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  • Out of Office by Ruth Cardello

    Out of Office by Ruth Cardello

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A recluse discovers that what he endured and survived was orchestrated by one evil man. With nothing left to lose, Zachary wakes up and chooses vengeance.Charlotte Simmons may pretend to be innocent, but everything she has was bought with money made from my suffering.I intend to uncover her family’s sins and expose them to the world.Lying about who I am? She doesn’t deserve the truth...
  • Taggart Family Values by Lexi Blake

    Taggart Family Values by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From Ian and Charlotte’s first meeting in Paris to a look into the future, Taggart Family Values chronicles Masters and Mercenaries’ favorite family through a series of short stories and novellas. Includes one brand new short story and one new novella...
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    suspense  bdsm  contemporary  length-short
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  • Lost in You by Lexi Blake

    Lost in You by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Robert McClellan was forced to serve as a soldier in a war he didn’t understand. Liberated by McKay-Taggart, he struggles every day to reclaim the life he lost and do right by the men he calls his brothers, The Lost Boys. Only one thing is more important – Ariel Adisa. The gorgeous psychologist has plagued his dreams since the day they met...
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    suspense  bdsm  contemporary  mystery  length-long  m-f
  • Damaged Soul by Emma Creed

    Damaged Soul by Emma Creed

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    ‘Bound not by blood but loyalty. We live, we ride, and we die by our own laws’ Becoming a Soul saved me from myself.My compulsions are an asset to them, and a curse to me.Doing my duty for the club provides me with the release I need,But beneath the surface my demons still lurk.Rogue’s fierce, strong and unpredictable, and when she reaches out to the clubI’m the only one who can help her...
  • Jameson's Salvation by Riley Edwards

    Jameson's Salvation by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Official blurb coming soon. What readers are saying about Gemini Group. “That’s also what Riley Edward’s new book series, Nixon’s Promise-Gemini Group #1, is. It’s crazy hot. It’s the kind of hot that blisters your heart, literally fries your circuits, and makes you turn up your a/c. It’s just that good...
  • Tied to Hope by Red Phoenix

    Tied to Hope by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Welcome me home…” My life is what dreams are made of! I am deeper in love with Thane after the birth of our child, and I can’t believe the plans he has for our future. My joy Is doubled when Rytsar Durov returns as a conquering hero. In the midst of such bliss, a dark secret surfaces that has the power to tear our world apart...
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    suspense  bdsm  humor  new adult  length-medium
  • The Slow Burn of Silence by Loreth Anne White

    The Slow Burn of Silence by Loreth Anne White

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From the crossroads of small town mystery and dark suspense comes a romance that explores the bonds of family, the power of love, and the potentially explosive collateral damage of the secrets we keep... Sometimes a contract to forget can be as powerful as a promise to remember..
  • Out of Air by Robert F. Barker

    Out of Air by Robert F. Barker

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A final, climactic confrontation...
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    bdsm  suspense  mystery  length-long
  • Unraveled by Ivy Layne

    Unraveled by Ivy Layne

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Summer Evers Sinclair is dangerous. One flash of that teasing smile, and I know he’s going to ruin me. He makes my body shiver and my brain melt. He’s also a huge mistake. Girls like me don’t land guys like Evers. But every time he knocks on my door, I let him in. I thought we understood each other. I thought we were playing the same game. I was wrong...
  • Her Russian Returns by Red Phoenix

    Her Russian Returns by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rytsar Durov should be dead.But in the BDSM world, loyalties run as deep as kinky passions. Sir Thane Davis is determined to save his Russian brother, but must call on his friends at the Center to execute the plan.Clinging to hope, Brie trusts she will see Rytsar again...
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    suspense  bdsm  new adult  length-short
  • Undone by Karin Slaughter

    Undone by Karin Slaughter

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 49 ratings
    In this suspense masterpiece, Karin Slaughter weaves together the powerful human stories of three unforgettable characters from her New York Times bestselling novels Faithless and Fractured, who collide here for the first time in an electrifying race against unspeakable human evil.When a tortured young woman enters the trauma center of an Atlanta hospital, Dr...
  • Necessary Pursuit by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois

    Necessary Pursuit by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Oscar has no desire to join one of the two secret societies issuing him invitations and he sure as hell isn’t interested in an arranged menage marriage. They say you can’t die of a broken heart, but he almost did. Deadly circumstances throw sexy physicist, Selene, and a dangerous man with a price on his head in his path. Now he’ll do anything to keep them safe...
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    suspense  cold hero  multicultural  menage  m-f
  • Opposition by Jane Henry

    Opposition by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I hate Liam Alexander. I hate his Rolex. I hate his scowl. I hate everything his multi-billion-dollar company stands for. When the pompous, rich, arrogant jerk comes strutting into the coffee shop, I barely manage civility. But people make mistakes, and when I screw up, it's epic. I never expected the jerk would actually be a well-respected member of Club Verge...
  • Saving Sophie by Cate Beauman

    Saving Sophie by Cate Beauman

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jewelry designer Sophie Burke has fled Maine for the anonymity of the big city. She’s starting over with a job she tolerates and a grungy motel room she calls home on the wrong side of town, but anything is better than the nightmare she left behind...
  • Gilded Tears by Nicole Fox

    Gilded Tears by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    I’LL MAKE HER CRY GILDED TEARS IF SHE EVER RUNS AGAIN. Esme was just a girl in a nightclub.Until I made her the center of my world.The queen to my kingdom.The mother to my child. We had the future in our hands. And then she left me on that mountain to die. Little by little, I clawed my way back.Back to life.Back to strength.Back to where I belong...
  • Shadow by Ivy Nelson

    Shadow by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Dark Romantic SuspenseCannon Ripley has spent his life in the shadows, but he's always been able to count on Olivia being there for him on the rare occasions he was able to come home. That is until he couldn't. When she walked away from their casual arrangement to marry someone else, he knew he'd stayed away too long. But she's divorced now and he's ready to come home for good...
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    suspense  bdsm  contemporary  length-medium  m-f
  • Bulldog by Delta James

    Bulldog by Delta James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She wears the collar because she is his. She is his because her body knew its master.The moment Olivia Miles resorted to fighting dirty in a fencing match, Lord Nigel Pederson decided to teach her a shameful lesson, but as her quivering bottom reddened under his punishing hand the arousal pooling between her thighs made it clear she needs to be mastered completely...
  • Jaded by D.D. Prince

    Jaded by D.D. Prince

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Want equal rights?Don't f____ a biker.Want safe and predictable?Do not fall for a biker.Want wind in your hair, fire in your soul, and a man's fingerprints on your body, marking you as his and only his, to be protected and treasured forever?Don't accidentally become a club bunny...
  • Hemlock by Marie James

    Hemlock by Marie James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I might be the first man to join the Cerberus MC and not love it. Instead of leaving, I bide my time, knowing that I burn every bridge I cross.When an opportunity plucks me from the desert of New Mexico and transplants me in East Tennessee I feel a little better about the path my life has taken.The new job isn't as solitary as I expected it to be...
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    bdsm  suspense  bikers  contemporary  length-medium
  • A Change Of View by Freya Barker

    A Change Of View by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    What if one morning you look in the mirror and no longer recognize the person looking back? When Leelo can no longer identify herself by the roles that once defined her, it's both terrifying and liberating. Oh, she feels the loss, the grief, and then the anger, but when she inherits property up north, she jumps at the promise of freedom and independence...
  • Black Light: Protocol by Shane Starrett

    Black Light: Protocol by Shane Starrett

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “Yes, sir.”Galen Harmon lives to hear those two words. And for fifteen years he lived the dream with a submissive who’d knelt at his feet and offered that simple phrase over and over again.But then she was gone. Ripped away in a heartbeat of savage betrayal and anguish that still haunts him.Until he met Alex.She’s everything that was taken from him...
  • Dangerous Survivor by Kaylea Cross

    Dangerous Survivor by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    She’s come back to face her demons.Ember Thiessen is the sole survivor of a horrific attack that killed her brother and blew her world apart. Months later when she learns that his dog has been found, she returns to Crimson Point, ready to confront the past and reclaim her life...
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    suspense  cold hero  military  length-medium
  • Shutter speed by Freya Barker

    Shutter speed by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    She likes picking up her camera because it allows her to see things through a different lens. Like when she lost her job recently and instead of focusing on what she’s forced to leave behind, she zooms in on the new options opening up in front of her...
  • A Little Groundhog Day Gamble: A Holidays at Rawhide Ranch Story by Allie Belle, Rawhide Authors

    A Little Groundhog Day Gamble: A Holidays at Rawhide Ranch Story by Allie Belle, Rawhide Authors

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Facing down one of her high school bullies didn't exactly go the way she'd planned...Instead of giving Darius Smith a piece of her mind and walking away knowing she'd had the last word, Brynnly somehow finds herself on a date with him.At Rawhide Ranch.Where Darius just accepted a job as a professor at the University...
  • Hot SEAL, Independence Day by Elle James

    Hot SEAL, Independence Day by Elle James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Navy SEAL who wants nothing to do with commitment, is forced to protect his neighbor and her unborn baby when her past comes calling.Jack “Mars” Marsten lives in an apartment he never made a home. He made the mistake of marrying right out of boot camp to his high school sweetheart. When his wife left him during BUDS training, he vowed never to marry again. No entanglements.Period...
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    suspense  cold hero  military  length-short
  • Chain by Dani Wyatt

    Chain by Dani Wyatt

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Book Two - Release Date April 14th Most people see me as the smart, nerdy girl scared of her own shadow. But what I am, is a woman sick of watching the powerful prey on the powerless and I have zero guilt tipping those scales in the other direction. I point my finger on a map, make my self at home, and set my sights on my next target...
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    suspense  cold hero  new adult  alpha male  bikers
  • Masters of the Castle: Witness Protection Program by Maren Smith, Rayanna Jamison

    Masters of the Castle: Witness Protection Program by Maren Smith, Rayanna Jamison

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Ten of your favorite authors. Eight brand new stories. One really, really bad man. Where will you be when the bomb goes off? When Master Marshall gets an emergency phone call, he can’t believe his ears. His cousin, Grace, has become the only surviving witness to a terrible murder and she is refusing police protection...
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    suspense  bdsm  m-f  length-epic
  • Call Sign: King by Livia Grant

    Call Sign: King by Livia Grant

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He got cocky. Let his guard down.Now the love of his life is paying the price.For a moment he'd forgotten there were men who wanted him dead. Men who lived their lives in the dark, who could reach out of the shadows he used to live in, and he'd been naive to think the light inside her would keep her safe...
  • Nothing More to Lose by Kathryn Shay

    Nothing More to Lose by Kathryn Shay

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    USA TODAY bestselling author Kathryn Shay spent five years riding fire trucks with a large city fire department, eating in their firehouses and interviewing hundreds of America's Bravest. Read the novels that resulted from her intense relationship with firefighters! “Shay writes an emotion-packed story. With angst and some hot sex, this dramatic tale also has a nice touch of humor...
  • Beyond Measure by Jane Henry

    Beyond Measure by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author Jane Henry delivers a gritty, impassioned romance of arranged marriage, fearless love, and ultimate triumph over evil. I'm the girl no one wants. Scarred beyond repair and locked away, I'm tainted and tarnished. Unworthy of friendship, love, or hope. But I was born into Bratva life, and my life is not my own...
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    suspense  bdsm  contemporary  mafia  length-medium  m-f
  • Because of His Past by Kelly Favor

    Because of His Past by Kelly Favor

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Grace Knowles isn’t the type of girl to have sex in exchange for money. But when the unimaginably rich and handsome Liam Houston suggests just such an arrangement, she doesn’t exactly say no to him. Instead, Grace goes to his room in the middle of the night, intending to give him a piece of her mind. But when Liam Houston finally gets his hands on her, nothing’s that simple...
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    suspense  bdsm  contemporary  m-f  length-novella
  • Obsession by Vivian Wood

    Obsession by Vivian Wood

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    From Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best Selling Author Vivian Wood Secrets can kill. Harper wanted Sean to dominate her, to degrade her… and she loved every second of it. Every hot, gasping-for-breath, clenching-the-sheets moment. She loved to have him looming over her, dictating her every move. She got off on it. But now it’s too real...
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    suspense  bdsm  humor  length-long  m-f
  • Master of the Mountain by Lucky Moon

    Master of the Mountain by Lucky Moon

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    His mountain. His rules.Emily Carter is a thrill-seeking, nature-loving Little with a painting and cataloguing the world's most stunning and elusive creatures. But when a hike up Pine Peak mountain goes badly wrong, she's left stranded and hurt.Reed Dawson does not share. Not his secrets. Not his heart.He's the law on Pine Peak, a reclusive mountain man who's as hard as the rock he calls home...
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    bdsm  suspense  age difference  length-short
  • The Witness by Sandra Brown

    The Witness by Sandra Brown

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 42 ratings
    Kendall Deaton pulls herself and her baby out of a wrecked car, and a mixture of courage and fear gets her to the top of a ravine, where she flags down help. But she doesn't dare reveal her true identity or that of her amnesiac passenger to the authorities. Instead, she plans her immediate escape. Her perilous flight begins...
  • Freeing Him by A.M. Hargrove

    Freeing Him by A.M. Hargrove

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    *This novel contains mature content and is not intended for younger readers. Kolson Hart and Gabriella Martinelli…destined to be together, fated to be torn apart. After avoiding his father for years, Kolson knew asking his father, Langston Hart, for a favor would be like selling his soul to the devil. Only the devil wants more ... more than Kolson is willing to pay...
  • Wild Fury by Lindsay Cross

    Wild Fury by Lindsay Cross

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s been in love with the same man since she was a little girl— but that man’s been broken beyond repair. Tomi was forced to leave Cole years ago… but even with a new boyfriend, she can’t seem to let go. Working under a new employer, she struggles to forget her old life— but the situation she’s landed herself in is worse than the one she left...
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    suspense  bdsm  military  menage  length-medium  m-f
  • Tamed: by Felicity Brandon

    Tamed: by Felicity Brandon

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He took her, he caged her, but can he truly tame her? Lost in the woods, author Molly Clary is running for her life. After being trapped in the torrid dark world of Connor Reilly, Molly has made a desperate escape from the tantalizing torment, but little does she know what fate awaits her...
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    suspense  bdsm  m-f  length-medium
  • Savage Love: A Dark Romance by Jane Henry

    Savage Love: A Dark Romance by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author Jane Henry concludes the Savage Island duet with a fast-paced, high-stakes novel of survival, suspense, and heart-breaking passion. The island took everything from me. It won't take her. They created a monster. A savage. They're about to see exactly what that means. Because Harper Lake is mine...
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    suspense  bdsm  contemporary  betrayal  length-short  m-f
  • Temptation by Leigh Lennon

    Temptation by Leigh Lennon

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    **This release in Jan of 2020 as a newsletter exclusive. This book will release under simply Temptation July 23rd with more content in the story! TemptationEveI’ve never been loved. Growing up with a drunk father taught me to trust no one. When a man offers me a way to achieve my freedom, I’m put to the test. He thinks he’ll win when all I see is a man who wants to strip me of my freedom...
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    suspense  bdsm  new adult  length-short
  • The Disciples Short Stories: Vol. 1 by Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty

    The Disciples Short Stories: Vol. 1 by Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lucifer and his merry band of killers rule the streets of Garden City. Possessive and obsessive, they take the women they want knowing no one will stop them.But the fun doesn't stop once they reach their happily ever afters.Take a peek at their lives between the books.Includes five short stories set in the Disciples series...
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    bdsm  suspense  mafia  contemporary  length-novella
  • Secret Curves by Marysol James

    Secret Curves by Marysol James

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Curtis Manning is a huge, scowling, almost-silent, ex-boxer and former soldier who now bounces at Dangerous Curves. A tough-as-hell childhood has left him not the slightest bit interested in commitment or relationships – or at least, he wasn’t interested before Tessa showed up at Curves, all blonde curls, and emerald-gold eyes, and hot, lush body...
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    suspense  cold hero  military  length-short
  • Fearless by Sybil Bartel

    Fearless by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Bodyguard. Sniper. Morally corrupt. I didn’t care who I aimed at. You paid me, I pulled the trigger. I sold my skills to the highest bidder, and trust me, I had skills. The Marines trained me to aim a sniper rifle, but life taught me to get the job done—at any expense. Except hostage recovery wasn’t on my short list...
  • Fighting Conviction by Greer Rivers

    Fighting Conviction by Greer Rivers

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    DevilThey call me Devil.But I’m haunted by the deaths I’ve caused.That’s why I’ve hidden who I am. A failure. I control everything or I fight to block it out.If I don’t care, I don’t lose.But my defenses don’t work on Ellie.I saved her once. Now she’s learning to save herself. If only teaching her how didn’t test my control. She’s my friend’s sister.Warm. Light. Innocent...
  • One Little Mistake by Avery Maxwell

    One Little Mistake by Avery Maxwell

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Easton Westbrook entered my life like an arrogant, grumpy, wrecking ball, and refused to leave.Our banter is addicting, and nothing I do or say will make him change his mind. But when his mind becomes focused solely on me, I run.I can’t afford to give my heart away again. Not when I’m barely surviving with the broken one I have.I have walls up for a reason...
  • Conviction by Jane Henry

    Conviction by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Braxton Cannon can’t get the girl on the dance floor out of his mind, the woman he literally swept off her feet and into Club Verge. She’s no submissive, but he can’t help but admire her ferocity, even as he yearns to take her over his lap and teach her manners. He’s determined to keep her safe if he has to lock her up himself. Officer Zoe Mackay can handle herself...
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    suspense  bdsm  contemporary  spanking  m-f
  • Re/Defined by Michele Zurlo

    Re/Defined by Michele Zurlo

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Amy Markevich nurses fantasies about dominant agent Jordan Monaghan, but she knows they’ll never come true. He’s younger, to-die-for handsome, and so very different from her. She settles for friendship and dreaming from afar, even when he agrees to show her the platonic side of submission...
  • Blindsided by B.J. Wane

    Blindsided by B.J. Wane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On sale for a special release weekend price of $2.99 (price will go to $4.99 on Monday, April 11th). Eve Sawyer had a bright future ahead of her when a tragic accident cost her everything. Now, twelve years later, desperation for all she has been missing compels her to seek comfort and pleasure in the arms of strangers...
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    suspense  bdsm  contemporary  length-medium
  • Schooled by Jane Henry

    Schooled by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She'll learn to be daddy's good little girl. I never fraternize with my students. Never touch them. But when Giada Romano walks into my classroom, my perfect resolve crumbles. She's gorgeous. And bratty as hell. She's brilliant. And woefully disobedient. I'll bend her over my desk and teach her the manners her daddy should've taught her...
  • Unforgettable by Aleatha Romig

    Unforgettable by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Marji Working for a therapist who specializes in exploring hidden desires sounds like a dream job. It is if hearing other people’s fantasies and discoveries is your cup of tea. The problem is that I’m tired of hearing about them. I want more. I want to experience them. What harm will it do if I indulge just one time? That’s where Lace and Leather comes in...
  • A Grumpy Boss For Christmas by Holly Rayner

    A Grumpy Boss For Christmas by Holly Rayner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trapped in paradise with her nightmare boss, this Christmas surely couldn’t get any worse… Alyssa Birch is used to working for the boss from hell, but this year Carson Vogel has finally pushed her too far…Denied the time off she desperately needs, she tells the gorgeous, ruthless network boss that she’s quitting—only for him to inform her that she has to work through Christmas regardless...
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