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  • Rescuing Sadie by Susan Stoker

    Rescuing Sadie by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    She doesn’t need a hero—but she’ll take a protector who believes in her strength. Sadie Jennings was used to being protected. As the niece of Sean Taggart, and the receptionist at McKay-Taggart Group, she was constantly surrounded by Alpha men more than capable, and willing, to lay down their life for her...
  • Brie Learns Restraint by Red Phoenix

    Brie Learns Restraint by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Brie Learns Restraint, #5 in the AG series:. Brie is given the opportunity to work under the mastery of another Dom - an expert in bondage. During the unique arrangement she discovers truths about herself and several of her past trainers. A new passion is ignited when she participates in an erotic class of Kinbaku. Loyalties are challenged, but a clear winner emerges...
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  • His Midnight Virgin by Sadie King

    His Midnight Virgin by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I was always the good girl, until I met Quinn…. What do a law student and a smuggler have in common? Nothing, absolutely nothing. So I should leave the straight-laced, curvy Coraline alone. But I can’t. I’m no good for her. Every minute she spends with me, she’s risking her career, her future. I should let her go. But I can’t. My need to have her, to possess her, drives me to complete selfishness...
  • The Seal's Squid by Layne Daniels

    The Seal's Squid by Layne Daniels

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Meet the girl of my dreams? Check. Have the best night of my life? Check. Get called away for weeks with no contact? Check. Unfortunately. I never expected life post-active duty to be more adventurous than when I was still with my SEAL team, but here we are. A simple freelance contract for the government, and I come home to find my organized life is in chaos. Thankfully, my girl is waiting for me...
  • Christmas with the McCarthys by Jane Henry

    Christmas with the McCarthys by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Spend a Christmas evening with the McCarthys in this heartwarming novella featuring all of your favorite characters.
  • Until Brandon (Kindle Worlds: Happily Ever Alpha) by Natasha Madison

    Until Brandon (Kindle Worlds: Happily Ever Alpha) by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Brandon. Anytime I heard someone speak of the boom, I laughed. Surely only crazy people believe they can fall in love as soon as they lay eyes on someone. I thought it was all in their heads until the moment she walked into my office asking for a job. The instant my gaze locked with hers, I knew she was mine, and I would do anything in my power to protect her. Aroura...
  • His Runaway Bride by Kate Hunt

    His Runaway Bride by Kate Hunt

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a runaway bride bursts into his butcher shop, gentle giant Seth is overcome with desire. The bride’s beauty and curves are enough to make him forget his own name. But he holds himself back—it isn’t the time or place to pursue her. Besides, he’s never been smooth with women, and she’s too young for a guy in his forties like him...
  • Baby, I Do by Fiona Davenport

    Baby, I Do by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Aurora Dawson loved helping happy couples have their perfect wedding and happily ever after. Even if she never found one for herself. When a divorce office opened shop right next to her, she was livid that someone would help tear apart the couples she brought together...
  • Noble by Jordan Silver

    Noble by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I left the hustle and bustle of the city to visit the small town where my late father was born, to offload the ancestral home that had been sitting empty ever since my grandfather died. I had no intentions of staying in the little backwater town any longer than was necessary. .. but then I saw her...
  • Wrath by Dani Wyatt

    Wrath by Dani Wyatt

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Why doesn’t anyone pray for Satan? He needs it. But so do I, because Kristina Joy Kennedy is killing me. It’s been a year since I first saw her, wearing a white dress, blonde hair braided back with a cute pink bow at the bottom, walking into the church across the street from the Ride or Die bar. A year since my heart came alive. A year since she first told me to get lost. We are worlds apart...
  • Craving Carlo by Mia Madison

    Craving Carlo by Mia Madison

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    "You gave me a taste of your fire. Hell no, I'm not walking away. ". Carlo Adamo is the most perfect man I have ever seen -- and the only one whose touch drives me mad. But some of us aren't meant for happy endings. If he knew the truth, he'd forget about me. I just need to stop trembling in his arms long enough to make him believe it.
  • Chains (Northern Grizzlies MC) by M. Merin

    Chains (Northern Grizzlies MC) by M. Merin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Iron Savages rule Boise. Or they did. Their numbers decimated, the President on his deathbed, the club becomes unrecognizable. When his cousin and her son are threatened and secrets are exposed, Chains must make a choice. Protect his family or stand with his sworn Brothers. The words that are burned in his mind are 'Blood in, Blood out'...
  • Ask for Moore by Rochelle Paige

    Ask for Moore by Rochelle Paige

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Rochelle Paige comes a rivals-to-lovers, opposites-attract, small-town romance about finding love in the most unexpected of places. Waverly Duncan had one goal: beat Ryland Moore on his home turf. She was the big-city attorney waltzing into small-town Mooreville to protect her client's interests...
  • Deathwatch Beetle by Jaycee Wolfe

    Deathwatch Beetle by Jaycee Wolfe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Grim:. Losing loved ones is nothing new to me. Life is short and seems even shorter for the people I love the most. I refuse to lose anyone else. I have dedicated my life to saving people in need. My brothers will always come first, though. Until I see her bruised and beaten on the side of the road. I vow right then and there to heal her and protect her...
  • Gage by Cami Carlisle

    Gage by Cami Carlisle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gage Montgomery learned early that life is a battle. Now, he's a warrior for those he is called to protect, and ready to fight for the Little one who was taken from him years ago. The one he is no longer willing to live without. Breezy Boucher knows loss. Intimately. Now all she wants is to live her Little life in peace. When that peace is shattered, her long-lost daddy takes charge...
  • BIG BURLY GUARD by Erin Havoc

    BIG BURLY GUARD by Erin Havoc

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    After those threats, I thought I would never feel safe again. There’s only one place I can be myself:. In the arms of my big, burly, very off-limits bodyguard. Sebastian Cook is huge, just like my dreams. As unreachable as those too. He’s much older, grumpy. Professional to a fault. I should not be crushing on him, but one touch sends my head spinning. He’ll never make a move...
  • Finding Her Curves by Joann Baker, Patricia Mason

    Finding Her Curves by Joann Baker, Patricia Mason

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Logan Montgomery was a horn dog at best, man-whore at worst. He was an old-fashioned playboy for sure. That was his way of life—until her. For almost a year, he’d ignored the pull he felt for the curvy doctor. As a search and rescue officer, he knew life could change instantly, but he still hesitated to act on his feelings for Penny...
  • Call Sign: King by Livia Grant

    Call Sign: King by Livia Grant

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He got cocky. Let his guard down. Now the love of his life is paying the price. For a moment he'd forgotten there were men who wanted him dead. Men who lived their lives in the dark, who could reach out of the shadows he used to live in, and he'd been naive to think the light inside her would keep her safe...
  • Rebel Boss by Lana Love

    Rebel Boss by Lana Love

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    One blue-collar boss and confirmed bachelor + One curvy babe with an unexpected inheritance + One vintage Mustang = A searing romance about the power of family and forgiveness! The day a woman brings a vintage Mustang in for restoration, I'm a goner. The car is beautiful, but the woman bringing the car in makes my heart rev like it never has. Thing is, I'm a bachelor...
  • Striking by Khloe Summers

    Striking by Khloe Summers

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can secrets of the past keep this older man away, or will the future shine bright? Julie. I've never been the kind to need a rescue. I've always been strong, determined, and independent. But a recent heartbreak has my life spinning out of control,. A dark, inked, older man offers me a little more than just a hand. Maverick. Julie is everything I've ever wanted...
  • Country Liquor by Madison Faye

    Country Liquor by Madison Faye

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    He’s a country devil with a heavenly tongue. They call him the Liquor King. Wild, untamed, dangerous, and undeniably dominant. This is wrong. This is filthy. . .. But this just might be love at first lick. Winona:. First he made me scream, then he made me gasp for more. I made a deal with the devil. I’ll be his fake wife for a cut of the huge inheritance he’s about to land...
  • 126 Secret Ln by Ella Goode

    126 Secret Ln by Ella Goode

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Falls. My parents named me Glory but I’m having a hard time living up to that name. As a reporter, I long for a meaty, fascinating story to splash across the front page of the Cherry Hills Gazette. Sadly, I’ve been reduced to writing dating tips and recipes. I know there are stories here but I haven’t discovered them yet. .. unless. .
  • Carol's Image by Maryann Jordan

    Carol's Image by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Detective Tom Rivers first meets beautiful Carol Fletcher, he thinks he has been visited by an angel. The gentle ER nurse attending him after an accident, captivates him and when she slips away, he searches diligently to find her. A man used to getting what he wants, Tom works to earn Carol’s trust, knowing that she is the woman for him...
  • Bet Me, Baby by Fiona Davenport

    Bet Me, Baby by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    As a professional poker player, Lia Carrington is used to taking risks. .. except when it comes to men. From the moment Becket Parker spotted the gorgeous gambler at his table, he knew she was meant to be his. Now he's just got to convince her that he's a bet worth taking.
  • Possessive Puppy by Lena Little

    Possessive Puppy by Lena Little

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’m not used to seeing women, instead spending months alone with my trusty sidekick Molly in the Rocky Mountains, but I do come down and check-in from time to time. I see women then, and they never have an effect on me. All I do is come down to let my ‘bosses’ know I’m alive, collect my paycheck, and let them know how many smugglers and poachers I’ve removed...
  • State by Lila Rose

    State by Lila Rose

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some people say you can fall for someone at first sight. I think they’re f*cked in the head… until I see her across the room. Courtney Anthony has walked into the wrong clubhouse. As soon as I spot her, I know what I want. And what I want most is her. It’s time to see how State meets his old lady.
  • Attending to Her Curves by Flora Ferrari

    Attending to Her Curves by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hunter. Hunter by name and hunter by nature, I’ve made a fortune in business and I know a good deal when I see one. When I board a routine flight I see the next big deal with my name on it. And she’s anything but routine. She’s got eyes that make my body ache for hers, and hips that I know can carry the twins I suddenly feel the urge to put inside her...
  • Lawyer's Obsession by Flora Ferrari

    Lawyer's Obsession by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s my job to protect innocent people from the bad guys. .. but when I laid eyes on Ruby, it became about so much more than that. I’ve never seen a woman so beautiful, so enticing, so incredible in every way. .. I knew I had to make her mine. But things got kind of complicated the second I decided to represent her in her stalking case…...
  • Heat by C.M. Steele

    Heat by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In a mad dash to get through her hectic sweaty morning and make it to work on time, Violet finds herself struck by. .. a limo. Dazed but mostly unharmed, she's surprised when the passenger in the limo swoops her up and is shirtless. What kind of limo did she collide with? Pain and agony strikes Micah when he sees his little Violet in the middle of the street...
  • Dancing Diva by Lana Dash

    Dancing Diva by Lana Dash

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    : a bachelorette in vegas romantic comedy (bad bridesmaids book 4).
  • His Wood, Her Curves by Haley Travis

    His Wood, Her Curves by Haley Travis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A canoe builder, a poet, a sudden storm… lightning is going to strike! I'm great with my hands. People? Not so much. Then I met sweet little Margot. Delicate and thoughtful, with no idea how sexy she is. She needs a man to admire every inch of her soft, curvy figure. And it's going to be me. My writing retreat was supposed to be a solo venture...
  • His Nightly Obsession by Sadie King

    His Nightly Obsession by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I’m a simple fisherman with a dark secret…. Ever since I saw the curvy, troubled Mira, I knew she needed my protection. I watch her at night, following her every move. Her dreams become my dreams. Her burdens become my burdens to dispose of. I’m a fisherman by day, her caretaker by night. But she must never know what I’ve done to keep her safe, to protect what’s mine….
  • In The Doghouse: Love At First Bark (Love At First Bark) by Violet Rae

    In The Doghouse: Love At First Bark (Love At First Bark) by Violet Rae

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Jonas. I'm not a bad guy. My police record would have you think I am, but only Missy, the furry love of my life, knows what’s really in my heart. After getting out of prison, I'm looking to leave the past behind and move forward into the future with my cute, loyal corgi at my side. I have a new job, a new place, and a new life...
  • Heart Beats by Karla Doyle

    Heart Beats by Karla Doyle

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Pulling a fan onstage during the concert is just part of the show, until the jaded rockstar meets the muse he wasn’t looking for…. JAGGER. The media calls me “Jaded Jagger” and they’re not wrong. I wasn’t just a rising star, I was the rock industry’s sunshine from the moment I debuted, and that instant mega-stardom put me on center stage, 24/7...
  • Bred by The Lumberjack by Dee Ellis

    Bred by The Lumberjack by Dee Ellis

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Shepard Black's entire world fell apart at once. When he can't stand how the rest of the world goes on living while he struggles to move on, he decides to live out in the wild. Out here on his mountain, he can stay away from watching a world go on without him. Sami Long thought she had a good life until she finds she doesn't like her life at all...
  • Her New Bodyguard: Easton by Haley Travis

    Her New Bodyguard: Easton by Haley Travis

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I didn't want to take a small-town girl and guard her in the middle of the city where she was uncomfortable. Safety came first, especially once I met Bethan. So I took her to the safest place I knew. Her sweetness touched parts of me that I hadn't known existed. Then we began to connect, and I realized this sexy girl belonged with me...
  • Axel by Kelsie Calloway

    Axel by Kelsie Calloway

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Axel:. There's a new donut shop across the street from the police station run by a curvy girl. When I walk in on Stella talking dirty to her donuts, I think I'm falling in love. Step 1: Get her to go on a date with me. Step 2: Live happily ever after. It can't be that hard, right? I know that I am after what I just witnessed. .
  • The Right Stud by Ilsa Madden-Mills, Tia Louise

    The Right Stud by Ilsa Madden-Mills, Tia Louise

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills and USA Today bestselling author Tia Louise are back with an all-new romantic comedy filled with Southern sass and steamy scenes that will have you laughing out loud and fanning yourself. Pour the sweet tea and get ready…. “The best way to get over your sh**ty ex-fiancé is to get under a shiny new stud…”. As soon as Mr...
  • Pinch Me by Tymber Dalton

    Pinch Me by Tymber Dalton

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When Laura Spaulding awakens in a hospital to learn a vicious attack has stolen her memories, all she has are her strong, instinctive emotions for close friends and her fiancé, Rob. Rob Carlton is more than just Laura’s fiancé—he’s also her Master...
  • The Modern Fairy Tale Collection by Aria Cole

    The Modern Fairy Tale Collection by Aria Cole

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Four swoonworthy tales that blend modern romance and syrupy sweet fantasy the way only Aria Cole can. .. Over the top gestures, filthy-sweet dirty talk, and possessive alpha goodness--they may be rough-around-the-edges but these men know exactly how to treat their women...
  • Protection Crisis by Rochelle Paige

    Protection Crisis by Rochelle Paige

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A shy movie star. .. Chloe Porter wasn't prepared for her meteoric rise to fame. Raised by her grandmother after her parents died, her sheltered upbringing is a far cry from the celebrity lifestyle she's expected to live when she wins an Oscar for her first movie role. A former Navy SEAL…. The ink on Kael Stewart's Navy separation papers is barely dry...
  • Claimed by Her Sasquatch by Shaw Hart

    Claimed by Her Sasquatch by Shaw Hart

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Emma Fawn has fallen on hard times. Her mom, unable to support them both, had kicked her out when she turned eighteen and she’s been bouncing from town to town and job to job for a few years until she finally lands in Thorp, Washington. She’s trying to stay positive but she’s run out of money, has nowhere to live, and no real options...
  • Greek God by Flora Ferrari

    Greek God by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    After a bad break-up over the holidays I head to Greece to get away from it all. Once I step off the plane I realize it really is all Greek to me. Especially him. Who’s that Greek God who's an absolute Adonis? He’s staring at me like he wants to cover me in tzatziki sauce and lick off every square inch...
  • Soldier’s Symphony  (Heart of  a Wounded Hero) by Emma Bray

    Soldier’s Symphony (Heart of a Wounded Hero) by Emma Bray

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Erik Duvall is half the man he used to be. The war took its toll on him—most noticeably on the right side of his face. He’s scarred, but those scars run more than skin deep. He’s repulsed by himself and assumes everyone else must be too. That’s why he hides himself away from the world. The only thing that keeps him sane is his music...
  • Rhys by Mazzy King

    Rhys by Mazzy King

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A Steamy Alpha Bad Boy Cop Romance. Put your hands where he can feel them…. Rhys. I was just trying to do my job—as a SWAT officer, I’m called to the worst of the worse situations. This hostage crisis is no different. When I knocked on a random apartment door across the street, it was only to provide me a better vantage point to wait the situation out...
  • Hungry For Dash by Shaw Hart

    Hungry For Dash by Shaw Hart

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gracelyn Moore just started a new company. After rumors started swirling at her old job that she was sleeping with a client that she would never touch in a million years, she decided that it was time to move on. She just wants to focus on her future, on getting her new party planning company with her best friend off the ground. Then she gets hired by Dash...
  • Sweet Surrender by Fern Fraser

    Sweet Surrender by Fern Fraser

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A fast-paced, high-heat, marriage of convenience romantic comedy. She’s the air I breathe, the ground beneath my feet…and the one woman determined to resist me. MADDIE. Happily-ever-afters are for children. I learned that lesson the hard way when. my sister was paralyzed in a car accident. Now, I spend my time working double nursing shifts to help my family make ends meet...
  • Texas Lane by Andie Fenichel

    Texas Lane by Andie Fenichel

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Samantha. So what if I said yes to a date with the hot bartender? The other university professors gave me hell, but I don’t care. There’s something intriguing about Hunter Lane. One date can’t hurt. I spend my days immersed in Shakespeare and Chaucer, so I deserve a little fun with a guy who isn’t boring and stuffy like the men I’ve dated recently...
  • Mountain Man's Flower: A Modern Mail Order Bride Romance by Kitty Paris

    Mountain Man's Flower: A Modern Mail Order Bride Romance by Kitty Paris

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    High Heat Older Alpha Male Younger BBW Instalove RomanceDaisy. I'm quiet. I'm shy. I'm inexperienced. And just about everything scares me. I can't think of anything I'd like less than going out with a different guy every week, like my friends do. So when my roommate forces me to sign up on a dating app, I sign up for a mail order bride service instead...
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    insta-love  alpha male  contemporary
  • Out of Order by Flora Madison

    Out of Order by Flora Madison

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Check-in time starts now! Carlie:. As a bridesmaid/wedding date for hire, weddings are my life. I've never had any reservations until NFL Bad Boy, Griffin Starke, walks into my office. Griffin's built like a bulldozer and as handsome as a movie star, but not necessarily good for my brand. He's always in the press for bad behavior, and the potential exposure would put my business at risk...
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