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Echo Road by Kendra Elliot, Melinda Leigh
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsWhen 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... -
In the Air Tonight by Marie Force
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsI was there. I saw what you did.BlaiseI wasn’t supposed to be there that night, but my friend Sienna talked me into going to the party in Land’s End so she could spy on her boyfriend. While hiding out in the woods, we witnessed an unspeakable crime. And we did everything wrong afterward.Connections run deep in our small town... -
In the Garden Collection by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsNow available in one deluxe box set— Blue Dahlia , Black Rose , and Red Lily —all three novels in #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts’ In the Garden Trilogy.Against the backdrop of a house steeped in history and a thriving new gardening business, three women unearth the memories of the past and uncover a dangerous secret.. -
Protecting You: Schemes and Lies in Shadow Cove by Robin Patchen
Rated: 4.81 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn a high-stakes game of deception, two rivals must work together to bring down a ruthless terrorist network.After Alyssa’s dream of working in US intelligence is thwarted, she leaves her mundane profession to pursue a career as a cyber investigator. Though she aces every case she gets, securing enough customers to pay her rent proves challenging...Categorized as:
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Counting Miracles by Nicholas Sparks
From the acclaimed author of The Longest Ride and The Notebook comes an emotional, powerful novel about wondering if we can change—or even make our peace with—the path we’ve taken.Tanner Hughes was raised by his grandparents, following in his grandfather’s military footsteps to become an Army Ranger. His whole life has been spent abroad, and he is the proverbial rolling stone . . -
Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 6 by Asuka Konishi
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsRipples travel out from the battle in Osaka, and Renji is none too happy with Shouma and Kirishima for involving his granddaughter. When a fight breaks out, Yoshino grabs a bat and breaks it up. But corporal punishment is not her style, never mind that Kirishima would absolutely take it and beg for more... -
Farbenrauschen by Kyra Groh
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSie hassen sich. Bis sie zusammenarbeiten müssen. In Frankas Leben zählen drei Dinge: Freiheit, Kunst und Freundschaft. Für Felix ist nur eines wichtig: seine Arbeit. Und auch sonst scheinen die beiden nichts gemeinsam zu haben – außer eine Vorliebe für Tattoos und spitze Kommentare... -
Winter Frost by Lauren Carr
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt all started with a chance encounter in the city with Blair, his late wife. Chris Matheson and the Geezer Squad, working under the guise of a book club, dig into the events surrounding his late wife’s supposed death halfway around the globe. A state department employee shoots himself in the back three times. A CIA operative goes missing... -
Loathing a Landon by Ruth Cardello
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCooper Landon knows what it’s like to be left behind, lied to, and betrayed. At sixteen, angry and broke, he tried to rob a small-town hardware store. Instead of money, what he got was a good beating and a second chance. Pete Glenford took him in, taught him he wasn’t worthless, welcomed him into his family, and gave him a purpose... -
Arrogant Playboy by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThere’s a hot new hire. Too bad she’s Donavan’s ex. Oh, and there’s one other problem—they hate each other. The last thing he expected to see when he walked into the office was Paisley Williams. She was the only person to graduate ahead of him at Columbia. The one woman who could give it back better than he could dish it out. She was also the biggest regret of his life... -
Reunited in Love by Bella Andre, Jennifer Skully
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe’s the love he foolishly let go…Ava Harrington, brilliant billionaire businesswoman, has conquered the world. And yet, scarred by a love lost fifteen years ago, she's built a wall around her heart, swearing off love forever.Ransom Yates’s culinary genius has taken him to the pinnacle of success as a magnetic celebrity chef... -
Cian's Complication by Ciara St. James
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCian O’Sheeran was the second oldest O’Sheeran child. His family was the largest Irish mob family in the US. Well, technically, to the world, they were former mobsters gone straight. The world might speculate and say they still were mobsters, but no one outside the family and their closest people knew the truth. Afterall, it was hard to remove all traces of a hunter from their bloodline... -
The Last Thing She Said by Lauren Carr
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratings“I’m working on the greatest mystery ever,” was the last thing noted mystery novelist Mercedes Livingston said to seven-year-old Chris Matheson before walking out of Hill House Hotel never to be seen again.For decades, the writer’s fate remained a puzzling mystery until an autographed novel and a letter put a grown-up Chris Matheson on the trail of a cunning killer... -
The View from the Top by Rachel Lacey
When a driven businesswoman from Boston collides with a free-spirited artist on a Vermont mountainside, they share a memorable—and steamy—night, but life soon pits them against each other over the fate of a family business.Emily Janssen prefers to play it safe... -
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Forever for Us by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Wilder Brothers series from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues with an enemies to lovers, workplace romance where Wyatt Wilder meets his match.The moment I found out my ex-wife was cheating with my former best friend I knew I’d hit rock bottom, and it was time for a change... -
Target Acquired by Lynette Eason
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsTough-as-nails Kenzie King has finally earned her place as a tactical medic on a SWAT team. But not everyone on the all-male team accepts her. Rumor is, she didn't get the position because of what she could do but because of who she knew. Which means she has to work harder and longer than anyone else to prove herself... -
I Will Find You by Susan May Warren
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe released a sound, deep inside, part growl, part acquiescence. “Ruby Jane. You are going to be the death of me.”“No. Not anymore. I’ve learned my lesson.”He cocked his head.Maybe because yes, she’d said that before, but this time — “I never again want to look out into the dark sky and wonder where you are, and if you’re alive. Never want to be more than a phone call away from you... -
Olivia: A Cold Case Murder Mystery Romance by Brooke Ramsey
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRevenge is a dish best served cold. But it might cost you everything you love.In this heart-racing romantic suspense, a sister desperate for answers and a newly recruited FBI agent desperate to prove himself team up on a high-risk mission.Olivia King.Days missing: 1,345 days.Anna has spent the last three years infiltrating the gang of Diaz Smith—the man responsible for her sister’s disappearance... -
Green Jewel by L.J. Evans
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe did it. She’ll prove it. A fiery rock star and a ruthless businessman battle to expose each other’s secrets. The only family The Painted Daisies singer and harpist Fiadh Kane has left in this world is her band. When their leader―her best friend who stood by her through the worst―is killed, she’s determined to find who did it and make him pay...Categorized as:
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You're So Basic by Angela R. Casella
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s harder to run from love when you’re living with it.DannyI don’t want a new roommate.I especially don’t want a new roommate who’s loud, mouthy, and so painfully hot I can’t keep my eyes off her.Not that I’m interested in Mira Evans. She’s made it very clear that she agrees with the ex who famously broke up with me for being “too basic... -
Restrained by Nicole Dykes
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsGrief can hold us back. Sorrow can make us stop enjoying our lives for fear of being too happy when what we truly want is never possible.Lola Sterling has deprived herself of living for a long time. Remaining laser-focused on everyone and trying to fit their pieces back together... -
The Forever Rule by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat happens when the man you’d thought could be the one turns out to be your new boss?BlakelyThe moment I met Aston Cage, I knew my life had changed. A single dance later, we’re both all in. Until he ghosted me.Then my boss fires me for dancing with the enemy.Three months later, working for the Cages is my last resort... -
A Co-Worker's Crush by Piper Rayne
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt took me a long time to realize I shouldn’t date the women I work with. It cost me three tattoo guns, a job, five motorcycle tires, and I’m not even counting the t-shirts I never got back. It feels different with Frankie but she comes with a little daughter and a crap load of other baggage. I’m not the guy you take home to your parents, let alone your child... -
Cold by Max Monroe
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI wanted a second chance. What I got was a repeat. She was too beautiful. Too smart. And her emerald green eyes saw too much. I wanted space-she took it away. I craved her lips-she gave me her kiss. I screwed it up-she got smart. Avoiding me is the right thing to do. I'm messed up, tortured, and probably always will be. But I still want her. Her mind. Her body. Her heart... -
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Before I Knew by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt all began with a wrong number.When Blakely gets added to the Cage family group chat, chaos ensues. What she doesn’t expect is to have a side chat with the eldest brother.What was supposed to be a simple sign off, turns into a mild flirtation and invitation to lunch.Only Aston Cage has his secrets.And perhaps they should’ve left their conversation on read... -
Release Me by K.A. Tucker
Release Me is the first book in the highly addictive Wolf Hotel Mermaid Beach series, a spin-off of the Wolf Hotel series.I may not know much, but I am an expert in two things:Heartbreak.And hedonism.I’ve been chasing escape from one bed to the next, finding distraction in all the wrong places.Like with my roommate’s sister.And my billionaire boss’s lover... -
Rival Desires by M. S. Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Rival Desires, where the rivalry is fiery, but the romance? It's downright scorching.Meet Cory charming, socially awkward, and co-owner of the established Palo Alto finance firm Gracen & McCrae. Enter Rylee Palmer, the brilliant, enigmatic head of the new game-changer in town, Palmer Money Management... -
The Forgotten Summer by Sage Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt was a summer to remember…so why did she forget everything? Summer of ‘99 - At her family’s holiday beach cabin, Abigail Clement spent her days falling in love with a local boy, Jacob Givens. It was a whirlwind romance, until the two of them saw something they shouldn’t. The next day, Jacob disappeared. A mystery that shook the town to its core. Abigail hasn’t been back to the cabin since... -
Murder Before Dawn by Delta James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe only thing more exciting than a famous local author staying at the bed and breakfast is a real murder mystery.Mystery novelist and member of the Mystery Writer’s Murder Club, Jessica Murdoch, heads off for a staycation at a bed and breakfast in her hometown of Badger’s Drift, Maine for some rest and relaxation... -
Protecting Peyton by Becky Muth
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHer dog saved his life. Can he repay the debt by finding her missing brother?Peyton McIntyre’s brother is missing. Local police claim they’re looking into it, but hope dwindles as days pass without answers. Worse still, her only chance of finding him may depend on a rookie cop who left a terrible first impression... -
High Fidelity by M. Chandler
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA fellow FBI agent with an old grudge picks Simon as the instrument of his revenge. And he knows the hidden truth behind one of Simon's closest-kept secrets... or does he? On the other side of the world, two steps ahead of a ruthless, implacable foe accidentally set on his trail by Simon, Jeremy Archer is running for his life.. -
Mack by Alex Wolf
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMack Mitchell has an ego as big as his bank account.Cocky. Arrogant. Powerful.Presley Griffin is a do-gooder out to save the world.Sweet. Giving. Smart.But they have one thing in common… They’re ruthless in the courtroom.The spark is instant. The attraction undeniable.The yearning inescapable... -
Last First Kiss by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe Montgomery Ink Legacy series continues with a workplace fling romance that starts off with a literal bang. Daisy Montgomery Knight is about to meet her match when it comes to Hugh Hendrix.One look across the aisle at a wedding and I fell in lust.He’s on the bride’s side. I’m on the groom’s.But by the end of the night, we’re against a wall, over a table…and in bed... -
Otterly Scorched by Tara Sivec
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsIt’s been a lot of years and another lifetime since Dax Trevino was a playboy detective for the Franklin Police Department. He’s been through hell and back, and now he just wants to be left alone, so he can cuddle his otters... -
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What You Do to Me by Rochelle B. Weinstein
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of This Is Not How It Ends comes a moving novel of two unfinished love stories and the music and lyrics that bring them together.Journalist Cecilia James is a sucker for a love song. So when she stumbles across a clue to the identity of the muse for one of rock’s greatest, she devotes herself to uncovering the truth, even as her own relationship is falling apart... -
Barbecue and Bad News by Nancy Naigle
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWelcome to Adams Grove…where the barbecue isn’t the only thing that sizzles. Savannah Dey politely agreed to attend her ex-husband’s wedding, but she’d be grateful for any reason to get out of it…which is why the speeding ticket from the handsome sheriff of Adams Grove is both a surprise and a reprieve... -
(Not) The Boss of Me by Kenzie Reed
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsConsiderate. Loves dogs. Walks old ladies across the street. Loves me no matter what I look like.We all have a list of our dream man’s ideal qualities – even if it’s just in our head.And okay, mine might be written in swirly script, laminated, and used as a bookmark for my favorite Jane Austen novel.You know what’s NOT on my list? Arrogant. Impatient. Distractingly sexy... -
The Beginning by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Cove and The Maze , the first two thrillers in the FBI series, for the first time together in one volume. In these exciting novels of intrigue and suspense, readers are introduced to Special Agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock-and they'll watch the sparks fly as the agents' relationship heats up amid cases that could destroy everything they hold dear... -
The Fake Family Deal by Layla Valentine
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWith his company stalling, he needed to do something drastic,But a fake family, the whole scheme broadcast on national TV? That prove be a step too far,Especially when their fake family is gate-crashed by a very real pregnancy!HERThree weeks, for six million dollars…I’d have to be insane to turn that down... -
Truth or Dare by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe Sisterhood: a group of women bound by friendship and a quest for justice. Now their male allies, the Men of the Sisterhood, have formed a top-secret organization of their own, with the same goal of helping the helpless and righting the wrongs of the world . . . When the call comes, the Men of the Sisterhood drop everything to help their friends... -
Lone Star Protector by Lenora Worth
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKeeping Watch When dog trainer Kaitlin Mathers is attacked, Texas K-9 Unit captain Slade McNeal is determined to keep her—and what's left of his family—safe from harm. But soon Slade realizes nothing's safe, including his dogs, his son or the beautiful woman who's opening his heart. When Slade realizes the enemy might be closer than he ever dreamed possible, he vows to see justice served... -
Unseen by Traci Hunter Abramson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLaura’s work as a nurse practitioner has pushed her to her breaking point. A trip abroad to visit her grandmother in Honduras promises a few days of relief, but when her abuela falls ill, Laura finds herself walking the halls of a hospital once more. Still wearing her scrubs, she could easily be confused for a local healthcare worker―and it’s a mistake that happens almost immediately... -
Indescribable Love by Samantha Chase
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA close proximity, rockstar, secret romance from NYT Bestselling author, Samantha ChaseHe’s the pop superstar dubbed the friendliest celeb alive.She’s the jaded publicist forced to represent him.Working together should be impossible.But the connection they find in each other is…completely indescribable... -
All I Want for Christmas by Karen Swan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan she find love this Christmas?Christmas in Copenhagen is an utterly magical time of year - there are charming Christmas markets, carol singing on the canals, ice skating in the parks and cosy cafes to shelter from the early snow but Darcy Cotterell is not feeling remotely festive. Newly single, she's not even going home for Christmas but will instead spend the holiday finishing her PhD... -
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Perfect Match by Leslie North
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m not one for holding grudges.But when Vincent Forde, billionaire perfume tycoon, crashes his shiny overpriced car into mine? Yeah, I’m holding that grudge.With his flashy car, tailored suit, and brooding glare—everything about him screams entitled bosshole... -
Summerlin Groves by Elizabeth Camden
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsElizabeth Camden's first Contemporary Romance!Jenny Summerlin is struggling to save her dying orange grove when a baffling mystery upends her world. A skeleton buried with a priceless treasure has been found on her land, which brings of flood of investigators onto her property to study a decades old crime.Captain Wyatt Rossiter is charged with solving the puzzling discovery... -
Low Tide by Dawn Lee McKenna
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn Apalachicola, Florida, sinister things are afoot, as sinister things tend to be.Lt. Maggie Redmond is called to a crime scene on St. George Island, where she is met with the body of Gregory Boudreaux. The medical examiner calls it a suicide, but no one knows that Maggie has a horrible connection to the dead man... -
Killer Deadline by Lauren Carr
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFolks in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, claim that where Nikki Bryant goes, trouble is not far behind. Her refusal to back down from a challenge has made Nikki Bryant a top investigative journalist.When an online friend nudges her to join him in a pact to reconnect with their first loves, Nikki and her boxer dog Elmo leave the bright lights of Las Vegas for the charming town of Pine Grove... -
Love You Fiancee by Julia Kent
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere once was a man named Kell, Who fell under Rachel Hart’s spell. In public he proposed, Wearing dubious lemur clothes, Never guessing he’d end up in zipper hell. Kell Luview has decided to make Rachel Hart his wife after two perfect years together, and the man has plans. Big plans... -
Snowed Inn by Erin Branscom
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhat if you had to work with your arch-enemy?Everything was going according to plan until Beau Sutton and his brother Hank bought my family’s pizzeria and took away my dream. That’s okay because I have a plan.Be a surrogate.Buy back my family’s pizzeria or start a new one.Don’t fall for grumpy Beau.This plan sounded simple. None of these plans are working out like I thought they would...
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