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Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 43 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author and “most popular mystery writer alive” (The New York Times) Janet Evanovich is in top form as she sends Stephanie Plum on the trail of a stolen cache of dirty diamonds. Stephanie Plum, Trenton’s hardest working, most underappreciated bounty hunter, is offered a freelance assignment that seems simple enough... -
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The Light Through the Leaves by Glendy Vanderah
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsOne 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 ratingsOne 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...Categorized as:
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Kings Falling by Ronie Kendig
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLeif 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... -
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Uncovering Project Arma by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe started her dream job . . . . . . and met her dream man. But could her fairy tale be short lived? Shylah was living her best life. Not only was her new job at Project Arma, hundreds of miles from her suffocating family, but she also got to work day in, day out with Navy SEALs. It didn’t take long for one of those SEALs to catch her eye... -
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Storm Rising by Ronie Kendig
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMentioned in the pages of the Septuagint but lost to history, the Book of the Wars has resurfaced, and its pages hold secrets--and dangers--never before seen on earth. Tasked with capturing the ancient text, former Navy SEAL Leif Metcalfe is finally given command of his own team... -
![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 ratingsMolena 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... -
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If I Can't Have You by Charlotte Levin
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 26 ratings'So beautifully written, such a devastatingly compelling story. .. I can honestly say it’s one of the best books I’ve ever read - it is without shadow of a doubt, EASILY up there with Girl On a Train and Eleanor Oliphant. ' - Ruth Jones. Samuel, the day we met I knew I’d finally found what I’ve been waiting for. You. Happiness, at last. Then you left me. And now I am alone... -
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Scared to Live by Stephen Booth
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDetective Constable Ben Cooper and Detective Sergeant Diane Fry must uncover the secrets of two grim murder scenes in England's Peak District--one inexplicable. .. and the other unspeakable... -
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Naked Heat by Richard Castle
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsIn the sequel to the New York Times bestselling HEAT WAVE, Richard Castle's new thrilling mystery continues the story of NYPD Homicide Detective, Nikki Heat. Tough, sexy, professional, Nikki Heat carries a passion for justice as she leads one of New York City's top homicide squads... -
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Spy x Family, Vol. 10 by Tatsuya Endo, 遠藤達哉
An action-packed comedy about a fake family that includes a spy, an assassin and a telepath! Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world... -
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Cuff Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIn her most thrilling novel yet, author Fiona Quinn exposes the dark forces threatening America. The Hydra, a monstrous group that includes a secret society that will do anything for power, is ready to strike, and only Lexi stands a chance to stop them. Lexi Sobado and her mentor Spyder McGraw work as a covert team to thwart the four-headed monster they’ve codenamed The Hydra... -
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Liam by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsShe’s looking for a fresh start…she finds him. Nylah Walker knows what it’s like to be protected. You don’t grow up with five brothers without having someone close by, watching your back at all times. She craves independence, and Cradle Mountain is her fresh start. Her new beginning...Categorized as:
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Gulf Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe road to Hell is paved with good intentions. In this woman’s action adventure, with an explosive psychic twist, USA Today bestselling author Fiona Quinn takes her reader into a world of international crime, terror, spies, and resistance networks... -
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Aidan by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsSome loves are impossible to leave behind…. Cassie Webber had it all. A man who loved her, a mother and sister who were all the family she needed, and a job she adored. Until, in the blink of an eye, everything changed. Now her mother and Aidan are gone, and her sister’s in danger...Categorized as:
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Death at the Drive-In by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsVerity's quest to save her friend takes her to a long-abandoned part of Sugarland where rockabilly ghosts rule. -
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The Lynx Series Boxed Set I #1-4 by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHer education was unusual…. …and that might just give her a chance. Can Lexi survive an assassin? Lexi didn’t have a normal childhood; she was raised by the intelligence community. They saw her potential and now, with a target on her back, she needs to figure out who’s after her and why. And where did her mentor go? If she was going to get answers…. …she would need some help...Categorized as:
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Thunder Game by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsDiego Campos has come home to die. The GhostWalker is tired of walking a dark path shaped by countless losses. There has never been a moment of good in his life that wasn’t followed by something bad. But as he makes his way to his family’s homestead in the Appalachian Mountains, his plans are interrupted by a violent ambush that sets his life on a new course... -
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Hyper Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIf she fails, her whole team could be destroyed. Lexi “Lynx” Sabado is more than ready for her marriage with ex-SEAL Striker Rheas. But getting her happily ever after is fraught with hurdles when her psychic abilities start going haywire, giving her vague warnings of impending danger. As it turns out, identifying threats can be overwhelming when everything and everyone is the potential source... -
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Cuff Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsMore of this is true than you would believe. In her most thrilling novel yet, USA Today bestselling author Fiona Quinn exposes the dark forces threatening America. The Hydra, a monstrous group that includes a secret society that will do anything for power, is ready to strike, and only Lexi stands a chance to stop them. It’s a mind-bending plot of control and destruction... -
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Shattering Dawn by Jayne Ann Krentz
Rated: 0.00 of 5 stars · 0 ratingsAn unsettling investigation teaches two deeply suspicious people how to trust in the next thrilling novel of the Lost Night Files trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz. Amelia Rivers, a member of the Lost Night Files podcast team, hires private investigator Gideon Sweetwater to catch the stalker who has been watching her... -
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Knock Out by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsSeven-year-old Autumn Backman needed a hero. When she saw Special Agent Dillon Savich on TV after he'd brought down bank robbers in a Georgetown bank, she knew she'd found him. She called Savich, but she didn't use the phone. .. Ethan Merriweather, sheriff of Titusville, Virginia, a small mountain town near the Titus Hitch Wilderness, goes looking for a missing little girl... -
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Further Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman by J.B. Lynn
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsTake three wacky aunts, two talking animals, one nervous bride, and an upcoming hit,. and you've got the follow-up to JB Lynn's wickedly funny Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman... -
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Silent Truth by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn the sizzling new adventure from New York Times bestselling authors Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love, a red-hot BAD boy teams up with a sexy television reporter on an explosive quest for revenge. Tough-as-nails Bureau of American Defense agent Hunter Thornton-Payne is no stranger to uncomfortable top-secret missions, but tonight takes the cake... -
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![Quinn by Iris Johansen]()
Quinn by Iris Johansen
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 41 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen explores the darkest corners of the human heart as forensic sculptor Eve Duncan closes in on the killer who stole her daughter so many years ago. As a former Navy SEAL turned cop, Joe Quinn has seen the face of evil and knows just how deadly it can be... -
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Labyrinth by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsThe #1 New York Times bestselling FBI Thriller series returns with another tour de force in which Agent Sherlock risks losing her career—and her sanity—over a case that is more complicated and twisted than any she’s ever encountered. On a dark night, Agent Sherlock is driving along circuitous mountain roads in West Virginia when her car is suddenly T-boned at an intersection... -
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Blood Game by Iris Johansen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsFirst comes darkness, then comes fear - Eve Duncan is back! Blockbuster New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen’s latest thriller brings Eve closer to discovering her daughter’s killer…and into a web of danger from which she may not be able to escape…... -
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Heat Seeker by Lora Leigh
John Vincent has always led a life of danger, and now he has every reason to want to remain as dead as the obituary in the Australian papers had proclaimed him to be. He’d left nothing behind in the life he had once led—except for one woman, and one night of unforgettable passion. Now, both will return to haunt him…...Categorized as:
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Langdon by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLangdon hasn’t been in a good place for a long time, but it was time enough to chase away the woman he’d loved since forever. Unable to reach her to make it right, he realizes she’s disappeared—and not by choice. He then finds out why Molly was kidnapped and by whom. Molly would do just about anything for Langdon, yet being used as leverage to force him to act wasn’t part of the plan... -
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Ghost-in-Law Series 1-3 Boxset by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsGet the entire Ghost-in-Law mystery/romance series in one boxset. The set includes:. Trouble in Mudbug. Scientist Maryse Robicheaux thought that a lot of her problems had gone away with her mother-in-law’s death. The woman was rude, pushy, manipulative and used her considerable wealth to run herd over the entire town of Mudbug, Louisiana. Unfortunately, death doesn’t slow down Helena one bit...
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