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Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 81 ratings❤️ "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." ❤️Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is one of the greatest novels ever written—a sweeping, emotionally charged portrait of love, betrayal, and the search for meaning in a world bound by duty and desire...Categorized as:
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Tempt Me: A Dark Billionaire Mafia Romance by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLove is a weakness for a man like me…Two years ago my enemies murdered my wife.They took away the mother of my newborn son.That’s how I became the beast…A merciless, heartless, soulless creature.That’s why I made the deal with Ava:Take her to repay her father’s debt…I couldn’t resist.Not when I saw she feared me as much as she wanted me.I wanted the beauty, a woman nearly half my age... -
Threaded Lies by K. Bromberg
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe heated follow-up to Twisted Knight and the second book in New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg's Tangled Hearts series.A dark and sexy romance of revenge, betrayal… and falling in love with the enemy.HoldenI let my guard down.And got screwed over by a woman without even knowing why.But it won’t happen again.Because the only thing I care about is burning this whole place down... -
Thrill Me by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTime to break the rules and make her submit to me… We dance like devils, except we wear masks. Every night a different one. Dancing on the edge. Dancing with danger. Me and her, for years. I’ve allowed her to think she doesn’t already belong to me. Time to change that up and claim her. Possess her, dominate her, own her. Heart. Body. Mind. Soul... -
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Inherited Malice: A Dark Secret Society Romance by Alta Hensley, Stasia Black
I’m a con artist, and I’ve got my sights set on Beau Radcliffe. He’s dominant, arrogant, and always thinks he’s the smartest person in the room.But he made the mistake of getting way too drunk one night and telling me all about the twisted ways of the dark, mysterious secret society he was about to be initiated into.So, I steal an invite and show up as a belle... -
Fractured by R. Phillips
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"All of it existing somewhere in between everything."What is a life? A collection of memories? A series of glorious highs and heartrending lows? Is it a purpose, cumulative or singular? Or is it something more? Something beyond what is tangible or immaterial?Something beyond even what is found within us...Categorized as:
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Redlined by Cala Riley
RoxanneRacing and Ross are the only two things I thought I could ever count on. That is, until one of them sends me far away, making me lose the other.Now, stuck with a cousin I’m not sure even wants me here trying to pick up the scattered pieces of my life, all I want to do is find my own way...Categorized as:
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The Beginning Of Us by Lylah James
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere’s something special about first love. It feels right; it looks right. It’s perfect in every way, until it isn’t.Grayson Hale — the hot nerd, my first love. He was an enigma. Both mysteriously complicated and beautifully broken. The vacant look in his eyes reminded me of my own, almost as if our misery called to one another. Colton Bennett — the sarcastic playboy, my second chance... -
Wicked Masquerade by Kenya Wright
Tristan is the Bad Boy of the Art World. A tortured artist with insatiable cravings for beauty, pleasure, and the darker shades of life.When Nova, a Psychology graduate student, enters his orbit, Tristan sweeps Nova off her feet and lures her onto an erotic journey that awakens desires she never knew existed.Danger looms in the background... -
The Moral Dilemma by Veronica Lancet
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe riveting conclusion to the War of Sins Series! More secrets come to light in this stunning conclusion to Raf and Noelle's story. The events of the hacienda still haunt both lovers... -
Twisted Circles by Claire Contreras
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhen someone tells you who you are, do you believe them? The first question the cops asked me was if anything out of the ordinary happened to me lately. When I woke up this morning in the room of a mental institution I couldn’t remember a thing – not my name nor how I got there. Not how I left or how I ended up in that interrogation room. The only thing I knew came from the contents inside my bag... -
Pretty Monster by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsEvery night a twisted game of cat and mouse has Kyah Bailey frozen in fear―and begging for more―in this sexy stalker romance from the author of Haunted Love.I’m not the kind of girl who likes to be tied down. Maybe tied up . . . Even though there are several men who would love to claim me, there’s only one I need―and he’ll probably be the death of me.Night after night, I feel him watching me... -
The Swan Princess by Natasha Knight
At a glamorous masquerade ball in an opulent mansion the elite gather to celebrate the introduction of one of their own to society.But the guests of this party aren’t all knights in shining armor.And tonight, Lucia DeMarco and Salvatore Benedetti will meet in a chance encounter one year before the contract that makes her his is to be fulfilled... -
Test Drive by Ines Johnson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s the wrong turn her perfect life needed. All my life, I've never taken a wrong turn, until I get lost dropping off a classmate on the wrong side of town. To make matters worse, I blow a tire and am surrounded by a group of gorgeous, hot street racers. They offer to help me out with my car…for a price. It’s not currency that Hawk, the leader of the Watchers Crew, wants... -
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Threaded Lies by K. Bromberg
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe heated follow-up to Twisted Knight and the second book in New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg's Tangled Hearts series.A dark and sexy romance of revenge, betrayal… and falling in love with the enemy.HoldenI let my guard down.And got screwed over by a woman without even knowing why.But it won’t happen again.Because the only thing I care about is burning this whole place down...Categorized as:
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Insolent (Sinister Fairy Tales) by Cynthia A. Rodriguez
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsReleasing as part of the 2019 Sinister Fairy Tales Collection! There’s a girl screaming at the top of a hill, Burdened by a duty she was born to fulfill. There’s a quiet killer lurking nearby, Watching as she wishes only to die. She’s tasked by her mother to marry a man, Until the demon from hell puts a wrench in the plan. Their fates will twine in inconceivable ways...Categorized as:
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It Starts with Us: Special Collector's Edition: A Novel by Colleen Hoover
Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favorite Atlas’s side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the “glorious and touching” (USA TODAY) #1 New York Times bestseller It Ends with Us. Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again...Categorized as:
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The Zodiac Queen: Season Two by Gemma James
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsUSA Today bestselling author Gemma James brings you season two of the Zodiac Queen, a unique and steamy tale of a young queen caught between twelve signs. Intended for mature readers who enjoy dark and explicit themes. Reader discretion is advised.Twelve men, a virgin queen, one arranged marriage…Cancer: Vance Morgan—a kinky doctor with an exhibitionist streak...Categorized as:
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The Black Fox by Brianna Hale
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFor fifteen years I was the Black Fox, the hero of Spain, the good-luck devil. I made my enemies dance to my tune and fall to my sword. The day must come when every hero hangs up his cape, and for me, it was the day I outsmarted the curse. I would not die for love, because I didn’t love the woman I married. Valeria Hernandez didn’t love me. Then I met her. Lolita... -
Evildoer by Dannika Dark, Nicole Poole
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBetrayal. Vengeance. Loyalty. Dark forces are at work in the epic conclusion of the USA Today bestselling Crossbreed series.Raven has come a long way since joining Keystone. She embraced her Vampire side, learned to work with others, and even fell in love... -
Mason by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsFalling for each other was never part of the plan…Doctor Sage Porter has moved to Marble Falls to be the private physician for a group of men unlike any the world has ever known. But she has a second, secret reason for moving to the small town. A reason she can’t share with another living soul…Especially not the men under her care.Mason Ross is a born guardian... -
The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong
Chloe Saunders is on the runand raising hell. Literally. Chloe Saunders is not your average supernatural teenager. Genetically altered at birth by a sinister team of scientists, she can barely control her terrifying powers. Now the team that created her has decided it's time to end the experiment. Permanently...Categorized as:
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City of Ghosts by Stacia Kane
IT’S A THIN LINE BETWEEN ALIVE AND UNDEAD. Chess Putnam has a lot on her plate. Mangled human corpses have started to show up on the streets of Downside, and Chess’s bosses at the Church of Real Truth have ordered her to team up with the ultra-powerful Black Squad agency to crack the grisly case...Categorized as:
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Watercolour Smile by Jane Washington
“Maybe I was stupid to have agreed to this, but when all of the options that you have in life are dangerous ones, you can only choose to do something reckless, or turn a blind eye and allow the cards to fall as they may… and I was sick of being blind... -
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The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 61 ratingsA dramatic and deeply moving novel of three generations coping with secrets, violence, and grief, against a backdrop of political and social unrest.They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died.One afternoon, in a town in southeastern Nigeria, a mother opens her front door to discover the lifeless body of her son wrapped in fabric on the welcome mat... -
The Winter Court by Amelia Hutchins
Icelyn was given to the Horde to pay a tithe owed to them by her court. She had no plan of letting them claim her or enter her court. One arrow should have ended it, only it didn’t stop anything.Instead, she’s now prisoner to the broody, cocky, self-absorbed prince that makes her want things she’s never thought possible... -
Chasing Magic by Stacia Kane
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsA DEADLY HIGH Magic-wielding Churchwitch and secret addict Chess Putnam knows better than anyone just how high a price people are willing to pay for a chemical rush...Categorized as:
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The Life That Mattered by Jewel E. Ann
Sex isn’t love. Love isn’t sex. And friendship is neither. The son of a French Olympic skier and a Malaysian fashion designer, Ronin Alexander has lived the life of a nomad, traveling the world to find his next adventure. Life takes a dramatic turn when he meets Evelyn, a beautiful scientist who owns a bath shop in Aspen, Colorado... -
Like Grim Death: Part One by K.V. Rose
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 11 ratings“There’s someone you haven’t met yet...All at once, we turn to each other.We realize it was never the 6.It was always us against ourselves.The greatest betrayal.The worst sort of pain.A moment of perfect stillness, disloyalty loud in the silence.Then the chaos begins. But tonight, you will... -
Grave Mistake by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSometimes vengeance isn't enough.There are times when a man is forced to choose the wrong side of the law.When everything is stripped away and ruthless, cold revenge is all that remains.They call me Wraith for a reason.When people need to disappear, I'm the one that's called in.I move through the shadows and strike without mercy...
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