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  • Defiance and Dedication by Heather Long

    Defiance and Dedication by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    Autumn in New York promises a turn in the seasons as we kick off the next stage of our lives. Colorful leaves falling, dropping temperatures, and the first days of classes loom even as the lingering summer heat and humidity make the city stifling. Summer was a time to get away, to just be us, and what a magical time it was, but we can only run away from our lives for so long...
  • Married to the Beasts by Stephanie Brother

    Married to the Beasts by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three rock gods. One accidental Vegas marriage. Zero chance I make it out with my heart intact. New Year’s Eve in Sin City was supposed to be fun. Champagne, music, maybe a little bad decision-making. But waking up in a luxury suite—naked—with three of rock’s biggest heartbreakers wasn’t part of the plan...
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  • Blush by Anne Mercier

    Blush by Anne Mercier

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    You know how people say they woke up in Vegas married and you're like, how the hell could that possibly happen? Who does that? Well, us apparently… and the press is having a field day. Let's not even get started on the topic of my mother. Then there's my grandpa wanting to meet my new husband--that's not scary at all...
  • Whispers and Wishes by Heather Long

    Whispers and Wishes by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 43 ratings
    Everything changes. Even the things we didn’t ask for. Jake, Archie, Coop, and Ian were my best friends and three of them still are and they’re also now my lovers, my boyfriends, and pretty much the anchors keeping me from getting washed away. I’ve had great moments and I’ve had horrible ones. One thing is for sure, I’ll never forget my senior year. It’s the year everything changed...
  • Grind by Sawyer Bennett

    Grind by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Grind (verb): to weaken or destroy gradually. Macy Carrington is not the woman I once thought her to be. What she does not allow her heart to feel, she gives with her body. The sex between us is explosive and depraved. I’ve done things with her that would never have crossed my wildest imagination, and I can’t ever seem to get enough. But now I want more from her...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  cliffhanger  contemporary  bdsm  poly  bisexual  m-m-f
  • Cardinal Caged by Mia Smantz

    Cardinal Caged by Mia Smantz

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Callie is temporarily with the Cardinals while she tries to figure out what it is that she wants from life. Her childhood was dictated and decided without her, and now she has to learn who she is as a person without someone telling her what to do...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  contemporary  poly  length-long
  • Knocked Up by my Best Friend's Brothers: A Contemporary Reverse Harem Romance by Kai Lesy

    Knocked Up by my Best Friend's Brothers: A Contemporary Reverse Harem Romance by Kai Lesy

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One cosmic wardrobe malfunction. Four people who shouldn't be together. It's my best friend's wedding and I'm casually doing my maid of honor duties. Let’s just say my dress isn’t ready for these curves. It rips at the worst possible moment, and I bolt for the nearest exit. I’m standing there in nothing but my heels when the door opens. And guess who I run into...
  • 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...
  • Leap of Faith by Lucy Smoke

    Leap of Faith by Lucy Smoke

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Iris Boys crash landed into my life and changed everything in it. Now, I’m surrounded by four incredible men - five, if the last one will ever fully open up to me. Never in a million years did I think I’d fall in love. Much less with more than one man. But that’s what I did. I’m in love with the Iris Boys. They are my confidantes. My friends. My closest allies...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  contemporary  poly  length-medium
  • Huge F Buddies by Stephanie Brother, Kasmit Covers

    Huge F Buddies by Stephanie Brother, Kasmit Covers

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    What's better than one F-Buddy. .. four, of course! I go from trailer trash to rich princess with just one scratch of a lottery ticket. I think that I have everything I need in my life, then my absent father turns up and shakes my foundations. When he invites me to stay, my planned summer of fun becomes a vacation of discovery...
  • Almost Rotten by Abby Millsaps

    Almost Rotten by Abby Millsaps

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Delusions spiral toward disaster in Almost Rotten, the second book in the new dark, why choose, college hockey romance series from bestselling author Abby Millsaps. He called me his wife. My brother’s best friend and star hockey defenseman Tytus Tremblay stood in front of the Dean, declared we’re married, and bullied the man into bending to his will. To Ty’s credit, it worked. My job is safe...
  • Never Again by L.E. Bross

    Never Again by L.E. Bross

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    We were supposed to be living our Happily Ever After. It’s been three months since we graduated. X started college, Riot's got his Motocross sponsorship, and Baz is working 20 hour days to try to clean up Peter's mess. Me? I don’t have a clue what I want to do with my life yet. But that might not matter. Peter isn't accepting defeat, even from a prison cell, and revenge is the name of the game...
  • Aerial by Manuela Rouget

    Aerial by Manuela Rouget

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    My name is Fauve, I’m twenty-two years old, and two months ago, I was a normal French college student. Now? I was just accepted into the prestigious National Institute of Circus Arts of Montréal and moved to the other side of the Atlantic to attend their 10-month Intensive Program...
  • Riot Kings by Ruby Vincent

    Riot Kings by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Riot Kings description will be published closer to the release date to prevent spoilers. Here is Ruckus Royale's description:. The town of Bedlam was born of rioters, revolt, pain, and murder. Over a hundred years later, nothing has changed. A shadow clings to our lives. Stalking, watching, waiting, taunting, and killing. And when it struck, I wasn’t ready. I have to play their game now...
  • Vega by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Vega by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Note to Readers: Chamaeleon (Book 3. 5 of The Stardust Series) must be read before Vega to fully understand the storyline. Haley walked away from Knox, Theo, Chase, Jackson, and Liam, believing it was the best thing for everyone. But, when Theo and Knox appear in Portland months later, pleading for her to come home, she can’t find the strength to refuse...
  • Breakaway by Kris Butler

    Breakaway by Kris Butler

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is book three in the series and will be the last book. Blurb coming soon.
  • Mad Love by Eva Ashwood

    Mad Love by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 30 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...
  • Polaris by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Polaris by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 17 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...
  • Pack Larsen by J.J. Dean

    Pack Larsen by J.J. Dean

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Welcome to North Five University, the best place to become who you’re meant to be. Escaping her unbearable parents and the future mapped out for her, Silver Gage accepts a place at the fancy school hours away from the lavish life she was thrust into since birth. There she has a chance to reinvent herself and be the person she’s always wanted to be...
  • The Friend Zone by Melissa Adams

    The Friend Zone by Melissa Adams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Blurb Coming this is the final book of a 𝘸𝘩𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 duet and ends in a HEA for Bay and her hockey gods. The heroine won’t have to choose between her different love interests. This story has 𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴 and scenes and it’s intended for readers 18+.
  • 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...
  • Fireworks with Three Mountain Men by K.C. Crowne

    Fireworks with Three Mountain Men by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My sister's ex wants to make me his. And his two equally hot friends are ready to join the party. With all this sexual tension between the four of us. .. I'm feeling sparks like the Fourth of July! ! Dylan is my sister's ex boyfriend and as dreamy as they come. He's protective, strong and as big as the mountains he calls home. Red is quiet and thoughtful...
  • When Rivals Love by J.L. Beck, Cassandra Hallman

    When Rivals Love by J.L. Beck, Cassandra Hallman

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    HARLOW. I thought I knew the truth, but I didn’t. Secrets surround me, every aspect of my life was a lie. The Bishop brothers are the only beacon of light in my dark world. They’re the only ones that can protect me, the only ones that truly care...
  • Protected by Them by Serena Akeroyd

    Protected by Them by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    ANDREI. Andrei is a quantitative analyst. Yeah, he knows it’s a mouthful. Basically, he’s a deep math guy. One of those SOBs who studies the stock markets on the hunt for gold. One difference between him and the rest? Andrei’s better than good. He’s the best...
  • Christmas with my Three Best Friends by Kai Lesy

    Christmas with my Three Best Friends by Kai Lesy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    What’s more embarrassing than accidentally emailing your crush? When you've been crushing hard on your three best friends…. And now they know all your wild, kinky fantasies about the three of them. We've weathered life's storms together,. Even the pain of betrayal. They're my fierce protectors,. But clueless about my deepest desires. And that’s the safest way to shield my heart...
  • NOT SO Innocent by Jaxson Kidman

    NOT SO Innocent by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    First they choose you. Then they use you. Next they lose you. .. My name is Belle. But I'm not beautiful. I'm the b*tch. I'm the beast. And nothing gets to me. Except "Them" . .. That's what they are. "Them. ". They're not that other place with the fancy and cool bad boy name. Here, it's "Them. ". I may have met my match with "Them. ". But so have they. Now it's my turn. .
  • Heartless by Autumn Reed

    Heartless by Autumn Reed

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I returned to Moss Harbor, determined to find answers about my mother's death. But all I've managed to uncover are three lonely souls calling out to mine. In just a month, Leo, Hayle, and Tristin Sharpe have wound themselves around my heart, reminding me of what I've been missing...
  • Healed by Them by Serena Akeroyd

    Healed by Them by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    This Reverse Harem Romance is a five part series. Be prepared for weekly releases of this red hot read! KURT. Kurt’s an author. Okay, so that’s a slight understatement. He’s a 'prize-winning' author. His last book did A-okay and the world is making out he’s the next Aldous Huxley--bada bing bada boom. Still, fame has never been his end goal...
  • Worshipped by Them by Serena Akeroyd

    Worshipped by Them by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    This Reverse Harem Romance is a five part series. Be prepared for weekly releases of this red hot read! SAWYER. Sawyer’s a mathematician. In his thirties, he might have won a Nobel Prize, and he might be worth a couple of million as a result of his research, but of all the men sharing the same Kensington roof, he’s the most normal. Born into poverty, Sawyer knows what it means to feel hunger...
  • Her Lucky Charm by Cassie Cole

    Her Lucky Charm by Cassie Cole

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Some people collect lucky rabbit’s feet. Apparently I collect lucky boyfriends. So when my luck changes after run-ins with three gorgeous guys? I’m not sure which one is the source of my newfound fortune. Roman, my old highschool crush who shows up in Vegas looking more tall, dark, and handsome than I remembered...
  • Room For Three by Ivy Fox

    Room For Three by Ivy Fox

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    "Don’t hate the player, luv. Hate the game. ”. College. It was supposed to be my new start. I made a promise to my father I would be a good girl from now on—focus solely on my objectives and play nice for once. Aside from him, basketball is my only love, therefore sacrifices must be made all in the name of the game. So, no more fights. No more trash talk. No more getting my ass into trouble...
  • 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. I’m setting them up in a way I never thought possible…. … until I end up getting too close...
  • 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 Fallen. Beautiful. 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...
  • Ruthless by Ivy Fox

    Ruthless by Ivy Fox

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    My heart has always been his. Since before I could even spell the name Grayson, I only had eyes for one boy—my perfect, larger than life best friend, who always managed to bring his bright light into my very dark existence with just one of his boyish smiles. With Chad, I could forget the dismal life I had of being the flawless privileged daughter of a cruel, evil man. He was my escape. My solace...
  • Off Field Drama (Class in Session) by Ember Davis

    Off Field Drama (Class in Session) by Ember Davis

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    SALEM. Senior year is upon us and as much as this is the last hurrah, it’s also time to buckle down because before I know we won’t have the quad to call home and then life truly begins. I’m not sure where I’m going, but I also want to enjoy the time I have left...
  • The Road To Heaven by Angel Lawson

    The Road To Heaven by Angel Lawson

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    What happens when the road of love is filled with detours? Or giant potholes and washed out bridges. I had the Allendale Four. Had them. In my heart. In my bed. And then…I lost them. But our bonds are linked and when one of the boys needs me, I’m there. We’re there and that’s when the road gets bumpier than ever before...
  • Mangled Minds by B.C. Morgan

    Mangled Minds by B.C. Morgan

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    My second year at the prestigious Harkwright Academy is about to begin. Within these walls I've faced many challenges and I can't help but wonder: can I survive this, and still be the same girl I was when I began? This year I have even more trials to face; from attending the retreat after being claimed by Aeron, to seeing the infamous Harkwright Prince, with no more disguises in place...
  • Payback by Sofia Daniel

    Payback by Sofia Daniel

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’ve been beaten, bullied, and isolated. And now I’m ready to right all wrongs. The truth is out and secrets uncovered. I’m mad and hell-bent on getting payback. I’ll make them hurt. Make them bleed. Make them wish they’d never messed with me or my boys. But first, I have to let go of past hurts. Heal my broken heart and reunite my harem...
    Categorized as:
    cruel hero  m-f  contemporary  poly  length-short
  • Wild Girl by Eva Ashwood

    Wild Girl by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    Bishop, Kace, and Misael promised to protect me. But after what they did, can I protect them? In the aftermath of a single gunshot, my life seems to be splitting apart at the seams. Nathaniel can never discover what my boys did, but keeping it hidden from him may be harder than we hope. Especially since I'm still being pulled between two loyalties, two halves of myself. Between duty and love...
  • Sinners by Cassie James

    Sinners by Cassie James

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 12 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...
  • Playing Defense by Julia Clarke

    Playing Defense by Julia Clarke

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Scoring a coaching job with the Rebels was supposed to be a dream come true, a step toward achieving my goal of being the first female NFL head coach. But when three sexy-as-hell players blitzed their way into my life, I got distracted. I took my eye off the ball. And I’m at risk of losing it all, even the sport I love...
  • Twisted Queen by Penelope Black

    Twisted Queen by Penelope Black

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    When I’m ripped from safety, catapulted into consciousness, and thrown into a nightmare, I come face-to-face with the cruel plot twist fate threw me. My fight-or-flight instinct kicks in, and when every road leads to chaos, there’s only one option. In my darkest moments, I promised myself I’d take what I want. And that includes them. My dark avengers. Protective. Possessive. Mine.
  • Unconventional by Krista Wolf

    Unconventional by Krista Wolf

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They were three ripped, gorgeous studs. Drawn together by a common goal, and a willingness to share absolutely everything. .. including me. I never expected to end up in Scotland, renovating a castle of all things! But fate landed me here, just as it brought me two sizzling construction workers and a breathtaking, tattooed stonemason...
  • Here Loves a Sociopath by C.L. Matthews

    Here Loves a Sociopath by C.L. Matthews

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Here Lives a Corpse is book one of a five-book series. You do have to read all to understand. Each one ends on a cliffhanger. We all have demons, some of us know how to befriend them rather than defy them. They always speak of me… whispers of a devil with a charming smile. But they don’t know me, what truly lies beneath...
  • Frost Bitten by Natasha Pierce

    Frost Bitten by Natasha Pierce

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    I thought I’d escaped my past, but it has returned with a vicious bite. My whole world is crashing down around me like an avalanche. My past is nothing like I always believed, and the recent revelations are making me question everything. Those who I’d begun to trust abandoned me when I needed them...
  • Boys That Read by Betti Rosewood

    Boys That Read by Betti Rosewood

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's wicked smart. Filthy rich. Plus drop dead gorgeous. And he's never been more off-limits. Estella Hawthorne might have been the homecoming queen last year, but everything changed this year at Wildwood Academy. I watched her fall from the glamorous mean girl everyone loved to hate, to the broken little girl I used to know. Things have really gone wrong for my former best friend...
  • Love in Sight by Denver Rose

    Love in Sight by Denver Rose

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    My name is Lya Vanderhall, and I should be on top of the world right now. I have a successful tech company with three gorgeous men by my side: Zep Cunningham, Thiago Alves, and Rian Priestly. But two things stand in my way. The tall, dark, and handsome, Greyson Nash, is slowly working his way into my heart. You would think with three men I wouldn’t fall for his charms. Apparently not...
  • The Second Move by Wendi L. Wilson

    The Second Move by Wendi L. Wilson

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 14 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: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 14 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...
  • UNTamed by Jaxson Kidman

    UNTamed by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I still am the dirty, poor girl…. …with everyone staring right at me. Look. I took on ‘the Rulz’. Those who do that never get a happy ending in life. So why would I expect anything less? Secrets from my past come to the surface, and the last person I expect to see shows up. I have to question who is a friend, who is fake, and who is an enemy. I’m not rich...
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