Emotional Thrillers

In a world that engineered loyalty and monetized obedience, one silent uprising begins with a single pawprint. “Obedience Ends. Memory Remains.” Valor was never meant to remember. Genetically sculpted and psychologically conditioned to follow orders without question, he was just one of hundreds in an elite canine program. But when the code breaks, so does the silence—and suddenly, the memories come flooding back. Now, alongside a haunted former handler, a disgraced intelligence analyst, and a cast of dogs who have learned the truth, Valor must track the fragments of a system that ...

In The Silver Kiss—Annette Curtis Klause’s critically acclaimed debut novel—life’s tough for 16-year-old Zoe Sutcliff. Her mom is dying, her dad is growing distant, and her best friend is moving. Sorting out her thoughts one night, Zoe sees a man lurking about. Taken aback at first, she finds herself drawn to the handsome stranger who seems to sense what’s in her heart. As the two exchange life stories, he makes a startling revelation

Skye Starling is overjoyed when her boyfriend, Burke Michaels, proposes after a whirlwind courtship. Though Skye seems to have the world at her fingertips - she’s smart, beautiful, and from a well-off family - she’s also battled crippling OCD ever since her mother’s death when she was 11, and her romantic relationships have suffered as a result.

A natural disaster turned into a living nightmare. Can one woman survive and begin anew? Clair Jones and her dog, Sammy, are trapped on a roof as swirling water continues to rise. They are "rescued" by two men with the perfect opportunity. The moment she hears the splash, she realizes her horrible mistake. She soon realizes, they are not heroes, they are monsters. After witnessing the unspeakable, Clair barely escapes with her life. But though she relocates to Kentucky, she can’t flee the horrors she endured. She will never erase the mistake she made the night she fled… even as love ...

Jessie Archer is a member of the Athena Protocol, an elite organization of female spies who enact vigilante justice around the world. Athena operatives are never supposed to shoot to kill - so when Jessie can’t stop herself from pulling the trigger, she gets kicked out of the organization, right before a huge mission to take down a human trafficker in Belgrade. Jessie needs to right her wrong and prove herself, so she starts her own investigation into the trafficking.

Owen Foster has never wanted for anything. Then his mother shows up at his elite New Orleans boarding school cradling a bombshell: his privileged life has been funded by stolen money. After using the family business, the single largest employer in his small Louisiana town, to embezzle millions and drain the employees' retirement accounts, Owen's father vanished without a trace, leaving Owen and his mother to deal with the fallout. Owen returns to Lake Cane to finish his senior year, where people he hardly remembers despise him for his father's crimes.

Long ago, shapeshifting monsters ruled the Commonwealth using blasphemous magic that fed on the souls of their subjects. Now, hundreds of years later, a new tomb has been uncovered, and despite the legends that disturbing a shapeshifter's final resting place will wake them once again, the Warlord is determined to dig it up. But it isn't just the Warlord who means to brave the traps and pitfalls guarding the crypt.

Whispers of the Keys Book 1 of 2: CLIFFHANGER WARNING Can she outrun her past before it destroys her chance at true love? Escape into a sunlit paradise with Glory’s Key, the captivating first book in the Whispers of the Keys series—perfect for readers who crave emotional depth, romantic suspense, and unexpected paranormal twists. When 22-year-old college student Glory Dawson flees a terrifying life of domestic abuse, guided by a mysterious tip, she finds refuge in a breathtaking scuba diving resort in the tropical Florida Keys. But beneath the surface of paradise lies danger, secrets, ...

No one stops me from taking what I want. And I want her. I never could keep my hands to myself. My enemies learned that the hard way. So when I come across Sophia, terrified and on the run, I can’t resist her bright eyes and her body built for sin. I take her. She tries to warn me about her past, About the Bratva chasing after her She wants to keep running – to start over somewhere new, to giver her baby a chance at a new life. The kids isn't mine, but the mother sure is. And both of them have my icy heart beating like it never has before. There's something Sophia doesn't know, but ...

Half-angel Trinity and her bonded gargoyle protector, Zayne, have been working with demons to stop the apocalypse while avoiding falling in love. The Harbinger is coming…but who or what is it? All of humankind may fall if Trinity and Zayne can’t win the race against time as sinister forces gather. As tensions rise, they must stay close together and patrol the DC streets at night, seeking signs of the Harbinger, an entity that is killing Wardens and demons with no seeming rhyme or reason.

A powerful WWII spy novel inspired by the real female SOE agents in France—filled with revenge, redemption, and the quiet power of resilience. Scotland, 1940. Sable Montgomery was once a Highland socialite. Now, she’s on the run—from her past, from a broken future, and from a world that never made space for her truth. When she’s offered a place at a Swiss finishing school, she meets other young women destined for resistance—Lili, Océane, Esther, Anna, and Edda. Bonds form. Tensions rise. But Sable doesn’t expect to be recruited. Back in London, a chance encounter with secret ...

There may only be one killer, but no one is innocent in this new young adult thriller from Natasha Preston, author of The Cellar, a New York Times best-seller, and Awake.

After decades of pushing away traumatic memories from childhood, Colette De Luca is ready to start a family of her own. It’ll be healthy, a wish come true, with a man she believes is the love of her life. Thankfully, she thought ahead when she was younger and froze her eggs for this very moment. Greta O’Brien, a wealthy hedge-fund manager, is forced to confront the making of her own family when tragedy strikes her twin teenage sons.

I kidnapped her to save her life. I'll wage a war to make her mine. Stacy's new in town. Looking for a fresh start away from her troubled past. A ruthless biker like me has no business wanting a woman like her. We are opposites - she's innocent and kind, I'm a vicious killer for the Twisted Devils MC. She's everything I shouldn't want but can't resist. And I won't stop until she's mine. She tries to resist our explosive attraction, But her lustful looks and lingering touch gives her away. She aches to submit to me. And her life depends on it. Because there's someone else after her. He's ...

The Mafia's Revenge: A Tale of Love and Survival A lesbian romance thriller In a world where power and danger intertwine, The Mafia's Revenge weaves a gripping narrative that pulls readers into the heart of darkness and the flickering light of hope. Gwen Rogers, the formidable anchor at WNYC news, is a woman who has clawed her way to the top. She is known for her relentless pursuit of truth and her unyielding spirit. Yet beneath her polished exterior lies a profound loneliness—a sacrifice made at the altar of ambition. On the other side of this tumultuous landscape stands Victoria ...

Lieutenant Ryann Voss craves a career-defining mission, but her first deep-space assignment aboard the UNS Indira Vahl is anything but. A routine convoy escort quickly devolves into a monotonous patrol, leaving Ryann bored and restless. Yet, her sharp mind soon uncovers unsettling anomalies: a ship humming with quiet disinterest, subtle system irregularities dismissed by her stoic superiors, and an undercurrent of unease that hints at something far more sinister. When a horrific accident cripples a crewmate, Ryann unearths a terrifying truth: the Vahl isn't just battered and war-weary, it's...

"Your son is missing," they say, and life as I know it is over. "Where would he go?" the police ask. "Where would he be?" my daughter begs. My heart races as images flash in my mind. The cabin we rent every autumn, surrounded by fiery-red maple trees. Voices raised. Tears falling. A marriage falling apart. And worst of all my husband telling our child, Theo, to run. The rest is a blank in my memory. If I close my eyes I can almost see it. A betrayal that has left me alone, in tatters, grieving for what we had.

Jenna Mason’s life seems perfect: a successful career as an animator, a town house near the beach, and an adoring son, Josh, whose artistic talent looks as promising as his mother’s. But there’s something nobody realizes about Jenna. She used to be Lily Carson, a young mother on the run from a secret no one must ever know.

After serving six months in a juvenile detention center, Lucas Carson returns home irrevocably changed by what happened there. Traumatized, Lucas shuts himself out from everyone he loves, even his younger sister, Lily, who ran away from home when she was pregnant at sixteen. When Lily resurfaces years later, Lucas can’t cope with his guilt about not being there for her. He takes off, only to cross paths with Shiloh Bloom—fifteen, homeless, and, like Lucas, escaping the past.

Justice is only as corrupt as those who govern it. The first shot has been fired. The first name has been scratched out. Now she is ready to strike out another… And it looks like she’s headed home. With JL ruined and behind bars, Sofie feels one small piece of her heart mended. But there is no time to rest. Back home in Auburn Village, more trouble and danger await as Chief Edison continues to use his power and influence for his own selfish needs. Sofie swore she wouldn’t return to the place that holds so many dark memories… not until she was ready to destroy those who tore her life...