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  • Descent by Helen Hardt

    Descent by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The end to his story has already been written…. Brad Steel made a promise to his wife and children—to create a legacy born from his love for them and his desire to protect them from harm. It was a worthy ambition…. But along the way, something went terribly wrong. Daphne Steel loves her husband beyond measure and will stand by him no matter what, even when it’s more than she can deal with...
  • Treasured by Lexi Blake

    Treasured by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    David Hawthorne has a great life. His job as a professor at a prestigious Dallas college is everything he hoped for. Now that his brother is back from the Navy, life seems to be settling down. All he needs to do is finish the book he’s working on and his tenure will be assured. When he gets invited to interview a reclusive expert, he knows he’s gotten lucky...
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  • Breathless by Helen Hardt

    Breathless by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Marjorie Steel, sister of Talon, Jonah, and Ryan, takes center stage in Breathless, the highly anticipated next installment of the Steel Brothers Saga. #1 New York Times, #1 USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Helen Hardt has captivated readers with the twists and turns of the Steels, and Marjorie’s story promises to deliver even more heat and surprises...
  • In High Cotton by Denise Grover Swank

    In High Cotton by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The second book in the USA Today bestselling Neely Kate Mystery series, a spinoff of the New York Times bestselling Rose Gardner series. Neely Kate’s life is finally coming together. She’s living and working with her best friend, Rose...
  • Enemy Territory by Jemma Westbrook, Janice Whiteaker

    Enemy Territory by Jemma Westbrook, Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sometimes your biggest enemy isn’t across the line. Dutch Mackey has made his fair share of enemies over the years. None of them are like Harlow Mowry. As the hacker for Team Rogue, she’s got her hands in everything. Occasionally that includes his pants. The woman is as vicious as she is irresistible, and can run hotter than hot and colder than cold...
  • King's Wrath by Nina Levine

    King's Wrath by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Finally meet the enigma that is King. Our love wasn’t like everyone else’s. There wasn’t a first date or flowers and gifts. We didn’t have a song or cute nicknames for each other. There were no calls during the day to check in with me, no coming home to cook me dinner, and no foot massages at the end of a long day. That wasn’t how he loved. But love me he did...
  • Her Russian Returns by Red Phoenix

    Her Russian Returns by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rytsar Durov should be dead. But in the BDSM world, loyalties run as deep as kinky passions. Sir Thane Davis is determined to save his Russian brother, but must call on his friends at the Center to execute the plan. Clinging to hope, Brie trusts she will see Rytsar again. There is a promise he must keep….
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    suspense  bdsm  new adult  length-short  audiobook
  • Shake by Addison Jane

    Shake by Addison Jane

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ham lost his family in one swoop of the devil’s hand. His parents were killed, and his brother and sister were torn away from him by a broken system. As the eldest sibling, he was meant to protect them and keep what was left of their family together. But he failed. When he found the Brothers by Blood MC, he was given a second chance at a family...
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    suspense  cliffhanger  bikers  audiobook
  • Born Sinner by Cora Kenborn, Catherine Wiltcher

    Born Sinner by Cora Kenborn, Catherine Wiltcher

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    My sins will be her penance. A Corrupt Gods prequel. I came to this college for one reason—her. A cartel princess. Mexican royalty. Sworn enemy of the Colombian ranks I’m destined to climb. I’m meant to hate her. Destroy her name and sacrifice her innocence. But Lola Carrera isn’t the delicate flower her family thinks she is. And I just took a match to her ivory tower. Obsession is a loaded gun…...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  cliffhanger  mafia  virgin heroine
  • 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...
  • Reborn by Meredith Wild

    Reborn by Meredith Wild

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He’s death for hire…. Some people measure life in hours. Days. Weeks. I measure mine in kills. A covert military mission gone wrong robbed me of my memory and any link to my past. This is my existence now. I execute and survive. Nothing more, nothing less...
  • The Red Ledger: 2 by Meredith Wild

    The Red Ledger: 2 by Meredith Wild

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She’s the only link to his past…. Six years ago, Tristan Stone was everything to me. My whole heart, my future. We were unshakeable, bound tighter by any force that tried to drive us apart. Then he disappeared from my life, leaving me in tatters, broken and running away to one of the most intense cities in the world. Somehow he found me, but now nothing is the same…...
  • The Red Ledger: 5 by Meredith Wild

    The Red Ledger: 5 by Meredith Wild

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Tomorrow isn’t promised…. I’ve seen death. I’ve watched my place in the world fall away. Every day, the life I’ve chosen with Tristan changes shape. It’s not the life I wanted for us, but it’s ours. I accept this, as unready as I sometimes feel to face the dark side of humanity he knows too well. Now the person who’s responsible for putting us on this path has slipped from our grasp...
  • Tied to Hope by Red Phoenix

    Tied to Hope by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “Welcome me home…”. My life is what dreams are made of! I am deeper in love with Thane after the birth of our child, and I can’t believe the plans he has for our future. My joy Is doubled when Rytsar Durov returns as a conquering hero. In the midst of such bliss, a dark secret surfaces that has the power to tear our world apart...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  bdsm  humor  new adult  length-medium  audiobook
  • Savage Burn by Lisa Renee Jones

    Savage Burn by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 19 ratings
    My name is Rick Savage but they call me Savage for a reason. But savage that I am, there is only one woman who can tame the beast in me, one woman who sees the real man. I loved Candace. I lost Candace. Now my enemies have targeted her. For this, they will not survive. I’m back home to save her and win her back, no matter what the cost.
  • Out of Air by Robert F. Barker

    Out of Air by Robert F. Barker

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A final, climactic confrontation. But who will survive? One city; Paris Two killers; one in hiding, the other stalking the streets An innocent young couple, bewitched into the deadliest danger The detective who must find them all before the worst happens...
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    bdsm  suspense  mystery  length-long  audiobook
  • Vicious Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Vicious Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I never cared if I lived or died. For eight years I lived as a mess of broken pieces that never could fit back together quite right. Eight years of training. Of building an empire. Of fighting. Of just surviving. Of letting my heart beat for revenge. Only revenge. Eight years of not really living at all. While I was living half a life, I didn’t realize all that was being built up around me...
  • The Red Ledger: 3 by Meredith Wild

    The Red Ledger: 3 by Meredith Wild

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    She can’t outrun him…. Isabel should have died the night we met. She has a gift for looking danger in the eye and coming out unscathed. She narrowly escaped DC with her life, and now she’s on the run again. I’m hardly her guardian angel, but I’m determined to keep her safe. More, I refuse to give her up. She’s under my skin, sparking more than a few latent memories. She’s made me feel again...
  • Dirty Rich Secrets: Part Two by Lisa Renee Jones

    Dirty Rich Secrets: Part Two by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    Ashley and Aaron's journey continues right where the prior book left off in this edgy and intense story. More secrets and lies, and more passion and danger. Ashley and Aaron could never be prepared for what's about to happen. Questions will be answered. Answers will lead to more mysteries. And the chemistry between these two will leave you breathless.
  • Vicious Vows by Kristen Luciani

    Vicious Vows by Kristen Luciani

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Betrayal can destroy everything we've built. .. My fiancé is a tyrant, a monster dipped in gorgeousness with the power to make women melt at his feet. Including me. As the newly crowned boss of the Mulligan crime family, he never shows signs of weakness. Only dominance. When the sensual beast inside of him roars to life, I am his target. His release...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  cliffhanger  length-medium
  • Inferno: Part 2  (The Vault) by T.K. Leigh

    Inferno: Part 2 (The Vault) by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Recommended for mature readers due to strong language and explicit sexual situations. A stolen glance across a darkened restaurant. A kiss under the Italian moon. A proposition I never would have made in my former life. Our story began just like all fairy tales do…. Once upon a time...
  • Bloody Vows by Lisa Renee Jones

    Bloody Vows by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    FBI agent Lilah Love leads a complicated life. She's engaged to Kane Mendez, a man most call dangerous, but hey birds of a feather, do flock together. She's dangerous, too, and in ways only Kane understands. As for their happily ever after, well that might have to wait...
  • Jaded by D.D. Prince

    Jaded by D.D. Prince

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Want equal rights? Don't f____ a biker. Want safe and predictable? Do not fall for a biker. Want wind in your hair, fire in your soul, and a man's fingerprints on your body, marking you as his and only his, to be protected and treasured forever? Don't accidentally become a club bunny. -Gianna Grace Jones. Told from the biker’s point-of-view…...
  • Steele Waters by M. Monique

    Steele Waters by M. Monique

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Deja Ruben embarks on a new life in Crestview Waters, one she was thrust into, not of her own will. Loss has led her to a place she wouldn't otherwise step foot in. One fateful morning brings Deja’s new life spinning out of control and into arms of steel. Phoenix Steele wishes none other than to remain the reclusive lawyer that he is...
  • The Perfect Woman by Nicole French

    The Perfect Woman by Nicole French

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My husband is a monster. My home is riddled with lies. I thought I could bear the torment for my daughter's sake. Until I met him. In one night, Matthew Zola showed me everything I never knew I was missing. Passion. Pleasure. Deep, dark, earth-shattering love. Matthew thinks I'm the perfect woman. But we're only as good as the secrets we keep...
  • Sniper by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Sniper by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Chance "Sniper" Hendrix is all about a good time. He was married when he was serving as a Navy SEAL and it didn't work out so well for him. When his wife left him, he decided that he was going to enjoy life and do what he loved. He knows that marriage can be good, but he just doesn't want to go there again. He never intended to sleep with a stripper. He never intended to get involved in her life...
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    suspense  cliffhanger  military  length-short
  • Forbidden War by Stella Gray

    Forbidden War by Stella Gray

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I thought we were star-crossed lovers… but Bellanti men make their own fates. I fell in love with a lie. That perfect face, those smoldering touches, his careful words. .. I should have known a Bellanti can’t be trusted. Now I’m married to a man I no longer recognize. And his family is at war with mine. And I’m caught in the middle, trapped between men who would kill to possess me...
  • Awakenings by Rhonda R. Dennis

    Awakenings by Rhonda R. Dennis

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Even though Paramedic Emily Boudreaux looks forward to her upcoming marriage, turmoil abounds again! After running off a series of new partners, she is forced to admit that the emotional scars from her recent abduction are worse than she thought. A nice, long beach vacation with friends should make things all better, right? Wrong! Her drug-addicted ex-partner is still stalking her...
  • Dark Horse by London Miller

    Dark Horse by London Miller

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    First came love. Then came hate. And now? Now, there was only war. When he crossed paths with Karina Ashworth all those years ago, Uilleam Runehart didn't expect his world to get turned upside down—but he also hadn't known what it meant to love someone as he loved her. But greed can corrupt so easily, and what he possessed, he lost just as quickly...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  cliffhanger  length-short  mafia
  • Reining It In by Winter Travers

    Reining It In by Winter Travers

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When shadowed evil finally has a face the fight really begins. Will Greta be able to stare the devil in the face, or will she be another dead club girl?
  • Hard Justice by Sybil Bartel

    Hard Justice by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    One second. That was all I needed. My gun in my hand, my finger on the trigger, I waited. Yesterday I had been driven by revenge. Yesterday my life had been measured in a single act. Yesterday I did not have the taste of her on my lips… Today was different. I wanted more than justice. I wanted the life I had been robbed of...
  • Fated Lies by Ella Miles

    Fated Lies by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He's taken everything from me and I him. I thought I could defeat him, while keeping my feelings hidden. A shared enemy brought us together, changing my destiny. I know better now. My fate is not to love. It's not even to survive. My fate is to protect him. .. Fated Lies is Book 3 in the Lies Series. It continues Langston & Liesel's story. Ends on a cliffhanger.
  • Twisted Throne by S.R. Jones

    Twisted Throne by S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author SR Jones comes a Dark Bratva Romance. They awakened a monster, and now they must face my wrath. They took what was mine. Stole her away in the night. My obsession with my Littlebird does not lessen—it only grows. I will burn down the world and everything in it to bring her back to me. Yet, I know the man who has her is dangerous and deranged...
  • Unforgivably Broken by Maegan Abel

    Unforgivably Broken by Maegan Abel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    **This is a New Adult Romance with dark themes intended for readers 18 years and up**. It took a near-tragedy for Zane and Lili to admit their feelings for one another. If they could survive that explosion, wading through the debris left behind should be a breeze, right? Lili has spent years hiding from her past. Now, she's being forced to admit her mistakes and make a decision...
  • The Lover by E.L. Todd

    The Lover by E.L. Todd

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Against all odds, Finn and I have managed to be together. Colton continues to warn me, says that Finn will never change. But he already has. I don't know what the future holds. .. but I think Finn fits in somewhere.
  • Edge of Honor by Jacob Chance

    Edge of Honor by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "I was the FBI’s dirty little secret, until I wasn’t. ". I’m Brennan Collins, but my associates call me Belfast. Perhaps you’ve heard of me? I’ve been known to be everything from a gentleman gangster to a cold-blooded killer. Men fear me and pledge their undying loyalty. Women desire me and the power I possess, but there’s only one worth my time…. Agent Georgia Cohn...
  • Forever Tombstone's by E.C. Land

    Forever Tombstone's by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tombstone. My entire life, I’d never believed in second chances. They’re bullshit if you ask me. Then again, maybe I wrote them off as crap because I didn’t think I deserve one. I lost my wife a long time ago. All in all, I failed her. She was mine to protect and I couldn’t even do that right. Over time I got used to being on my own. Better yet, it was easier. I didn’t need anyone in my life...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  cliffhanger  length-novella
  • King's Conquest by Xavier Neal

    King's Conquest by Xavier Neal

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The cavalry is ready. And they're riding steel horses. .. The Misfits MC is known for maintaining the balance. Providing common ground. Protecting the innocent. However, when Adonis "King" Arthur embarks on the conquest to completely destroy a rival club, he unfortunately realizes the cost of victory may be too high. .. .
  • Black Light: Protocol by Shane Starrett

    Black Light: Protocol by Shane Starrett

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “Yes, sir. ”. Galen Harmon lives to hear those two words. And for fifteen years he lived the dream with a submissive who’d knelt at his feet and offered that simple phrase over and over again. But then she was gone. Ripped away in a heartbeat of savage betrayal and anguish that still haunts him. Until he met Alex. She’s everything that was taken from him...
  • The Getaway Cabin by Sage Parker

    The Getaway Cabin by Sage Parker

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Her greatest fear came true. Now what? 53-year-old Valerie Schuster was a great mother and wife for over 30 years…until she wasn’t. When her husband decides to leave her days before their anniversary, and their kids move across the country, her sister suggests it’s time for a change. So, Valerie decides to hide away in her parent’s old run-down cabin...
  • Bride by Logan Chance

    Bride by Logan Chance

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author, Logan Chance, comes a powerfully. spell-binding enemies to lovers duet ready to capture your heart. Here comes the bride, all dressed in lies. Love and cherish are not in Gabriel Prince’s vocabulary. He’s used to getting what he wants, and what he wants is me—as his bride. I won’t give in to Gabriel’s undeniable sex appeal. I won’t fall for his charm...
  • The Boss: Book Five by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    The Boss: Book Five by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I used to be a good girl. But I'm not anymore…. Because of him—Blake Carson. My nemesis. My boss. Now my lover. My teacher in so many dark, delicious things I never knew I would crave. My protector, though I never asked him to be my savior. Now he's determined to push me away, yet he still wants me under his lock and key. Supposedly to keep me out of danger...
  • Torn: Rockstar Romantic Suspense by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Torn: Rockstar Romantic Suspense by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Logan King. Love 'em and leave 'em, that's what he does. He can't be faithful. She couldn't hold his attention. That's what they all said. Except it was a lie. She meant everything to him. And because she did, he had to leave her. Make it into a big scene. Because loving him was dangerous. And she was already in the crosshairs. Isabella Grace...
  • Jagger by S. Nelson

    Jagger by S. Nelson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Prospect…. Fighter…. Killer…. In order to prove his loyalty, Knights Corruption prospect, Jagger Blakeslee, readily agreed to immerse himself in situations that weren't meant for the faint of heart. Every time, he stepped up. Every time, he did what was asked. Never questioning… until he met her. Kena Prescott wasn’t like everyone else...
  • 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...
  • Boardwalk Queen by Jillian Frost

    Boardwalk Queen by Jillian Frost

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I was a good girl…. until I met the Boardwalk Kings. Dante, Nico, Angelo, and Stefan. Those ruthless men have tainted me with their blood-stained hands and forced me to live in the darkness with them. I’m no longer the rule-following perfectionist. And I don’t want to be that girl anymore. I have to prove my loyalty to the Kings. Show them I’m not like my thief father...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  cliffhanger  length-medium
  • Twisted Alliance: An Arranged Marriage Romance by P.G. Van, P.G. Van

    Twisted Alliance: An Arranged Marriage Romance by P.G. Van, P.G. Van

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    "It's time for you to pay. .. wife," he said with a cold smile on his darkly handsome face. #1 ROMANCE BESTSELLER ON AMAZON INDIA. Ishani Gujjar led a sheltered life as the heiress of a desert clan. Her world is suddenly shaken when her marriage is arranged to a stranger who came from a faraway place, claiming to be the secret heir of the powerful Thakvar clan...
  • Club Abbott: The Fight by Hazel Kelly

    Club Abbott: The Fight by Hazel Kelly

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pretending she was mine seemed so harmless in the beginning. .. When Carrie and Ben's wedding fun comes to an abrupt end, it's anybody's guess what will happen next. .. **This new adult romance series contains mature content, adult language, and several characters who also feature in the Tempted Series by Hazel Kelly, namely Will & Ella.
    Categorized as:
    suspense  cliffhanger  m-f  length-novella
  • Club Abbott: The Wedding by Hazel Kelly

    Club Abbott: The Wedding by Hazel Kelly

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pretending she was mine seemed so harmless in the beginning. .. When Carrie is left reeling after the incident at the club, she can't help but second guess whether she's made the right decision. But as it turns out, being Ben's date to Will and Ella's wedding is the most fun she's had in ages. It's the morning after that doesn't go according to plan. .
  • A Little Groundhog Day Gamble: A Holidays at Rawhide Ranch Story by Allie Belle, Rawhide Authors

    A Little Groundhog Day Gamble: A Holidays at Rawhide Ranch Story by Allie Belle, Rawhide Authors

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Facing down one of her high school bullies didn't exactly go the way she'd planned. .. Instead of giving Darius Smith a piece of her mind and walking away knowing she'd had the last word, Brynnly somehow finds herself on a date with him. At Rawhide Ranch. Where Darius just accepted a job as a professor at the University...
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