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It'll Be An Adventure by Cherise Sinclair
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
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsRussian 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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Brie Submits to Her Master by Red Phoenix
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsBrie'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... -
Brie Faces Her Master's Fears by Red Phoenix
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsBrie 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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Brie Discerns Master's Heart by Red Phoenix
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBrie'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... -
Brie Surrenders her Heart by Red Phoenix
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBrie’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. . -
Enchanted by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA snarky submissive princess. Sarah Stevens’s life is pretty sweet. By day, she’s a dedicated trauma nurse and by night, a fun-loving club sub. She adores her job, has a group of friends who have her back, and is a member of the hottest club in Dallas. So why does it all feel hollow? Could it be because she fell for her dream man and can’t forgive him for walking away from her? Nope... -
Hoping for Love by Marie Force
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsAll her life, Grace Ryan was the “fat girl. ” Taunted and teased and ignored by her peers, she tried every diet ever invented to no avail. Desperate to change her life as her twenties slipped away, she decided it was time for drastic measures and had lap-band surgery. More than a year later, she's lost 130 pounds and is venturing into the dating world for the first time... -
Something Nice by Tiffany Reisz
It's July, a couple months after Nora returns to Søren at the end of THE SIREN, and while in bed, Søren makes a trade with Nora. He'll do something nice for her and she'll do something nice for him. Of course Nora picks something sexual. But Søren surprises her with his "something nice" request. Read the excerpt below to find out what it is. This story if for mailing list subscribers only...Categorized as:
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One Special Moment by Brenda Jackson
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTo help her brother's struggling cosmetics company, Virginia schoolteacher Colby Wingate arrives in Los Angeles for one last, desperate gamble -- to have superstar actor Sterling Hamilton endorse her brother's new perfume... -
The Billionaire's Salvation ~ Max by J.S. Scott
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsBillionaire Max Hamilton thought he was finally starting to find contentment, more than two years after losing his wife Mia in a tragic drowning accident. He'd been reunited with a sister he hadn’t realized existed. Finally he had family again, a reprieve from the pain and loneliness that had haunted him since his devastating loss...Categorized as:
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Daniel Part Two by Tiffany Reisz
You're invited to New York City's hottest dating event: Kingsley Edge's annual King's Trust Charity Auction. New on the auction block this year is Daniel, a wealthy widower and Dominant. However, he happens to have his eyes on another first-timer in the club's auction: Anya, a strikingly beautiful virgin submissive from his native Canada. Too bad Anya hates him on sight...Categorized as:
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Loving Storm by Carian Cole
(This is a sequel novella to Storm, book one - which must be read first! ). Evie. I met him in a snowstorm. .. We spent forty-eight hours trapped in the back of his pickup truck. We fought. We touched. We fell. Hard. Storm. She literally crashed into my life. .. The last thing I wanted was a relationship. Especially with a quirky chick who drove me insane...Categorized as:
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Talon by Pepper North
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Buttercup, try that one more time and see what happens…” Elizabeth Sinclair has just escaped from a lackluster marriage and isn’t about to try that again. She’s ready to spread her wings and find the one she really needs in her life–a tall, silver fox Daddy to make her heart skip beats... -
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Lie to Me by Angela Verdenius
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsRyder Montague and Dee Miller have been striking sparks off each other for years. They’ve blown hot and cold, argued, laughed, and clashed. Half the townsfolk wonder if they’ll kill each other, the other half if it will turn to romance...Categorized as:
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Scarlet Thorns by Lisa Lovell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat happens when your masked mystery lover turns out to be a Bratva boss? And you're carrying his baby? It all started when I broke up with my abusive ex. Driving around town confused and heartbroken, I stumbled upon a secret club. Velvet curtains. Hidden identities. No real-life consequences outside these walls. The perfect escape my broken heart desires. That’s when I see him... -
If You Were Mine by Bella Andre
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsCan two people who have both sworn off love find forever in each other's arms? Find out in IF YOU WERE MINE, the fifth book in Bella Andre’s bestselling Sullivan family contemporary romance series. The last thing Zach Sullivan wants is to take care of his brother's new puppy for two weeks. Until he meets the dog trainer, that is. Heather is bright, beautiful, and he can't stop thinking about her...Categorized as:
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Total Submission by Roxy Sloane
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsHer 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*. -
In the Den: 10th Anniversary Edition by Sierra Cartwright
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFROM BESTSELLING ROMANCE AUTHOR SIERRA CARTWRIGHT. Book six in the Mastered series. His obsession may destroy them both. As, the billionaire owner of the Den, Damien Lowell has no business lusting after Catrina Davidson. After all, as a Dom, he owes the beautiful, vulnerable Domme all of his respect. But when it comes to her, he's a man obsessed. He has to have her under his lash... -
The Sassy One by Susan Mallery
For the Marcelli sisters of California wine country, the season is ripe for romance! Francesca Marcelli married at eighteen -- right on schedule, according to her warm, colorful family, who have always said a beauty like Francesca need never worry about finding love... -
Falling For You by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFalling For Alpha Hero 2 An Alpha Man, Curvy Woman Romance Terry She was my friend’s wife. When he died, I tried to help her out. I told myself it was for him. But really it was for her. I fought my attraction for her… until I couldn’t anymore. When she finds out something that will change her life forever, I step in. I do the right thing, heck it’s the only thing… and then I fall in love... -
The Billionaire's Marriage Proposal by Melody Anne
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsGeorge Anderson lost his wife five years ago, and then his family fell apart. He needs to make a drastic change to bring his family back together. He gets together with his twin brother Joseph Anderson and the two men make plans to do some matchmaking for George’s stubborn children. George will get his grandkids and his family all together again...Categorized as:
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Accidental Hero (Heart of a Wounded Hero) by Shaw Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe worst day of my life is the one that people can't stop asking me about. Mabel:. When my car breaks down one night, I'm sure that I'm about to be murdered. Isn't that how most horror stories start? Instead, I'm saved by a grumpy giant. Jonah isn't much of a talker but that's okay because I am... -
Pinch Me by Tymber Dalton
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen 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... -
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His Curvy Temptation by Jenna Cook
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe's off limits. But for her, I'm ready to break all the rules. Reckless. Rough. Ruled by my impulses. That's the man I used to be. I've spent the last ten years rebuilding myself. Becoming a man who follows the law. Obeys the rules. Respects the limits. But then she walks into my office. Soaking wet, wide-eyed, and afraid. Temptation on a silver platter. Putty in my hands... -
Misleading Lake by Nicola Jane
Sara. What’s so wrong with being the fun party animal who likes to experiment, meet new people, and take guys home for one night stands? Well, not all the time, obviously. Meeting him was a game changer for me, in more ways than one. We both liked the same stuff, yah know, in the bedroom. It didn’t hurt he was bloody gorgeous...Categorized as:
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Big Girls Do It Pregnant by Jasinda Wilder
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFirst comes love, then comes marriage, then come baby in a baby carriage. .. So my best friend married my rock star ex, and she's having his baby. I married Jeff, and I'm having his baby. We're both pregnant, and we're both a hot mess, but it's only a matter of time before we become mommies. The only problem is, no one ever tells you how hard pregnancy is, never mind giving birth. .. -
Faithfully: A Club Decadence Novella by Maddie Taylor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn 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... -
UNTamed by Jaxson Kidman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI still am the dirty, poor girl…. …with everyone staring right at me. Look. I took on ‘the Rulz’. Those who do that never get a happy ending in life. So why would I expect anything less? Secrets from my past come to the surface, and the last person I expect to see shows up. I have to question who is a friend, who is fake, and who is an enemy. I’m not rich... -
Rocked in the Dark by Clara Bayard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith everything to lose…. Julia has fought and struggled to get exactly where she wants to be. On a huge nationwide tour, singing her songs, living life on her own terms. After a lifetime of ups and downs, the curvy beauty knows all too well that fame and success are fleeting and nothing is certain. Passion blooms…... -
Blacklist Hookup by Sadie Haller
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsLooking 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... -
An Heir to Make a Marriage by Abby Green
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA legacy maid in Manhattan. In desperation to save her father, housekeeper Rose O'Malley thinks she can trap a man... -
Da Rocha's Convenient Heir by Lynne Graham
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAn heir for the Da Rocha legacy…. Secured with a ring! Tycoon Zac’s wedding to innocent waitress Freddie is pure convenience. Dark-hearted Zac will help keep Freddie’s family together, if she provides him with a Da Rocha baby! He’s confident their insatiable passion will soon burn out. But when Freddie falls pregnant, Zac realizes he craves more than just an heir...Categorized as:
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Worth the Risk by Karen Erickson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"How to make a strong man fall hard? Refuse him. ". Hunter Worth lives life to the absolute fullest. As vice president and head of brand marketing for Worth Luxury Goods, he's brought his family's business firmly into the twenty-first century. Ruthless yet charming, he's now set his sights on the sexiest member of the marketing team. First thing on his agenda? Seduction... -
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Bought Bride by Sam Crescent
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 12 ratings~Editor's Pick~. Rafe Shawl needs a wife. In order to inherit his father’s company, he has to be married, and the moment he bumps into Ellis Johnson, spilling coffee down her, he knows she’s the perfect woman for the job... -
Worth Fighting For by Zoe Blake
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShe 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... -
His Scarred Woman by Sam Crescent
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPetra Hall doesn’t trust easily. An attack five years ago left her badly injured with scars all over her face and causing the removal of one eye. She has locked herself away from the world in a fortress. All she ever requires is a bodyguard. Drake Dome is sexy, hot, caring, and at times a little overbearing. It’s a shame she knows the truth about him. Drake’s company is in trouble... -
His Curvy Woman by Sam Crescent
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAce Heart has always been the bad boy. Women have fallen at his feet, begging for him, but he has only ever wanted one girl. Throughout high school, he watched her from afar but never got close. His time to claim her as his own passed, and she moved away. Three years ago, though, she came back, and she’s now working for him. He can’t hold back any longer... -
Bought: The Greek's Innocent Virgin by Sarah Morgan
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAt Angelos Zouvelekis's command, cafe waitress Chantal will play the part of his bride-to-be. He will shower her with exquisite jewels and silks. .. and she will repay him in kind! He wants his recompense in the bedroom! Angelos worships Chantal's body, although he thinks she's a devious gold digger. But his arrogance is shattered when he discovers Chantal is a virgin. .. -
The Desert King's Pregnant Bride (Unexpected Babies) (Unexpected Babies) by Annie West
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSheikh Khalid Bin Shareef has vowed never to get entangled with virgins. But innocent Maggie is too hard to resist--and he takes her. .. The next morning she disappears. But Maggie is unfinished business, and he has her sent to his kingdom. There they discover the consequence of their night of passion. Marriage is the only answer--but it must be one with no emotions, no expectations of love...Categorized as:
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The Consequence He Must Claim by Dani Collins
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHer boss…. Sorcha Kelly fell head over heels for her impossibly irresistible boss years ago. When she discovered he was dutifully engaged, she had to leave to protect her heart. However, her resignation broke the seal on the dangerous chemistry that always simmered between them, and that evening it consumed them both...Categorized as:
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Trapped by Vialli's Vows by Chantelle Shaw
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEscaping…with his heir! After falling for the notorious Italian tycoon, waitress Marnie Clarke is horrified to discover that—in Leandro Vialli's world—she's "his dirty little secret. " It breaks her fragile heart and she flees with her dignity…and their unborn baby! Leandro refused to believe the child was his until a paternity test proved him wrong... -
A Marriage of Convenience by Jewel Amethyst
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter being left standing at the altar, Tamara needs someone to share the new home she can’t afford. Enter Kawbena Opoku, a gorgeous Ghanaian scientist in search of a green card, to fulfill Tamara’s needs—and the desires she didn’t know she had.Categorized as:
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The Tycoon's Secret Affair by Maya Banks
She hadn't known she'd slept with the boss. But the next morning Jewel Henley learned the exotic stranger who'd swept her off her feet was her new employer, Piers Anetakis. And before she could explain, Jewel found herself without a job. .. and pregnant. After five months Piers had finally tracked down his one-night lover...Categorized as:
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Some Sugar by Sam Crescent
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFaith Bryant has two problems. One, she can’t stand her neighbor, and two, she can’t stop thinking about him. Hunter Graham is sexy, sinful, and totally off-limits. For a year, he’s played the main role in all of her fantasies. Only now, she doesn’t want him there. After seeing a few women—and a couple of men—leave his apartment crying, she knows he’s a bad guy... -
His Mountain Hostage by Jane Henry
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLeila. 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. -
His Virgin Acquisition by Maisey Yates
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDaring proposal. .. When Elaine gives her business presentation to Marco De Luca she thinks she can be cool, calm and collected. She's wrong! The fierce tycoon can see straight through her shapeless suits and scraped-back hair to get right under her skin. .. Ruthless awakening! She may have proposed marriage as the perfect business arrangement, but suddenly Elaine's not quite so confident... -
Baby of His Revenge by Jennie Lucas
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"I can make you explode with pleasure…". Kassius Black rose from the ashes of his catastrophic childhood driven by revenge against the father who abandoned him. With near complete ownership of his father's assets, Kassius's last vengeful step is to present him with an heir he'll never get to know! "And if I'm wrong, I will pay you ten million dollars. "... -
A Dark Sicilian Secret by Jane Porter
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe can run. .. Lethally attractive Vittorio d'Severano was everything Jillian Smith wanted - until she discovered his secret life, and her dreams of a happy-ever-after crumbled into dust. .. Brokenhearted and terrified, Jill disappeared...Categorized as:
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The Greek's Pregnant Lover by Lucy Monroe
Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSelf-made billionaire Zephyr Nikos has come a long way from the streets of Athens, but his heart is stone-cold--like marble. He can't offer Piper Madison his love; instead he offers her his world--fine dining, private jet, rubbing shoulders with the rich and powerful. ..
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