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  • A Fire Sparkling by Julianne MacLean

    A Fire Sparkling by Julianne MacLean

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller. From the USA Today bestselling author of A Curve in the Road comes a spellbinding novel about one woman’s love, loss, and courage during wartime...
  • Along the Infinite Sea by Beatriz Williams

    Along the Infinite Sea by Beatriz Williams

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Wives comes another riveting novel of the Schuyler sisters—where the epic story of star-crossed lovers in pre-war Europe collides with a woman on the run in the swinging '60s...In the autumn of 1966, Pepper Schuyler's problems are in a class of their own...
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  • The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen

    The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 59 ratings
    Love and secrets collide in Venice during WWII in an enthralling novel of brief encounters and lasting romance by the New York Times bestselling author of The Tuscan Child and Above the Bay of Angels.Caroline Grant is struggling to accept the end of her marriage when she receives an unexpected bequest. Her beloved great-aunt Lettie leaves her a sketchbook, three keys, and a final whisper…Venice...
  • GRAY WOLF SECURITY, Texas: The Complete 6-Books Series by Glenna Sinclair

    GRAY WOLF SECURITY, Texas: The Complete 6-Books Series by Glenna Sinclair

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Free with Kindle Unlimited... Enjoy the complete Volume 2 of the Gray Wolf Security series. Romance, Suspense, Mystery and a touch of Comedy. 6 Books. No Cliffhangers. More than 1,000 pages :) Book 1: Defending Tierney I never wanted to be anything other than a defense attorney...
  • Something Dangerous by Penny Vincenzi

    Something Dangerous by Penny Vincenzi

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The dazzling Lytton twins, Adele and Venetia, are born into the great Lytton publishing empire. In 1928, on their eighteenth birthday, they are rich and admired, with a confidence verging on arrogance. But the spectre of Nazi Germany is growing... Gradually their privileged world darkens in unimaginable ways - but it is not just the twins whose lives have been irrevocably changed...
  • A Whirlwind of Color by Ivy Smoak

    A Whirlwind of Color by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    One great love. That’s what every heart craves. I was lucky enough to find mine when I was 19. But I wouldn’t describe myself as lucky now. My husband looks at me like I’m the light of his life. We live in a penthouse apartment that overlooks Central Park. My closet it filled with designer clothes and more pairs of shoes than I can count...
  • Malicious Intent by Lynn H. Blackburn

    Malicious Intent by Lynn H. Blackburn

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dr. Ivy Collins, founder and CEO of Hedera, Inc., is ready to begin clinical trials of her company's cutting-edge prosthetic. Her work has been heralded by government, medical, and advocacy groups and everyone hopes the device will be a success. Well, almost everyone...
  • Dangerous Desires by Tia Siren, Tara Wylde

    Dangerous Desires by Tia Siren, Tara Wylde

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When danger lurks in the shadows, desire can lay hidden for far too long. But there are men who step into the light to fight for, protect and claim the ones they love. They’re strong alpha males who would do anything to win the hearts— and delicious bodies— of the women who change them from bad boys to relationship material. This is a book featuring exactly those kinds of guys...
  • SEAL INVESTIGATIONS: A 5-Books SEAL Romance Series by Lola Silverman

    SEAL INVESTIGATIONS: A 5-Books SEAL Romance Series by Lola Silverman

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    THE COMPLETE SERIES, now FREE with Kindle Unlimited. 5 books and NO cliffies! Book 1: JASE I did not work my ass off to become a Navy SEAL because I had a desire to add the title of “nursemaid” to my resume. So when my commanding officer requested that I go check up on his baby sister, I was understandably less than thrilled...
  • Claim Me by Geneva Lee

    Claim Me by Geneva Lee

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    We met. We kissed. We fought for our happily ever after, but true love stories never end... I promised her protection. I promised to keep her safe. I thought I could until an attack reminds me that our lives will never be simple.But while I try to shield her, Clara refuses to be intimidated by me or anyone else...
  • Absent in the Spring by Mary Westmacott, Agatha Christie

    Absent in the Spring by Mary Westmacott, Agatha Christie

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Escrevendo anonimamente sob o pseudônimo de Mary Westmacott, Agatha Christie, conhecida mundialmente como a Rainha do Crime, deixa de lado a investigaçăo policial para explorar a alma humana, seus conflitos e emoçőes.Em "Ausęncia na primavera", Mary Westmacott conta a história de Joan Scudamore, uma típica dona de casa que está voltando do Oriente após fazer uma visita a sua filha em Bagdá...
  • Kings of Linwood Academy - The Complete Box Set by Callie Rose

    Kings of Linwood Academy - The Complete Box Set by Callie Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    COMPLETE REVERSE HAREM SERIESRich boys don’t fraternize with the help.They don't torture the help.They don't crave the help.For as long as I can remember, my mom and I have lived on the edge of ruin, so when she finally gets a decent job offer, she moves us cross-country to take it...
  • Code Name: Cayman by Heather Slade

    Code Name: Cayman by Heather Slade

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A man of strengthA man of danger.Cayman will destroy anyone threatening his world.I take my job seriously. I’m strong. Hard as nails. Nothing hurts me, and I refuse to let anyone hurt those I love.As the new commander of the UK Task Force on Human Trafficking, I have important work to do, and innocent lives to protect. There’s no time for mistakes or distractions...
  • Blue Marguerite by L.J. Evans

    Blue Marguerite by L.J. Evans

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A frenemy, second-chance, celebrity romance. She vowed to never forgive him... A dynamic drummer must rely on the sexy director who shattered her heart in order to find her sister.Once upon a time, Adria Rojas had it all―a budding romance, her music, and a whole family. Then in one year, her bandmate was murdered, her sister vanished, and the man she trusted humiliated her beyond forgiveness...
  • The Lake House by Kate Morton

    The Lake House by Kate Morton

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 76 ratings
    An abandoned house...June 1933, and sixteen-year-old Alice Edevane is preparing for her family's Midsummer Eve party at their country home, Loeanneth. But by the time midnight strikes and fireworks light up the night skies, the Edevane family will have suffered a loss so great that they leave Loeanneth forever.A missing child..
  • The Ring by Danielle Steel

    The Ring by Danielle Steel

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    In Germany engulfed by war and hatred, the  beautiful wife of an influential banker fell in love  with a German author. His Jewish heritage led them  both to death. The husband who survives her lives on  to protect her memory, and their children. And the  ring he passes on to his daughter, Ariana von  Gotthard, remains a bond of love between them...
  • Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

    Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 58 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Liane Moriarty comes a novel that looks at marriage, siblings, and how the people we love the most can hurt us the deepestThe Delaney family love one another dearly—it’s just that sometimes they want to murder each other . .
  • Tangled Hearts by M.S. Parker

    Tangled Hearts by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “In a race against time to save my sister, I'm putting it all on the line – even my heart.” When Aria left Gig Harbor and its haunting childhood memories behind, she vowed never to return. But when her foster sister, Rachel, vanishes, Aria's determination is tested...
  • Breathing Her Fire by Shelby Gunter

    Breathing Her Fire by Shelby Gunter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m blaming my hormones. And deliciously spicy man cologne.Because I think I blacked out there for a minute. Did Tucker James, aka hot firefighter, aka man of my dreams, just ask me out in an elevator? Yes… Yes, I think he did. What the hell do I do now?If I were smart, I would listen to my mom and JUMP ON IT. That’s what a good daughter would do, right? Heed her advice...
  • Bratva Beast by B. B. Hamel

    Bratva Beast by B. B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    It was either kiss the beast or get devoured.So I made out with a monster— and I liked it.Mack Orlov doesn’t do half-measures.He leaves me breathless and shaken and scared for my life.But most of all, I crave just one more touch.I must be sick in the head, because that man’s a nightmare wrapped in an Armani suit...
  • Knight by Laramie Briscoe

    Knight by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author comes the next book in the Laurel Springs Emergency Response Team. Trust Laramie Briscoe to provide engaging characters in a well-built world I want to revisit again and again. Carly Phillips, NY Times bestselling author. Fan favorite Mason “Menace” Harrison get a chance to show off how he runs the Laurel Springs Police Department...
  • Unspoken Vows by Jordan Marie

    Unspoken Vows by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Steel Vipers MC and Titans of Hell MC Crossover She had secrets. One of them might get them both dead. Lennox has a chip on her shoulder. She won't even try to deny it.She has a score to settle with the president of the Titans of Hell. She has a plan, and they will feel her wrath.She, however, didn't plan on getting distracted by its newest member...
  • Airs Above the Ground by Mary Stewart

    Airs Above the Ground by Mary Stewart

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    The original writer of romantic suspense, Mary Stewart leads her readers on a thrilling journey across mid-century Europe in this tale of adventure and deception, sure to be loved by fans of Agatha Christie and Barbara Pym...
  • Sins of the Fathers by Susan Howatch

    Sins of the Fathers by Susan Howatch

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Full of fascinating dialogue, surprising twists of plot, and well-developed, memorable characters, a stunningly successful work of fiction. NASHVILLE BANNER This is the tumultuous novel of men and women pitted against a world of wealth, power, and privilege..
  • Save Me by Heidi McLaughlin

    Save Me by Heidi McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Tucker McCoy thought the hardest mission of his life was over. After being deployed for six years, all he wanted to do was return home to his wife and daughter. But when he arrives home with roses in his hand, the last thing he expects is to be welcomed by a stranger. Being presumed dead for six years doesn’t help his cause as no one is giving him the answers he needs...
  • The Love Letter by Lucinda Riley

    The Love Letter by Lucinda Riley

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Keeping secrets is a dangerous game . . . 1995, London. When Sir James Harrison, one the greatest actors of his generation, passes away at the age of ninety-five he leaves behind not just a heartbroken family but also a secret so shocking, so devastating that it could rock the English establishment to its core . .
  • Pimpernel by Sheralyn Pratt

    Pimpernel by Sheralyn Pratt

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    They seek him here; they seek him there. For centuries, the elite of the world have sought the Pimpernel everywhere. Some want to kill him, others want to hire him, but Jack Cavanaugh knows that the love/hate relationship comes with the job title. At present, Jack is trying to dismantle an investment scheme centered in Las Vegas, but "trying" is the operative word...
  • Big Bad Daddy: A Secret Baby, Enemies to Lovers Romance by K.C. Crowne

    Big Bad Daddy: A Secret Baby, Enemies to Lovers Romance by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Years ago, one fateful night changed my world. He took my virginity, then left town. Now, it’s up to me to clear his name. If this isn’t irony I don’t know what is. I watch as Martin leans back in his chair. Arms folded over a broad chest. An unshakable confidence that makes my blood BOIL. Still devilishly handsome. Turns out the devil is twisted. Arrogant. Cold...
  • Protecting Abigail by R.R. Banks

    Protecting Abigail by R.R. Banks

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "I need you to protect my sister." Not the typical request from a best friend. But when I locked eyes with Abigail, there was no turning back. The loss of my wife left me and my daughter broken. A despair so deep, the billions I had couldn't come close to fixing. Abigail was more than just green eyes and gorgeous curves. She was a precious thing I wanted to save and protect...
  • The Lost Vintage by Ann Mah

    The Lost Vintage by Ann Mah

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Sweetbitter meets The Nightingale in this page-turning novel about a woman who returns to her family’s ancestral vineyard in Burgundy and unexpectedly uncovers a lost diary, an unknown relative, and a secret her family has been keeping since World War II.To become one of only a few hundred certified wine experts in the world, Kate must pass the notoriously difficult Master of Wine examination...
  • The Girl from Bletchley Park by Kathleen McGurl

    The Girl from Bletchley Park by Kathleen McGurl

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Will love lead her to a devastating choice?1942. Three years into the war, Pam turns down her hard-won place at Oxford University to become a codebreaker at Bletchley Park. There, she meets two young men, both keen to impress her, and Pam finds herself falling hard for one of them...
  • Lessons to Learn by H.N. DeFore

    Lessons to Learn by H.N. DeFore

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Book 2 in the Sins and Secrets Club World.Every day they are notes and flowers, messages from a stalker.But it won't stop Laci from living her life, and it lands her in a sticky situation one evening at the adult club. And things only get more complicated when her best friend sends Emilio, the guy of her dreams, to help out. LAcu has always been a submissive and wants Emilio as her Master...
  • The Moonspinners by Mary Stewart

    The Moonspinners by Mary Stewart

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 34 ratings
    Impetuous and attractive, Nicola Ferris has just arrived in Crete for a holiday when she sees an egret fly out of a lemon grove. On impulse, she follows the bird’s path into the White Mountains. There she discovers a young Englishman who, hiding out in the hills and less than pleased to have been discovered, sends Nicola packing with the order to keep out of his affairs...
  • The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews

    The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    When ninety-nine-year-old heiress Josephine Bettendorf Warrick summons Brooke Trappnell to Talisa Island, her 20,000 acre remote barrier island home, Brooke is puzzled. Everybody in the South has heard about the eccentric millionaire mistress of Talisa, but Brooke has never met her...
  • The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen

    The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings
    A novel about a woman who braves her father’s hidden past to discover his secrets…In 1944, British bomber pilot Hugo Langley parachuted from his stricken plane into the verdant fields of German-occupied Tuscany. Badly wounded, he found refuge in a ruined monastery and in the arms of Sofia Bartoli. But the love that kindled between them was shaken by an irreversible betrayal...
  • The Girls in Navy Blue by Alix Rickloff

    The Girls in Navy Blue by Alix Rickloff

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A gripping and compelling dual timeline novel about three women who joined the Navy during WWI to become yeomanettes and the impact their choices have on one of their descendants in 1968. 1918 - America is at war with Germany, and, for the first time in history, the US Navy has allowed women to join up alongside the men. Ten thousand of them rush to do their part...
  • A Key To Many Doors by Emilie Loring

    A Key To Many Doors by Emilie Loring

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nancy Jones--as beautiful as her name was plain--faced a life as spinster nurse to her hopelessly scarred brother until--impulsively--she entered into a strange, loveless marriage with diplomat artist Peter Gerard...
  • Traitor by Sandra Grey

    Traitor by Sandra Grey

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Book by Sandra...
  • The Lavender Garden by Lucinda Riley

    The Lavender Garden by Lucinda Riley

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    An aristocratic French family, a legendary chteau, and buried secrets with the power to destroy two generations torn between duty and desire. La Cte dAzur, 1998: In the sun-dappled south of France, Emilie de la Martinires, the last of her gilded line, inherits her childhood home, a magnificent chteau and vineyard. With the property comes a mountain of debtand almost as many questions . .
  • The Betrayal by Helen Dunmore

    The Betrayal by Helen Dunmore

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Internationally-acclaimed author Helen Dunmore follows her bestselling novel, The Siege, with a riveting and emotionally absorbing portrait of post-war Soviet Russia, a world of violence and terror, where the severest acts of betrayal can come from the most trusted allies...
  • The Time in Between by María Dueñas

    The Time in Between by María Dueñas

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    The Time In Between is a word-of-mouth phenomenon that catapulted María Dueñas, a debut author, to the top of Spain’s bestseller lists. This sweeping novel, which combines the storytelling power of The Shadow of the Wind with the irresistible romance of Casablanca, moves at an unstoppable pace. Suddenly left abandoned and penniless in Algiers by her lover, Sira Quiroga forges a new identity...
  • Las huellas imborrables by Camilla Läckberg

    Las huellas imborrables by Camilla Läckberg

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    The SandMan Sandman: Overture Deluxe Edition"So the spirit of the universe will cease to think, and everything will cease to exist." "That is not something I care about, glory. The stars burn and fall. People live and die. Someday, even "eternity" will come to an end. I am responsible for it all the time. "" Did not you care, the king of dreams? Maybe. It may not be your responsibility...
  • The Stolen Child by Ann Hood

    The Stolen Child by Ann Hood

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    An unlikely duo ventures through France and Italy to solve the mystery of a child’s fate in this moving, page-turning novel from “a gifted storyteller” (People).For decades, Nick Burns has been haunted by a decision he made as a young soldier in World War I, when a French artist he’d befriended thrust both her paintings and her baby into his hands—and disappeared...
  • I Found You by Lisa Jewell

    I Found You by Lisa Jewell

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 68 ratings
    In the windswept British seaside town of Ridinghouse Bay, single mom Alice Lake finds a man sitting on a beach outside her house. He has no name, no jacket, and no idea how he got there. Against her better judgment, she invites him inside. Meanwhile, in a suburb of London, newlywed Lily Monrose grows anxious when her husband fails to return home from work one night...
  • Broken April by Ismail Kadare

    Broken April by Ismail Kadare

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    From the moment that Gjorg's brother is killed by a neighbour, his own life is forfeit: for the code of Kanun requires Gjorg to kill his brother's murderer and then in turn be hunted down. After shooting his brother's killer, young Gjorg is entitled to thirty days' grace - not enough to see out the month of April. Then a visiting honeymoon couple cross the path of the fugitive...
  • Bullet by Daphne Loveling

    Bullet by Daphne Loveling

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was consumed by vengeance. Living in a dark place that only fire and death can cleanse. Then I found her. She’s running from her past. Closed off and afraid to accept help from anybody else. She’s the light to my shadow. She’s everything I want. Everything I need. There’s no way I’m letting her walk out on what we have...
  • Calculated Deception by K.T. Lee

    Calculated Deception by K.T. Lee

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Dr. Ree Ryland must work with the FBI to catch a criminal before time runs out in this charming, character-driven read.Dr. Ree Ryland is an engineering professor who loves her job and plays by the rules. Her life is reassuringly predictable – until an enemy hiding in plain sight decides her squeaky-clean reputation is the perfect cover to commit a crime...
  • The Orchid House by Lucinda Riley

    The Orchid House by Lucinda Riley

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    Spanning from the 1930s to the present day, from the Wharton Park estate in England to Thailand, this sweeping novel tells the tale of a concert pianist and the aristocratic Crawford family, whose shocking secrets are revealed, leading to devastating consequences...
  • With Hope by Dorothy Garlock

    With Hope by Dorothy Garlock

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Oklahoma, 1932: Trouble seems to be rolling up like the dust on the dry yellow horizon beyond Henry Ann's farm. Her father is dead and her two rebellious half-siblings are now her responsibility. Then Tom Dolan, a new neighbor, comes into her life bringing both a ray of hope and burdens of his own. Before they can fully love each other, tragedy strikes. Tom is suspected of murder..
  • For Renata by B. Robert Sharry

    For Renata by B. Robert Sharry

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Moving at a fast clip...the narrative explores many weighty issues...which Sharry covers with insight and finesse. ...the tale becomes quite gripping as... past mysteries unfold. A nostalgic romance, rich with Portuguese culture and a few surprising twists at the end." KIRKUS REVIEWS...
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