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  • The Butcher by L. Wilder

    The Butcher by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They call me the butcher. I wash away the sins of the most notorious men in the state. I take their crimes and make them disappear. I’m not innocent in this game of cat and mouse, but let me be clear. I’m not like the men I work for—I’m not a cold-blooded killer. I’m simply the cleaner. Or at least that’s all I was. .. When I found her, everything changed...
  • Knight by Fiona Davenport

    Knight by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Shane “Knight” Ballard knew the blonde beauty he saw on the courthouse steps was meant to be his. But with danger looming, the time wasn’t right to claim her. Not when it could put her safety at risk. What Knight didn’t know was that Kiara Timkins was already smack-dab in the middle of it all...
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  • The Sin Trilogy Bundle by Georgia Cates

    The Sin Trilogy Bundle by Georgia Cates

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    The Sin Trilogy is now available in a single volume. A NECESSARY SIN:. I’ve watched him from afar for years. And he has no idea. I take joy in that. Through my observations, I’ve learned what makes this charming villain tick. Whisky. Power. Beautiful women. And Sex. Lots of it. Sometimes you must get into bed with the enemy for the greater good...
  • Starting Over With You by Darlene Tallman

    Starting Over With You by Darlene Tallman

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Manuel “Manny” Alvarez I will never regret my actions that led to me spending five years in prison...
  • Gunner by Rebecca Joyce

    Gunner by Rebecca Joyce

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sarah~. I am the only daughter of Beth and Mike Brewer (the town of Rosewood’s only coffee shop owners) and I have been in love with Cord ‘Gunner’ Montclair since my parents moved to Rosewood, Virginia. The problem? The beautiful man is eighteen years older than me and refuses to give me the time of day. To make matters worse, my father has openly threatened to kill Gunner if he even looks at me...
  • Beast by C.M. Steele

    Beast by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A witness to a crime, Mary Stark lands herself in Steeleville, under the care and protection of DA William “Beast” Brandon and the Steele Riders. Unbeknownst to her, she’ll be living with Beast until the trial. She’s been warned of his gruff and surly behavior when it comes to people invading his home and messing it up, but accidents happen...
  • Glacier's Thaw: A Poseidon's Warriors MC novel by Darlene Tallman

    Glacier's Thaw: A Poseidon's Warriors MC novel by Darlene Tallman

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Glacier I’m awkward, socially inept, and if it wasn’t for the men in my club who I now call brother, I’m unsure if I’d still be kicking around this ol’ earth. Life isn’t kind to those who face challenges, especially when they’re not physically visible...
  • Mountain Seeking Hero by Marley Michaels

    Mountain Seeking Hero by Marley Michaels

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Search and Rescue Coordinator, Max Cooper, has heard the mountain’s call. Now he’s returned to his birthplace to see whether the Moose Mountain legend is true for him, just like it has been for his brothers and cousins. He doesn’t expect it to literally hit him in the back of the head though...
  • 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...
  • Long Way Down by Lauren Gilley

    Long Way Down by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When she was six, a horrific crime against a family member determined the course of Melissa Dixon’s life. It eventually drove her away from her tiny, Mississippi home town, away from her family, and into a career in law enforcement. Living and working in NYC, she keeps the past locked away tight, memory relegated to rare nightmares...
  • 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...
  • Her Obsessed Biker by Cassi Hart

    Her Obsessed Biker by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    Piper. I don’t have much to go on, just a love letter that’s older than I am and a name—Wolf. But I know that whatever lies ahead of me, it has to be better than what I’m leaving behind, right? I just want to find somewhere I belong. A place to call home. But my search for my long-lost dad brings me to the doorstep of the Savage Kings MC, and I find myself alone, afraid, and way out of my depth...
  • Savage Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Savage Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Hope Ford brings you a steamy cowboy romance about forbidden love and the lengths a cowboy will go to for the woman he loves. Amanda. I might be young and naïve, but I’m not stupid enough to fall in love with my family’s enemy. You know that old story about the Hatfields and McCoys? Well, in our case, we’re the McCoys and they’re the Bryants...
  • Grimm by Harley Wylde

    Grimm by Harley Wylde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Oksana – Growing up in the Bratva wasn’t easy, especially for a woman. At twenty, I thought I’d get married soon. Start my own family. All approved by my family, of course. It never occurred to me, my father would implicate me in his shady dealings, or that I’d be punished in the most severe way. So I run, with the help of a friend, and go straight to the Dixie Reapers...
  • West of Port by Carina Taylor

    West of Port by Carina Taylor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sydney is out for revenge no matter what it takes—including teaming up with a grumpy, retired cop who wants nothing to do with her. West has retired from the police force. Completely burnt out, he doesn't want to protect anyone anymore. All he wants is to be left alone so that he can refinish his new-to-him sailboat. Unfortunately for him, a woman shows up asking for his help—needing his help...
  • Three Nights Before Christmas: A Holiday Romance Collection by Kati Wilde

    Three Nights Before Christmas: A Holiday Romance Collection by Kati Wilde

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A collection of three hot holiday romances to warm up your winter nights…. Secret Santa. After years of struggling to make ends meet, Emma Williams finally lands a job that suits her perfectly—she enjoys her work, likes her new boss, and especially loves knowing her first paycheck is coming just after Christmas. That is, if she lasts that long...
  • Texting My Mafia Temptation: Curvy Girl, Age Gap Romance by Flora Ferrari

    Texting My Mafia Temptation: Curvy Girl, Age Gap Romance by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He kidnapped me to save me, but now we must fight our desires, or risk losing everything. As a mafia princess, I have no choice when my father arranges my marriage to a terrifying stranger. But there's someone even more Dante Bianchi, the devastatingly handsome, ripped, and intensely brooding mafia enforcer working security the night my husband-to-be goes too far...
  • Crowned In Blood by Melissa Cummins

    Crowned In Blood by Melissa Cummins

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He's determined to make me his. I'd prefer to shoot him instead. Catalina. Life has never been easy for me. Now, the mafia empire I ripped from my dead husband's hands has been destroyed from within. To survive, I must form new connections. But only one man has what I need: Marco. A man as ruthless as the husband I killed. A man as handsome and seductive as the devil. A man I can never trust...
  • The Bad Boy Bias by Hallie Bennett

    The Bad Boy Bias by Hallie Bennett

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Bad Boy, Curvy Girl Romance. Shy Abigail Tilman has a problem. With her 30th birthday coming soon, she's determined to have her first kiss before the clock strikes midnight. There's just one problem: her aversion to being touched. Can a gruff, tattoo artist change her mind? Finn Walker knew from the moment the curvy goddess entered his tattoo parlor that she belonged to him...
  • Vetting His Kitten by Mink

    Vetting His Kitten by Mink

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    I don’t have time for my mother’s games or her menagerie of mammals, reptiles, and god knows what else. At least, I don’t think I have time for them until I meet her trusted veterinarian, Amelia. Suddenly, it seems I’m extremely interested in the wellbeing of my mother’s furry and scaly friends, so much so that I visit the vet’s office on a daily basis...
  • The Billionaire's Big Bold Wonder: A BBW/Billionaire Romance  (The Billionaires' Club) by Nichole Rose

    The Billionaire's Big Bold Wonder: A BBW/Billionaire Romance (The Billionaires' Club) by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Can one magical night and two big secrets add up to forever for this billionaire and his curvy girl? Cortez Blake. I fell hard for Piper's sassy attitude and gorgeous curves. We had one magical night together, and then she disappeared. She never even told me her last name. I turned the city upside down looking for her, but I never thought I'd find her again...
  • Captured by the Mob by C.M. Steele

    Captured by the Mob by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nero: As the Underboss and enforcer for the Bianchi Family, I've got my hands full. When dealing with my enemies, I'm quick, efficient, and I never slip up. That's until one beauty accidentally gets in the way, seeing more than she should. I can't let her go, and I can't end her, so I do the only thing I can. .. I take her captive. Mariana: I thought my day couldn't get any worse...
  • 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...
  • The Bratva's Weakness by Cassi Hart

    The Bratva's Weakness by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    James. I‘ve inherited the family business –. Yeah, exactly, that kind. The kind you can’t just walk away from. So instead, I’m trying to make it legitimate. When I hop in the car of a complete stranger,. that’s when I realize how much I need to change. Because in order to keep Allie safe, in order to keep her mine,. I need to rewrite the rules. But other players in the game don’t agree...
  • Enrico by C.M. Steele

    Enrico by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Enrico. She wasn’t supposed to be on my radar. Another woman who was caught up in the traffickers’ sights, but one look at January and I’d become as lost as Dario and Alessio before me. I had no choice but to hunt her down and make her mine, even if that meant doing some illegal things. Nothing new to me anyway. January. The brute...
  • Diablo by Haley Travis

    Diablo by Haley Travis

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can this devil atone for his many sins? I was settling into a quiet life. Work, reading, and endless hours riding and living with my brothers of the Dirty Sinners MC. Until Avery appeared. An innocent angel surrounded by sweetness and light. A filthy rich man with an even filthier reputation had no right to even touch her, much less claim her...
  • Tank's Temptation (Diamond Kings MC) by Hope Ford

    Tank's Temptation (Diamond Kings MC) by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Tank's Temptation. Everything is bigger in Texas. The men, their bikes, their guns and even their hearts. On the biggest ranch in West Texas, you’ll find the Diamond Kings MC. A group of tough, growly bikers happy with their solitary existence. Until love walks in and challenges them to the ultimate test. It’s time for them to man up and accept their fate or they’ll lose their soulmates forever.
  • War of the Wicked by Davidson King, Morningstar Ashley

    War of the Wicked by Davidson King, Morningstar Ashley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Lucifer’s Landing is full of unscrupulous people: five families desperate to own every inch. For years, under the watchful and most powerful eye, there has been peace. With the murder of the most powerful man, it’s as if the gates of Hell have opened. Dante Scavo is trying to fill his father’s shoes, find the person responsible for killing him, and stop Lucifer’s Landing from becoming a war zone...
  • Rocked by the Roadie by Eve London

    Rocked by the Roadie by Eve London

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Two hearts, one bed, no looking back. Daisy:. When the hottest boy band on the planet gets back together for an epic reunion tour, there’s no decision to make. I’m going. It’s been ten years since I’ve had the chance to hang out with my groupie besties. They don’t know it yet, but my parents are forcing me to settle into a life they’ve pre-planned, right down to the man they want me to marry...
  • Gage The Mountain Man by Raven Moon

    Gage The Mountain Man by Raven Moon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    "I need her to know that my heart would stop without her in my life. .. " -Gage. My best friend Jess is always trying to play matchmaker. Come kayaking with my fiance and his friend, she said. A romantic day out on the river in the mountains. Nope. For a city girl like me, this is hell. Mainly because the man she's brought for me is a freaking prick...
  • Cowboy's Babysitter by Flora Ferrari

    Cowboy's Babysitter by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Jed. When my cocky cowboy rodeo best buddy goes down tragically I show the true meaning of cowboy up when I adopt his baby daughter Mandy Sue...
  • Killer Abs by C.M. Steele

    Killer Abs by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I killed before, and I’d kill again. One look at the new chef in my kitchen, and I knew I’d kill anyone that even looked at her perfection with nothing but respect. The position had been a temporary job. However, the second I walked through the kitchen door, forever was all I had on my mind. She didn’t belong in my world with all her sweetness, but there was no way I’d let her go...
  • Depay: Broken Deeds MC by Esther E. Schmidt

    Depay: Broken Deeds MC by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Depay’s life changed the moment he discovered that he was a father. After fighting for custody of Hadley, his now four-year-old daughter, he embraces the changes that he must make to give her the home she deserves; but not until after a tiny slip up leads to one last reckless moment. After a chance meeting turns into a sexy romp, he walks away from the woman to focus solely on his daughter...
  • Devil's Deceit (Diamond Kings MC) by Nichole Rose

    Devil's Deceit (Diamond Kings MC) by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The devil might be a liar, but this undercover cop won't allow the truth to stand between him and his curvy soulmate. Creed "Devil" Thomas. Six months ago, I traded my badge for a cut. My assignment is simple. Embed myself with the Diamond Kings and find a way to take down their rival, the Savages. And then Jessie Long waltzes in. Everything about her makes my blood boil...
  • The Handyman's Secret Santa: A Small Town Sweet & Steamy Holiday Romance by Kali Hart

    The Handyman's Secret Santa: A Small Town Sweet & Steamy Holiday Romance by Kali Hart

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Handyman’s Secret Santa: Christmas in Alpine Valley Book 6. An Age Gap Holiday Romance. This Christmas, follow four neighbors turned friends to find out whether Santa will finally give them the gift they’ve been wanting most of all: true love. Addison. I have a huge crush on my handyman. It can’t go anywhere. He’s older than me. Old enough that it would give my mom a heart attack...
  • Savage Hunter by Kristen Luciani

    Savage Hunter by Kristen Luciani

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m obsessed with the virgin mafia princess I was hired to protect. Lily and I were never supposed to meet. Our fates collided in the wrong place at the wrong time,. And one hot night in Las Vegas bound us for life. I know I need to focus on her safety but I cannot resist the dark impulses that consume me whenever she’s near. My job is to protect her. My desire is to control her. To claim her...
  • Claiming Them by Rosa Mink

    Claiming Them by Rosa Mink

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rylee. I never expected to be pregnant again at thirty-five. After being forced into marriage at sixteen, a mother at seventeen, and spending nearly nineteen years ruled by the Curtis family, I was done. A new baby from one fluke is not going to keep me here a moment longer. It’s only going to force me to have more involvement with Mark than I want...
  • Sarge by Harley Wylde

    Sarge by Harley Wylde

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Katya -- I never thought the day would come that my father would sell me to the highest bidder. Oh, he called it marriage, but I knew it was only to advance his rankings in the Bratva. Like I cared about that. But before he ruined my life, I knew I had to get my nephew to safety. My sister had told me of the man who got her pregnant, but not exactly where to find him...
  • Enemy Mafia Boss Daddy by Kira Cole

    Enemy Mafia Boss Daddy by Kira Cole

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Our marriage was supposed to avert a war. But making a husband out of my enemy has turned out to be harder than I thought…. Damien Russo is fifteen years older than me, ten times as broody,. and stubborn to a fault. He also happens to be the new leader of the Russo Mafia and my reluctant husband-to-be. As far as arranged marriages go, this is not a bad deal...
  • Terror of Tuscany by Lena Little

    Terror of Tuscany by Lena Little

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    They say I’m the Terror of Tuscany, and that’s exactly what I’m going to be if anything goes sideways with this shipment that I’m expecting next Tuesday. The name’s Gio, and people call me a lot of things, but unprepared definitely isn’t one of them. But that’s absolutely what I am for the first time in my life when I come face to face with my new stepsister...
  • Axing For Trouble by Jessa Joy

    Axing For Trouble by Jessa Joy

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Can this older, ex-military woodsman find love with a curvy girl hiding a big secret? Georgia. Everything about my life has to change. So I run to the woods of Snowflake Falls to hide out. Except I've let myself in for way more than I bargained for. Trouble finds me as soon as I set foot on the mountain. Rescue comes in the intimidating shape of Declan Connor...
  • Her Obsessed Lumberjack by Clara King

    Her Obsessed Lumberjack by Clara King

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He’s a grumpy ex-cop haunted by his past. Now he wants to make this curvy ray of sunshine his future. Roman. After years of chasing bad guys, my last case nearly cost me everything. I quit the police force and moved to the woods, but the past is catching up with me. Flashbacks and sleepless nights are turning my fresh start into a nightmare...
  • Claimed By The Best Man by Flora Ferrari

    Claimed By The Best Man by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Reeve. A pre-rehearsal for a wedding rehearsal? Who does that? I’d normally hang up, but when my best buddy and ex-marine right hand man there’s no way I can say no. Even though I’m not exactly his fiancé’s cup of tea, I am still Rhys’s best friend as well as best man. Rhys has been on and off again with Clara for years, but something tells me they’ll actually go through with it this time...
  • Emerald by J.A. Low

    Emerald by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was left for dead. Now she’s back for revenge. Elena gave her heart to the wrong man, and he repaid her with a bullet to the back. Now, she’s a ghost with a mission to rescue the women stolen by the Bratva and burn the empire to the ground. To pull it off, she needs help, but the last person she wants it from is the cocky, sun-kissed beach bum with a hero complex...
  • 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...
  • Liam's Love by Haley Travis

    Liam's Love by Haley Travis

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    These rough mechanics’ hands were made for her innocent curves. I should have stayed away. What business does a grumpy mechanic like me have with a gorgeous sweetheart like Maddie? But after just one look of those full lips and big green eyes? Everything. I should have been focusing on saving my shop. Instead, all I want to do is weld her heart to mine. She’s running from trouble...
  • 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...
  • October is for Owen by Kaci Rose

    October is for Owen by Kaci Rose

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    When a rockslide strands them in the mountains, he's her only chance at safety. .. Kennedy. It was meant to be a solo trip—a tribute to my grandparents, and a final memory before a new chapter in my life. Only, I wasn't alone at the lake. I hadn't planned on meeting a mountain man that made my heart race or the rockslide that left the path back to town unpassable...
  • 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...
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