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Paternal Instincts by Nicky James
At the heart of a missing child case, Quaid and Aslan learn the true nature of fatherhood. With their baby due any day, Quaid ends up tangled in a case on the last day of work before his parental leave begins. Between eerie ransom notes and family secrets, unanswered questions pile up, twisting the case into something Quaid has never seen. Someone is lying. Someone knows more than they’re saying... -
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Dirty Laundry by Rhys Ford
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFor ex-cop turned private investigator Cole McGinnis, each day brings a new challenge. Too bad most of them involve pain and death. Claudia, his office manager and surrogate mother, is still recovering from a gunshot, and Cole’s closeted boyfriend, Kim Jae-Min, suddenly finds his teenaged sister dumped in his lap... -
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![Missing Pieces by Nicole Edwards]()
Missing Pieces by Nicole Edwards
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrantley Walker and Reese Tavoularis are plunging headfirst into the satisfying chaos of married life. Although their preference would be to sit on a beach enjoying umbrella drinks for a week, the honeymoon will have to wait... -
![Dirty Heart by Rhys Ford]()
Dirty Heart by Rhys Ford
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA Cole McGinnis Mystery. Former LAPD detective Cole McGinnis’s life nearly ended the day his police partner and best friend Ben Pirelli emptied his service weapon into Cole and his then-lover, Rick. Since Ben turned his gun on himself, Cole thought he’d never find out why Ben tried to destroy him. Years later, Cole has stitched himself back together... -
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![Jonty in Russia by Barbara Elsborg]()
Jonty in Russia by Barbara Elsborg
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWhen Devan, Best Boyfriend in the Entire World, books them a trip to Russia in February, Jonty’s excitement knows no bounds. There’s packing to do, plans to be made, and places to see. Armed with his smile and a handful of dubious Russian Phrases, Jonty is ready for the delights Vladivostok has to offer—the famous glass beach he’s dreamed about, ice skating on a frozen sea, and snow... -
![Daddy Detectives Episode 2: A Tyler and Ian Jamison Story by April Wilson]()
Daddy Detectives Episode 2: A Tyler and Ian Jamison Story by April Wilson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn book 2 of Tyler and Ian Jamison's Daddy Detectives series, Ian is getting the hang of being a stay-at-home dad to their infant twins. Tyler is investigating the source of the blackmail threat made against Ian. -
![His Wicked Wants by Leighton Greene]()
His Wicked Wants by Leighton Greene
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor a man who takes what he wants, desiring the one thing he can't have is torture. Nero Andretti is used to getting his way. Cold, calculating, and criminally seductive, he clawed his way up from the back streets of Rome to the edge of the Castellani crime family's inner circle. No one can resist him. No one except Gabriel Carstairs... -
![Brokered Betrayals by Aimee Nicole Walker]()
Brokered Betrayals by Aimee Nicole Walker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOfficial cover and blurb coming soon. -
![Only the Lonely by L.M. Krier]()
Only the Lonely by L.M. Krier
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 14 ratings'Blind dates end in bleeding hearts'Ted Darling is back and his boss has news for him. He'll be taking on more responsibility over an expanded area, with a bigger team. Before he even has chance to take stock, he's facing his first body in what could be the most cynical murder he's ever encountered... -
![A Matter of Time, Vol. 1 by Mary Calmes, Paul Morey]()
A Matter of Time, Vol. 1 by Mary Calmes, Paul Morey
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsJory Keyes leads a normal life as an architect’s assistant until he is witness to a brutal murder. Though initially saved by police Detective Sam Kage, Jory refuses protective custody - he has a life he loves that he won’t give up no matter who is after him. But Jory’s life is in real jeopardy, especially after he agrees to testify about what he saw... -
![The Spoil of Beasts by Gregory Ashe]()
The Spoil of Beasts by Gregory Ashe
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA jailhouse slaughter. A relentless killer. And way too much jackassing around. When word comes that two key witnesses in an investigation are dead, North and Shaw are surprised—and pleased—to learn that their friend, John-Henry Somerset, is interested in hiring them as freelance contractors for the Wahredua police department... -
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Forever by Tinnean
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsLately, life is both sweet and sour for intelligence operatives Mark Vincent and Quinton Mann. The sweet is they’re settling into a relationship; Mark has found a condo in Alexandria with the help of Quinn’s mother, Portia; and Mark and Quinn are looking forward to spending the holidays in the Caribbean. As for the sour, something shadier than usual is going on at Langley... -
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Shut Up and Drive by L.M. Krier
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA serial sex attacker is spreading fear in Stockport and DI Ted Darling and his team are on the case. The man randomly targets young women and abducts them from busy supermarket car parks. He's armed with a knife and is clearly highly trained in how to handle it. Ever-dwindling police resources make the manhunt harder, even though the attacker clearly doesn't care whether or not he's caught... -
![Rialto by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott]()
Rialto by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott
Someone has it out for Rialto. Ian Banner is loving his hectic life. He’s newly married, ready to start a family, and opening a new restaurant. All his dreams are coming true. The last thing he needs is a problem with his restaurant. But when one attack after another comes, he grows convinced he has another enemy... -
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Castiel by Annabella Stone
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat once was strong is broken. Can what was broken be repaired? Former SEAL and Operative for the US Government’s elite Red Squadron, Castiel Cunningham Clark has defied the odds more times than he can count. He learned the hard way how fickle fate can be and he’s made it his business to live his life at one speed and one speed only… full steam ahead. Except when it comes to one person... -
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Wheels Down by Beth Bolden
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShaw isn’t his friend—until Ross discovers he’s so much more. Ross Stanton is having a bad week—a bad month—really, a bad year . But the last thing he wants, after the betrayal of his friend and business partner, is for anyone else to know just how much he’s fighting for survival...Categorized as:
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![Again with Feeling by Gregory Ashe]()
Again with Feeling by Gregory Ashe
We might not be doomed to repeat the past. But it’s pretty likely. When Dashiell Dawson Dane receives a phone call from his nemesis Vivienne Carver (okay, one of his nemeses), he’s caught off guard—to say the least—by her help solve the murder of her brother, who disappeared almost thirty years ago. His gut tells him to say no... -
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A Thousand Vermilion Stars by Patricia Logan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA copycat serial killer is driving their whole team crazy. Dr. Leo Reeves has always considered himself a halfway decent criminal profiler. Some of his colleagues even call him brilliant. With this assignment, he sure as hell doesn’t feel that way. He’s been missing something at every turn. The case is dragging into its seventh month and every lead he and his team follow, takes them to a dead end...Categorized as:
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The Bequest by Joanna Chambers
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDavid Lauriston and Lord Murdo Balfour have been living happily together for three years at the Laverock estate in Perthshire. But when some unexpected news arrives, Murdo must confront old demons he thought he’d put behind him forever. This story will be exclusively available to my newsletter... -
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Short Stack 2 by Lily Morton
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat happens after the happy ending? Drawn together for the first time, this is a collection of Lily’s short stories about some of the much-loved men from her books. Follow them through wet and windy marriage proposals, surprise workplace visits, and a very entertaining ghost tour... -
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Keeping Secrets by Alexa Land
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe truth can cost you everything. Twenty-six-year-old Beck Medina is convinced of that. He’s been abandoned by so many people over the course of his life, including most of his adopted family. Now he’s created a new family for himself at the resort he manages on Catalina Island. But they don’t know the whole truth about him... -
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When I'm Old and Grey by L.M. Krier
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDI Ted Darling doesn't like coincidences. There are too many for comfort surrounding his latest case. They're spilling over into his private life, too, when some toxic family secrets are uncovered. A serial killer appears to be targeting vulnerable elderly people in care homes and despatching them in the most cynical way. Ted and his team are struggling to get a lead on who the killer really is... -
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Edison's Professor by Jocelynn Drake
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe stranger chose him. Edison Walker had never seen the man with the wide green eyes before. He only knew that he was in trouble. And that he took one look at Ed and decided he was his haven. His protector. Ed would not let him down... -
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Leo on Fire by Patricia Logan
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSome days, fighting crime, just doesn’t pay. FBI Profiler, Leo Reeves, has settled into his new job and his new life in Los Angeles. Working with Max Prince every day in the office is fulfilling but not as satisfying as burning up the sheets with him every night at home...Categorized as:
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![Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Anaïs Flogny]()
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Anaïs Flogny
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA gripping and lushly illustrated tale of love and lies set between 1930s Chicago and New York’s criminal underworld, perfect for fans of manga like Banana Fish and readers of graphic novels like Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me who are looking for adult LGBTQIA+ fiction. Chicago, 1930. Jules Tivoli is a penniless Italian immigrant doing odd jobs to make ends meet... -
![Suspicious Behavior by L.A. Witt, Cari Z.]()
Suspicious Behavior by L.A. Witt, Cari Z.
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsDetective Darren Corliss is hanging by a thread. In between recovering from a near-fatal wound and returning to work at a hostile precinct, he’s struggling to help care for his ailing brother. His partner and boyfriend, Detective Andreas Ruffner, wants to help, but doesn’t know how. And with his own family crises brewing, Andreas is spread almost as thin as Darren... -
![Hide & Seek (Brantley Walker: Off the Books Book 3) by Nicole Edwards]()
Hide & Seek (Brantley Walker: Off the Books Book 3) by Nicole Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWith the holidays nearing, Brantley Walker and Reese Tavoularis are getting settled, both personally and professionally. For Reese, dealing with Brantley’s about-face regarding the size of the task force is easy. It’s meeting the parents that he’s worried about... -
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Two Little Boys by L.M. Krier
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn his darkest and most complex case to date, DI Ted Darling has to confront demons from his own past when investigating the brutal murder of a young boy. As more deaths follow, he realises he is up against powerful people who believe themselves to be above the law, and starts to feel out of his depth... -
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Fractal Recursion by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIt's first blood drawn as the white rabbit dangles the lives of innocents in the balance, forcing Malcolm to choose between his parents and a missing FBI agent. Yet Malcolm's attempts to stall for time and find a better solution open a doorway into the Golden Ratio Killer's thoughts, his secrets. .. and the truth of the past that made him who he is today... -
![The Girl in the Wind by Gregory Ashe]()
The Girl in the Wind by Gregory Ashe
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe price for the truth might be their family. When Theo and Auggie return home—safe and sound and miraculously alive after being dragged into a murder investigation—all Theo wants is for life to get back to normal. No more murders. No more investigations. Nothing, in other words, that might put Auggie in danger... -
![Ghost of Christmas Present by Pandora Pine]()
Ghost of Christmas Present by Pandora Pine
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith only a week until Christmas, Detective Jude Byrne is wrapping up final preparations for his family’s celebration. He’s made a list and checked it twice, bought presents, planned the neighborhood cookie exchange, and hung mistletoe. Jude’s got a handle on everything, that is, until his son asks if his grandfather is coming to celebrate with them—a man Jude hasn’t seen in six years... -
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Thuggiana by Gregory Ashe
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsPics, or it didn’t happen. Thuggiana is a collection of short stories connected to The First Quarto. It includes the following:. “The Slightest Folly”. This prequel provides a glimpse into Auggie’s and Theo’s lives in high school. It takes place before They Told Me I Was Everything. “As School-Boys from Their Books”... -
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Follows with Intent by Gregory Ashe
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsKeeping your eye on the prize isn’t always a good thing. Nico knows he’s difficult; he has the string of exes to prove it. But staying sharp was the only way to stay safe in the cutthroat world of modeling, and it turns out, graduate school isn’t any gentler. Career first. Boys…later... -
![Daddy Detectives Episode 1: A Tyler and Ian Jamison Story by April Wilson]()
Daddy Detectives Episode 1: A Tyler and Ian Jamison Story by April Wilson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is the first installment in a new series for private investigators Tyler and Ian Jamison. Our heroes are adjusting to life as a married couple and are now parents of newborn twins. While the guys are enjoying paternity leave, their administrative assistant, Kimi, comes to them with a personal emergency... -
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Fire and Ice by Patricia Logan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThayne Wolfe and Jarrett Evans are a happily married gay couple living their American dream. Their new house, two rambunctious ferrets, and a job they love, make them feel complete. As they walk into work at the ATF the week before Christmas, they’re greeted by friends from the FBI... -
![An Allotment of Time by Ripley Hayes]()
An Allotment of Time by Ripley Hayes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMurder? Suicide? Accident? Or all three? Daniel Owen is coming to terms with not being a cop. He’s happy to find a bunch of likeminded people at the town allotments — until one of them is brutally murdered. Mal Kent is settling into his new job as the man-in-charge of Melin Tywyll CID. The fly in the ointment is bigoted, lazy DI Carey, Daniel’s replacement... -
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Interwoven by Ripley Hayes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDaniel Owen has spent the best part of ten years renovating his house when he finds the cellar. By falling into it. The mysterious cellar has a mysterious door, and behind the mysterious door is a mysterious box … and in the box … there are clues to the shocking history of Daniel’s beloved home town. A cold case is occupying Mal Kent’s time. A notorious car thief is released from prison... -
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Like a Lion by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA new homicide case raises a question with no clear answer:. Who is the victim? When a charred body is recovered inside a burned-out car, before Malcolm and Seong-Jae can solve the case they must first trace the victim's identity. False plates. ID missing. Teeth pulled from the skull... -
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Head Over Feels by Bix Barrow
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWell, this puts the “ex” in “explosive”. .. Felix: What would happen if everyone you’d ever dated got together and plotted against you? For me, it’s glitter bombs. Lots and lots of glitter bombs. Okay, maybe I deserved the first one or two. Or three...Categorized as:
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Life on Mars by Patricia Logan
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThings aren’t always what they seem. Special agent, Max Prince, and his boyfriend, Dr. Leo Reeves, are back to work after their first case together. When a prominent Department of Defense scientist kills himself in a mysterious way, their entire FBI team is tasked to figure out if the weapon he was working on was somehow the cause of his death...Categorized as:
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![How Not to Break by Susan Hawke]()
How Not to Break by Susan Hawke
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTake one former SEAL with a healthy dose of regret…. Nick St. Cloud is living with shame from the one time he let his lust override his sense of honor. He’s haunted by the memory of when he made love to his best friend’s eighteen-year-old son. The tragic accident that happened that same night has only compounded his guilt... -
![Reckless Behavior by L.A. Witt, Cari Z.]()
Reckless Behavior by L.A. Witt, Cari Z.
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter too many years of putting his job first, Detective Andreas Ruffner is getting his priorities straight. He’s ready to spend some quality time with his adult kids, not to mention come clean about some things he should’ve told them a long time ago. And introduce them to his partner and boyfriend, Darren Corliss. But in a heartbeat, a family dinner turns into Andreas’s worst nightmare... -
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Ruger by Lane Hart
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom two. USA Today. best-selling authors comes a steamy MM enemy to lovers romance. Ruger James Fulton is used to being confused. After barely graduating from high school, RJ took his one marketable skill and opened up an auto shop in town. Cars have always made sense to him, while the rest of the world makes him feel like an idiot... -
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By the Light of Dawn by Adrienne Wilder
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThis is a follow up to the novel In the Absence of Light. You must read the first book to fully understand/enjoy this one. A handmade sailboat helped bring Morgan back to Grant but he never imagined they would put it in the water. Then Morgan sees something in the light that sets Grant on a mission to get them to the middle of the ocean. An unknown destination they have to be when the sun rises... -
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![Trust Me If You Dare by L.B. Gregg]()
Trust Me If You Dare by L.B. Gregg
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsHard help can be good to find. Romano and Albright, Book 2. Feisty New Yorker Caesar Romano has a knack for getting into a jam, and this week is no exception. When his pregnancy-hormone-buzzed business partner sweet talks him into working a solo gig for his famous ex, Caesar attracts the worst kind of attention. It’s only the beginning... -
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Hot Ice, Tennessee by Raleigh Ruebins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA hockey hotshot has me wrapped around his finger…. Even after I learn his dirty secret. Jesse is cocky, charming, tattooed, and even more possessive off the ice. …He’s also my friend’s younger brother—which I found out like a puck to the face. He’s too young, too popular, and he knows he has my attention. He’s a college dreamboat, with frat bros riding his jock every day. My world’s different... -
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Leavings by Ripley Hayes
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThis isn’t how moving in together is supposed to go. Daniel is left dealing with dead bodies, while Mal disappears undercover. Daniel knows the bodies were murder victims, but he can’t prove it. Mal is getting more and more secretive. His friend Hector is being abused but insists that the bruises happened when he ran into a door... -
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With This Bling by L.B. Gregg
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCaesar Romano’s catering career is doing better than he’d ever dreamed. And so is his love life—even if his boyfriend’s house in Staten Island is way too far from civilization for his liking... -
![A Wedding in a Week by Con Riley]()
A Wedding in a Week by Con Riley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA second chance with his brother’s best friend also comes with a deadline. Three years after inheriting his family farm, an accident forces Stefan Luxton to rethink his future. Turning his farm into a five-star wedding venue is one goal. Another is to reconnect with Marc, who Stefan loved but let slip away to the city...Categorized as:
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![Zenith by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott]()
Zenith by Eli Easton, R.J. Scott
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA killer haunts Prophet, and this time it’s personalThe discovery of a body at the Thompson Cabins sets off a chain of events that hits too close to home for Sheriff Gabriel Thompson. When his brother Sam becomes a prime suspect in the murder investigation, Gabriel is forced to keep secrets from Tiber and call in outside help as he fights to prove Sam’s innocence...
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