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  • Thirty-Four and a Half Predicaments by Denise Grover Swank

    Thirty-Four and a Half Predicaments by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Book seven in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Rose Gardner Mystery series. Rose Gardner hates seeing her normally flamboyant best friend Neely Kate struggle with depression. So when Rose stumbles onto a piece of evidence indicating her birth mother might have been involved in a crime, she does the one thing guaranteed to cheer Neely Kate...
  • Lowcountry Getaway by Susan M. Boyer

    Lowcountry Getaway by Susan M. Boyer

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Christmas in the Islands…Nate Andrews whisked the entire Talbot clan off for a holiday adventure in the U.S. Virgin Islands. As they relax on the beach of sunny St. John, Liz Talbot grapples with the secret her husband has kept since the day she met him—he’s a very wealthy man...
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  • Deadlock by Catherine Coulter

    Deadlock by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    This exhilarating FBI thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter finds Savich and Sherlock confronting two baffling mysteries.A young wife is forced to confront a decades-old deadly secret when a medium connects her to her dead grandfather. A vicious psychopath wants ultimate revenge against Savich, but first, she wants to destroy what he loves most—his family...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  paranormal  contemporary
  • Radar by Dale Mayer

    Radar by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to book 1 of the brand new Terk's Guardian series. More information coming soon...
  • Paradox by Catherine Coulter

    Paradox by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    With unparalleled suspense and her trademark explosive twists, #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter delves into the terrifying mind of an escaped mental patient obsessed with revenge in this next installment of her riveting FBI series...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  contemporary  paranormal
  • Striker by Fiona Quinn

    Striker by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They’ll have to strike fast and hard if they want their happily ever after…Lexi “Lynx” Sobado would love to marry Striker Rheas. First, though, she’ll have to track down her husband. The US military told Lynx she was a widow. She grieved, agonized, and healed with Striker’s love. Then she discovered her husband had turned black ops, alive and well...
  • A Good Day for Chardonnay by Darynda Jones

    A Good Day for Chardonnay by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author Darynda Jones comes the second novel in her laugh-out-loud Sunshine Vicram mystery series, A Good Day for Chardonnay.Running a small-town police force in the mountains of New Mexico should be a smooth, carefree kind of job. Sadly, full-time Sheriff—and even fuller-time coffee guzzler—Sunshine Vicram, didn’t get that memo...
  • Ghost Mortem by Jane Hinchey

    Ghost Mortem by Jane Hinchey

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Whoever said that ghosts exist must be out of their mind.Oh, wait. That was me. I said that. If you’d told me yesterday that ghosts were real I would have smiled, nodded, and called a shrink to fix your deluded little mind. Now it’s my turn to question my sanity when the ghost of my best friend turns up in my apartment...
  • Thirty-One and a Half Regrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Thirty-One and a Half Regrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    While Rose recovers from a broken heart, she finds herself at odds with her sister—and business partner—Violet. Rose buries herself in her landscaping work, but becomes worried when her employee and friend, Bruce Wayne Decker, goes missing. In the meantime, Fenton County assistant D.A...
  • The Mint Julep Murders by Angie Fox

    The Mint Julep Murders by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For Southern girl Verity Long, friendship means sitting down to stories and sweet tea on the front porch. For her gangster ghost housemate, it means dragging Verity out to a remote haunted asylum during a raging thunderstorm to do a favor for a long-dead mob boss. But Verity is always ready to help out a friend, even one as eternally eccentric as Frankie...
  • Fate Interrupted by Elizabeth Hunter

    Fate Interrupted by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She had her life all planned out; fate had other ideas.How did an accomplished Southern businesswoman, wife, and mother end up living on California’s Central Coast, working for a stubborn wine-maker, newly divorced, and wrestling with sudden psychic powers?Megan Carpenter asks herself that same question nearly every day...
  • Thirty and a Half Excuses by Denise Grover Swank

    Thirty and a Half Excuses by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Life in Henryetta, Arkansas is turned upside down with the arrival of a televangelist, but it’s the death of a little old lady on Rose’s street that catches her attention. The Henryetta police deem her death natural causes, but Rose suspects foul play and so does an unlikely supporter–-the president of the Busy Body Club, her eighty-two year old neighbor Mildred...
  • Deep In Death by Colleen Helme

    Deep In Death by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Running “errands” for her mob-boss employer, Joey “The Knife” Manetto, often ends with Shelby in trouble, making her cautious about continuing her association with him. Instead, she focuses on a new client who hires Shelby to find her missing mother. What seems like a routine case turns into something more sinister and deadly than she ever imagined...
  • The Lynx Series Boxed Set I #1-4 by Fiona Quinn

    The Lynx Series Boxed Set I #1-4 by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Her education was unusual……and that might just give her a chance.Can Lexi survive an assassin?Lexi didn’t have a normal childhood; she was raised by the intelligence community. They saw her potential and now, with a target on her back, she needs to figure out who’s after her and why. And where did her mentor go?If she was going to get answers……she would need some help...
  • Chaos in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Chaos in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The sixth book in the New York Times bestselling Ghost-in-Law series. Jadyn St. James hopes that the two-week quiet period in Mudbug means things in the small bayou town are back to normal…whatever that is. But when a fisherman finds a sunken shrimp boat, and the boat captain is missing, Jadyn wonders if the damage to the boat was caused by a storm, or if something far more nefarious happened...
  • Moonshine & Malice: Moonshine Hollow #2 by Kathleen Brooks

    Moonshine & Malice: Moonshine Hollow #2 by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What was an accidental witch to do when fate sends a sexy witch on a motorcycle, only to find out he might be there to kill her? Zoey Mathers was adjusting to life as a witch— a real finger wiggling, magic casting, talk to spirits witch who was thrown into the middle of a war between good and evil...
  • Moonshine & Mayhem: Moonshine Hollow #3 by Kathleen Brooks

    Moonshine & Mayhem: Moonshine Hollow #3 by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Zoey Mathers was a witch. Not on purpose. It had happened accidently. But as Zoey was finding out, maybe this had been her fate all along. Luckily the potential witch hunter, Slade, had turned out to be on her side and had found a place in her heart. With the War of the Witches heating up, it’s not just Zoey’s life on the line, but all the witches fighting for good...
  • The Crawling Darkness by J.L. Bryan

    The Crawling Darkness by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Ghost removal specialist Ellie Jordan must face a dangerous, shape-shifting entity that she and Calvin have encountered once before, with tragic results. The spirit has the power to reach into the minds of living and feed on their fears, taking the shape of their worst nightmares, and it has awoken in search of new victims...
  • Bone Deep by Kendra Elliot

    Bone Deep by Kendra Elliot

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When two men kidnap former FBI agent Cate Wilde’s fiancé, the boldness of the crime rattles the community. Desperate to find the man she loves, Cate joins forces with the FBI and the local sheriff’s department to launch an investigation and bring Dr. Henry Powers home...
  • Grave Wrong by Kate Allenton

    Grave Wrong by Kate Allenton

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Kate Allenton comes the first book in a new series about murder and deception, and a woman running from her past—a past that’s about to catch up to her present.Dying is easy. It’s living with the dead that’s hard.Psychic Ryley St. James was a mere five years old when she witnessed her first murder...
  • The Attic on Queen Street by Karen White

    The Attic on Queen Street by Karen White

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Return to the house on Tradd Street for one last time as the bestselling series featuring psychic medium Melanie Trenholm comes to a hauntingly spectacular finale.After the devastating events of the past few months, the last thing Melanie Trenholm wants is to think about the future...
  • Hyper Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Hyper Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    If she fails, her whole team could be destroyed.Lexi “Lynx” Sabado is more than ready for her marriage with ex-SEAL Striker Rheas. But getting her happily ever after is fraught with hurdles when her psychic abilities start going haywire, giving her vague warnings of impending danger.As it turns out, identifying threats can be overwhelming when everything and everyone is the potential source...
  • Resurrection in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Resurrection in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Jana DeLeon, RESURRECTION IN MUDBUG, aka The Return of Helena Henry!Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the bayou…Jadyn St. James is excited to start her job as game warden in Mudbug, Louisiana, and hopes it is the beginning of a new and improved life...
  • Thirty-Two and a Half Complications by Denise Grover Swank

    Thirty-Two and a Half Complications by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The fifth book in the USA Today Bestselling Rose Gardner Mystery series. There’s no denying trouble finds Rose Gardner like a divining rod finds water, especially when Rose lands in the middle of a bank robbery...
  • The Dying Breath by Alane Ferguson

    The Dying Breath by Alane Ferguson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cameryn?s ex-boyfriend is back . . . and ready to kill! Cameryn had thought she was in love with him. He was smart, strong, and would do anything for her?even kill. Kyle O?Neil disappeared after his first attempt on Cameryn?s life at the end of The Angel of Death . Now he is back for his second...
  • Lie or Die by Colleen Helme

    Lie or Die by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Shelby has her hands full managing her new agency where she hopes to put her mind-reading skills to good use. Her first case to track down money stolen from a bank leads her into the lingerie business where nothing is as it appears. She also finds plenty to keep her busy with the police department and Detective Harris...
  • Blood Pact: Pre order the brand new gritty gangland thriller from Heather Atkinson by Heather Atkinson

    Blood Pact: Pre order the brand new gritty gangland thriller from Heather Atkinson by Heather Atkinson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Pre-order the BRAND NEW gritty gangland thriller from Heather Atkinson!To survive, they’ll need to stick together…After the defeat of the rival Gordon and Thompson families, the Blood Brothers' reputations as feared lieutenants of the McVay clan are firmly established. The Gallowburn has become an untouchable stronghold in their capable hands...
  • Dead Man's Chest by Pandora Pine

    Dead Man's Chest by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One phone call can change everything.Sick of snow and ice, psychic Tennyson Grimm jumps at the chance to head to Florida for a little fun in the sun. While sitting on the beach, his phone rings with a call from prison inmate River Ramsey who has a startling “You don’t know me, but I’m your brother...
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    mystery  suspense  paranormal  contemporary  fantasy  m-m
  • Langdon by Dale Mayer

    Langdon by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Langdon hasn’t been in a good place for a long time, but it was time enough to chase away the woman he’d loved since forever. Unable to reach her to make it right, he realizes she’s disappeared—and not by choice. He then finds out why Molly was kidnapped and by whom.Molly would do just about anything for Langdon, yet being used as leverage to force him to act wasn’t part of the plan...
  • The Haunted Heist by Angie Fox

    The Haunted Heist by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Just because she can see the dead doesn’t mean Verity Long wants to spend her days hunting ghosts. Instead, she’s over the moon to land a marketing job at the local bank… until she finds her new boss dead in the vault. Even her ghost friend, Frankie, knows that's no way to start a career...
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