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  • 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...
  • 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...
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  • Craving Lucy by Terri Anne Browning

    Craving Lucy by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    USA Today Bestselling Author Terri Anne Browning’s New Adult series. One kiss can change everything…. I wished I’d known that before I’d kissed my best friend. Things are different now. We can’t go back. I’m not even sure I want to go back. I guess the question is…. What happens now?
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Hopelessly Devoted to Violet: Hopelessly Devoted Novella by Terri Anne Browning

    Hopelessly Devoted to Violet: Hopelessly Devoted Novella by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Every time someone mentions planning their wedding, Violet finds a reason why they should wait. Luca is her soulmate and Love Bug’s favorite person. They are already a family, but they need to make it official. Luca is getting tired of calling her his fiancée and not his wife. But Vi is torn. Saying “I do” to Luca will mean releasing the last hold Remington had on her heart...
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  • Trace by Deborah Bladon

    Trace by Deborah Bladon

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The final part of TRACE, a three-part series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Deborah Bladon. Vanessa Meyer has overcome the struggles of her past to build a life that she can be proud of. She's a nurse in the ER and her relationship with attorney Garrett Ryan fulfills her in a way that nothing else can...
  • Losing Princeton Charming by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Losing Princeton Charming by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    All is fair in love and war . .. but is this love? Spencer Beckett may have fallen hard for Charlotte Hayes, but one lie has their relationship crashing to the ground. Their glass castle is about to shatter. Breaking Spencer's heart in the process. When tragedy strikes, Charlie needs a man who won't let let her down. Even Princes need second chances . .
  • Alpha Wolves Motorcycle Club: The Complete Series by Violet Blaze, C.M. Stunich

    Alpha Wolves Motorcycle Club: The Complete Series by Violet Blaze, C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Alpha Wolves Motorcycle Club owns my sleepy coastal hometown. Their inked-up a**hole president owns my heart. But I’m the mayor’s daughter, his righthand in the office. My whole life, all I’ve ever wanted is to succeed in politics...
  • The Man Bible: A Survival Guide by L.A. Casey

    The Man Bible: A Survival Guide by L.A. Casey

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Do you know what you’ve got in your hands? A little piece of fucking treasure, that’s what. I’ve taken initiative here and have turned my trusty Man Bible into an actual survival guide, because the loot between these pages will lead to each of you having happy, stress free lives with your women. Pick this gem up, put your big boy pants on, and start reading. Trust me, you won't regret it...
  • Promise Me by Rebel Hart

    Promise Me by Rebel Hart

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    CRUEL INTENTIONS meets AFTER. Find out what happens in Rae and Clinton's love story. ..
  • Triumph by Cecilia London

    Triumph by Cecilia London

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “All of your ideals, your hopes and dreams…they cease to matter if you abandon them in your darkest hour. We have to see this through to the end. ”. Jack McIntyre and Caroline Gerard have never shied away from a challenge. As dual commanders of the American rebel forces, they now face the greatest adversity of their lives. Every decision has permanent consequences...
  • Fated Lies by Ella Miles

    Fated Lies by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He's taken everything from me and I him. I thought I could defeat him, while keeping my feelings hidden. A shared enemy brought us together, changing my destiny. I know better now. My fate is not to love. It's not even to survive. My fate is to protect him. .. Fated Lies is Book 3 in the Lies Series. It continues Langston & Liesel's story. Ends on a cliffhanger.
  • Unforgivably Broken by Maegan Abel

    Unforgivably Broken by Maegan Abel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    **This is a New Adult Romance with dark themes intended for readers 18 years and up**. It took a near-tragedy for Zane and Lili to admit their feelings for one another. If they could survive that explosion, wading through the debris left behind should be a breeze, right? Lili has spent years hiding from her past. Now, she's being forced to admit her mistakes and make a decision...
  • Avoiding Temptation: A Student/Teacher Romance by Tracy Lorraine

    Avoiding Temptation: A Student/Teacher Romance by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    First rule of teaching. .. don’t fall for a student. Finally living the life of my dreams in a city I’d always wanted to experience was supposed to be a clean slate. Until him. .. My prim and proper world is turned upside down when he walks into my college classroom, demanding attention with a single look, his braces and glasses at complete odds with his defined body and bad boy tattoos...
  • An Aces Christmas (The Aces' Sons) by Nicole Jacquelyn

    An Aces Christmas (The Aces' Sons) by Nicole Jacquelyn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Join the Aces MC as they prepare for Christmas and a homecoming for one of their own.
  • Frozen Valentine by E.C. Land

    Frozen Valentine by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Blake. The first thing you learn as a kid is 'stranger danger', but they don't tell you what to do when a tall, tattooed, dangerous man shows up out of nowhere. I know I should make him leave. He's surely capable of fending for himself, but it's the middle of winter, the roads are icy and around these parts that can mean a death sentence...
  • No Quarter by Kelli Jean, Jovana Shirley

    No Quarter by Kelli Jean, Jovana Shirley

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Kenna. “All of his pain, I was always the cause of it. Even if indirectly. All roads led to Kenna, I supposed. ”. My Madman brings me to life—but it comes at a price. I’m the one who faces his demons when they decide to crawl out of the hell inside his head. One thing is certain: it’s not my forgiveness that is needed. Phil must forgive himself before there’s chance for us...
  • Somebody Else by Jaxson Kidman

    Somebody Else by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He was the one I loved. I was the one who walked away. We both know why. I was never supposed to see him again. *. What I have now looks perfect on the outside. The car. The career. The house. The neighbor-slash-best-friend. The handsome man holding my hand. We can talk about everything. Except the past. That's good enough to get by. *...
  • Finding our Forever by Lan LLP

    Finding our Forever by Lan LLP

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Finding our Forever (Book 2 of 3) For readers 18 and up. When tragedy strikes it doesn't always signal the end. Sometimes it can mean a new beginning. .
  • Secrets Vol. 2 by Ella Steele

    Secrets Vol. 2 by Ella Steele

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Sexy thoughts about Cole fill Anna's dreams. Every detail burns brightly in her mind; the way his hands feel on her bare skin, the soft brush of his lips against hers, and the way their bodies fit perfectly together. Anna awakes breathless, tingling as if it really happened. What caused her to think about Cole like that? It was completely forbidden...
  • The Boss: Book Five by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    The Boss: Book Five by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I used to be a good girl. But I'm not anymore…. Because of him—Blake Carson. My nemesis. My boss. Now my lover. My teacher in so many dark, delicious things I never knew I would crave. My protector, though I never asked him to be my savior. Now he's determined to push me away, yet he still wants me under his lock and key. Supposedly to keep me out of danger...
  • Eden High Series 2 Book 1 by Jordan Silver

    Eden High Series 2 Book 1 by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Things are heating up in the little town of Eden, where one young girl has been attacked and no one has the answers. Now with Jace's main suspect in some trouble of her own, everything is up in the air...
  • Total Submission by Roxy Sloane

    Total Submission by Roxy Sloane

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Her 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*.
  • Wrath by Dani Wyatt

    Wrath by Dani Wyatt

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Why doesn’t anyone pray for Satan? He needs it. But so do I, because Kristina Joy Kennedy is killing me. It’s been a year since I first saw her, wearing a white dress, blonde hair braided back with a cute pink bow at the bottom, walking into the church across the street from the Ride or Die bar. A year since my heart came alive. A year since she first told me to get lost. We are worlds apart...
  • Darker: The Novice by M. S. Parker

    Darker: The Novice by M. S. Parker

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I don’t date, ever. Casual sex is all I need. Relationships? Well, my dark past crushed that fairytale fantasy for me. Instead, I’m all into my PI firm. After a snail’s pace start, I have my first big client. There’s just one snag, I have to do research in my hometown, a place I never wanted to see again in my life...
  • She is Mine by Penny Wylder

    She is Mine by Penny Wylder

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    I've never had to think about money. It's always been there. To put it plainly, I'm used to getting what I want. That includes women. So when I meet one who thinks she can't be bought, it blows my mind. She's clever, beautiful, and clearly not looking for a white knight. All she wants from me is a single, wild night of passion in Paris. It's incredible...
  • Cruel Dynasty by Geneva Lee

    Cruel Dynasty by Geneva Lee

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I made a deal. One year of my life pretending to be a rich aristocrat in exchange for ten million pounds. Enough money to start over somewhere new. Enough money to disappear forever. It sounded simple, but being Kerrigan Belmond is more dangerous than I expected. Her world isn’t as perfect behind closed doors as it is on paper...
  • Craving Carlo by Mia Madison

    Craving Carlo by Mia Madison

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    "You gave me a taste of your fire. Hell no, I'm not walking away. ". Carlo Adamo is the most perfect man I have ever seen -- and the only one whose touch drives me mad. But some of us aren't meant for happy endings. If he knew the truth, he'd forget about me. I just need to stop trembling in his arms long enough to make him believe it.
  • His Property  (Book Three) by Hannah Ford

    His Property (Book Three) by Hannah Ford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Whips. Chains. Punishments. These are my world now, ever since gorgeous billionaire Liam Rutherford pushed me into the back of his expensive black SUV, forcing me to live with him at his fancy penthouse apartment in New York City, holding me as collateral for my father’s gambling debt. He claims I don’t have to do anything I’m not comfortable with...
  • Money Man  (King Maker) by Terri E. Laine

    Money Man (King Maker) by Terri E. Laine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “This book. .. This MAN. .. he is my kind of MC. .. full of himself and the perfect blend of c*cky and jerk… but God is he sexy as h6ll all at the same time. And the plot/story line had me completely wrapped up and flipping the pages until the final one. ” A. M. Hargrove, USA Today Bestselling author. Her. Nice girls end up last...
  • You Know I Love You by Willow Winters

    You Know I Love You by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I married the bad boy from Brooklyn. The one with the tattoos and the look in his eyes that told me he was bad news. The look that comes with all sorts of warnings. I knew what I was doing. I knew by the way he put his hands on me; how he owned me with his forceful touch. I couldn’t say no to him, not that I wanted to. That was then, and it seems like forever ago...
  • Before Sin by M. Malone, Nana Malone

    Before Sin by M. Malone, Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They say love is all around. Yeah, for everyone but me. It sounds crazy, I know. Breaking News: badass bodyguard for the nation’s top security firm doesn’t know how to talk to women. That’s it, folks.  I have no game. Luckily my newfound family at Blake Security accepts me exactly as I am. But there are things in my past, secrets , that I’d do anything to protect them from...
  • London Dynasty by Geneva Lee

    London Dynasty by Geneva Lee

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kerrigan Belmond has everything I don’t have. A name that opens doors, more money than god, an Oxford education, and rumors that she’s caught the eye of Spencer Byrd, the heir to one of England’s most powerful aristocratic families. I’m an orphan, running from a tragedy I can’t face. Being mistaken for her is flattering until her father arrives at my door with an indecent proposal...
  • Sofia: Sacrificed  (Angels Halo MC Next Gen) by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Sofia: Sacrificed (Angels Halo MC Next Gen) by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes, beauty covers a whole lot of ugly. That was one of the many valuable lessons I learned the summer I lived in Creswell Springs with the Angel’s Halo MC. They taught me about responsibility and respect—not just for others, but, more importantly, for myself. I liked to think I came home a better person. Someone who wasn’t just pretty on the outside anymore. And then I met Zak. Golden eyes...
  • Cali: Sacrificed  (Angels Halo MC Next Gen) by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Cali: Sacrificed (Angels Halo MC Next Gen) by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some go through their entire lives without an arch-nemesis. I had two. The first one was my stepbrother, Manuel Ramirez. My own version of a real-life boogeyman. His goal was to beat me into submission, until I was nothing more than a cowering little wraith, for his own enjoyment. Luckily, I had a guardian angel who saved me. The second was none other than my angel’s brother, Garret Hannigan...
  • X by Geneva Lee

    X by Geneva Lee

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    One kiss changes everything when a chance encounter sparks a romance with the future King of England. From New York Times bestselling author Geneva Lee, begin the sensual, dangerous love story that's captured nearly three million readers' hearts worldwide. It should never have happened. When Clara Bishop stumbled into my life, I made a mistake...
  • Treacherous Truths by Kay Riley

    Treacherous Truths by Kay Riley

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    The truth shall NOT set me free. Running away seven years ago did nothing but delay the life chosen for me before I even had my first kiss. Leaving isn’t an option anymore. Staying might break me. The unraveling secrets are exposing more than just my family’s past. They’re revealing burdens of the man who is determined to prove our story isn’t finished...
  • One Night Burn by Kate Meader

    One Night Burn by Kate Meader

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    All I wanted was a sweet treat to cap off my evening . .. Most people celebrate a milestone like graduating from Chicago’s firefighter academy with shots, clubbing, and … okay, more shots. Me? I party with cherry pie at my local diner. Except this hot guy—and I mean smoking hot—snags the last piece. I won’t be denied, however...
  • Finding Her Curves by Joann Baker, Patricia Mason

    Finding Her Curves by Joann Baker, Patricia Mason

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Logan Montgomery was a horn dog at best, man-whore at worst. He was an old-fashioned playboy for sure. That was his way of life—until her. For almost a year, he’d ignored the pull he felt for the curvy doctor. As a search and rescue officer, he knew life could change instantly, but he still hesitated to act on his feelings for Penny...
  • Fearless by April Wilson

    Fearless by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Beth Jamison:. Since childhood, I’ve lived under a shadow of fear and anxiety, afraid to trust anyone. All that changed when I met Shane. He taught me to cope with my fears. He gave me the courage to let someone in. But the threat’s still out there, and it’s coming back for me. I know Shane won’t let him get me this time, but at what cost? I can’t lose Shane. I just can’t. Shane McIntyre:...
  • Moody by C.M. Seabrook

    Moody by C.M. Seabrook

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Heartbreaker. Playboy. Reckless. Wild and Rough. Those are just a few of the names she's called me, but I don't care as long as I get what I want - her heart. She deserves more than I can give. Problem is she's all I want. The smart thing would be to stay away. And believe me I've tried. I've kept my distance for four years. .. and time's up. Isabelle Stewart is mine...
  • The Vigilante's Lover II by Annie Winters, Tony West

    The Vigilante's Lover II by Annie Winters, Tony West

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    If this is what it’s like to be a captive, Mia wants to be a prisoner forever. The second volume of the addictive romantic suspense series from the desk of USA Today bestselling author Deanna Roy / JJ Knight. Jax may have kidnapped her. But now Mia wants to stay. The man is skilled. Intelligent. And gorgeous. His life is dangerous and wild...
  • Always With You: Part Two by M. Leighton

    Always With You: Part Two by M. Leighton

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Part Two. Love didn’t come easy for Cash and Olivia. Forever will come even harder. But true love doesn’t give up, not even when dreams are crushed and reality isn’t quite the fairy tale you expected it to be. When Olivia married Cash Davenport, it was her dream come true. Cash was everything she wanted and everything she needed, all wrapped up in jet-black eyes and an irresistible smile...
  • Brothers South of the Mason Dixon by Abbi Glines

    Brothers South of the Mason Dixon by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The only thing hotter than the weather South of the Mason Dixon line are the boys. Worn, faded blue jeans, slow Southern drawls, and those naughty moments in the back of pickup trucks a girl never forgets. Welcome to the world of the Sutton boys. Five brothers who fight, party, drink a little too much, but more importantly, they love their momma. Nothing can tear them apart… except women...
  • The Boss: Book Four by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    The Boss: Book Four by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She is my obsession. But someone else is obsessed with me. .. I'm used to being in charge. With money comes power, and I have plenty of both. But one person doesn't bow down to me. She challenges me at every turn and drives me insane with longing. She's my assistant, Grace Copeland, and she wants something that, by rights, is mine. But others are also after what is mine...
  • Just One Night by Elle Casey

    Just One Night by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Jennifer doesn't know who to believe, but the lipstick on William's neck is just a little to red to ignore, much as he might like her to. The more she tries to make sense of the stories, the more it feels like she's repeating mistakes from her past, and that's something she wants to avoid at all costs, no matter how much it might hurt...
  • Then and Now by Bella Jewel

    Then and Now by Bella Jewel

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Dear Fate,. Here I am, finally writing to you again. Things haven’t changed, fate. Time hasn’t healed anything. As always, nothing makes sense. Things aren’t coming together as they should. Time has changed us very little. It has only made everything that much more confusing. Nothing is fixed. Nobody is happy. We still live with a dark cloud over our heads...
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