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  • Swamp Spook by Jana Deleon

    Swamp Spook by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    When black cats roam, and spooks are seen, Come celebrate, it’s Halloween. Sinful, Louisiana, really knows how to throw a party, and it goes all out for Halloween. The weeklong celebration kicks off with a maze of horror in the park built of hay bales. And Fortune has the perfect assignment—the executioner...
  • State of Grace by Marie Force

    State of Grace by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Christmas at the White House Wouldn’t Be Complete Without a Murder or Two… The holiday season is under way in Washington, D.C., but Metro Police Lieutenant Sam Holland is busier than ever as she contends with the murder of a well-liked wife, mother and businesswoman found bound, gagged and dead for quite some time inside her minivan, miles from her home...
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  • State of Shock by Marie Force

    State of Shock by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    They never saw this coming… Hold on to your hat for the next First Family book, coming December 20, 2022...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  contemporary  death  m-f
  • Forever Paired by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Paired by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Landon Davies had worked hard to start his own restaurant. It was a very different path than most of his family had taken. He was one of the few family members that were not military or law enforcement. But his hard work had given him a restaurant that was beginning to take off when a woman’s scream in the alley outside his kitchen changed everything...
    Categorized as:
    sports  suspense  contemporary  humor  m-f
  • Fatal Fraud by Marie Force

    Fatal Fraud by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Previously title Fatal VengeanceA dangerous truth revealed... A prominent member of the D.C. community has been murdered, pulling Lieutenant Sam Holland into yet another high-stakes homicide investigation that has her trying to connect the dots between a dead woman and the friends and family who’d turned against her right before her untimely death...
  • State of Affairs by Marie Force

    State of Affairs by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The phone call that changed their lives forever…Minutes after Vice President Nick Cappuano and Lt. Sam Holland get the call that President Nelson has been found dead in the residence on Thanksgiving, they’re still processing that Nick has been asked to come to the White House to take the oath of office...
  • On Her Watch by Melinda Leigh

    On Her Watch by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Sheriff Bree Taggert becomes a target when she follows the twisting trail of a serial killer in a bone-chilling novel of suspense by #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh.A pair of hikers find a tarp-wrapped body in a clearing in the woods. When a search in the surrounding area yields two more, Sheriff Bree Taggert knows they’ve stumbled onto a serial killer’s dumping ground...
  • State of Suspense by Marie Force

    State of Suspense by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A high-profile murder has Sam and her team chasing an elusive killer…Just back from their anniversary trip to Dewey Beach, there’s no slow roll back to work for the first couple as Sam is immediately thrust into a baffling new case that has everyone on edge. The FBI wants in on this one, and she’s determined to figure out what happened before they can take over her investigation...
  • State of the Union by Marie Force

    State of the Union by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s the biggest night of President Nick Cappuano’s life. Will his first lady make it to the Capitol in time for his speech?President Cappuano has been working for months on his first State of the Union address, his highest profile moment yet as the country’s new president...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  contemporary  length-medium  m-f
  • State of Denial by Marie Force

    State of Denial by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Denial: refusing to admit the truth or reality of something unpleasant… His mother has been arrested, his government is under new threat, the relentless media is driving him mad, and denial becomes the word of the day for President Nick Cappuano. Meanwhile, his wife, DC Metro Police Lt. Sam Holland Cappuano has caught a big new case with suspects everywhere she looks...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  contemporary  death  m-f
  • Secret in the Santa by Kathi Daley

    Secret in the Santa by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A heartwarming cozy mystery series about losing everything, taking a chance, and starting again...
  • The Chesapeake Series: Sea Swept / Rising Tides / Inner Harbor / Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts

    The Chesapeake Series: Sea Swept / Rising Tides / Inner Harbor / Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 21 ratings
    #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Nora Roberts presents her breathtaking Chesapeake Series--SEA SWEPT, RISING TIDES, INNER HARBOR, and CHESAPEAKE BLUE presented together in one set for the first time.SEA SWEPTWhen Cameron Quinn receives word that his father has been in a terrible car accident and is near death, Cam returns home...
  • The Letter Keeper by Charles Martin

    The Letter Keeper by Charles Martin

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Combining heart-wrenching emotion with edge-of-your-seat tension, Charles Martin explores the true power of sacrificial love. He shows up when all hope is lost. Murphy Shepherd has made a career of finding those no one else could—survivors of human trafficking. His life’s mission is helping others find freedom. But then the nightmare strikes too close to home...
  • Mistletoe and Magic for the Midwife by Jo Bartlett

    Mistletoe and Magic for the Midwife by Jo Bartlett

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The brand new instalment in the top 10 bestselling Midwives series!It’s the most wonderful time of the year…But for single mum and busy midwife Nadia, it’s quickly turning into her worst Christmas ever.Her marriage is over, and whilst her husband has moved on, Nadia finds herself back home, squashed into her mum’s spare room with her two small children...
  • The Magic of Sea Glass by Jenny Hale

    The Magic of Sea Glass by Jenny Hale

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    From the USA Today, bestselling author of The Summer House, with over one million copies of her books sold, comes a heartwarming beach read, perfect for fans of Sheila Roberts, Jill Shalvis, and Debbie Macomber.After the loss of her fiancé a year ago, event planner Lauren Sutton can’t seem to go on with her choice of career or the life she’d built with her fiancé any longer...
  • Targeted by Kathleen Brooks

    Targeted by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hunter Townsend loves his new home in the small town of Shadows Landing. It’s his sanctuary when he comes home from a mission as part of his Special Forces team. Maggie, the infuriating, monogram loving, bright color wearing, cuter than she should be woman, who loves to tease him was the only issue in Shadows Landing. Until a mission goes wrong . .
  • Wreathed in Disgrace by Robin Patchen

    Wreathed in Disgrace by Robin Patchen

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A famous actress, a protective bodyguard, a festive Christmas season, and a killer...or two...on the loose.Everybody believes movie star Denise Masters abandoned her family to pursue her dream, but the truth is much more complex. For years, she's longed to return to Coventry to repair her relationship with her daughter, but contractual obligations--and fear of being rejected--have kept her away...
  • Troubled Tidings: a Christmas novella by Christy Barritt

    Troubled Tidings: a Christmas novella by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A blown tire on a lonely desert road leads to Christmas Eve trouble.Vanishing Ranch chef Dean Burns just needed to pick up a few things for Christmas dinner. When his tire blows on the way home, he assures coworker Kota Perez that they’ll be back on the road in no time.Dean soon realizes the flat tire was no accident, and the simple trip transforms into a terrifying fight for survival...
  • Together Under a Snowy Skye by Lisa Hobman

    Together Under a Snowy Skye by Lisa Hobman

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    After the heartbreak of a secret unrequited love, Millie Treadaway has finally found someone to spend her life with.Harry Rose is handsome, successful and treats her like a princess. That is until Millie presents her fiancé with a surprise birthday gift, and their future is suddenly doomed...
  • A Storm of Infinite Beauty by Julianne MacLean

    A Storm of Infinite Beauty by Julianne MacLean

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Beyond the Moonlit Sea comes an atmospheric tale of how one woman’s search for the truth uncovers long-hidden secrets and rocks the very foundation of her world.Scarlett Fontaine is a true Hollywood legend—a singer, actress, and beloved fashion icon. But Scarlett dies tragically at just thirty-six years old, leaving behind no children...
  • Pure Chemistry by Emilia Finn

    Pure Chemistry by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I’ve never wished for a knight in shining armor before, but today might be the day I let go of that pigheadedness and accept a little help.I’m a biochemist with a dream to cure cancer, but in my quest to save lives, I may be the reason thousands die...
  • Bitter Pill by Fern Michaels

    Bitter Pill by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    No one weaves a story as well as beloved New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels. In the latest in the Sisterhood series, a team of unscrupulous doctors is profiting from others’ distress—but these loyal friends know just the cure . . .   For the Sisterhood, there’s a special satisfaction that comes with helping a friend in need, especially when it’s someone as dear as Charlotte Hansen...
  • How to Read a Book by Monica Wood

    How to Read a Book by Monica Wood

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    A charming, deeply moving novel about second chances, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing power of sharing stories.Our Reasons meet us in the morning and whisper to us at night...
  • Last Rites by Sharon Sala

    Last Rites by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There's nothing a community won't do to protect its own...Shirley Wallace and her four sons return to her childhood home on Pope Mountain in Jubilee, Kentucky, with a lifetime of hardship behind them, hoping to find peace and begin their lives anew. Eldest brother Aaron Pope returns to his life as a police officer, and is settling in just fine...
  • Murdock by Elle James

    Murdock by Elle James

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ex-Navy SEAL, Sean Murdock, is done with the Navy, done with being a bodyguard and ready to embrace construction as his new vocation. When he offers to ride shotgun with the local mobile veterinarian to deliver a horse to a client, he doesn’t expect the trip to turn into a rescue mission.Gabbie Myers grew up on a ranch in Montana and knew from her first pony that she would become a veterinarian...
  • Road to Christmas: Holly / Harper by Kathi Daley

    Road to Christmas: Holly / Harper by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Join Holly and Harper as they work to solve the mystery which will bring them homeHolly - previously published in December 2013 as Road to Christmas PastHolly Thompson’s life changed forever when she received an early Christmas present from her dead Aunt Meg. Prior to her death, her former foster mother won the gorgeous PI during one of her Tuesday morning poker games...
  • Christmas Miracles at the Little Log Cabin by Helen J. Rolfe

    Christmas Miracles at the Little Log Cabin by Helen J. Rolfe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A snow-covered log cabin surrounded by Christmas trees brings plenty of surprises for Holly … do you believe in Christmas miracles? Holly is looking for a change and even though not everyone agrees with her career choices, she’s determined there’s more to this life than the long hours she works as an editor in New York City...
  • Holiday Heroes: by Janie Crouch, Regan Black

    Holiday Heroes: by Janie Crouch, Regan Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    These heroes will protect their women from danger and won’t let them spend the holidays alone…Includes two full books for one great price!A Fairytale Hero — Jackson Prince thought love was done for him when his wife died five years ago. But the shy girl he never forgot from high school saving his life on Christmas Eve proves him wrong. Now they'll both learn it's never too late for love...
  • Home Fires by Cat Johnson

    Home Fires by Cat Johnson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Navy SEAL Cal Swenson's going home has been a long time coming. Too bad his homecoming was based on a lie. And why did Granny feign dying to get him back to New York? That's the big question...
  • Her One and Only by Becky Wade

    Her One and Only by Becky Wade

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Romance Fans Eagerly Anticipate Every New Release from Becky Wade Gray Fowler, star NFL tight end, is being pursued by a stalker, so his team hires a protection agency to keep Gray under the watch of a bodyguard at all times. When Gray meets Dru Porter, an agent assigned to him, he's indignant...
  • The Dangerous One by Lori Foster

    The Dangerous One by Lori Foster

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Alone is good. Alone with her is…better. Hunter Osborn left his family, his friends and his job as a park ranger after uncovering a disturbing crime scene. Haunted by nightmares and dark thoughts, Hunter relocated to a small cabin outside of Ridge Trail, Colorado, where he lives off the land (and mostly off the grid)...
  • The Christmas Letters: A heartwarming, feel-good holiday romance by Jenny Hale

    The Christmas Letters: A heartwarming, feel-good holiday romance by Jenny Hale

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Elizabeth Holloway's sparkling world comes crashing down around her when her boyfriend of seven years drops the bomb that he’s leaving her—at Christmas. In an attempt to piece her life back together, she suddenly finds herself seven hundred miles from her New York City home, trudging through the snow, back at her childhood farm in the Great Smoky Mountains...
  • The Christmas Letters by Jenny Hale

    The Christmas Letters by Jenny Hale

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Elizabeth Holloway's sparkling world comes crashing down around her when her boyfriend of seven years drops the bomb that he’s leaving her—at Christmas. In an attempt to piece her life back together, she suddenly finds herself seven hundred miles from her New York City home, trudging through the snow, back at her childhood farm in the Great Smoky Mountains...
  • Saving Sophie by Cate Beauman

    Saving Sophie by Cate Beauman

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jewelry designer Sophie Burke has fled Maine for the anonymity of the big city. She’s starting over with a job she tolerates and a grungy motel room she calls home on the wrong side of town, but anything is better than the nightmare she left behind...
  • All Is Bright: A Christmas Romance by RaeAnne Thayne

    All Is Bright: A Christmas Romance by RaeAnne Thayne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "[Thayne] engages the reader's heart and emotions, inspiring hope and the belief that miracles are possible...
  • Cold Threat by Nancy Mehl

    Cold Threat by Nancy Mehl

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Twenty years ago, several people were murdered in Des Moines, and the only evidence left behind was a snowman ornament hanging on a tree on their front lawns. With a suspect behind bars, the killings have come to an end--or so everyone thought. But now crimes with a similar MO are happening in a small Iowa town, and a local detective believes the killer is back and ready to strike again...
  • Santa's Subpoena by Rebecca Zanetti

    Santa's Subpoena by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    So Much for Peace During the HolidaysAnna Albertini has her hands full during the holiday season. Her boyfriend Aiden is back in town after being undercover across the country for the last three months, and his sudden over-protectiveness is a little too much...
  • Brutal Boxer by Naomi Porter

    Brutal Boxer by Naomi Porter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Aspen. My Snow.As teenagers, we were always each other’s forever and ever. Until we weren’t.Now I am the enforcer for the Knight’s Legion MC. I dole out punishment on soulless criminals with my blade Ricky.In the MMA cage, I unleash my anger and frustrations. Fighting is my lifeline to living without the only woman I ever loved, my Snow...
  • The Cottage in the Highlands by Julie Shackman

    The Cottage in the Highlands by Julie Shackman

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When Leonie Baxter finds herself out of a job and out of a relationship, she’s at her wits end. Her life has just been turned upside down and she needs a plan, fast.By chance, on a walk with her rescue puppy, Leonie stumbles across a striking house in the woods; fully furnished but unoccupied. As a journalist, she is determined to find out more, after all, reporting is in her nature...
  • East of Alice by Annie Seaton

    East of Alice by Annie Seaton

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A gem-fossicking discovery echoes through time and leads to a dangerous journey through the red dust outback. A gripping mystery from Australian author Annie Seaton.Gemma Hayden has returned to her hometown of Alice Springs for a new job as a primary school teacher. It's been six years since her family broke apart following the disappearance of her twin brother. And the scars still run deep...
  • Player Haters by Carl Weber

    Player Haters by Carl Weber

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    An Essence Bestseller A Black Expressions Book Club Selection National bestselling author Carl Weber returns with another page-turner full of family drama. The Duncans are no strangers to sibling rivalry, heartbreak, or the high price of getting played - even when it's by one of their own...
  • In the Midnight Rain by Barbara O'Neal

    In the Midnight Rain by Barbara O'Neal

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Two converging mysteries compel a woman’s search for the truth in a captivating novel about loss, love, family, and healing by the USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids.Biographer Ellie Connor is in Gideon, Texas, to research blues singer Mabel Beauvais who, on the verge of fame, mysteriously disappeared more than forty years ago. Gideon holds another mystery for Ellie...
  • Mercy by Julie Garwood

    Mercy by Julie Garwood

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 43 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood takes readers from New Orleans' exclusive Garden District to the backwoods of Louisiana's mysterious bayou country in an unforgettable novel of passion and suspense that cuts straight to the heart. When esteemed Justice Department attorney Theo Buchanan is struck ill at a New Orleans gala, Dr. Michelle Renard works fast to save his life...
  • All is Bright by RaeAnne Thayne

    All is Bright by RaeAnne Thayne

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Return to Hope’s Crossing this Christmas in New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne’s latest heartwarming story of matchmaking at the holidays! Sage McKnight is an ambitious young architect working at her father’s firm who takes on her most challenging client in Mason Tucker...
  • Don't Back Down by Sharon Sala

    Don't Back Down by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The first in a riveting and pulse-pounding new romantic suspense series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Sharon Sala.Army veteran Cameron Pope arrives back in Jubilee, Kentucky, for the first time in years...
  • Falling Like Snowflakes by Denise Hunter

    Falling Like Snowflakes by Denise Hunter

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 16 ratings
    When the Christmas season finds Eden in Summer Harbor, Maine, she's on the run from trouble. Romance is the last thing on her mind. Riding in a bus in the thickly falling snow, Eden Davis wonders how it ever came to this--fleeing under cover of night with young Micah sleeping fitfully in the seat beside her...
  • The Summer Hideaway by Susan Wiggs

    The Summer Hideaway by Susan Wiggs

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 18 ratings
    Never get attached—Private nurse and protected witness Claire Turner lives by this motto. Fleeing a treacherous past, she knows no other way. Never give up—In the twilight of his life, George Bellamy makes it his final wish to reconcile with an estranged brother. He and Claire journey to Willow Lake—where it all went wrong for him fifty years ago...
  • Licensed for Trouble by Susan May Warren

    Licensed for Trouble by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    PJ Sugar receives shocking news that she’s inherited the Kellogg family mansion. Though she has no idea why, the timing is perfect—PJ has clearly worn out her welcome at her sister’s house. Unfortunately, the mansion is in shambles, and PJ is short on cash. Rescue comes in the form of Max Smith, a mysterious handyman willing to trade his services for PJ’s investigative skills...
  • Holiday Amnesia by Lynette Eason

    Holiday Amnesia by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With no memory, who can she trust?A deadly Christmas in Wrangler’s CornerRobin Hardy survived an explosion in her university lab—but her memories are gone. With danger lurking behind every Christmas tree, she needs shelter from the attackers she can’t identify. She’ll trust fellow professor Toby Potter to safely hide her away...
  • High-Stakes Holiday Reunion by Christy Barritt

    High-Stakes Holiday Reunion by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A CHILD'S LIFE IS AT STAKE When Christopher Jordan sees the fear in Ashley Wilson's eyes, he knows he can't let her request for help go unanswered. Despite their tumultuous history, he's the only person his ex-fiancée can trust to find her kidnapped nephew...
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