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  • Rewriting You by Emilia Finn

    Rewriting You by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    I’m a mom to teenagers… I’m also my late husband’s executioner.He was an abusive man on the fast track to devastation. He hung me from a fancy chandelier to die. Had my saviours driven the long way home, I wouldn’t be here today to tell my story. It’s been a long road since then, but my children and I have finally moved back to town. It’s time to lay some ghosts to bed...
  • Forever Paired by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Paired by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Landon Davies had worked hard to start his own restaurant. It was a very different path than most of his family had taken. He was one of the few family members that were not military or law enforcement. But his hard work had given him a restaurant that was beginning to take off when a woman’s scream in the alley outside his kitchen changed everything...
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    sports  m-f  contemporary  suspense  humor
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  • The Sterling Shore Series by C.M. Owens

    The Sterling Shore Series by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Limited time bundle that includes Book 1, 1.5, 2, and 3 of the Sterling Shore series. No cliffhangers. Book 1 - Hooked on the Game Kade Colton and Raya Capperton come from two different worlds, but one thing they have in common is that they have both judged each other wrong. Opposites don't just attract; they collide and shift the world off its axis...
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    new adult  m-f  humor  contemporary  length-epic
  • Full House by Emilia Finn

    Full House by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.81 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Miles “Iowa” Walker is a fighter on a mission.He’s determined to win this year’s Stacked Deck tournament. He plans to get his six-year-old daughter out of a bad situation. And if there’s any time and money leftover, he’d love to take her out for ice cream without worrying about the cost or deadly consequences.Miles and his daughter have known only what it’s like to struggle...
  • Without You: Scotch and Sammy duet - book 2 by Emilia Finn

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

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 24 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...
  • Bluff by Emilia Finn

    Bluff by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Tucker Morris - affectionately known by his most annoying friends as Chuck Norris - is a lover, not a fighter.He’s a charmer, with a fast tongue and equal wit. Mechanic by day, motorcycle racer by night, Tucker is magic with his hands, and makes a hobby out of sliding filthy innuendo into as many conversations as he possibly can...
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    sports  new adult  m-f  humor  suspense  length-medium
  • Reshuffle by Emilia Finn

    Reshuffle by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    The first round is for practice. The second round is for keeps. She was everything Ben ever wanted. But time, distance, and jealousy made it impossible. Now they’re adults, Evie’s back in town after college graduation, and Ben never once let go of what he knew was meant to be...
  • No Limits by Emilia Finn

    No Limits by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Everyone knows Bryan Kincaid.He’s the guy you wear a hazmat suit around... while carrying a long range cattle prod to enforce a little distance.Add a Clorox bath to those precautions, toss a little salt over your shoulder, and a girl could probably walk away from his bed without contracting a nasty case of the clap...
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    sports  new adult  m-f  humor  suspense  length-medium
  • Eleusis by Emilia Finn

    Eleusis by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Princesses are meant to kiss frogs to find their prince - not criminalsWilliam Quinn was labeled a killer years ago. The accusations were false... until now. Forced to choose between an innocent and a monster, he made a quick decision. Now he’s running from the law, leaving behind the woman he’d kill for.Olivia Conner is a princess in every meaning of the word...
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    sports  new adult  m-f  humor  length-medium
  • Dynamite by Emilia Finn

    Dynamite by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They call us the devil twins - a fallacy and unfair assumption on everyone’s part.Well... mostly.My name is Luke Hart, and I’m the oldest of identical twin boys. Although I may be responsible for the ‘devil’ in our name, I have no urge to set the record straight and exonerate the innocent half of our pairing.There’s no point letting the truth get in the way of a good story.Right?Not so...
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    sports  new adult  m-f  humor  length-medium
  • Worth Fighting For: A Kit and Bobby Rollin On Novella by Emilia Finn

    Worth Fighting For: A Kit and Bobby Rollin On Novella by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’d take a lot for Bobby Kincaid to fall out of love. In fact, I’m not sure he knows how. His mom and dad taught him how to do it right, how to do it fully, and how to never let go. ‘Worth Fighting For’ is the family reunion that you never knew you needed...
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    sports  new adult  m-f  humor  length-novella
  • Matchmaker by Ivy Smoak

    Matchmaker by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Matthew Caldwell is NYC's most eligible bachelor.Charming.Gorgeous.Wealthy.Great with kids.Broken.Sixteen years ago he lost everything. He made a vow to never love again. But suddenly everyone in his life is acting like a matchmaker. He can't help but wonder if a broken vow is better than a broken heart.There's just one problem. Only one woman in the city has caught his attention...
  • 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...
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    sports  new adult  m-f  humor  length-medium
  • Crazy Eights by Emilia Finn

    Crazy Eights by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They say he’s a murderer - so she ran. I say she’s mine - so I must follow. Even knowing the inevitable pain that’s coming straight for me, I’ll continue to search, to wish, and when I eventually find her, continue to kiss her.Because when a Kincaid knows, he knows. *Crazy Eights is the conclusion to Jamie and Cam's story...
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    sports  new adult  m-f  humor  length-medium
  • His Wicked Ways by Melissa Foster

    His Wicked Ways by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Blaine Wicked is used to women doing as he says in and out of the bedroom. Find out happens when he meets the one woman who won't submit to his wicked ways in the newest insanely sexy, deeply emotional, and laugh-out-loud funny standalone romance by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster.Blaine Wicked can spot trouble a mile away...
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    new adult  m-f  contemporary  humor  bdsm  length-long
  • Rough Edge by Lauren Landish

    Rough Edge by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 31 ratings
    This ain’t no love triangle. This is people not knowing when to let fate do its thing. Brody Tannen has been the boss for way too long, putting everyone’s needs above his own. It’s the way his family farm stood while fate took shot after shot against them. But now he’s got a chance to figure things out for himself...
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    new adult  m-f  humor  contemporary  cowboys  open-door
  • Fiercely Emma by J. Bengtsson

    Fiercely Emma by J. Bengtsson

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Emma, older sister of renowned rock star Jake McKallister, has crafted a quiet existence for herself. Fiercely independent, scorned at work, and indifferent to relationships, she’s spent the past decade trying to move on from the crime that shook her family to the core...
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    new adult  m-f  humor  contemporary  length-medium
  • Sinful Deed by Emilia Finn

    Sinful Deed by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 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...
  • Max by Lisa Helen Gray

    Max by Lisa Helen Gray

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Max... I’ve got my looks, my charm, and well, a smile that melts panties. My charm only gets me so far though. Apparently, that limit is the law. I don’t even care when the courts finally give me a punishment for vandalising the church property; in my defence, I didn’t know it was a church...
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    new adult  m-f  humor  alpha male  length-long
  • REGRET by Emilia Finn

    REGRET by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Preston Danes was born and raised on the streets.Unloved. Unwanted. And quickly discarded.Now he’s a man on the verge of a new career when the infamous Checkmate Security offers him a job.They want to shut down a mafia family, and they need the assistance of a skilled hacker to get the job done.Preston knows code like others know their left hands. He’s perfect for the job...
  • Sinful Truth by Emilia Finn

    Sinful Truth by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 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...
  • Busted by Emilia Finn

    Busted by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Daughter of an over protective world-champion fighter, and shielded by dozens of alpha men, Emma Kincaid was locked in an ivory tower many years ago.Too bad she shimmied down water pipes the moment she was old enough to do so. Coercing with the devil twins is as natural as breathing to her, and getting into trouble with them is as easy as falling in love...
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    sports  new adult  m-f  humor  length-medium
  • Redeeming The Rose by Emilia Finn

    Redeeming The Rose by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Life is about checks and balances. People hurt people, and often, they die. Even as a paramedic, I can’t save everyone, but that doesn’t mean I’m not gonna try.My baby sister was a sick child. Her illnesses were the reason I chose the career I did, but her innocence and fragility also made me a man who refuses to let her live her life without my guiding hand...
  • The Final Fight by J.B. Salsbury

    The Final Fight by J.B. Salsbury

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    When life brings you the perfect person at the worst possible time… On a weekend visit to Las Vegas to visit his brother, Marine Braeden Daniels meets a woman who challenges him in ways he can’t deny. The best part is she wants what he wants. No strings. No feelings. Just fun. AJ is a Las Vegas performer who is finally living her dream. Growing up poor, she’s determined to succeed at any cost...
  • Home Run by Jordan Marie, Robin Harper

    Home Run by Jordan Marie, Robin Harper

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Green Lucas doesn't know what's about to hit him. Complete Standalone Romance Wanted A woman with grit and fire who will help me get my son’s head out of his ass. You must be self-sufficient and not looking for a gravy train. Common sense is a plus, book smarts are optional. Cannot have red hair, as my son seems to go for that type and he needs something to shake him up...
  • Queen of Klutz by Samantha Garman

    Queen of Klutz by Samantha Garman

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Choose the best phrase to describe Sibby Goldstein's 1) Sucky. 2) Really sucky. 3) Major suck-fest. D) All of the above. I started my day with a boyfriend and a job. I ended my day with a bottle of tequila. I'll let you connect the dots. Somehow, I wound up working as a waitress at an Italian restaurant. I have no idea what I'm doing. And I'm not just talkin' about life...
  • Playing Mr. Perfect: Clay Braden by Melissa Foster

    Playing Mr. Perfect: Clay Braden by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Quarterback Clay "Mr. Perfect" Braden is determined to show sexy scientist Pepper Montgomery the benefits of hands-on research in PLAYING MR. PERFECT, the first book in the Bradens at Ridgeport series by New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melissa Foster. Loaded with heat, humor, and heart, this steamy, small-town, opposites-attract standalone romance is unputdownable...
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    sports  m-f  contemporary  humor  length-long  athletes
  • The Theory Of Second Best by J. Bengtsson

    The Theory Of Second Best by J. Bengtsson

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Twenty-two-year-old Kyle McKallister has lived his life in the shadows. Younger brother to one of the world’s most elusive and embattled celebrities, Kyle has carved out a comfortable existence touring with his famous brother and living in the lap of luxury with no commitments or plans of his own, only a deep, haunting loyalty to his brother...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  humor  contemporary  length-medium
  • Game Changer by Alley Ciz

    Game Changer by Alley Ciz

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 19 ratings
    Blurb...
  • Safe Haven by Emilia Finn

    Safe Haven by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Tyler Madden is a mystery, a sentinel passing through town and sticking to the shadows.He’s unforgettable to those who want to know him, but he prefers the darkness, and regularly seeks anonymity.It’s how he keeps his younger siblings safe and off the radar of those who may come looking.Kaia and Louie are not his by law...
  • Just One Look by Rosalind James

    Just One Look by Rosalind James

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Luka Darkovic has some tackling skills. He hadn’t planned on using them to bring down a runaway dog the size of a Shetland pony, though, especially not when his neck is already buggered. At 33, a rugby forward protects his vertebrae.. He’s even less happy when the dog’s incompetent owner turns up in his hospital cubicle the next day with a plan to fix those vertebrae...
    Categorized as:
    sports  m-f  contemporary  humor  athletes  length-long
  • Cocky Cop : Wyatt Cocker by Faleena Hopkins

    Cocky Cop : Wyatt Cocker by Faleena Hopkins

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Brand New Release in the Cocker Brothers Series! Wyatt Cocker Southern storms are no joke. She shouldn't have been out in one. If she'd stayed home, she'd be safe. But then we never would've met... Her clothes plastered to her body. My uniform drenched, every muscle defined. Her snarky mouth forcing me to throw her over my shoulder. Show her what a real man is like...
    Categorized as:
    sports  new adult  humor  military  length-medium
  • Sinful Promise by Emilia Finn

    Sinful Promise by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes cops are killers.Doctors are hunters.Sharpshooters are bodyguards.And ballerinas rule them all. That’s my life in Copeland City. I’m Chief Medical Examiner Minka Mayet, and Archer Malone is my husband. He’s also a homicide detective. Together, we work hard to bring peace to the victims of violent crime, and we consider it a good day when we can stop perpetrators before they hurt again...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  suspense  humor  dual-pov  length-medium
  • Brett by Melissa Foster

    Brett by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bad Boys After Dark: Brett is a USA Today Bestseller Indulge your inner vixen with these sexy billionaires! Meet the Bad Boys... Four fiercely loyal, sinfully sexy, uber alpha brothers, about to fall head over heels for their leading ladies. Everything's naughtier after dark..
  • The Cafe at the Loch by Hannah Ellis

    The Cafe at the Loch by Hannah Ellis

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A holiday fling threw her life into chaos …Elspeth Mackenzie hasn’t had any contact with the father of her child since they had a fling three years ago. Getting pregnant at sixteen turned her life upside down. But now she has everything back under control. She’s managing a cafe and a toddler and making it look easy.If only dating was as easy...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  contemporary  humor  length-medium
  • After His Banana by Penelope Bloom

    After His Banana by Penelope Bloom

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What comes after His Banana? Technically, that would be me. Before you assume I’m a potassium sucking harlot, Let me explain… I didn’t have time for relationships, especially not with someone like Miles Chamberson. But considering my circumstances, I didn’t really have a choice. Yes, he was the kind of offspring only generations of exceptionally attractive people could create...
  • Bayside Escape by Melissa Foster

    Bayside Escape by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Fall in love at Bayside, where sandy beaches, good friends, and true love come together in the sweet small towns of Cape Cod. Bayside Summers is a series of standalone steamy romance novels featuring alpha male heroes and sexy, empowered women. They're fun, flirty, flawed, deeply emotional, always passionate, and easy to relate to...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  humor  contemporary  length-medium
  • A Forever of Orange Blossoms by Ava Miles

    A Forever of Orange Blossoms by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books...come join the family.International Bestselling Author Ava Miles’ feel-good series, The Merriams, is back with a humorous and heartwarming story about a playboy without a cause and a woman whose dreams were diverted by family responsibility—and, of course, everyone’s favorite matchmakers to guide the way...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  christian  humor  contemporary
  • Sunflower Alley by Ava Miles

    Sunflower Alley by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books...come join the family. International Bestselling Author Ava Miles’ acclaimed family series, The Merriams, returns with an inspiring story about a hero with nothing to live for and a heroine who shows him the power of second chances… And, of course, everyone’s favorite matchmakers to guide the way...
  • Puck Performance by Alley Ciz

    Puck Performance by Alley Ciz

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All's fair in love and potatoes. Melody Brightly Broadway Star. Pink hair. A smile that hits me harder than a slap shot. Terrible taste in hockey teams. Full of secrets. The one woman I fail to defend my heart against. Jase Donnelly Defenseman.Charming. Sexy as puck. Makes my hormones give a standing ovation. The one guy I can never be with, but can't stay away from...
  • Crash and Burn by Emilia Finn

    Crash and Burn by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Axel Feeney is the youngest firefighter in his crew, and also my boss’ brother. He’s a risk taker who carries no fear. Or so I thought. When one of his squad perish in the line of duty, what was once his mission to keep me safe turns into an obsession that breaks our hearts and whatever chance we had for a happily ever after...
  • Rogue Wave by J. Bengtsson

    Rogue Wave by J. Bengtsson

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A love story that survives the test of time. Keith McKallister is the king of the stoners. You know the type. Every school has one – the hot, fun, dopey guy beloved by the student body but despised by, well, just about everyone else. He spends his early mornings in the ocean and his days trying to get to class on time...
  • The Billionaire's Angel by Ivy Layne

    The Billionaire's Angel by Ivy Layne

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He thought the fight was over until his heart was on the line. I thought coming home would solve all my problems. I’ve never been more wrong. After a decade in the military, I’m more at home in the desert than the mansion where I grew up. I want to pretend that six months as a captive didn’t change me, but ever since I escaped, I haven’t slept. Nightmares. Flashbacks...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  m-f  humor  military  suspense  contemporary
  • Dangerous Exes by Rachel Van Dyken

    Dangerous Exes by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    In #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel van Dyken’s scorching series, revenge is a justified pleasure… Isla made one teeny little mistake. Now she and her PI company, Dirty Exes, are being targeted by one seriously angry and furiously sexy ex-quarterback. Jessie freakin’ Beckett. But there’s no way some NFL superhunk is going to take her business away...
  • Thrill of Love by Melissa Foster

    Thrill of Love by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Discover the magic of New York Times bestseller Melissa Foster's writing, and see why millions of readers have fallen in love with the Bradens. Fall in love with Ty Braden and Aiyla Bell in this epic love story...
    Categorized as:
    sports  m-f  humor  contemporary  length-medium
  • Scoring Beauty by Alley Ciz

    Scoring Beauty by Alley Ciz

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    RyanI’m done with dating.Happily-ever-after isn’t in the cards for me, so I’m officially taking myself off the market.Hockey is my mecca.The arena my temple.The ice the altar I worship at.Then…I met her.Strip me naked and run me over with a Zamboni—she’s the textbook definition of a bad love match...
  • The Day I Stopped Falling for Jerks by Max Monroe

    The Day I Stopped Falling for Jerks by Max Monroe

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    I’m Luciana Wright. Everyone calls me Lucky, but when it comes to love, I’m anything but. I have a long history of dating the wrong men. You know the ones I’m talking about. The beautiful, charming guys who are quite literally too good to be true. The ones who are impulsive in love and prefer short flings over long-term relationships. I’m talking about the jerks...
  • Cocky Love: Emma Cocker by Faleena Hopkins

    Cocky Love: Emma Cocker by Faleena Hopkins

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This client wants to call me names? I've got a couple for him! EMMA COCKER My condescending female boss has thrown me a big money client I will earn her respect, maybe get out of debt The commission would be huge on a mansion like this But Tanner Hamilton is the biggest snob...
  • Delayed Call by Toni Aleo

    Delayed Call by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Vaughn Johansson is the Nashville Assassins' star player. He's brash, cocky, and talented. And he isn't afraid to let anyone know it. He lives his life on his own terms, never forming romantic attachments, and only allowing his very closest to see his true, caring self. Brie Soledad has the weight of the world on her shoulders...
  • Tasty Pickle by J.J. Knight

    Tasty Pickle by J.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Surely nobody has ever met their great love while using duct tape to pull cactus needles out of their girl parts on a mountain trail.Except I just did.Let me tell you about Axel Pickle.He’s a bronzed god.Totally outdoorsy.Worth half a billion after selling his nature app.And he hikes naked...
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