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  • Treasured by Lexi Blake

    Treasured by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    David Hawthorne has a great life. His job as a professor at a prestigious Dallas college is everything he hoped for. Now that his brother is back from the Navy, life seems to be settling down. All he needs to do is finish the book he’s working on and his tenure will be assured. When he gets invited to interview a reclusive expert, he knows he’s gotten lucky...
  • Property of Mountain by Nikki Landis

    Property of Mountain by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When the past threatens the future, even skeletons buried in the closet have a way of exposing all their dark and deadly secrets. .. Camille:. Rex Coleman, or Mountain as everyone knows him, is one of five beefy lumberjack brothers who own the local lumber mill...
    Categorized as:
    insta-love  suspense  mafia  length-novella
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  • Sisco by Maryann Jordan

    Sisco by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Former SEAL and new LSI-MT Keeper, Sisco Aguilar, never expected his day at the hospital to turn into a nightmare. All he wanted was to finish his paramedic recertification and head home. But instead, he found himself thrust into a life-or-death hostage situation, protecting a terrified little girl and her stunning, single mother. Lenore Keller’s day was meant to be filled with hope...
  • Charmed by Lexi Blake

    Charmed by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    JT Malone is lucky, and he knows it. He is the heir to a billion-dollar petroleum empire, and he has a loving family. Between his good looks and his charm, he can have almost any woman he wants. The world is his oyster, and he really likes oysters. So why does it all feel so empty? Nina Blunt is pretty sure she’s cursed...
  • John by Anna Blakely

    John by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He knows she’s keeping something from him, and he’s determined to uncover the truth. Not only about who she really is…but also about the man she’s pretending not to hunt. Danger lurks, secrets are revealed, and a new, unbreakable bond is formed in this exciting new Delta Team story featuring John “Rocky” Rockland and his beautiful, mysterious new neighbor...
  • Rescuing Sadie by Susan Stoker

    Rescuing Sadie by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    She doesn’t need a hero—but she’ll take a protector who believes in her strength. Sadie Jennings was used to being protected. As the niece of Sean Taggart, and the receptionist at McKay-Taggart Group, she was constantly surrounded by Alpha men more than capable, and willing, to lay down their life for her...
  • Her Russian Returns by Red Phoenix

    Her Russian Returns by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rytsar Durov should be dead. But in the BDSM world, loyalties run as deep as kinky passions. Sir Thane Davis is determined to save his Russian brother, but must call on his friends at the Center to execute the plan. Clinging to hope, Brie trusts she will see Rytsar again. There is a promise he must keep….
    Categorized as:
    suspense  bdsm  new adult  length-short  audiobook
  • Dolby by Maryann Jordan

    Dolby by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dolby had earned his down time, eager for the solitude. Then he met her. One innocent night with a beautiful woman as they sheltered from the storm, Dolby wanted a chance to know her more. But with the morning light, she was gone. Marcia had spent years dealing with the crippling fear of strangers. Then she met him...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  insta-love  military  m-f  audiobook
  • Tied to Hope by Red Phoenix

    Tied to Hope by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “Welcome me home…”. My life is what dreams are made of! I am deeper in love with Thane after the birth of our child, and I can’t believe the plans he has for our future. My joy Is doubled when Rytsar Durov returns as a conquering hero. In the midst of such bliss, a dark secret surfaces that has the power to tear our world apart...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  bdsm  humor  new adult  length-medium  audiobook
  • Tempted by Lexi Blake

    Tempted by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lexi Blake comes a new story in her Masters and Mercenaries series…. When West Rycroft left his family’s ranch to work in the big city, he never dreamed he would find himself surrounded by celebrities and politicians...
  • Tempted by Lexi Blake

    Tempted by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When West Rycroft left his family’s ranch to work in the big city, he never dreamed he would find himself surrounded by celebrities and politicians. Working at McKay-Taggart as a bodyguard and security expert quickly taught him how to navigate the sometimes shark-infested waters of the elite...
  • Scythe's Grasp by E.C. Land

    Scythe's Grasp by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nothing is worth grasping unless it’s something you’d die for. Scythe. There’s not much I care for in this life. My club. My brothers. My blood. All the rest of it blurs together. The only feeling I get is when I’m doing things, I’m not proud of. I’m stained and that’s the way it’ll stay. Nothing can change the past or present. Not even her...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  insta-love  bikers  mystery  m-f  length-short
  • Out of Air by Robert F. Barker

    Out of Air by Robert F. Barker

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A final, climactic confrontation. But who will survive? One city; Paris Two killers; one in hiding, the other stalking the streets An innocent young couple, bewitched into the deadliest danger The detective who must find them all before the worst happens...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  suspense  mystery  length-long  audiobook
  • Beg Me by Sierra Simone

    Beg Me by Sierra Simone

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    BEG ME: A SALT KISS BONUS SCENE. Beg Me takes place during the events of Salt Kiss and contains spoilers for Salt Kiss (but not for the rest of the Lyonesse Trilogy). His eyes are burning, his fingers are in my mouth, his chest is moving with fast and heavy breaths. He’s looking at me like I’m his...
  • Ghost by C.M. Steele

    Ghost by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    My last assignment. The one I didn't want and my family begged me not to take, but I had to do what I could to make our town, our state, our country a little safer. I had no idea that I'd walked into a trap set up by some of the deadliest men in the world. My vision had gone black as I faced the end of my life. All the regrets, all the love I'd miss out on...
  • Jaded by D.D. Prince

    Jaded by D.D. Prince

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Want equal rights? Don't f____ a biker. Want safe and predictable? Do not fall for a biker. Want wind in your hair, fire in your soul, and a man's fingerprints on your body, marking you as his and only his, to be protected and treasured forever? Don't accidentally become a club bunny. -Gianna Grace Jones. Told from the biker’s point-of-view…...
  • Brass's Surrender by E.C. Land

    Brass's Surrender by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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  • Season Of Sin by Kylie Kent

    Season Of Sin by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Hayley. Spending Christmas in the city wasn’t on my bingo card this year. Saving my little brother from himself also wasn’t on that card. But here I am, willing to do anything to get him out of the trouble he’s managed to find himself in. Again...
  • Roots of Vengeance by Maggie Cole

    Roots of Vengeance by Maggie Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    Nothing about Connor Brooks is average. Not his looks, or kisses, or touches. He’s my target. Falling in love isn’t part of the assignment. My job is to determine if he’s a Twisted Heart, the vicious gang who killed my family. He’s innocent, but discovers my secret. My cover is blown. My heart shattered. But I annihilated his. Going forward, I tell my boss to only give me the most dangerous men...
  • Catch and Release by Lori Matthews

    Catch and Release by Lori Matthews

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Callahan Security is Back! !! Jake Boxer wants a vacation, but when Jameson Drake calls and asks for a favor, he has no choice. Drake's accountant is in trouble and needs protection, so Jake agrees to take on the job. Little does he know the accountant is not only brilliant but drop-dead gorgeous...
  • Claiming His Baby by Nikki Chase

    Claiming His Baby by Nikki Chase

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I let a masked stranger blindfold me. He demands my submission. Claims every inch of me. We part ways . . . then I find out I’m pregnant. I don’t think I’ll ever see him again,. and that’s not even my biggest problem. He’s hot, powerful, and arrogant. The kind of guy who always gets what he wants. To my surprise, he wants me . His voice hypnotizes me. His touch scorches my skin...
  • SEAL's Chance by Makenna Jameison

    SEAL's Chance by Makenna Jameison

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Tyler "Trigger" Howard's book. Official blurb coming soon!
  • Black Light: Protocol by Shane Starrett

    Black Light: Protocol by Shane Starrett

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “Yes, sir. ”. Galen Harmon lives to hear those two words. And for fifteen years he lived the dream with a submissive who’d knelt at his feet and offered that simple phrase over and over again. But then she was gone. Ripped away in a heartbeat of savage betrayal and anguish that still haunts him. Until he met Alex. She’s everything that was taken from him...
  • Lani by LeAnn Ashers

    Lani by LeAnn Ashers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I ran away from Los Angeles to escape a crazy, obsessed fan. But when I came back home, I never fathomed everyone would hate me for no other reason than me just being myself. Then I met Vinny and Trey, my brother’s friends who are also members of the Devil Souls MC. One single night, that’s all it took for my life to change. Two men, one of me...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  insta-love  menage  m-m-f  poly  length-short
  • Grim's Goddess by Hallie Bennett

    Grim's Goddess by Hallie Bennett

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She's teased him long enough. .. Amelie. She's a shy curvy girl hiding a naughty. she moonlights as a burlesque dancer at the local MC's club. . It's a safe way for Amelie to shed her good girl persona, until a string of accidents threaten the club and its dancers. Grim. He's the burly military veteran who manages Club Wolf for the Reaper's Wolves MC...
  • Seeing Love: Saints Protection & Investigations by Maryann Jordan, Andrea Michelle

    Seeing Love: Saints Protection & Investigations by Maryann Jordan, Andrea Michelle

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Saints Protection & Investigations. A private investigation business, pulling together men from the CIA, FBI, ATF, DEA, Border Patrol, SEALS, and police, devoted to the missions no one else wants or can solve. A man who searches for facts:...
  • Sold to the Russian Bratva Boss by Rosalie Rose, B. Rose

    Sold to the Russian Bratva Boss by Rosalie Rose, B. Rose

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    My father sold me to a Russian thug. But I'll never accept him as my husband. Even if my darkest fantasies include his body against mine. .. Olivia. Husband. Now, there’s a word I didn’t expect. But what was I meant to do? Disrespect my dead daddy? Be responsible for the collapse of his “empire”? F'ing Dimitri. The bastard might be my arranged “other half,”. But the role ends there...
  • Noah by Eve Riley

    Noah by Eve Riley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Letting go is truly the most powerful control of all. Federal Prosecutor, Noah Riley has had enough of what he feels is a failing justice system. He’s watched one too many times as young victims are let down and the men who have caused them harm go free. It’s time for a change in his life, but he has no idea where to start...
  • A Little Groundhog Day Gamble: A Holidays at Rawhide Ranch Story by Allie Belle, Rawhide Authors

    A Little Groundhog Day Gamble: A Holidays at Rawhide Ranch Story by Allie Belle, Rawhide Authors

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Facing down one of her high school bullies didn't exactly go the way she'd planned. .. Instead of giving Darius Smith a piece of her mind and walking away knowing she'd had the last word, Brynnly somehow finds herself on a date with him. At Rawhide Ranch. Where Darius just accepted a job as a professor at the University...
  • Ruling the Mob by Kristen Luciani

    Ruling the Mob by Kristen Luciani

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fear Makes You Weak. Weakness Gets You Killed. Nico. This life. It becomes more toxic every day. There is no escape for me or the ones I love. I've done things to claim my rightful place. I've taken care of those who challenged that place, and I've made a mortal enemy in the process. Now he's back, just like I always knew he would be. He's angry, tortured, and out for blood. Perfect...
  • The Measure of Home by Krista Sandor

    The Measure of Home by Krista Sandor

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A fallen supermodel with a secret faces the man she left behind in The Measure of Home, a second chance at love, steamy small-town romance with just enough suspense to keep you on the edge of your seat from USA Today Bestselling Author Krista Sandor. Monica Brandt didn’t have money or power. Beauty was her only currency...
  • The Brazen Belles Anthology by Tracy Sumner, Sadie Bosque

    The Brazen Belles Anthology by Tracy Sumner, Sadie Bosque

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Looking for a blissful sleepless night? Need some dashing new book boyfriends to cuddle up with on a cozy winter afternoon? For lovers of historical romance, get ready to stay up late reading with this introductory collection of Georgian, Regency, and Victorian pieces by a group of highly acclaimed, award-winning authors! From gaming hells to ballroom belles, these standalone stories—including...
  • Deathwatch Beetle by Jaycee Wolfe

    Deathwatch Beetle by Jaycee Wolfe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Grim:. Losing loved ones is nothing new to me. Life is short and seems even shorter for the people I love the most. I refuse to lose anyone else. I have dedicated my life to saving people in need. My brothers will always come first, though. Until I see her bruised and beaten on the side of the road. I vow right then and there to heal her and protect her...
  • Masters of the Castle: Witness Protection Program by Maren Smith, Rayanna Jamison

    Masters of the Castle: Witness Protection Program by Maren Smith, Rayanna Jamison

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Ten of your favorite authors. Eight brand new stories. One really, really bad man. Where will you be when the bomb goes off? When Master Marshall gets an emergency phone call, he can’t believe his ears. His cousin, Grace, has become the only surviving witness to a terrible murder and she is refusing police protection...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  bdsm  m-f  length-epic  audiobook
  • 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...
  • Call Sign: King by Livia Grant

    Call Sign: King by Livia Grant

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He got cocky. Let his guard down. Now the love of his life is paying the price. For a moment he'd forgotten there were men who wanted him dead. Men who lived their lives in the dark, who could reach out of the shadows he used to live in, and he'd been naive to think the light inside her would keep her safe...
  • Hostile Bond by Autumn Archer, Hostile Kingdom

    Hostile Bond by Autumn Archer, Hostile Kingdom

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Full blurb coming soon! Hostile Bond is the final book in André and Sinéad’s Souza Cartel duet by USA Today bestselling author Autumn Archer.
  • Killer Bond by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Killer Bond by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Daniel Hendricks wants a vacation. Ward Security’s accountant and resident code breaker just needs a little R&R from the chaos and usual shenanigans of the office. But what was supposed to be a sexy vacation hook-up explodes in his face when he’s mistaken for a rogue secret agent...
    Categorized as:
    insta-love  suspense  m-m  mystery  contemporary  queer
  • Carol's Image by Maryann Jordan

    Carol's Image by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Detective Tom Rivers first meets beautiful Carol Fletcher, he thinks he has been visited by an angel. The gentle ER nurse attending him after an accident, captivates him and when she slips away, he searches diligently to find her. A man used to getting what he wants, Tom works to earn Carol’s trust, knowing that she is the woman for him...
  • Because of His Past by Kelly Favor

    Because of His Past by Kelly Favor

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Grace Knowles isn’t the type of girl to have sex in exchange for money. But when the unimaginably rich and handsome Liam Houston suggests just such an arrangement, she doesn’t exactly say no to him. Instead, Grace goes to his room in the middle of the night, intending to give him a piece of her mind. But when Liam Houston finally gets his hands on her, nothing’s that simple...
  • Sweet Southern Betrayal by Robin Covington

    Sweet Southern Betrayal by Robin Covington

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Privileged and ambitious attorney Teague Elliott is on the fast-track to getting everything he wants. All he has to do is stay on the straight and narrow and a high-profile political career is his for the taking. Until he wakes up naked with a Vegas showgirl. .. Risa Clay has worked hard to put her showgirl past behind her and start fresh...
  • Possessive Puppy by Lena Little

    Possessive Puppy by Lena Little

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’m not used to seeing women, instead spending months alone with my trusty sidekick Molly in the Rocky Mountains, but I do come down and check-in from time to time. I see women then, and they never have an effect on me. All I do is come down to let my ‘bosses’ know I’m alive, collect my paycheck, and let them know how many smugglers and poachers I’ve removed...
  • Master of the Mountain by Lucky Moon

    Master of the Mountain by Lucky Moon

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    His mountain. His rules. Emily Carter is a thrill-seeking, nature-loving Little with a painting and cataloguing the world's most stunning and elusive creatures. But when a hike up Pine Peak mountain goes badly wrong, she's left stranded and hurt. Reed Dawson does not share. Not his secrets. Not his heart. He's the law on Pine Peak, a reclusive mountain man who's as hard as the rock he calls home...
  • Unlocking Hope by Linzi Baxter

    Unlocking Hope by Linzi Baxter

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The fight of their lives could bind their hearts…or kill them both. A few months ago, Zoey jumped at a new job offer with an outsized salary. Now she’s jumping from one abandoned house to another, subsisting on stale granola bars, hiding a thumb drive with enough information to bring down a crime boss—or get her killed...
  • Bringing Home Daddy: A DILF For Father's Day by Elisa Leigh

    Bringing Home Daddy: A DILF For Father's Day by Elisa Leigh

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    War Hayes spent his childhood being looked down on because of who his Dad was. As a teenager, War joins the family business, having a little too much fun being bad. Right before his eighteenth birthday, he’s arrested. The judge must see something in War and gives him an ultimatum. Either War joins the military and leaves Jefferson County or he goes to prison...
  • Temptation by Leigh Lennon

    Temptation by Leigh Lennon

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    **This release in Jan of 2020 as a newsletter exclusive. This book will release under simply Temptation July 23rd with more content in the story! Temptation. Eve. I’ve never been loved. Growing up with a drunk father taught me to trust no one. When a man offers me a way to achieve my freedom, I’m put to the test. He thinks he’ll win when all I see is a man who wants to strip me of my freedom...
  • State by Lila Rose

    State by Lila Rose

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some people say you can fall for someone at first sight. I think they’re f*cked in the head… until I see her across the room. Courtney Anthony has walked into the wrong clubhouse. As soon as I spot her, I know what I want. And what I want most is her. It’s time to see how State meets his old lady.
  • BIG BURLY RUIN by Erin Havoc

    BIG BURLY RUIN by Erin Havoc

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Our families have hated each other for generations. And there’s only one way to seal this alliance. She hates me. I don’t blame her. She’s much younger, innocent, untouched. And she’s my new bride. Kira Levin would choke me with a pillow if I let her. The feeling is not mutual. In fact, I’m pretty much obsessed...
  • The Disciples Short Stories: Vol. 1 by Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty

    The Disciples Short Stories: Vol. 1 by Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lucifer and his merry band of killers rule the streets of Garden City. Possessive and obsessive, they take the women they want knowing no one will stop them. But the fun doesn't stop once they reach their happily ever afters. Take a peek at their lives between the books. Includes five short stories set in the Disciples series. Before God Himself - Lucifer. Ho, Ho, Ho - Andrew. Run Lily - Lily...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  suspense  mafia  contemporary  length-novella
  • The Royal Treatment by Holly Rayner, Ana Sparks

    The Royal Treatment by Holly Rayner, Ana Sparks

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s cocky and alluring. Infuriating, and irresistible. Arrogant, gorgeous. A doctor, and a secret prince. She’s besotted, and he’s got the cure…. Rose is a nurse running from a painful past, and tortured memories. Hoping to open a new frontier in her life, she volunteers to work for an aid organization in Al-Rasmah, a country torn up by civil war...
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