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The Traitor’s Pawn by Lisa Harris
Houston detective Bree Grayson was duck hunting with Senator McKenna, the man who became her father figure when her own father stepped out, when he was shot. She responds to the incident by searching for the suspect but ultimately becoming abducted herself. She narrowly escapes thanks to the help of FBI agent and old childhood… Read More
Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West
When Ruby's mother is murdered in their home on the South Side, Ruby is left alone with her father, a man prone to violence and rage. Layla, the pastor's daughter and Ruby's best friend, wants desperately to help Ruby find a way to get away, and in her search for answers, stumbles on some long… Read More
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
Maggie Holt's father wrote a book about their experience in Baneberry Hall, the house they lived in for 20 days, that was haunted. Maggie was 5 at the time and doesn't remember any of it. The book has followed her around her entire life. With her father passing away, Maggie founds out he still owned… Read More