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  • Clue Krewe by Jana Deleon

    Clue Krewe by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Beckett Rousseau is the firstborn son of one of New Orleans’ most prominent families. He’s the quintessential golden boy—great looks, money, and a political career in his future—until his wife murders him. Or at least that’s what everyone thinks.Athena Durand is still reeling from her murder conviction but now that it’s overturned, she’s at a loss on how to proceed with her life...
  • Swamp Spook by Jana Deleon

    Swamp Spook by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    When black cats roam, and spooks are seen, Come celebrate, it’s Halloween. Sinful, Louisiana, really knows how to throw a party, and it goes all out for Halloween. The weeklong celebration kicks off with a maze of horror in the park built of hay bales. And Fortune has the perfect assignment—the executioner...
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  • To Selena, With Love by Chris Pérez

    To Selena, With Love by Chris Pérez

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    One of the most compelling and adored superstars in Latin music history, Selena was nothing short of a phenomenon who shared all of herself with her millions of devoted fans...
    Categorized as:
    length-medium  contemporary
  • Tired Tired Sea by MediaWhore

    Tired Tired Sea by MediaWhore

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 28 ratings
    As a B&B owner on the most remote of all the British Isles, Louis Tomlinson is used to spending the coldest half of the year in complete isolation, with his dog and the sea as sole companions. Until, one day, a mysterious stranger on a quest to rebuild himself rents a room for the winter...
    Categorized as:
    length-medium  queer  contemporary  m-m  open-door
  • Flame and Fortune by Jana Deleon

    Flame and Fortune by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    No smoke without a fire. It’s New Year’s in Sinful, and the competition for the New Year’s Queen is heating up as the warring churches go head-to-head. Fortune Redding is not the sequined dress kind of woman, but reluctantly agrees to partake in the debacle so that Ida Belle and Gertie can best their nemesis, Celia, who’s put up former Sinful mean girl RJ Rogers...
  • Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 4 by Fujita

    Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 4 by Fujita

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 33 ratings
    A tall, quiet gamer boy and a geeky girl whose life revolves around yaoi manga are old friends, but when they start working in the same office, they decide to date...
  • Echo Road by Kendra Elliot, Melinda Leigh

    Echo Road by Kendra Elliot, Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    When two cross-country cases collide, Bree Taggert and Mercy Kilpatrick join forces to catch a serial killer in an addictive novel of suspense by bestselling authors Melinda Leigh and Kendra Elliot.During a vicious heat wave, a county maintenance worker stumbles upon two suspicious suitcases abandoned by the side of the road...
  • Fatal Fraud by Marie Force

    Fatal Fraud by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Previously title Fatal VengeanceA dangerous truth revealed... A prominent member of the D.C. community has been murdered, pulling Lieutenant Sam Holland into yet another high-stakes homicide investigation that has her trying to connect the dots between a dead woman and the friends and family who’d turned against her right before her untimely death...
  • Fortune Funhouse by Jana Deleon

    Fortune Funhouse by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    The traveling carnival has made its stop in Sinful and everyone is ready for thrilling rides, challenging games, and most importantly, funnel cake. But when a man is murdered in the funhouse and Emmaline LeBlanc is knocked unconscious so the killer can escape, the good times are over...
  • Thugs and the Women Who Love Them by Wahida Clark

    Thugs and the Women Who Love Them by Wahida Clark

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Essence® bestselling author Wahida Clark is all too familiar with the terrifying truths of ghetto life. The first novel in her gritty, gripping series takes you on into a world where a wrong choice could be the last choice a person ever makes. In a 'hood boiling over with sex, brutality, and crime, three friends are at a turning point...
  • The Inn on Amelia Island by Hope Holloway

    The Inn on Amelia Island by Hope Holloway

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The uplifting and unforgettable conclusion to the Seven Sisters series!After coming together following their father’s stroke, the Wingate women have found second-chance romance, faced trials and tribulations, and built wonderful lives on Amelia Island. Their father is fully recovered and healthy, their businesses are flourishing, and the whole family is bursting with love and laughter...
  • Thug Lovin' by Wahida Clark

    Thug Lovin' by Wahida Clark

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Tasha and Trae, the hood's favorite couple, are still together following the events of Thug Matrimony . Even with their relocation to sunny Los Angeles, the drama of New York cannot be escaped...
    Categorized as:
    length-medium  contemporary  urban
  • State of Bliss by Marie Force

    State of Bliss by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 27 ratings
    When you have their jobs, there’s no such thing as a peaceful vacation…Sam and Nick are ready to get out of DC—and the White House—for a much-needed vacation to celebrate their second anniversary. Due to ongoing political pressures, they decide to scuttle their plans for a return to Bora Bora to stay closer to home at their favorite oceanfront house at Dewey Beach in Delaware...
  • Swamp Sweets by Jana Deleon

    Swamp Sweets by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    It’s November in Sinful and everyone is gearing up for Thanksgiving. But when Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie bag a body on their turkey hunting trip, the quiet enjoyment of fall is over. No one really knew Miles Broussard well, and as he’d recently sold the building his business was in to retire in another state, no one could explain how he’d ended up murdered and dumped in the bayou...
  • State of Suspense by Marie Force

    State of Suspense by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A high-profile murder has Sam and her team chasing an elusive killer…Just back from their anniversary trip to Dewey Beach, there’s no slow roll back to work for the first couple as Sam is immediately thrust into a baffling new case that has everyone on edge. The FBI wants in on this one, and she’s determined to figure out what happened before they can take over her investigation...
    Categorized as:
    length-medium  contemporary  suspense  m-f  mystery
  • On Her Watch by Melinda Leigh

    On Her Watch by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Sheriff Bree Taggert becomes a target when she follows the twisting trail of a serial killer in a bone-chilling novel of suspense by #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh.A pair of hikers find a tarp-wrapped body in a clearing in the woods. When a search in the surrounding area yields two more, Sheriff Bree Taggert knows they’ve stumbled onto a serial killer’s dumping ground...
  • Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 3 by Fujita

    Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 3 by Fujita

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 34 ratings
    A tall, quiet gamer boy and a geeky girl whose life revolves around yaoi manga are old friends, but when they start working in the same office, they decide to date...
  • Fireproof by Eric Wilson, Alex Kendrick

    Fireproof by Eric Wilson, Alex Kendrick

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 50 ratings
    INSIDE BURNING BUILDINGS, Captain Caleb Holt lives by the firefighter's adage: NEVER LEAVE YOUR PARTNER. Yet at home, in the cooling embers of his marriage, he lives by his own rules.Growing up, his wife Catherine always dreamed of marrying a loving, brave firefighter . . . just like her father.Now, after seven years of marriage, she wonders when she stopped being "good enough...
  • Bullets and Beads by Jana Deleon

    Bullets and Beads by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Let the good times roll? It’s Mardi Gras time and Fortune is looking forward to seeing the spectacle firsthand, but when a visitor to Sinful is murdered during the celebration there, Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie can’t help but wonder what happened...
  • The Forgotten One by Catherine Bybee

    The Forgotten One by Catherine Bybee

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bybee spins a dazzling tale of long-lost relatives, overnight riches, and unexpected romance in the dramatic second book of The Heirs series.Sarah McNeilly is a rare find in the tabloid industry. She won’t ignite gossip. She finds the truth. And for once, that’s what her boss wants...
  • Mayluna by Kelley McNeil

    Mayluna by Kelley McNeil

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    A legendary band, an iconic lead singer, and their mysterious connection to a woman whose love helped create the music of a generation. Timing is everything in a powerful novel about fate, regret, and moving on by the author of A Day Like This.In the 1990s, Carter Wills was the lead singer of the English alt-rock band Mayluna, securing his place among music legends...
  • Kevin by Riley Edwards

    Kevin by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 27 ratings
    Three Teams—one mission.An enemy who wants them all dead.Former Navy SEAL Kevin Monroe could spot a liar from a mile away. A well-trained government liar?—They were even easier. And the woman sitting across from him in the White House briefing room spinning a tale of corruption, treason, and staged murder was a drop-dead-smokin’-hot professional liar with arresting eyes...
  • Cuthbert's Way: A DCI Ryan Mystery by L.J. Ross

    Cuthbert's Way: A DCI Ryan Mystery by L.J. Ross

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    A SECRET KEPT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS...After the dramatic theft of a priceless artefact from Durham Cathedral, the rest of the world believes that DCI Ryan and his team were able to recover and return St. Cuthbert’s cross to its rightful home...
  • Payback Is a Mutha by Wahida Clark

    Payback Is a Mutha by Wahida Clark

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    In her hot, gritty new urban drama, Essence® bestselling author Wahida Clark tells the story of a woman who thinks she has everything, but who really has everything to lose -- starting with her best friend, and ending with her life. Brianna and Shan couldn't be more different...
    Categorized as:
    length-medium  contemporary
  • State of the Union by Marie Force

    State of the Union by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    It’s the biggest night of President Nick Cappuano’s life. Will his first lady make it to the Capitol in time for his speech?President Cappuano has been working for months on his first State of the Union address, his highest profile moment yet as the country’s new president...
    Categorized as:
    length-medium  contemporary  mystery  suspense  m-f
  • Leah's Story by Ashley Antoinette

    Leah's Story by Ashley Antoinette

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 29 ratings
    Tired of competing against YaYa for Indie's affection, Leah Richards kidnaps the couple's baby girl, turning Yaya and Indie's world upside down as they race against time to stop this crazy woman from destroying everything they have worked for...
  • Nothing but Clear Skies by Hope Callaghan

    Nothing but Clear Skies by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Easton Island is the continuing saga of one woman’s journey from incredible loss to finding a past she knew nothing about, including a family who both embraces and fears her and a charming island that draws her in.This inspirational women’s fiction series is for lovers of family sagas, friendship fiction, mysteries, and clean romance...
    Categorized as:
    length-medium  contemporary
  • Stone Rules by Samantha Christy

    Stone Rules by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Charlie Tate doesn’t live by the rules. Ethan Stone is bound by them. When Charlie returns home after five years away, she has only one thing on her mind – revenge. When she enlists the help of Ethan, a private investigator, she has him challenging many of his rules. And Charlie begins to look at him as she has never been able to look at any other man...
    Categorized as:
    length-medium  new adult  contemporary  abuse  m-f
  • The Burial of a Player by Kimberly Brown

    The Burial of a Player by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Walker Jareau prided himself on being a player. Women came a dime a dozen, and he was like a revolving door... until he met the one woman who threatened to swipe his player card—Jorja Sandifer. The beautiful dancer captivated him from the moment he laid eyes on her. It didn’t take long for the friends with benefits to migrate into an unconventional relationship, laced with a bit of toxicity...
  • Ethic 3 by Ashley Antoinette

    Ethic 3 by Ashley Antoinette

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 28 ratings
    Healing requires separation. When Ethic discovers malice in a woman he thought was perfect, he walks away from their love. Keeping his family safe is his main priority and falling for Alani Lenika Hill is dangerous. The history of their love haunts him however, and getting over her isn't easy. Alani has beguiled his two youngest children and they crave her presence as much as Ethic...
  • The Gift of Cockleberry Bay by Nicola May

    The Gift of Cockleberry Bay by Nicola May

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    All our favorite characters from Cockleberry Bay are back in this final heartwarming story in the series—including Hot, Rosa Smith’s adorable daschund and his newborn puppies. Now successfully running the Cockleberry Café and wishing to start a family herself, Rosa feels the time is right to let her inherited corner shop go...
    Categorized as:
    length-medium  contemporary  humor
  • Pigeon by Lola Wright, Pam Clinton

    Pigeon by Lola Wright, Pam Clinton

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    IvyWhen my mother, who suffers from mental illness, leaves my brother and me in the care of our grandparents, my life changes dramatically. Being raised on a large ranch, loved and cared for, I had a great childhood with them. With my grandparents passing, though, things changed. My brother and I have always had a difficult relationship, but it only gets worse now that he’s in control of my life...
  • Last Bitch Standing by Deja King

    Last Bitch Standing by Deja King

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    In the final installment of the Bitch Series, Precious Cummings only has one agenda and that is to destroy her most conniving enemy yet, Maya. Precious has no doubt that she can shut it down, the only problem is locating her nemesis who has disappeared with her husband, Supreme and daughter, Aaliyah...
    Categorized as:
    length-medium  contemporary
  • A Merciful Promise by Kendra Elliot

    A Merciful Promise by Kendra Elliot

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The Wall Street Journal bestselling series continues as Mercy Kilpatrick becomes embedded in the nightmare of a terrorist conspiracy. The job: infiltrate a militia amassing illegal firearms in an isolated forest community. FBI agent Mercy Kilpatrick is the ideal candidate. She knows Oregon. She’s near the compound...
  • The Girl in the Moss by Loreth Anne White

    The Girl in the Moss by Loreth Anne White

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    A shallow grave exposes deadly secrets as bestselling author Loreth Anne White brings her thrilling series of romantic suspense to its shocking conclusion… Disgraced ex-cop Angie Pallorino is determined to make a new start for herself as a private investigator...
  • The Final Hour by Brittney Sahin

    The Final Hour by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Trained to fight and born to lead, Emilia can handle anything the sexy Irishman throws her way—except love.Sean McGregor, the handsome and protective Irish billionaire, was once the king of one-night-stands, but when a beautiful and courageous Italian comes into his life, everything changes. He only wants her—the one woman he can’t have...
  • The Mistletoe Kisser by Lucy Score

    The Mistletoe Kisser by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 42 ratings
    Ryan Sosa, grumpy former corporate accountant, has had it up to here with surprises. He didn’t see getting fired coming. And he certainly didn’t anticipate flying across the country to the world’s hippie-est, happiest, most annoying town to save his great-uncle from some mysterious emergency...
  • Savage Secrets by Cristin Harber

    Savage Secrets by Cristin Harber

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Caterina Cruz has no home. No loyalties. No objection to exacting torturous revenge. Her life’s mission is to destroy the terrorist who murdered her family. Then she steps into an elaborate game of charades alongside a Titan Group operative posing as an arms dealer—and her newlywed husband. The sexy distraction may be more than she can handle...
  • Hot Valor by Lynn Raye Harris

    Hot Valor by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A new standalone romance from New York Times Bestselling Author Lynn Raye Harris. Sexy, action-packed, and thrilling! Colonel John "Viper" Mendez searches for a ghost from his past... and when he finds her, nothing will be the same! They told him she was dead. They lied... Colonel John "Viper" Mendez is having the second-worst day of his life...
  • The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. by Jaime Hernández

    The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. by Jaime Hernández

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The 25th anniversary Love and Rockets celebration continues withthis, the second of three volumes collecting the adventures of thespunky Maggie; her annoying, pixie-ish best friend and sometime loverHopey; and their circle of friends, including their bombshell friendPenny Century, Maggie's weirdo mentor Izzy—as well as the aging butstill heroic wrestler Rena Titañon and Maggie's handsome love...
  • Falling North by Alyson Santos

    Falling North by Alyson Santos

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Turner Artist Management Urgent Action Item: ✔ Save Falling Back North from implosion. When your agency’s newest artist shows signs of collapse, you jump on the problem. When it involves a potential rift between the brothers who form the band’s soul, you throw your Hail Mary. So I did—by hiring a respected marketing goddess to save them...
  • Haze of Obedience: A Military Romance by Maggie Cole

    Haze of Obedience: A Military Romance by Maggie Cole

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s Mesmerized Me For Decades From Afar...My mission is to rescue the Zoe Diego, a famous Latino pop star who went missing fourteen months ago.I already know about her. She’s my favorite entertainer and her voice hypnotized me since my early twenties.I underrated her beauty from afar. Stunning doesn’t come close.But she’s sassy. I give it back to her as good as she gives it to me...
  • Fast Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

    Fast Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s learning to live with her demons. Victoria Gomez had a successful career as an investigative journalist, until a cartel boss she exposed destroyed her entire world in retaliation. She lost everything, including her family and her freedom...
  • Happy New You by Brenda St. John Brown, Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Happy New You by Brenda St. John Brown, Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    ★10 Resolutions. 2 Friends. 1 Shot At Love. ★ I’ll admit, having nine New Year's resolutions makes me twitchy. After all, I’m Allison Gottlieb; overthinker, overachiever, hot mess extraordinaire. I’ve spent my entire life trying to be the best but for some reason, I’ve always fallen short...
  • Rocky Mountain Rescue by Elle James

    Rocky Mountain Rescue by Elle James

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Former Green Beret Max Thornton’s career ended when he fell two hundred and fifty feet during a training exercise and broke nearly every bone in his body. Left with a permanent limp and in need of a job, he is recruited by Brotherhood Protectors where he can use his combat training and skills to protect, guard and rescue others. He didn’t expect his first assignment to be the resident mechanic...
  • When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton

    When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 34 ratings
    In 1960s Florida, a young Cuban exile will risk her life--and heart--to take back her country in this exhilarating historical novel from the author of Next Year in Havana, a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick. Beautiful. Daring. Deadly. The Cuban Revolution took everything from sugar heiress Beatriz Perez--her family, her people, her country...
  • Snitch by Allison van Diepen

    Snitch by Allison van Diepen

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    In a school run by gangs, staying out was harder than joining. We knew who our friends were, and were careful what we said. If people thought we were haters, it would only be a matter of time.... Lines are clearly marked at South Bay High School. It's mixed territory for the Crips and the Bloods, which means the drama never stops. Julia DiVino wants none of it...
    Categorized as:
    latinx-mc  length-medium  contemporary
  • Howtown: A Henry Rios Novel by Michael Nava

    Howtown: A Henry Rios Novel by Michael Nava

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Winner of six Lambda Literary awards, the Henry Rios mystery series is iconic and Michael Nava has been hailed by the New York Times as "one of our best" crime writers. Upon its original publication, the Los Angeles Times said of Howtown and its author: "Nava's mysteries are faithful to the conventions of the genre, but they are set apart by their insight, compassion, and sense of social justice.
  • Our Last Days in Barcelona by Chanel Cleeton

    Our Last Days in Barcelona by Chanel Cleeton

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    When Isabel Perez travels to Barcelona to save her sister Beatriz, she discovers a shocking family secret in New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton’s new novel.Barcelona, 1964. Exiled from Cuba after the revolution, Isabel Perez has learned to guard her heart and protect her family at all costs. After Isabel’s sister Beatriz disappears in Barcelona, Isabel goes to Spain in search of her...
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