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Millions by Pepper Winters
“Love had been given and taken and now…it had been stolen. No one steals from a thief—especially from me—and I will defend what’s mine until my dying breath. It’s not a question of what I’m willing to sacrifice but who to deserve her…” Once upon a time, I stupidly believed if I could make Elder fall for me, everything would be perfect... -
![Shattered by Helen Hardt]()
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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![Unleashed by J.L. Drake]()
Unleashed by J.L. Drake
Trigger Tess was under the Devil’s watch while I suffered behind bars with my demons… The ace in my pocket brings power, and the temptation to flip overwhelms me. I’m playing chicken with the reaper, and it’s only feeding his thirst. The smell of blood is a drug. It fuels me. Consumes me. I am lost. Tess The Devil stole me, but I refuse to belong to someone else... -
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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... -
![Jack & Coke by Lani Lynn Vale]()
Jack & Coke by Lani Lynn Vale
Lies Mig’s wife is a bitch. How else do you describe a woman that lies, cheats and steals to get what she wants? That’s exactly what happens when she traps him into a marriage he wants nothing to do with, saddling him with a kid that he knows doesn’t deserve to be in a world like his... -
![Rogue by Callie Hart]()
Rogue by Callie Hart
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsWhen 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... -
![Behind His Eyes: Consequences by Aleatha Romig]()
Behind His Eyes: Consequences by Aleatha Romig
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes the much-anticipated first companion to the suspenseful thriller about secrets and deception, passion and love, and choices and consequences... -
![Mended by Sydney Landon]()
Mended by Sydney Landon
My name is Lucian Quinn and I own one of the most successful software companies in the world. I’m twenty-nine, rich and single. Impressive right? I’m also a favorite target for every hungry socialite looking to land the uncatchable catch. Maybe it sounds vain, but the fact that I’m a God between the sheets doesn’t hurt my stock any... -
![One Night Unveiled by Jodi Ellen Malpas, Julien Michel]()
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... -
![One Love by Lili St. Germain]()
One Love by Lili St. Germain
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsWill 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... -
![Zero Hour by Lili St. Germain]()
Zero Hour by Lili St. Germain
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsThe 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... -
![Shattered by J.L. Drake]()
Shattered by J.L. Drake
After witnessing the murder of her lover and the heartbreaking loss of their unborn child, Savannah wants to end it all. Then she is given a second chance at love. Sadly, even when life hands you second chances it doesn’t always follow that things will work out the way you want them to. Some lies can just be too painful to move on from. What’s worse than being Broken? Shattered. -
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Permission by T.M. Frazier
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsPermission 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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![Dirty by Belle Aurora]()
Dirty by Belle Aurora
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsMy marriage seemed perfect from the outside looking in. People envied me. They wanted my life, wanted to be me. Mrs Alejandra Gambino. Wife of Dino Gambino. Daughter of Eduardo Castillo. Respected. Loved. Mob royalty. They had no idea of the horrors that lurked behind closed doors. They didn't know I was at the lowest point a person could reach. Enter Julius Carter... -
![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... -
![Ransom by Callie Hart]()
Ransom by Callie Hart
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsSOPHIA: 6 Months A lot can happen in six months. A heart can break and heal countless times. A life can change so dramatically that it’s unrecognizable anymore. Sophia was a ghost, a made up pseudonym on a fake ID that helped Alexis buy beer. She was never meant to become a real person. She was never meant to live. Breathe. Hurt. Love... -
![Salvaged by Jay Crownover]()
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... -
![Tears of Tess Bonus Epilogue by Pepper Winters]()
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)... -
![Where the Wind Whispers by Bethany-Kris, London Miller]()
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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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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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... -
![Home by J.A. Huss]()
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... -
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![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... -
![Pure White Rose by Fawn Bailey]()
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... -
![Vengeful Rotten Casualties by Lucy Smoke]()
Vengeful Rotten Casualties by Lucy Smoke
I sold my soul to the devil only to turn around and slit his throat… Thomas Kincaid took everything from me. My mother. My hopes. My innocence.Now, it’s my turn.He thought he was safe.They all did.They were wrong.Men always think they can take without ever having to deal with the consequences. Well, now I’m back, and I'm the last consequence they’ll ever see... -
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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... -
![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... -
![The Living Canvas by Pepper Winters]()
The Living Canvas by Pepper Winters
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 18 ratings“Must be brave, stubborn, and impervious to the tempers of loved ones.”The first line hissed with history.“Hours are endless, pay is non-existence, quitting absolutely forbidden.”The second line ached with truth.“Able to function on no sleep, refrain from running when times get hard, and be more than just a living canvas but a lover.”The third thrummed with honesty... -
![Red by T.L. Smith, Love. N. Books]()
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... -
![Ripple Effect: Episode 3 by Keri Lake]()
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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![Morsel by Audrey Rush]()
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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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... -
![Broken by M. O'Keefe]()
Broken by M. O'Keefe
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsRonan.His name thrums through me like a heartbeat.I climbed out of the smoldering crater of my life only to find myself back in the middle of a slow-motion trainwreck. I’m hunted, torn between my past and present, ripped apart by two warring families. My husband is dead, and his killer is the only man who’s ever felt the deep well of emotion I keep hidden from the world.Ronan... -
![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... -
![Bastards and Scapegoats by Coralee June]()
Bastards and Scapegoats by Coralee June
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe first time I saw Hamilton, he was balls deep in one of the bridesmaids at my mother’s wedding.He was lethal. Handsome. Cruel. Twisted.I was drawn to him like fists to glass. We had an angry sort of relationship. There was nothing kind about the broken man that stole my heart and crushed it in his fist. He was all sharp edges. One touch could ruin me. One kiss could end our happy little family... -
![The Art of Control by Ella Dominguez]()
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... -
![DEPRAVITY by Natalie Bennett, Jay Aheer]()
DEPRAVITY by Natalie Bennett, Jay Aheer
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI was born an ordinary girl with a tiny seed of sickness. As I got older, it grew bigger, manifesting into something sinister. Mama told me to lock it away and let it wither. I didn’t know how. So I hid it. Solitude became my closest companion. Solo, single, lonely. Until Declan. Until Ethan. They were drawn to my sickness like moths to a flame... -
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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... -
![Complete Corruption by C.D. Reiss]()
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... -
![Grit by Cheryl McIntyre]()
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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![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... -
![Yield by Cari Silverwood]()
Yield by Cari Silverwood
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe final book in the Pierced Hearts series. Wren, the rich girl with a tainted past, is on a crusade to track down her father’s murderer only to find not one, but two, bad men. Moghul is a sadist and businessman, with a finger in every kinky enterprise he can get his hands on and a jaded view on life. When his eye turns to Wren, he realizes how dull life has been... -
![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... -
![Bones Brothers by Lucian Bane]()
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... -
![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...
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