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Shattered by Helen Hardt
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsRyan Steel is known in Snow Creek as the handsomest Steel brother with the most jovial personality. Now that his busy grape harvest and winemaking season is over, he's happy to spend time with his family and help his brothers, Talon and Jonah, celebrate their impending nuptials. The Steels are taking a well-deserved break from the conspiracy surrounding them.. -
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Thousands by Pepper Winters
“Love had been stolen from me for reasons entirely my fault. But then a miracle happened, and Pim gave me something I thought was lost forever. She gave me a love I’d earned. Love that ruined me. Love that made me hopelessly hers…” Once upon a time, I didn’t think I’d ever be normal. Now, I’m talking and trusting, and it’s all thanks to Elder... -
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![Inflame Me by Ryan Michele]()
Inflame Me by Ryan Michele
Tanner O’Ryan is in desperate need of help. When her mother suddenly suggests they drive to Sumner, Georgia to get assistance from her father, Cameron Wagner, she is more than floored. In her twenty-three years, she’s never known who her father is, and now she has to put her trust in the man... -
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Rogue by Callie Hart
When people get too close to me, they wind up dead. Blood. Bullet holes. Stab wounds. I’ve kept my identity secret to protect the ones I love, but now the most dangerous man in my world knows exactly who I am… And he’s coming for me. Hector Ramirez has brought war to my doorstep, but he won’t win. I’ll fight to defend the vulnerable. I’ll kill to protect my club... -
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![Dark Needs by T.M. Frazier]()
Dark Needs by T.M. Frazier
"A revenge kill is the best kind of kill. But a revenge kill for your family, with your woman's permission? That's borderline erotic." - Jake, The Dark Light of Day. Jake has come back home to Abby after violently disposing of the man who almost destroyed his family. With blood literally still on his hands, the only thing on Jake's mind is making up for lost time with the woman he loves... -
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One Love by Lili St. Germain
Will Julz complete her mission for vengeance against the Gypsy Brothers? Or is Dornan still one step ahead?More shocking secrets will come to light and lives will be lost in this final, devastating instalment of the Gypsy Brothers series... -
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One Night Unveiled by Jodi Ellen Malpas, Julien Michel
A life without secrets and a passion without end . . .The story of Livy and M's passionate love affair comes to a stunning conclusion in the final book in the One Night trilogy!Livy has never known pure desire like this. The gorgeous Miller Hart captivates her, seduces her, and worships her in deliciously sinful ways... -
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Zero Hour by Lili St. Germain
The final, shocking conclusion to the #1 bestselling Gypsy Brothers series. Juliette Portland’s purpose was simple: Seduce. Kill. Avenge. Once Dornan Ross and his sons were dead, her future was supposed to be clear. Her life was finally going to begin. And love... Against all the odds, she had the love of a boy she never thought she'd see again... -
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Salvaged by Jay Crownover
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsThe New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Marked Men books continues her delightfully sexy Saints of Denver series. Hudson Wheeler is a nice guy. Everyone knows it, including his fiancée who left him with a canceled wedding and a baby on the way... -
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Profile by J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAll the best fairytale princesses have the most horrific pasts. Mine just happens to be more horrific than most. Fantasizing over Vaughn Asher was a dream. Meeting Vaughn Asher was a fairytale. Loving Vaughn Asher was my downfall. The past is always there. Waiting. Waiting to expose you. Waiting to ruin you. Waiting to take you back. Sometimes not even a prince can save you... -
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Where the Wind Whispers by Bethany-Kris, London Miller
There is death where the wind whispers. Left for dead by his own father on a snowy sidewalk, Kazimir Markovic finally understands what true betrayal really means, and just how far one will go to keep a secret. He only needs to survive, to make it home alive to his wife, and then everyone else will know what it means, too... -
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Freaks by Callie Hart
Fix Marcosa is at war. The battlefield: New York City. He knows every street like the back of his hand. The darkened alleyways and back streets conceal secrets only he knows. Somewhere out there, an unknown element is threatening the life of the woman he loves. Fix doesn’t mind shedding a little blood to get protect those close to him, though... -
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Permission by T.M. Frazier
Permission is the conclusion of Grim and Emma Jean's story. He was my first. But since then I’ve been programmed to enjoy torture. Being watched. Being taken two at a time. I feel nothing now. I’m empty. Hollow. Lost. He knows it. He knows I need more. So, he gives it to me. My body has never felt such pleasure... -
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Tears of Tess Bonus Epilogue by Pepper Winters
From New York Times Bestseller, Pepper Winters, comes a BONUS EPILOGUE for the Dark Romance Trilogy, Monsters in the Dark.This bonus takes place as an additional snippet to TEARS OF TESS told from Tess's Point of View.Also included is a three chapter preview to PENNIES (Dollar Series #1) and CAN'T TOUCH THIS (romantic comedy standalone)... -
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Crash by Nicole James
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsWhen outlaw biker Tyler “Crash” Shaw volunteers his services to his club brother, Cole Austin, VP of the Evil Dead MC, he suddenly finds himself a rich girl’s bodyguard and babysitter. Well, it’s a bitch of a job, but maybe he can have a little fun with it. He thinks he’ll get a kick out of teaching the pampered stuck-up girl a lesson or two on how the other half lives... -
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Shades by Nicole James
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsShades hadn’t seen Skylar in years, and now here she was, the love of his life, riding back into his life on the back of a brother’s bike. For years after Shades had lost Skylar, he’d tried satisfying the emptiness of losing her with booze, pussy and the club... -
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The Player by Renee Rose
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsPlayers will play.Flynn Taylor, rock ‘n roll heartthrob, plays fast and loose.He’s with different girls every night. Yes, girls plural.On the brink of becoming not just a Chicago sensation, but an American icon,he’s everything I should avoid.Then again, maybe it doesn’t matter.I’m so damaged, I’m not even capable of a relationship.He might be the perfect antidote... -
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Home by J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsI just want my Grace back. I want the girl I found sending me dirty tweets on Saint Thomas. I want the girl who reluctantly gave in to my charms and let me boss her around. I want the girl who sent me to my knees and made me imagine what her fairy tale would look like with me in it. I just want to move on. I want to plan the future and think about kids and preschools and college funds... -
![Wicked Kind of Love by Nicole Snow]()
Wicked Kind of Love by Nicole Snow
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWICKED LOVE: UNDENIABLE, DEEP, AND RELENTLESS... Emma Galena thinks moonlighting as a medic for the Prairie Devils MC is tough, and then she meets Tank. No job is supposed to be this hard, this dangerous, this insane. Neither is her attraction to the tattooed giant who upends everything. John “Tank” Richmond has taken more beatings than anybody for his club... -
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Pure White Rose by Fawn Bailey
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 11 ratings"I will punish you for every step you take away from me." She's finally mine, but she won't admit it. My little rose thinks she can still run away from me. She should know better by now. I'm ready to do whatever it takes to stop her from getting away. Hurt her. She'll have the bruises to show for it. F*ck her. Until she never wants another man. Punish her... -
![Return to Poughkeepsie by Debra Anastasia]()
Return to Poughkeepsie by Debra Anastasia
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsBeckett Taylor is a murderer. His calling, his craft are destruction and intimidation—whether he wants it that way now or not. He left Poughkeepsie to keep his brothers safe, to keep Eve safe. Set up with happy lives to live, they’re better off without him, right? But all his willpower crumbles when he hears his brother Blake’s frantic voice on the phone... -
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Written in Blood by A.D. Wilde
ZAKWith sharp claws and a forked tongue, the she-devil herself dances through my nightmares, haunting me like the most alluring demon to ever roam the earth. But after a twisted turn of fate, she’s not just plaguing my mind. She’s in my home and under my protection.And now that I have her within reach, I’m not so sure I can let her go. Even if keeping her means my own assured destruction... -
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Morsel by Audrey Rush
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMy violent desires are harmless. My fantasy tends to scare most women away, but my daydreams never hurt anyone. When I find Mona, a mysterious artist with similar sensual needs, we indulge in roleplaying.It seems like I found my dream girl. But while we grow closer, Mona’s desires become more extreme, and my primal cravings become harder to control... -
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Fierce by Nina Levine
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsShe’s everything he’s never wanted. He’s everything she’s never known. Scott Cole is a force to be reckoned with. As Vice President of the Storm Motorcycle Club he carries out his duties with a ruthless determination. He moves through life with a clear agenda - protect his club and his family at all costs. He is intense. He is loyal. He is fierce... -
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![Last Broken Rose by Fawn Bailey]()
Last Broken Rose by Fawn Bailey
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 11 ratings"You will take your last breath with your throat between my fingers." He's done the unthinkable. He's taken away my one passion, my last hope. He's shattered my dream into pieces. I wish I could hate him for what he's done to me. For what he's taken away forever. I wish I could kill him for making me want him. But there's only one thing I want, a parting gift from Thorn... -
![HARD by Scott Hildreth]()
HARD by Scott Hildreth
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsPeyton Price - Given an assignment to write an article on an outlaw motorcycle club, what award-winning journalist would say no? Not me. I had a weakness for bad-boys, tattoos, and men on motorcycles. But Nick Navarro wasn't a typical biker. He wasn't even a typical outlaw... -
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Red by T.L. Smith, Love. N. Books
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA wound to the heart, a hole so deep. Can it be fixed? Or simply replaced? People lie. Those closest to me, tell the most lies. Do they not know who I am? What I’m capable of? Sometimes I wonder if they do. Because when I unravel their lies, they will be delivered to the hell I once visited. And it won’t be pleasant... -
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Lost Boy by Tara Brown
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsLOST BOY This is the companion novel to The Lonely. It is recommended you read that first. This is HIS POV on the events and how they came to be, how he came to be a LOST BOY. Being the boy who accidentally shot his sister was hard. Never being able to find the girl who actually pulled the trigger was worse... -
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Block by J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsGrace @FilthyBlueBird @VaughnAsher # YouAreCaredFor So the movie star says. But his idea of cared for isn't the same as mine. Obviously a # Douche . MovieStar @VaughnAsher @FilthyBlueBird # BehindTheScenesIsMyScene The Blue Bird has trust issues. And tantrum issues. And commitment issues... -
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Ripple Effect: Episode 3 by Keri Lake
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRipleyThey call me RIP. I’m a killer. A murderer. A psychopath. In the eyes of the righteous, I’m a monster, born of sin and depravity.I want to protect her, but I’m not a good man.I want to love her, but I no longer feel.She gets under my skin, though, and has awakened something inside of me.Something I’d kill for.I’m not her savior—not even close... -
![Ace's Redemption by A.C. Bextor]()
Ace's Redemption by A.C. Bextor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsCherry Memories alone can ruin you. Fear has a paralyzing effect, and love isn’t always enough to keep you safe. Ace was the gateway to a freedom I hadn’t known since I was fifteen. He offered his protection from the demons that haunted me; both living and dead... -
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Vacant by Ker Dukey
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThis is a novella. To enjoy and understand this title you will have read Empathy and Desolate. This title comes with a warning please read and heed it. 18 only. Ryan When two dark souls connect the draw is too dominant to ignore and the obsession of owning the only color to brighten my dark world too unrelenting to not obey... -
![You Loved Me At My Darkest by Evie Harper]()
You Loved Me At My Darkest by Evie Harper
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsLily Ripped from Heaven, Burned in Hell. Caught and caged in beauty. Beauty comes at a cost. One man holds the key to our survival, to our freedom. Find out how I lived and lost the greatest thing on earth. Love. Jake I didn't see her coming and that will be my downfall. She will ruin me, take everything from me, and give me everything I can't have. I can't help her. I won't... -
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Blyssful Lies by J.C. Cliff
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsLearning how to survive in her new world, Julianna has no choice but to play “The game of Life.” Except it's Nick 's game, and his rules apply. Captivity, drugs, and submission are the cards that are dealt, and it's a losing game... -
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I, Porn Star by Zara Cox
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsMy name is Quinn Blackwood: By day, I'm a billionaire CEO. Rich. Entitled. By night, I'm the exclusive porn star only known as Q. Why? Because I love women. If I believed in an almighty being, I'd thank him for creating them. They're by far his most perfect creation… especially when I'm fucking one of them. Oh, did I mention I'm an asshole? Fuck yeah... -
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The Art of Control by Ella Dominguez
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsAlternate cover image for ASIN Warning: Contains moderate BDSM themes, graphic sexual encounters, profanity, Dom/me in action, oral and anal sex. Intended for adult readers 18+. Not for the faint of heart or closed-minded individuals. Having moved on from the terrible events of two months earlier, Dylan and Isa try to move on with their lives... -
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Trust by Sherri Hayes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratings***Book 4 of a 4 book series*** Brianna is lost for the fourth time in her life. Each time was unexpected, and each changed the course of her future. The first life-altering event occurred when her mother died, and she moved to Minnesota to live with her father. The second was when she was kidnapped at the age of seventeen and forced to be a slave. She would never forget those ten months... -
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Complete Corruption by C.D. Reiss
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCan be read as a STANDALONE! Theresa Drazen can have plenty of guys, but the one she can't keep away from....the one she's just about addicted to, is more than forbidden. With felony-black eyes and a mouth built for lies, loving him is one step away from illegal. But her body keeps overriding her brain. Maybe it's time to stop playing by the rules. ------- Antonio is obsessed... -
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Grit by Cheryl McIntyre
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLink and Rocky's story continues. Three. This is my number. The sum of reasons why I continue to go on. One: She needs me. Two: I have to protect her. And three: With her, I feel human. But the weight of a man’s secrets is a thousand pounds on his shoulders. Two thousand more on his chest. Trapping him. Crushing him. My secrets are slaughtering me... -
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Stone by S. Nelson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsI knew she was destined to be mine the first time I laid eyes on her. Cliché I know, but it was the truth. Numerous obstacles kept us apart, but I vowed to find a way around them, finally claiming her once and for all. Consequences be damned. Stone Crosswell, VP of the Knights Corruption MC, was known for his notoriously hot temper... -
![Wild Aces by Marni Mann]()
Wild Aces by Marni Mann
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsHe didn't beat me because he thought I looked at his daughter. He beat me because he could. Because I needed his house and his food and his so-called care. Because I wouldn't fight back. I was passed from one abusive home to another. They were all the same--the taste of blood on my tongue, the sound of broken bones in my ears. It was the hand I was dealt... -
![Abuse: The Complete Trilogy by Nikki Sex, S.H. Beans]()
Abuse: The Complete Trilogy by Nikki Sex, S.H. Beans
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBonjour, my name is André Chevalier. It has been my joy and my great honor to help those who have lost their way. Not long after I began my journey, I met two such wounded souls. Renata Koreman, my little mouse. She came to me as a child—shy, mute, injured… broken. It took oh-so many years to start to bring her back to herself! Yet, I could not fully heal her... -
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Bones Brothers by Lucian Bane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGet on the edge of your seat, because BONES BROTHERS takes off right where Lucian Bane left you hanging in Reginald Bones 3-- by a fingernail, on a CLIFF. Get your box of tissues, because there's a family reunion coming unlike any you've ever seen. Then you can get your nail-biting on because Bane packs this story with mega chills and thrills, you won't know WTF hit you! And don't forget about X... -
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Knight by Julia Sykes
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBook 4 in the Impossible Series- Can be read as a standalone. Abducted. Drugged. Broken. I became a plaything, a possession. If I did ever have a name, I don't remember it now. Slaves don't have names. My new Master stole me away from the man who tormented me. He saved me and took me for himself. I've found my salvation in his obsession, my freedom in his captivity... -
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![Tragic Love by M.S. Brannon]()
Tragic Love by M.S. Brannon
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“From the moment I locked eyes with hers, we've had this undeniable connection that was and will always be wicked. A love that would literally kill me if it didn't survive, but lately, could kill me if it did.” ~Drake Evans. For Drake and Presley, life has handed them more challenges than any one person should ever face in a lifetime... -
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Kick by C.D. Reiss
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestseller - CD Reiss Fiona Drazen, sex addict, submissive slave, celebutante, trapped in a mental ward until Dr. Elliot Chapman can help her remember why she's there. But once she does, she might not want to go home to the Master she tried to kill. ***This is the first of a serial. It's about 120 pages and ends in a cliffhanger, because that's how I roll... -
![Tank by Carmen Jenner]()
Tank by Carmen Jenner
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsKiller. Criminal. Sociopath. All of these words have been used to describe me, and for the longest time I believed that that’s all I was. I’m the man you call in to clean up your mess, assuming your mess is a guy who needs a bullet to the head. I’m the man the MC calls when they want their dirty work done. I’m the man who doesn’t feel. Until now. Until her... -
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Unbreakable by Skye Callahan
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Wowzers! Bend Don’t Break blew my mind...! This book is intense and I LOVED every minute of it.... Filled with action, adventure, drama, lies, secrets, betrayal and love…this book has it all!" – Kristin Elyon Book 2 of the Irrevocable Duet (formerly released as Bend, Don't Break) I thought I was done... -
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Little Dove by Jaden Wilkes
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow can you ever hope to find normal when your life is anything but? Determined to make amends for his past, and show Columbia he truly is a changed man, Dimitri sets out to right wrongs and decimate those who bring nothing but sorrow to the world. Something goes wrong and Columbia is taken, spirited away into the underground world of sex trafficking and international crime syndicates... -
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Bound Forever by Hanna Peach
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe stunning conclusion to Bound by Lies… “Kitten” Caden and I on the run. Together. But he still won’t let me touch him and I know he is still keeping things from me. I am determined to uncover everything - at any cost. Even if it tears us apart. Caden Jacob is back. He’s back and he knows about her...
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