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  • 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 ratings
    Do 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...
  • A Ruthless Christmas by K.L. Savage

    A Ruthless Christmas by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Jingle Hells, Jingle Hells, Jingle all the way...They think they are safe.Isn’t that sickening?They are decorating for Christmas.Twinkling lights. Wreaths. Mistletoe.Laughter.All that is missing is snow.They are the idea of a perfect family, aren’t they?I wonder how many of them are wishing for a Christmas miracle.How many of them only want peace?A night full of magic and wonder...Well...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  christmas  length-novella  m-f
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  • Taggart Family Values by Lexi Blake

    Taggart Family Values by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From Ian and Charlotte’s first meeting in Paris to a look into the future, Taggart Family Values chronicles Masters and Mercenaries’ favorite family through a series of short stories and novellas. Includes one brand new short story and one new novella...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  bdsm  contemporary  length-short
  • Made of Steele by Susan Sleeman

    Made of Steele by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    She keeps her feelings to herself…When Teagan Steele faces her hardest challenge since taking over her family’s security company, she has to dig deep to figure out how one of their clients smuggled antiquities into this country, and what they did with them. And she has to clear Steele Guardians of any charges of collusion and wrongdoing.But a bold undercover agent changes everything...
  • Hide and Seek by Kathi Daley

    Hide and Seek by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Sydney Whitmore, a forensic psychologist working for the FBI, moves to Shipwreck Island and renews her relationship with Ezra Reinhold, a reclusive billionaire who enjoys poking around in cold cases and has the means to hire the best people to find the answers no one else has been able to...
  • Mayhem & Mistletoe by Amanda M. Lee

    Mayhem & Mistletoe by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Avery Shaw has the world at her fingertips … and a pile of dead Santas near the railroad tracks. Interestingly, she’s more focused on the Santas than her personal life, but only because she’s been warned that a proposal is imminent from her live-in love Eliot Kane and she needs to look somewhere else – anywhere else will do – rather than accept what he’s trying to offer...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  christmas  mystery  humor  length-medium
  • Lost in You by Lexi Blake

    Lost in You by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Robert McClellan was forced to serve as a soldier in a war he didn’t understand. Liberated by McKay-Taggart, he struggles every day to reclaim the life he lost and do right by the men he calls his brothers, The Lost Boys. Only one thing is more important – Ariel Adisa. The gorgeous psychologist has plagued his dreams since the day they met...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  bdsm  contemporary  mystery  length-long  m-f
  • Tied to Hope by Red Phoenix

    Tied to Hope by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Welcome me home…” My life is what dreams are made of! I am deeper in love with Thane after the birth of our child, and I can’t believe the plans he has for our future. My joy Is doubled when Rytsar Durov returns as a conquering hero. In the midst of such bliss, a dark secret surfaces that has the power to tear our world apart...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  bdsm  humor  new adult  length-medium
  • Silent Night: A Lantern Beach Christmas Novella  (Lantern Beach Mysteries) by Christy Barritt

    Silent Night: A Lantern Beach Christmas Novella (Lantern Beach Mysteries) by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Catch up with your favorite Lantern Beach characters as they come together to help the town's beloved police chief.On the night before Christmas Eve, as she begins her maternity leave, Lantern Beach Police Chief Cassidy Chambers disappears. Suspecting foul play, law enforcement officers combine forces with the Blackout Security team and island residents to find her...
  • Creed by Susan May Warren

    Creed by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He's a criminal—who must become a prince to save the princess he loves. But will she have to become a criminal to save him?In the heart-pounding conclusion to the epic Minnesota Marshalls series, Princess Imani finds herself once again in peril as she becomes the target of a deadly plot. She needs Creed – only problem is, he’s facing charges in Lauchtenland...
  • The Mousse Wonderful Time of Year by H.Y. Hanna

    The Mousse Wonderful Time of Year by H.Y. Hanna

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Tearoom sleuth Gemma Rose is looking forward to a holiday filled with delicious Yuletide treats, time with friends and family, and maybe even a “white Christmas” in Oxford… But when she’s snowed in at a country manor, she finds herself stumbling on a puzzling murder—complete with a body in the library, a house full of suspects and a trail of mysterious footprints! Luckily, the nosy Old Biddies...
  • HOLIDAY GIRL: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    HOLIDAY GIRL: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    An Amazon exclusive!In the romantic mystery HOLIDAY GIRL, a city woman inherits a Christmas-year-round shop in a small southern town from an eccentric aunt. The wrinkle? She doesn't even LIKE the holidays! But as she's drawn into the lives of the shop's quirky customers, she begins to realize that southern men have a certain charm..
  • Out of Air by Robert F. Barker

    Out of Air by Robert F. Barker

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A final, climactic confrontation...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  suspense  mystery  length-long
  • Sharing the Miracle by Kristen Ashley

    Sharing the Miracle by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 24 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ashley comes a new novella in her River Rain Series...Elsa Cohen has everything she ever wanted.A challenging career. A bicoastal lifestyle.And an amazing man—the kind, loving and handsome Hale Wheeler—who adores her and has asked her to be his wife.She isn’t ready for the surprise news she’s received.And she doesn’t know how to tell Hale...
  • The Holiday Reunion by Sage Parker

    The Holiday Reunion by Sage Parker

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She wasn't expecting to spend the holidays heartbroken and alone. But thanks to her soon-to-be ex-husband, everything she once had is now gone.At 46 years old, all Matilda has is a backpack and a one-way ticket to her estranged cousins' cabin in Washington. Adapting to the small-town lifestyle, Matilda makes a room in the attic, where she discovers a hidden box of odds and ends...
  • Her Russian Returns by Red Phoenix

    Her Russian Returns by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rytsar Durov should be dead.But in the BDSM world, loyalties run as deep as kinky passions. Sir Thane Davis is determined to save his Russian brother, but must call on his friends at the Center to execute the plan.Clinging to hope, Brie trusts she will see Rytsar again...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  bdsm  new adult  length-short
  • Chill Factor: A Holiday Anthology by Freya Barker, Maddie Wade

    Chill Factor: A Holiday Anthology by Freya Barker, Maddie Wade

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Spending the holidays in the snowy mountains of Colorado could be a dream come true…unless you’re in the path of a monster blizzard. As the guests of Aspen’s prestigious ski resort, the St. James Inn, brace for the storm of the century, their holiday vacation changes from jovial celebration to desperate survival...
  • The Amish Christmas Angel by Hannah Schrock

    The Amish Christmas Angel by Hannah Schrock

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Katie is on the cusp of getting engaged when she finds an Englischer hiding in the familye’s barn at Christmas time. It will soon be Christmas and Katie Raber is eager to get engaged but Jacob King doesn’t seem as keen. After courting for more than a year, Katie doesn’t understand his hesitation...
  • Silent Night, Deadly Night by Kaylea Cross

    Silent Night, Deadly Night by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s Christmas in Charleston.Luke and Emily Hutchinson are hosting the entire crew at their home in Charleston’s historic district for an early Christmas celebration. It’s the first time they’ve all been together since Em was captured and Luke almost died taking down his nemesis in Beirut a year ago, and everyone is looking forward to sharing some Christmas magic together...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  christmas  military  length-novella
  • Montana Lights and Mistletoe Nights: Gabriel and Alba by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez

    Montana Lights and Mistletoe Nights: Gabriel and Alba by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Celebrate Christmas Kings of Retribution style.Gabriel has everything a man could want: his club, the love of a good woman, two kids, and another baby on the way.They are the light to his dark.Life is good.Trouble soon rolls into town, putting Gabriel’s family and club in danger.Driven by love and loyalty, Gabriel will stop at nothing to keep them safe...
  • Dreams of Christmases Past by Hannah Schrock

    Dreams of Christmases Past by Hannah Schrock

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Emma needs a Christmas miracle now more than ever, but the answer might lie in the past. Four years ago, a heavily pregnant Emma Graber had lost her husband. Emma had known it would be hard to raise her son on her own, she just didn’t know how hard. She hired a farm manager, Daniel, to run the farm in her husband’s stead...
  • Wooing the Widower by Elle E. Kay

    Wooing the Widower by Elle E. Kay

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Horses, Heartstrings, and A Later-in-Life RomanceMargie, a successful Colorado realtor, finds herself looking for a change of scenery and a dash of adventure after her only daughter embarks on a missionary journey, so she heads to Redemption Ranch to fulfill a long-held learning to ride horses...
  • Opposition by Jane Henry

    Opposition by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I hate Liam Alexander. I hate his Rolex. I hate his scowl. I hate everything his multi-billion-dollar company stands for. When the pompous, rich, arrogant jerk comes strutting into the coffee shop, I barely manage civility. But people make mistakes, and when I screw up, it's epic. I never expected the jerk would actually be a well-respected member of Club Verge...
  • Secret Santa: Clear Security Holidays by Ainsley St. Claire

    Secret Santa: Clear Security Holidays by Ainsley St. Claire

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    My sister is getting married and I need a date. He's grumpy and difficult, but I think I can talk him into it...
    Categorized as:
    christmas  suspense  military  length-medium
  • A Foxy Little Christmas by Laylah Roberts, Golden Czermak

    A Foxy Little Christmas by Laylah Roberts, Golden Czermak

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Who wants to come along with the Fox on a Christmas adventure?You might even get a visit from a naughty Little elf . . .Catch up with the Fox, Autumn, Brody, Duke and Sunny in this holiday adventure filled with spankings, Little shenanigans, and lots of Christmas fun...
  • The Christmas Letter by Kathi Daley

    The Christmas Letter by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A cozy mystery series featuring family who are friends and friends who are family. Set in the small town of White Eagle Montana, the series features Tess and her dog Tilly, who spend their days delivering the latest gossip along with the daily mail...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  christmas  mystery  length-short
  • 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 ratings
    They'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...
  • Shadow by Ivy Nelson

    Shadow by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Dark Romantic SuspenseCannon Ripley has spent his life in the shadows, but he's always been able to count on Olivia being there for him on the rare occasions he was able to come home. That is until he couldn't. When she walked away from their casual arrangement to marry someone else, he knew he'd stayed away too long. But she's divorced now and he's ready to come home for good...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  bdsm  contemporary  length-medium  m-f
  • Christmas Crisis: A Christian Romantic Suspense by Laura Scott

    Christmas Crisis: A Christian Romantic Suspense by Laura Scott

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Laura ScottWalking the line between danger and love!Active Shooter at the Christmas parade…EMT Elly Finnegan instinctively jumps into the line of danger when a gunman opens fire at the Christmas parade. Despite hating the sight of blood, she acts exactly as she’s trained to do. Tactical officer Joe Kingsley is there, too and they work together to save lives...
  • Swoony Moon by Tess Thompson

    Swoony Moon by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As children, they’d made a pact to marry until a mutual family tragedy ripped them apart. Can a Christmas miracle bring them back together in this clean and wholesome, small-town romance, or will the cruel demons of the past ruin their second chance?AtticusAnnie Armstrong was my best friend growing up...
  • That Time We Kissed Under the Mistletoe: A Sweet Romantic Comedy by Julie Christianson

    That Time We Kissed Under the Mistletoe: A Sweet Romantic Comedy by Julie Christianson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My holly jolly Christmas just went up in smoke. Literally …Playing nursemaid to Bradford “Three” Fuller is the last thing I need for Christmas.But for the next few days, I’m stuck in charge of my ex’s sparkling eyes, his ridiculous abs, and his (mostly) accidental kisses.I don’t have a choice.You see, Three’s only hurt because of me. And not like he hurt me a decade ago...
  • Deathwish by Dana Marton

    Deathwish by Dana Marton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Officer Gabriella Maria Flores desperately needs a big win to save her career. A case that proves that she has her act together, something non-controversial to make people forget the recent scandal she's been involved in. Instead, the murder she catches couldn't be more high-profile, the number one suspect her boss's brother. Means, motive, opportunity--check...
  • The Christmas Clause: A Cozy Mystery by Kathi Daley

    The Christmas Clause: A Cozy Mystery by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If you love small towns, endearing relationships, food, animals, and a touch of murder, you will love this cozy mystery series. With just two weeks until the highly anticipated Christmas on Main event, the tiny town of White Eagle Montana is all decked out for the season...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  christmas  mystery
  • The Best Christmas Ever by Heather Graham

    The Best Christmas Ever by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jackson Crow and his wife, Angela Hawkins, seldom leave the office for a vacation, much less at Christmas, when many of their agents are out in the field. But this year, Jackson wants to spend the holiday away, at an historic home in Virginia that he wants to buy — even if it is too far for them to commute to work each morning...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  christmas  length-novella
  • Christmas K-9 Unit Heroes by Lenora Worth, Katy Lee

    Christmas K-9 Unit Heroes by Lenora Worth, Katy Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Danger comes to Denver for the holidays…in these thrilling Rocky Mountain K-9 Unit novellas.With veterinarian Sydney Jones being targeted, K-9 Officer Gavin Walker and his furry partner must stand between her and certain death in Lenora Worth’s Hidden Christmas Danger...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  christmas  christian  length-short
  • Bulldog by Delta James

    Bulldog by Delta James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She wears the collar because she is his. She is his because her body knew its master.The moment Olivia Miles resorted to fighting dirty in a fencing match, Lord Nigel Pederson decided to teach her a shameful lesson, but as her quivering bottom reddened under his punishing hand the arousal pooling between her thighs made it clear she needs to be mastered completely...
  • Jaded by D.D. Prince

    Jaded by D.D. Prince

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Want equal rights?Don't f____ a biker.Want safe and predictable?Do not fall for a biker.Want wind in your hair, fire in your soul, and a man's fingerprints on your body, marking you as his and only his, to be protected and treasured forever?Don't accidentally become a club bunny...
  • Sealed with a Christmas Promise by Laura Scott

    Sealed with a Christmas Promise by Laura Scott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Laura Scott Risking their hearts and their lives while protecting the innocent... A promise to protect . . . After months of searching, former SEAL turned cop Bryce Flynn and his K9, Kirby, has finally found Callie Burgess. He needs to question her about her former boyfriend, a member of the Desert Death Rays motorcycle gang, who was recently murdered...
  • Cold Threat by Nancy Mehl

    Cold Threat by Nancy Mehl

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Twenty 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...
  • Hemlock by Marie James

    Hemlock by Marie James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I might be the first man to join the Cerberus MC and not love it. Instead of leaving, I bide my time, knowing that I burn every bridge I cross.When an opportunity plucks me from the desert of New Mexico and transplants me in East Tennessee I feel a little better about the path my life has taken.The new job isn't as solitary as I expected it to be...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  suspense  bikers  contemporary  length-medium
  • Christmas with the McCarthys by Jane Henry

    Christmas with the McCarthys by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Spend a Christmas evening with the McCarthys in this heartwarming novella featuring all of your favorite characters...
  • High-Stakes Holiday Reunion by Christy Barritt

    High-Stakes Holiday Reunion by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A 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...
  • Santa's Subpoena by Rebecca Zanetti

    Santa's Subpoena by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    So 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...
  • Not So Silent Nights: A Four Book Christmas Collection by Olivia T. Turner

    Not So Silent Nights: A Four Book Christmas Collection by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Four Book Christmas Collection by Olivia T.  A Holly For Christmas Christmas magic is in the air.So is my truck.Because some insane driver has driven me off the road and I've jumped the curb.Just great.I'm stuck in the snow on the side of the road on Christmas Eve. Lovely.I'm about to give her a piece of my mind, but she takes a piece of my heart instead.She's perfect.A true Christmas miracle...
  • Black Light: Protocol by Shane Starrett

    Black Light: Protocol by Shane Starrett

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “Yes, sir.”Galen Harmon lives to hear those two words. And for fifteen years he lived the dream with a submissive who’d knelt at his feet and offered that simple phrase over and over again.But then she was gone. Ripped away in a heartbeat of savage betrayal and anguish that still haunts him.Until he met Alex.She’s everything that was taken from him...
  • Boxes in the Basement by Kathi Daley

    Boxes in the Basement by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After suffering a personal tragedy Abby Sullivan buys a huge old seaside mansion she has never even seen, packs up her life in San Francisco, and moves to Holiday Bay Maine, where she is adopted, quite against her will, by a huge Maine Coon Cat named Rufus, a drifter with her own tragic past named Georgia, and a giant dog with an inferiority complex named Ramos...
  • Embattled Christmas by J.M. Madden

    Embattled Christmas by J.M. Madden

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This is a 13k word novella. Christmas at the Lost and Found Investigative Service is anything but merry this season. John Palmer dreads the holiday. For the past year he and Shannon have been getting along like gangbusters, but as the holiday creeps closer tension invades their relationship. He’s at a loss as to how to fix it. Until he makes a risky gamble...
  • Holding Out For A Holiday Hero by Cynthia Eden

    Holding Out For A Holiday Hero by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    A holiday romance with a dash of romantic suspense and a former military hero who is so not feeling the festive spirit…Bah humbug. Bounty hunter Jake Hale hates Christmas. He doesn’t do twinkling lights, festive packages, and you definitely won’t ever catch him singing Christmas carols. What he will do? Track down the worst of the scum out there...
  • False Evidence by Rachel Grant

    False Evidence by Rachel Grant

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Holidays can be deadly. Alexandra Vargas hasn’t spoken to JT Talon in seven years. She’s moved on from the heartbreak, and now has the baby—and life—she always wanted...
  • Santa Sleuth by Kathi Daley

    Santa Sleuth by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's Christmas in Ashton Falls and the entire Zimmerman household is gearing up for their first Christmas as a newly formed family unit. While Zak is busy decking the halls, Zoe is busy tracking down a killer while still taking the time to make certain a little girls Christmas wish comes true. It's funny, it's family, it's a Zak and Zoe Christmas...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  christmas  mystery  length-medium
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