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  • The Beauty of This Street Love 2: A Texas Tale by Elle Kayson

    The Beauty of This Street Love 2: A Texas Tale by Elle Kayson

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 32 ratings
    The Kinseys. Four brothers and one-up-and-coming sister. They got the street game on lock, but when it comes to the game of love, things ain't so easy. .. Tre, the oldest, has his work cut out for him, trying to win back his baby mama, Shamar, and cut ties with his ex. Shamar is determined not to settle and if Tre can't step up, she is going to step out...
  • Meet Me At Sunrise by Michele Brouder

    Meet Me At Sunrise by Michele Brouder

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Read the generational saga about three sisters and their grandmother and her friends in the beachside town of Hideaway Bay. After reuniting with her sisters at her grandmother’s funeral, Alice Monroe determines that Hideaway Bay may be the place for her. Nursing a broken heart, Alice throws herself into transforming her grandmother’s house into an inn...
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  • Descent by Helen Hardt

    Descent by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The end to his story has already been written…. Brad Steel made a promise to his wife and children—to create a legacy born from his love for them and his desire to protect them from harm. It was a worthy ambition…. But along the way, something went terribly wrong. Daphne Steel loves her husband beyond measure and will stand by him no matter what, even when it’s more than she can deal with...
  • Spark by Helen Hardt

    Spark by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He’ll do anything for his family…. Donovan “Donny” Steel is on a partnership track with a major Denver law firm. He loves his city career and his luxurious downtown loft, and life is going just how he planned it…until his mother, the city attorney for his hometown of Snow Creek, Colorado, asks him to move back and work for her when her assistant retires. Mom asks? Donny goes...
    Categorized as:
    cliffhanger  contemporary  audiobook
  • Kneel by Nikita Parmenter

    Kneel by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Jynx isn’t going to let those who murdered her mother get away with it. She’s going to get to the bottom of why her grandmother was involved with the Ravens, and she’s going to make those who harmed her mother kneel and beg for mercy before she ends them...
  • The Letters by Lesley Jones

    The Letters by Lesley Jones

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    This really was the perfect way to end this amazing series. The writing was beautiful and the letters. .. wow, each and every one left me speechless. The Hopeless Romantic Book Blog. It's raw, confronting and at times absolutely heart-shattering. On the flip side it's beautiful, heart-warming and downright sinfully delicious. It was everything we expected and more. .. .. ..
  • 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...
  • Bomb: A Day in the Life of Spencer Shrike by J.A. Huss

    Bomb: A Day in the Life of Spencer Shrike by J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Spencer Shrike is a plotter. Known for his ingenious, albeit illegal, plans that keeps the Team running efficiently and out of jail, he carries this same love of order into his personal life. He's kept his long-time main squeeze on the sidelines for years as he builds the Shrike Bikes empire. Veronica Vaughn is an explosion ready to happen. Ronnie lives in the here and now. She lives for today...
  • Enemy Territory by Jemma Westbrook, Janice Whiteaker

    Enemy Territory by Jemma Westbrook, Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sometimes your biggest enemy isn’t across the line. Dutch Mackey has made his fair share of enemies over the years. None of them are like Harlow Mowry. As the hacker for Team Rogue, she’s got her hands in everything. Occasionally that includes his pants. The woman is as vicious as she is irresistible, and can run hotter than hot and colder than cold...
  • Bound by R Phillips

    Bound by R Phillips

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    "To know the truth of our story. ". Everything in life has a price. Nothing is ever freely gifted. The universe always comes, whether in the brightest, cheek-aching second of the day or the darkest, most plaintive hour of the night, to collect its payment. To rattle and shake your world. To slither into the illusion of Eden painted by strokes of lies and deceit...
  • Beyond Reckless by Autumn Jones Lake

    Beyond Reckless by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Blood doesn’t make you family, loyalty does. Marcel “Teller” Whelan, Treasurer of the Lost Kings MC, has always been two things—honest and responsible. At ten years old, he was already taking care of his baby sister. At eighteen, he patched into the Lost Kings MC and took a major role in shaping the club’s future...
  • Flame by Helen Hardt

    Flame by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Her past is coming back to haunt her. His present is haunting him. Callie Pike always considered herself the plain sister—stuck in the middle between beautiful Rory and vivacious Maddie—so she still can’t believe gorgeous perennial bachelor Donny Steel has fallen in love with her...
  • Alluring Seduction by Skye Turner

    Alluring Seduction by Skye Turner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Warning: This book contains explicit language and explosive sex. It is an adult romance and not intended for anyone under the age of 18. Jessie Adams is the womanizing, lead guitarist for the hottest rock band in the country, Bayou Stix. Seduction is his game. He does what he wants, when he wants, and with whom he wants...
  • The Ties That Bind by Red Phoenix

    The Ties That Bind by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “His touch is like magic…”. Brie is in the middle of a fight for her life. A force far more powerful than Brie is determined to destroy her. About to give birth to her second child, Brie is vulnerable to the unprecedented attack—but she is not afraid. When you are part of the Submissive Training Center, you are never alone...
  • Bases Loaded by Lisa Suzanne

    Bases Loaded by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Alexis is backed into a corner as she looks between two doors. Behind door number one is the man her father is pushing her to marry, the man who’s good for her brand and her future. Behind door number two is me: the bad boy of baseball who happens to be the man she has fallen in love with. I wish we could just run away together. I promised I’d wait for her no matter how long it took...
    Categorized as:
    cliffhanger  contemporary  sports  m-f  audiobook
  • Reborn by Meredith Wild

    Reborn by Meredith Wild

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He’s death for hire…. Some people measure life in hours. Days. Weeks. I measure mine in kills. A covert military mission gone wrong robbed me of my memory and any link to my past. This is my existence now. I execute and survive. Nothing more, nothing less...
  • My Best Friend's Wish by Blue Saffire, Natasha Snow Designs

    My Best Friend's Wish by Blue Saffire, Natasha Snow Designs

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Award winning, Bestselling, Author Blue Saffire presents. My Best Friend’s Wish. Work Husband Series. Dario. When I was younger, I believe I heard something I shouldn’t have. After what I overheard, I don’t believe our mother just up and left us. I was a kid. I didn’t have money, power, or respect to get the answers I needed back then. Not until now...
  • Caught Looking by Lisa Suzanne

    Caught Looking by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When her father orchestrates an engagement for business purposes, Alexis is forced to say yes publicly. Now I’m the other man in this equation, and despite my reputation as the bad boy of baseball, I learned long ago to stay away from married women. But not everything is as it appears, and she isn’t married yet, which forces me to confront my own morals and fears when it comes to relationships...
  • Path To Realization by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Path To Realization by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Asher Pryce hides behind a wall of secrets he's spent most of his life building up. How else is the adopted child whose birth parents run a drug cartel supposed to fit in? He's notorious for his overconfident swagger and total lack of patience for bullshit - a master of masks. The one thing in his life he can't fake? His feelings for his best friend's twin sister...
  • Sangre by Chiah Wilder

    Sangre by Chiah Wilder

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A second chance at love like no other. When Sangre, the tatted and built officer of the Night Rebels MC, agrees to be the bodyguard of Isla Rose, he has no idea what he's in for. It's just an ordinary gig: A bodyguard for a temperamental, difficult, diva who thinks a fan is out to get her. Sangre doesn't have time for drama and decides there's no way he's going to indulge the spoiled rock star...
  • The Getaway Cabin by Sage Parker

    The Getaway Cabin by Sage Parker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Her greatest fear came true. Now what? 53-year-old Valerie Schuster was a great mother and wife for over 30 years…until she wasn’t. When her husband decides to leave her days before their anniversary, and their kids move across the country, her sister suggests it’s time for a change. So, Valerie decides to hide away in her parent’s old run-down cabin...
  • I Never Asked You to Save Me by Theresa Marguerite Hewitt

    I Never Asked You to Save Me by Theresa Marguerite Hewitt

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Ellie Mae Griggs-Heart is trying to escape, trying to find a place where she can finally be 'home'. She can't seem to shake her physically and emotionally abusive, soon to be ex-husband, Jake Heart. Refusing to take hand outs from her cousin Rhea Payne and her husband, former Navy SEAL Chad, Ellie has to moonlight at a job most would consider taboo to make ends meet...
  • Shark's Pride by Angel Payne, Victoria Blue

    Shark's Pride by Angel Payne, Victoria Blue

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dreams come at a price…. Hidden enemies are tormenting Sebastian Shark. They’re determined to see his reputation in shreds and his plans for building the Edge in ruins. To make matters worse, Abbigail Gibson has written him off for good, choosing to believe their night of blistering passion was just another one of his playboy conquests...
  • Shattered by H.M. Ward

    Shattered by H.M. Ward

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    After Mari's attempt to help Trystan goes horribly wrong they are both forced to deal with the consequences.
  • Chamaeleon by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Chamaeleon by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Haley. “For the last seven months, my life practically revolved around 'my' guys—they kept me safe, made me laugh, and embraced me as one of their own. And, now, the unimaginable was happening. I was turning my back on the life I created with them...
  • Margaritas at the Beach House Hotel by Judith S. Keim

    Margaritas at the Beach House Hotel by Judith S. Keim

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    An upscale hotel like The Beach House Hotel sometimes attracts surprise guests…. Ann and Rhonda continue overseeing their Beach House Hotel along the Gulf Coast of Florida and providing guests with a lovely experience of good eating, relaxation, and the privacy many of them require...
  • Xander by Anne Mercier, Sara Eirew

    Xander by Anne Mercier, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    We met at the age of eight. That day on the playground was a turning point in my life. She stole my heart with just a glance as she sang off key. But nothing’s perfect. I figured out pretty quickly she was too good for me, so I let her go. 
I thought I was doing the right thing--until I realized I wasn’t. 
She was my everything and without her I was nothing...
  • The Seduction Expert by Saya Lopez Ortega

    The Seduction Expert by Saya Lopez Ortega

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    One of the most anticipated romance books of 2019. She's the seduction expert. Women contact her to take over their love lives. She steps in when they're lost, she's supposed to succeed where they failed. She handles their single status, their relationship, their breakup, and very often their partner's affairs...
  • On Deck by Lisa Suzanne

    On Deck by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a family emergency reminds us all how short life can be, Alexis’s father moves up the wedding date. She’s forced to wrestle with her father’s emotional manipulation as we fall harder and harder for one another and her wedding day moves closer. We’re keeping a huge secret from her father and her rabid fan base, and we both feel the walls closing in on us...
    Categorized as:
    cliffhanger  contemporary  sports  m-f  audiobook
  • Burnout: The Complete Series by Dahlia West

    Burnout: The Complete Series by Dahlia West

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The complete box set of the Burnout series. Meet the men of Burnout. Five ex-Army Rangers who've settled in Rapid City, South Dakota. Five men who've decided that friends are the family you choose. Shooter (Burnout 1). Chris “Shooter” Sullivan has returned to his home town of Rapid City, South Dakota to pick up the pieces of his life shattered by a roadside bomb in Iraq...
    Categorized as:
    bad boys  military  contemporary  bikers  audiobook
  • Savage Burn by Lisa Renee Jones

    Savage Burn by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 19 ratings
    My name is Rick Savage but they call me Savage for a reason. But savage that I am, there is only one woman who can tame the beast in me, one woman who sees the real man. I loved Candace. I lost Candace. Now my enemies have targeted her. For this, they will not survive. I’m back home to save her and win her back, no matter what the cost.
  • Alluring Temptation by Skye Turner

    Alluring Temptation by Skye Turner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Warning: This book contains explicit language and explosive sex. It is an adult romance and not intended for anyone under the age of 18. Liam Christianson is the devil-may-care, rhythm guitarist for Bayou Stix, the hottest rock band around. He’s a playboy and likes to do things his way. No regrets. He knows that women love him, and he uses that to his advantage. He’s cocky and shallow...
  • Every Little Promise by Lexi Ryan

    Every Little Promise by Lexi Ryan

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    One night in Vegas. One shot at a second chance. When I fell in love with Brinley Knox, she was the spoiled daughter of the wealthiest family in Orchid Valley. I was the troublemaker orphan, brought to town to find the straight and narrow. She was the homecoming princess. I was the hired help. She was the perfect daughter. I was the cautionary tale...
  • Unexpected Returns by Nikita Parmenter

    Unexpected Returns by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    She was here, my mother, and now she’s lying on the floor, blood pooling around her dead form. Surprisingly, that’s not our top concern right now. Our main priority is the bomb strapped to her that’s still flashing and armed. I know I said I liked explosives, but it doesn’t mean I want to go out that way...
  • Saving Wishes by G.J. Walker-Smith

    Saving Wishes by G.J. Walker-Smith

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    *** iBooks Best Of 2013 AU/NZ Breakout Book Of The Year***. For Charli Blake, being seventeen is a tough gig. She's been branded a troublemaker, her reputation is in tatters and she's stuck in Pipers Cove, a speck of a town on the coast of Tasmania. Thankfully, it's temporary. Her lifelong dream of travelling the world is just months away from becoming reality...
  • Grant's Heat by Angel Payne, Victoria Blue

    Grant's Heat by Angel Payne, Victoria Blue

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Is ignoring the heat a recipe for disaster? Grant Twombley has it all—a successful career, a contacts list full of gorgeous and willing bedmates, and the ear of Los Angeles’s most prominent captain of industry. But being Sebastian Shark’s right-hand man isn’t without its challenges. Messy ones...
    Categorized as:
    cliffhanger  contemporary  audiobook
  • A Tale of Two Cities: A Thanksgiving Novella by Alexandra Warren

    A Tale of Two Cities: A Thanksgiving Novella by Alexandra Warren

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When people think of a holiday for love, they automatically come up with Valentine's Day. But who's to say that's the only one? For actress Aspen Watson, all it takes is a trip back to her hometown for Thanksgiving for her to realize that sometimes home can be where the heart is in more ways than one. ;). A Tale of Two Cities Collection:. Cute & Sweet Millennial Meets Over a Holiday,...
  • Famished: Part One by Ellie Messe

    Famished: Part One by Ellie Messe

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    **Reports of uncentered text have been noted, a corrected edition will available December 15, 2018. **. Moms a junkie, Dad’s not dead. After lying to me for the past twenty-one years, Mom got in too deep with her debt and had to call not-dead dad to bail her out. But wait, there’s more; not-dead dad is a biker who thinks he knows what’s best for the daughter he's never met...
  • East Bound: Billionaire Romance by Nana Malone

    East Bound: Billionaire Romance by Nana Malone

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings
    Some say I can be ruthless. Nyla Kincaid is about to find out. I allowed her to get too close and in the end, she burned me. To keep the secrets of the Elite, I seduced her. The distraction worked, but like a moth to a flame, I singed my wings. She will pay for my mistake. And I will never repeat it. Meting out my revenge will be so sweet. And this time, I will not take care with her heart.
  • Vicious Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Vicious Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I never cared if I lived or died. For eight years I lived as a mess of broken pieces that never could fit back together quite right. Eight years of training. Of building an empire. Of fighting. Of just surviving. Of letting my heart beat for revenge. Only revenge. Eight years of not really living at all. While I was living half a life, I didn’t realize all that was being built up around me...
  • Trace - Part Two by Deborah Bladon

    Trace - Part Two by Deborah Bladon

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The second part of TRACE, a three-part series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Deborah Bladon. Vanessa Meyer had finally taken on the task of learning more about her birth mother. The twisted path that brought her to her family's townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, also brought her face-to-face with the man who she's been spending most of her nights with...
  • Backdraft by H.M. Ward

    Backdraft by H.M. Ward

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    When Mari realizes that Trystan is the internet megastar, Day Jones, she can’t speak. Every time she listens to his song, it leaves her feeling so much. That song is bewitching. Everyone she knows heard it. As soon as it appeared on YouTube, it went viral, and then the guy who wrote it disappeared. Despite agents and record labels trying to lure Day5705 out, he remains anonymous...
  • Shadow of a Doubt by Tiffany Snow

    Shadow of a Doubt by Tiffany Snow

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Ivy Mason has it all: beauty, a plush apartment, a fancy car, and a debonair British spy boyfriend who pays all her bills. If only her boyfriend was in her life—and her bed—more than just sporadically. Part of an underground British agency called the Shadow, Devon Clay knows that secrecy is what has kept him alive...
  • The Temptation of Lila and Ethan by Jessica Sorensen

    The Temptation of Lila and Ethan by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Ella and Micha series comes a gripping story of passion, pain, and the courage to love . . . THE TEMPTATION OF LILA AND ETHAN. On the surface, Lila Summers is flawless: good looks, expensive clothes, and a big, beautiful smile. But a dark past and even darker secrets are threatening to bubble over her perfect façade...
  • Mobster's Vendetta by Amy Rachiele

    Mobster's Vendetta by Amy Rachiele

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    My soul was drawn to him. It isn’t about the danger or his dark beauty, it’s the connection I feel – the feeling of home I have with him even though I am miles away from it. Megan, Mobster’s Vendetta. The mob underworld never changes. It hides itself deep in the cities. The rules, people, and danger are identical no matter where you go. Sometimes I wish things were different, but they're not...
  • F.B. by Jennifer Edlund

    F.B. by Jennifer Edlund

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What would you do if your first love suddenly walked back into your life? This is a question Alexa Moore finds herself asking the moment she comes face to face with her childhood sweetheart, nearly fifteen years after his mysterious disappearance. Carter Storm is a thirteen-year-old precocious child actor awaiting his big break in the entertainment industry...
  • Bound by Samantha Jacobey

    Bound by Samantha Jacobey

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bound - A New Life Series. Raised by bikers and held by the FBI, Tori Farrell has literally walked over dead men to get to where she is today. When she broke the ties to her dark and twisted life with the Dragons, she thought it would give her a fresh start and a chance to live a normal life. However, she soon discovered the demons from her past have no desire to let her go...
  • Faster Longer by Colleen Masters

    Faster Longer by Colleen Masters

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Two star crossed lovers racing together at breakneck speeds, barreling along at 200 miles per hour willing to destroy everything and everyone in their path. Siena can't escape. She's trapped now. How did she fall so helplessly, recklessly in love with the one man who could single handedly turn her life upside down? Harrison has her wrapped up in his strong, muscular, tattooed arms...
  • The Life by Bethany-Kris

    The Life by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    *Please Note, The Life is not a standalone title. The first book in The Russian Guns series (The Arrangement) should be read before the second book*. The mafia life is a dangerous one revolving around honor, duty, and greed—a troublesome thing like love isn’t meant to play a part, but no one follows the rules...
  • Never Doubt Me by S.R. Grey

    Never Doubt Me by S.R. Grey

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Can a tattooed, former bad boy leave his past behind? Can he find lasting happiness with the love of his life? Gorgeous and sexy Chase Gartner hopes to do just that with Kay Stanton. But when Chase’s troubled-teen brother, Will, stays on in Harmony Creek, Ohio—-after an unexpected arrival-—Chase and Kay’s bonds of love and commitment are soon tested...
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