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Vengeance in Death / Holiday in Death / Conspiracy in Death / Loyalty in Death / Witness in Death by J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsVengeance in Death He is an expert with the latest technology…a madman with the mind of a genius and the heart of a killer. He quietly stalks his prey. Then he haunts the police with cryptic riddles about the crimes he is about to commit—always solved moments too late to save the victims’ lives. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas found the first victim butchered in his own home...Categorized as:
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![The In Death Collection: Books 16-20 by J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen]()
The In Death Collection: Books 16-20 by J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsContains Five Audiobooks by J. D. Robb: Portrait in Death, Imitation in Death, Divided in Death, Visions in Death, and Survivor in Death, and One Soul? MP3-CD Audiobook Player, Model DMP-206b Number-one New York Times-bestselling author Nora Roberts, writing as J.D... -
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![A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine]()
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy it, and Fleet Captain Nine Hibiscus is running out of options. In a desperate attempt at diplomacy with the mysterious invaders, the fleet captain has sent for a diplomatic envoy... -
![Without a Front: The Warrior’s Challenge by Fletcher DeLancey]()
Without a Front: The Warrior’s Challenge by Fletcher DeLancey
An assassin’s shot has shattered the Opah family and endangered Lancer Andira Tal. Now criminal forces are racing law enforcement to find the man who could topple Tal’s government.With the net closing around them, Tal and Salomen Opah discover the power of their tyree bond, a power Alsea has not seen in a millennium... -
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![The Light We Lost by Kyla Stone]()
The Light We Lost by Kyla Stone
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe sun gives life. It is also capable of profound destruction.With little warning, a solar super flare erupts from the sun. A billion tons of superheated plasma hurtles through space toward Earth…When all lights fail, who will save you?Thirteen-year-old Shiloh wakes with a dead body beside her, her brother missing, and no memory of what happened... -
![The Dark We Seek by Kyla Stone]()
The Dark We Seek by Kyla Stone
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsDarkness spreads across the globe...After explosive solar flares strike Earth, half the planet goes dark. Store shelves gather dust, pharmacies run out of life-saving medications, and banks and gas stations shut their doors.As tens of millions of people grapple with a new reality without power, a serial killer hunts in the chaos... -
![In Death: The First Cases by J.D. Robb]()
In Death: The First Cases by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 14 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb presents the first two In Death thrillers featuring Lieutenant Eve Dallas--Naked in Death and Glory in Death--together in one volume for the first time. NAKED IN DEATHIn the first book in the bestselling In Death series, Lieutenant Eve Dallas walks the line between seductive passion and scandalous murder.. -
![Who Speaks for the Damned by C.S. Harris]()
Who Speaks for the Damned by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIt's June 1814, and the royal families of Austria, Russia, and the German states have gathered in London at the Prince Regent's invitation to celebrate the defeat of Napoléon and the restoration of monarchical control throughout Europe. But the festive atmosphere is marred one warm summer evening by the brutal murder of a disgraced British nobleman long thought dead...Categorized as:
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![Buried Too Deep by Karen Rose]()
Buried Too Deep by Karen Rose
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFrom New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Karen Rose comes another explosive novel in the New Orleans series, where some secrets are worth dying for—or killing to keep. Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead... -
![The Hope We Keep by Kyla Stone]()
The Hope We Keep by Kyla Stone
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnly in darkness can you see the stars...Don't miss the stunning conclusion to the Lost Light trilogy!When massive solar flares strike the planet, a million tons of superheated plasma rips through the Earth’s atmosphere. As power grids fail across the Northern Hemisphere, the entire world balances on the brink of chaos... -
![Backwater Justice by Fern Michaels]()
Backwater Justice by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAn action-packed, ripped-from-the-headlines story of smalltown secrets from the #1 bestselling author, the latest in the long-running fan-favorite Sisterhood series.The Sisterhood: a group of women from all walks of life bound by friendship and years of adventure... -
![Texas Bodyguard: Brax by Janie Crouch]()
Texas Bodyguard: Brax by Janie Crouch
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA baby in his care…A target on their backsA skilled security expert and bodyguard, Brax Patterson is ready for anything…except unexpected custody of his reckless half brother’s baby boy. Someone will kill to take young Walker—and silence his resourceful new nanny, Tessa Mahoney. With her help, Brax is breaking all the rules to keep them safe...Categorized as:
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![Who Slays the Wicked by C.S. Harris]()
Who Slays the Wicked by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe death of a fiendish nobleman strikes close to home as Sebastian St. Cyr is tasked with finding the killer to save his young cousin from persecution in this riveting new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Why Kill the Innocent....When the handsome but dissolute young gentleman Lord Ashworth is found brutally murdered, Sebastian St... -
![Leap by Michael C. Grumley]()
Leap by Michael C. Grumley
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsONE OF MANKIND'S GREATEST LEGENDS HAS BEEN DISCOVERED... A FIND THAT ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WOULD KILL TO POSSESS... ...AND IT'S ABOUT TO CHANGE EVERYTHING. One year ago, a remarkable breakthrough changed what it means to be human. Now, from a new research center in Puerto Rico, Alison Shaw and her team are about to stun the world...again... -
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![Winterfair Gifts by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
Winterfair Gifts by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsMiles Vorkosigan and his fiancée Ekaterin are enjoying the Winterfair festivities and wedding gifts on their home planet Barrayar, but Miles’ enemies are at work. Sergeant Taura, a genetically engineered young woman Miles befriended, helps uncover the sinister plot. A double dose of romance enlivens this delightful novella in the New York Times bestselling Vorkosigan saga... -
![Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsThe fifth installment of the Hugo-award winning adventures of Miles Vorkosigan.In this novel Miles Vorkosigan and his cousin Ivan travel to Cetaganda, the long-standing enemy of Barrayar, to represent their Barrayar at the funeral of the mother of the Cetagandan emperor... -
![The Boy by Tami Hoag]()
The Boy by Tami Hoag
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsNow a New York Times bestseller An unfathomable loss or an unthinkable crime? #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag keeps you guessing in her most harrowing thriller yet... -
![Going Ballistic by Dorothy Grant]()
Going Ballistic by Dorothy Grant
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen her plane tries to come apart at apogee during a hijack, ballistic airline pilot Michelle Lauden handles the worst day she could imagine. After getting down without losing any passengers or crew, though, she finds her troubles have just begun!The country she's landed in has just declared independence from the Federation... -
![King of Midnight by Lara Adrian]()
King of Midnight by Lara Adrian
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe line between darkness and light is drawn in blood, and the stakes have never been higher. Nothing less than the fate of the world rests in the hands of the Order, and in one Breed warrior's quest to thaw the heart of an immortal queen in the final novel of Lara Adrian's New York Times and #1 international bestselling Midnight Breed vampire romance series...Categorized as:
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![Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsReturning from their honeymoon on Earth, Miles and Ekaterin stop at one of the asteroid-based habitats informally known as Quaddiespace (see FALLING FREE), where Miles is sent to defuse an incident between a Barryaran military command and the local police... -
![CryoBurn by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
CryoBurn by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsKibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan can hardly disapprove—he’s been cheating death his whole life, on the theory that turnabout is fair play... -
![Alien Warrior Untamed by Ava Ross]()
Alien Warrior Untamed by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe's fated to be mine, but the world is determined to steal her away.When I was twelve, I was forced to watch as an invader killed everyone I loved. He captured me and took me to the chamber, where he tortured me and the other males, desperate to twist us into a beastly army. He may have turned me into a monster, but I refused to give into his demands... -
![Ritual in Death / Missing in Death by J.D. Robb]()
Ritual in Death / Missing in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDark, mystifying and powerful forces are at work in these two superb J.D. Robb short stories.Ritual in DeathWhen a naked, knife-wielding man who thinks he has killed someone crashes a glamorous ball she's attending, Lieutenant Eve Dallas is almost relieved. The clues point towards ritual murder, but Eve knows there is nothing supernatural about a deadly lust for power.. -
![Murder at Keyhaven Castle by Clara McKenna]()
Murder at Keyhaven Castle by Clara McKenna
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWith her wedding to Viscount “Lyndy” Lyndhurst just days away, strong-willed American ex-pat Stella Kendrick is the talk of Edwardian society—and the focus of a deadly mystery—in Clara McKenna’s third historical mystery set in England’s New Forest region at the turn of the 20th century... -
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![Alien Dance: A Bodyguard Alien Romance by Deiri Di]()
Alien Dance: A Bodyguard Alien Romance by Deiri Di
SerenityAlien invasion? Check.Hot aliens want Earth women? Check.Traitor to my planet? Whoops.Things have gotten completely out of control. One minute I’m a normal college student working towards completing a major in dance, the next I’m a traitor to my planet, working for an bonafide Empress who is planning a full scale takeover of Earth. The guy she assigned to guard me?He is smoking hot...Categorized as:
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![Reever: An Enemies to Lovers Fake Mate Alien Abduction Romance by Alana Khan]()
Reever: An Enemies to Lovers Fake Mate Alien Abduction Romance by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter overhearing Reever’s predicament, abducted Earth girl Shiloh offers to be the handsome jerk’s fake mate. She never dreamed the mating ceremony would be so intimate… or would set her body on fire...Categorized as:
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![Zinnia by Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz]()
Zinnia by Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz
New York Times bestselling author JAYNE CASTLE--Capturing the lively sensuality ( Library Journal ) of the passion-filled, near-future space colony of St... -
![Amaryllis by Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz]()
Amaryllis by Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz
New York Times bestselling author JAYNE CASTLE Acclaimed for her novels of “delectably entertaining paranormal romantic suspense” (Booklist), the wildly popular alter ego of bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz takes off on a star-dusted excursion to a rich civilization where danger and passion are just a heartbeat away. . . . Amaryllis Lark is one of the best psychic detectives on St... -
![ICE by Kevin Tinto]()
ICE by Kevin Tinto
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsArchaeologist Leah Andrews stumbles upon something inexplicable in southwestern New Mexico: inside a dark cavern lies an undiscovered, Native American cliff dwelling abandoned for 800 years. While twisting through one of the narrow underground passageways, Leah’s flashlight illuminates the remains of a violent massacre... -
![The Passengers by John Marrs]()
The Passengers by John Marrs
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsEight self-drive cars set on a collision course. Who lives, who dies? You decide. When someone hacks into the systems of eight self-drive cars, their passengers are set on a fatal collision course... -
![Apostles of Mercy by Lindsay Ellis]()
Apostles of Mercy by Lindsay Ellis
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsApostles of Mercy is the new alternate history first contact novel from the instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal and LA Times bestselling Lindsay Ellis.First Contact has not been going well. The nations of Earth are rapidly militarizing against the arrival of the Superorganism, an alien civilization that promises to destroy humanity before it can develop into a real threat... -
![Skye Fall by Paige Edwards]()
Skye Fall by Paige Edwards
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIsla Montjoy has it all, a new career in nursing and a police officer boyfriend she adores―until she stumbles across proof of her boyfriend’s corruption. Determined to protect his secrets, he attacks her and leaves her for dead. But against all odds, she lives...Categorized as:
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![His Choice by Sheila Kell]()
His Choice by Sheila Kell
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAJ Hamilton never expected his life to spiral so low. Tangled up with Baltimore's largest crime boss, The Magician, he is ordered to threaten a bothersome reporter. His attraction to Megan Rogers was as unexpected as was their heated encounter. AJ tries to warn her off. When she doesn't heed his advice, he's forced to protect her from herself... -
![Stone Awakened by Robin O'Connor]()
Stone Awakened by Robin O'Connor
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAn alien warrior in uniform should be sexy, but it’s nerve-wracking when I'm on an undercover rescue mission.AgathaI don’t think twice about diving headfirst into a dangerous rescue mission, especially when it's for the people who saved me. I'll kick in teeth, swap uniforms, go undercover as a gladiator trainer. Nothing can throw me. Except himThat man in the uniform has his eyes trained on me... -
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![Playing Their Parts by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante]()
Playing Their Parts by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo detectives, hot on the heels of a killer...Undercover as adult actors on the wild planet of BachanaliusWill Steel and Cassie find passion while...PLAYING THEIR PARTS?Cassandra Steel and Commander Stone are a unique pair. Together, they comprise the first human/Kindred detective team on the Tampa PD... -
![Blood Echo by Christopher Rice]()
Blood Echo by Christopher Rice
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA conspiracy that promises bloodshed and the only woman who can stop it collide in the page-turning thriller by Christopher Rice, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Bone Music. Kidnapped and raised by serial killers, Charlotte Rowe suffered an ordeal that made her infamous. Everyone in the world knew who she was... -
![A Slash of Emerald by Patrice McDonough]()
A Slash of Emerald by Patrice McDonough
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn a riveting new novel in a Victorian-set mystery series brimming with authentic atmosphere, Doctor Julia Lewis, Scotland Yard’s first female medical examiner, and her partner, Detective Inspector Richard Tennant, investigate a string of murders in the art world... -
![Domesticating the Alien by Ava Ross]()
Domesticating the Alien by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI’ve been hired to teach an alien warrior social skills to woo a mate. But now he’s trying to woo me.When the elderly duchess I cared for dies, her slimy son—my ex—tells me he wants me back. Um, no. I flee and at the Intergalactic Employment Agency, I’m offered a job teaching an alien warlord sophistication so he can woo a mate at the upcoming Match-Mating Soiree... -
![The Last Second by Catherine Coulter, J.T. Ellison]()
The Last Second by Catherine Coulter, J.T. Ellison
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling authors Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison comes a riveting thriller pitting special agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine against a private French space agency that has the power to end the world as we know it... -
![A Trace of Deceit by Karen Odden]()
A Trace of Deceit by Karen Odden
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFrom the author of A Dangerous Duet comes the next book in her Victorian mystery series, this time following a daring female painter and the Scotland Yard detective who is investigating her brother’s suspicious death.A young painter digs beneath the veneer of Victorian London’s art world to learn the truth behind her brother’s murder... Edwin is dead... -
![The Ninja Betrayed by Tori Eldridge]()
The Ninja Betrayed by Tori Eldridge
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the third instalment of the Lily Wong series, the modern-day ninja must juggle taking down an organised crime ring with new-found romance and prevailing family drama... all whilst keeping those she loves alive... -
![Warrior's Reign: A Sci Fi Alien Romance by Emma Alisyn, Sora Stargazer]()
Warrior's Reign: A Sci Fi Alien Romance by Emma Alisyn, Sora Stargazer
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsRedemption. Assassination. A bond forged under fire. Reign is given a second chance to save her career when a royal friend offers her a job on an elite team of personal guards. Determined to prove her worth, she fends off sneaky sabotage by the implacable head of security, Vykhan, who thinks she is dangerous and hot-headed...Categorized as:
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![Lee Shores by Rachel Ford]()
Lee Shores by Rachel Ford
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSometimes still waters are the most dangerous. Murder turns a quiet month of shore leave into a nightmare for Chief Engineer Kay Ellis and Captain Magdalene Landon of the Black Flag. When a member of their crew is implicated in the killing of a young woman, the privateers find themselves pawns in an interplanetary diplomatic struggle that predates any of them... -
![Alien Primal's Bond by Athena Storm, Anne Hale]()
Alien Primal's Bond by Athena Storm, Anne Hale
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMy head says no. But my heart says yes.I shouldn’t be having these thoughts about an alien.My imagination should not be running wild about Ehro.But ever since he rescued me and saved my life, I can’t get him out of my head.I want his shadow to blot out the sun when he’s next to me.Hold onto his horns as he lifts me up.Ride on his back as he carries me on his massive shoulders... -
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![Vexing Voss by Gail Koger]()
Vexing Voss by Gail Koger
For Voss, a Coletti Warlord, conquering the universe is a piece of cake. After all, he's a master of psychic seduction; no one can resist him when he sets his mind to it. Zoey Jones is determined to find her mother's killer. Surrendering to a fierce Coletti warrior is the last thing on her mind...Categorized as:
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![Gantz/16 by Hiroya Oku]()
Gantz/16 by Hiroya Oku
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIt’s hard to tell who the heroes and villains are in Gantz these days. Some members of the alien-hunting team are trying to kill protagonist Kei’s girlfriend, and it’s possible he might not be able to stop them! Plus, Kei finds out about a very powerful secret related to his achieving the one--hundred--point goal... -
![Hope's Folly by Linnea Sinclair]()
Hope's Folly by Linnea Sinclair
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAdmiral Philip Guthrie is in an unprecedented position: on the wrong end of the law, leading a ragtag band of rebels against the oppressive Imperial forces. Or would be if he can get his command ship-the derelict cruiser called Hope's Folly-functioning. Not much can rattle Philip's legendary cool-but the woman who helps him foil an assassination attempt on Kirro Station will... -
![The Forbidden Stars by Tim Pratt]()
The Forbidden Stars by Tim Pratt
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThis “witty, heartfelt sci-fi romp” is the dazzling third installment in a diverse space opera series for fans of The Expanse and John Scalzi’s The Collapsing Empire—from a Hugo Award–winning author (Tor.com) The ancient alien gods are waking up—and there’s only one spaceship crew ready to stop them . . . Aliens known as the Liars gave humanity access to the stars through twenty-nine wormholes... -
![Zekke by Hannah Davenport]()
Zekke by Hannah Davenport
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA military male by heart, Zekke wants no part of having a mate. They make you weak…vulnerable. He would rather be on his war ship fighting the enemy. When King Mallik ordered that Earth be protected, Zekke didn’t hesitate. Commanding a fleet is what he was born to do, what he lived for. But what he finds on Earth is the very thing he’s trying to avoid... -
![Decimate by Christopher Rice]()
Decimate by Christopher Rice
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA desperate family confronts the mysteries that lie between life and death in this soul-gripping novel of supernatural suspense by Amazon Charts and New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice.Claire Huntley and her brother, Poe, were on a midnight hike in Montana when the woods went wild...
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