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  • Crossfire Boxed Set by Sylvia Day

    Crossfire Boxed Set by Sylvia Day

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Experience the passion of Eva and Gideon—in the first three intensely sensual Crossfire novels by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sylvia Day—Bared to You, Reflected in You, and Entwined with You...
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    bdsm  alpha male  contemporary  suspense  erotica  m-f
  • The Dom Who Came in from the Cold by Lexi Blake

    The Dom Who Came in from the Cold by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Kyle Hawthorne once believed his future would be a job in the private sector—a simple, normal life. Fate had other plans and he wound up in the military. Some newly discovered talents caught the eye of the CIA, and in no time he was working with a covert team. He found himself in a relationship with fellow operative, Julia—until she turned out to be the enemy...
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  • In Love with Ezra by Love Belvin

    In Love with Ezra by Love Belvin

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    Disclaimer: This series is for mature audiences only. There are three installments to the “Love Unaccounted” series. This installment is a full-length novel that contains profanity, erotica, acts of bondage, domination, and violence. It ends on a cliffhanger. If you do not like dark, racy romance between your pages this book is not for you. They made covenant. They’re married...
  • Soul by Audrey Carlan

    Soul by Audrey Carlan

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    I was a dead woman. I’d finally had a glimpse of true love, admiration, and the kind of devotion only your soulmate, your other half, could provide…until it was physically ripped away. Taken. My stalker had me, and there was little hope I’d be found. I knew Chase would use all his money and resources to search the ends of the Earth for me, but I knew the monster I was dealing with...
  • Rapturous by M.S. Force, Marie Force

    Rapturous by M.S. Force, Marie Force

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    The story begun in the initial Quantum Trilogy picks up on Oscar night after Academy Award-winning director Hayden Roth kisses the woman he desires above all others, even though he knows she can never be his. Addison York craves her boss’s best friend, Hayden, but he has never given her an ounce of encouragement—until tonight when he kissed her after winning the Oscar...
  • Zandor by M.J. Fields

    Zandor by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Book 3 in the Men of Steel Series This book is Zandor's story. Zandor Steel had spent the better part of the past year in Italy helping to oversee the building of a posh casino resort. A playground for the rich and famous. A place any man with money could afford to live a life of leisure and pleasure...
  • Sinful Desire by Lauren Blakely

    Sinful Desire by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A sinfully sexy new romance novel from Lauren Blakely, author of the New York Times Bestselling Seductive Nights series…. Control. It’s what Ryan Sloan values most. Control of his business, control of his secrets, control of his days and nights. With the way his life spiraled in the past, he needs to stay in charge of his present. Giving up control. It’s what Sophie Winston craves...
  • Dominance Never Dies by Lexi Blake

    Dominance Never Dies by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    A loss he can’t forget   Since losing his twin brother, Theo, in the line of duty, Case Taggart has felt dead inside. The former Navy SEAL has dedicated himself to his family and their business but he can’t help but feel stuck as he watches everyone else move on with their lives...
  • Dominic: The Prince by M.J. Fields

    Dominic: The Prince by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The Italian, seductive, quiet alpha, Dominic Segretti, is leaving Livorno, Italy and headed for the Jersey Shore. His family's business is in danger of crumbling under the management of a man who tormented and grossly underestimated his investment in a business he grew up loving, and the hatred of a man who made his life hell for thirteen years...
  • Lost and Found by Lexi Blake

    Lost and Found by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Owen Shaw and his “brothers” lost everything, their entire existence erased. Science had robbed he and all the Lost Boys of their memories and their past, but not their future. Hunted by every intelligence agency in the world, they are focused on two goals: find a cure for what was done to them and ensure that the technology that ruined their lives doesn’t get out into the world...
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    bdsm  length-medium  suspense  contemporary  erotica  m-f
  • In Covenant with Ezra by Love Belvin

    In Covenant with Ezra by Love Belvin

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    He’s an Oxonian, licensed therapist, and man of faith, preparing to take over the largest Pentecostal church in New York. She’s an around-the-way girl from Harlem, struggling with three jobs and school to make ends meet for so many. So, what could they possibly have in common? Find out how Ezra Carmichael and Lex Grier make a covenant, creating a sphere for both their worlds to harmonize...
  • Adore by Nina Lane

    Adore by Nina Lane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Liv and Dean have everything...almost. With a rambunctious toddler, crazy work schedules, and too many responsibilities, they've lost sight of their passionate, intense marriage. And Professor West is none too happy about that.Not to mention, Dean's brother Archer is fighting to convince stubborn Kelsey March to marry him -- and Dean refuses to take his own marriage for granted...
  • Shameless Embraces by Lora Leigh

    Shameless Embraces by Lora Leigh

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    Embraced Marey has run from herself and from Sax for over three years. Lost years, hiding in the home her parents left her, living on the fantasy, too wary to reach out and make real the dreams of the life and man that torment her. Sax Brogan is the embodiment of sinful and sexy - tall, dark, handsome and every inch of him the fantasy of Marey's dreams come to hot, throbbing life...
  • For His Eyes Only by Lexi Blake

    For His Eyes Only by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    A night he can’t forget Five years ago, Nick Markovic found himself consumed by his quest for vengeance. The one time he managed to find peace was in the arms of Hayley Dalton. Being with her was like bathing in sunlight, and he ached to feel that again, but he couldn’t...
  • Absolving His Sins by Samantha A. Cole

    Absolving His Sins by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The book Trident Security fans have been waiting for! The huntress has become the hunted, in more ways than one. Jordyn Alvarez works for the United States government—a fact no one in authority will admit. She does Uncle Sam’s dirty work. Some might call her an agent, but few know her real title—Assassin...
  • The Master by Tara Sue Me

    The Master by Tara Sue Me

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 24 ratings
    Sasha Blake is scarred from a BDSM session gone wrong, but she can't deny how drawn she is to a strong Master. Determined to rejoin the Partners in Play community, she asks Abby and Nathaniel West to set her up with a Dom who will make her feel safe again as a sub. Cole Johnson knows how to push all of Sasha's buttons, but he's convinced she's not the submissive he needs...
  • Mind by Audrey Carlan

    Mind by Audrey Carlan

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    I’m a magnet for evil and controlling men. Chase, my big business tycoon and love of my life, thinks he can protect me…he can’t. No one can. It became clear far too late how serious my stalker was, that his threats weren’t idle. He proved more than once that he would do what it takes, that there were no stakes too high to his sick and twisted games and delusions of worship...
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    alpha male  length-medium  suspense  erotica
  • Wicked Impulse by Chelle Bliss

    Wicked Impulse by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    There's only one thing worse than dating a friend's sister--sleeping with his mother. Fran DeLuca's known for her bossy, overbearing personality almost as much as for her love of nylon tracksuits. But when someone runs off with fifty thousand dollars, she becomes involved in an ALFA investigation and catches the eye of silver fox biker, Bear...
  • Mind by Audrey Carlan

    Mind by Audrey Carlan

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    I'm a magnet for evil and controlling men. Chase, my big business tycoon thinks he can protect me...he can't. No one can. It became clear far too late how serious my stalker was, that his threats weren't idle. He proved more than once that he would do what it takes, that there were no stakes too high to his sick and twisted games and delusions of worship...
  • Brie Pleases Her New Master by Red Phoenix

    Brie Pleases Her New Master by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Find out what happens after the elevator doors close… Brie and her new Master are now free to explore life as a D/s couple. Although Brie graduated from the Submissive Training Center top of her class, she soon finds she still has a lot to learn. A rival Dom cannot accept her choice of Master and will not let her go without a fight...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  alpha male  erotica  anal sex  m-f  length-novella
  • Pink: Hot 'n Sexy for a cure: The Books for Boobies 2015 Anthology by Tara Oakes, River Savage

    Pink: Hot 'n Sexy for a cure: The Books for Boobies 2015 Anthology by Tara Oakes, River Savage

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ** WARNING ** This book is meant for those over 18 years of age due to strong sexual and mature content. Join 28 of today's hottest romance authors as they introduce you to their most memorable and beloved characters in all-new, exclusive, scorching scenes...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  length-medium  erotica  contemporary
  • Siren in Bloom by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Siren in Bloom by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Re-released in a second edition with new content. For psychologist Leo Meyer, peace and comfort come through strict discipline and order. It’s one of the reasons he was chosen by Julian Lodge to be the Dom in residence at his club. His time there has been a near-perfect existence filled with a daily routine free from the chaos of emotional attachment...
  • Engage by Drew Elyse

    Engage by Drew Elyse

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Once a Disciple, forever a Disciple. They came for her in the night. When she wakes, she’s in a cell. She has no idea if it will help, but it is the only option she has: She tells them she belongs to the Savage Disciples MC. A Disciple will fight like a savage when it counts. Years ago, he lost everything. Now, the club is the only thing Jager allows himself to care about...
  • Satisfaction by Lexi Blake

    Satisfaction by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The sizzling second novel in a sexy new contemporary romance series featuring the Lawless siblings—from New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake. Brandon Lawless is a man on a mission: obtain the information that will clear his father’s name. He’s willing to do whatever it takes—even seduce his enemy’s personal assistant, the beautiful and innocent Carly Hendricks...
  • Famous by Marie Force

    Famous by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I thought I’d finally met the man of my dreams... Marlowe I’ve planned this night for weeks, down to the last detail. I want it to be perfect. Bringing someone new into my private life is not something I do lightly, having learned the hard way over the years that celebrity has a dark downside that I go out of my way to avoid whenever possible. But he is different...
  • Undeniably Asher by K.L. Kreig

    Undeniably Asher by K.L. Kreig

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Memories. When does our past stop picking at our scars and start letting them heal? Scars. Can we see beyond our wounds to the possibilities the future holds? Possibilities. How do we let ourselves become vulnerable enough to trust the love that’s right in front of us? Fate. She’s a fickle, wily bitch that slaps us in the face every opportunity she gets...
  • Loved Right by Mr. Wrong by Tatum James

    Loved Right by Mr. Wrong by Tatum James

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When you can't get over the one that got away, do you spin the block or live with your regrets?Summer Day owns a vegan bakery and ice cream shop. The free-spirited beauty lives life on her own terms. After being let down time after time, she gives up on love vowing to get her gratification through flings and carry on in solitude with her heart intact.An avid businessman, Emerald Pike Jr...
  • At Your Service by Lexi Blake

    At Your Service by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Juliana O’Neil’s promising future was burned away in the heat of battle. She had been an officer with a bright future in the military, but now she is struggling to survive. Her husband gone and her career in shambles, she finds a job at Top as a hostess and tries to put together the pieces of her life...
  • Atonement by D.H. Sidebottom

    Atonement by D.H. Sidebottom

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    This is the fourth book in The Heart of Stone collection. It is essential to read the first three books in this series before reading this volume. Reading order: Incineration Tolerance Resolution Atonement You would think after eight years in a relationship, that you would know your partner inside out. Ava Fox thought that… How wrong she was...
  • Share Me, Touch Me, Tie Me by Olivia Cunning

    Share Me, Touch Me, Tie Me by Olivia Cunning

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    For the five rock gods of Sole Regret, finding love is easy, keeping it is hard. This anthology contains three novellas from the best-selling One Night with Sole Regret serial series. Volume 2 includes: Share Me is a prequel to the series...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  length-medium  erotica  m-f
  • Cruise by Drew Elyse

    Cruise by Drew Elyse

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Once a Disciple, forever a Disciple. After giving up eighteen months of his life for his club, the Disciples' president is finally tasting freedom again. Stone knows there's only one thing that might ever be as sweet, but she's too young, too perfect, too untouchable for a man like him. A Disciple will fight like a savage to protect what matters...
  • Cameron's Contract by Vanessa Fewings, Louise Bohmer

    Cameron's Contract by Vanessa Fewings, Louise Bohmer

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Part 2 of the Enthrall Sessions Novella Series. Enemies swirl. Boundaries break. Love shatters. The master is being challenged like never before, but those who claw for his possessions will feel his wrath. Billionaire Cameron Cole is a man without equal. For his true wealth is his intellect. Words bind, and once ink soaks paper, lives change...
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    alpha male  bdsm  erotica  length-novella
  • Dom Wars: Round Three by Lucian Bane

    Dom Wars: Round Three by Lucian Bane

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Round three and four is all about Demon Domination for both Tara and Lucian...
  • The Terms: Part Two by Ruby Rowe

    The Terms: Part Two by Ruby Rowe

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Camilla I longed to believe my bond with Ellis was impenetrable, but in reality, I held secrets that could blow open the tightly woven seam of our newfound relationship...
  • Being Graves: A Club Irons Novel by Drew Sera

    Being Graves: A Club Irons Novel by Drew Sera

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Confident. Charming. Magnetic. Irresistible. Women undress me with their eyes and fantasize about an evening with me in Club Irons. Those who get their chance, rave about our time. I’m self-sufficient, and I don’t need or want, a permanent woman in my life. I like my sex kinky, hard and a touch on the rough side. And I don’t mix sex with emotions...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  length-medium  new adult  erotica
  • Nauti Seductress by Lora Leigh

    Nauti Seductress by Lora Leigh

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh delivers the heat with another steamy novel featuring the Mackay sisters, following Nauti Enchantress and Nauti Temptress.Zoey Mackay is as tough and savvy as anyone. But when an unknown assailant slips her a psychoactive drug, she descends into a literal nightmare of violence and blood...
  • Justice Falling by Audrey Carlan

    Justice Falling by Audrey Carlan

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sweet and naïve in the ways of the world, Camille “Cami” Johnston has done whatever it takes to survive in New York City. Unbroken by her tumultuous past, she is pursuing a stable and secure future that doesn’t include worrying about where the rent money will come from...
  • Shameless by Brynley Bush

    Shameless by Brynley Bush

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Sheltered good girl Victoria Raine has always wanted to be a little bad. Tired of living life safely on the sidelines, she summons the courage to forge a new path for herself and applies to the FBI, looking for adventure and something to fulfill her vague longing for something…more...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  length-medium  contemporary  erotica
  • One Night with Sole Regret Anthology Vol.2: Share Me, Touch Me, Tie Me by Olivia Cunning

    One Night with Sole Regret Anthology Vol.2: Share Me, Touch Me, Tie Me by Olivia Cunning

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    For the five rock gods of Sole Regret, finding love is easy, keeping it is hard.This anthology contains three novellas from the best-selling One Night with Sole Regret serial series.Volume 2 includes:SHARE ME is a prequel to the series...
  • Desired by Stacey Kennedy

    Desired by Stacey Kennedy

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Readers of Fifty Shades of Grey are sure to love Desired, USA Today bestselling author Stacey Kennedy’s latest seductive, electrifying novel of Club Sin, where fantasy becomes reality.   Kyler Morgan, Master at the legendary Club Sin in Las Vegas, knows how to give women what they want—too well. He hasn’t had a real challenge in a long time. Then Ella Snow enters his life...
  • Hawk by Jo Raven

    Hawk by Jo Raven

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Bad-boy heir to the Fleming Group empire, Jamie “Hawk” Fleming, at your service. Here’s the breakdown: my father has been thrown behind bars on murder charges, and my mother as accessory. That was three months ago, and since then, everything has been a downhill ride. The only thing keeping me sane right now is Hot Body...
  • Command by Sierra Cartwright

    Command by Sierra Cartwright

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Bonds Four men. One powerful bond. Rich, powerful, eccentric, Julien Bonds knows what each of his friends needs, and he's determined to see they get it. Rules are for others to obey… Command by Sierra Cartwright Book One in the Bonds series With all she has to offer, she’s his to command… Aria DeWitt is a runaway bride...
  • The Only Choice by Dee Palmer

    The Only Choice by Dee Palmer

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bethany’s devastation is complete. Secrets, lies and impossible choices have torn her world apart but it is not the first time she has had to rebuild her world. So she’ll do it again...she has to. When Bethany meets Daniel, she is backed into a corner and with the threat of losing even more she comes out fighting...
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    bdsm  alpha male  length-medium  erotica
  • Pensive: An African-American Romance by Travena Terry

    Pensive: An African-American Romance by Travena Terry

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    No one has ever affected the fierce, potent, and powerful Asa in any way, other than the terms he arranged. As a Dom, he calls the shots, makes the first move, and the odds are always in his favor. While taking an unwanted hiatus from his business, Asa realizes that he’s hungry for more than what he has...
  • Always A Choice by Dee Palmer

    Always A Choice by Dee Palmer

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Dark and erotically demanding Daniel is everything and more, Bethany embraces the challenge of being with a man like Daniel whilst trying to come to terms with what he needs and what she can give him of herself. Is it ever going to be enough? Daniel consumes and possess every part of her, its intoxicating and seductive...
    Categorized as:
    alpha male  bdsm  length-medium  erotica
  • Because We Belong by Beth Kery

    Because We Belong by Beth Kery

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    IAN..."[the] hero...dark, mysterious, and very dominant" ( Smexy Books) , a sexual force to be reckoned with, a man accustomed to getting what he wants. FRANCESCA..."a fascinating heroine" ( Heroes and Heartbreakers ), a woman who had no idea how far she was willing to go in the name of love...
  • Masters Of My Desire by Jenna Jacob

    Masters Of My Desire by Jenna Jacob

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Plowing into Bambi and totaling my SUV wasn't the way I envisioned starting my vacation. Then again, neither was being rescued by two gorgeous men. Nick Masters and Dylan Thomas swooped in to save me from the wreck. They weren't just knights in a shining truck, but Dominants so potent the submissive hidden inside me clawed to kneel at their feet...
  • The Hunt for Summer by D.H. Sidebottom

    The Hunt for Summer by D.H. Sidebottom

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    ‘Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person’ Layla Summers has run from her past for the last six years, and life is currently peaceful and controlled. That is until Hunter, a hot and hard Dom who frequents The Black Panther where Layla works as an erotic dancer, takes an interest in her...
  • Delight by Lexi Buchanan

    Delight by Lexi Buchanan

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Kenza nightclub owner, Ruben McKenzie can have any woman he wants, but the only woman he wants is Rosie—his sweet innocent employee, who happens to be eleven years his junior. Watching her parade her hot little body around his club, serving drinks completely unaware of the attention she attracts is driving him to distraction. But when he sees a regular getting close to her, all bets are off...
  • His Name Is Sir by Deena Ward

    His Name Is Sir by Deena Ward

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    This is a new/alternate cover edition of ASIN:B00CKSM24W Why won’t the past stay where it belongs? Nonnie Crawford seeks a destiny outside society’s norms, mapping her own sexual journey into the realm of BDSM. She puts the past behind her and looks forward with a newfound sense of freedom and purpose...
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