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Slingshot by K.L. Savage
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsShe slingshotted her way into my heart. I’m a laidback kind of guy. I don’t like to take life too seriously. I’ve experienced serious and I’ve gone through the bad life has to offer. I’m ready for the good in life. I wear my heart on my sleeve just so someone can take it. Someone does…Natalia Moretti. Out of all the people for me to love, why does it have to be her?The frenemy’s daughter... -
Code Name: Pisces by Janie Crouch
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMy code name is Pisces. The stars say I’m independent, wise, and intuitive.Still waters run deep. I’m the leader of Zodiac Tactical’s guardian unit. We’re the bodyguards—the ones who stand toe to toe with danger and refuse to give any ground. We protect people who need it most.But what if who needs it most is a spoiled diva?I don’t normally take on movie stars...Categorized as:
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Lone Star by Lauren Gilley
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom London, England to Amarillo, Texas, Michelle Calloway – now Michelle Snow – has spent her whole life with the Lean Dogs Motorcycle Club. The last two years, she’s served as the first lady of the Texas chapter, keeping the books and overseeing the club’s expanding legitimate businesses, including the bar named for her husband: Tastes Like Candy... -
Obsession by T.K. Leigh
Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne week. No names. No expectations.That was our agreement. We were supposed to walk away after our time in Hawaii was over. No matter what.That was before…Before I learned who she is.Before I realized how interconnected our lives are.Before I fell in love.But our love isn’t the stuff fairy tales are made of.Demons lurk around every corner.Good doesn’t necessarily prevail over evil...Categorized as:
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Inferno: Part 4 by T.K. Leigh
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe found me in the dark when I thought all hope was lost.He swore he loved me when I didn’t think anyone ever would.He vowed to keep the shadows haunting me at bay when I felt like I was drowning in my past. But in doing so, he also kept the truth from me.It shouldn’t surprise me...Categorized as:
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The Savage by Stella Andrews
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIvan may be my name but I am best known as The Savage.Born and bred Bratva heir and loving every delicious minute of my life. That's why it was easy to kidnap the entitled Charlotte Richmond from her finishing school in England. It was my pleasure to hide her away while her depraved father searched for her.I have no heart, no emotion, and no morals.She is a bargaining chip, a means to an end...Categorized as:
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Heads You Lose by Bea Paige
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsBeast…Beast in name. Beast in nature.Once upon a time Tales was my home.I was the second in command and the best goddamn fighter the club had ever seen.I fought. I won.Every. Damn. Time.Until one day I lost trying to protect the princess from the true monster of this f*cked-up fairy tale.She shunned me, sent me away.Now I’m back to tell her the truth, not some tale full of half-truths and lies...Categorized as:
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Jerry's Passion by Chiah Wilder
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe first time Jerry saw Kylie, he was taken by her beauty and innocence, but he stayed away because she was too young. A member of the Insurgents MC, Jerry’s life revolves around the club, his Harley, and easy sex. Women clamor for the rugged, tatted outlaw’s attention, and he obliges, but his sights are set on the pretty, young blonde who is all grown up now—sweet curves and all…... -
Inferno: Part 3 by T.K. Leigh
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMy life has always been a series of carefully constructed roads. Always the passenger, never the driver. Always the puppet, never the master. Always the pawn, never the queen.Except with Dante. He makes me feel like a princess, a goddess, a queen...His queen... -
Undying by Madeline Sheehan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA creation of chaos and lust, I was born into a world so foul, I made it my mission to find the beauty hidden within, to reveal the sun behind the clouds, the rainbows after the storms, the life that still exists even in death. One-third my mother, I had an infectious smile and a heart so big, there was room enough for everyone, no matter their sins...Categorized as:
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I Would Die For You by Ava Becker
She was meant to be a transaction. Instead, she became my greatest obsession—and my rebellious wife.I was raised in the shadows of the Torino underworld, trained to be the Don’s enforcer—loyal, ruthless, and willing to do whatever it takes to protect the family. My future is marry a respectable Italian woman, strengthen the empire, and never let emotions cloud my judgment... -
Javier by Fiona Murphy
The Castillo Family: Follow Rafael, Matteo, Javier and their nephew Santos a billionaire family they made their fortune in the construction business. When it comes to building relationships all their money can't help them when it comes to women who want what money can't buy.Javier Castillo might be a gorgeous, brilliant billionaire—but he's also a massive a$$hole... -
Followed by the Dark by Danah Logan
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Dark follows everywhere. She used to be The Bulldog; but she lost her bite. He buried the one person he should've protected; now, his life is driven by anger and revenge. Together they're toxic for each other, but neither can deny that something is there. FBTD is an age gap, enemies to lovers dark romance.★ The complete blurb will be revealed with the cover...Categorized as:
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Heartbeats & Highways by Emma Slate
From Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author Emma Slate comes the final book in the Tarnished Angels Motorcycle Club Series.I’ve tried so hard to stay invisible, but somehow I’ve captured his attention.The tall, blond biker named Savage destroys his opponent in an illegal fighting ring, and now he’s claiming me as his prize.. -
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Matchstick Men by Adira August
Sometimes it's the cop who needs to hit the floor... Haunted by the worst case of my career, I knew only one way to exorcise the images from my mind, the victim from my soul ... Inside the club, I scanned the room. He was here—Camden Snow—a sex god in the guise of unpretentious youth... -
Staying Dirty by Cheryl McIntyre
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 30 ratings“What I did today… I don’t want to be that person anymore. I don’t know how you can stand to touch me." “I’ll never stop wanting to touch you, Link. I’m pretty sure you’re the only one I want to touch for the rest of my life.” Link and Rocky's story concludes in this fifth and final installment of the Dirty series. *This is part five in a five-part novella series... -
Stolen Hearts by Barbi Cox
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHe obliterated my heart. Now he's back for a second chance to reclaim me as his own.He was my dream date who crushed my hopes, taking my affection only to vanish from my life.A decade passed before fate thrust him back into my world. Now he vows to never let me go.His sensual caress melts my defenses. His kiss feels like salvation...Categorized as:
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Raptor by Brooke Summers
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe can't get her out of his mind. She is drowning in her own self doubt and secrets.Raptor thought it would just be a few steamy nights and nothing more-- but he can't seem to get Mallory out of his mind. But she lives in Ireland and he lives in New York; how could they ever be more? He can't and won't abandon his brothers, his family for love... -
Avenging Azalea by Brooklyn Cross
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMF, Mafia, Age Gap, OW Drama (No Cheating), OTT/JP, Family Drama, Found Family, Interconnected Standalone I promised that I would avenge her, and I always kept my promises. I, Titus Mikhailov, am the calm that holds back the storm in my family. For years, I’ve kept the peace, negotiated, and found common ground between those I love most in this world...Categorized as:
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Bury Me by Selena .
An eye for an eye. A heart for a heart.The war should be over. I got what I wanted. I should be happy.But nothing is as it should be. My brothers made the team, but they still want more. They don't rule the halls of Willow Heights, and they won't stop until they do...Categorized as:
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A Price to Pay by Raven Amor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne thing the Horsemen have learnedIs everything comes at a priceAnd now they are going have to payAs they prepare for war against a new enemyThey all know one thing for sure, this will change them forever.Lines will be crossed.Bullets will fly.Blood will be shed.Lives will be lost...Categorized as:
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Craved by Gray by Cassi Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsScarletAll I’ve ever known is a life of danger and crime.Growing up among the Chrome Vipers, I’ve never known love or safety. As an adult, I still can’t break free. My father’s hold on me is ironclad. But I have secrets, things my father might kill me over if he ever found out. And one of those secrets just walked into my father’s office with a fake name on his lips and mischief in his eyes... -
Master of Games by Sienna Snow
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHe was my obsession. Haunting my dreams, reminding me of my past. He was the one whose heart I destroyed. Pierce Lykaios was everything I could want: captivating, cunning, and controlled. He understood my darkest desires and took pleasure in feeding my every craving. And when I walked back into his world, it was my fault for letting the first touch lead to a second. And a third... -
Resilient Queen by Amber Vant
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI never wanted this. Never asked for any of it. The corrupted, chaos of the past is playing catch-up with the present and nothing is as it seems. Everyone wants something. Me? All I want is the truth. I thought this was the end, but it turns out it’s only the beginning. The basis for a much darker twist of fate. Secrets are starting to unravel; relationships have grown fractured...Categorized as:
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Sins and Secrets by Kira Cole
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDesperation sends me to the auction where the only thing I have to sell…is myself.The Marchetti Mafia runs this town. My dad has been under their thumb for years as the Boss’s personal consigliere. After facing death multiple times he’s now hanging on by a mere thread and I worry the next injury will be his last. They always say once you join the family you’re in it for life...Categorized as:
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Judgment by Terri Anne Browning
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn The Angel’s Halo MC, one rule is sacred- No one touches Raven Hannigan Raven I was the MC’s only weakness. Or so my father use to tell me as I was growing up. Mad Max Hannigan was once Angel’s Halos’ president. He made the rules, and everyone was expected to follow them or come face to fist with the enforcer… I have spent my life in the middle of the MC...Categorized as:
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The Devil's Crown by Monica James
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI was feared.Respected.Worshiped.But all of that changed when the impossible happened—I fell in love. Only those feelings weren’t reciprocated, because who could love a monster like me?My empire crumbled. People died. I went from being a victorious leader to lurking in the shadows, planning revenge on my half-brother who now reigns in my place... -
Preacher by Brooke Summers
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe’s trying to work towards a better future. He’s drowning in his past. Preacher has had a rough go at life. His guilt is ever present—eating him alive.When he finally found his purpose, his son, its taken away from him.Preacher escapes his dark new reality the only way he knows how; running.Now in Ireland, he's trying to rebuild his fractured world.That’s when she comes along. Ailbhe Mangan... -
Reckless & Ruined by Bethany-Kris
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsPlay dirty. It’s the only way to win in a war. Alessa Trentini follows the rules, or so it seems on the outside. A certain Conti has always been able to sway her inner rebel and keep her out of trouble, but even Adriano won’t be able to get her out of her brother’s mess. In a war, no woman is safe if her hand in marriage can advance her family in the world of the mafia... -
The Broken One by N.O. One
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy secret is out.My entire existence is shattered, and picking myself up again proves difficult.Leaving Rose behind for a new beginning is harder than I thought, but I need to try for a more independent me with a promising future.One that doesn’t involve the infuriating yet irresistible man who challenges me at every turn.Pushing me.Protecting me.Tempting me beyond any possible resistance...Categorized as:
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Monster by Dani René
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsUSA Today Bestselling Author, Dani René, brings you the first book in her chapter of the Royal Bastards MC World.They call me a monster for a reason. I left my morals behind long ago, and I forgot what empathy feels like. Emotions get you killed, and I’m tired of watchin’ people die. Not anymore, not under my rule. When Father Donahue calls on the club for help, we step up...Categorized as:
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Bratva Bastard by Misty Winters
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsCrissyA kind stranger calmed me down from one of the worst flights of my life.I forgot my Xanax and started to have a panic attack, 30,000 feet in the air.Little did I know that day would change my life forever.Maxim Kozlov looked and acted the part of a kind stranger. He’s a massive, powerfully strong bastard with brutal, deep blue eyes that promise all kinds of delicious things...Categorized as:
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Inescapably Yours by Lizzy West
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsComing Soon! We are overjoyed to invite you to the event of the She’s found the dress. He’s chosen the perfect ring. The venues are swathed in candles and flowers. Now, all that’s left is for these happy couples to make it down the aisle and say ‘I Do’...Categorized as:
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Griffin by S.M. West
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA steamy strangers to lovers standalone romance packed with edge-of-your seat action, intense chemistry, and breath-stealing twists...Categorized as:
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Broken Blood Ties by K.P. Haven
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSummer SmithI fled to Boston years ago, leaving behind a life I’ve tried to forget. After scraping to get by for most of that time, I became a preschool teacher. The joy these children bring almost makes me forget my past.Almost.When the father of one of my students takes a special interest in me, I hesitate. He’s infuriating, and letting my guard down is a mistake...Categorized as:
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Talking Dirty by Cheryl McIntyre
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsI had no idea when I met Linken Elliot that he would be capable of doing this to me. I was perfectly unhappy, living my miserable existence before he came along. I was fine humping strange men’s faces in dirty bar bathrooms. I was comfortable living like a hermit and drinking myself into oblivion. I. Was. Fine. Now I want things. I want him... -
Losing Traction by Amo Jones
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMy name is Phoebe Rendon. Growing up as the only girl surrounded by the Sinful Souls MC community has never been easy. Outside of the club, I had no life because my brother and his two psycho best friends kept tabs on me. My only out was racing at Point Hellers, the largest and steepest drift mountain in Westbeach, California. Cars were my life, and eight years later, that hasn’t changed... -
Inked For Life by Flora Ferrari
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI’m inked for life—a red crosshair on my wrist, marking me as a traitor’s daughter. With my uncle, Nick, I’m forced to attend Cartel parties. I have to prove my loyalty. I have to prove I’m not like my dad. Otherwise, they’ll do the same to me. Then one night, at a party, I see him, Damien Dovlatov, the leader of the Bratva. As a supposedly loyal Cartel girl, I’m supposed to hate him... -
Southie by Courtney Dean
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Boston Irish Mafia Interracial RomanceLiam “Southie” Daugherty grew up in the Irish working-class neighborhood of South Boston, Massachusetts, also known as Southie. The son of a policeman with a drinking and gambling problem and a pill addicted schoolteacher mother who was nothing more than a punching bag for his Pops, Liam never had the best outlook on life or love... -
Wilder Love by Emery Rose, Lila Winters
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsHow could a love that feels so right ever be wrong?Shane Wilder: pro surfer, dream chaser, thief of my heart—and completely off-limits.It was infatuation at first sight. On our first date, he took me to watch the fireworks. It was a magical night of stolen kisses and whispered confessions under the stars...Categorized as:
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Snow in Texas by Lauren Gilley
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsFrom the author of FEARLESS, the first in a new Dartmoor spinoff series: Colin O’Donnell grew up in a lie, believing the man who raised him was his father, stirring up hell in the Louisiana bayous. A shocking revelation about his parentage led him to his half-brother…and his half-brother’s motorcycle club... -
Married to the Mafia by Rose Wulf
As far as Brandi Richardson was concerned, ‘family’ was a four-letter word. All hers had ever done was hurt her. So when her father sent her to work for Mikey De Salvo as a mole, she accepted the better-paying job—but not the rest. Her refusal to play his game meant she would be paying the consequence of his disappointment sooner than later... -
Alarick by Bella Jewel
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR COMES A BRAND NEW BIKER SERIES!! Briella’s life has never been perfect, but she’s always been exactly where she wanted to be. When her mother marries into the King’s Descendants Motorcycle Club, everything she thought she knew is about to change. A world she didn’t even know existed is going to consume her... -
Pocketful of Sand by M. Leighton
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 38 ratings“She’s beauty for my ashes. And I’m hope for her heartache.”—Cole Danzer. I don’t know what makes a great love story... -
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Coveting the Mafia King's Sister by P. Rayne
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAria CostaThe first time I saw Gabriele Vitale, some dark yearning deep inside me called to him and no matter what I did, I couldn’t stop wanting him.He’s made it clear that he wants nothing to do with me. But sometimes there’s a flicker of interest in his eye, and it’s enough to make me know he’s lying...Categorized as:
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Ruin by Nicolina Martin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI can’t let her live. But now that I’ve had her, there’s no possible way I can live without her…Pretty little things like Anna have no place in my world. They certainly have no business watching me end a man’s life as easily as I ordered coffee this morning.She’s seen too much. And now my job, my loyalty, demands I end hers too.But for the first time in my career, I hesitate... -
Control by Lena Little
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m a man who’s in control, at all times, even when I feel urges inside pulling me into uncharted territory.I see things in her that I like, although I’m not about to spill my guts like a lovesick teenager, because I’m anything but.But this little Lolita is peeling back layers like I’m an onion she is preparing to throw in a boiling pot of soup. That. Cannot. Happen...Categorized as:
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Puck Prince by Mariah Wolfe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Do you think I can't hear you?" he drawls.Oh, God. I just got caught mid-O......by the hot neighbor next door.This wasn't exactly how I planned to make new friends in Houston.Getting locked out on the balcony sans pants right afterward?Even worse.But I was stuck and had no one else to ask.And my hot neighbor was more than willing to assist."If you need a helping hand, princess.. -
Puck Princess by Mariah Wolfe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOwen would destroy anyone who hurt me.Which is why I can't tell him the team's new rookie did exactly that.Life should be perfect.I'm engaged to Owen Sharpe.We're having a baby.And my career is finally back on track.But there's one The rookie player everyone's calling the future of the Houston Scythes?He's the man who destroyed my life once before.And now, his father is buying the team... -
Strawberry Venom by J.L. Kenna
I am not a good man.My nine to five is spent with a blade in my hand. I hunt, intimidate, collect debts for my uncle’s Brotherhood, the Hooligans. I believe in consequences, an effect for the cause. Fate is folklore and love? An illusion.Until I met her. Little Red.Some call me Reaper, the Angel of Death. She calls me her wolf...Categorized as:
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