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Sinful Deceit by Emilia Finn
Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHistory doesn’t always stay buried.And loyalty isn’t always given freely.It’s the winter of 1986, and Holly Wade is a blushing bride on the cusp of the perfect life with the perfect man.I do’s are spoken. Promises are exchanged. And lifetimes are planned.It all seems so picturesque on the outside... -
![Domestic Animals by Gregory Ashe]()
Domestic Animals by Gregory Ashe
Sometimes, the most dangerous animals are the ones you let inside.When a man hires Emery Hazard to track down a teenager who, he claims, robbed him, Hazard isn’t convinced. The story has holes in it, and the client seems eager—too eager—to keep the authorities from getting involved. But Hazard is willing to play along; he suspects something much darker is going on, and he wants to know what it is... -
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![Billy by Kris Michaels]()
Billy by Kris Michaels
Whatever it takes, as long as it takes. He’d been dead for years. Billy Pearson’s cover for the work he did for the CIA had come at a high price. Betrayed by the CIA, he was dead to all who used to know him. Guardian gave him the opportunity to start over. However, the new doctor assigned to the training annex has an uncanny resemblance to the woman he once loved. That sucker punch left Billy raw... -
![His Fateful Heap of Days by John Wiltshire]()
His Fateful Heap of Days by John Wiltshire
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsInto his fateful heap of days the soul of man is cast. Only a few months from his fiftieth year, Nikolas is feeling a distinct wobble in his formidable certainties. Aleksey Primakov appears to have become irrelevant. All he needs, therefore, is to be dragged into an adventure with Devon's answer to the three musketeers... -
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![The Devil Unleashed by Ali Vali]()
The Devil Unleashed by Ali Vali
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs the heat of violence rises, so does passion. A gunshot meant to end the legacy of the Casey Clan has left a weakened Cain fighting to regain control of her business while trying to protect her heart from the woman who left her. Threatened from every side, Cain must unleash that devil to protect all she holds dear... -
![Malicious Intent by Lynn H. Blackburn]()
Malicious Intent by Lynn H. Blackburn
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDr. Ivy Collins, founder and CEO of Hedera, Inc., is ready to begin clinical trials of her company's cutting-edge prosthetic. Her work has been heralded by government, medical, and advocacy groups and everyone hopes the device will be a success. Well, almost everyone... -
![The Magnolia Murders by Aimee Nicole Walker]()
The Magnolia Murders by Aimee Nicole Walker
Everything old is new again in love and murder.Work together, live together, and play together is the name of the game for Royce Locke and Sawyer Key. But one of those things changes when Chief Mendoza taps Sawyer to lead the newly formed cold case unit. His first task: solve the Magnolia Murders that spanned three decades and suddenly stopped in 2000... -
![No Stone Unturned by Julie Moffett]()
No Stone Unturned by Julie Moffett
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEngaged to be MurderedAn engagement is supposed to be a fun, exciting time, but things are never easy for Slash and me. Instead, someone is threatening to expose Slash’s past—a past so secret even I know very little about it.Before I can get used to the weight of Nonna’s antique ring on my finger, he’s on his way to Rome…and we’re farther apart than we’ve ever been... -
![The Inside Man by Brittney Sahin]()
The Inside Man by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThey'll do anything for a second shot at forever.When Cole McGregor entered my life, my whole world changed. My new neighbor was older, gorgeous, and the Irish accent had me swooning. And no matter what, he was always there for me, but only as a friend.The day I walked out of his life without a trace . . . I'd left not as a young girl with a crush but as a woman in love... -
![A Whirlwind of Color by Ivy Smoak]()
A Whirlwind of Color by Ivy Smoak
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsOne great love. That’s what every heart craves. I was lucky enough to find mine when I was 19. But I wouldn’t describe myself as lucky now. My husband looks at me like I’m the light of his life. We live in a penthouse apartment that overlooks Central Park. My closet it filled with designer clothes and more pairs of shoes than I can count... -
![The Kidnapped by Nicole Pyland]()
The Kidnapped by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen she sees a picture of a little girl who looks just like her younger self in a book about lost children, Heidi realizes she was born Hollis Richardson and that she’d been stolen from her mother... -
![Again with Feeling by Gregory Ashe]()
Again with Feeling by Gregory Ashe
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWe 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... -
![Dragon Security: The Complete Series by Glenna Sinclair]()
Dragon Security: The Complete Series by Glenna Sinclair
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsI went to his sister because that’s what he told me to do. But when his brother, Cole, accused me of being a gold digger, I knew I couldn’t trust them. I didn’t realize she would send Cole to watch over me. Or that he would carry me out of my trailer when he saw how bad it really was... -
![Black Moon: MM Romantic Suspense by Elle Keaton]()
Black Moon: MM Romantic Suspense by Elle Keaton
One corpse, two corpse, old corpse, new corpse.Summer is crashing into fall and Mat and Niall have a wedding to overthink.A body is discovered floating in the harbor and this time it's the missing ex-Piedras Marine officer Duane Copper... -
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![Answering the Call by Ali Vali]()
Answering the Call by Ali Vali
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAs New Orleans recovers from Hurricane Katrina, Detective Sept Savoie recovers from a gunshot wound with the help of her new love Keegan Blanchard. As the city returns to normal, so does the crime rate. Sept’s first case back on the job is a strangely ritualistic killing, which quickly escalates into serial murder... -
![The Rainey Season by R.E. Bradshaw]()
The Rainey Season by R.E. Bradshaw
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThis is the third in the award winning Rainey Bell Thriller series, following Lambda Literary Award Finalist Rainey Nights. Each book is stand-alone. It does help to read them in order, but it is not necessary. In The Rainey Season, former FBI behavioral analyst Rainey Bell has settled into her life as a wife and mother with Katie Myers and the triplets... -
![Body and Soul by Patricia Logan]()
Body and Soul by Patricia Logan
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMore than ten years ago, a series of train bombings devastated railways throughout Europe. Strange poetry sent to local newspapers right before each bombing, confounded investigators at the time. In one of only a handful of failed covert missions, Jarrett had been sent into North Korea to take out the bomber... -
![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... -
![Shield of Justice by Radclyffe]()
Shield of Justice by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSpecial Crimes Unit Investigator Rebecca Frye attempts to solve a series of sexual assaults amid dead ends, battered witnesses, and a growing attraction to the physician who saved one of the victims... -
![Rainey with a Chance of Hale by R.E. Bradshaw]()
Rainey with a Chance of Hale by R.E. Bradshaw
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsRainey Bell, a former FBI Behavioral Analyst, has had a couple of quiet years since her last brush with death. Her old teammate with the BAU and her children's Godfather, Danny McNally, pays a visit to North Carolina from Quantico to escort Rainey into the Butner Federal Correctional Complex. Rainy made a promise almost twenty years ago to a distraught mother of a missing child... -
![Fuze by Brian Christopher Shea, Stacy Lynn Miller]()
Fuze by Brian Christopher Shea, Stacy Lynn Miller
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSpecial Agent Lexi Mills chases the criminal who killed her partner in this thrilling novel of grit, betrayal, and retribution.After a lifetime of fighting to get what she wants, Lexi Mills has finally made it into the elite ATF Special Response Team. But when a wrong move during a bomb disposal operation takes half her leg—and her partner’s life—Lexi must shoulder the guilt alone... -
![BLAZE: A 5-Books Firefighter Romance Series by Lola Silverman]()
BLAZE: A 5-Books Firefighter Romance Series by Lola Silverman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE COMPLETE SERIES, FREE with Kindle Unlimited. 5 books and NO cliffies! Book 1: Light It Up Being a firefighter in Colfax means you drive around in a big red fire engine, put out a few kitchen fires, wink at hot chicks, and pray to Mother Nature that she doesn’t send a bolt of lightning to start a forest fire. One good fire like that could wipe the town off the map for eternity... -
![Tangled Hearts by M.S. Parker]()
Tangled Hearts by M.S. Parker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“In a race against time to save my sister, I'm putting it all on the line – even my heart.” When Aria left Gig Harbor and its haunting childhood memories behind, she vowed never to return. But when her foster sister, Rachel, vanishes, Aria's determination is tested... -
![Year of the Rat by Marshall Thornton]()
Year of the Rat by Marshall Thornton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLong Beach, California 1996. Despite having little obvious experience, bartender Dom Reilly is hired as an investigator for the Freedom Agenda, a not-for-profit justice project. His first case involves a twelve-year-old homicide, in which a teenage girl was viciously murdered... -
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![Identity by Nancy Ann Healy]()
Identity by Nancy Ann Healy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOnce a spy, always a spy. Alex Toles and Claire Brackett are back in action. Once rivals, the pair of FBI agents receive a summons from President Candace Reid to the White House. Evidence of forced starvation scattered throughout Russia coincides with a growing military presence in the small Russian exclave of Kaliningrad... -
![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... -
![Thrown to the Wolves by Persephone Black]()
Thrown to the Wolves by Persephone Black
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLyssa can't resist a damsel in distress…but she'll wish she resisted this one. The ferocious Styx Syndicate enforcer and trainer known as "the Wolf" has always been the hunter, never the hunted. So when Lyssa sees the gorgeous Scarlett getting harassed by thugs in a dive bar she's visiting for intel, she jumps straight into protective mode... -
![Wolves at the Gate by Persephone Black]()
Wolves at the Gate by Persephone Black
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLyssa has a secret—one that could cost her everything. And as Chicago braces for a high-profile Syndicate wedding, the stakes are only getting higher.But there are still secrets to be uncovered...Wolves at the Gate is part two of the Red Rivals Duet, a twisty, steamy contemporary Sapphic mafia romance based (very) loosely on the Little Red Riding Hood fairytale... -
![Fire and Ice by Patricia Logan]()
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... -
![Interwoven by Ripley Hayes]()
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... -
![Missing Lynx by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou]()
Missing Lynx by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhere do you run when there's nowhere to hide? When a sadistic serial killer known as the Headhunter resurfaces, a government blunder forces the Elite Operatives Organization into action. Operation Mask falls to Lynx. She has the determination, skills, and most importantly, the right profile, but her youth and lack of experience in the field could put more than the mission in jeopardy... -
![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... -
![Skeletons in the Closet by Nicky James]()
Skeletons in the Closet by Nicky James
The last thing Diem Krause wanted to do was ask for Tallus’s help. The too-hot-for-his-own-good records clerk was so far outside Diem’s league that he became tongue-tied in his presence. Six months ago, after an embarrassingly unimpressive exchange in the bedroom that accentuated Diem’s flaws, he swore never to go near the sultry man again... -
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![Power of the Mind by Nicky James]()
Power of the Mind by Nicky James
It’s not a real case, he’s not my boyfriend, and we aren’t partners. Three lies I told myself for survival. After ten months of shamefully stalking and showing up randomly on Tallus’s doorstep at midnight (for reasons), the sinfully hot records clerk decided he’d had enough of my games... -
![Point and Shoot by Patricia Logan]()
Point and Shoot by Patricia Logan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThayne Wolfe and Jarrett Evans have been working together for nearly a year. Now, living together as well, their relationship has taken on a whole new meaning for both men. It seems that danger has always been a part of their lives in the ATF but when SAC Stanger sends them to a relatively routine crime scene, things quickly get complicated... -
![Thief of Always by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou]()
Thief of Always by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStealing a diamond to save the world is the easy part. Mishael Taylor takes comfort in speed, racing from one mission to another as Allegro, one of the Elite Operative Organization's top agents--or from one affair to another, to avoid having to think about the things she's seen and done... -
![Reckless Behavior by L.A. Witt, Cari Z.]()
Reckless Behavior by L.A. Witt, Cari Z.
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 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... -
![The Girl from Ballymor by Kathleen McGurl]()
The Girl from Ballymor by Kathleen McGurl
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhat would you sacrifice for your children?Ballymor, Ireland, 1847As famine grips the country Kitty McCarthy is left widowed and alone. Fighting to keep her two remaining children alive against all odds, Kitty must decide how far she will go to save her family... -
![Suspicious Behavior by L.A. Witt, Cari Z.]()
Suspicious Behavior by L.A. Witt, Cari Z.
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 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... -
![In Dog We Trust by Neil S. Plakcy]()
In Dog We Trust by Neil S. Plakcy
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsan alternate cover edition can be found hereAfter a bad divorce and a brief prison term for computer hacking, 42-year-old Steve Levitan has returned to his home town of Stewart’s Crossing and taken a part-time job as an adjunct professor of English at his alma mater, Eastern College... -
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The Killing Room by Gerri Hill
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsDenver detective Jake McCoy is trying to recover – both physically and emotionally – from the shooting death of a young boy that also left her injured... -
![Killer Bond by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott]()
Killer Bond by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDaniel Hendricks wants a vacation. Ward Security’s accountant and resident code breaker just needs a little R&R from the chaos and usual shenanigans of the office. But what was supposed to be a sexy vacation hook-up explodes in his face when he’s mistaken for a rogue secret agent... -
![One Last Thing by Kim Baldwin]()
One Last Thing by Kim Baldwin
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsBlood is thicker than pride. The final book in the Elite Operative Series brings together foes, family, and friends to start a new order. Special Agent Switch needs to get close to Greek tycoon Konstantinos Lykourgos, the prime suspect in the theft of a priceless ancient icon from a monastery on Mount Athos. His accomplice is the EOO’s recurring nemesis: Theodora Rothschild, aka TQ, the Broker... -
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![Pathogen by Jessica L. Webb]()
Pathogen by Jessica L. Webb
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhen a deadly virus surfaces in the small, wealthy town of Hidden Valley, British Columbia, Dr. Kate Morrison and Sergeant Andy Wyles work together to uncover the source of the outbreak. As the two women navigate their new relationship, Kate and Andy are also forced to navigate a highly political and increasingly panicked community... -
![Torn Bond by Abigail Davies]()
Torn Bond by Abigail Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’d been unexpected. A path I hadn’t thought I’d take. But once she was on my radar, there was no turning back. Being deceptive was part of my job as a DEA agent, but I’d learned how to deceive people a long time before that. I’d been deep undercover for nine months. Nine months away from the self-made family I’d been accepted into... -
![Bratva Beast by B. B. Hamel]()
Bratva Beast by B. B. Hamel
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIt was either kiss the beast or get devoured.So I made out with a monster— and I liked it.Mack Orlov doesn’t do half-measures.He leaves me breathless and shaken and scared for my life.But most of all, I crave just one more touch.I must be sick in the head, because that man’s a nightmare wrapped in an Armani suit... -
![No Good Reason by Cari Hunter]()
No Good Reason by Cari Hunter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“I can’t do this. I can’t do any of this without her.” Detective Sanne Jensen (not blonde, not tall, definitely not Scandinavian) and Dr. Meg Fielding (scruffy, scatterbrained, prone to swearing at patients) are lifelong best friends, sharing the same deprived background and occasionally the same bed... -
![White Lies by Kristin Mayer]()
White Lies by Kristin Mayer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNothing is as it seems. Our love. Our life. Our future. Were the lies to protect me? Or was it something else? There has to be a reason behind all of this. Finding out he doesn't love me would devastate me beyond belief. They say white lies are harmless, but I don’t believe it. There has to be more to our story... -
![Moonlight Avenue by Gerri Hill]()
Moonlight Avenue by Gerri Hill
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFinley Knight, ex-cop turned private investigator, lives a lonely, solitary life. She uses her downtime to reflect on the past and wonders what could have been. Detective Dee Woodard transferred to Corpus Christi nine years ago to put distance between herself and her ex…an ex she was still in love with. A murder investigation leads her to Moonlight Avenue and Finley Knight...
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