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She Lies in Wait (DCI Jonah Sheens, #1)
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Six friends. One killer. Who do you trust? A teen girl is missing after a night of partying; thirty...
Added: Jan 17, 2019, 8:26:16 PM

The Guy Who Died Twice (Detective D.D. Warren #9.5)
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Sergeant Detective D. D. Warren confronts the strangest case of her career in this exclusive eBook...
Added: Jan 17, 2019, 8:19:35 PM

Under the Northern Lights
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Mallory Reynolds is a driven woman fueled by her passion for photographing wild animals in remote...
Added: Dec 21, 2018, 9:40:49 PM

Girl on the Edge
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He's her husband, but he's not the man she married Caden and Greysen come home from deployment to...
Added: Nov 30, 2018, 2:57:26 PM

The Silent Patient
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Promising to be the debut novel of the season The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological...
Added: Nov 30, 2018, 2:50:51 PM
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The Night Olivia Fell
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In the vein of Big Little Lies and Reconstructing Amelia comes an emotionally charged domestic...
Added: Nov 30, 2018, 2:46:32 PM
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The Escape Room
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Vincent, Jules, Sylvie, and Sam are ruthlessly ambitious high-flyers working in the lucrative world...
Added: Nov 14, 2018, 6:57:19 PM

Monsters in the Dark (Monsters in the Dark, #1-3)
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From New York Times Bestseller Pepper Winters comes the highly acclaimed USA Today Bestselling...
Added: Sep 28, 2018, 7:06:09 PM

Ruin & Rule (Pure Corruption MC, #1)
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"We met in a nightmare. The in-between world where time had no power over reason. We fell in love....
Added: Sep 28, 2018, 7:00:42 PM

Third Debt (Indebted, #4)
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“She healed me. She broke me. I set her free. But we are in this together. We will end this...
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Alicia S (193 KP) rated An Anonymous Girl in Books
Jan 17, 2019

Alicia S (193 KP) rated She Lies in Wait (DCI Jonah Sheens, #1) in Books
Jan 17, 2019

Alicia S (193 KP) rated The Guy Who Died Twice (Detective D.D. Warren #9.5) in Books
Jan 17, 2019

Alicia S (193 KP) rated Under the Northern Lights in Books
Dec 21, 2018
After spending years alone, having given up on society and life in general, Michael can't help but find himself growing more and more appreciative of Mallory's presence as they face the harsh realities of living in remote Alaska together. Stuck until Spring when he can finally fly them out and to safety, they must learn to live together, relying on each other in this remote land.
SC Stephens has an incredible way of writing that completely rips your heart out, yet you just can't turn away. She hooked me years ago with her Thoughtless series (still my all-time favorite) and she has once again created a beautiful story about survival, faith, and love. Highly, highly recommended!
The story takes us through Sara Hall's point of view, a recent MBA graduate a few months out of school and still looking for work. A random encounter in an elevator after the worst interview of her life leads her to her big chance to break into Wall Street Finance.
We also follow four executives participating in a required corporate team building exercise that has them trying to escape a locked elevator. When nerves start to flare and everyone ends up on edge, the real answers start to come out... secrets shared, faults uncovered and a murderer exposed.
HIGHLY recommended and I'll surely be back for more from this author!

Alicia S (193 KP) rated Girl on the Edge in Books
Nov 30, 2018
In Girl on the Edge, we meet Caden and Greyson, a military couple, having found each other during the harsh realities of war. After returning home to New York to try and start a life as a married couple, everything begins to change, testing the limits of even the most hardened soldier. Watching these two fight for each other without limits, again and again, was beautiful and heartbreaking. Their commitment, strength and undying love overflowed from the pages and I was crushed at every obstacle they endured and my heart swelled with each step forward. Highly recommended author and book - I've been a fan of Christine's for years and she always finds some new creative twist and Girl of the Edge was no different! War, love and just the right amount of CD Reiss-style sass.. ;-)

Alicia S (193 KP) rated The Silent Patient in Books
Nov 30, 2018

Alicia S (193 KP) rated The Night Olivia Fell in Books
Nov 30, 2018
Abi wakes to the call no parent should get - that her daughter Olivia has been in a tragic accident. Having always felt so close to her daughter, Abi begins a search for answers after finding out that everything she knew about Olivia is a lie.
How far will a mother's love go? To the ends of the earth of course....
My first book by this author and I'll surely be back for more!!