My favorite books of fiction.
Discover my top favorite fiction books of all time! Explore captivating stories, must-read novels, and literary gems that have left a lasting impression. Perfect for book lovers seeking their next great read.

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Shadow of Doubt
by Terri Blackstock
Book two in the Newpointe 911 series in which Celia Shepherd is arrested for the attempted murder of her husband, Stan.


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Emerald Windows
by Terri Blackstock
Brooke Martin and Nick Marcello, falsely implicated ten years ago in a scandal that cost Nick his teaching job, meet again for the first time since then to redesign the stained-glass windows in a historic church--and the rumors start all over again, this time also including Brooke's kid sister, Roxy.



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Killing the Shadows
by Val McDermid
When a killer who stalks crime writers murders her boyfriend, a prominent author, Professor Fiona Cameron is on the case, using her computer knowledge to hunt him down. By the author of A Place of Execution. 50,000 first printing.

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Fast Women
by Jennifer Crusie
Nell Dysart's in trouble.Weighed down by an inexplicable divorce and a loss of appetite for everything, Nell is sleepwalking through life until her best friend finagles a job for her with a shabby little detective agency that has lots of potential and a boss who looks easy to manage.Gabe McKenna isn't doing too well, either. His detective agency is wasting time on a blackmail case, his partner has decided he hates watching cheating spouses for money, and his ex-wife has just dumped him . . . again. The only thing that1s going his way is that his new secretary looks efficient, boring, and biddable.But looks can be deceiving, and soon Nell and Gabe are squaring off over embezzlement, business cards, vandalism, dog-napping, blackmail, Chinese food, unprofessional sex, and really ugly office furniture, all of which turn out to be the least of their problems. Because shortly after that, somebody starts killing people. And shortly after that, they start falling in love.Jennifer Crusie's Fast Women will keep you guessing, laughing, rooting for Nell and Gabe (and hoping that Gabe's cousin Riley wins their bet!).AUTHORBIO: Jennifer Crusie is the USA Today and New York Times Bestselling author of Tell Me Lies, Crazy for You, and Welcome to Temptation.She teaches writing at Ohio State University and lives in Columbus, Ohio.



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All the Dead Were Strangers
by Ethan Black
From the author of "Irresistible" and "The Broken Hearts Club" comes the third gripping thriller featuring NYPD detective Conrad Voort, who now must tackle his most challenging case--and the most terrifying killer--of his career.


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Thunder and Roses
by Mary Jo Putney
To save her village in Wales, desperate Clare Morgan, a quiet schoolteacher, approaches Nicholas Davies--the Demon Earl--to help her. Once a notorious rake, Nicholas was left alone and embittered by a shattering betrayal. Unwilling to involve himself in the problems of others, he sets an impossible price on his aid: Clare must live with him for three months, letting the world think the worst.

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Highland Hearts
by Hannah Howell
Kidnapped by Sir Revan Halyard during his escape from her guardian's dungeon, Contessa Tess Delgado soon discovers the truth about her guardian's involvement in a plot to overthrow King James II and his determination to claim her vast fortune, forcing her to trust Revan, and as they race against time to unmask a traitor, a fierce passion rages between them.

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Le Fin
by Victoria Taylor Murray
The Lambert Series (Thief Of Hearts, Forbidden and Friendly Enemies), is centered around one earth-shattering week in the life of Nouri St. Charles Sommers, a beautiful young woman that rushed into marriage with a mysterious billionaire...a man she knew nothing about. Two short years later, Nourias fairytale marriage suddenly turns into a nightmare changing her life forever a].Falling in love a] out of love a] in love againa]a fairytale marriage turned nightmarea]implicated and then cleared in two gruesome murdersa]surviving a death threat after being forced into hiding from a stalkera]Nourias one week from hell continues. Now six weeks later, Nourias life continues to spin out of control, drawing the reader deeper and deeper into the turmoil of The Lambert Series with the final book to the series, Le Fin. Nourias billionaire husband, Ethan Sommers, has been shot and killed. Her former lover, high-powered attorney Clint Chamberlain, is feared dead after his car plummets off a bridge in Paris during a rain storm, and if those things arenat bad enough for her to deal with, Nouri suddenly discovers that the man she has finally chosen over both Clint Chamberlain and Charles Mason, homicide detective Gabe Baldwin, has returned to Boston to wed his former fiancA(c)e after an argument Nouri and Gabe had while they were still in France.

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Queen
by Sharon Sala
Queen of Hearts No stranger to responsibility, Queen was the one who cared for her younger sisters when their errant dad was otherwise occupied. Now that the girls are all grown up, Queen is finally free to pursue her own dreams. And she knows they're bound to take her farther than the Tennessee hills...some day. Cody Bonner loves being the father of three young boys, though raising them on his own is a handful. Then Queen shows up. From the very start Cody knows this fiery, flame-haired lady is much more than just a housekeeper. Her remarkable heart and passion move him in ways he's never felt before. The proud, handsome widower's got a love in him that could make Queen Houston happy for the rest of her days. All he has to do is convince her restless royal highness that the sweetest dreams of all wait just inside his door...