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  • Fate & Furies: An epic romantic fantasy by Scheuerer

    Fate & Furies: An epic romantic fantasy by Scheuerer

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    “I always knew you would be the end of me. ”. With darkness cursing the world around her, Althea Zoltaire is desperate for vengeance. But as she hunts Wilder Hawthorne across the kingdoms, brutal secrets begin to unravel. Not knowing what – or who – to trust, Thea and her companions find themselves entwined with a destiny far greater than one man...
  • The Light Through the Leaves by Glendy Vanderah

    The Light Through the Leaves by Glendy Vanderah

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    One unbearable mistake at the edge of the forest. In a moment of crisis, Ellis Abbey leaves her daughter, Viola, unattended—for just a few minutes. But when she returns, Viola is gone. A breaking point in an already fractured marriage, Viola’s abduction causes Ellis to disappear as well—into grief, guilt, and addiction...
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  • A Court of Wicked Fae by Alaya Wells

    A Court of Wicked Fae by Alaya Wells

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    A woman determined to destroy a conniving king. A fae lord who will sacrifice himself to shield her from harm. Can their love survive the upcoming battle? A thorny collar controls my every move and betrayal haunts me, but I’m still determined to seek vengeance for my brother’s death. I’ll do it with or without Vexxion’s help. But when he calls in his favor, I’m given no choice...
  • Royal Creed by T.K. Leigh

    Royal Creed by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    His princess. Her secret. Their forbidden love. All my life, every decision has been made for me. What to say. How to dress. And now, who I'm to marry. When you're second in line to the throne, it's just how things are. I've always gone along with it. Until now. I may not have a say in who I marry, but I refuse to let someone dictate who I give my v-card to...
  • Beautiful Sins by Piper Lawson

    Beautiful Sins by Piper Lawson

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    “I don’t know how to treat a woman like you. ”. I swore I’d cut Harrison King out of my life, and my bed, forever. The second my contract with the ruthless billionaire who owned me was up…. I ran. Not knowing that decision would only twist the web around us tighter. Now, he’s back, and the sins of his past threaten to destroy us both. He still thirsts for power and vengeance...
  • You Have My Heart by E.L. Todd

    You Have My Heart by E.L. Todd

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Conrad, Theo, and Silke begin their last year of college. Having the rest of the gang absent throws them off in the beginning, but they stick together and push through it. Conrad is only looking for easy grabs and isn’t interested in a serious relationship at this time in life...
  • Mayhem by Elizabeth Knox

    Mayhem by Elizabeth Knox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everything between us changed in an instant. MagnusWith one of our enemies finally gone, we all thought we’d have an easy couple of months until someone else rose from the ashes. What we didn’t expect was for it to happen a lot sooner than we thought. It didn’t take months. In weeks there was another snake we needed to take down...
  • We Belong Together by E.L. Todd

    We Belong Together by E.L. Todd

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Trinity and Slade are finally together, and their secret is out in the open. But how will the rest of the gang react to their newly announced love? Cayson and Skye take it the easiest since they already knew about it, but what about everyone else? Roland is a closet writer. Writing stories from the heart is all he’s ever known. He’s much deeper than people realize...
  • Luxe Two: A LaLa Land Addiction by Ashley Antoinette

    Luxe Two: A LaLa Land Addiction by Ashley Antoinette

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In Luxe Two: A LaLa Land Addiction by New York Times bestselling author Ashley Antoinette, there is only one thing more powerful than anything. .. the love of the high. .. Bleu is addicted. .. addicted to the luxe life and it has led her down a road of self-destruction. She knows what it feels like to be turned out by the game...
  • Cat Pay the Devil: A Joe Grey Mystery by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

    Cat Pay the Devil: A Joe Grey Mystery by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Molena Point, California, should be a tranquil place. Nestled quietly on the Pacific coast miles below San Francisco, it's not the kind of town escaped convicts seek out...
  • Shouldn't Want You by Jerica MacMillan

    Shouldn't Want You by Jerica MacMillan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Single dad on tour needs a nanny . .. When I answered the ad looking for a nanny willing to travel. I was desperate for a job. And this would be the perfect escape from the end of the world as I knew it. I thought my boss would be an overworked businessman. Not the broody guitarist for the alt-rock band on everyone’s lips. He’s everything I shouldn’t want—...
  • A New Jersey Love Story: Troy & Camilla by Myiesha

    A New Jersey Love Story: Troy & Camilla by Myiesha

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Motivated and more determined than ever to beat the odds and finish school, 23-year-old Camilla Baxter finds out that her mother is diagnosed with cancer. Feeling obligated to her mother, she drops out of school to help take care of her. When she enrolled back into Kean University, she had lost her scholarship and is forced to pay her way through her last year...
  • Vengeance by Rebecca Gannon

    Vengeance by Rebecca Gannon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Angela. I've been a captive my entire life behind the walls of my family’s making. And while the walls have kept me in, they didn’t keep the monsters out. Under a constant watchful eye, I have no choice in anything, my path already carved out for me the moment I entered this world...
  • Wolf Hunting by Jane Lindskold

    Wolf Hunting by Jane Lindskold

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In Through Wolf's Eyes, Jane Lindskold introduced Firekeeper, the young girl raised by intelligent, language-using wolves. Abducted back into human society, Firekeeper found that, in the world of deadly human political intrigues, her training as a pack animal served her well...
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    abduction  contemporary  fantasy  length-long
  • Yakuza Lover, Vol. 6 by Nozomi Mino

    Yakuza Lover, Vol. 6 by Nozomi Mino

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    When feisty college student Yuri is attacked at a party, she’s saved by Toshiomi Oya, the underboss of a yakuza syndicate. Despite her obvious attraction to him, she convinces herself that she’s not in the market for a bad boy type. But when they meet again, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to him—kicking off a steamy and dangerous love affair that threatens to consume her, body and soul...
  • The Doctor Who Has No Chance by Victoria Quinn

    The Doctor Who Has No Chance by Victoria Quinn

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I rushed into something I wasn't ready for. I want to be ready, wish I were ready, but I'm just not. But I miss her. Every day. Every moment. Always. It's like losing half of my soul. Maybe Sicily is the right person, just not the right time. And if that's true, can I really just let her go?
  • Celt by Aria Ray

    Celt by Aria Ray

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A scorching hot badass looking for redemption. A single dad crazy about his daughter. My sworn protector. Tall, dark and Irish, Celt stole my heart the day he saved me from my predatory husband. But I keep it a secret from him. I can’t let myself become bound to anyone right now. I have to regain control of my life first. A fresh start. No brawny, possessive bikers allowed...
  • Silver Threads: Memory House Collection by Bette Lee Crosby

    Silver Threads: Memory House Collection by Bette Lee Crosby

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the day Jennifer Green was born a pile of stones was placed alongside her scale of life. A few were the dark gray of sorrow, but most were a pale blush color. The largest stone was the rose hue of a sunrise. That one would be placed on the scale the day she married Drew Bishop. Even more brilliant but a wee bit smaller was the pink stone glistening with specs of silver...
  • The Doctor Who Has No Ambition by Victoria Quinn

    The Doctor Who Has No Ambition by Victoria Quinn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As the world's most renowned heart surgeon, I accomplished every dream I had. I did my humanitarian work in South Africa, conducted ground-breaking research with my clinic, and made a difference every single day. The best part? The way my father looked at me. .. like he'd never been more proud. But when my patience dies on the table, I lose everything. And I mean EVERYTHING. My wife left me...
  • Protection for Hire by Camy Tang

    Protection for Hire by Camy Tang

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tessa Lancaster's skills first earned her a position as an enforcer in her Uncle Teruo's Japanese Mafia gang. Then they landed her in prison for a crime she didn't commit. Now, three months after her release, Tessa's abilities have gained her a job as bodyguard for wealthy socialite Elizabeth St. Amant and her three-year-old son. But there's a problem or two . .. or three . ..
  • Bratva Beast by Misty Winters

    Bratva Beast by Misty Winters

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I have a secret. .. I’m the daughter of one of the most deplorable Bratva Bosses in the underworld. Only I didn’t know that growing up. I was shielded and under his watchful eye until his past caught up with him and tragedy struck. I fled to Moscow to find answers, and the only thing I found was my father’s past chasing after me. I had nowhere to go until I came upon the perfect hideout...
  • Genius (CENTURIES) by TheBibicalSinner

    Genius (CENTURIES) by TheBibicalSinner

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "You want me to be a genius or do you want me to fuck you? ". • • •. The Alexandrettia is the finest school in the state, known for producing the smartest, and most talented kids in America. 21 year old keen painter Mia Hanson managed to get a spot. She worked her whole life to get inside, to see the hallowed halls her biggest idols once walked through...
  • Peaceful Chaos by Kimberly Carrillo

    Peaceful Chaos by Kimberly Carrillo

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Raven and I fought for peace and found it inside chaos and bloodshed. Our life will never be perfect. There are too many victims, too much pain for us to wrap our happy ending in a bow. Not that a perfect ending matters to us, because that isn’t who we are. We found each other through pain, and tied ourselves to each other in ribbons of trauma...
  • Sold to the Enemy by Aria R. Blue

    Sold to the Enemy by Aria R. Blue

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    I was taught to hate him. And then I was told to marry him. He's Nico Monte--the man with the reckless ways and the ruthless blue eyes. The Monte's are the reason why my family was exiled. They're the reason why we had to run and hide. They're the most notorious crime family of Chicago, and I've been sold to their prince...
  • Prima by Alta Hensley, Maggie Ryan

    Prima by Alta Hensley, Maggie Ryan

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    She was an angel when she danced. Too bad she attracted the attention of the devil. She was so innocent and naïve. Not meant for the cruel realities of this world. Certainly not meant for someone unworthy. But every time she floated across the stage, I knew she danced only for me. Watching her wasn't enough. .. My Prima became the light to the dark...
  • Awakening by Lee Savino, Stasia Black

    Awakening by Lee Savino, Stasia Black

    Rated: 3.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    When a rock god asks Cora to help find his missing fiance, she befriends both a stripper and a hacker genius to help her search the city of Olympus. But will they save the woman in time with the evil of the underworld standing in their way? Zeus is the mayor, Cora is Persephone and Hades is "business man" and mob boss Marcus Ubeli in this retelling of the Greek Myth "Orpheus and Eurydice. ".
  • Harleen by Stjepan Šejić

    Harleen by Stjepan Šejić

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 39 ratings
    Dr. Harleen Quinzel has a theory: mental illness is a survival mechanism. As she seeks to help the broken souls of Gotham City piece together their sanity she will become the one thing she fears the most: one of them. A bold new retelling of the tragic origin of Harley Quinn told through the eyes of the only person who knows her better than anyone: Harleen...
  • Marked for Murder: A Shelby Nichols Mystery Adventure by Colleen Helme

    Marked for Murder: A Shelby Nichols Mystery Adventure by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Trouble follows Shelby Nichols. Why wouldn't it? She works for a mob boss. And the police. A desperate call from a friend in need turns Shelby's life upside down. Someone is out to prove that Shelby is a fake, marking her for murder. How far will they go? As the clock ticks down, she realizes no one is safe, and it's up to her to stop them...
  • Shadow Dance by Christine Feehan

    Shadow Dance by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    Tensions and passions rise in the city that never sleeps in this propulsive novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan's Shadow Riders series. As the head of the New York City Shadow Riders and his branch of the Ferraro family, Geno bears the weight of dual responsibilities on his broad shoulders...
  • Crossing Danger by Colleen Helme

    Crossing Danger by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Shelby Nichols isn't your average soccer-mom turned private investigator. She's more on the quirky side with a little wild thrown in. That's because a near-fatal gunshot wound to the head left her with the ability to read minds. This lands her in all kinds of trouble, and this time is no exception. Helping a reporter, Billie Jo, get the low-down on a case is just the tip of the iceberg...
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