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The Fixer by Lee Winter
A naive activist is hired by a corporate villain but doesn’t realize it. Cue one awkward farce, a twisty puzzle, and the slowest of slow burns in this opposites-attract, ice queen romance.Nine years ago, aloof, icy Michelle Hastings chose career over love. She’s now living with that choice as she rules a secret corporation catering to the rich and powerful.Enter Eden Lawless... -
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The Red Files by Lee Winter
Ambitious Daily Sentinel journalist Lauren King is chafing on LA’s vapid social circuit, reporting on glamorous A-list parties while sparring with her rival—the formidable, icy Catherine Ayers. Ayers is an ex-Washington political correspondent who suffered a humiliating fall from grace, and her acerbic, vicious tongue keeps everyone at bay...Categorized as:
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![The Devil Incarnate by Ali Vali]()
The Devil Incarnate by Ali Vali
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFor Cain Casey nothing is more important than family, and having hers close—Emma, Hayden, Hannah, and the new baby—is as near as she’ll get to true happiness. But enemies who lurk in the shadows threaten more than just her business, forcing her to question whether the biggest threat comes from having it all... -
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Cold Blooded Lover by Eliza Lentzski
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFormer Marine, Cassidy Miller knew what it took to be a good soldier and even a decent beat cop. She was starting to figure out how to be a girlfriend as her relationship with Julia Desjardin progressed, but what did she know about being a cold case detective? Buried under paperwork in the basement of the Fourth Police Precinct, she was going to have to figure it out... -
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![A Deafening Whisper by Erik Schubach]()
A Deafening Whisper by Erik Schubach
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMia has lived a life full of harassment, for an affliction not many understand. She thought college would be different, her escape, after all, people there are more mature right? She was wrong. A rebellious girl, Vee, saves her from a bad situation and teaches her that every single day is a gift. A romance blooms between them that not even time can erase... -
![She'll Steal Your Heart by Rachel Lacey]()
She'll Steal Your Heart by Rachel Lacey
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA thief seeking redemption forms an unlikely connection with a former lawyer looking for a fresh start of her own, but what starts as friendship soon feels like much more…Last year, Lauren Booker fled New York with a warrant out for her arrest. Now she’s back and ready to make amends for her crime. She wants to rebuild her life, and Brooklyn is home...Categorized as:
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![The Devil Unleashed by Ali Vali]()
The Devil Unleashed by Ali Vali
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAs the heat of violence rises, so does passion. A gunshot meant to end the legacy of the Casey Clan has left a weakened Cain fighting to regain control of her business while trying to protect her heart from the woman who left her. Threatened from every side, Cain must unleash that devil to protect all she holds dear... -
![Strangers in Paradise, Volume 2: I Dream of You by Terry Moore]()
Strangers in Paradise, Volume 2: I Dream of You by Terry Moore
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCollects Volume 2 issues #1-9.Strangers in Paradise (SIP) is the story of three friends, Francine, Katchoo, and David and the people they fall in and out of love with. It's a tale of dark pasts and hopeful futures, double-crosses and true friendship, love, and hate... -
![A Quiet Death by Cari Hunter]()
A Quiet Death by Cari Hunter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn book three in the Dark Peak series, things are looking up for Detective Sanne Jensen and Dr. Meg Fielding. Dating each other seems to be working, their families are behaving themselves, and the worst of the post-Christmas crime wave is over.The discovery of a Pakistani girl’s body out on the moors changes all that. No one knows who she is, who hurt her, or how she came to be there...Categorized as:
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![Distant Shores, Silent Thunder by Radclyffe]()
Distant Shores, Silent Thunder by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNo matter how much we plan, life—and people—have a way of surprising us. For Doctor KT O’Bannon, a near-fatal tragedy derails a career and disrupts everything she thought she knew about herself and her future. Battered and nearly broken, she turns for solace to the one woman who knows her best, her ex-lover Doctor Tory King... -
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Honor Bound by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSecret Service Agent Cameron Roberts made a promise to Blair Powell, the President's daughter--not to place her own life in danger protecting Blair--but a request from the Commander in Chief forces her to break her word... -
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Love & Honor by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUS Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts has more than one secret that could destroy her career, not the least of which is that she’s in love with the president’s daughter. Blair Powell, the first daughter, returns the feeling despite her ambivalence about Cam’s role as her security chief, particularly in the aftermath of an assassination attempt that nearly cost Cam her life... -
![Returning Tides by Radclyffe]()
Returning Tides by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsInsurance investigator Ashley Walker faces more than a dangerous opponent when she returns to the town, and the woman, she left behind... -
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Safe Harbor by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA mysterious newcomer, a reclusive doctor, and a troubled gay teenager learn about love, friendship, and trust during one tumultuous summer in Provincetown. Reese Conlon, LtCol USMCR, is the new sheriff who has heads turning amidst speculation as to who will be the first woman to capture her attentions. Doctor Victoria King has been betrayed by love once and refuses to risk heartbreak again... -
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![The Devil Inside by Ali Vali]()
The Devil Inside by Ali Vali
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBrains, guts, and ruthless ambition should be enough to come out on top in any fight. Except when the battle is over love, all bets are off. Derby Cain Casey was groomed from birth to take the reins of the Casey family enterprises, which just happens to be one of the major crime organizations in New Orleans... -
![A Calculated Risk (DI Jo Shaw) by Cari Hunter]()
A Calculated Risk (DI Jo Shaw) by Cari Hunter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDetective Jo Shaw has it all worked out. She’s good at her job, she has loads of mates, and she likes being single. She doesn’t need complications, but an emergency call to the stabbing of a young woman brings plenty of those... -
![Honor Reclaimed by Radclyffe]()
Honor Reclaimed by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the chaotic aftermath of 9/11, Secret Service agent Cameron Roberts and her lover, first daughter Blair Powell, must contend with recriminations from within the government and danger from without as they struggle to uncover those who betrayed the nation and nearly claimed Blair’s life... -
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Honor Under Siege by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWith the nation on the verge of war, security takes on new meaning for Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts, whose lover just happens to be the President’s daughter. First daughter Blair Powell and her “secret” Secret Service agent lover, Cameron Roberts, intend to get married—with her father’s blessing... -
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Missing Lynx by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhere do you run when there's nowhere to hide? When a sadistic serial killer known as the Headhunter resurfaces, a government blunder forces the Elite Operatives Organization into action. Operation Mask falls to Lynx. She has the determination, skills, and most importantly, the right profile, but her youth and lack of experience in the field could put more than the mission in jeopardy... -
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Tempted By Her (Mainely Books Club) by Chelsea M. Cameron
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI wasn’t looking forward to finding a new roommate after my best friend, Joy, moved in with her girlfriend, Ezra. We’ve lived together for years, and I didn’t want to start over with a stranger. Then there’s a fire at the house Lark’s renting and for some reason I open my mouth and offer to let her move in with me... -
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Loyalty by E.J. Noyes
Intelligence analyst Lexie Martin is important. At least that’s what she’s been told by the director of Halcyon Division, the secret organization she works for. Problem is—Lexie doesn’t feel important. She feels…devastated. Struggling to equilibrate after the unexpected implosion of her personal life, and reeling from her failed assignment overseas, Lexie’s barely treading water... -
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Guarding Evelyn by Erin Zak
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter an unfortunate incident and a forced leave of absence from the Secret Service, Arden Ryan is moving back to Chicago where she can get over her failures in the comfort of her childhood home. Her parents, who are lovely, if not a tad overbearing, will provide the support she needs...Categorized as:
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![Turn Back Time by Radclyffe]()
Turn Back Time by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLove has a way of derailing the best of plans. Wynter Thompson, divorced with a young child, struggles to balance the demands of her surgical residency with the responsibilities of motherhood -and between the two, discovers there is little time left for anything else... -
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Conflict of Interest by Jae
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWorkaholic Detective Aiden Carlisle isn’t looking for love—and certainly not at the law enforcement seminar she reluctantly agreed to attend. But the first lecturer is not at all what she expected. Psychologist Dawn Kinsley has just found her place in life... -
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![Thief of Always by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou]()
Thief of Always by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsStealing a diamond to save the world is the easy part. Mishael Taylor takes comfort in speed, racing from one mission to another as Allegro, one of the Elite Operative Organization's top agents--or from one affair to another, to avoid having to think about the things she's seen and done... -
![Justice in the Shadows by Radclyffe]()
Justice in the Shadows by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn a shadow world of secrets, lies, and hidden agendas, Detective Sergeant Rebecca Frye and her lover, Dr. Catherine Rawlings, join forces once again in the elusive search for justice... -
![Love & Honor by Radclyffe]()
Love & Honor by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThird book in the Honor Series. US Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts has more than one secret that could destroy her career, not the least of which is that she’s in love with the president’s daughter... -
![Shield of Justice by Radclyffe]()
Shield of Justice by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSpecial Crimes Unit Investigator Rebecca Frye attempts to solve a series of sexual assaults amid dead ends, battered witnesses, and a growing attraction to the physician who saved one of the victims... -
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Hotshot by Clare Lydon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSloane Patterson is the ultimate a US soccer sensation whose arrival in the UK causes quite the stir. She’s got the game, the fame, the looks, the fiancée. But looks can be deceiving.When Sloane’s life starts to unravel, Salchester Rovers’ new hire, Ella Carmichael, helps her pick up the pieces. But as the lines between their professional and personal lives blur, tensions surface... -
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One Last Thing by Kim Baldwin
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsBlood is thicker than pride. The final book in the Elite Operative Series brings together foes, family, and friends to start a new order. Special Agent Switch needs to get close to Greek tycoon Konstantinos Lykourgos, the prime suspect in the theft of a priceless ancient icon from a monastery on Mount Athos. His accomplice is the EOO’s recurring nemesis: Theodora Rothschild, aka TQ, the Broker... -
![Passion's Bright Fury by Radclyffe]()
Passion's Bright Fury by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSaxon Sinclair, the broodingly secretive Chief of Trauma at a busy Manhattan hospital is less than pleased to learn that her new resident is going to be the subject of a documentary film. The arrival of Jude Castle, a fiery independent filmmaker, soon sets sparks flying as the two driven women clash both personally and professionally... -
![Lethal Affairs by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou]()
Lethal Affairs by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLove has never been more lethal.Elite operative Domino is no stranger to peril and impossible situations. Trained all her life to be just as comfortable fighting terrorists as mixing with the gala crowd, she is proficient at playing any role necessary to accomplish her objective and believes the cause sanctifies the means... -
![This Is the Season to Make You Mine by Johana Gavez]()
This Is the Season to Make You Mine by Johana Gavez
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill the Christmas magic help these two friends take a shot at love?Morgan Bergman doesn’t want to go home for Christmas. She loves her family, but since her parents retired and her sister moved back to their hometown of Apfelville to take over the family business, she’s been avoiding them, feeling guilty about choosing her rising career in New York over her family... -
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Work In Progress by Olivia Lucas
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDear God, Can I please return her?I know I asked for a hot, amazing woman to shake things up, but this is not what I had in mind. Not even close.Sure, she has mesmerizing eyes that hypnotize me, killer legs, wild hair –Ugh.Anyway, Reagan and I are polar opposites.First of all – she is New York, I am small-town Harmon Valley.She is also bossy, career-obsessed, and oh, a royal pain in my ass... -
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![A Long Way From Home by Olivia Lucas]()
A Long Way From Home by Olivia Lucas
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLogic versus desire – only one can survive the scorching heat of the Australian Outback. When no-nonsense, Chicago teacher Callie Rogers receives news that her deadbeat father has passed and has left her a share of his million-acre cattle station in the inhospitable Outback, she begrudgingly flies to the other side of the world... -
![Destroying Angel by Cara Malone]()
Destroying Angel by Cara Malone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA detective with secrets and a socially awkward scientist team up to solve the case of a relationship gone toxic in this age gap romantic suspense.Emery Ellison is a seasoned scientist at the top of her field, held back only by the shyness that has plagued her all her life... -
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Amanda's Dragonfly by Alexi Venice
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Amazon Bestselling Author Alexi VeniceAlexi Venice’s bestselling SAN FRANCISCO MYSTERY SERIES is a crime drama that tests the bonds of love and loyalty among Dr. Jen Dawson, Detective Tommy Vietti, and District Attorney Amanda Hawthorne. Amanda Hawthorne is a powerful District Attorney in San Francisco, defined by her beauty and own brand of justice... -
![Chain Reactions by Lynn Ames]()
Chain Reactions by Lynn Ames
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome of Diana Lindstrom’s fondest memories involve childhood experiments conducted under the watchful supervision of her Great-Aunt Nora, a celebrated physicist long ago shunned by the family for mysterious reasons. Now in her adult years and a sought-after scientist herself, Diana learns that Nora is dying. She hires private-duty nurse Brooke Sheldon to care for Nora... -
![The Gemini Deception by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou]()
The Gemini Deception by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAgent Harper “Shield” Kennedy’s specialty within the Elite Operatives Organization is security, although she’s long lost any gratification from babysitting most VIPs. However, her new assignment—to safeguard the U.S. president—will prove to be the biggest challenge of her career... -
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Rescue Me by Michelle L. Teichman
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsLife is exciting if you’re one of the top RCMP officers in the country. With a few good years under her belt and a promotion so close she can almost touch it, Staff Sergeant Kristen Bailey of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has everything figured out. Until she meets Ashleigh Paige. Beautiful, naïve, intelligent, and trusting, Ashleigh is the perfect possible lead for Bailey’s case... -
![Strength Check by Katherine McIntyre]()
Strength Check by Katherine McIntyre
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsRoxie Esposito just opened a board game café in San Francisco and should be basking in success. Instead, she’s picking out shards from her last relationship and handling her perpetually drunk mother, both of which strain her finances and fuel the need for a roommate.Melody Roberts finally got the promotion she’d been aiming for—across the country in San Francisco...Categorized as:
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![Crossing Lines by K.D. Williamson]()
Crossing Lines by K.D. Williamson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNora Whitmore has been through the ringer both professionally and personally. Now, her life is more than she ever thought it could be, especially with Kelli McCabe in it. The walls have come down, and she is open to new people and experiences. Kelli McCabe watched all the broken pieces of her life come together... -
![Enchanted By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron]()
Enchanted By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI was NOT looking forward to my sister’s wedding in the fall. It’s just another reminder of how single I am and how much pressure my family is putting on me to “find the one.” Don’t get me wrong, I’m a hopeless romantic, but all their meddling is making me feel a little murderous.Then one day a woman walks into the bookshop where I work... -
![Different Worlds by Lily Seabrooke]()
Different Worlds by Lily Seabrooke
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNatasha Seychelle, heiress to the vast Seychelle Enterprise, has been on a crumbling road ever since losing her mother. Losing her friends, falling away from her work responsibilities, and sinking deeper into depression, rumors are she won’t be able to succeed the company at the end of the summer.Annelise Benson just lost her kitchen job and is in freefall...Categorized as:
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![Leverage by E.J. Noyes]()
Leverage by E.J. Noyes
Last month, intelligence analyst Lexie Martin found out a secret that could ruin lives. After a week on the run from her own government with her maybe-almost girlfriend, Sophia Flores, Lexie was forced to turn herself in and accept her punishment... -
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Rainey Days by R.E. Bradshaw
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSpecial Agent Rainey Bell is on medical leave and has been for over a year, after a horrific attack left her scarred both inside and out. She drinks too much and hasn't had a good night's sleep in months. On a hung-over morning, in June, Rainey finds herself thrust back into the world of stalkers, rapist and serial killers by a request for help, from an old friend... -
![Discovering Delilah by Melissa Foster]()
Discovering Delilah by Melissa Foster
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfter the death of her parents on the day of her college graduation, Delilah Armstrong thought she could finally follow her heart and come out to her closest friends, but the guilt of going against her parents’ beliefs haunts her... -
![Alias by Cari Hunter]()
Alias by Cari Hunter
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA car lies crashed below a Welsh mountain road. One of the young women inside it is dead, the other badly injured, with no memory of who she is or what just happened. All she has is a bus pass showing her photograph and a name she doesn’t recognise...Categorized as:
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![My Boss's Stalker: Spoiler It's Not Me by Adrian J. Smith]()
My Boss's Stalker: Spoiler It's Not Me by Adrian J. Smith
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn unrequited crush. A stalker on the loose. Will she be able to save her boss?Zoe’s boss is a force to be reckoned with. And Zoe has had a crush on Gwen Fudala for the last three years. In a twist of events, Zoe drunkenly ends up on the phone with Gwen while in a compromising position. But it sparks a wildfire that neither can put out.Still, something isn’t right.Gwen is being stalked... -
![Death by the Riverside by J.M. Redmann]()
Death by the Riverside by J.M. Redmann
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAmong the moss-covered trees and wrought-iron balustrades of southern Louisiana, Detective Michele Knight (Micky to her friends) takes on the seemingly simple job of shooting a few photos for a client, but the going gets rough as Micky finds herself slugging through thugs and slogging through swamps in an attempt to expose a dangerous drug ring...
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