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  • Blinding Trust by Jennifer Foor

    Blinding Trust by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Blinding Trust is told by Savanna and Colt. The book starts where book 6 left off. The family is at Conner and Amy’s oldest daughter’s fifth birthday party. Once the family arrives home, Colt is visited by someone from his past, (KRISTA’S BROTHER)who has changed his name to Zeke. He is a recovering addict and the lead singer of a popular rock band. Zeke is only visiting for one reason...
  • Frost: A Hell's Handlers MC Florida Chapter Novella by Lilly Atlas

    Frost: A Hell's Handlers MC Florida Chapter Novella by Lilly Atlas

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Rachel has spent her life without family and watching others from the sidelines due to a series of unfortunate and traumatic events. She longs for the unbreakable connection only blood can bring. When she learns she has a half-brother living halfway across the country, she wants nothing more than to meet him. Even if he is the president of a motorcycle club...
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  • The Legend by Shey Stahl

    The Legend by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    In a lifestyle of speed, adrenaline and desire, one racer has sacrificed everything for the sport he loved. In turn, he will fight for his name, his family and now his life to be the legend he’s been portrayed to be. You can be everything you set out to be if you want it bad enough. You can be that record breaker you said you’d be. You can be that hero you always thought you would be...
  • Alluring Seduction by Skye Turner

    Alluring Seduction by Skye Turner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Warning: This book contains explicit language and explosive sex. It is an adult romance and not intended for anyone under the age of 18. Jessie Adams is the womanizing, lead guitarist for the hottest rock band in the country, Bayou Stix. Seduction is his game. He does what he wants, when he wants, and with whom he wants...
  • Sangre by Chiah Wilder

    Sangre by Chiah Wilder

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A second chance at love like no other. When Sangre, the tatted and built officer of the Night Rebels MC, agrees to be the bodyguard of Isla Rose, he has no idea what he's in for. It's just an ordinary gig: A bodyguard for a temperamental, difficult, diva who thinks a fan is out to get her. Sangre doesn't have time for drama and decides there's no way he's going to indulge the spoiled rock star...
  • Fallen Crest Alternative Version by Tijan

    Fallen Crest Alternative Version by Tijan

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    This book was originally written to be the sequel to Fallen Crest High. It was scrapped and not used. Fallen Crest Family was written instead as the number two book in the Fallen Crest Series. However; this version was posted on the author's page for free reading as a thank you to her readers. After reading what she posted, enough fans requested this story to be published so here it is...
  • Hushed Torment by Bella Jewel

    Hushed Torment by Bella Jewel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    From USA Today, and international bestseller, comes the second book in the Iron Fury MC! One accident changed my life. One single second changed everything for me. In one terrifying moment, everything I knew was gone. Music is the only thing that keeps me holding on. When the opportunity arises for me to tour with country music star, Scarlett Belle, I take it. An escape. A chance...
  • On the Double by Giulia Lagomarsino

    On the Double by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Edward Markinson. You’ve read about them in Reed Security. You’ve come to know a little about who the men of OPS are. But everything you thought you knew is a lie—smoke and mirrors. The truth of OPS is hidden deep inside, waiting to be revealed. Owens Protective Services. Defend. Investigate. Secure.
  • Secrets Vol. 4 by H.M. Ward

    Secrets Vol. 4 by H.M. Ward

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    At night, when Anna closes her eyes, everything comes rushing back; the sensuous sound of Cole’s voice, his scalding touch, and the way his eyes roved over her body like he could never get enough. Flirtation, promises of passionate sex, and nights filled with Cole’s sexy smile are gone. Anna worries that her crush on Cole was something more, because her life is total agony without him...
  • Finding Infinity by Layne Harper

    Finding Infinity by Layne Harper

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    "Finding Infinity" as described by Colin. .. "Fine Charlie. ” Colin says dropping his hands in defeat. “Here's what I want. I want everybody to back off and let me play football. I want you to go back to practicing medicine because I’m ready for you to be happy again - not this forced shit that you keep trying to sell me...
  • Alluring Temptation by Skye Turner

    Alluring Temptation by Skye Turner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Warning: This book contains explicit language and explosive sex. It is an adult romance and not intended for anyone under the age of 18. Liam Christianson is the devil-may-care, rhythm guitarist for Bayou Stix, the hottest rock band around. He’s a playboy and likes to do things his way. No regrets. He knows that women love him, and he uses that to his advantage. He’s cocky and shallow...
  • Revere by Bethany-Kris

    Revere by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A Legacy Novel. She was once his liar. He was once her savior. Cross Donati fills his days with the mafia, family, and responsibility. The wild boy is a distant memory. A waiting prince now sits in his place. An old debt puts the gunrunner right back into the path of his past, but he only sees his future. Every king needs a queen...
  • The Grace in Darkness by Melissa Andrea

    The Grace in Darkness by Melissa Andrea

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Every part of me yearns for Ryland and there hasn’t been a day that’s gone by that I don’t question if I made the right decision. Adjusting is something I should be used to by now but how can I do that when life has other plans? When darkness consumes you, only true light can free you...
  • Irresistible Bachelors: A Romance Collection by Lauren Landish

    Irresistible Bachelors: A Romance Collection by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Five must-read romances. Includes former Amazon Top 100 romcoms Anaconda, Mr. Fiancé, Heartstopper, Stud Muffin and Mr. Fix it. Featuring hilariously sassy leading women and the hunky men who tame them! Books 1-5 (of 9) of the Irresistible Bachelor series. Anaconda Football star and Internet sensation Gavin “Anaconda” Adams is the biggest celebrity this little town has ever seen...
  • Unconditional by Melody Grace

    Unconditional by Melody Grace

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    "I’ve spent my whole life chasing perfection: perfect looks, perfect man, perfect home. But in one brutal moment, I realized it was all just a beautiful lie…". Carina MacKenzie is fleeing from her past. Picking up the wreckage of her shattered dreams, she seeks comfort in the only place she’s ever felt safe: Beachwood Bay. Garrett Sawyer isn’t looking to be anyone’s savior...
  • Presently Perfect by Alison G. Bailey

    Presently Perfect by Alison G. Bailey

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Perfection is an illusion fueled by the perception of others. Tweet was my heart, my soul, and my purpose. She was my everything. Neither of us were perfect. We both made mistakes. Looking back, that was okay, because every choice brought us to where we needed to be at the time we needed to be there. The one constant, our love and friendship...
  • Half My Blood by Lauren Gilley

    Half My Blood by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    It’s summer in Knoxville, and if the outlaw crew at Dartmoor Inc. thought they were getting a respite from the drama…they were kidding themselves. Almost a year ago, Mercy’s dying mother claimed he had a half-brother, sired by the beloved father he’d always thought infallible, raised by another man as his own...
  • Smokey by L. Wilder

    Smokey by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    From NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author L. Wilder comes book five in the Satan's Fury Series, a standalone MC romance. Smokey. You can't fight fate, especially when it brings you a girl like MJ Thompson. She wasn't just beautiful. No, she was so much more than that. She was smart with a smile full of magic and curves that drove me to distraction...
  • Entangled by S.E. Hall

    Entangled by S.E. Hall

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Things heat up, and not just the Georgia summertime, when Dane and Laney go head to head over plans for her new duplex. But Laney's got his number, and knows just how to coerce her bossy, domineering man. Spend the summer with the gang and find out. .. just how many is a crowd? The members of the Evolve Crew are getting older; so is the content. Mature audiences recommended.
  • Grimm by E.C. Land

    Grimm by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If only for one night she were mine. Grimm. I’ve done everything in my power to keep away from the one woman I want most. Not only because she’s a brother’s daughter but because she’s too young. To have her, she would have to give up everything else. Danger comes to our doorstep, and not for the first time...
  • Breaking to Breathe by Lisa N. Paul

    Breaking to Breathe by Lisa N. Paul

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Two people so bent they can no longer stand tall. .. With his sexy looks, his seductive dirty talk, and his resident bad boy reputation,. Kyle Marx was the thrill-ride every woman wanted to experience…at least once. And once is all he’d ever offer. Suffocating in his own personal hell, Kyle thought sex, booze, and drugs could numb the pain of his past...
  • Point of Freedom by Stacey Lynn

    Point of Freedom by Stacey Lynn

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Hatred. Desire. Broken Dreams. Jules McAllister has loved and lost. She experienced the gut wrenching pain of grief after her boyfriend, Scratch, a member of the Nordic Lords MC, died on the same night that she told him they were going to have a child. Grief stricken and destroyed, she left Jasper Bay, unable to tell anyone the truth of what really happened that fateful night...
  • Trading Paint by Shey Stahl

    Trading Paint by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A must have companion to Happy Hour that give you an inside look into the characters of the Racing on the Edge series. Step into the magic where the clay met rubber and desire defined greatness. Trading Paint takes you inside the hasty driver’s mind to what led him to a decision that changed the path of two souls...
  • Let Love Shine by Melissa Collins

    Let Love Shine by Melissa Collins

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    What comes after "they lived happily ever after? " Maddy and Reid have seen their fair share of trials and tribulations, of love and loss. Facing down the biggest challenges of their young lives, they managed to survive and endure. With the future stretching out before them, they must learn to navigate new and unfamiliar paths...
  • Savage Roses by Sienne Vega

    Savage Roses by Sienne Vega

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I made her a promise I’ll destroy the world to keep…. Revenge is the only thing that stands in my way. Then Delphine and I can finally be together. My father has no idea the hell he’s in for. I’ll savor the moment I get to play in his blood. But when he reveals what he’s really capable of,. I realize I may have underestimated the devil. I’ll never leave his side no matter how dark it gets…...
  • Forbiddenly Yours by Anise Storm

    Forbiddenly Yours by Anise Storm

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    NICOLE. I've always been the perfect daughter, sister, and friend. After all, my father and brother are Titans. We’re high society, so I have an image to uphold. Costa Rica was supposed to be just a last summer hurrah before the new semester began. It ended up being the night when the good girl did something bad. A one-time indiscretion...
  • A Two Twirl Christmas by Rachel Van Dyken

    A Two Twirl Christmas by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For fans of the Eagle Elite, #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken brings you the heartwarming short, A Two Twirl Christmas. For the first time, Sergio, made man of the Abandonato Family, faces the demons of his past with the help of his cousins. The mafia cries for no one. It justifies everything. But this Christmas, it will honor one of its own...
  • Bonita Brynne by Naomi Porter

    Bonita Brynne by Naomi Porter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Track. My Soulmate. Everything about us is wrong but oh so right. I've fallen in love with a man who deceived me. He's not just my irresistibly gorgeous stepbrother, he's the father of my unborn child. Our forbidden love is crazy, but our lives are crazier still. "Uncle" Dorian will stop at nothing to make me his, taking our brother for a hostage bargain...
  • Van by Erin Trejo

    Van by Erin Trejo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “He isn’t worth the tears, darlin’. No man is. Especially one that can hurt somethin’ as precious as you. ”. Van is and has always been a player, never wanting to settle down or have a family. Growing up with a houseful of sisters, he appreciates women, and one thing he won’t ignore is men hurting women. Chyanne is pregnant and escaping an abusive relationship...
  • Secrets Vol. 2 by Ella Steele

    Secrets Vol. 2 by Ella Steele

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Sexy thoughts about Cole fill Anna's dreams. Every detail burns brightly in her mind; the way his hands feel on her bare skin, the soft brush of his lips against hers, and the way their bodies fit perfectly together. Anna awakes breathless, tingling as if it really happened. What caused her to think about Cole like that? It was completely forbidden...
  • Breaking the Wrong by Calia Read

    Breaking the Wrong by Calia Read

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Emilia Wentworth would do anything for her sister. For three years, Emilia has lived in the past, feeling her sister's pain and hating those who are to blame, including one of the Sloan brothers. Finally, she has had enough. The only way to be free is to create a Burn List with all the people who have ever hurt her sister...
  • Listed: Volume III by Noelle Adams

    Listed: Volume III by Noelle Adams

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    This is Volume III of a six-volume serial novel. A marriage of convenience has never been like this. Just before her eighteenth birthday, the doctors tell Emily she has three months to live. Not much time to complete the bucket list she's had since she was twelve. The first item is the hardest--"Get married"--so she turns to the only man she knows who can help...
  • Rough and Rugged by Hayley Faiman

    Rough and Rugged by Hayley Faiman

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Hattie Morris is a young girl with silly dreams and a fantasy she's been holding onto since she was sixteen years old. "Dirty" Johnny Williams is a hard man who rides as a Notorious Devil, known for being filthy between the sheets, yet always wishing for the unattainable more...
  • Epiphany by Ashley Suzanne

    Epiphany by Ashley Suzanne

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Epiphany, the final installment of The Destined Series, continues the stories of four best friends from college who are making decisions that will set the course for the rest of their lives. Mira and Skylar have had their share of painful pasts, troubled presents and an unknown future...
  • Some like It Wild by M. Leighton

    Some like It Wild by M. Leighton

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    First was The Wild Ones. Now, the next book in M. Leighton's Wild Ones series. .. How far will a good girl go for the bad boy she loves? Laney Holt is a preacher’s daughter. A good girl. Her only goal was to get married, have babies, and live happily ever after, just like her parents. Only that didn’t happen. The two people closest to her betrayed her, and Laney’s dreams came crashing down...
  • Dark Destiny by Avelyn Paige, Geri Glenn

    Dark Destiny by Avelyn Paige, Geri Glenn

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He's an inmate. She's a free spirit. Delilah believes animals can heal anyone. But she's never come up against someone like the hardened biker who rarely speaks. With Stone Face part of her inmate rehabilitation program, she's got her work cut out for her. Stone Face isn't there to be rehabilitated. Her program is the only way to get to the man that murdered his twin sister...
  • Boone by Elizabeth Knox

    Boone by Elizabeth Knox

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I was never good at love, but damn if I didn’t want to try when I met her. Boone. All my life, I’ve never been good at love. My wife literally decided out of the blue that she was going to up and leave me, and our two boys. She acted like she was going to the grocery store to grab a few things and never came back...
  • Chains (Northern Grizzlies MC) by M. Merin

    Chains (Northern Grizzlies MC) by M. Merin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Iron Savages rule Boise. Or they did. Their numbers decimated, the President on his deathbed, the club becomes unrecognizable. When his cousin and her son are threatened and secrets are exposed, Chains must make a choice. Protect his family or stand with his sworn Brothers. The words that are burned in his mind are 'Blood in, Blood out'...
  • Stoker: Untamed Sons MC by Jessica Ames

    Stoker: Untamed Sons MC by Jessica Ames

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Stoker. After getting out of prison, I'm ready to restart my life again. My brothers in the Untamed Sons Motorcycle Club welcome me back into the fold with open arms. I'm not looking for a relationship or anything serious. I want to get my life back on track first, but then Layla walks into my life and all my plans come undone. Layla...
  • From Now Until Infinity by Layne Harper

    From Now Until Infinity by Layne Harper

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Eight years have passed since Colin and Caroline “Charlie” ended their college romance. A chance meeting reunited them confirming that time had not diminished their love for each other. Now, they have to turn their passionate reunion into a legitimate and sustainable relationship. Charlie’s medical practice is in Houston. Colin is the starting quarterback for Dallas...
  • Heated Caress by E.C. Land

    Heated Caress by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve wanted her for longer than I should’ve. She’s off limits and I know it. Christian. Blood coats my hands and I don’t regret them being stained. Not when it comes to the reason behind it. Being who I am, I’m as cold-hearted as they come. I only care for those close to me. But even still I keep them at bay. There’s only one who gets under my skin, and she knows it...
  • Pike by Erin Trejo

    Pike by Erin Trejo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Men aren’t supposed to make women cry, Jailbait. ”. With his birthday around the corner, Pike is a man questioning what he wants in life. His brothers in his club are his family, but maybe it’s time to find someone to share his life with. A bullet from an unknown assailant leaves Pike in the hospital, where he meets Feather, an ER nurse who he immediately recognizes as a kindred spirit...
  • One Knight Stand by Jessica Prince

    One Knight Stand by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sutton Briar has lived the past several years doing everything in her power to remain invisible. Boxy skirts? Oversized tops in muted colors? Yes, please! She learned the hard way that gaining the attention of the opposite sex could lead down a very dangerous path. She’s content to blend in with the wallpaper, but then her boss makes a request she can’t refuse for fear of losing her job...
  • Learning to Forgive by R.D. Cole

    Learning to Forgive by R.D. Cole

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This isn't your Typical Everyday fairytale. This story isn't sweet or sugary. Instead. .. It's Raw and Dark. It's Rough and Dangerous. And It's Definitely not for kids under 17 years of age. So turn back now if you're not ready for Lyric and Blaire's story. Because shit just got Real...
  • Revenge, Volume 2 by J.J. Knight

    Revenge, Volume 2 by J.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Dylan Wolf is more than just a street musician with a body and voice to die for. He holds the key to Jess Rivera's future, and her heart. The mystery unfolds in Revenge #2.
  • Listed: Volume II by Noelle Adams

    Listed: Volume II by Noelle Adams

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    This is Volume II of a six-volume serial novel. A marriage of convenience has never been like this. Just before her eighteenth birthday, the doctors tell Emily she has three months to live. Not much time to complete the bucket list she's had since she was twelve. The first item is the hardest--"Get married"--so she turns to the only man she knows who can help...
  • The Wild Boys: The Complete Series by K.A. Knight, Erin O'Kane

    The Wild Boys: The Complete Series by K.A. Knight, Erin O'Kane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Enjoy all three books of The Wild Boys Series all in one place. Including - The Wild Interview, The Wild Tour and The Wild Finale plus extra never been published bonus scenes! I have been working hard my whole life for people to take me seriously. After all, women ‘don’t belong’ in the music industry...
  • Lawyer's Obsession by Flora Ferrari

    Lawyer's Obsession by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s my job to protect innocent people from the bad guys. .. but when I laid eyes on Ruby, it became about so much more than that. I’ve never seen a woman so beautiful, so enticing, so incredible in every way. .. I knew I had to make her mine. But things got kind of complicated the second I decided to represent her in her stalking case…...
  • Pursuit / Power / Passion by Fiona Davenport

    Pursuit / Power / Passion by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pursuit: Brandon DeLuca's relentless pursuit of Carly O'Reilly after she flees New York isn't really due to the orders of his mafia boss cousin. The feisty redhead is his, and he's done trying to pretend otherwise. Now that he's admitted the truth to himself, he just needs to convince her to put her life in his hands-and her body in his bed...
  • Dad's Cop Friend by Lena Little

    Dad's Cop Friend by Lena Little

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I’m expecting a large man in a ski mask when I get the call for a burglary, but instead, I'm greeted by the most stunning woman I've ever seen. She looks strangely familiar, but I can't place her at first. Her beauty disarms me. There's just something about her that makes me feel like I'm seeing the world in a whole new way...
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