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True by Ella Frank
True - adjective: That which is accurate or exact. I dare you to try. I think you’re my truth. Terrify me. Marry me. Marry me. Marry me... Four years ago, Logan Mitchell walked into Tate’s life and challenged him to see it differently. He dared Tate to try a kiss, when normally he wouldn’t have. He begged him to take a chance, when he probably shouldn’t have... -
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Alphas Like Us by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie
His Bodyguard. His Love. Maverick, know-it-all bodyguard Farrow Keene knows publicly dating American royalty comes with a great cost. Everyone wants a piece of their relationship. And as a protective boyfriend, he’s not here for the malicious hands that grab at their love life and seek to rip them apart...Categorized as:
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![The Hitman's Guide to Tying the Knot Without Getting Shot by Alice Winters]()
The Hitman's Guide to Tying the Knot Without Getting Shot by Alice Winters
Leland Is a nice little wedding with Blow-up Randy and Jackson My Love too much to ask for? Clearly, because someone’s trying to kill one of us… again... -
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Davo by N.R. Walker
When Fergus Galloway takes on a research trip to a tiny mining town in the far Western Australian outback, he’s as far from Sydney as he can get. Which is entirely the point. He arrives in Pannalego totally unprepared for the baking heat, unprepared for the people who call it home, unprepared for the craziness and the laughs...Categorized as:
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![Drilled by K.M. Neuhold]()
Drilled by K.M. Neuhold
A month in a remote cabin with the last man I ever expected to see again? I can’t decide if I should punch him or drill him. It might end up being both.After more than a decade, the last person I expected to see walk into the Four Bears Construction offices as a new hire was Ridge.He was my first crush, and my first heartbreak when he started dating my sister...Categorized as:
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![How to Be a Movie Star by T.J. Klune]()
How to Be a Movie Star by T.J. Klune
Sequel to How to Be a Normal PersonA How to Be Novel Josiah Erickson wants to be a movie star. The problem with that is so does half of Los Angeles. But he’s on his way, what with memorable roles as a TV show background cadaver and a guy in a commercial for herpes medication. All he needs is his big break...Categorized as:
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![How to Hack a Hacker by A.J. Sherwood]()
How to Hack a Hacker by A.J. Sherwood
Kyou has a routine. A system. He guards Brannigan Genovese, hacks for his family of choice, and drinks far too much caffeine for any living being... -
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Dirty Heart by Rhys Ford
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA Cole McGinnis Mystery Former LAPD detective Cole McGinnis’s life nearly ended the day his police partner and best friend Ben Pirelli emptied his service weapon into Cole and his then-lover, Rick. Since Ben turned his gun on himself, Cole thought he’d never find out why Ben tried to destroy him. Years later, Cole has stitched himself back together... -
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Dirty Secret by Rhys Ford
Loving Kim Jae-Min isn’t always easy: Jae is gun-shy about being openly homosexual. Ex-cop turned private investigator Cole McGinnis doesn’t know any other way to be. Still, he understands where Jae is coming from. Traditional Korean men aren’t gay—at least not usually where people can see them. But Cole can’t spend too much time unraveling his boyfriend’s issues. He has a job to do... -
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On the Run by May Archer
I was supposed to be partying with a bunch of celebrities in paradise this week, okay?But then I made one teeny, tiny error in judgement before leaving New York, and suddenly the paparazzi expected me to give a command performance as “the other man” in their straight celebrity “outing” of the week.Um, no, precious. So much no...Categorized as:
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French Fancy by Lily Morton
Pip Simmonds is the twinkiest twink in London. He’s loud, proud, and packed to the brim with sass. But when he’s laid low by illness, even his hotpants lose their sparkle and his worried boss sends him to the South of France to recuperate in his holiday home...Categorized as:
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Disrupted Engagement by Nicky James
The ring has been bought, and all Aslan has to do is create the perfect setup for a proposal. No problem. Nothing to it. Quaid deserves the best, and he plans to deliver.After choreographing a romantic evening to officially pop the question, Aslan is ready.But things don’t go as planned, and the evening is ruined. Quaid’s insecurities rear their ugly head, making him suspicious... -
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Joker by Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda
Who’d want a guy like me?Sure, I can make my MC brothers laugh, but I’m not good for much else.Muscle? Sure.Smarts? Not so much.At least Brennan knows I’m one hot mother… Well… You know.No one ever wants me for more than a roll in the sheets.No one except Brennan. Will he still want me when he realizes how messed up I am?Joker is more than just fun and games...Categorized as:
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![Kissed by a Killer by Leighton Greene]()
Kissed by a Killer by Leighton Greene
It’s my job to protect the Morelli men when the law is after them. But now their most dangerous Capo has killed to protect me. My law firm has two unbreakable rules. 1. Never get personally involved with a client. Nick Fontana was only ever supposed to be a booty call, but he’s had me cross-examining my heart since we started hooking up. 2. Never let the Morellis do you a favor...Categorized as:
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![Sweet as Honey by Lucy Lennox]()
Sweet as Honey by Lucy Lennox
When I rode my bike into Aster Valley, it was supposed to be temporary. A quick, relaxing visit with friends. No entanglements. Zero drama.But then I saw the bumblebee being harassed on the side of the highway. More specifically, I saw Truman Sweet, Aster Valley’s resident botanist, spice merchant, and bee-costume enthusiast, being harassed... -
![Reining in the Bad Boy by Jacki James]()
Reining in the Bad Boy by Jacki James
What kind of loser pretends to have a boyfriend?Oh, yeah, that’s me, Landon Nichols. I’m the loser. In my defense, I didn’t actually make up a boyfriend. My mom just assumed I had one, and I figured if it made her feel better to think I had someone in my life, then what could it hurt? Nothing, right?Until she decides I need to bring my pretend boyfriend home for Christmas...Categorized as:
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![Touch the Lightning by N.R. Walker]()
Touch the Lightning by N.R. Walker
Without a working office, Jeremiah is tasked with repairing the automated weather station on Oxley Island. It’s remote, only accessible by boat, and with there being a good chance of crocodiles, he’s dreading it. Tully, on the other hand, can’t wait. With a boat licence, his dad’s boat, and two days alone with Jeremiah—and with thunderstorms likely—to Tully, it’s another perfect adventure...Categorized as:
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Method Acting by N.R. Walker
Chase SoriaEvery budding actor knows acting is a difficult gig. There will be grueling auditions and punishing rejections. If you’re lucky, there’ll be roles that pay the bills and even roles that won’t.Roles we don’t believe in.But that’s what acting is—acting as if we do believe in them.So when the semester’s production project is announced and I’m cast as one of the leads, I’m ecstatic...Categorized as:
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Pick Me by May Archer
The job at Sunday Orchard was supposed to be temporary.A chance to gain some work experience. To have some fun. To get away from my overprotective brothers. To maybe, possibly encounter some lumberjacks in their natural habitat before moving on to the dream career that awaited me in the city.I had not expected to be welcomed into a family of gorgeous and weirdly efficient lumberjack-types myself...Categorized as:
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![Matched By My Rival by DJ Jamison]()
Matched By My Rival by DJ Jamison
Simon Prentiss: ex-football star, bitter rival, and...falling for the enemy?I hate my teammate, Parker Reed.I hate that he makes me work so hard for my position on the field. Hate how he always smiles. How easily he shows me up when I'm injured.Most of all, I hate that he made me lose my temper.Next thing I know, football is gone.My scholarship is gone.I'm nearly gone, too...Categorized as:
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![Something to Dye For by Aimee Nicole Walker]()
Something to Dye For by Aimee Nicole Walker
A phone call in the middle of the night forces Detective Gabriel Wyatt out of his warm bed and into the frigid night to identify the body of a murdered man whose wallet contains Gabe’s business card instead of an ID. That night sets off a chain of events that chills Gabe to his bones when it appears that the killer has set his eyes on a new target – Josh Roman... -
![Prince by Cambria Hebert]()
Prince by Cambria Hebert
Once upon a time…A baby is born in privilege, blooming under the warmth of his parents’ love. Jealousy sprouts and brings with it malevolent intentions. A king and queen cursed with an empty kingdom. A child abandoned in revenge.A misfit, the boy should turn hard and cold among the thorns he grows in. Despite lifelong attempts to destroy him, this child does not wither...Categorized as:
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![The Idiot by Dianna Roman]()
The Idiot by Dianna Roman
You can't pick who you love...nor can you run from them.Murphy Malone loves his orchard, his mother, and his dog. Life is great until he can't stop thinking about what he's missing—someone to share it all with. When he realizes that his love for his best friend, Jesse Carver, runs deeper than the bonds of friendship, it just makes things worse... -
![Easy Does It by K.M. Neuhold]()
Easy Does It by K.M. Neuhold
I've never shied away from the hard things in life. But falling in love with Lux… EASY has never felt so good. Most of the guys on Palm Island call me the token straight guy. The truth is, I'm not so much straight as I'm just… nothing. Asexual, demi, the label doesn't make much of a difference to me...Categorized as:
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![Wicked by E.M. Lindsey]()
Wicked by E.M. Lindsey
Hawke doesn’t talk about his past—and it’s not because he has a stutter that rarely lets him speak more than three words at a time. The shadows of what was haunt his every waking hour, but the Broken Chains MC have been a sanctuary he never expected.And Hawke is the sort of man who knows better than to cross lines, especially when it comes the safety of his brothers... -
![Matrimonial Merriment by Nicky James]()
Matrimonial Merriment by Nicky James
Quaid Andrew Valor and Aslan Ronan Doyle cordially invite you to be an honorary guest as they join their lives in matrimony. The ceremony is set to take place at Strongwind Castle on December 23rd. Save the date! Time is short. Quaid has less than three months to plan the wedding of his dreams. A wedding that happens to land two days before Christmas. Don’t be fooled... -
![Handy by K.M. Neuhold]()
Handy by K.M. Neuhold
My new neighbor may be grumpy but he's also hot, and very good with his hands…I definitely overestimated my own handyman skills when I bought this fixer-upper. I have to say, the view from my new place is worth it though. Especially around seven o'clock every morning when my big, furry bear of a neighbor drinks his coffee shirtless on his back porch.He's dedicated to the bear thing too...Categorized as:
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![Rising Tide by E.M. Lindsey]()
Rising Tide by E.M. Lindsey
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOnce upon a time, Ghost was the best enforcer the Reapers MC had ever known—until the Hydra appeared and destroyed everything he’d worked for. After witnessing corruption down to the very core of their club, his only option was to take off his cut and leave...Categorized as:
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![The Christmas Switch by Briar Prescott]()
The Christmas Switch by Briar Prescott
Everybody knows Joshua Van De Bogart and Gabriel García don't get along. Haven't since the day they met in middle school and inadvertently started a rivalry to rival all rivalries. Fast forward a decade, and their feud is still going strong. When an opportunity arises to score some extra points at work they both leap at the chance. Now they're decorating the office for the annual Christmas party... -
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Cooper by Jacki James
Just call him the brat tamer.Cooper Shaw knows exactly what kind of a man he wants, and someone who is interested in being a part time boy isn’t it. He wants a boy who will turn over everything to him. But not easily. He wants to have to work for it. What he wants is a boy with spirit and sass. The kind most Daddies want nothing to do with. What Cooper wants is a challenge. Also known as a brat... -
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The Unbreakables: Volume 1 by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings***Note that this bundle includes books already available as single titles*** It’s time to go on a roller-coaster ride through the underbelly of Cincinnati with the Unbreakable Boys! Since the completion of the Unbreakable Bonds series, we wanted to offer readers bundles of the series so that they can easily flow from one book to the follow-up short story collections, getting the full... -
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Trajectory by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsRising tensions between Malcolm, Seong-Jae, and Aanga Joshi reach a tipping point — and send our devilish duo on a rogue mission. Mal and Seong-Jae are off the radar, off the rails, and determined to track down the connection between Sila and the Golden Ratio Killer, no matter who stands in their way.One way or another, they'll put a name and a face to the nightmare.One way or another.. -
![Off Duty Volume 3 by Gregory Ashe]()
Off Duty Volume 3 by Gregory Ashe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLife happens when you’re not looking. Unfortunately, so do a lot of other things.Hazard and Somerset: Off Duty Volume 3 is a collection of short stories. It includes the following:“If Your Friends Jumped Off a Bridge”Hazard is going to get Evie the perfect toy for her birthday, no matter what. This story takes place before Relative Justice... -
![Somebody to Love by April Wilson]()
Somebody to Love by April Wilson
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsChicago homicide detective Tyler Jamison has accepted that fact that he was born defective. Women just don't do it for him, and he can't contemplate any other option. So, loneliness it is. Ian Alexander has met the man of his dreams, but the guy's in complete denial of his sexuality. Ian's not giving up on Tyler, though. Tyler's a domineering, controlling force of nature.. -
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![Wicked Games by Aimee Nicole Walker]()
Wicked Games by Aimee Nicole Walker
Ryder Jameson and Lucien Clarke have a complicated past: Ryder conserves art; Lucien steals it. Their love-hate relationship spans six years and two continents and has endured multiple heists. Hoping to restore his tarnished reputation, Ryder returns home to Cincinnati to accept a position at an acclaimed museum... -
![Don't Mess with the Ex by DJ Jamison]()
Don't Mess with the Ex by DJ Jamison
For years, I've lived by one simple Don't Mess With The Ex.It was an easy rule to follow when Laurence Kensington III was on the other side of the country.Now that he's shown up out of the blue? Not so much.I followed my heart into a whirlwind romance with him once, and it led to disaster. I've vowed to never be so impulsive or reckless again... -
![Amid Our Lines by Zarah Detand]()
Amid Our Lines by Zarah Detand
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRealising your new boss is the adult star you fancied as a teenager? Awkward.In the snow-kissed Swiss Alps, Adrian’s world is a high-wire act of old-world charm and new-world problems at the Gletscherhaus Hotel. Enter Eric, an undercover London songwriter, seeking a mental break in a place where the Wi-Fi is as patchy as his past relationships... -
![Back in Black by Rhys Ford]()
Back in Black by Rhys Ford
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThere are eight million stories in the City of Angels but only one man can stumble upon the body of a former client while being chased by a pair of Dobermans and a deranged psycho dressed as a sheep. That man is Cole McGinnis... -
![Dirty Trick by K.M. Neuhold]()
Dirty Trick by K.M. Neuhold
Can you be friends with benefits with a guy who hates you? What about enemies with benefits instead?My plan to lick every cupcake Boston wants until he realizes I’m his only option might actually work out…Was pretending to sleep with tons of men to keep my crush from hooking up with them a Dirty Trick? Sure. Do I regret it? Not one bit...Categorized as:
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![Chasing You by E.M. Lindsey]()
Chasing You by E.M. Lindsey
“Playing house-husband to my best friend isn’t weird, right? Even though I’m head over heels in love with him and he doesn’t have feelings for me?”Adele is a caretaker. Always has been, always will be. So when his lifelong best friend comes home after losing his job to a nervous breakdown and chronic illness, Adele steps in...Categorized as:
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![Tex by Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda]()
Tex by Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda
Jazz: I’m in love with my straight best friend …Prison changed me, mostly for the better, but it could never erase my love for Tex. Growing up together in foster care he was my one constant, and I hate all the ways I’ve let him down. Now that I’m free my biggest wish is to settle back into our friendship and life in our MC. I know I’ll never have anything more... -
![Let Your Heart Be Light by J.R. Lawrie]()
Let Your Heart Be Light by J.R. Lawrie
FOR SERVICES RENDERED Dr. David Christmas has heard every joke in the book when it comes to his name. Weary of the festive season and from his long shifts in the emergency room, David is also tired of his lonely single life. His only hope for Christmas is a glimpse of the shy but gorgeous neighbour who lives above him...Categorized as:
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![Game On by Amy Aislin]()
Game On by Amy Aislin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen he broke off his engagement to his team captain's brother the day before their wedding, Jamie Jamieson swore he'd never get involved with anyone associated with a teammate again. Getting traded to the Orcas is a chance at a fresh start, but one glance at his new housemate, and Jamie knows he's in way over his head.Dorian is his new coach's cousin. And his team's social media coordinator...Categorized as:
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Kiss My Axe by R.M. Neill
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPerryYou know that saying, keep your friends close and your enemies closer? Well, whoever said that never had the misfortune of meeting Roman Auclair.Sure, he’s sexy and wears a corset like nobody’s business, but he’s arrogant, entitled and so damn judgemental he should sit on the Supreme Court.I’d rather sleep with a porcupine than bunk with him...Categorized as:
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![Spencer by M. Tasia]()
Spencer by M. Tasia
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDIVINE RETRIBUTIONEveryone has secrets. Especially a Navy SEAL. But Spencer has found the one man who seems to be hiding more than him. And that just doesn’t fly.Rick reinvented his life fifteen years ago, and has no intention of revealing why. But, in the back of his mind he’s been waiting for the other shoe to fall, and now it has... -
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Resisting Rein by M.E. Parker
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOkay, so funny story, guys… I’m fake dating a billionaire.I would never say that out loud. It’s not the sort of thing you just bring up in a casual conversation with your best friends. Especially when you’ve signed an NDA. Especially when he is paying you obscene amounts of money. Especially when he’s your dead brother’s best friend... -
![In Sequence by Cole McCade]()
In Sequence by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsABOUT THIS EPISODE The Golden Ratio killer resurfaces in California to target a former victim, and this time the case takes Malcolm and Seong-Jae hunting deep into his past, searching for connections between victim and killer that may reveal his identity... -
![Suited For You by Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda]()
Suited For You by Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe’s smug, conceited … and hot as hell … Becoming a partner at Caldwell and Holton will be the crowning achievement in my hard fought career. There’s just one problem. One arrogant, materialistic, flashy problem: Saint Caldwell. Unlike me, he’s never had to struggle for anything a day in his life … or so I think. But there’s more to the man than a showy Porsche and killer smile... -
![Charlie's Doctor by Jocelynn Drake]()
Charlie's Doctor by Jocelynn Drake
A second chance to say ‘don’t let me go’.When paintings for an artist who disappeared roughly fifty years ago suddenly surface, Charlie and his friends decide it might be worth looking into what really happened. Besides, who isn’t up for adventure and fun in Buenos Aires?But things go horribly sideways when Charlie stumbles across Dr...Categorized as:
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![The Summer of Us by Lily Morton]()
The Summer of Us by Lily Morton
It’s going to be a long hot summer. John is an exceptionally good lawyer. He’s driven, arrogant and hides a warm heart underneath a façade of cool politeness. He’s used to people disliking him but for some reason when meeting Matt in London the other man’s open dislike of him bothers him...Categorized as:
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