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Club 22 by Tate James
Club 22 is the THIRD in a new Shadow Grove series. Several characters cross over to the Madison Kate series but it is not necessary to read MK's story first. HADES is a contemporary new adult reverse harem series, which means the leading lady has several love interests and never has to choose in order to find her HEA. ◆◆◆They say to keep your enemies close and mine are all around me...Categorized as:
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![All Hail by J. Bree]()
All Hail by J. Bree
The death of my serial killer father was supposed to free me.After the horrors of high school my family has reluctantly left me behind to heal from my trauma on my own terms but since my kidnapping I no longer know the girl who stares back at me in the mirror.The love of my life is avoiding me, desperate to keep me safe, and the man who should hate me won’t stop coming to my rescue...Categorized as:
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![Endure the Pain by Ashley N. Rostek]()
Endure the Pain by Ashley N. Rostek
Mobster. Murderer. Monster. Even though I’m all of those awful things, I could still be broken. It’s happened before and I barely survived it.If I were to be broken again, would it kill me? Or can I endure the pain of a shattered soul once more? Since I’ve returned home, I’ve embraced my inner darkness and have started down a path bathed in blood and smelling of gun metal... -
![7th Circle by Tate James]()
7th Circle by Tate James
7th Circle is the first of a new series set in Shadow Grove. Several characters cross over to the Madison Kate series but it is not necessary to read MK's story first. HADES is a contemporary new adult reverse harem series, which means the leading lady has several love interests and never has to choose in order to find her HEA...Categorized as:
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![Queen Crow by J. Bree]()
Queen Crow by J. Bree
It was never supposed to be like this.My darkest secret has just been sent to the one person I was desperate to hide it from and now it’s too late to take it back. The damage has been done.With Atticus’ life in the balance and three new members about to be sworn in to the Twelve, the stakes have never been higher...Categorized as:
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![Deity by Sheridan Anne]()
Deity by Sheridan Anne
Betrayal cuts deeper than any knife stabbed through your back. It slices through you and makes you wish for the sweet demise of a bullet shot straight out of Carver’s gun. I trusted them. King, Cruz, Grayson and Carver were not only the Kings of Ravenwood Heights, but the kings of my heart and now … they’re my executioners.They took away everything I had...Categorized as:
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![Pretty Wicked Secrets by Callie Rose]()
Pretty Wicked Secrets by Callie Rose
the blurb below contains spoilers for the first book in the series. If you haven't started the series yet, begin with Pretty Dark Vows .* They lied to me. They used me. They almost broke me.But I won’t let them win.I should have known better than to trust the Reapers. Should’ve known better than to let myself feel anything for them...Categorized as:
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![Escape the Reaper by Ashley N. Rostek]()
Escape the Reaper by Ashley N. Rostek
The reaper is knocking at my door. I wonder if he received my invitation. Why else would I have walked into that hospital room? I knew it was a trap. I just didn’t care. That’s the thing about revenge: It’s all-consuming. My only regret is that Louie was shot. Is he alive? Is he dead? I’m afraid I’ll never find out. I feel death’s hand on my shoulder. I won’t go out without a fight...Categorized as:
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![Queen of Quarantine by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti]()
Queen of Quarantine by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Once upon a time I met four monsters and thought the world would come to an end at their hands. But I was a fool.Because I didn’t understand the bigger picture.That the enemies I thought I knew would become the reason for my entire existence. My strength. My pain. My life. My love.The big bad wolf has teeth and claws as sharp as iron, and the danger before my eyes is blinding... -
![Defiant Knight by Brooklyn Cross]()
Defiant Knight by Brooklyn Cross
The fall of a knight starts with a crack in his armor.The pieces are perfectly set, and play has just begun, but my pawn has already fallen. Of all the guys, my money was not on Myles to choose Princess over me. Ren Davies has proven to be a worthier opponent than I gave her credit for and refuses to bow at my feet...Categorized as:
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![Brutal Revelation by P.H. Nix]()
Brutal Revelation by P.H. Nix
School’s out, but the fun never arrived. The enemy is no longer on our doorstep. They’re inside, wreaking havoc in the form of both perceived friends and known foes.Making what was supposed to be a summer of celebration into an endless string of heartache that led us to one Brutal Revelation. Brutal Revelation is a novella in the Edgewood Academy Elite Series... -
![The End by Ruby Vincent]()
The End by Ruby Vincent
It doesn’t feel like the end.It feels like all of my problems are just beginning.There’s more happening in my town of Raven River than I knew.More lies. More secrets. More pain.Enemies seen and unseen are circling and not even my guardian angels can protect me.There’s a war coming and I’ll fight because this time my Angels…My Horsemen…My loves……are the ones who need saving...Categorized as:
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![Beautiful Soldier by E.M. Moore]()
Beautiful Soldier by E.M. Moore
In the Heights, everyone fears the Heights Crew. I wish I had the luxury.I can’t afford to run away from them, I have to run to them. Why? Because now they’re my only chance at survival.Johnny, Brawler, Oscar, Magnum—I hope we can all come together to get out of this. It’s going to take a lot more than luck to free me from the wrongs I’ve been accused of... -
![Rebel by S. Massery]()
Rebel by S. Massery
Sterling Falls is a dark, gothic reverse harem romance series with enemies to lovers, romantic suspense, and new adult themes. Rebel is book 3 in the series and a continuation of the first two - it is not a standalone.Warning: the blurb contains spoilers for the previous books in the series.––War has come to Sterling Falls.The guys and I are scattered. Finding them is the first step...Categorized as:
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![Dangerous Men by Evelyn Ward]()
Dangerous Men by Evelyn Ward
“Careful, Sydney. No one likes an angry woman.”Sydney Sinclair has spent her life trying to be good.And it hasn’t always been easy.Reeling from a bad breakup, Sydney’s life takes an unexpected turn when a night out with her best friend leads to an encounter with Alec, a wealthy and enigmatic businessman...Categorized as:
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![Relentless by Tracy Lorraine]()
Relentless by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAn all-new and addictive dark, why-choose, captive romance from the USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Tracy Lorraine. He came to save me… but what he finds could destroy him. I might have accomplished the impossible and walked back up those stairs. But I wasn’t naïve. Freedom didn’t await. Only more locked doors and nightmares. My captivity means nothing now...Categorized as:
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![Lawless: A Dark Captive Why Choose Romance by Tracy Lorraine]()
Lawless: A Dark Captive Why Choose Romance by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAn all-new and addictive dark, why-choose, captive romance from the USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Tracy Lorraine.I found peace in the last place I expected, but it was a mirage built on lies and unfulfilled promises.I thought we somehow managed to find a way to co-exist in their little lair, but as usual I was wrong...Categorized as:
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![Damaged & Deadly by R.A. Smyth]()
Damaged & Deadly by R.A. Smyth
Blood will be shed.Lives will be lost.Lines will be crossed.I married the very man I’m supposed to hate. I still can’t believe it, but when I saw Luc, beaten and bloody in that church, I knew there was no way out. I had to marry him. That doesn’t mean everything the Rejects and I have worked toward has been for nothing. If anything, it matters more now than ever...Categorized as:
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![Reign Of Ruin by Santana Knox]()
Reign Of Ruin by Santana Knox
I lied…My name isn’t Cecilia. When the doors of my past were pried open, all of my skeletons came tumbling out. I’d lived my whole life thinking the worst had already happened, and nothing else could hurt me. I couldn’t have been more wrong.In the wreckage I’m reborn. I’ll do anything to get my revenge on those who’ve wronged me and the man who stole my throne, My uncle... -
![Pretty Dark Vows by Callie Rose]()
Pretty Dark Vows by Callie Rose
Born into violence. Ruthlessly brutal. Savagely alluring.Maddoc, Dante, and Logan. The Reapers.They’re the type of men mothers warn their daughters about, and the last thing I should be doing is marching into their territory and proposing a deal.But I don’t have any other options...Categorized as:
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![The Red Cardinal by Mia Smantz]()
The Red Cardinal by Mia Smantz
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAfter their last encounter, Nikolai Ivanov proved that he's done toying aroung and is finally making his move. Callie Jensen and everyone she loves are more at risk than ever before. It's going to take the entire team working together if they all want to make it out alive...Categorized as:
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![Addict (Bastard Brothers of Carnage) by Blake Blessing]()
Addict (Bastard Brothers of Carnage) by Blake Blessing
Sell your body or your mind?When forced to make an impossible choice, would you sacrifice your pride or your morals?I’m Amorette Monet Black, and I was abducted. Funny thing, I have a choice. One that most women don’t get. I could stay here and be forced to share my body...Or, I could let four questionable men take me away. Only there’s a price... -
![Twisted Secrets by Rachel Leigh]()
Twisted Secrets by Rachel Leigh
The Lawless have been many things:My friends,My enemies,And now my lovers. All but one…Neo Saint—my villain dressed in leather with the body of a god and a heart made of stone. He blames me for his misfortunes. Wants me to feel his pain. It’s time he learns I’m not who he thinks I am. Someone is out there,opening old wounds and creating new scars...Categorized as:
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![Lawless by Tracy Lorraine]()
Lawless by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAn all-new and addictive dark, why-choose, captive romance from the USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Tracy Lorraine.I found peace in the last place I expected, but it was a mirage built on lies and unfulfilled promises.I thought we somehow managed to find a way to co-exist in their little lair, but as usual I was wrong...Categorized as:
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![Watch Me Rise by K.C. Kean]()
Watch Me Rise by K.C. Kean
Emerson Grove is supposed to be my fresh start, a chance at a new beginning and a better future, yet my past is a force I never saw coming. Now my head and my heart are at odds, my future is unknown, and everything I thought I knew is in disarray.Jameson, Ezra, Leo, and Jagger are ghosts from a different time, a different me. One night changed everything and I’m not the girl they once knew... -
![The Return by Amelia Shea]()
The Return by Amelia Shea
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsBorn and raised a Ghosttown girl, Trista Anderson has nothing but love for her hometown. After her recent graduation from college, she is eager to return and start the next chapter of her life. However, things don’t go according to plan when her homecoming is derailed by a biker club, an altercation, and a sexy new neighbor who grates on her last nerve...Categorized as:
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![Ravaged Soul by J. Rose]()
Ravaged Soul by J. Rose
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSabre Security saved my life.Now they want my soul as payment.After six years in captivity, forced to fight for survival, I thought I’d seen the darkest depths of humanity. The cartel broke me, forging a ruthless weapon from my shattered pieces.Not even freedom can heal those wounds...Categorized as:
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![Sweet Salvation by Callie Rose]()
Sweet Salvation by Callie Rose
The lies will come crumbling down… and the bodies will start piling up.Once upon a time, I saved Marcus Constantine’s life.Then he, Theo, and Ryland saved mine.But that’s not enough anymore. It’s not enough to just survive. I want a future with these men. I want peace and happiness.And the only way to find it is through war.We’re done playing defense...Categorized as:
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![Fractured Future by J. Rose]()
Fractured Future by J. Rose
From the bestselling author of Blackwood Institute and Sabre Security, J Rose, comes an all-new, dark reverse harem romance featuring a desperate heroine fleeing untold horrors and the complicated, morally grey security team who rescue her.Book one in a trilogy. Set in the J Rose shared universe. Full blurb to be revealed...Categorized as:
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![Desperate Victory by Heather Long]()
Desperate Victory by Heather Long
Grandfather tried to prepare me for everything…Yet, how could anyone prepare me for this?Kidnapping.Blackmail.Deception.Grief.Vengeance.The Royals have always been about blood. Blood lines, blood relations, and the spilling of blood. I didn’t ask for this war. I didn’t go looking for it.But I will let nothing and no one keep me from the men I love and we will find what was taken from us... -
![Wicked Surrender by Heather Long, Michelle Lancaster]()
Wicked Surrender by Heather Long, Michelle Lancaster
Every moment of my life was planned out before birth…Family legacy dictates everything from type of education to suitability of friends to eligible marriage opportunities to the type of business I’m expected to go pursue. It’s more than just DNA, it’s also about birth order, gender, and unfortunately—the family name... -
![Why Don't You Save Me? by Rae Knight]()
Why Don't You Save Me? by Rae Knight
We will get her back. No matter the cost.Tori’s been taken. Nico's done the unthinkable—kidnapped her right from under our noses.We’ve spent years fighting for her, trying to prove that we’re the ones who deserve her, and just when we managed to have her the way we've wanted, he’s got her. He’s using her. Telling her to say she hates us, that she never loved us...Categorized as:
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![Dirty Crazy Bad: Book 2 by Siobhan Davis]()
Dirty Crazy Bad: Book 2 by Siobhan Davis
In the secret society of The Luminaries, no sin will go unpunished… The Greed & Gluttony Luminary has trapped us into executing his evil plans, and it seems we have little option but to agree. Carter has orchestrated Chad’s kidnapping, and he holds my mom’s life in his hands...Categorized as:
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![Shamelessly Loyal by Heather Long]()
Shamelessly Loyal by Heather Long
A Bay Ridge Royals/82nd Street Vandals Novella There’s a war brewing, and I’m right in the middle of it ready to crush anyone who gets in my way… I was born into this world. Power and wealth are the keys to controlling it, but they aren’t everything. They are a means to an end when it comes to protecting the people I care about. I’ve known my destiny since I was old enough to sit at the table... -
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![Cruel Hearted by C.M. Wondrak]()
Cruel Hearted by C.M. Wondrak
The Black Hand. The syndicate of hardened criminals I planned on destroying. Things are not what they seem. Someone knows my secret, and it’s not someone I ever expected. He knows my truth, and he understands my need for vengeance—though he’s tried to convince me otherwise. What he doesn’t understand is if I don’t have justice, I’m nothing. I’m not Shay, not Celene... -
![Ruin by Caitlyn Dare]()
Ruin by Caitlyn Dare
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA new dark romance from the bestselling author of the Savage Falls MC series .My whole life I’ve been treated like some innocent naïve girl. Shielded from the dark and dangerous world my big brother inhabits.But not any longer.Now, Savage Falls is my home, the Sinners MC, my family. I’m the new club princess, a burden I neither want nor need.Because I’m not as innocent as they all think...Categorized as:
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![Saint by Ruby Vincent]()
Saint by Ruby Vincent
It’s a common story. I’m sure you can guess how it goes.Girl winds up in the wrong place at the wrong time.She witnesses four gods of beauty and brutality murder some poor sap, and she’s stupid enough to get caught.Come on. You know what happens next.You know they tracked her… me… down.I don’t need to tell you that they claimed me...Categorized as:
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![Pretty Savages by Steph Macca]()
Pretty Savages by Steph Macca
They say you can’t run from your past. But damn, I am determined to try.I had finally escaped as I had always planned. Things were going great - I had new friends, a job, and a new life.When I’m called back home to deal with an emergency, I do my best to fly under the radar. But I should know by now it’s never easy when it comes to the three Taylor brothers...Categorized as:
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![Deceptive Truce by Heather Long, Michelle Lancaster]()
Deceptive Truce by Heather Long, Michelle Lancaster
Life has been a series of exquisite disasters…Do you ever lie to yourself? I do. Making friends has been the cruelest choice I ever inflicted upon myself. I like to say I don’t regret it, and for the most part that’s true.I resent it.I despise him because he left me behind, following another battle in this war we’ve been waging...Categorized as:
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![The Dark Elite: Complete Series Box Set by Eva Ashwood]()
The Dark Elite: Complete Series Box Set by Eva Ashwood
This set contains all three books in the bestselling Dark Elite series. Dive into a world of violence, obsession, heart-twisting angst, and dangerous romance. Complete trilogy with a HEA!They say the devil goes by many names, and I know four of them:Ciro, Hale, Zaid, and Lucas.My father was once a powerful player in the Chicago underground, but six years ago, he left that life behind...Categorized as:
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![Chaos Crown by Ruby Vincent]()
Chaos Crown by Ruby Vincent
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsChaos Crown description will be published closer to the release date to prevent spoilers... -
![Rotten Men by Ivy Fox]()
Rotten Men by Ivy Fox
PrideA sin every made man is born into.With a branding iron, our souls are scorched into believing there is no greater virtue than our syndicate pride—we kill and bleed to keep its honor.Yet, some might say pride comes before destruction—a haughty spirit before a fall.I say there are far more devastating ways to push someone into the fiery pits of hell... -
![Protecting Charity by Ann-Marie Davis]()
Protecting Charity by Ann-Marie Davis
Tensions are rising for the Moreno Family’s most ruthless enforcer… I’m so close to finding my brother, I can feel it. But now there’s a new problem thrown into the mix. A young girl has been sold to the cartel, and I can’t stand by and watch that happen.With a new enemy on my tail, I’m not sure who I can trust… or how to navigate the increasingly steamy encounters with these men...Categorized as:
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![Charity's Torment by Ann-Marie Davis]()
Charity's Torment by Ann-Marie Davis
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAll I wanted was to find my brother after he disappeared. I didn't plan on somebody trying to make me disappear, too.All in a day's work for the Moreno Family's feistiest enforcer.When the twists begin to fly and I'm turned in new directions, I realize there's more to my brother's sudden disappearance than meets the eye...Categorized as:
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![Dylan by Charlie Jules, Stacy Stone]()
Dylan by Charlie Jules, Stacy Stone
Just because I’m new to the dark doesn’t mean I can’t embrace it…I used to have a decent life. A normal life. Then my mother decided to marry into the Irish mafia and everything changed.Suddenly, normal was in my rearview and I was stuck in the uppity hell known as Brooke Hollow Academy. The only upside I found was the brutally hot guy I met on day one.Dylan Blackthorne...Categorized as:
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![Kiss Her Goodbye: The Complete Series by Rebecca Royce]()
Kiss Her Goodbye: The Complete Series by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI'm Everly Marrs, and my life has been a whirlwind of chaos and revelation. The men who kidnapped me, known as The Letters, upended everything I believed in. They showed me a world beyond my control, one where I'm not just a victim but a player in their dangerous games. From the day they took me, my neatly outlined plans for a future in social work, for love, for a normal life, all vanished... -
![Primal: A Dark Billionaire Why Choose Romance by Alta Hensley]()
Primal: A Dark Billionaire Why Choose Romance by Alta Hensley
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe first time I meet him, he is the hunter and I am the prey.The second time I see him, the reaper is knocking on my door.The third time, I am told he will be my husband.Every time we meet after that, I question if he will be my enemy or my lover. He says he'll teach me the rules and consequences to this world of ours.It's a dark place of give and most definitely take...Categorized as:
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![Return by N.V. Roez]()
Return by N.V. Roez
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThey say there’s beauty in broken things… I don’t agree.My past broke me, nothing beautiful about it. I buried my past and my secrets to live a normal life at the prestigious Stratham University.School of dreams… with new friends and a fresh start. But I didn’t bury my past deep enough. The boys that betrayed me are now the men of Stratham’s elite...Categorized as:
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![Psycho Punks by Madeline Fay]()
Psycho Punks by Madeline Fay
This is it.The moment it's come down to... the end of my new beginning.My veins were once frozen, that if you cut me open, it would have been so cold. So very cold that I felt nothing.Now, my blood flows with fire, a purpose to fight back. To keep living and to love.The evil that exist around me doesn't know what they have unleashed.Psycho isn't even the right word to describe me...Categorized as:
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![Damned Souls by Jessa Wilder, Kate King]()
Damned Souls by Jessa Wilder, Kate King
"Traitor."That was my last thought before darkness took over. Now, I've just woken up in the hospital and realized that one of the men I love put me here. Rush is a member of the Trilogy, and there's nothing I can do to bring him back. Meanwhile, Dante has risen from the dead to take over the city and he has my father on his side...
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