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Framed for her foster brother’s murder, FBI special agent Wren Santino must clear her name - but someone’s dead set on stopping her from finding the truth. Her estranged childhood friend, Titus Anderson, comes to her aid…but standing by her puts him in the killer’s crosshairs, too. Now unraveling a conspiracy may be the only way for either of them to survive.

When the judge she's clerked for dies, Caroline Bragg starts over as in-house counsel for a pharmaceutical start-up working on innovative adult stem cell research with the potential to save thousands of lives. But when her charismatic new boss ignores her legal advice, Caroline's left unsettled. Then the company launches into headlines when a furious family demands answers regarding how the start-up used their deceased relative's cells for innovation - with neither informed consent nor agreement for compensation.

When district attorney Tory Carson returns home after a long day in court prosecuting a gang leader, she finds her house trashed. Concerned that the vandalism is connected to the trial, the local police chief calls the Texas Rangers...and her former love, Cade Morgan, responds. Tory's history with Cade - and the secret they share - makes her reluctant to let him back into her life. But Tory doesn't want to choose between bringing down a gang leader and protecting her teenage daughter.

After witnessing a congresswoman’s murder, wildlife photographer and mother-to-be Jamie London is forced into the protective custody of K-9 cop Ben Sawyer and police dog Shadow. Ben’s Wyoming cattle ranch is the perfect place to hide and wait for the trial to start—until they’re tracked down by the assassin. Are Ben and Shadow enough to guarantee Jamie will make it to the hearing alive?

They’d prepared for this moment all their lives without believing anything would ever come of it...they were wrong. Danae knew before she ever heard her brother’s voice that it was bad...and it didn’t take long to find out just how bad it was. She’d always understood the high cost of secrets...and quickly learned that sometimes the price of truths was far more costly. It took her even less time to realize that she’d never really known true fear. She did now and knew that the heart-pounding terror she’d experienced in those handful of moments when a gun was pointed at her brother...

This was the moment in life they'd prepared for without believing anything would ever come of it...they were wrong. Danae knew before she ever heard her brother’s voice that it was bad...and it didn’t take long to find out just how bad it was. She and everyone in her family had always understood the high cost of secrets...and quickly learned that sometimes the price of truths was far more costly. It took her even less time to realize that she’d never really known true fear. She did now and knew that the heart-pounding terror she’d experienced in those handful of moments when a gun ...

FBI agent Sam Sheridan’s mission is to take down a human-trafficking ring and save missing teens - until he witnesses a kidnapping. Blowing his cover, Sam rescues Ella McIntire. But she’s not safe yet. While searching for the truth about her cousin’s death, Ella came too close to a dangerous secret. And now only Sam can protect her from the men determined to silence her.

After an ambush during a mountain hike, Zoe Pratt ends up shoved off the mountain and her friend kidnapped. Enigmatic search-and-rescue volunteer Jack Monroe tracks Zoe with the help of his K-9 partner, Romeo, but as the only witness to the attack, she’s far from safe. With Jack’s help, can she find her friend and take down her would-be killer?

Some ghosts don’t haunt houses—they haunt hearts. Minera Springs is quiet now. The horrors of summer have passed, and Tobi Sloan is finally settling into a life she never thought she’d have—a home filled with love, a future with Riley Cockerham, and a chance for her mother’s redemption. But even in the glow of healing, old wounds and new secrets stir beneath the surface. As the town prepares for a wedding between two of its oldest souls, Tobi finds herself wondering if love really does conquer all. But when Riley’s estranged father shows up, dragging trouble behind him, and ...

"Alexa Verde knows how to weave all the elements of Christian romantic suspense into a great read." - Anna J Stewart, USA Today Bestselling author Dallas reporter River Montenegro returns to her small town to aid her father, a recovering alcoholic. After a series of scary events, River knows the infamous Smiling Killer wants to make her his next victim. She grudgingly accepts help from her childhood friend and first crush, Jacob Forrester. Will Jacob and River solve the mystery of the killer's identity in time to have a second chance at love? Please note: while the conflict is resolved for ...

He’s a hotshot financial analyst who has lost it all. She’s a brokenhearted world traveler forced to come home and beg for money. His job hangs by a thread. Her dreams of making a difference in the world are circling the drain. It’s a spectacularly bad time for romance, even on the charming stone streets of an English university town. But sparks fly — and danger threatens — when these two wounded souls are forced to work together to solve a mystery and right a wrong.

Convinced his sister’s death wasn’t an accident, private investigator Sergio Ross is determined to catch her killer. But with all the clues hinting at a connection to another unsolved murder, he has to join forces with Helen Pike - a woman linked to both deaths - to find the truth. Can they follow the cold trail to get justice...before they become the next victims?

“Jacob, your mother was exiled.” Those words haunt me every time I close my eyes. Dead. My loving mother, tortured and killed. Alone, buried on a mound of dirt at the edge of the meadow. Anger runs through my blood thinking of the pain she went through. It’s all my fault. I failed to protect her. How did I leave her behind? Why didn’t I convince her to escape with us? The thought of her suffering makes me want to destroy him. Cassian, the evil leader who everyone fears in the village. I refuse to let him hurt anyone else, especially my loved ones. I’ll make sure he pays for the ...

Brad Jennings needs a temporary wife. Lacey Strange is more than willing to hire on as that wife. Brad needs Lacey to help prove his ex-wife hid his daughter away from him in an attempt to prove negligence when the child disappeared from the park during a visitation with him. Both are determined to keep things strictly business, but when Brad finds out something terrifying about the mother of his children and the danger escalates, he and Lacey realize that hearts can't be told to remain professional. Can these two get over past pains and learn the lesson of love while the threat of death ...

Posing as her sister for Christmas is the only way to save her, but Maggie Lofton needs help - even if it means working with her twin’s cowboy ex-boyfriend Liam Pike. But between the bull’s-eye on her back and the dangerous connection she’s forming with Liam, Maggie’s mission is harder than expected. Will their tenuous partnership be enough to shield her when the killer closes in?

Insanity is never far behind. Or is it? So far, the private investigation business of Wife for Hire has done nothing more than check on cheating spouses and insurance fraud. But, when handsome author, Eric Larson hires Sarah Matthews to pose as his fiancé in order to get rid of a stalker, things escalate to a whole new level. Wanting her business to be taken seriously becomes almost more than Sarah bargained for as a clever plan to catch a crazed woman takes a turn for the worse. Can Sarah and Eric stay far enough ahead of a demented stalker long enough to confess their love for each other...

She doesn’t want to carry a gun. Why would someone want her dead? Amy Oaks is content to sit behind a desk at Wife for Hire and do her investigating on a computer. When a man pursues her for nefarious means, the cozy little world she's created for herself is turned into something unrecognizable, a world she never sought or wanted. Rookie police officer Mark Fields rescues a pretty woman from being hit by a bus. When she says she didn't fall, but was pushed, he doesn't believe her until he finds out she's also been receiving threatening notes. Assigned as Amy's protection until the culprit...

The tables have turned. Rather than Lainie Marks accepting a job to hunt down a crimina,l she finds herself being the one protected from a past evil that now wants her dead. New police officer Seth Wyatt finds the frightened woman running for her life after a traffic accident and teams up with her to stop a madman. Only, Seth isn't sure Lainie can hold it together when she comes face-to-face with the man who terrorized her in the past. Neither wants romance. Both want to focus on their careers. Can these two learn the valuable lesson that life isn't meant to be lived alone even with the ...

Corporate lawyer Elizabeth Carlyle is under a lot of pressure. Her prestigious New York law firm is working on the most high-stakes case in company history defending a prominent bank. When Elizabeth gets the news that one of her junior associates has lost his phone - and the secret documents that were on it - she needs help. Badly. Enter ex-CIA officer Valencia Walker, a high-priced fixer who gets called in when governments, corporations, and plutocrats need their problems solved discretely. But things get complicated when the missing phone is retrieved....

With the first annual antique car show cruising into the tranquil bayside oasis of Fairhope, Alabama, there are bumpy roads ahead for Harbor Village director Cleo Mack. As an automobile-themed lecture series gets off to a rough start, she finds herself balancing one too many responsibilities - and dodging advances from a shady event sponsor. It's enough to make Cleo feel twice her age. But the festivities reach a real dead end when she discovers a body at the Royale Court shopping center. When an innocent man is accused of murder, the village residents look to Cleo to crack the case.