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  • Always You by Emilia Finn

    Always You by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    What does any self respecting socialite do when she finds her husband screwing his secretary on HER dining room table? She gets petty revenge a'la Louisville Slugger, then she runs home and pretends her whole life isn’t in tatters...
  • Without You: Scotch and Sammy duet - book 2 by Emilia Finn

    Without You: Scotch and Sammy duet - book 2 by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Sammy. I left because I thought I was doing the right thing. I was falling on my sword. I thought I was saving everyone a lot of heart ache, and in exchange, I took all that ache on my own. I was supposed to be the hero, but instead I was the villain. He hates me with every fiber of his being…. It’s been thirteen years since we last saw each other. It turns out ghosts can’t be buried...
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  • Take A Chance On Me by Emilia Finn

    Take A Chance On Me by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Oh Sh*t. This is part 2 of the Marc and Meg Duet. It cannot be read as a standalone. Due to spoilers, the above is all the blurb you will get. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️The conclusion to the Meg and Marc duet is phenomenal. It’s been a long time since I’ve found a writer that makes me laugh, scream, and cry in the same sitting. This is an epic story - epic love, epic friendship, epic woman finding her way. ..
  • Twelve of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Twelve of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Carter:. I was grateful for my second chance at life and discovering a family I never knew existed. Relocating my company and myself from South Carolina to Los Angeles brought me closer to them. They were all happily married, except my brother Gabriel, who was engaged to the love of his life. I didn’t trust women, and for good reason...
  • Battle Scars by Emilia Finn

    Battle Scars by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.82 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They call him Romeo—though no one would accuse him of being a romantic. Troy ‘Romeo’ Rosa has been a mystery for years. A mercenary used to working away and taking orders from his tutu wearing, ruthlessly savage boss. Her domineering ways mean his most recent assignment should be a walk in the park. The last thing he expects is a family so corrupt, it may destroy Checkmate from the inside out...
  • Saving You by Kelly Elliott

    Saving You by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    What happens when your head and heart contradict each other regarding the one person you’ve always wanted? Growing up, Luke Johnson and Libby Hayes thought they would be best friends forever. One kiss changed everything. Fearing his love for Libby could cost him their friendship, Luke chooses to listen to his head—instead of his heart...
  • Seven Card Stud by Emilia Finn

    Seven Card Stud by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This is book 7 in the Stacked Deck Series. Full blurb coming soon.
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  cliffhanger  sports  humor  length-medium
  • Time for Love by Marie Force

    Time for Love by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Dr. David Lawrence has spent the last two years atoning for his sins and recovering from the devastating breakup with Gansett Island golden girl Janey McCarthy. As the island's only doctor, he's had ample opportunity to show his fellow island residents that there's more to him than the guy who disappointed Janey so profoundly...
  • Loving You by Allie Everhart

    Loving You by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Since meeting Garret on her first night at college, Jade’s had to overcome many obstacles to be with him, including interference from Garret’s father. Now, months later, it seems that Mr. Kensington has finally accepted Jade dating his son, but the reason for that is unclear. After what Jade witnessed at the Kensington mansion, she’s not sure what his acceptance of her means...
  • No White Knight by Nicole Snow

    No White Knight by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Handsome devil. Hate-worthy. Walking scandal. I'm catching one feeling with him and it's got teeth. .. If I were a bird, I know who I'd paint white. Holt Silverton. The cocky dolt who swaggered up thinking he'd buy my ranch out from under me. I know his reputation—those stormy eyes and chiseled looks ruined half this town. Spare me the pick up lines and pretty words...
  • Sinful Deed by Emilia Finn

    Sinful Deed by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Copeland City is being terrorized by a new killer. He targets women in their twenties, kills them with a cowardly cocktail of drugs direct to their veins, then leaves a slew of clues for me to unearth on my medical examination table. It’s purely coincidental that I match his victim's profiles. If only Archer Malone, lead detective and the man currently occupying my bed, would believe the same...
  • Sinful Truth by Emilia Finn

    Sinful Truth by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Paul McGregor is a treasured resident of Copeland City and a beloved friend who provides food and shelter for the city’s at-risk youths. No one has a bad word to say about him, yet he’s found in his bed on a freezing January night. Tortured. Dismembered. Dead. Now he’s on my table inside the morgue, and his file has landed on Detective Malone’s desk...
  • Frayed by Pamela Ann

    Frayed by Pamela Ann

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Trista Stevens. Things went quickly sour with the already married Harry when she found out their affair had a bigger repercussion. Heartbroken, she had to do what was best for everyone. Just as planned, she and Lindsey went to visit Emma in Greece. Trista thought this vacation was going to be a way for her to heal and come to terms with of the gargantuan mistakes she’s made in the past...
  • Landon & Shay - Part Two by Brittainy C. Cherry

    Landon & Shay - Part Two by Brittainy C. Cherry

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Once upon a time, I fell in love with a boy. A beautiful, broken boy who had his own world of struggles. People warned me against our love, but I didn't listen. We looked weak. Young, foolish. Dangerously in love. We didn't care. In order to keep our hearts protected from the opinions of others, we became each other’s secret. We shared stolen moments. Tender touches. Secretive embraces...
  • Down To You by Jayne Frost

    Down To You by Jayne Frost

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Every story deserves a soundtrack. And ours is epic. She started from perfect. A star who shone brighter than the rest. But then fate took it all away. Now she's broken. A beautiful song with a fractured beat. But I'm still on the rise. Chasing a dream that she's already left behind. If I'm lucky, I can find my redemption in the spotlight. Destiny brought us together. Put her in my path...
  • Betrayed by Truths by Ella Miles

    Betrayed by Truths by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    "What do you want with me? ". "Everything. I want f--ing everything. ". I lost a bet; now I'm his. His to own. His to claim. Nothing but property. But I'm only beginning to understand the truth. I can choose my own fate. And claim a future I never thought was possible. I just can't let Enzo lie to me anymore. I have to find the truth. Even if it kills me.
  • Strays by Cora Brent

    Strays by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    STRAYS (An Anti-Hero Romance). Before age sixteen I was kicked to the streets, condemned for a crime I didn’t commit. Since then I’ve done nothing to be proud of. Which is why a man like me isn’t cut out to be a dad. And if this kid had another option I wouldn’t try to be one now. But for once I’m going to step up. I’ll right the worst of old wrongs...
  • Trapped by Lies by Ella Miles

    Trapped by Lies by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    My life is nothing but lies. And turns out, Enzo wasn’t the only one who lied to me. I don’t know who to trust anymore. But my future relies on determining the truth from the lies. I’ve tried to escape. But somehow I’m more trapped than ever. And I’m more his than I ever thought possible. This is book 3 in the Truth or Lies series. It ends on a cliffhanger.
  • Bend the Pucking Rules by Rachel Leigh

    Bend the Pucking Rules by Rachel Leigh

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bend The Pucking Rules is the second book in the sexy and suspenseful Ice Lords Series. An Enemies to Lovers, Why-Choose, College Hockey Romance. I know too much and now, I’m paying the price. One secret shattered my world. Three boys wrecked my life. And one of them just might own my heart—if only he could remember...
  • This Fearless Girl by E.M. Moore

    This Fearless Girl by E.M. Moore

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

    Only Her by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Final book in the series! The dramatic conclusion to the story of Pearce and Rachel. After a tragic loss, Pearce has been forced to go on with his life but he's done so without success. He's consumed with work and is neglecting Garret, the only remaining piece of Rachel he has left...
  • Pocketful of Shame by Chloe Walsh

    Pocketful of Shame by Chloe Walsh

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "Nothing in Pocketful is as it seems. ". Chris Capaldi's words of warning haunt my every waking hour. I know I'm in danger, even if I can't identify the threat. Telling Sketch about the night his brother died was a mistake that could prove fatal for all of us. Secrets of this magnitude should stay buried, but it's out now and I can feel the walls closing in on me...
  • Make It Hurt by Elle Mitchell

    Make It Hurt by Elle Mitchell

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    "I told you I'd put you back in your f*cking place. When I'm done with you, I promise there won't be an ounce of fight left in your body. I can't wait to see what it looks like. ". I messed up. I should have hit him with my car that night. For two years, my stepbrother and his friends have made my life hell...
  • Stolen by Truths by Ella Miles

    Stolen by Truths by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Stolen by Truths is book 4 in the Truth or Lies series. It continues Enzo and Kai's story.
  • Rock F*ck Club 3 by Michelle Mankin

    Rock F*ck Club 3 by Michelle Mankin

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    It’s Rock F*ck Club. Season Two. The Gods of Rock Tour. 4 summer concert venues. 10 famous rock stars to f*ck. Two at a time. Maybe even three. I know what I like and how to get it. I’m Marsha West. Raven Winter’s best friend. A sidekick no longer -- I’m now in the starring role. I’m going to f*ck whoever I want. However I want. Whenever I want...
  • QUIVER by Jacob Chance

    QUIVER by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They met under the most unusual circumstances and fell deeply in love. Their relationship thrived, despite all the secrets Kyle kept from Janny. When the sordid details of his betrayal were revealed in the worst way possible, he had to fight to win her back. Now Kyle’s in the battle of his life and the obstacle in their path might be impossible to overcome...
  • Strangers in Love by M.S. Parker

    Strangers in Love by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In her bestselling series, The Scottish Billionaires, M. S. Parker presents Eoin’s story. Filled with action, heat and drama, this handsome Scottish billionaire is guaranteed to bring out everything in Strangers in Love. Eoin: I’m watching her on video. She’s a complete stranger, yet something in her eyes hits me like no other woman. But to meet her, I’ll have to rescue her from a foreign country...
  • Sad Love by M.J. Fields

    Sad Love by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Love had not been something that has been easy for Tessa Ross and Lucas Links. In book three of MJ Fields Love series we follow Tessa and Luke through their college years. Will they get back together or is enough finally enough?
  • No Paine No Gain by McKinley May

    No Paine No Gain by McKinley May

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    One thing I've learned from three years as an undergrad? College is all about balance. Juggling a science-heavy course load, weekend bar crawls, and my plentiful dating life is an art form. An art form I've got down to a T. .. Until the campus Casanova comes barreling into my biology class and throws my mojo for a major loop...
  • Cold by Max Monroe

    Cold by Max Monroe

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I wanted a second chance. What I got was a repeat. She was too beautiful. Too smart. And her emerald green eyes saw too much. I wanted space-she took it away. I craved her lips-she gave me her kiss. I screwed it up-she got smart. Avoiding me is the right thing to do. I'm messed up, tortured, and probably always will be. But I still want her. Her mind. Her body. Her heart. I want it all...
  • Wicked Ends by Isla Vaughn

    Wicked Ends by Isla Vaughn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Deceived by my heart. Drowning in fractured memories. Taken against my will. Shane Bennett used me, and for nothing more than revenge. I was a victim, and in turn, I made him one. But that was then. I’m different now—is he? Or is this the moment when everything comes crashing down...
  • Royal Bastard by Nana Malone

    Royal Bastard by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lucas…. Don’t get in trouble, they said. Don’t cause an incident. Oops. I might be a newfound prince, but that doesn’t mean I’m ready to say goodbye to my days of freedom. So when my brother, the king, asks me to babysit a diplomat’s daughter, my first thought is to say no… that is until I see her climbing out of a window with her dress tucked into her thong. She might just be my kind of girl...
  • Blizzard by Cambria Hebert

    Blizzard by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    An arctic blast is coming…. Fleeing to the wintry town of Caribou was always meant to be temporary,. BearPaw Resort just a place to hide. Never in a million years did I expect that running back to the past. would bring me face to face with my future. But it did, and now everyone I love is in danger. I’ve already escaped death three times, and I know my luck is running out...
  • Playboy's Heart by Nana Malone

    Playboy's Heart by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Playboy Prince has lost his princess…. The hell I have. It took me this long to find her, so I’m not letting her go without a fight. Everyone will know just how far I’m willing to go for love. Just how far I’m willing to go for…her. As it turns out, love is a stronger motivator than vengeance.
  • London Bridge by Nana Malone

    London Bridge by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Halfway around the world wasn’t far enough away to keep my best mate’s sister safe from our enemies. .. or my touch. I will have her. Even though she’s the beauty and I’m the beast. Emma Varma remembers me as the black hearted prince of Eton prep. .. but the hardened man I’ve become won’t be so easily burned. Her return to London has nothing to do with me and everything to do with retribution...
  • How to Date the Guy You Hate by Julie Kriss

    How to Date the Guy You Hate by Julie Kriss

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    I hate Jason Carsleigh. Gorgeous, sexy, perfect Jason Carsleigh. He was the golden boy in high school - the one every girl dreamed about. Except me. I have my reasons. He owes me big, so I’m calling in a favor. I need Jason as my date for my ex’s wedding. Simple - wear a suit, look hot, and pretend he likes me. That’s it. Then I’m done with him forever. I’m not going to tell him my secrets...
  • New Love by M.J. Fields

    New Love by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Categorized as:
    new adult  cruel hero  m-f  betrayal  audiobook
  • Promise Me by Rebel Hart

    Promise Me by Rebel Hart

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    CRUEL INTENTIONS meets AFTER. Find out what happens in Rae and Clinton's love story. ..
  • The Preachers' Promise by Marissa Farrar, S.R. Jones

    The Preachers' Promise by Marissa Farrar, S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was their pet. Now she’s their obsession. She was the ghostly girl who crashed into the Preachers’ secretive world. With her pale hair, floaty dresses, and haunted eyes, Ophelia took one look at the three masked men and ran. But when they gave chase, and finally caught her, she was the one who trapped them, as she tore down the Preachers’ walls. She made them feel. They made her kneel...
  • 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 Way Back To me by Anne Mercier

    The Way Back To me by Anne Mercier

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    She was perky, fun, and full of life—everything I hated about girls and their bullshit exterior. People called her bubbly; I called her “fake-as-hell. ”. The edgy, dark, lonely girl in front of me was not the Olivia Brennan I knew from high school—far from it, actually. I knew the story—the whole town knew the story, we witnessed it all...
  • Forged in Flames by Ivy Smoak

    Forged in Flames by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    I remember when I thought my life would be like the fairy tales I read about. I'd do anything to go back in time when everything was so simple. When my knight in shining armor had a face and a name. When my biggest secret was that I snuck out at night to watch the stars. I'm worried that there's a sickness in me, swallowing me whole. I don't understand what's happening to me...
  • Shameful by Nana Malone, M. Malone

    Shameful by Nana Malone, M. Malone

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I am the thing that goes bump in the night. I am a liar, a protector. .. a killer. .. I am Noah Blake. And now that she knows my secret, she hates me. The guilt and shame I carry around is bad enough. .. But seeing the distrust in her eyes, that will kill me before my enemies do…. Noah’s Cliffhanger Warning:. Ladies, I know you want to see the full package. But I have to tease you first...
  • Wish I May by Lexi Ryan

    Wish I May by Lexi Ryan

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    New adult romance from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Unbreak Me . Due to sexual content and heavy subject matter, this book is intended for mature readers. ~ ~ ~. Nothing about her says cute. Everything about her says sex. And mine. I never thought I'd see her again. Didn't think I wanted to...
  • Vicious Knight by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Vicious Knight by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    My villain, my monster, my vicious Knight…. I’m supposed to be a secret. No one can know my true identity. Or that I’m a dead girl walking. But I caught the attention of the one guy my parents warned me to stay away from. Thorne Ivanov reigns supreme at Raventhorn University, home of the Knights, one of the most powerful secret societies in the world...
  • HATE ME by Jaxson Kidman

    HATE ME by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    SHE WAS UNTOUCHED. UNTIL SHE MET ME. AND THEN I RUINED HER LIFE. Hey, beautiful. My name is Mason and my job is one simple thing: I want you to HATE ME. I want you to hate this story. I want you to hate this book. I want you to leave a nasty review on this book. Actually, I dare you to do that...
  • Total Submission by Roxy Sloane

    Total Submission by Roxy Sloane

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Her secrets are tearing us apart, but I can’t give up on us yet. When I’m with her, the beast inside me is tamed. My every craving sated by her gentle touch. I won’t let her go without a fight. No matter what the cost, I will protect her. She belongs to me now. *Part three of the sensual, suspenseful new serial*.
  • 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...
  • Ritual by Kandi Steiner

    Ritual by Kandi Steiner

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A new year at Palm South University means new classes, new chances at love, and of course, new fresh-off-the-grill drama. Cassie faces a ghost from her past in her new Genetics class while Adam fights for his brothers’ respect as second-term president...
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