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Sweat and Soap, Vol. 3 by Kintetsu Yamada
The office romance between the quiet and sweet accountant Asako, who's spent her life ashamed of how much she sweats, and rising star of the bath and toiletry world Kotaro got off to a fast and steamy start! Kotaro's status at the company has made her wary of revealing their relationship to their colleagues at Liliadrop, and she's stumbled into the discovery that Kotaro has been mentoring an... -
Take A Chance On Me by Emilia Finn
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsOh Sh*tThis is part 2 of the Marc and Meg Duet. It cannot be read as a standalone. Due to spoilers, the above is all the blurb you will get.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️The conclusion to the Meg and Marc duet is phenomenal. It’s been a long time since I’ve found a writer that makes me laugh, scream, and cry in the same sitting. This is an epic story - epic love, epic friendship, epic woman finding her way... -
A Valentino Reunion by Kylie Kent
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWhen life throws you a grenade, you take cover, wait for detonation, and evaluate the ensuant damage. In this life, the one we live, those grenades never stop coming. But no matter the destruction in our midst, there is one thing that will never crack or shatter. And that’s our loyalty, love, and faith. To each other. To the family... -
Muses and Melodies by Rebecca Yarros
If I can keep Hush Note’s leading guitarist, Nixon Winters, on the straight and narrow for the next six months, I’ll finally get my own band to manage—assuming we don’t kill each other first.The egotistical, irritating rock star is fresh out of rehab, but it’s obvious his demons followed him home—and now I’m sleeping down the hall... -
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Twelve of a Kind by Sandi Lynn
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCarter: I was grateful for my second chance at life and discovering a family I never knew existed. Relocating my company and myself from South Carolina to Los Angeles brought me closer to them. They were all happily married, except my brother Gabriel, who was engaged to the love of his life. I didn’t trust women, and for good reason... -
A Samantha Christy Box Set by Samantha Christy
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThree full-length romances that will make you laugh, cry, and have all the feels. Book ONE - Be My Reason HE TOOK HER INNOCENCE.She gave it willingly...Right along with her heart.All the night before he vanished.For years, Brooklyn tried to forget about him.But Nate was unforgettable.An unexpected meeting throws them together, and he'll do anything to win her back... -
Down To You by Jayne Frost
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvery story deserves a soundtrack. And ours is epic. She started from perfect. A star who shone brighter than the rest. But then fate took it all away. Now she's broken. A beautiful song with a fractured beat. But I'm still on the rise. Chasing a dream that she's already left behind. If I'm lucky, I can find my redemption in the spotlight. Destiny brought us together. Put her in my path... -
Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 6 by Asuka Konishi
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsRipples travel out from the battle in Osaka, and Renji is none too happy with Shouma and Kirishima for involving his granddaughter. When a fight breaks out, Yoshino grabs a bat and breaks it up. But corporal punishment is not her style, never mind that Kirishima would absolutely take it and beg for more... -
Perfect by Tricia Copeland
One driven woman. Five passionate paths to the perfect love. Chloe refuses to compromise when it comes to romance and success. Powering through her sophomore-level college business classes, she’s done with the effort of distance-dating her high-school sweetheart... -
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Reunited in Love by Bella Andre, Jennifer Skully
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe’s the love he foolishly let go…Ava Harrington, brilliant billionaire businesswoman, has conquered the world. And yet, scarred by a love lost fifteen years ago, she's built a wall around her heart, swearing off love forever.Ransom Yates’s culinary genius has taken him to the pinnacle of success as a magnetic celebrity chef... -
Strays by Cora Brent
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSTRAYS (An Anti-Hero Romance)Before age sixteen I was kicked to the streets, condemned for a crime I didn’t commit.Since then I’ve done nothing to be proud of.Which is why a man like me isn’t cut out to be a dad.And if this kid had another option I wouldn’t try to be one now.But for once I’m going to step up.I’ll right the worst of old wrongs... -
Her Sweet Surrender by Red Phoenix
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrie has steeled herself for the battle ahead, but she has no idea the forces that lay in wait for her.In the midst of chaos, she experiences the sweetest surrender in the arms of her Master... -
The Kiss Plot by Nicole French
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJane and Eric de Vries. Often enemies. Sometimes lovers. Husband and wife. Or are we? I wore the dress. We said the vows. And somehow it became more than just a stunt to collect his billions. A promise bound by love more than hate. Until the bastard left me at the altar. Now my errant husband has disappeared, leaving me to unravel his secrets, one by one... -
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The Promises We Break by Berlin Wick
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEmberIt was supposed to be one night with one incredibly handsome stranger. A night of giving into temptation and forgetting all my inhibitions. Instead, it ends with wedding vows and promises of “I do”.But it turns out, this is exactly what we need for the sake of both our blooming careers. Especially after my new boss tasks me with the opening of a hot new lifestyle club... -
Love At First Site by Phoebe MacLeod
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsElla's life is about to be hit by a wrecking ball... On the surface, Ella has it all. A great job, a penthouse apartment and the perfect boyfriend, Lee. There's just one their relationship has to be kept secret due to their employer's strict rule about not dating colleagues... -
Craving Redemption: Discreet Edition by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA one-night stand I can’t get out of my mind.Trey was only meant to be a distraction, someone I’d never see again. Turns out the man starring in my wild fantasies, is also occupying the desk next to mine.My experience with men tells me that he can’t be trusted, but my heart— and body, tells me something different... -
STONE SECURITY: The Complete 5 Books Series by Glenna Sinclair
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Kindle Unlimited Bundle... Enjoy the complete Stone Security series. Romance, Suspense, Mystery and a touch of Comedy. 5 Books. No Cliffhangers. More than 1,000 pages :) JACK Running from her past, Raelyn ends up at the doorstep of security firm owner, Jack. Needing help and shelter, Jack offers her both. Under attack, they can’t help the connection that builds between them... -
The View from the Top by Rachel Lacey
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWhen a driven businesswoman from Boston collides with a free-spirited artist on a Vermont mountainside, they share a memorable—and steamy—night, but life soon pits them against each other over the fate of a family business.Emily Janssen prefers to play it safe... -
Perfect Boy by Hannah Gray
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAn entire campus knows my name. Women throw themselves at me, hoping I’ll take them home that night. Whispers from the NHL say I’m the one to watch. And the weight of each game is on my shoulders because if our opposing team scores … that’s on me. All the things that keep me up at night are probably someone else’s dreams... -
Limelight by Alyson Santos, Aly Stiles
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI’m unpredictable.A genius, an underachiever.I’m the song, the voice, the passion, the pain.I am failure.I do music because it’s what I am, but sometimes that’s not enough.A slave to my nature, I wait for it to show mercy and drop a gift in my lap.Because the music chose me.I’m its victim not its gift.She destroyed my career.Ruined my life.Pushed me from the shadows and exposed my lies... -
I Need You To Love Me by Genicious
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsTogether they are nothing more than madness,but they say there’s always some madness in loveSix years elapsed since he shattered her life. Four years since she’s brought him to his knees.Now, Ace is the youngest boxing champion in the world – a force to be reckoned with. He’s dangerous, heartless, and always gets his way.Calla moved to New York to chase her career... -
Steal by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 23 ratings**Release day special 99 cent, jumps to $3.99 after 24 hours** Steal, the follow-up standalone rockstar romance to the #1NYT Bestseller Keep… It's easy to lose yourself in someone you love...Categorized as:
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Sexiled by Mickey Miller
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMorgan Kennedy:Campus Legend.Ruggedly handsome superstar athlete turned hedge fund manager.My one night stand mistake.And now my boss at my internship.Every staff meeting, I’m taken back to the night I was filled with a need I never knew was possible.Sparks fly between us in the office... -
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Still Not Love by Nicole Snow
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsNot the heck again. I've had my alpha-jerkface fix.Now he's my sworn protector... I'm about to go nuclear. Yet I have to smile and pretend I won't slap him into the next century. James Nobel and I have history. Raging hearts. Dueling kisses. Firestorm nights. A man like him breaks laws with that suit and that smirk... -
A Co-Worker's Crush by Piper Rayne
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIt took me a long time to realize I shouldn’t date the women I work with. It cost me three tattoo guns, a job, five motorcycle tires, and I’m not even counting the t-shirts I never got back. It feels different with Frankie but she comes with a little daughter and a crap load of other baggage. I’m not the guy you take home to your parents, let alone your child... -
Bodyguard Beast by Georgia Le Carre
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAngeloTwo things should have told me staying in this job was a mistake.How she looked.How she talked.But the inner voice that had always kept me safe and one step ahead was drowned out by the fire in my veins. But getting Involved. Not an option.Even though thinking of her curves kept me awake at night.I'd never guarded a woman before, let alone the Boss's daughter... -
Wreck My Plans by Kelsey Clayton
My name is Carter Trayland,And I really screwed up.I should’ve ended things before they began.Instead, I wound up in a twisted love triangle,One that I never wanted to be a part of.The wrong choice sent my life on a whirlwind.A woman I forced myself to love is dead.My best friend was nearly blamed for her murder.And the one I’ve always wanted, now wants revenge... -
Dirty Kisses and Conflicting Wishes by Danielle Jacks
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn unlikely couple, a relationship built on lies, and a future they didn’t see coming. My name is Zoe Merrill, and my sophisticated city life just blew up in my face. My family thinks I have a good job, and a smart boyfriend, but the reality is that I’ve just lost them both... -
Brutal Power by B. B. Hamel
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAn exciting and steamy standalone arranged marriage mafia romance from bestselling author B. B. Hamel.I shouldn’t have stalked my future husband.When he catches me staring at him in the gym—He drags me into the sauna.And I’m in big trouble.When my brother the Don orders me to marry Brody Quinn, I agree to sacrifice my happiness for the Famiglia... -
London Bridge by Nana Malone
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHalfway around the world wasn’t far enough away to keep my best mate’s sister safe from our enemies... or my touch. I will have her. Even though she’s the beauty and I’m the beast. Emma Varma remembers me as the black hearted prince of Eton prep... but the hardened man I’ve become won’t be so easily burned.Her return to London has nothing to do with me and everything to do with retribution... -
Filthy Wicked Psychos: Complete Series by Eva Ashwood
I was the girl no one looked at twice. Until they saw me.My whole life, no one has had my back. My parents are dead, my adoptive mother is a drug addict, and the mean girls on campus mock me for my scars.So when I end up desperate for money and out of options, I agree to sell the one thing I have my innocence... -
The Hate I Feel: A Dark Bully Romance by Siobhan Davis, Kelly Hartigan (XterraWeb)
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’ll make her pay for her father’s crimes before taking revenge on the brothers who abandoned him.Zayn Becker has struggled to protect his little brother in the aftermath of the car accident which claimed their parents’ lives. They lost everything that night except for each other... -
Restrained by Nicole Dykes
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsGrief can hold us back. Sorrow can make us stop enjoying our lives for fear of being too happy when what we truly want is never possible.Lola Sterling has deprived herself of living for a long time. Remaining laser-focused on everyone and trying to fit their pieces back together... -
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Rock F*ck Club 3 by Michelle Mankin
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt’s Rock F*ck Club. Season Two. The Gods of Rock Tour. 4 summer concert venues. 10 famous rock stars to f*ck.Two at a time. Maybe even three. I know what I like and how to get it.I’m Marsha West. Raven Winter’s best friend. A sidekick no longer -- I’m now in the starring role. I’m going to f*ck whoever I want. However I want. Whenever I want... -
The Forever Rule by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat happens when the man you’d thought could be the one turns out to be your new boss?BlakelyThe moment I met Aston Cage, I knew my life had changed. A single dance later, we’re both all in. Until he ghosted me.Then my boss fires me for dancing with the enemy.Three months later, working for the Cages is my last resort... -
Reputation by Adriana Locke
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsCoy Mason is a jerk.If there is one truth that Bellamy Davenport knows, it’s that. Hands-down. (Well, that and the fact that she didn’t mean to hurt him. Physically. Coy can’t be hurt emotionally because he doesn’t have a heart.)Coy is not just the small-town, literal boy-next-door... -
Over My Dead Body by Rebelle Fleur
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsAllegra Grey is the daughter of a powerful American Mafia Leader. Trained since birth to take over the family business, she is ruthless, heartless, and one of the best assassins in the industry. She's completed thousands of assassinations in her career, completing every assignment... except for one. Ace De Luca is her one and only failed mission... -
THE WATCHERS: 6 Military Romance Bundle by Kristina Weaver
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA KINDLE UNLIMITED FREE BUNDLE Enjoy 6 Standalone, full length books in this bundle. More than 300,000 words. Approximately 1,000 pages. NO CLIFFHANGERS. VERY STEAMY. You've been warned :) Titles in this series: Seducing the Storm I’m a soldier. I’m a hard man. I don’t do love and I don’t do cute but the moment I meet Lenny Coleman that is exactly what I get... -
STRIPTEASED by Stephanie Brother
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAfter being dumped at a strip club during my bachelorette party, I never expected to be rescued by four hot-as-sin men who work there.One moment, I’m staring at the gorgeous twin strippers up on stage. The next, I’m reading a devastating text from my fiancé. I moved across the country for that jerk, and now I have nowhere to go.Then four men step in to dry my tears... -
Falling For Declan by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHate is easy. Love takes courage.My life is sweet. I work hard, party harder, surf whenever the hell I want and get any woman I desire. It can’t get any better.Then my worst enemy moves to town.I’ve hated her from as early as I can remember, and now she’s taunting me once again. Or tempting me? It seems the girl who plagued my younger years is now a woman I can’t get out of my head...Categorized as:
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Falling For Ruben by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCan you begin falling in love from just a photograph?I’ve experienced the pain love can cause and I have no interest in it. Easy relationships and easier women are all I need. Until a shy brunette stops me in my tracks and makes me feel everything I told myself I never would... -
Love Hate Relationship by Jessica Prince, Becky Johnson
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 29 ratings**Love Hate Relationship is a STANDALONE Romantic Comedy that follows characters introduced in Shrinking Violet. It is not necessary to read Shrinking Violet first** People say that sometimes the line between love and hate is thin. What they don’t tell you is that sometimes it’s invisible...Categorized as:
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STRIKE by Cora Brent
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA summer job. That’s all it was supposed to be. It never crossed my mind that I was about to collide with a man who would obliterate every plan I ever made. My mother has always warned me that love is like a lightning bolt and it strikes without warning. But I had no intention of getting struck by either lightning or love... -
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Mafia War by L. Steele
My husband is a made man, a villain, the boss of the Mafia...He stole me from my normal life and catapulted me into the center of the underworld.He imprinted his crimson fingerprints on my psyche and tried to set me free.It's wrong of me to be attracted to the viciousness in him.And yet I can't... won't stop until he loves me back.It's why I returned to him.It's why I allowed him to use me..Categorized as:
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Cold Secrets by Toni Anderson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen an international ring of sex traffickers kidnaps an eight-year-old girl in Boston, FBI Agent Lucas Randall heads undercover. But his rescue operation goes disastrously wrong and Lucas barely escapes with his life. Now the ruthless traffickers are hunting him down, along with everyone else who threatens their operation... -
The Hate Vow by Nicole French
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEric der Vries. Looks like millions. Worth billions. A body like the David with a mind to match. Unfortunately for this wayward heir, to keep his money, he needs a wife. And of all the women in the world, he chooses me. Too bad I’ve hated him for five years, since he took all my tears and tossed me away... -
Stellar by Manuela Rouget
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI always thought graduating would be the solution to all my problems. It turns out I was wrong. The professional world is way more cutthroat and ruthless than I imagined, and I have to fight tooth and nail to make a name for myself.During our trip to France, my mom decides to drop bombs on me at my graduation party... -
Before I Knew by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt all began with a wrong number.When Blakely gets added to the Cage family group chat, chaos ensues. What she doesn’t expect is to have a side chat with the eldest brother.What was supposed to be a simple sign off, turns into a mild flirtation and invitation to lunch.Only Aston Cage has his secrets.And perhaps they should’ve left their conversation on read... -
Retaliation: An Alpha Billionaire Romance by Lauren Landish
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAndrea His charm is contagious... and I've just been infected. For years I've been abused by my father, ruthless billionaire Peter DeLaCoeur. Now he wants me dead. If I want to survive, I need to surround myself with those I trust. Simple right? Not if sexy heir Carson Sands has anything to say about it. He shows up out of nowhere, armed with family secrets...
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