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Gulf Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe 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
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsLife 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... -
Fated for Felony by Victoria Laurie
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn New York Times bestselling author Victoria Laurie’s newest Psychic Eye Mystery, Abby is after a serial killer who’s simply fated for felonies... -
The Death Dealer by T.M. Cromer
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 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... -
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Heart of Stone by David James Warren
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRembrandt Stone has nothing left to lose…or does he?Detective Rembrandt Stone doesn’t recognize himself in the mirror. Doesn’t recognize the world he’s returned to. Doesn’t even know his own name. But he knows one thing…living in this world is impossible.Good thing he has an ally—an unexpected friend from the past. And together, they just might be able to unravel the entire mess... -
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 80 ratingsA foundling, an old book of dark fairy tales, a secret garden, an aristocratic family, a love denied, and a mystery. The Forgotten Garden is a captivating, atmospheric and compulsively readable story of the past, secrets, family and memory from the international best-selling author Kate Morton. Cassandra is lost, alone and grieving...Categorized as:
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Life Ghost On by Jane Hinchey
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho 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... -
The Enchanted Garden Cafe by Abigail Drake
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFor her sixth birthday, Fiona Campbell’s mother, Claire, made her a peace sign piñata filled with wishes for a better planet instead of candy. When she got her period, her mother held a womanhood ceremony at their café and invited the neighborhood. On her sixteenth birthday, they celebrated with a drum circle... -
Black Heart by Justin Somper
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThere's a new ship of vampirates roaming the seas, leaving a trail of fear and devastation in its wake. When a high-profile pirate is slain, the Pirate Federation takes decisive action and begins training up a ship of dedicated vampire hunters. The team will be led by newly appointed Captain, Cheng Li and will include pirate prodigy Connor Tempest... -
Marriage Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHer happily ever after is so close…and somehow still out of her grasp…Lexi “Lynx” Sabado is no stranger to stressful situations. She can handle the fact that the CIA won’t let her divorce her previously presumed dead husband. She can even figure out a way to legally marry ex-NAVY SEAL Striker Rheas, the love of her life... -
Specters in the Glass House by Jaime Jo Wright
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn 1921, Marian Arnold, the heiress to a brewing baron's empire, seeks solace in the glass butterfly house on her family's Wisconsin estate as Prohibition and the deaths of her parents cast a long shadow over her shrinking world... -
Half Upon a Time by James Riley
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsLife’s no fairy tale for Jack. After all, his father's been missing ever since that incident with the beanstalk and the giant, and his grandfather keeps pushing him to get out and find a princess to rescue. Who'd want to rescue a snobby, entitled princess anyway? Especially one that falls out of the sky wearing a shirt that says "Punk Princess," and still denies she's royalty... -
A Contemporary Mythos Halloween by Carly Spade
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen Stephanie became the Queen of the Underworld and goddess of the Elysian Fields, she exchanged her mortal life for an immortal one—a marriage to Hades, the King of Ash and Bone himself. In time she would become submerged into the new life of a Greek goddess, but a human life with human customs was all she knew, leaving her with momentary bouts of homesickness... -
Pawn by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFrom New York Times Bestseller, Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, Comes Part Two of Mr. Rook's Island, a Sexy, Dark, Romantic Suspense. SHE KNOWS HE'S BAD. THE QUESTION IS, HOW BAD? Stephanie Fitzgerald is nobody's pawn. Determined to discover the truth about a missing loved one, she lands a job at the world's most exclusive resort, working for the only man with the answers--Mr. Rook... -
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Savage Love by G.K. DeRosa
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen I entered this competition, I never thought there would be so much at stake. Not only is my poor little battered heart on the line, but so is my life.As the dreaded family visits continue, more devastating secrets are revealed. And one changes everything.I’m only just recovering from the shock when it’s time for another elimination, and this one proves to be the hardest of all...Categorized as:
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Crazy for You by Jane Fenton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKate would feel silly for having a crush on a fictional pirate—if he wasn’t standing right in front of her. After discovering that her long-term boyfriend has been cheating on her, psychologist Dr. Kate Barnes decides she’s still going on their romantic Bahamas getaway—alone... -
Spark: A Curvy Girl + Shapeshifter Romance by Ophelia Sexton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Bearpaw Springs Resort is haunted by a vengeful ghost...or so local legends would have it.When a series of supernatural events terrorize the hotel's staff and guests and injure one of Sophie Markidis's shifter friends, the painfully shy, curvy Mythtrust News intern is compelled to investigate. She faces opposition from the hotel's owner and a ghost who seems to hold a grudge against shifters...Categorized as:
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Hope and Happiness in Bluebell Wood by Ali McNamara
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWelcome to Bluebell Wood where the sun shines, the locals are kind and there's something more than a little bit magical about the place.Ava loves city life but when something happens to make her feel unsafe, she retreats to the calm and quiet of Bluebell Wood... -
Taken Home By The Grizzly: A fated-mates romance by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNanny wanted for three lively kids, the ad said. Traditional mountain home.What it didn’t mention was that the kids totally wild, and the house is a creepy dump.Then the parents disappear, leaving me all alone.The furnace is broken, it’s freezing cold, and the only person in sight is the big, surly mountain man who lives next door.The kids say he’s scary and walks around naked a lot... -
The Hopes and Dreams of Lucy Baker by Jenni Keer
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMeet Lucy, aged 25, and Brenda, aged 79. Neighbours, and unlikely friends. Lucy Baker is not your usual 25-year-old. She is more at home reading and knitting in her cluttered little flat than going out partying and socialising.79-year-old Brenda is full of wise and wonderful advice, but when she’s diagnosed with dementia her life begins to change... -
The Long Journey to Jake Palmer by James L. Rubart
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhat if there was a place where everything wrong in your life could be fixed?Corporate trainer Jake Palmer coaches people to see deeper into themselves--yet he barely knows himself anymore. Recently divorced and weary of the business life, Jake reluctantly agrees to a lake-house vacation with friends, hoping to escape for ten days... -
Dog-Eared Delinquent by Molly Fitz
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsApparently I’ve been slacking on the job as a paralegal, even though the firm doesn’t know that I’m secretly working as the area’s premier Pet Whisperer P.I. to solve our toughest cases behind the scenes. Now they’ve hired an intern to “help” me manage my workload… But what the partners don’t realize is that they’ve let a nefarious criminal into our offices... -
Charred Hope by Lizzy Ford
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSkylar struggles to save both the shifters and the slayers, but falls prey to the mastermind behind the disappearances of both. With a price on her head and her allies dwindling, she will survive only if she trusts Chace once more. She loves her dragon but fears the man inside will betray her again... -
A Contemporary Mythos Yuletide by Carly Spade
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfter becoming Leader and Goddess of the Muses, Laurel Berg has been able to do what she could never fully achieve as a mortal--inspiring others and giving them the spark. But as the holidays draw near, her first holiday as a Greek goddess with the love of her life, Apollo, she strives to create an entirely new spark... -
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Ghost Night by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsA slasher movie turns real when two young actors are brutally murdered on a remote island film set. Their severed heads and arms are posed in macabre homage to a nineteenth-century pirate massacre. Two years later, survivor Vanessa Loren is drawn back to South Bimini by a documentary being made about the storied region... -
Double Take by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsIt'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... -
Hideaway by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPart 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... -
Burning Bright by Megan Derr
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNine gods ruled the world until the ultimate betrayal resulted in their destruction. Now, the world is dying, and only by restoring the Lost Gods can it be saved. In the land of Pozhar, the people fear the return of Zhar Ptitsa, the god of souls and rebirth who nearly destroyed them nine hundred years ago in a terrible rage... -
Awaken by Lori Adams
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe thrills continue in Lori Adams’s addictive New Adult series of paranormal romance—the Soulkeepers—featuring the hottest love triangle in this life . . . or the next. Sophia St. James has every reason to be happy: she survived the kiss of death from the seductive Demon Knight Dante and is free to be with Michael, her sexy Guardian Angel... -
Wicked Lies by Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFrom the bestselling Sisters of Suspense, the first installment in their New York Times and USA Today bestselling series featuring a cult-like group of women with psychic abilities - reissued for the first time since its original release a decade ago! In the Oregon coastal hamlet of Deception Bay stands a mysterious lodge. Some call it the Colony; others whisper that it's a cult... -
Season of Wonder by Lisa Tawn Bergren, Lisa T. Bergren
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn the first book of the new futuristic dystopian series from author Lisa T. Bergren, the chosen remnants must work to redirect humanity’s course. THEIR ARRIVAL WAS FORETOLD FOR YEARS . . . Andriana is a Remnant, gifted as an empath and one of the Ailith, destined to act as humanity’s last shield against the horrors that now plague those who remain... -
Queen of Fire by D.N. Hoxa
When we summoned the Ether, we thought we were saving the world. We thought we were ending the reign of dragons, freeing the people of power-hungry Azarius kings and queens once and for all. Turns out, none of us had any idea what the reign of dragons truly means. Secrets finally come to light... -
Weregild by Carole Cummings
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 2 of Wolf's-own The amorality of gods makes it hard to tell bad from good and right from wrong. Fen Jacin-rei doesn't care. All Fen cares about is saving his family, and he'll sacrifice anything that gets in his way. Including his own soul. No longer willing to wait for the machinations of the gods' minions, Fen accepts the trade Kamen Malick offers... -
The Sisters of Theta Phi Kappa by Kayla Perrin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsJessica, Ellie, Shereen, and Yolanda were the brightest stars of the Theta Phi Kappa Sorority at Howard University. Now, ten years later, they seem to have it all. Jessica is in the limelight, a TV personality whose star is on the rise. Ellie is an optimist, happily engaged in the quest for love...Categorized as:
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Nothing Less than Magic by Stacy Finz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a popular marriage counselor’s own marriage falls apart, she’s forced to question her methods—and discovers the magical ingredient she’s been missing all along—in the dreamiest possible way . . . Just one year ago, Chelsea Knight was living the life she’d always wanted. Marriage to the perfect guy, a thriving career, and a gorgeous condo overlooking San Francisco Bay... -
The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris by Evie Gaughan, Evie Woods
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsEdie is … not in Paris?Edie Lane left everything behind in Ireland for a once-in-a-lifetime job at a bakery in Paris. Except, thanks to a mistranslation, the bakery is not in Paris, and neither is Edie.The tiny town of Compiègne, complete with its local bakery on the Rue de Paris, holds many secrets... -
Stitches in Time by Barbara Michaels
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen an antique bridal quilt appears under mysterious circumstances at the vintage clothing shop where Rachel Grant works, she is fascinated. She has never been able to resist handmade textiles from the past, for she believes that through the ages, women wove protective magic into their fabrics in order to mark the important events of their lives: birth, marriage, and death... -
Wren (The Romany Epistles) by Rachel Rossano
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWren Romany is as unconventional as they come. Born to a large, devout family and then forced out to fend on her own, she earns her living as a bounty hunter. As her second winter alone looms, she decides to stay in one place for the season. Seeking shelter, she offers her hunting skills in exchange.Tourth Mynth, the master of the ruined fortress in the valley, needs help... -
Taken by the Monster by M.L. Smith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAlejandra has volunteered to become a human breeder for the Aragnokan species in order to save her little sister's life. There is just one thing getting in the way of Alex fulfilling her obligation and mating with a high ranking Aragnokan of her choice; the brooding warrior that sets her soul on fire.Klyok has never believed himself capable of having a mate, human or otherwise... -
The Library Game by Gigi Pandian
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn The Library Game, Tempest Raj and Secret Staircase Construction are renovating a classic detective fiction library that just got its first real-life mystery.Tempest Raj couldn’t be happier that the family business, Secret Staircase Construction, is finally getting the recognition it deserves... -
The Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Karen Hawkins crafts an unforgettable story about a sleepy Southern town, two fiercely independent women, and a truly magical friendship.Sarah Dove is no ordinary bookworm. To her, books have always been more than just objects: they live, they breathe, and sometimes they even speak... -
The Catalain Book of Secrets (The Catalain Book of Secrets) by Jessica Lourey, Tony Van Den Einde
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFaith Falls is a snug little Minnesota town constructed over a mystery, a place where the most impressive building is a gorgeous Queen Anne with turrets, cantilevered gables, and a wraparound porch. In a concealed room beneath the twisting stairs of the Queen Anne lies the Catalain Book of Secrets, the repository of the wisdom the Catalain women have gathered since the beginning of time... -
Ghost Memories by Heather Graham
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Heather Graham presents the prequel the Bone Island Trilogy.... In the early nineteenth century, pirates and privateers still wreaked havoc in the Caribbean. Bartholomew Miller had been one of them. After years of plying the seas for England as a privateer, he finally found a home and love on Bone Island off the Florida coast... -
Until I Die Again by Tina Wainscott
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReturning from Heaven can be Hell... Chris Copestakes’s young life ends in a second filled with twisting metal, shattering glass, and her own terrified cry. Against all odds, she wakes up in a hospital and discovers she’s been given a second chance. But there’s a catch. A big one... -
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Fear No Evil by Debbie Johnson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWANT THE PERFECT HALLOWEEN READ?The dead don't like to be ignored…Jayne McCartney, Liverpool's only female private eye, is soon to get a crash course in this and other ghost-related facts.Until now she’s kept her snooping firmly to the dodgy, sometimes dangerous – but definitely human – Liverpool underworld... -
Two Tickets to the Christmas Ball by Donita K. Paul
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCan mysterious matchmaking booksellers bring two lonely hearts together in time for Christmas? In a sleepy, snow-covered city, Cora Crowder is busy preparing for the holiday season. Searching for a perfect gift, a fortuitous trip to Warner, Werner, and Wizbotterdad’s (a most unusual bookshop) leads to an unexpected encounter with co-worker Simon Derrick... -
Gull Harbor by Kathryn Knight
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Claire Linden’s job sends her to the sleepy town of Gull Harbor, she never expects to encounter her ex-boyfriend. As a medium, the prospect of tackling a haunted house is less daunting than seeing Max Baron again. Throughout their passionate college relationship, he promised to love her forever. Then, without explanation, he abandoned her on graduation day... -
A Stranger's Touch by Cait London
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTempest, Claire, and Leona: triplets blessed—or cursed—with a special extra sense they would each deny, given the chance . . . Tempest was born with the uncanny ability to learn everything about an object—or even a person—just by the touch of her naked hands... -
Touched by Death by Dale Mayer
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeath had touched anthropologist Jade Hansen in Haiti once before, costing her an unborn child and perhaps her very sanity. A year later, determined to face her own issues, she returns to Haiti with a mortuary team to recover the bodies of an American family from a mass grave... -
The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson, Kevin Hawkes
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsAnnika has never had a birthday. Instead she celebrates her Found Day, the day a housemaid and a cook to three eccentric Viennese professors found her and took her home...
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