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  • Echo Road by Kendra Elliot, Melinda Leigh

    Echo Road by Kendra Elliot, Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    When two cross-country cases collide, Bree Taggert and Mercy Kilpatrick join forces to catch a serial killer in an addictive novel of suspense by bestselling authors Melinda Leigh and Kendra Elliot.During a vicious heat wave, a county maintenance worker stumbles upon two suspicious suitcases abandoned by the side of the road...
  • Exodus by Kate Stewart

    Exodus by Kate Stewart

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    For fans of Lauren Asher, Penelope Douglas, and Ana Huang, the continuation of Tiktok phenom Kate Stewart’s internationally bestselling Ravenhood trilogy, a deliciously steamy, irresistibly edgy and suspenseful Robin Hood retelling that offers a thoroughly unique modern-day spin on the original brotherhood of morally gray bad boys...
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  • Summer in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Summer in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    While the town prepares for the annual local festival.Spenser helps with the festivities while chatting with the residents.Unfortunately the pleasantry is interrupted when Spenser runs into Rafe Johnson,the man beginning his campaign to unseat her as sheriff.The standoff between them is tense with Spenser deciding to walk away...
  • Sugar by Cee Bowerman

    Sugar by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    This is the story of two people who survived traumatic childhoods and ended up on very different paths in life. But now, after different scenarios led to them both serving hard time and being released, those paths will cross in a way that will alter their lives forever...
  • One Last Rainy Day by Kate Stewart

    One Last Rainy Day by Kate Stewart

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The first in a spin-off series, The Ravenhood Legacy, continuing the international bestselling Ravenhood series—a modern-day Robin Hood retelling that is steamy, intensely emotional, and utterly original.“We love rainy days, don’t we, baby?” Dominic King doesn’t want or need anything . . . except his freedom...
  • In the Air Tonight by Marie Force

    In the Air Tonight by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I was there. I saw what you did.BlaiseI wasn’t supposed to be there that night, but my friend Sienna talked me into going to the party in Land’s End so she could spy on her boyfriend. While hiding out in the woods, we witnessed an unspeakable crime. And we did everything wrong afterward.Connections run deep in our small town...
  • Nora Roberts Collection 5: Midnight Bayou, Chesapeake Blue, and Birthright by Nora Roberts, Sandra Burr

    Nora Roberts Collection 5: Midnight Bayou, Chesapeake Blue, and Birthright by Nora Roberts, Sandra Burr

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Midnight Bayou (James Daniels with Sandra Burr, Sandra Burr, Jill Sovis): Declan Fitzgerald had always been the family maverick, but even he couldn't understand his impulse to buy a dilapidated mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans. Determined to restore Manet Hall to its former splendor, Declan begins the daunting renovation room by room, relying on his own labor and skills...
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    suspense  from hate to love
  • Fatal Betrayal by Barbara Freethy

    Fatal Betrayal by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "I can’t think of a better way to spend a Saturday night than losing myself in one of Barbara Freethy’s books. I love the Off The Grid series but I honestly think this one is my favorite. I have no doubt her next book will be awesome, too!" Booklovers AnonymousRomance and danger collide in the next thrilling book in the OFF THE GRID: FBI SERIES by #1 NYT Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy...
  • The Tallest Tower by Emilia Finn

    The Tallest Tower by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I hate Felix Malone with all my heart and soul. He’s the second born son of a murderous don.The newest leader of the Malone mafia family now that his father is dead.But if I could have hoped a change in management would mean a positive shift for the notorious crime family, then I’m proven wrong as Felix quickly settles into his new role and lays scourge on New York City...
  • Black Heart by Lynn Raye Harris

    Black Heart by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s untouchable. Unbreakable. She plans to destroy him.Former CIA agent Ian Black has done terrible deeds. Sacrificed his honor and reputation for God and country. He’s a fighter and a survivor. His mission is to rid the world of scumbags who prey on innocent people.No price is too high, and no one crosses him. Not for long, anyway...
  • Her Brave Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Brave Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What Happens When You Might Be Sleeping with The Enemy?Navy SEAL, Mateo Aranda, was used to fighting the good fight. He had successfully carried out missions in dozens of countries, and he never once wavered.The thought of terrorists following his team home and targeting his friends’ families was unimaginable...
  • MONKEY BUSINESS: Gray Wolf Security: Book Eight by Mary Kennedy

    MONKEY BUSINESS: Gray Wolf Security: Book Eight by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Things are disappearing at Belle Fleur and her sister islands. Things that should mean absolutely nothing to anyone. What's more concerning is the security cameras are not picking up on anyone. When Ghost loses his favorite coffee mug, filled with hot, fresh coffee, the team realizes that something has to be done. After all, a man's coffee mug is sacred...
  • Play Dirty by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Play Dirty by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Run, he whispered in my ear. While you still can.   I walked into a club called Ruin and found it—and him—when he bent me over the piano he was playing.   I did as he said, but not until after he’d decimated me in the filthiest way possible.   I loved every second.   That one, and the ones that came years later...
  • The Lady's Last Mistake by Cara Devlin

    The Lady's Last Mistake by Cara Devlin

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For years, Lady Cassandra Sinclair has harbored a scandalous secret and a painful loss. Unwilling to trust a man again, and determined to remain single, Cassie throws herself into a confidential project—a private home for pregnant, unwed women. Hope House is now her sole purpose...
  • The Mitus Touch by Stoni Alexander

    The Mitus Touch by Stoni Alexander

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    She's desperate for the one man she must avoid at all costs... ​ Wealth manager Brigit Farnay despises Colton Mitus. And with good reason. He ripped away her family’s company during the most painful time in her life. Forced to work with him, she can’t deny that Colton is gorgeous, brilliant, commanding. And the enemy. Her traitorous body craves his touch every moment of every day...
  • King: The Epilogue Collection by Nina Levine

    King: The Epilogue Collection by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    If you love King, strap in for the ride as he and Lily navigate their HEA. This story has it all: ✔️ angst ✔️ scorching heat ✔️ MC action  ✔️ Stormgirl time ✔️ old favourites showing up But mostly this story is about two people fighting for their love. Day in, day out. Life with an MC president like King isn't an easy ride. Watch as these two figure out how to love and be loved...
  • Target Acquired by Lynette Eason

    Target Acquired by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tough-as-nails Kenzie King has finally earned her place as a tactical medic on a SWAT team. But not everyone on the all-male team accepts her. Rumor is, she didn't get the position because of what she could do but because of who she knew. Which means she has to work harder and longer than anyone else to prove herself...
  • Bexley's Biker by Misty Walker

    Bexley's Biker by Misty Walker

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Bexley:Your secrets are safe with me.It’s been my number one rule since I opened my law firm in Reno, NV.No one knows the reason is because I have my own dark secrets to hide, and a past I wish I could forget.Strategically, I only accept clients who have more to lose than I do.Like the dangerous and deadly, Royal Bastards MC.Not the best company to keep, but the most lucrative...
  • Diamond by J.A. Low

    Diamond by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Round 2 with the Devil begins.Grace thought she had left the nightmare of the Bratva Jewels behind her. Her days spent with them were some of the darkest of her life, but she’s safe now.Or so she thought.When the Bratva seeks revenge for losing one of their own, Grace knows she must be strong to withstand whatever they have in store for her...
  • Rogue Mission by Kendall Talbot

    Rogue Mission by Kendall Talbot

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    She can’t trust anyone. He can’t trust her.But pitched together in a deadly mission, trust becomes everything.Royal Flying Doctor pilot, Xander Devlin ( Razor) walked away from his military career so broken he never wanted to see his ex-army team again. Especially Aria, the woman who crushed his heart...
  • Sound of Madness: A Dark Royal Romance by Maria Luis

    Sound of Madness: A Dark Royal Romance by Maria Luis

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He is my ruin.My complete and utter devastation.Loyalty or death.I make my choice in a palace of flames, and wake to total darkness . . .And at his mercy.Calloused hands bring hell to my door and his velvet voice spews only poison.“A traitor to the queen,” he calls me, and though I don’t know his name, it’s clear that he’s no Prince Charming.Monster.Villain...
  • Olivia: A Cold Case Murder Mystery Romance by Brooke Ramsey

    Olivia: A Cold Case Murder Mystery Romance by Brooke Ramsey

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Revenge is a dish best served cold. But it might cost you everything you love.In this heart-racing romantic suspense, a sister desperate for answers and a newly recruited FBI agent desperate to prove himself team up on a high-risk mission.Olivia King.Days missing: 1,345 days.Anna has spent the last three years infiltrating the gang of Diaz Smith—the man responsible for her sister’s disappearance...
  • The Hate I Feel: A Dark Bully Romance by Siobhan Davis, Kelly Hartigan (XterraWeb)

    The Hate I Feel: A Dark Bully Romance by Siobhan Davis, Kelly Hartigan (XterraWeb)

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’ll make her pay for her father’s crimes before taking revenge on the brothers who abandoned him.Zayn Becker has struggled to protect his little brother in the aftermath of the car accident which claimed their parents’ lives. They lost everything that night except for each other...
  • Going Rogue by Amelia Shea

    Going Rogue by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Quinn O’Malley’s less than stellar life drags her even deeper, plummeting her into a dark abyss when her misfortune designates her Enemy Number One to the devil himself.After an altercation and deal gone wrong, Quinn finds herself living on borrowed time, at the mercy of a notorious, ruthless, and unpredictable King of the Underground. She has nothing of worth to bargain with except her life...
  • No Hard Feelings (Birch Harbor: Coming Home) by Rue Lennox

    No Hard Feelings (Birch Harbor: Coming Home) by Rue Lennox

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He watched her throw away their future, and swore to win her back.My brother died and I threw a grenade into my life, breaking two hearts in the process. The man I left? My dead brother’s best friend, and a member of his military unit.I may be miserable, but at least I’m not going to bury another person I love.There’s only one little problem with my current situation...
  • Playing With Danger by Riley Edwards

    Playing With Danger by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s strange how quickly life can go from predictable and boring to…not. How a chance meeting can set off a chain reaction. How a single moment can offer much-needed clarity. How a kiss can alter the course of your life. Valentine Malone fell into my life…correction, I fell into his in the aisle of a grocery store...
  • Shadow of Doubt by Susan Sleeman

    Shadow of Doubt by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A cyber-stalker and a murder threaten her life…When IT specialist, Brooklyn Hurst’s cyber stalker grows bolder and the police refuse to do anything about it, she has to take drastic measures. Like fleeing the only home she’s known to a place so off the map that the stalker would never think to look...
  • Forever for Us by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Forever for Us by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Wilder Brothers series from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues with an enemies to lovers, workplace romance where Wyatt Wilder meets his match.The moment I found out my ex-wife was cheating with my former best friend I knew I’d hit rock bottom, and it was time for a change...
  • The Villain by Rebecca Sharp

    The Villain by Rebecca Sharp

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Darius Keyes learned the hard way that women weren’t to be trusted. Betrayed in the most dangerous way, he left the military with his deepest scars invisible to the naked eye. He doesn’t need a woman; his mistress is his motorcycle club...
  • The Girl in the Springs by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray

    The Girl in the Springs by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Serenity Springs is a picturesque small town where everyone knows your name.Well, that was the case until one phone call changed everything... PI Bridget Hartley is obsessed with all things mystery.She even has a reputation for being Serenity’s go-to detective.With the exception of small-town drama and the occasional crime, life in Serenity is serene...
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    from hate to love  suspense  mafia  mystery
  • The Gruff Loner's Bargain by Kat Baxter

    The Gruff Loner's Bargain by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Brook:I might be down on my luck, but I’m determined to open the best all-inclusive wedding venue in the U.S. But first, I have to scope out the competition. The only problem is I need a fake fiance to pull it off. Even worse, the only man available to do the job is the annoying handsome Landry Hendricks. Because of course I need the help of the one man in town who hates me...
  • Carolina Moon / The Villa / Three Fates by Nora Roberts, Robertson Dean

    Carolina Moon / The Villa / Three Fates by Nora Roberts, Robertson Dean

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Carolina Moon (Dean Robertson, Laura Grafton, Luann Kindem): Tory Bodeen grew up in a small, rundown house where her father ruled with an iron fist and a leather belt. But she had Hope - who lived in the big house, just a short skip away. After young Hope's brutal murder, unsolved to this day, Tory's life began to fall apart...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  from hate to love
  • Blackbridge Security Box Set 1 by Marie James

    Blackbridge Security Box Set 1 by Marie James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Box Set contains Hostile Territory, Shot in the Dark, and Contingency Plan!Hostile TerritoryCan you call someone an enemy if you haven’t seen them for the better part of a decade?Deacon Black is perfectly content with the status quo—work, sleep, repeat.Who cares if he’s rigid, structured, and set in his ways?It’s a job requirement that keeps his men safe and his company’s doors open...
  • TJ: Sins of the Father by Nicole James

    TJ: Sins of the Father by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    FROM WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST SELLING AUTHOR NICOLE JAMES COMES A ONE-NIGHT STAND, SURPRISE PREGNANCY, MC ROMANCE!TJ—The beautiful tattoo artist told me to leave her alone after what I thought was an amazing night together.Maybe she was just trying to get her bad boy fill...
  • The Hate I Feel by Siobhan Davis

    The Hate I Feel by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Want to know what has happened to the missing Anderson brothers? Find out in The Hate I Feel...
  • From Fear to Eternity by Elise Sax

    From Fear to Eternity by Elise Sax

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It’s still up in the air whether Gladie really has her psychic grandmother’s “gift,” but she’s determined to finally give matchmaking her best shot. She’s also determined to give her new relationship with hottie Police Chief Spencer Bolton a shot… that is, if she can find him...
  • Where We Belong by Ashley Munoz

    Where We Belong by Ashley Munoz

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    They call him the Wolf.His club, his brothers, and even my best friend Callie.I didn’t really care what they called him, not when the only name I had ever called him was, coward.Because three months ago he snuck under my resilient heart, like the thief he is, and stole it.Then he broke it.Going home wasn’t an option, not when I promised Callie I’d stay...
  • Fierce Obsession: Alternate Cover by S Massery

    Fierce Obsession: Alternate Cover by S Massery

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Knox Whiteshaw is my husband.He’s also an egotistical psychopath who refuses to divorce me—even when I ask nicely.It doesn’t matter that I’m trying to move on with the goalie of his NHL team. Knox is dead set on ruining everything.My upcoming wedding, my future, my sanity…The man can hold a grudge like no other, and I am public enemy number one...
  • Reckless Fall by Nyssa Kathryn

    Reckless Fall by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    She’s back in town. He needs a nanny. It should be simple. But in the small town of Misty Peak, simple is never easy.Sadie Sandler wouldn’t consider herself a quitter. But then, she did walk out on her own wedding twenty-three minutes before she was supposed to walk down the aisle...
  • Tracker by Lilly Atlas

    Tracker by Lilly Atlas

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    A cop and an outlaw biker walk into a bar…Officer Jolene Baker spent her youth smiling and sparkling on stage when all she wanted was to run alongside her four older brothers. It took years for her to stand up for herself, ditch the pageant life, and peruse her dream of becoming a police officer...
  • High Fidelity by M. Chandler

    High Fidelity by M. Chandler

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A fellow FBI agent with an old grudge picks Simon as the instrument of his revenge. And he knows the hidden truth behind one of Simon's closest-kept secrets... or does he? On the other side of the world, two steps ahead of a ruthless, implacable foe accidentally set on his trail by Simon, Jeremy Archer is running for his life..
  • West Side Gory by Elise Sax

    West Side Gory by Elise Sax

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Life is going great for Gladie Burger. She’s having lots of sex with her hottie boyfriend, Chief of Police Spencer Bolton, she’s settled into her matchmaking career, she’s got a new car, and it’s been over two weeks since she’s stumbled on a dead body. It seems like she’s finally got her life on track, since she moved in with her psychic grandmother to help her with her matchmaking business...
  • Reckless Trust by Nyssa Kathryn

    Reckless Trust by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    It’s a long-awaited homecoming…but not everyone’s happy about her return. Five years ago, Tilly Taylor’s father did something that cost her everything. Her home. Her friends. And all the trust she’d ever earned. Now she’s back, and ready to prove to everyone that she’s nothing like Martin Taylor. Unfortunately, the small town of Misty Peak doesn’t forgive or forget so easily...
  • A Madness of Crows by Evelyn Flood

    A Madness of Crows by Evelyn Flood

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    No longer an heir. No longer a daughter. No longer a Crow. Now, I am a wife. An accessory. A toy. Ripped away from the men I love, they want to break me. Strip away everything that made me into who I am, and create something new. I was Caterina Corvo. But now, I am Caterina Asante. For them, I will fight. For her, I will endure. But every day, it becomes harder to remember who I used to be...
  • Love Esq. by Devon Atwood

    Love Esq. by Devon Atwood

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Azura Brady is a shark in the courtroom,But she’s about to become the prey. Azura has to chase down a crime syndicate of lumberjacks. As bizarre as that sounds, it’s her only lead to help her brother, Dr. Amos Brady, and some of her wealthiest clients...
  • Reining Devotion by Haley Jenner

    Reining Devotion by Haley Jenner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Enslaved by the memories of my past, I hide away in plain sight. Happy to be viewed as the disgruntled daughter, the storm to my sister's sunshine. To the outside world, I'm a loner. Inside my little bubble, I'm lonely. I lost myself and I'm afraid to find the girl I used to be. She was weak. A word I refuse to be defined by any longer. Enter Rocco Shay. I hated him. Until I didn't..
  • Resonance of Stars by Anne Malcom

    Resonance of Stars by Anne Malcom

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I was a movie star.I'd let the world convince me I was nothing more than that.Until him...Duke is employed to protect me. To make me disappear before I testify. Nothing more.There aren't many places in the world that someone like me can disappear to. Not when billions of people know my name. I'd worked hard to make it that way. To hide underneath layers of fame, beauty and wealth...
  • Truth in Pieces by R.C. Boldt

    Truth in Pieces by R.C. Boldt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author RC Boldt melds sizzling romance with this unique tale of intrigue and deceit that will keep readers guessing until the very end...Ruthless. Cunning. Deadly. That’s Nico Alcanzar, Miami’s biggest drug cartel leader.And I’ve found myself directly in his crosshairs. He plans to use me to eliminate his number one competitor...
  • Bone's Destiny by Naomi Porter

    Bone's Destiny by Naomi Porter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They say don’t drink too much tequila... Funny, I can’t remember why.Oh, right… Or we’ll wake up chained to a wall.The scary-ass biker staring at me says I’m paying for my father’s debt.I’m devastated and scared.Utterly clueless about my dad’s dirty dealings.The tattooed, brooding biker isn’t helpful or friendly.He just watches me with those laser-gray eyes...
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