Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes (Rose Gardner Mystery #1) by Denise Grover Swank
376 pages, 108 of 115 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
Gabriel’s Redemption by Steve Umstead
277 pages, 86 of 97 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
After Midnight by Teresa Medeiros
384 pages, 38 of 50 reviews are 4 or 5-star
“Our sister is marrying a vampire.”
When the ever practical Caroline Cabot first hears those words from the lips of her fanciful youngest sister, she accuses Portia of having a wild imagination.
But when she discovers their sister Vivienne is actually being courted by Adrian Kane, the mysterious viscount rumored to be a vampire, she decides to accept his invitation to a midnight supper and do some sleuthing of her own. To both her delight and her dismay, she soon finds herself falling under Kane’s bewitching spell.
After all, what’s a proper young lady to do when her sister’s suitor arouses more than just her suspicions?
309 pages, 40 of 56 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Young Adult
It was a beautiful, warm summer day, the day Danny died.
Suddenly Wren was alone and shattered. In a heartbroken fury, armed with dark incantations and a secret power, Wren decides that what she wants—what she must do—is to bring Danny back.
But the Danny who returns is just a shell of the boy Wren fell in love with. His touch is icy; his skin, smooth and stiff as marble; his chest, cruelly silent when Wren rests her head against it.
Wren must keep Danny a secret, hiding him away, visiting him at night, while her life slowly unravels around her. Then Gabriel DeMarnes transfers to her school, and Wren realizes that somehow, inexplicably, he can sense the powers that lie within her—and that he knows what she has done. And now Gabriel wants to help make things right.
But Wren alone has to undo what she has wrought—even if it means breaking her heart all over again.
When I See You by Katherine Owen
340 pages, 32 of 37 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
She’s never fully recovered from the unexpected deaths of her famous Hollywood parents. At 27, Jordan Holloway is still slow to trust and remains uncertain about the true duration of love and happiness. Yet, it’s been four years since she fell in love with Ethan and he rocked her world even as he marched off to war and leaving her alone with their young son Max. Now, Ethan promises her this will be his last tour in Afghanistan and that soon the three of them will be together. Still anxious at his leaving again, Jordan extracts a promise for Ethan’s safe return from Brock Wainwright, her husband’s sniper partner and best friend. But, can she put all her trust in Brock and can he keep his promise?
At 29, Brock Wainwright fully embraces the dangerous life of a Navy Seal. He enjoys his freedom and not being committed to anyone; and, there’s been a long line of women who can attest to that. But everything seems to change after he meets Jordan. When he and Ethan return to Afghanistan, Brock’s intent on keeping his promise to Jordan about keeping Ethan safe for a variety of reasons, including the most disturbing one of all, he is more than just attracted to his best friend’s wife. This revelation plagues Brock on the battlefield and in a violent moment changes everything.
Whole Latte Life by Joanne DeMaio
336 pages, 24 of 28 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
Would you leave everything behind to know who you are?
Sara Beth Riley never dreamt she’d walk straight out of her life. Actually she’d never dreamt a lot of things that had happened this year … From being kidnapped by her own best friend, to throwing her wedding rings into the Hudson River, to calling an old love in France, to getting inked with said best friend, painting the passionate constellation of these choices into permanence. But mostly, she could never have dreamt what started it all. How could it be that her mother’s unexpected death, and the grief which lingered painfully long, turned her into the woman she was finally meant to become?
Sara Beth’s escape begins a summer of change – of herself, of marriage, of the lives of those around her. In a story that moves from Manhattan to the sea to a quaint New England town, WHOLE LATTE LIFE looks at friends we never forget, at decisions we linger with, at our attempts to live the lives we love.
Death Benefits by Jennifer Becton
261 pages, 25 of 27 reviews are 4 or 5-star
Fraud investigator Julia Jackson is back in action, and her next assignment throws her straight into the crosshairs of a bevy of desperate people…and one man who will do anything to keep his secret safe.
Late one night, a car burns on a lonely rural road, and the discovery of a body–charred beyond recognition–in the driver’s seat sets in motion a series of deadly events. And when the wife of the supposedly deceased driver demands her husband’s million-dollar life insurance policy payout before the autopsy can be completed, fraud investigators Julia Jackson and Mark Vincent must determine exactly how the victim died and at whose hands.
As Julia and Vincent interview witnesses and tangle with a host of angry suspects, another man is working behind the scenes to sever his mysterious connection to the body by any means necessary.
Soon Julia and Vincent realize they are not dealing with an average death benefits scam, but with a potential serial killer instead.
Friends From Damascus by Cliff Happy
370 pages, 22 of 24 reviews are 5-star, Lending Enabled
Haunted by a past she can’t escape, CIA’s top assassin Talia Cavalieri is facing her most dangerous assignment to date. She must neutralize an international team of eight special ops commandos. Known simply as the friends from Damascus, the rogue unit continues to elude her on a world-wide chase. Talia uses every trick in her considerable arsenal before the final showdown. When things get personal, she must make a decision that promises to change her life forever.
The Monster Within Idea by R Thomas Riley
265 pages, 16 of 18 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled, Previously Free
The monsters lurk in everyone: monsters of greed, of guilt, of the pleasure found in pain, of the pain found when pleasure dies. Carefully disguised, the monsters can sit down beside you or take up residence within you at the slightest twist of fate. Will you try to stop them? Will you want to?
This collection of 18 stories from R. Thomas Riley deftly explores the monsters born of the human mind. “Attrition” offers a future prison system that frees only those who repent sincerely—but what can an inmate do if he finds that sincerity is not really the key? “Twin Thieves” and “Tautology” throw a devilish spin on relationships gone wrong, while “The Lesser Evil” twists the abuses of race and power into a gritty, noirish nightmare of the choices a man must make to protect a lesser man and a greater good. In “Touching God,” a young man’s past catches up to him when worlds bleed into each other and the past crosses into present, bringing back the abuse he once escaped and the brother who wasn’t so lucky.
Sacrifice, selfishness, and the worst of good intentions: all combine in The Monster Within Idea. From vampires and aliens to hit women and Wild Bill Hickock, Riley gives a subtle psychological turn to dark science fiction and horror. Let the monsters walk the paths of your mind. The idea is already within.
Love Unfinished by Darian Wilk
220 pages, 16 of 16 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
Soul mates from the past leave their love unfinished when a tragic accident ends their lives on their wedding day. Yet they are destined to meet again to fulfill that love in new incarnations, leading vastly different lives.
Emma thought she chose the right path in life, but too late does she realize her mistake when her husband reveals the monster behind the smile. Their happily ever after – is a lie. Trapped in a broken marriage to a powerful, abusive man, Emma knows this is not the life she was meant to live. As her hope for real love withers, she meets James, her love from a lifetime ago.
Emma cannot deny the connection pulling them together, but her courage to abandon her marriage wavers, and unknowingly puts her life on the line. Are Emma and James fated to fulfill their love, or will they once again, leave love unfinished?
Scott Nicholson Library, Vol 3
774 pages, 10 of 10 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
A boxed set of four novels from a #1 bestselling Kindle author. More than 230,000 words of fantasy, paranormal, and mystery fiction, DRM-free.
Includes the complete text of:
CURSED: A man’s day takes a turn for the cursed when an old woman’s touch imposes a price for past mistakes. Written with J.R. Rain.
OCTOBER GIRLS: Teen witch Crystal and her dead best friend Bone must stop the world from turning into a bad horror movie.
THE DEAD LOVE LONGER: Private investigator Richard Steele must solve his most difficult case ever–his own murder–while caught between women on both sides of the grave.
SPEED DATING WITH THE DEAD: A paranormal conference at a haunted Appalachian hotel accidentally stirs up demons.
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