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  • Gulf Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Gulf Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.In this woman’s action adventure, with an explosive psychic twist, USA Today bestselling author Fiona Quinn takes her reader into a world of international crime, terror, spies, and resistance networks...
  • Thirty and a Half Excuses by Denise Grover Swank

    Thirty and a Half Excuses by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Life in Henryetta, Arkansas is turned upside down with the arrival of a televangelist, but it’s the death of a little old lady on Rose’s street that catches her attention. The Henryetta police deem her death natural causes, but Rose suspects foul play and so does an unlikely supporter–-the president of the Busy Body Club, her eighty-two year old neighbor Mildred...
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  • Fated for Felony by Victoria Laurie

    Fated for Felony by Victoria Laurie

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    In New York Times bestselling author Victoria Laurie’s newest Psychic Eye Mystery, Abby is after a serial killer who’s simply fated for felonies...
  • Weakest Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Weakest Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    20-year-old Lexi Sobado is a woman with a psychic gift caught in the middle of a sinister web of crime and corruption. The victim of a stalker, Lexi finds herself romantically entangled with the special agent charged with protecting her. Thing is, Lexi herself has worked for the intelligence community in the past...
  • Cuff Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Cuff Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    More of this is true than you would believe.In her most thrilling novel yet, USA Today bestselling author Fiona Quinn exposes the dark forces threatening America. The Hydra, a monstrous group that includes a secret society that will do anything for power, is ready to strike, and only Lexi stands a chance to stop them.It’s a mind-bending plot of control and destruction...
  • Shattering Dawn by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Shattering Dawn by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    An unsettling investigation teaches two deeply suspicious people how to trust in the next thrilling novel of the Lost Night Files trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz.Amelia Rivers, a member of the Lost Night Files podcast team, hires private investigator Gideon Sweetwater to catch the stalker who has been watching her...
  • The Death Dealer by T.M. Cromer

    The Death Dealer by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book 2 in the Sentinels of Magic series. Trevor Blane is getting his story! If you enjoyed The Thorne Witches and continued with The Unlucky Charms books, you’ll probably be wanting more Trevor Blane. Well, his & Soleil's story is coming in early spring...
  • Sense of Deception by Victoria Laurie

    Sense of Deception by Victoria Laurie

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    In New York Times bestselling author Victoria Laurie’s thirteenth Psychic Eye Mystery, Abby Cooper senses a convicted killer is innocent, but she’ll need hard evidence to save the woman before it’s too late… A ticked-off judge has tossed Abby in the slammer for contempt of court, and during her brief but unpleasant stay she learns the story of a condemned woman who is confronting a far more...
  • Life Ghost On by Jane Hinchey

    Life Ghost On by Jane Hinchey

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Who knew a Bridal Expo could be so thrilling? Especially when you’re the bride-to-be with a meddling family and a flamboyant wedding planner named Seb. I thought everything was sorted for my upcoming nuptials with Kade Galloway, but Seb insisted on attending the expo.As soon as we entered Firefly Bay’s town hall, the noise was deafening, and the atmosphere was chaotic...
  • Ghost in the Box by Pandora Pine

    Ghost in the Box by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A killer is on the loose in Salem who not only wants to take your life, but your soul as well…Psychic Copeland Forbes anonymously receives a locked wooden box with an unknown spirit trapped inside. Attached to the chest is a cryptic May you get what you truly deserve...
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  • The Iron Butterfly by Chanda Hahn

    The Iron Butterfly by Chanda Hahn

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Imprisoned, starved and left with no memories, Thalia awakens to find herself at the mercy of an evil cult known as the Septori. Their leader has chosen Thalia as the test subject for a torture device of untold power, designed to change and twist her into something that is neither human nor Denai. Escaping, Thalia finds an unwilling warrior to protect her and an unlikely Denai to befriend her...
  • The Last Time I Saw Her by Karen Robards

    The Last Time I Saw Her by Karen Robards

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    In the sizzling new novel from New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards, Dr. Charlie Stone must prove the innocence of a dangerously sexy condemned man, or lose her one chance at true love. In this world, Dr. Charlotte “Charlie” Stone skillfully probes the twisted minds of incarcerated serial killers to better understand what makes them tick, and to help nab those who remain at large...
  • The Haunted Hotel by Vawn Cassidy

    The Haunted Hotel by Vawn Cassidy

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Have a frightfully good stay… Morgan Ashton-Drake hasn’t given his ancestral family home in Yorkshire a second thought in decades, even if it is technically part of his hotel empire. He has a great life in the States, so what if he works eighteen hour days seven days a week? you don’t get and keep a place on the Forbes 500 list unless you’re prepared to sweat blood...
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    mystery  suspense  magic  fantasy  m-m  paranormal  queer  contemporary
  • The Secret of the Chateau by Carrie Bedford

    The Secret of the Chateau by Carrie Bedford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A JUG OF WINE, A LOAF OF BREAD—AND DEATH.SHE KNOWS IT’S COMING; SHE HAS TO STOP IT!London architect Kate Benedict has barely shucked off her coat before she spots her host's aura, a swirling pattern above his head that Kate has come to recognize as a prediction of death within a few days.And she’s barely realized he’s in danger when he drops to the floor, shot by an unseen assailant...
  • Double Take by Catherine Coulter

    Double Take by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    It's been more than six months since her husband's brutal death, and Julia Ransom is just beginning to breathe again. She loved her husband, renowned psychic August Ransom, but the media frenzy that followed his murder sapped what little strength she had left. Now, after dinner with friends, strolling along San Francisco's Pier 39, she realizes that she's happy...
  • A Spell of Rowans by Byrd Nash

    A Spell of Rowans by Byrd Nash

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Raised by a narcissistic mother, the Rowan children’s magical talents were twisted to fit her needs. When Rachel dies, her children must confront the past to have a future.Rachel Rowan could sniff out secrets and her antique shop, Rosemary Thyme, was a front to torment the residents of Grimsby. When she dies, her children are faced with the deadly fallout of blackmail, murder, and magic...
  • Simon Says….Walk by Dale Mayer

    Simon Says….Walk by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Detective Kate Morgan isn’t impressed with her latest case. A terrorized woman walks into the police station, with a message for Kate. Actually a message that drags Simon into the middle of it—no, make that front and center. A challenge has been issued, one that Kate is determined to solve, hopefully keeping Simon on the sidelines...
  • Under the Willows by Pamela McCord

    Under the Willows by Pamela McCord

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After her husband is killed by a drunk driver, Kelly Harris and her son TJ move into a sprawling Victorian house in Ohio that her husband inherited from his grandmother. Dealing with her overwhelming grief is a struggle as she adjusts to life in a small town. And, just as she’s beginning to feel more comfortable, life takes another unexpected turn...
  • If Looks Could Kill by Heather Graham Pozzessere, Heather Graham

    If Looks Could Kill by Heather Graham Pozzessere, Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Madison Adair didn’t witness her famous mother’s brutal murder. But she saw it. Saw the gloved hand...felt the knife strike...knew her mother’s terror. That was a lifetime ago. But the nightmares have returned; only, this time they’re of a faceless serial killer stalking women in south Florida. A killer she can’t see but who knows she is watching...
  • Deadline by Judy McDonough

    Deadline by Judy McDonough

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Caroline's life is on track. She's about to get her nursing degree and she's engaged to rich, handsome Trevor. But, before they get married, Trevor wants Caroline to spend the summer in Louisiana, getting to know her father, who's never been in her life. She reluctantly agrees and heads south, deep into bayou country where she meets Cade...
  • Sinister Summer by Colleen Gleason

    Sinister Summer by Colleen Gleason

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A sexy professor. A logical lawyer.A determined ghost.And a very real killer...Welcome to Wicks Hollow: a cozy town near Lake Michigan filled with quaint houses, eccentric residents, and more than its share of ghosts, murders, and romance.Diana Iverson needs a break—from her stressful job, from her philandering boyfriend, and from the rest of her fast-paced life...
  • Ice Lord's Fate by Ava Ross

    Ice Lord's Fate by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Elion is mine, and I won’t let anyone steal him away.Elion and I have escaped the evil encroaching on the castle and fled to Elion’s ice-covered estate. We’re finally together, but the peace we find in his childhood home is short-lived...
  • Hide Away by Iris Johansen

    Hide Away by Iris Johansen

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Iris Johansen's beloved forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is back and now the stakes are higher than ever. Dramatic changes are on the horizon for Eve and Joe Quinn and their relationship may never be the same...
  • The Apprentices by Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr

    The Apprentices by Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Two years have passed since Janie Scott last saw Benjamin Burrows, the mysterious apothecary’s defiant son who stole her heart. On the other side of the world, Benjamin and his father are treating the sick and wounded in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam. But Benjamin has also been experimenting with a magical new formula that allows him to communicate with Janie across the globe...
  • Kiss Me, Kill Me by Maggie Shayne

    Kiss Me, Kill Me by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She's protected him since the day he was born. Since the day the LIE BEGAN.A long-ago act of kindness to a desperate woman changed Dr. Carrie Overton's life forever. Before disappearing, the grateful stranger had given Carrie her newborn son. When the woman is murdered, the secret becomes Carrie's alone.She had kept both it and her son, Sam, safe for sixteen years...
  • Kill Me Again by Maggie Shayne

    Kill Me Again by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I'm not who they say I am. TRUST ME.But can she?Reclusive novelist Aaron Westhaven, a man she's admired -- and more -- for years, has accepted Olivia Dupree's invitation to speak at a local fundraiser. But the day he's due to arrive, she gets a call summoning her to the bedside of a John Doe whose sole possession is her business card...
  • The Silenced by Heather Graham

    The Silenced by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Where is Lara Mayhew? Lara, a congressman's media assistant, suddenly quits her job—and disappears on the way to her Washington, DC, apartment. Novice FBI agent Meg Murray, a childhood friend of Lara's, gets a message from her that same night, a message that says she's disillusioned and "going home." To Richmond, Virginia. Meg discovers that she never got there...
  • Suddenly One Summer by Barbara Freethy

    Suddenly One Summer by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    IN THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL TOWN OF ANGEL'S BAY, AN OLD LEGEND SAYS THAT SOMETIMES, WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED, ANGELS FROM AN OLD SHIPWRECK APPEAR AND GOOD TRIUMPHS OVER EVIL. AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR BARBARA FREETHY ENCHANTS WITH THE FIRST BOOK IN A SERIES THAT WILL CAPTURE YOUR HEART...
  • Ghost Moon by Heather Graham

    Ghost Moon by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Reclusive collector Cutter Merlin is seldom seen in Key West—lately, not at all. Officer Liam Beckett visits Merlin's curious house and discovers the gentleman in his study. In his death grip: a volume of occult lore and a reliquary. His eyes are wide with fright, his mouth a horrified rictus where spiders now dwell...
  • Hideaway by Fern Michaels

    Hideaway by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Part One of the New Three-Part Godmothers Serial!The best of friends, Toots, Ida, Mavis, and Sophie have been there for each other through thick and thin. Now Sophie needs the rest of the Godmothers to help her through something they’ve never faced before . . .As Sophie De Luca has learned, many things really are better the second time around...
  • Shadow of Danger by Kristine Mason

    Shadow of Danger by Kristine Mason

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Four women have been found dead in the outskirts of a small Wisconsin town. The only witness, clairvoyant Celeste Risinski, observes these brutal murders through violent nightmares and hellish visions...
  • This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart

    This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    When Lucy's sister Phyllida suggests that she join her for a quiet holiday on the island of Corfu, Lucy is overjoyed. Her work as an actress has temporarily come to a halt. But the peaceful idyll does not last long...
  • Live to See Tomorrow by Iris Johansen

    Live to See Tomorrow by Iris Johansen

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Catherine Ling: raised on the streets of Hong Kong, she has been a shadowy CIA operative since she was fourteen years old. There are only a few things in life she cares for. One is her son, kidnapped when he was two. Catherine has only recently been reunited with him and the vow of her heart is never to let him face danger again. The other is her mentor, Hu Chang...
  • Sleep No More by Iris Johansen

    Sleep No More by Iris Johansen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen comes a new thriller that will have Eve Duncan questioning everything she thought she knew about her family and her past One woman held captive for decades… Another one freed by the truth…    Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan knows what it's like to be haunted by the past...
  • Killer Dreams by Iris Johansen

    Killer Dreams by Iris Johansen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Countdown returns with a knock-out suspense thriller that pits a mother and son against a killer who's the stuff of nightmares. If you close your eyes, he’ll get you. Sophie Dunston knows all too well how dreams can kill...
  • Night Will Find You by Julia Heaberlin

    Night Will Find You by Julia Heaberlin

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    A scientist with a special gift riles a wasp's nest of conspiracy theories while investigating a cold case in this riveting novel from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Black-Eyed Susans and We Are All the Same in the Dark.When she was ten, Vivvy Bouchet saved a boy’s life by making an impossible prediction...
  • The Crossing of Ingo by Helen Dunmore

    The Crossing of Ingo by Helen Dunmore

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Helen Dunmore The Ingo Chronicles Series Collection 5 Books Set, (Stormswept, The Crossing of Ingo, The Deep, The Tide Knot and...
  • Deadly Shadows by Jaycee Clark

    Deadly Shadows by Jaycee Clark

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Now reissued with a new look! Shadows whisper and the words are deadly . . . A small, friendly Colorado town, nestled in the breathtaking Rockies, cloaks a malevolence, an evil that stalks women. Jesslyn Black, a writer, is content living her now-single, childless life. If she keeps to herself, she can’t get hurt...
  • Killing Me Softly by Maggie Shayne

    Killing Me Softly by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    FIRST YOU DRINK, THEN YOU DIE. The Nightcap Strangler, who terrorized the town of Shadow Falls sixteen years ago, has finally been executed. Case closed. Until Bryan Kendall's lover is murdered in the notorious killer's unique style and the rookie cop stands accused. Has someone committed the perfect copycat crime..
  • Shadows from the Grave by T.L. Haddix

    Shadows from the Grave by T.L. Haddix

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When it comes to murder, the past is never really dead... For ten years, Chase Hudson has carried the weight of his college girlfriend’s unsolved murder on his shoulders. When a ghost from the past comes calling, Chase’s friends and family become the targets of a serial killer who’ll stop at nothing to make Chase suffer...
  • Gypsy by Trisha Leigh

    Gypsy by Trisha Leigh

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Inconsequential: not important or significant. Synonyms: insignificant, unimportant, nonessential, irrelevant In the world of genetic mutation, Gypsy’s talent of knowing a person’s age of death is considered a failure...
  • The Bookshop of Hidden Dreams by Karen Hawkins

    The Bookshop of Hidden Dreams by Karen Hawkins

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A brand new novel in the “sometimes whimsical, often insightful, always absorbing” ( Shelf Awareness ) Dove Pond series that follows a gifted historian investigating the mystery of a love story lost to time.When an antique tin of love letters is found hidden in her family home, noted historian Tay Dove rushes home to Dove Pond to investigate...
  • The Bookshop of Hidden Dreams by Karen Hawkins

    The Bookshop of Hidden Dreams by Karen Hawkins

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A brand new novel in the “sometimes whimsical, often insightful, always absorbing” ( Shelf Awareness ) Dove Pond series that follows a gifted historian investigating the mystery of a love story lost to time.When an antique tin of love letters is found hidden in her family home, noted historian Tay Dove rushes home to Dove Pond to investigate...
  • The Bookshop of Hidden Dreams by Karen Hawkins

    The Bookshop of Hidden Dreams by Karen Hawkins

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A brand new novel in the “sometimes whimsical, often insightful, always absorbing” (Shelf Awareness) Dove Pond series that follows a gifted historian investigating the mystery of a love story lost to time. When an antique tin of love letters is found hidden in her family home, noted historian Tay Dove rushes home to Dove Pond to investigate...
  • Deadly Dreams by Kylie Brant

    Deadly Dreams by Kylie Brant

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Risa Chandler's prophetic nightmares of death and murder plagued her nights. They also proved valuable for Adam Raiker's renowned team of forensic criminologists, known as the Mindhunters, until a tragic conclusion to one case destroyed Risa's self-assurance and forced her into isolation. But she soon discovers there's no escape from murder—or her dreams...
  • Thicker Than Water by Maggie Shayne

    Thicker Than Water by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Charismatic cult leader Mordecai Young was brought down in a government raid on the Young Believers compound sixteen years ago. So were most of his teenage followers. But not all of them. Jewel and Lizzie were making their escape with Lizzie’s baby girl when the compound caught fire. Lizzie was hit in the crossfire, and begged Jewel to save her baby, fathered by the cult leader...
  • Eight Days To Live by Iris Johansen

    Eight Days To Live by Iris Johansen

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Eve Duncan and her adopted daughter, Jane Macguire, are pitted against the members of a secretive cult who have targeted Jane and have decided that she will be their ultimate sacrifice. In eight days they will come for her. In eight days, what Jane fears the most will become a reality. In eight days, she will die...
  • Betwixt by Melissa Pearl

    Betwixt by Melissa Pearl

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Beautiful, wild-child Nicole Tepper is hit by a car and left for dead. But when she wakes the next morning, Nicole finds herself in bed without a scratch. Perhaps she was more intoxicated than usual, as her mother is giving her the silent treatment and her friends are ignoring her as well...
  • The Bodyguard Book 2 by X. Aratare

    The Bodyguard Book 2 by X. Aratare

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Artifact is a gay detective romance series from Raythe Reign. The books contain a sexy bodyguard, his determined young client, an ancient golden sarcophagus, and unsolved mysteries in both their pasts... Dane Gareis thought that he would be broken forever - unable to be touched by any man after surviving a terrible assault...
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    suspense  mystery  magic  m-m  fantasy  paranormal  queer  contemporary
  • The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack

    The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Semele Cavnow appraises antiquities for an exclusive Manhattan auction house, deciphering ancient texts—and when she discovers a manuscript written in the time of Cleopatra, she knows it will be the find of her career. Its author tells the story of a priceless tarot deck, now lost to history, but as Semele delves further, she realizes the manuscript is more than it seems...
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