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  • The Billionaire's Secrets by J.S. Scott

    The Billionaire's Secrets by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Former rock star Xander Sinclair may be out of rehab, but he’s not out of the woods. Still haunted by his parents’ murders, he has secluded himself in his Amesport mansion and dodges any attempted contact from his two brothers. Struggling not to fall into relapse, he believes he’s battling his demons alone. That is, until Samantha arrives to work as his live-in housekeeper...
  • The Billionaire's Final Stand by Melody Anne

    The Billionaire's Final Stand by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    When the head of the Anderson family, Joseph, gets into a life-changing automobile accident, his family struggles to find a way to survive if he doesn’t come out of the coma the accident has placed him in. Austin Anderson is used to being single, but slowly he's watched his siblings and cousins find true love, leaving him the final Anderson without a spouse...
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  • Keeping Katie by Kate Oliver

    Keeping Katie by Kate Oliver

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    Katie Shaw My life is upside down. Then he walks in and takes over. He takes care of me. Calls me his good girl. I like it...a lot. Grady O'Brien The last thing I expect when I walk into Twisted Bean is her. She's mine. I'm going to be her Daddy. I just need to convince her first...
  • The Billionaire's Salvation ~ Max by J.S. Scott

    The Billionaire's Salvation ~ Max by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Billionaire Max Hamilton thought he was finally starting to find contentment, more than two years after losing his wife Mia in a tragic drowning accident. He'd been reunited with a sister he hadn’t realized existed. Finally he had family again, a reprieve from the pain and loneliness that had haunted him since his devastating loss...
  • Atlas by Becca Jameson

    Atlas by Becca Jameson

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Baby girl, I’m going to count to three…”Carlee is doing just fine on her own. She doesn’t need a man in her life. They never treat her right anyway. She certainly doesn’t need her best friend’s brother to swoop into town and take over like he never left her. It takes him less than one day to cause her to lose her car, her job, and her apartment. Now she’s furious...
  • Unbroken Hart by Ella Fox

    Unbroken Hart by Ella Fox

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    There were reasons why Dante didn't believe in love, reasons why he kept people at bay. For the first time, you will find out how Dante really felt about Sabrina from the very beginning. Catch up with the couple that started the Hart Family series. Dante is as steamy as ever! This is an erotic short story, approx, 19,000 words...
  • Walkout by Lila Rose

    Walkout by Lila Rose

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In Living Without, Melissa and Dallas’s chemistry skyrocketed. It’s finally time to get up close and personal with this hot couple in their very own novella, Walkout. Get ready to discover what happens when Dallas chases Melissa all the way to Sydney to claim her back. From her one visit to Melbourne and the Hawks MC compound, Melissa Stevenson knows Dallas is who she wants...
  • Playing With Her by Tory Baker

    Playing With Her by Tory Baker

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I always get what I want and what I want is Amelie. One month after leaving, my only thoughts were of the woman I left to protect. Thoughts of her consumed me night and day, pushing me to work harder and faster in order to have her back in my arms. The need to protect her from my own blood, a father who would ruin me and anyone that means anything to me in order to further his political career...
  • Unseemly Entanglement by Piper Stone

    Unseemly Entanglement by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His offer made me blush. Taking it made me his. I was warned about Frederick Duvall. I was told he was dangerous. But I never suspected that meeting the billionaire advertising mogul to discuss a business proposition would end with me bent over a table with my dress up and my panties down for a shameful lesson in obedience. That should have been it...
  • Blackmailing the Billionaire by Melody Anne

    Blackmailing the Billionaire by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Cassandra, or Cassie, as everyone calls her is trying to get her big break into the journalism world. She wants an exclusive interview with the famous Max Anderson. But, the man refuses to return her calls. She isn’t willing to give up, but fate steps in and helps her out. She’s out taking a walk one afternoon, when everything goes dark...
  • 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...
  • In the Den: 10th Anniversary Edition by Sierra Cartwright

    In the Den: 10th Anniversary Edition by Sierra Cartwright

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    FROM BESTSELLING ROMANCE AUTHOR SIERRA CARTWRIGHTBook six in the Mastered seriesHis obsession may destroy them both.As, the billionaire owner of the Den, Damien Lowell has no business lusting after Catrina Davidson. After all, as a Dom, he owes the beautiful, vulnerable Domme all of his respect.But when it comes to her, he's a man obsessed.He has to have her under his lash...
  • Tabitha in the Moonlight by Betty Neels

    Tabitha in the Moonlight by Betty Neels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Her Prince Charming? Sister Tabitha was an efficient nurse, but when it came to matters of the heart she was less sure of herself. So when she fell in love, she had no idea how to deal with her feelings. Was that why the Dutch surgeon Marius van Beek called her Cinderella? If only Marius would ride up on a white horse and ask for her hand in marriage...
  • The Billionaire's Desire by Scarlett Avery

    The Billionaire's Desire by Scarlett Avery

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is an alternate cover edition for B00U1Y8PLG The sizzling adventure continues in this alpha billionaire romance series. The scintillating, steamy and passionate romance between Ciara and Nikolaj picks up where the last book ended. The only difference is that Ciara discovers Nikolaj’s true penchant for domination and to her surprise, she relishes submitting herself to him...
  • Her Hero Daddy by Kate Oliver

    Her Hero Daddy by Kate Oliver

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Previously published as Haylee's Hero Daddy by Kate Oliver. She had to get away from him. The person who'd become her nightmare. She had a plan. But could she accept help from the huge, frightening, bossy man that her friends sent to protect her? Could Kane actually be her knight in shining armor? Kane wanted to be her fierce protector, to guard her with his life if needed...
  • Fearless In Love by Bella Andre, Jennifer Skully

    Fearless In Love by Bella Andre, Jennifer Skully

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Meet the Maverick Billionaires―sexy, self-made men from the wrong side of town who survived hell together and now have everything they ever wanted. But when each Maverick falls head-over-heels for an incredible woman he never saw coming, he will soon find that true love is the only thing he ever really needed..
  • Hold Me If You Can by Jordan Silver, R+M Photography

    Hold Me If You Can by Jordan Silver, R+M Photography

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mancini finds himself in the stickiest situation yet. After hunting down the worse criminals known to man, he finds himself caught by the special agent who’d been hand picked to bring him down. No sooner had he staked his claim than he was being called away to take down the man responsible for the biggest child trafficking ring in South East Asia...
  • Hard to Get by Sam Crescent, Stacey Espino

    Hard to Get by Sam Crescent, Stacey Espino

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Shadow keeps to himself, never mixing business with pleasure. Business is killing. Pleasure is the girl next door. Riley never had help growing up, but she’s determined to make something of her life. She used her own blood, sweat, and line of credit to buy her home and bakery. Everything is perfect—only it’s not. She’s lonely and can’t stop obsessing over her sexy, mysterious neighbor...
  • Mobster's Vendetta by Amy Rachiele

    Mobster's Vendetta by Amy Rachiele

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    My soul was drawn to him. It isn’t about the danger or his dark beauty, it’s the connection I feel – the feeling of home I have with him even though I am miles away from it. Megan, Mobster’s Vendetta The mob underworld never changes. It hides itself deep in the cities. The rules, people, and danger are identical no matter where you go. Sometimes I wish things were different, but they're not...
  • Picture Perfect by Ella Fox

    Picture Perfect by Ella Fox

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Flynn Rand spent the last decade as the lead singer of one of the world’s most famous bands. Although he's got a reputation as a player, he’s decided that it’s time to find something real. One look at a photo of Tessa Hamilton had him hooked. Tessa’s teenage celebrity crush was Flynn Rand...
  • Mick by C.M. Steele

    Mick by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “I’d die for you…” As the “Princess” of the Steele Riders, Morgan Steele is untouchable. A mere tattoo artist isn’t worthy of her, but Mick’s going to do whatever he can to win her love. Morgan wants her man and is going to do whatever she can to get Ewan “Mick” McMann to claim her body and soul...
  • Auction House by Piper Stone

    Auction House by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I was meant to be auctioned. He took me for himself instead.When I went undercover to investigate a series of murders with links to Steele Franklin's auction house operation, I expected to be sold for the humiliating use of one of his fellow billionaires.But he wanted me for himself.No contract. No terms agreed upon...
  • Conviction by Jane Henry

    Conviction by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Braxton Cannon can’t get the girl on the dance floor out of his mind, the woman he literally swept off her feet and into Club Verge. She’s no submissive, but he can’t help but admire her ferocity, even as he yearns to take her over his lap and teach her manners. He’s determined to keep her safe if he has to lock her up himself. Officer Zoe Mackay can handle herself...
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    spanking  bdsm  m-f  suspense  contemporary  audiobook
  • Unforgettable by Aleatha Romig

    Unforgettable by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Marji Working for a therapist who specializes in exploring hidden desires sounds like a dream job. It is if hearing other people’s fantasies and discoveries is your cup of tea. The problem is that I’m tired of hearing about them. I want more. I want to experience them. What harm will it do if I indulge just one time? That’s where Lace and Leather comes in...
  • Annie and the Sybian by Dark Angel, Sinistre Ange

    Annie and the Sybian by Dark Angel, Sinistre Ange

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    When Annie's parents' neighbor Mark tells her he has a Sybian, she doesn't know what that is, but when she gets back to college and looks it up, she becomes obsessed with the idea of riding one. Once she's back home on summer vacation, the opportunity arises when Mark leaves town and she's house-sitting for him...
  • The Baby Mission by Vivian Wood

    The Baby Mission by Vivian Wood

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller Vivian Wood comes a story that is about lust, longing, and the beginnings of love...He wants into my pants. And I want a baby...I want a baby, and I want it bad. But there’s no Mr. Right in sight and I’m tired of waiting around for someone to rock my boat. So I decide that I’m going to have a baby on my own.Then I meet Jett at a party...
  • 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...
  • The Shame Game by Hannah Murray

    The Shame Game by Hannah Murray

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    A good marriage is built on love, trust and kink…James and Amanda have been together for fourteen happy, playful kinky years. That’s the way they both like it, and neither feels there’s anything missing, until one day, a typical scene morphs into something atypical—humiliation play...
  • I.S.O Daddy by Sarah Blake

    I.S.O Daddy by Sarah Blake

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Abbie's lonely. She's lost. She wants someone to lean on, to help her with the hard days, and help pick her back up after she falls. She wants someone to be her everything. Her man. Her friend. Her lover. Her Daddy.And where else can she look other than Gregslist?Jett isn't looking for anything serious. At least, not until a perfect Little girl falls in his lap...
  • Just One Night, Part 2 by Elle Casey

    Just One Night, Part 2 by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Jennifer is suffering a serious man hangover when her best friend Mia swoops in and forces her out of her apartment for a night of good old-fashioned girlfriend fun. It seems like just the ticket to help her move on and follow through with her plan for a new perspective on life and men ... until everything goes really right and then just as quickly goes really wrong...
  • Faithfully: A Club Decadence Novella by Maddie Taylor

    Faithfully: A Club Decadence Novella by Maddie Taylor

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the summer of 1979, single, smart, college-bound Joanna Beckett has her eye on the future. She isn't looking for love, but when she runs into Captain Peter Davis, who is nearly ten years her senior, she is smitten and falls for his warm heart, sharp mind, and commanding embrace. Despite his commitment to his career, Peter can't resist funny, flirtatious Joanna...
  • The Escort by Sandi Lynn

    The Escort by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of the Forever Series comes a new standalone novel. Brielle Sometimes life doesn’t go as planned. Mine certainly didn’t. One moment I was going off to NYU on a fully paid scholarship, and the next, I had become something I never thought I would be. I learned quickly and the money I made allowed me to pay for my mother’s chemo treatments...
  • Never Say Never by Scarlett Avery

    Never Say Never by Scarlett Avery

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Previous cover edition for ASIN B00OMDNOMCFor all editions see hereLose yourself in this sensual, sexy and steamy erotic romance between Billionaire, Bryce Van Der Linden, and former real estate queen-turned-escort Sofia Herrera is this sensual and tumultuous billionaire romance.I never imagined I’d be forced in this position, but I really don’t have a choice after my financial debacle...
  • Rescue Breathing by Zoe Norman

    Rescue Breathing by Zoe Norman

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Manhattan Psychologist Olivia Burke receives an invitation to present her research on trauma in servicemen in Seattle, she is determined to turn the business trip into the start of healing her own traumatized heart. FDNY Firefighter Owen Maxwell is an unapologetic playboy who spends his days saving lives and his nights breaking hearts...
  • Tying the Knot by Jennifer Bene

    Tying the Knot by Jennifer Bene

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Over two years after the trauma of her kidnapping, and the auction that brought them together, Thalia and James are finally getting their happily ever after! Celebrating their love is a piece of wedding cake, but with the help of their wild and crazy friends from Purgatory, it’s destined to be a wedding day no one will forget...
  • Blacklist Hookup by Sadie Haller

    Blacklist Hookup by Sadie Haller

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Looking to hook up with a kinky fellow celebrity near you when nobody--literally nobody--can know you're the opposite of vanilla?There’s an app for that.Quietly warn a fellow actress not to be alone with a certain producer and… BOOM. I’m dumped from Hollywood’s A-list to everyone’s blacklist in the blink of an upload...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  alpha male  m-f  contemporary  length-short
  • Just One Night, Part 1 by Elle Casey

    Just One Night, Part 1 by Elle Casey

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Jennifer is sexually frustrated and disillusioned with love, a very dangerous combination. Convinced there's no such thing as Prince Charming, and against her best friend's better judgment, she places a personal ad seeking a one-night stand. No strings, no commitments, no second dates...
  • Drake Restrained 1 by S.E. Lund

    Drake Restrained 1 by S.E. Lund

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Drake Morgan, MD, Neurosurgeon, bass player, philanthropist – Dominant.He doesn’t do girlfriends, he doesn’t do sleepovers, and he certainly doesn’t do breakfast in bed the morning after...
  • Biker Billionaire by Jasinda Wilder

    Biker Billionaire by Jasinda Wilder

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    ***Enjoy the first three Biker Billionaire stories in one volume, with a special bonus story*** A WILD RIDE The night I met Shane Sorrenson started off as the worst one of my life. I had just broken up with my fiance, John, after a huge fight. I decided I would rather walk home in the rain than drive with him another minute. Then Shane pulled up next to me on his Harley...
  • Their Love by Fiona Davenport

    Their Love by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Billionaire Jamison Kennedy fell in love at first sight with his sweet, country girl. They were from different worlds, but he knew she was meant for him. He wasted no time in sweeping Hazel off her feet and tying the knot. Hazel was desperately in love with her husband, but she didn’t fit in with the glitz and glamor of New York high society...
  • Sarah Mine by Riann Colton, Jenna Howard

    Sarah Mine by Riann Colton, Jenna Howard

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Alternate cover edition of: ASIN B00DQIXS3Y Disinherited and disenchanted, photojournalist Hill Deveraux has returned to his hometown and to Sarah James. A quick tumble in her bed and things usually look better for him. However, the Sarah he's come back to has changed from the girl he walked away from five years ago...
  • Whisky On My Mind by Karlene Blakemore-Mowle

    Whisky On My Mind by Karlene Blakemore-Mowle

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life for Whisky McKenna is no longer hanging in limbo. She’s now part owner of her father’s Bar and Grill and back in college finishing her degree. With Sawyer Riley; all six feet of brooding denim and leather at her side, life should be getting easier…but loving Sawyer was never going to be an easy choice; not when he came with a motorcycle club as a third wheel in their relationship...
  • The Royal Arrangement by Jeana E. Mann

    The Royal Arrangement by Jeana E. Mann

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A billionaire prince searches for a new wife in this intriguing tale of power and seduction from USA Today bestselling author Jeana E. Mann. When I walk into a room, people look twice. Once because I’m the Crown Prince of Androvia, and twice because I’m that guy—the one who makes your panties wet with just a smile. My life is grand until the unexpected death of my father...
  • Secrets on the Sand by Roxanne St. Claire

    Secrets on the Sand by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Zeke Nicholas has turned his mathematical genius skills into a mountain of money. But Zeke sits on that mountain all alone, longing for the one thing money cannot buy: the true love of a lifelong partner. Zeke grew up near Barefoot Bay and is staying at the resort for a week while he’s in town for a family event. Enter Mandy Mitchell...the maid...
  • Binding Agreement ) by Kyra Davis

    Binding Agreement ) by Kyra Davis

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Part 3 of the Just One Night series. One wild night in a Vegas hotel changed everything for Kasie. Sleeping with a powerful, sexy stranger made her rethink her impending marriage, and a whole lot more.As her affair threatens her job and the sexy billionaire Robert Dade becomes more controlling, Kasie has to figure out if her passion is leading her down a path she really wants...
  • Filthy Dirty Fate by Grace Morgan

    Filthy Dirty Fate by Grace Morgan

    Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    BDSM isn't just about sex, it's about laying yourself bare. I'm the Dom, and yet with Lola, I've been stripped to the core and my secrets exposed for her to judge.I've pushed her limits, and now it's time for her to make her choice—can she love both the man and the Dom? Only that answer will determine our fate...
  • Becoming His by B. Sobjakken

    Becoming His by B. Sobjakken

    Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    I'm used to dealing with controlling men and I get paid to enjoy their rough handling.So when Aiden Blackwell buys my time a year in advance, I think I've found the perfect client.But I wasn't expecting his soft touch, or the lengths he would go to keep me...
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