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  • Gators and Garters by Jana Deleon

    Gators and Garters by Jana Deleon

    18 ratings
    ‘Til death do us part?Ida Belle, Fortune, and Gertie are gearing up for the big day—Ida Belle’s wedding to Walter—but when the caterer goes missing just a week before the big day, it puts a huge black mark on the joyous celebration...
  • Change of Fortune by Jana Deleon

    Change of Fortune by Jana Deleon

    18 ratings
    Sinful, Louisiana, is always a hotbed of activity, and despite the steamy heat, August is no exception. Godzilla is terrorizing the town, looking for a home-cooked meal, and Gertie is worried someone will take the gator out before she can get him under control. Francine has a situation of her own at the café, where food is missing from inventory. And Celia is always up to no good...
  • Endless Shadows by Kathleen Brooks

    Endless Shadows by Kathleen Brooks

    12 ratings
    Ryker Faulkner has built his empire by being ruthless. No one knows the full extent Ryker has gone to in order to build himself up from nothing to one of the most powerful men in the country. So when someone comes after him, everyone knows the last thing Ryker will do is sit back and watch it burn.Kenzie Carys was used to being in the shadows. She was a nurse on night shift...
  • Fortune Furlough by Jana Deleon

    Fortune Furlough by Jana Deleon

    18 ratings
    It’s not a vacation until there’s a murder. Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie are finally off to Florida on the vacation they’ve always talked about. Days filled with white sand, turquoise water, and fruity drinks are the only thing on the agenda...
  • Cajun Fried Felony by Jana Deleon

    Cajun Fried Felony by Jana Deleon

    18 ratings
    Venus Thibodeaux had a reputation for being trouble. Some said she started at birth. When she finally left Sinful shortly after turning eighteen, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. When she blew back into town four years later, no one was happy about her return...
  • Swamp Santa by Jana Deleon

    Swamp Santa by Jana Deleon

    18 ratings
    It’s Christmas in Sinful and Fortune is set to participate in all the local hoopla. A Christmas gala, caroling, and a sleigh ride are on the agenda. Murder is not. But when someone bumps off Santa, Fortune is aware a killer is lurking among the holiday cheer...
  • The Devil's Angels MC Book 1 - Gunner by Lola Wright

    The Devil's Angels MC Book 1 - Gunner by Lola Wright

    18 ratings
    Ava: Left to die as an infant, Ava Beaumont has not had an easy life. Being raised by the system has taught her to be independent, hardworking and cautious. When Ava becomes a victim she uses her inner strength to put it behind her and move forward...
  • Forever Concealed by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Concealed by Kathleen Brooks

    12 ratings
    Can love find a way when truth is concealed? Gabe Ali Rahman is the standby heir to the crown and he’s okay with that. So what that he’s gotten the reputation of being a playboy prince? He’s had a lot of fun along the way. But now he wants more in life than casual flings...
  • Forever Guarded by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Guarded by Kathleen Brooks

    12 ratings
    A guarded heart is a lonely heart . . . Piper Davies is a leading researcher in the fields of viruses and nanotechnology. All she ever wanted was to help save lives. But her newest creation has the potential to be manipulated to kill a single person, as well as launch a global pandemic if it ever landed in the wrong hands...
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    humor  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction
  • Unwritten & Underwater by Amanda M. Lee

    Unwritten & Underwater by Amanda M. Lee

    12 ratings
    Avery Shaw is living the dream … kind of. She’s officially moved to her dream house and her boyfriend Eliot Kane is making her host a housewarming party to show off the new digs to her family. All is going well – other than the endless arguments over food and hiding from Avery’s family, of course – until one of Avery’s enemies comes calling...
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    crime  humor  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary  cozy
  • Broken Shadows: Shadows Landing #5 by Kathleen Brooks

    Broken Shadows: Shadows Landing #5 by Kathleen Brooks

    10 ratings
    Trent Faulkner was happy working with his hands to build custom furniture. He had made a name for himself and his design company. Love wasn’t even on his radar. Then one client broke down his barriers, only to make him leave in the morning. Trent made a resolution to forget about her, but that was hard to do when she was everywhere he looked, including in his heart...
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    humor  suspense  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Secrets Collide by Kathleen Brooks

    Secrets Collide by Kathleen Brooks

    16 ratings
    The mysterious Cy Davies is coming home. He’s not coming alone either. Having rescued Gemma Perry, a sassy investigative reporter for a gossip magazine, he takes her to the one place he knows he can keep her safe. Keeneston. Gemma Perry was having a bad week. Now she was in a small town where gossip was a currency...
  • Axel by Lola Wright

    Axel by Lola Wright

    18 ratings
    Bailey: I’m the sensible, independent, quiet and hardworking accountant girl next door. My life is safe, sane, predictable and boring. My biggest concern is dealing with my free spirited, wild child parent. Until it’s not. The day I see something I shouldn’t have and crash into the crazy lives of The Devil’s Angels MC is the day my life changes forever...
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    crime  humor  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  biker  book  comedy
  • Thirty-One and a Half Regrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Thirty-One and a Half Regrets by Denise Grover Swank

    18 ratings
    Book Four in the USA Today bestselling Rose Gardner Mystery Series! 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...
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    crime  humor  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary
  • Rising Storm by Kathleen Brooks

    Rising Storm by Kathleen Brooks

    18 ratings
    Katelyn Jacks was used to being front and center as a model. But she never had to confront the Keeneston Grapevine! After retiring from the runway and returning to town to open a new animal clinic, Katelyn found that her life in the public eye was anything but over...
  • Deception in Darkness: by Alice Winters

    Deception in Darkness: by Alice Winters

    12 ratings
    Felix and Lane are struggling with just how boring a “normal” life is, so when they get a chance to jump into action, they do so without a second thought—especially since they’re offered a lot of money. The request is simple: find a way to retrieve a watch from police custody. But things are never as easy as they seem. Suddenly, they’re caught in the middle of a family feud that could turn deadly...
  • Mr. & Mrs. by J.A. Huss

    Mr. & Mrs. by J.A. Huss

    14 ratings
    Mr. Perfect, Mr. Romantic, Mr. Corporate, Mr. Mysterious, and Mr. Match found what they were looking for and now it’s time to seal the deal. Five Aston hasn’t quite found his happily ever after yet… not quite. But he will. And he’s about to host the party of the century for all his family and friends.If you loved Happily Ever After, you can’t miss this one either...
  • Moonshine & Masquerades by Kathleen Brooks

    Moonshine & Masquerades by Kathleen Brooks

    8 ratings
    A traitor, a love taken, a family destroyed all for power. A masquerade hiding evil has been in place too long. It’s time to reveal who is under the mask.The human residents of Moonshine Hollow have learned about the presence of real, finger-wiggling, magic-casting witches. It’s now up to them to decide if the witches stay to defeat the evil or if the witch trials come to Moonshine Hollow...
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    humor  suspense  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich

    Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich

    26 ratings
    Stephanie Plum, Trenton’s hardest working, most underappreciated bounty hunter, is offered a freelance assignment that seems simple enough. Local jeweler Martin Rabner wants her to locate his former security guard, Andy Manley (a.k.a. Nutsy), who he is convinced stole a fortune in diamonds out of his safe...
  • Thirty and a Half Excuses by Denise Grover Swank

    Thirty and a Half Excuses by Denise Grover Swank

    18 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...
  • Dead Heat by Kathleen Brooks

    Dead Heat by Kathleen Brooks

    18 ratings
    Paige Davies finds her world turned upside down as she becomes involved in her best friends' nightmare. The strong-willed Paige doesn't know which is worse: someone trying to kill her, or losing her dog to the man she loves to hate. FBI Agent Cole Parker can't decide whether he should strangle or kiss this infuriating woman of his dreams...
  • Risky Shot by Kathleen Brooks

    Risky Shot by Kathleen Brooks

    18 ratings
    Danielle De Luca, an ex-beauty queen who is not at all what she seems, leaves the streets of New York after tracking the criminals out to destroy her. She travels to Keeneston, Kentucky to make her final stand by the side of her best friend, McKenna Mason. While in Keeneston, Danielle meets the quiet and mysterious Mohtadi Ali Rahmen, a modern day Prince...
  • Royal Bastard by Nana Malone

    Royal Bastard by Nana Malone

    10 ratings
    Lucas… Don’t get in trouble, they said. Don’t cause an incident. Oops. I might be a newfound prince, but that doesn’t mean I’m ready to say goodbye to my days of freedom. So when my brother, the king, asks me to babysit a diplomat’s daughter, my first thought is to say no… that is until I see her climbing out of a window with her dress tucked into her thong...
  • Bastard Prince by Nana Malone

    Bastard Prince by Nana Malone

    10 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling author, Nana Malone, comes a deliciously royal, roommates to lovers romance. Lucas... I'll never stop fighting for her...no matter the stakes. A year ago I found out I was a long lost prince. But with one lie, that’s all been undone. But prince or pauper, I’m not going to stop fighting for Bryna. She may be the only thing I can count on right now...
  • Coma Girl: Part 5 by Stephanie Bond

    Coma Girl: Part 5 by Stephanie Bond

    12 ratings
    NEW! An Amazon exclusive! From the international bestselling author of STOP THE WEDDING! and the BODY MOVERS mystery series comes a new story of family drama, suspense, comedy, and romance. In COMA GIRL, a victim of a tragic event lies in a hospital bed, at the mercy of friends and relatives who think she can't hear them. But she SO can. COMA GIRL is a daily serial available on stephaniebond...
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    crime  humor  suspense  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary  cozy
  • Coma Girl: part 3 by Stephanie Bond

    Coma Girl: part 3 by Stephanie Bond

    12 ratings
    NEW! An Amazon exclusive! From the international bestselling author of STOP THE WEDDING! and the BODY MOVERS mystery series comes a new story of family drama, suspense, comedy, and romance. In COMA GIRL, a victim of a tragic event lies in a hospital bed, at the mercy of friends and relatives who think she can't hear them. But she SO can...
  • All Hung Up by Kathleen Brooks

    All Hung Up by Kathleen Brooks

    12 ratings
    This novella originally appeared in the Three Southern Beaches collection released July of 2014. Taylor Jefferies fled the Hollywood spotlight and found herself helping the citizens of the small town of Keeneston. As luck would have it, the sexy man who caught her eye and found a place in her heart joined her at college that fall...
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    humor  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction
  • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Liliana Hart

    Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Liliana Hart

    14 ratings
    What do an art forger, a missing clown and a dead cop have in common? Nothing except for Addison Holmes.Addison is back and better than ever. Err...or at least better than she was. She has the P.I. license to prove it and a stack full of cases to solve. But the biggest mystery is Nick. She knows he's keeping something important from her regarding one of her cases...
    Categorized as:
    crime  humor  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary
  • The Former Assassin's Guide to Snagging a Reluctant Boyfriend by Alice Winters

    The Former Assassin's Guide to Snagging a Reluctant Boyfriend by Alice Winters

    14 ratings
    CasselWhen I gave up life as a hitman, I thought everything was going to be better. I was going to become a PI, help people, and live normally… and then I met Jeremy, the most perfect man to have ever saved my life (I mean, he might be the only one who has saved my life, but he’s still the best at it). From that point on, it was all over for me—I knew we were meant to be...
  • Coma Girl: part 2 by Stephanie Bond

    Coma Girl: part 2 by Stephanie Bond

    14 ratings
    NEW! An Amazon exclusive!From the international bestselling author of STOP THE WEDDING! and the BODY MOVERS mystery series comes a new story of family drama, suspense, comedy, and romance.In COMA GIRL, a victim of a tragic event lies in a hospital bed, at the mercy of friends and relatives who think she can't hear them. But she SO can.The COMA GIRL daily serial is available on stephaniebond...
  • Blazing Summer by Denise Grover Swank

    Blazing Summer by Denise Grover Swank

    16 ratings
    Summer Butler is killing it in the ratings—and all of America is tuning in as New York Times bestselling author Denise Grover Swank greenlights a new season of TV’s hottest sleuth… Summer Butler had no idea that Darling Investigations would be such a smash. But ratings don’t lie—fans love watching the former star solve real-life crimes in her hometown...
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    crime  humor  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary
  • Whiskey for Breakfast by Liliana Hart

    Whiskey for Breakfast by Liliana Hart

    18 ratings
    The Private Investigator's HandbookRule #1: Don't break the lawRule #2: See Rule #1...And then there's Addison Holmes, who makes up her handbook as she goes along. Addison is licensed to carry and she means business. The only thing getting in her way is a sexy detective, a neighborhood watch from hell, a dead billionaire, a black market sperm bank, and a long lost heir. Piece of cake..
  • Moonshine & Mayhem by Kathleen Brooks

    Moonshine & Mayhem by Kathleen Brooks

    10 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...
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    crime  humor  suspense  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  cozy
  • Moonshine & Malice by Kathleen Brooks

    Moonshine & Malice by Kathleen Brooks

    10 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...
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    crime  humor  suspense  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  cozy
  • No Such Thing as a Lost Cause by Shelly Fredman

    No Such Thing as a Lost Cause by Shelly Fredman

    10 ratings
    When rookie cop, Dave Wolinski is shot during a routine traffic stop, Brandy (who's along for the ride) finds herself face to face with the shooter; drug-crazed, pit bull fighting, gang member, Mario Lewis. Brandy shoots Lewis in self defense and becomes the target of gang retaliation...
    Categorized as:
    humor  suspense  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  cozy  female-mc
  • A Body on Fitzgerald’s Bluff by Anna Celeste Burke

    A Body on Fitzgerald’s Bluff by Anna Celeste Burke

    10 ratings
    Miriam Webster’s a woman with a few secrets—can she keep them after she and her spirited Dalmatian, Domino, find a body on Fitzgerald’s Bluff? When Miriam Webster moves into the Seaview Cottages active adult community, the last thing she expects is to find a body on the bluffs nearby...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  crime  humor  romance  female-mc  mystery  cozy  fiction
  • Coma Girl: Part 4 by Stephanie Bond

    Coma Girl: Part 4 by Stephanie Bond

    12 ratings
    From the international bestselling author of STOP THE WEDDING! and the BODY MOVERS mystery series comes a new story of family drama, suspense, comedy, and romance. In COMA GIRL, a victim of a tragic event lies in a hospital bed, at the mercy of friends and relatives who think she can't hear them. But she SO can. COMA GIRL is a daily serial available on stephaniebond...
  • Whiskey and Gunpowder by Liliana Hart

    Whiskey and Gunpowder by Liliana Hart

    12 ratings
    Something old, Something new, Something borrowed, Something…bedazzled? In twenty-four hours, Addison Holmes will be a married woman. Maybe. A week to plan a wedding in the south is not for the fainthearted, but Addison (along with the help of her neurotic mother, unreliable sister, and unpredictable Aunt Scarlet) are determined to pull it off. There’s just one problem. Okay…two problems...
    Categorized as:
    crime  humor  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary
  • Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine (29) by Janet Evanovich

    Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine (29) by Janet Evanovich

    26 ratings
    Stephanie Plum breaks the rules, flirts with disaster, and shows who’s boss in this “fast and fun” (Publishers Weekly) thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich.Monday mornings aren’t supposed to be fun, but they should be predictable...
  • Rumble on the Bayou by Jana Deleon

    Rumble on the Bayou by Jana Deleon

    16 ratings
    Deputy Dorie Berenger knew the day would go from bad to worse when she found a stoned alligator in the town drunk’s swimming pool. Then DEA agent Richard Starke shows up in Gator Bait, Louisiana, giving out orders and insults faster than you can cast a fishing line...
  • Whiskey, You're The Devil by Liliana Hart

    Whiskey, You're The Devil by Liliana Hart

    16 ratings
    Things are looking up for Addison Holmes. She's about to take her P.I. exams, she's living in sin with the man of her dreams, and she hasn't had a phone call from her mother in three whole days. But she should have known things were too good to last...
    Categorized as:
    crime  humor  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary
  • The Hunger Pains by Chelsea Field

    The Hunger Pains by Chelsea Field

    16 ratings
    Isobel Avery is on her second assignment as an undercover poison taster for Los Angeles's rich and famous. And she’s actually enjoying herself. Until her sweet, agoraphobic client mysteriously leaves the safety of his apartment and winds up dead. When crucial evidence goes missing, investigator Connor Stiles will need Izzy's inside knowledge to help track down the killer...
  • Engagement and Espionage by Penny Reid

    Engagement and Espionage by Penny Reid

    18 ratings
    Jennifer Sylvester made her deal with the devil . . . and now they’re engaged!But all is not well in Green Valley. A chicken choker is on the loose, 61 dead birds most "fowl" need plucking, and no time remains for Jennifer and her devilish fiancé. Desperate to find a spare moment together, Jenn and Cletus’s attempts to reconnect are thwarted by one seemingly coincidental disaster after another...
  • Whiskey Sour by Liliana Hart

    Whiskey Sour by Liliana Hart

    18 ratings
    Addison Holmes is at it again. When priceless Russian gems are stolen on their way to Savannah and the courier is murdered, all the clues lead to back to an escort service that seems above reproach. But looks can be deceiving. Throw in a sexy detective and a dangerous FBI agent, and Addison finds out very quickly that she's in way over her head...
  • The Billionaire Op by Lori Ryan

    The Billionaire Op by Lori Ryan

    6 ratings
    Can she ever get over her broken heart? Jennie Evans has known true love, and it died with her husband. But she's found balance in her life: friends and a job she loves at Sutton Capital. And there might be a man that caught her eye, but she'll never give him her heart.Chad Thompson sees what others don't: Jennie's hurting inside and hiding it from the world...
  • Fearless by Marlie May

    Fearless by Marlie May

    6 ratings
    Their second chance at love turns lethal when a man from Ginny’s past is determined to see her dead. Navy Chief Cooper Talon is on leave only long enough to clean out his dad’s house and shut the door on the abuse he suffered there. He takes a break to go camping with a high school buddy, never expecting to run into his friend’s younger sister, Ginny—the girl he secretly adored twelve years ago...
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    humor  suspense  crime  romance  military  war  audiobook  kidnapping
  • Bend the Rules by Susan Amanda Kelly

    Bend the Rules by Susan Amanda Kelly

    8 ratings
    Accountant-extraordinaire Mary Holmes is determined to make the most of her second chance... a job with Vitruvius Security. Then, her boss hires a specialist, Crash Coolidge, to work undercover to smash a truck-cargo heist gang. Mary is horrified to discover that the sexy, insolent new-hire is a criminal who is scarily relaxed about the prospect of killing people...
  • Barefoot With a Bad Boy by Roxanne St. Claire

    Barefoot With a Bad Boy by Roxanne St. Claire

    10 ratings
    A man who trusts no one is forced to believe the unbelievable... Former spy Gabriel Rossi has been searching for CIA linguist Isadora Winter, a woman he loved and lost. After learning of her untimely death in an accident, and the loss of a son who must be his, Gabe is stunned when a woman he's never met approaches him on the beach and claims to be Isadora...
  • Further Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman by J.B. Lynn

    Further Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman by J.B. Lynn

    12 ratings
    Take three wacky aunts, two talking animals, one nervous bride, and an upcoming hit,and you've got the follow-up to JB Lynn's wickedly funny Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic HitwomanKnocking off a drug kingpin was the last thing on Maggie Lee's to-do list, but when a tragic accident leaves her beloved niece orphaned and in the hospital, Maggie will go to desperate lengths to land the money...
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    crime  humor  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  comedy  contemporary
  • Tap & Gown by Diana Peterfreund

    Tap & Gown by Diana Peterfreund

    14 ratings
    Fans of Beautiful Disaster will devour Diana Peterfreund's Ivy League novels--Secret Society Girl, Under the Rose, Rites of Spring (Break), and Tap & Gown. At an elite university, Amy Haskel has been initiated into the country's most notorious secret society. But in this power-hungry world where new blood is at the mercy of old money, hooking up with the wrong people could be fatal...
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