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  • House of Korba by C.L. Stone

    House of Korba by C.L. Stone

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 42 ratings
    It's homecoming week at Ashley Waters, but Sang Sorenson has a lot more on her mind than dresses and crowns. Silas's troubled past—full of secrets he and his team thought they'd buried—comes back to haunt him, threatening to ruin everything. Silas tries to deal, but guilt weighs heavily on him and Sang realizes she might be the only one who can help him keep it together...
  • Trials and Tiaras by Heather Long

    Trials and Tiaras by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 19 ratings
    It’s not true.
It can’t be.
Four DNA tests.Only one positive.The man claiming to be my father is quite literally the worst option imaginable. This isn’t happening to me. For the first time in my life, I know who I am and where I want to be and, in the blink of an eye, everything is spinning so utterly out of control.
I thought the fight with Maddy was the worst thing I faced.
It’s not...
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  • Defiant Princess by Callie Rose

    Defiant Princess by Callie Rose

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 35 ratings
    They called me trash. They called me whore. They called me so much worse.They told me I didn’t belong in their world, and you know what? Maybe they were right.But I can’t just let this go.I’m still a Hildebrand, after all, and I’ve only just begun to scratch the surface of what that legacy means.There are secrets buried in Roseland, and I’m determined to dig them up...
  • Meeting Sang: Victor by C.L. Stone

    Meeting Sang: Victor by C.L. Stone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Victor Morgan hides from the public whenever he can. It's not that he's a recluse; he hides to avoid rumors and throngs of teen girls throwing themselves at him because of his fame. When his team of friends is assigned a job at a new school, it's his one chance to finally be just Victor; not a local celebrity, or that guy whose parents have a huge house and lots of money...
  • Broken Trust by R.A. Smyth

    Broken Trust by R.A. Smyth

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 51 ratings
    My name is Hadley Parker, and today is the first day of the rest of my life. Today I start school at Pacific Prep. This is my new lease on life, and I won’t be wasting it. I need this, now, more than ever. I need the education, the promise of a future that I wouldn’t get anywhere else. These rich kids don’t like me though. When Hawk Davenport decides he doesn’t want me here, his friends back him...
  • Orientation by C.M. Stunich

    Orientation by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 28 ratings
    Harem versus harem.How often does one university entertain two coeds with harems of rich boys on their heels?My name is Marnye Reed and this, this is Charlotte Carson.Girl, just call me Chuck.What are the chances? Is it fate? You have five boyfriends; I have five boyfriends...
  • Unwrapped by Them by Eva Ashwood

    Unwrapped by Them by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    Snowed in with three gorgeous billionaires? I must be on Santa’s naughty list.As the manager of Whispering Pines resort, it’s my job to give the new owner, Cade McAllister, a tour of his latest acquisition. But I wasn’t prepared to show up at the lodge and realize I already know him.Biblically, I mean...
  • Sacrifice by Caitlyn Dare

    Sacrifice by Caitlyn Dare

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 27 ratings
    The next installment in the dark romance series from the bestselling author of the Rebels at Sterling Prep series… Rhett Savage, Dane Stray, and Wesley Noble. I shouldn’t want them. But I do—all of them. They each give me something I need. Challenge. Love. Comfort...
  • Meeting Sang: Kota by C.L. Stone

    Meeting Sang: Kota by C.L. Stone

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Kota Lee has been trying for weeks to get the girl up the street to notice him. She's beautiful and intriguing, but seems incredibly shy. Too shy. Every time he tries to get close, she dodges him, like a skittish little bird, flittering away out of his reach.Troubled by her haunted looks, he's tried to give her some space, respect her need for solitude...
  • The Ballers of Rockport High by E.M. Moore

    The Ballers of Rockport High by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    **CONTAINS NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN BONUS MATERIAL** Includes: GAME ON FOUL LINE AT THE BUZZER I knew I’d ruffle feathers, but the day I walked into Rockport High, I had no idea the cheap shots that were to follow.You see, the Ballers and I have a history. They play basketball. I play basketball. But they hate that I play basketball as good as them...
  • Broken Hill Honor by Sheridan Anne

    Broken Hill Honor by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Being with Tora Roberts has been nothing but a wild ride, one I never want to get off. At twelve, I knew I loved her. By seventeen, I’d made her life a living hell. She hated me. She stole my heart completely at eighteen. And now at twenty-six, she still hasn’t given it back, and what’s more, I don’t want her to. It’s about time I make her mine… Officially...
  • Unsung Requiem by C.L. Stone

    Unsung Requiem by C.L. Stone

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Victor Morgan’s entire life has been in the limelight. Groomed by his fierce mother as a piano prodigy, intent on using him to build a legacy for the Morgan name.But legacies require the utmost in care. Any little disaster can cause a mountain of problems.After a 17th birthday party ends in catastrophe, a fight with his parents sends Victor out into the world for the first time on his own...
  • Pyxis by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Pyxis by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Haley Jones already thought her life was complicated, but after the events of the gala, she is in desperate need of direction—if only there was a compass for locating her missing dad or navigating relationships. Despite her efforts to gain independence and forge her own identity, she still feels adrift in her new life...
  • Sever by Caitlyn Dare

    Sever by Caitlyn Dare

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sadie, Rhett, Dane, and Wes are back one more time. Will they find their HEA or are there too many obstacles against them?SEVER is a full length dark enemies-to-lovers/bully romance. This is a why choose novel, meaning the main character has more than one love interest. It is book two in the series and must be read after the first three books in the Savage Falls MC series...
  • Keys and Kisses by Heather Long

    Keys and Kisses by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 29 ratings
    When the year started, I had one goal—make my AP classes count and keep my grades up. Both my focus and my grades started wobbling. Dating my best friends came with perks like hugs, kisses, and invitations to dances, but it also came with cons in the form of vindictive posts, hate mail, and vandalism of my car.I asked if it could get any worse, and I guess I got my answer.My college essays suck...
  • Undeniable by Sheridan Anne

    Undeniable by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Nothing could prepare us for the secrets we were about to uncover or the dangers that would come out to haunt us. Our lives are very quickly spiraling out of control and we’re struggling to keep breathing...
  • In Pieces by K.G. Reuss

    In Pieces by K.G. Reuss

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 36 ratings
    Nothing says I love you like murder.Seeing their lifeless bodies nearly killed us. Knowing some monster harmed those we loved created a whole new set of worries. In the wake of all the madness, we need to stay focused. With revenge warranted, we must bide our time. Good things come to those who wait, after all...
  • Family by Bea Paige

    Family by Bea Paige

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family... But that’s crap. I can choose my family. I choose Eastern. I choose Ford. I choose Sonny. I choose Camden. Four boys. Four boys with broken, jagged edges.Four fierce boys who have chosen me.And now together we face my flesh and blood. My brother, the biggest bully at Oceanside. My father, the most notorious criminal in the country...
  • Sacred by Caitlyn Dare

    Sacred by Caitlyn Dare

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Welcome to Savage Falls...A brand new dark reverse harem bully romance trilogy from bestselling author Caitlyn Dare, coming this summer!Two dirty-talking tattooed bikers, a pretty boy football player with secrets, and the MC princess who will bring them to their knees..
  • Unstoppable by Sheridan Anne

    Unstoppable by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Tully - If he thinks he can just show up on my doorstep after four long years of radio silence, then he’s got another thing coming. Tully Cage does not bow down for anyone; especially ghosts from the past who insist on crashing back into my life and causing all sorts of havoc. My heart can’t take it. That boy put me through hell and back, and to be honest, I don’t think I ever fully recovered...
  • Unbreakable by Sheridan Anne

    Unbreakable by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Lie to me and I’ll expose you. Hurt me and I’ll take you down. Touch my sister and I’ll personally pave your road to hell. Kelly didn’t know what she was getting herself into when she set her sights on Aria and I didn’t know what I was getting into when I tried to get her back. What it all comes down to, what it’s always come down to is Anton Mathers...
  • Savage Falls Sinners MC by Caitlyn Dare

    Savage Falls Sinners MC by Caitlyn Dare

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    A complete dark romance series from Amazon bestselling author Caitlyn Dare. Includes Solace, a BONUS EPILOGUE NOVELLA set five years after the end of Sever.No one knows the code of the Sinners MC better than club princess Sadie Ray Dalton.She’s spent most of her life rebelling against her daddy’s strict rules and overprotective nature...
  • Saving Memphis by Bre Rose

    Saving Memphis by Bre Rose

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    AshlynnI thought by running he wouldn’t find me, and I could protect the ones I loved. How wrong was I. He found me and the threats continued. I thought this time was different, I had the guys, who swore to protect me. What we never suspected was that there was also a threat closer than we knew. Aiding him in his desire to take me...
  • Sparrowood Academy by Angel Lawson

    Sparrowood Academy by Angel Lawson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sparrowood Academy is for the elite. The rich. The well connected. Eden Warren is none of those things. She’s spent most of her life in Kingston, mostly hanging down at The Park with her sister, Hope. When Hope goes missing, Eden makes a last-ditch effort to find her by going to Hawk, her enemy and the leader of the K-Boys, for help. Sparrowood Academy is filled with darkness. Entitlement...
  • Gabriel: Meeting Sang #5 - The Academy Ghost Bird Series by C.L. Stone

    Gabriel: Meeting Sang #5 - The Academy Ghost Bird Series by C.L. Stone

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The Academy: Ghost Bird series in a different look at the very beginning. Read Introductions with a whole new perspective--the boys'. Despite having eight great friends thanks to The Academy, what Gabriel Coleman really wants is a connection with someone special. However, he’s never had much luck with girls. He doesn't have the sleek looks, wealth, or charm like his friends...
  • Foul Line by E.M. Moore

    Foul Line by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The Ballers may have the upper hand at RHS. I underestimated them, their cruelty, their ability to look the other way when something hits them over the head, but camp is a whole other story. Their asses are mine.Foul Line is a reverse harem high school bully romance novel. It's the second book in The Ballers of Rockport High series...
  • Remember You This Way by C.R. Jane

    Remember You This Way by C.R. Jane

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Can you ever really start over? It’s the question that follows Ariana now that she’s reunited with the boys from the Sound of Us. Haunted by the past and her hopefully soon to be ex-husband, Ari is dragged along as the band continues its world tour. Touring the world together...it’s what they all used to dream about. Sold out stadiums and screaming fans, it’s everything anyone would want...
  • Sparrowood Academy: Book 2 by Angel Lawson

    Sparrowood Academy: Book 2 by Angel Lawson

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
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  • The Third Strike by Wendi L. Wilson

    The Third Strike by Wendi L. Wilson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When life throws you a curveball, you hit it out of the park.I’d never been as wrong as I was when I assumed the Rogues had betrayed me. Now the true culprits were on my hit list—which was, at the moment, dormant. While an impossibly archaic threat hung over Stella’s head, there was nothing to be done but wait...
  • Draco by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Draco by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    It’s been two weeks since Haley Jones turned eighteen and her life was turned upside down. While searching for her dad, Haley is adjusting to life in Santa Cruz with a new job and friends. Surrounded by six dangerously appealing guys, she’s still trying to figure out just who Liam, Knox, Ethan, Chase, Theo, and Jackson are and what they do...
  • Ruin by Caitlyn Dare

    Ruin by Caitlyn Dare

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    My whole life I’ve been treated like some innocent naïve girl. Shielded from the dark and dangerous world my big brother inhabits.But not any longer.Now, Savage Falls is my home, the Sinners MC, my family. I’m the new club princess, a burden I neither want nor need.Because I’m not as innocent as they all think.Not by a long shot.Not when I spend most of my days dreaming of them...
  • Lovely Deceit by E.M. Moore

    Lovely Deceit by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Growing up in the elite world, I’ve been taught not to trust. Still, I did it anyway.Silly, silly me. I should’ve known how it would end…Blindsided by their broken parts and their similarities to my own story, I let my guard down. I put my faith in them—my gorgeous Economics professor and the Knights’ bad apple.And was rewarded with the ultimate betrayal.Not again. Never again...
  • Dare You To Love Me by Serena Akeroyd

    Dare You To Love Me by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    Jessa loves Sam, as does Drew. And Sam? Well... That's where things get complicated. There's a new boy in town. Troubled teen, Max, has been brought into the elite academy of HawkRidge High School by his father, a General in the Armed Forces. On his first day, he meets Jessa and she brings him into the fold of the captain of the football team, Sam, and the quarterback, Drew...
  • Hidden Creek Love by Jaxson Kidman

    Hidden Creek Love by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    MY DARKEST SECRET EXPOSED? #check ABOUT TO BE KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL? #check EVERYONE WAITING FOR ME TO LOSE MY SH*T? #check THE LINE BETWEEN FRIENDS AND ENEMIES SO BLURRED I NEED F**KING GLASSES TO SEE? #triplecheck   Wes might be all I have at the moment, good or bad. He’s as wild as ever, and I know it’s my fault. He’s not made for love and I’m not made to be pushed around...
  • The Risk by Callie Rose

    The Risk by Callie Rose

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 33 ratings
    Rich boys don't fraternize with the help. They don't fall in love with the help. They don't risk everything for the help. We know what we're up against now. Who we're up against. But if he holds all the cards, the truth hardly matters. The kings of Linwood want me to run. They want me far away from here, where I'll be safe. I won't go though...
  • Delinquent by Bea Paige

    Delinquent by Bea Paige

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I’m the kid your parents warned you about… Eighteen months in prison or three years at Oceanside Academy. Reform school has met its match in me, even if it is full of young offenders. Thieves, graffiti writers, drug runners and other petty criminals reside within the walls, and I'm just like them...
  • Leap of Faith by Lucy Smoke

    Leap of Faith by Lucy Smoke

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Iris Boys crash landed into my life and changed everything in it. Now, I’m surrounded by four incredible men - five, if the last one will ever fully open up to me. Never in a million years did I think I’d fall in love. Much less with more than one man. But that’s what I did. I’m in love with the Iris Boys.They are my confidantes.My friends.My closest allies...
  • Power & Choice by Lucy Smoke

    Power & Choice by Lucy Smoke

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    What does it mean to be an Iris girl? Does it mean following instructions and respecting the authority of your team? Or does it mean taking risks? The latter – I’m finding – is something I’m good at. When the guys send me to Ms. Enders’ Etiquette Camp for Refined Young Ladies, I know that I need to master the game and play the part of the respectable socialite...
  • Lost Royal by Lily Wildhart

    Lost Royal by Lily Wildhart

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Nothing about my return to Echoes Cove was what I expected, but I wasn’t prepared for the darkness that’s threatening to devour us all.A stalker, patient and cunning, hunting in the shadows.Powerful forces determined to control my every move and bend me to their will.And them.Lincoln, Maverick, Finley and Easton. I’m not sure how I’ll survive them without losing myself, or my heart, along the way...
  • The Inadequate Spy by Scarlett Haven

    The Inadequate Spy by Scarlett Haven

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Being the new girl on an all guys team is going to suck! There are Spy School agents, and there are Spy School Royals. My family, we’re the royals. I am fifth generation Spy School, the best of the best. My family started training me while I was still in the womb. Yet, despite all the training, I’m still a disappointment to them...
  • The Plan by Ruby Vincent

    The Plan by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 23 ratings
    Don’t piss off the Elite Class. That wasn’t in the rulebook, but it should have been. Landon, Michael, and Cole may have the faces of angels, but a soul turns black when it’s betrayed. The Elites have sworn to take me down, but I can’t get much lower. Or so I thought. Breakbattle wants us to fight and the boys are happy to oblige. No one will help me. No one can...
  • The Elites by Ruby Vincent

    The Elites by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Final Year, Final BattleI thought my biggest problem was being kicked off campus, but I'd rather trade my blazer for a skirt than an orange jumpsuit.There's a killer on campus and they think it's me. I have my boys on my side, but this might be one fight we can't win.Someone is determined to bring us down, but with enemies on all sides, the suspects are endless and I'm running out of time...
  • Lads & Lattes by A.J. Macey

    Lads & Lattes by A.J. Macey

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Emma’s to-do list: 1- dump Tyler 2- survive new school 3- rock senior year My life was as perfect as a teenage girl could hope it would be; friends, boyfriend, straight-A student, loving parents, and all that jazz. Until my entire world comes crashing down...
  • Heirs of Havoc by L.J. Woods

    Heirs of Havoc by L.J. Woods

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Four beautiful, brutal enemies. One wealthy university. Capturing me is their goal. Bullying is their tactic. Tough luck, Bratva bastards. This mafia princess never bows.A small town. A Christian university. Church on Sundays.The good girl is the simplest of covers. Correction: was the simplest of covers.It all comes crashing down when the Bratva re-enters my life...
  • The Judgement by Ruby Vincent

    The Judgement by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    A Reverse Harem High School Bully Romance All is not right at Breakbattle Academy. And it's not just because the Elites discovered my secret.Cole, Landon, and Michael were never supposed to know. But then, I was also never supposed to forgive them... or fall in love.I'm losing control. I can't stop now. I can't undo what I've done...
  • Ever Lost by L.E. Bross

    Ever Lost by L.E. Bross

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I made a huge mistake. No, not breaking into Panchard Enterprises, I did that on purpose. It was the getting caught part that changed everything. Instead of prison, Peter Panchard offers me a deal; steal something for him and he’ll help me find my little sister. Now I’m at Neverly Prep wearing a uniform and trying to get close to Lucas Hook, the guy whose safe I need to crack...
  • Starlee's Home by Angel Lawson

    Starlee's Home by Angel Lawson

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Starlee ran back to Lee Vines for a taste of freedom.She found that, family and love.But an innocent night away brings unwanted attention to Sierra's foster home and Starlee plays an unwilling part in sending George and Charlie back to their once abusive father. Not only that Sierra forces her to stay away from Dexter and Jake...
  • Marked by Ruby Vincent

    Marked by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 27 ratings
    It wasn't supposed to be like this. Evergreen Academy was meant to be my fresh start. My hair was on point. My skin was flawless. And now I wore the hell out of my clothes instead of hiding them. Even running into Ryder hadn't thrown me. So what that the green-eyed devil who tormented me for years now ruled my new school with a band of boys everyone called the Knights...
  • Secrets We Keep by Angel Lawson

    Secrets We Keep by Angel Lawson

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Small towns carry dark secrets, it wasn't until my best friend went missing that I discovered exactly how dark. Three years have passed since a vicious prank tore apart my group of friends.Three years since Finn Holloway, football star and the boy next door, broke my heart by choosing my best friend over me.Three years since Ezra Baxter turned to crime; selling drugs and being chased by the law...
  • Holding On To Heaven by Angel Lawson

    Holding On To Heaven by Angel Lawson

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Keep Calm and Survive High School. That was my motto. It was easier with the Allendale Four by my side and with college on the horizon, I had no doubt we'd have the best time of our lives. No parents. No rules. Lots of freedom. Except even with the bullies that harassed me out of the picture the past is hard to shake. New obstacles emerge, along with old hang-ups and bad habits...
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