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Soda by Cee Bowerman
If you believe - really and truly believe with all of your heart and soul - that true love exists, there’s no sense wasting your time on anything less. If you believe in true love, then you know that your soul’s match is out there just waiting to find a heart that beats in the same time as your own...Categorized as:
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Wicked Empire by Tracy Lorraine
USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you the next installment of her new dark mafia, high school bully romance series.She didn’t want to believe me.She wanted to believe the threat wasn’t really there.But as the sirens ring out in the distance and she stares down into my eyes, she can no longer deny what’s right in front of her...Categorized as:
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![Deacon by Tiya Rayne, Covers by Combs]()
Deacon by Tiya Rayne, Covers by Combs
Award winning, Bestselling, Author Tiya Rayne presents DeaconYeah, I know what they call me. Hell, I’ll be honest. I’m a criminal. Well, I use to be, but you know that saying, a leopard can’t change its spots. I’ve been out of the car theft business for years, ever since that one night when everything blew up. Since then, I’ve gone legit. Opened up a business and been on the right side of the law... -
![Jake Understood by Penelope Ward]()
Jake Understood by Penelope Ward
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Jake Undone, comes a full-length companion novel and sequel. A different side to the story: Jake’s side. “We’re getting a new roommate,” they said. I thought nothing of it...until she walked in the door. Her hand trembled in mine as she looked at me with fearful eyes. My entire world spun on its axis. Nina.. -
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![Possessing Paisley by Kate Oliver]()
Possessing Paisley by Kate Oliver
Paisley McKee He’s my best friend’s brother. He’s also overbearing, bossy, and stubborn. Obviously we hate each other. Then something happened. We said it was a one-time thing. Now, he tells me it’s forever. He’s unhinged. But he makes me feel things I’ve never felt before. Can I believe him when he says I’m his? Kieran Roche She’s irritating, sassy, and she hates my guts. Not at all my type... -
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Stoffer by Cee Bowerman
After years of wandering around the country, car trouble stopped Stoffer in Rojo, Texas, and he quickly realized he never wanted to leave. Not one to share much of himself, Stoffer has found a place to fit in with the Texas Kings even while he holds most of himself back from the men and women around him... -
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She Loves Me by Melissa Foster
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhat are two besties willing to risk for something more? The New York Times bestselling author of This Is Love has the answer in this fun, sexy, and emotional romance about friendship, family, and giving love a chance. Something is off in Piper Dalton’s life, and she has a feeling it might just be her. All her siblings are blissfully settled with their forever loves...Categorized as:
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Rason & Eliza by Cee Bowerman
Rason Harper is all about family and tradition. Raised by two loving parents, he’s not willing to sacrifice his future for the wrong woman. After a dating catastrophe makes him decide to give up on love, his mind is changed in an instant when a quick conversation with his favorite bookworm gives him the chance to get to know her better... -
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Dangerous Loyalty by Lillie Locklyn
Where does your loyalty lie?Kendall Waters is a successful defense attorney who moonlights for a money-laundering family in the desert town of Sawtooth, Arizona. She finds herself questioning everything after her client retires and leaves the business to his mysterious nephew, Alvaro.Sparks don’t exactly fly when they meet, as he’s intimidating and standoffish...Categorized as:
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![Diamond In The Rough by Emilia Finn]()
Diamond In The Rough by Emilia Finn
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe’s New York’s deadliest enforcer. But I’m the villain in this story.Micah Malone is the son of a notoriously cruel, and thankfully dead, mafia boss.Now he’s the organization’s enforcer, and right hand to his brother’s reign.He’s the broadest of five boys.The quietest.And the deadliest...Categorized as:
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Southern Heartbreaker by Jessica Peterson
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsHe was the bad boy I fell for in college. Now he’s a sexy single dad and Charleston’s most successful venture capitalist. Dominant and decisive, Ford Montgomery is used to getting what he wants. And he just set his sights on me... Ford Montgomery was my first everything. First love. First guy I slept with. First heartbreak when he dumped me without explanation... -
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Entangled by S.E. Hall
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThings heat up, and not just the Georgia summertime, when Dane and Laney go head to head over plans for her new duplex. But Laney's got his number, and knows just how to coerce her bossy, domineering man. Spend the summer with the gang and find out...just how many is a crowd? The members of the Evolve Crew are getting older; so is the content. Mature audiences recommended... -
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Ruthless Revenge by Lillie Locklyn
After dealing with loss, Alvaro and Kendall must trudge forward, facing their problems head-on as the leaders of the Moreno family business. Reconnecting with a family member causes Alvaro to dig deep and reconsider everything he thought he knew about his past. He faces immense emotional turmoil as he struggles to accept someone new and let another go... -
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Blurred Lines by Jessica Prince
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThere was absolutely no way she was falling for her neighbor. No matter how gorgeous he was.Aurora Keller thought she’d lucked out when she decided to put down roots in Redemption, Tennessee. She had a new business, new friends, and a picture-perfect little house...Categorized as:
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![Faking It with the Billionaire Next Door by Jolie Day]()
Faking It with the Billionaire Next Door by Jolie Day
Billionaire. Next-door neighbor. Mortal enemy.I knew it was a bad idea to get on the elevator.Because now, I have three problems.#1 I’m stuck in the elevator.#2 I’m soaking wet from the rain.#3 HE got in before the doors closed.Miles Humphries.My neighbor. The one I HATE.Cocky. Tall. Infuriatingly hot. The biggest jerk I’ve ever met... -
![The Soldier by Renee Rose]()
The Soldier by Renee Rose
I SHOULD GIVE HER UP — SET HER FREE.The Russian army made me a killer, but the brotherhood made me what I am.Ruthless. Deadly. Irredeemable.Which is why Kayla should stay away.The innocent young actress has a bright future ahead of her, so long as someone doesn’t break her first. Someone like me.Every weekend, she gives herself to me fully. Without question. Without hesitation...Categorized as:
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Love Notes : The Moran Brothers Series by Blue Saffire, Fairy Proofmother Proofreading
Award winning, Bestselling, Author Blue Saffire presents Love Notes Bishop I’m Bishop… Bishop Love. I haven’t written a new song in four years. My label has me by the balls to come up with my next project by the end of this tour. If I don’t produce, I’m going to be in deep shit. Fuck it! Maybe it’s my time… or maybe not... -
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Seek Him Like Shelter by Jessica Gadziala
Tasked with uncovering what the Bratva is plotting in the city, one day Elian sees something that wasn’t part of the plan. A woman, targeted by the very Russians he’s been tailing, is about to be silenced for good. Acting on instinct, he intervenes, not realizing that saving her will complicate everything.As a campaign manager, Elizabeth knows how to navigate the murky waters of politics...Categorized as:
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Disavow by Bella Di Corte
Aniello Assanti was a monster dressed in a gentlemen’s suit.He was everything I should’ve feared and run away from. A walking nightmare. He belonged to an organization that valued money over life; power over free will; codes over love.And if that wasn’t enough of a deterrent, he was strictly forbidden.I, Rosalia Lombardozzi, solemnly vow…no fraternizing with the men who belong...Categorized as:
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Incinerate by Tessa Teevan
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsKnox and Charlotte's story. When Knox Wellington opens the door to Charlie Davenport, he's not expecting the fiery brunette with whiskey colored eyes and a feisty personality. Sparks fly immediately, even though their initial meeting is nothing but hostile... -
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Twisted Embrace by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe was my forbidden crush. Then he made me his bride.Enzo Lazaro is my best friend's brother, yet the fact that it was taboo only left me even more desperate for him to undress me with those piercing eyes and then strip me bare and ravage me... -
![Seduction Under the Southern Stars by Serenity Woods]()
Seduction Under the Southern Stars by Serenity Woods
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve never been good at doing what I’m told… When Joel, an old friend of mine, asks me to stay in New Zealand after my father’s funeral to help his kid sister, Elora, hunt down a family heirloom, I’m not too thrilled. Visiting my home country has dragged up unwelcome memories of the poor, angry young man I used to be, and I’m itching to get back to my European excavations and affluent lifestyle... -
![This Life II by Cara Dee]()
This Life II by Cara Dee
Finnegan O’Shea My uncle had never deserved to be the boss of the Sons of Munster, and for the longest time I thought that pompous jackass was my worst nightmare. Then Gio Avellino sent a crew to Philly to take down the syndicate I’d just become the unofficial boss of. He’d kidnapped my uncle, put the love of my life in harm’s way, and…he’d murdered my mother...Categorized as:
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Ash by D.J. Krimmer
“Did I just see a hot chick running down the road with a live chicken under her arm?” Ash: Commitment is not my thing nor do I want it to be. After the things I’ve been through with women, I have sworn off relationships. There’s only ever been one woman that I thought I felt pulled to and I blew it. Not only was it the best date of my life, it was also the worst night of my life...Categorized as:
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![The Wiseguy by Piper Stone]()
The Wiseguy by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI was considered taboo, but to a ruthless man like him, I became an obsession. I'd had a crush on Maddox Cormier for as long as I could remember. As beautiful as he was dangerous, he was the wisely of my father's mafia regime. I was considered the one thing he couldn't touch, still a little girl in the man's eyes... -
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Desire: Gabby & Daniel by Lilia Moon
Gabby’s friends know she’s getting curious - and there’s just no way they’re going to leave that alone… Gabby is a sweet, cookie-baking forty-three old receptionist, mother to three grown girls and deeply in love with her two granddaughters... -
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Guarding Her Body by Ella Goode
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsChild actress Sadie Monroe grew up under the hot lights of Hollywood. Her good girl image takes a hit when it's revealed her mom-ager has been stealing from Sadie for years. The scandal sites are ablaze again when semi-nude photos of her are released. Her new manager wants her to take advantage of this and pivot to a daring new role, but Sadie longs for a normal life with a husband and kids...Categorized as:
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Always by Bethany-Kris
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Legacy Novel A wild boy. A sly girl. Cross Donati defines trouble. He does what he wants because he’s never known anything different. He’s unapologetic, and he owns it. Catherine Marcello is every bit a good girl … on the outside. Her entire world is a legacy, and she lives it. She’s curious, and she’s exploring it. She chases bad things. He never learned to be good...Categorized as:
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![Chaos: Discreet Special Edition by Luna Mason]()
Chaos: Discreet Special Edition by Luna Mason
The special edition discreet cover of chaos.Everything is falling into place.A new life in a new state, living up to my name ‘The King of Chaos’.This is our new Bratva empire where we take what we want.And what a perfect way to leave behind my old life, by sleeping with my brother's new wife … on the night of their wedding.The only problem is, I may have left my heart with her...Categorized as:
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Scarred by Drew Elyse
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTRAUMA HAS A WAY OF LEAVING ITS MARK. It took years to do it, but I can finally look in a mirror and see more than just the scars. If only that were true for the rest of the world. The whispers, the stares, the pity, they’re familiar now. Except his eyes don’t linger, his demeanor never changes. Maybe that’s why I trust him and take the leap to move in with a virtual stranger... -
![Rising From The Ashes by Darlene Tallman]()
Rising From The Ashes by Darlene Tallman
JoryTen years ago, my life irrevocably changed when my then-boyfriend decided to shoot anyone he could during the Homecoming Dance. The ensuing fire killed ten students, as well as four teachers; however, somehow my life was spared. It took a lot of surgeries, therapy, and time for me to heal, but now I’m ready to reclaim my life... -
![Yours: A Dark Mafia Billionaire Romance by Sara Fields]()
Yours: A Dark Mafia Billionaire Romance by Sara Fields
I'm her best friend's older brother.I should have felt like a bastard for making her strip, spanking her bare ass, and making her show me just how soaking wet she was for me before I put her on her knees and taught her how a real man punishes a woman for getting in over her head.Or for bending her over my couch and making her come so hard that she almost passed out.But I didn't... -
![Finley's Claim: A Dark Mafia Romance by Atlas Rose, Raven Scott]()
Finley's Claim: A Dark Mafia Romance by Atlas Rose, Raven Scott
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey call me the Cosa Nostra Prince. The first son of the most dangerous Salvatore Mafia family. We run the crime. We take the money. We control the war.So when our ‘launderer’ decides to run with one hundred million dollars of our money, you can bet we’ll hunt them down. Only they’ve run to a place they think they’re safe. A place that’s heavily guarded.An island in the middle of nowhere... -
![Forever Ago by J. Rose]()
Forever Ago by J. Rose
Pick up this dark romance standalone novel, packed full of soul-destroying love, sizzling tension and guaranteed to break your heart one page at a time! HALLIE I’m alone in the sea of my grief until I meet Zeke, a tornado of complications who leaves destruction in his wake. I fall hard and fast, despite all the warning signs. Our love story is far from a fairy-tale...Categorized as:
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![Beautiful Villain by Piper Stone]()
Beautiful Villain by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat he wants, he keeps... whether the Irish mafia likes it or not.When I knocked on Kirill Sabatin's door, I didn't know he was the Kozlov Bratva's most feared enforcer. I didn't expect him to be the most terrifyingly sexy man I've ever laid eyes on either.. -
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Lion's First Roar! by Roxie Rivera
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsafter Nikolai IIFree read from website - http://www.roxieriverawriter.com/news.. -
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Vicious Protector by Maggie Cole
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDemons so deep they destroy us...Every part of Adrian Ivanov is pure, unable to ignore, male virility. He’s arrogant. Protective. Sweet and intensely attentive. On rare occasions, outright vicious.If only his soul weren’t tortured over who he is and what he has become. It makes him hide it all from me, proclaiming the truth will ruin us... -
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Not Negotiable by Samantha A. Cole
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShelby Whitman beat cancer several years ago, but the resulting physical and emotional damage left her feeling like less than a real woman. The comfort she found in the BDSM community brightened her world again, however, she kept the Doms at a distance. Play was fine. Relationships were not. And that was fine until Master Parker caught her eye...Categorized as:
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![Impossible Odds by Jill Ramsower]()
Impossible Odds by Jill Ramsower
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHe was a vision of power and privilege.Ruthless arrogance personified.A total stranger and an irresistible challenge.I approached him in a busy casino and felt the sting of his brutal rejection. Then I did something incredibly brazen. Impulsive. Reckless.I stole from him.The object was inconsequential, only worth a handful of dollars.I didn’t do it for the money; it was about making a statement... -
![Buried Leads by LynDee Walker]()
Buried Leads by LynDee Walker
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen an Armani-clad corpse turns up in the woods, crime reporter Nichelle Clarke smells a scoop. A little digging, and Nichelle uncovers a web of corruption that stretches all the way to Washington, D.C. Politics. Murder. And a dead lobbyist. It's everything Nichelle's ever dreamed of... -
![Handling What's Mine by Autum Remington]()
Handling What's Mine by Autum Remington
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRenee What happens when you close your eyes, point to a map, and let fate decide where your next stop in life is? You end up in a small town on the Florida/Georgia line and find your destiny. Even if that destiny includes a feisty little girl, an overprotective Alpha male, more brothers than anyone would ask for, and a whole lot of adventure on the side...Categorized as:
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![I Wanna Dance: A Second Chance At Love Novella by Maya Alden]()
I Wanna Dance: A Second Chance At Love Novella by Maya Alden
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe Wants To Dance With Somebody Who Loves Her.Five years after her divorce shattered her world, Leah Stahl is still piecing her life back together. Betrayed by her husband’s affair and estranged from her children, she’s channeled her pain into a new career as a divorce attorney, fighting to help other women get the justice she never received... -
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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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![The Woman with the Warning by Jessica Gadziala]()
The Woman with the Warning by Jessica Gadziala
He’s a mafia capo ready to make a lucrative deal with a man he thinks he can trust.She’s a captive in the clutches of a madman, but ready to risk everything to deliver a message to a handsome, mysterious the deal he’s about to make is a deadly trap.With her captor injured, and pride bruised from having his plans thwarted, tensions are higher than ever... -
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![Wild Love by Melissa Schroeder]()
Wild Love by Melissa Schroeder
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'm not the kind of girl who expects happily ever after. In fact, I prefer my partners don't get too clingy. Don't get me wrong. I like a good night of loving, but beyond that, I’m happy to see them leave inthe morning, without my number.Then I met him. Quinn is a big bear of a man, with massive hands and amazing...staying power. Like all night long and the next morning kind of staying power...Categorized as:
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![Pick Love by Ella Goode]()
Pick Love by Ella Goode
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen his producer friend’s dating show is short one bachelor, reclusive tech billionaire Leo Davidson reluctantly agrees to fill in on one condition: he gets to play the villain. He’s allowed to be mean, short-tempered, selfish, and rude. Deal made, he gets micced up and shipped off to the island. Once he arrives, he finds sand, sun, and Quinn...Categorized as:
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![Tied Up in Tinsel by Ember Davis]()
Tied Up in Tinsel by Ember Davis
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSTERLINGThere are a few things in this life I love and one of them is riling up Isabella Torres. The look she gets in her eyes when she’s thinking of the ways she could hurt me is all fire. I’ve never wanted to be burned more in my life.I desperately want to know how far I can push her until she breaks or until she realizes she’s mine... -
![Absolute Silence by Jill Ramsower]()
Absolute Silence by Jill Ramsower
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe Lion’s Den club was better than I ever imagined and my worst nightmares, all combined.I thought I was going to explore my darkest fantasies.Gain a better understanding of myself and discover what I’d been missing in life.Instead, I made a deal with the devil.I had hoped I wouldn’t see anyone I knew at the club.Coming face-to-face with Filip De Luca was a worst-case scenario... -
![Sweetest Kisses by Ella Goode]()
Sweetest Kisses by Ella Goode
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThis is a collection of three previously published stories: Smooth Kisses, Sweet Kisses, Saved Kisses... SMOOTH KISSES:As the head of customer relations for a luxury resort, Serena Smooth's job is to make sure everyone's vacation is completed without a hitch. That means finding the right toy for a crying baby or delivering flowers on a wedding anniversary or booking the hard-to-get reservations... -
![The Hitman by Katrina Jackson]()
The Hitman by Katrina Jackson
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsZahraWhat would you do if you found out that your fiancé cheated on you the night before your wedding with a reality tv exotic dancer? What if you found out that they'd had a threesome with your best friend, who was also your maid of honor? What if you discovered all of this on the morning of your wedding with a camera for your own reality tv show pointing at your face? Let me tell you what I do...
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