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  • 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...
  • Conflict of Interest by Scott Pratt

    Conflict of Interest by Scott Pratt

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A six-year-old girl is kidnapped from her bed in Tennessee's oldest town. The ransom note demands millions. In this fifth installment of the highly-acclaimed and bestselling Joe Dillard series, Dillard is hired to represent the parents of a child who has gone missing...
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  • One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury

    One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    I’m a firefighter, God, so I know I’ve been in some tough places before. But this . . . this not knowing the people I love . . . this is the hardest thing I can imagine. The last thing Jake Bryan knew was the roar of the World Trade Center collapsing on top of him and his fellow firefighters. The man in the hospital bed remembers nothing...
  • Solid as Steele by Susan Sleeman

    Solid as Steele by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He lost his memory…Mackenzie Steele has been instrumental in keeping Steele Guardians afloat, working long hours for months. Nearing burnout, her family encourages her to take a vacation, and she reluctantly agrees. She needs solitude and quiet, and a vacation rental home in the Oregon desert is just the ticket. But she’s no sooner unpacked her bags when a man lands on her doorstep...
  • Mischief and Mutiny by Hope Callaghan

    Mischief and Mutiny by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the Siren of the Seas nears its next port of call, a group of disgruntled crewmembers circulate a petition to have the ship’s purser fired.Millie is shocked to learn that not only is her close friend’s name at the top of the list, but other loyal crewmembers’ names are listed as well...
  • Critical Threat by Lynette Eason

    Critical Threat by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    FBI Special Agent Grace Billingsley tracks serial killers, using her skills as a psychiatrist and behavioral analyst to get dangerous people off the street and safely behind bars. But prison psychiatrist Sam Monroe knows that just because a killer is incarcerated doesn't mean they're not a threat...
  • Refuge of Redemption: The Colsons by Christy Barritt

    Refuge of Redemption: The Colsons by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Home is a place of refuge—unless it’s a serial killer’s playground. For years, residents of Fog Lake thought of Bear Colson as the son of an infamous serial killer. But Bear stood his ground, determined not to be driven away. Now, new evidence has emerged that could clear his father’s name, and Bear sets out to use his skills as a computer forensics expert to find the killer’s real identity...
    Categorized as:
    christian  mystery  suspense  contemporary
  • Wedding at Sea by Melissa Tagg

    Wedding at Sea by Melissa Tagg

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lilian doesn’t remember anything about her life before the day Maggie Muir found her on her front porch—a toddler, abandoned and alone. And maybe that’s okay. She has a beautiful life at Muir Farm, including an adopted family she adores and a successful career as a lawyer. But she also has a secret . . . one that raises just as many questions about her future as it does her unknown past...
  • Detection by Lisa Phillips

    Detection by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Coming this summer...
  • He Walks Among Us by Christy Barritt

    He Walks Among Us by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Members of the Arctic Circle Murder Club get together to discuss the next case they'll take a deep dive into. But their plans are quickly derailed when three bodies emerge from an icy river nearby and a friend of one of the victims pleads for help...
  • Skin and Bone by Lisa Phillips

    Skin and Bone by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dark secrets in northern Washington.Kenna is only slightly hiding from testifying in federal hearings about her actions in Las Vegas when a routine stakeout yields a mysterious invitation—and a startling connection to a case her father worked in his FBI days...
  • One Last Shot by Susan May Warren

    One Last Shot by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When country music star Oaken Fox joins survivalist Mike Grizz's new adventure show in the Alaskan wilderness, he just wants to boost his fan base. But when tragedy strikes and Air One Rescue must save them, Oaken wants to quit. Too bad his producer has other plans--signing him on with Air One Rescue as a recruit and making a reality show...
  • The End of the Road by Christy Barritt

    The End of the Road by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With the future of the Arctic Circle Murder Club teetering on rocky ground, the team members have scattered. But it’s not long before they realize some bonds can’t be broken. Fearing an adversary from her past will find her, Simmy Samuels runs, determined to find a new place to hide. But Ranger Garrett isn’t about to leave Simmy out in the cold and alone...
  • The End of the Road by Christy Barritt

    The End of the Road by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With the future of the Arctic Circle Murder Club teetering on rocky ground, the team members have scattered. But it’s not long before they realize some bonds can’t be broken. Fearing an adversary from her past will find her, Simmy Samuels runs, determined to find a new place to hide. But Ranger Garrett isn’t about to leave Simmy out in the cold and alone...
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    mystery  christian  contemporary  length-long
  • The Secrets She Kept by Christy Barritt

    The Secrets She Kept by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the Land of the Midnight Sun, secrets cast long shadows. Former Army investigator Duke McAllister remains determined to uncover the truth behind his fiancée’s mysterious disappearance two years ago. Joined by his friend and podcast teammate, Andi Slade, Duke delves into Celeste Dawson’s past and soon uncovers a mind-bending conspiracy...
  • Deadly Vendetta by Roxanne Rustand

    Deadly Vendetta by Roxanne Rustand

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    HE HADN’T KNOWN ABOUT HIS ESTRANGED SISTER’S LITTLE GIRL. NOW HE’S ON THE RUN TO KEEP HER ALIVE.DEA Agent Zach Forrester’s troubled sister refused all contact for years. Now she’s at his door, frantically claiming she and her daughter witnessed a murder. Begging him to keep Katie safe, she shoves the child into his arms and vanishes...
  • Forgotten Secrets by Christy Barritt

    Forgotten Secrets by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    FBI Special Agent Jesse Marx doesn’t know which is worse—waking up in a horse stable with no memories of the past two weeks or waking up to discover he’s wearing a wedding band. Not only has he been injured, but he’s also married—something he vowed to never do.Dakota Fleming refuses to feel a connection to any man, much less be tied down to one...
  • Exes and Woes by Hope Callaghan

    Exes and Woes by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After Carlita becomes a prime suspect in a murder investigation; she and Mercedes frantically hunt for Elvira who holds the key to clearing her name...
  • When a Secret Kills by Lynette Eason

    When a Secret Kills by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Investigative reporter Jillian Carter knows it's time to put the past to rest. She's tired of looking over her shoulder, letting a killer go free. She's no longer the scared kid who changed her name and disappeared. Now, no matter what the cost, Jillian must do what she is trained to do--ferret out the truth and expose it...
  • In Too Deep by Lynn H. Blackburn

    In Too Deep by Lynn H. Blackburn

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When the dive team is called in to recover a body from a submerged car, they aren't prepared to find an encrypted laptop--or an unsettling connection between investigator Adam Campbell and the dead accountant. Adam turns to his friend Dr. Sabrina Fleming--a professor at the local university with unparalleled computer security and forensics skills--to recover the files from the laptop...
  • 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...
  • In Harm's Way by Irene Hannon

    In Harm's Way by Irene Hannon

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 19 ratings
    FBI special agent Nick Bradley has seen his share of kooks during his fifteen years with the Bureau. But Rachel Sutton is an enigma. She seems normal when she shows up at the FBI office in St. Louis--until she produces a tattered Raggedy Ann doll she found and tells him she thinks something is wrong because of a strange feeling of terror it gives her when she touches it...
  • The Bridge of Peace by Cindy Woodsmall

    The Bridge of Peace by Cindy Woodsmall

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 15 ratings
    Amish schoolteacher Lena Kauffman channels her zest for living into her love of teaching, but tensions mount when she is challenged to work with a rebellious young man and deal with several crises that threaten her other students...
  • Divine Wedding by Hope Callaghan

    Divine Wedding by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As Delta and Gary prepare to walk down the aisle just days away from what could be Divine’s wedding of the decade, Jo offers to help Delta spruce up Gary’s old farmhouse.While there, Jo’s hound dog runs off. She and Delta track him down where they make a shocking discovery that threatens to rip the couple apart.The discovery sets off a chain of events that cast suspicion on the groom-to-be...
  • Divine Creations: A Divine Cozy Mystery Novel by Hope Callaghan

    Divine Creations: A Divine Cozy Mystery Novel by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As former convict and resident, Kelli Cole enters the last stretch of her time at Joanna Pepperdine’s rehabilitation farm in Divine, Kansas, new evidence that could prove her innocence is given to her from an unlikely ally…the news reporter who unfairly covered her trial...
  • Divine Creations: A Divine Cozy Mystery Novel by Hope Callaghan

    Divine Creations: A Divine Cozy Mystery Novel by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As former convict and resident, Kelli Cole enters the last stretch of her time at Joanna Pepperdine’s rehabilitation farm in Divine, Kansas, new evidence that could prove her innocence is given to her from an unlikely ally…the news reporter who unfairly covered her trial...
  • Rescuing You: Secrets and Spies in Shadow Cove by Robin Patchen

    Rescuing You: Secrets and Spies in Shadow Cove by Robin Patchen

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From a USA Today bestselling author... When the woman Michael was coming to love goes missing, he fears the worst--not only that she's been murdered, but that it's his fault. If his enemies discovered he was working for the CIA, they wouldn't hesitate to punish him by exacting their revenge on an innocent woman.But a cryptic message tells him she's still alive...
  • Finding You by Robin Patchen

    Finding You by Robin Patchen

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Don't miss this race-against-the-clock story of suspense and intrigue from a USA Today bestselling author...
  • One Last Chance by Susan May Warren

    One Last Chance by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The voice on the radio saved his life.But when he discovers who she is…it just might cost him everything.Axel Mulligan was built to be a Coast Guard rescue swimmer. He could swim faster, endure longer and became a miracle for those in peril in the sea. Until a tragedy destroyed him and sent him home, to Alaska...
  • Malicious Intent by Lynn H. Blackburn

    Malicious Intent by Lynn H. Blackburn

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Dr. Ivy Collins, founder and CEO of Hedera, Inc., is ready to begin clinical trials of her company's cutting-edge prosthetic. Her work has been heralded by government, medical, and advocacy groups and everyone hopes the device will be a success. Well, almost everyone...
  • Her Hopeful Heart: Amish Romance by Samantha Price

    Her Hopeful Heart: Amish Romance by Samantha Price

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Debbie is stepping into a new life beyond what she had ever imagined, and her family is right there with her. They're pitching in, ensuring her new home is as warm and welcoming as possible. It's a team effort, and Favor and Cherish refuse to go home until it feels just right...
    Categorized as:
    christian  amish  contemporary  historical
  • Return to Love's Promise: Amish Romance by Samantha Price

    Return to Love's Promise: Amish Romance by Samantha Price

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The Baker family's generations-old apple orchard faces a season unlike any before. Three unexpected visitors bring a deluge of secrets and emotions, disrupting everything.As these revelations unfold, love finds a way to blossom in the most unexpected of places.Don't miss this second-last book in The Amish Bonnet Sisters series...
    Categorized as:
    amish  christian  contemporary  suspense
  • Under Fire by Lynn H. Blackburn

    Under Fire by Lynn H. Blackburn

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "Special Agent Tessa Reed left her demons in the past, but when she reconnects with USSS Agent Zane Thacker during a presidential fundraiser, one of those old adversaries comes to collect...
  • The Harvest of Grace by Cindy Woodsmall

    The Harvest of Grace by Cindy Woodsmall

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 15 ratings
    Reeling from an unexpected betrayal, can Sylvia find relief from the echoes of her past…or will they shape her future forever?  Although Sylvia Fisher recognizes that most Old Order Amish women her age spend their hours managing a household and raising babies, she has just one focus—tending and nurturing the herd on her family’s dairy farm...
  • Hostile Intent by Lynette Eason

    Hostile Intent by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ava Jackson entered the military shortly after high school, but her mother's illness has forced her to request an early discharge. She already lost her father while deployed, and there's no way she's going to let her mother die alone. But after a visit to the nursing facility where her mother lives, Ava is attacked walking back to her car...
  • Peculiar Poison by Hope Callaghan

    Peculiar Poison by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Discover why so many fans love the "Original" Cruise Ship Cozy Mystery series by Hope Callaghan!When a crew member is mysteriously poisoned onboard the “Siren of the Seas,” Millie fights to clear her name after becoming a suspect...
  • Crossfire by Lynette Eason

    Crossfire by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    FBI special agent Julianna James is a top-notch negotiator who has never lost a hostage. Surely, she can manage to take care of her much younger sister, Dottie, who showed up unannounced to live with Julianna while she finished her senior year of high school.A former sniper with the 75th Ranger Regiment, Clay Snyder left the army after a tragic incident that he can't get past...
  • Fraser by Susan May Warren

    Fraser by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fraser Marshall is pretty sure his career as a Spec Ops fighter is over. Yes, he’s gone into private security, working for Jones, Inc, but his last gig ended with him wounded and taken captive. And those wounds just won’t heal. The last thing he wants to do is stick around his family’s winery pressing grapes...
  • Jonas by Susan May Warren

    Jonas by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jonas Marshall is done storm-chasing, plagued with the memory of a terrible accident that paralyzed a fellow chaser, so the last thing he’s going to do is run into more danger. Now, he’s just a simple weatherman deploying dirigibles in an experiment to track weather patterns in Slovenia.As far from danger as he can get...
  • Never Happen to You by Christy Barritt

    Never Happen to You by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The team investigates the Missing Women of Dalton Highway. Will Duke finally find the answers he's been seeking? An investor with a strange link to Andi makes a proposal...
    Categorized as:
    christian  mystery  suspense  contemporary
  • Never Happen to You: A Chilling Cold Case Suspense and Mystery by Christy Barritt

    Never Happen to You: A Chilling Cold Case Suspense and Mystery by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Crime is something that happens to strangers. Until it’s not.As women continue to vanish in Alaska’s Far North, the Arctic Circle Murder Club meets again to combine their skills and search for the truth. Only the evidence isn’t adding up. The case of The Missing Women of Dalton Highway has gone cold, and every new possibility leaves them with frostbite...
  • The Dead of Night by Christy Barritt

    The Dead of Night by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The team's next case takes them to southeastern Alaska to investigate a woman who was murdered on a camping trip five years ago. Her killer was never found, but suspicions abound in the small fishing community. Now another woman is dead, and all the clues indicate the same person is responsible. Meanwhile, a new relationship on the team makes everything more complicated...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  christian  contemporary  length-long
  • Shadow Operative by Christy Barritt

    Shadow Operative by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She woke with blood on her hands, a dead man beside her, and no memory of how she got there . . . As CEO of a successful technology firm, Nia Anderson routinely makes split-second decisions. But now, every choice she makes could lead to life in prison or to her own untimely death. She knows freedom lies in finding the real killer...
  • When the Soul Mends by Cindy Woodsmall

    When the Soul Mends by Cindy Woodsmall

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 17 ratings
    Returning to the home she fled in disgrace, will Hannah find healing for the wounds of the past? After receiving a desperate and confusing call from her sister, Hannah Lapp reluctantly returns to the Old Order Amish community of her Pennsylvania childhood. Having fled in disgrace more than two years earlier, she finally has settled into a satisfying role in the Englischer world...
  • When the Morning Comes by Cindy Woodsmall

    When the Morning Comes by Cindy Woodsmall

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 17 ratings
    Her relationship with fiancé Paul Waddell in tatters, Hannah Lapp has fled her secluded Old Order Amish community in hopes of finding a new home in Ohio with her shunned aunt. Hampered by limited education and hiding her true identity, Hannah struggles to navigate the confusing world of the Englischer s...
  • A Light in the Window by Jan Karon

    A Light in the Window by Jan Karon

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The second book in Jan Karon’s bestselling Mitford series confirms that a trip to Mitford is good for the soul His attractive neighbor is tugging at his heartstrings. A wealthy widow is pursuing him with hot casseroles. And his red-haired Cousin Meg has moved into the rectory, uninvited. As you can see, Mitford's rector and lifelong bachelor, Father Tim, is in need of divine intervention...
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