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  • The Original Crowd by Tijan

    The Original Crowd by Tijan

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    This is the original version of A Whole New Crowd. It has only gone through one round of edits so it is rough. I make no apology for this. The edited version was released as A Whole New Crowd. This is being published at readers' requests. They want to own the original version as well so here it is in all its gritty and monstrously long glory. There is lots of sex so the reader is forewarned...
  • The Vincent Boys Collection: Extended and Uncut by Abbi Glines

    The Vincent Boys Collection: Extended and Uncut by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Some things are too scandalously steamy to print…This ebook-only collection of The Vincent Boys and The Vincent Brothers contains exclusive scenes of scintillating seduction.Sawyer Vincent is the golden boy. The football star. The straight-A student with the perfect girlfriend to match. His cousin Beau Vincent is the opposite. The bad boy. The rebel. Super sexy—and super dangerous...
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  • Black Dawn by Cristin Harber

    Black Dawn by Cristin Harber

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Parker Black wants the one woman he shouldn’t have—his buddy’s girl. She sweet and smart, but clueless about how deep Parker lives in Titan’s virtual world. Everything is controlled. Chaos is mastered with data and risk analysis. That is the way he understands his world, how he plays his role to keep Titan teams alive. But he’s wrong. About everything. Lexi Dare lives two lives...
  • Protecting Alabama's Kids by Susan Stoker

    Protecting Alabama's Kids by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    At just ten years old, Tommy has already been through more horror than most people suffer their entire lives. So when he’s placed in his latest foster home, under the gentle care of Abe and Alabama Powers, he lashes out. He’s scared, confused, angry…and convinced it won’t be long before these new foster parents send him away, too. No one wants a boy his age, especially one who’s broken, dirty...
  • Accessory by C. L. Stone

    Accessory by C. L. Stone

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Kayli Winchester is still recovering from her last adventure and is out hunting for her missing brother, Wil, when Ethan Murdock calls, asking for help. Billions of dollars have gone missing and Kayli is the perfect person to find them – as one of the few people Ethan trusts. Only one problem: The team is led by Blake Coaltar...
  • Sundown by Susan May Warren

    Sundown by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 18 ratings
    Former Delta Operative Colt Kingston knows when someone is lying. He may not know the truth, but he sure doesn't trust Tae, the woman who is caring for his ailing father at Sky King Ranch. Behind those beautiful blue eyes, he can tell there is a troubled--and smart--woman.A few of her stories prove true--he's found the crashed plane and the dead body inside...
  • Love Me by Kristin Mayer

    Love Me by Kristin Mayer

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Engaged and happily in love, Allison Scott and Damien Wales are looking forward to joining their lives together as one. Coming from a mournful year after losing her parents, Allison is ready to heal and move on to the next chapter with the love of her life. But Damien’s past continues to threaten their future. A man once obsessed with Damien’s sister is now after his one and only love, Allison...
  • Hawthorne & Heathcliff by R.K. Ryals

    Hawthorne & Heathcliff by R.K. Ryals

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Two names that didn't belong to us. Two shoes that did. Intense and introspective, seventeen-year-old Hawthorne Macy knows all about being abandoned. She's felt the stark pain of being left behind by the people who are supposed to love her the most; her parents. Raised by her caring uncle on an old plantation, Hawthorne lives her life on the fringes of her small Southern town...
  • Raveling You by Jessica Sorensen

    Raveling You by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Ayden Gregory may want to keep running from his nightmares, but he no longer has a choice. His past is catching up with him. And fast. He relies on one person to keep him from crumbling. His best friend Lyric Scott. Lyric feels helpless watching her best friend’s world turn upside down. But she does her best to remain positive and upbeat...
  • Only Forever by Cristin Harber

    Only Forever by Cristin Harber

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The fourth and final installment of the Only series. Must be read in order. There comes a time when Emma must face the secret she's kept from Grayson. But she never thought it would be while she stood on stage at Emerald’s. The seconds she has to convey that her life is in danger are lost in the devastation that she sees rip through him. She pinches her eyes closed. “Don’t leave me...
  • #MNGirl by A.M. Brooks

    #MNGirl by A.M. Brooks

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My family’s scandal is my fall from grace. The night of my seventeenth birthday leads to the final event that catapults my future in a different direction. One call for help turns into my only chance of survival.Now, the only way to stay safe is to keep hidden...
  • Blurring the Lines: Nothing Left to Lose, Part II by Kirsty Moseley

    Blurring the Lines: Nothing Left to Lose, Part II by Kirsty Moseley

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Blurring the Lines is a direct continuation of Guarding the Broken. To enjoy this novel, you need to have read the FREE Part 1. With Ashton at her side, Anna begins to feel more like her old self again. Together, they’re rebuilding her life and attempting to heal old wounds. The more time they spend together, the closer they become, but unfortunately this only serves to complicate matters further...
  • Retribution by Cristin Harber

    Retribution by Cristin Harber

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Fallen Navy SEAL and Titan Group’s Delta recruit Trace Reeves wants nothing more than a one-night stand to forget that his twin brother was killed-in-action. But when his one-time fling becomes his high value target, the lines blur between her rescue mission and saving himself. Delta: Retribution is the first title in the new Delta series, a spin off from the Titan series...
  • Ali's Pretty Little Lies by Sara Shepard

    Ali's Pretty Little Lies by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Before there was A, there was Alison DiLaurentis. Boys wanted to date her, girls wanted to be her, and somebody wanted her dead. . . .It's the end of seventh grade, and Alison DiLaurentis and her friends are the girls of Rosewood Day. Ali runs her clique with an iron fist, and she's got enough dirt on Hanna, Emily, Aria, and Spencer to keep them in line...
  • The Bird and the Beetle: The Academy Ghost Bird and Scarab Beetle Series Starters by C. L. Stone

    The Bird and the Beetle: The Academy Ghost Bird and Scarab Beetle Series Starters by C. L. Stone

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Read the first books from both of C. L. Stone’s USA TODAY Bestselling (and swoon-inducing) Academy Series, together for the first time with the exclusive that fans have been begging for: Meeting Sang, an alternate POV story of how the Ghost Bird Series began...
  • Bayward Street by Addison Jane

    Bayward Street by Addison Jane

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The law called me a runaway. A criminal. But after a lifetime in hell, being abused and tortured by my father, I found my real family on the streets. A group of kids like me who society failed to protect. Together we survived day by day. And for me, that was enough. Until Heath showed up. Every wall I put up—he tore down. Every single touch had me searching for another...
  • Keeping Kyler by Siobhan Davis, Fiona Jayde

    Keeping Kyler by Siobhan Davis, Fiona Jayde

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    ★☆ Special pre-order price. Will increase upon release. ★☆ Book three in the captivating Kennedy Boys series. Description coming soon. "Lashings of drama, hot chemistry, and great banter. Perfect for fans of Tijan...
  • Beautiful Dreams by Alicia Rae

    Beautiful Dreams by Alicia Rae

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kyle has mended Lily’s broken heart, and as they have fallen in love, all she dreams of is finally having her happily ever after. But as time goes on, Lily can no longer ignore the desire to know more about Kyle's past. When she learns more, she will discover if she can heal Kyle’s heartache as he has done for her...
  • Promise Me Once by Paige Weaver

    Promise Me Once by Paige Weaver

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    From the highly acclaimed New York Times and USA Today bestselling Promise Me series comes a new story. A standalone novel. A race for survival and love. Once with him was never enough. I am the girl you dislike. The girl you snub at parties. I am the one who flirts with men and knows no boundaries. I am the one you whisper about. The one who has no rules...
  • Return To Me by Jill Sanders

    Return To Me by Jill Sanders

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Becca and Nick were destined to be together. He was the love of her life, or so she thought. Then tragedy strikes and Becca is left heartbroken and devastated. The road to recovery seems almost hopeless at times, but with love and support from the good people of Pride, she's looking forward to putting the past behind her...
  • Call Sign Karma by Jamie Rae

    Call Sign Karma by Jamie Rae

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Love in the no-fly zone… Distraught over the loss of her brother in a fighter jet accident, Tinklee Pinkerton decides to follow in his footsteps—and prove the tragedy wasn’t his fault...
  • Chasing Ever After by Stephanie Hoffman McManus

    Chasing Ever After by Stephanie Hoffman McManus

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Andrew Reid had his whole life mapped out. Serve his country for four years and then return home to marry his high school sweetheart. Sadie Pierce had everything her heart desired. Sacrificing her life of privilege to be with Clayton West was an easy choice. This is the story of two people who thought they had it all...
  • Bound by Lies by Rebecca Shea

    Bound by Lies by Rebecca Shea

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Torn between two men; one was what I needed, the other was what I wanted. One man was safe and the other was dangerous. But both men would lay down their lives to save me. ATF agent Sam Cortez is fighting to bring down the Estrada family empire, which was built on murder and corruption. Alex Estrada did what was needed to keep me safe…and paid with his life...
  • We Were One: Looking Glass by Elizabeth Reyes

    We Were One: Looking Glass by Elizabeth Reyes

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death. ~Oscar Wilde~ Adoration is not profound enough a word to express the depth of my love for her. From the moment she walked into my life and set my heart and soul on fire, not a day's gone by that she hasn't plagued my every thought. We were each other's completion...
  • Wild at Heart by Jinsey Reese, Victoria Green

    Wild at Heart by Jinsey Reese, Victoria Green

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    With his dad hell-bent on destroying him, Dare's life hangs in the balance. Fearing the worst, Reagan rushes from Paris to New York, hoping to get to him in time, only to find their entire world collapsing around them. The threat is too real, risk too high, death too possible. Unfair doesn't even begin to cover it...
  • SEALs of Winter: A military romance superbundle by Cora Seton, Elle Kennedy

    SEALs of Winter: A military romance superbundle by Cora Seton, Elle Kennedy

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Nine alpha Navy SEAL romance heroes from your favorite NYT & USA Today bestselling authors. Brand new Christmas military romances from Cora Seton, Elle Kennedy, Jennifer Lowery, Elle James, Anne Marsh, S. M. Butler, Delilah Devlin, Kimberley Troutte, and Zoe York! Sequel to the NYT and USA bestselling SEALs of Summer boxed set...
  • SEAL The Deal by Sharon Hamilton

    SEAL The Deal by Sharon Hamilton

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Special Operator Nick Dunn gets the call he has been dreading since before his last deployment. His sister is in her final stages of cancer. He and his Team 3 roommate drive up to Sonoma County from Coronado to help her shut down her failing nursery business and tie up her final affairs. Nick only vaguely remembers Devon Brandeburg, his sister’s best friend, but boy has she grown up...
  • Don't Say a Word by Amber Lynn Natusch

    Don't Say a Word by Amber Lynn Natusch

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Kylene Danners’s ex-FBI agent father is in prison for murder and she’s hell-bent on getting him out. But trying to investigate in the small town where a defensive lineman is a hero no matter who he tries to kill and the girl who gets him locked up is public enemy number one is dangerous. Dark secrets are everywhere in Jasperville—the kind Ky can’t walk away from...
  • Revenge by Meli Raine

    Revenge by Meli Raine

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    MY HEART WANTS A KIND OF JUSTICE THE LAW CAN’T GIVE Everything I know about my life is a lie. The more I dig into my father’s death the more I find myself in peril. Mark turns out to be a liar, someone I thought I could trust. He’s not what he seems, and worst of all, a part of me can’t let go...
  • Reunion by Meli Raine

    Reunion by Meli Raine

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    MY HEART WANTS A KIND OF JUSTICE THE LAW CAN’T GIVE You can think you’ve had everything stolen from you. That there’s nothing left to lose. You would be wrong. My best friend’s been kidnapped. I was just captured. What I thought was a massive drug operation run by a man who killed my father turns out to be ten times more horrific. I’m trapped. My best friend may be dead...
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  • Accelerate by Tracy Wolff

    Accelerate by Tracy Wolff

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A sexy carjacker takes a would-be starlet for the ride of her life as a pulse-pounding new series from New York Times bestselling author Tracy Wolff begins.   Once the brains behind a car-boosting ring, Nic Medina has spent the last three years playing it straight. Now drag racers flock to his L.A. auto shop, Hotwired, for a shot at going head-to-head with the man himself...
  • Mistrust by Margaret McHeyzer

    Mistrust by Margaret McHeyzer

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING YA NOVEL I'm the popular girl at school.The one everyone wants to be friends with.I have the best boyfriend in the world, who's on the basketball team.My parents adore me, and I absolutely love them. My sister and I have a great relationship too.I'm a cheerleader, I have a high GPA and I'm liked even by the teachers...
  • Chasing Allie by Meli Raine

    Chasing Allie by Meli Raine

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    It turns out my stepfather has plans for me. Plans that make dying look like a walk in the park. He’s selling my virginity to a Mexican drug lord to get out of debt. Chase just found out and is here to take me away to safety. To the ocean. To my dreams. But while I’m gone, a murder takes place back home. I receive a phone call. It’s the police. I’m the prime suspect...
  • Fight for Her, Volume 4 by J.J. Knight

    Fight for Her, Volume 4 by J.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The dramatic conclusion to the bestselling MMA series arrives with Fight for Her #4. Maddie has left me again, and I can’t blame her. I failed to protect her. I don’t even know if I deserve her and Lily. But I’m determined to make things right. First, I’m going to find her father. He’s been living on the streets too long. That has to end...
  • Defy by Allie Juliette Mousseau, Nicole Hewitt

    Defy by Allie Juliette Mousseau, Nicole Hewitt

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Ryder Axton I always fight hard, fuck harder, and never let myself get personally involved. But my assignment, to apprehend Eduardo Miguel comes to a grinding halt when I find a missing federal witness held captive in his basement. It becomes fucking personal, fast! Keeping Farrington safe, even if it—or more likely she—kills me, is now my only mission...
  • Keeping Allie by Meli Raine

    Keeping Allie by Meli Raine

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    FULL LENGTH NOVEL - 248 PAGES Help. I'm alone, tied up, bleeding and terrified. I'm a prisoner at the Atlas motorcycle club compound. Someone kidnapped me, and it looks like it's Chase. No one knows I'm here. Then again, I'm no one, right? No mother, no stepfather, and my sister may have been kidnapped, too. They can make me disappear. Or worse...
  • Fight for Her, Volume 3 by J.J. Knight

    Fight for Her, Volume 3 by J.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The continuing series from bestselling romantic suspense author JJ Knight They took her. I can’t believe it. Striker and his thug fighter friends kidnapped Maddie. I don’t know how, or when, or where, but there will be vengeance. And there is one thing I can guarantee. I will be the last man standing...
  • The Summer Escape by Jill Shalvis

    The Summer Escape by Jill Shalvis

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Secrets are revealed and forbidden sparks ignited in this sizzling Sunrise Cove tale of enemies to lovers, redemption, missing treasures, and love...
  • Erasing Faith by Julie Johnson

    Erasing Faith by Julie Johnson

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    A fairytale city. A forbidden love. A fate doomed from the start. Faith Morrissey is overdue for an adventure. After twenty years in the same small town, she sets out on a year-long study abroad trip, fully expecting to fall in love with the wonders of Budapest. She certainly doesn’t expect to fall for Wes, the mysterious stranger who sweeps her off her feet mere days after her arrival...
  • Inspiring You by Jessica Sorensen

    Inspiring You by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Ayden knows it’s time to remember what really happened four years ago, so he can help save his sister. With the help of Lyric, he faces his past head on. But dealing with the truth is difficult...
  • His Frozen Heart by Nancy Straight

    His Frozen Heart by Nancy Straight

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For best friends, Candy and Libby, money is tight with hardly enough to cover their living expenses. When they are desperate for grocery money, the girls bet on their pool playing skills to add to their income. A simple wager on a quiet winter evening has devastating results, with a stalker determined to kill them both...
  • Finding Jordie by H.J. Harley

    Finding Jordie by H.J. Harley

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A widow of eight years, Jordie is devoted to her daughter and knows how to protect her own heart... until Nathan Harper lends a hand when she's punched by a drunkard being forcefully removed from her NYC East Village bar. Nathan is fascinated by the sassy bar owner, who doesn't recognize him from the Silver Screen and who appears more interested in conversation than sex...
  • Unstoppable by Christina Marie

    Unstoppable by Christina Marie

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    **Warning--This book contains strong sexual content, adult language, rape, and violence. It is intended for readers over the age of 18.** ~ This book can be read as a stand alone and does have a Happily Ever After ~ After growing up with Ryder, Harley never expected one night to change everything between them...
  • ONE by Heidi McLaughlin, Jillian Dodd

    ONE by Heidi McLaughlin, Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Blind Date by Emma Hart ~ Blind Dates are the work of the devil… especially when your date could be the devil. My name is Bee Donnelly, and I’m a serial one-nighter. Carter Hughes is tonight’s Kryptonite. One Night with Harrison by Heidi McLaughlin ~ Alicia Tucker has had her eyes set on Harrison James from the beginning and all she wants is one night to prove she’s the one for him...
  • One Last Kiss by Susan Ward

    One Last Kiss by Susan Ward

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Linda is on a mission to find her father. Her journey to locate the gifted musician who abandoned her before she was born takes her through the steamy and drug fueled world of the LA music scene where she is rapidly climbing the ranks as a prime groupie sought after by the brilliant and talented men of rock music. Jackson Parker is a living music legend from the ‘60s...
  • Scorch (A Soldiers of Fortune Romance) by Aubrey Irons

    Scorch (A Soldiers of Fortune Romance) by Aubrey Irons

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Why fall for Prince Charming when the villain is so much more tempting? Because it feel so good to be so bad... The dark, dominant, tattooed Spaniard has all the arrogant machismo of a bullfighter and a body carved out of steel. In my sister’s fairytale romance, he almost destroyed my family. He’s the devil, and I hate him. Until he saved my life, and changed everything...
  • Shadow of a Girl by Shannon Greenland

    Shadow of a Girl by Shannon Greenland

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Use cash and keep moving.After I ran away from home, these were the two rules that dictated my life. Scoring a job as a roadie fit perfectly for what I needed. Traveling, cash, and life out of the spotlight. But when my path collides with West, the lead singer of Bus Stop, I can’t seem to stay out of his spotlight—especially since we’ll be touring together for an entire year...
  • The Soulmate Theory by Sarah A. Bailey

    The Soulmate Theory by Sarah A. Bailey

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Carter Edwards has always been a go-with-the-flow type of guy. Except when it comes to Penelope Mason: his childhood neighbor, and the only girl he's ever fallen in love with. When he finally gathers the courage to make his life-long love for Penelope known, he finds that she's already chosen a future for herself- one without him in it. Penelope Mason is a planner by nature...
  • Revenge Bound by Heidi Joy Tretheway

    Revenge Bound by Heidi Joy Tretheway

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Companion to the first two the books in the Tattoo Thief series (Tattoo Thief and Tyler & Stella) which can be read as a standalone. On the Internet, secrets never die… Violet can’t imagine anything worse than having her very private, very naked photos strewn across the Internet. Until they multiply like a virus. With her name, address, and phone number attached...
  • Thirty-Eight Days by Len Webster

    Thirty-Eight Days by Len Webster

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Ask yourself, how many days does it take to fall in love? Nolan Parker and Clara Lawrence never saw eye to eye. In fact, if you asked Clara she would tell you that Nolan hated every thing about her. They never shared any form of connection besides Alex Lawrence. She was Alex’s bratty sister and he was Alex’s best friend, they never stood a chance...
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