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  • Savage Kings MC Box Set: Books 1-6 by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Savage Kings MC Box Set: Books 1-6 by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Are you ready to go for a ride with the Savage Kings MC? There's non-stop action in this six-book box set which includes Chase, Abe, Torin, War, Maddox, and Dalton.BOOK CHASE Chase hasn't forgiven himself for hurting Sasha and causing her an unbelievable amount of pain...
  • Cash by Lola Wright

    Cash by Lola Wright

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    LiviBeing a female in a male-dominated career can be daunting, but I refuse to allow others’ attitudes to deter me. I always try to be professional, compassionate and non-judgmental. Through hard work, I have earned respect within my department. Wearing a badge and uniform, I’ve seen the best and worst of humanity...
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  • Out of Office by Ruth Cardello

    Out of Office by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A recluse discovers that what he endured and survived was orchestrated by one evil man. With nothing left to lose, Zachary wakes up and chooses vengeance.Charlotte Simmons may pretend to be innocent, but everything she has was bought with money made from my suffering.I intend to uncover her family’s sins and expose them to the world.Lying about who I am? She doesn’t deserve the truth...
  • The Heir of Shadows by Candice M. Wright

    The Heir of Shadows by Candice M. Wright

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    There was a little girl, who had a little gun, pointed right at the center of her forehead.When she was good, she was very, very goodBecause if she was bad, she was dead...
  • The Slow Burn of Silence by Loreth Anne White

    The Slow Burn of Silence by Loreth Anne White

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From the crossroads of small town mystery and dark suspense comes a romance that explores the bonds of family, the power of love, and the potentially explosive collateral damage of the secrets we keep... Sometimes a contract to forget can be as powerful as a promise to remember..
  • Unraveled by Ivy Layne

    Unraveled by Ivy Layne

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Summer Evers Sinclair is dangerous. One flash of that teasing smile, and I know he’s going to ruin me. He makes my body shiver and my brain melt. He’s also a huge mistake. Girls like me don’t land guys like Evers. But every time he knocks on my door, I let him in. I thought we understood each other. I thought we were playing the same game. I was wrong...
  • Buried by C.J. Carmichael

    Buried by C.J. Carmichael

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    An alternate cover edition can be found here.Justice is overdue in the coastal town of Twisted Cedars where two unsolved mysteries lay buried in the past.Over thirty years ago a series of murders targeting Oregon librarians was never solved. Now someone with inside knowledge is feeding clues to true crime writer Dougal Lachlan, promising him the best story of his career...
  • Her Eternal Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Eternal Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She Needed a Hero Tied up, tossed in a truck, and locked in a muddy shack, Jenny Rivers is sure she is going to die, because if her captors don’t kill her, her injuries probably will. Navy SEAL Braxton Walker’s job is brutal, but he thrives on it. Parachuting into Bangladesh to rescue a woman is all in a day’s work...
  • Undone by Karin Slaughter

    Undone by Karin Slaughter

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 49 ratings
    In this suspense masterpiece, Karin Slaughter weaves together the powerful human stories of three unforgettable characters from her New York Times bestselling novels Faithless and Fractured, who collide here for the first time in an electrifying race against unspeakable human evil.When a tortured young woman enters the trauma center of an Atlanta hospital, Dr...
  • Death by Lila Rose

    Death by Lila Rose

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    New neighbors are the bane of my existence, but nothing prepares me for the new woman next door. A long time ago, I swore off blondes. Until her. Until Raya crawls under my skin and stays. Sure, she always seems pissed at me, but I’ll soon make her realize I’m not always a dick. But then there’s a new threat that has me seeing red and needing to hunt for blood. The name Death isn’t just for show...
  • Keep Her Quiet by Emma Curtis

    Keep Her Quiet by Emma Curtis

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    'This is grip-lit at its best' Fanny BlakeJenny has just given birth to the baby she’s always wanted. She’s never been this happy.Her husband, Leo, knows this baby girl can’t be his. He’s never felt so betrayed.The same night, a vulnerable young woman, Hannah, wakes to find her newborn lifeless beside her. She’s crazed with grief...
  • Saving Sophie by Cate Beauman

    Saving Sophie by Cate Beauman

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jewelry designer Sophie Burke has fled Maine for the anonymity of the big city. She’s starting over with a job she tolerates and a grungy motel room she calls home on the wrong side of town, but anything is better than the nightmare she left behind...
  • The Target by Catherine Coulter

    The Target by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are faced with the case of an abducted child in this “absorbing”(Publishers Weekly) FBI Thriller. Escaping unwanted media attention after a notorious incident, Ramsey Hunt retreats into the solitude of a cabin high in the Colorado Rockies...
  • The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen

    The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    Present day: Julia Hamill has made a horrifying discovery on the grounds of her new home in rural Massachusetts: a skull buried in the rocky soil–human, female, and, according to the trained eye of Boston medical examiner Maura Isles, scarred with the unmistakable marks of murder. But whoever this nameless woman was, and whatever befell her, is knowledge lost to another time. . .
  • A Change Of View by Freya Barker

    A Change Of View by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What if one morning you look in the mirror and no longer recognize the person looking back? When Leelo can no longer identify herself by the roles that once defined her, it's both terrifying and liberating. Oh, she feels the loss, the grief, and then the anger, but when she inherits property up north, she jumps at the promise of freedom and independence...
  • 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...
  • The Baby Rescue by Margaret Daley

    The Baby Rescue by Margaret Daley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    OPERATION BABY RESCUE To rescue an abducted infant from a baby-smuggling ring, U.S marshal Colton Phillips has to work with FBI agent Lisette Sutton. But their tactics couldn't be more different. The too-pretty agent goes by the book, whereas Colton breaks rules to get the job done. Colton vows to keep his heart out of the job, but his unwanted attraction to Lisette lowers his guard...
  • 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...
  • Shutter speed by Freya Barker

    Shutter speed by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    She likes picking up her camera because it allows her to see things through a different lens. Like when she lost her job recently and instead of focusing on what she’s forced to leave behind, she zooms in on the new options opening up in front of her...
  • No One But You by Maureen Smith

    No One But You by Maureen Smith

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ONE RECKLESS NIGHT OF PASSION… After a long absence, FBI agent Althea Pritchard has returned home to Baltimore, but it already feels like history is repeating itself. A teenage girl has been abducted—just as Althea was eight years before. The ordeal left her determined to capture such predators, and she’s more prepared than ever...
  • Aftermath's Exposure by J. Lynn Lombard

    Aftermath's Exposure by J. Lynn Lombard

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Aftermath's Exposure Royal Bastards MCLos Angeles ChapterBook #6By J. Lynn Lombard Cover Crimson Syn Brady CyphertAftermathBetrayal is a bitter word on my tongue. I've been beaten and branded, trying every day to get past what happened in my past before Royal Bastards took my sorry ass in. My heart was hardened by darkness and betrayal. Then she came along...
  • Torch's Torment by J. Lynn Lombard

    Torch's Torment by J. Lynn Lombard

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    TorchI've never been the type of guy who wants more than a one night stand. I've always given them what they want and leave 'em.That is until two beautiful women come into the Royal Bastards clubhouse.Daisy is what I've been missing. With her quick wit, charm and love shining in her eyes. She's too young for me.The other wants more than I can give her. Only she has secrets of her own...
  • 14 by J.T. Ellison

    14 by J.T. Ellison

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Ten victims, each with pale skin and long dark hair. All have been slashed across the throat, the same red lipstick smeared across their lips.In the mid-1980s the Snow White Killer terrorized the streets of Nashville, Tennessee. Then suddenly the murders stopped. A letter from the killer to the police stated that his work was done.Now four more bodies are found, marked with his fatal signature...
  • Nothing More to Lose by Kathryn Shay

    Nothing More to Lose by Kathryn Shay

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    USA TODAY bestselling author Kathryn Shay spent five years riding fire trucks with a large city fire department, eating in their firehouses and interviewing hundreds of America's Bravest. Read the novels that resulted from her intense relationship with firefighters! “Shay writes an emotion-packed story. With angst and some hot sex, this dramatic tale also has a nice touch of humor...
  • Rough and Rugged by Hayley Faiman

    Rough and Rugged by Hayley Faiman

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Hattie Morris is a young girl with silly dreams and a fantasy she's been holding onto since she was sixteen years old. "Dirty" Johnny Williams is a hard man who rides as a Notorious Devil, known for being filthy between the sheets, yet always wishing for the unattainable more...
  • Most Likely to Die by Lisa Jackson, Beverly Barton

    Most Likely to Die by Lisa Jackson, Beverly Barton

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    It's been twenty years since the night Jake Marcott was brutally murdered at St. Elizabeth High School. It's a night that shattered the lives of Lindsay Farrell, Kirsten Daniels, and Rachel Alsace. It's a night they'll never forget. A killer will make sure of that...A 20-year reunion has been scheduled for St. Elizabeth's...
  • Smoke and Shadows by Victoria Paige

    Smoke and Shadows by Victoria Paige

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When someone close to Viktor Baran becomes a target of an assassin, he vows a hellfire of a payback. But the enemy is cunning and avoids the trappings of the digital web, preferring to strike out from the shadows. Drawing on old-fashioned cloak and dagger methods to investigate the enemy’s hatred for the Guardians, he uncovers a link to a past he is reluctant to revisit...
  • Weather the Storm by L.K. Farlow

    Weather the Storm by L.K. Farlow

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Magnolia Ellington is all too aware that dangerous things can come in shiny packages. Her husband made sure to teach her that. Desperate to escape his wrath—and his fists—she flees in the dark of night. Seeking safety and shelter with the only family she has left, Magnolia finds herself in the sleepy, Southern town of Dogwood—and in the arms of Simon McAllister...
  • Stolen Fate by S. Nelson

    Stolen Fate by S. Nelson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This isn’t your typical story about boy meets girl then they fall in love and live happily ever after. No. This is a story about deception and betrayal at its finest. This is a story about hatred and attraction which does everything in its power to destroy two people...
  • Cold Dark Souls by Candace Wondrak

    Cold Dark Souls by Candace Wondrak

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Dark Reverse Harem Romance. My name is Stella, and after twenty-five years of living, I am finally starting to understand what it means to be alive. Edward and Lincoln have taken my life and made it a whirlwind of sex, pain, and blood. They show me things I never would’ve imagined, made me feel real, genuine emotions for the first time in my life. I owe them everything...
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  • One Little Mistake by Avery Maxwell

    One Little Mistake by Avery Maxwell

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Easton Westbrook entered my life like an arrogant, grumpy, wrecking ball, and refused to leave.Our banter is addicting, and nothing I do or say will make him change his mind. But when his mind becomes focused solely on me, I run.I can’t afford to give my heart away again. Not when I’m barely surviving with the broken one I have.I have walls up for a reason...
  • Corrupt by Elena M. Reyes

    Corrupt by Elena M. Reyes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Corruption is the key to success and I’m the collector of all debts.The first time I laid eyes on my little flower, she was dressed up—a beautiful temptation wrapped in perfection that I wanted to own. Possess. To take away from the pseudo perfect life that reeks with the narcissistic chains—the demands—holding her down.She’s a pawn.The daughter of my enemy.Solimar Quintero is the future Mrs...
  • A Grumpy Boss For Christmas by Holly Rayner

    A Grumpy Boss For Christmas by Holly Rayner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trapped in paradise with her nightmare boss, this Christmas surely couldn’t get any worse… Alyssa Birch is used to working for the boss from hell, but this year Carson Vogel has finally pushed her too far…Denied the time off she desperately needs, she tells the gorgeous, ruthless network boss that she’s quitting—only for him to inform her that she has to work through Christmas regardless...
  • Pity Pact by Whitney Dineen

    Pity Pact by Whitney Dineen

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Who in the world would go on a dating show to find love?Turns out, I’m that person. Paige Holland, lifetime resident of Elk Lake, Wisconsin, and dedicated seventh-grade math teacher.I love my charming town, but there’s seriously no single action here. Unless of course I want to date the painfully boring mailman or the kid at the Quick Mart. Hard pass to both...
  • She Can Tell by Melinda Leigh

    She Can Tell by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    When a terrible accident abruptly ends her riding career, Rachel Parker returns to Pennsylvania to rebuild her family’s horse farm. But her welcome home is anything but warm. Her sister’s abusive husband and a violent vandal threaten Rachel’s new business and her life. Someone is systematically trying to destroy her. Someone who knows private things about her. Someone who’s been watching her...
  • Peasants and Kings by Emma Slate

    Peasants and Kings by Emma Slate

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    Hadrian’s smile was slow and vicious. “The world is made up of peasants and kings. But I am no king. I’m an emperor.”I’m being hunted by my family’s enemies.To disappear, I take on a new identity and enter the opulent and sinful world of The Rex Hotel as Eden Smith.I’m safe. Until I meet him.Hadrian Rhys.Beautiful, mysterious and brutal—Hadrian is a man who uses his power to shape the world...
  • Emeralds and Espionage by Lynn Gardner

    Emeralds and Espionage by Lynn Gardner

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Allison Alexander, home in California on a brief vacation from her work at the United Nations, is shot at and pursued by mysterious intruders who have taken over the estate on which she and her mother have lived as caretakers since Allison was a child...
  • In Silence by Erica Spindler

    In Silence by Erica Spindler

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Journalist Avery Chauvin is devastated when she receives word of her father's suicide. How could her father, a dedicated physician, have taken his own life? That he set himself on fire is unfathomable.Returning to her hometown of Cypress Springs, Louisiana, Avery desperately searches for answers. Instead she hears whispered rumors of strange happenings, of neighbors who go missing in the night...
  • Ricochet by Sandra Brown

    Ricochet by Sandra Brown

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    When Detective Sergeant Duncan Hatcher is summoned to the home of Judge Cato Laird in the middle of the night to investigate a fatal shooting, he knows that discretion and kid-glove treatment are the keys to staying in the judge's good graces and keeping his job...
  • Critical Pursuit by Janice Cantore

    Critical Pursuit by Janice Cantore

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Officer Brinna Caruso has built a reputation at the precinct as the cop to call when a child goes missing. For Brinna, it's personal because she was once one of them. Brinna and her K-9 search and rescue dog, Hero, will stop at nothing to find a missing child, no matter the stakes. Detective Jack O'Reilly isn't ready to return to his homicide duties after losing his wife to a drunk driver...
  • Turquoise and Terrorists by Lynn Gardner

    Turquoise and Terrorists by Lynn Gardner

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The news hit Allison like a blow to the stomach. A helicopter carrying her kidnapped husband, Bart, had crashed into the side of a mountain. “I’m sorry, Mrs. Alexander . . .there were no survivors,” the secret service agent said...
  • Don't Scream by Wendy Corsi Staub

    Don't Scream by Wendy Corsi Staub

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Don't Tell A Soul. . . In a remote, heavily wooded area near the Berkshires of Massachusetts, Rachel Lorant died on her birthday. But she didn't die alone. That night, her four sorority sisters make a solemn, trembling pledge. They will never reveal what has just happened in those woods--ever. Instead, they will take their terrible secret to their graves. . . Don't Think About The Past. .
  • Afraid To Die by Lisa Jackson

    Afraid To Die by Lisa Jackson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Others may dread the chill of winter, but he relishes it. The way the frigid water preserves his victims, the feel of their icy skin beneath his fingers...And soon the world will see their beauty - and his vengeance. The town of Grizzly Falls is on edge in the wake of a serial killer, and Detective Selena Alvarez is no exception. That case was solved, but a new nightmare is about to unfold...
  • Home Forever by Cee Bowerman

    Home Forever by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    After living half of her life on the run from a monster, Carlie Jenkins makes her way back to find peace in the Texas town where she spent the happiest years of her life. With the help of her best friend, Carlie settles in and begins working to rebuild the relationships that she had in Rojo before the night she had to leave it all behind...
  • The Cocky Thief by Mallory Crowe

    The Cocky Thief by Mallory Crowe

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The best thief in the world may have met his match... Austin Miles can get into any building, safe or vault in the world if he wanted to,but when a former cop obsessed with revenge threatens his most important asset,his reputation, he finds himself accepting a job that even the best would balk at. The only silver lining as he's putting his life on the line is the sexy,mysterious Jennifer Murray...
  • Running Scared by Shirlee McCoy

    Running Scared by Shirlee McCoy

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Thanks to Maggie Tennyson, Kane Dougherty's son--abducted five years earlier--has finally been found. The private investigator just wants to show his gratitude...so why is Maggie pushing him away?Maggie's thrilled to have united father and son. Now, if only Kane would leave her alone! It's not safe to be near her, not with her shadowed past...
  • Pearls and Peril by Lynn Gardner

    Pearls and Peril by Lynn Gardner

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Allison and Bart, married less than a week, return to their Hawaiian honeymoon suite to find the room ransacked. Thousands of miles from home, they’re being followed. But why, and by whom? What dark secret do they hold that makes them prime targets for murder by a sinister madman bent on revenge? It’s a heart-stopping game of cat and mouse, with Allison caught in a demonic web...
  • Protector by Kate Stone

    Protector by Kate Stone

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    What happens when the protectors become abusers?Wade McIntyre lives by his own code. He protects the vulnerable, but this comes at a high cost. Lilly Sweeney thought she'd find peace in small-town life. Instead she found corrupt cops, domestic abuse, and the hansome but secretive Wade.When Lilly's drunk neighbor gets nowhere threatening her, he goes home to take his frustrations out on his wife...
  • My Fake Fiancé by R.R. Banks

    My Fake Fiancé by R.R. Banks

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    How did a lie and one car ride turn into a full-blown engagement? It all started with a sign... Literally. You might have life figured out, but I definitely don't. I'm an aspiring novelist who is destined to be single. I'm an imperfect mess -- and that might be an understatement. To survive the Holidays, I did something crazy. I walked up to L.A...
  • Private Lies by Cynthia St. Aubin

    Private Lies by Cynthia St. Aubin

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    For a wildly outrageous new series of crime and deception, trust in USA Today bestselling author Cynthia St. Aubin… During Jane Avery’s shady childhood, truth was always a moving target. Since then, she’s learned that colorful fictions can clean up a lot of life’s messes—and she learned from the best. Her mother, Alexis Avery, is the most imaginatively duplicitous private eye in Denver...
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