wiggs]()
The Winter Lodge by Susan Wiggs
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsOn the longest night of the year, Jenny Majesky loses everything in a devastating house fire. But among the ashes she finds an unusual treasure hidden amid her grandfather's belongings, one that starts her on a search for the truth, and on a path toward a life that she never imagined... -
![The Beginning by Catherine Coulter]()
The Beginning by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Cove and The Maze , the first two thrillers in the FBI series, for the first time together in one volume. In these exciting novels of intrigue and suspense, readers are introduced to Special Agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock-and they'll watch the sparks fly as the agents' relationship heats up amid cases that could destroy everything they hold dear... -
![On The Line by Kathryn Shay]()
On The Line by Kathryn Shay
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsKathryn Shay spent five years riding fire trucks with a large city fire department, eating in their firehouses and interviewing hundreds of America's Bravest. Read the novels that resulted from her intense relationship with firefighters!“Powerhouse author Shay follows up AFTER THE FIRE with another dramatic and dynamic thriller... -
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Save Me by Tiffany Snow
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn this fast-paced romantic suspense, China Mack will make one final choice. Computer genius China Mack may be the former head of Vigilance, the government’s clandestine spy program, but she can still be knocked off balance. And two back-to-back personal blows have thrown her into a tailspin... -
![Black Oak Burning by Monique Edenwood]()
Black Oak Burning by Monique Edenwood
Cameron’s relentless craving for me never seemed to end, even when it seemed that he may end up claiming his victory over Jack.The irresistible odyssey into his dark dreams of domination thrilled me to my very core, breaking some of the chains holding me to Jack and setting my soul on fire with the fervor of relentless lust and unspeakable threats of ecstasy... -
![Truth or Dare by Fern Michaels]()
Truth or Dare by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe Sisterhood: a group of women bound by friendship and a quest for justice. Now their male allies, the Men of the Sisterhood, have formed a top-secret organization of their own, with the same goal of helping the helpless and righting the wrongs of the world . . . When the call comes, the Men of the Sisterhood drop everything to help their friends... -
![Lone Star Protector by Lenora Worth]()
Lone Star Protector by Lenora Worth
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKeeping Watch When dog trainer Kaitlin Mathers is attacked, Texas K-9 Unit captain Slade McNeal is determined to keep her—and what's left of his family—safe from harm. But soon Slade realizes nothing's safe, including his dogs, his son or the beautiful woman who's opening his heart. When Slade realizes the enemy might be closer than he ever dreamed possible, he vows to see justice served... -
![The Cleaner by Kiersten Modglin]()
The Cleaner by Kiersten Modglin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGunner James is good at death. An expert.His job is to clean up the messes no one else can.But behind that tough exterior, Gunner has a few secrets of his own.Eight years ago, Gunner left his hometown and vowed to never look back. When his past collides with his present in the form of a familiar face, Gunner must return home to take care of one final mess...the woman he left behind...Categorized as:
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![Explosive Christmas Showdown by Darlene L. Turner]()
Explosive Christmas Showdown by Darlene L. Turner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA bomber brings terror to Christmas as the presents go tick…tick…boom. With criminal investigative analyst Olive Wells at the center of a bomber’s dangerous game, she’ll do anything to catch the culprit—even work with her ex-fiancé and his K-9 detector dog. But with the Christmas rampage drawing ever closer, Zac Turner’s convinced the attacks are personal... -
![Christmas at Glacier Grove by Sage Parker]()
Christmas at Glacier Grove by Sage Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings47-year-old Lori was expecting a relaxing winter, but when her bank account is mysteriously emptied overnight things start spiraling. Forced to move back home and stay at her parents' bed & breakfast, she’s preparing for an extremely hard Christmas.The small Vermont ski town is full of twinkling lights and charm, but things aren’t as simple for Lori... -
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![Christmas at Glacier Grove by Sage Parker]()
Christmas at Glacier Grove by Sage Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings47-year-old Lori was expecting a relaxing winter, but when her bank account is mysteriously emptied overnight things start spiraling. Forced to move back home and stay at her parents' bed & breakfast, she’s preparing for an extremely hard Christmas.The small Vermont ski town is full of twinkling lights and charm, but things aren’t as simple for Lori... -
![Tide and Punishment by Bree Baker]()
Tide and Punishment by Bree Baker
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNo one dreams of a killer Christmas... It's Christmastime in Charm, North Carolina, and while Everly Swan would prefer to focus on decorating her iced tea shop for its first holiday season, Great-Aunt Fran has decided to run for mayor against her long-time nemesis... -
![Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano]()
Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano
Finlay Donovan and her nanny/partner-in-crime Vero are in sore need of a girls’ weekend away. They plan a trip to Atlantic City, but odds are―seeing as it’s actually a cover story to negotiate a deal with a dangerous loan shark, save Vero’s childhood crush Javi, and hunt down a stolen car―it won’t be all fun and games...Categorized as:
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![Hidden in the Night by Elizabeth Goddard]()
Hidden in the Night by Elizabeth Goddard
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAt the behest of her ailing mother, former FBI special agent turned rare-book collector Ivy Elliott arrives in Alaska to secure an unpublished Jack London manuscript kept secreted away for decades. But when she arrives, she learns the manuscript is gone--taken by the granddaughter of the woman who possessed it... -
![Kansas City Christmas by Julie Miller]()
Kansas City Christmas by Julie Miller
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA detective with no badge, Edward Kincaid's brooding nature scared medical examiner Holly Masterson, but couldn't dim her holiday spirit. It was when she attracted a stalker that the most wonderful time of the year turned into the most frightening. Working together to reveal a conspiracy too many people had died covering up, Holly found Edward's protection - and powerful embrace - hard to resist... -
![No Control by Shannon K. Butcher]()
No Control by Shannon K. Butcher
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNO HIDING . Lana Hancock knows all about danger--and betrayal. Eighteen months ago, she was captured by a terrorist group known as the Swarm while one of its members, a rugged man with sinfully dark eyes, did nothing to help her. Now when she's freed and desperate to put it all behind her, the unthinkable happens...
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