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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  m-f  contemporary  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...
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  • 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  m-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • 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  m-f  contemporary  death
  • Beyond the Chase by Brittney Sahin

    Beyond the Chase by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    When your whole world disappears, where do you turn?Ava Daniels' lab has been wiped clean.Everything is missing, including her boss and the formula for the dangerous chemical substance they had just discovered.The major problem? No one was supposed to know her lab even existed. And now Ava is the main suspect in the crime.Ava needs answers, and she's utterly alone...
  • Forever Covert by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Covert by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kale Mueez just wants to work on his computer programs and, okay, some not-so-legal hacking. Even though he sold one of his computer software companies for more money than he’d ever need, he wasn’t one to sit back and do nothing. That is especially true since his father is a super soldier known around the world...
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    mystery  suspense  m-f  contemporary  humor  length-medium
  • 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...
  • Drink It Up by Cee Bowerman

    Drink It Up by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Quinn Donovan is a single dad with too much on his plate. He is surrounded by his wild and crazy family at home and at work while raising two little girls who are the light of his life. When a complete stranger swoops in to help him when he needs it most only to then disappear without a word, it seems he’s lost his chance to get to know her...
  • 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...
  • Malcolm by Jessica Gadziala

    Malcolm by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He was happy with his quiet life.With the club, with his family, with his cabin in the woods.He didn’t think he needed more than that.Not until he came across her.But when a string of unfortunate events starts to seem less like happenstance and more like something someone had planned...
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    mystery  suspense  m-f  bikers  contemporary
  • 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...
  • No More Secrets by Kerry Lonsdale

    No More Secrets by Kerry Lonsdale

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A young man seeks redemption from his past in the third novel from the No More trilogy by Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kerry Lonsdale.After serving six months in a juvenile detention center, Lucas Carson returns home irrevocably changed by what happened there...
  • Rewriting Grey by L.A. Ferro

    Rewriting Grey by L.A. Ferro

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "Bad choices make epic stories. Write one with me."Iverson Grey wasn’t supposed to be my happily ever after.He wasn’t even on my radar.I came to Copper Falls, expecting to settle my sister's estate and learn about the woman I never knew existed until I was notified of her death. Little did I know that stories about her weren't the only thing that awaited me in the small town...
  • Strategic Plan by Lynn Shannon

    Strategic Plan by Lynn Shannon

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He swore an oath. Tucker Colburn is haunted by his comrade’s death. He promised to deliver the man’s personal effects to his sister, but before he can, the woman disappears. No forwarding address, no telephone number, and no way to contact her. The case is at a standstill until Tucker rescues another woman from a deadly attack.  She’s a target...
  • 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...
  • 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)...
  • Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich

    Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 77 ratings
    Stephanie Plum, the brassy babe in the powder blue Buick is back and she's having a bad hair day -- for the whole month of January. She's been given the unpopular task of finding Mo Bedemier, Trenton's most beloved citizen, arrested for carrying concealed, gone no-show for his court appearance...
  • The Murder Game by Beverly Barton

    The Murder Game by Beverly Barton

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    New Game The game is simple--he is the Hunter. They are the Prey. He gives them a chance to escape. To run. To hide. To outsmart him. But eventually, he catches them. And that's when the game gets really terrifying... New RulesPrivate investigator Griffin Powell and FBI agent Nicole Baxter know a lot about serial killers--they took one down together...
  • Mountain Seeking Princess: A Full Length Moose Mountain Novel by Marley Michaels

    Mountain Seeking Princess: A Full Length Moose Mountain Novel by Marley Michaels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Moose Mountain has been calling her protectors back to the mountain for a reason—she’s under threat and needs to be saved. It’s time to call in a champion and crown a new queen.Martie Cooper has lived her life constantly searching for something to fill an untouchable void in her heart...
  • Rising From The Ashes by Darlene Tallman

    Rising From The Ashes by Darlene Tallman

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 7 ratings
    JoryTen years ago, my life irrevocably changed when my then-boyfriend decided to shoot anyone he could during the Homecoming Dance. The ensuing fire killed ten students, as well as four teachers; however, somehow my life was spared. It took a lot of surgeries, therapy, and time for me to heal, but now I’m ready to reclaim my life...
  • Cold by Max Monroe

    Cold by Max Monroe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I wanted a second chance. What I got was a repeat. She was too beautiful. Too smart. And her emerald green eyes saw too much. I wanted space-she took it away. I craved her lips-she gave me her kiss. I screwed it up-she got smart. Avoiding me is the right thing to do. I'm messed up, tortured, and probably always will be. But I still want her. Her mind. Her body. Her heart...
  • Fear No Evil by Allison Brennan

    Fear No Evil by Allison Brennan

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    In cyberspace, no one can hear you scream. Instead of preparing for her high school graduation, Lucy Kincaid is facing a vicious execution. Lured by an online predator, she’s destined to die horribly–live on the Internet–while hundreds of heartless viewers watch and vote on the method of her slaughter...
  • 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...
  • And I Love You the Most by W. Winters

    And I Love You the Most by W. Winters

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    An epic tale of both betrayal and all-consuming love...Marcus, the villain.Cody Walsh, the FBI agent who knows too much.And Delilah, the lawyer caught in between.This is the third and final book in the This Love Hurts trilogy...
  • Aftermath's Exposure by J. Lynn Lombard

    Aftermath's Exposure by J. Lynn Lombard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Aftermath's Exposure Royal Bastards MCLos Angeles ChapterBook #6By J. Lynn Lombard Cover Crimson Syn Brady CyphertAftermathBetrayal is a bitter word on my tongue. I've been beaten and branded, trying every day to get past what happened in my past before Royal Bastards took my sorry ass in. My heart was hardened by darkness and betrayal. Then she came along...
  • See No Evil by Allison Brennan

    See No Evil by Allison Brennan

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    A cunning killer hides in plain sight.A troubled teenage girl has been charged with the grisly murder of her stepfather. The evidence is damning: Emily was found alone at the scene with blood on her hands, and an incriminating e-mail she wrote outlines a murder plot identical to the method of the brutal slaying...
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    suspense  mystery  m-f  contemporary  length-long
  • Breaking Creed by Alex Kava

    Breaking Creed by Alex Kava

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    New York Times– and internationally bestselling author Alex Kava’s thrilling new series introducing Ryder Creed, ex-marine turned K9 search-and-rescue dog trainer as he teams up with fan-favorite FBI profiler Maggie O’Dell.Ryder Creed and his dogs have been making national headlines. They’ve intercepted several major drug stashes being smuggled through Atlanta’s airport...
  • 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...
  • The Dying Game by Beverly Barton

    The Dying Game by Beverly Barton

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Play To Win... It's the ultimate game--the adrenaline surge of the hunt, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat. For in this game, the rules are simple: To win, you only have to kill. To lose, you will have to die... Play To Scream... The victims are former beauty queens found with a single rose beside their bodies...
  • 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...
  • Trust Me by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Trust Me by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 26 ratings
    The captivating new novel from the New York Times best selling author of Grand Passion! Passion is simple, but there's no logic to love...
  • The Hunt by Allison Brennan

    The Hunt by Allison Brennan

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Touched by a killer, she feels the fire of revenge. Twelve years ago, Miranda Moore miraculously survived the torture of a serial killer who was never caught. Since then, Miranda, a former FBI trainee and now a member of a local search-and-rescue squad, has witnessed with horror the recovery of the mutilated bodies of seven young women, all victims of her tormentor, known as The Butcher...
  • 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...
  • Return to Red Castle by Dorothy M. Keddington

    Return to Red Castle by Dorothy M. Keddington

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Red Castle ... an ancient citadel of wine-red stone in the heart of Utah's primitive High Uinta Mountains. Hidden away near its rocky base, a small plane lies twisted and broken. The four men ... desperate, ruthless, will stop at nothing to retrieve the plane's valuable cargo, but their only clue to its location are the words ... Red Castle. Jesse Chisholm ..
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    suspense  mystery  m-f  contemporary  length-short
  • Killer Bond by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Killer Bond by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Daniel Hendricks wants a vacation. Ward Security’s accountant and resident code breaker just needs a little R&R from the chaos and usual shenanigans of the office. But what was supposed to be a sexy vacation hook-up explodes in his face when he’s mistaken for a rogue secret agent...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  insta-love  suspense  m-m  contemporary  queer
  • His Submissive by Jane Henry, Maisy Archer

    His Submissive by Jane Henry, Maisy Archer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *** Special release weekend price of $2.99 (will be $4.99 on Monday, June 27th) *** Matteo Angelico, former Marine and experienced, longtime dominant, knows what he likes--sexy, submissive women who do what they're told and are willing and able to give him the control he craves. But he also knows what he doesn't like--the demands of a full-time dynamic and a committed relationship...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  m-f  contemporary  spanking  bdsm
  • Break and Enter by Lori Matthews

    Break and Enter by Lori Matthews

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Callahan Security is on the brink of disaster. Mitch Callahan pushed his brothers to expand the family business into private security, and their first major client is a complete pain in the ass. It’s no wonder the man has a target on his back, but nothing could prepare Mitch for how seductive his adversary is. Love hurts...
  • The Midwife By The Sea by Jo Bartlett

    The Midwife By The Sea by Jo Bartlett

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The last thing Ella Mehenick wants is the fifteen minutes of fame she’s found herself landed with. After all, who wants to star in a viral video of the very public ending of their relationship?Newly single, and desperate to get as far away from her former fiancé as possible, Ella heads back to the Cornish seaside town of Port Agnes, where she grew up...
  • Face of Danger by Roxanne St. Claire

    Face of Danger by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Private investigator Vivi Angelino loves living life on the edge, but stepping into the shoes of a movie starlet to bait a serial killer isn't just a thrill . . . it's a ticket to the big time for her fledgling security firm. That is, as long as a certain risk-averse FBI agent stays out of her way-and out of her fantasies...
  • What She Doesn't Know by Beverly Barton

    What She Doesn't Know by Beverly Barton

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    It's been 20 years since Jolie Royale witnessed the brutal crime that left her mother, her aunt, and her aunt's lover dead, and Jolie critically wounded. Ruled a murder-suicide, the case was closed, although rumors of the murderer's true identity abounded. Now, Jolie is coming home with mixed feelings about her father's funeral...
  • Tease Me by J. Kenner

    Tease Me by J. Kenner

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author J. Kenner comes a new story in her Stark International series…Entertainment reporter Jamie Archer knew it would be hard when her husband, Stark Security Chief Ryan Hunter, was called away for a long-term project in London. The distance is difficult to endure, but Jamie trusts the deep and passionate love that has always burned between them...
  • Salvation by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Salvation by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lexa These feelings I have for Ben can’t go anywhere. I’m the Angels Halo MC president’s daughter. And he is the sheriff. For both our sakes, I have to keep him away. Ben Lexa calms the rage that I’ve struggled with my entire life. I couldn’t care less who her father is. Nothing matters but making her mine. Because my broken beauty is where my salvation begins...
  • The Kill by Allison Brennan

    The Kill by Allison Brennan

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Her worst nightmare brought back to life, she risks everything for a second shot at justice. For thirty years, FBI scientist Olivia St. Martin has lived with guilt and one abiding certainty–that while she wasn’t able to save her sister’s life, she did testify and helped to convict the rapist and killer...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  m-f  contemporary  length-long
  • Tribute by Nora Roberts

    Tribute by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 40 ratings
    The #1 New York Times bestselling author presents her latest blockbuster novel, the story of a big-screen legend, a small-town scandal and a young woman caught up in the secrets and shadows of both. Cilla McGowan, a former child star, has found a more satisfying life restoring homes...
  • Riptide by Catherine Coulter

    Riptide by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Becca Matlock, a senior speechwriter for the governor of New York, is at the top of her professional game when she receives her first phone call. "Stop sleeping with the governor or I'll kill him." The thing is, she's not sleeping with the governor, but it doesn't stop the phone calls. The police stop believing her after the stalker murders an innocent in New York City to prove a point...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  m-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • Force of Nature by S.L. Scott

    Force of Nature by S.L. Scott

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    On paper, he's perfect. In real life, he's even better. From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, S.L. Scott, comes a new compelling Standalone Suspense Romance that has been called "Best of 2019" and "Heart-stoppingly Beautiful." Winter Nobleman is complicated. To say the least. It was supposed to be simple...
  • Dark Hearts by Sharon Sala

    Dark Hearts by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Some lies never stay buried… Betsy Jakes was having nightmares, nightmares that could solve a decades-old mystery. And for someone in her small town, that meant she had to die.  When Sam Jakes returns home to help his brother solve their mother's murder, two things shake him to the core. This crime is clearly the work of a serial killer who has struck twice before...
  • And Then You Die by Iris Johansen

    And Then You Die by Iris Johansen

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    When Bess Grady and her sister arrive in Mexico on vacation they are expecting paradise. Instead they find every person in the village is dead, killed in a bloodless carnage. The sisters are aided only by a mysterious agent who holds the key to stopping a vicious weapon aimed at America...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  m-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • Shiver of Fear by Roxanne St. Claire

    Shiver of Fear by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The legacy that haunts her . . .The mystery she must solve . . .A man who threatens to reveal her secrets . . .and break her heart.Burned by a failed marriage, former FBI agent Marc Rossi wants back in the investigation game with no emotional strings attached...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  m-f  contemporary  length-long
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