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Product: The Secret of the Howl: Werewolf Shifter and BBW Romance
Description: When Maggie moved to the small town and opened a diner, she was looking to remain anonymous and to blend into the society. But, when the deputy sheriff started to show signs of interest in her, she had a hard time turning him down. On top of that, she was fascinated by the howls that drifted to her in her cabin from the woods. When she discovered a man on her doorstep with multiple gunshot wounds, she never thought he would survive. Then a minute later the man disappeared and the only thing in his wake was the wolf she once spotted at the creek. Fascinated by the wolf and the man who had disappeared from her house, Maggie never expected to meet the man again or how attracted to him she would be.

When she discovered Ethan held a secret will her own secrets allow her to still give him a chance or will she shun him for what he is?

This standalone story ends Happily Ever After. The story contains explicit love scenes and is intended for 18+ readers only!

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Product: Hometown Heroes: A Small Town Romantic Suspense Anthology
Description: High stakes in a small town bring out the best in these heart stopping heroes.
Nine full length stories where the only thing that will get your heart pumping harder than the romance is the suspense that will have you turning pages well into the night.
Cora Seton Issued to the Bride One Navy SEAL Going rogue on his last mission landed Navy SEAL Brian Lake on a fast track out of the Navy, so when Army general Augustus Reed steps in with an intriguing new mission--marry his daughter and earn a share of his Montana ranch--he can't say no.
But Brian's not the only one who wants Two Willows--or Cass.
Will falling in love be the most dangerous mission of all?
JH Croix Take Me Home Marley moves back home to find security in the aftermath of a brutal robbery. She feels an instant connection with her new neighbor, a smoldering Navy SEAL.
The danger Marley is trying to escape is chasing her, and Gage finds he'll do anything to protect her. He never considered his own heart might be at risk. A first in series small town romance suspense story.
Lori Ryan Love and Protect In serious danger and on the run in a desperate attempt to save her child, Laura seeks refuge at a Texas ranch. She finds an instant connection with gorgeous rancher Cade -- but there's no hiding from the past.
Her past will hunt her no matter where she goes. This pulse pounding romance is the first book in the Heroes of Evers, TX Series.
PJ Fiala Ford: Finding His Fire Ford Montgomery is on the trail of the arsonist who killed his parents. When that trail leads him to sexy waitress Megan Marshall, things take an unexpected turn.
Megan is being hunted by a deadly cartel, Ford is now in their sights, and the arsonist is still running free. Their only chance of survival is if Ford and Megan learn to trust each other quickly and walk into the fire together.
Kait Nolan If I Didn't Care Autumn and Judd are two friends bound by blood. When the nightmare from their past returns, will it rip them apart or cement the bonds forged years ago? A romance-heavy, small-town suspense that's first in a series.
Kelsey Browning Going Hard Wealthy sports agent Grif Steele returns to North Carolina when his hometown falls on hard times and needs his help.
When a stalker targets his ex-lover Carlie Beth Parrish, will Grif step in to protect her, or will the fourteen-year-old secret she's keeping tear them apart forever?
Valerie J. Clarizio Taken by Surprise Police Chief Jack Ricco's heart is set ablaze when his teenage crush, Clare Ulster, returns to the remote, laid-back Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Unfortunately, Clare's big-city problems follow her creating chaos in the small town Jack has vowed to protect. Will Clare and Jack be able to survive the deceptively peaceful Iron City?
Janie Crouch Cyclone Zac Mackay. Military codename: CYCLONE. He's the town's returned hero--a man forged in battle, now working to help others be safe.
So why is Anne, the quiet doctor he never thought he'd see again, afraid of *him*?
Elle James Soldier's Duty Home in Eagle Rock, Montana to search for his missing father, Delta Force soldier Angus McKinnon runs interference in murder attempts on his former flame whose secret could destroy them both.
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Product: Fallout (The Yacht Book 1)
Description: Alexander and Samantha Harrington were very well off, in fact they were billionaires. They were liked by everyone, but unbeknown to them, their wealth was also envied, even by people in their own affluent bracket, (not that there were many at their high level).

Theirs was the perfect marriage, at last it seemed so from the outside, and their children were impeccably behaved and caused only enormous pride. Unlike most extremely wealthy people, they always made time for their family, never missing their children's sports or anything else they participated in.

That is until the day it happened. Then everything changed in an instant, and the most common feeling towards the Harringtons from then on was pity.

All the trite phrases were true from that day forward; nothing was ever the same; it changed them all, and those around them, forever. While these might sound like banal expressions, just how much that single event would change their world is something no one could imagine.

They were talked about all over the world and helped by some, hindered by others, but no one was indifferent to the plight of the Harringtons after that day.
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Product: I Know What You Saw (A Maggie Kelburn Mystery Book 1)
Description: First, there were hedgehogs.

Then there was a murder.

And now, Maggie Kelburn is on the run from a killer.

Maggie Kelburn is an ordinary woman who lives on an ordinary street. A quiet street where nothing unremarkable happens.

Until a neighbour is murdered.

Maggie doesn’t know she captured the murder on video until a surveillance expert, Sam Ward, shows her the footage. Together, they take the recording to the police.

But the recording device is stolen from the police station. And a short while later, Maggie’s home is invaded. A chilling message is left for her: I know what you saw

Sam convinces Maggie to seek safety in another town, and he offers to help her. But can Maggie trust Sam? Can she trust anyone?

Maggie leaves her home and travels from one side of the country to the other as she tries to find safety, and justice for the neighbour who was murdered.

But the killer is right behind her. They let Maggie know she will never be safe.

Never.

A thrilling mystery full of twists and turns.
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Product: Harder They Fall: A Gripping Private Detective Crime Mystery (Harder They Fall Private Investigator Crime Thriller Series Book 1)
Description: A BLOODY VENDETTA HAS BEGUN.

Detective Dan Bradley becomes the victim of a devastating attack. Bradley and his partner Eva Roberts are left to pick up the pieces. But they soon learn of other victims.

The private detectives must track down a villain unlike any they have ever known. Relentless and bitterly cruel, he strikes people from Dan Bradley’s past. Each victim is connected to the boxing club where Bradley boxed in his youth, but the targets have little else in common.

Bradley hunts for suspects and potential new victims, but without an obvious motive, progress proves almost impossible. Yet plenty of people are depending on him. Bradley is determined to stop the villain before the senseless attacks turn into murders. But Dan is weak and needs time to heal - time he can ill afford.

Events take the detectives to North Devon to investigate the mysterious murder of a celebrity blogger…

Their nightmare tracks them down.

And the vendetta is taken to the next level.

But Bradley has no choice… He must face his demons or die trying…
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Product: Maple Hills Mystery Box Set: Includes Books 1 - 4
Description: Maple Hills Mystery box set includes the first four stories in this culinary mystery series. Good, clean, hobby sleuthing for you to enjoy.

#1 Raspberry Truffle Murder

A new chocolate shop owner in a cozy Vermont town, a hit and run leaves a man dead, and unexpected twists no one saw coming...

#2 Peppermint Chocolate Murder

An amateur sleuth, a handsome detective, and a dead body found in their cozy town… Can Nikki and Hawk solve this mysterious murder?

#3 Blueberry Truffle Murder

It's a murder case that cuts just a little too close to home for Nikki, an amateur sleuth, in the latest crime to hit her not-so-quiet cozy town!

#4 Sea Salt Caramel Murder

Trouble seems to follow Nikki like a dark cloud of misfortune. When the Captain of her cruise ship is murdered, it is up to her to get to the bottom of the mystery.

This cozy mystery is a clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.

Read all the Maple Hills cozy mysteries:
5. Georgia Peach Truffle Murder
6. Gold Flake Chocolate Murder
7. Coconut Chocolate Murder
8. Turkey Truffle Murder
9. Christmas Chocolate Murder
10. Chocolate Heart Murder
11. Bear Truffle Murder
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Product: If She Knew (A Kate Wise Mystery—Book 1)
Description: “A masterpiece of thriller and mystery. Blake Pierce did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page.”
--Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone)

IF SHE KNEW (A Kate Wise Mystery) is book #1 in a new psychological thriller series by bestselling author Blake Pierce, whose #1 bestseller Once Gone (Book #1) (a free download) has received over 1,000 five star reviews.

55 year old empty nester—and freshly retired FBI agent—Kate Wise finds herself drawn out of her quiet suburban life when her friend’s daughter is murdered in a home invasion—and she is implored to help.

Kate thought she left the FBI behind after 30 years as their top agent, respected for her brilliant mind, tough street skills and her uncanny ability to hunt down serial killers. Yet Kate, bored with the quiet town, at a crossroads in life, is summoned by a friend she can’t turn down.

As Kate hunts the killer, she soon finds herself at the forefront of a manhunt, as more bodies turn up—all suburban moms in perfect marriages—and it becomes apparent there is a serial killer stalking this quiet town. She unearths secrets from her neighbors she wishes she never knew, discovering that all is not what it seems in this picture of model streets and neighbors. Affairs and lying are rampant, and Kate must sift through the town’s underbelly if she will stop the killer from striking again.

But this killer is one step ahead of her, and it may end up being Kate who is in danger.

An action-packed thriller with heart-pounding suspense, IF SHE KNEW is book #1 in a riveting new series that will leave you turning pages late into the night.

Book #2 in the KATE WISE MYSTERY series is also available!
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Product: Kidnapped In The Nude : A Psychological Horror Thriller. Ingrid's shocking story of sexual abuse.
Description: A kidnapped girl is forced to have sex on camera.

When two members of an underground porn production company kidnap 16-year-old Ingrid Gustafson while she is walking home from school, the frightened teen wakes up several hours later in a basement chained, like an animal, to a steel post. Ingrid doesn't even know what town or state she's in.

Back home in Lexington, Virginia, as weeks pass by, Ingrid's family is devastated. They can't figure out what happened to her. The police and the FBI have no clues either.

A sex slave forced to be in erotic films or face being murdered, Ingrid has to endure unbearable torment and humiliation, both mentally and physically, never knowing if she'll ever be set free.
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Product: The Secret of Seaside (Paige Comber Mystery Book 1)
Description: Welcome to Seaside! A sleepy, island village filled with sweet summer romance, sandy beaches, colorful characters... AND MURDER!
Paige Comber dreams of running off to Paris to train at the Cordon Bleu, but fresh out of college, she is stuck running her granny's coffee shop in the small town of Seaside. It looks like a lousy summer until a handsome stranger named Nate arrives.
He's here to help his Uncle Byron with his affairs, but when his uncle's body washes up on the beach and he is accused, it is up to Paige to find out who might have been crazy enough to do it.
BOOK ONE in the cozy PAIGE COMBER MYSTERY series
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Product: Serenity (The Shelby Alexander Thriller Series Book 1)
Description: More than 160,000 readers have been thrilled by the Shelby Alexander adventures. Continue the thrills with Serenity Stalked, book two in the series!
Hart is "one of today's master thriller writers. " - San Francisco Review of Books.
About the Series:
Shelby Alexander is an aging ex-boxer and retired fixer who moves back to the small town of his youth to settle down. He'd like to spend his golden years fishing the waters of Michigan. But you don't live life as Shelby has and not make more than a few enemies. Throughout this pulse-pounding series, Shelby faces enemies both old and new, relying on the skills he's learned over the years to stay alive and bring his own brand of vigilante justice to the bad guys. Full of blazing action, close calls, and memorable characters, the Shelby Alexander series is one you'll want to revisit again and again.
About the Book:
A bullet slams into a wall just past Shelby’s head. A drug dealer offers him $10,000 for information regarding his dead sister. The local sheriff has Shelby in his sights. It’s just another day in the small town of Serenity.
What Amazon readers are saying:
★★★★★ "A well written, action packed suspense story that draws you in and doesn't let go until you've finished the book."
★★★★★ "I read this book in one day. I don't do that any more but I couldn't put this one down."
★★★★★ "It’s one of those books that come along once in a while that makes you want to read it non-stop until you get to the end."
★★★★★ "A roller coaster ride, filled with drama, innuendoes, twists and turns, secrets, and betrayal, and a bombshell ending that will leave you spinning."
★★★★★ "Do yourself a favor and read this book. Beware, however. You may get hooked on this series."
★★★★★ "I hate to see a good book end! And this is a good book. Hart writes so understandably and convincingly. His words paint pictures that slap you in the face, give you goosebumps, and cause you to hold your breath. I sat down with this book, and when I looked up, hours had passed."
★★★★★ "I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. If you like books with action and keeps you wanting to keep reading, then this is a must read."
★★★★★ "Best afternoon I've spent with a book in a long time."
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Product: Edge of Control (Edge Security Series Book 1)
Description: E.D.G.E. Security is a covert international organization that handles jobs most governments won’t. The operators are the elite of the elite, soldiers and spies, chosen for their skills and secrecy, and their ability to go beyond the edge.

E.D.G.E wants to recruit Navy SEAL Jake ‘College’ Harrison but he’s skeptical of the good he can do as an E.D.G.E. operator. His trial assignment is a simple recon mission with the target being the Russian mob. The only interesting aspect of the job is the sexy IT tech, but Jake doesn’t want or need any trouble in his life and Dani has trouble written all over her.

No one knows who Danielle Everett really is, beyond the fact that she works as a simple tech at E.D.G.E. Security company. The new hire who gets the operator job she covets, frustrates her as much as he attracts her, because he digs beneath her carefully constructed identity and she has to fight the urge to run.

But when Dani’s best friend goes missing, she uses the hacking and thieving skills she’d learned as a child to find her, but in the process alerts her enemies that she’s still alive. Can she trust Jake to help her escape and save her friend, or will she push him to the edge of his control?
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Product: Carolina Booty
Description: Jaxie Parker works for one of the best ad agencies in Atlanta and and thrives in the upscale fast lane. She loves everything about the big city including her power-packed days and party-filled nights. But life as she knows it comes to a screetching halt when the boss puts her in charge of the firm’s annual pro bono project, which is to revitalize a small town. Unfortunately, Rumton, South Carolina doesn’t have a mall or nightclub, much less a nail salon. For that matter, there’s no hotel, either. Jaxie ends up rooming with an old man in an even older house that he shares with a dog and a thieving raccoon.
Just when Jaxie thinks that she’s landed in a dreadfully uneventful place, things heat up pretty fast -- there's much more to Rumton than meets the eye. Sexy men. A sinister plot to steal from the town. A raging wind storm. Quirky townspeople. And loads of astonishing pirate history. It all adds up to some major Carolina booty!
“Ocean’s latest is delightful and entertaining.” –Romantic Times BOOKreviews
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Product: Courting Murder (Judge Rosswell Carew Series Book 1)
Description: When Judge Rosswell Carew makes the gruesome discovery of two corpses on a river bank in the Missouri Ozarks, he's plunged into a storm of deadly secrets that threaten both him and his fiancee, Tina Parkmore. Unsatisfied with the way the authorities are conducting the investigation, Rosswell, who's always nurtured a secret desire to be a detective, teams up with an ex-con, Ollie Groton, to solve the case before the killer can murder again. Rosswell uncovers a maze of crimes so tangled that he must fight his way to a solution or die trying.
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Product: Stealing Power: Absolutely gripping crime fiction with unputdownable mystery and suspense (Detectives Kane and Colt Series Book 1)
Description: Stealing women's power is easy ... restoring it is deadly.
Detective Chief Inspector AJ Colt lives his life in the limelight. The charismatic star of New Scotland Yard is public relations gold. Everyone loves him. Well, almost everyone. For three years a vicious serial rapist has been taunting and tormenting him, sending him recordings of every sickening crime he commits. But with no DNA from the devastated victims the trail is stone cold dead, until a familiar landmark leads Colt back to his hometown - the last place on earth he wants to be.
It's also the last place on earth Detective India Kane wants him. The obsessively private local keeps her head down, works hard, and doesn't bother anybody. She likes life that way. When people bother her, things have a tendency to get messy. She's just landed a career changing case - a brutal drug-facilitated rape investigation - and doesn't take kindly to the arrogant newcomer parachuted in to snatch it from her.
The hunt is on.
But Colt and Kane's twisted prey is just warming up. As he escalates, so does his power. And he won't stop until he's stolen it all ... even if it means bringing his own brand of terror directly to those who hunt him.
When their lives collide - it won't just be the victims' worlds that are torn apart.
Stealing Power is the first in a series of gripping psychological crime thrillers featuring British Detectives India Kane and AJ Colt. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Robert Bryndza, Caroline Mitchell, Carol Wyer and Patricia Gibney.
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Product: Mystery and Suspense:The Tipping Point: A mystery thriller full of intrigue about greed, fraud and murder... (International Mystery: Book 1)
Description: The Tipping Point: A Wainwright Mystery is a suspense novel set in 1978. Garth Wainwright is one of the ten business partners of CapVest, a successful national real estate investment firm. Wainwright is invited to join one of those partners, Tom Burke, and his wife for a skiing holiday in Aspen. His invitation came from Lacey Kinkaid, Burke’s lawyer and Wainwrights new love interest. The foursome is having a fun February vacation together—until Burke’s mysterious death pushes Wainwright’s buttons to learn the motive for his death.
If Tom Burke had not died on the slopes of Aspen Mountain, Wainwright would never have risked losing everything. However, his suspicious death launched an avalanche—a tipping point—involving nine business partners and a hefty helping of greed, complicity, and murder.
Wainwright returns to company headquarters in Bellevue Washington to dig for clues for a motive for murder. His questions met with suspicion and skepticism from his partners. “Just leave it alone, Garth” or “Let the cops handle this,” Wainwright questions his qualifications to continue, but his bulldog mindset drives him to keep probing for an answer. As he searches for a reason for Burke to die, he uncovers a conspiracy of fraud far bigger than anyone could have imagined. This discovery could very well destroy the company, the reputations of its partners as well as their massive personal fortunes.
And then— another partner is killed. As dead bodies start piling up, Wainwright’s questioning of why they were murdered turns to who is the murderer? Are the murders connected to the fraud? Is the killer inside the company? Which of his remaining partners can he trust? The company’s survival is at stake. Other lives are at stake, especially Wainwright’s. The SEC is watching. The financial community is watching. The Tipping Point is moving toward a fall.
The Tipping Point is a story with a complex and compelling plot. Thrills of a psychological and action variety will keep the reader guessing until the end.
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Product: Payback: A Small Town Romantic Suspense Novel (Vigilante Justice Book 1)
Description: "Exactly the testosterone ride I needed today. A quick action-packed romance that starts with a fire and burns even hotter." - Kira Gold, author and RITA award finalist
In a town called Justice, there's nothing to fear except a man willing to break all the rules for the woman he craves.
As a former Green Beret, I know how to follow orders and obey rules. I've learned to be patient, to look at a situation from every angle, and to live by a code of honor most men know nothing about. But when a motorcycle club puts a target on not just my hometown but the five-foot-nothing blonde who unknowingly holds my heart in her hands, obeying the law takes a back seat to keeping my woman safe. I've never had something so precious to protect, and I've never been willing to cross so many lines to get a job done.
My need to destroy those who threaten Shye could cost me my home, my freedom, and my life...but I'd sacrifice it all to save her.
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PAYBACK is a full-length contemporary romantic suspense novel from USA Today bestselling author Ellis Leigh writing as Kristin Harte. It's the first book in the Vigilante Justice series featuring stories of very good men doing very bad things to protect those they love.
"This book had it all. Suspense, family devotion, love and how sometimes you will risk it all, even your life, for the one that has hold of your heart. Loved. Loved. Loved." - Melissa Marino, author of the Bad Behavior series
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