Mood Fiction
Explore Mood Fiction: Discover a curated list of books that perfectly capture every emotion, from uplifting joy to gripping suspense. Find your next read to match any mood!
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Full Bloom
by Janet Evanovich
Inheriting the local B&B and its eccentric handyman, Annie Fortenberry finds her life complicated by rumors of a ghost, millionaire Max Holt's upcoming wedding, enigmatic stranger Wes Bridges, and her murdered ex-husband.
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Hot Stuff
by Flo Fitzpatrick
She Said Yes Tempe Walsh is fluent in ten languages--and she can't say no to adventure. Next stop: India! Her mission: find the priceless--and mysterious--statue known as Shiva's Diva. Her man: Briggan O'Brian, a sexy Irishman on the run from the Mumbai Mob. Brig has a strange way of doing business, whatever that business may be. And she's still not sure how she ended up in his arms when the shooting started--but what if her bullet-deflecting earrings don't work the next time? Brig's too busy to explain why everyone's after the fabulous figurine--he's having a devil of time just keeping one gorgeous American girl out of danger. And there's only one place left to hide: a Bollywood movie complete with villains, lovers, and a mother-in-law from hell. Hey, there's a happy ending--if anyone can find the script. . .
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Nighttime Is My Time
by Mary Higgins Clark
From the "Queen of Suspense," Mary Higgins Clark, comes a riveting tale of suspense, secrets, and revenge. Historian Jean Sheridan returns to Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, excited about her twenty-year high-school reunion at Stonecroft Academy. But a dear friend of hers soon becomes the fifth woman in the class to meet a sudden, mysterious end. Then Jean receives a taunting fax about a child she gave up for adoption, whose existence she had kept a secret but whose life may now be in danger. For present at the reunion is The Owl, a murderer on a mission of vengeance against women who once humiliated him...and Jean is his final intended victim.
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Close to You
by Christina Dodd
“White-hot action and sizzling sensuality power…[the] high-octane, blow-out finale” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) of New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd’s thrilling Lost Hearts romantic suspense series. Caitlin Prescott was only a baby when her parents disappeared. Adopted by a wealthy Texas oil family, she became Kate Montgomery and grew up with no memory of her parents or siblings, who have been searching for her, hoping to right a terrible wrong that was committed twenty-two years ago in a small Texas town. Now an ambitious young news reporter, Kate realizes she is being stalked soon after landing her dream job at an Austin TV station. Why did a car try to run her down? Who would want to kill her? Turning her precarious situation into a story, she takes on a bodyguard and follows him on the job. But she didn’t plan on the cool, blade-sharp strength of Teague Ramos or the attraction that sizzles between them. When Teague connects the death of an Austin socialite to unanswered questions about Kate’s childhood, she finds herself unlocking dangerous doors to her past. Now, with only her mysterious bodyguard to protect her, Kate is on a high-stakes chase that may lead her to the family she has never known—or into the trap of a ruthless killer.
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Killing Time
by Linda Howard
In 1985, with much fanfare, a time capsule was buried under the front lawn of a small-town county courthouse, to be reopened in 2085. But just twenty years later, in the dead of night, the capsule is dug up, its contents stolen. That same night, one of the contributors to the capsule is brutally slain in his home - with no sign of forced entry or indication of a struggle. One by one, others who had placed items in the time capsule are murdered. Besides his suspicions about the sudden, mysterious appearance of Nikita Stover, the chief investigator, Knox Davis, has absolutely no leads. And while Nikita?s no murderer, she seems to be hiding plenty of secrets. With more at stake than anyone else realizes, the smart-talking Nikita is determined to catch this cunning killer - while at the same time battling her own deepening feelings for a man and for a world in which she doesn?t belong.
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The Black Silent
by David Dun
When a shocking discovery that could change the fate of humankind leads to the disappearance of Ben, her friend and mentor, Haley Walthers asks former covert operative Sam Wintripp to help her find him and expose a ruthless corporate syndicate.
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Blood Hollow
by William Kent Krueger
A brilliant new installment in the prize-winning Cork O'Connor series -- from the acclaimed author of Boundary Waters and Purgatory Ridge. When the corpse of a beautiful high school student is discovered on a hillside four months after her disappearance on New Year's Eve, all evidence points to her boyfriend, local bad boy Solemn Winter Moon. Despite Solemn's self-incriminating decision to go into hiding, Cork O'Connor, Aurora, Minnesota's former sheriff, isn't about to hang the crime on a kid he's convinced is innocent. In an uphill battle to clear Solemn's name, Cork encounters no shortage of adversity. Some -- like bigotry and bureaucracy -- he knows all too well. What Cork isn't prepared for is the emergence of a long-held resentment from his own childhood. And when Solemn reappears, claiming to have seen a vision of Jesus Christ in Blood Hollow, the mystery becomes thornier than Cork could ever have anticipated. And that's when the miracles start happening....
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Boost
by Steve Brewer
Brewer is acclaimed for his strong, unique, humorous voice, drawing comparisons to Hiassen, Leonard and Block.
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Seeing Red
by Jill Shalvis
From the national bestselling author of Blue Flame comes a steamy new romance about a sexy fire marshal and the beautiful woman he's never forgotten. Original.
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Shadowed Secrets
by Lois Richer
True love beckons, even as a police officer and a woman on the run come face-to-face with shadowed secrets.
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Double Homicide
by Jonathan Kellerman
The "New York Times" bestseller by two masters of the crime novel--and husband and wife--writing together for the first time kick starts a new series of short crime novels, beginning with these two riveting tales of murder and suspense, set in Boston and Santa Fe.
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Double Take
by Brenda Joyce
Kait London has been estranged from her twin sister for years. She has never understood why and has always regretted it. When her phone rings in the middle of the night, Kait learns that Lana desperately needs her help. All Kait has to do is take her place, for two days, at her home in the horse country of Virginia. If Kate can play this role convincingly enough, she will save Lana's life... This is a game the twins have played before. But never like this. For the charade is much more difficult to pull off than when they were children. Lana has many secrets, secrets she has kept from everyone, including Kait-and she has as many enemies, including her own husband. Kait hadn't been expecting Trev Coleman to be in residence. Worse, she is soon forced to recognize how darkly seductive he is-and that he may very well be her worst enemy. Then she discovers that someone is deliberately stalking Lana, but Kait is the trapped prey...
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Dark of the Moon
by Tess Pendergrass
Book #2 in the Hope Point Mystery SeriesIn this sequel to Tess Pendergrass's successful Dangerous Moonlight, librarian Destiny Millbrook is once again in trouble . . . It's been two years since Destiny's old flame, artist Alain Caine, left her without a backward glance to follow his muse. When Alain calls without warning to let her know he's in Hope Point for the upcoming Arts and Crafts Fair and that he expects her to put him up for ten days, Destiny can almost find it funny - until Alain is murdered at the fair, and Destiny's significant other, Detective Daniel Parks, is identified as the prime suspect. While the high-profile murder case Daniel was investigating falls to pieces and his personal life appears headed in the same direction, Destiny must find a way to clear Daniel's name, prevent another innocent victim from being convicted for a horrible crime, and stop a dangerous sociopath before he can kill again.Tess Pendergrass grew up in a small town on the Northern California coast much like Hope Point. She currently resides with her very own hero and their dog and cat in coastal Georgia, where her opportunities for white-water rafting disasters are greatly reduced.
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Wednesday's Child
by Gayle Wilson
Seven years after Susan Chandler's husband and one-year-old daughter disappeared, their car is pulled from a river. Hoping to discover the truth of what happened, Susan turns to Delta Force Major Jeb Bedford.
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A Table by the Window
by Lawana Blackwell
Unexpected news of a large inheritance brings a woman to a Southern small town and into both romance and mystery.
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The Bad Witness
by Laura Van Wormer
Journalist Sally Harrington is called as a key witness for the defense in the scandalous "Mafia Boss Murder" trial due to her connection with the victim, forcing her to accept police protection when things get dangerous.
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Dangerous Curves
by Pamela Britton
Special Agent Lea Blackwell is not the same tomboy she once was. All grown up and investigating the murder of a NASCAR( driver, she's not above making gorgeous Blain Sanders squirm--just a little. Original.
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Dare Me
by Cherry Adair
Three passionate novellas in a high stakes romantic suspense anthology featuring: A sizzling trio of novellas from three national bestselling masters of seductive suspense-stories of women who takes chances, women who gamble everything on love, women who accept the dare.
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Found Wanting
by Joyce Lamb
RITA Award-nominee for Best Romantic Suspense NovelDetective Mitch Kane is hired by millionaire Layton Keller to find the son he's never known and the woman who took the boy fourteen years ago. But when Mitch finds them, he discovers that Alaina Chancellor isn't anything like he expected. Before he knows it, he's protecting her from determined hit men and trying to help her get her son back - but Alaina has been terribly hurt by a man in the past, and she doesn't trust anyone easily, especially a detective hired by her son's father. Unfortunately, she has no choice but to rely on Mitch, and as they race to save Jonah from his father, they discover that both their lives have been found wanting.Joyce Lamb, born and raised in Rockford, Illinois, is an editor at USA Today in suburban Washington, D.C. Found Wanting is her third novel. Booklist called her first, Relative Strangers, "a rollicking ride full of blazing passion, non-stop suspense and heart-pounding action," which is very much like Joyce's real life. For her second novel, Caught in the Act, (a RITA Award finalist), which Booklist called "riveting," Joyce drew extensively from her experience as a journalist . . . except for the parts about murder and mayhem. She loves cooking out with friends, playing tennis, and reading.
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Heartbreak Hotel
by Jill Marie Landis
The beloved Twilight Cove trilogy concludes in this book that proves at Heartbreak Hotel, unexpected love can make even the most disillusioned hearts believe.
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The Betrayers
by Harold Robbins
After surviving the Siege of Leningrad and witnessing his mother's starvation, Nick Cutter falls in love with Luz, unaware of her plan to challenge corrupt politicians and that he will have to battle a dictator to win her heart.