Books like 'Unbearable'

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  • It'll Be An Adventure by Cherise Sinclair

    It'll Be An Adventure by Cherise Sinclair

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 31 ratings
    From NYT & USA Today Bestselling author Cherise Sinclair comes an outstanding addition to the beloved Masters of the Shadowlands series. The secret of author Murphy’s success is hands-on research. Murphy loves writing popular Regency thrillers and jumping into new adventures under the guise of research. For one novel, she’d joined a K9 search-and-rescue group—and liked it so much she stayed...
  • Brie's Russian Fantasy by Red Phoenix

    Brie's Russian Fantasy by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Russian intrigue, startling revelations, and submissive enlightenment… Brie’s trip to Russia exceeds her wildest dreams. The bond between Master and Brie grows deeper as he opens up about his mysterious past. While the Russian Dom, Rytsar Donkova, reveals his true nature, introducing the young submissive to a different side of BDSM...
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    bdsm  alpha male  m-f  menage  contemporary  m-f-m  poly
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  • Brie Submits to Her Master by Red Phoenix

    Brie Submits to Her Master by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Brie's Master has special plans for his submissive at the Training Center, giving her the chance to see her former trainers and visit with her best friend, Lea. Brie’s education continues when she scenes with her new Master at The Haven, but the Wolf has returned and will not be deterred. His deception threatens to tear away everything Brie holds dear, but Master is not a man to be trifled with...
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    bdsm  alpha male  m-f  contemporary  m-f-m  poly  length-novella
  • Loving You by Allie Everhart

    Loving You by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Since meeting Garret on her first night at college, Jade’s had to overcome many obstacles to be with him, including interference from Garret’s father. Now, months later, it seems that Mr. Kensington has finally accepted Jade dating his son, but the reason for that is unclear. After what Jade witnessed at the Kensington mansion, she’s not sure what his acceptance of her means...
  • Brie Faces Her Master's Fears by Red Phoenix

    Brie Faces Her Master's Fears by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Brie is thrilled by the secret Master reveals. Their D/s relationship and love deepens as he teaches her his preferences and shares another aspect of his past. Tragically, a meeting with her nemesis starts a disastrous chain of events. The aftermath of which leads her Master to make a decision Brie never sees coming...
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    bdsm  alpha male  m-f  contemporary  m-f-m  poly  length-novella
  • Brie Discerns Master's Heart by Red Phoenix

    Brie Discerns Master's Heart by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Brie's AG series #6. Master has revealed himself in small doses, only hinting about the tragedy in his past. Things are about to shift as Brie comes face to face with Master’s greatest adversary. Huge changes are rushing towards our young submissive. The wolf must be confronted, her documentary is about to discover its fate and Master will bare a part of himself kept hidden until now...
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    bdsm  alpha male  m-f  contemporary  m-f-m  poly  length-novella
  • Brie Surrenders her Heart by Red Phoenix

    Brie Surrenders her Heart by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Brie’s submissive journey has been marked with self-discovery, humor, and sexual exploration. To her delight, Brie is about to enjoy the best scene ever with Master, carrying her to heights never imagined. Friendships deepen, a challenge is accepted, and her film career is launched. But life is a balance. .
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    bdsm  alpha male  m-f  contemporary  m-f-m  poly  length-medium
  • Frayed by Pamela Ann

    Frayed by Pamela Ann

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Trista Stevens. Things went quickly sour with the already married Harry when she found out their affair had a bigger repercussion. Heartbroken, she had to do what was best for everyone. Just as planned, she and Lindsey went to visit Emma in Greece. Trista thought this vacation was going to be a way for her to heal and come to terms with of the gargantuan mistakes she’s made in the past...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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.
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Total Submission by Roxy Sloane

    Total Submission by Roxy Sloane

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Her secrets are tearing us apart, but I can’t give up on us yet. When I’m with her, the beast inside me is tamed. My every craving sated by her gentle touch. I won’t let her go without a fight. No matter what the cost, I will protect her. She belongs to me now. *Part three of the sensual, suspenseful new serial*.
  • 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...
  • Lion's First Roar! by Roxie Rivera

    Lion's First Roar! by Roxie Rivera

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    after Nikolai II. Free read from website - http://www. roxieriverawriter. com/news. ..
  • Light Me Up by Cherrie Lynn

    Light Me Up by Cherrie Lynn

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Candace Andrews is dreaming of a little sparkle in her Christmas stocking this year, and now that she and Brian Ross have been living together for over a year, her overbearing family is getting impatient for him to pop the question. She isn’t worried so much about pleasing them anymore, but pleasing Brian is another matter entirely…...
  • Cautious by E.L. Montes

    Cautious by E.L. Montes

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    THIS IS THE SEQUEL to 'Disastrous'. Marcus and Mia share a LOVE stronger than others, but their relationship was built on LIES and deceit. Cautiously, they continue to struggle for what they desire more than anything, each other. Though, that comes with a price … one that involves more HEARTBREAK and deception...
  • 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...
  • Damaged and the Cobra by Bijou Hunter

    Damaged and the Cobra by Bijou Hunter

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 23 ratings
    New Adult Romance. Aaron Barnes has found his muse in Lark Foster. However, his inspiration is saddled with a domineering step-family and the lingering guilt from a childhood loss. Once Aaron claims his muse, Lark embraces the fighter inside her gentle heart. When fate stands in the way of love, the only choices are giving up or taking what your heart demands...
  • Hard to Hold On by Shanora Williams

    Hard to Hold On by Shanora Williams

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    For the past four months, Natalie Carmichael and Nolan Young have been complete. Everything still feels right in their passion-filled world. It still feels natural - that is until Nolan's mother passes away. Things begin to turn for the worst for Nolan and his brother Mills. After losing their father from previous years before, it's a tragedy on top of a tragedy...
  • Pinch Me by Tymber Dalton

    Pinch Me by Tymber Dalton

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When Laura Spaulding awakens in a hospital to learn a vicious attack has stolen her memories, all she has are her strong, instinctive emotions for close friends and her fiancé, Rob. Rob Carlton is more than just Laura’s fiancé—he’s also her Master...
  • Marked by the Protective Biker by Hope Ford

    Marked by the Protective Biker by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    He’s not supposed to touch me. I’m definitely not supposed to want him. But rules blur when a broody, inked inmate looks at you. like you’re his salvation. I’m the sunshine counselor that sees the good in him. He’s the tattooed ex-con with a shady past. We had one night the night before he walked free and. I told myself it was over. But he watches me when I leave work...
  • Breath on the Wind by Catherine Johnson

    Breath on the Wind by Catherine Johnson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Charlie “Chiz” Davis is a committed brother of The Priests MC, but even within the world of the outlaw motorcycle club, he’s considered to be a little extreme. His little quirks weren’t an issue in his role as Enforcer; in fact they were downright useful, although, occasionally they caused a problem or two...
  • The Italian by Lena Little

    The Italian by Lena Little

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m not from Venice…I am Venice. My family runs this city, this country, and everything in it. So who in the hell does this feisty young foreign girl thing she is? Mine since the moment I laid eyes on her, that’s what. She’s as headstrong as she is beautiful and as I prepare to succeed my father as the king of the Italian underworld, I have no doubts I’ve finally found my queen...
  • Faithfully: A Club Decadence Novella by Maddie Taylor

    Faithfully: A Club Decadence Novella by Maddie Taylor

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the summer of 1979, single, smart, college-bound Joanna Beckett has her eye on the future. She isn't looking for love, but when she runs into Captain Peter Davis, who is nearly ten years her senior, she is smitten and falls for his warm heart, sharp mind, and commanding embrace. Despite his commitment to his career, Peter can't resist funny, flirtatious Joanna...
  • Blacklist Hookup by Sadie Haller

    Blacklist Hookup by Sadie Haller

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Looking to hook up with a kinky fellow celebrity near you when nobody--literally nobody--can know you're the opposite of vanilla? There’s an app for that. Quietly warn a fellow actress not to be alone with a certain producer and… BOOM. I’m dumped from Hollywood’s A-list to everyone’s blacklist in the blink of an upload...
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    bdsm  alpha male  m-f  contemporary  length-short
  • In a Heartbeat by Hilary Storm

    In a Heartbeat by Hilary Storm

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Eaven Bennett is a college student with a passion for photography. She has high hopes of completing college and starting a new life as she moves away from her hometown with her best friend, Ivy Adams. Her last boyfriend ruined any chance of her trusting ever again. Talon Walker is the dark and intriguing drummer for the up and coming band ‘Rebel Walking’...
  • Whisky On My Mind by Karlene Blakemore-Mowle

    Whisky On My Mind by Karlene Blakemore-Mowle

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life for Whisky McKenna is no longer hanging in limbo. She’s now part owner of her father’s Bar and Grill and back in college finishing her degree. With Sawyer Riley; all six feet of brooding denim and leather at her side, life should be getting easier…but loving Sawyer was never going to be an easy choice; not when he came with a motorcycle club as a third wheel in their relationship...
  • Shark Bait by Jenn Cooksey

    Shark Bait by Jenn Cooksey

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Previously homeschooled Camie Ramsey is being shoved into the shark-infested waters of public high school, where even helium filled, penguin bespeckled arm floaties likely won’t help keep her inexperienced, fifteen-year old head above water in that rip current of hormones and emotions. Camie’s worldly wisdom might be severely lacking (i. e...
  • Beatrice and Douglas by Kelly Lucille

    Beatrice and Douglas by Kelly Lucille

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A hot carpenter who likes to work with his hands. A fiery interior designer who is hands off. Douglas has rubbed her the wrong way since they were children. Now he wants to try a different kind of friction. If they can learn to work together, it could be the love of a lifetime. This is a short easy read with humor, a little mystery, and a whole lot of steam.
  • Reservation by Rachael Wade

    Reservation by Rachael Wade

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A sequel to the Amazon bestselling romance, Preservation, told from Ryan’s point of view. Old Habits Die Hard. Ryan Campbell is not only leaving his title of Professor behind to move on to bigger and better things at Simon and Warden Publishing, he’s also become Seattle’s rising literary star...
  • Dark Frame by Iris Blaire

    Dark Frame by Iris Blaire

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    First Harvard, and now the national expansion of East Park Exposed. Evan Cosette will have to choose one or the other. But not yet. E. P. E. ’s new owner, A. J. Harrison, wants the fall launch issue shot in Boston. It will be Evan’s last go as Rylan Willow—sensual starlet of the underground magazine that made her famous. And she’ll have to shoot without Dallas...
  • Allure Magnified by N. Isabelle Blanco

    Allure Magnified by N. Isabelle Blanco

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Librarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN: B00ATJSJYQ. It’s been four months since Demitra Davis ended up entangled in the most complicated –albeit gratifying- situation she’d ever thought to find herself in. A situation she isn’t keen to get herself out of. Her now ex-boss, Dorian Sorrenson, is too delicious for her to want to pull herself away from...
  • Worth Fighting For by Zoe Blake

    Worth Fighting For by Zoe Blake

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    She wasn't interested in dating a domineering Marine. He wasn't taking no for an answer. When you agree to help your best friend break into her ex-boyfriend’s apartment, you can expect a few complications. A half-naked, hot-as-hell Marine bursting in, demanding to know what is going on, is not one of them! Sage is an intelligent, independent woman...
  • Innocent Ink by Ranae Rose

    Innocent Ink by Ranae Rose

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Book 2 in the Inked in the Steel City Series. Photographing exceptional tattoos for the Hot Ink Tattoo Studio turns into much more than just a job when Karen meets Jed, the sexy-as-sin owner. With attraction sizzling between them, each photo shoot is a labor of love … and a chance to get closer to the man of her increasingly naughty dreams...
  • The Upside of Letting Go by Nacole Stayton

    The Upside of Letting Go by Nacole Stayton

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Haley Martin decides the only way to let go of her lingering nightmares is to literally move on. Taking a leap of faith she finds herself enrolling at a campus hundreds of miles away from home. She leaves any thoughts of dating again in Jersey, that is until fate crosses her path with a blue-eyed stud named Kyler King...
  • Prodigal Son by Jayna King

    Prodigal Son by Jayna King

    Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In Jayna King’s debut, Troubled Son, the Savage Sons MC was devastated by the death of Moses Hall. When Luke Callaway rolls into town, everything changes. Luke has found far more than he expected in Denver. He came looking for his birth parents, and he found the Savage Sons MC … and the sexiest woman he’s ever met...
  • Los Perdidos MC: The Novel by Daphne Loveling

    Los Perdidos MC: The Novel by Daphne Loveling

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jenny Chapman is a typical college student, her life filled with classes, homework, and her campus job. But she's bored with her routine and uncertain about her future. When Jenny and a group of her friends decide to check out the local biker bar on a whim, she has a steamy encounter with Smoke, the vice-president of the Los Perdidos motorcycle club...
  • His Mountain Hostage by Jane Henry

    His Mountain Hostage by Jane Henry

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Leila. I work for myself,. I follow my own rules,. And I do both well. Until the day Ransom comes for me. A dark alley. A stranger in the night. I wake up in a cabin in the mountains. Tied to his bed. He demands payback. Submission. Obedience. But nothing is as it seems,. and I’m hiding a secret. Now I’m bound to him…. His captive. His plaything…. His mountain hostage.
  • Misguided Heart by Amanda Bennett

    Misguided Heart by Amanda Bennett

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    What if with one choice you could change your whole life in a matter of seconds? Aston Boyd has always put everything into her work. She has never needed anyone in her life and has survived on her own since she was 18, never looking back. When she gets her dream promotion and becomes the new editor at one of the biggest publishing houses in Arizona, she thinks she has finally figured it all out...
  • Love Me by Bella Andre

    Love Me by Bella Andre

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    It's been five years since Lily and Travis fell in love in Take Me . .. .now it's finally time for Janica and Luke to get their very own happy ending. If there's one thing that Janica Ellis is absolutely certain of, it's that she and Luke Carson are totally wrong for each other. She's a wild, artistic and outspoken fashion designer...
  • Found by Kimber Chin

    Found by Kimber Chin

    Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tatyana is the unluckiest woman on the planet. She never wins anything. Everyone she touches ends up dead. She wakes up one morning engaged to the crown prince of a Russian crime family. This will be a temporary engagement as she's touched Nikolay Kaerta, all over, condemning him to death. Tatyana knows his handsome face, arrogant attitude, and fast gun hand won't save him...
  • Fall Guy by Liz Reinhardt

    Fall Guy by Liz Reinhardt

    Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Evan Lennox is going nowhere fast. She's living with her grandparents after her parents bailed on her, she got kicked out of her posh private school, her ex-boyfriend proved to be the biggest sleaze imaginable, her former best friend is a back-stabber, and her current best friend is stuck in backwoods NJ...
  • What the Librarian Did by Karina Bliss

    What the Librarian Did by Karina Bliss

    Rated: 3.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Is Rachel Robinson the only one on campus who doesn't know who Devin Freedman is? No big deal except that the bad-boy rock star gets a kick out of Rachel's refusal to worship at his feet. And that seems to have provoked his undivided attention. Devin, the guy who gave new meaning to the phrase "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll...
  • Always by Ellery Rhodes

    Always by Ellery Rhodes

    Rated: 3.53 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A new university, a fresh start, and no falling in love. After a freshman year from hell, Juliet Stowe's heart is in a million pieces. She transfers to a new school, determined to leave the past behind. But when she's paired up with Lucas McNamara, the 'boy next door' all deliciously grown up, she knows she's in trouble...
  • Something More by Mia Castile

    Something More by Mia Castile

    Rated: 3.45 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    All she wanted was a fresh start. Moving to Chicago for college, escaping her small town, Nyla finally felt she had it all. Then Jameson is suddenly everywhere, invading her life, school schedule, and dating her supervisor at the posh art gallery where she works. How can she survive her fresh start, when her high school bully is everywhere...
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