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The Queen by Tiffany Reisz
Once upon a time, Nora and Søren made a fateful deal—if he gave her everything, she would give him forever. The time has finally come to keep their promises. Out of money and out of options after her year-long exile, Eleanor Schreiber agrees to join forces with Kingsley Edge, the king of kink... -
Make Me, Sir by Cherise Sinclair
Her job is to make his life miserable. His job is to make her submit. Whose heart will surrender first? Across the country, rebellious BDSM submissives are being systematically kidnapped, one from each club. When her friend falls prey to the slavers, FBI victim specialist Gabrielle volunteers to be bait in a club not yet hit: the Shadowlands... -
The Mistress by Tiffany Reisz
The final book in The Original Sinners Series - The Red Years. There's punishment-and then there's vengeance. Nora Sutherlin is being held, bound and naked. Under different circumstances, she would enjoy the situation immensely, but her captor isn't interested in play. Or pity... -
Savages by Sheridan Anne
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wallSavages rising, watch how they fall.All of the heartache and all of the pain.Couldn't put me back together again. There’s nothing quite like the smell of a decaying body... -
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Cardinal of Hope by Mia Smantz
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 27 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... -
Only for Tonight by Kali Noir
1 fantasy website.1 fantasy request.1 Halloween party.1 night.3 masked men.Will one night be enough?*Only for Tonight is a prequel to start the Dark Desires series. It will be a series of stand-alones. This book will end on a slight cliffhanger. It's an MMMM romance meant for an 18+ audience. Please read content and trigger warnings in the beginning of the book... -
On the Double by Cara Dee
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe Renegades #3 • Romantic Suspense • Action • MMM“It’s a fine line between not revealing your arsenal and creating disorder by showing your strength.”Funny how calm you could feel when someone had ripped the heart out of your chest.River and Reese Tenley had grown up on the fringes of society, spending most of their adult years as private military contractors in places nobody else wanted to go... -
Secrets of Mine by Alexis Grace
She’s not just the daughter of a serial killer, she’s the profiler hunting him down.Two months ago, Freya had a tracking anklet and four, infuriatingly attractive FBI handlers. Now, she has her own badge and is pretty sure she’s in love with all four of her former handlers.Settled in Quantico, Freya finally feels like she belongs. River no longer sees her as a criminal... -
Adrenaline by A.L. Woods
Four years ago, I betrayed his trust.He retaliated by breaking my heart.Adam Ryan had secrets.The kind better off where they belonged.Buried.As an urban explorer, I’m not afraid of a little trouble.But when I venture to the one place Adam forbade me from, I get more than I bargained for.Him and his friends.Along with their threats.Their violence.And their lust.Adam might claim to still hate me... -
Protecting Charity by Ann-Marie Davis
Tensions are rising for the Moreno Family’s most ruthless enforcer… I’m so close to finding my brother, I can feel it. But now there’s a new problem thrown into the mix. A young girl has been sold to the cartel, and I can’t stand by and watch that happen.With a new enemy on my tail, I’m not sure who I can trust… or how to navigate the increasingly steamy encounters with these men...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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Charity's Torment by Ann-Marie Davis
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAll I wanted was to find my brother after he disappeared. I didn't plan on somebody trying to make me disappear, too.All in a day's work for the Moreno Family's feistiest enforcer.When the twists begin to fly and I'm turned in new directions, I realize there's more to my brother's sudden disappearance than meets the eye... -
Mine to Love by Kennedy L. Mitchell
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhen a decade-old one-night stand converges with a current high-profile case, can the three of them work through their differences to stop her from being the serial killer’s next victim?Running from a secret past and now a deranged killer, Remington Dotson and her nine-year-old son need protection to survive...Categorized as:
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Beneficial Misfortune: The Lawson Legacy by Sara Hinds
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratings6 months ago, I started over.Living alone in a huge city is better than being stuck in a small town where everyone knows your ex cheated on you.Here, nobody knows who I am except the kids I teach, and I much prefer it this way.Until a well-dressed man changes everything...Categorized as:
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Empire by Sheridan Anne
An Empire risen from blood and ash.Murder. Betrayal. Undisputable power.A sacrifice to be given. An innocent life to be lost.He made the solemn vow.The flesh of my flesh will perish in flames,but the blood will forever reign.-------All I wanted was a new life, a fresh start in Faders Bay.But fate hadn’t written my name in the stars, it was written in cold, murderous blood.Zade. Sawyer. Dalton...Categorized as:
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Feral King by Sparrow Beckett, Sorcha Black
Minnow Korsgaard works a dead end job to make ends meet. When she’s hired to take care of a wealthy old man with no social skills, she’s excited to have found work in her field. The new boss isn’t at all what she expected. Severin Leduc is only thirty. He’s also a dominant, tattooed brute who’s needs someone to break through the walls he’s built... -
Virginity Sold by Bre Rose
I hate my life.I’m twenty and should be living my best life at my college of choice. Being part of a sorority, dating the man of my dreams and getting a degree.But I’m not.Instead I’m working my fingers to the bone at two jobs to make sure my mother and I keep a roof over our heads. It would be even better if she didn’t squander every dime I made on her habit.I’m slowly losing hope... -
The Break by Shayla Black, Jenna Jacob
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOne woman. Two Rivals. Countless secrets…Raine Kendall has everything a woman could want—almost... -
Lesson In Trust: Part Two by Kay Elle Parker
Is this a fairytale or is it reality?From one strength to another, Callie’s relationship with her Daddies is growing exponentially. Not only has she found the kind of love she’s always dreamed of, it seems that love is contagious, connecting both Elias and Evander together as well.Balanced between her Dark Daddy and her Golden one, she finds peace in their embrace, safety in their kisses...Categorized as:
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Kings of Kink by N.O. One
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Why Choose Standalone NovelSometimes a queen needs a king…or three.My name is Madelina Mancini and as the younger sister to New York City’s most powerful mafia don, I’ve lived most of my life in the family’s protective bubble.Until I didn’t.Until evil found me and tried to destroy me.Happiness seemed impossible when all I felt was emptiness... -
Savage Hearts by V.T. Do
They caught me.The men dubbed as the Savages caught me, and I don’t see how I can ever escape their grasp. Maverick, Killian, and Silas Tiernan. The three heads of the Irish mob who killed my father and destroyed his entire MC club. I am paying for my father’s sins. Twenty years ago, my father killed their father and took over their empire. Now, I am their captive... -
Lost In The Light by Kerry Taylor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRescued by the brothers she never knew, Addy has found some solace from the hellish nightmare she lived & survived for two long years. She now has a place to call home, family who will do anything to care for and protect her, and three guys who make her feel safer than she has ever felt in her life... -
Desire by Jenn Bullard
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMy story is a complicated one because I’m the villain in my sister’s happily ever after.Time doesn’t make the heart grow fonder. Instead, it twists what you know.I’m twenty-four years old and still considered a minor in Cinder’s kingdom... -
Bloodlines by Bo Reid
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsBlood makes us a family, the blood just isn’t our own. Morana Valdis is finally free of her monster, or so she thinks. Living in the snowy mountains of Aspen Colorado with her family she no longer concerns herself with the spilled blood from her past... -
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Break Me by Nina West, Avery Reid
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsListening length: 8 hours and 11 minutes. Henry Wolf is a deliciously wicked, sinfully handsome man who has done a very bad thing. Potentially. Worse, he owns me now - every inch of my body and a sizeable chunk of my stupid, naïve heart... -
Forced Submission Bundle 2 by Alexa Riley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBONUS: Bundle includes never before seen epilogues for all three stories! Taking What’s His Driving a truck and hauling cargo from coast to coast can be lonely. Sly’s been looking for a pet to keep him company, and late one night on the side of the highway, he finds her. Cameron is scared something bad is going to happen to her, but then he comes along, and she feels relieved... -
Hunted: Season One by Xavier Neal
From USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Xavier Neal comes an all-new MMF, age-gap, dark romance series! One stranded female on the run from her stalker.Two protective, small-town best friends now willing to do whatever it takes to keep her safe.Three people in love becoming prey for the obsessed hunter lurking in the shadows.And to think.This is only the beginning... -
Owned by Shadows by Rosa Lee
When the shadows own you body and soul…will you give them your heart?Pregnant with Sergi's child and hunted by him I've never been more vulnerable—or more protected. My men surround me like sentinels, their love fierce as the danger closing in on us all.Sergi Petrov won't stop until he has what he believes belongs to him: me, the baby, and his son's head on a platter... -
Nicoli by Bella J.
We were only children when our eyes met for the first time. A connection sparked between us, and living under the same roof for the last fifteen years, growing up together only made it stronger. Nicoli Del Rossa sits next to his brothers at the table of the Dark Sovereign. And just like them, he’s not a good man...Categorized as:
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A Billion Vendettas by Jessa York
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEveWhat was supposed to be the happiest day of my life--wasn't.To say the least... -
Liar Liar - Part One by Jaye Pratt
Have you ever compromised your morals for the ones you love? I did. I never wanted to fall for the Mafia boss, his bodyguard and the serial unaliver in the basement, but life has a funny way of screwing you over.I needed money fast after my sister was sold...Categorized as:
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Lost In The Dark by Kerry Taylor
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsElijah and Asher Lyle believed their entire future was mapped out for them as they are handed the family business by their dying father. But when he leaves them with one parting, long kept secret, everything they were so sure they knew is turned on its head, and they are left with information that could change everything... -
Shattered Jewel by Ketley Allison
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe ruby Heart is split, and so am I. Cav, Kaspian, Axe, and Wilder: my lovers, my protectors, my doom. Each touch binds me tighter to their cause, even as I uncover the brutal truth of the Cimmerian Court. We're racing to find both halves of a jewel never meant to be whole. But with each clue deciphered, each forbidden location unearthed, I realize the true cost of our quest... -
Pleasure to Earn by H.N. DeFore
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsBook 3 in the Sins and Secrets Club World.Following a fast divorce and betrayal from her ex-husband, Anita’s learned how to hate herself. Pleasure isn’t a given, and she isn’t ready to lose parts of herself to make another person happy anymore.When she needs security cameras installed to monitor her house, Russell finds out her ex has a knack for showing up and beating on the door... -
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Plaything by November Sweets
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife is hard when you are on the run.Just trying to survive and start a new life on my own was almost impossible. Until one night a shadow scared me into a building, a building that would change my life forever.Six months at Seduction House and I am finally ready for the auction.Tonight is the night that I sell myself to a stranger...Categorized as:
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A Cruel Tyrant by Logan Fox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI swore never to leave her alone. Now I'm regretting that oath.Our little cartel princess is growing up so fast. I never thought I'd be able to share my heart with anyone, but Cora changed that. And now she shares her heart with another. I could give her up, but I wouldn't dare. I know the hole she'll leave in my heart will fill with suffering and despair... -
Lose Me In The Shadows by Jo Brenner
*She thought it was over.*Kara believed she was free.Free to erase the brand left on her heart by the three men who thought they could own her. But when an enemy from her past reappears in her present, she’s forced to reckon with who she was—and who she’s become. The dark fire lit inside her by the men she left behind may be Kara’s only weapon against a predator intent on breaking her... -
Promised In Blood by Lilith Vincent
Four ruthless men. A virgin mafia princess to unite them. But first, there will be blood.On my seventeenth birthday, I learn a terrible secret about my family. My future is in the hands of four brutal men, and what awaits me at their hands is too terrible to imagine.Four men who desire me. Four men who vow to possess me. Four men who think they can destroy me...Categorized as:
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One is Never Enough by Kali Noir
Blurb coming soon!**One is Never Enough is a part of the Dark Desires series. Each book can be read as a stand-alone but will have characters cross over from other books in the series. This an MMMM romance and intended for 18+ readers. Please read trigger and content warnings at the beginning of the book... -
The Dirty Ones by J.A. Huss
They said write what you know so that's what I did. I wrote dirty, I wrote erotic, I wrote the truth.And then they called me a liar. But it's not me who's lying, it's them.Our story isn't for everyone. It's not even for us.So if you're looking for the fairy tale and the stupid prince on his dumb white horse, move along. You've got a hold of the wrong book... -
Lace Vengeance by Eve Dangerfield
Book three in the SNOW WHITE trilogy. This is a scorching romance between a woman and four beautifully dangerous men in which she never has to choose.WARNING: This book is intended for readers eighteen years old and over. It contains material that some readers could find disturbing. Enter at your own risk.. -
Make Her Bleed by Zepphora
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI trusted Malakai Harris all my life. I never thought he would stab me in the back the way he did.Kai has taken everything from me. My freedom, my friends, my father. The only thing left for him to take is my sanity, but I won't hand it over. My only saving grace is his posse, those he has scared into following him...Categorized as:
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Charity's Redemption by Ann-Marie Davis
With betrayal staring her down and duty pulling her in, Charity’s list of scores to settle is longer than ever. Retribution ends in death - but not by her hands.A change of direction - and her mark - explosively backfires. Trust is one of the few luxuries she can’t afford now, and the supposedly innocent may be hiding enough secrets to take down a family...Categorized as:
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Their Virgin Prize by Loryn Fox
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI never imagined selling myself to a trio of billionaires, but it’s only one night in exchange for the rest of my brother’s life. How can I say no?The deal is sell my V-card at auction—oh, and allow the taking of my innocence to be livestreamed, too—in exchange for the cash I need to save my brother... -
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Theirs as Payment by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTaking me was business. Keeping me was personal. Until mere moments ago, I was a doctor heading home after my shift at the hospital. But that was before I was forced into the back seat of an SUV, then bared and spanked for trying to escape... -
A Billion Secrets by Jessa York
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNickThe more I learn about Eve, the more I want to protect her.Even after she betrays my trust in the worst possible way.She’s mine.And I’ll ruin anyone and anything who dares to get in our way.EveNick helped me in my time of need.And how did I repay him?I’d rather not say…He makes it clear that I belong to him. And no one else.When his best friend shows up, my emotions are tested... -
Auctioned to her Stepbrothers by Stephanie Brother
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen I auctioned my innocence to the highest bidder, I never imagined my three stepbrothers would be the ones to buy me.It was supposed to be about money. Sell my innocence, pay off my debts, and move on to a brighter future.But when I find out my stepbrothers are the ones who've bought me, things are suddenly complicated.I haven't seen them for a decade...Categorized as:
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A Brutal Captor by Logan Fox
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPreviously published as Her Merc by Logan Fox. Betrayal. An everyday occurrence for a cartel princess. But this feels worse. This feels...personal. The man who protected me since I was a child is shot before my eyes, and my father orchestrated the whole thing. The worst part? I’m then kidnapped by his killer. Now my life is in the hands of a ruthless, hardened mercenary... -
Fearless Girl by Rozy Mack
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRipped away from my mother and brought to my father’s house at the sensitive age of thirteen, I endured his abuse and being ostracized as an outsider by my stepmother and half-siblings. They made sure I knew my place, and it wasn’t as a part of the family.I was taught to hear and obey. If I tried to speak up, his belt quickly reminded me I was not my own person.My room was a prison...Categorized as:
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Lessons in Revenge by Natalia Lourose
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI was ready to die the night I walked into Nic Colombo’s restaurant with a loaded gun and the insatiable need to avenge my father’s death.But sometimes, life has other plans.Lessons to be taught.Stories to be told.And that night both paths were set into motion.Turns out, the Colombo brothers make great teachers.In exchange for my life, one would teach me how to hate...Categorized as:
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