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Reckless Thief by Heather Long, Wander Aguiar
The mentor. The doctor. The Vandal. I grew up on the streets despite my older sister’s best efforts to keep my nose clean. I thought I knew better. I worked hard. and made money. Who cared if what I did was a little illegal? Then a little boy paid the price for my carelessness. A little boy and his baby sister. It was the wakeup call I needed, even if the cost came too high...Categorized as:
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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... -
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Cardinal of Hope by Mia Smantz
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsCallie Jensen has officially taken a step into the world of romance, but even that can't be uncomplicated. She's pretty sure that more than one guy is showing interest in her, and with no experience on the matter, she's not sure how to handle it. It certainly doesn't feel normal. However, the harem she seems to be building with the Delta members is the least of her worries... -
Delirium by Katie May
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsELLIE. New secrets and shocking revelations have brought me and my guys closer together. We must work as a team to bring down the Paragons of Prosperity once and for all. But with one of my men presumed dead, another being actively recruited by the cult in question, and the other three chasing lead after lead, I fear we may be in way over our heads... -
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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... -
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... -
Lady of Forsyth by Angel Lawson, Samantha Rue
Obsess. Beguile. Control. The Lords ran the South Side of Forsyth unfettered and ruthlessly. Until Story Austin returned home. You know their tale, but are you ready for the rest? The Lady of Forsyth includes the complete bonus works of the Lords: Royals of Forsyth. The Backstory. The Lady of Forsyth. Lords Outtake... -
Summer and Smoke by Coralee June
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSummer Bright is just a name on a tombstone. A whispered mystery on the long-forgotten Woodbury Lane. Her ghost teases me with fear and perfection. She knows I’m not strong enough to do what I should’ve done years ago. The Bullets are united once more, bonded by their demand for blood. There’s a vulnerability in their friendship, though. Gavriel craves control. Blaise fears losing me... -
Psychotic by Katie May
ELLIE. They lied to me. Kept secrets. And now, I'm forced to pay the ultimate price. The Divine One sees me as a necessary sacrifice in this war I know very little about. Do I allow myself to become a pawn. .. or do I fight back with everything I have, regardless of the consequences? THE KINGS. The girl we adore and love is in the hands of our greatest enemy...Categorized as:
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The Red Cardinal by Mia Smantz
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 19 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... -
Vengeance & Sin by Sara Hinds
Never stop surviving. For as long as I can remember, this has been my life. Be who they want, do what they want, and keep their attention on me. If all they see is me, the other girls are safe, making it all worth it. I would do anything to keep them from going through what I have. Over the years, I’ve changed hands and owners. I’ve lied, killed, and fought, but the goal is always the same... -
Relentless by Tracy Lorraine
An 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... -
Lyrical by Bea Paige
From the gutter to the stars…. Dance is in my blood. Once upon a time it ran through their veins too. Xeno, York, Zayn, and Dax. The Breakers and I were a crew until bad decisions and circumstance ripped us apart. Now the Breakers are back. And they’ve brought trouble. They’re not here at the Stardom Academy to dance. They’re here on a mission for Jeb, the leader of the Skins... -
Unseen (Joker's Wild Novella) by B. Livingstone, Indie Black
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat happens when the dutiful wife is pushed too far? Rebellion and Freedom. While the whole world searches for the senator’s missing housewife,. Zoey crafts a plan to guarantee she steers clear of their radar. But when three gorgeous brothers and a high school sweetheart barge into her new life,... -
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Hateful Regent by Helen Scott, Zoey Shelby
Finding out who murdered my sister was supposed to be easy…. The Boys of Ascendance Bay are more complicated than I ever imagined. Between what Jude told me and the creepy notes that I’ve found in my room I’m beginning to wonder if there’s more to my sister’s death than I first thought. Melody is pushing harder for me to find the evidence we need to take our revenge...Categorized as:
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Why Don't You Keep Me? by Rae Knight
When I told the guys I wanted to go back—to learn from my father—I knew it wouldn’t be easy. I knew Diablo wouldn’t approve of the fact that I have three men at my side. But I didn’t expect him to tear us apart piece by piece. He doesn’t need to kill Blaze, Ryder, and Thorne to take them from me. He just has to make me doubt them. And he knows exactly how to do it...Categorized as:
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You Will Bow by Rachel Leigh
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsYou Will Bow is book two in the Wicked Boys of BCU series. It is strongly encouraged to read book one, We Will Reign first. More details coming soon.Categorized as:
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Cardinal Rose by Mia Smantz
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsCallie finally found a home. It's everything she's ever dreamed of - friendship, family, and a healthy dose of romance, which Dr. Harper repeatedly reminds her is a good thing since it will help her deal with her most recent loss. So, why can't she be happy? That reason comes in the form of one Russian mob boss named Nikolai Ivanov... -
Twisted Fate by R.E. Bond
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsHelping the Psychos’ enemy should’ve gotten me killed. Slash would’ve dragged me to the Shed for my punishment too, if he hadn’t grown a conscience. How could he accuse me of being a snake when he was sleeping with me behind Skeeter’s back? There were so many secrets and lies between us all now. To make matters worse, Hunter and Marco kept appearing when I was alone...Categorized as:
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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... -
Vice by Mila Sin
Have you ever inadvertently flashed fifteen thousand people on a live stream? No? Just me? Damn. Hi, I’m Sage. MavenOfMischief, former escort, current junior at Steiner University. And four months ago, my carefully constructed online gaming persona went viral... -
Breakers by Bea Paige
From the gutter to the stars. .. Dance brought us back together. Our pain and hurt bled out with every movement, with every step across the dancefloor. The Breakers never expected to love me again and I never believed we could get past our pain. Yet here we are. My Breakers are mine once more. But nothing is ever that simple when it comes to us. True happiness only comes when you’re free... -
Destroyed by Indie Black, Sienna Cousins
He was supposed to protect me. Instead, he became the monster who turned my dreams into nightmares. He was supposed to love me. In the end, his love was poison, leaving me tarnished and hollow. His death was supposed to bring me peace. But, his memories continue to terrorize me. Since his first lecherous touch I’ve had only one purpose. One reason to not fully give into my demons :... -
Player by Hattie Jude
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom Hattie Jude comes Player, a sexy standalone why choose academy romance. The secrets I’m keeping are catching up with me. I’ve tried to keep my life as simple as possible out of necessity, and for the safety of me and my sister. I’ve kept my virginity, focused on my grades, and stayed away from trouble. But the desire to live a normal life is beginning to override everything else...Categorized as:
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Sabre Security: The Complete Trilogy by J. Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEighteen girls. Dead. Eighteen lives. Ended. Eighteen futures. Stolen. Harlow Michaels has only ever known her cage, and the nearby screams of dying victims that paint her reality. Held captive by the sadistic Pastor Michaels, she’s tortured and abused, until fate offers her the chance to escape. But freedom comes at a heavy cost...Categorized as:
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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. -
Bloody Cruel Psycho by Lucy Smoke
A life for a life … will kill the both of us in the end. Clover. I know nothing of the Sickness at Eastpoint University. I know only the backroads that slip past the southern beaches and the gators that make their way onto the swamps shores. Until him. Until the killer known as Braxton Smalls finds his way into my stilted trailer on the coast of Port Charlotte... -
Moonlit Temptation by Penelope Black
They say everything happens in threes. Good luck and misfortune. I got fired, inherited my late-grandmother's house, and moved across the country all in a weekend. I thought I would get a reprieve, eager and excited to spend my summer with my cousin. But no one warned me the rule of three could apply to men. The charming playboy. The enigmatic stranger. The grumpy single dad... -
Lawless by Tracy Lorraine
An 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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Five by Evie Rae, Poppy Flynn
One Woman, Five Men, and a Deadly Mystery to Uncover The Lost. Even bright sunshine has dark shadows. .. Ever since my brother's disappearance, my world has been carefully designed to keep the darkness out. When a serial killer from the Florida Keys' past returns, my simple little existence gets a lot more complicated. .Categorized as:
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Hate You Forever by Denver Rose
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI, Tara Mangal, take thee, Marnix Taylor, to have and to hold from this day forward. For better, for worse, for richer, poorer, in sickness, and in health. To love and to cherish, till death do us part. Or at least that’s the story we’re spinning to the world. .Categorized as:
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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... -
Here Lies a Saint: A Dark Bully Academy Romance by C.L. Matthews
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBeing rich is great until you become the saint of Arcadia. Gentleman. Charmer. All-star. They call me a saint, but if they knew the lies, the fallacies,. and what truths I hide, I’d be labeled a proclaimed sinner. I lie, do all the bad deeds, especially if it does right by her. She’s the darkness but also the light. He’s my downfall but also my redemption...Categorized as:
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Reese by Candice Wright
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWelcome to the Candy shop. Where poison never tasted so sweet. .. Being a Candy Girl is more than just a job, it’s who I am. But before I became Reese. I was known as Malice, the street kid who killed a man before disappearing without a trace. Now seven years later a serial killer is using those same streets as his hunting ground. To catch him, I’ll have to go back to where it all began... -
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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... -
Penance by K.L. Taylor-Lane
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRegret, remorse, repent. With the ghost of my past unexpectedly crashing back into my life, his presence threatening to tear through everything I’ve built, I’m quickly losing grip on my sanity. Voices start to whisper, infecting me with their poison as I struggle to battle against them. Mentally forced down into the deepest pits of hell, phantom hands trying to bury me in the fiery decay... -
Mercy by Ruby Vincent
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMaverick. The more answers I unearthed, the less I understood. I stepped into this game not knowing the rules, and now, they’re playing me to their beat. Old faces reappear. New friends circle. I got closer to the puppeteer as they got ever closer to me. And when they struck, I wasn’t ready. Valentina. A queen sacrifices for her subjects. A president makes the hard decisions... -
Betrayal & Deception by Sara Hinds
Sin used to run this city until Vengeance ran them out. Too bad they didn’t get them all. Like a parasite, they linger, and while they’re still here, nobody is safe. Freedom means nothing if I’m constantly watching not only my back but the backs of the people I care about. And with every day that passes, that list of people grows, no matter how hard I try to fight against it... -
Girl Like Me by Jaye Pratt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 14 ratings***RELEASE DATE WILL MOVE FORWARD***. Sent back to live with my family, I'm thrown back into my old life without my memories. I have to navigate my way through this place as Bristol, a girl I don't like. Even if she was me, she isn't anymore. All I want to do is remember what happened to me so that I can go back to my guys. Sounds easy. .. right? Wrong...Categorized as:
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Boucher House: Book 1 by B.C. Morgan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen I first came to the Boucher House I thought it would be simple. It was supposed to be easy; follow the rules, and take the meds they give you so you can become better. But what if they're not trying to cure us? Everyday I feel like I'm changing more and more from the person I used to be. I'm not quite sure who I've become throughout the torturous treatments and sessions with Dr...Categorized as:
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Recklessly Damaged by Steph Macca
They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I survived, but at what cost? They aren't going to stop until they get victory and more blood is shed. We're all in danger, fighting to stay on top. The most unlikely alliances are forming. But I guess that's what happens when you anger the masses. It's a tale as old as time - rivals coming together when war is brewing on the horizon...Categorized as:
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A Mayhem of Crows by Evelyn Flood
Decide what matters to you, Caterina Corvo. And then decide what it is worth. Heir. Daughter. Enemy. Murderer. My Crows, my family, are no longer my safe space. My father waits for me to fail. My cousin Matteo stands at his shoulder, whispering his lies to steal my place as heir to the Corvo mafia family. I will not allow that to happen...Categorized as:
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Fall by N.V. Roez
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat happens to the broken? … Honestly, I don’t know. My past is catching up to me from all directions. I’m stuck between the girl I was and the woman I want to be. Everyone is blaming me for what happened to Micah, but nothing is as it seems. People are after me, and debts have to be repaid. That’s not the hardest pill to swallow, though... -
Merciless Kings by Becca Steele, C. Lymari
They say bad things happen in threes. The first was when I lost my parents. The second came when I had to leave behind everything I knew to move across the world to live with my only remaining relative. But what was life for, if not for living? So I kept moving. Then the third thing happened, just as I was about to begin my junior year at the prestigious Blackstone University... -
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Freestyle by Bea Paige
From the gutter to the stars. .. Dance is in my blood. It’s what keeps me sane, out of trouble. It used to keep them out of trouble too. A group of boys I grew up with. Xeno, York, Zayn and Dax. We were a crew once and we ruled the clubs. Separate we were insanely good, together we were unbeatable. F*&ing on fire. I was their girl and they were my Breakers... -
Raven by Leah Steele
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSecrets are revealed, and I’ve never felt so betrayed. We had a plan, a good fucking plan, and with one explosion it all went to shit. Only, it wasn’t the bomb I set off that left destruction in its wake, it was the truth about my men. They've been hiding details about my life, and until they decide to share every last truth, they're choosing to live life on the edge of my blade... -
Bound by Ruin by Misti Wilds
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsand when nothing remains but smoke and ash, she will cloak herself in ruin and learn to breathe in the dark. Bound by Ruin is book three of the Brutal Beauty series. Why choose, Russian mafia, dark romance.Categorized as:
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Greed: A Rumpelstiltskin Retelling by J. Kearston
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI thought they’d be my salvation, but they look at me like I'm theirs. Beaten, starved, broken. With nowhere else to go, my only hope to survive is to sell my soul to the devil. After all, when you have nothing, even poison starts to look tempting. But the brutal men that work beneath him are just as trapped as I am, and now it's too late for me to back out... -
Snakes & Lovers: Part Two by K.L. Coburn
I'M BACK IN HIS CLUTCHES. I always hoped that I would never be in this position again. Stuck, abused, taunted. .. AT THE MERCY OF HIS SICK MIND, AND EVEN SICKER GAMES. However, this time I am not alone. I have company in this hell. I also have four men willing to do anything to get me back. And they do. The six of us escape to recover from injuries and trauma. We plot, we learn, and we love...Categorized as:
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Dark Dare by A.L. Maruga
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen my opportunity arises to enact revenge against the nightmare that took my best friend and everything I loved from me, you bet I take it. Consequences be damned. Fire will rain down on my new stepbrother and his two best friends. They can't escape the fallout of my rage; it's intertwined like poison, destroying everything it touches. They thought I’d be an easy target to break...
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