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  • Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

    Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 71 ratings
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The highly anticipated sequel to the international bestseller, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder! More dark secrets are exposed in this addictive, true-crime fueled mystery. Pip is not a detective anymore.With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year...
  • Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

    Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet fishing village. Kya Clark is barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969, when the popular Chase Andrews is found dead, locals immediately suspect her.But Kya is not what they say...
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  • The Original Crowd by Tijan

    The Original Crowd by Tijan

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    This is the original version of A Whole New Crowd. It has only gone through one round of edits so it is rough. I make no apology for this. The edited version was released as A Whole New Crowd. This is being published at readers' requests. They want to own the original version as well so here it is in all its gritty and monstrously long glory. There is lots of sex so the reader is forewarned...
  • Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

    Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levi’s hockey team...
  • House of Korba by C.L. Stone

    House of Korba by C.L. Stone

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    It's homecoming week at Ashley Waters, but Sang Sorenson has a lot more on her mind than dresses and crowns. Silas's troubled past—full of secrets he and his team thought they'd buried—comes back to haunt him, threatening to ruin everything. Silas tries to deal, but guilt weighs heavily on him and Sang realizes she might be the only one who can help him keep it together...
  • Always Us by Allie Everhart

    Always Us by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Final book in The Jade Series! Includes an extended epilogue! The countdown has begun. Garret’s running out of time and he’s losing patience as he waits for his father to take action. It’s getting harder to keep this a secret from Jade, and he may not be able to after an unexpected visitor stops by...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  new adult  young adult  contemporary
  • A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

    A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 102 ratings
    THE MUST-READ MULTIMILLION BESTSELLING MYSTERY SERIES• Everyone is talking about A Good Girl's Guide to Murder! With shades of Serial and Making a Murderer this is the story about an investigation turned obsession, full of twists and turns and with an ending you'll never expect.Everyone in Fairview knows the story...
  • The Bay by L.J. Ross

    The Bay by L.J. Ross

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    SECRETS NEVER STAY BURIED FOR LONG... In the picturesque seaside town of St Ives, Detective Sergeant Sophie Keane is a pillar of the community. Between the occasional collar and lazy weekends spent on the beach, it seems a perfect life. But for Sophie, the golden sands and crystal waters hide a dark secret, one that’s lain buried for twenty years...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  contemporary  young adult
  • Finding Us by Allie Everhart

    Finding Us by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Finding Us is in both Jade's and Garret's POV After the events of last year, Jade and Garret are anxious to get a fresh start in a new town and a new college, far away from the people who tried to tear them apart. But soon after moving, their relationship problems begin. Jade finds out Garret hasn’t been completely honest with her...
  • Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 79 ratings
    Malibu: August 1983. It's the day of Nina Riva's annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their adored baby sister, Kit...
  • Touch of Mischief by C.L. Stone

    Touch of Mischief by C.L. Stone

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A Halloween Short Story With Homecoming and everything else that’s been going on in their world, everyone is on edge...
  • Love Me by Jillian Dodd

    Love Me by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    My mom says that you can’t love someone until you learn to love yourself. So even though Vincent is getting more and more scary. Even though he’s doing a nationwide search for me. I’m going to learn to love myself. Well, I’m going to try. Mostly, I want a boy to love me...
  • Season of Blessing by Beverly LaHaye, Terri Blackstock

    Season of Blessing by Beverly LaHaye, Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The fourth and final novel about the trials and joys of the residents of Cedar Circle. Sylvia Bryan has been feeling weak and tired, but is shocked when her internist finds a malignant lump in her breast. She and her husband can’t understand why God is allowing cancer to attack at a time when their missionary work is going so well...
  • Adore Me by Jillian Dodd

    Adore Me by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From USA Today, bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the fifth book in the addictive Keatyn Chronicles series. Discover a breathless fairy-tale romance with swoon-worthy characters, suspense, and a glittering celebrity world...
  • First Kiss by C.L. Stone

    First Kiss by C.L. Stone

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The time has finally come for Sang Sorenson to be formally introduced to the Academy. Protocol dictates the boys keep the details of Sang’s official introduction to the Academy a secret from her. The only thing they can advise her to do is to work on what will become her mantra: She is determined to stay with her team, no matter what...
  • Sky Zone by Creston Mapes

    Sky Zone by Creston Mapes

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Political Rally. A Terrorist Threat. A Nightmare of Cataclysmic Proportions.Jack and Pamela Crittendon have hit the breaking point. After months out of work as a reporter, Jack is playing Mr. Mom and working part-time at Festival Arena with his survivalist friend Brian Shakespeare...
  • Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter

    Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Katarina Bishop and W.W. Hale the fifth were born to lead completely different lives: Kat comes from a long, proud line of loveable criminal masterminds, while Hale is the son of one of the most seemingly perfect dynasties in the world. If their families have one thing in common, it's that they both know how to stay under the radar while getting-or stealing-whatever they want...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  contemporary  young adult
  • Accessory by C. L. Stone

    Accessory by C. L. Stone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Kayli Winchester is still recovering from her last adventure and is out hunting for her missing brother, Wil, when Ethan Murdock calls, asking for help. Billions of dollars have gone missing and Kayli is the perfect person to find them – as one of the few people Ethan trusts. Only one problem: The team is led by Blake Coaltar...
  • Let My Daughter Go: A Mind-Blowing Christian Fiction Thriller by Creston Mapes

    Let My Daughter Go: A Mind-Blowing Christian Fiction Thriller by Creston Mapes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rogan Sneed is spending life in prison for the mass shooting he committed at Pioneer Square in Portland, Oregon. The copycat shooter who attempted a similar attack on the anniversary of the event is dead. Time has passed. Wounds are healing.But then a blip on the screen.A teenage girl is kidnapped in Portland...
  • Liar: The Scarab Beetle Series: #2 by C.L. Stone

    Liar: The Scarab Beetle Series: #2 by C.L. Stone

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Worse than a thief, is a liar. Kayli Winchester can finally let go of her thieving past and for once walk on the right side of the law. She’s had enough of the hustle and is determined to become the good girl. But her brother, Wil, is still missing. On the hunt for him, she discovers something worse than a missing sibling: Marc, Raven, Axel, Corey and Brandon...
  • You Better Run by Willow Rose

    You Better Run by Willow Rose

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dead.Who is this girl?How did she end up in the pool?Was she even at the party?Even more strange is when they pull her out of the water, Meg realizes the girl looks very familiar. As a matter of fact, she looks just like her.Like an identical twin.But Meg has no twin, at least none that she knows of, and no one at the party knows this girl or can say where she is from...
  • #MNGirl by A.M. Brooks

    #MNGirl by A.M. Brooks

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    My family’s scandal is my fall from grace. The night of my seventeenth birthday leads to the final event that catapults my future in a different direction. One call for help turns into my only chance of survival.Now, the only way to stay safe is to keep hidden...
  • Sundown by Susan May Warren

    Sundown by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Former Delta Operative Colt Kingston knows when someone is lying. He may not know the truth, but he sure doesn't trust Tae, the woman who is caring for his ailing father at Sky King Ranch. Behind those beautiful blue eyes, he can tell there is a troubled--and smart--woman.A few of her stories prove true--he's found the crashed plane and the dead body inside...
  • Garret by Allie Everhart

    Garret by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My life is nothing but rules. Rules for how I act. How I dress. Who I date. Who my friends are. I hate the rules and yet I keep following them. Until I met Jade. Being with her is forbidden. She’s not one of us. She’s not allowed in my world. But I don’t care. She’s different and I like her and I want her. And the fact that she wants nothing to do with me makes me want her even more...
  • The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

    The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller! In New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson’s second novel in the Truly Devious series, there are more twists and turns than Stevie Bell can imagine. No answer is given freely, and someone will pay for the truth with their life...
  • Love Me by Kristin Mayer

    Love Me by Kristin Mayer

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Engaged and happily in love, Allison Scott and Damien Wales are looking forward to joining their lives together as one. Coming from a mournful year after losing her parents, Allison is ready to heal and move on to the next chapter with the love of her life. But Damien’s past continues to threaten their future. A man once obsessed with Damien’s sister is now after his one and only love, Allison...
  • Protected by Vannetta Chapman

    Protected by Vannetta Chapman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ERIN JACOBS doesn’t hesitate when she receives a desperate call in the middle of the night. As owner of the Noah’s Ark Animal Shelter, it’s her job to rescue animals. But from the start, this case is different. The woman’s frantic plea. Directions to a deserted hunter’s cabin. Insistence that she come alone. Then she’s looking down into a washtub at an infant child...
  • Seasons Under Heaven by Beverly LaHaye, Terri Blackstock

    Seasons Under Heaven by Beverly LaHaye, Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What does a child s life-threatening illness cost the neighbors of Cedar Circle? What joys can be hidden in life s greatest tragedies? Behind brightly lit windows and on front porches, marriages are tested and mended, hearts broken, hopes resurrected, dreams released and reformed, values and futures shaped, and faith rekindled . . . or found for the first time...
  • Whispered Lies by Kathleen Brooks

    Whispered Lies by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Government secrets are being sold and the newly-sworn-in President of the United States already feels out of options. Without knowing the full scope of the scandal, the president decides to turn to the one person he knows he can trust--former FBI Agent, Elizabeth James. Her deep distrust of the system is rooted in her unfair discharge from service...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  young adult  contemporary
  • Smoky Mountain Stalker by Ashley A. Quinn

    Smoky Mountain Stalker by Ashley A. Quinn

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When Shay Britton came to North Carolina, she had one goal: stay alive. For two years, she went about her life, keeping her head down and her contacts with people to a minimum as she hid from a stalker. Then Jake Maxwell walked into the bar where she worked and upended everything.Jake knew the moment he met Shay something was wrong. As a cop, he’d learned to spot someone hiding things...
  • Hidden by Vannetta Chapman

    Hidden by Vannetta Chapman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Christian romantic suspense by bestselling author Vannetta Chapman Home is where our story begins ... DANA JACOBS would rather forget the night of tragedy and violence that marred her childhood. She is now supervisor in charge of the Department of Homeland Security in Taos, New Mexico. Her team is prepared to handle any threat—biological, chemical, conventional, cyber, even nuclear...
  • Chasing River by K.A. Tucker

    Chasing River by K.A. Tucker

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Armed with two years' worth of savings and the need to experience life outside the bubble of her Oregon small town, twenty-five-year old Amber Welles is prepared for anything. Except dying in Dublin. Had it not been for the bravery of a stranger, she might have. But he takes off before she has the chance to offer her gratitude. Twenty-four-year-old River Delaney is rattled...
  • Pretty Little Liars Box Set by Sara Shepard

    Pretty Little Liars Box Set by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling series This paperback box set includes the first four books in Sara Shepard’s #1 New York Times bestselling Pretty Little Liars series, Pretty Little Liars , Flawless , Perfect, and Unbelievable...
  • The Plan by Ruby Vincent

    The Plan by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Don’t piss off the Elite Class. That wasn’t in the rulebook, but it should have been. Landon, Michael, and Cole may have the faces of angels, but a soul turns black when it’s betrayed. The Elites have sworn to take me down, but I can’t get much lower. Or so I thought. Breakbattle wants us to fight and the boys are happy to oblige. No one will help me. No one can...
  • The Long Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    The Long Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The Kendricks help make the problems of the Washington elite disappear…but some secrets won’t stay buried.For Tess Kendrick, a junior at the elite Hardwicke School in Washington, D.C., fixing runs in the family. But Tess has another legacy, too, one that involves power and the making of political dynasties. When Tess is asked to run a classmate’s campaign for student council, she agrees...
  • Raveling You by Jessica Sorensen

    Raveling You by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Ayden Gregory may want to keep running from his nightmares, but he no longer has a choice. His past is catching up with him. And fast. He relies on one person to keep him from crumbling. His best friend Lyric Scott. Lyric feels helpless watching her best friend’s world turn upside down. But she does her best to remain positive and upbeat...
  • Love's Cruel Redemption by C.L. Stone

    Love's Cruel Redemption by C.L. Stone

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From USA TODAY Bestselling Author, C. L. Stone, read Love's Cruel Redemption, the much-anticipated twelfth book in The Academy Ghost Bird Series. Sang’s life was on pause after the dramatic break with her real family. Now she’s back in the game, returning to Ashley Waters to appear like a normal student. However, returning to school hasn’t made her life any easier...
  • As Good as Dead by Holly Jackson

    As Good as Dead by Holly Jackson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 58 ratings
    THE MUST-READ MULTIMILLION BESTSELLING MYSTERY SERIES - The final book in the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series that reads like your favorite true crime podcast or show. By the end, you'll never think of good girls the same way again...Pip is about to head to college, but she is still haunted by the way her last investigation ended...
  • The Prodigal: A Ragamuffin Story by Brennan Manning, Greg Garrett

    The Prodigal: A Ragamuffin Story by Brennan Manning, Greg Garrett

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jack Chisholm is on top of his game: lead pastor of a big church in a big city, thousands of members, a huge physical plant. His books sell millions of copies, and he is a public figure, sharing his life's philosophy: 'We have got to do better.' He is also living a lie---nobody could be as holy as his congregants think he is, and like all of us, he has his share of faults, flaws, sins...
  • Pyxis by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Pyxis by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Haley Jones already thought her life was complicated, but after the events of the gala, she is in desperate need of direction—if only there was a compass for locating her missing dad or navigating relationships. Despite her efforts to gain independence and forge her own identity, she still feels adrift in her new life...
  • Impending Strike by Lynette Eason, Sami A. Abrams

    Impending Strike by Lynette Eason, Sami A. Abrams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Protecting him just might cost her everything…Elite Guardian Charlie Lee knows that there is no future with the woman he loves—fellow Guardian Lizzie Tremaine. And, he gets it—as a single mom, Lizzie has to protect her daughter. But more than anything, he wants the chance to prove himself...
  • Til Death by Annette Dashofy

    Til Death by Annette Dashofy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When one of Chief Pete Adams’ first murder convictions is overturned, he and County Detective Wayne Baronick are assigned to reinvestigate the case. As new theories about the murder surface, Pete begins to question not only the original suspect’s guilt, but his own investigative skills from the days when he first took over the Vance Township Police Department...
  • The Nanny Song by Misty Mount

    The Nanny Song by Misty Mount

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mallory Riscoe is no stranger to dysfunction. Despite her tumultuous childhood, at twenty-two, she has established herself as a fully functional, self-made woman. However the safe, mundane life she has created for herself is quickly turned upside-down when she's falsely accused of theft and promptly fired. Meanwhile, a dismal pall hangs over the Colt residence...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  contemporary  young adult
  • Stain of Guilt by Brandilyn Collins

    Stain of Guilt by Brandilyn Collins

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As I drew, the house felt eerie in its silence. . . . A strange sense stole over me, as though Bland and I were two actors on stage, our movements spotlighted, black emptiness between us. But that darkness grew smaller as the space between us shrank. I did not know if this sense was due to my immersion in Bland's face and mind and world, or to my fear of his threatening presence. Or both . .
  • The Fixer by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    The Fixer by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    This thriller YA is Scandal meets Veronica Mars.Sixteen-year-old Tess Kendrick has spent her entire life on her grandfather's ranch. But when her estranged sister Ivy uproots her to D.C., Tess is thrown into a world that revolves around politics and power. She also starts at Hardwicke Academy, the D.C...
  • No More Lies by Kerry Lonsdale

    No More Lies by Kerry Lonsdale

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Secrets and lies shadow a woman on the run in the second novel in the No More trilogy by Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kerry Lonsdale.Jenna Mason’s life seems perfect: a successful career as an animator, a town house near the beach, and an adoring son, Josh, whose artistic talent looks as promising as his mother’s. But there’s something nobody realizes about Jenna...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  young adult  contemporary
  • FULL TILT: An Adrenaline-Laced Contemporary Christian Thriller by Creston Mapes

    FULL TILT: An Adrenaline-Laced Contemporary Christian Thriller by Creston Mapes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You Can't Outrun Your Past - Even if You Were a SuperstarEverett Lester, former front-man for the heavy metal band DeathStroke and one of the world's most recognized celebrities, has turned over a new leaf. The Living Water Tour will take Everett back on the road as he performs his music for a new cause -- but he quickly learns that outrunning his dark and tumultuous past will be impossible...
  • Virtue by Ketley Allison

    Virtue by Ketley Allison

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Shh ... do you want to know our secret?THE VIRTUESBecoming virtuous demands a sinful price.Our role at Briarcliff has a deeper consequence than the nightly rituals and cloaked costumes the Nobles are so fond of.We’re barely visible, peripheral shadows who hold the deadliest keys.And we’re done being a secret society’s dirty little secret...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  contemporary  young adult
  • An Eye for an Eye : The Santorno Stories by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    An Eye for an Eye : The Santorno Stories by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Just in case it isn't hard enough being a teenager, how about heaping on the hardship by facing the sudden realization that you're gay? Toss in a little danger by virtue of being the grandchild of a notorious mobster and a pinch of venom inherited from a mercilessly cutthroat businesswoman who happens to be your great-aunt and you have a nice bubbling stew of 'what the hell'? WARNING: This book...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  m-m  contemporary  young adult
  • Wild at Heart by Jinsey Reese, Victoria Green

    Wild at Heart by Jinsey Reese, Victoria Green

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With his dad hell-bent on destroying him, Dare's life hangs in the balance. Fearing the worst, Reagan rushes from Paris to New York, hoping to get to him in time, only to find their entire world collapsing around them. The threat is too real, risk too high, death too possible. Unfair doesn't even begin to cover it...
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