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Threaded Lies by K. Bromberg
The heated follow-up to Twisted Knight and the second book in New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg's Tangled Hearts series. A dark and sexy romance of revenge, betrayal… and falling in love with the enemy. Holden. I let my guard down. And got screwed over by a woman without even knowing why. But it won’t happen again. Because the only thing I care about is burning this whole place down... -
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Made in Malice by Albany Walker
She thinks we’re devils. I know we are. Feared and revered, we’ve earned our place to shepherd the sheep. Harbor the secrets until she comes along and threatens our foundation. We could ruin her or use her. Either way, she’s ours, whether she knows it or not, even if it's forbidden... -
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![Scarred Souls: Raze & Reap by Tillie Cole]()
Scarred Souls: Raze & Reap by Tillie Cole
The first two books in the Scarred Souls series, in one volume! RAZE. One man stripped of his freedom, his morals. .. his life. Conditioned in captivity to maim, to kill and to slaughter, prisoner 818 becomes an unrivaled and unstoppable fighter in the ring. Violence is all he knows. After years of incarceration in an underground hell, only one thought occupies his mind: revenge. . -
![Tempt Me by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray]()
Tempt Me by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLove is a weakness for a man like me…. Two years ago my enemies murdered my wife. They took away the mother of my newborn son. That’s how I became the beast…. A merciless, heartless, soulless creature. That’s why I made the deal with Ava:. Take her to repay her father’s debt…. I couldn’t resist. Not when I saw she feared me as much as she wanted me. I wanted the beauty, a woman nearly half my age... -
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![Tease Me: A Contemporary Romance Collection by Lizzi Stone, Elise Knight]()
Tease Me: A Contemporary Romance Collection by Lizzi Stone, Elise Knight
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDon't let love, or lust, pass you by…. Sink into this incredible collection of never-before-released full-length novels! Available for a limited time only! Let us arouse your imagination with dozens of books compiled to satisfy your craving for romance. They'll tease… excite… and tempt you to sin. Get ready to swoon over these seductive stories of craving and demand. Yield and advance. Heat...Categorized as:
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![Thrill Me by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray]()
Thrill Me by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTime to break the rules and make her submit to me…. We dance like devils, except we wear masks. Every night a different one. Dancing on the edge. Dancing with danger. Me and her, for years. I’ve allowed her to think she doesn’t already belong to me. Time to change that up and claim her. Possess her, dominate her, own her. Heart. Body. Mind. Soul... -
![Starlet: A Dark Hollywood Mafia Romance by Cora Kenborn]()
Starlet: A Dark Hollywood Mafia Romance by Cora Kenborn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Cora Kenborn comes a dark and twisted enemies to lovers retelling of Anastasia. They call me America’s Sweetheart. Hollywood royalty. The last of an era. Sole survivor of LA’s most infamous crime. I’m not any of those things. He forced me into the spotlight. The liar with a perfect smile and cold blue eyes. But Alexandra Romanov’s fate won’t be mine... -
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Erase by Elizabeth Knox, London Kingsley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWe’re not allowed to fall in love. Dion. Ever since my dad, Zeus, the leader of the Sons of Gods MC, kicked my mom, Risk, out of the club, I’ve been worried that he might see me as somehow less important. Not that I think it’s really likely—but still, that fear sits like a stone in the pit of my stomach...Categorized as:
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Tease Me by Julia Ash, Linzi Basset
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDon't let love, or lust, pass you by…. Sink into this incredible collection of never-before-released full-length novels! Available for a limited time only! Let us arouse your imagination with dozens of books compiled to satisfy your craving for romance. They'll tease… excite… and tempt you to sin. Get ready to swoon over these seductive stories of craving and demand. Yield and advance. Heat... -
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Fractured by R. Phillips
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"All of it existing somewhere in between everything. ". What is a life? A collection of memories? A series of glorious highs and heartrending lows? Is it a purpose, cumulative or singular? Or is it something more? Something beyond what is tangible or immaterial? Something beyond even what is found within us...Categorized as:
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Redlined by Cala Riley
Roxanne. Racing and Ross are the only two things I thought I could ever count on. That is, until one of them sends me far away, making me lose the other. Now, stuck with a cousin I’m not sure even wants me here trying to pick up the scattered pieces of my life, all I want to do is find my own way...Categorized as:
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![Once a Myth by Pepper Winters]()
Once a Myth by Pepper Winters
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsHe bought her. He trapped her. She belongs to him. Eleanor Grace is a naïve dreamer. Trusting and young, she believes her travel-loving boyfriend can save her when her freedom is snatched and sold. Squirrelled away to an island at dawn, delivered to a man even darkness won’t touch, she’s bound by a contract. Sullivan Sinclair is the giver of fantasies...Categorized as:
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Protector by Michelle Horst
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAlternate cover edition for ASIN B01MG7S9XB. For other cover editions go here and here. From International Bestseller Michelle Heard, comes a new, suspenseful standalone novel. I’m not capable of love. I’m loyal and honorable. I’ll kill for those closest to me. But love? Hell no. It’s saver for everyone if I remain a bachelor. Besides, money buys me everything I need... -
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Threaded Lies by K. Bromberg
The heated follow-up to Twisted Knight and the second book in New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg's Tangled Hearts series. A dark and sexy romance of revenge, betrayal… and falling in love with the enemy. Holden. I let my guard down. And got screwed over by a woman without even knowing why. But it won’t happen again. Because the only thing I care about is burning this whole place down...Categorized as:
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![Mirage by C.M. Radcliff]()
Mirage by C.M. Radcliff
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReleasing as part of the 2019 Sinister Fairy Tales Collection! Painted in gold, Jaslyn was born into a life of luxury with the world at her feet. After the death of her father, his empire became hers and the princess became a queen. Painted in gold, Jaslyn was born into a life of luxury with the world at her feet. Her fortune was sought after and deception and deceit had a ring around her finger... -
![Twisted Circles by Claire Contreras]()
Twisted Circles by Claire Contreras
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhen someone tells you who you are, do you believe them? The first question the cops asked me was if anything out of the ordinary happened to me lately. When I woke up this morning in the room of a mental institution I couldn’t remember a thing – not my name nor how I got there. Not how I left or how I ended up in that interrogation room. The only thing I knew came from the contents inside my bag... -
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Savage Soul by Ella Jade
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI failed the woman I swore to protect, and now my enemies are after her. Jude I live by a code. I don’t tolerate lies, betrayals, or secrets. I seldom give second chances. When Emmie withheld the truth from me, I acted on instinct before I gave her a chance to explain. My actions put her in danger, and now it’s my responsibility to save her... -
![Hush by B.T. Urruela, Anne Malcom]()
Hush by B.T. Urruela, Anne Malcom
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey were taken. Off the street. From parking lots. Malls. Playgrounds. Snatched from life and thrust into hell. They took Orion Darby on a perfect summer day, while she could still taste her first kiss on her lips. She joined the others with chains on their ankles and scars on their souls. They turned into nothing more than statistics. Cold cases. Lost girls. Years passed and the world forgot... -
![Traces of Her by C.M. Radcliff]()
Traces of Her by C.M. Radcliff
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI am a ghost,. a captive stripped of my own identity. I’ve lived in solitude in the depths of hell until the devil appeared, pulling me out of the darkness and shoving me into the arms of my new prison. But sometimes a prison becomes a home. And sometimes that home is within the heart of a man. I have a debt to pay and my brother’s collecting. He makes the messes and I deal with the aftermath... -
![Zhànshì by Anna Edwards]()
Zhànshì by Anna Edwards
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratings“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win”. -- Sun Tzu, The Art of War. Lia has known she was different since the age of five when her father taught her the skills of her ancestors. His stories of heroic exploits have fueled her fantasies for years... -
![The Thief and the Painter by Candice Clark]()
The Thief and the Painter by Candice Clark
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmeliaPaint smudges and secret grudges. Despite the occasional ball gown and glass of champagne, my life is anything but glitz and glamor. I’m the daughter of The Southern Black Widow and a girl so full of darkness that it bleeds from my very fingers onto high-priced canvas. But what is darkness but the absence of light? Insert Merrick Stratford—my light. His cold demeanor doesn’t fool me... -
![Seal My Fate by Roxy Sloane]()
Seal My Fate by Roxy Sloane
Oxford, England. The city of dreaming spires, dark secrets… And desire. I came to Oxford to avenge my sister, but instead, I found a web of lies. Ancient loyalties. Fortunes built on sin. Riches they’d do anything to protect. I’m the one who could bring their empires crashing down. But can I destroy the man I love? Time is running out… The Oxford Legacy.Categorized as:
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Savage Secrets (Bale’s Villainous Tales) by Sarah Bale
He’s Angry—because I ran from him. I fled the city, hellbent on starting over without Malik Jafar in my life. I should have known it wouldn’t be easy. I should have known he would give chase. But there’s something that he doesn’t know. Something he’ll never forgive me for. When he shows up, I know the game is over. I’m about to be thrown into the lion’s den. And face the wrath of my best friend... -
![Beauty and the Villain by V.F. Mason]()
Beauty and the Villain by V.F. Mason
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOnce upon a time I had it all. I thrived in all the power and luxury this world had to offer. Until I found out the hideous truth. When a man I considered a friend betrayed me in the worst possible way. The scars on my body burned anew every single day as I only craved one thing. Revenge. And to execute it I had to strike him where it would hurt the most. His family... -
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![It Starts with Us: Special Collector's Edition: A Novel by Colleen Hoover]()
It Starts with Us: Special Collector's Edition: A Novel by Colleen Hoover
Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favorite Atlas’s side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the “glorious and touching” (USA TODAY) #1 New York Times bestseller It Ends with Us. Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again...Categorized as:
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![Brutal Prince: Bonus Scene by Sophie Lark]()
Brutal Prince: Bonus Scene by Sophie Lark
Aida and Callum go to a Halloween event.Categorized as:
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![Hades & Persephone by Amelia Wilde]()
Hades & Persephone by Amelia Wilde
He wants her submission. She demands his secrets. Hades has acres of diamonds and precious little patience for a world that has stolen his compassion. So, when lifegiving medication is withheld from him, Hades steals something more valuable—the daughter of his enemy—and holds her for ransom. The night Persephone left home, she had just one thing on her freedom... -
![Love After Never: A Steamy, Enemies to Lovers Dark Romance: Empire Bay Book 1 by Melanie Kingsley]()
Love After Never: A Steamy, Enemies to Lovers Dark Romance: Empire Bay Book 1 by Melanie Kingsley
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEven the blackest souls need love… Seedy underbellies and dark depravities don’t scare me. I’ve seen the worst and survived. I’ve never seen a man like him before. Gabriel Blackwell, the raven-haired demon of the underworld. He’s the sickest bastard of them all. He might also be a murder suspect. If I’m going to do this job and see him behind bars, then I need to use my wits... -
![Prince of Chaos by Amelia Wilde]()
Prince of Chaos by Amelia Wilde
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy mother keeps me prisoner to keep me safe. Safe from the world. Safe from boys. And especially safe from Luther Hades, the most dangerous man in the world. She’d rather die than send me on an errand. But now she has no other choice. And someone new is waiting at the gate. . -
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Love After Never by Melanie Kingsley
Rated: 3.39 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEven the blackest souls need love… Seedy underbellies and dark depravities don’t scare me. I’ve seen the worst and survived. I’ve never seen a man like him before. Gabriel Blackwell, the raven-haired demon of the underworld. He’s the sickest bastard of them all. He might also be a murder suspect. If I’m going to do this job and see him behind bars, then I need to use my wits... -
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Broken Beauty by Jaclin Marie
Rated: 3.20 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAsh. I hated her. I thought I liked this. This summer seemed like such a blissful memory but god when I found out who she was I swear I saw red. Then I decided that I’m going to fucking ruin her. Ariella. If I knew what his last name was I swear I never would have spoken to him. I never would have spent my summer with Ash Jones...Categorized as:
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