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A homicide detective's violent family history repeats itself in #1 Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh's novel of murder, secrets, and retribution.

For more than twenty-five years, Philadelphia homicide detective Bree Taggert has tucked away the nightmarish childhood memories of her parents' murder-suicide...Until her younger sister,…

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1 author picked Cross Her Heart as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Cross Her Heart starts with a truly gripping opening – and the story doesn’t slow down from there. 

Family, fear, love, duty, and what happens when you’re willing to risk it all to do the right thing are the main components of this story. 

Bree finds herself restructuring her life and learning a lot about herself in the process. The whole story carries you through some rough patches in Bree’s life and ends with a completely satisfactory finish. There are so many threads to follow into the next book because you really want to see what happens to the characters.…

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