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You Could Do Damage by K.C. Mills
A dangerous dance of passion and power unfolds when two wounded souls collide in this sizzling unconventional romance by national bestselling author K.C. Mills. Nari Collette finds herself on the brink of homelessness after a crushing betrayal. Desperate for stability, she reluctantly agrees to an unconventional proposal from the attractive and enigmatic Kincaid Akel...Categorized as:
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The Consigliere by Stella Andrews
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMy stepmother and her deranged lover stole our business.The Ortega Mafia is ours by birth but they have other ideas.With the help of my two brothers, it's time to steal it back and I have a secret weapon.Abigail Kensington .Billionaire’s daughter and Washington princess.The perfect woman who is definitely out of my league.A woman my target is obsessed with... -
The Fine Print by T'Lyn
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIf the plan doesn’t work change the plan not the goal.Those words become the anthem to Soraya Gault’s life in ways she never could have imagined. Soraya sacrifices a lot to secure her future and take care of her family but it never feels like enough.Zamaseon Hendricks works hard and lives by his own rules. There is only one woman in his life who he is willing to risk it all for... -
Hot Heir by Pippa Grant
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIf I had to pick a bride of convenience, my first choice would NOT be Peach Maloney.My fiftieth choice would NOT be Peach.Top spot on my list of occupational hazards? Yes. Royal pain in the crumpets? Yes.A bride of convenience? No.But I’ve unexpectedly gone from royal bodyguard to monarch, having inherited a crown that was stolen from my family long before my birth... -
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10 Days to Ruin by Nicole Fox
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsI’m arranged to be married…To the devil himself.Unless I find a way out.Here’s how to lose a mob boss in ten DO act like the biggest brat the world has ever seen.Sasha’s face when you send dishes back at a five-star restaurant will be priceless.DON’T ask your dad for help.He’s the one who arranged this wedding in the first place.He won’t—can’t—save you now... -
Merciless Sinner by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI don’t remember who I am or where I came from. But he does. He found me. He knows me. He told me we used to belong to each other. And he wants me back. His name is Virgo Antonov. The man with a face and body that looks like it was sculpted to flawless perfection by all the angels of Heaven. I might not remember him, but that night when he found me, he sparked something familiar in my heart... -
Craving A Thug's Love by Asia Monique
You're cordially invited to the wedding of Sheldon Black and Monroe Harper.HimI was in love with my fiance—the woman I was marrying in six weeks' time and she had no idea.HerI was marrying the love of my life, only he didn't see me in the same way. Falling for my fiance hadn't been the plan, but when did things ever go as planned?They were promised to one another before birth... -
Crazy Beautiful by Jessica Prince
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTheir marriage was nothing more than a business transaction. Or at least that was what they told themselves. Poppy Weston had been burned enough times by undeserving men to know her heart was best left under lock and key. She was content with her life, even with the lack of romance. Then Jase Hyland walked into Redbud Inn and offered her something she couldn't refuse... -
Making Room For You by M.A. Clarke Scott, MaryAnn Clarke
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the award-winning author of The Art of Enchantment, comes Making Room for You, an inspiring, heart-warming enemies-to-lovers romantic women’s fiction tale... -
Three's A Crown by JA Low
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRosalieWhen my father died, I thought it would be the end of the nightmare.I was wrong.It’s only the beginning of a new one.One that means I have to marry a stranger to save my sisters.AugustineMy time is up.I can’t run from my duty or the crown any longer.I have to find a wife.The only problem is I’m already in love with someone else.GreysonLoving him is easy.Giving him up is impossible... -
Broken Bridge by Nana Malone
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne miscalculation.One misstep had cost me everything. I lost my sister and my wife.I will burn down the world to get them back. Even if I have to become someone they fear.Forget vows, forget brotherhood. All I have left is rage. I have made promises I intend to keep.I will right the wrongs of The Elite, ensure vengeance for Emma, even if it cost me my soul... -
Royal Creed by T.K. Leigh
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHis princess. Her secret. Their forbidden love.All my life, every decision has been made for me. What to say. How to dress. And now, who I'm to marry. When you're second in line to the throne, it's just how things are. I've always gone along with it.Until now.I may not have a say in who I marry, but I refuse to let someone dictate who I give my v-card to... -
SINS & Temptation: Book 3 in SINS: The Deal by Lexxi James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsENZOMy sins made me chase her.Lies made me own her.And temptation makes me want to keep her.I didn't mean to fall in love.After all, I am the devil incarnate.The god of war.The swift hand of revenge.But how could I not?She's a forbidden angel too easily plucked down from heaven,And I will own all the parts of her.Her enemies are mine.Just as her heart is mine... -
Marriage by Law by N.K. Pockett
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsWhat happens when an unsuspecting girl and guy are thrown into a marriage they don’t want? That’s exactly the case of Ivory and Darius, born into different families whose marriage serves to prevent competition between their businesses... -
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Embraced by E.C. Land
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPleasure is what I enjoy the most. I can have anything in the world that I want, as many men with power do, but with power comes great responsibility.I'm to do as I'm told if I want to keep my life the way I like it, so a contract was presented to me . . . but not any type of contract--a proposal... -
Listed: Volume III by Noelle Adams
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis 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...Categorized as:
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Malicious Wedding by B.B. Hamel
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAn obsession spanning decades. A ghost from my past.I turned away from the darkness—but Carson wants to drag me back.I thought my life was charmed. I own a bar, have great friends, and things always seem to work out in my favor.At least until Carson Crowley comes storming back into my world.He’s a mafia prince, the kind of man that smolders whenever he enters a room... -
You Could Do Damage by K.C. Mills
“When you love, you have the ability to destroy. Those lines often become blurred and we hurt those who we vowed to protect...”Kincaid needs a wife, Nari needs a family. When the terms are negotiated, they both realize that they’ve taken on more than they have bargained for.Kincaid is they type of man who’s life is all about power and control... -
Revel by R. Phillips
“I’m right here.”TIFFMacallan Astor is a self-entitled manwh*re with little to no consideration for the fact he lives with three other people. I've been at the house in LA that's supposed to be my fresh start for two months now and at this point… I'm about one Victoria's Secret model screaming in the pool at night away from chucking him right into the Pacific... -
Mess With Me by Claire Wilder
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI don't do feelings. So why do I have so many of them around her?I shouldn’t be attracted to Sasha Macklin. She’s frilly and pretty. She talks too much. And she’s into things I don’t understand, like clothes and babies and… feelings.But when her life is put in danger by the people who’re supposed to be closest to her, I’m the first one by Sasha’s side... -
The Marriage Auction: Season One, Volume One by Audrey Carlan
What would you do for three million dollars? Four young women enter into a clandestine auction to be married to the highest bidders. For no less than a million dollars a year, for three years, each woman will do what it takes to secure her future. Entangled in a high-stakes game of money, lust, power, and the hope for absolution, this group of women becomes a sisterhood unlike any other... -
Irish Rogue by L.K. Shaw
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnyaFive years ago I was sold. Used. Abused. Now, I'm broken. My loving family thinks a husband will fix me. I have no desire to get married, but I’ll give them what they want. Except it will be on my terms. And I know just the person to ask.PaddyGetting married is at the top of the list of things I swore I'd never do. So there’s no way I’ll agree to Anya’s ridiculous proposition...Categorized as:
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The Serendipity Box Set: Daniel & Alyssa's Love Story by Catharina Maura
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThese are two standalones, now available together for the first time ever. The Tie That Binds is Daniel and Alyssa's story told from Alyssa's point of view, while Serendipity is written from Daniel's point of view. The recommended reading order is The Tie That Binds first, and then Serendipity... -
The Billionaire Deal by Lori Ryan
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsHe needed a wife on paper, she needed a way to pay for school. Neither bargained for the danger their marriage-of-convenience brought on. CEO Jack Sutton isn't about to be backed into a corner by the stipulations of his mother's will. She might have wanted to be sure he was married by the time he was thirty, but that doesn't mean he needs to give in... -
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One Wealthy Wedding by Sophia Travers
Theo Archer is New York’s most notorious billionaire. He might hate me…but he’s still the man I have to marry. I was once a pampered heiress, and Theo Archer was my housekeeper’s handsome son. But now? The boy who stomped on my heart at nineteen is a wicked billionaire... and I'm about to be disinherited... -
Listed: Volume II by Noelle Adams
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThis 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... -
Bound to a Monster: An Arranged Marriage Mafia Romance by B. B. Hamel
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI showed a gorgeous stranger my fencing form…And humiliated myself in the process.Now he wants a private demonstration.All I need is one night of sin before I walk down the aisle with my arranged husband. Just one night to feel like I have control of my life.Which is how I give myself to a gorgeous, built-like-heaven stranger after an extremely mortifying accidental stabbing...Categorized as:
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The Pretend Christmas Bride: Edward & Mira's story. Standalone Marriage of Convenience Christmas Romance by L. Steele
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHe’s my new bossMy sworn enemyAnd now my arranged husband...Edward Chase. Ex-priest. Now, General Manager of the London Ice Kings hockey team and the new CEO of the Davenport empire.The first time we met I spilt coffee all over his $10,000 suit.He looked at me like I was an inconvenience.I despised him at once... -
Snow Many Promises: A Snowed Inn Romance by Elle Christensen
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen Colin Ferguson agrees to a fake marriage as a favor to his dying friend, he expects to put a ring on her finger before they go their separate ways.Then he meets Cara O'Malley and he decides their marriage would be anything but temporary.Snow Many Promises includes additional chapters and two new epilogues from when it was published in the Snowed Inn anthology... -
Pretty Little Threats by Daria Quinn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA dark secret. A corrupt marriage. And a beast who might just fall for the beauty.DAREPower. Control. Darkness.I’ve built an empire with those three things, and I’ll destroy anyone who tries to threaten it.When Rose Miller’s father announces her arranged marriage to a man far worse than me, I step in. She needs my protection. But she doesn’t know the price of my help... -
Trillion by Winter Renshaw
Trey Westcott—devastatingly gorgeous. Intimidatingly brilliant. Powerful beyond belief.A man with all the money in the world—literally.As the first trillionaire in existence, my boss lives a life most people can only dream of. Anything he wants—anything at all—is a snap-of-the-fingers away... -
Midnight Knock-Up by Anya Summers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBillionaire CEO Jase Ryan is tired of the beautiful gold-diggers, greedy politicians and false friends who only want one thing from him…money. When he sees Rose at her Senator father’s mind-numbing political fundraiser, he can’t take his eyes off her. He wants her in his bed, and he’s willing to pay the price for the ridiculous plated dinner if he can make that happen. One night is all he wants...Categorized as:
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One Bossy Arrangement by Ruby Emhart
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMysterious stranger that took my v-card turned out be my betrothed.I’m planning to run, but now I’m having his baby.Sleeping with a man of my choosing is forbidden.And would piss off Daddy, but that's exactly what I did.I gave myself to a scorching hot stranger.And he gifted me a night to remember.Later I find out that he’s Marcello DeLuca.Bossy, possessive, and dangerous AF... -
Pride by Penny Knight
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsOh, you wanted a sweet romance? Sorry, this is mafia life.Lilly Moretti is living a lie. After escaping an arranged marriage to a monster, the daughter of a mob boss is living free under a secret identity and flourishing in her new life.That's until she's kidnapped by a mysterious stranger determined to take her back, ignoring her desperate pleas...Categorized as:
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Wicked Rule by K.I. Lynn
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI’m going to make her my queen.One wedding.One child. Five years. Ten million dollars.Those are the terms of our contract.My offer is sound, bold, and necessary. In order to gain my inheritance, I have to have a wife.She thinks her clause will keep me from having her skin on mine.She’s very wrong.The de Loughrey’s rule the world, and I am their king. I get what I want, and what I want is her... -
Love, Under Contract by Nina High
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMarriage proposal or business proposition? When Charisse steps out of a job interview, she's met with an offer that blurs the lines between the boardroom and the altar. Dru Martin, a billionaire married to his job, proposes a deal rather than a romance—a marriage of convenience to fulfill family obligations... -
To Not Marry My Enemy by Gianni Holmes
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHe’ll rue the day we say “I do”.FordBeing jilted once was bad enough, and it won’t happen again. This time I’m marrying for business. When my current fiancee dupes me a few days before the wedding, luckily she leaves behind someone who can take her place. It’s the right thing for him to do, since he convinced her our wedding was a sham... -
Like You Love Me by Adriana Locke
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsTwo childhood friends are playing house—and maybe playing for keeps—in this sexy, and unpredictable marriage-of-convenience romance.To save her Tennessee bed-and-breakfast, Sophie Bates needs a fast-cash miracle. Holden McKenzie, her childhood best friend, needs to prove to a prospective employer that he’s a committed man. Their fortunes on the line, Holden proposes…a solution... -
The Marriage Arrangement by Kim Loraine
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI need a wife. NOW.With this hockey season on the line, I can’t afford any distractions. And a dating reality show is one huge distraction. But there's a surefire way to get out of this dating show contract. All I have to do is get married.Even with a reputation like mine–the Scottish bad boy of hockey–I'm confident I can find someone to play Mrs. Taylor Savage for a year.Like Becca Barnes... -
The Thief Who Loved Me by Cynthia Eden
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt’s hard to be good. And rather exhausting…After a lifetime of sin, Rembrandt “Remy” Stuart is finally on the road to redemption, but a former bad guy must always watch out for temptation. His temptation? It comes in the unexpected but ever-so-seductive package that is Jacqueline Peters. One look, and he’s hooked.From the moment he sees her, Remy is inspired...Categorized as:
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Captive Union by Ivy Davis
I’ve never had a voice… until he gave me one. As the youngest in my family, I’ve always been shy.That is until Erik Novikoff enters my life in a blaze of gunshots.He takes me captive.Stripped away from my family,I’m terrified of being held hostage.But I’m also terrified of the way Erik makes me feel.For the first time in my life,I’m no longer so quiet... -
The Trophy Wife by Ginna Gray
Houston heiress Elizabeth Stanton lost nearly everything when a stunning betrayal by her ex-husband left her with only a fraction of the fortune her genteel Southern family had worked so hard for. Even now Mimosa Landing, Elizabeth's beloved home, could be stripped away unless she comes up with a serious infusion of cash... -
Marrying the Widowed Doctor by Iris West
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLiamTo keep a promise and make my twins happy, I have no choice other than enter into an arranged marriage. Angel Clark is too young for me but the infertile curvy beauty wants kids more than she wants a husband. Which makes her the perfect bride for a man determined to never open himself up to the pain of loss again... -
Broken by Sin by B. B. Hamel
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI despise him with every inch of my body…But I’ll marry him to get what I want.Torturing me is like a hobby for Nico and he mastered the art of driving me insane a long time ago.He’s my brother’s best friend and I wouldn’t lose sleep if he fell into a black hole and disappeared forever... -
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Meeting at the Altar by Kristine W. Joy
I signed up to marry a stranger at the altar on reality TV.But to my surprise, the bride is someone I know.And I'm pretty sure she still hates me for what happened between us in high school...Full blurb coming soon.Meeting at the Altar is a sweet, small-town, second chance, marriage of convenience RomCom full of sizzling chemistry while keeping the bedroom door closed... -
A Touch of Greed: Vices & Virtues by Matilda Martel
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHugo I’ve never claimed to be a righteous man. It’s not part of my DNA. My ruthless father lived his life always wanting more, more, more, and he raised me to follow in his footsteps. Why be satisfied with what you have when you can have more? My greed has served me well. It’s driven my ambitions and helped me turn my father’s small kingdom into a global empire... -
Southern Storm by Natasha Madison
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsBuried secrets never stay hidden in the South. Savannah I’m the one who broke up the golden couple. The woman people still whisper about, point at, and give dirty looks to. Did I sleep with the prom king? No. Did I sleep with the town's golden boy on vacation from college? Yes. Did I believe that he was going to marry me? Wholeheartedly. Did he? Not even close... -
Ruined with a Promise by B. B. Hamel
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA Dark Enemies to Lovers Romance I made a deal with a demon. Now I'm sleeping in his bed.I hate Ford Arc. I can’t stand his quirky smile, his dark sense of humor, and his obsession with pain and domination.He’s the ultra-wealthy son of a rival family and I was raised to find him repulsive.I despise him, right up until I need his help... -
Surviving Harley by K. Webster
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTaylor Cunningham is a diva talk show host who’s signed on for ninety days of marriage to a stranger. All in the name of skyrocketing her career. Harley Harrison is a bearded survivalist who’ll do anything to move past a broken heart. Even if that means letting millions of people choose his perfect match and letting them televise his every move. Opposites don’t always attract... -
The Accidental Countess by Emma Hart
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAn earl and an artist walk into a bar, and the barman says—never mind. They’re in a church, and they’re married now. Oops.My name is Evangeline Astley, and the only thing you need to know about me is that I never imagined this was how my life would go.I was supposed to devote all my time to painting gorgeous things to eventually open my own art gallery...
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