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  • These Reckless Hearts by E.M. Moore

    These Reckless Hearts by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Stone Jacobs must…help me. My life has always been defined by two interconnected things:I’m a Wilder.I’m a treasure hunter.What happens when both of those things are threatened? When who I am gets pulled out from under me and my greatest enemy of all destroys me even further?Lance and his mercenaries aren’t going to stop...
  • To the Grave by Sadie Hunt

    To the Grave by Sadie Hunt

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    I thought they were my harbor in the storm. Now I know we are the storm. *The final book in the Blackwell Beasts trilogy, a new adult college why choose romance. Details withheld to prevent spoilers...
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  • Atonement by Crystal North

    Atonement by Crystal North

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Nearly four years after running from the scene of not one, but two crimes, Charlotte McLintock is barely managing to survive and keep a roof over her head. With her daughter to look after, a degree to finish, and several jobs to juggle, life is hard. But they’re not the only battles she’s facing: guilt, secrets, and a broken heart still haunt her every waking moment, and stalk her dreams...
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  • One Night With the Bikers by Stephanie Brother

    One Night With the Bikers by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    I came to the MC for just one night, but if these bikers have their way, I’ll be coming a lot more than onceFor a broke journalism student, living just across the street from a ruthless motorcycle club like the Screaming Eagles was perfect. Dirt cheap rent and watching ridiculously sexy men out my window all day? Yes, please...
  • This Fearless Girl by E.M. Moore

    This Fearless Girl by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Stone Jacobs must…hate me. The tenuous bonds the four of us built could end with one split-second decision. Good versus bad. Old versus new. Loyalties will be tested when the truth spills like blood from a razor’s cut. Caught between high society and the homicidal reach of a well-known gang, finding my family’s treasure is our only hope...
  • Polaris by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Polaris by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "We want you to choose all of us." Unsure how to react to Knox’s simple but life-changing declaration, Haley focuses all her energy on the guys and her Zenith training, hoping the rest will fall into place. Still, as her love for Knox, Theo, Chase, Liam, and Jackson deepens, she worries their connection won’t be enough...
  • Study Buddies: A Reverse Harem College Romance by Stephanie Brother

    Study Buddies: A Reverse Harem College Romance by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One minute, I’m tutoring the college baseball star. The next, he and the guys in my study group are schooling me in an entirely different way…Thanks to a creepy roommate, I’ve got no place to stay until my study buddies, Lucas and Jayden, step in and take me back to the house they share, where I finally feel safe.Then Kyle happens...
  • Austin by Alyssa Clark

    Austin by Alyssa Clark

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    My high school bullies weren’t supposed to worm their way into my bed. I never expected this to be something that developed past the angry looks I’d given them growing up. I wasn’t ever supposed to be between Austin, Gavin, and Vaughn. But somehow that’s the way it ended up. Before I knew it was a new normal that I couldn’t really complain about, aside from demanding encounters with Vaughn...
  • Vicious Lies by Rachel Leigh

    Vicious Lies by Rachel Leigh

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 31 ratings
    At Boulder Cove Academy, three things are certain:The Lawless Rule.The games are dangerous.Nothing is as it seems. I came here expecting to face my bullies with an iron fist. I played their games and won. Now that I’ve earned my place, at the academy and in their home, I should have nothing to fear. But with every past there is a shadow and mine is drawing closer with each step I take...
  • Pay the Price by Sadie Hunt

    Pay the Price by Sadie Hunt

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    I thought they were my enemies.I was right.I invited the infamous Blackwell Beasts to live with me for one reason: find out if they killed my brother five years go.They did the time, but did they really do the crime?I thought I was prepared for anything, but deep down, I didn’t want to believe they did it...
  • Bride for the Bikers by Stephanie Brother

    Bride for the Bikers by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Doesn’t every girl dream of spending her wedding night with four hot bikers?I never knew my father, not even his name, and until Mom got sick, I thought it would stay that way. But an email address scribbled on the back of an old photo changed my life overnight. From the moment he wrote back, Vincent Mesner was an answer to my prayers...
  • Mad Love by Eva Ashwood

    Mad Love by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 28 ratings
    Our love doesn't make sense.But it might be the only thing that saves us.After the bombshell my father dropped on me, it feels like my whole world is unraveling.Everything I was brought up to believe has turned out to be a lie, and this life that looks so perfect from the outside is anything but.There's only one thing that feels real anymore. One thing I can trust.The Lost Boys are mine...
  • Sharing the Nanny by Krista Wolf

    Sharing the Nanny by Krista Wolf

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    What do you do when your best male friends are fighting over you? Not just as a nanny to their little ones, but as a lover, as a girlfriend, as someone to protect and keep and share?Harper Hayes is a nerd on a mission. She has to finish innovating her revolutionary new virtual reality software, so she can license the tech to the highest bidder.Only her timeline is tight...
  • Fearless by Ivy Fox

    Fearless by Ivy Fox

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Whoever said when life hands you lemons to make lemonade can suck it!Everything is falling apart.Rome is in jail for murdering our father.Holland is in the hospital fighting for her life.And I haven’t spoken to my best friend in God knows how long.Oh, but it gets worse.I’ve fallen in love with my nemesis, too.It might not seem like a big deal to most, but it sure is to me...
  • Twisted Empire by Eva Chance, Harlow King

    Twisted Empire by Eva Chance, Harlow King

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The past has come back to haunt us... way too literally.Our investigation into my dad's murder has taken an even stranger turn than I could have imagined. One that's shattered everything my stepbrother and long-time love believed about himself and his family. One that's thrown all of our plans for a loop.But the four guys standing by my side won't back down, and neither will I...
  • Reunion by Alyssa Clark

    Reunion by Alyssa Clark

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    High school was a nightmare. I spent the majority of my time dodging the three bullies who delighted in giving me hell. Austin, Gavin, and Vaughn were so awful that just seeing them could ruin my day. It was a relief when I finally graduated and I knew I wouldn't have to deal with them ever again.That is until I got talked into going to our ten year reunion...
  • Revenge of the Syndicate by Natalie Nicole

    Revenge of the Syndicate by Natalie Nicole

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They took her. They took the one thing in our miserable lives that means anything to us.When we find her. Revenge will be had.But with that revenge, secrets must unravel.Truths must be told.But with the revelations...Questions arise...
  • Those Heartless Boys by E.M. Moore

    Those Heartless Boys by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Stone Jacobs must die.Okay, okay. Maybe just maim him a bit. Peel off his perfectly chiseled handsome looks until he knows what it feels like to be normal. And while I’m at it, I’ll throw his friends in, too. They all deserve to be taken down.I should’ve seen it coming. I should’ve felt it in my gut. The moment my treasure hunter father went missing, my arch enemies sprang into action...
  • Cruel Hearts by Sofia Daniel

    Cruel Hearts by Sofia Daniel

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    It’s dog eat dog at Templar Academy.I’m about to get eaten alive… And I think I’ll like it.I thought I had skeletons in my closet.Turns out I have a whole cemetery.But that’s nothing compared to these bullies.Maxwell, Kendrick, and Orlando are wealthy, wicked, and devilishly delicious.They crossed me last term, and now I will uncover their secrets.I’ll have them groveling at my feet...
  • The Duet Dilemma by Maggie Evans

    The Duet Dilemma by Maggie Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Emma Fox is a walking disaster.Noah Kincaid is perfection personified.She’s all over the place. He’s controlled. She’s got a sweet tooth the size of Canada, and he only takes his coffee black. While Emma is failing out of their university’s piano program, Noah is at the top of the class.But when the two opposites are partnered together for a duet, sparks fly on and off the piano...
  • Perilous Lady by Eva Chance, Harlow King

    Perilous Lady by Eva Chance, Harlow King

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 28 ratings
    Keep your enemies closer...I've proven I can stand with the fiercest gang in Paradise Bend. Now it's time to crush my traitor ex-fiancé and his stooges into smithereens.They've already butchered my family. I can't let them destroy the streets I called home. Wylder Noble and his inner circle are ready to rain down their own brand of justice...
  • Sinners by Cassie James

    Sinners by Cassie James

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A lost heiress finds her way home. She’s about to wish she hadn’t. The town of Patience is home to the privileged, the elite, and the ruthless. Everything Juliet is not. After spending the first sixteen years of her life in a dead-end town, she’s thrust into the spotlight of a legacy she never knew she had. With it comes a decades long mystery about a hidden family fortune...
  • UNLoved by Jaxson Kidman

    UNLoved by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I was the dirty, poor girl … … now I don’t have a care in the world.   The ‘new girl’ vibe is wearing off, finally. I’m settling into BFH and what I have over ‘the Rulz’ is going to make them look stupid. I agree on a date with each of them. One by one. Barr first. Then Kip. Finally, Pres...
  • Guilt At St Joseph's Academy by M.V. Ellis

    Guilt At St Joseph's Academy by M.V. Ellis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The FallenBeautiful. Broken. Loyal as hell.Five guys with the power of ten.All determined to uncover secrets and expose lies.All laser focused with their eyes on the prize.They’ll go to great lengths to stop me in my tracks.They’ll cross lines that mean we can never go back.Our story is one of betrayal and deceit.Our connection is destined, our bond runs deep...
  • Family by Carmen Black

    Family by Carmen Black

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The last thing I expected was my mom to find out I was pregnant by barging into my baby shower. She doesn’t understand or approve of my relationship, and definitely doesn’t approve of my pregnancy...
  • Who Laughs Last by Eva Ashwood

    Who Laughs Last by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 27 ratings
    They say revenge is a dish best served cold... But I'd rather serve it hot, with a side of humiliation. The Icons got what they wanted. My life is a smoldering wreck because of them. But that doesn't mean I'm done fighting. What I did to Trent is just the beginning. He deserves so much worse for what he's done to me. West and Reese are no better...
  • F*ck Off: Knox Academy - Term 2 by Crystal North, Jaye Cox

    F*ck Off: Knox Academy - Term 2 by Crystal North, Jaye Cox

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    ***This is a placeholder. The book WILL be released sooner than the current date.*** Book Two of the Knox Academy series. What happened when Amelie boarded that plane? What is The Order and what do they do? Why is Amelie so important? Get answers to those burning questions here... Blurb ad cover to follow soon. ***This is a placeholder. The book WILL be released sooner than the current date...
  • Seth by Carmen Black

    Seth by Carmen Black

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    First, I (reluctantly) moved into the brohouse. Then I found myself in a relationship with not one, but all three of them! Now we’ve added Alex Goode to the mix, turning our quad into a quint. Yet my unconventional relationship isn’t all fun. Seth's obsession with being the best is taking a toll on him. I want to be there for him, yet whenever I try, he just pushes me away...
  • Truth by Cassie James

    Truth by Cassie James

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Truth or dare?” Four years ago, an innocent game led a group of friends into the woods for a night of debauchery.Two weeks later, one of them was dead.Now, Natalie Adams wants nothing more than to forget what happened that night—and everything that happened after.It’s easier said than done when a very public misstep lands her back at Banner-Hill, a place she swore she’d never step foot in again...
  • Spiteful Lies by Nora Cobb

    Spiteful Lies by Nora Cobb

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I CAME FROM NOTHING.NOW I HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO LOSEThe stakes have never been higher.And backing down now means paying an unthinkable price.I thought I could never be broken.I thought I could handle whatever came my way.The Kings of Stonehaven taught me how wrong I was.They used me. They humiliated me. They broke me.But there was something they couldn’t do...
  • Reckless Games by Eva Chance & Harlow King

    Reckless Games by Eva Chance & Harlow King

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    All I wanted was to understand what turned my stepbrother so cold.I never expected that the journey would end with him and his friends crouched around a bloody corpse.But when they reveal that they've been investigating an unsolved crime that tore my family apart without me even realizing it, how can I walk away?The deeper I tumble down the rabbit hole with them, the more I believe their theories...
  • Sawyer and the Bookworms by Mona Black

    Sawyer and the Bookworms by Mona Black

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Omega Sawyer O'Connell is one proud owner of the Book Café, a cat called Potato, and a bevy of awesome friends. He participates at the book club of the local library, plays videogames and reads books, and isn't lonely.Never. Not ever. How could he be lonely? He's so super busy all the time and he's surrounded by lovely people.And yet… cats and books can't fill the void of a mate in your life...
  • My Three Christmas Secrets by Molly Eden

    My Three Christmas Secrets by Molly Eden

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m stuck in a winter wonderland with my big brother’s three best friends. And this Christmas, I’m about to unwrap a world of trouble.I find myself seeking solace in my parents' cabin, hoping to mend a shattered heart.Little did I know that the chilly air would bring with it a whirlwind of emotions I never saw coming...
  • Shared by the Firemen by Cassie Cole

    Shared by the Firemen by Cassie Cole

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I came back to Florida to settle my mother’s estate.But after a raging house fire, I’m rescued by three swoony firemen.There’s just one of them is sorta, kinda, my ex. Jack Franco was the boy-next-door from my childhood. Literally. Part friend, part foe—but 100% swoony hunk that I always had a crush on...
  • The Second Move by Wendi L. Wilson

    The Second Move by Wendi L. Wilson

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Fool me once? Shame on you. Fool me twice? Not going to happen… Step one: Go back to school with a thick skin and an impenetrable heart. Step two: Make the queen bees pay. Step three: Bring down the Rogues of Everly Prep. Bullied, befriended, and betrayed, my life has been an emotional roller coaster since moving into the Kincaid Mansion and enrolling at Everly Prep...
  • Beautiful, Dirty, Rich by L.A. Sable

    Beautiful, Dirty, Rich by L.A. Sable

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    They’re not saying I’m a gold-digger. But they’re thinking it. And let’s be honest, some of them are probably saying it too. But I don’t run. Where I came from isn’t where I’m going. They won’t make it easy, I know that. And the most popular boys at Northlake Prep — the Diamonds — they don’t just want me gone. They want me destroyed. Child-star that’s all grown up...
  • Mercy by Nora Cobb

    Mercy by Nora Cobb

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nothing will ever be the same.But I haven’t won yet—not by a long shot.All I’ve ever known since stepping into Montlake was cruelty and humiliation.I’ve learned my lessons, I’ve learned the rules of the game, and I have the scars to prove it.But I’m far from holding all the cards.I’m far from winning.The kings have claimed my heart, and they refuse to let me fight this on my own...
  • Who Falls Hardest by Eva Ashwood

    Who Falls Hardest by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 30 ratings
    "What happened between the four of us—it changes everything."Everything in my life has been turned on its head. My allies have become enemies, and my enemies have become...I don't even know what.There's no denying the pull between me and each of the Icons anymore. I've denied it long enough, and I'm done letting secrets fester between us.I know they want me too...
  • Stolen Away by Ivy Clyde

    Stolen Away by Ivy Clyde

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Navigating my way through the intricate maze of the mafia world, I have stumbled upon a secret. I am closer than ever to finding out the real mastermind behind everything that’s been happening. My only problem? I don’t know who to trust and the people closest to me don’t know whether they can believe me. The lives of the three men who hold my heart are in danger...
  • Tainted Deception by Kay Riley

    Tainted Deception by Kay Riley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Jace and Kian. Best friends until a gang rivalry ripped them apart. Three summers ago, I played them both, never expecting to have guilt over what I did.Once I got what I needed, I fled, planning to never see them again. I stayed tucked away at Little Haven University, hidden in plain sight while making moves in the dark...
  • Professor Daddies by Liz Archer

    Professor Daddies by Liz Archer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They’re three silver fox professors. I’m their “one-flight-stand”… And new student.I lost my v-card,and joined the mile high club…All in one flight.Then I found out who they really were…My dad’s best friends. My three swoony professors.And now, one of them is going to be my twin babies’ father...
  • Rough by S.E. Green

    Rough by S.E. Green

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    ~ ~ "Loving the country isn't a matter of just enjoying it time to time, it's a way of life." ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~In the rugged landscape of Broken Ridges, Betsy's devotion anchored their world. Remy, Clyde, and Wilder chased adventure while she carved a destiny from the rough soil of their shared dreams.When the guys return years after leaving Betsy behind, they find more than just a flourishing ranch...
  • Her Dirty Jocks by Mika Lane

    Her Dirty Jocks by Mika Lane

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I have to tutor three hot student athletes to earn extra cash. But they’re the ones who end up teaching me… how to be dirty.I needed money for school.Three hot jocks needed to pass math.You could say I made the team.One has very hard… muscles.Another knows how to… score.And the third throws a real curve… ball...
  • Illicit by Melissa Adams

    Illicit by Melissa Adams

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    College Life is hard when you have to juggle two boyfriends, two hot (and forbidden) stepbrothers and pledging the hottest sorority on campus.I’m a legacy in the Zeta Theta Beta and my Mom wants me to join them to follow in her footsteps.Luckily Bryce and Parker understand that I might have to do things I don’t necessarily want to during party games and dares...
  • Harlow by Katie May, R.A. Smyth

    Harlow by Katie May, R.A. Smyth

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Belladonna has two meanings—beautiful lady and deadly nightshade.I’m both. When my job as an elite assassin sends me overseas to Scelestus College, I think it’ll be a quick in and out.Find a kidnapped little boy.Murder the kidnapper.Return home.What I don’t expect is for Scelestus to be home to some of the worst criminals who have ever walked the streets...
  • Battery Operated by Stephanie Brother

    Battery Operated by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    They hate me. I hate them. And now we have to spend the whole week together.I didn’t even know Brady, Cole, and Gideon when I said some unkind things about them on my popular social media account. But hey, a girl’s allowed to blow off steam every once in a while, right?But then they get their revenge. They publicly challenge me in front of my followers, so I can’t back down...
  • A Loser's Revenge by Tammi Lynn

    A Loser's Revenge by Tammi Lynn

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I watch from the shadows of trees against the cars lining the street. Invisible to the three I keep under my anger filled glare.Dressed in black, I have the hood of my zip-up hoodie pulled over my head and drawn closed as I fade into the afternoon shadows to observe and plan my revenge. They probably wouldn’t recognize me if they did see me standing here...
  • Vengeance by Crystal North

    Vengeance by Crystal North

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    What you’re about to witness comes from a dark place. It’s taken a lot of planning, but you should know that every single thing I’m about to do is deserved. More than deserved, it’s owed, tenfold. Nothing I could do to these people will ever be enough to get even. *** Charlotte McLintock has a new identity and a new look as Raven Deighton...
  • Boys of Summer by Penn Cassidy

    Boys of Summer by Penn Cassidy

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I made a mistake when I left them without a word or a goodbye. I had my reasons, but try convincing them of that. I spent every summer of my life at that beach, and stupidly, I let myself fall in love. When it was time to go, I figured cutting all ties would be easier than the inevitable rejection. I was so damn wrong...
  • Of Heathens & Havoc by Selena ., Alexa B. James

    Of Heathens & Havoc by Selena ., Alexa B. James

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.That’s how it begins. Or how it began again.It’s been six years since my last confession. Once, I was an innocent. My life was a rose-colored dream with four best friends by my side: Eternity, Heath, Angel, and Saint—my big brother and my hero. When Eternity was murdered, everything changed. My family put me in hiding to protect me...
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