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Law and Disorder by Golden Angel
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe's a wild child. He's assigned to be her Watch Dom. It's youth and mischief vs age and experience. Iris is new to the lifestyle and when her inexperience and troublemaking disrupt everyone's pleasure at Marquis, someone has to lay down the law. Unfortunately for Iris, that someone is Master Law... -
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... -
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Shared by J.L. Quick
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree hearts. Two dominants. One love that breaks all the rules. VICTORIA. As a confident Domme, I’m used to getting exactly what I want. When I bid on Conor Evans at a bachelor auction, it’s for one night of power and pleasure. But I never expect him to ignite something inside me—a dark attraction that threatens everything I’ve built with Elena. ELENA... -
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... -
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Luke by R.J. Gray
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChristmas is a time for miracles, love, and forgiveness. Renowned K-9 trainer, Luke Freeman accepts a job as head dog trainer for his former SEAL Team Leader, Mitch Anderson at Valhalla. A sprawling ranch specializing in offering fresh chances to special forces veterans. Luke expected to lie low and recover from two decades of combat... -
Jaded by D.D. Prince
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 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. -Gianna Grace Jones. Told from the biker’s point-of-view…... -
Romeo by R.J. Gray
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShe’s twenty years younger than him. And his best friend’s baby sister. He had no right claiming her as his. Author note: Romeo is a age gap romance with steamy heat in and out of the bedroom for mature readers. -
Cruel Prince by Lilian Monroe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsWhen Beauty meets the Beast. .. and finds out she's carrying his heir. Jolie is under strict instructions to stay away from the Prince and his ailing daughter. After all, she’s only at the castle to relieve her father of his gardening duties temporarily. She’ll care for the roses, keep her head down, and leave royalty to the royals. Until she finds the library…and the Prince... -
Your Rule to Break by Rachel LaBerge
YOUR 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... -
The Brig (Falls Chance Ranch) by Rolf and Ranger
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFree online short story in the Falls Chance Ranch series. The men of Falls Chance Ranch see what happens when Dale's work comes to the ranch. -
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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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... -
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... -
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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...Categorized as:
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My Blind Date Babygirl by Shanna Handel
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShe doesn't just need a man in her life. She needs a daddy. She's all business and as sassy as they come,. Playing the role of Ice Queen. She needs a daddy to warm her up,. and reveal her softer side. I want her over my knee. .. And in my bed. This beautiful girl needs an attitude adjustment. .. And a firm hand to guide her. It's only one blind date,. But I can't get her out of my mind... -
Yes, Sirs by Cornelia Fields
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 13 ratings"You were ours from the second we saw you," he stated as if I didn't have a choice in it, and the truth was, I didn't need to because he was right. I was theirs, but what they didn't know was that they were mine too. ~. One invitation to an open house. One moment. One chance. And everything changed...Categorized as:
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Carter by Shanna Handel
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsShe is mine. It's time she learned what that means. In my world, a man keeps his woman in line. She is used to doing as she pleases. That is about to change. .. I thought I could have it both ways, but I was wrong. He expects to be obeyed, but he was patient. Until I pushed him too far. .. Now I'm going to find out what a man like him does to a naughty little girl. . -
Tempting The Billionaire by Christina Tetreault
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes temptation strikes when you least expect it. Straight-laced Courtney Belmont prefers to avoid the spotlight that the media always has focused on her family. She leaves any behavior that might catch its attention to her younger sister. All that changes when Josh Williamson, better known to his fans as J. T. , sits down next to her while she’s on vacation...Categorized as:
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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... -
Kade by Kate Oliver
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“Princess, do that again and see what happens…”. Remi is and always has been an MC baby. She’s never had a choice in the matter since her dad is a member of the Shadowridge Guardians MC. But she’s been avoiding the clubhouse as much as possible the past few years because every time she’s near Kade Beckham she can’t breathe properly, and she becomes a defensive brat toward him... -
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... -
Santa's Favorite by Madeleine Taylor
I’m Lucy, a law student with a part-time job as a personal shopper at Bergman’s, an exclusive department store in New York. As Christmas is nearing, my employer has hired a Santa. I don’t appreciate the way he keeps looking at me until I find out that Santa is a woman…. I’m one of those people who doesn’t like Christmas and I have my reasons for that...Categorized as:
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Auction House by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI was meant to be auctioned. He took me for himself instead. When I went undercover to investigate a series of murders with links to Steele Franklin's auction house operation, I expected to be sold for the humiliating use of one of his fellow billionaires. But he wanted me for himself. No contract. No terms agreed upon...Categorized as:
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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. At what point in our depraved series of carnal negotiations do I admit to myself that I’m in over my head? Sam:...Categorized as:
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Peaches and Dreams by Juliette Cross
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 16 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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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... -
Live Wire by R.J. Gray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPlus size fashionista Natasha Melton is Grand Ridge’s local event planner. From first birthday parties to seventy-fifth wedding anniversaries and everything in between, if there is an event happening in Grand Ridge, she’s planning it. When her computer system crashes at work, a friend calls in a favor. A tall, dark and handsome favor named Jaymison Carothers... -
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... -
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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Untouched by M.A. Innes
Growing up in an unusual family has made adapting to college more difficult for Jay. Sheltered and socially awkward, the only easy part about higher education is the classes. While everyone around him seems to instinctively understand what they’re into and who they are, he’s lost and alone. That is, until his new roommate makes life a little more interesting... -
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... -
Cop's Best Friend by Flora Ferrari
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCop. Best friend. Nothing more. We’ve been best friends since we were kids, but when he went off to high school a year before me he became the “older man” every younger woman was after. But he never chased them. All he was ever interested in was chasing bad guys, and now he’s living out his dream as a courageous cop in the big city. He’s part of the thin blue line between order and anarchy...Categorized as:
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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... -
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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Light Up by Barbara Elsborg
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTwo strangers. One storm. A connection neither of them saw coming. Corey’s day has gone from bad to worse. First, he loses his job. Then his home. Now he’s crawling through a blizzard in a beat-up car, hoping to sneak into his uncle’s empty house for a lonely Christmas in front of a big-screen TV. But the universe isn’t done with him yet... -
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... -
Deviant Desires by Cameron Hart
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI was checking in with the Marino crime family contacts at the shipping docks when little miss Tempest stormed in, much like her namesake. The curvy, five-foot-nothing woman has something to prove to everyone she meets, but she has no idea what criminal world she’s just gotten herself involved in... -
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... -
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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... -
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... -
Boss Of Her Heart by Shanna Handel
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGarrett Love:. What’s the only thing that could tear my mind from the work I’ve so earnestly poured myself into for the last decade? Not what, but who. The sweet little redhead with the baby blue eyes - and heart-shaped bottom. Bella Buchanan had my heart from the moment I saw her. And I knew my celibacy streak was as good as over...Categorized as:
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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 Weekly. A 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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