270 pages, 25 of 26 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
October 1952 –– A father murdered. A daughter sexually assaulted, beaten, left for dead. As a rule, in the 1950s, a good girl didn’t admit being raped—and she’d never seek revenge for her father’s murder. But Kristin Van Dijk didn’t play by the rules.
I’d wake in the middle of the night and say to myself, “It’s just business, Kristin.” In my heart I knew that using words like business, work, and jobs was Sarge’s way of talking about killing. Albert would say, “Stop a man instead of kill him.” Henry had his euphemisms, too. “We fix,” he’d say. “They know what they’re teaching you to do,” I said to my image.
No one was saying it straight out––and the more I looked in the mirror, the more I realized that I wasn’t saying it, either. I’d become an actress––a dangerous actress––full of deceit and lethal skills.
Prison Nation by Jenni Merritt
304 pages, 37 of 50 reviews are 4 or 5-star
In the Nation, no one is innocent – not even the children born behind bars. Millie 942B has spent her entire life locked away with her criminal parents and countless other inmates. She believes in the Nation, in its strict laws and harsh punishments.
But when Millie is released on her eighteenth birthday, she finds things are nothing as she was taught. People vanish, never to be seen again. Lies cover every word. Trust is as fragile as ice.
And then there is Reed. Born and raised outside the Prison walls, his dreams and thoughts cause Millie to doubt everything she has ever believed.
What is truly worth fighting for? If she pushes too hard, she could lose her freedom. If she stays silent, she could lose herself. The clock is ticking, and Millie must find the truth before it is too late.
Guardian of Eden by Leslie DuBois
250 pages, 31 of 36 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled, Previously Free
What would you do if you had one chance to kill the man who raped your twelve-year-old sister?
No Judge. No Jury. No witnesses.
Seventeen-year-old child prodigy Garrett Anthony has to answer that question. As he holds a gun to the head of his sister’s rapist, he flashes back to his traumatic past: five-years-old in a foster home, seven-years-old stealing food to survive, and sixteen-years-old visiting his black father in prison for the first time.
After years of fighting to secure a stable life for him and his half-sister, he finally has a scholarship to a prestigious Washington DC private school and the love of a Virginia senator’s daughter. But this new found and tenuous happiness begins to unravel once he reveals the family secret which is the catalyst to the painful decision he must make. Can he take the life of someone else and continue to live with himself?
Divine Intervention by Cheryle Kaye Tardif
262 pages, 37 of 43 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled, Previously Free
CFBI agent Jasmine McLellan leads a psychically gifted team in the hunt for a serial arsonist―a murderer who has already taken the lives of three people.
Jasi and her team members―Psychometric Empath and profiler Ben Roberts and Victim Empath Natassia Prushenko―are joined by Brandon Walsh, the handsome but skeptical Chief of Arson Investigations. In a manhunt that takes them from Vancouver to Kelowna, Penticton and Victoria, they are led down a twisting path of sinister secrets.
Sifting through ashes and clues, Jasi realizes that there is more to the third victim than meets the eye. Perhaps not all of the victims were that innocent. The hunt intensifies when she learns that someone they know is next on the arsonist’s list.
Unleashing her gift as a Pyro-Psychic, Jasi is compelled toward smoldering ashes and enters the killer’s mind―a mind bent on destruction and revenge. And in the heat of early summer, Jasi discovers that a murderer lies in wait…much closer than she ever imagined.
The Patriot Paradox by William Esmont
270 pages, of reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled, Previously Free
Conscience can be a killer.
A plot to kill a nation, hatched by a secret cabal of ex-cold warriors intent on finishing the war that defined their existence. One man, who in a crisis of conscience, passes information about the plot to his brother, a shattered soul living on the edges of society.
When Kurt Vetter learns of his brother’s murder, he has no idea how far he will travel, how much he will sacrifice, in order to uncover the truth. With the help of Amanda Carter, a shadowy figure from his brother’s past, he races across the globe, staying one step ahead of a trained assassin, in a desperate bid to prevent the unthinkable from becoming reality.
The Six O’Clock Rule by Bruce Thomason
245 pages, 21 of 22 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
A midnight shootout on the beach gets the action going with a bang in this explosive story of illicit drugs and bizarre murders. As Detective Clay Randall and his team start to unravel clues, two names keep popping up: rogue ex-cop Roy Connor, and his high profile boss, defense attorney Tony Savoy.
Filled with plot twists and double-dealings, the investigation takes an unexpected turn when the trail leads inside police headquarters. The Six O’clock Rule puts friendship to the test as the lines between right and wrong become blurred.
276 pages, 12 of 12 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
No weapon is too horrific to contemplate in a collapsing Nazi Germany. With so much at stake, orders aren’t always what they seem. O.S.S. Agent Chris Clancey will need all his skill and courage to stop the plague bombers. Above all he must trust in The Traitors!
262 pages, 14 of 17 reviews are 5-star, Lending Enabled
SHE WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET HER SON BACK.
THEY WILL KILL HER TO KEEP HIM.
Unspeakable tragedy and cold-blooded murder conspire against Clare Carson when her six-year-old son is kidnapped after a heart transplant and his abductors want her dead. A dying cop’s last words lead her to former Special Ops Jake Wyatt, who helps her discover the horrific truth behind her son’s abduction and offers to help her get Tyler back. With nowhere else to turn, Clare entrusts her life to Jake not knowing he has a deadly agenda of his own that could destroy them.
Patriots Awakening by RM Strauhs
336 pages, 6 of 6 reviews are 5-star, Lending Enabled
A complex and compelling story of how one man, corrupted by greed, uses his power to take over the world. But he never counted on the little people–those stalwart men and women with heart and soul who made this country great in the beginning. Is this a scenario that could happen today? You decide.
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