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  • Vital by Jamie Magee

    Vital by Jamie Magee

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Willow’s journey continues in VITAL, the fourth book in the INSIGHT series. Combating a crumbling family life, a circle of suddenly inconsiderate friends who seem determined to anger her, and a plethora of emotional trials too numerous to withstand, Willow feels overwhelmed. She has pushed herself beyond her own limits and in so doing has closed her mind. Dreams are no longer coming to her...
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    demons  m-f  contemporary  paranormal  fantasy  angels  vampires
  • Wild Heat by Alisa Woods

    Wild Heat by Alisa Woods

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He's a hot cop. She's a wild artist. Making art has never been so dangerously SEXY. Kaden Grant is well aware that the Seattle Police Department is no friend of shifters. But when the mayor’s favorite artist is targeted by the local hate-fanatic, he orders protective custody for her… and Kaden is desperate to land the assignment. Because any other cop would just get the girl killed...
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  • Enslave by Felicity Heaton

    Enslave by Felicity Heaton

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    His determination to succeed in business has left no room in his life for love. Now, a beautiful and deadly succubus has teleported into his dark, decadent world and is in danger of enslaving his heart...
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    demons  m-f  contemporary  vampires  paranormal  fae  fantasy
  • CHECK by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    CHECK by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From New York Times bestseller, Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, comes CHECK, book #3 of the Romantic Suspense series, Mr. Rook’s Island. (Approx. 225 pages) SHE’S ONLY GOT DAYS TO LIVE. HE’S GOT HOURS. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SAVING THE WOMAN YOU LOVE, WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR MORE TIME? Mr. Rook, eccentric billionaire and owner of the most exclusive island resort in the world, has a secret...
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    suspense  m-f  fantasy  paranormal  contemporary
  • Chill of Fear by Kay Hooper

    Chill of Fear by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper turns up the heat even as she chills readers to the bone with a new suspense novel that distills the essence of fear itself. In this relentless thriller, two psychics put more than their lives on the line to stop a killer darker and more evil than they could ever imagine. . .
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    suspense  m-f  contemporary  paranormal  mystery  fantasy
  • Silent Truth by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love

    Silent Truth by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the sizzling new adventure from New York Times bestselling authors Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love, a red-hot BAD boy teams up with a sexy television reporter on an explosive quest for revenge. Tough-as-nails Bureau of American Defense agent Hunter Thornton-Payne is no stranger to uncomfortable top-secret missions, but tonight takes the cake...
  • Whisper of Evil by Kay Hooper

    Whisper of Evil by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 25 ratings
    Someone is stalking the little town of Silence... Three victims have fallen to a killer’s savage vengeance. Each of the dead men was a successful and respected member of the community — yet each also harbored a dark secret discovered only after his murder...
  • Pale as Death by Heather Graham

    Pale as Death by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From the dark depths of Hollywood’s past The crime scene is horrific: the corpse of a young actress, drained of blood and cut in two. LAPD Detective Sophie Manning’s new case is high-profile and difficult—there’s no evidence to work with. And it’s a disturbing echo of the infamous Black Dahlia killing...
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    suspense  m-f  paranormal  fantasy  mystery  contemporary
  • After Dark: The Darkest Angel/Shadow Hunter by Gena Showalter, Kait Ballenger

    After Dark: The Darkest Angel/Shadow Hunter by Gena Showalter, Kait Ballenger

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A timeless seduction A unique temptation And a whole world of dark desires... From New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter The Darkest Angel Winged warrior Lysander has been alive for centuries, and yet he's never known desire-until he meets Bianka...
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    demons  m-f  contemporary  vampires  paranormal  fantasy
  • Alpha's Promise by Rebecca Zanetti

    Alpha's Promise by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    To hell and back . . . Though he has vampire, demon, and Viking blood rushing through his veins, Ivar Kjeidsen’s soul-crushing trip to hell broke him in ways he can barely fathom.  One vow keeps the deadly immortal standing: To rescue the vampire brother who had sacrificed freedom for him...
  • The Librarian's Vampire Assistant: 2 by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    The Librarian's Vampire Assistant: 2 by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    From New York Times Bestseller Mimi Jean Pamfiloff comes a humorous, standalone mystery, The Librarian’s Vampire Assistant, Book 2. (Yep! It’s a standalone. The boring title is just to mess with you!) HOW MUCH LONGER CAN HE KEEP HIS SECRET AND HIS FAVORITE HUMAN SAFE? Michael Vanderhorst has always been a lone wolf. Or lone vampire? Whatever...
  • Wolf Rebel by Paige Tyler

    Wolf Rebel by Paige Tyler

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She let him get away SWAT werewolf Rachel Bennett is hounded by nightmares after a vicious attack left her with PTSD. Not knowing who or what she can trust anymore, she's relieved to be assigned to a high-profile protective detail. Diving into work might be the distraction she needs, until she notices the mysterious hunk who seems to follow her wherever she goes—and recognizes him...
  • Wolver's Gold by Jacqueline Rhoades

    Wolver's Gold by Jacqueline Rhoades

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ISBN13 9781311443755. Finding gold where you least expect it… Lone wolf and Special Investigator for the ubiquitous Eugene Begley, Challenger McCall is sent to the town of Gold Gulch to take care of a problem that might involve the exposure of the wolver community. For McCall, it’s like stepping back in time - a hundred and fifty years back in time...
  • Demons are Forever by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou

    Demons are Forever by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Veteran Elite Operative Landis “Chase” Coolidge’s latest mission requires every bit of her considerable tracking skills because she has to locate a colleague kidnapped by a brilliant scientist responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands. Former op Phantom is along for the ride, desperate to find her missing lover. By day, Heather Snyder works in the New York fashion industry...
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    suspense  demons  contemporary  f-f  paranormal  fantasy  queer
  • The Devil's Revenge by Jennifer Loren

    The Devil's Revenge by Jennifer Loren

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The argument for my bail begins, and I lower my head until the doors behind me crash open with a thunderous roar. A vibration rushes through my body, I look up at the judge as his eyes widen and a cold silence takes hold of the room. It's him. I know it's him. It can be no other...
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    suspense  m-f  paranormal  contemporary  fantasy
  • Sleeping with Fear by Kay Hooper

    Sleeping with Fear by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 23 ratings
    Fear has never been so close... New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper returns with a relentless thriller that brings her readers face-to-face with fear itself. In this terrifying new novel, a psychic special agent finds herself caught up in a tangled web of secrets, lies... and evil. Riley Crane woke up fully dressed, a gun under her pillow, and covered in blood...
  • Sense of Evil by Kay Hooper

    Sense of Evil by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 23 ratings
    Kay Hooper is the brightest new star of suspense fiction. Now the New York Times bestselling author who's built a reputation for keeping her readers' pulse in the red zone delivers a thriller that will stun the senses -- all six of them. This time a psychic special agent and a gritty cop must stop a brutal killer with a chilling M.O. and an unstoppable... Sense of Evil...
  • One Bite Stand by Nina Bangs

    One Bite Stand by Nina Bangs

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Daria never quite lived up to the nightmare reputation the rest of her kind had. Now she has a chance to prove herself. She can win the favor of Hades by delivering vampire Declan Mackenzie to Tartarus. Easier said than done once love enters the games...
  • Touching Evil by Kay Hooper

    Touching Evil by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 25 ratings
    Sometimes evil lingers so close, you can feel it.... Seattle police sketch artist Maggie Barnes has an extraordinary gift. She listens as traumatized crime victims describe their ordeals -- and then uses those horrifying recollections to draw dead-on sketches of the assailants. Some cops think Maggie is telepathic, that she can actually enter the victims' minds...
  • Heart of Fire by Meredith Wild, Angel Payne

    Heart of Fire by Meredith Wild, Angel Payne

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He’s forged from heaven. She’s promised to hell.Professor Maximus Kane can no longer deny his passion for his stunning yet mysterious student, Kara Valari. But surrendering to their desires carries more consequences than just violating the Alameda University conduct codes. Kara has defied her destiny. Higher directives have been violated. Now there’s hell to pay...
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    suspense  demons  paranormal  contemporary  fantasy
  • Hunting Fear by Kay Hooper

    Hunting Fear by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    There's a new psychic on the scene, and he's ready for action: introducing Lucas Jordan, the latest addition to Noah Bishop's crackerjack Special Crimes Unit. Lucas Jordan has an extraordinary psychic skill that police all over the country find invaluable: he locates missing people...
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    suspense  m-f  contemporary  paranormal  mystery  fantasy
  • Hear No by Lizzy Ford

    Hear No by Lizzy Ford

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It's only the end of the world ... Nathan's job for the past three thousand years has been to clean up supernatural messes. Jaded, ruthlessly effective and selfless, he's seen it all and can handle anything - demons, homicidal angels, even bad bosses. His latest challenge: A creature named Shadowman is seeking out the three keys it believes will open portals between earth and hell...
  • Guardian's Hope by Jacqueline Rhoades

    Guardian's Hope by Jacqueline Rhoades

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hope Parsons has heard about the evil of demons since she was a child in the little isolated community where she grew up. Demons were part of the outside world; demon sex, demon drink, demon music, demon woman. According to her father, her mother had a demon in her, too...
  • Always, Angel by Heather Killough-Walden

    Always, Angel by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From the "New York Times "bestselling author of the Big Bad Wolf paranormal romances, a brand-new novella in the world of the Lost Angels. For millennia, the archangels have searched for their destined mates on earth. Now they are beginning to unite, but for Angel, it is a time of danger and fear...
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    demons  m-f  contemporary  angels  paranormal  vampires  fantasy
  • Wicked Deeds by Heather Graham

    Wicked Deeds by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Nevermore... Eager to start their life together, historian Vickie Preston and Special Agent Griffin Pryce take a detour en route to their new home in Virginia and stop for a visit in Baltimore. But their romantic weekend is interrupted when a popular author is found dead in the basement of an Edgar Allan Poe-themed restaurant...
  • Desire After Dark by Amanda Ashley

    Desire After Dark by Amanda Ashley

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Vicki Cavendish knows she should be careful. After all, there's a killer loose in town—one who drains women of blood, women with red hair and green eyes just like her. She knows she should tell police about the dark, gorgeous man who comes into the diner every night, the one who makes her feel a longing she's never felt before...
  • Wolf Hunt by Jennifer Ashley

    Wolf Hunt by Jennifer Ashley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Werewolf Logan Wright receives a mysterious phone call from Nadia, a beautiful demon woman he interviewed in his capacity as detective in the LAPD paranormal unit. She’s breathless and scared, and begs for his help. The former Packmaster—enforcer of pack law and official executioner for his wolf pack—has developed a fierce protectiveness for Nadia, and he drops everything to find her...
  • The Third Kiss: Dorian's Dream by Heather Killough-Walden

    The Third Kiss: Dorian's Dream by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    This title is being re-released in 2013 Product Description An ancient Roma foretelling speaks of vampire kings one day dreaming of the women who could bear them children. These children would be powerful vampire warriors and treasures to their kingdoms. Their mothers would become queens...
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    suspense  m-f  contemporary  vampires  paranormal  fantasy
  • Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts

    Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 44 ratings
    A Harper has always lived at Harper House, the centuries-old mansion just outside of Memphis...
  • Hostage by Kay Hooper

    Hostage by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Haven operative Luther Brinkman has been sent into the wilderness of the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee to locate escaped felon Cole Jacoby, a mentally unstable bank robber. Supposedly, Jacoby hid more than ten million dollars from his last heist before he was captured—and rather mysteriously escaped federal custody...
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    suspense  m-f  contemporary  paranormal  mystery  fantasy
  • Shadow Keeper by Christine Feehan

    Shadow Keeper by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 22 ratings
    One family brings its own brand of justice to the streets of Chicago's shadowy underworld as #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan returns to a series hot enough to burn...The paparazzi can't get enough of infamous bad boy Giovanni Ferraro. But unknown to them--and the women he beds--he's just playing a role. Keeping the spotlight on himself keeps it off the family business...
  • Cold Blooded by Lisa Jackson

    Cold Blooded by Lisa Jackson

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling author of Hot Blooded returns to steamy New Orleans and the French Quarter with her supremely sexy and suspenseful new novel.With every book she pens, Lisa Jackson reaffirms her status as one of today's most talented, original and compelling writers of romantic suspense...
  • Absolutely, Positively by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Absolutely, Positively by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 23 ratings
    Unconventional Molly Abberwick, trustee of her late father's scientific foundation and owner of Seattle's Abberwick Tea & Spice Company, was mad enough to fire her new consultant, Dr. Harry Stratton Trevelyan. She'd hired him when the foundation had needed the advice of the best expert in America on new inventions...
  • White Heat by Cherry Adair

    White Heat by Cherry Adair

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Never have the stakes been higher. Never have two people faced greater risks or grappled with deeper desire. Never has Cherry Adair–award-winning author of Hot Ice–burned the pages with so much blazing action and blistering passion. Professional art restorer Emily Greene is in no mood to see the devil-may-care Max Aries...
  • Lover Uncloaked by Tina Folsom

    Lover Uncloaked by Tina Folsom

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    PLEASE NOTE: Lover Uncloaked was previously published under the title Edge of Passion. Able to render themselves invisible, immortal Stealth Guardians like Aiden have been protecting humans from the dark power of the Demons of Fear for centuries. But the demons might soon have a powerful tool in their hands to seduce humans to the dark side...
  • The Fifth Victim by Beverly Barton

    The Fifth Victim by Beverly Barton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Some things shouldn't be seen... Cherokee Pointe, Tennesee. Deep in the Smoky Mountains, the victim lies, sacrificed on a makeshift altar---the gruesome work of a killer who has evaded the authorities in state after state. FBI agent Dallas Sloan knows the scene all too well---just as he knows the killings won't stop until there are four more bodies... Some warnings won't be heeded..
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    suspense  m-f  contemporary  paranormal  mystery  fantasy
  • Haunted by Kay Hooper

    Haunted by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    How do you make peace with the dead if the dead aren’t ready to forgive? In New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper’s new novel, the answer lies in the twisting shadows of a small town, and its secrets yet unearthed... When Deacon James’s younger sister Melanie calls him, terrified, he goes to her aid in the small Georgia town of Sociable...
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    suspense  m-f  contemporary  mystery  paranormal  fantasy
  • Hell Bent by Heather Killough-Walden

    Hell Bent by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jack Thane is a man with a very big secret. For years, he has relied upon the skills and resources that came with this secret in order to protect the people he cares about, especially the young Annabelle Drake… the only woman he has ever loved. However, now Jack’s past is catching up with him – and it’s after Annabelle...
  • Hidden Talents by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Hidden Talents by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 22 ratings
    Serenity makepeace knows a lot about whole--grain bread but she doesn't know beans about business. Her new catalog company featuring local handicrafts will benefit her offbeat artist community in Writt's end Washington, but she needs a crack financial adviser to make it work. So she charms her way into the office of Caleb Ventress, only to find a handsome wolf in conservative clothing...
  • Reunion by Sharon Sala

    Reunion by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    The facts are public knowledge: five people have been murdered. Each has died from a blow to the head. And the media-dubbed Prince Charming killer has left a "calling card" with each victim. A single thornless rose. But there's another fact...one that the police haven't made public. Something no one, except the killer and the police, should know...
  • Finding the Dream by Nora Roberts

    Finding the Dream by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 29 ratings
    Eighteen-year-old Laura Templeton, daughter of the rich Templeton hoteliers, cherished the ideal of a happy, loving marriage. Twelve years later, her dream shattered by her husband's betrayal, Laura is a divorced mother of two, with little time or inclination for romance...
  • Lay Me Down by Erin Kellison

    Lay Me Down by Erin Kellison

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Able to navigate sleep’s vast dreamwaters, wild child Maisie Lane makes easy money as a courier delivering packages from one dream to another. So what if her employers are on the shadier side of the law? Her sister thinks she’s living for the pleasure of the moment. Pleasure is involved—why shouldn’t it be?—but every step Maisie takes is part of a careful plan...
  • Dreamcatcher by Dinah McCall, Sharon Sala

    Dreamcatcher by Dinah McCall, Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For powerful emotion and unforgettable romance Sharon Sala can't be beat. This beautifully repackaged classic is sure to delight her long-time fans and attract new ones! Unable to free herself from her husband's obsession, beautiful Amanda Potter retreats into her own dream world where a comforting lover adores her...
  • Dreams: Part One by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Dreams: Part One by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 6 ratings
    The warrior died at her feet, his blood running out of the cave entrance and mingling with the waterfall. With his last breath he cursed the woman - told her that her spirit would remain chained in the cave forever until a child was created and born there..
  • Dreams: Part Two by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Dreams: Part Two by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 6 ratings
    The warrior died at her feet, his blood running out of the cave entrance and mingling with the waterfall. With his last breath he cursed the woman -- told her that her spirit would remain chained in the cave forever until a child was created and born there..
  • The Last Challenge by Sharon Karaa

    The Last Challenge by Sharon Karaa

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I thought I was normal, I really did, aside from the fact I had a penchant for naming the many facets of my personality. I was unlucky, I’ll grant you, but other than that, just your average twenty-five year old virgin. Then my long dead ancestor turned up with a four-hundred year appetite, a passion for G-strings, and a scorching hot, male witch in tow...
  • Wicked Whispers by Nina Bangs

    Wicked Whispers by Nina Bangs

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author Nina Bangs welcomes you back to the Castle of Dark Dreams, a place of otherworldly secrets and sensual men with the power to fulfill your most private fantasies. All Ivy had ever wanted was a safe, secure life with no drama. Now she was working in an adult theme park where visitors came to role-play their wildest imaginings...
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    demons  m-f  contemporary  paranormal  fae  magic  vampires  fantasy
  • Three Fates by Nora Roberts

    Three Fates by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 33 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes an unforgettable tale of luck and love in which the fortunes of three siblings depend on a simple twist of fate.When the RMS Lusitania sank in 1915, one survivor became a changed man, giving up his life as a petty thief...
  • Night Shadow by Nora Roberts

    Night Shadow by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    Fear casts a long shadow.... IN A CITY RULED BY FEAR... ...a solitary figure shrouded in black walked the night, determined to awaken a terrified metropolis from the nightmare of crime. There was nothing -- no bullets, and certainly not legal technicalities -- that could deter the man they called Nemesis from his mission...
  • Hiding in the Shadows by Kay Hooper

    Hiding in the Shadows by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 24 ratings
    Terror waits just out of sight... Accident victim Faith Parker has done what her doctors feared she never would: awakened from the coma that held her prisoner for weeks. But she has no memory of the crash that nearly killed her -- or the life that led up to it. Nor does she remember journalist Dinah Leighton, the steadfast friend who visited her in the hospital..
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