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  • Forever Lies by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Lies by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Greer Parker had her life planned out. She’d follow in her father and brothers’ FBI footsteps, and then she’d become the first female director. Now on loan to the president’s off-the-books black ops group, Greer is at a crossroads in her life—go back to the FBI or forge a new path...
  • Fatal Flaw by Marie Force

    Fatal Flaw by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Back from their honeymoon, Senator Nick Cappuano and D. C. Police Lieutenant Sam Holland are ready for some normalcy after the whirlwind of their wedding, but someone has other plans for them. When Sam discovers wedding cards containing thinly veiled death threats, she's not sure if she or Nick is the target. Already on edge, Sam and her team start investigating a series of baffling murders...
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  • Torch by Chelle Bliss

    Torch by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Trace Caldo’s smart mouth always gets him in trouble. As the youngest of three brothers, he’s used to scrapping to earn respect. But when he picks a fight with the wrong person, Trace ends up kidnapped, bound, and blindfolded with no hope for escape. And when a beautiful woman comes to his rescue and offers him a way to staying alive, Trace can’t refuse her...
  • Awakened by Sin by Mia Knight

    Awakened by Sin by Mia Knight

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 19 ratings
    Carmen Pyre had it all until her husband was murdered by a madman who threatened everyone she loved. Now that her husband has been avenged, it's time to move on. .. she just doesn't know how. Two men who fill her husband’s former roles offer to help her move forward with her life...
  • Sins of the Father: A Forbidden Love/Soul Mate/Billionaire Romance by Maggie Cole

    Sins of the Father: A Forbidden Love/Soul Mate/Billionaire Romance by Maggie Cole

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A slow burn of adrenaline that will keep you buzzing until you can’t handle it anymore…. Worth the wait…. An animal under the sheets…. That’s what his exes claimed about Steven Sinclair on national T. V. He’s super successful, scheduled, and has rules about dating. And he’s my soon to be sister-in-law Quinn’s brother. I’m only in Chicago for the wedding and to watch my niece for the week. .
  • Scorch by Chelle Bliss

    Scorch by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The headstrong and wild Luna Gallo is about to have her world rocked, altering the course of her life and putting her on a path she never expects. Scorch is the tenth full-length standalone novel in the Men of Inked Heatwave series by Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Chelle Bliss. Men of Inked®: Heatwave Series:...
  • Buttons and Despise by Penelope Sky

    Buttons and Despise by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 29 ratings
    My father wouldn’t approve of most of the men I’ve dated—but definitely not him. His name is Bones—and he’s an enemy to my family. I thought I was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but he planned this moment long ago. He’s taken me captive—and he wants the life that was stolen from him. Killing and torturing me is his best way to accomplish that. But the intensity between us is overpowering...
  • 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
  • Fatal Justice by Marie Force

    Fatal Justice by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    She looked into the dead face of the man she'd dined with the night before. Standing over the body of a Supreme Court nominee, Lieutenant Sam Holland is hip-deep in another high-profile murder case. The fact that she was one of the last people to see Julian Sinclair alive just complicates things even more...
  • More Than Paper by Maggie Cole

    More Than Paper by Maggie Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Fifteen years ago, I was young and dumb. I married Valeria to save her from being deported and having to marry one of her father’s men. She’s a lesbian, we’re only friends, and it was supposed to be for only a few years. But I didn’t know her father was the most ruthless man in Colombia. Marriage is something he takes seriously. Divorce is not an option...
  • The New Girl by A.J. Rivers

    The New Girl by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes starting over is simply letting go of the past. .. Heartbroken and in need of a fresh start,. Carrie Sweet packed up her car and headed to Juniper Springs. On the road to the idyllic town with a new journalist job waiting,. she encounters one roadblock after another. Stranded on the side of the road, a handsome stranger stops to offer her help...
  • 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...
  • The Billionaire's Final Stand by Melody Anne

    The Billionaire's Final Stand by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    When the head of the Anderson family, Joseph, gets into a life-changing automobile accident, his family struggles to find a way to survive if he doesn’t come out of the coma the accident has placed him in. Austin Anderson is used to being single, but slowly he's watched his siblings and cousins find true love, leaving him the final Anderson without a spouse...
  • Amplify by Anne Mercier

    Amplify by Anne Mercier

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    SERA:. He’s my protector, my confidante. Then one night he became more. I want him, I need him, and, if I’m honest with myself, I love him. I just don’t know if he’ll ever see me as more than what we’ve always been: friends. I don’t want to lose him but it’s getting harder and harder to keep my feelings to myself. Should I risk it all or play it safe? CAGE:. She’s my light, my saving grace...
  • Heart of the Billionaire - Sam by J.S. Scott

    Heart of the Billionaire - Sam by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 48 ratings
    Sam and Maddie are here! Billionaire Sam Hudson has pretty much lived his life with no apologies because he tries never to do anything that he’s sorry about…except for what he had done in the past to Dr. Madeline Reynolds. Many years and regrets later, Sam meets up with Maddie again by chance; his brother Simon is marrying Maddie’s best friend and the two of them are forced to be civil...
  • Undone by Ivy Layne

    Undone by Ivy Layne

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lily. Knox Sinclair is a man of a few words. Intense. Focused. Touching him is a bad idea. I already know that. I know it and I want to do it anyway. My life is a mess—A man is the last thing I need. My dead husband left behind nothing but trouble. Knox has answers, but he isn't sharing. I don’t know if I can trust him. I want to. I can’t afford to be wrong...
  • Royal by Blair Babylon

    Royal by Blair Babylon

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dree has been swindled, chased, heartbroken, conscripted, and kidnapped. What on Earth could be worse than all that? Don’t ask. Don’t miss the exciting next book in the Maxence saga, ROYAL! Is this the first Maxence book you’ve run across? Start the series with the first book, ROGUE. Her ex-boyfriend was supposed to propose in Paris, but instead, he swindled her out of every penny she had...
  • Billionaire Unknown by J.S. Scott

    Billionaire Unknown by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 29 ratings
    I was perfectly content with my life. My career was booming. I traveled. I did as much charity work as I possibly could for the homeless, and I was perfectly happy with the choices I'd made. At least. .. I was--until my sister, Dani, came up missing. As an international correspondent, she traveled to war-torn countries, and she'd stepped a little too far over the line...
  • The Camorra Chronicles Box Set by Cora Reilly

    The Camorra Chronicles Box Set by Cora Reilly

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Twisted Loyalties:. Fabiano was raised to follow in his father’s footsteps as Consigliere of the Chicago Outfit – until the man abandons him. Left to fend for himself, Fabiano is forced to fight for a place in the mafia world. As a ruthless street fighter, he quickly earns his place as the new Enforcer of the Las Vegas Camorra – a man to fear...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mafia  m-f  contemporary  length-epic
  • Forever by Ivy Nelson

    Forever by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Russell Adler has one job while Elijah Barrett is away. Keep Holly Barrett and her best friend safe from those out to collapse Club Solitaire. There's just one problem, Holly's best friend is a pain in the ass. A gorgeous, irresistible, pain in the ass. Forever is the conclusion to the Diamond Doms series. Cover Reveal and full description coming soon.
  • Billionaire Unexpected~Jax by J.S. Scott

    Billionaire Unexpected~Jax by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I never expected the man I saw as nothing but a billionaire player to be the only person who could rescue me from near insanity. One moment, everything was perfect. I was finally Dr. Harlow Lewis, research geoscientist, and I was actually employed at Montgomery Mining Laboratories, the crème de la crème of labs for my specialty...
  • Cannon by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Cannon by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When the livelihood of the Savage Kings MC is threatened, Cannon Erikson steps up. He’s ready to do whatever it takes to win the war the former police chief started thanks to his twin, Conrad’s involvement with the chief’s daughter. Cannon’s determined to ruin the chief’s political aspirations, starting by backing his opponent in the race for mayor...
  • 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...
  • Savage Love by Lisa Renee Jones

    Savage Love by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The third and final book on the Savage Trilogy. .. They say all is fair in love and war, but I really don’t give a damn about fair. In fact, when protecting those I love, fair is the last thing on my mind. Because they also say all is fair in love and war. Now that I’m back in Candace’s life, those who have used her to try to control me, may well put up a final fight, but they will not win...
  • The Real Deal by Brittney Sahin

    The Real Deal by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    A mysterious deal maker. A ruthless businessman. And now he’s on her board of directors . . . Holly McGregor shouldn’t be attracted to someone with ulterior motives at her company. But she can’t avoid his unforgiving stare, deny their electric chemistry, or resist his touch, his mouth, the dangerous invitation she sees in his eyes...
  • Worship Your Queen by Penelope Sky

    Worship Your Queen by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 26 ratings
    London is a lot more useful than I anticipated. She gets me what I need like a pro. With her by my side, I feel like I can do anything. My need for revenge is dimmed. My anger is contained. But her brother is still a problem. She wants me to let him go. I'm not sure if I can.
  • High Class by Ivy Nelson

    High Class by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I went home to answer for the death of my cousin. Then I meet Zara. A raven haired beauty with a killer smile. Turns out she's an escort and she was sent to be a distraction. Now the mayor of New York City is dead. I'm forced to take her back to Las Vegas to find out what she knows before the police try to pin it on me. My gut says Zara is innocent in all of this...
  • 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  mafia  contemporary  bikers  length-short
  • The Billionaire's Salvation ~ Max by J.S. Scott

    The Billionaire's Salvation ~ Max by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Billionaire Max Hamilton thought he was finally starting to find contentment, more than two years after losing his wife Mia in a tragic drowning accident. He'd been reunited with a sister he hadn’t realized existed. Finally he had family again, a reprieve from the pain and loneliness that had haunted him since his devastating loss...
  • Unruly by Bethany-Kris

    Unruly by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The crime boss. The hustling queen. Cross and Catherine Donati have been married five years, but the life they’ve chosen still has things to teach them yet. One can never become too comfortable in their business. Trouble soon follows. The principe and principessa are all grown up …. It’s tough being at the top...
  • Nash by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Nash by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Whenever Nash Kincaid looks in the mirror, he only sees a monster who ruins lives. Thanks to his involvement with the Dirty Aces MC, there’s so much blood on his hands he’ll never wash them clean again. Violence is just part of the outlaw lifestyle. That’s why he’s not all that surprised when he’s hit with divorce papers three years after his wife walked out on him...
  • Holy Frigging Matrimony by Emma Chase

    Holy Frigging Matrimony by Emma Chase

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 70 ratings
    What does Drew Evans have to say next? Find out in this forty page short story, filled with his sexy charm, unique advice and hilarious one-liners. Marriage: the final frontier. Steven went first. He was kind of our test subject. Like those monkeys that NASA sent off into space in the fifties, all the while knowing they’d never make it back. And now another poor rocket is ready to launch...
  • Revere by Bethany-Kris

    Revere by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A Legacy Novel. She was once his liar. He was once her savior. Cross Donati fills his days with the mafia, family, and responsibility. The wild boy is a distant memory. A waiting prince now sits in his place. An old debt puts the gunrunner right back into the path of his past, but he only sees his future. Every king needs a queen...
  • Mine by Ivy Nelson

    Mine by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hunter Novak is on a quest to tear everything away from the people who abandoned him and make it his own. His thirst for retribution has landed him at the top of his game. He is a God in Las Vegas and around the world. But it's not enough. There's still one more piece of real estate and power he's after and he gave pop-star Skylar Cameron her career to get it...
  • Her Eternal Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Eternal Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She Needed a Hero. Tied up, tossed in a truck, and locked in a muddy shack, Jenny Rivers is sure she is going to die, because if her captors don’t kill her, her injuries probably will. Navy SEAL Braxton Walker’s job is brutal, but he thrives on it. Parachuting into Bangladesh to rescue a woman is all in a day’s work...
  • Diamond by J.A. Low

    Diamond by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Round 2 with the Devil begins. Grace thought she had left the nightmare of the Bratva Jewels behind her. Her days spent with them were some of the darkest of her life, but she’s safe now. Or so she thought. When the Bratva seeks revenge for losing one of their own, Grace knows she must be strong to withstand whatever they have in store for her...
  • Dirty Eoin by Harley Diamond

    Dirty Eoin by Harley Diamond

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    AN UNHAPPILY EVER AFTER? My life is no fairytale. I’m no Prince Charming. She’s no Disney Princess. She’s the femme fatale in the story. Fuck. Marry. Kill. I chose the former. She chose the latter. My family chose the option neither of us wanted. For thirty-eight years, I waited to marry the right woman, and then I was forced to marry the wrong one...
  • Bodyguard by Night by Taryn Quinn

    Bodyguard by Night by Taryn Quinn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Protecting my best friend's new sister-in-law Willow from a fan who wants to get a little too close is a no-brainer. Just requires me to do some checking around, to act as her shadow for a while, maybe even give her a place to stay so I can keep an eye on her—all so my best friend's small-town wedding to Willow's sister goes off without a hitch...
  • Run by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Run by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Elle Roberts wants two things in life:. One—to find out everything there is to know about the mysterious spy who keeps kissing her, and. Two—to stay off her mob family’s radar. That isn’t too much to ask, is it? It’s not like she wants to win the lottery, or live in a Star Wars movie, or be Chris Hemsworth’s personal bather...
  • Cross My Heart by Logan Chance, Lilypad Lit

    Cross My Heart by Logan Chance, Lilypad Lit

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Logan Chance comes a riveting tale about friendship, love, and lies. This scorching romance shatters the boundaries between love and make-believe. Thanks to podcaster gossip, my firm thinks I’m not a good fit for the high-profile case of my dreams. They want someone in a committed relationship...
  • Weeping Roses by Stella Andrews

    Weeping Roses by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Our eyes met across a deserted graveyard. The rain weeping on the thorny rose he tossed into the ground. As the lightning struck overhead, I knew my life was about to change. My inner voice screamed at me to run. You have something he wants. The sense of danger was more ominous than the storm, but I couldn’t run if I tried...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mafia  m-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • The Chase by A.J. Rivers

    The Chase by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Former pilot, now restaurateur, Eric Bentley has spent years rehabilitating his body after a traumatic head injury left him unable to fly again. When he runs into Nicole Lambert, a geriatric nurse tending to his father’s medical needs, he can’t help but think about their past. The two couldn’t be more different. He dreamed of soaring the skies and traveling the world...
  • Billionaire Unveiled: Marcus by J.S. Scott

    Billionaire Unveiled: Marcus by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Billionaire Unveiled. The Billionaire's Obsession ~ Marcus. The Billionaire's Obsession Series:. The Billionaire's Obsession - (The Complete Collection) - Simon. Heart Of The Billionaire - Sam. The Billionaire's Salvation - Max. The Billionaire's Game - Kade. Billionaire Undone - Travis. Billionaire Unmasked - Jason. Billionaire Untamed - Tate. Billionaire Unbound - Chloe...
  • 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...
  • Up to Me by M. Leighton

    Up to Me by M. Leighton

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    For Olivia, romantic bliss has never felt so right as it does with Cash. Unpredictable, except when it comes to satisfying her desires, Cash’s bad boy reputation is well-earned, but he’s turning his life around with the one woman who accepts him for who he is. Until strangers from the past turn Olivia and Cash’s world upside down. What they want is something only Cash can give them...
  • Ivan 2 by Roxie Rivera

    Ivan 2 by Roxie Rivera

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After a year filled with drama and danger, Erin and Ivan are ready to focus on the one thing they want the most--starting a family. When she has yet another negative test, Erin worries there's something wrong with her. Ivan urges his wife not to worry because it will happen when it's meant to happen. He hates seeing her stressed out and does whatever he can to make her happy...
  • 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...
  • Oath of Sacrifice by Jane Henry

    Oath of Sacrifice by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She may be promised to a stranger. .. But we know the truth. Rosa Rossi is mine. Mine to have and to hold,. No matter the cost. If we're discovered,. My life is forfeit,. And she'll be exiled forever. But I know. .. I see through every glance sent my way. I feel every pulse of her heart. And my heart beats with hers. Now she's under my protection. No matter the cost,...
  • The Absolution of Aidan by Kathy Coopmans

    The Absolution of Aidan by Kathy Coopmans

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Aidan Hughes. I was cruel to Deidre La Russo. Said things I should never say to a woman. Seen things happen to her. Things darker than the bottle of liquor I consume. I felt helpless. Defeated. The memories are more tortuous than the act of her torture. Then she walks back into my life, only she’s not alone. Deidre La Russo. I have my reasons for leaving. I lived through hell...
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