Books like 'The Devil Inside'

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  • The Chesapeake Series: Sea Swept / Rising Tides / Inner Harbor / Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts

    The Chesapeake Series: Sea Swept / Rising Tides / Inner Harbor / Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 32 ratings
    #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Nora Roberts presents her breathtaking Chesapeake Series--SEA SWEPT, RISING TIDES, INNER HARBOR, and CHESAPEAKE BLUE presented together in one set for the first time.SEA SWEPTWhen Cameron Quinn receives word that his father has been in a terrible car accident and is near death, Cam returns home...
  • Secret in the Santa by Kathi Daley

    Secret in the Santa by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    A heartwarming cozy mystery series about losing everything, taking a chance, and starting again...
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  • The Letter Keeper by Charles Martin

    The Letter Keeper by Charles Martin

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Combining heart-wrenching emotion with edge-of-your-seat tension, Charles Martin explores the true power of sacrificial love. He shows up when all hope is lost. Murphy Shepherd has made a career of finding those no one else could—survivors of human trafficking. His life’s mission is helping others find freedom. But then the nightmare strikes too close to home...
  • Final Vow by Kathleen Brooks

    Final Vow by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    As the ultimate bodyguard, Ahmed’s focus has been protecting the lives of everyone he cares about. When the darkest part of his past resurfaces, Ahmed knows he must go on the offensive to protect his future . . . a future with the one woman that can match his toughness and return the love that was once robbed from him...
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  • The Magic of Sea Glass by Jenny Hale

    The Magic of Sea Glass by Jenny Hale

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    From the USA Today, bestselling author of The Summer House, with over one million copies of her books sold, comes a heartwarming beach read, perfect for fans of Sheila Roberts, Jill Shalvis, and Debbie Macomber.After the loss of her fiancé a year ago, event planner Lauren Sutton can’t seem to go on with her choice of career or the life she’d built with her fiancé any longer...
  • The Starfish Sisters by Barbara O'Neal

    The Starfish Sisters by Barbara O'Neal

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    From the USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids comes an emotional novel about two women facing the betrayals, heartbreaks, and refuge of true friendship.Phoebe and Suze used to be closer than sisters. Growing up in a quiet and wildly beautiful coastal town in Oregon, they shared everything...
  • Playing with Lies by Riley Edwards

    Playing with Lies by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A no-strings kinda guy and a forever kinda woman…what could go wrong?I had a stalker and I knew just who to ask for help—Detective Dalton Neary. My own personal Prince Charming. The problem was, he turned out not to be so charming, at least not in the forever kind of way I was looking for. He was a good-time guy with a sexy smile and a goat game that should be illegal. But not the man for me...
  • A Storm of Infinite Beauty by Julianne MacLean

    A Storm of Infinite Beauty by Julianne MacLean

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Beyond the Moonlit Sea comes an atmospheric tale of how one woman’s search for the truth uncovers long-hidden secrets and rocks the very foundation of her world.Scarlett Fontaine is a true Hollywood legend—a singer, actress, and beloved fashion icon. But Scarlett dies tragically at just thirty-six years old, leaving behind no children...
  • Fortune by Helen Hardt

    Fortune by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Are you missing the Steel Brothers? Are you yearning for more? Welcome to the next generation! Join the grown children of Jonah, Talon, Ryan, and Marjorie for new adventures, mysteries, and heart-pounding passion...
  • Anonymous Acts  (Five Star Enterprises) by Christina C. Jones

    Anonymous Acts (Five Star Enterprises) by Christina C. Jones

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    What’s done in the dark… Murderer is a title she never expected to wear. Friend? Sure. Boss? Hell yes. But murderer? Never. If only she hadn’t threatened exactly that, just before someone winds up dead, and her fingerprints are all over the murder weapon. Always comes to light… All he wanted was to live a quiet life, without all the danger and darkness of his past...
  • Bad Seed by Sharon Sala

    Bad Seed by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Can she have the man of her dreams and the life she's always wanted?It's love at first sight when head pastry chef Brendan Pope meets private investigator Harley Banks at Serenity Inn for her latest investigation. But unknown to them both, Harley has a hitman after her, courtesy of the wrong-doer she put behind bars on her last case...
  • Forever by Janie Crouch

    Forever by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Some loves are meant to be from the very beginning.Jess O’Conner and Ethan Bollinger have known each other almost their entire lives and have loved each other from the start. The people of Oak Creek have watched them grow up, and everyone has always known what they are...Soulmates.But sometimes, fate demands a different path, derailing even the most carefully mapped plans...
  • Craving In The Mountains by Olivia T. Turner

    Craving In The Mountains by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    What do you do when you’re in a funk that won’t quit?I tried - Sleeping all day (check)- Binge watching Stranger Things all day (check)- Feeling sorry for myself all day (check)But nothing works. My funk gets funkier. Depression looms.So I do something drastic to shake myself out of it.I head to the Greene Mountains to go parachuting with my crazy cousin and his wild friends...
  • Undertow by Jana Deleon

    Undertow by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Jill Morgan left Tempest Island after high school, she didn’t know what she wanted to do the rest of her life. The only thing she’d ever loved was writing fiction, but that was a pursuit with no financial guarantees. So she did the responsible thing and got her college degree, then a job that provided a good living, and she wrote in her free time...
  • In Her Sights by Patricia D. Eddy

    In Her Sights by Patricia D. Eddy

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    One moment.Two lives.Their last chance for love.Inara’s never second-guessed a shot, not until the disaster in Colombia—the disaster that led to Coop's death.Drifting, off balance, her emotions out-of-control, she has to pull it together before she’s benched for good.Royce understands Inara’s pain. A stroke may have broken his body, but a mountain of guilt crushed his soul...
  • Summer at the Twist and Turn Bakery by Helen J. Rolfe, Helen Rolfe

    Summer at the Twist and Turn Bakery by Helen J. Rolfe, Helen Rolfe

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s summer in Heritage Cove, the picturesque village by the sea...
  • The Cottage in the Highlands by Julie Shackman

    The Cottage in the Highlands by Julie Shackman

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    When Leonie Baxter finds herself out of a job and out of a relationship, she’s at her wits end. Her life has just been turned upside down and she needs a plan, fast.By chance, on a walk with her rescue puppy, Leonie stumbles across a striking house in the woods; fully furnished but unoccupied. As a journalist, she is determined to find out more, after all, reporting is in her nature...
  • Fallen Knight by T.K. Leigh

    Fallen Knight by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Princess Esme of Belmont finally freed herself from the chains shackling her to royal life and has been living in Paris for the past several years. It’s what she wanted. What she fought for.But there’s still something missing.She refuses to admit what that something is, though, doing everything she can to put the past behind her.Until she receives a phone call that forces her to return home...
  • Fallen Knight by T.K. Leigh

    Fallen Knight by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Princess Esme of Belmont finally freed herself from the chains shackling her to royal life and has been living in Paris for the past several years. It’s what she wanted. What she fought for.But there’s still something missing.She refuses to admit what that something is, though, doing everything she can to put the past behind her.Until she receives a phone call that forces her to return home...
  • The Hiding Place by Paula Munier

    The Hiding Place by Paula Munier

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Mercy and Elvis are back in The Hiding Place, the most enthralling entry yet in USA Today bestselling Paula Munier's award-winning Mercy Carr mystery series. When the man who killed her grandfather breaks out of prison and comes after her grandmother, Mercy must unearth the long-buried scandals that threaten to tear her family apart...
  • Dirty Padraig: Dirty Dusters by Harley Diamond

    Dirty Padraig: Dirty Dusters by Harley Diamond

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    CROSSOVER UNIVERSE #6FOR NEVER WAS A STORY OF MORE WOEFate chose her for me, but I was forced to accept another.My Disney princess then wed my own brother.Does she love me? Does she not?Does she love him? Does she not?What a tangled web we weave, but the truth will out. It always does.The domino of deceit toppled, bringing down the house of cards used to gameplay.Blood spilled. Secrets spilled...
  • Dirty Padraig by Harley Diamond

    Dirty Padraig by Harley Diamond

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    CROSSOVER UNIVERSE #6FOR NEVER WAS A STORY OF MORE WOEFate chose her for me, but I was forced to accept another.My Disney princess then wed my own brother.Does she love me? Does she not?Does she love him? Does she not?What a tangled web we weave, but the truth will out. It always does.The domino of deceit toppled, bringing down the house of cards used to gameplay.Blood spilled. Secrets spilled...
  • Reaper by Naomi McKay

    Reaper by Naomi McKay

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    He’s only got one shot at keeping his happily-ever-after safe, but will she see it that way? A one-night-stand months ago left former Navy SEAL, Mason “Reaper” Salinger, a dad to two adorable twins. Devoted to the babies, Mason already knows he’s found everything he’s ever wanted with their mother, Brielle Dawson...
  • Wishing for the Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Wishing for the Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    He could be her forever, but first, she has to tell him the truth about her.I know this man.I’ve seen him in my dreams. I even know his name before he says it.Does that mean we’re destined to be together? It certainly feels like it. But I’m too afraid to tell him the truth about myself...
  • Crush by Kim Karr

    Crush by Kim Karr

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Logan McPherson and Elle Sterling continue to thrill in this powerful conclusion to the tantalizing, provocative, and unexpected sizzling romance that began in BLOW. The danger isn’t over. It’s only just begun. Circumstances brought them together and their undeniable connection won’t let them part...
  • Sterling Heat by L.B. Dunbar

    Sterling Heat by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Love wasn’t the daily special when a grumpy small-town baker delivers a baby in his bakery. Now, all he can think about is that sweet bundle and her tempting single mother.Having a baby in a bakery gives new meaning to taking the bun out of the oven. I’d been in Curmudgeon Bakery for one of those lemon baby-Bundt cakes I’d been craving since I found out I was pregnant...
  • 1105 Yakima Street by Debbie Macomber

    1105 Yakima Street by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    1105 Yakima StreetCedar Cove, WashingtonDear Reader,You’ve probably heard that my wife has left me. Rachel’s pregnant, and she says that she can’t handle the stress in our household anymore. My thirteen-year-old daughter, Jolene, is jealous of her. Maybe it’s my fault. As a widower I spoiled her – Jolene was reading over my shoulder just now and says that’s not true...
  • 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 ratings
    A 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...
  • Into the Fire by Irene Hannon

    Into the Fire by Irene Hannon

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    As a former smokejumper, arson investigator Bri Tucker knows her way around fires. But after a mysterious blaze takes the life of a former colleague, Bri inherits a curious puzzle from him that raises questions about several fiery deaths. Someone, however, doesn't want her picking up where he left off in search of answers...
  • Firefly Effect by K.K. Allen

    Firefly Effect by K.K. Allen

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He's a single dad who moves to a small mountain town and becomes obsessed with a potential client—a beautiful woman haunted by her tragic past.For years, tales of the Firefly Man were nothing more than elaborate rumors spread by residents of the Appalachian Mountains.Until the night Evelyn Vaughn stumbled upon a dead body in the woods.Fear gripped her, and silence stole her voice...
  • In the Midnight Rain by Barbara O'Neal

    In the Midnight Rain by Barbara O'Neal

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Two converging mysteries compel a woman’s search for the truth in a captivating novel about loss, love, family, and healing by the USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids.Biographer Ellie Connor is in Gideon, Texas, to research blues singer Mabel Beauvais who, on the verge of fame, mysteriously disappeared more than forty years ago. Gideon holds another mystery for Ellie...
  • Operation Heartbeat by Em Petrova

    Operation Heartbeat by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s all action. She’s all brains. But when danger heats up, their hearts might just be the biggest risk of all.Navy SEAL leader Ryan “Con” Constantine never planned to fake a marriage with a brilliant, offbeat cryptologist to stop a terrorist plot. But Sophie Edwards isn’t just cracking codes—she’s cracking his carefully guarded heart...
  • Trajectory by Cole McCade

    Trajectory by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Rising tensions between Malcolm, Seong-Jae, and Aanga Joshi reach a tipping point — and send our devilish duo on a rogue mission. Mal and Seong-Jae are off the radar, off the rails, and determined to track down the connection between Sila and the Golden Ratio Killer, no matter who stands in their way.One way or another, they'll put a name and a face to the nightmare.One way or another..
  • Mountain Seeking Princess: A Full Length Moose Mountain Novel by Marley Michaels

    Mountain Seeking Princess: A Full Length Moose Mountain Novel by Marley Michaels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Moose Mountain has been calling her protectors back to the mountain for a reason—she’s under threat and needs to be saved. It’s time to call in a champion and crown a new queen.Martie Cooper has lived her life constantly searching for something to fill an untouchable void in her heart...
  • Hawk by Lila Grey

    Hawk by Lila Grey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Broken, empty, and lost. Savannah Brooks has nothing to look forward to in her measly life. Until that sexy biker sets his eyes on her. Hawk wants her in the worst way, but she can’t let him get too close. Her depraved boyfriend and his father have it out for the entire club. One wrong move and they’ll take her friends down...
  • Possessive by Kristen Luciani

    Possessive by Kristen Luciani

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I struck a deal with the devil…and lost. For years, I followed orders and obeyed instructions.I put the family first. Always. Until temptation consumed me.I made mistakes and lost my focus, putting a target on my own back.I changed the game, Risked it all, And collected a prize. His prize.So when the devil came to collect, I had two options.Join him… Or kill him...
  • Lost in Cottonwood Canyon: A Heartfelt Romance Novel by RaeAnne Thayne

    Lost in Cottonwood Canyon: A Heartfelt Romance Novel by RaeAnne Thayne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne brings readers a gripping tale of a sister's quest to save her brother, aided by a true crime writer in this enemies-to-lovers romance! Previously published as Nothing to Lose.Crime expert Wyatt McKinnon has built his career by turning high-profile cases into bestsellers...
  • Accidentally Forever by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Accidentally Forever by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the world of romance, Aria Montgomery knows two things for sure:She’s not in love with the man everyone thinks she is.And she refuses to let herself love Crew McTavish.Her former best friend is spiraling, and her photography career seems to be standing in her father’s shadow. Aria knows she needs to find her way out of the darkness...
  • Dangerous Stranger by E.L. Todd

    Dangerous Stranger by E.L. Todd

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Standalone. No cliffhanger. HEA. Other books in the series can be read in any order.Jett takes his job as an escort seriously. He's not just playing a part, and he tries to help people as much as he can. When a guy asks him to pose as his boyfriend, Jett doesn't hesitate. Following the rules has always been easy, but with a dude, it will be a walk in the park...
  • Murdock by Elle James

    Murdock by Elle James

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Ex-Navy SEAL, Sean Murdock, is done with the Navy, done with being a bodyguard and ready to embrace construction as his new vocation. When he offers to ride shotgun with the local mobile veterinarian to deliver a horse to a client, he doesn’t expect the trip to turn into a rescue mission.Gabbie Myers grew up on a ranch in Montana and knew from her first pony that she would become a veterinarian...
  • The Summer Hideaway by Susan Wiggs

    The Summer Hideaway by Susan Wiggs

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 30 ratings
    Never get attached—Private nurse and protected witness Claire Turner lives by this motto. Fleeing a treacherous past, she knows no other way. Never give up—In the twilight of his life, George Bellamy makes it his final wish to reconcile with an estranged brother. He and Claire journey to Willow Lake—where it all went wrong for him fifty years ago...
  • East of Alice by Annie Seaton

    East of Alice by Annie Seaton

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A gem-fossicking discovery echoes through time and leads to a dangerous journey through the red dust outback. A gripping mystery from Australian author Annie Seaton.Gemma Hayden has returned to her hometown of Alice Springs for a new job as a primary school teacher. It's been six years since her family broke apart following the disappearance of her twin brother. And the scars still run deep...
  • Trust Me by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Trust Me by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 35 ratings
    The captivating new novel from the New York Times best selling author of Grand Passion! Passion is simple, but there's no logic to love...
  • Don't Back Down by Sharon Sala

    Don't Back Down by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The first in a riveting and pulse-pounding new romantic suspense series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Sharon Sala.Army veteran Cameron Pope arrives back in Jubilee, Kentucky, for the first time in years...
  • Getting Worked Up by Erin Nicholas

    Getting Worked Up by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Phoebe Sherwood is in love with the perfect man. Well, except for the fact that he’s in love with someone else. But Phoebe isn’t the type to let a little detail like that keep her from getting what she wants. And as she’s plotting how to get him back, she meets the perfect solution—Joe Spencer...
  • Salvation by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Salvation by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Lexa These feelings I have for Ben can’t go anywhere. I’m the Angels Halo MC president’s daughter. And he is the sheriff. For both our sakes, I have to keep him away. Ben Lexa calms the rage that I’ve struggled with my entire life. I couldn’t care less who her father is. Nothing matters but making her mine. Because my broken beauty is where my salvation begins...
  • Diamond Days by Suzanne Steele

    Diamond Days by Suzanne Steele

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When shots ring out at a wedding, it leaves the Glazov family wondering if they are up against their most dangerous enemy to date--an insider... This is the first time the family has ever faced a betrayal from within. Told in third person past tense, all the couples make an appearance, with Glazov being the strong lead...
  • Angels and Ashes by Avelyn Paige, Rebecca Pau

    Angels and Ashes by Avelyn Paige, Rebecca Pau

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Abandoned & Broken Left alone to raise a family, widower Darcy Kyle’s life has spiraled out of control. When secrets about her husband’s past emerge, Darcy is forced to confront the fact her husband’s fatal accident may, in fact, have been deliberate. Forced to sell her soul to the Devil himself, Darcy must uncover the truth of her husband’s accident…before it’s too late...
  • Bray by Lori Foster

    Bray by Lori Foster

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s turned him down every time.But this fighter is determined to win her over.An all-new steamy Ultimate novella by  New York Times  bestselling author Lori FosterBray Barlow is a simple guy. A light heavyweight MMA fighter, he trains, keeps his weight for fights and is known to blow off steam with willing women—especially when he’s frustrated...
  • Blazing Hope by V. Theia

    Blazing Hope by V. Theia

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Being a 1% MC officer, Arson stood shoulder to shoulder with his brothers.Though his priority was always the booze.His demons were deafening.And his addiction shoved him into Hell.Until rock bottom became his savior.No one said climbing back up would be straightforward.Brutal, relentless work.And then fate gave him a reason to live.To fight and carry on.And it was her...
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