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  • Loving You by Allie Everhart

    Loving You by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Since meeting Garret on her first night at college, Jade’s had to overcome many obstacles to be with him, including interference from Garret’s father. Now, months later, it seems that Mr. Kensington has finally accepted Jade dating his son, but the reason for that is unclear. After what Jade witnessed at the Kensington mansion, she’s not sure what his acceptance of her means...
  • Something Nice by Tiffany Reisz

    Something Nice by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    It's July, a couple months after Nora returns to Søren at the end of THE SIREN, and while in bed, Søren makes a trade with Nora. He'll do something nice for her and she'll do something nice for him. Of course Nora picks something sexual. But Søren surprises her with his "something nice" request. Read the excerpt below to find out what it is. This story if for mailing list subscribers only...
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  • The High Notes by Danielle Steel

    The High Notes by Danielle Steel

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Iris Cooper has been singing ever since she can remember, hitting the high notes like no one else. When she is twelve, her father convinces the owner of a bar in Lake City, Texas, to let her perform, and she stuns the audience...
  • Frayed by Pamela Ann

    Frayed by Pamela Ann

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Trista Stevens. Things went quickly sour with the already married Harry when she found out their affair had a bigger repercussion. Heartbroken, she had to do what was best for everyone. Just as planned, she and Lindsey went to visit Emma in Greece. Trista thought this vacation was going to be a way for her to heal and come to terms with of the gargantuan mistakes she’s made in the past...
  • The Christmas Truce by Tiffany Reisz

    The Christmas Truce by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “Look, it’s us,” Nora said, holding up a Peanuts-themed Christmas card. On the front was the blond pianist Schroeder, the black-haired muckraker Lucy, and Snoopy. “I’m the fucking dog? ” Kingsley asked. “You’ve humped your fair share of legs. ”...
  • The Ties That Bind by Red Phoenix

    The Ties That Bind by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “His touch is like magic…”. Brie is in the middle of a fight for her life. A force far more powerful than Brie is determined to destroy her. About to give birth to her second child, Brie is vulnerable to the unprecedented attack—but she is not afraid. When you are part of the Submissive Training Center, you are never alone...
  • Daniel Part Two by Tiffany Reisz

    Daniel Part Two by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    You're invited to New York City's hottest dating event: Kingsley Edge's annual King's Trust Charity Auction. New on the auction block this year is Daniel, a wealthy widower and Dominant. However, he happens to have his eyes on another first-timer in the club's auction: Anya, a strikingly beautiful virgin submissive from his native Canada. Too bad Anya hates him on sight...
  • Seducing the Doctor  by J.A. Low

    Seducing the Doctor by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He wasn't supposed to be forever. One night of passion with Miles Hartford was all it took to turn my world upside down and change it forever. He was supposed to be nothing more than a good time and a great memory. Except now, those two pink lines say otherwise. She wasn't who I thought she was. That night she lied to me. She pretended to be someone else...
  • Talon by Pepper North

    Talon by Pepper North

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Buttercup, try that one more time and see what happens…” Elizabeth Sinclair has just escaped from a lackluster marriage and isn’t about to try that again. She’s ready to spread her wings and find the one she really needs in her life–a tall, silver fox Daddy to make her heart skip beats...
  • Loved by Ivy Smoak

    Loved by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I’m an addict. It’s hard for me to know the difference between addiction and love. But when I’m with Penny, I don’t need any other vices. I feel like I can breathe for the first time in years. I feel…whole. I know I’ve messed up so much in my life. But it’s time to move forward. It’s time to make amends. Because no one deserves to be punished forever. Even a monster like me deserves to be loved.
  • Inked By My Sister's Ex by Flora Ferrari

    Inked By My Sister's Ex by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My sister is all I’ve got. Kelly basically raised me after we lost our parents in a plane crash. When a douche made a joke about it, when life went bad, and when I needed her…. She was there. Always. But I can’t stop crushing on her ex-boyfriend. Jamie Jensen is six and a half feet of pure muscle, his arms tattooed and strong, his hair silver…his aura brooding...
  • Always Mine by Kennedy Fox

    Always Mine by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    College parties, beer, and one-night stands—that was my life. Now, I hunt down criminals, ethically or not, but if no one’s asking, then I’m not telling. Drinking and women are still included, though I can’t seem to forget the girl who almost gave me her virginity. She would’ve until I realized she was too young, and I wasn’t looking to get thrown into jail...
  • Collide by Piper Lawson

    Collide by Piper Lawson

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    My hot professor’s past tore us apart. But he won’t give up on our future. I thought I knew who Sawyer Redmond was. I was wrong. But he’s fiercely determined to keep me, and I can’t avoid him. He’s everywhere—in class, at events, in my head. He forces me to discover a side of myself I never knew. One that terrifies me almost as much as it excites me. He says our secrets can bring us closer...
  • Let Love Shine by Melissa Collins

    Let Love Shine by Melissa Collins

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    What comes after "they lived happily ever after? " Maddy and Reid have seen their fair share of trials and tribulations, of love and loss. Facing down the biggest challenges of their young lives, they managed to survive and endure. With the future stretching out before them, they must learn to navigate new and unfamiliar paths...
  • Dark Devotion by Cora Kent

    Dark Devotion by Cora Kent

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Resistance is futile; I will have Christine. With every breath she takes, she's one step closer to being mine . When she finally gives in, I'll leave her yearning for more. Dark Devotion takes place the night before the start of Dark Obsession. When Christine's mother dies, it leaves Niccolo with his eyes on the only prize her daughter...
  • Chasing Temptation by Tracy Lorraine

    Chasing Temptation by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Not all lessons can be learned in a classroom. I went back to school to make something of myself—it was all about me. Until her. .. My teacher. One look in those sad eyes and every other reason for being in that classroom is erased. She’s lost. That much is obvious. Damn if I didn’t want to be the one to find her, to hell with rules. I wasn’t expecting to fall so hard and fast...
  • Locked Up One Night by Chasity Bowlin, Laramie Briscoe

    Locked Up One Night by Chasity Bowlin, Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I shouldn't want my ex-wife's little sister, but I do. And turns out, she wants me, too. .. Troy. There’s one person who pushes all my buttons… Lizzie. My former sister in law. My ex wife’s baby sister. Who was a freaking kid when Emma and I were married. But she’s not a kid anymore and my feelings for her aren’t brotherly. At all...
  • On My Knees by J. Kenner

    On My Knees by J. Kenner

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 38 ratings
    Jackson Steele and Sylvia Brooks continue to thrill in the second novel of a scintillating, emotionally charged new trilogy that returns to the world of J. Kenner’s beloved Stark novels: Release Me, Claim Me, and Complete Me . I never thought I’d lose control, but his desire took me right to the edge...
  • Secrets Vol. 2 by Ella Steele

    Secrets Vol. 2 by Ella Steele

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Sexy thoughts about Cole fill Anna's dreams. Every detail burns brightly in her mind; the way his hands feel on her bare skin, the soft brush of his lips against hers, and the way their bodies fit perfectly together. Anna awakes breathless, tingling as if it really happened. What caused her to think about Cole like that? It was completely forbidden...
  • Devoured by Ivy Smoak

    Devoured by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    There’s a fine line between love and obsession. And I’ve crossed it. I told myself that if I had one taste, I’d be able to move on. But I’m more addicted to her than ever. I tried to be a good man. I tried to stay away. I really did. But I kept watching her through the cameras I installed. Replaying the footage in my head late at night. I’m sick in the head. I know I’m a monster...
  • Eden High Series 2 Book 1 by Jordan Silver

    Eden High Series 2 Book 1 by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Things are heating up in the little town of Eden, where one young girl has been attacked and no one has the answers. Now with Jace's main suspect in some trouble of her own, everything is up in the air...
  • Total Submission by Roxy Sloane

    Total Submission by Roxy Sloane

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Her secrets are tearing us apart, but I can’t give up on us yet. When I’m with her, the beast inside me is tamed. My every craving sated by her gentle touch. I won’t let her go without a fight. No matter what the cost, I will protect her. She belongs to me now. *Part three of the sensual, suspenseful new serial*.
  • His Property  (Book Three) by Hannah Ford

    His Property (Book Three) by Hannah Ford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Whips. Chains. Punishments. These are my world now, ever since gorgeous billionaire Liam Rutherford pushed me into the back of his expensive black SUV, forcing me to live with him at his fancy penthouse apartment in New York City, holding me as collateral for my father’s gambling debt. He claims I don’t have to do anything I’m not comfortable with...
  • Hot Ink Anthology by Carrie Ann Ryan, Cari Quinn

    Hot Ink Anthology by Carrie Ann Ryan, Cari Quinn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Forever Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan. Montgomery Ink, #1. 5. The idea of a May-December romance has never looked so hot when it comes to broody lawyer, Morgan and sizzling tattoo artist, Callie. Between conniving family members, blondes with too much time on their hands, and their own misgivings, trust in the bedroom and out of it won't come easy. Takedown by Cari Quinn. A Tapped Out Bonus Novella...
  • His Unexpected Love: An Instalove Possessive Age Gap Romance by Flora Ferrari

    His Unexpected Love: An Instalove Possessive Age Gap Romance by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A protective father is no threat when you've found the woman of your dreams. Not when you're determined for her to be yours… Stella has been waiting for the right man, but a Thailand vacation with her dad wasn’t the place she expected to find it. When she sees Jaxson’s sexy, long-haired silhouette rise out of the ocean, surfboard under his arm, all her rational thoughts wash away with the waves...
  • The Boss: Book Four by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    The Boss: Book Four by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She is my obsession. But someone else is obsessed with me. .. I'm used to being in charge. With money comes power, and I have plenty of both. But one person doesn't bow down to me. She challenges me at every turn and drives me insane with longing. She's my assistant, Grace Copeland, and she wants something that, by rights, is mine. But others are also after what is mine...
  • Because of His Past by Kelly Favor

    Because of His Past by Kelly Favor

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Grace Knowles isn’t the type of girl to have sex in exchange for money. But when the unimaginably rich and handsome Liam Houston suggests just such an arrangement, she doesn’t exactly say no to him. Instead, Grace goes to his room in the middle of the night, intending to give him a piece of her mind. But when Liam Houston finally gets his hands on her, nothing’s that simple...
  • Damaged 2 by H.M. Ward

    Damaged 2 by H.M. Ward

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLER. Home isn't supposed to be dangerous, but for Sidney it is. Returning home means that she has to face her past. It's not just the man who hurt Sidney that makes it horrible, but the family that didn't believe her. They were dead to her, but now that her mom is really dying things seem different. It's a chance to set things right...
  • Undone by R.E. Hunter

    Undone by R.E. Hunter

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Five years ago, Embry Jacobs ran. .. She ran from a past that still hasn’t let her go, but her dream of becoming a lawyer is stronger than her fear of confronting that past. Embry’s sole focus is to get through law school—with the help of her best friend, Morgan—and make something of the broken girl she became...
  • Hook, Line Professor -- A Student/Professor Forbidden Romance. #2: Part II by Shayla Hart

    Hook, Line Professor -- A Student/Professor Forbidden Romance. #2: Part II by Shayla Hart

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Part II of the first book, Hook, Line, Professor. Blurb coming soon!
  • Texting My Hot Tutor by Flora Ferrari

    Texting My Hot Tutor by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Can a curvy girl like me hold the attention of this gorgeous older man? Or is it destined to blow up when we really meet in person. .. After suffering a tragedy in my family, I’m trying to move on. I want to focus on my studies and not get caught up with the dating scene. But then I see a man one day while I’m riding the bus...
  • Undone, Volume 2 by Callie Harper

    Undone, Volume 2 by Callie Harper

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s image rehab, plan and simple. A month of fake romance to convince the press that bad boy rocker Ash Black has fallen for a good girl librarian. It should be easy. It’s anything but. Ash. New York City. Vegas. Paris. A whirlwind tour for our whirlwind romance, every step, smile and kiss photographed from every angle...
  • Her Maryland Crabby Daddy by Golden Angel

    Her Maryland Crabby Daddy by Golden Angel

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Geographically UnDesirable. Crabs, good friends, and beer. That's pretty much what Ethan Davies' life consists of, and he's not looking to change it. He's certainly not looking for his sister's gorgeous, curvy best friend to turn his bachelor pad into her temporary home away from the Big Apple...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  bdsm  m-f  contemporary  humor  length-short
  • Dirty Plays by Michelle A. Valentine

    Dirty Plays by Michelle A. Valentine

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Zayn and I have been working hard to keep the relationship between us a secret. If we’re discovered after the Devil’s football organization forbid him to have any romantic relationships, he risks a possible suspension. Zayn’s way of concealing our relationship is passing me off as his niece in order to explain why we’re together all of the time until the season is over...
  • Dad's Cop Friend by Lena Little

    Dad's Cop Friend by Lena Little

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I’m expecting a large man in a ski mask when I get the call for a burglary, but instead, I'm greeted by the most stunning woman I've ever seen. She looks strangely familiar, but I can't place her at first. Her beauty disarms me. There's just something about her that makes me feel like I'm seeing the world in a whole new way...
  • Driver's Obsession: An Instalove Possessive Age Gap Romance by Flora Ferrari

    Driver's Obsession: An Instalove Possessive Age Gap Romance by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    PENNY. Growing up, everybody called me Pinky. But not Steve. He always treated me like an adult. It’s not until I finish college that I understand what those feelings I get every time I see him, every time I think about him really mean. My heart stops when I see his truck in the drive, knowing I’ll see him again. But I know why he’s here...
  • Dad's CEO Boss: An Instalove Possessive Age Gap Romance by Flora Ferrari

    Dad's CEO Boss: An Instalove Possessive Age Gap Romance by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Father-Daughter day at your father’s office is the last place you’d think to find love… or is it? Have you ever felt the pull of destiny with just one look? That’s exactly how Logan Parker felt when he first took a look at Chrissy Foster’s photograph...
  • Haunted By Her Curves: An Instalove Possessive Age Gap Romance by Flora Ferrari

    Haunted By Her Curves: An Instalove Possessive Age Gap Romance by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    LOIS. It’s Halloween. My big break in journalism…. My only break since college. A real-life, low to no pay internship with a small-town newspaper. And I have my first story. Spending the night at a haunted house? It must be some kind of wind up, a test. I decide to check it out before chucking the job. What have I got to lose? At a crossroads in my life, I feel a change coming. I feel him...
  • Secrets by Ella Steele, H.M. Ward

    Secrets by Ella Steele, H.M. Ward

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Sex is supposed to be sexy, tantalizing, and completely erotic, but Anna never seems to find the right guy. This one seems to be a germ-a-phobe, and the previous boyfriend wasn't much better. Anna just wants to be wanted. Is that too much to ask? As Anna tries to wiggle out of one relationship, a new one surfaces, but it's forbidden...
  • Pinch Me by Tymber Dalton

    Pinch Me by Tymber Dalton

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When Laura Spaulding awakens in a hospital to learn a vicious attack has stolen her memories, all she has are her strong, instinctive emotions for close friends and her fiancé, Rob. Rob Carlton is more than just Laura’s fiancé—he’s also her Master...
  • In Harmony by Helena Newbury

    In Harmony by Helena Newbury

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She's shy, sheltered and inexperienced. .. now an Irish bad boy's about to rock her world. From New York Times bestselling author Helena Newbury, the second in the Fenbrook Academy New Adult trilogy. Karen is one of the top musicians at Fenbrook Academy, but a life spent playing the cello has left no time for anything else. At 21, she's still completely inexperienced in love. .. and sex...
  • What He Explores by Hannah Ford

    What He Explores by Hannah Ford

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Introducing WHAT HE EXPLORES, book twenty-one in the hot and sexy bestselling WHAT HE WANTS series by Hannah Ford. .. Twenty-one-year-old law student Charlotte Holloway isn’t the type of girl to lust after things she can’t have...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  cliffhanger  contemporary
  • First Night  (Club Volare, #.05): A Club Volare Prequel Novella (Club Volare .5) by Chloe Cox

    First Night (Club Volare, #.05): A Club Volare Prequel Novella (Club Volare .5) by Chloe Cox

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She played the perfect submissive in a movie -- but he's a real Dom. .. Actress Olivia Cress used to have a boyfriend--until he got famous, dumped her, and left her to deal with the fall out. Now she's got only one place to hide from the paparazzi: Gavin Colson's hotel room. And Gavin Colson is six feet and change of hard muscled, hard driving, Louisiana Dom...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  m-f  cliffhanger  humor  contemporary
  • Lucky Liv by Jamie Bennett

    Lucky Liv by Jamie Bennett

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lucky Liv? Yes, Olivia Lassiter—just Liv to most people—has led a charmed life. She has a supportive family, fun friends, a job she enjoys, and a fiancé who’s crazy in love with her. She’s in love with him right back, and everything is great. It’s wonderful, right up until she steps onto a flight from Detroit to San Francisco. Well…it’s true that before that flight, her fiancé may have dumped her...
  • Kissing Kosta by Mia Madison

    Kissing Kosta by Mia Madison

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "There's the kind of sass that gets you kissed . .. and then there's the kind that gets you spanked. ". Constantine "Kosta" Adamo is all man . .. and I shouldn't even be thinking about him. He's too old for me. Too worldly. Too dangerous. It only makes me want him more. Playing with his fire is sure to get me burned . .. and it'll be worth every scorching second...
  • Big Burly Daddy by Erin Havoc

    Big Burly Daddy by Erin Havoc

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Rhett King. Even his name is powerful. A single father this handsome? Sign me up. Or so would I say months ago. After losing my job because of my ex, I rule older men out. And Rhett is older. By a lot. It doesn’t matter he’s so tall he has to duck to pass a door. It doesn’t matter he’s so broad he gives a new meaning to the word burly. Rhett is totally forbidden...
  • Unleashed: Volume 2 by Callie Harper

    Unleashed: Volume 2 by Callie Harper

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Enjoy the heat as the bargain begins, and finally discover what went down between Declan and Kara during those long, hot summer nights six years ago on the ranch. Declan. I finally had her, the woman I’d craved for years. Under my control, within my power for one week. She was a born sub, she just didn’t know it yet. She needed her dom to train her, teach her how much she needed to serve...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  bdsm  m-f  contemporary  length-novella
  • Forever After by S. E. Lund

    Forever After by S. E. Lund

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author S. E. Lund comes Book Five of the Unrestrained Series, FOREVER AFTER:. New parents Drake and Kate start their life together facing the adverse publicity of a trial that exposes Drake's secret life as a Dominant in Manhattan's BDSM community. Will the fallout destroy their happy ever after?
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  bdsm  contemporary  length-medium
  • His Belt  (Part One) by Hannah Ford

    His Belt (Part One) by Hannah Ford

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    His belt. He wants it around my wrists, against my backside, marking me and making me his…. My boss Elijah Armstrong is cruel and calculating, bruised and beautiful, equal parts hot as fire and cold as ice. He’s also a dominant. And I am so not a submissive. I know I should say no, should walk out of his office and never look back...
  • Boss Me Around by Lisa Renee Jones

    Boss Me Around by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's a dirty, sexy alpha and her boss. She's his biggest temptation. He vows never to touch her. Read the first five tantalizing chapters of Bastard Boss, and find out why some vows are meant to be broken.
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