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  • It'll Be An Adventure by Cherise Sinclair

    It'll Be An Adventure by Cherise Sinclair

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 31 ratings
    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

    Brie's Russian Fantasy by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Russian 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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    bdsm  alpha male  m-f  menage  contemporary  m-f-m  poly
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  • Brie Submits to Her Master by Red Phoenix

    Brie Submits to Her Master by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Brie'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...
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    bdsm  alpha male  m-f  contemporary  m-f-m  poly  length-novella
  • Brie Faces Her Master's Fears by Red Phoenix

    Brie Faces Her Master's Fears by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Brie 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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    bdsm  alpha male  m-f  contemporary  m-f-m  poly  length-novella
  • Brie Discerns Master's Heart by Red Phoenix

    Brie Discerns Master's Heart by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Brie'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...
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    bdsm  alpha male  m-f  contemporary  m-f-m  poly  length-novella
  • Brie Surrenders her Heart by Red Phoenix

    Brie Surrenders her Heart by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Brie’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. .
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    bdsm  alpha male  m-f  contemporary  m-f-m  poly  length-medium
  • Law and Disorder by Golden Angel

    Law and Disorder by Golden Angel

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She's a wild child. He's assigned to be her Watch Dom. It's youth and mischief vs age and experience. Iris is new to the lifestyle and when her inexperience and troublemaking disrupt everyone's pleasure at Marquis, someone has to lay down the law. Unfortunately for Iris, that someone is Master Law...
  • Atlas by Becca Jameson

    Atlas by Becca Jameson

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Baby girl, I’m going to count to three…”. Carlee is doing just fine on her own. She doesn’t need a man in her life. They never treat her right anyway. She certainly doesn’t need her best friend’s brother to swoop into town and take over like he never left her. It takes him less than one day to cause her to lose her car, her job, and her apartment. Now she’s furious...
  • 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*.
  • The Storm by Jean Johnson

    The Storm by Jean Johnson

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Sixth book in the must-read series from a national bestselling ? fresh new voice in fantasy romance. ?( Robin D. Owens). Eight brothers, born in four sets of twins, two years apart to the day? they fulfill the Curse of Eight Prophecy. Though no longer trapped in exile, their growing family faces new problems...
  • Auction House by Piper Stone

    Auction House by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I was meant to be auctioned. He took me for himself instead. When I went undercover to investigate a series of murders with links to Steele Franklin's auction house operation, I expected to be sold for the humiliating use of one of his fellow billionaires. But he wanted me for himself. No contract. No terms agreed upon...
  • Taken and Tamed by Celeste Jones

    Taken and Tamed by Celeste Jones

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Taking her was business. Taming her will be personal. When Quinn crossed a powerful mob boss and nearly got herself killed for the second time since she decided to play dangerous games in my world, I didn't just take matters into my own hands. I took her. Then I took off my belt. I could pretend all this was just to keep her safe, but that's not the truth...
  • Annie and the Sybian by Dark Angel, Sinistre Ange

    Annie and the Sybian by Dark Angel, Sinistre Ange

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    When Annie's parents' neighbor Mark tells her he has a Sybian, she doesn't know what that is, but when she gets back to college and looks it up, she becomes obsessed with the idea of riding one. Once she's back home on summer vacation, the opportunity arises when Mark leaves town and she's house-sitting for him...
  • Pinch Me by Tymber Dalton

    Pinch Me by Tymber Dalton

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When 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...
  • Cop's Best Friend by Flora Ferrari

    Cop's Best Friend by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Cop. Best friend. Nothing more. We’ve been best friends since we were kids, but when he went off to high school a year before me he became the “older man” every younger woman was after. But he never chased them. All he was ever interested in was chasing bad guys, and now he’s living out his dream as a courageous cop in the big city. He’s part of the thin blue line between order and anarchy...
  • Her Protector by Jane Henry, Maisy Archer

    Her Protector by Jane Henry, Maisy Archer

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    *** On sale for a special release weekend price of $2. 99 (price goes to $4. 99 on Monday, August 29th) ***. Tony Angelico thinks he knows all about Dominants and submissives. After all, his two brothers are unapologetic Dominants with long-term submissive partners...
  • Song of the Waves by Anne Hampson

    Song of the Waves by Anne Hampson

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    To her fellow passengers on the luxury cruise, Wendy Brown appeared to have everything going for her. She was young, beautiful, wealthy and fun-loving. They'd have been shocked if they'd known Wendy's secret. But she had vowed to tell no one what had changed her life...
  • Faithfully: A Club Decadence Novella by Maddie Taylor

    Faithfully: A Club Decadence Novella by Maddie Taylor

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In 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...
  • Down by the Lake by Jisa Dean

    Down by the Lake by Jisa Dean

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Meena never dreamed that her Memorial Day weekend would get so crazy when she left with her sister and her boyfriend. Now she’s got sex parties, drugs and one especially handsy “friend” to navigate all before Tuesday morning. One wrong move and the rest of her life could be affected by this wild weekend Down By the Lake. It’s at this party on the shore that she runs into Jeremy...
  • Taming the Tease by Golden Angel

    Taming the Tease by Golden Angel

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Rick Winter is tired of playing empty scenes with submissives, only to return home alone. He wants what he sees his friends getting - a real relationship with submissives who love them. Unfortunately, since his move to be closer to his friends and Stronghold, the kink club he goes to, the only woman that's really sparked his interest not only isn't a submissive, she's his neighbor...
  • His by Aria Cole, Mila Crawford

    His by Aria Cole, Mila Crawford

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Catherine. Parker Knowles is twenty years older than me and hotter than sin with flecks of salt and pepper at his temples and a arrogant grin that makes my heart spin. It was supposed to be a little fun for the summer. I never imagined it would be so much more. Parker. Discipline has always been the key to my success, and frivolous things like love and dating never figured into the equation...
  • Blacklist Hookup by Sadie Haller

    Blacklist Hookup by Sadie Haller

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Looking 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...
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    bdsm  alpha male  m-f  contemporary  length-short
  • Need: A Rough Romance by Trent Evans

    Need: A Rough Romance by Trent Evans

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When he ordered me to bare myself for him, I should have done anything other than obey. But as I stand here watching him devour me with his eyes, what I feel isn't merely shame. It is need. Need for his gaze wandering over my quivering body like a beast about to pounce on his prey...
  • Worth Fighting For by Zoe Blake

    Worth Fighting For by Zoe Blake

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    She 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...
  • Naia and the Professor by Natasha Knight

    Naia and the Professor by Natasha Knight

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ten years ago, Liam Templar lost everything when Naia White, his student, accused him of spanking her. Because of her, he was forced to give up his teaching license and lost a job he loved, not to mention his reputation. Naia never meant for things to go as far as they had, but in the end, she was the reason Professor Templar's career was ruined. Now she's back and wants to make amends...
  • Dark Fate by Charlotte Lamb

    Dark Fate by Charlotte Lamb

    Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A marriage of minds. .. "It's fate - even when we're miles apart the link between us holds! ". Saskia thought that two years was long enough to confirm that she would never be reunited with her estranged husband, Domenico...
  • Geoffrey's Rules by Emily Tilton

    Geoffrey's Rules by Emily Tilton

    Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    For as long as she can remember, Chloe has imagined what it would be like to be utterly and completely dominated by a man. When she meets Geoffrey—a man who can make her blush red with shame and quiver with lust at the same time with nothing more than a word or a glance—Chloe begins to wonder if her fantasy could become reality. As hot as her desire burns, though, Chloe struggles with herself...
  • Bought: The Greek's Innocent Virgin by Sarah Morgan

    Bought: The Greek's Innocent Virgin by Sarah Morgan

    Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    At 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. ..
  • Rectified by Tiffany Reisz

    Rectified by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Due to a medical condition, Lela has never been able to enjoy sex. Until she meets a very interesting man who promises to lend her a helping hand. .. and a few other body parts. Free story online at http://www. tiffanyreisz. com/storytime. .. .
  • Fervor by Jordan Silver

    Fervor by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When bad boy movie star Gage Maddox thinks his starlet girlfriend has cheated on him this alpha male wants pretty much everyone's head on a platter. He heads home to his family's estate to regroup and put his plans in action. But what happens when...
  • His Mountain Hostage by Jane Henry

    His Mountain Hostage by Jane Henry

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Leila. 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.
  • Patrick: A Mafia Love Story by R.E. Saxton, Kit Tunstall

    Patrick: A Mafia Love Story by R.E. Saxton, Kit Tunstall

    Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    $0. 99 for a limited time. Patrick Murphy leads the Irish mafia in his city. He could have any woman he wants, except the one he’s forbidden himself to take—his ward, Lauren. He longs for her and craves her. Until now, he’s managed to keep her out of his arms by sending her out of the country. Now that she’s finished with college and back home, his resolve is crumbling...
  • The Doctor's Pet by Loki Renard

    The Doctor's Pet by Loki Renard

    Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Tessa is sick and tired of working both day and night shifts at her nursing job in order to keep up with not only her own bills, but those of her wildly irresponsible little brother as well. To make matters worse, when she has the opportunity to interview with the tall, handsome new surgeon at St. Heaths, Dr. Kirk Saunders, she is so stressed that she ends up treating him disrespectfully...
  • His Little Troublemaker by Emily Tilton

    His Little Troublemaker by Emily Tilton

    Rated: 3.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    After twenty-one-year-old Cynthia Beaman is falsely accused of causing a serious traffic accident with a police officer, her situation appears almost hopeless. She's been caught on the wrong side of the law more than once in the past, and with a corrupt judge ready to throw the book at her it seems that a long jail sentence is a certainty...
  • Housekeeper to the Millionaire by Lucy Monroe

    Housekeeper to the Millionaire by Lucy Monroe

    Rated: 3.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Vacancy: housekeeper needed for eligible millionaire! Sexy Win Garrison wants a new housekeeper to make his life easy, not someone who tries to get a ring on his finger! When curvy Carlene Daniels arrives on his doorstep, Win isn't fooled by her oversized jumper and hastily pulled-up hair...
  • Obsession: Christian & Mia by Fiona Davenport

    Obsession: Christian & Mia by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 3.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Christian DeLuca was born into a powerful mafia family, but he’s chosen a different path for his own life. Returning home for his niece’s christening, the last thing he expects is to fall for a beautiful artist with ties to his family. Mia Ricci is instantly attracted to the sexy professor, but a relationship between them is impossible...
  • Bounced Into Love by Rochelle Paige

    Bounced Into Love by Rochelle Paige

    Rated: 3.23 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN AUDIO ON THE READ ME ROMANCE PODCAST. Listen for FREE here:. iTunes - > http://geni. us/A888vRA. Google Play -> http://geni. us/7lB4UBK. Website - > https://bit. ly/2QWUtNd. He hadn’t done anything to deserve her…. Jackson Swift felt like his hands were still dirty after the things he’d seen and done as a collector for a Las Vegas bookie...
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