Books like 'Pieces of a Life'

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  • Filthy Truth by Serena Akeroyd

    Filthy Truth by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 36 ratings
    Conor's my lifeline.He doesn't know it.I need him to find me.I need him to chase me.I need him to love me.If I haven't already destroyed what we might have had, he's crazy enough to take me on.My Fecker.Mine...
  • The Guarded One by Brittney Sahin

    The Guarded One by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    He’s a grumpy small-town sheriff. And she’s the off-limits operator capable of bringing him to his knees.Sydney Archer isn’t the typical daughter of a billionaire. A former Army officer, she now works with an elite security team to hunt the worst of the worst . . . all while raising a teenager.To the outside world, Sydney’s an ice queen who’s lethal with a bow...
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  • Fierce Queen by Sadie Kincaid

    Fierce Queen by Sadie Kincaid

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 38 ratings
    My name is Alana Montoya. My husband is the King of L.A. And I am his Queen. I never asked for this life, but now that it’s mine, I will fight for it with every breath in my body. Our love is fire and fury, burning brighter than the heat of a thousand suns...
  • Relative Justice by Gregory Ashe

    Relative Justice by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    An impossible son. An impossible murder. The honeymoon is definitely over. When Emery Hazard and his husband, John-Henry Somerset, arrive home from their honeymoon, they’re shocked (understatement of the year) to find a boy waiting for them on their doorstep. Colt, fifteen and eager to pick a fight, claims to be Hazard’s son...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  angst  m-m  contemporary  dark  abuse  hurt-comfort
  • Menace by J.M. Darhower

    Menace by J.M. Darhower

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 83 ratings
    Once upon a time, there was a guy who got so fed up with life that he resorted to murder and mayhem just to feel alive. Lorenzo Gambini is bored. So fucking bored. Most people either annoy him or avoid him, afraid to face him. Figuratively. Literally. With his face partially disfigured, scarred, he looks every bit the monster the stories make him out to be: the notorious menace they call Scar...
  • Not Mine to Keep by Brittney Sahin

    Not Mine to Keep by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 32 ratings
    A playboy billionaire and a mafioso’s daughter ignite dangerous passions, vengeance, and betrayal in a sizzling novel of suspense by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brittney Sahin.The name DiMaggio means mafia royalty, but Calliope, the dynasty’s last living heir, is no princess. A teacher and singer in Nashville, she’s moved as far away from the generations-old criminal legacy as she can...
  • Slingshot by K.L. Savage

    Slingshot by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    She 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...
  • Final Orders by Gregory Ashe

    Final Orders by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    An embattled author. Fanatical parents. A son who can’t stay out of trouble. It’s the last one that’ll probably kill him.When Emery Hazard gets drawn into a brawl at a monthly school board meeting, he knows he’s in trouble; his husband, John-Henry Somerset, is chief of police, and they’re already under enough scrutiny as they try to finalize their foster son’s permanency plan...
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    mystery  suspense  m-m  humor  contemporary  hurt-comfort  dark  queer
  • Loyal by Default: Legacy of Carter Reed by K.C. Mills

    Loyal by Default: Legacy of Carter Reed by K.C. Mills

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    Carter Reed is an assassin with a heart that only beats for one person, McKenna Smith. In a perfect world she would be the light to his darkness. Carter’s world, however, is far from perfect. Which means McKenna cannot exist in it without a target on her back.While he’s away, Carter’s enemies get close and McKenna’s life is threatened...
  • Grinch by Marie James

    Grinch by Marie James

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I never ran from my past or the only woman I ever loved.She made sure to stomp me into the ground and demand I forget all about her.I tried to do just that, and in the twelve years since she ripped my heart out, I’ve done fairly well.Sometimes I could even go a day or two without thinking of her.We were never supposed to see each other again, but Grace Neiman just couldn’t stay gone...
  • First by Penelope Sky

    First by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 27 ratings
    Hades retired from the business. Now it’s just me. Look at me now...bitter...angry...depressed. I resent my former friend so much, even hate the guy, but I’ve never been the same since he refused to forgive me. I meet a woman. She’s like all the others...beautiful, interesting, good at the fun stuff, but I don’t feel anything...
  • Cash by Jessica Gadziala

    Cash by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 34 ratings
    The Henchmen return, this time with CASH as our leading man. CASH My life has been about three things- brotherhood, good times, and women. Easy. Nothing complicated. That was until Willow Swift came barging back into my life, face bloodied, banging at the gates of The Henchmen compound calling in a favor owed...
  • Ugly by Marie James

    Ugly by Marie James

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Hooking up with a cop was supposed to be fun.How joking with Detective Lennox Maison about her handcuffs transformed into her actually arresting me was something I could’ve never predicted.I thought it was a joke at first, but what kind of person would joke about the murder of a local woman?Lennox claimed I was the last one to see her alive.I should have an alibi...
  • Hammer by J.E. Daelman

    Hammer by J.E. Daelman

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As the head of the construction business for the club, Hammer is off checking out new business opportunities. Some good, others not so good, but the Flower shop gives him more options than just construction. Adding in his relationship with Shar, the ex-husband after Tilly, the loan shark that wants his money and the kids causing trouble in town, Hammer and the club have their hands full...
    Categorized as:
    m-f  suspense  contemporary  bikers  dark  humor  length-medium
  • Mr. Garcia by T.L. Swan

    Mr. Garcia by T.L. Swan

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 42 ratings
    He was gorgeous, older and guarded.I knew he was trouble from the moment we locked eyes.We met at work, on my first day as a barista.He smiled, I melted … then he tasted my coffee and threw it away.Again, the next day, and the next.He hated the coffee, yet still came back.I knew his game.He called my coffee death in a cup.I called him god’s gift to women.I wasn’t lying...
  • Never Trust the Living by Lani Lynn Vale

    Never Trust the Living by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 22 ratings
    It’s not every day that someone tries to pin a murder on you and a random girl you just met. But Bram Crow isn’t your average, everyday guy, either.One second, he’s hiding evidence with the girl, and the next, he has to marry her so a police detective doesn’t get suspicious...
  • Bratva Knight by T.J. Maguire

    Bratva Knight by T.J. Maguire

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    Nikolai VolkovThe funny thing about trust is it’s so hard to gain but so easy to lose. One stupid mistake cost me the only woman I’ve ever loved.Cost me her.Tatiana Andreeva.My fierce, golden-haired goddess with the face of an angel and the attitude of the fucking devil. She was my everything, and I would do whatever it took to get her back, because a life without her was a life not worth living...
  • The Return by Amelia Shea

    The Return by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Born and raised a Ghosttown girl, Trista Anderson has nothing but love for her hometown. After her recent graduation from college, she is eager to return and start the next chapter of her life. However, things don’t go according to plan when her homecoming is derailed by a biker club, an altercation, and a sexy new neighbor who grates on her last nerve...
  • The Voices are Back by Lani Lynn Vale

    The Voices are Back by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Just a word, yet one person came to mind. Morrigan St. Pete. The woman that’d been hounding my every step since the day she was born. From the moment we first comforted each other in the hospital, to the day that I left her to follow her dreams, I knew that she was my one...
  • Special Kind of Twisted by Lani Lynn Vale

    Special Kind of Twisted by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    He had a way of pulling everyone into his darkness. Then, to make matters worse, he convinced you that you liked it there. Kyle Davis—ex professional baseball player and current felon—loved Sara, his best friend. Strictly platonically, of course. He’d do absolutely anything for her, even put up with Greer, Sara’s other best friend. What she was not was Kyle’s best friend...
  • Good Trouble by Lani Lynn Vale

    Good Trouble by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Bain met Diana, a.k.a. Luce, the night before he was set to deploy to Afghanistan. It’s not every day that you take your brother’s girlfriend to prom because he refuses to put out the effort. That night was one of the best nights of his life and the next day, he leaves and doesn’t see her again. But there are letters. Not many, but enough for them to form a connection...
  • Lock by Lilly Atlas

    Lock by Lilly Atlas

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Lock is a man haunted by past mistakes, struggling to rebuild his life. Devastated by the loss of his twin sister to a drug overdose, he now bears the weight of raising her infant son. Overwhelmed by grief and the responsibility thrust upon him, Lock seeks solace in the very substances that stole his only sibling...
  • Valentine's Novella by Tillie Cole

    Valentine's Novella by Tillie Cole

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    A Totally Booked Blog EXCLUSIVE!!! FREE Hades Hangmen Valentine's Novellahttp://totallybookedblog.com/2015/02/...****updated URL****https://totallybookedblog.com/2017/09..
  • Mac by Jane Henry

    Mac by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Bryn Aitkens is the daughter of my enemy.And my enemies must pay.Vengeance for the wrong done my family has driven me.Consumed me.And collateral damage means nothing.So I’ll charm the innocent girl.Seduce her.Win her over, heart and body.Ruin her for anyone but me.And then strike the Aitkens family when they least suspect it.For no enemy of the Cowen Clan goes unpunished…Including her...
  • The Devil's Lair by Penny Dee

    The Devil's Lair by Penny Dee

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Massimo De Kysa.The man who stole my first kiss.And now my boss.I learned early how life can turn on a dime.That’s how it is when you grow up as a mafia princess.One minute you’re rich, spoilt, and betrothed to the most revered man in the city—the next your broke and selling your designer bags so you can eat.But I’m not the kind of girl who gives up without a fight...
  • Triangulation by Gregory Ashe

    Triangulation by Gregory Ashe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 23 ratings
    After a recent case with a treacherous client, North and Shaw are ready to go back to work building Borealis Investigations. They’re also ready to go back to dodging their feelings for each other, with neither man ready to deal with the powerful emotions the Matty Fennmore case stirred up...
  • Tango Down by Cara Dee

    Tango Down by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Renegades #4 Romantic Suspense Enemies to Lovers Action MM“This is it, baby. Run.”The murder in Joel Hayward’s eyes wasn’t merely a reflection of the rage within. It was a promise to the men who had kidnapped his daughter. The one person—this amazing slip of a girl—who showed Joel every single day that there was good left in the world.He was running on fumes. He was desperate...
  • Alluring Abyss by K.E. Osborn

    Alluring Abyss by K.E. Osborn

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Tampa Royal Bastards are riding back into town!Join Ominous as he falls into the alluring abyss...
  • The Jack & Jill Series by Jewel E. Ann

    The Jack & Jill Series by Jewel E. Ann

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    “This book is phenomenal! My favorite read of 2015. Don’t read anything else about it. Just buy it. Now.” - Ella James, USA Today bestselling author of Sloth: A Sinful Secrets Novel END OF DAY (Book 1) Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in the sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life. Four caskets. Two bodies...
  • Notorious by K.E. Osborn

    Notorious by K.E. Osborn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    Nothing but death surrounds me.For years, I’ve lived with the ghosts of the people who have died because of me.I hear their screams, I see their bodies.Like a never-ending circle, the vision replays in my mind.Hiding, locking myself away when the voices in my head get too loud, is my only saving grace. That is until one wild night, I meet Haven at a bar...
  • Dirty Crazy Bad: The Complete Collection by Siobhan Davis

    Dirty Crazy Bad: The Complete Collection by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    A dark, secret society, reverse harem romance from USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Siobhan Davis. This set includes the prequel, Dirty Crazy Bad book 1, Dirty Crazy Bad book 2, and exclusive brand-new bonus content told from multiple character POVs...
  • The Six Night Truce by Hannah Shield

    The Six Night Truce by Hannah Shield

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    When I stepped into the courtroom this morning, I intended to fight for my client’s life. I never expected to run for my own. Now the courthouse is in lockdown, and I’m trapped in a tiny room with my nemesis—the West Oaks PD cop who hates me most. He’s a single dad with a growly attitude. An ex-Marine. And he’s the star witness against my client...
  • Twisted Promises by Lilian Harris

    Twisted Promises by Lilian Harris

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    I hate everything about him. I hate his smile. I hate his laugh, and most of all, I hate how he makes me feel—so completely alive with every forbidden kiss.Gio is the son of the Italian Mafia and I’m an Irish Mob princess. An assassin who swore her life to the cause.We were never meant to find each other.But one night changed everything. I was about to end his life, while he was about to end mine...
  • Andrey by LeAnn Ashers

    Andrey by LeAnn Ashers

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    NicoleSince I was a little girl, raising my younger sister had always been my main priority. I never imagined, however, that taking care of her would put me in danger.Men came for her, but kidnapped me instead by mistake.Then he rescued me, and on that day, he claimed me.Andrey is mine just as much as I am his.AndreyThe second her eyes met mine I saw the fear in them...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  new adult  contemporary  bikers  humor  dark
  • Adoration by Jane Henry

    Adoration by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    In a world shrouded in secrets and desire, Quinn's life takes a treacherous turn when she witnesses Adriano, a dominant and possessive billionaire, commit an act of ruthless vengeance. Quinn faces a choice: give up her life, or become Adriano's wife.Caught between her past and a dangerous present, Quinn discovers an unlikely sanctuary in the arms of a man trained to kill...
  • Q by L. Wilder

    Q by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Some chances are worth taking. Twenty years had come and gone. My brothers were now older with crow’s feet and silvered hair. Their kids were no longer kids. Prospects had become brothers, and more had come to take their place. It was tough to see that everything had changed— Everything except me. I was a stone left unturned. I thought my day would never come. But then, I saw her...
  • Bound by Passion : A Motorcycle Club Romance by Ryan Michele

    Bound by Passion : A Motorcycle Club Romance by Ryan Michele

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author Ryan Michele brings the action packed, suspenseful, spicy next generation of Ravage MC filled with angst, loyalty and family.Raid bled the blood of the club. Undeniably loyal. Focused on family. Determined. His thought processes would make any other man cringe. Calculating. Meticulous. Always thinking...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  bikers  new adult  contemporary  humor  dark  abuse
  • The Two Last Moments by Hannah Shield

    The Two Last Moments by Hannah Shield

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s a former Army medic. A hero with a heart-stopping grin and a steady hand.And the only person I remember when I’ve lost everything else.When I wake in the hospital, there are only a few things I can recall.My first name. A car, racing toward me before impact.And him . The firefighter EMT who miraculously appeared that night. Who saved me.Danny Bradley takes me in, though he owes me nothing...
  • Fixate by K.E. Osborn

    Fixate by K.E. Osborn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s a part of me.Even though I don’t know her name.The woman I’ve been exchanging letters with and developed feelings for over the past five years. But I can’t help feeling torn in two when I’m suddenly pulled toward another. Maxxy, the club’s horticulturalist, is strong, sassy, and she gives me so much lip the aggravation is exasperating.She infuriates me. She ignites me...
  • Zeppo: Kosher Nostra Book Three by Mirrah McGee

    Zeppo: Kosher Nostra Book Three by Mirrah McGee

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trigger Please note this book contains some content which may be triggering to those sensitive to SA off page, verbal abuse, violence, and torture. You may contact the author for more information.RuthPaleontologist? Police Officer? Doctor? Not me. When asked in school what I wanted to be when I grew up, my answer was always the same; Zeppo Kraus' wife and the mother of his children...
  • Enemy Combatant by Cara Dee

    Enemy Combatant by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Renegades #2 • Romantic Suspense • Stockholm Syndrome • Hurt Comfort • Action • MM“The best intelligence is the knowledge that your enemy doesn’t know you have.”Crew Finlay’s ego had taken a hit or two. He couldn’t lie. As a Marine, he’d been one of the best. As a private military contractor, he’d…messed up a bit. Or failed spectacularly. Whatever...
  • Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 6 by Asuka Konishi

    Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 6 by Asuka Konishi

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 21 ratings
    PLEASE DON'T SEND ME BACK TO WHERE I CAME FROMRipples 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...
  • Devil You Know by L.A. Fiore

    Devil You Know by L.A. Fiore

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Damian Tate. One look into his sad green eyes and I was hooked. I wanted to be the one to make him laugh, to make him smile. I hadn't expected him to be the one to make me blush, to make me hot...to make me fall in love. He was my first kiss, my first love, my first everything. I wanted forever with him, but life got in the way...
  • Sinners Retreat by Lauren Biel

    Sinners Retreat by Lauren Biel

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 20 ratings
    All’s fair in murder and mayhemEzraLove isn’t on my mind when I sign up for the yearly Sinners Retreat, but a chance meeting at the airport changes everything.We click right away, and my bond with Kindra only deepens when we discover our mutual love for the most macabre hobbies. But then she brings up her brother’s unsolved murder and her real reason for being here—to find his killer...
  • Mr. Masters by T.L. Swan

    Mr. Masters by T.L. Swan

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 57 ratings
    He was powerful, older and my boss, a lethal combination.Job satisfaction has taken on a whole new meaning.When I lied on my resume, I didn’t expect it to matter.I mean any child would love me; I was born to be a nanny.I applied for a position working for a woman, or so I thought.But Julian Masters is definitely all man…the kind you dream of licking chocolate from.The first day was bad...
  • Just My Luck by Alice Winters

    Just My Luck by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    When I’m tossed into the trunk of a car, I realize that what little luck I have has finally run out—especially when I find that Tony, the man who’d abducted me, is planning on using me to get back at my father...
  • Break for Me by Ember Nicole

    Break for Me by Ember Nicole

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Trista has been on the run for years, attempting to escape a past that isn’t willing to let her go. Life taught her that she can rely only on herself for survival, and in turn, it’s made her cold, calculating, manipulative, and just a little vindictive. She knows they’re out there searching for her...
  • Fox by D.J. Krimmer

    Fox by D.J. Krimmer

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 30 ratings
    JanieWhen my father passed away, I assumed my grieving would be as simple as closing a book and starting another. Only, he had other plans.Leaving me his beloved tattoo shop, I’m stuck to figure out what exactly to do with it, all while being constantly reminded of him...
  • The Six Night Truce by Hannah Shield

    The Six Night Truce by Hannah Shield

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    He’s cocky. Infuriating. And irresistible.I can’t decide if I want to kiss him or kill him.When I stepped into the courtroom this morning, I intended to fight for my client’s life. I never expected to run for my own. Now the courthouse is in lockdown, and I’m trapped in a tiny room with my nemesis—the West Oaks PD cop who hates me most.He’s a single dad with a growly attitude...
  • A Love Most Fatal by Kath Richards

    A Love Most Fatal by Kath Richards

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Since she was a girl, Vanessa Morelli has trained for two CEO of Morelli Construction, and more importantly, head of the Morelli Crime Family. So far, it’s going well; business is booming, and the city’s criminals fear and respect her...
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