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  • 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...
  • In the Garden Collection by Nora Roberts

    In the Garden Collection by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Now 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. .. This In the Garden Trilogy box set includes:...
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  • The Watson Girl by Leslie Wolfe

    The Watson Girl by Leslie Wolfe

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    An entire family was murdered and, by a quirk, a young girl is left unharmed. For fifteen years, she believed the killer had been caught, and he’s now on death row, awaiting execution. While trying to be content with her adoptive family, she’s living in relentless uncertainty and the fear of remembering what really happened that night when she was five years old. She’s The Watson Girl...
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    mystery  horror  suspense  length-medium  audiobook
  • Chief's Addiction by Madalyn Judge

    Chief's Addiction by Madalyn Judge

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    CHIEF. Five years ago, I let Cora Allen slip through my fingers thanks to a lie I never bothered to correct and the club life that demanded everything from me. As President of the Jacksonville Saints MC, I had a war on my hands, enemies closing in from all sides, and the last thing I needed was a distraction. But the second I walked into her world again, I realized nothing had changed...
  • Midnight Enemy by Serenity Woods

    Midnight Enemy by Serenity Woods

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Our families have been enemies for thirty years. So why do I want Scarlett Stone more than the air I breathe? Scarlett and I couldn’t be more different. I’m 6’2” and big all over (so I’ve been told). She’s tiny. Like a hobbit without the hairy feet. I’m a billionaire who owns a city penthouse and buys Italian suits in Milan. She lives in a commune and wears real flowers in her hair...
  • Secret Betrayals: Dark MC & Mafia Romance | Second Chance | Romantic Suspense by Tonya Anders

    Secret Betrayals: Dark MC & Mafia Romance | Second Chance | Romantic Suspense by Tonya Anders

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In Secret Betrayals, loyalty is tested, family is redefined, and love is forged in fire. Some sins can’t be forgiven. Some debts can’t be repaid. And some hearts refuse to be broken more than once. Beneath the roar of engines and the glint of chrome, the Sinners ride the line between loyalty and treachery...
  • Perfect Crime by Helen Sarah Fields

    Perfect Crime by Helen Sarah Fields

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Your darkest moment is your most vulnerable…. Stephen Berry is about to jump off a bridge until a suicide prevention counsellor stops him. A week later, Stephen is dead. Found at the bottom of a cliff, DI Luc Callanach and DCI Ava Turner are drafted in to investigate whether he jumped or whether he was pushed…...
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    mystery  horror  suspense
  • Devious Corruption by Measha Stone

    Devious Corruption by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Nothing rivals the sweetness of the forbidden. Maxine Hartman is sharp-tongued, quick-witted, and sinfully gorgeous. She’s also friends with my sister, making her completely off limits. She carries the burden of her brothers’ troubles as if it’s her sacred duty. And while she stumbles beneath the weight they put on her, they pile on more...
  • Loathing a Landon by Ruth Cardello

    Loathing a Landon by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cooper 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...
  • Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 6 by Asuka Konishi

    Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 6 by Asuka Konishi

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Ripples 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...
  • Her Fearless Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Fearless Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Finding Them? Simple. Getting Them Out Alive? Now That Will Take a Minute. Lincoln Hart’s Navy SEAL team is sent to Syria to rescue a team of Americans who have been captured. When he realizes their interpreter, Leila Cloud is one of the people who has been kidnapped, all bets are off. He’s been dreaming about her for months...
  • Her Fearless Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Fearless Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Finding Them? Simple. Getting Them Out Alive? Now That Will Take a Minute. Lincoln Hart’s Navy SEAL team is sent to Syria to rescue a team of Americans who have been captured. When he realizes their interpreter, Leila Cloud is one of the people who has been kidnapped, all bets are off. He’s been dreaming about her for months...
  • 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...
  • The Kiss Plot by Nicole French

    The Kiss Plot by Nicole French

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Jane and Eric de Vries. Often enemies. Sometimes lovers. Husband and wife. Or are we? I wore the dress. We said the vows. And somehow it became more than just a stunt to collect his billions. A promise bound by love more than hate. Until the bastard left me at the altar. Now my errant husband has disappeared, leaving me to unravel his secrets, one by one...
  • Trial by Richard North Patterson

    Trial by Richard North Patterson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Trial confirms Richard North Patterson’s place as “our most important author of popular fiction. ”. In a propulsive narrative that culminates in a nationally televised murder case, Trial explores America’s most incendiary flashpoints of race. A Black eighteen-year-old voting rights worker, Malcolm Hill, is stopped by a white sheriff’s deputy on a dark country road in rural Georgia...
  • Trial by Richard North Patterson

    Trial by Richard North Patterson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Trial confirms Richard North Patterson’s place as “our most important author of popular fiction. ”. In a propulsive narrative that culminates in a nationally televised murder case, Trial explores America’s most incendiary flashpoints of race. A Black eighteen-year-old voting rights worker, Malcolm Hill, is stopped by a white sheriff’s deputy on a dark country road in rural Georgia...
  • 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...
  • Betrayed by Sharon C. Cooper

    Betrayed by Sharon C. Cooper

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When secrets turn into lies…. Former DEA agent Angelo González’s final undercover operation exploded in a betrayal he’ll never forget or forgive. He’s moved on. As one of Atlanta’s Finest, providing personal security for the rich and famous, Angelo is living his best life—until he has to play fake boyfriend to one of their clients. Not just any client...
  • Mick Sinatra: Love and Shadows by Mallory Monroe

    Mick Sinatra: Love and Shadows by Mallory Monroe

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gorgeous bad boy Mick Sinatra is in a good place in his life. His beautiful, African-American wife has been offered a starring role at a theater on London’s famed West End. His son, Teddy, has taken over the day-to-day running of his ruthless crime family. His daughter, Gloria, has learned the error of her ways...
  • Danger Close by Fiona Quinn

    Danger Close by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes danger is even closer than you think…. Jett is on her own. As an undercover operator for the Asymmetric Warfare Group in remote Kyrgyzstan, alone is the last thing she should be. So, when help arrives, she’s ready to get out off the mountain and back to civilization. When her teammate’s K9 partner shows up carrying a plea for help, nothing will stop her from racing to the rescue...
  • 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...
  • Beachside Dreams by Grace Meyers

    Beachside Dreams by Grace Meyers

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A dusty old journal, a priceless treasure, and a mysterious suitor who wants to steal her heart. Nursing a wounded soul and recovering from a messy divorce, Clara Bennett distracts herself from old memories by faithfully tending to her small beachside town’s library...
  • Two Steps Ahead: A Thrilling Romantic Mystery by Janie Crouch

    Two Steps Ahead: A Thrilling Romantic Mystery by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A determined bodyguard. A fierce heiress. And death is just a shot away…. Silent, stealthy and professional, Weston Patterson is always two steps ahead of trouble—until he’s hired to bodyguard a woman he never expected to see again. Someone won’t stop until Kayleigh Delacruz is dead. But the feisty heiress is challenging Weston to keep her close as well as safe...
  • 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...
  • Devil's Iris by Sasha Leone, Roselyn Ash

    Devil's Iris by Sasha Leone, Roselyn Ash

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s the most ruthless lawyer in New York. And he’s offering to save my family…. If I pretend to be his wife. Brilliant. Corrupt. Gorgeous. Romero Lombardi owns the city from both sides of the law. And when a misunderstanding lands me in jail, he offers to own me too. It’s supposed to be a simple. He bails me out. Clears my family’s debt. Protects us. In return, I agree to marry him...
  • Master of Revenge by Sienna Snow

    Master of Revenge by Sienna Snow

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    We are rivals. Sworn enemies. And he is the only man to ignite a fire in my soul. I walk a fine line between control and chaos, defined by my past and driven by my future. Nothing can stop me from protecting those I love. Zack Lykaios is cunning and dangerous. He wants to destroy everything I've built on his ruthless march to the top. All that I am, or ever will be, says I should avoid him...
  • The Bodyguard by Cristin Harber

    The Bodyguard by Cristin Harber

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After years under her terrorist abductor’s control, Angela Sorenson had to rebuild her life. There was no better place to do it than halfway across the world, working for Titan Group with the men who saved her life. No one knew where she was, and between that and her bodyguard, she was safe. Or, so she thought. Sawyer Cabot joined Titan’s ACES team to hide from his past...
  • Inferno by Lisa Phillips

    Inferno by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    BIG CITY CRIME. SMALL TOWN HEROES. An epic finale. Detective Samantha Jesse is determined to hold on to what she has. Whenever she gets too happy, life corrects that mistake and takes the joy from her. Her new partner, Detective Romeo Alvarez, was there the day of the biggest correction, but despite his assertions, that doesn’t mean they’re forever connected...
  • BLAZE: A 5-Books Firefighter Romance Series by Lola Silverman

    BLAZE: A 5-Books Firefighter Romance Series by Lola Silverman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THE COMPLETE SERIES, FREE with Kindle Unlimited. 5 books and NO cliffies! Book 1: Light It Up. Being a firefighter in Colfax means you drive around in a big red fire engine, put out a few kitchen fires, wink at hot chicks, and pray to Mother Nature that she doesn’t send a bolt of lightning to start a forest fire. One good fire like that could wipe the town off the map for eternity...
  • Undeniable by Delaney Diamond

    Undeniable by Delaney Diamond

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They can’t stand each other…or can they? For years, hard work and perseverance have been the tenets by which Santiago Vila lived his life. As such, he’s achieved everything he’s gone after. Except Abena Dubango. She’s the total package of brains, beauty, and a sense of humor. Even though she wears another man’s ring, he’s never forgotten the moments they spent together...
  • Resonance of Stars by Anne Malcom

    Resonance of Stars by Anne Malcom

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I was a movie star. I'd let the world convince me I was nothing more than that. Until him. .. Duke is employed to protect me. To make me disappear before I testify. Nothing more. There aren't many places in the world that someone like me can disappear to. Not when billions of people know my name. I'd worked hard to make it that way. To hide underneath layers of fame, beauty and wealth...
  • The Forgotten Summer by Sage Parker

    The Forgotten Summer by Sage Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It 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...
  • Protecting Peyton by Becky Muth

    Protecting Peyton by Becky Muth

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her 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...
  • Blind Seed by Olivia Gaines

    Blind Seed by Olivia Gaines

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    At a remote campsite in the mountains of North Carolina, a woman arrives seeking the protection of Boyd Glover, the technician known as Falling Rocks. Falling Rocks is renowned for being a careful, meticulous planner who leaves nothing to chance. He thinks everything through, six times over, before making a move or a decision...
  • High Fidelity by M. Chandler

    High Fidelity by M. Chandler

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 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. .
  • Her Rustanov Husband by Theodora Taylor

    Her Rustanov Husband by Theodora Taylor

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When you see your ruthless ex, you should…. A. Throw a drink in his face 🍸. B. Tell him you still hate him 💔. C. Drunk marry him 💍. D. All of the above 😱. Crap. Crap. Crap. Why did I pick D? Six years ago, I gave Russian hockey god Yom Rustanov back his ring for a reason. A very good what kind of psycho did I almost marry? ? reason...
  • The Love Bandits by Angela R. Casella

    The Love Bandits by Angela R. Casella

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I captured a thief. .. does that mean I get to keep him? Lainey. My mother’s dream was for me to marry a rich man. So I got engaged to one…and he was a no-good, cheating so-and-so. I left him in my dust, and now I’m working as a personal assistant to a professional rich woman while I pursue my dream, running a business helping people who’ve been through messy breakups...
  • Unfinished Business by Jenna Bennett

    Unfinished Business by Jenna Bennett

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When realtor and recovering Southern Belle Savannah Martin wakes up alone on what is supposed to be her wedding day, she isn’t sure what to think. Did her fiancé—bad-boy TBI agent Rafe Collier—decide he couldn’t face being shackled to one woman for the rest of his life. .
  • Uncertain Terms by Jenna Bennett

    Uncertain Terms by Jenna Bennett

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Savannah’s husband, TBI agent Rafe Collier, is back in disguise and undercover, getting into the middle of a gang war. And since he wants to keep his pregnant wife out of harm’s way, Savannah agrees to spend a couple of days under her mother’s roof in her quaint and quiet hometown of Sweetwater, Tennessee. But out of harm’s way doesn’t necessarily mean out of trouble...
  • Miss Flibbertigibbet and The Barbarian by Stephanie Laurens

    Miss Flibbertigibbet and The Barbarian by Stephanie Laurens

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns with a story of two people thrown together on a journey of discovery that defines what each most want of life, love, and family. A gentleman wishing to buy a fabulous horse and a lady set on protecting her family find common ground while pursuing a thief who upends both of their plans...
  • Highlander’s Twisted Love: A Medieval Historical Romance Novel by Lydia Kendall

    Highlander’s Twisted Love: A Medieval Historical Romance Novel by Lydia Kendall

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Every monster has an obsession…She is his. On the betrothal feast of her younger sister, Willow gets abducted while protecting her family. And the man who took her is the most dangerous Laird of all…The so-called Laird in the North. Laird Scott needs to show that his clan is not to be trifled with...
  • Salvaged by A.K. Evans

    Salvaged by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Maren Casey’s best friend was kidnapped and held for ransom, one name came to mind. She just wasn’t sure her high school sweetheart would want to see her again, not after the way things ended between them. But Maren would endure anything to save her friend. Magnus McCoy would have been okay with forgetting that Maren ever existed...
  • Unseen by Traci Hunter Abramson

    Unseen by Traci Hunter Abramson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Laura’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...
  • Summerlin Groves by Elizabeth Camden

    Summerlin Groves by Elizabeth Camden

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Elizabeth 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...
  • The President's Boyfriend by Mallory Monroe

    The President's Boyfriend by Mallory Monroe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Katherine “Kay” Laine is poised to become the first black woman to serve as President of the United States. If that wasn’t enough of a jolt to her system, she is hit with a situation from her past ten days before the election. The only person that can help her now is the very person who once broke her heart. But time and need collide, and she has no choice but to seek his help...
  • Sal Gabrini 11: Come For Me by Mallory Monroe

    Sal Gabrini 11: Come For Me by Mallory Monroe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Handsome businessman and feared mob boss Sal Gabrini have his hands full when a rival crime boss exploits a vulnerability and thinks he can get away with it. But when Sal’s wife, African-American attorney Gemma Jones-Gabrini, is arrested on trumped-up charges, he knows he has to drop everything to take care of her...
  • The Road Beasts: Lion: Mature Romance Over 40 by Kimberly Smith

    The Road Beasts: Lion: Mature Romance Over 40 by Kimberly Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Monroe “Lion” Locke has lived most of his life trying to make everyone around him happy. He became a doctor because it was what his mother wanted. He got married because it was what his girlfriend wanted. Lion worked day and night to be a successful surgeon because everyone around him wanted that. Wanting to make everyone around him happy nearly cost him his life...
  • Don't Leave Me This Way: A Rags to Romance Book by Mallory Monroe

    Don't Leave Me This Way: A Rags to Romance Book by Mallory Monroe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Judge James “JJ” Brant was known around town as the Plenty Time Judge because of his harsh sentences. But when LaTisha “Tish” Payton stood before him after being in the wrong place at the wrong time, he showed mercy on her...
  • My Enemy: An Indian billionaire enemies to lovers romance by Sapna Bhog

    My Enemy: An Indian billionaire enemies to lovers romance by Sapna Bhog

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    There is one unwritten rule in every war—do not fall for your enemy…. Sanjana Luthra had a simple mission, to learn as much as she could about her enemy in order to help bring him down. What she hadn’t anticipated was the lure of Aaryan Rajpoot. He was supposed to be her enemy and yet he didn’t feel like one. Her attraction to him was instant, their chemistry red hot...
  • Love of Kill, Vol. 6 by FE

    Love of Kill, Vol. 6 by FE

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Although Chateau and Ryang-Ha have escaped from Donny’s mansion, Chateau is determined to hunt down the man who threatens her family and coworkers. However, that is one wish Ryang- Ha absolutely won’t grant. Desperate to stop her, he gives her the final shove needed to crack open the memories she has of their shared past, but the Ryang-Ha she remembers is not the one who stands before her….
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