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Samson by Marie James
Who says you can’t fall in love at seven years old? I know I did. The love I felt for my babysitter, Camryn Davison at such a young age transformed over time. By the time I was a teen that love turned into fantasies I knew would never come true. By the time I saw her again at twenty-one I was determined to make those fantasies a reality... -
![Man of Few Words by Connie Easton]()
Man of Few Words by Connie Easton
Nicolas Brown is the epitome of speak when spoken to. He doesn’t volunteer information or even his time. He’s one that observes from the shadows more than one that craves the spotlight. His attention has fallen to a certain woman, and she is one that enjoys the game that’s being played. However, he’s not the only chaser.Ross McIntyre is the woman you see often but never recognize... -
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![Half My Blood by Lauren Gilley]()
Half My Blood by Lauren Gilley
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsIt’s summer in Knoxville, and if the outlaw crew at Dartmoor Inc. thought they were getting a respite from the drama…they were kidding themselves. Almost a year ago, Mercy’s dying mother claimed he had a half-brother, sired by the beloved father he’d always thought infallible, raised by another man as his own... -
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Sweetest Sorrow by J.M. Darhower
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsDante Galante has evaded death a few times in his life, but held captive in a sweltering basement, he's certain that death has finally caught up to him. Bloody and barely breathing, he tries to stay strong, but there's only so much a man can endure before darkness takes over. As a critical care nurse, Gabriella Russo witnesses suffering often...Categorized as:
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![Gabriel by Becca Jameson]()
Gabriel by Becca Jameson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Ladybug, you’re about to become intimately acquainted with my palm…”Eden’s life is falling apart. Her boss is a condescending womanizer, her apartment is flooded, and her estranged sister is in town. The only good thing is her reliable car. Life is wearing on her last nerve, and then her boss makes a pass at her…Gabriel is known among MC members as the wise one...Categorized as:
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![Incinerate by Tessa Teevan]()
Incinerate by Tessa Teevan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 30 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... -
![Sin's Enticement by Ciara St James]()
Sin's Enticement by Ciara St James
After years of serving his country, Sin reclaims his life and forms the Ares Infidels MC, with like-minded military brothers. They decide his home town of Tenillo, Texas is the perfect place to build their futures. By forming a club where they get to make the rules and determine what orders to follow...Categorized as:
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![She Loves Me by Melissa Foster]()
She Loves Me by Melissa Foster
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 28 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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![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...Categorized as:
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![Guarding Teagan by Kaylea Cross]()
Guarding Teagan by Kaylea Cross
She’s out for justice.Teagan Kim is on a mission to find her cousin’s murderer, the same one she suspects nearly killed her. She’s used to operating on her own, but the DEA assigns her a bodyguard for a job she’s handling—and he turns out to be the man she had a one-night stand with the last time she was in town. Now they’re forced to work together as she hunts down a murderer... -
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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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![Scarred by Drew Elyse]()
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... -
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Sinning in Vegas by Sam Mariano
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis is not a standalone. Book one must be read before you read this one. Life in Vegas was no fairy tale. Prince Charming turned out to be a well-dressed frog, and my dark knight cuffed me to his bed. One left his mark on my body; one left his mark on my heart. Both taught me an important lesson: the high-stakes games they play in Sin City are too rich for my blood...Categorized as:
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![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... -
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![Love Will Always Remember by Tracey Livesay]()
Love Will Always Remember by Tracey Livesay
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn accident changed Leighton Clarke's life forever. After waking from a coma, Leighton Clarke can’t remember anything from the past six years. She’s stunned when her doctors inform her she has amnesia, something she didn’t think occurred outside of soap operas. Anxious and disoriented, the only person who elicits any feelings is Jonathan Moran, a gorgeous chef with compassionate brown eyes . . -
![Finley's Claim by Atlas Rose, Raven Scott]()
Finley's Claim 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... -
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Too Far Gone by Christy Reece
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsToo Far Gone, A Grey Justice Novel Some obsessions can be deadly Gabriella Mendoza has lived her life in seclusion. Guarded by the most corrupt men in the world, she has no chance for escape until an unexpected meeting with the mysterious Grey Justice Group changes everything...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.. -
![Vasily's Revenge by Latrivia S. Nelson]()
Vasily's Revenge by Latrivia S. Nelson
Vasily Kavlov has been proud of one title in his life, head enforcer of the Medlov Organized Crime Family. As a Russian Mafia hit man, his entire purpose has been to protect his bosses and their families without prejudice. However, even the bravest hit man has loved at least once. To Vasily’s detriment, it was his former boss, Leo Rasputin’s wife, Lilly...Categorized as:
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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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Fight You by Abby McCarthy
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDaws is a Devil Crusader, born and raised a bad boy. He’s sick of superficial, meaningless relationships. Fate throws him a curveball when Aubrey begins working for his dad’s motorcycle shop. Aubrey is damaged and scarred. She’s running from a past that has the ability to destroy her. It’s not just herself that she needs to protect. She’s fighting to save her sister... -
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Jackson: MC Sinners #7 by Bella Jewel
The final book in the bestselling MC Sinners series is here. Reading order - Hell's Knights, Heaven's Sinner, Knights Sinner, Bikers and Tinsel, Muff, Cade, Spike & Jackson. Evil. That’s what he is. The man who took her from me.Twisted and dark, the kind of person who has a front of innocence but behind the mask, is a cold-blooded killer...Categorized as:
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![Picture Perfect by Ella Fox]()
Picture Perfect by Ella Fox
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsFlynn Rand spent the last decade as the lead singer of one of the world’s most famous bands. Although he's got a reputation as a player, he’s decided that it’s time to find something real. One look at a photo of Tessa Hamilton had him hooked. Tessa’s teenage celebrity crush was Flynn Rand...Categorized as:
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Matched by Jamie Farrell
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWelcome Back to Bliss, The Land of Happily Ever Afters! Lindsey Castellano couldn’t ask for more. She’s the most successful divorce lawyer ever raised in Bliss. (Never mind that she’s the only one.) She’s her nephew’s favorite aunt. (For the moment, anyway.) And thanks to a little gift (or curse) from the universe, she’s an expert at avoiding love, commitment, and inevitable heartbreak...Categorized as:
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![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...Categorized as:
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![Tempt by Ainsley Booth]()
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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![Dirty Debt: A Bad Boy Mafia Romance by Teagan Kade, Sennah Tate]()
Dirty Debt: A Bad Boy Mafia Romance by Teagan Kade, Sennah Tate
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne way or another, baby, I always get what I'm owed. MAX "I do my job without hesitation, but Dawn has me questioning everything." If a girl can’t pay her debt, my boss sends her to hook at one of his nightclubs. But I can’t let that happen to Dawn. She’s innocent, pure. She doesn’t know evil like I do. I’ll do anything to protect her. Even if it breaks me... -
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Lead Me Back by C.D. Reiss
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA twist of fate proves wildly explosive in New York Times bestselling author CD Reiss’s smart and sexy Hollywood romance about the cost of running from your past to get to your dreams. Cutting all ties, Kayla Montgomery drives cross-country to Los Angeles. New start. New life. And an unexpected new job: assistant to Justin Beckett.The Justin Beckett... -
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Destiny by Michelle Hardin
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsOne day in a beautiful garden a young half Italian, half Russian boy met the daughter of his father’s African American business associate for the first time. Nineteen years later destiny brought them together for a second time. After the tragic death of his mother, Nathan Salerno decided to live a life devoid of love... -
![Awakening the Mobster by Amy Rachiele]()
Awakening the Mobster by Amy Rachiele
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA breathtakingly beautiful man is standing right next to me-holding me, reassuring me, protecting me. Antonio is my savior. Having him with me makes the ickiness that’s stuck in my stomach tolerable. Megan, Awakening the Mobster Loving Megan and caring for Erin like the sister I never had is dangerous. These feelings cause you to think...Categorized as:
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![Reno's Gift by Mallory Monroe]()
Reno's Gift by Mallory Monroe
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe entire Gabrini clan comes together in this explosive new interracial romance about love, and lost, and family. Reno Gabrini is the ultimate family man. Although he works harder than he should, and often finds it difficult to spend the kind of quality time he deeply wants to spend with his family, whenever they need him, he is always there... -
![Happy Halloween, Omega by Bridget Blake]()
Happy Halloween, Omega by Bridget Blake
Every Halloween, I'm haunted by a mysterious Alpha in a mask.His heated gaze leaves me trembling with fear and excitement.I call him my 'Ghost' because he follows me everywhere, watching from the shadows and leaving his intoxicating scent lingering in the air.He's hunting me like prey and knows my deepest secret. I should be scared. Instead, I love being his obsession... -
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Unmasking Charlotte by M.D. Saperstein, Andria Large
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSome say that I'm cynical. Some say that I'm flippant. But I am neither of those things. I am just a realist, who through an unfortunate turn of events, learned the hard way that everything is in fact black or white. At least for me it is, and always will be. But then there is Calvin King. The thorn in my side, the pain in my ass...Categorized as:
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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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![The Italian by Lena Little]()
The Italian by Lena Little
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m not from Venice…I am Venice. My family runs this city, this country, and everything in it. So who in the hell does this feisty young foreign girl thing she is? Mine since the moment I laid eyes on her, that’s what. She’s as headstrong as she is beautiful and as I prepare to succeed my father as the king of the Italian underworld, I have no doubts I’ve finally found my queen... -
![All Beautiful Things by Nicki Salcedo]()
All Beautiful Things by Nicki Salcedo
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe scars. She'll never forgive her attacker. Seven years ago, a knife-wielding stranger left socialite Ava Camden for dead on the sidewalk of an upscale Atlanta restaurant. She survived, but her face was brutally scarred... -
![Taming the Tease by Golden Angel]()
Taming the Tease by Golden Angel
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsRick Winter is tired of playing empty scenes with submissives, only to return home alone. He wants what he sees his friends getting - a real relationship with submissives who love them. Unfortunately, since his move to be closer to his friends and Stronghold, the kink club he goes to, the only woman that's really sparked his interest not only isn't a submissive, she's his neighbor... -
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Mercenary by Bella Di Corte
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI had something to live for.The moment I saw him, I knew. His eyes would hypnotize.His lips would speak the most beautiful promises. His body? Made for pleasure. But if Corrado Capitani thought that he could fool me into thinking he was a good man, he was wrong. The moment I saw him, I knew the truth.Those eyes hid his poisonous heart. Those lips were vessels of deception... -
![Anticipation by Sarah Mayberry]()
Anticipation by Sarah Mayberry
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBlue Sullivan knows a player when she sees one. And Eddie Oliveira—charm and sex personified—was born to play. She never wanted him to say goodbye, so for the last ten years she’s ignored the sizzling attraction between them and focused on being the best sidekick a guy could have. Smart girl, right? Then Blue has a serious accident, and overnight Eddie changes... -
![Lifers by Jane Harvey-Berrick]()
Lifers by Jane Harvey-Berrick
After eight years in prison, twenty-four year old Jordan Kane is the man everyone loves to hate. Forced to return to his hometown while on parole, Jordan soon learns that this small town hasn't changed since he was carted off to juvie all those years ago. He is the local pariah, shunned by everyone, including his own parents... -
![Aching To Exhale by Debra Kayn]()
Aching To Exhale by Debra Kayn
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsRaul Sanchez, president of the Lagsturns Motorcycle Club, proved himself over the span of eight years to lead the outlaw bikers. No longer able to distinguish right from wrong, the undercover FBI agent is after blood when he finds out the Mexican Mafia took his woman. When he finds out his other half is still alive, he sheds the badge, throws himself into chaos, and seeks biker justice...Categorized as:
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![Tying the Knot by Jennifer Bene]()
Tying the Knot by Jennifer Bene
Over two years after the trauma of her kidnapping, and the auction that brought them together, Thalia and James are finally getting their happily ever after! Celebrating their love is a piece of wedding cake, but with the help of their wild and crazy friends from Purgatory, it’s destined to be a wedding day no one will forget... -
![Savage Boss by Bella Ash]()
Savage Boss by Bella Ash
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA marriage forged in blood…Ever since she was a child, Alexandra Volkin was raised to be a mafia Queen. But when her husband-to-be is murdered—on their wedding day—her fiance’s oldest son, Viktor, claims her as his own. Not because he wants her. But because he wants to break her.He suspects Alexandra’s father of the murder and he’s going to rip the truth from her lips... -
![Hit & Run Bride by Nana Malone, Misty Evans]()
Hit & Run Bride by Nana Malone, Misty Evans
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings**The first book in a New Adult contemporary romance series from USA TODAY bestselling authors Nana Malone and Misty Evans! **This contemporary New Adult romance is intended for readers 17+. Contains adult content, language, and situations. Dangerous Intersection Ahead... Marketing analyst Becca Daniels has a life that looks good on paper... -
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![Marked by the Possessive Biker by Hope Ford]()
Marked by the Possessive Biker by Hope Ford
A few months ago we danced. We flirted. I’ve never wanted a woman more.But she was too young for me. Too unguarded.Wide-eyed college girls with curves for days don’t end up with possessive bikers that have blood on their hands.Somehow I found the strength to push her away. Now she’s back, walking into my tattoo shop and asking another man to put his mark on her skin. Over my dead body... -
![Twisted Strands by Lilia Moon]()
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... -
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Disrespected by Story Brooks
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhat Happens When The Stalker Becomes The Stalked?Chaos? Mayhem? Or a pink haired pixie woman that just might be crazier than you are. Jackson’s going to regret the day he ever laid eyes on Scully. Disrespected is book one in the Unnecessary Intentions series. Each book can be read as a stand-alone and ends with an HEA... -
![Running from the Rockstar by Melissa Riddell]()
Running from the Rockstar by Melissa Riddell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsLove can be a neverending storm of passion...or hate. Will they waste their second chance?Paxton Ross is a kid from the wrong side of the tracks who witnessed his father's death due to an overdose.Terri Kingston is a girl who seems to have everything except what she needs most—love and acceptance.When these two meet during their teen years, their worlds collide into a messy, beautiful love...Categorized as:
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![Run from Fear by Jami Alden]()
Run from Fear by Jami Alden
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWith each step she takes, he tracks her every move, waiting for the perfect time. The perfect revenge. Until then, he'll watch her . . . RUN FROM FEAR More than anything, Talia Vega wanted to leave behind her harrowing past. Moving eight hundred miles away, she succeeded . . . until the one man who knows her darkest secrets wanders into the restaurant where she works... -
![Saving Scarlet by Kate Oliver]()
Saving Scarlet by Kate Oliver
Scarlet JensenShe's finally learned her lesson. All it took was being abused and kidnapped. Scarlet is done with men. They can't be trusted. The only thing she's focused on is herself and trying to survive the nightmares she's endured. Sometimes that means drowning them out however she can...Categorized as:
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