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  • Reclaim by Aly Martinez

    Reclaim by Aly Martinez

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Choices. Everyone makes them. From mundane to unimaginable, one choice can change the trajectory of your entire life. My mother’s choice was to abandon us with our abusive father. My brother’s choice was to go to prison for killing the boy who assaulted his soulmate. Camden Cole’s choice was to fall in love with a shattered girl who had absolutely nothing to offer him but heartbreak...
  • The Rise of Ferryn by Jessica Gadziala

    The Rise of Ferryn by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    She left a broken girl. Damaged in a way no one should ever be. But determined to make a difference in the world. She stayed away. Training. Learning. Hardening. Bending and breaking herself into what she needed to become to fulfill her mission in life. Something righteous, but wicked in its own way. She returned a warrior. There were promises left unfulfilled. Questions left unanswered...
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  • Edge of Darkness by Karen Rose

    Edge of Darkness by Karen Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The fourth and final book in Karen Rose's nail-biting Cincinnati Series revisits your favourite characters battling crime in the city's dark underbelly. Fans of Tess Gerritsen, James Patterson and Karin Slaughter will not be able to tear themselves away from this explosive thriller. Homicide detective Adam Kimble is no stranger to battling demons...
  • Tongue by K.L. Savage

    Tongue by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    I’m too dark for her light.I am who I am, and I won’t apologize for it.I don’t know how to be...Normal.I have my reasons.I've been through hell.I've touched the flames themselves and I've danced with the devil.Intimately.Damnation torched my soul until it was black.Then I see her.I'm enthralled, but I can't speak to her.She's too pure.Too fragile.Too innocent...
  • Obsession by T.K. Leigh

    Obsession by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One week. No names. No expectations.That was our agreement. We were supposed to walk away after our time in Hawaii was over. No matter what.That was before…Before I learned who she is.Before I realized how interconnected our lives are.Before I fell in love.But our love isn’t the stuff fairy tales are made of.Demons lurk around every corner.Good doesn’t necessarily prevail over evil...
  • The Voices are Back by Lani Lynn Vale

    The Voices are Back by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Just a word, yet one person came to mind. Morrigan St. Pete. The woman that’d been hounding my every step since the day she was born. From the moment we first comforted each other in the hospital, to the day that I left her to follow her dreams, I knew that she was my one...
  • Good Trouble by Lani Lynn Vale

    Good Trouble by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Bain met Diana, a.k.a. Luce, the night before he was set to deploy to Afghanistan. It’s not every day that you take your brother’s girlfriend to prom because he refuses to put out the effort. That night was one of the best nights of his life and the next day, he leaves and doesn’t see her again. But there are letters. Not many, but enough for them to form a connection...
  • Path to Retaliation by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Path to Retaliation by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Under-the-radar boxer Cameron West loves to get through life in a series of humor and mischief. He'll be there to charm your panties off and give you a good laugh about it right after. But it's true when they say that the happiest people often hold the darkest secrets...
  • The Aftermath by R.J. Prescott

    The Aftermath by R.J. Prescott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 31 ratings
    When you’ve got nothing, you’ve got nothing to lose. But what happens when you have everything you ever wanted? You fight to keep it. Cormac “the Hurricane” O’Connell’s star is on the rise. Billed as the most promising young boxer of his generation, his new career is taking him to places he never dreamed. But O’Connell only needs one thing in life: his wife...
  • Debase (Eagle Elite) by Rachel Van Dyken

    Debase (Eagle Elite) by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Rachel Van Dyken... With blood on my hands, I held her. With death in my soul, I took from her. With the devil in my heart, I coveted her. There're many definitions of Hell. My list was exhaustive, my definitions tragic. Tonight I was adding something new to the very top. Girl number six thirty-two...
  • Dirty Deals by Nicole James

    Dirty Deals by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Rusty—I’m the president of the Devil Kings Atlanta MC. With a fractious club to rebuild and a revolving door on my bedroom, the last thing I need is 5’4” of sex-on-a-stick trouble.When a mysterious beauty shows up with her playmate’s body, dark soulful eyes and a bagful of cash, I’m willing to make an exception. I don’t fully trust her, but she needs my help. Ashlynn—Things are finally good...
  • Chasing Him by Kat T. Masen

    Chasing Him by Kat T. Masen

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Our vows were exchanged.We had our whole lives planned out.And even brought our son into this world.Until hours later… when everything stopped, and you were suddenly gone.Life was perfect, until the day the only man she had ever been with, the man who had stolen her heart at the tender age of seventeen, was taken away before his time...
  • Pacific Prep: A Dark Academy Reverse Harem by R.A. Smyth, Michelle Lancaster

    Pacific Prep: A Dark Academy Reverse Harem by R.A. Smyth, Michelle Lancaster

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ⭑⭒⭑ A TOP 100 AMAZON BESTSELLING SERIES ⭑⭒⭑My name is Hadley Parker, and today I take control of my life.Today I start school at Pacific Prep.This is my new lease on life, and I won’t be wasting it.I need this, now, more than ever.I need the education, the promise of a future that I wouldn’t get anywhere else.These rich kids don’t like me though...
  • Pandemonium by Katie May

    Pandemonium by Katie May

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    ELLIEFor so long, secrets have ripped us apart.But slowly and surely, I’m learning to put my trust in the five dangerous men who’ve captured my heart.Shocking revelations prove just how deadly the Paragons of Prosperity truly are.By taking the Paragons on, I must decide what I’m willing to give up to destroy them once and for all...
  • Deliver Us From Evil by Monica James

    Deliver Us From Evil by Monica James

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Monsters are real…and that monster is me.I’ve surrendered. I have no other choice.With Babydoll gone, I’m going to do whatever it takes to find her.I will lie.Cheat.Murder…and I’ll do so with a smile.I’ll even sell my soul to the devil…because that’s who my father, Sean Kelly, is. He won’t stop until Belfast is his. He knows I’m at my breaking point...
  • Fixate by K.E. Osborn

    Fixate by K.E. Osborn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s a part of me.Even though I don’t know her name.The woman I’ve been exchanging letters with and developed feelings for over the past five years. But I can’t help feeling torn in two when I’m suddenly pulled toward another. Maxxy, the club’s horticulturalist, is strong, sassy, and she gives me so much lip the aggravation is exasperating.She infuriates me. She ignites me...
  • Zeppo: Kosher Nostra Book Three by Mirrah McGee

    Zeppo: Kosher Nostra Book Three by Mirrah McGee

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trigger Please note this book contains some content which may be triggering to those sensitive to SA off page, verbal abuse, violence, and torture. You may contact the author for more information.RuthPaleontologist? Police Officer? Doctor? Not me. When asked in school what I wanted to be when I grew up, my answer was always the same; Zeppo Kraus' wife and the mother of his children...
  • Tainted Kitten by Sarah J.D., Sarah Jane Duncan

    Tainted Kitten by Sarah J.D., Sarah Jane Duncan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I am Kitten. Feel my Claws!The insatiable cravings that control my life have well and truly thrown me into a clusterfuck of epic proportions! Why didn’t I see this coming? Why didn’t I just walk away when I had the chance?I’ve put myself in less than ideal situations before, but never could I imagine this!Having the choice taken from me.Having my pleas ignored...
  • Player by Hattie Jude

    Player by Hattie Jude

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From Hattie Jude comes Player, a sexy standalone why choose academy romance.The secrets I’m keeping are catching up with me.I’ve tried to keep my life as simple as possible out of necessity, and for the safety of me and my sister.I’ve kept my virginity, focused on my grades, and stayed away from trouble.But the desire to live a normal life is beginning to override everything else...
  • Psychotic by Katie May

    Psychotic by Katie May

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    ELLIEThey lied to me. Kept secrets.And now, I'm forced to pay the ultimate price.The Divine One sees me as a necessary sacrifice in this war I know very little about.Do I allow myself to become a pawn...or do I fight back with everything I have, regardless of the consequences?THE KINGSThe girl we adore and love is in the hands of our greatest enemy...
  • Vile by Lulu Waters

    Vile by Lulu Waters

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    EVERLEE VERA This isn’t the life I’m meant to live—stuck on the arm of a rich asshole while he has a pissing contest with other rich assholes. They’re all puppets, playing a dutiful role that condemns them to hell until death do they part. Hatred pushes me forward. Lust fuels me. And there is only one guy who checks both: Holden Van. My boyfriend’s enemy. The guy who flusters me beyond anything...
  • Until the End by London Miller

    Until the End by London Miller

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Lauren Thompson After learning the truth behind her father's tragic murder, Lauren vowed never to go near another Volkov again, but sometimes matters of the heart are too strong to resist... Mishca Volkov As a Captain in the Volkov Bratva, Mishca has pledged his loyalty to the Vory v Zakone, but he soon finds himself at odds with the life he's always known..
  • Blowback by Monica James

    Blowback by Monica James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This was supposed to be simple. Vengeance was mine. But I should know by now that nothing in life is easy.My endgame has changed all because I met someone who wishes I was dead. Yet her hatred is the only thing saving her from The Big Bad. My lies protect her, so the harder she hates, the safer she is.The thing about love and hate—it skates a very thin line. I need to stay away...
  • Dice by Nicola Jane

    Dice by Nicola Jane

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    DICEThere was only ever one woman for me, but I was forced to leave her behind when we were just kids.Years later, my past collides with my present, and it leads me right back to her. But a long time has passed, and she’s had years of her father breathing poison in her ear.But I won’t give up...
  • Cardinal Rose by Mia Smantz

    Cardinal Rose by Mia Smantz

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Callie finally found a home. It's everything she's ever dreamed of - friendship, family, and a healthy dose of romance, which Dr. Harper repeatedly reminds her is a good thing since it will help her deal with her most recent loss. So, why can't she be happy? That reason comes in the form of one Russian mob boss named Nikolai Ivanov...
  • Because I'm Yours by Claire Contreras

    Because I'm Yours by Claire Contreras

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Lenora De LucaI've always been a good girl.The perfect daughter.The perfect sister. And, in two weeks, I'm supposed to become the perfect wife.I don't know or like the man my father chose to marry me off to but I have no say in the matter. That's why when I see Rocco Marchetti, the man I've had a crush on my entire life, I decide he'll be my first...
  • Insatiable Kitten by Sarah J.D., Sarah Jane Duncan

    Insatiable Kitten by Sarah J.D., Sarah Jane Duncan

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I am Kitten. Watch me play!They call me Kitten. I’m their plaything, and I love it. I thrive on it. I need it.Why?It’s like an itch I can’t quite scratch.A craving that doesn’t take away the hunger.A compulsion that I can’t control.It’s all-consuming in every way.I thought I’d come to terms with how my future looked. Meaningless sex. Lots and lots of meaningless sex...
  • The Rogue by Kimberly Kincaid

    The Rogue by Kimberly Kincaid

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The scars that cut deepest are the ones beneath the surface…Detective Addison Hale is a survivor. The armor she uses to hide her scars keeps her safe on the job, and holding people at arm’s length is a small price to pay when there’s a stalker on the loose.Especially since he’s after the sister of impulsive firefighter Ryan Dempsey, who she had a scorching-hot fling with two months ago...
  • The Night Blossoms by Leylah Attar

    The Night Blossoms by Leylah Attar

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Leylah Attar returns with a page-turning romantic suspense/thriller that careens down an emotional highway toward a chilling finale. Dark, thrilling, and ingeniously unpredictable...
  • Fighting Rosemary by E.C. Land

    Fighting Rosemary by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    KevlarNever thought of myself wanting one woman. But there she is, and she’s unlike any other. I had her in my bed once, but then I screwed up. She’s stubborn and refuses to listen to reason.She’s also a fighter.When things happen and I find she’s not exactly who she claims to be, I have to make things right before it's too late. Even if it means getting down and dirty to do it...
  • Resilient Queen by Amber Vant

    Resilient Queen by Amber Vant

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I never wanted this. Never asked for any of it. The corrupted, chaos of the past is playing catch-up with the present and nothing is as it seems. Everyone wants something. Me? All I want is the truth. I thought this was the end, but it turns out it’s only the beginning. The basis for a much darker twist of fate. Secrets are starting to unravel; relationships have grown fractured...
  • Because of Me by Katie Pearson

    Because of Me by Katie Pearson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    She aspires to be the girl he deserves.Becca Mills is desperate to give her son a better life. To do that, she heads to a new town where nobody knows her, except her mother and her mother’s dealer. When Becca meets Dereck, a tatted mechanic who enjoys making her blush and earning her smile, things get complicated...
  • Stitch by Emmaleigh Loader

    Stitch by Emmaleigh Loader

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Adley:Nobody thinks that a pretty woman holds dark secrets, but then again, the world only sees what we allow it to.I was raised by very bad people.I learned to do very bad things—things that others would see as depraved.I was fine living my life in the shadows, going unseen…Until he stepped from the abyss...
  • Reaching Rachel by L.L. Collins

    Reaching Rachel by L.L. Collins

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    **Disclaimer:** This book contains difficult topics that may be hard for some readers and is suggested for a mature audience only. It contains strong language, sexual situations, abuse, and other content that may be problematic for some to read. Please keep this in mind when choosing to read this book. Rachel has always been seen as a wild child, never committing or settling down...
  • Trouble in Hell by Alex Grayson

    Trouble in Hell by Alex Grayson

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Four men, irrevocably bound together by their horrifying past…Trouble and his brothers escaped from Malus, Texas as kids. In the dead of night, they left behind a Hell so ominous, it made National news.When they returned as adults, it was to seek revenge and justice. Malus is theirs now. They own it, they rule it, and they protect it. By any means necessary. Trouble carries demons inside him...
  • Titch by Jessica Ames

    Titch by Jessica Ames

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    TitchAs Road Captain of the Untamed Sons MC, I've had my share of pain, but nothing could prepare me for seeing my ex-wife move on with another man. It makes my demons want to come out to play, makes me want to destroy everything in my path. I love Rachel. I'll always love her, but she's no longer mine. Getting her back is my only focus and to do that, I'm willing to cross lines I shouldn't...
  • Zack by Esther E. Schmidt

    Zack by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Zack’s spent his whole life loving just one woman—Belle—only to have her walk out of his life and go half way across the world. But three years later, her unexpected return is stirring up feelings that never died, and Zack’s ready to do whatever it takes to get her back. Belle has never gotten over Zack, but she has secrets—secrets she knows could hurt those closest to her, Zack included...
  • Red Sin by Aleatha Romig

    Red Sin by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Red is the color of blood, sacrifice, danger, and courage. It’s also associated with heat, passion, and sexuality. When two people meet unexpectedly with an inexplicable attraction that defies common understanding...it can be called RED SIN.Julia and Van found one another in a shaken snow globe. Stranded in a blizzard, they embraced being two individuals with no last names...
  • Deceitful Truths by A.R. Breck

    Deceitful Truths by A.R. Breck

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kidnapped. Broken. Hopeless.Confined into a dark, abandoned basement with nothing but the clothes on my back.There's no escaping obsession, especially one honed by a serial killer who's bound and determined to call me his. Forever.Every day grows more dire with death circulating my existence.I believe all hope is lost until I'm saved by my own monster, the man who enslaves my soul...
  • Falcon by Elizabeth Knox, A.M. Myers

    Falcon by Elizabeth Knox, A.M. Myers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She was nothing more than a friend, until she was ripped from my clutches.FalconOver my entire life, I always saw my fair share of action. I saw more of it than most between my time serving in the United States Marines, and being the Prez of the Deathstalkers MC. After a while, I became accustomed to it. But, there was only one thing I never got used to: attacks on the people I cared about...
  • The Sinister Silhouette by Alex Grayson, JW Photography

    The Sinister Silhouette by Alex Grayson, JW Photography

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Luca….”She whispers my name at night, filling my dreams with her haunting beauty. Her tormented amber eyes beg me for something I don’t understand, and her agonizing pain becomes my own.For years, she’s come to me, calling my name.For years, I’ve never known who she was.Until now…...
  • In the Garden of Discontent by Lily White

    In the Garden of Discontent by Lily White

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This is a love story. It’s brutal. Heart-wrenching. Dirty, terrifying, and raw. But a love story nonetheless because it is so beautiful. Ensley: Noah Carter was the type of guy that every girl wanted. Gorgeous. Talented. Smart and kind. He was the world that revolved around me even though I didn’t deserve him. But then something went wrong. He snapped maybe, just lost his mind...
  • Shamrock by Courtney Lynn Rose

    Shamrock by Courtney Lynn Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fifteen years ago, I became the President of the Emerald Isle MC . . . At the ripe age of twenty-two. It wasn’t supposed to go down like that, though. Back then, I was young and enjoying life— and freshly in love with the girl of my dreams. Faylinn O’Shea wasn’t just any girl. She was my Vice President’s daughter, my sister’s best friend, and a club princess— but she was mine...
  • Wayward Son by Jay Crownover

    Wayward Son by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s the only girl he’s ever loved.Zowen Archer has been in love with Aston Wheeler for as long as he can remember.She’s perfect, except for the glaring fact that she fell in love with his best friend instead of him. For years, he loved her from afar with zero expectation. He told himself that as long as Aston was happy, his feelings for her didn’t matter...
  • Talking Dirty by Cheryl McIntyre

    Talking Dirty by Cheryl McIntyre

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    I had no idea when I met Linken Elliot that he would be capable of doing this to me. I was perfectly unhappy, living my miserable existence before he came along. I was fine humping strange men’s faces in dirty bar bathrooms. I was comfortable living like a hermit and drinking myself into oblivion. I. Was. Fine. Now I want things. I want him...
  • Blind Love by M.S. Brannon

    Blind Love by M.S. Brannon

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "She is magnetic to me. Every emotion she feels pulls me that much closer to her charm and energy. For reasons unbeknownst to me, I want her to know what she means to me." Jake Evans For Jake Evans, life was as it should be. No responsibilities. He was the master at embracing his reckless lifestyle whenever it presented itself...
  • It All Comes Back to You by Melissa Wiesner

    It All Comes Back to You by Melissa Wiesner

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    An absolutely unforgettable and heart-shattering romance, perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover, Lucy Score and Carley Fortune, that does keeping secrets destroy true love?Anna works two jobs to get herself through college and never, ever talks about her family. It’s easier to keep her distance from everyone until she can finally leave her old life behind...
  • Pure Evil by Stella Andrews

    Pure Evil by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I breathe vengeance and taste pain. Beneath the tailored suits and silk shirts beats a heart with no mercy. My billions lie on top of broken souls and tortured endings. I am evil and I accept I always will be. My plan. To hide behind innocence to play my enemies at their own game and bring them down. I have the perfect weapon. I rescued an angel who believes I am a good man...
  • No Mercy by D.M. Davis

    No Mercy by D.M. Davis

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When it comes to protecting his angel, he has no mercy .Gabriel :The first time I saw her, she made my pulse dance to a rhythm that matched the sway of her hips.The second time I saw her, she was in the arms of my best friend.That broken, rusty organ in my chest hasn’t beaten since.Blood doesn’t run through these veins, it’s pure, unleaded determination.I’ve fought my whole life. For safety...
  • You Loved Me At My Ugliest by Evie Harper

    You Loved Me At My Ugliest by Evie Harper

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She’s no stranger to love and loss… By age eighteen, Alexa Kingsley had lost everyone. Only Joey, the lonely boy next door, remained. He’d clung to Alexa like a lifeline through years of abuse at the hands of his father, and she vowed to protect him as best she could. Alexa thought Joey was the one person who’d always be there—until the day he left her as well...
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