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Clue Krewe by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsBeckett Rousseau is the firstborn son of one of New Orleans’ most prominent families. He’s the quintessential golden boy—great looks, money, and a political career in his future—until his wife murders him. Or at least that’s what everyone thinks.Athena Durand is still reeling from her murder conviction but now that it’s overturned, she’s at a loss on how to proceed with her life... -
Legacy by Helen Hardt
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHE'LL KEEP HIS COMMITMENTS NO MATTER WHAT. Brad Steel is in love. Daphne Wade is more than just his wife-to-be and the mother of his unborn child. She's his destiny. Fate brought them together, and he vows to protect her. His determination doesn't waver when he learns a secret about his bride - a secret she herself doesn't know... -
Swamp Spook by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhen 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... -
Freya by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFreya Tempest is a spitfire with a quick wit and equal parts audacity and attitude who knows what she wants and isn’t afraid to grab it when an opportunity presents itself. But Freya’s also a firm believer in fate. When she meets a man that seems a little too good to be true, she decides to sit back and see what destiny has in store. She leaves him with just a note, not even a kiss goodbye... -
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Change of Fortune by Jana Deleon
Sinful, Louisiana, is always a hotbed of activity, and despite the steamy heat, August is no exception. Godzilla is terrorizing the town, looking for a home-cooked meal, and Gertie is worried someone will take the gator out before she can get him under control. Francine has a situation of her own at the café, where food is missing from inventory. And Celia is always up to no good... -
Fortune Furlough by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt’s not a vacation until there’s a murder. Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie are finally off to Florida on the vacation they’ve always talked about. Days filled with white sand, turquoise water, and fruity drinks are the only thing on the agenda... -
The Last Straw by Sharon Sala
Charlie Dodge may be down, but he’s most definitely not out. He’s still reeling after a series of earth-shattering events, so when a desperate woman hires Dodge Investigations to find her missing sister, the head-scratcher of a case is exactly the distraction Charlie and his steadfast partner, Wyrick, need... -
Swamp Santa by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIt’s Christmas in Sinful and Fortune is set to participate in all the local hoopla. A Christmas gala, caroling, and a sleigh ride are on the agenda. Murder is not. But when someone bumps off Santa, Fortune is aware a killer is lurking among the holiday cheer... -
Fatal Threat by Marie Force
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWith a killer on the loose, it's the worst time to be on lockdown… It's just another day at the office for Washington Metro Police lieutenant Sam Holland when a body surfaces off the shores of the Anacostia River. But before Sam can sink her teeth into the new case, Secret Service agents seize her from the crime scene... -
Fatal Fraud by Marie Force
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsPreviously 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 Grace by Marie Force
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe exciting new First Family Series continues with the Cappuano family’s first Christmas at the White House shadowed by a murder investigation that strikes a little too close to home... -
Reel of Fortune by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsNothing says Welcome Home like a murder. It’s official. Fortune Redding is out of the CIA and a newly minted resident of Sinful, Louisiana. She never expected her homecoming to be all apple pie and hugs, but a murder wasn’t on her list of things to deal with before she’d even gotten her name stenciled on her mailbox... -
Fatal Flaw: Fatal Flaw Epilogue by Marie Force
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThe honeymoon's over, and now someone wants them dead… Back from their honeymoon, Senator Nick Cappuano and DC police lieutenant Sam Holland are ready for some normalcy after the whirlwind of their wedding, but someone has other plans for them. When Sam discovers wedding cards containing thinly veiled death threats, she's not sure if she or Nick is the target... -
Nine of a Kind by Sandi Lynn
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsChristianI grew up in the suburbs of Seattle, raised by two people who wanted nothing but the best for me. They’d given me everything. A beautiful home, an excellent education, and so much love and respect. They were the two people I trusted most in the world—until I found out the truth... -
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One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsI’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... -
Tangled in Ivy: True Love and Family Dysfunction that Spans Decades by Ashley Farley
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of Sweet Tea Tuesdays comes a story of true love that spans decades.Lillian Alexander's father is dying of cancer. When he rambles on in a morphine-delirium, Lillian can't ignore the feeling he's trying to tell her something... -
State of Shock by Marie Force
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThey never saw this coming… Hold on to your hat for the next First Family book, coming December 20, 2022... -
Full House by Emilia Finn
Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMiles “Iowa” Walker is a fighter on a mission.He’s determined to win this year’s Stacked Deck tournament. He plans to get his six-year-old daughter out of a bad situation. And if there’s any time and money leftover, he’d love to take her out for ice cream without worrying about the cost or deadly consequences.Miles and his daughter have known only what it’s like to struggle... -
State of Affairs by Marie Force
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe 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... -
State of Denial by Marie Force
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDenial: 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... -
No Questions Asked by Julie Moffett
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne last fling (with danger) before the ring?Nothing’s that simple when you’re a geek girl. Julie Moffett’s beloved Lexi Carmichael mystery series returns with No Questions Asked.Lexi Carmichael: saving scientists one snake at a time.Weddings aren’t my thing—never have been... -
Edge Of Darkness by Freya Barker
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRoad rash and Jack meets handcuffs and street smarts. I am a wandering disaster. A hedonist, a lover, a son, and a rebel. My name is Yuma. I’m sober enough to see the need for redemption, but too blind to realize I already found it. I am an independent seeker. An overachiever, a friend, a misfit, and a cop. My name is Lissie... -
The Reinvention of the Rose by Christina C. Jones
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDesperation.Not a phenomenon Tempest could typically claim, but certainly the catalyst for where she’s landed. Not in peril, or pain, but in dire need of the very normalcy she’s often emulated, but never been able to obtain.Now... there’s nothing in her way, except all those years of being everything except what she now has to become.Herself.As soon as she figures out who that is... -
Revealing Annie by Freya Barker, Operation Alpha
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs the fire department’s joker, Kyle (Sumo) Matsumoto, loves nothing better than ribbing the guys at the station. However, he’s all business when he’s on a call, and when he tries to snag the attention of a cute little baker. Then life takes a more serious turn when he’s plunged headfirst into fatherhood—of a teenage boy—giving his teammates the last laugh... -
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No Questions Asked (A Lexi Carmichael Mystery) by Julie Moffett
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsONE LAST FLING (WITH DANGER)Lexi Carmichael: saving scientists one snake at a time.Weddings aren’t my thing—never have been. But eloping would break my mother’s heart, especially since the president of the United States put in a good word for me with his daughter’s wedding planner. I’m going to have the wedding of the year…whether I like it or not... -
Summer Nights at the Starfish Café by Jessica Redland
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWelcome back to The Starfish Café for a glorious summer, but with a few dark clouds on the horizon...A new beginning...As her summer wedding to Jake approaches, Hollie is excited for their new beginning as a family. But when some unexpected news threatens the future she and Jake had hoped for, Hollie will need to find the strength to overcome heartache once more.A fragile heart.. -
Fatal Mistake: After the Final Epilogue by Marie Force
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA critical error. A Cinderella season cut short. A star player murdered. DC is recovering from angry riots after one player's mistake blew the DC Federals' chance at the World Series, and Lieutenant Sam Holland is determined to unravel the twisted web of motives behind the star center fielder's death... -
Stamp: Time Served MC, Book 10 by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsValentine Russo has gone from living the life of a privileged member of a well-known mafia family to a prison inmate and now a television celebrity. Through all of those many life chapters, he’s still not found the one person who can make his life complete... -
Fatal Invasion by Marie Force
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFirst the fire, then the heat…A brutal home invasion. Two small traumatized survivors who may have witnessed the horror. Lieutenant Sam Holland has never worked a case quite like this one, in which her eyewitnesses are five-year-old twins. But when Sam steps up in a big way for them, she risks her heart as much as her career... -
Diesel by Jordan Marie
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI've only truly loved two things in my life. My club and my son. I gave up one, trying to keep the other safe. It worked, too… until an enemy took my son. But he made one mistake— He left me breathing. There's nothing I won't do to save my child. A woman is the last thing I need, especially a woman like Rory McDaniels. She's stubborn, beautiful and drives me crazy... -
Second Sight by Sharon Sala
The clock is ticking… When Charlie Dodge gets a phone call from a frantic woman stating her daughter has been kidnapped by her ex-husband and taken into a cult called Fourth Dimension, he takes the case without hesitation. The cult’s rumored purpose is to gather men with psychic abilities with the goal of breeding a race of people who have supernatural powers... -
Later Gator by Jana Deleon
A poacher is at work in Sinful, Louisiana, and Deputy Carter LeBlanc is hot on the trail of the outlaw, trying to apprehend him before the state gets wind of the crime and sends a game warden to take over his investigation... -
The Girl in the Moss by Loreth Anne White
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsA shallow grave exposes deadly secrets as bestselling author Loreth Anne White brings her thrilling series of romantic suspense to its shocking conclusion… Disgraced ex-cop Angie Pallorino is determined to make a new start for herself as a private investigator... -
At the River by Kendra Elliot
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA Wall Street Journal bestselling series.The mystery of three missing teens and a traumatizing murder unearths decades of buried secrets in a shocking novel of suspense by a Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author.Twenty years ago, five teenage campers disappeared. Two eventually turned up, bound and left for dead on the Columbia River’s rocky shore... -
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Troublemaker by Kayley Loring
TO: Alex VegaFROM: Emilia StilesSUBJECT: HelloDear Mr. Vega,I felt it necessary to follow up on today’s meeting, since we weren’t able to speak candidly in front of your son.I was shocked to discover that you are Ryder’s dad... -
Rico: The Four Families: Romano by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFederico Romano didn’t just inherit his position as the head of the family, he clawed his way to the top, all while dealing with drama and secrets in his personal life that can never be allowed to see the light of day. The harsh and unforgiving mafia boss persona he presents to the world at large is light-years away from the loving man that his family knows... -
Keeping Her by Jordan Marie, LJ Anderson
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne kiss from those cherry lips and I knew she was meant to be mine.I’m claiming her and I won’t be letting her go.Luke “Grunt” Stafford had one job.He didn’t like it, but when your President gives you an order you usually follow it.He didn’t plan on the feisty redhead that showed up and rocked his world.Jasmine Blake knows how her family and friends see her... -
State of the Union by Marie Force
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIt’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... -
A Merciful Secret by Kendra Elliot
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA pair of ritual murders could expose Mercy Kilpatrick to something terrifying: her own past… Raised off the grid by survivalists, Mercy Kilpatrick believed in no greater safeguard than the backwoods of Oregon. Unforgiven by her father for abandoning the fold for the FBI, Mercy still holds to her past convictions. They’re in her blood... -
Bamburgh by L.J. Ross
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen a cantankerous old woman dies at her home in the sleepy, picturesque village of Bamburgh, DCI Ryan doesn’t think much of it—except, that is, for the small matter of it having been his wife who happened to find her body... -
Forever Covert by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKale 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... -
The Letter Keeper by Charles Martin
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsCombining 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... -
Breathe Your Last by Lisa Regan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsJosie presses her hands into the center of the drowned girl’s chest and pumps, counting off compressions. She takes in the girl’s beautiful face, her brown eyes glassy. The memory of a champion swimmer on the podium with her teammates—a red swim cap on, her head thrown back in laughter—a stark contrast to the cold, still body before her. Breathe. Just breathe.. -
A Merciful Promise by Kendra Elliot
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe Wall Street Journal bestselling series continues as Mercy Kilpatrick becomes embedded in the nightmare of a terrorist conspiracy. The job: infiltrate a militia amassing illegal firearms in an isolated forest community. FBI agent Mercy Kilpatrick is the ideal candidate. She knows Oregon. She’s near the compound... -
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Save Your Breath by Melinda Leigh
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsMorgan Dane and PI Lance Kruger investigate the mysterious disappearance of a true-crime writer. When true-crime writer Olivia Cruz disappears with no signs of foul play, her new boyfriend, Lincoln Sharp, suspects the worst. He knows she didn’t leave willingly and turns to attorney Morgan Dane and PI Lance Kruger to find her before it’s too late... -
Cuthbert's Way: A DCI Ryan Mystery by L.J. Ross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsA SECRET KEPT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS...After the dramatic theft of a priceless artefact from Durham Cathedral, the rest of the world believes that DCI Ryan and his team were able to recover and return St. Cuthbert’s cross to its rightful home... -
The Midnight Rose by Lucinda Riley
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSpanning four generations, The Midnight Rose sweeps from the glittering palaces of the great maharajas of India to the majestic stately homes of England, following the extraordinary life of a remarkable girl, Anahita Chaval, from 1911 to the present day . . -
Strays: An Anti-Hero Romance by Cora Brent
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSTRAYS (An Anti-Hero Romance)Before age sixteen I was kicked to the streets, condemned for a crime I didn’t commit.Since then I’ve done nothing to be proud of.Which is why a man like me isn’t cut out to be a dad.And if this kid had another option I wouldn’t try to be one now.But for once I’m going to step up.I’ll right the worst of old wrongs... -
Bullets and Beads by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsLet the good times roll? It’s Mardi Gras time and Fortune is looking forward to seeing the spectacle firsthand, but when a visitor to Sinful is murdered during the celebration there, Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie can’t help but wonder what happened... -
Secret in the Santa by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA heartwarming cozy mystery series about losing everything, taking a chance, and starting again...
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