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  • Dying Wishes by Colleen Helme

    Dying Wishes by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Shelby Nichols needs some time off, but for a mind-reader with ties to the police and the mob, is that even possible?Her kids want the dog she's promised them, the police need her to talk to a counselor, and Uncle Joey has unexpected news that could change her life. Is Shelby up to the task? Let's hope so, because solving a murder might be easier than granting a dying wish...
  • Is This Love? by Kaylee Ryan

    Is This Love? by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you the continuation of the stand-alone series surrounding five best friends who co-own a tattoo studio. "Is This Love?” is an age gap, marriage of convenience, friends to lovers, small-town romance.LegendA marriage of convenience is one thing… but falling for your fake wife is all kinds of complicated...
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  • Carpathian Collection by Christine Feehan

    Carpathian Collection by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "The queen of paranormal romance" (USA Today) presents three darkly compelling novels in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that "bring[s] vampiric Carpathians to vivid, virile life" (Publishers Weekly)...
  • Gabriel's Inferno Trilogy by Sylvain Reynard

    Gabriel's Inferno Trilogy by Sylvain Reynard

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The haunting trilogy of one man’s salvation and one woman’s sensual awakening . . . The first three volumes in the story of Professor Gabriel Emerson and his beloved Julia, an unforgettable exploration of sin, seduction, forbidden love, and redemption...
  • Other People's Things by Kerry Anne King

    Other People's Things by Kerry Anne King

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    From the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Whisper Me This comes a witty, magical story about improbable connections, difficult gifts, and the unexpected events that heal us and bring us together. Jailbird. Klepto. Spectacular failure to launch...
  • Charlie by Janice Whiteaker

    Charlie by Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Charlie is overwhelmed. Shadow Pine is changing so fast it takes everything she has just to keep up. Every minute of the day now goes to stocking shelves. Counting inventory. Filling out freaking spreadsheets. It’s miserable. And it’s all because of one man. Adam Bollingsworth. If the newscaster hadn’t insisted on writing that story, then everything would still be like it was...
  • Hell Hath No Fury: A Romance Anthology for Reproductive Rights by India R. Adams

    Hell Hath No Fury: A Romance Anthology for Reproductive Rights by India R. Adams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    We will not be silent.We will not stand down.We are furious.We are the storm.More than forty of your favorite authors have gotten together to create an anthology where 100% of the proceeds go toward charities fighting for our reproductive rights.Participating AuthorsAlexandria Bishop :: :: Karina Halle:: Amelia Wilde :: Amie Knight :: Anna B...
  • An Imperfect Gentleman by Wendy Vella

    An Imperfect Gentleman by Wendy Vella

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Ruined in the eyes of society, and removed from the only world they’d ever known, the Nightingale siblings vow never to be victims again. They will build their new life on what they’d once ignored. Being a clairvoyant is an excellent survival skill.A power he vows will not control him…After society turned its back on the Nightingales, Alexander knew it was time to face what he’d always denied...
  • Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy Boxed Set by Nora Roberts

    Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy Boxed Set by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 22 ratings
    DARK WITCH: With indifferent parents, Iona Sheehan grew up craving devotion and acceptance. From her maternal grandmother, she learned where to find both: a land of lush forests, dazzling lakes, and centuries-old legends. Ireland. Where her ancestors’ blood and magic have flowed through generations―and where her destiny awaits...
  • Shattering Dawn by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Shattering Dawn by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    An 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...
  • Following Fate by M.A. Frick

    Following Fate by M.A. Frick

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 11 ratings
    “You never have to force anything that’s meant to be.”But some things are worth fighting for.Rule #1 of bonding a WildlingThey’re Wild.Avyanna’s dreams of being a Rider have finally come true. Except… it’s more of a nightmare. The dragon she bonded is unlike anything anyone ever expected, and yet, she is supposed to act like any other Rider...
  • A Midsummer Night's Murder by Colleen Helme

    A Midsummer Night's Murder by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A Shelby Nichols Novella For a mind-reader like Shelby Nichols, finding a murderer should be a piece of cake. But add an overzealous prosecuting attorney with a grudge against her, and the wrong person could end up in jail...
  • Bearheart Guardian: A Small Town Shifter Romance by Harmony Raines

    Bearheart Guardian: A Small Town Shifter Romance by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Secrets are finally revealed as danger stalks the Bear Creek Guardians...
  • Vanished by April Wilson

    Vanished by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Fans of the McIntyre Security Bodyguard series will love this follow-up story about Dominic and Sophie. Sophie is due to give birth to their baby any day. When she goes missing, Dominic goes on a rampage as he searches for his wife. Lots of McIntyre family members and friends make an appearance in this book, including a few unexpected surprise guests...
  • The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

    The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 80 ratings
    A foundling, an old book of dark fairy tales, a secret garden, an aristocratic family, a love denied, and a mystery. The Forgotten Garden is a captivating, atmospheric and compulsively readable story of the past, secrets, family and memory from the international best-selling author Kate Morton. Cassandra is lost, alone and grieving...
  • Knock Out by Catherine Coulter

    Knock Out by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Seven-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...
  • For the Love of an Outlaw by T.S. Joyce

    For the Love of an Outlaw by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Ava Dorset is back in town on the pleading of her brother. He’s calling in big favors for her to fix the finances of the local Two Claws Ranch, but she’s wary. She hasn’t been back to her small hometown in years because there’s something off about that place. That and Trigger Massey, owner of the Two Claws Ranch, is too mysterious for his own good. There’s something wrong with that man...
  • The Novels of Nora Roberts, Volume 2 by Nora Roberts

    The Novels of Nora Roberts, Volume 2 by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts takes you from an island off the coast of Savannah to the emerald forests of the Northwest in these five engrossing tales of danger, desire, and the bonds that draw men and women together even in their darkest hours...
  • The Bear's Unlikely Mate by Harmony Raines

    The Bear's Unlikely Mate by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Rosie's ex-husband lets her down at the last minute, she has no choice but to take her son with her on her business trip to Bear Creek. Not that she minds, since she loves spending every minute she can with Elliott. However, having Elliott on the trip leaves her juggling the challenge of balancing her professional commitments with her maternal duties...
  • Quinn by Iris Johansen

    Quinn by Iris Johansen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 40 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...
  • Labyrinth by Catherine Coulter

    Labyrinth by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    The #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...
  • Scraps of Paper by Kathryn Meyer Griffith

    Scraps of Paper by Kathryn Meyer Griffith

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Abigail Sutton’s beloved husband walks out one night, doesn’t return, and two years later is found dead, a victim of a long ago crime. It’s made her sympathetic to the missing and their families.Starting her new life, Abigail moves to small town and buys a fixer-upper house left empty when old Edna Summers died...
  • Blood Game by Iris Johansen

    Blood Game by Iris Johansen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    First 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… Eve Duncan returns in a thriller that pits her against the most evil mind she has ever encountered: a ruthless killer who taunts her...
  • Mountain Homecoming by Janice Whiteaker

    Mountain Homecoming by Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Think you know who the most dangerous person in Greenlea is? You're wrong. Greenlea was supposed to be a temporary stop. A safe haven for Cora while a storm from her past blows over. But Greenlea isn’t safe. And her storm is far from over. **** Joel just wants to keep Cora safe. Help her in a way no one else can. But he doesn’t realize all that’s following her...
  • Chasing Morgan by Jennifer Ryan

    Chasing Morgan by Jennifer Ryan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Book Four in The Hunted Series … FBI agent Tyler Reed trusts only facts and evidence, until the day a beautiful blonde delivers a life-saving warning ... based on nothing more than a vision. Five years later, the mysterious Morgan Standish has used her talents to help Tyler and the FBI bring down countless criminals. Still, Tyler knows next to nothing about her...
  • Heat Seeker by Lora Leigh

    Heat Seeker by Lora Leigh

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 38 ratings
    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...
  • The Night Island by Jayne Ann Krentz

    The Night Island by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The disappearance of a mysterious informant leads two people desperate for answers to an island of deadly deception in this new novel in the Lost Night Files trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz...
  • Hawk by Nikki Landis

    Hawk by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hawk's storyHAWK is a full-length, standalone bad boy romance and the third book in the Devil’s Murder MC featuring take-charge bikers who adore and fiercely protect their women. HAWK has no cheating, no cliffhanger, plenty of heat, and a guaranteed HEA along with a slight paranormal twist...
  • This Time You by T.M. Cromer

    This Time You by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s been obsessed with her in every lifetime. Will recognition come too late?She recalls the past…Margaret Holt is just an everyday, average mother of three—with one exception; she has the ability to remember her past lives. When Gabriel James moves in next door, she immediately recognizes him from an ardent—but disastrous—affair in another lifetime...
  • Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons by Denise Grover Swank

    Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    When Rose reports for Fenton County jury duty she figures she’s lucky to get out of a morning working at the DMV. Instead, despite a disastrous encounter with the new assistant district attorney, Mason Deveraux, she’s picked as a juror on a murder case. As the trial progresses, she realizes an ominous vision she had in the men’s restroom proves the defendant is innocent...
  • Merlin's Keep by Madeleine Brent

    Merlin's Keep by Madeleine Brent

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 20 ratings
    THEY CALLED HER JANI BUT SHE ONCE HAD ANOTHER NAME. AND A PAST SHE NEVER KNEW. From far-off Tibet to England's rich countryside, this marvelously enchanting novel unfolds the incredible saga of a beautiful, young half-caste whose strange destiny pulls her into a world of love and terror--a worlds a mysterious power moves slowly toward her, threatening her sanity...and her life...
  • Chasing The Night by Iris Johansen

    Chasing The Night by Iris Johansen

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    A CIA agent's two-year-old child was stolen in the night as a brutal act of vengeance. Now, eight years later, this torment is something Catherine Ling awakens to every day. Her friends, family, and colleagues tell her to let go, move on, accept that her son is never coming back. But she can't...
  • THE HEALER by Sharon Sala

    THE HEALER by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    It is a gift that may cost him everything.All his life, Jonah Gray Wolf has had an uncanny connection to animals, and the power to heal the sick and wounded. Driven from the only home he’s ever known by those who wish to harness his gift for profit, he becomes a drifter; working in out-of-the-way towns, never staying anywhere too long...
  • Shadow Play by Iris Johansen

    Shadow Play by Iris Johansen

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    An explosive new Eve Duncan thriller from the New York Times #1 bestselling authorEve Duncan is the most sought-after artist in the field of forensic sculpting. Dedicated to her work ever since her daughter Bonnie was taken and killed at the age of seven, Eve feels a sense of duty to those whose lives were lost and whose bones are now in her hands...
  • Bear Pause by Isadora Montrose

    Bear Pause by Isadora Montrose

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Billionaire Oil Bearon Laura Bascom needs a husband and a child if she’s to keep the family ranch. A one-year marriage sounds just right to satisfy the conditions of her great-grandfather’s will. Bearshifter Steve Holden's not sure he wants to get mixed up with any Bascoms, no matter how much money is at stake, but just one glimpse of voluptuous, adorable Laura and he knows he’s met his fate...
  • Tickety Tock: Wicked Warriors MC Arizona Chapter by Manda Mellett

    Tickety Tock: Wicked Warriors MC Arizona Chapter by Manda Mellett

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Dwarf.I’m used to women overlooking me in preference to my taller and admittedly more dashing brothers. Even if I see her first, one glance at them, and they can easily steal her away.There’s no point in hanging onto someone who doesn’t want to stay, but for once in my life I’d like to find a woman of my own who wants only me...
  • Simon Says... Hide by Dale Mayer

    Simon Says... Hide by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Simon Says... Hide, a brand new thriller series from USA Today best-selling author Dale Mayer.Newly promoted detective Kate Morgan stands up for the victims in the world, never backing down or giving up. From a family of victims, Kate will not tolerate those who take advantage of others. The worst ones prey on the hopes of desperate people to line their own pockets...
  • The Secret of the Chateau by Carrie Bedford

    The Secret of the Chateau by Carrie Bedford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A JUG OF WINE, A LOAF OF BREAD—AND DEATH.SHE KNOWS IT’S COMING; SHE HAS TO STOP IT!London architect Kate Benedict has barely shucked off her coat before she spots her host's aura, a swirling pattern above his head that Kate has come to recognize as a prediction of death within a few days.And she’s barely realized he’s in danger when he drops to the floor, shot by an unseen assailant...
  • The Enforcer by Darlene Tallman

    The Enforcer by Darlene Tallman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tressa Powers hasn’t had an easy life. She’s learned to keep to herself. Growing up, books were her escape. When she finally purchased an e-reader, she found a whole new world— indie authors. Tressa gets the chance to attend a book signing where many of her favorite authors will be. Real-life bikers will also be in attendance...
  • Whiplash by Catherine Coulter

    Whiplash by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Yale professor Dr. Edward Kender's father is undergoing chemotherapy when the supply of a critical accompanying drug suddenly runs out. Unwilling to accept the drug company's disingenuous excuse of production line problems, Dr. Kender hires private investigator Erin Pulaski to prove that something more sinister is going on at Schiffer Hartwin...
  • A Stop in Time by R.C. Boldt

    A Stop in Time by R.C. Boldt

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author RC Boldt brings readers an intriguing paranormal romantic suspense in A Stop in Time... I’ve been an outcast my whole life. If my scars don’t scare people off, my attitude certainly will. I don’t know what I am or how I got the power to stop time. What I do know is, there are far too many questions I need answers to...
  • The Lethal Touch: Codename: Rana: Apex Tactical Book 4 by Candice M. Wright

    The Lethal Touch: Codename: Rana: Apex Tactical Book 4 by Candice M. Wright

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Born to a man of faith who let his vision for the future twist his mind,I learned to stay in the shadows, collecting the kids that ended up in this godforsaken place with me.They’re the lost ones, and I’m their Wendy.The forgotten one, the dud, the failure.My only use now is as a future breeder to the cause.But they’ve taken enough, and I’ll be damned if I let them take more...
  • Point Blank by Catherine Coulter

    Point Blank by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    FBI Agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich face the most explosive case of their careers, pitting them against an unstable villain-with a very long memory...
  • Night and Day by Iris Johansen

    Night and Day by Iris Johansen

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes the explosive third book in the latest Eve Duncan trilogy.Iris Johansen's third book in her latest explosive trilogy starring forensic sculptor Eve Duncan takes readers on a high-energy adventure with Eve fighting to overcome the odds. Protecting Cara Delaney from the enemies who want her dead leads Eve to be their target...
  • Stalemate by Iris Johansen

    Stalemate by Iris Johansen

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Eve Duncan has turned down the job twice already. Her skill and devotion in identifying murder victims and helping bring their killers to justice may be world-renowned. But Eve works exclusively for law enforcement and the families of the innocent, and the man on the other end of the phone is many things�none of them law-abiding or innocent...
  • Split Second by Catherine Coulter

    Split Second by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    The number-one New York Times-bestselling author returns with another pulse-pounding thriller featuring FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock, and introducing Speical Agents Lucy Carlyle and Cooper McKnight. A serial killer is on the loose, and it's up to FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock to bring him down...
  • Equinox by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott

    Equinox by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The tranquility of Prophet is shattered when a local trail rider is killed and whispers of wolf packs and murder spread like wildfire.Three months after the murder of Mike Bressett, the sleepy town of Prophet faces another tragedy—the death of Billy Odette, a well-liked Makah man who ran trail rides for the tourists...
  • Gabe by Apryl Baker

    Gabe by Apryl Baker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    GabeGabriel Knorlin has spent his life protecting himself from the kind of pain no one should ever have to endure. The tragedy he survived sculpted every decision he ever made.The one decision he regretted? Abagail Crawford—a woman he calls family, but one he’s kept at arm’s length. He can’t live through the pain of losing someone he loves again...
  • Delivered to My Grizzlies by Mazzy J. March

    Delivered to My Grizzlies by Mazzy J. March

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Monroe:I’m destined to be alone for the rest of my life. Me and my books and my cats and no children. I don’t think that, but my parents and family can’t stop talking about it. The Mail-Order Mating app seems like a way to appease them without actually mating. I’ll make my preferences impossible to fill. But I get a match. Two grizzlies.And they are hot. Older, daddy-type hot.So I give it a shot...
  • Jeepers Creepers: Royal Bastards MC Las Vegas, NV by Nikki Landis

    Jeepers Creepers: Royal Bastards MC Las Vegas, NV by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The road to hell is paved with good intentions.Balen “Creature” Hobbs doesn’t call anywhere home.He’s been a nomad since the day he finished active duty.Fate has other plans when he bumps into a girl beaten outside a local bar.Being a good Samaritan didn’t cross his mind—only justice.Getting involved pulls him into a dark world where the strong prey on the weak...
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