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suspense  from hate to love

  • Echo Road by Kendra Elliot, Melinda Leigh

    Echo Road by Kendra Elliot, Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    When 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...
  • Summer in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Summer in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    While the town prepares for the annual local festival.Spenser helps with the festivities while chatting with the residents.Unfortunately the pleasantry is interrupted when Spenser runs into Rafe Johnson,the man beginning his campaign to unseat her as sheriff.The standoff between them is tense with Spenser deciding to walk away...
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  • One Last Rainy Day by Kate Stewart

    One Last Rainy Day by Kate Stewart

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    The first in a spin-off series, The Ravenhood Legacy, continuing the international bestselling Ravenhood series—a modern-day Robin Hood retelling that is steamy, intensely emotional, and utterly original.“We love rainy days, don’t we, baby?” Dominic King doesn’t want or need anything . . . except his freedom...
  • Playing With Danger by Riley Edwards

    Playing With Danger by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    It’s strange how quickly life can go from predictable and boring to…not. How a chance meeting can set off a chain reaction. How a single moment can offer much-needed clarity. How a kiss can alter the course of your life. Valentine Malone fell into my life…correction, I fell into his in the aisle of a grocery store...
  • Take A Chance On Me by Emilia Finn

    Take A Chance On Me by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Oh Sh*tThis is part 2 of the Marc and Meg Duet. It cannot be read as a standalone. Due to spoilers, the above is all the blurb you will get.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️The conclusion to the Meg and Marc duet is phenomenal. It’s been a long time since I’ve found a writer that makes me laugh, scream, and cry in the same sitting. This is an epic story - epic love, epic friendship, epic woman finding her way...
  • In the Air Tonight by Marie Force

    In the Air Tonight by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    I 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...
  • Nora Roberts Collection 5: Midnight Bayou, Chesapeake Blue, and Birthright by Nora Roberts, Sandra Burr

    Nora Roberts Collection 5: Midnight Bayou, Chesapeake Blue, and Birthright by Nora Roberts, Sandra Burr

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Midnight Bayou (James Daniels with Sandra Burr, Sandra Burr, Jill Sovis): Declan Fitzgerald had always been the family maverick, but even he couldn't understand his impulse to buy a dilapidated mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans. Determined to restore Manet Hall to its former splendor, Declan begins the daunting renovation room by room, relying on his own labor and skills...
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    suspense  from hate to love
  • Fatal Betrayal by Barbara Freethy

    Fatal Betrayal by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    "I can’t think of a better way to spend a Saturday night than losing myself in one of Barbara Freethy’s books. I love the Off The Grid series but I honestly think this one is my favorite. I have no doubt her next book will be awesome, too!" Booklovers AnonymousRomance and danger collide in the next thrilling book in the OFF THE GRID: FBI SERIES by #1 NYT Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy...
  • The Housewife Killer by A.J. Rivers

    The Housewife Killer by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    FBI agent Ava James has taken down many murderers.This time she might have met her match.While working on the Margot Carter case, Ava decides to follow a hunch.One to help narrow down the Housewife Killer suspect list.It’s been years, no one has been able to capture the elusive predator.A maniac that is killing young women and dressing them up as a 50’s housewife...
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    suspense  from hate to love  mafia
  • Charlie Team Series Box Set by Elizabella Baker

    Charlie Team Series Box Set by Elizabella Baker

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Get all of Elizabella Baker's Charlie Team Series in one place!Ashlynn's SaviorAshlynn is the billionaire princess who has everything she could ever ask for, but she's not living the life she wants. Trapped between obligation and following her dreams, an unexpected betrayal shows her just how bad being rich really is...
  • The Tallest Tower by Emilia Finn

    The Tallest Tower by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I hate Felix Malone with all my heart and soul. He’s the second born son of a murderous don.The newest leader of the Malone mafia family now that his father is dead.But if I could have hoped a change in management would mean a positive shift for the notorious crime family, then I’m proven wrong as Felix quickly settles into his new role and lays scourge on New York City...
  • Chance by Lynn Raye Harris

    Chance by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Chance and Rory's story! Coming soon!Dead to their pasts. Ghosts. No family ties. No connections. Six men with a top-secret mission move to a small town where they have to navigate local life, protect their secret, and, above all, stay single...
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    suspense  from hate to love  military
  • King: The Epilogue Collection by Nina Levine

    King: The Epilogue Collection by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    If you love King, strap in for the ride as he and Lily navigate their HEA. This story has it all: ✔️ angst ✔️ scorching heat ✔️ MC action  ✔️ Stormgirl time ✔️ old favourites showing up But mostly this story is about two people fighting for their love. Day in, day out. Life with an MC president like King isn't an easy ride. Watch as these two figure out how to love and be loved...
  • Black Heart by Lynn Raye Harris

    Black Heart by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s untouchable. Unbreakable. She plans to destroy him.Former CIA agent Ian Black has done terrible deeds. Sacrificed his honor and reputation for God and country. He’s a fighter and a survivor. His mission is to rid the world of scumbags who prey on innocent people.No price is too high, and no one crosses him. Not for long, anyway...
  • Going Rogue by Amelia Shea

    Going Rogue by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Quinn O’Malley’s less than stellar life drags her even deeper, plummeting her into a dark abyss when her misfortune designates her Enemy Number One to the devil himself.After an altercation and deal gone wrong, Quinn finds herself living on borrowed time, at the mercy of a notorious, ruthless, and unpredictable King of the Underground. She has nothing of worth to bargain with except her life...
  • No Hard Feelings (Birch Harbor: Coming Home) by Rue Lennox

    No Hard Feelings (Birch Harbor: Coming Home) by Rue Lennox

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He watched her throw away their future, and swore to win her back.My brother died and I threw a grenade into my life, breaking two hearts in the process. The man I left? My dead brother’s best friend, and a member of his military unit.I may be miserable, but at least I’m not going to bury another person I love.There’s only one little problem with my current situation...
  • Her Brave Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Brave Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What Happens When You Might Be Sleeping with The Enemy?Navy SEAL, Mateo Aranda, was used to fighting the good fight. He had successfully carried out missions in dozens of countries, and he never once wavered.The thought of terrorists following his team home and targeting his friends’ families was unimaginable...
  • MONKEY BUSINESS: Gray Wolf Security: Book Eight by Mary Kennedy

    MONKEY BUSINESS: Gray Wolf Security: Book Eight by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Things are disappearing at Belle Fleur and her sister islands. Things that should mean absolutely nothing to anyone. What's more concerning is the security cameras are not picking up on anyone. When Ghost loses his favorite coffee mug, filled with hot, fresh coffee, the team realizes that something has to be done. After all, a man's coffee mug is sacred...
  • Play Dirty by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Play Dirty by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Run, he whispered in my ear. While you still can.   I walked into a club called Ruin and found it—and him—when he bent me over the piano he was playing.   I did as he said, but not until after he’d decimated me in the filthiest way possible.   I loved every second.   That one, and the ones that came years later...
  • Blackbridge Security Box Set 1 by Marie James

    Blackbridge Security Box Set 1 by Marie James

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Box Set contains Hostile Territory, Shot in the Dark, and Contingency Plan!Hostile TerritoryCan you call someone an enemy if you haven’t seen them for the better part of a decade?Deacon Black is perfectly content with the status quo—work, sleep, repeat.Who cares if he’s rigid, structured, and set in his ways?It’s a job requirement that keeps his men safe and his company’s doors open...
  • Tracker by Lilly Atlas

    Tracker by Lilly Atlas

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    A cop and an outlaw biker walk into a bar…Officer Jolene Baker spent her youth smiling and sparkling on stage when all she wanted was to run alongside her four older brothers. It took years for her to stand up for herself, ditch the pageant life, and peruse her dream of becoming a police officer...
  • Reckless Fall by Nyssa Kathryn

    Reckless Fall by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    She’s back in town. He needs a nanny. It should be simple. But in the small town of Misty Peak, simple is never easy.Sadie Sandler wouldn’t consider herself a quitter. But then, she did walk out on her own wedding twenty-three minutes before she was supposed to walk down the aisle...
  • Perfect Boy by Hannah Gray

    Perfect Boy by Hannah Gray

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    An entire campus knows my name. Women throw themselves at me, hoping I’ll take them home that night. Whispers from the NHL say I’m the one to watch. And the weight of each game is on my shoulders because if our opposing team scores … that’s on me. All the things that keep me up at night are probably someone else’s dreams...
  • TJ: Sins of the Father by Nicole James

    TJ: Sins of the Father by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    FROM WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST SELLING AUTHOR NICOLE JAMES COMES A ONE-NIGHT STAND, SURPRISE PREGNANCY, MC ROMANCE!TJ—The beautiful tattoo artist told me to leave her alone after what I thought was an amazing night together.Maybe she was just trying to get her bad boy fill...
  • Forever for Us by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Forever for Us by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The 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

    Target Acquired by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Tough-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...
  • Broken Heart by Ivy Layne

    Broken Heart by Ivy Layne

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    SterlingForrest Powell is a liar.For the first time in my life, I trusted a man, and in return, he broke my heart.He lied about everything. Who he was. Why we met.I dumped him, but he didn’t leave. He gave me space, but he was there. Hanging around town, working for the family business. Waiting for me to forgive him.Not going to happen. We were over. I was never speaking to Forrest Powell again...
  • The Hate I Feel by Siobhan Davis

    The Hate I Feel by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Want to know what has happened to the missing Anderson brothers? Find out in The Hate I Feel...
  • A Madness of Crows by Evelyn Flood

    A Madness of Crows by Evelyn Flood

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    No longer an heir. No longer a daughter. No longer a Crow. Now, I am a wife. An accessory. A toy. Ripped away from the men I love, they want to break me. Strip away everything that made me into who I am, and create something new. I was Caterina Corvo. But now, I am Caterina Asante. For them, I will fight. For her, I will endure. But every day, it becomes harder to remember who I used to be...
  • The Girl in the Springs by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray

    The Girl in the Springs by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Serenity Springs is a picturesque small town where everyone knows your name.Well, that was the case until one phone call changed everything... PI Bridget Hartley is obsessed with all things mystery.She even has a reputation for being Serenity’s go-to detective.With the exception of small-town drama and the occasional crime, life in Serenity is serene...
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    from hate to love  suspense  mafia  mystery
  • Code Name: Zeppelin by Heather Slade

    Code Name: Zeppelin by Heather Slade

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A man of silence. A man of rigid precision. Zeppelin is your worst nightmare, coming in quiet and wreaking havoc on his enemies .Incredibly smart and unbelievably stealthy, I take my name “Zeppelin” seriously. As a Brit who worked for the United States NSA and NRO, I’m experienced and wise, with a penchant for technology. Traffickers can never get by me, and they never even see me coming...
  • Bexley's Biker by Misty Walker

    Bexley's Biker by Misty Walker

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Bexley:Your secrets are safe with me.It’s been my number one rule since I opened my law firm in Reno, NV.No one knows the reason is because I have my own dark secrets to hide, and a past I wish I could forget.Strategically, I only accept clients who have more to lose than I do.Like the dangerous and deadly, Royal Bastards MC.Not the best company to keep, but the most lucrative...
  • Diamond by J.A. Low

    Diamond by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Round 2 with the Devil begins.Grace thought she had left the nightmare of the Bratva Jewels behind her. Her days spent with them were some of the darkest of her life, but she’s safe now.Or so she thought.When the Bratva seeks revenge for losing one of their own, Grace knows she must be strong to withstand whatever they have in store for her...
  • Rogue Mission by Kendall Talbot

    Rogue Mission by Kendall Talbot

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    She can’t trust anyone. He can’t trust her.But pitched together in a deadly mission, trust becomes everything.Royal Flying Doctor pilot, Xander Devlin ( Razor) walked away from his military career so broken he never wanted to see his ex-army team again. Especially Aria, the woman who crushed his heart...
  • Olivia: A Cold Case Murder Mystery Romance by Brooke Ramsey

    Olivia: A Cold Case Murder Mystery Romance by Brooke Ramsey

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Revenge 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...
  • The Fix by Lisa Herrington

    The Fix by Lisa Herrington

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sydney Bell knows exactly how far is too far when it comes to the law. She’s a cop’s daughter, after all. But the lines between right and wrong become blurred when it involves matters of the heart. After a devastating divorce, she escapes to the small lakeside town of Maisonville to pick up the shattered pieces of her life and make a fresh start. Unfortunately, her past isn’t ready to let go...
  • The Hate I Feel: A Dark Bully Romance by Siobhan Davis, Kelly Hartigan (XterraWeb)

    The Hate I Feel: A Dark Bully Romance by Siobhan Davis, Kelly Hartigan (XterraWeb)

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’ll make her pay for her father’s crimes before taking revenge on the brothers who abandoned him.Zayn Becker has struggled to protect his little brother in the aftermath of the car accident which claimed their parents’ lives. They lost everything that night except for each other...
  • Shadow of Doubt by Susan Sleeman

    Shadow of Doubt by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A cyber-stalker and a murder threaten her life…When IT specialist, Brooklyn Hurst’s cyber stalker grows bolder and the police refuse to do anything about it, she has to take drastic measures. Like fleeing the only home she’s known to a place so off the map that the stalker would never think to look...
  • Overlooking the Past by Elizabella Baker

    Overlooking the Past by Elizabella Baker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dani was his high school sweetheart. The only woman to break his heart. And now the person he was forced to bail out of jail.She was also in need of his protection.Gage Roberts kept everyone in his life at arm’s length, and that included his teammates. Going back to his hometown was always a hard no for him. Until a single phone call changed everything. Now he had no choice but to face his past...
  • Once A Villain: A Dark Assassin Romance by Saige Parker

    Once A Villain: A Dark Assassin Romance by Saige Parker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Morally grey? Try pitch black so dark they nicknamed him The Reaper.Axel Hawthorne—Axe, is more monster than man. A bloodthirsty assassin with no mercy, no heart, no soul.The nightmare lurking in the underworld my father commands. No one escapes his wrath.And now? I'm his.Trapped in his sick game of revenge.There's no escape. No hope...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  from hate to love
  • The Gruff Loner's Bargain by Kat Baxter

    The Gruff Loner's Bargain by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Brook:I might be down on my luck, but I’m determined to open the best all-inclusive wedding venue in the U.S. But first, I have to scope out the competition. The only problem is I need a fake fiance to pull it off. Even worse, the only man available to do the job is the annoying handsome Landry Hendricks. Because of course I need the help of the one man in town who hates me...
  • Tell Me No Lies by Janice Whiteaker

    Tell Me No Lies by Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I used to love working.There was nothing I enjoyed more than seeing the auto shop I built from the ground up thriving, showing how far I’d managed to come in this brutal world.Then I hired Piper.Now she’s everywhere. At the front desk all day and right next door all night, infiltrating my life.My thoughts...
  • The Forever Rule by Carrie Ann Ryan

    The Forever Rule by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    What 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...
  • High Fidelity by M. Chandler

    High Fidelity by M. Chandler

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A 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..
  • Love You Still by Kat Bammer

    Love You Still by Kat Bammer

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    One night brought them together. Life tore them apart. Returning home may be their second chance.Leaving Moon Lake and serving as a Navy SEAL couldn’t erase the pain of Peter’s past. When he returns home as the new deputy Sheriff, it’s with hope for a fresh start in the place with old roots. But it also means exposing deep wounds—his own and the one he inflicted on Lisa...
  • From Fear to Eternity by Elise Sax

    From Fear to Eternity by Elise Sax

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    It’s still up in the air whether Gladie really has her psychic grandmother’s “gift,” but she’s determined to finally give matchmaking her best shot. She’s also determined to give her new relationship with hottie Police Chief Spencer Bolton a shot… that is, if she can find him...
  • Say You Love Me by Sarah J. Brooks

    Say You Love Me by Sarah J. Brooks

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    “Jeremy Wyatt is the biggest playboy you’ll ever meet. He’s a great attorney and a decent friend, but he’s an ass to women. He’s all about the conquest, and then he loses interest. You’re too good for a guy like him. And I don’t want to have to break his arms for messing with you. You’re young, Lena. And a little naive. A man like Jeremy would eat you up and spit you out...
  • Playing with Fire by Ria Wilde

    Playing with Fire by Ria Wilde

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    OliviaDear future ex-husband, I loathe you.Malakai Farrow needs a wife, and I would have done anything to save the last piece of my family.Now I'm here, in his house, seeing firsthand how dangerous this man is.He's merciless.Brutal and cold.And my new husband.He tossed my life into the air and then watched it fall and shatter.So now, I'm going to make his life hell...
  • Sound of Madness: A Dark Royal Romance by Maria Luis

    Sound of Madness: A Dark Royal Romance by Maria Luis

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He is my ruin.My complete and utter devastation.Loyalty or death.I make my choice in a palace of flames, and wake to total darkness . . .And at his mercy.Calloused hands bring hell to my door and his velvet voice spews only poison.“A traitor to the queen,” he calls me, and though I don’t know his name, it’s clear that he’s no Prince Charming.Monster.Villain...
  • Perfect Match by Leia Stone

    Perfect Match by Leia Stone

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Millie Byers Widowed at twenty-six.When I fell in love with Colin Byers at sixteen, I never expected that I’d lose him the day after we finally got married. The love of my life; my soulmate; stolen from me by a quirk of fate. After this my life spirals out of control, leaving me broke, alone, and losing the only thing I had left: my cupcake shop.Looks like it’s time for an early midlife crisis...
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