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Four Point by Max Ellendale
Thirty-two bodies, twenty years, and a cold case that lives inside her alone. Detective Sali James teeters on the edge of sanity as she's forced to unearth her darkest days in order to stop Washington's most elusive serial killer. "Isn't watching beautiful? ". -
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Vying Girls: A Sapphic Why-Choose Romance by Holly Thorne
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe night’s made for confessions. It cradles them safely, suspends them in the blackness, holding them until morning when we can either acknowledge or ignore them. .. With Elly’s love secured, and Haz’s all but guaranteed, I thought Nic would remain the only bleak spot in my existence... -
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![Wind Dancer by K.C. Luck]()
Wind Dancer by K.C. Luck
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf the lights go out forever, can love survive? Darkness still prevails throughout the world but in Astoria, Chief of Police Taylor Barnes has everything under control. There is only one more thing she wants to do—marry the always challenging Jackie Scott... -
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Crowned Queen by Alisha Williams
Well isn't this just dandy. I had to go and catch. .. feelings. .. ewww. And now here I am on a vacation to wrap my mind around what the hell my life has become in the short time they. .. my ex best friends. .. came back into my life... -
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![Her Mafia Queen by Persephone Black]()
Her Mafia Queen by Persephone Black
Caitlin O' Fearless. Rebellious. Wild. And her fire is a threat to my icy heart. As a ruthless Mafia Queen, my steely self-control is legendary. But Caitlin’s blazing spirit ignited a passion in me I had no idea I was capable of. I sent her away to shield her, but her safety is still my obsession... -
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The Mad House by Liza James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA broken home made whole through promises of eternal life and family beyond. On your knees. Whisper the prayers. Obey thy Father and Mother. You'll be made whole in the Spirit once we're all together again. One sister escapes. The other is trapped, carrying the weight of all focus from their parents for years to come... -
![Bought for Us by Alisha Williams]()
Bought for Us by Alisha Williams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI didn't expect to fall for them. And I fell hard. When life took an unexpected turn, I was forced to leave them behind. After ten years of hell made by my father, he's finally gone, which means I'm free. Only I'm not. He's left me with a lot to clean up in the form of a hefty amount of debt. It would take a lifetime to pay it off, maybe not even then... -
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Savage Queen by Alisha Williams
Something I never thought was capable, happened. Now I’m trying to make all these relationships work without letting my past effect my life. So I do what I do best, shove it down deep and distract myself with sex and blood. But I don’t have to worry about finding things to keep me busy because someone has come into my city, putting teenagers at risk... -
![Tricky Girls by Holly Thorne]()
Tricky Girls by Holly Thorne
Hazelhurst University was it for me. Doesn’t matter that it’s not-so-secretly Mafia-run, that the lecturers are dodgy, that there’s a whole slew of illegal going-ons just beneath the surface. I’m scholarship. Forever on the fringes. Away from all that stuff. Until the night I meet them. Elly with her gentle dominance and large heart. Haz with her dark, sweet possessiveness... -
![Stranger on the Shore by Claire Highton-Stevenson]()
Stranger on the Shore by Claire Highton-Stevenson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsQuinn Harper is living the life she always wanted. She’s well-liked and respected by everyone and has been a success in life with awards to prove it. She spends her free time running along the shore, returning to her quiet home on the beach. It was almost the perfect life, but there was one thing missing: Love... -
![Angel of Mercy by Cara Malone]()
Angel of Mercy by Cara Malone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Angel of mercy. It was the stuff of legend, and nightmares. The caregiver who was supposed to heal and protect, who chose instead to kill. ”. In her very first case with the FCPD homicide division, Tate Macawi is investigating a death at one of Fox County’s most upscale nursing homes. With no evidence of foul play, it looks like the family is unduly suspicious…... -
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Captive of the Crime Queen by Persephone Black
Years ago, Hadria Imperioli vanished after her father refused her mafia inheritance in favor of her younger brother. Now, she's resurfaced as "Hades"—ruthless leader of the Styx Syndicate mercenaries that terrorize Chicago—and she's hell-bent on finally claiming what's hers... -
![The Stolen Girl by Cari Hunter]()
The Stolen Girl by Cari Hunter
Detective Inspector Jo Shaw is bored, desk-bound, and absolutely not supposed to answer the phone call that sends her to a body in an empty house. Thrown in at the deep end after an injury that almost killed her, she’s determined to prove she’s fit to work... -
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Desire by Jenn Bullard
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMy story is a complicated one because I’m the villain in my sister’s happily ever after. Time doesn’t make the heart grow fonder. Instead, it twists what you know. I’m twenty-four years old and still considered a minor in Cinder’s kingdom...Categorized as:
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![君と綴るうたかた 5 [The Summer You Were There 5] by Yuama, ゆあま]()
君と綴るうたかた 5 [The Summer You Were There 5] by Yuama, ゆあま
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratings「私書くよ。私たち二人の恋愛小説を。」そう言って、離れようとする夏織をつなぎとめた雫。病院にお見舞いに通いながらさらに仲を深めていく二人。しかし、そんな雫を見る夏織の妹・栞の目は冷ややかで── 物語を通してつながる少女二人の、甘く切ないひと夏だけの恋人ごっこ. -
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Strong by Natalie Debrabandere
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsASIN moved from less recent edition here. When British Army medic Kate Sanderson arrives at Cobel, an American checkpoint deep inside Afghanistan's Helmand Province, the only thing on her mind is her mission to save lives. There she meets USMC Captain Tyler Jackson, a talented young officer who uses her career as an excuse to avoid personal relationships...Categorized as:
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![Requiem for Immortals by Lee Winter]()
Requiem for Immortals by Lee Winter
Professional cellist Natalya Tsvetnenko moves seamlessly among the elite where she fills the souls of symphony patrons with beauty even as she takes the lives of the corrupt of Australia’s ruthless underworld. The cold, exacting assassin is hired to kill a woman who seems so innocent that Natalya can’t understand why anyone would want her dead... -
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Pretty Little Psycho by R.E. Bond
Growing up in a big family means things slip through the cracks. My parents have never made me feel unwanted or unloved, but we aren’t always honest. After all, they run the most notorious street crews in Ashburn Valley. When their enemies took my brother’s life, everything changed. We all coped differently, and no one would understand my need for taunting death... -
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Collide-O-Scope by Andrea Bramhall
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn unidentified woman is found murdered on the North Norfolk Coastal Path and newly promoted Detective Sergeant Kate Brannon and Kings Lynn's CID have the task of figuring out whom, how, and why. A job that's made more difficult when everyone of the forty residents in the village has something to hide and answers her questions with a string of lies... -
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Rat Race by Eden Emory, Ashley Pines
From Ashley Pines and Eden Emory comes a queer dark, smutty thriller set in world where the rich pay handsomely to watch the live-streaming event of the year. The desperate sign-up to play a game with life-changing rewards and life-ending consequences. Cam. Legacy. A word I reckon I’d heard a hundred times more than my own name. It’s what I am, who I am. The product of generations of greatness...Categorized as:
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Rising Queen by Alisha Williams
*****Release date will be a lot sooner than posted. Looking for end of June 2021*****. "Men fear me, women envy me. ". My name is Harlow McKaven and. my life has been hell since the moment I was born. But after being tricked and held captive against my will, I have finally snapped. Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, something frightening and bloodthirsty was born... -
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Ace of All Hearts by Lola King
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsRose. They call it Stockholm Syndrome. When you develop positive feelings toward your captor. But I’m a genius. I’m smart, I’m cunning, and I know that would never happen to me…right? He promised he would find me if I escaped, and Viktor Volkov always keeps his promises. I now have sixty days to say my goodbyes. Sixty days of freedom left before I have to go back to him for good... -
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Remnants by D.J. Krimmer
Kaitlin. On the surface, I had perfected my disguise. I would stay home, take care of the house, and play the role of a doting wife. And although things weren’t perfect, I made them appear they were. I’d conceal the bruises, make up stories for the tears, and always keep the truth of what happened behind closed doors with my husband to myself. Until her... -
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They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
From the author of the “raw, ingenious, and utterly fearless” (Wendy Walker, USA TODAY bestselling author) Temper comes a dynamic psychological thriller about two women who give bad men exactly what they deserve. Scarlett Clark is an exceptional English professor. But she’s even better at getting away with murder...Categorized as:
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![Salt by Bex Dawn]()
Salt by Bex Dawn
I can’t breathe. Existing feels like pouring salt over an open wound. I hate my life. So, I got a new one. In the gold-lined halls of Groveton College, I’m an outsider, a nobody in a sea of wealthy faces. Navigating a world I’ve never known, building friendships, and dodging rivalries is a struggle each day. All too soon, I’m forced to learn the biggest lesson of them all... -
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Giovanna by Victoria Arrow
Overlooked as her father’s heir, Giovanna dedicates herself to supporting her hedonistic playboy brother as the new mafia boss. Loyal and stoic, Giovanna puts the famiglia before all else, but when she meets the woman her brother is being forced to marry it feels like fate is screwing her again... -
![Prey by Fanny Lee Savage]()
Prey by Fanny Lee Savage
Four masked men. .. Two best friends. .. One night. .. “Kitten, we’re always on the hunt. .. . And you’re our prey. ”Delilah has always played it safe. Not that it was her choice. Her father, a formidable figure, and power hungry business man, always seems to cast a long shadow over her decisions. No matter what she does, Delilah can never seem to escape her father's control...Categorized as:
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![Deliverance by Katelyn Taylor]()
Deliverance by Katelyn Taylor
Being a member born into a secret society is nothing like what you would expect. Our world is dripping in diamonds and gilded in gold, but it’s also built atop the blood and bones of innocents. The wronged and the shamed haunting this town, this world, this society. Maggie Bartlett had accepted the fact that she would never have control over her destiny...Categorized as:
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![To The Bone by Kylie Cross]()
To The Bone by Kylie Cross
I thought I’d rather die than join a sorority. But when fraternity brothers started hunting me across campus, the Laniidae sisters’ invitation to rush became too tempting to turn down. Atwood University was supposed to be an escape. A place where I could be free from my past, from the man that haunted my waking nightmare... -
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Promised to the Queen by Barbara Winkes
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA new sapphic mafia romance from the author of the Crossing Lines trilogy. .. MIA. I can’t believe my parents have agreed to marry me off in order to have their debt to the Morettis paid by the Falcone family. Tying the knot with Alessandra Falcone seems to be the only way—but I can’t do that, can I? This is not the marriage I’ve dreamed of since I was a little girl... -
![Vying Girls: A Sapphic Why-Choose Romance by Holly Thorne]()
Vying Girls: A Sapphic Why-Choose Romance by Holly Thorne
The night’s made for confessions. It cradles them safely, suspends them in the blackness, holding them until morning when we can either acknowledge or ignore them. .. With Elly’s love secured, and Haz’s all but guaranteed, I thought Nic would remain the only bleak spot in my existence...Categorized as:
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Killer Instinct by Barbara Winkes
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Barbara Winkes creates a compelling trilogy that pulls you in from page one and refuses to let go. .. " - Kimberly Amato, author of the Jasmine Steele Mysteries. Enough is enough. Joanna's career ends after she kills a murderer and fails to cover her tracks. After serving a prison sentence, she struggles to pick up the pieces... -
![I Did by Mardria Portuondo]()
I Did by Mardria Portuondo
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll I ever want is to be a mother, and in my quest, I realize that not everyone possesses that desire. Kay is one of those people, but I fall deeply in love with her. After a long fight, I accept that I will not get all that I want in this life, and I am lucky to have gotten the gift of love. Ready to walk down the aisle with Kay, we go to get a marriage license... -
![Breaker by Fanny Lee Savage]()
Breaker by Fanny Lee Savage
I’m not a decent man. I’m not someone my mother would be proud to have given her life for. I’ve killed. Maimed. Hurt people far beyond the scope of what the human mind can imagine. Because that’s what I was told I was. Destruction. And that’s all I was good for. That’s all I want to do right now. Breaker is a complicated man with many dark secrets. He's the breaker of rules, of codes, of men.Categorized as:
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![The Last First Time by Andrea Bramhall]()
The Last First Time by Andrea Bramhall
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Gina Temple decides to go Christmas shopping for her girlfriend, Detective Sergeant Kate Brannon, in the Norfolk town of King’s Lynn, it seems like an easy enough task. If only life were that simple. A split-second event, months in the planning, tips their safe world upside-down... -
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Hating Wren by R. Handler
What if the person you want the most wants you gone? Wren Yao finally found the place she belongs, alongside her newfound best friends, Dev, Alex, and Ames. The only problem? Bex Fitzgerald, Ames’s sister. Bex doesn’t just dislike Wren, she doesn’t see her. And for someone as over the top as Wren, that’s the worst thing Bex could do...Categorized as:
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Remnants by D.J. Krimmer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsKaitlin. On the surface, my life is a flawless performance. I stay home, keep the house spotless, and play the role of the devoted wife. It doesn’t matter that behind the curtains, the truth is darker than anyone could imagine. I’ve mastered the art of concealing the bruises, spinning lies to explain the tears, and burying the horrors of what happened behind closed doors. Until her...Categorized as:
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![Blood and Muscle by Elle Alexanda]()
Blood and Muscle by Elle Alexanda
What would you do if the life you knew was stripped away in a single night? Ava Bedford’s quiet existence in Nevada shatters when she becomes the sole witness to a brutal murder linked to rising political star Congressman Richard Callahan. Forced into witness protection, Ava is relocated to Cedar Falls, a rugged Wyoming town nestled in the shadow of towering mountains... -
![Dirty Bad Wrong by Jade West]()
Dirty Bad Wrong by Jade West
They call him Masque. I call him God. The man I want to consume me, own me,. break me and corrupt me. Yet I've never seen his face. His body ripples like an Adonis, sculpted in steel and. dripping in sin. His flesh is inked with the mark of the. chimera - one body, two very different halves. He plays hard. He plays rough. He has no limits. He's so fucking dirty bad wrong... -
![Don't Leave Me by Eden Emory]()
Don't Leave Me by Eden Emory
I am a professional liar. But not because I like to lie. .. because people don’t like the truth. I did what I had to survive, but I made a promise once. There was a single person on this earth. that I could never lie to. My step-sister, Lillian. The problem is that along the way. I began to lie to myself. I’m a good person. I am happy with my life. And lastly. .. I am not in love with Lilian... -
![Don't Hate Me by Eden Emory]()
Don't Hate Me by Eden Emory
From Eden Emory comes an f/f spicy dark romance between an inexperienced and cold assassin and a very experienced secret service agent with a mysterious back story. It’s been years since my first kill. I have my process down to a science. And maybe sometimes I even allow myself to enjoy it... -
![A Lesson in Thorns by Sierra Simone]()
A Lesson in Thorns by Sierra Simone
When librarian Poe Markham takes the job at Thornchapel, she only wants two things: to stay away from Thornchapel’s tortured owner, Auden Guest, and to find out what happened to her mother twelve years ago...Categorized as:
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Pyramid Stunt by Alex La Bruyere
On the first day at my new high school, I'm targeted by the queen bee and her boyfriend. They're a head cheerleader and quarterback stereotypical power couple and beloved by everyone. After two years I'm pretty used to spending my days fighting off their attacks. But then my mother marries the quarterback's father and I have a new stepbrother...Categorized as:
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No Tomorrow by Luke Jennings
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 39 ratings"If you want us to remain silent - if you want to retain your freedom, your job, and your reputation - you need to tell us everything, and I mean everything. . . ". We last saw Eve and Villanelle in a spy vs. spy race around the world, crossing powerful criminal organizations and dangerous governments, each trying to come out on top. But they aren't finished yet... -
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![Bad Boy by Elliot Wake]()
Bad Boy by Elliot Wake
Vlog star Renard Grant has nothing to prove: he’s got a pretty face, chiseled body, and two million adoring video subscribers. Plus the scars on his chest and a prescription for testosterone. Because Ren is transgender: assigned female at birth, living now as male. He films his transition and shares it bravely with the world; his fans love his honesty and positivity...Categorized as:
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![Into the Fire by Cynthia Dane, Hildred Billings]()
Into the Fire by Cynthia Dane, Hildred Billings
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTheir love is too hot to touch. MITCH. Former Marine Michelle “Mitch” Cruise has already lived through the most harrowing moments of her life. Between a kidnapping in Iraq and losing her family’s home to wildfires, she’s convinced that there is nothing left to harm her. But there is also nothing to fill the void in her dissociative life. It makes her the perfect candidate for a golden opportunity... -
![Forbidden Temptation by Emmanuelle de Maupassant]()
Forbidden Temptation by Emmanuelle de Maupassant
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat dark secrets lie within those walls? Madness, abduction, imprisonment. .. murder? The past does not lie quietly. Towering above its island of wave-lashed rock is Castello di Scogliera. Look up at the narrow windows, and you might think yourself watched... -
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Coach's Pet by S.J. Ransom
Tia- Life hasn't always been easy, but I've found who I am and I own it. College is supposed to be a fresh start, but there's one person standing in my way. My volleyball coach Laura Landrey. She makes me feel things I'm sure aren't real. It doesn't matter though because now that I want her, I'm going for it. Laura- Coaching Volleyball at Groveton College has always been my dream... -
![Burning Heaven by Haydn Hubbard]()
Burning Heaven by Haydn Hubbard
Addie has a stalker. And not one of those hot ones from the romance novels. A real, murderous, and probably not-so-drool-worthy stalker. So when her best friend pushes her towards a private security company how could she say no? Especially when the owner of the company has dark hair, tattoos, and… oh no. Natalia has an obsession. A lethal obsession in the form of blue eyes and freckles... -
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Mafia Toy by Emilia Rose
The mafia boss and his wife want to pay me one million dollars to be their toy for a year. They can touch me and use me wherever and whenever they like. Aboard private jets, on the Italian coast, in lofty skyrises. .. they give me the life of luxury in exchange for me to be their dirty little secret.
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