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Slingshot by K.L. Savage
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsShe slingshotted her way into my heart. I’m a laidback kind of guy. I don’t like to take life too seriously. I’ve experienced serious and I’ve gone through the bad life has to offer. I’m ready for the good in life. I wear my heart on my sleeve just so someone can take it. Someone does…Natalia Moretti. Out of all the people for me to love, why does it have to be her?The frenemy’s daughter... -
Wretched Love by Anne Malcom
Don’t ask me how I got here, I don’t want to lie to you.I’m not a worldly woman.I’m not cultured, well-traveled or well educated.I’m just a housewife. A mother.I’m the woman with the handsome husband, beautiful daughter, the large house.If you saw it from the outside, you’d probably think I have the perfect life.You would most definitely be wrong.But I don’t blame you... -
The Air That I Breathe by Cara Dee
The Game Series, Book 3.5 “In that moment, I stopped caring about right and wrong.” The only thing that stood between us were the boundaries set by others, by society, by our parents. But together we could knock them down. Together, we could find freedom and live life on our own terms. Screw the rest of the world. He was all that mattered. He was the air that I breathed... -
Twisted Obsession Book #4 by Keta Kendric
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMy cousin, Aaron, helped rescue a damsel in distress from her cartel family, and of all people, he left her under my protection. Regina didn’t know it, but I claimed her the day I set eyes on her. When a faction showed up and made the fatal mistake of touching her, they had no idea their actions forced me to unleash a monster willing to destroy hell and set fire to the high waters to protect her... -
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Cake by J. Bengtsson
Jake McKallister may have been a rockstar but he was no ordinary one. Surviving an unspeakable crime as a young teen had shaped him into the guarded, workaholic he was today. He lived his life trying to forget. If it hadn’t been for music, and the redemption he found through it, he might not have survived. Career success came easily for him. Personal connections did not... -
He Saw Me First: First Series by Melody Anne
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDuring the week, I’m a respectable bookstore owner in a small town with a secret no one could ever guess. On the weekends I do what needs to be done to survive. My secret has been kept for ten years . . . my time is up.Cassandra Montana — once known as Tina Moore — had been the girl no one ever worried about... -
Heir by V.T. Do
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKai Madden.My angry, broken Prince.Heir to the notorious King’s Men MC.He had the world at his fingertips.Until he didn’t. I’m running away from home.Running away from the monsters trying to get to me.Then Kai shows up and turns my entire world upside down.He shows me what it means to be protected by him.To belong to him. But there are bigger villains at play... -
Cake by J. Bengtsson
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsJake McKallister was famous for more than just being a rockstar. When he was thirteen-years-old, he would survive a crime so brutal and so harrowing that his name would forever be linked to tragedy. And, although he had managed to put the horrors of his youth behind him in order to find success as a musician, the memories of his past still haunted him... -
30 Days of Shame by Ginger Talbot
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe monster draws pleasure from my pain. Now, it's time to fight back.SERGEI30 days of pain have pushed Willow to her limits.My pretty prisoner is no longer meek. She's trying to resist.But my precious prize doesn't know what I know.Nobody has ever won a war against me.Nobody has ever bested me.And she's not going to be the first.Good luck, little Willow.. -
The Tin Box by Kim Fielding
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWilliam Lyon's past forced him to become someone he isn't. Conflicted and unable to maintain the charade, he separates from his wife and takes a job as caretaker at a former mental hospital. Jelley’s Valley State Insane Asylum was the largest mental hospital in California for well over a century, but it now stands empty... -
Attraction by Kelly Fox
I run a high-end escort service. And I'm in love with a virgin. It doesn't make any sense, this attraction between us. I'm a violent Mafia Don, and Ford is a nervous, perfectly bow-tied, sexily bespectacled money nerd.But he's had my heart the first night I laid eyes on him, and while he keeps me at arm's length, he's never left my orbit. He's as bound to me as I am to him...Categorized as:
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Poinsettia by Tiffany Reisz
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsChristmas is not always the most wonderful time of the year for the many gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people who are estranged from their families. This year's Christmas story concerns two such people--Søren and Magdalena. Søren speaks of Magdalena, his mentor in sadism, in THE MISTRESS and THE KING... -
Stronghold: Closing Time: Stronghold Doms Boxset #3 by Golden Angel
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA steamy hot boxset of friends to lovers romance, work romance, and frenemies to lovers.6. Stripping the Sub7. Tempting the Domme8. Hardcore VanillaStripping the SubEllie's been keeping secrets, but Master Michael is determined to strip back her walls and claim her as his own... -
When Darkness Ends by Marni Mann
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAn all new angsty, dark, stand-alone Contemporary Romance in the Moments in Boston Series ...You never forget your first love … even when he becomes a memory.There was before.When we were together, when we were happy.When we had nothing but dreams.When not a single bad thing could ever happen because we were young and in love.And there was after... -
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Master Thor by Ann Jensen, Rogue London
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDesperate times call for desperate measures.When I hit rock bottom I found Club Midgard was looking to hire. I knew nothing about BDSM when I interviewed with a man I couldn’t have dreamt up if I’d tried.In his world women are protected.In his world women are honored.In his world lay safety and happiness.ONLY if I gave him my submission... -
Thirty Days of Hate by Ginger Talbot
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSecrets and lies tore us apart. Can love keep us together? SERGEI Willow thought she got away from me, but she was wrong from the beginning, wrong about everything. I find her trying to take down a human trafficking ring, unsure whether I'm there to help her, or drag her down. But from now on, Willow doesn't have a choice. She will be my wife. She will submit. She will play her role... -
Trident's Enjoyment by Ciara St James
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsTrident gave thirty years of his life to his country. He enjoyed that life and after searching for two years, he thinks he’s found a new family. However, it isn’t just a new family he finds, but a woman who affects him like no other. He finds love. If only the woman in question will give him the time of day.He’s battled for months to get her to see him as something more than a player... -
Wishing Well by Lily White
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe perfect timing of a fairy tale is tied to its tragedy… Journalist, Meadow Graham, is invited to interview death row inmate, Vincent Mercier. Given three days to hear his sordid confession, Meadow seeks to learn why a wealthy hotel owner killed four people, including her twin sister... -
A Lesson in Beginning by Elle Sparrow
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Journey From Darkness to DesireThey took everything.My husband. My dreams. My innocence.After escaping a sinister cult's grip, I faced a stark new reality.I was left with only one thing.My treasure. My son.Desperate, I sought refuge with my estranged family.It was a struggle, but I was beginning to find my footing in this strange, modern world.Enter Joel Whitlock... -
Grace by Dee Palmer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSurprise is the understatement of the year and it hits Sam and Jason like a freight train.Rocked and shocked, Sam needs to determine if this is a really good surprise, because as much as she loves Jason, any future they may have together could be doomed if he’s not 100 percent all-in. She can’t afford to settle for anything less since there’s so much at stake now... -
The Confession Duet by K.D. Robichaux
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIt was love at first sight. Not just for Vivian, but for Corbin as well. Their eyes locked across the room, and that was all she wrote. But they didn't rush things. They wanted to do it right. After all, they would spend the rest of their lives together. The love of each other's life. Soul mates. He was the intense and fiercely protective soldier, and she was his doting and faithful lover... -
Becoming His Pet by Measha Stone
Get flowers. That’s all I was supposed to do. Seemed easy enough, but as I would soon see, nothing involving Nora would be easy.Within five minutes of meeting her, we run for our lives. She’s not overly informative, but I know she’s in danger. Keeping her safe would be easier if she would tell me the whole truth, tell me exactly what we’re running from. But I know how to get her to be honest... -
Savage by Isabella Starling, Marci Fawn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratings"I can’t be gentle, sugar. I don’t know how.” MEMPHIS I don't remember my past. All I know is my present. Fighting, killing, butchering men like me every night. They call me Angel, a name I hate with all my heart, unless it's coming from her lips. Adrienne Hanson, the prize promised to me if I win a fighting tournament... -
Opium Skies by C.M. Radcliff
Life is full of variables.We crave control, but in reality, we have very little.I left home with a plan: get the full college experience and pass my classes.But that all changed when I met him.Ander was the last thing I needed.He was never part of my plan.He was the one variable in my life that I could never control.And we were destined for destruction...Categorized as:
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The Expert by Zoe Blake
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI control everything about her life... she just doesn't know it.Despite her dangerous profession she has an air of naïve innocence.It makes her weak, vulnerable... easy prey for a man like me.Until now, I've been content to stay in the shadows, but someone has made a deadly mistake, they have threatened what's mine.My little one is about to understand that Daddy is done watching... -
Control by Lasairiona Lewis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThor:Protocol. Routine. Control.Not anymore.My life turned on a dime in the blink of an eye. From making pancakes for the curvy redhead I met at the club, to being the single dad of an autistic, eleven-year-old boy.I need help.She needs a job.I’m usually a one-and-done kind of guy, but she draws me in, holding me hostage with her green eyes and sass.I’m playing with fire... -
Boxed In by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn the exciting final season of the Flesh Cartel . . .With the help of the FBI, Mat Carmichael has let himself be re-taken by the Flesh Cartel. Objective? Rescue his brother, exact revenge, and destroy the entire organization from the inside... -
Falling for the Enemy: A Charity Anthology by K.M. Scott, Taryn Quinn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s cocky. Arrogant. Infuriating. The bane of my existence. But his touch makes me burn with need. Every time we come together it’s like a collision of fire and ice—intense, all-consuming, and utterly unstoppable. We’re all wrong for each other… yet so very right... -
Griffin in Wonderland by Tiffany Reisz
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHard partying trust fun baby Griffin Fiske wakes up after a hard night with a King's boots on his chest and gets an invitation he can't refuse...This Original Sinners short story takes place approximately six years before The Siren... -
Hawke by Anise Storm
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPreviously published in 2019, "Hawke" has been updated with a new POV and some expanded scenes. Arrogant. Sexy. Reminiscent. I felt all three about my newest client. The moment I met the sexy club owner in need of a party planner, I soon realized why. He was the one responsible for the most mortifying night of my life just one year earlier... -
The Mercer Curse by Pepper Winters
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsQ Mercer from Tears of Tess meets his half-brother Henri Ward from Ruby Tears for the first time...……….I’ve fought a curse all my life.A curse inherited by my sick father. There is no cure.No antidote for what I am. For years, I existed alone. Fighting the urges, doing my best to stay good.Until Esclave 58 entered my life and I didn’t have to fight so hard... -
Cruel Betrayal by Elira Firethorn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBeing in their enemy's inner circle has never been easier for Elliot, Rhett, and Oliver. Not only have they earned Ludo's trust, but Wren's friendship with Aubrey has turned out to be more beneficial than they ever could've predicted.Still, there's no room for celebration. Not when the constant threat of something happening to Rhett's brothers is looming over everyone's heads... -
Signs of Life by Melanie Hansen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSuccessful lawyer Jeremy Speer has it all—a loving husband, a beautiful home, and a cherished dream that’s about to become reality. He’s learned not to take happiness for granted, meeting the challenges of life and love head-on with unwavering commitment and fierce devotion. A series of tragic events leave Jeremy shattered, adrift on a sea of unimaginable pain... -
Forced Submission Bundle 2 by Alexa Riley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBONUS: Bundle includes never before seen epilogues for all three stories! Taking What’s His Driving a truck and hauling cargo from coast to coast can be lonely. Sly’s been looking for a pet to keep him company, and late one night on the side of the highway, he finds her. Cameron is scared something bad is going to happen to her, but then he comes along, and she feels relieved... -
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Tell No One by Barbara Elsborg
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’s not every day that a total stranger asks Tag if he’s…ahem…well endowed. Of course he’s not going to say no. When he’s offered a life-changing amount of money to go to a party, he’s not going to say no to that either, even though he suspects sex will be involved. But sense prevails and Tag decides to stick to his principles and not go, except things take an alarming turn... -
Lavish Corruption by Alta Hensley, Stasia Black
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGood girls don’t break rules—but for one night with him, any risk was worth it.Walker St. Claire is my older brother’s best friend and strictly off limits. Especially while he’s an Initiate during his Trials to gain entrance to the secret society.But after a lifetime of following the rules and being the good girl everyone expected me to be, I’m ready to break a few... -
Dirty Daddies by Maren Smith, Maggie Ryan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsStrong, sexy and dirty-as-hell! Twelve, panty-melting romances starring Daddy Doms who command total surrender and the women who don’t stand a chance of resisting. Penned by some of the best authors in the genre, this deliciously naughty collection of all-new stories is bursting with HOT, raw, Daddy Dom action that’s sure to leave you breathless. Surrender now... -
Explicit Memory by Scarlett Finn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings‘There’s no place for that here.’ The past that they’d hoped to outrun has chased them down, and now it wants payback. To appease their debtors, they must delve into Rushe’s own history. As they come face to face with the situation that brought them together in the first place, Flick learns more about the man who she’s pledged her heart, and her body, to... -
Queen of the Night: Halloween Standalone by N. Owens
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI was fine with the life I lived. After what happened, I settled into not being wanted by everyone. I’d become invisible, and I liked it that way. I had my Gran, a shitty job, and my love for photograph. What else did a girl need? I’d planned to save enough to get me across the country, I just had to play my cards right.Everything was in place until they showed up... -
Choices by Christina Sterling
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsBored with my suburban life and cheating husband, I end up on the wrong side of the tracks...and on the radar of the local Colombian mafia.Burnt out, fed up, overwhelmed, and facing a life and a version of me I don't recognize, I realize my life needs to change.For me, and my kids.Life is a matter of choice, and every choice you make - makes you...Categorized as:
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High Stakes Deal by Lizzy West
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSebastianI’m living a lie.I’ve met the perfect woman: beautiful, smart, and driven.Unfortunately, I’m supposed to be buying her business out from under her.She has no idea what I’m planning when she comes to ask me for a favor.I just pray I can convince her my feelings are real before both our plans come to light... -
Struck by Charity Parkerson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA seasoned killer meets a cuddly cinnamon bun. What could go wrong? When Ben first met Fedir, he thought Fedir was only a bodyguard to an old, retired shipping mogul. He enjoyed pushing the grumpy guard’s buttons, hoping to catch his eye. Now, he has and Fedir is so much more than Ben first thought. In fact, Fedir might be more than he can handle... -
Call Sign: Thunder by Livia Grant
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHe’d already killed to keep her safe, but what does he do when he’s the one hurting her?Zach Flying choppers was what Zachary ‘Thunder’ Garrett lived for, but when he’s shot down over cartel country, he’ll have to decide between completing his mission and trying to save an innocent American woman... -
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Out of the Blackness by Carter Quinn
A childhood of abuse has left Avery so physically and emotionally scarred he believes he shouldn't be alive. His only sanctuary has been his relationship with his older foster brother Sam. Avery finally lets Sam convince him to start therapy to help overcome his crippling anxiety, but even that can't prepare him for the upheaval caused by meeting Noah Yates. Noah is everything Avery fears...Categorized as:
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Those Boys Are Trouble by Willow Winters
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFive steamy, contemporary romances. One collection. AMAZON TOP 100 best selling series available in one collection for a LIMITED time! Those Boys Are Trouble includes all five of the full-length, stand-alone romances from the Valetti mafia series featuring filthy-mouthed, possessive bad boys, HEAs and no cliffhangers... -
Hunger by Monique Edenwood
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Dark Love Story"As I struggle to unlock my gaze from the impertinent bridesmaid who doesn’t seem able to stop herself from giving me attitude, I contemplate the various ways in which I intend to teach the insolent little brat a lesson."GreysonThis wasn't supposed to happen.Every piece of my life has been planned out since the day I was born, calculated to the letter.I knew where I was headed...Categorized as:
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Crimson by Sophie Lark
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsEnemies From Birth…The Markovs and the Lebedevs have been bloody rivals for generations.Nadia Lebedev is the ultimate forbidden fruit: a mafia princess engaged to another man.From the moment I see her, I want her for myself.Every day that passes, I become more obsessed with her... -
Insatiable Hunger by Ashley James
It was only supposed to be one night. I was never meant to see him again. One unforgettable night and one nameless face changed everything. He’s wealthy. He’s powerful. And he’s married… to my mother. Staying away is impossible, and secrets and lies have become second nature. He’s crawled under my skin, an energy larger than life, refusing to be ignored as he bends me to his will... -
Hound by Measha Stone
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen he sees something he wants, Jackson Titon has always been like a hound on the hunt, and when he caught her scent he knew she had to be his.This little fox doesn't know what's coming for her, but he's going to get to her first.To keep her. To train her. To own her...
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