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Ryker by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsSometimes, the quest for vengeance can cost more than you’re willing to pay. Blakely Sullivan was a foreign aid worker in the Middle East when a deadly bombing took the lives of families she’d come to know and love, collateral damage in someone else’s war...Categorized as:
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Something Nice by Tiffany Reisz
It's July, a couple months after Nora returns to Søren at the end of THE SIREN, and while in bed, Søren makes a trade with Nora. He'll do something nice for her and she'll do something nice for him. Of course Nora picks something sexual. But Søren surprises her with his "something nice" request. Read the excerpt below to find out what it is. This story if for mailing list subscribers only...Categorized as:
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![Her Sweet Surrender by Red Phoenix]()
Her Sweet Surrender by Red Phoenix
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrie has steeled herself for the battle ahead, but she has no idea the forces that lay in wait for her. In the midst of chaos, she experiences the sweetest surrender in the arms of her Master. Despite facing an uncertain future, Brie has never known such bliss….Categorized as:
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![Shallow Submission by Golden Angel]()
Shallow Submission by Golden Angel
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere's only one rule: keep your hands and heart to yourself. Master Asad is a perennial playboy with a serious problem. Years of no-strings-attached fun has left him without a suitable date for his younger brother's wedding. Since going alone would put him in his meddling mother's crosshairs for an entire week, he needs somebody -- literally anybody -- by his side. Enter Morgan... -
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![Love Without Influence by Jade Dollston]()
Love Without Influence by Jade Dollston
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsInfluence (noun): A power affecting a person, thing, or course of events. Monty. Boy meets Girl. Boy experiences severe intestinal distress and runs away. Boy returns and falls in love with Girl despite his… difficulties. Then Boy’s entire world explodes, shattered by outside influences that would have broken a weaker man. But not me... -
![A Good Girl's Guide to Dominance by W.S. Greer]()
A Good Girl's Guide to Dominance by W.S. Greer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy name is Nia Washington. I'm a submissive. And I am f***ing tired. I’m tired of men that claim to be a Dominant, but have no clue what it really means. I'm tired of men playing a part they saw on TV or read in a book, and using it to get what they want out of a woman before leaving her high and dry... -
![Secret Submission by Golden Angel]()
Secret Submission by Golden Angel
Dear Mistress Julie,. I want to apologize for any fright or distress I might have inadvertently caused you. I don’t think I have, but just in case. I didn’t mean to worry you when I sent the gift to your house. If you’d like to know who I am, I am willing to meet. I haven’t revealed myself before because I’ve been unsure of what you would think. Of what everyone would think... -
![Savage Roses by Sienne Vega]()
Savage Roses by Sienne Vega
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI made her a promise I’ll destroy the world to keep…. Revenge is the only thing that stands in my way. Then Delphine and I can finally be together. My father has no idea the hell he’s in for. I’ll savor the moment I get to play in his blood. But when he reveals what he’s really capable of,. I realize I may have underestimated the devil. I’ll never leave his side no matter how dark it gets…... -
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Thunder by Susan Fanetti
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThorin “Thunder” Vaduva is a journeyman MMA fighter—toiling in the shadows, a set of strong shoulders to lift other fighters toward stardom. After years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, he’s trying to get his life on track—be a good father to his teenage son, get his fights in, do his work, keep his head down, keep his demons at bay. Nina Rodriguez is trying to get her life started...Categorized as:
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Zorro by Elizabeth Knox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsZorro. I've been playing with fire my entire life, so messing with two of my club brother's sister was just up my alley. Ruby, the younger half-sister to Grim and Axel. She and I had been flirting for ages, playfully toying with one another. That is, until she went off to one of the most prestigious colleges in the United States-- Stonewall University...Categorized as:
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![Cornered by Kaylea Cross]()
Cornered by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe wants answers—and justice. Jaia knows her brother was murdered on a contracting job overseas, and that the company they work for covered it up. She just can’t prove it—yet. But she’s been quietly searching, gathering evidence and building her case at great personal risk... -
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Bonita Brynne by Naomi Porter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTrack. My Soulmate. Everything about us is wrong but oh so right. I've fallen in love with a man who deceived me. He's not just my irresistibly gorgeous stepbrother, he's the father of my unborn child. Our forbidden love is crazy, but our lives are crazier still. "Uncle" Dorian will stop at nothing to make me his, taking our brother for a hostage bargain...Categorized as:
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![Finding Juniper by Sadia Ash]()
Finding Juniper by Sadia Ash
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom London with love… or indifference? "I have loved Kyle Paxton since I met him a year ago. We've gone through a lifetime of love and breakups. I can't be with him. But I can't keep away. I need to try to love him the way he is. Imperfect. Broken. Unconditional love, is that even possible? In an age of casual hookups, can our love survive? "...Categorized as:
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![Chasing Temptation by Tracy Lorraine]()
Chasing Temptation by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNot all lessons can be learned in a classroom. I went back to school to make something of myself—it was all about me. Until her. .. My teacher. One look in those sad eyes and every other reason for being in that classroom is erased. She’s lost. That much is obvious. Damn if I didn’t want to be the one to find her, to hell with rules. I wasn’t expecting to fall so hard and fast...Categorized as:
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![A Good Girl's Guide to Dominance by W.S. Greer]()
A Good Girl's Guide to Dominance by W.S. Greer
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![My Rebel by Sapna Bhog]()
My Rebel by Sapna Bhog
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShe was just the means to an end…until she started to become more. Faced with her parents insistent matchmaking, TIYA SOOD claims to be in a steady relationship. To her bad luck, she blurts out the name of Vihaan Rajpoot—bad boy and serial heartbreaker—as her boyfriend...Categorized as:
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Game of Hearts by Cathy Yardley
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKyla Summers has been offered the opportunity of a lifetime to get her cosplay business off the ground, and only one thing stands in her way. She needs someone to take over the auto shop, and there’s only one person she can think of to call…. Jericho Salomon hasn’t been back in his home town since he joined a biker gang and rode off nine years ago...Categorized as:
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Angels & Assassins by K. Alex Walker
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTayler Diaz, a pediatric oncologist working in the small town of Yearwood, NC, stumbles upon Gage Wolfe's virtually lifeless body when leaving for the day after a long shift at Yearwood Medical. While phoning for help to get him into the hospital for treatment, Gage makes one last declaration that sends a chill straight to her bones: "Just let me die, love. "... -
![Revenge of the Syndicate by Natalie Nicole]()
Revenge of the Syndicate by Natalie Nicole
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThey took her. They took the one thing in our miserable lives that means anything to us. When we find her. Revenge will be had. But with that revenge, secrets must unravel. Truths must be told. But with the revelations. .. Questions arise... -
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Facing Off by Sookh Kaur
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNHL’s hottest, cocky captain. The ballerina who hates hockey players. One month to land her biggest audition…if she doesn't strangle him first. My brother’s captain is a disaster with abs you could cut diamonds on, and a smirk that makes me want to punch him. And somehow, he’s the only one who can save my ballet career when I keep falling on stage...Categorized as:
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![Forgive Me Father for I Have Loved by Tiana Laveen]()
Forgive Me Father for I Have Loved by Tiana Laveen
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFather Dane Caruso has been a priest for seven and a half years and certain of his affirmation to help the Catholic Church and preach the Word of God. He was the person everyone called on during a crisis or emotional devastation — Dane was everyone’s rock. However, all that came into question after the death of a dear friend... -
![Black Light: Charmed by Jennifer Bene]()
Black Light: Charmed by Jennifer Bene
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCassandra is everything I'm not. Kind, warm, optimistic. .. happy. If I was less of a selfish prick, I'd walk away. But I can't. It was supposed to be one night of fun, but ten months after Valentine Roulette he can't get the feisty model out of his head. She's invaded his dreams, ruined every session at Black Light, and it's been four months since she even returned a text. This isn't him...Categorized as:
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![Her Royal Daddy by Maren Smith, Rayanna Jamison]()
Her Royal Daddy by Maren Smith, Rayanna Jamison
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen Norah Baxter took a job as the royal correspondent for the king of a small island nation off the coast of Africa, she hoped the bold career move would offer her the chance for a fresh start. What she did not expect was to be threatened with a spanking before her flight even landed...Categorized as:
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![A Good Girl's Guide to Dominance by W.S. Greer]()
A Good Girl's Guide to Dominance by W.S. Greer
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBlurb Coming Soon. -
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![Black Light: Saved by Raisa Greywood]()
Black Light: Saved by Raisa Greywood
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsJafari’s little rabbit might try to run, but he’s going to catch her. No matter what. Kacy's past is dark and twisted, and it's coming back to haunt her. But she's not alone this time. Dominant and possessive, Jafari isn't going to let his favorite masochist run away again. He'll keep her tied up and begging for him while he slays her dragons, even if she insists she's no damsel in distress... -
![Concealed by a Kiss by Selena Laurence]()
Concealed by a Kiss by Selena Laurence
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAn action-packed military romance by award-winning author Selena Laurence! She Followed the Rules. When Alexis Garcia left Gabe Thompson in Afghanistan two years ago, she had every intention of waiting for him to come home... -
![Baby By Accident by Caro LaFever]()
Baby By Accident by Caro LaFever
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA bad boy. An ice princess. And a secret she won’t reveal. When a pirate playboy takes over her family’s financial company, Lise Helton can find nothing to like about the man. Except for the inconvenient lust she feels every time she’s in a room with him... -
![Silent Nights by Olivia Gaines, Terri Blackwell]()
Silent Nights by Olivia Gaines, Terri Blackwell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJoshua Langdon is going deaf. He is not hard of hearing his parent's constant hounding for him to find a wife or his sister’s consistent meddling to set him up with a nice girl. To quiet the noises, he agrees to attend an art show, given by a hippie artist who paints penises and has three first names... -
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Lodged by Liss Montoya
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHer memories are lost, but he won’t leave the past behind…. All I ever wanted was to get my degree, live life in a big city, then return home to my small town. That was the dream, and it was on the horizon. Until I met him—my hot, unassuming lab instructor, Gio Bianchi. As labs go by, I grow more curious about him and the possibility of us being more... -
![In the Ring: A Dario Caivano Novel by Perri Forrest]()
In the Ring: A Dario Caivano Novel by Perri Forrest
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“In the Ring” introduces Dario “DC” Caivano, heavyweight champion, who is also a man with a heavy heart. It isn’t without reason, however. As a teenager, Dario witnessed the murder of someone that he loved like a brother, and it took a lot out of him. It hardened him and left little to trust... -
![Solo by Lauren E. Rico]()
Solo by Lauren E. Rico
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen graduate student Katherine Brenner walked into my class, I couldn't stand her -- all perfect skin and big, blue eyes -- just like the woman who broke my heart. If it wasn't for that blizzard, if her car hadn't broken down outside my house, if she hadn't looked amazing by the firelight, I never would have kissed her. No matter how hard I try, every excuse I make not to see her comes up flat... -
![Stuffing His Stocking by Elyse Kelly]()
Stuffing His Stocking by Elyse Kelly
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI thought I’d never see him again, but five years later we’re n@ked in front of the Christmas tree. Dylan Kane is gorgeous. He’s smart and wealthy and used to be my st3p brother. But it’s not like we were actual siblings or anything. Our parents were only married for a year. I didn’t think he’d even remember me until he showed up and saved me when I least expected it...Categorized as:
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![Pieces of Stronghold by Golden Angel]()
Pieces of Stronghold by Golden Angel
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Stronghold Doms and their submissives are anxiously watching as Jared and Leigh, both on the rebound from seven year, emotionally turmoiled, relationships take the first tentative steps towards something more than friendship. Leigh isn't sure she's a submissive, but she's intrigued and spending more and more time in the club... -
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Fall Semester by Stephanie Fournet
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDespite his stunning good looks, Dr. Malcolm Vashal is perhaps the most detested professor on campus. A floundering career and the aftershocks of a painful divorce have left the 34-year-old with more than a little self-loathing, which only grows when he meets Maren Gardner. The graduate student with the loyal heart and searching eyes is much too good for him...Categorized as:
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![Blossom by Helen Hardt]()
Blossom by Helen Hardt
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnce you fully submit, your darkest cravings will…Blossom. The ultra-luxe Black Rose Underground Club used to be Mary Sandusky’s favorite place to play. She was happy to slip into her role as seasoned submissive Blossom and relinquish control to an expert Dom. But when a scene gets out of hand, she can no longer trust her own dark appetites. She’s ready to walk away from Black Rose for good. . -
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Ivy's Twisted Vine by Latrivia S. Nelson
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIvy Winters is a college queen on the rise to becoming the next big thing to hit the Memphis marketing industry. All she has to do is finish her last year of college with top honors and plan the biggest wedding event of the year, before she's off to being Mrs. Grey Henderson and V. P. of a major firm. Her five-year plan is working out smoothly until her fiance dumps her...Categorized as:
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![Signs of Attraction by Laura Brown]()
Signs of Attraction by Laura Brown
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDo you know what hearing loss sounds like? I do. All my life I've tried to be like you. I've failed. So I keep it hidden. But on the day my world crashed down around me, Reed was there. He showed me just how loud and vibrant silence can be, even when I struggled to understand. He's unlike anyone I've ever known. His soulful eyes and strong hands pulled me in before I knew what was happening... -
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Broken Lion by Devon Hartford
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBestselling author Devon Hartford brings you another scorching hot and scandalous standalone romance. BROKEN MEN BREAK HEARTS. The night the EMTs wheeled Lion Maxwell into my Emergency Room turned my life upside down. Although he was bloody and battered from defending his title as the reigning cruiserweight champion of Mixed Martial Arts, his cocky grin lit up the room...Categorized as:
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![Songs for Cricket by Terri E. Laine]()
Songs for Cricket by Terri E. Laine
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShe’s his best friend’s little sister and off limits. College freshman, Finley Farrow, has two fairly ambitious goals this school year: make the football team and get over Shepard Connelly. The gorgeous football player with the magnificent voice would one day be a star on or off the field. But he’ll never see her as more than his best friend’s sister. Now her eye is on the end zone...Categorized as:
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![His Boy to Cuddle by Morticia Knight]()
His Boy to Cuddle by Morticia Knight
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDear Santa,. I just recently moved to Boston and would love to find a sweet, pretty boy to spend the holidays with. I’m a fit, thirty-eight-year-old Daddy who loves to cuddle, pamper and kiss up a storm. Spankings and punishments? Not so much. With that in mind, I’d prefer a nice boy. Naughty in bed? That’s a different story! I’m all about heating up the sheets and keeping my boy satisfied... -
![Falling For My Dad's Friend by Flora Ferrari]()
Falling For My Dad's Friend by Flora Ferrari
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsa steamy standalone instalove romance (a man who knows what he wants book 289). -
![The Mountain Man's Nanny by Izabella Brooks]()
The Mountain Man's Nanny by Izabella Brooks
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBaron. A life of wilderness is all I’ve ever known. Which is probably why it’s so hard to adapt when my younger sister passes away, leaving me in charge of her ten-month-old baby. As much as I adore my sweet little niece, none of my mountain man skills ever prepared me for my role as a single dad. Enter the nanny my best friend hired to help me out...Categorized as:
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![Too Close to Doubt by M.A. Innes]()
Too Close to Doubt by M.A. Innes
Jeremy and Kevin’s house is almost perfect. Along with more room to spread out, it comes with new ways to drive Bryan crazy and playrooms for a little and a middle. But change also comes with new trials for in the brothers. As Kevin sees their world evolving, he loves knowing that they’ve taken their first steps toward a true grown-up future together, but that brings up more questions... -
![Twisted by Amity Hope, Hope Juliot]()
Twisted by Amity Hope, Hope Juliot
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMaya Anderson has faced more than her share of tragedy and heartbreak. For the past six years she’s constantly been on the move with her mom. When another disaster strikes, she finds herself back in her childhood hometown of Beaumont, living with her older sister for her senior year. A chance meeting reacquaints her with Ben McCaffey, a long-forgotten classmate from her past... -
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![Time Will Tell by Chantal Fernando]()
Time Will Tell by Chantal Fernando
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsBe spontaneous, they say. That's how I ended up on the back of a stranger's bike. A sexy, tall, tattooed stranger, but a stranger nonetheless. How was I to know that a chance meeting with this man, Xander Kane, was going to change my life? Series order:. Maybe This Time. This Time Around. Time and Time Again (Tag novella). Time Will Tell. Thief (Dash). -
![Dad's Jealous Friend by Lena Little]()
Dad's Jealous Friend by Lena Little
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThis is my best friend’s child. His little girl. But she’s nineteen, a legal adult, and technically can make any decision she wants. Such as choosing to be with me, which is the only right choice in my mind...Categorized as:
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![Rough Around the Edges by Ranae Rose]()
Rough Around the Edges by Ranae Rose
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes love is enough. Other times, you have to fight for it. Raw, real romance from an all-male point of view. For Ryan Moore, the choice to fight is like the choice to breathe - necessary. After being wounded in war and discharged from the United States Marine Corps, competitive MMA fighting is the only thing he's still able to excel at... -
![Golden Hour of You and Me by K. Jamila]()
Golden Hour of You and Me by K. Jamila
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings✶ Coming October 2022 ✶. Sheyanne Shaw hates nothing more than she hates her hometown of Flagstaff, Arizona. Except maybe being forced to return to it. After escaping her estranged relationship with her father, leaving behind her brother and her best friends, she returns after four years away. All to help her father in sorting out the house and the stables she grew up on... -
![Work For It - Special Edition by Leila Burnes]()
Work For It - Special Edition by Leila Burnes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's business not-so-casual between them. .. Selene Haddad works for Naiad Novels, the hottest serialized fiction app on the market, tasked with writing never-ending romance stories. It’s a dream job, minus one aspect of it—having to work alongside Daniel Santiago, the company’s disgustingly charming acquisitions manager…and the man who screwed her out of a massive payday... -
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Deviance by Eclipsc
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings
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