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  • Seven Card Stud by Emilia Finn

    Seven Card Stud by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This is book 7 in the Stacked Deck Series. Full blurb coming soon.
    Categorized as:
    new adult  cliffhanger  sports  humor  length-medium  m-f
  • Rydeville Elite Box Set by Siobhan Davis, Sara Eirew

    Rydeville Elite Box Set by Siobhan Davis, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    This box set includes the first three books in the Rydeville Elite series. Complete trilogy with HEA. In the power struggle between two elite groups, one feisty girl will bring them to their knees…. Life is a cruel game where only the most ruthless survive. It’s a truth my mother rebelled against, and she paid for it with her life. Now, I play their game...
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  • Bound by R Phillips

    Bound by R Phillips

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    "To know the truth of our story. ". Everything in life has a price. Nothing is ever freely gifted. The universe always comes, whether in the brightest, cheek-aching second of the day or the darkest, most plaintive hour of the night, to collect its payment. To rattle and shake your world. To slither into the illusion of Eden painted by strokes of lies and deceit...
  • 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...
  • Chamaeleon by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Chamaeleon by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Haley. “For the last seven months, my life practically revolved around 'my' guys—they kept me safe, made me laugh, and embraced me as one of their own. And, now, the unimaginable was happening. I was turning my back on the life I created with them...
  • Brutal Boys on Devils Night by Daniela Romero, Becca Steele

    Brutal Boys on Devils Night by Daniela Romero, Becca Steele

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Boys can be brutal. Wicked. Savage. Corrupt. What starts as a game, a night full of mischief, turns out to be something darker. More sinister. More depraved. There’s foreboding in the air on Devil’s Night – the night before Halloween when brutal boys come out to play. Only this year … it’s going to be so much worse. I can hardly wait...
  • Bend the Pucking Rules by Rachel Leigh

    Bend the Pucking Rules by Rachel Leigh

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bend The Pucking Rules is the second book in the sexy and suspenseful Ice Lords Series. An Enemies to Lovers, Why-Choose, College Hockey Romance. I know too much and now, I’m paying the price. One secret shattered my world. Three boys wrecked my life. And one of them just might own my heart—if only he could remember...
  • The Seduction Expert by Saya Lopez Ortega

    The Seduction Expert by Saya Lopez Ortega

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    One of the most anticipated romance books of 2019. She's the seduction expert. Women contact her to take over their love lives. She steps in when they're lost, she's supposed to succeed where they failed. She handles their single status, their relationship, their breakup, and very often their partner's affairs...
  • Glass Heart Broken by Lindsey Iler

    Glass Heart Broken by Lindsey Iler

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    LIES. SECRETS. MAYHEM. The campus of Glass Heart Academy will never be the same once we’re through with it. Palmer. They tried to break me, but they underestimated my strength. When Marek says things aren’t always what they seem, I don’t want to believe him. Now, I know the dark truth in his words...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  cruel hero
  • Stay With Me by Rebel Hart

    Stay With Me by Rebel Hart

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    The last book in Rae and Clinton's love story. ..
  • Famished: Part One by Ellie Messe

    Famished: Part One by Ellie Messe

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    **Reports of uncentered text have been noted, a corrected edition will available December 15, 2018. **. Moms a junkie, Dad’s not dead. After lying to me for the past twenty-one years, Mom got in too deep with her debt and had to call not-dead dad to bail her out. But wait, there’s more; not-dead dad is a biker who thinks he knows what’s best for the daughter he's never met...
  • Frosty Blues: A Westbrook Blues Novella by Thandiwe Mpofu, Thandie

    Frosty Blues: A Westbrook Blues Novella by Thandiwe Mpofu, Thandie

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Silent night. Truth night. All is blue. All is simmering, waiting to blow up. Be still and sleep in peace? Not here. Not with them. They don’t forget. They don’t forgive. And they don’t give a damn. Ready the cannons and missiles, the troops are in formation because these boys… they’re frosty but the girls? Well, let’s just say it’s the most wonderful time of the year to let go of old wounds...
  • Trace - Part Two by Deborah Bladon

    Trace - Part Two by Deborah Bladon

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The second part of TRACE, a three-part series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Deborah Bladon. Vanessa Meyer had finally taken on the task of learning more about her birth mother. The twisted path that brought her to her family's townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, also brought her face-to-face with the man who she's been spending most of her nights with...
  • Rumble by Jacob Chance

    Rumble by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two years. That’s the amount of time I’ve wasted lusting after Wyatt Douglas. He had me the moment he roared up on his bike and flashed his charismatic smile my way. I wanted to jump on, wrap my arms around him, and ride off into the sunset. Then my brother introduced him as his friend and crushed my short lived happily ever after...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  siblings-bff  humor  sports
  • Trace by Deborah Bladon

    Trace by Deborah Bladon

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The final part of TRACE, a three-part series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Deborah Bladon. Vanessa Meyer has overcome the struggles of her past to build a life that she can be proud of. She's a nurse in the ER and her relationship with attorney Garrett Ryan fulfills her in a way that nothing else can...
  • Always by Chloe Walsh

    Always by Chloe Walsh

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    "If I told you a secret, would you keep it? ". He's damaged. I'm determined. I've loved him my whole life, but he's broken, older, full of secrets. The bruises on his skin, the silent tears, the hidden pain. .. I know I'm in over my head. My father warns me against him, but his eyes plead with me to save him. All I know is that I can't walk away from him. I promised I would be there for him...
  • Consumed by Taryn Elliott, Cari Quinn

    Consumed by Taryn Elliott, Cari Quinn

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Book 3. 5 in the NEW ADULT rock star series, Lost in Oblivion. Is it better to burn out or fade away…. Oblivion lead singer Simon Kagan is used to being in the spotlight for his model good looks and his voice, not because of the epic ending to Oblivion’s last show on their home turf in California...
  • Pocketful of You by Chloe Walsh

    Pocketful of You by Chloe Walsh

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "Nothing in Pocketful is as it seems. ". Evil is lurking all around us and Sketch and I cannot escape the secrets of our past. A past that, up until now, neither one of us knew existed. Torn apart by our cruel, vindictive fathers, we face our biggest challenge yet; staying alive. Pocketful of You is the third in a four-book series. Therefore, the storyline continues into the fourth book...
  • Promise Me by Rebel Hart

    Promise Me by Rebel Hart

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    CRUEL INTENTIONS meets AFTER. Find out what happens in Rae and Clinton's love story. ..
  • 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?
  • The Mountain Man's Fake Girlfriend by Clara King

    The Mountain Man's Fake Girlfriend by Clara King

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Belle Haywood is off-limits. She's a sunshine-sweet florist: pretty as a rose with a sassy smart mouth and curves for days. I'm just the local handyman, big and grumpy, living in an isolated cabin on Frozen Peak. I'm way too old for her, but the worst part? I'm her brother's best friend. Our love might be forbidden, but a fake relationship sounds like the answer I've been waiting for...
  • Selfish Series Box Set by Shantel Tessier

    Selfish Series Box Set by Shantel Tessier

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Selfish There's nothing wrong with wanting it all. Myself I've always been a little selfish Selfless No one ever said love was fair. Three full novels. Two very different couples. Ryder and Ashlyn were supposed to have a one-night stand. Two strangers who just wanted to have a little fun on vacation. They could have never guessed how much their lives were about to change...
  • 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.
  • 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...
  • What You Don't (True Hearts) by Jaxson Kidman

    What You Don't (True Hearts) by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What you don’t know is that you were my first kiss. 
What you don’t know is that you were my first heartache. 
What you don’t know is that I understand why you left. 
What you don’t know is that I was there the night your sister died. 
What you don’t know… is that I’m still in love with you….
  • Avoiding Temptation: A Student/Teacher Romance by Tracy Lorraine

    Avoiding Temptation: A Student/Teacher Romance by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    First rule of teaching. .. don’t fall for a student. Finally living the life of my dreams in a city I’d always wanted to experience was supposed to be a clean slate. Until him. .. My prim and proper world is turned upside down when he walks into my college classroom, demanding attention with a single look, his braces and glasses at complete odds with his defined body and bad boy tattoos...
  • An Aces Christmas (The Aces' Sons) by Nicole Jacquelyn

    An Aces Christmas (The Aces' Sons) by Nicole Jacquelyn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Join the Aces MC as they prepare for Christmas and a homecoming for one of their own.
  • Frozen Valentine by E.C. Land

    Frozen Valentine by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Blake. The first thing you learn as a kid is 'stranger danger', but they don't tell you what to do when a tall, tattooed, dangerous man shows up out of nowhere. I know I should make him leave. He's surely capable of fending for himself, but it's the middle of winter, the roads are icy and around these parts that can mean a death sentence...
  • Wanting You Close by Kennedy Fox

    Wanting You Close by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I never imagined my new roommate would be the man I’d actually fall for. Though I don’t get close to the people I sleep with, he’s been my exception. Archer acts emotionally unavailable while he focuses on starting over, but our connection is too strong to ignore. He’s rugged on the outside and sweet on the inside—the opposite of my usual type...
  • Somebody Else by Jaxson Kidman

    Somebody Else by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He was the one I loved. I was the one who walked away. We both know why. I was never supposed to see him again. *. What I have now looks perfect on the outside. The car. The career. The house. The neighbor-slash-best-friend. The handsome man holding my hand. We can talk about everything. Except the past. That's good enough to get by. *...
  • Junior For The Mountain Man by K.C. Crowne

    Junior For The Mountain Man by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The marines prepared me for everything. .. Except for the most important job on the planet. A f*cked up world made me into the man I am today. Then Piper walked back into my life. She woke up the beast I had locked away. I need to have her. Own her. Taste her. But, men with a death wish want to harm her and Caleb. I'll protect them both. .. And finally show my little sister's best friend. .
  • Burn by Ginger Scott

    Burn by Ginger Scott

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    **Burn is the third and final book in the brother’s-best-friend, friends-to-lovers Fuel Series by Ginger Scott. This second-chance romance completes this angsty, steamy, new adult trilogy. Dustin Bridge’s world is about speed. About the edge. His life has been carved by cutting corners and making moves, following impulsive decisions while weighing the facts at hand...
  • Whatever Will Be  (Coming Home Series) by Cora Brent

    Whatever Will Be (Coming Home Series) by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Releasing January 14th! * Brother’s best friend. * Damaged Hero. * ’Hate to want you’ vibes. * Stand alone. WHATEVER WILL BE. I was known for being the girl who fell apart. Trent Cassini was infamous as the boy with no future. I only saw him as my brother’s dangerously rebellious best friend. That didn’t matter because Trent didn’t see me at all...
  • How to Date the Guy You Hate by Julie Kriss

    How to Date the Guy You Hate by Julie Kriss

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    I hate Jason Carsleigh. Gorgeous, sexy, perfect Jason Carsleigh. He was the golden boy in high school - the one every girl dreamed about. Except me. I have my reasons. He owes me big, so I’m calling in a favor. I need Jason as my date for my ex’s wedding. Simple - wear a suit, look hot, and pretend he likes me. That’s it. Then I’m done with him forever. I’m not going to tell him my secrets...
  • Finding our Forever by Lan LLP

    Finding our Forever by Lan LLP

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Finding our Forever (Book 2 of 3) For readers 18 and up. When tragedy strikes it doesn't always signal the end. Sometimes it can mean a new beginning. .
  • The Preachers' Promise by Marissa Farrar, S.R. Jones

    The Preachers' Promise by Marissa Farrar, S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was their pet. Now she’s their obsession. She was the ghostly girl who crashed into the Preachers’ secretive world. With her pale hair, floaty dresses, and haunted eyes, Ophelia took one look at the three masked men and ran. But when they gave chase, and finally caught her, she was the one who trapped them, as she tore down the Preachers’ walls. She made them feel. They made her kneel...
  • Wanting Shaw by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Wanting Shaw by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Just the sight of her is enough to make my mind go blank. Shaw Cage doesn’t know the power she has over me, and I can never let her find out. She’s my best friend’s sister, and her brother and I made a pact—our sisters were off-limits. As much as I wanted her, I could never have her. Until I realized Cannon was unworthy of my loyalty. Realizing my mistake came too late...
  • Eden High Series 2 Book 1 by Jordan Silver

    Eden High Series 2 Book 1 by Jordan Silver

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

    Shameful by Nana Malone, M. Malone

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I am the thing that goes bump in the night. I am a liar, a protector. .. a killer. .. I am Noah Blake. And now that she knows my secret, she hates me. The guilt and shame I carry around is bad enough. .. But seeing the distrust in her eyes, that will kill me before my enemies do…. Noah’s Cliffhanger Warning:. Ladies, I know you want to see the full package. But I have to tease you first...
  • HATE ME by Jaxson Kidman

    HATE ME by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    SHE WAS UNTOUCHED. UNTIL SHE MET ME. AND THEN I RUINED HER LIFE. Hey, beautiful. My name is Mason and my job is one simple thing: I want you to HATE ME. I want you to hate this story. I want you to hate this book. I want you to leave a nasty review on this book. Actually, I dare you to do that...
  • Darker: The Novice by M. S. Parker

    Darker: The Novice by M. S. Parker

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I don’t date, ever. Casual sex is all I need. Relationships? Well, my dark past crushed that fairytale fantasy for me. Instead, I’m all into my PI firm. After a snail’s pace start, I have my first big client. There’s just one snag, I have to do research in my hometown, a place I never wanted to see again in my life...
  • She is Mine by Penny Wylder

    She is Mine by Penny Wylder

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    I've never had to think about money. It's always been there. To put it plainly, I'm used to getting what I want. That includes women. So when I meet one who thinks she can't be bought, it blows my mind. She's clever, beautiful, and clearly not looking for a white knight. All she wants from me is a single, wild night of passion in Paris. It's incredible...
  • Cruel Dynasty by Geneva Lee

    Cruel Dynasty by Geneva Lee

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I made a deal. One year of my life pretending to be a rich aristocrat in exchange for ten million pounds. Enough money to start over somewhere new. Enough money to disappear forever. It sounded simple, but being Kerrigan Belmond is more dangerous than I expected. Her world isn’t as perfect behind closed doors as it is on paper...
  • Keeping You Away by Kennedy Fox

    Keeping You Away by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The last time I saw my first love was twelve years ago. We fell hard and fast, but it didn’t stop me from leaving. I never expected to see her again, but when I move back to my small hometown, there’s no avoiding it—especially since her dad’s my new boss. The more time we spend together, the more I want a second chance to be the man she deserves. As old sparks resurface, we grow closer...
  • 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...
  • Troublemaker by Katie McCoy

    Troublemaker by Katie McCoy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Five guys. One bar. And a whole heap of sexy trouble. .. Dante Delgado is arrogant, mysterious… and sexy as hell. He’s also my brother’s best friend, which makes him seriously off-limits — until one of our infuriating fights turns into a steamy make-out session. Now, all bets are off. I know he’s trouble, but I can’t stay away...
  • Money Man  (King Maker) by Terri E. Laine

    Money Man (King Maker) by Terri E. Laine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “This book. .. This MAN. .. he is my kind of MC. .. full of himself and the perfect blend of c*cky and jerk… but God is he sexy as h6ll all at the same time. And the plot/story line had me completely wrapped up and flipping the pages until the final one. ” A. M. Hargrove, USA Today Bestselling author. Her. Nice girls end up last...
  • You Know I Love You by Willow Winters

    You Know I Love You by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I married the bad boy from Brooklyn. The one with the tattoos and the look in his eyes that told me he was bad news. The look that comes with all sorts of warnings. I knew what I was doing. I knew by the way he put his hands on me; how he owned me with his forceful touch. I couldn’t say no to him, not that I wanted to. That was then, and it seems like forever ago...
  • 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. .
  • Forgiven by Lisa Helen Gray

    Forgiven by Lisa Helen Gray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kelly. Everyone has their kryptonite, mine just so happens to be him. The womanizer, the male whore and the sexiest man you’ll ever lay your eyes on. With his dark hair, penetrating eyes, and his god like body beckoning to be touched, you can’t help but be hypnotized by the man...
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