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Alpha Dog by Delta James
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJordan James is used to doing as she pleases and answering to no one, but when her life is threatened ex-special forces commander Robert Fitzwallace makes it his business to keep her safe. But the stern, sexy Scotsman isn't just going to protect her. He's going to master her... -
Atlas by Becca Jameson
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Baby girl, I’m going to count to three…”Carlee is doing just fine on her own. She doesn’t need a man in her life. They never treat her right anyway. She certainly doesn’t need her best friend’s brother to swoop into town and take over like he never left her. It takes him less than one day to cause her to lose her car, her job, and her apartment. Now she’s furious... -
Your Rule to Break by Rachel LaBerge
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYOUR RULE TO BREAK IS A STEAMY FOOTBALL ROMANCE WITH FAKE DATING. It's the second book in The Play Caller series and can be read as a standalone. What do you do when your sister is marrying your ex? If there’s an answer, Emilie Hayes would love to know... -
Chaos MC: The Complete Series by Cameron Hart
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThis bundle includes edited and updated versions of all four Chaos MC books, with all new epilogues, as well as a bonus novella - Chasing Stacy. If you like alpha males, strong, sassy heroines, sexy times, and sweet moments, then this is the series for you!Saving Claire is escaping a bad situation, and runs into Jax. Literally. He’ll do so much more than just protect her... -
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Having it All by Livia Grant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSubmission is an addiction she thought she’d left behind, but who can say no to him?Best friends are always supposed to be there for each other, but walking into a place like The Punishment Pit was above and beyond.Now Master Lukus is holding her captive, intent on punishing Tiffany for her mistakes, and instead of saving Brianna, she’s trapped with a man from her darkest fantasies...Categorized as:
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Jaded by D.D. Prince
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWant equal rights?Don't f____ a biker.Want safe and predictable?Do not fall for a biker.Want wind in your hair, fire in your soul, and a man's fingerprints on your body, marking you as his and only his, to be protected and treasured forever?Don't accidentally become a club bunny... -
Unseemly Entanglement by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHis offer made me blush. Taking it made me his. I was warned about Frederick Duvall. I was told he was dangerous. But I never suspected that meeting the billionaire advertising mogul to discuss a business proposition would end with me bent over a table with my dress up and my panties down for a shameful lesson in obedience. That should have been it... -
Bratva Angel by Sabine Barclay
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOur worlds couldn’t be further apart…She’s light. I’m dark. She’s an angel. I’m a devil.I’ll never walk away from my life with the bratva.My only choice is to bring her in.She’s mine and always will be.Maybe she doesn’t know we’re soulmates yet, but I have since we met.I’ll do anything to protect her. No one’s foolish enough to stop me...Categorized as:
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A Christmas Bargain by Ariana Cooper
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHis land for my heart? That wasn't part of the deal. I'm Claire Winters, real estate heiress with a deadline.Desperate to save my family's legacy.Until I meet Derek Everett, the stubborn single dad who holds the key.He's a former Wall Street king.Eight years my senior.Devastatingly handsome with those blue eyes.And he's using our fake relationship as leverage... -
Sin and Cider by Kimberly Reese
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA lot can change in six years.Take me, for instance.I uprooted my small town life to move to Chicago, went to college, and grew up. Too bad I belatedly realized something was missing.Determined to find myself again, I quit my job and head back to my family's apple orchard to do some soul-searching.A lot can also stay the same.Case in my brother's best friend, Lawson Westbrook.Still charming... -
Dirty Discipline- Volume 2 by Maren Smith, Livia Grant
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsDiscipline.It's a word guaranteed to send shivers up the spine of any submissive. Over the knee, tied to a cross, bent at the waist—whatever humiliating position they are put in, whatever painful implement is employed, one thing is for certain.Disobedience will not be tolerated. And the penance must be paid... -
Peaches and Dreams by Juliette Cross
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMarly Rivers is not crazy. No matter what everyone says. They may think her dream is foolish, but she plans to prove them all wrong—one jar of moonshine at a time. Single dad Wade Kelley is just fine. No matter what his best friend Jed says. He doesn’t need a woman in his life...Categorized as:
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Daddy's Heart by Measha Stone
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSamantha is starting over, this time in Chicago, and she needs a place to crash when she gets there. Luckily a family friend is hooking her up with a spare room. The catch? The room is in the apartment of an insanely hot guy. To make matters worse, he has every mannerism of a Daddy Dom that sets her imagination ablaze.Ryder doesn’t mind giving up his spare room to help out a friend... -
Their Shy Submissive by Anya Summers
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsYvette Pfeifer is bemoaning her fate as the submissive no one wants. She left her family and friends in Florida to work as a receptionist on the exclusive resort Pleasure Island. There, her deepest hope is that she will find a Dom who will claim her and make her his. Her only problem is her crippling social anxiety; an affliction which makes it hard for her to attend any club or events... -
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Tempt by Ainsley Booth
Hazel: Sam is the cold-day-in-hell very-bad-idea I want nothing to do with. But one night on a train changes everything, and now I’m tumbling head-over-heels in lust with a man who barely has his life together...Categorized as:
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Conviction by Jane Henry
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBraxton Cannon can’t get the girl on the dance floor out of his mind, the woman he literally swept off her feet and into Club Verge. She’s no submissive, but he can’t help but admire her ferocity, even as he yearns to take her over his lap and teach her manners. He’s determined to keep her safe if he has to lock her up himself. Officer Zoe Mackay can handle herself... -
Midnight Knock-Up by Anya Summers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBillionaire CEO Jase Ryan is tired of the beautiful gold-diggers, greedy politicians and false friends who only want one thing from him…money. When he sees Rose at her Senator father’s mind-numbing political fundraiser, he can’t take his eyes off her. He wants her in his bed, and he’s willing to pay the price for the ridiculous plated dinner if he can make that happen. One night is all he wants...Categorized as:
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Taken and Tamed by Celeste Jones
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTaking her was business. Taming her will be personal.When Quinn crossed a powerful mob boss and nearly got herself killed for the second time since she decided to play dangerous games in my world, I didn't just take matters into my own hands.I took her.Then I took off my belt.I could pretend all this was just to keep her safe, but that's not the truth... -
Lost Boy by Jodi Payne, B.A. Tortuga
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLost Boy is an opposites attract, smaller top, size difference romance featuring a strong but gentle veterinarian and a police dog trainer with a fiery temper. Veterinarian Leo Aetos adores animals, has a great apartment in Brooklyn, and even has a favorite bar. The only thing he doesn’t have is someone to share it all with...Categorized as:
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Betrayed by Maddie Taylor
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhen duty and desire collide, will he choose loyalty over love?In the wake of tragedy, young widow and empty nester Marilee Hoffman vows never to open her heart again after losing her husband. While family and friends move on, she simply can't bring herself to do the same. Despite yearning for a dominant's touch, she can't let go of her past in order to connect with and fully submit to anyone new... -
Mine to Take by Sara Fields
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe's not just going to take me. He's going to tame me. After escaping both my father's plans to marry me off and the Russian mafia, I woke up this morning thinking I was a free woman... until I saw the man sipping coffee in my hotel room...Categorized as:
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Healing Little Harmony: A Rawhide Ranch Story by Allie Belle, Rogue London
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRawhide Ranch might just be the last chance at redemption either of us get... I never thought I'd be at the center of a scandal involving one of my students. Then again, nobody has ever gotten under my skin quite like Harmony Carrington. She's the textbook definition of a brat, which is exactly how I treated her. And it cost me everything... -
Camp Daddy by Ava Sinclair
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShelby and Elana have a lot in common. They're best friends. They're both under a lot of stress. They're both married to gorgeous ex-Marines. And both their marriages are on the rocks. When it's time for their annual couples' retreat, the women expect a routine weekend at the late. But this won't be any ordinary vacation... -
Her Protector by Jane Henry, Maisy Archer
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings*** On sale for a special release weekend price of $2.99 (price goes to $4.99 on Monday, August 29th) *** Tony Angelico thinks he knows all about Dominants and submissives. After all, his two brothers are unapologetic Dominants with long-term submissive partners... -
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I.S.O Daddy by Sarah Blake
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAbbie's lonely. She's lost. She wants someone to lean on, to help her with the hard days, and help pick her back up after she falls. She wants someone to be her everything. Her man. Her friend. Her lover. Her Daddy.And where else can she look other than Gregslist?Jett isn't looking for anything serious. At least, not until a perfect Little girl falls in his lap...Categorized as:
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Craving Her Medicine by Adaline Raine
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHe doesn't make her call him Daddy. He makes her ache to call him Daddy.When she was invited to join her friends for a week at a lakehouse, Becca Pierce didn't expect to end up baring her soul--and her bottom--for a handsome doctor, let alone one she'd call daddy... -
The Gift of Strength by M.A. Innes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPayton’s finally found a job that he loves, coworkers who aren’t bad-crazy, and space from his family…so taking a chance on anything that might mess with his newfound order is out of the question.Keeping the status quo going is his primary goal in life and not even the handsome baker with the crazy family is going to change his mind... -
Faithfully: A Club Decadence Novella by Maddie Taylor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the summer of 1979, single, smart, college-bound Joanna Beckett has her eye on the future. She isn't looking for love, but when she runs into Captain Peter Davis, who is nearly ten years her senior, she is smitten and falls for his warm heart, sharp mind, and commanding embrace. Despite his commitment to his career, Peter can't resist funny, flirtatious Joanna... -
His Christmas Wife by Sierra Cartwright
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt will take a Christmas miracle for this Scrooge of a boss to convince her to be his wife. To appease his marriage-minded grandmother, Billionaire Evan Frost needs a make-believe wife for the holidays. Only one woman possesses the poise and polish to fulfill the role, his assistant, Kaylee Robbins. There’s just one problem. She loathes him... -
Big Daddy Sheriff by Amy Cummings
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Little girl, with big secrets… Fleeing for her life, Alyssa Mills disappears into the mountains in the desperate hope she might find sanctuary there with some of her closest friends.Instead, she finds Sheriff Quinn Hardin. Tall, criminally gorgeous, and giving off so many Daddy vibes it threatens to send Alyssa tumbling straight into her Little space the moment she lays eyes on him... -
My Italian Roommate by Lena Little
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter my friend gave me the key to one of his apartments, the only thing I looked forward to was a good night’s sleep—free from rabid Formula One fans and the press camping outside of my hotel.Now here I am standing buck naked in front of the most beautiful little girl I’ve ever laid eyes on. Mallory . With nothing but my hands covering my junk... -
Marooned by Louise Jane Watson
"Crisp and engaging dialogue and just-one-page-more pacing...romance readers who enjoy love blooming under adversity will root for Sunny and Kit’s happily ever after." - Publishers WeeklyA Hollywood actor, a nerdy artist, and the ship's cat are shipwrecked on a deserted island...what could go wrong?Sunny Evans is a homely, practical girl with thick glasses and a tender heart...Categorized as:
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Untamed Vice by Lauren Marcie
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHe’s the rebel girl’s greatest enemy… and her new husband I was never supposed to be anyone’s bride. No man ever looks twice at me, the disgraced mafia princess—a tomboy who gambles and drinks to drown out the ghosts of my past. But then my father announces my perfect sister isn’t allowed to get married until I do first. And her suitors bribe him to marry me. Gabriel Lombardo...Categorized as:
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Calculated Chaos by Mia Monroe
A weekend of discovery unlocks feelings I didn’t expect. Should we take a chance on love or return to the safety of friendship?I’m a steady and responsible guy. I’m predictable, reliable... exciting, right? I guess some people might call it a rut. And by some people, I mean my friends and family. On the eve of my fortieth birthday, they stage an intervention. Traitors...Categorized as:
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Breaking Abigail by Emily Tilton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAs eighteen-year-old Abigail Podret pleasures herself in her family’s summer-house, she cries out the name of Mark LeMarchand, the man she secretly loves. She has no idea that he stands steps away, ready to do what she most desires: strip her naked, spank her hard, and take her even harder... -
Cunning Linguist by Flora Ferrari
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsOlivia: Billionaire lawyer William Wesley has a way with words. By day that sexy mouth of his sways juries…and by night it sways the hips of the most famous women across NYC. At least that’s what the tabloids say. But when I show up for my first day at work at his law firm, he’s not saying anything… William: Cat’s got my tongue...Categorized as:
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Battle to Surrender by Willow Dixon
I’ve been hiding who I am for so long I’ve forgotten what it’s like to be myself. - HunterTwo years ago, I retired from the army and started my life as a civilian. I have a job I enjoy, friends who are my family, and more secrets than I can count. I might not be a soldier anymore, but I can’t seem to let the past go. It haunts me, and has made it impossible for me to truly be who I am... -
Her Old-Fashioned Doctor by Sue Lyndon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter she catches her fiancé cheating on her, Melissa packs a suitcase and sets out on a road trip to give herself some time to recover. But things take an unexpected turn when she rear-ends Dr. John Holden’s truck in a tiny rural town and he responds by inviting her for an impromptu dinner date... -
Be Mine by Nova Burns
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis Valentine's Day, I'm making my twin mine.Kit: When my boyfriend leaves me high and dry on Valentine’s, I’m completely crushed. Thankfully, my twin brother swoops in to save the day. Issac promises to make it the best one I've ever had. Most people find him utterly terrifying, but he’s always so gentle with me... -
Twisted Strands by Lilia Moon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHe ties women up to set them free. She’s not looking for freedom… Matteo Ignatius is a corporate consultant who teaches companies how to be kinky – only he doesn’t call it that. He’s also a rope-bondage master. A nawashi. A man proud of his tools and in search of the best... -
Forbidden Trinity by Sierra Simone
Misadventures is a romantic series of spicy standalone novels, each written or co-written by some of the best names in romance. The stories are scandalous, refreshing, and, of course, incredibly sexy. They’re the perfect bedside read, a ‘quick blush’ for the reader who loves a page-turning romance.Misadventures with a ProfessorZandy Lynch never planned on going to grad school a virgin... -
Raising Lucy by Becca Jameson
Roman I’m demanding. I’m strict. I get what I want. And I want Lucy Neill. She is mine. She is my girl. My little. My life. My world. She just doesn’t know it yet. Lucy I lost my job. I have no idea what I'm going to do next. I should not be spending Friday night at a club. I can’t help myself. The club calls to me. The owner calls to me. I crave the forbidden...Categorized as:
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In His Hands by Hannah Murray
Consent is everything…and with consent, everything is possible.Olivia has one wish—to find a partner who will do consensual non-consent scenes with her. She thought she’d found the perfect man, but he turned out to be more dud than Dom. When their relationship implodes, she moves out, and moves in with her friend Cade. He’s happy to have her, but living with him won’t be easy...Categorized as:
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Dr. Resident by Lexie Woods
What happens when a cocky surgeon bosses around a sassy nurse? She hands him a dose of the cold shoulder. After the death of my brother, I couldn’t bear to work in the very halls of the hospital where he died. Seeking a fresh start, I accept a position in the emergency room of a new hospital, in a desperate attempt to piece my life together again...Categorized as:
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An Umbrella Drink Kind of Night by M.A. Innes
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSometimes being stood up is the best thing that can happen.Two men sitting at a bar is supposed to be the setup for a joke, not the start of a perfect relationship. But when the confident Ryker and the curious Corey find themselves with more in common than just being stood up, sparks fly... -
Halloween Next Door by Flora Ferrari
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHalloween next door gets interesting when my dad’s best friend invites me to his Halloween party. Not only is this possessive professor my next-door neighbor at college, but he’s also my next-door neighbor from the small town where we’re from. But this is the first time my dad’s best friend isn’t next door to my dad…only his best friend’s daughter...Categorized as:
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Saved by the Dark by Ann Jensen
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsForget knights on white horses, how about a hero riding a motorcycle with shining chrome?Phoebe’s spirit was forged into steel by a childhood split between foster care and the streets. Now grown, the simple act of accepting the wrong drink traps her in the underworld of human trafficking... -
Pretty Boy by Misha Horne
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPretty Boy was exclusively available via an author giveaway. It was then extended by 50,000 works and published as Hot Mess.Adulthood is not my favorite thing. And buying a house was maybe a bad idea. Just because I'm crossing things off my adulting to-do list, it doesn't actually mean I know what I'm doing.My new hotter-than-anyone-deserves-to-be neighbor is definitely an adult... -
The Mitzvah by Tiffany Reisz
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAfter the death of her mother-in-law, a loving wife helps her grieving husband find intimate healing.This short story takes place approximately 4 years before "The Siren." It originally appeared in "IRRESISTIBLE: Erotic Romance for Couples" (Cleis Press).Free story available online at http://www.tiffanyreisz.com/the-mitzvah...Categorized as:
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The Submissive by Tara Sue Me
Book One of the Submissive Trilogy More than 8 Million Reads Online The first in Tara Sue Me’s seductive and scandalous series that has enthralled millions… Abby King has a secret fantasy. New York knows Nathaniel West as the brilliant and handsome CEO of West Industries, but Abby knows he’s more: a sexy and skilled dominant who is looking for a new submissive...Categorized as:
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