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The Vincent Boys Collection: Extended and Uncut by Abbi Glines
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSome things are too scandalously steamy to print…This ebook-only collection of The Vincent Boys and The Vincent Brothers contains exclusive scenes of scintillating seduction.Sawyer Vincent is the golden boy. The football star. The straight-A student with the perfect girlfriend to match. His cousin Beau Vincent is the opposite. The bad boy. The rebel. Super sexy—and super dangerous...Categorized as:
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The Party by Lynn Painter
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThis is The Party Scene in 'Better than the Movies' from Wes's POV... -
Adrenaline by Penelope Douglas
**You ask. You receive!*** Have you read Bully and the rest of the Fall Away series? Would you enjoy having all the bonus content in one place? Adrenaline is approximately 36, 000 words of bonus scenes, deleted scenes, character conversations, and Q&As shared over the past few years and is mostly material not found in the actual books. Here, you'll find.. -
That Love by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsI first met the ridiculously handsome Danny Diamond at a party some fifteen years ago. He had brilliant blue eyes, a sexy smirk, and a muscular body.We had a crazy, instant connection.So, I did what I had to do—threw myself in his direction and kissed him.And that kiss … was like a freaking fairy tale. At least it was until he stopped it because he was married...Categorized as:
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68 Days And Counting by Nikki20038
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 21 ratings~Sequel to The Bad Boy And The Tomboy~Macy Anderson and Sam Cahill are together in Manchester, England living the new university life. Their relationship is striving as they meet new people and experience different things and strengthen their beautiful relationship. But then again there's soccer, the Cahill family and girls because where there's Sam Cahill there will also be many girls... -
Enjoying the Chase by Kirsty Moseley
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsNate Peters is living the playboy life. He has great friends, a great job, no responsibilities, no girlfriend, and he loves it. Nate, being incredibly skilled with a pick-up line, has never failed to get a girl in his life… until one day he meets Rosie York. Rosie is completely uninterested in him. Being unable to stand a dented ego, Nate makes it his mission to win her over...Categorized as:
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Tempting Tatum by Kaylee Ryan
What do you do when your whole life crashes and burns? How do you get through the flames? Tatum Thompson is living the dream. Her life is perfect; with a loving boyfriend, loving parents and a soon to be college graduate how can life get better? Life is good until it isn't. When tragedy strikes Tatum runs to Josh only to find him in a compromising position with someone else... -
Torn Hearts by Claire Contreras, Madison Seidler
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 39 ratings**This novella is part of the Kaleidoscope Hearts Series, and is meant to be read in between Kaleidoscope Hearts and Paper Hearts (which releases September 10, 2015).** I met a boy once. He made my heart go into a frenzy every time he looked at me, and my knees go weak whenever he touched me. The beginning of our love was beautiful that even its demise was bittersweet. I met a girl once...Categorized as:
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Promise Me Light by Paige Weaver
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 34 ratings"I'm darkness, Maddie. Stay away from men like me. You'll only get hurt." At one time my life was simple. Easy. But that was before the war. Now I was no longer an average college student. I was a survivor. A woman living in a ravaged world. My future was not bright and my life was far from perfect. The war had taken so much from me... but it wasn't finished yet. It wanted more... -
Retribution by Cristin Harber
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFallen Navy SEAL and Titan Group’s Delta recruit Trace Reeves wants nothing more than a one-night stand to forget that his twin brother was killed-in-action. But when his one-time fling becomes his high value target, the lines blur between her rescue mission and saving himself. Delta: Retribution is the first title in the new Delta series, a spin off from the Titan series...Categorized as:
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Hush by Xavier Neal
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSenses Series Book 4 Logan "Unbreakable" Kellar finally has everything he's always wanted in life. When a career opportunity, that could jeopardize everything, comes along, he's put back in the position where he's spent most of his life. Torn. Now, Logan has a hard hitting choice to make... -
The Bad Boy and the Tomboy by Nikki20038, Nicole Nwosu
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsMacy Anderson is a seventeen year old teenager that plays soccer, hangs with the guys, can't stand girls-except her best friend Jasmine and doesn't know who Sam Cahill is. But when they unexpectedly meet it goes downhill and uphill from there... -
Torn by Kim Karr
Rock star River Wilde brought Dahlia London back from the brink of hopelessness with his unwavering love and devotion. But their entangled history is about to test the strength of their relationship Dahlia was certain she had found true love and met her 'Once in a Lifetime’ when she reconnected with River...Categorized as:
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Riot by Jamie Shaw
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsWhen Dee Dawson meets sexy mohawked guitarist Joel Gibbon, she knows it won't be long before she has him wrapped around her finger. No guy has ever been able to resist her … but Dee's met her match in a player like Joel. Dee's not the relationship type—not after seeing the pain "love" has caused her friends and family—yet she's desperate to make Joel want her more than anyone else... -
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Fully Automatic by Jade C. Jamison
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsYou might think you know Brad’s story, but think again. There’s so much more to his story than what Valerie knew. See Brad before Valerie came into his life and, when he was playing back burner to Ethan, see what Brad was up to when no one else in the band was looking...Categorized as:
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Deaf by Xavier Neal
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhile the pleas of Logan Kellar's best friends typically fall on deaf ears, there's one voice he can't ignore so easily. His own. And when Maxx, his beautiful best friend, says something that shakes his existence, he finds himself suddenly desperate to be heard...Categorized as:
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I Knew You Were Trouble by Paige Toon
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLife as the undercover daughter of a rock god isn't going to be easy...Categorized as:
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Maxen by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBrooke - He broke me. Maxen Ryder tore my heart out, crushed it, and had me questioning my self-worth, and nobody but me gets that pleasure. All I want is to move on and forget about the boy who opened me up to a world of hurt, but why is it that every move I make always has me going back? He's not that boy I used to know. He's become a man overnight and I'm not sure I'm strong enough to resist... -
Numb by Xavier Neal
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsJust when Logan Kellar was finally ready to make some changes in his life, his entire world was flipped upside down. Now the pain he is used to burying is fighting back. Refusing to let him slip into his old ways, refusing to let him hide from his mistakes, and refusing to let him become numb...Categorized as:
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A Thousand Words by Treblehearts
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsReece Bremer goes through life with a scowl and cold personality. Jessica Andrews goes through life with a glowing smile and positive outlook. Reece looks at life with dull, judgmental eyes that make him hate the world and the people living in it. Jessica, well . . . She looks at life through a camera. Literally... -
Dirty Boy by Sapphire Knight
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBlow's always been known as the party boy, looking for a good time while running everything illegal you can think of. The moment he looked at me and asked if I wanted to have some fun, I was in. Until Angel, his brother, decided otherwise. Next thing I knew, I had the most dangerous biker in the club hell bent on hunting me down. There was only one man who could help save me. Blow... -
Mayhem by Jamie Shaw
When college freshman Rowan Michaels meets gorgeous, up-and-coming rock star Adam Everest, she knows a player like him is the last thing she needs after her ex-boyfriend shattered her heart. But she can't stop thinking about the kiss they shared on his tour bus. On the first day of school, Rowan is stunned when Adam saunters into her French class...Categorized as:
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The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsIt’s been a year since it happened—when Paige Hancock’s first boyfriend died in an accident. After shutting out the world for two years, Paige is finally ready for a second chance at high school . . . and she has a plan. First: Get her old crush, Ryan Chase, to date her—the perfect way to convince everyone she’s back to normal. Next: Join a club—simple, it’s high school after all... -
Burn by Brooke Cumberland
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 16 ratings*Contains Mature Adult Content. Recommended for 18+ Only*Book 2 in the Spark Series Just when Velaney thinks she is safe again...her worst nightmare comes back to haunt her. Eric is dealing with his own insecurities as he tries to accept Velaney's decision to help the enemy...can he get past it? Will they be there for each other in the end ? Eric struggles to step aside and trust Velaney.. -
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Tricks by Cambria Hebert
Love can play tricks on your heart… After serving several years in the United States Marine Corps, Sergeant Tucker Patton decides to hang up his uniform and go to work at a private investigative firm owned by his buddy. His boxes are packed and he’s got one foot out the door when a phone call changes everything...Categorized as:
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Spark by Erin Noelle, Kayla Robichaux
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI’m failing. My younger brother is getting worse, and my job - my duty - is to help him at all costs. We’ve tried everything modern medicine has to offer and nothing works. Nothing. Deciding to turn to unconventional treatments, we end up at Fire-on-the-Mountain, a holistic resort deep in the Rockies...Categorized as:
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Brady Remington Landed Me in Jail by Tijan
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsRayna would do anything for Brady and she has. She's bailed him out of jail. She's healed his bruises and picked him up from parties. She's always been there for him regardless if he had asked or not. But when a potential love interest for Rayna returns to town, their relationship is threatened. Brady has to decide if he's going to make her his or let her go...Categorized as:
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Capturing Peace by Molly McAdams
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsCoen Steele has spent the last five years serving his country. Now that he's back, he's finally ready to leave behind the chaos of the battlefield and pursue his lifelong dream. What he wasn't expecting was the feisty sister of one of his battle buddies—who has made it obvious that she wants nothing to do with him—to intrigue him in a way no woman has before... -
Irreplaceable by Angela Graham
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIt wasn’t his fault she lay broken and battered. He wasn’t responsible for the injuries covering her bruised body. Her heart, however, told a different story. She endured the pain of its jagged edges as it shattered against her chest, ripping through the hope she once held. Her spirit was broken, and only one man was to blame for that...Categorized as:
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Pure Will by Kristi Pelton
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsGrowing up without a mother, Camden never learned the rules of sex until introduced to them by a bad boy who took advantage of her innocence—breaking her. Will spiraled into a world of darkness following an unbearable hurt…in turn using women and alcohol to dull the pain... -
Let Me Go by Michelle Lynn
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy name is Rob Winters, aka, Jackass. Even to my closest friends. I wasn’t always so arrogant and condescending. It only took one night to change me—one point twenty-seven seconds, to be exact. When tragedy struck, I promised myself, no matter what, unbreakable chains would lock my heart. If one veers too close or digs too deep, the cruel and mean bastard many hate is unleashed... -
The Kiss Bet, Vol. 1 by Ingrid Ochoa
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this adorable coming-of-age comic for fans of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and Faith Erin Hicks and Rainbow Rowell’s Pumpkinheads, Sara Lin has decided now is the time: she’s going to make her first kiss, something special and magical, happen... -
Nice Girl to Love: The Complete Collection by Violet Duke
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis is the complete Nice Girl to Love series collection , which contains: Resisting the Bad Boy (Book One), Falling for the Good Guy (Book Two), and Choosing the Right Man (Book Three). THE ONE SHE NEVER THOUGHT SHE COULD KEEP... Abby Bartlett is the quintessential nice girl...Categorized as:
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Break Me by Amanda Heath
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBreak Me is the second book in Amanda Heath’s Make or Break series. It can be read as a standalone. “Wes, I don’t know what you want me to say here.” Royal’s voice is broken. Maybe he is broken. Maybe I broke him. Lord knows I’m broken myself. “Don’t say anything,” I start off with. There are so many things I want to tell him... -
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Forever Yours by Alla Kar
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA damaged fighter ... A hunted hustler ... A love neither expected or thought they deserved ... Layla and Taylor are finally where they want to be. But Taylor wonders if he can be the man Layla needs. If he can leave the fight behind and step up. If she deserves more than he can give...Categorized as:
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Leah by R.J. Lewis
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAfter Carter left, I convinced myself I was well and truly over him. Fairy tales didn't exist. I learned to make myself happy, while avoiding commitment like a plague. I couldn't afford another heartbreak. Love simply didn't exist the way I once believed it did. I tried to heal and move on, while Carter became a rock star, taking the world by storm. We lived two completely different lives...Categorized as:
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Always Choosing You by K. Sinko
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNothing has felt normal for Rory Michaels since that big fight last summer…and when certain big secrets were revealed.Now the ice cream shop where she works is closed for the season, yet things are still icy with her coworker—and boy next door—Tyler Chapman. Sure, she may now know that her childhood bestie has been harboring a crush on her for years, but she just misses having Ty in her life... -
Serenading Heartbreak by Ella Fields
From bestselling author Ella Fields comes a new standalone love triangle romance. My first love was my brother’s best friend. A lead singer in their band. A picture of rugged perfection. And a drunk soul mate who couldn’t commit. My second love was an arrogant baseball player. A player in every sense of the word. A smooth-talking, reliable best friend...Categorized as:
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Only for You by Marquita Valentine
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLoose ends left loose for too long tend to strangle. Cole and Violet knew it wouldn’t be easy. They knew their relationship would take work. But when the press finds out about Violet Lynn’s newest boyfriend, they start digging. And when his past come to light, exposing all of his family’s secrets, their relationship begins to fray...Categorized as:
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Untamed by Victoria Green, Jinsey Reese
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsRich, beautiful, and wild, Reagan McKinley has everything she needs...but nothing that she wants. That is, until she spends one hot night in the arms of sexy, unbridled Dare Wilde. She's a girl trapped in a rigid world she desperately wants to escape, and he's an untamed artist with an attitude, hell-bent on freeing her—body, mind, and soul... -
Making a Play by Victoria Denault
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsHe'll do whatever it takes to win—on and off the ice. Luc Richard is the hottest player in the NHL—and it has nothing to do with hockey. His racy relationship with his supermodel ex set the tabloids on fire but nearly put his career on ice. To avoid being traded, Luc agrees to take a break from the spotlight—and from women—and spend the off-season at home in Silver Bay, Maine...Categorized as:
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Love's Suicide by Jennifer Foor
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsMy heart belonged to Branch and Brooks Valentine since we were children, when we were all too naïve to know what that even meant. We didn’t understand that when we became adults, love would change us. I had to make a choice and when I did, it ripped our bond apart. Brooks left town, and he took half of my heart with him. It was difficult, but I coped and planned my future with Branch... -
Crash and Burn by London Casey, Karolyn James
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsStealing a motorcycle, crashing it, witnessing a bomb explosion, and being held at gunpoint while begging for her life is a far cry from the life that Avery Smith is trying to escape in the first place, but as she winds up in the strong, sexy arms of another biker, she can't help but wonder why she would want to leave that life ever again... -
Sweet by Erin McCarthy
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsJessica Sweet thought going away to college would finally make her free of her parents’ constant judgments and insistence she play chastity club role model for their church events, but if anything, the freedom has made her realize she can’t go home and be a hypocrite anymore... -
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Smitten by Lacey Weatherford
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsLife is good. Cami is away at her dream college with her dream man by her side. She thinks if she can just get through with meeting Hunter’s family that everything will be perfect. Little does she know that life’s about to turn upside down again when Hunter is called to infiltrate a gang whose specialty is chopping and racing cars...Categorized as:
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Until You're Mine by K. Langston
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsTaking big risks had always been Archer Brook’s way of life. It’s what has to be done in order to get what you want, and he knew that better than anyone. Archer may have been born into a life of wealth and privilege, but he’d proven time and time again that his success was a result of his own true grit and determination... -
Faster Hotter by Colleen Masters
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA good girl...a bad boy...an enduring love. Who knew wrong could feel so right? Siena Lazio never saw him coming, she never thought a reckless badass and notorious playboy could ever steal her heart. But when it came to Harrison Davies, the irresistibly charming and insanely handsome Formula One driver, she was proven wrong. Very wrong... -
Beautiful Sacrifice by Jamie McGuire
Falyn Fairchild can walk away from anything. Having already left her car, her education, and even her parents, the daughter of the next governor of Colorado is back in her hometown, broke and waiting tables for the Bucksaw Café. After every shift, Falyn adds to her shoebox of cash, hoping to one day save enough to buy her a plane ticket to the only place she can find forgiveness: Eakins, Illinois... -
Harper And The One Night Stand by R. Linda
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA few too many cocktails in paradise, and I woke up in someone else’s bed. My ex-boyfriend’s cousin’s bed, to be exact. Huge mistake. Nate and I agreed it wouldn’t happen again. We didn’t want to hurt Brody. Only it did happen, repeatedly, until I finally found the courage to walk away... -
Undone by Amy Marie
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTrent Decker’s life was turned upside down when Alex, his longtime girlfriend, abandoned him and their newborn son. Trying to put order back in his chaotic life, he never expects to fall for his sister’s best friend, Noelle. When another man seems to be stealing her heart, the years of holding his feelings for her inside come out. He lays it all on the line, hoping she chooses him...
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