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  • THE HOOD FLOWER GIRL: A NOVELLA by M Monique

    THE HOOD FLOWER GIRL: A NOVELLA by M Monique

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    When crushes fall. .. Since Poppi "Hood" Bloom was a kid, her love for flowers has been deep. She is devoted to her craft of making beautiful arrangements for whatever occasion her clients may desire. When a beloved teacher passes, Poppi makes it her business to show her respects to the person who helped shape her childhood...
  • 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...
  • Seven Card Stud by Emilia Finn

    Seven Card Stud by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This is book 7 in the Stacked Deck Series. Full blurb coming soon.
    Categorized as:
    cliffhanger  sports  new adult  humor  length-medium  m-f
  • 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...
  • Breathless by Helen Hardt

    Breathless by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Marjorie Steel, sister of Talon, Jonah, and Ryan, takes center stage in Breathless, the highly anticipated next installment of the Steel Brothers Saga. #1 New York Times, #1 USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Helen Hardt has captivated readers with the twists and turns of the Steels, and Marjorie’s story promises to deliver even more heat and surprises...
  • In High Cotton by Denise Grover Swank

    In High Cotton by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The second book in the USA Today bestselling Neely Kate Mystery series, a spinoff of the New York Times bestselling Rose Gardner series. Neely Kate’s life is finally coming together. She’s living and working with her best friend, Rose...
  • 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. .. .. ..
  • Charmed By A Rich N*gga by Dedra B.

    Charmed By A Rich N*gga by Dedra B.

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    With the world at her creative fingertips, her best friend by her side, and her perfect man loving her, 27 years old Chicago “Chi” Owens is beautiful inside and out with a tough girl interior, just like the city she’s named after...
  • 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...
  • A Very Naughty MC Christmas by L. Wilder, Jordan Marie

    A Very Naughty MC Christmas by L. Wilder, Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Tis the season for an MC Christmas. 10 steamy stories sure to make the naughty list this year.
  • 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...
  • King's Wrath by Nina Levine

    King's Wrath by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Finally meet the enigma that is King. Our love wasn’t like everyone else’s. There wasn’t a first date or flowers and gifts. We didn’t have a song or cute nicknames for each other. There were no calls during the day to check in with me, no coming home to cook me dinner, and no foot massages at the end of a long day. That wasn’t how he loved. But love me he did...
  • Ireland by Sylvia Day

    Ireland by Sylvia Day

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    #1 New York Times & No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author Sylvia Day returns to the decadence of the multimillion-selling Crossfire® Saga with Ireland, a searing new tale of temptation, deception, and ice-cold vengeance. Ireland Vidal is the third generation to control Vidal Records, and she’s on track to lead the recording company to greater heights...
  • My Baby Is a West Coast King 2 by Shvonne Latrice

    My Baby Is a West Coast King 2 by Shvonne Latrice

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    Laine was shocked to learn that not only had Mischief been unfaithful, but that he'd possibly fathered a child by the last person he should have ever been in bed with. Feeling like maybe she moved way too fast with him, Laine decides to free herself and have a little fun, hoping it will alleviate the heartbreak she'd just endured...
  • Pregnant By A Down South Millionaire  by Taniece

    Pregnant By A Down South Millionaire by Taniece

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From the author that brought you the bestselling Taken By A Wealthy Man. "Sometimes our mothers' advice hits hard, but when my Mama told me that all men are dogs, that ninety-nine percent of them will cheat, and one hundred percent of them will lie, she was speaking a painful truth. Some men are just overgrown little boys, never grasping that it's time to man up...
  • Tampering with A Thug's Heart by Coco Shawnde

    Tampering with A Thug's Heart by Coco Shawnde

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tiphani Walton is living her best life with longtime boyfriend, Benji. The one day that should have been full of love led her to handcuffs and homelessness. The four-year relationship with Benji quickly turns into a toxic situation. The last thing she expected was to run into St. Louis heavy cocaine pusha, Israel Townsend all in the same night...
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    cliffhanger  length-short
  • Shake by Addison Jane

    Shake by Addison Jane

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ham lost his family in one swoop of the devil’s hand. His parents were killed, and his brother and sister were torn away from him by a broken system. As the eldest sibling, he was meant to protect them and keep what was left of their family together. But he failed. When he found the Brothers by Blood MC, he was given a second chance at a family...
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    cliffhanger  suspense  bikers  audiobook
  • Born Sinner by Cora Kenborn, Catherine Wiltcher

    Born Sinner by Cora Kenborn, Catherine Wiltcher

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    My sins will be her penance. A Corrupt Gods prequel. I came to this college for one reason—her. A cartel princess. Mexican royalty. Sworn enemy of the Colombian ranks I’m destined to climb. I’m meant to hate her. Destroy her name and sacrifice her innocence. But Lola Carrera isn’t the delicate flower her family thinks she is. And I just took a match to her ivory tower. Obsession is a loaded gun…...
    Categorized as:
    cliffhanger  suspense  mafia  virgin heroine
  • 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...
  • The Red Ledger: 2 by Meredith Wild

    The Red Ledger: 2 by Meredith Wild

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She’s the only link to his past…. Six years ago, Tristan Stone was everything to me. My whole heart, my future. We were unshakeable, bound tighter by any force that tried to drive us apart. Then he disappeared from my life, leaving me in tatters, broken and running away to one of the most intense cities in the world. Somehow he found me, but now nothing is the same…...
  • Impossible Dream by Gemma Jackson

    Impossible Dream by Gemma Jackson

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    In 1898 three young girls leave a Dublin orphanage to enter a life of domestic service. They are placed in the home of Captain Charles Whitmore but soon discover that the household is in turmoil. Charles, hoping to amass a fortune, is preparing to set off on a long sea voyage, deliberately leaving his wife Georgina almost penniless to fend for herself and the servants...
  • 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...
  • Unbreakable by Tynessa

    Unbreakable by Tynessa

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Shaniqua and her on again/off again boyfriend Ronny have one hell of a relationship. Ronny is every woman's dream. He’s charming, his money is long and he has the prettiest set of green eyes that the ladies just love. Shaniqua is not only his stripper girlfriend of 4 years but she is also the mother of his only child and the love of his life...
  • 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...
  • The Red Ledger: 5 by Meredith Wild

    The Red Ledger: 5 by Meredith Wild

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Tomorrow isn’t promised…. I’ve seen death. I’ve watched my place in the world fall away. Every day, the life I’ve chosen with Tristan changes shape. It’s not the life I wanted for us, but it’s ours. I accept this, as unready as I sometimes feel to face the dark side of humanity he knows too well. Now the person who’s responsible for putting us on this path has slipped from our grasp...
  • Rain's Theory by K.C. Mills

    Rain's Theory by K.C. Mills

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rain had only been in love once in her life and it was the kind of love that held onto you so tight that nothing could erase it from your life, not even time or distance. Back in Atlanta after six years Rain was focused on one thing and that was finding the one person who ever truly owned her heart, Theory...
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    cliffhanger  length-short
  • Tampering with A Thug's Heart 2 by Coco Shawnde

    Tampering with A Thug's Heart 2 by Coco Shawnde

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the second installment, Israel arrives back in St. Louis with heavy news. He has to make a decision that possibly could cost him. It seems his past has come back to haunt him after years of maturing into a new man. Tiphani has been through a lot as it is, but the intruder that robbed Israel home is set on making her life more miserable than ever before...
    Categorized as:
    cliffhanger  length-short
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Unbreakable 2 by Tynessa

    Unbreakable 2 by Tynessa

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Shaniqua and Ronny are back to their old tricks of breaking up to make up. You would think after dealing with Dre’s craziness it would've been a wake up call for them to get it together. With Ronny’s past history it’s hard for Shaniqua to trust him but he’s doing everything in his power to prove to her that he wants her and only her...
    Categorized as:
    cliffhanger  length-short
  • 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...
  • Bend the Pucking Rules by Rachel Leigh

    Bend the Pucking Rules by Rachel Leigh

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bend The Pucking Rules is the second book in the sexy and suspenseful Ice Lords Series. An Enemies to Lovers, Why-Choose, College Hockey Romance. I know too much and now, I’m paying the price. One secret shattered my world. Three boys wrecked my life. And one of them just might own my heart—if only he could remember...
  • 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...
  • Creepin': A New Orleans Love Story by Chenell Parker

    Creepin': A New Orleans Love Story by Chenell Parker

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The odds were already against 17 year old Lamia. Growing up in the projects of New Orleans with a drug addicted father and an unconcerned mother forced her to mature beyond her youth. Determined not to accept her surroundings, Mia stepped up to take responsibility for her siblings, her parents and her parents' mistakes...
  • 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...
  • You're My Little Secret 2 by Chenell Parker

    You're My Little Secret 2 by Chenell Parker

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Brooklyn went from being a naïve eighteen-year-old virgin to being the pregnant side chick of a soon to be married man. Dominic has always wanted to be a father and he’s excited that Brooklyn is making his dream a reality. Dominic loves Brooklyn but his history with his fiancée Kennedi has made it difficult to choose between the two...
  • Suck Me Slow by Mel Dau

    Suck Me Slow by Mel Dau

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Queentesa ‘Queenie’ Manigault lives her life to please others with very little time for self. Although this is what she does, it is not what is required from her family who love her dearly. They want her to have a much-needed life break and Montego Bay is just the answer...
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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...
  • Pocketful of Shame by Chloe Walsh

    Pocketful of Shame by Chloe Walsh

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "Nothing in Pocketful is as it seems. ". Chris Capaldi's words of warning haunt my every waking hour. I know I'm in danger, even if I can't identify the threat. Telling Sketch about the night his brother died was a mistake that could prove fatal for all of us. Secrets of this magnitude should stay buried, but it's out now and I can feel the walls closing in on me...
  • Mistress by Nia Forrester

    Mistress by Nia Forrester

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Before and after her run-in with Shawn from ‘Commitment‘, Keisha had her own story. This is it . . . Keisha Crawford is at a crossroads. Just when she thought she’d finally risen above the scandal in her past, her latest “sugar daddy” passes away, and now she’s being evicted from the luxury penthouse she thought was hers...
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