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  • Defiance and Dedication by Heather Long

    Defiance and Dedication by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    Autumn in New York promises a turn in the seasons as we kick off the next stage of our lives. Colorful leaves falling, dropping temperatures, and the first days of classes loom even as the lingering summer heat and humidity make the city stifling. Summer was a time to get away, to just be us, and what a magical time it was, but we can only run away from our lives for so long...
  • Four Tricks (Hidden Empire) by Elizabeth Knight

    Four Tricks (Hidden Empire) by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    I took some hard hits, but now it’s time to strike back. Marco Tesoro wanted a fight, and a fight is what he’s gonna get. The guy just doesn’t know when to stop. First he sent hitmen after me. Now he blew up my mother f-ing house. No one gets to pull that kind of shit and live—a fact he’ll be finding out soon enough...
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  • Battle Lines by Heather Long

    Battle Lines by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    Violence chose me a long time ago…. Survival isn’t everything. I’ve fought to protect my family. I’ve bled for them, killed for them, and gone to jail for them. There is no fight I will not take on for them…. I’ve been waging this war since I was seven years old. The only thing that’s changed is the battlefield itself...
  • The Cardinal Bird by Mia Smantz

    The Cardinal Bird by Mia Smantz

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Callie Jensen has always been a little bit different. She was made fun of for being a math-whiz in school up until she was kidnapped. Growing up in the crime world from a young age, she was turned into a language savant and a hacker-expert. She tried to do what she was told and keep her head down. .. but. .. that was easier said than done. Trouble seems to follow her like it's her middle name...
  • Shadowed Obsession by Penelope Black

    Shadowed Obsession by Penelope Black

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    book two coming this winter!
  • Secrets Worth Keeping by Nikita Parmenter

    Secrets Worth Keeping by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 42 ratings
    Of course a supposed vacation couldn't stay that way for Ever and the guys. With the arrival of Atlas and the mysteries that seem to grow the longer they're around him, including how he not only knows the new bartender in town but gives him orders of a questionable nature that are followed without hesitation but with a knowing smile...
  • Lies Untold by Lexie Winston

    Lies Untold by Lexie Winston

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Tori and Gio are doing everything they can to solidify their positions as a badass mafia family. But a traitor still lurks within the ranks and they need to find out who it is before the threat to their lives becomes a reality. Tori gets a chance to enact revenge against Stacey, but she's playing the long game...
  • Defied by Sarah Bailey

    Defied by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two become three. Lies, lust and betrayal. Who will fall first? It started when I chose to remain with them. The ones who took me from my life and changed all the rules. The chains binding me to my family loosened their hold. Little did I know that by taking me, Quinn and his friends began the long process of setting me free. And even as I got closer to the boys, the past always held us back...
  • Vicious Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Vicious Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I never cared if I lived or died. For eight years I lived as a mess of broken pieces that never could fit back together quite right. Eight years of training. Of building an empire. Of fighting. Of just surviving. Of letting my heart beat for revenge. Only revenge. Eight years of not really living at all. While I was living half a life, I didn’t realize all that was being built up around me...
  • Son of Saint by Ruby Vincent

    Son of Saint by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’m going through a bit of a rough patch. I lost my job, got kicked out of my apartment, and now I sleep under an overpass. If that wasn’t bad enough, my psychic twin is plagued with daily visions of my death. She guarantees it’ll be gruesome. The last thing I needed was for Sole “Sunny” Bellisario to come crashing through my tent...
  • Sinful Ella by Nicole Casey

    Sinful Ella by Nicole Casey

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The plan was to go on one kickass tour, not fall in love with seven rock stars haunted by a tragic past. As the lead singer of my band, I’m thrilled when it’s finally time for us to go on tour. But instead of a fun road trip, I’m bombarded with complaints from my two bandmate sisters, who happen to think that nothing I do is good enough...
  • The Gentlemen: The Complete Series by Kate King, Jessa Wilder

    The Gentlemen: The Complete Series by Kate King, Jessa Wilder

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    A Complete, Binge-worthy Series filled with action, romance, and a healthy dose of sass. This set contains all three best-selling titles:. RED HANDED. THIEVES' HONOR. DAMNED SOULS. From Book One:. Forced to live with my ENEMIES. They think they OWN ME. But I own their HEARTS. Nico, Rush, and Beck are the three leaders of The Gentlemen...
  • More Tricks by Elizabeth Knight

    More Tricks by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    With the Mad Dogs put down, now it’s time to go for my longest running rival—the De León Cartel. The Mad Dogs are six feet under, but the monster itself isn’t dead, just wounded. One down, two to go and they only get tougher. Diego De León and I have never been friends—always looking for ways to take each other out. Now I have my excuse to blow his shit up...
  • Wanted by the Bikers by Stephanie Brother

    Wanted by the Bikers by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My mouth can’t get me in trouble if three wicked bikers are keeping it busy. My whole life I’ve felt like an extra in someone else’s movie. Just once, I want to be the main character. The one who gets all the attention. The one that exciting and amazing things happen to. Maybe I shouldn’t have wished so hard...
  • Sharing the Nanny by Krista Wolf

    Sharing the Nanny by Krista Wolf

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    What do you do when your best male friends are fighting over you? Not just as a nanny to their little ones, but as a lover, as a girlfriend, as someone to protect and keep and share? Harper Hayes is a nerd on a mission. She has to finish innovating her revolutionary new virtual reality software, so she can license the tech to the highest bidder. Only her timeline is tight...
  • Kings of Linwood Academy - The Complete Box Set by Callie Rose

    Kings of Linwood Academy - The Complete Box Set by Callie Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    COMPLETE REVERSE HAREM SERIES. Rich boys don’t fraternize with the help. They don't torture the help. They don't crave the help. For as long as I can remember, my mom and I have lived on the edge of ruin, so when she finally gets a decent job offer, she moves us cross-country to take it...
  • Vicious Lies by Rachel Leigh

    Vicious Lies by Rachel Leigh

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 32 ratings
    At Boulder Cove Academy, three things are certain:. The Lawless Rule. The games are dangerous. Nothing is as it seems. I came here expecting to face my bullies with an iron fist. I played their games and won. Now that I’ve earned my place, at the academy and in their home, I should have nothing to fear. But with every past there is a shadow and mine is drawing closer with each step I take...
  • Riot Kings by Ruby Vincent

    Riot Kings by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Riot Kings description will be published closer to the release date to prevent spoilers. Here is Ruckus Royale's description:. The town of Bedlam was born of rioters, revolt, pain, and murder. Over a hundred years later, nothing has changed. A shadow clings to our lives. Stalking, watching, waiting, taunting, and killing. And when it struck, I wasn’t ready. I have to play their game now...
  • Dangerous Lies by Kris Butler

    Dangerous Lies by Kris Butler

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Lying to yourself was the most dangerous game of all. I’d once thought the only thing that mattered was the truth. But perhaps I’d been naive. Learning to navigate life with my eyes open, I’d found things weren’t as they seemed. The good guy didn’t always get the girl, the right thing wasn’t always easy to spot, and the bad guy wasn’t always the villain. Life was more about perception than truth...
  • Mad Love by Eva Ashwood

    Mad Love by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 30 ratings
    Our love doesn't make sense. But it might be the only thing that saves us. After the bombshell my father dropped on me, it feels like my whole world is unraveling. Everything I was brought up to believe has turned out to be a lie, and this life that looks so perfect from the outside is anything but. There's only one thing that feels real anymore. One thing I can trust. The Lost Boys are mine...
  • Healed by Them by Serena Akeroyd

    Healed by Them by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    This Reverse Harem Romance is a five part series. Be prepared for weekly releases of this red hot read! KURT. Kurt’s an author. Okay, so that’s a slight understatement. He’s a 'prize-winning' author. His last book did A-okay and the world is making out he’s the next Aldous Huxley--bada bing bada boom. Still, fame has never been his end goal...
  • Twisted Legacy by Dakota Lee

    Twisted Legacy by Dakota Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I woke up in an unfamiliar room, broken and bruised, with no memory of how I got hurt. I’m grateful LJ and Wolfe were there to nurse me back to health. Everything’s different when I get back to school. The Dean covered up the truth about Mayhem Night. Called it a sorority prank gone wrong. That won’t stop me from getting answers. Based on our history, The Trium is at the top of my suspect list...
  • Beautiful Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Beautiful Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I found something I never should have. Learned the dark and depraved secrets of my father and his friends. I paid the greatest price for it. Lost everything. Revenge kept me alive. Knowing one day I would make them pay for their sins against me. One day my sisters would get justice. That day has finally come. I built my throne with blood and grew my kingdom with violence...
  • Eight Bikers' Heir by Nicole Casey

    Eight Bikers' Heir by Nicole Casey

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A biker gang wants me to have their baby? This must be some wild joke. It all started with a flirty chat with Kai, the leader of the Iron Serpents MC. One wild night led to something I never saw coming: I was pregnant. I thought I’d be raising my child alone, but the gang makes a shocking offer: they need an heir, and they promise to support me throughout my pregnancy...
  • Wreak Havoc by Eva Ashwood

    Wreak Havoc by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 32 ratings
    I thought I knew who my enemies were, and who I could trust. I was so fucking wrong. With vengeance burning like fire in my blood, I convinced myself it didn’t matter who I hurt as long as I made the Black Roses pay for my dad’s death. But my father is alive. And now Gavin wants me dead. Trust is in short supply. A target has been painted on my back. My heart is a tangled mess...
  • Masks & Mayhem: The Hannover Heathens Book 1 by Lauren Ellis

    Masks & Mayhem: The Hannover Heathens Book 1 by Lauren Ellis

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    I’m not a good girl, not really. I mean, I get good grades, and I’ve never been arrested, but it’s not for lack of a little law-breaking. I don’t have the time or luxury of a moral compass--not when I have someone counting on me. So, I’ve been keeping my head down, getting everything ready for us to flee this place as soon as I turn eighteen. But the past has a way of catching up to us...
  • Charmed by Them by Serena Akeroyd

    Charmed by Them by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    This Reverse Harem Romance is a five part series. Be prepared for weekly releases of this red hot read! SEAN. Sean's a genius. Not that he brags about it. An eminent criminologist, he rules his particular roost. More than just at work. At home too. See, back in college, Sean met four other guys. All geniuses, crazy prodigies who were going to set the world alight with their brilliance. .
  • Spies Like Us by Lexie Winston

    Spies Like Us by Lexie Winston

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    When the party that was supposed to shed light on the underground world of Summerville went pear shaped and revealed the death of a team member they ended up with more questions than answers...
  • UNLoved by Jaxson Kidman

    UNLoved by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I was the dirty, poor girl …. … now I don’t have a care in the world. The ‘new girl’ vibe is wearing off, finally. I’m settling into BFH and what I have over ‘the Rulz’ is going to make them look stupid. I agree on a date with each of them. One by one. Barr first. Then Kip. Finally, Pres. I’m setting them up in a way I never thought possible…. … until I end up getting too close...
  • Derailed by Sarah Bailey

    Derailed by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three mixed with four. The captive became an ally. Who will break first? It started when they betrayed me. The ones who I’d come to trust. The ones I was starting to love. My world flipped upside down and nothing is as it seems. Everything was unravelling before my eyes, tearing us apart whilst pulling us closer together. I’m caught between two worlds...
  • Wicked in the Shadows by Trina M. Lee

    Wicked in the Shadows by Trina M. Lee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I knew that coming home to them would be painful. I had no idea that it was only the beginning. After coming together to deal with the syndicate that followed me home, the guys went their separate ways once again. As I struggle to forgive and forget the past, they do as well. It all gets so much worse when an attack on the nightclub Wolfe and Ace own sets off a chain of horrific events...
  • Ruthless by Ivy Fox

    Ruthless by Ivy Fox

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    My heart has always been his. Since before I could even spell the name Grayson, I only had eyes for one boy—my perfect, larger than life best friend, who always managed to bring his bright light into my very dark existence with just one of his boyish smiles. With Chad, I could forget the dismal life I had of being the flawless privileged daughter of a cruel, evil man. He was my escape. My solace...
  • Mafia Bosses by Stephanie Brother

    Mafia Bosses by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If I hadn’t kissed him, we’d be dead. My chance encounter with the brutally handsome mob boss and his two best friends throws me into a dark underworld I never wanted to visit. As a nurse, I’m used to healing wounds, not falling for men who cause them. But it’s too late—the powerful mafiosos are all I can think about. Cesare is in charge, both in and out of the bedroom...
  • Cross my Heart by Lucy Smoke

    Cross my Heart by Lucy Smoke

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    What kind of person falls into a relationship with several men? Now I know the answer. Me. I’ve finally realized that and I’ve come to terms with it. But it seems that fate has one last challenge for us to overcome. Theodora “Teddi” Vandersen, otherwise known as Grayson’s mother, has apparently been following me for weeks now. She thinks it’s my fault that Grayson’s done with her...
  • Shared by the Firemen by Cassie Cole

    Shared by the Firemen by Cassie Cole

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I came back to Florida to settle my mother’s estate. But after a raging house fire, I’m rescued by three swoony firemen. There’s just one of them is sorta, kinda, my ex. Jack Franco was the boy-next-door from my childhood. Literally. Part friend, part foe—but 100% swoony hunk that I always had a crush on...
  • Debauched by Sarah Bailey

    Debauched by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    Four seek their fifth. The hunter devours his prey. Who will lose first? It started with an impossible choice. One I had no wish to make from a person I'd only just come to know. So many of our decisions had led up to this moment. Perhaps it was the way we’d come together which threw my life so off balance. Leaving me with the final say in a matter I wanted no part of...
  • Promise of Embers by Celeste Night

    Promise of Embers by Celeste Night

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    I was offered one last job. One last job and I would be free from owing anyone anything. It was enough money that I would be able to pay for my final semester of college and change my life forever. How could I say no to that? The job was straightforward: burn down an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of Strathmore...
  • Secret Baby and the Bratva by Sylvie Haas

    Secret Baby and the Bratva by Sylvie Haas

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I hid my pregnancy for 9 months, but my secret's out now! We all have that friend—the one who can convince us to do anything. The one who gets away with everything. I’m not that friend. I’m the friend who lets my bestie convince me to go to a sex club, relax my better judgment for one night, hook up with three guys, and end up pregnant...
  • Double Scrooged by Shae Sullivan

    Double Scrooged by Shae Sullivan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They say everyone has a Scrooge in their life, and I unfortunately have two. Nate and Barron, my arrogant ex-stepbrothers, hate me. Like really hate me. Ever since my dad, their ex-stepdad, cheated on their mom for the fifth time, they’ve wanted nothing to do with me—or him. Not that I can blame them. Daddy has never been the standard father figure...
  • Depraved by Sarah Bailey

    Depraved by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Together. Apart. Where does it end? It started with the war. The war we’d wage upon the very man who’d raised me. The war which would either tear us apart or keep us together. We’d finally found our way to each other. The five of us gave in. It’d been inevitable from the start. Desire had forged us, but it was love which set us free. Made us into what we were. A family drenched in blood...
  • Love in Sight by Denver Rose

    Love in Sight by Denver Rose

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    My name is Lya Vanderhall, and I should be on top of the world right now. I have a successful tech company with three gorgeous men by my side: Zep Cunningham, Thiago Alves, and Rian Priestly. But two things stand in my way. The tall, dark, and handsome, Greyson Nash, is slowly working his way into my heart. You would think with three men I wouldn’t fall for his charms. Apparently not...
  • Cartel Kings by Carmen Rosales

    Cartel Kings by Carmen Rosales

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Entre Familia Cartel KingsBlurb Coming Soon!
  • Prevail by Bex Dawn

    Prevail by Bex Dawn

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    Prequel: Crash: A Los Diablos Syndicate Novella. Book 1: Burn: A Dark Reverse Harem Romance. Book 2: Evolve: A Dark Reverse Harem Romance. Book 3: Ressurect: A Dark Reverse Harem Romance. Book 4: Prevail: A Dark Reverse Harem Romance (Part 1, Part 2). Book 5: Reign: A Dark Reverse Harem Romance...
  • Her Titans by Genevieve Jasper

    Her Titans by Genevieve Jasper

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m finally single again and am ready for my wild phase. Enter Atlas, the Viking God in a three-piece suit. I think it’s a one-night stand; simple, no-strings fun, right? Now he wants me to be his girl...
  • Ruthless Queen by Eva Chance, Harlow King

    Ruthless Queen by Eva Chance, Harlow King

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    Heavy lies the crown…. I thought getting my revenge would give me some kind of peace. Instead it seems to have brought an even worse villain to my doorstep. Or rather, to the Nobles’ doorstep, which the big boss of Paradise Bend’s most powerful gang is not at all happy about. I may have won over Wylder Noble and his men, but his father is another story entirely. A brutally murderous story...
  • Lotto Men by Ann Denton

    Lotto Men by Ann Denton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    When my best friend wins the lottery, I think it will change her life forever. I don’t expect it to change mine. But Heather’s always been a quirky gal. And once she’s got a hundred fifty mil in hand, she’s determined to make her dream come true. A harem. My best friend wants a frickin’ harem. In real life. And she wants me to help her get it. I’ve always dreamed of being a party planner...
  • Stolen Away by Ivy Clyde

    Stolen Away by Ivy Clyde

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Navigating my way through the intricate maze of the mafia world, I have stumbled upon a secret. I am closer than ever to finding out the real mastermind behind everything that’s been happening. My only problem? I don’t know who to trust and the people closest to me don’t know whether they can believe me. The lives of the three men who hold my heart are in danger...
  • Trading with the Boys by Krista Wolf

    Trading with the Boys by Krista Wolf

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    Divorced, broke and alone I wasn't looking for a savior. .. much less three of them, nearly ten years my junior. But Jacob, Tate and Cole have favors to give. And trading favors is always fun. Serena's in trouble, in more ways than one. Her house is falling apart, and her life's in shambles...
  • Tainted Deception by Kay Riley

    Tainted Deception by Kay Riley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Jace and Kian. Best friends until a gang rivalry ripped them apart. Three summers ago, I played them both, never expecting to have guilt over what I did. Once I got what I needed, I fled, planning to never see them again. I stayed tucked away at Little Haven University, hidden in plain sight while making moves in the dark...
  • Forever & Always by Lucy Smoke

    Forever & Always by Lucy Smoke

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life. Loss. Love. The Iris Boys and I have come through so much together. I’ve learned how to fight for what I want, live through loss, and love beyond compare. For us, normal is relative, not universal. And as much as I want to say that’s the end of it, that we lived happily ever after . .. that’s not the case. At least, not yet. There’s one more job we have to take on...
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