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  • Farewells and Forever by Heather Long

    Farewells and Forever by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    Beautiful, I love you. No ands, ifs, or buts. No beating around the bush. Will you marry me?From the first proposal on the playground when we were five to the one two weeks ago, Coop has always been there for me.Baby Girl, the only thing I’ve ever wanted is you. Forever.Protector. Best friend. Lover. Jake’s a part of me in a way I can’t define...
  • Brazen and Breathless by Heather Long

    Brazen and Breathless by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 21 ratings
    It’s a new year.
It’s a new me.
Or maybe I should say a new us.
We’re out there. We’re not hiding the fact that I’m dating all of them. PDAs are back on the table. The final semester of high school kicks off with a bang. I have to keep my eye on the prize though—make every AP class count, keep my grades up, and find a way to balance life with my guys. My best friends. My boyfriends. My lovers...
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  • Defiance and Dedication by Heather Long

    Defiance and Dedication by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    Autumn in New York promises a turn in the seasons as we kick off the next stage of our lives. Colorful leaves falling, dropping temperatures, and the first days of classes loom even as the lingering summer heat and humidity make the city stifling.Summer was a time to get away, to just be us, and what a magical time it was, but we can only run away from our lives for so long...
  • Legacy and Lovers by Heather Long

    Legacy and Lovers by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    When did we become the adults? When did we become the ones who had to make the hard calls? One by one, we’ve all left our teenage years behind. College brought new challenges even as Bound Hearts brought us more.Whether we’re making music, love, war, games, or trouble, we’ve found a good balance. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.Together, we know we can do anything...
  • Whispers and Wishes by Heather Long

    Whispers and Wishes by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 34 ratings
    Everything changes. Even the things we didn’t ask for. Jake, Archie, Coop, and Ian were my best friends and three of them still are and they’re also now my lovers, my boyfriends, and pretty much the anchors keeping me from getting washed away.I’ve had great moments and I’ve had horrible ones. One thing is for sure, I’ll never forget my senior year.It’s the year everything changed...
  • Fallen Crest Alternative Version by Tijan

    Fallen Crest Alternative Version by Tijan

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 35 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...
  • This Fearless Girl by E.M. Moore

    This Fearless Girl by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Stone Jacobs must…hate me. The tenuous bonds the four of us built could end with one split-second decision. Good versus bad. Old versus new. Loyalties will be tested when the truth spills like blood from a razor’s cut. Caught between high society and the homicidal reach of a well-known gang, finding my family’s treasure is our only hope...
  • Those Heartless Boys by E.M. Moore

    Those Heartless Boys by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Stone Jacobs must die.Okay, okay. Maybe just maim him a bit. Peel off his perfectly chiseled handsome looks until he knows what it feels like to be normal. And while I’m at it, I’ll throw his friends in, too. They all deserve to be taken down.I should’ve seen it coming. I should’ve felt it in my gut. The moment my treasure hunter father went missing, my arch enemies sprang into action...
  • Polaris by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Polaris by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "We want you to choose all of us." Unsure how to react to Knox’s simple but life-changing declaration, Haley focuses all her energy on the guys and her Zenith training, hoping the rest will fall into place. Still, as her love for Knox, Theo, Chase, Liam, and Jackson deepens, she worries their connection won’t be enough...
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    new adult  m-f  contemporary  reverse harem  poly
  • Mad Love by Eva Ashwood

    Mad Love by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    Our love doesn't make sense.But it might be the only thing that saves us.After the bombshell my father dropped on me, it feels like my whole world is unraveling.Everything I was brought up to believe has turned out to be a lie, and this life that looks so perfect from the outside is anything but.There's only one thing that feels real anymore. One thing I can trust.The Lost Boys are mine...
  • Breathe You by C.R. Jane, Ivy Fox

    Breathe You by C.R. Jane, Ivy Fox

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Valentina Rossi.She was our first and only love—our f*cking everything.She was also the one who tore us apart and crushed our hearts into a pulp. After all these years, we three are still desperately trying to fix the mess she made of us. Even if that meant pretending she was just a childish memory, pushed to the confinements of our mind, just so we could survive without her.But now she’s back...
  • The Lie by Callie Rose

    The Lie by Callie Rose

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 40 ratings
    Rich boys don't fraternize with the help. They don't care about the help. They don't protect the help. I should've remembered those lessons before I handed over my trust to four gorgeous, domineering boys. But I didn't. And now, I'm not the only one who's been hurt. Someone out there is toying with me and my family, and I don't know who to turn to or who to trust...
  • Nights of Winter by Cora Flynn

    Nights of Winter by Cora Flynn

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    It’s hard to imagine our pretty little town as anything but picture-perfect.Or it was, until I got sucked into a tangled web of dirty secrets and lies, trapping me underground with the most unlikely of companions.The man who broke my heart is now the one to save me.The man who let me go now won’t leave my side.The man who’d held me at arms length is now cradling me in his arms...
  • Never Again by L.E. Bross

    Never Again by L.E. Bross

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    We were supposed to be living our Happily Ever After. It’s been three months since we graduated. X started college, Riot's got his Motocross sponsorship, and Baz is working 20 hour days to try to clean up Peter's mess. Me? I don’t have a clue what I want to do with my life yet. But that might not matter...
  • An Unexpected Encounter by Bre Rose

    An Unexpected Encounter by Bre Rose

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I had one man in my life, my dad. He was my protector, the buffer between my mother and I. Then he left me and I was forced to bear the insults of my mother all alone. Now I’m older and she has a new man she’s marrying. And not only does she get new children, I get three stepbrothers. A past encounter with three men had led to the biggest surprise of my life. I slept with all my new siblings...
  • Daughter of Deception by Ruby Vincent

    Daughter of Deception by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Our enemies are everywhere……and we can’t see them.The Brotherhood has us in their sights. In their scope.The attacks are coming from everywhere and nowhere from a seemingly invisible enemy. But they won’t be invisible for long.When we discover how the Brotherhood manages to stay five steps ahead, it’s up to me to find and stop the traitor...
  • The Breathe Me Duet by C.R. Jane, Ivy Fox

    The Breathe Me Duet by C.R. Jane, Ivy Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Complete Breathe Me DuetWhen you have three months to live...and all you want is to spend it with them...They say that true love only comes once in a lifetime. In my case, they were wrong. I gave my heart away three times. To the blue eyed sensitive soul, who read poetry when he thought no one was looking. To the green eyed jock, who made you laugh as hard as he made you cry...
  • The Trophy by Melissa Adams

    The Trophy by Melissa Adams

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Blurb coming soon.Release date will be brought forward.Attention: this is the second book of a 𝘸𝘩𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 duet and ends in a HEA for the main characters. Thw story of the Star Cove Knights will however continue in another duet, part of the same series. The heroine won’t have to choose between her different love interests...
  • Revenge of the Syndicate by Natalie Nicole

    Revenge of the Syndicate by Natalie Nicole

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They took her. They took the one thing in our miserable lives that means anything to us.When we find her. Revenge will be had.But with that revenge, secrets must unravel.Truths must be told.But with the revelations...Questions arise...
  • Cruel Hearts by Sofia Daniel

    Cruel Hearts by Sofia Daniel

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    It’s dog eat dog at Templar Academy.I’m about to get eaten alive… And I think I’ll like it.I thought I had skeletons in my closet.Turns out I have a whole cemetery.But that’s nothing compared to these bullies.Maxwell, Kendrick, and Orlando are wealthy, wicked, and devilishly delicious.They crossed me last term, and now I will uncover their secrets.I’ll have them groveling at my feet...
  • Tantalizing Kings by Alisha Williams

    Tantalizing Kings by Alisha Williams

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My first year of college is already off to a bad start.My boyfriend of three years betrayed me at the end of summer party. He said I wasn't enough anymore, along with some other things that hurt to hear.I might be socially shy at times, but I’m not stupid, II know now what was really happening...
  • Christmas with my Three Best Friends by Kai Lesy

    Christmas with my Three Best Friends by Kai Lesy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    What’s more embarrassing than accidentally emailing your crush?When you've been crushing hard on your three best friends…And now they know all your wild, kinky fantasies about the three of them.We've weathered life's storms together, Even the pain of betrayal.They're my fierce protectors, But clueless about my deepest desires.And that’s the safest way to shield my heart...
  • NOT SO Innocent by Jaxson Kidman

    NOT SO Innocent by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    First they choose you. Then they use you. Next they lose you... My name is Belle. But I'm not beautiful. I'm the b*tch. I'm the beast. And nothing gets to me. Except "Them" ... That's what they are. "Them." They're not that other place with the fancy and cool bad boy name. Here, it's "Them." I may have met my match with "Them." But so have they...
  • Riot Kings: A Dark Reverse Harem Romance by Ruby Vincent

    Riot Kings: A Dark Reverse Harem Romance by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Riot Kings description will be published closer to the release date to prevent spoilers. Here is Ruckus Royale's description:The town of Bedlam was born of rioters, revolt, pain, and murder.Over a hundred years later, nothing has changed.A shadow clings to our lives. Stalking, watching, waiting, taunting, and killing. And when it struck, I wasn’t ready.I have to play their game now...
  • Disharmony by Holly Bloom

    Disharmony by Holly Bloom

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The world’s most prestigious summer music camp can make or break you...A viral video lands me a scholarship to Camp Harmony, but they don’t want the real me. They want Ashley, the pop star. I spend the summer pretending to be someone I’m not, until I sneak out to see my favorite metal band perform...
  • UNLoved by Jaxson Kidman

    UNLoved by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I was the dirty, poor girl … … now I don’t have a care in the world.   The ‘new girl’ vibe is wearing off, finally. I’m settling into BFH and what I have over ‘the Rulz’ is going to make them look stupid. I agree on a date with each of them. One by one. Barr first. Then Kip. Finally, Pres...
  • Play Rough by Eva Ashwood

    Play Rough by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 37 ratings
    Play Rough is the thrilling second installment in the Black Rose Kisses series.Note: The blurb below contains spoilers for the first book, so I'd highly recommend not reading it until you've finished reading book one, Fight Dirty. Cool? Cool.***Vengeance is coming. And she’s a cold-blooded bitch.I can still hear the gunshot. Still see the blank look on Sloan’s face as he pulled the trigger...
  • Mangled Minds by B.C. Morgan

    Mangled Minds by B.C. Morgan

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    My second year at the prestigious Harkwright Academy is about to begin. Within these walls I've faced many challenges and I can't help but wonder: can I survive this, and still be the same girl I was when I began?This year I have even more trials to face; from attending the retreat after being claimed by Aeron, to seeing the infamous Harkwright Prince, with no more disguises in place...
  • The Road To Heaven by Angel Lawson

    The Road To Heaven by Angel Lawson

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What happens when the road of love is filled with detours?Or giant potholes and washed out bridges.I had the Allendale Four.Had them.In my heart. In my bed.And then…I lost them. But our bonds are linked and when one of the boys needs me, I’m there. We’re there and that’s when the road gets bumpier than ever before...
  • Huge Deal by Stephanie Brother

    Huge Deal by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    When my brother’s best friends walk in on me engaging in self-love, they offer me a deal that I can’t refuse.Why take care of my own pleasure, when they can do it for me? All I have to do is message, and they'll come running.Kain, Blake, and Dalton were our neighbors growing up. Scrawny as kids, they always had cuts on their knees and mud on their shoes...
  • Sinners by Cassie James

    Sinners by Cassie James

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A lost heiress finds her way home. She’s about to wish she hadn’t. The town of Patience is home to the privileged, the elite, and the ruthless. Everything Juliet is not. After spending the first sixteen years of her life in a dead-end town, she’s thrust into the spotlight of a legacy she never knew she had. With it comes a decades long mystery about a hidden family fortune...
  • Her Lucky Charm by Cassie Cole

    Her Lucky Charm by Cassie Cole

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Some people collect lucky rabbit’s feet.Apparently I collect lucky boyfriends.So when my luck changes after run-ins with three gorgeous guys?I’m not sure which one is the source of my newfound fortune.Roman, my old highschool crush who shows up in Vegas looking more tall, dark, and handsome than I remembered...
  • Room For Three by Ivy Fox

    Room For Three by Ivy Fox

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Don’t hate the player, luv. Hate the game.”College.It was supposed to be my new start.I made a promise to my father I would be a good girl from now on—focus solely on my objectives and play nice for once. Aside from him, basketball is my only love, therefore sacrifices must be made all in the name of the game. So, no more fights.No more trash talk.No more getting my ass into trouble...
  • Seth by Carmen Black

    Seth by Carmen Black

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    First, I (reluctantly) moved into the brohouse. Then I found myself in a relationship with not one, but all three of them! Now we’ve added Alex Goode to the mix, turning our quad into a quint. Yet my unconventional relationship isn’t all fun. Seth's obsession with being the best is taking a toll on him. I want to be there for him, yet whenever I try, he just pushes me away...
  • 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...
  • Guilt At St Joseph's Academy by M.V. Ellis

    Guilt At St Joseph's Academy by M.V. Ellis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The FallenBeautiful. Broken. Loyal as hell.Five guys with the power of ten.All determined to uncover secrets and expose lies.All laser focused with their eyes on the prize.They’ll go to great lengths to stop me in my tracks.They’ll cross lines that mean we can never go back.Our story is one of betrayal and deceit.Our connection is destined, our bond runs deep...
  • Family by Carmen Black

    Family by Carmen Black

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The last thing I expected was my mom to find out I was pregnant by barging into my baby shower. She doesn’t understand or approve of my relationship, and definitely doesn’t approve of my pregnancy...
  • Cross my Heart by Lucy Smoke

    Cross my Heart by Lucy Smoke

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    What kind of person falls into a relationship with several men? Now I know the answer. Me. I’ve finally realized that and I’ve come to terms with it. But it seems that fate has one last challenge for us to overcome. Theodora “Teddi” Vandersen, otherwise known as Grayson’s mother, has apparently been following me for weeks now. She thinks it’s my fault that Grayson’s done with her...
  • Pretty Lies by Blake Blessing, Jay Aheer

    Pretty Lies by Blake Blessing, Jay Aheer

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    New town. New school. Same lies. This is my senior year, and not only have my parents moved me to a new place where I know nothing and no one, they are determined to make me fall in line with the life they want me to have. Not the life that I want. But what fits perfectly into their world. I’m looking for any possible way to escape this prison and leave them behind...
  • When Rivals Fall by J.L. Beck, Cassandra Hallman

    When Rivals Fall by J.L. Beck, Cassandra Hallman

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Rivals since before birth there’s never been a time when my family hasn’t hated the Lockwoods, and their daughter Harlow. One year ago she set us up, tainted our family image, ruined my brother’s life. She made it personal. It was no longer just a rivalry between our parents. Now she’s here, at Bayshore University, no longer in her families clutches and without their protection...
  • The Sound of Us: Complete Collection by C.R. Jane

    The Sound of Us: Complete Collection by C.R. Jane

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    *Get Three Sexy, Angsty Rockstar Romance Reads in One Complete Collection*They are idols to millions worldwide.I hear their names whispered in the hallways and blasted through the radio.Their faces are never far from the television screen, tormenting me with images of what I gave up.To everyone else, they're unattainable rockstars, the music gods who make up The Sound of Us...
  • Stolen Away by Ivy Clyde

    Stolen Away by Ivy Clyde

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Navigating my way through the intricate maze of the mafia world, I have stumbled upon a secret. I am closer than ever to finding out the real mastermind behind everything that’s been happening. My only problem? I don’t know who to trust and the people closest to me don’t know whether they can believe me. The lives of the three men who hold my heart are in danger...
  • Love by J.S. Lee

    Love by J.S. Lee

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Onyx's tour is winding down, but things are continuing to heat up.With just the European leg of Onyx's World Tour left, Kate and Onyx are looking forward to visiting some of the most romantic cities in the world. But with delayed flights, petty tour promoters, and accommodation issues, things aren't going smoothly in Europe either. Thankfully, Kate and Onyx have got each other to lean on...
  • Seventh Heaven by Angel Lawson

    Seventh Heaven by Angel Lawson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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  • Hanna And The Hot Hockey Gods by Dizzy Hooper

    Hanna And The Hot Hockey Gods by Dizzy Hooper

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three bad boy hockey players. One figure skater in need of some stress relief. Let the games begin… As a last minute addition to the figure skating team, I knew I was in for some hazing, but this is ridiculous. I walk in on my roommate doing the deed on my bed . With nowhere to go, I end up wandering the halls, only to run into three super hot members of the men's ice hockey team...
  • You'll Never Lose Me by B.C. Morgan

    You'll Never Lose Me by B.C. Morgan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life hasn’t been easy, even that feels like an understatement. I’ve been through hell and done everything I could to make it to the other side. I can’t see a way out this time, Dante finally got what he wanted... Me. Despite everything though, I won’t roll over and die, I’m a fighter and I’ll keep I fighting until I draw my last breath...
  • Enchanted Lyrics by Addison Carter

    Enchanted Lyrics by Addison Carter

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    You know how it goes, boy meets girl, girl falls for boy, boy takes someone else home.Or there’s this one, the one that got away comes back, and they don’t live happily ever after, because he never called.OK, I could have called too, but really after the turns that night took, I wasn’t sure he’d even want to hear from me.Then the rumours started, the reputation he built for himself confirmed it...
  • The Second Move by Wendi L. Wilson

    The Second Move by Wendi L. Wilson

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Fool me once? Shame on you. Fool me twice? Not going to happen… Step one: Go back to school with a thick skin and an impenetrable heart. Step two: Make the queen bees pay. Step three: Bring down the Rogues of Everly Prep. Bullied, befriended, and betrayed, my life has been an emotional roller coaster since moving into the Kincaid Mansion and enrolling at Everly Prep...
  • Beautiful, Dirty, Rich by L.A. Sable

    Beautiful, Dirty, Rich by L.A. Sable

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    They’re not saying I’m a gold-digger. But they’re thinking it. And let’s be honest, some of them are probably saying it too. But I don’t run. Where I came from isn’t where I’m going. They won’t make it easy, I know that. And the most popular boys at Northlake Prep — the Diamonds — they don’t just want me gone. They want me destroyed. Child-star that’s all grown up...
  • Hotter Than Ever by Elle Kennedy

    Hotter Than Ever by Elle Kennedy

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    When you land in hot water, swim for safety—or let the fire burn. An Out of Uniform StoryClaire McKinley has just experienced every bride’s nightmare. The groom is a no-show, and now she must face five hundred guests alone...
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