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No Place to Run
(A KGI Novel) Maya Banks Berkley, 2010 Best Romantic suspense novel, Hot The last person Sam Kelly expected to save was Sophie Lundgren. Once they shared a brief, intense affair while Sam was undercover and then she vanished. She's spent the last few months on the run, knowing that any mistake would cost her both her life and that of their unborn child. Now she's resurfaced with a warning for Sam... More... Recommended Read “...No Place to Run held me captive.” – Kim N., Fallen Angel Reviews …full book review Available at Amazon Also available at Barnes and Noble |
Snapped
Laura Griffin Pocket Star, 2011 Best Romantic Suspense Sophie Barrett thinks she's lucky to be alive. She may be dead wrong. On a sweltering summer afternoon, Sophie Barrett walks into a nightmare. A sniper has opened fire on a college campus. When the carnage is over, three people—plus the shooter—are dead, and dozens more injured. Sophie escapes virtually unscathed. Yet as details emerge from the investigation, she becomes convinced that this wasn’t the random, senseless act it appeared. No one wants to believe her—not the cops, not her colleagues at the Delphi Center crime lab, and definitely not Jonah Macon, the homicide detective who’s already saved her life once. More... Top Pick “ Snapped rocks! ...” – Annette Elton, RT Book Reviews …full book review Available at Amazon |
Cold Touch
(Extrasensory Agents) Leslie Parrish Signet, 2011 Best Romantic Suspense Since being gifted-or cursed-with the ability to touch a lifeless body and relive the deceased's final moments, Olivia Wainwright has died a hundred deaths. And every glimpse into this darkness draws her deeper into danger. Though he doesn't believe in psychics, Savannah Detective Gabe Cooper offers her a glimmer of light. As their bond deepens, Olivia will have to choose between her cold gift and the warmth Gabe can provide. And Gabe can't refuse when she needs his help solving a crime that's haunted her for over a decade-her own murder. More... “...just fabulous.” – Mrs. Giggles …full book review Available at Amazon Also available at Barnes and Noble |
Shiver of Fear
(The Guardian Angelinos) Roxanne St. Claire Forever, 2011 Best Romantic suspense novel The legacy that haunts her . . . The mystery she must solve . . . A man who threatens to reveal her secrets . . . and break her heart. Burned by a failed marriage, former FBI agent Marc Rossi wants back in the investigation game with no emotional strings attached. Taking an assignment for his enterprising Angelino cousins, he heads to Northern Ireland to pry a key piece of evidence from a missing socialite-any way he can. But when the ice queen turns out to be warm, beautiful, and on a secret mission of her own, the job becomes a passionate reminder of what happens when duty and desire mix. The daughter of an infamous fugitive, Devyn Sterling has survived betrayal only to find that her mother has mysteriously disappeared. More... Five Coffee Cups “...spectacularly penned novel...” – Danielle, Coffee Time Romance & More …full book review Available at Amazon Also available at Barnes and Noble |
Promises in the Dark
(Shadow Force, Book 2) Stephanie Tyler Dell, 2010 Best Romantic suspense novel On the run, in each other’s arms, with one last chance to survive A rugged Navy SEAL, Zane Scott was part of a failed mission to rescue Dr. Olivia Strohm from abduction by the terrorist group Dead Man’s Hand—and her anguished screams have haunted him ever since. So when he gets word that the beautiful physician has escaped from her captors in Africa, he’s got personal reasons to storm the continent and save her. More... Five Stars “...reads like an enthralling movie.” – Christina Baker, Romance Reader at Heart …full book review Available at Amazon Also available at Barnes and Noble |
The Darkest Hour
(A KGI Novel) Maya Banks Berkley, 2010 Best Romantic suspense novel Intelligence: high. Body: hard. Mission: what no one else can do. It's been a year since ex-Navy SEAL Ethan Kelly saw his wife Rachel alive. Now he's received an anonymous phone call claiming Rachel is alive. To find her, Ethan will have to doge bullets, cross a jungle, and risk falling captive to a deadly drug cartel... More... Five Stars “I’ve read quite a few of Maya Banks novels and this one is absolutely at the top of the pile.” – AlexJouJou, Manic Readers …full book review Available at Amazon Also available at Barnes and Noble |
Mask of the Betrayer
Sharon Ann Donovan Whimsical Publications, 2010 Romantic suspense When the whispers in the night, the whispers of her lover, are the whispers of a killer, will Margot escape before she becomes the next victim? Deep in the foothills of Red Rock Canyon, a serial killer stalks. He leaves his signature-a skull mask on the corpse. But when the homicide cop realizes the crimes are the reenactment of a case never solved ten years ago-all fingers point to Michael DeVeccio. And when Margot realizes she is married to the killer, her life becomes a living nightmare. More... Five Stars “You will simply not want to stop turning the pages...” – Snapdragon, Long and Short Reviews …full book review Available at Amazon |
Silent Scream
Karen Rose Grand Central Publishing, 2010 Romantic Suspense When a teenage girl dies in a suspicious fire, Detective Olivia Sutherland is assigned to track down the arsonist. Then she discovers something more sinister: a vicious blackmailer who preys on young people and murders without hesitation. Making her work even harder is sexy firefighter David Hunter. He's not only sharing the case but sparking memories of their long-ago night of passion, when feelings were left unspoken and hearts were broken. More... “... Rose is a genuine suspense maestro!” – Jill M. Smith, RT Book Reviews …full book review Available at Amazon |
Live to Tell
Wendi Corsi Staub Avon, 2010 Romantic suspense/thriller Secrets can scandalize . . . In a lovely suburban town just north of New York City, the gossip mill runs more efficiently than the commuter-train line. And in every impeccably decorated house, they're talking about Lauren Walsh. They say that nothing could be worse than being abandoned by your husband for another woman. They're wrong . . . More... Starred Review from Publishers Weekly “…once Staub’s brilliant characterizations and top-notch narrative skills grab hold, they don’t let go.” – Publishers Weekly …full book review Available at Amazon |
Waking the Dead
Kylie Brant Berkley, 2009 Romantic suspense A former forensic anthropologist and an outdoor guide search for clues to seven deaths in the Oregon wilderness. But as desire burns between them, a cold-hearted killer closes in. “Once again Kylie Brant kept me awake until three in the morning to finish her book.” – Theresa, A Romance Review …full book review Available at Amazon |
Sleeping With Skeletons
Doralynn Kennedy The Wild Rose Press, 2009 Romantic suspense Former CIA operative Margaret Garrison is not the woman she appears to be when she arrives in rural Ireland, hoping to find a quiet respite from running for her life. The last thing she needs is to catch the eye of Aidan Grimes, the wildly popular Irish actor filming the movie Jane Eyre in Ballyrick. Rumored to have broken a thousand hearts, Aidan is also a man of many surprises. More... Best Book Long and Short Reviews “Doralynn Kennedy gives us page after page of an edge of your seat, nail biting, heart racing read.” – Larkspur, Long and Short Reviews …full book review Available at Amazon |
Take Me For a Ride
Karen Kendall Signet (Eclipse), 2009 Romantic suspense Art restorer Natalie Rosen never expected a legendary family heirloom, rumored to be owned by Catherine the Great, to suddenly turn up in her office. Then, just as quickly, it vanishes-along with the impulsive Natalie. More... Recommended Read Fallen Angel Reviews “…a fast-paced, easy flowing story with sensual characters and lots of danger and suspense.” – Tammy, Fallen Angel Reviews …full book review Available at Amazon |
Hard to Hold
Stephanie Tyler Dell, 2009 Romantic suspense THE SPECIAL OPS HERO FEARED NOTHING— UNTIL HE MET A WOMAN TOO HOT TO HOLD.… Lieutenant Jake Hansen has survived some of the riskiest missions known to man. But now the wounded Navy SEAL faces his toughest job yet: smuggling Dr. Isabelle Markham out of Africa without triggering an international incident. More... “Tyler (Beyond His Control) bundles thriller and romance in a very appealing package…” – Publishers Weekly …full book review Available at Amazon |
My Brother Michael
Mary Stewart Chicago Review Press, Reprint 2009 Romantic suspense Perhaps Camilla Haven unintentionally invoked the gods that afternoon in the crowded Athens café when she wrote to a friend, “Nothing ever happens to me.” But a few hours later, an extraordinary train of events had dispatched Camilla to Delphi, to be in the company of a charming but quietly determined Englishman named Simon Lester. Simon told Camilla he had come to the ancient Greek ruins to “appease the shade” of his brother Michael, killed some fourteen years earlier on Parnassus. More... “I have reread My Brother Michael several times… each time with great enjoyment.” – Rike Horstmann, All About Romance …full book review Available at Amazon |