Books like 'Mess Me Up'

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  • Forever Paired by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Paired by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Landon Davies had worked hard to start his own restaurant. It was a very different path than most of his family had taken. He was one of the few family members that were not military or law enforcement. But his hard work had given him a restaurant that was beginning to take off when a woman’s scream in the alley outside his kitchen changed everything...
    Categorized as:
    sports  suspense  m-f  contemporary  humor  audiobook
  • Playing With Forever by Riley Edwards

    Playing With Forever by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Evan. I’ve spent years keeping control—on the job and at home. My daughter is my world, my badge is my duty, and I don’t let anyone close enough to become a weakness. Then Josie Lark walked into my life. Classy, gorgeous, stubborn as hell. One night with her should’ve been enough, but now I can’t stop thinking about the way she looks at me, or how easily she slips past the defenses I’ve built...
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  • Rescuing Rosalie by Ellie Masters

    Rescuing Rosalie by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In the Nicaraguan jungle, I'll battle dangerous wildlife, treacherous terrain, and my growing attraction to Rosalie as we outrun a madman and survive. When a hostage rescue mission intended to save innocent lives takes a devastating turn, Hayes, a Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialist, leaps into action and plunges headlong into danger to save Rosalie...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  angst  m-f  military  contemporary  audiobook
  • Hart to Heart by M.E. Carter, Jacob Morgan

    Hart to Heart by M.E. Carter, Jacob Morgan

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Listening Length: 5 hours, 6 minutes. We’re the Harts. Between an engagement, a wedding and an adoption, we’ve had the best year of our lives. Things have never looked better for any of us. But just because you say “I do” doesn’t mean you get a happily ever after. And sometimes, you get tackled more in life than you ever did on the football field...
  • The Right Wrong Promise by Nicole Snow

    The Right Wrong Promise by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The gruffest broken single dad finds home with a spitfire heiress in this stormy and spicy romance by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nicole Snow. I inherited a freaking family. Thanks, Gramps. I expected the lake house, the repairs, and the weird little secrets you left behind. But sharing this place with Kane Saint and his kids? Holy potato. Don't laugh at his name...
  • Colt by Nina Levine

    Colt by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A fast-paced, sexy motorcycle club romance featuring a heroine who keeps her man on his toes, an alpha who’s not afraid of a feisty woman, and a whole lot of MC action...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  bikers  m-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • Not Quite Perfect by Catherine Bybee

    Not Quite Perfect by Catherine Bybee

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Catherine Bybee delivers the fifth heartwarming, flirty novel in the wildly popular Not Quite series. Mary Kildare knows how to read people. It’s both why she makes a great therapist and why she refuses to trust the average bachelor...
  • Lucky Bastard by Kaylee Ryan

    Lucky Bastard by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 30 ratings
    Emma. When my best friend Aubrey asked me to tag along to an event with her, I never could have imagined that it would be the day that my life changed forever. He’s arrogant and demanding and doesn’t take a hint. Landon Barker, the quarterback for the Hermosa Beach Trojans, is a player on and off of the field. He’s got his sights set on me as his next play, but I see right through him...
  • Tastes Like Candy by Lauren Gilley

    Tastes Like Candy by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Raised by a widower and a pack of uncles, Michelle Calloway has known only one way of life, that of the Lean Dogs MC, London chapter. When circumstances force her to flee to America, she fears her days of working alongside the club are over. But Derek Snow isn't the sort of man to let talent go to waste...
  • Craving Rose by Nicole Jacquelyn

    Craving Rose by Nicole Jacquelyn

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    I, Rose Hawthorne, have crap taste in men. But, who could blame me, really? When the stories of how your dad and uncles raised hell before settling down are legendary, it was all too easy to see Prince Charming everywhere, believing that if a man loved me enough, he’d change. What a load of garbage...
  • False Start by Lisa Suzanne

    False Start by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Football season is fast approaching, and as a single dad, I need help. Even though I claim I have a little black book filled with names of women who could step up to the task, none of them will do. .. not when I see the bond that's forming between Victoria and my daughter. And not when the attraction between Victoria and I continues to grow despite our constant clashing...
  • Enchanted by Lexi Blake

    Enchanted by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    A snarky submissive princess. Sarah Stevens’s life is pretty sweet. By day, she’s a dedicated trauma nurse and by night, a fun-loving club sub. She adores her job, has a group of friends who have her back, and is a member of the hottest club in Dallas. So why does it all feel hollow? Could it be because she fell for her dream man and can’t forgive him for walking away from her? Nope...
  • Better Than This by Beth Flynn

    Better Than This by Beth Flynn

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Time doesn’t heal all wounds. Sometimes they just scab over. Haunted by memories of a failed marriage, trauma surgeon Barbie Anderson escapes to her hometown for a fresh start. But the quaint community of Pumpkin Rest has memories and failures of its own that should stay buried. When Barbie runs into ex-con biker Jake Chambers, he stirs up anger and resentment in her that she doesn’t want to face...
  • Hiding Out by Lila Rose

    Hiding Out by Lila Rose

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    What do you do when someone you trust threatens to sell you into slavery? Find the perfect place to hide out. Destitute and apathetic from the loss of her parents, Willow Demora is forced to accept any help thrown her way. Unfortunately, the only person willing to help is her cousin, a cousin who doesn't have a good bone in his body, and would do anything to stay out of the trouble he's in...
  • Kade by Tijan

    Kade by Tijan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    I have fought. I have bled. I have wreaked havoc for my family. Anyone who threatened us, tried to break us, I broke them instead. Then, there was peace. Marriage. Children. Life was good. Life was great. Until my phone rang one night. Retired, I was no longer in the NFL. We'd recently moved back to Fallen Crest. So I should’ve known. I should’ve remembered. There is no peace in Fallen Crest...
  • Embrace The Suck by Giulia Lagomarsino, Reggie Deanching

    Embrace The Suck by Giulia Lagomarsino, Reggie Deanching

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Embrace The Suck is book 8 in the OPS Protector Romance series and should be read in order. I should have just stayed home. I thought I could get away and relax. But that was scrapped the first day when Dash and FNG followed me on vacation. It was supposed to be a trip to reset my brain...
  • King: The Epilogue Collection by Nina Levine

    King: The Epilogue Collection by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    If you love King, strap in for the ride as he and Lily navigate their HEA. This story has it all:. ✔️ angst. ✔️ scorching heat. ✔️ MC action. ✔️ Stormgirl time. ✔️ old favourites showing up. But mostly this story is about two people fighting for their love. Day in, day out. Life with an MC president like King isn't an easy ride. Watch as these two figure out how to love and be loved...
  • Path To Realization by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Path To Realization by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Asher Pryce hides behind a wall of secrets he's spent most of his life building up. How else is the adopted child whose birth parents run a drug cartel supposed to fit in? He's notorious for his overconfident swagger and total lack of patience for bullshit - a master of masks. The one thing in his life he can't fake? His feelings for his best friend's twin sister...
  • Sangre by Chiah Wilder

    Sangre by Chiah Wilder

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A second chance at love like no other. When Sangre, the tatted and built officer of the Night Rebels MC, agrees to be the bodyguard of Isla Rose, he has no idea what he's in for. It's just an ordinary gig: A bodyguard for a temperamental, difficult, diva who thinks a fan is out to get her. Sangre doesn't have time for drama and decides there's no way he's going to indulge the spoiled rock star...
  • Handling Haven  (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Samantha A. Cole

    Handling Haven (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    ***This book was previously published in Amazon Kindle Worlds***. Haven Caldwell had the world at her feet. Traveling around the globe, hobnobbing with the elite, she did things other people could only dream of, but it was all a cover...
  • Hell's Handlers Box Set One: Zach / Maverick / Jigsaw by Lilly Atlas

    Hell's Handlers Box Set One: Zach / Maverick / Jigsaw by Lilly Atlas

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Zach. After choosing a path that nearly destroyed her, Toni pledges to find a man who is steady and honorable. Unfortunately, that promise leads to years of bland relationships. Bland isn’t a word anyone would use to describe Zach, the enforcer for the Hell’s Handlers MC. He stirs up every desire Toni has worked so hard to suppress...
  • Bound by Desire by Ryan Michele

    Bound by Desire by Ryan Michele

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Have you ever wanted something so badly it consumes you? There is a fine line between needs and wants. Deke Gavelson has wanted his Ravage cut for as long as he can remember. He’s earned it. He was born to be in this club. He’s not afraid to fight for his place, either. Then she barreled into his world, and Deke suddenly desires something more than his rag and winning the next round...
  • Repairing the Wreckage by Autumn Jones Lake

    Repairing the Wreckage by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From day one, I’ve been fighting to survive. I should have known better. Nothing in life comes easy. In the end I might leave a champion. But victory has a price. And losing Molly is more than I’m willing to pay.
  • Trick by Jessica Ames

    Trick by Jessica Ames

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Enjoy this dark motorcycle club romance from USA Today Bestselling MC romance author Jessica Ames. .. Trick. My life ended in the blink of an eye. Everything I held in my heart was shattered by one bullet. Bound in my anger, I did the only thing I could and took revenge...
  • Special Forces: Operation Alpha: Handling Haven: A Deimos/Trident Security/Delta Team Crossover (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Samantha A. Cole

    Special Forces: Operation Alpha: Handling Haven: A Deimos/Trident Security/Delta Team Crossover (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Haven Caldwell had the world at her feet. Traveling around the globe, hobnobbing with the elite, she did things other people could only dream of, but it was all a cover. As a covert operative of Deimos, a US black-ops agency that has more secrets than the CIA, she knew how to handle herself in any given situation, even if it required killing someone...
  • Reaper by Kathleen Kelly

    Reaper by Kathleen Kelly

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Reaper, VP in the Royal Bastards MC, Jacksonville, FL is deadly and has no time for love or anything remotely romantic. Lucy tests his patience and pushes his buttons like no other female would ever dare to. When her past comes looking for her, Reaper pretends he doesn't care. When Lucy looks to him for help, he turns the other way. But when she begs him to save her, something in him breaks...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  angst  bikers  contemporary  mafia  length-short
  • Hart to Heart by ME Carter, Murphy Rae

    Hart to Heart by ME Carter, Murphy Rae

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    We’re the Harts. Between an engagement, a wedding and an adoption, we’ve had the best year of our lives. Things have never looked better for Jaxon, Addison and myself. But just because you say “I do” doesn’t mean you get a happily ever after. And sometimes, you get tackled more in life than you ever did on the football field...
  • Rider by L. Wilder

    Rider by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She was the one piece of his past he'd never put behind him. Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author L. Wilder brings readers a new installment in the Satan's Fury MC- Memphis series. On sale for a limited time! I'd spent years trying to put the past behind me. I wanted to forget the mistakes I'd made, the dreams I'd lost, but they were a part of me...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  bikers  m-f  contemporary  length-short
  • Road to Grace by Piper Davenport

    Road to Grace by Piper Davenport

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    18+ for language and sexual content! Grace Lundy's life has been tainted with horror and tragedy. She’s spent the past ten years building a fortress around her heart to avoid more pain. In the process, she’s managed to push away those closest to her, but the time has come for them to push back...
  • Hopelessly Devoted to Violet: Hopelessly Devoted Novella by Terri Anne Browning

    Hopelessly Devoted to Violet: Hopelessly Devoted Novella by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Every time someone mentions planning their wedding, Violet finds a reason why they should wait. Luca is her soulmate and Love Bug’s favorite person. They are already a family, but they need to make it official. Luca is getting tired of calling her his fiancée and not his wife. But Vi is torn. Saying “I do” to Luca will mean releasing the last hold Remington had on her heart...
    Categorized as:
    sports  alpha male  angst  contemporary  new adult
  • Gonna Marry for Honey by Cathryn Cade

    Gonna Marry for Honey by Cathryn Cade

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A marriage of convenience, biker style! These strangers get one chance to save what matters most. .. but it will mean living as husband and wife. Devil's Flyer 'Streak' Gansett will do anything to keep his son safe--even marry to create a convincing family. But this biker didn't count on falling for his sexy, blonde bride...
  • Half My Blood by Lauren Gilley

    Half My Blood by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    It’s summer in Knoxville, and if the outlaw crew at Dartmoor Inc. thought they were getting a respite from the drama…they were kidding themselves. Almost a year ago, Mercy’s dying mother claimed he had a half-brother, sired by the beloved father he’d always thought infallible, raised by another man as his own...
  • Walkout by Lila Rose

    Walkout by Lila Rose

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 17 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...
  • A Callahan Wedding by Monica Murphy

    A Callahan Wedding by Monica Murphy

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The sweet and sexy conclusion to New York Times bestselling author, Monica Murphy’s standalone Callahan series, bringing readers along for the ride as fan favorites, Jake and Hannah get married! Hannah Walsh. Gorgeous. Intelligent. My first love. My high school sweetheart. My everything. And now my fiancée...
  • Fast Kill by Kaylea Cross

    Fast Kill by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The past has come back to haunt her. Having battled long and hard to put her painful past behind her, DEA Special Agent Taylor Kennedy has done everything in her power to make a new life for herself. She never dreamed that same past would suddenly show up on her doorstep one night, or that its reappearance would threaten everything she’s built for herself...
  • The Sexy Billionaire by J.A. Low

    The Sexy Billionaire by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Giorgio. I’ve always been the dutiful son, living my life for everyone else but me. So, walking in on my fiancée with someone else during our engagement party should have filled me with devastation, but instead, I felt relieved...
  • Bangshift by Winter Travers

    Bangshift by Winter Travers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    *Skid Row Kings Series, Book 3. Kurt Jensen has had enough. Tired of being under his brother's thumb and having the one person he wanted push him away, Kurt knew it was time to leave. California was supposed to be the new start he craved and needed, but one wrong turn brought everything crashing down around him, literally...
  • Reno by Scott Hildreth

    Reno by Scott Hildreth

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A psychotic kidnapper with a gun. A blindfolded ride to a ruthless drug dealer’s compound. Torture. A slow death. These were the things that were awaiting me while I worked the evening shift of what was sure to be my last day on earth. Then, he came in for dinner. He had a loud Harley-Davidson, a dry sense of humor, a contagious laugh, and seven friends. All he wanted was an enchilada dinner. But...
  • Savior Book 1 by Jennifer Saviano

    Savior Book 1 by Jennifer Saviano

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    *Please read entire description before purchase. * If you don't enjoy an angsty slow burn, with in depth character and story development, don't buy. Trigger Warnings listed within first pages of book. When a Biker with a tortured past, meets a mysterious woman in a dangerous situation, she becomes a light in his dark life that he'll do anything to keep. But she has a dark past of her own...
  • Point of Freedom by Stacey Lynn

    Point of Freedom by Stacey Lynn

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Hatred. Desire. Broken Dreams. Jules McAllister has loved and lost. She experienced the gut wrenching pain of grief after her boyfriend, Scratch, a member of the Nordic Lords MC, died on the same night that she told him they were going to have a child. Grief stricken and destroyed, she left Jasper Bay, unable to tell anyone the truth of what really happened that fateful night...
  • Alpha Wolves Motorcycle Club: The Complete Series by Violet Blaze, C.M. Stunich

    Alpha Wolves Motorcycle Club: The Complete Series by Violet Blaze, C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Alpha Wolves Motorcycle Club owns my sleepy coastal hometown. Their inked-up a**hole president owns my heart. But I’m the mayor’s daughter, his righthand in the office. My whole life, all I’ve ever wanted is to succeed in politics...
  • Our Chance by Margaret McHeyzer

    Our Chance by Margaret McHeyzer

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    We started out as friends. But as time goes by I find myself developing a crush on Jake. I’m fairly certain our attraction is mutual. When we’re together we’re dynamic, our chemistry is undeniable. But something is stopping us from acting on our feelings. Resisting him is nearly impossible. The problem is, I’m running from my past...
  • Brutal Boxer by Naomi Porter

    Brutal Boxer by Naomi Porter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Aspen. My Snow. As teenagers, we were always each other’s forever and ever. Until we weren’t. Now I am the enforcer for the Knight’s Legion MC. I dole out punishment on soulless criminals with my blade Ricky. In the MMA cage, I unleash my anger and frustrations. Fighting is my lifeline to living without the only woman I ever loved, my Snow...
  • Bound by Affliction by Ryan Michele

    Bound by Affliction by Ryan Michele

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    One minute, one second, one breath, it was all for a future that was suddenly unknown. The attraction was powerful and undeniable, neither knowing where it would lead, but both willing to go along for the ride. A bond between them developed weaving itself towards something good and right. In the flash of a moment, one decision changed the course of everything...
  • Maddox by Megan O'Brien

    Maddox by Megan O'Brien

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’ve never known what it’s like to have a dream that’s really mine. To live a life without fear. Being the niece of the most ruthless mob boss in Las Vegas has made any sort of freedom impossible. Francesca Rossi has spent much of her life balancing the weight of running the family bakery with avoiding her uncle’s life of violence and corruption...
  • Triumph by Cecilia London

    Triumph by Cecilia London

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “All of your ideals, your hopes and dreams…they cease to matter if you abandon them in your darkest hour. We have to see this through to the end. ”. Jack McIntyre and Caroline Gerard have never shied away from a challenge. As dual commanders of the American rebel forces, they now face the greatest adversity of their lives. Every decision has permanent consequences...
  • Hard Limit by Brenda Rothert, Kat Mizera

    Hard Limit by Brenda Rothert, Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    St. Louis Mavericks star defender Lars Jansson is dead set against relationships. A new love makes him wonder if maybe he can change, but first, he must confront the truth about who he is. Lars. On the ice, I’m unstoppable. If anyone is in my way, it’s simple—I move them. Hockey is my life, and I don’t have the patience for relationships spanning more than one night...
  • Muffler's Mayhem by Elizabeth Knox, Charli Childs

    Muffler's Mayhem by Elizabeth Knox, Charli Childs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I lost her once, and I'll be damned if I lose her again. Muffler. Beretta and I had a relationship many years ago, only, we were the only two who knew about it. Now she's been in an accident and is suffering from amnesia. The doctors tell us her memories will come back with time, but to go along with what she thinks. Only, she thinks it's the time period when we're still together...
  • Hot Shot by Kat Mizera

    Hot Shot by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Fort Lauderdale—where the days are hot and the Knights are hotter. Wolf:. I’ve been in love with the same girl since we were seventeen. Back before our careers took off and pulled us away from one another. No amount of fame, money, or puck bunnies could ever replace Scarlett. But she has a mind of her own, and dreams that don’t include me...
  • Quieting the Biker's Rage by Piper Davenport

    Quieting the Biker's Rage by Piper Davenport

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    18+ for language and sexual situations. Doom. Six years ago, I lost everything that meant anything to me. Since then, I've been moving through life in a fog. My club brothers are the only people I can tolerate, and only on a good day. Then 'she' crashes into my life and the pain I've kept buried surfaces again...
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