BOOKBUB -The Silent Forest (The House on the Hill Book 2) by David Kummer
In New Haven, everything is changing. And there’s no going back now.
It’s been weeks since Allison went missing, and everyone has given up except for Kaia. New Haven mourns their dead as she keeps looking. And now, she’s starting to find answers.
As the unsolved cases pile up, a new discovery in the forest offers hope. But it also threatens to unbury all of New Haven’s darkest secrets.
For the Woods family, it will take everything they have. For Kaia, it’s the last chance.
There are some shadows you can’t keep underground.
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GOODREADS – The Book of Fears: A Collection of Short Stories by K. S. Gantt
BOOKBUB – The Book of Fears: A Collection of Short Stories by K. S. Gantt
Pho-bi-a /ˈfōbēə / n.
A severe fear or aversion to something.
When it’s more than just sweaty palms and heart palpitations. When it creeps into your mind and worms its way through your thoughts, gnawing away at your rationality.
Eight stories. Eight people. Each faces a life-altering choice – fall victim to their fears or overcome them and survive.
K.S. Gantt creates compelling stories by combining elements from different genres. A dash of fantasy, a pinch of paranormal, and plenty of suspense and horror with a sprinkle of humor.
She lives in Las Vegas, with two of her three children, her loving husband, five crazy dogs, and the friendliest feral cat ever. She loves books, coffee, and sleeping in.
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Dinopotamus watches the children. He tries to do what they do. He follows them to school. He doesn’t fit through the door, so he climbs in the window. The children count their toes. They have five on each foot. He has three. The children see that he wants to learn, just like they do. They all learn together.
If you’re playing hide and seek, Lynn’s default hiding place is always between the pages of a book. Whether it’s a recent bestseller or the latest release from one of her favorite authors, or creating new stories of her own, Lynn’s world must include books to fall into, to be dragged under, to immerse herself in fantasies, romances, thrillers, ideas, or new ways of looking at and experiencing life. Her writing reflects her wide-ranging interests, but you’ll find most of her books in the romantic suspense, mysteries and thrillers and historical romance genres, usually with a magical or supernatural thread woven through the tapestry of the stories. When she’s not reading or writing, Lynn spends time with family and friends, traveling around the country and the world, and whenever she can, at the beach, under an umbrella…reading a book, of course.
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When it’s more than just sweaty palms and heart palpitations. When it creeps into your mind and worms its way through your thoughts, gnawing away at your rationality.
Eight stories. Eight people. Each faces a life-altering choice – fall victim to their fears or overcome them and survive.
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back for seconds…
Evil Sushi turns the tables, putting meat back on the menu.
*****
Two down-on-their-luck East Coast fishermen make the discovery of a lifetime—one that could solve world hunger once and for all. They find themselves fast-tracked on a quest to alter lives around the globe. Their discovery changes things, there’s no doubt about it, but not in the way they hoped.
Is Evil Sushi fiction, the ramblings of a lunatic, or a prophecy as to what may come to pass? Pick this one up and decide for yourself.
C.A. King, USA Today Bestselling Author, is the recipient of several awards, including:
The Hamilton Spectator Readers’ Choice Award for 2017, 2018 & 2019 in the Best Local Author category; The Brant News Readers’ Choice Award for 2017 Best Local Author; Readers’ Favorite award in the short story/novella category; the 2017 SIBA Award for Best New Adult; the 2017 SIBA Award for Best Novella; 2018 Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards: Gold Medal in the Fiction—Supernatural genre; 2018 Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards: Bronze Medal in the Fiction – New Adult genre; 2019 Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards: Gold Medal in the Fiction – Supernatural genre; 2019 Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards: Gold Medal in the Young Adult – Fantasy – Urban Genre; City of Brantford Featured Artist February 2020; Burlington Post Readers’ Choice Award in the Best Local Author Category 2020; Toronto Star Readers’ Choice Award in the Best Local Author Category 2020; Cambridge Times Readers’ Choice Award in the Best Local Author Category 2020; Burlington Post Readers’ Choice Award in the Best Local Author Category 2021; and 2021 Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards: Gold Medal in the Fiction — Holiday category.
Currently residing in Hamilton, Ontario Canada, she lives with her two sons. She began her writing career after the tragic loss of her parents and husband. Redirecting her emotions through the jotting down of stories became therapeutic in her battle with depression and in 2014 she decided to begin publishing some of her works.
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She leads a hectic life. But when this determined single mom stumbles on buried secrets, will the truth put a target on her back?
Between repairing boat engines and caring for her teenage daughter, Irena Fishbone is always on the run. Still owed ten years child support by her ex-husband, she’s made her own way and built a thriving business. But when she and her ex join a shipboard celebration with a close-knit group of old high school friends, she’s furious when the stubborn man refuses to wear a lifejacket and the two of them are swept away by a rogue wave.
Horrified that he never returned to the boat, as the Coast Guard scours the sea the driven woman organizes a search party to track down her missing ex-husband. But returning to the marina empty handed, her growing suspicions reveal damning financial records, furtive friends, obscure messages and a tangled web of lies.
With the small-town community on a knife-edge, will anyone emerge unscathed?
Under Jackson Bridge is a nail-biting psychological thriller. If you like courageous heroines, unsettling conflict, and jaw-dropping twists, you’ll be gripped by Susan Specht Oram’s chilling page-turner.
Buy Under Jackson Bridge to solve a complex puzzle today!
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She is the most beautiful target to land at the center of his heart.
Calculated and sinfully attractive, Arrow Holt is a former Navy SEAL full of strategies that make him a successful wine entrepreneur. But the wounds he carries still haunt him. When he sees scars worse than his own on a stunning woman, his closed heart breaks open.
Mysterious and exquisite, Vivian Vo is an efficient dentist with a hidden agenda and no time for romance even with a gorgeous man she’s drawn to. She believes he’s moved on after her rejection. But his determined plan eventually earns him a duel, a date, and her admission that he is her perfect match.
Her brilliant strategist.
Her relentless protector.
The savior to her soul.
As their romance intensifies, her deep ties to the triad threaten to destroy them and everyone they love.
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Erica Parker has barely been a bride nine months when two thugs show up at her apartment while her husband is away on one of his infamous business trips, claiming he owes their boss a large gambling debt. Frightened, and without any other options, she heads for her childhood Long Island home she escaped three years ago. And swore never to return.
The aunts who raised her are as interfering and controlling as ever, but soon as the family attorney advances the rest of her trust from her parents’ life insurance, she can return to normalcy. Except he refuses, instead spouting nonsense about how she will soon inherit millions. On her twenty-fifth birthday. In two weeks.
Problem is, someone doesn’t want her to live that long.
Her aunts are harboring secrets, people are turning up dead, her husband is nowhere to be found, and attempts are being made on her life. It appears you can go home again, but sometimes, you shouldn’t.
Tropes: coming home, lies, on the run, damsel in distress, no one to trust, secret heir
A former Spanish teacher, Marilyn Levinson writes mysteries, romantic suspense, and novels for young readers. Her Golden Age of Mystery Book Club series was a King Rivers Life Magazine’s “Best of 2014,” and on Book Town’s 2014 Summer Mystery Reading List. She’s an Agatha nominee, a Library Journal “Pick of the Month,” on Goodreads’s list of the 200 “Most Popular Books Published in 2017,” a Suspense Magazine Best Indie, and was on Book Town’s Summer (and) Fall Reading Lists. She also writes under Allison Brooks. Marilyn loves traveling, reading, knitting, doing Sudoku, and visiting with her grandchildren. She is co-founder and past president of the Long Island chapter of Sisters in Crime. She resides in New York with her family.www.marilynlevinson.com
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Graduate student Evelyn Stevenson is on her way to study abroad, and it’s her first time away from home. Excited for the adventure of a lifetime, she wasn’t planning on running, literally, into someone on her London layover who would change the course of her life. Now on the radar of a notorious crime boss, she must rely on handsome and burly private investigator, Patrick Miller, to protect her. But he seems like he’s on a mission for revenge. Will his hard heart melt enough to let her in? If they can survive long enough to try.
Tropes: sworn off love, damsel in distress, protector, private investigator, beta, international
Stephanie R. Caffrey is a debut romantic suspense author who lives with her family in the Midwest. When she’s not working on her books, she’s a substitute teacher, and loves to write fanfiction. She is a proud marginalized voice in the Mexican-American community. Besides writing, she enjoys sewing, knitting, and cross stitching.www.srcaffrey.com
Moments from her small but pivotal role in A Very Crowded House, Harriet “Harry” Smith begins her own story where an Ivy League education, her wit, and talented two hands make no promises, least of all the promise of a happily-ever-after.
A typically tough private investigator and criminology professor, Harry Smith distracts herself from heartbreak by diving headlong into her latest surveillance job. On a steamy New York City night, she sets out on foot, cocksure and reckless, landing face to face with Trey Popov, a serious rising star in the Trubetzkoy crime family whose eyelashes just might be worth killing for. She escapes the verboten interaction but when the two meet again, Harry plunges undercover as a wholesome schoolteacher who turns Trey’s head despite his compulsion to climb the criminal ladder.
Harry’s unconventional, clandestine scheme and forbidden attraction combust in a violent disaster. All she can do is work toward justice for her murdered police detective-dad. Along the way, she hopes to rescue the good bad guy too far down the wrong road to be saved. For Harry, doing the right thing is also the hardest thing, but crossing some lines isn’t in your DNA when you bleed blue. Devastated by heartache, goaded by ambition, and blinded by attraction, Harry’s allegiances falter, and the differences between academic theory and real life prove that no one makes it out unchanged. Hell, some don’t make it out at all.
Kelly Elizabeth Huston writes women-centric, genre-straddling fiction that always includes laughs and a love story. Often there’s heartbreak, a smidge of mystery, moments of suspense, and maybe a dead body… or two. Not always. But sometimes. Above all, she hopes her protagonists are better for it in the end, and she has entertained readers along the way. After spending a few years in the traditional publishing space, Kelly leaped to the indie side without looking back and is eager to dole out her book babies and get them read. She hopes you’ll join her in the adventure.
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GOODREADS – Family Ties Family Lies by Jacqueline Boulden
BOOKBUB – Family Ties Family Lies by Jacqueline Boulden
Rose Webster is facing down her fortieth birthday and worrying about her future as a photojournalist after getting caught in a raucous rally and shoved to the hard pavement, destroying her camera and, at least temporarily, her livelihood. One arm is in a splint, her right hand isn’t strong enough to hold a cup of coffee, and bruised ribs make it difficult to breathe. She’s filling out insurance claims when her aunt calls to tell her she’s needed in upstate New York to care for her ailing mother.
Rose has never liked returning to Lake Amelia in the foothills of the Adirondacks for more than a couple of days, but she has no choice. Doctors discover her mother has more health issues than anyone suspected, and Rose needs to help care for her. While poking around in the attic of her childhood home, Rose discovers personal items of her late father’s that hint of a secret life: a photo hidden in a book and a travel bag that hasn’t been opened in more than a decade.
Her next startling discovery sends shockwaves through her family. She’s more determined than ever to find answers no matter the cost. But will she regret what she learns and how it changes the way she thinks about family?
JACQUELINE BOULDEN is the 2023 IPPY (Independent Press) Gold Award Winner for Best Regional Fiction, Mid-Atlantic, for Her Past Can’t Wait. This debut novel was also named the 2023 Global Book Awards Gold winner for Psychological Thriller, and finalist in several other contests. Her second book, Family Ties Family Lies, also looks at how our past affects our present and shapes our future. Before turning to writing fiction, she won several Emmy awards for reporting and Telly awards for video production. Jacqueline’s TV career took her around the country covering politics in Washington, D.C., NASA and the space shuttle program in Florida (including the Challenger accident) and fighting the wind for control of her hat during live shots in hurricanes and blizzards while working in Orlando and Philadelphia. Jacqueline lives in upstate New York with her spouse and their rescue dog, who’s teaching them how to speak Beaglish.
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Tim Holland, a seasoned pararescue jumper and facility director at Chase Care in Washington, DC, has dedicated his life to saving others. With a tight-knit circle of friends and a steadfast commitment to his career, he’s built a life filled with purpose—until a life-threatening personal battle threatens to turn his world upside down.
Willow Colson leads a wandering life as a traveling nurse, trying to outrun a past filled with bad relationships. She has a passion for healing and a mission to care for those in need.
Chase Care discovers chemotherapy drugs are being tampered with, putting countless lives at risk. Willow, Tim, and a man from her tumultuous past must forge an unlikely alliance to unravel the mystery and put a stop to the evil forces at play.
As Tim faces his darkest hour and Willow confronts her past, their journey becomes intertwined with a race against time. Will they uncover the evil forces before the unspeakable occurs? Join Tim and Willow in this heart-pounding tale of love, sacrifice, and the relentless fight for survival in the face of darkness.
The Chase Care series is a medical/romantic thriller spin-off series from R.L. Dunn’s bestselling Chase Security Series and features heroes with heart and healing hands. Please be advised these stories contain adult content that may upset some readers. You do not need to have read the Chase Security Series to enjoy this one. The series reading order is as follows:
R.L. Dunn resides on the beautiful Long Island, NY Gold Coast with her husband and two of her four children, a mixed-breed dog Moe and two black cats, Luna and Stinky. She is a retired emergency medical services provider, deputy chief, educator and regional NYS faculty who has spent twenty-five years caring for others. When she was stricken with an illness that changed her life path, she turned to writing as a form of self-expression and therapy.
Robin is a member of the Long Island Romance Writers, and her leadership training in the first responder community has served her well in her previous roles as Secretary and President for LIRW and her current role as Vice President of Communications.
She is the creator of the best-selling Chase Security Series and Chase Care Series. She is also author of Blood Obsession, a crime thriller series and The Cure, a spine tingling thriller. Her books are enjoyed by readers all over the world. A new series is coming in 2024.
As far as the future goes, she continues to live a life worth living as there is no expiration date written on the bottom of her foot. She continues to use her professional background, medical contacts, law enforcement contacts, and military contacts to write many more romantic suspense novels in the future.
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The article would make front page news, if she lived long enough to write it.
In the heart of Paris, a trendy nightclub harbors a dark secret—it’s a front for a human trafficking ring. It’s also Finlay Giammarino’s only lead to find her friend’s sister. Exposing the club’s owner isn’t enough for the investigative journalist. Finlay is determined to bring the men at the top to justice.
Desperate, Finlay does the one thing she swore she’d never do—ask Drake Reeves for help. The former Navy SEAL has made it unmistakably clear how he feels about journalists. But he has skills and Finlay has reached a dead end.
Finlay and Drake are thrust into a world of shadows, lies, and secrets where every step forward unravels another layer of deception. How far are they willing to go for the truth?
If you enjoy an action-packed roller coaster ride laced with romance and a touch of humor, don’t miss out on Mavery Ellscott’s third installment in the Shadow Defense Security series of standalone novels.
Mavery Ellscott’s first foray into writing was not romantic suspense. She wrote and published a neighborhood newspaper. A pretty big endeavor for an eight-year-old armed with scrap paper and her dad’s old typewriter. Total circulation—two. Fortunately, her later publications fared better. She’s even made it beyond the first round in a contest or two.
A conservationist, Mavery has won a few environmental awards. So, it’s no surprise she yearns to write a high-speed chase with eco-friendly cars.
Mateo will do anything to escape his former life of crime. One last undercover assignment for DAG will ensure his freedom and put a major drug dealer out of business. But when things go sideways, he must choose between his op and the only person who ever believed in him.
Janey clawed her way out of an abusive home to make a safe, and better, life for herself. But when a gang kidnaps her to get to her brother, she’s thrust back into a dangerous world. More devastating though, is discovering that Mateo, her teenage crush, is still involved with the gang. She’s torn between trusting him to save her and living out her long-ago fantasies about the one who got away.
Janey and Mateo give into their feelings before all manner of secrets come to light. Can they work through their issues while searching for the last piece of the puzzle Mateo needs to be free? Or is it one betrayal too many to be overcome?
Meanwhile, the mole continues to endanger ops and personnel at DAG. Can they discover who is undermining their mission before anyone else gets hurt?
Winner of the Chill Award and the Pencraft Award and a finalist for The Book Buyers Best Award, The Maggie Award for Excellence and The Carolyn Reader’s Choice Award, Kel lives with her family in the mountains of North Carolina. In addition to reading and writing, she loves coffee, loud rock music, subversive humor and the smell of old books. You can find her online on Twitter, Facebook and atkeloconnor.com.
3 Random Facts about Kel:
* She will buy almost anything if it is a hot pink color
* She watches any and every show/movie about crime-fighting, spies, detective work or secret agents
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The cops label him “trouble” on sight. But it’s the kind of trouble she dreams about.
Between the Devils’ Spawn MC cut on his back and the blood on his hands, Cutter isn’t surprised he’s landed in police custody for doing the right thing—again. But then the pretty cop who slapped cuffs on him years ago walks into the interrogation room. Only now she’s a detective, and still the brunette bombshell who lives in his Daddy Dominant fantasies.
Emily Mayhew knew Cutter was innocent back then, but as a rookie she could only watch him be railroaded straight to jail. Now she needs his help. The Sons of Chaos MC is running guns, drugs, and humans—and they can smell “cop” a mile away. Infiltrating this gang requires the real deal. It also requires a tight perimeter of secrecy to keep her jealous colleagues’ dirty fingers out of it. Working with Cutter, the man who fuels her most sensuous submissive dreams, will be the adrenaline rush of Emily’s life.
Award-winning and bestselling author Victoria Saccenti writes contemporary steamy romance, paranormal/fantasy romance, and romantic women’s fiction. She explores the edgy twists and turns of human interaction, the many facets of love, and all possible happy endings. After thirty years of traveling the world, she’s settled in Central Florida, where she splits her busy schedule between family and her active muse at Essence Publishing. However, if she could convince her husband to sell their home, she would pack up her computer and move to Scotland, a land she adores.
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FBI Special Agent Noah Danes’ investigation into The Beltway Romeo brings him to Philadelphia and leads to a chance encounter with an old friend. Forensic facial reconstructionist Sadie Potter hasn’t seen Noah since the sentencing of her mother’s murderer four years earlier. Seeing one another in a new light, they both dare to hope for more.
But before they can explore their newfound feelings, Sadie’s attacked by The Beltway Romeo.
Fueled with rage and fear, Noah swears to protect her at all costs. But his fellow profilers turn their focus on Noah, threatening to reveal his deepest secrets to the world. Scarred, depressed, and afraid of losing herself along with her art, Sadie lashes out at the people she loves most…until Romeo makes it clear he hasn’t forgotten the victim who got away.
A city girl, born and bred, Becky writes romantic thrillers set in her hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, or at least has a character or two from the area. She wrote her first book in kindergarten and even then, her style leaned toward suspense. In addition to being a mother and grandmother, she works as a legal professional when she’s not writing, reading, baking, or dancing. And Becky’s proud to tell people she’s making her own dreams come true…one happily ever after at a time.
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Margo McAllister is mere hours from her dream. In Italy to compete for a prestigious award, the young photographer turns down a corrupt politician who offers her an insane sum to polish his reputation with a clever portrait. But her plans shatter when she’s slipped a blackout drug, awakens to $40,000 in damages to her hotel room, and is expelled from the contest.
Suddenly a beggar with no options, Margo travels to the despot’s personal estate to earn enough money to cover her debts and get her life back on track. She quickly discovers the remote mountain castle is crawling with secrets and lies, and she fears the oligarch’s increasingly creepy propositions and rough demands leave no way out.
Portrait of Deception is the dark and gritty thriller in the Southwest Suspense Series. If you like tough females, relentless action, and hints of steam, then you’ll love Kathryn Dodson’s twisted adventure.
Kathryn Dodson grew up writing and riding horses in far West Texas. She graduated from SMU in English/Creative Writing and went on to get an MBA from Thunderbird and a PhD from Clemson. Now she spends her days writing about women who become their own heroes.
She has worked on both sides of the US/Mexico border and has held jobs with governments, chambers of commerce, and other businesses. Kathryn loves to travel and has visited 30 countries and 44 states. This inspires her novels about interesting women in fascinating places.
Originally from Texas, Kathryn had the good fortune to live in Spain, Mexico, Tanzania, and several U.S. states, and the good sense to end up in Carlsbad, California. She loves travel, fiery food, hanging out with the neighbors in the front yard on Friday evenings, and reading.
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When I come across a beautiful young woman who finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time, I take matters into my own hands.
As a bodyguard to wealthy billionaires and the Larussio Crime Family, I’ve seen situations like this escalate time and time again.
When the criminal with a long past sets his sites on her, Alexis doesn’t see the extent of the danger, until it’s far too late.
But I’m not going to let anything happen to the wide-eyed innocent who takes my breath away and makes my heart pound with an excitement I’ve never known.
That woman speaks to my dark soul on a primal level, causing every protective and possessive instinct I have to kick in, far beyond what I’ve ever known.
The enemies think their deadly game is too perilous to overcome, but they are wrong. They will rue the day they went against one of the most ruthless protectors of them all.
I will keep Alexis safe, and she will be mine to love and cherish for all time.
Watch and see…
Nick and Allie
As a wealthy member of a security team, paid to protect billionaires and mafia men alike, I’m used to having anything or anyone I want.
Until I rescue a woman who takes my breath away in one moment with her beauty and leaves my head spinning in the next with that sassy little mouth.
Allie has perfected the art of keeping men at a distance, and I’m determined to break down the defenses she has so carefully constructed in the most delicious of ways.
But the criminals who endangered her closest friend are now after her, and my priorities are split.
They will be sorry they ever looked at the woman who belongs to one of the most ruthless protectors around.
Because I protect what’s mine.
And Allie is no longer just another woman on a long list, but the one I plan to make my own for all time. Because in this elusive little game of the heart, I plan to win.
Wait and see…
Elusive Surrender is the bundled collection of Elusive and Tenacious, the third in a sinfully delicious duet collection by International Best-Selling Author Via Mari. You will fall in love with these two fearless women who become the best of friends and capture the hearts of the men who will do anything to protect them, even from themselves.
You will love these novels where the passion is fiery, the loyalty is fierce, and the stakes are high. Each story and couple have a guaranteed happily ever after.
Via Mari is a contemporary romantic suspense author who likes to keep her readers on the edge of their seats one minute and fanning themselves as the heat rises in the next. Her book series feature the most handsome alpha billionaires, elite bodyguards, and powerful mafiosi. They all exemplify extreme romance with dominant males who will stop at nothing to protect and capture the hearts of the woman they love.
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Margo McAllister is mere hours from her dream. In Italy to compete for a prestigious award, the young photographer turns down a corrupt politician who offers her an insane sum to polish his reputation with a clever portrait. But her plans shatter when she’s slipped a blackout drug, awakens to $40,000 in damages to her hotel room, and is expelled from the contest.
Suddenly a beggar with no options, Margo travels to the despot’s personal estate to earn enough money to cover her debts and get her life back on track. She quickly discovers the remote mountain castle is crawling with secrets and lies, and she fears the oligarch’s increasingly creepy propositions and rough demands leave no way out.
Portrait of Deception is the dark and gritty thriller in the Southwest Suspense Series. If you like tough females, relentless action, and hints of steam, then you’ll love Kathryn Dodson’s twisted adventure.
Kai Serrano, Hollywood director, needs a Navy SEAL to be a consultant on her next film. What she neither needs, nor wants, is to be distracted by him, even if he is every woman’s ideal military action hero.
Waters is a man with no identity. Even if someone knew his real name, it would only lead them to a dead man. He cannot afford to get distracted by an attractive, sassy director. Relationships are not allowed, even if he wanted one.
Kai and Waters work well together, but there’s trouble brewing on the set. Items are going missing, accidents are on the rise, and Kai’s office and living space have been broken into. To top it all off, now her brother is missing, but it’s unclear if he’s been kidnapped or hiding out.
It’s clear Kai is in danger, but from whom? Is it her executive producer who attempts to belittle her at every turn? Is she leverage in her brother’s disappearance? Or does she unknowingly have something she shouldn’t?
With the stakes this high, are Kai and Waters good enough to figure out what’s going on without falling for each other in the process?
Trigger Warning: This book contains a violent assault. Content throughout is for mature readers.
Nicole Craig lives in Southeastern Wisconsin with her husband and three furry children. She began writing in her teens in Creative Writing class and into her years at college, but it wasn’t until the COVID-19 pandemic that she actually decided to get published. After taking an online class on how to write romance novels with Angela Knight, Nicole’s personal Frankenstein monster was born. Three-and-a-half years later, it’s now on Amazon.
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After learning about Martha’s secret son and quitting the agency, Tom’s content chopping firewood in Avebury and counting the minutes until Isabella comes home.
But when two young women show up in London in the middle of the night demanding to speak to Tom, he’s unwillingly dragged back into the seedy world of human trafficking.
To find a third woman, the key witness in Operation Sweetpea and the only person with the knowledge to bring the trafficking ring down, Tom works to decipher clues left by the murdered MI5 agent charged with her protection.
With foes attacking from every direction and allies deceiving him, Tom must figure out who he can trust before Operation Sweetpea implodes and he’s left with more deaths on his conscience.
Samantha Adair is the author of the Tom Grant Series with her debut novel – Blood Orphan, released in November 2020. She lives on the Northern Beaches of Sydney with her family and golden retriever. Samantha has had a passion for writing since she was a child and loves to write character driven fiction. When it comes to short stories, she likes to draw on experience and delve into the emotions and change a character experiences.
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As one of the wealthiest bodyguard’s and mafia connected men in the world, my assignment shouldn’t be difficult.
Get in and find the woman who’s fallen prey to a deadly global trafficking ring and return her to the family. Protect her at all costs.
Those were the orders, and I’ve never let a client down.
The innocent beauty’s eyes swirl with emotion as she looks at me, full of caution, wariness, fear, curiosity and need, all in a hazy mixture of lust that makes this more than a job.
But Bryanna has secrets of her own. She fights my help every step of the way, fleeing right out of my arms and back to those who want to sell her for a price.
The hold they have over Bryanna is not strong enough to keep me at bay. I will move heaven and earth to win her trust and to make her mine.
They’ve messed with the most ruthless of protectors in this deadly game of sin, and they will learn that the hard way today.
Because tonight, Bryanna will be mine.
Dereck and Layla
When asked to help with an assignment, the last thing I expect is to meet an exquisite woman full of attitude who ignites my soul like she was made just for me.
Layla Contreras can hold her own in the dangerous criminal underworld. A fiery exotic dancer who is strong-willed, sassy, and determined.
In a swift twist of fate, danger ignites.
I will do what it takes to keep Layla safe, even calling upon mafia alliances who are more than happy to go up against our mutual enemies.
But this is far from a job now…
Layla thinks her secrets will keep me away, but she couldn’t be more wrong. I plan to earn her trust, to bring that wall completely down, and tame the bravehearted fire within.
I will bury the sins of the past and anyone who gets in the way of me claiming the relentless beauty all for my very own.
Watch me…
Auctioned Submission is the bundled collection of Auctioned and Relentless, the second in a sinfully delicious duet by International Best-Selling Author Via Mari. You will fall in love with these two fearless women who become the best of friends and capture the hearts of the men who will do anything to protect them, even from themselves.
You will love these novels where the passion is fiery, the loyalty is fierce, and the stakes are high. Each story and couple have a guaranteed happily ever after.
Via Mari is a contemporary romantic suspense author who likes to keep her readers on the edge of their seats one minute and fanning themselves as the heat rises in the next. Her book series feature the most handsome alpha billionaires, elite bodyguards, and powerful mafiosi. They all exemplify extreme romance with dominant males who will stop at nothing to protect and capture the hearts of the woman they love.
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Marcie Hayes is house sitting in the Pocono Mountains and dog sitting a King Charles Spaniel named Ginger. She also has to take pictures of an antique Christmas elf every day and send them to the home owner to be entered in the Big Busiest Christmas Elf Contest online.
Air Force fighter pilot Ted Barrett and his golden retriever Ace, are spending the holidays in the Pocono Mountains, setting up his new house. He meets Marcie and they start dating, but he has to fly to Montana for his brother Jack’s wedding. When Marcie stops answering Ted’s messages, he’s confused because in her last message she’d said she couldn’t wait to see him.
She can’t answer because she’s been taken.
Ted returns home and realizes what’s happened, but is it in time to save her? Ted will not rest until he finds her. Ginger attacks the elf and when Ted takes it from her they find their first clue to what happened to Marcie.
Author Debra Parmley believes: “Every day we are alive is a beautiful day,” and she likes to give her readers and her story people a story that ends happily.
An Air Force veteran’s wife, Debra writes military romantic suspense, contemporary romance, historical romance, poetry, and memoir.
Debra married her high school sweetheart, whom she asked out after a five-dollar bet.
After living in five states with her husband and their two sons, and then living 23 years just outside Memphis, TN, she and her husband sold everything and now live and travel the U.S. in their 43-foot motorhome.
Debra is an adventurous writer who has sold travel and has walked the plank of a pirate ship off the coast of Grand Cayman. She has gone swimming with dolphins in Moorea in French Polynesia, has escorted a bus full of people through Scotland, and has set foot in 13 countries. She even climbs lighthouses because she is afraid of heights.
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Hayden Goddard wasn’t looking for love. He throughly enjoyed his life as a confirmed bachelor running his family’s Wyoming ranch. Until he’s shot and left for dead. And the first thing he sees when he wakes up are stunning green eyes he knows he’ll never forget.
Ruby Drake is on the run from her past. She dreams of a fresh start in the quiet countryside away from the city – and far from the ghosts of her former life. The last thing she needs is a sexy cowboy bleeding on her front porch.
Ruby has her fair share of dark secrets… and when her less-than-rosy past comes knocking, she’s forced to run into the arms of the only man who can protect her. Hayden owes her his life. Now it’s time for him to return the favor.
Originally from Kansas, Sara Vinduska is a romantic suspense author and aspiring farmer in Wyoming. When not writing, she enjoys spending time with her husband, horses, dogs, cats, and chickens. Her other passions include CrossFit, reading, travel, good red wine, and K-State football.
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Bookbub – Shadowed Agenda: An Enemies to Lovers Action-Packed Romantic Suspense Thriller (Shadow Defense Security Series) by Mavery Ellscott
He’s the last person she’d turn to. He’s her best bet to keep her and her daughter alive.
Most authors would kill to be invited to do a private book signing for the woman who could be the next first lady. Regan Christenson isn’t one of them. But someone is willing to do whatever it takes to make her accept. There’s only one person she can turn to—Pavlo Barislov. Her book tour partner and former Navy SEAL is also the only person who annoys her more than an empty toilet paper roll.
If he’d had a choice, Pavlo would rather eat MREs for a year than spend five minutes with the fiercely independent Regan. He likes to keep his relationship with Shadow Defense Security low key, but when Regan and her daughter are threatened, Pavlo can’t turn a blind eye. As the danger intensifies, so does his unexplainable attraction to the irritating woman.
As things heat up, Pavlo and Regan are thrust into an unexpected minefield of treachery and deceit. One Pavlo may not be able to pull them out of alive.
Discover the heart-pounding excitement of Shadowed Agenda, the second installment in the romantic suspense thriller series Shadow Defense Security. If you like a slow-burn, high-stakes read, you’ll love Mavery Ellscott’s twisty page turner.
Each book in the Shadow Defense Security series can be read as a standalone. No cliffhangers and an HEA is guaranteed.
Mavery Ellscott’s first foray into writing was not romantic suspense. She wrote and published a neighborhood newspaper. A pretty big endeavor for an eight-year-old armed with scrap paper and her dad’s old typewriter. Total circulation—two. Fortunately, her later publications fared better. She’s even made it beyond the first round in a contest or two.
A conservationist, Mavery has won a few environmental awards. So, it’s no surprise she yearns to write a high-speed chase with eco-friendly cars.
When PI Jorja Knight arrives in the ancient, mysterious city of Istanbul, she knows something is wrong. Her best friend, Gabriella Rizzo, isn’t at the airport to meet her as promised. Gab’s suitcases are at the guest house—but she’s vanished. She’s not answering her phone, and no one has heard from her in days.
Alone In a city of fourteen million people, Jorja faces her worst fear—her best friend has been abducted. Jorja’s desperate race to find Gab plunges her into a dangerous world of lies, secrets, and greed, where witnesses take bribes, suspects won’t talk, and corrupt politicians barter for favors. With time running out to save her best friend, Jorja must navigate the murky depths of Istanbul’s dark underbelly, where every move could be her last.
Alice Bienia is a Canadian Crime Writer and author of the Jorja Knight mystery series. A two-time Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence finalist, her work has been nominated for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel and the Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery. In addition to her Jorja Knight mystery series, her short stories have been published in Last Shot, Crime Wave 1 (Sisters in Crime Canada West), and The Dame Was Trouble anthologies.
When not plotting a murder, Alice amuses herself watching foreign flicks and exploring Calgary’s urban parks and pathways.
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A deathbed promise. A missing diary. Can she find her loved one’s message and fulfill a last wish?
Karina Walker is juggling with unexpected upheaval. Rushing to her dying grandmother’s side, the grieving twenty-four-year-old agrees to move home, take over the old café, and read a journal left behind. But she’s shocked to her core when the little red book disappears from view the moment she turns her back.
Building a list of suspects who may have overheard mention of a hidden stash of money, Karina teams up with her cousin and a former teacher to track down her inheritance. And while rumors run rampant around town, she discovers a buried secret that could change her forever…
Can Karina confront her family’s past and build herself a new future?
Secrets at the Cafe is an unforgettable, page-turning domestic suspense. If you like determined heroines, dizzying plot twists, and breathtaking dramas, then you’ll adore Susan Specht Oram’s riveting read.
Buy Secrets at the Cafe today to untangle a puzzle that will pull you through the pages!
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If he is the devil, she is the light that makes him betray the darkness.
Inquisitive, focused, and gorgeous, Forrest Navarro is a hotshot doctor who can cure just about anything—except his attraction to an irresistible woman. Though she tempts him like an unforgiving addiction, she is the remedy he has been waiting for and the reason he will destroy the world to keep her safe.
Imaginative, down-to-earth, and striking, Kiera Ford is a fashion photographer grappling with adversity. Things go from bleak to terrifying when she is abducted and auctioned to the highest bidder. But hope sparks when she sees a familiar face in the crowd . . .
Her shooting star.
Her unforgettable one-night stand.
Her savior.
As chaos erupts around them, Kiera clings to the fragile threads of life while Forrest is trapped between a personal vendetta and saving the woman he loves.
The Inquisitor is a second chance, friends to lovers, morally gray billionaire hero, and suspenseful contemporary romance. It is Book Four in the WaterFyre Rising series but can be read as a standalone.
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When Lynn Miller, an ordinary woman, suddenly wins a life-altering lottery, her dreams and goals seem within reach. But the glittering prize becomes a haunting curse as an unrelenting stalker emerges from the shadows, casting danger over her newfound wealth.
Desperate to convince her skeptical husband, James, of the imminent risk, Lynn becomes ensnared in a relentless web of paranoia and uncertainty. As the sinister pursuit escalates, long-buried family secrets surface, unraveling the very fabric of trust and security they once knew.
In a pulse-pounding narrative of suspense and life-and-death stakes, Lynn must navigate the treacherous terrain of unimaginable wealth, deceit, and the perilous boundaries of family loyalty. With blurred lines between friend and foe, she races against time to safeguard herself before the final act plays out.
Nadija Mujagić was born and raised in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, what used to be the former Yugoslavia back in the late 1970s. In 1997, she moved to the United States shortly after the end of the Bosnian War and has lived in Massachusetts since. In her spare time, she enjoys playing sports and electric bass guitar.
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Laughter is the best medicine. I make sure to always deliver the fun and crazy while hiding my pain behind it. It’s who I am and what I do. I also work my butt off for the Grimm Wolves MC brothers, trying to prove myself as more than just a prospect. But even the toughest of the tough need to let loose every now and then. I know that more than anyone after the world of hurt I’ve experienced.
CELEE
A chance encounter in a chat room just may be the saving grace I’ve needed all along. My father’s enemies are closing in, and my time just might be running out. Thank God Dingo and his brothers will do anything to keep me safe–even if it means going up against the most vile of criminals around. But the more Dingo tries to protect me, the more I know he’s hurting too.
Can two fractured hearts find a way to heal together?
USA Today Bestselling author, D. M. Earl creates authentic and genuine characters while spinning stories that feel so real and relatable that the readers plunge deep within the plot, begging for more. Complete with drama, angst, romance, and passion, the stories jump off the page.
When Earl, an avid reader since childhood, isn’t at her keyboard pouring her heart into her work, you’ll find her in Northwest Indiana snuggling up to her husband, the love of her life, with her seven fur babies nearby. Her other passions include gardening and shockingly cruising around town on the back of her 2004 Harley. She’s a woman of many talents and interests. Earl appreciates each and every reader who has ever given her a chance–and hopes to connect on social media with all of her readers.
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