Books like 'The Roots That Bleed'

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  • Defiance and Dedication by Heather Long

    Defiance and Dedication by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    Autumn in New York promises a turn in the seasons as we kick off the next stage of our lives. Colorful leaves falling, dropping temperatures, and the first days of classes loom even as the lingering summer heat and humidity make the city stifling.Summer was a time to get away, to just be us, and what a magical time it was, but we can only run away from our lives for so long...
  • Brazen and Breathless by Heather Long

    Brazen and Breathless by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 23 ratings
    It’s a new year.
It’s a new me.
Or maybe I should say a new us.
We’re out there. We’re not hiding the fact that I’m dating all of them. PDAs are back on the table. The final semester of high school kicks off with a bang. I have to keep my eye on the prize though—make every AP class count, keep my grades up, and find a way to balance life with my guys. My best friends. My boyfriends. My lovers...
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  • More Tricks by Elizabeth Knight

    More Tricks by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    With the Mad Dogs put down, now it’s time to go for my longest running rival—the De León Cartel.The Mad Dogs are six feet under, but the monster itself isn’t dead, just wounded. One down, two to go and they only get tougher. Diego De León and I have never been friends—always looking for ways to take each other out. Now I have my excuse to blow his shit up...
  • Quintessence: The Boxset 1-3 by Serena Akeroyd

    Quintessence: The Boxset 1-3 by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When Sascha heads for a job interview, she has no idea that her life is about to change. There's more at stake than just a job here. With five sexy geniuses as her new bosses, she has two choices. Keep things platonic or make things interesting... Find out what her decision is in Quintessence: The Boxset. Books 1-3 are available in this omnibus edition for the first time...
  • This Fearless Girl by E.M. Moore

    This Fearless Girl by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Stone Jacobs must…hate me. The tenuous bonds the four of us built could end with one split-second decision. Good versus bad. Old versus new. Loyalties will be tested when the truth spills like blood from a razor’s cut. Caught between high society and the homicidal reach of a well-known gang, finding my family’s treasure is our only hope...
  • Polaris by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Polaris by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "We want you to choose all of us." Unsure how to react to Knox’s simple but life-changing declaration, Haley focuses all her energy on the guys and her Zenith training, hoping the rest will fall into place. Still, as her love for Knox, Theo, Chase, Liam, and Jackson deepens, she worries their connection won’t be enough...
  • Beast Brothers Wild by Stephanie Brother

    Beast Brothers Wild by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    Three men. Untamed. Irresistible. And completely off limits.The King brothers want to buy my family's resort. They also want me in their bed.Logan is used to getting what he wants, exactly how he wants it, and his deep, seductive voice has me ready to do whatever he asks. Ryder has a very dirty mind, and doesn’t hesitate to share his plans for me...
  • Lies Untold by Lexie Winston

    Lies Untold by Lexie Winston

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Tori and Gio are doing everything they can to solidify their positions as a badass mafia family. But a traitor still lurks within the ranks and they need to find out who it is before the threat to their lives becomes a reality.Tori gets a chance to enact revenge against Stacey, but she's playing the long game...
  • Mad Love by Eva Ashwood

    Mad Love by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Our love doesn't make sense.But it might be the only thing that saves us.After the bombshell my father dropped on me, it feels like my whole world is unraveling.Everything I was brought up to believe has turned out to be a lie, and this life that looks so perfect from the outside is anything but.There's only one thing that feels real anymore. One thing I can trust.The Lost Boys are mine...
  • Evil Spirited by C.M. Wondrak

    Evil Spirited by C.M. Wondrak

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    The Black Hand. The group of criminals I'd returned to Cypress to destroy, only... things are so much more complicated than I ever knew. I used to have a plan: kill them all. I used to not care who got caught in the crossfire of my vengeance, but then I realized something. That's not who I am. I don't take pleasure in killing. I kill only when it needs to be done. It is a job, nothing more...
  • Sharing the Nanny by Krista Wolf

    Sharing the Nanny by Krista Wolf

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    What do you do when your best male friends are fighting over you? Not just as a nanny to their little ones, but as a lover, as a girlfriend, as someone to protect and keep and share?Harper Hayes is a nerd on a mission. She has to finish innovating her revolutionary new virtual reality software, so she can license the tech to the highest bidder.Only her timeline is tight...
  • Never Again by L.E. Bross

    Never Again by L.E. Bross

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    We were supposed to be living our Happily Ever After. It’s been three months since we graduated. X started college, Riot's got his Motocross sponsorship, and Baz is working 20 hour days to try to clean up Peter's mess. Me? I don’t have a clue what I want to do with my life yet. But that might not matter...
  • Fearless by Ivy Fox

    Fearless by Ivy Fox

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Whoever said when life hands you lemons to make lemonade can suck it!Everything is falling apart.Rome is in jail for murdering our father.Holland is in the hospital fighting for her life.And I haven’t spoken to my best friend in God knows how long.Oh, but it gets worse.I’ve fallen in love with my nemesis, too.It might not seem like a big deal to most, but it sure is to me...
  • An Unexpected Encounter by Bre Rose

    An Unexpected Encounter by Bre Rose

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I had one man in my life, my dad. He was my protector, the buffer between my mother and I. Then he left me and I was forced to bear the insults of my mother all alone. Now I’m older and she has a new man she’s marrying. And not only does she get new children, I get three stepbrothers. A past encounter with three men had led to the biggest surprise of my life. I slept with all my new siblings...
  • Riot Kings by Ruby Vincent

    Riot Kings by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Riot Kings description will be published closer to the release date to prevent spoilers. Here is Ruckus Royale's description:The town of Bedlam was born of rioters, revolt, pain, and murder.Over a hundred years later, nothing has changed.A shadow clings to our lives. Stalking, watching, waiting, taunting, and killing. And when it struck, I wasn’t ready.I have to play their game now...
  • Unwrapping Their Christmas Present by Ajme Williams

    Unwrapping Their Christmas Present by Ajme Williams

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I needed to tear my eyes away from Jake Jacobs... immediately. One glance at the hot older lawyer and I knew I was in trouble. Jake unwrapped me like his little Christmas present. Even though I was his new employee that he absolutely shouldn’t have claimed... But he wasn’t the only one that broke the rules at his law firm...
  • Daddies by Shanna Handel

    Daddies by Shanna Handel

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A Mafia Billionaire Romance. I didn't ask for a daddy. They decided I needed two.When they caught me putting my nose where it didn't belong, they didn't just teach me a lesson.They bared my bottom and spanked me like a naughty little girl.Then they made me call them daddy.This bad girl needs a firm hand. From both of us.She was playing a dangerous game and she had to be punished...
  • Revenge of the Syndicate by Natalie Nicole

    Revenge of the Syndicate by Natalie Nicole

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They took her. They took the one thing in our miserable lives that means anything to us.When we find her. Revenge will be had.But with that revenge, secrets must unravel.Truths must be told.But with the revelations...Questions arise...
  • NOT SO Innocent by Jaxson Kidman

    NOT SO Innocent by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    First they choose you. Then they use you. Next they lose you... My name is Belle. But I'm not beautiful. I'm the b*tch. I'm the beast. And nothing gets to me. Except "Them" ... That's what they are. "Them." They're not that other place with the fancy and cool bad boy name. Here, it's "Them." I may have met my match with "Them." But so have they...
  • Rugged and Filthy: A Roughneck Enemies to Lovers Romance by Piper Stone

    Rugged and Filthy: A Roughneck Enemies to Lovers Romance by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They did more than just take me. They shared me.When I lost a bet to three burly oil rig roughnecks, having my bare ass blistered with one of their belts while my wrists were bound with another was just the start of the evening. By the time they were done, I was screaming through every savage climax as they ravaged me thoroughly...
  • Room Sixteen: Watching You by Kaci Rose

    Room Sixteen: Watching You by Kaci Rose

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I'm lost in the seductive world of Club Sin, and I'm about to cross a line with my dad's best friends. EllaHere I am, in the heart of New Orleans, playing a game I never thought I'd dare. Club Sin's doors have opened to a world where Brooks, Conner, and Finn, my dad's best friends are mine, if only for a night. Each moment with them is a flirtatious dance, a challenge to see how far they will go...
  • Perilous Lady by Eva Chance, Harlow King

    Perilous Lady by Eva Chance, Harlow King

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 28 ratings
    Keep your enemies closer...I've proven I can stand with the fiercest gang in Paradise Bend. Now it's time to crush my traitor ex-fiancé and his stooges into smithereens.They've already butchered my family. I can't let them destroy the streets I called home. Wylder Noble and his inner circle are ready to rain down their own brand of justice...
  • Mangled Minds by B.C. Morgan

    Mangled Minds by B.C. Morgan

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    My second year at the prestigious Harkwright Academy is about to begin. Within these walls I've faced many challenges and I can't help but wonder: can I survive this, and still be the same girl I was when I began?This year I have even more trials to face; from attending the retreat after being claimed by Aeron, to seeing the infamous Harkwright Prince, with no more disguises in place...
  • The Road To Heaven by Angel Lawson

    The Road To Heaven by Angel Lawson

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What happens when the road of love is filled with detours?Or giant potholes and washed out bridges.I had the Allendale Four.Had them.In my heart. In my bed.And then…I lost them. But our bonds are linked and when one of the boys needs me, I’m there. We’re there and that’s when the road gets bumpier than ever before...
  • Masks & Mayhem: The Hannover Heathens Book 1 by Lauren Ellis

    Masks & Mayhem: The Hannover Heathens Book 1 by Lauren Ellis

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    I’m not a good girl, not really. I mean, I get good grades, and I’ve never been arrested, but it’s not for lack of a little law-breaking. I don’t have the time or luxury of a moral compass--not when I have someone counting on me. So, I’ve been keeping my head down, getting everything ready for us to flee this place as soon as I turn eighteen. But the past has a way of catching up to us...
  • Sinners by Cassie James

    Sinners by Cassie James

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A lost heiress finds her way home. She’s about to wish she hadn’t. The town of Patience is home to the privileged, the elite, and the ruthless. Everything Juliet is not. After spending the first sixteen years of her life in a dead-end town, she’s thrust into the spotlight of a legacy she never knew she had. With it comes a decades long mystery about a hidden family fortune...
  • Pretty Lies by Blake Blessing, Jay Aheer

    Pretty Lies by Blake Blessing, Jay Aheer

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    New town. New school. Same lies. This is my senior year, and not only have my parents moved me to a new place where I know nothing and no one, they are determined to make me fall in line with the life they want me to have. Not the life that I want. But what fits perfectly into their world. I’m looking for any possible way to escape this prison and leave them behind...
  • Her Lucky Charm by Cassie Cole

    Her Lucky Charm by Cassie Cole

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Some people collect lucky rabbit’s feet.Apparently I collect lucky boyfriends.So when my luck changes after run-ins with three gorgeous guys?I’m not sure which one is the source of my newfound fortune.Roman, my old highschool crush who shows up in Vegas looking more tall, dark, and handsome than I remembered...
  • Room For Three by Ivy Fox

    Room For Three by Ivy Fox

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    "Don’t hate the player, luv. Hate the game.”College.It was supposed to be my new start.I made a promise to my father I would be a good girl from now on—focus solely on my objectives and play nice for once. Aside from him, basketball is my only love, therefore sacrifices must be made all in the name of the game. So, no more fights.No more trash talk.No more getting my ass into trouble...
  • UNLoved by Jaxson Kidman

    UNLoved by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I was the dirty, poor girl … … now I don’t have a care in the world.   The ‘new girl’ vibe is wearing off, finally. I’m settling into BFH and what I have over ‘the Rulz’ is going to make them look stupid. I agree on a date with each of them. One by one. Barr first. Then Kip. Finally, Pres...
  • Enchanted Lyrics by Addison Carter

    Enchanted Lyrics by Addison Carter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    You know how it goes, boy meets girl, girl falls for boy, boy takes someone else home.Or there’s this one, the one that got away comes back, and they don’t live happily ever after, because he never called.OK, I could have called too, but really after the turns that night took, I wasn’t sure he’d even want to hear from me.Then the rumours started, the reputation he built for himself confirmed it...
  • Guilt At St Joseph's Academy by M.V. Ellis

    Guilt At St Joseph's Academy by M.V. Ellis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The FallenBeautiful. Broken. Loyal as hell.Five guys with the power of ten.All determined to uncover secrets and expose lies.All laser focused with their eyes on the prize.They’ll go to great lengths to stop me in my tracks.They’ll cross lines that mean we can never go back.Our story is one of betrayal and deceit.Our connection is destined, our bond runs deep...
  • Dare by Caitlyn Dare

    Dare by Caitlyn Dare

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kat Walker has wanted Styx for as long as she can remember.Her friend.Protector.The guy who would do anything for her.There’s just one problem.He’s her big brother’s ex-best friend.But she’s done playing by the rules.For one night, she’s going to risk it all.She’s going to dare Styx to take a chance on her. On them.And she’s found the perfect stranger to help her accomplish her goal...
  • Bold Rhythm by Gabrielle Sands

    Bold Rhythm by Gabrielle Sands

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    I told them they’d never make it. Three years later, they’re two of the hottest rock stars in LA.And I’m their new assistant.When my boss told me she signed a new client, the last people I expected at the meeting were two ghosts from my past.Mason, the gorgeous blue-eyed boy from my hometown who stomped all over my heart. And Kaz, his dark and brooding best friend, wrapped in mystery and ink...
  • Off Field Drama (Class in Session) by Ember Davis

    Off Field Drama (Class in Session) by Ember Davis

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    SALEMSenior year is upon us and as much as this is the last hurrah, it’s also time to buckle down because before I know we won’t have the quad to call home and then life truly begins. I’m not sure where I’m going, but I also want to enjoy the time I have left...
  • Mafia Bosses by Stephanie Brother

    Mafia Bosses by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If I hadn’t kissed him, we’d be dead.My chance encounter with the brutally handsome mob boss and his two best friends throws me into a dark underworld I never wanted to visit. As a nurse, I’m used to healing wounds, not falling for men who cause them. But it’s too late—the powerful mafiosos are all I can think about.Cesare is in charge, both in and out of the bedroom...
  • Darcy by Marie Mistry

    Darcy by Marie Mistry

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 20 ratings
    For years we played together.Our friendship formed on virtual battlefields across the vastness of the internet. We spent thousands of hours in each other’s company, though we never officially exchanged real names.But I still know who they are.How could anyone not get curious? Thanks to my profession, I had the skills to dig deeper, so I did...
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  • Inked Beasts by Stephanie Brother

    Inked Beasts by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    What do you do when your childhood friends grow up to become your wildest fantasies?When I was a kid, Kai, Gage, and Thorn were my best friends … until I moved away.Fifteen years later, I’m back in Vegas, and our surprise reunion has me reeling.They're men now—huge, muscular, hot-as-Sin-City beasts.And they all want me.I thought my stable, boring ex-boyfriend was what I needed...
  • A Day of Chaos by Steph Macca

    A Day of Chaos by Steph Macca

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Just when I thought the broken pieces were finally falling back into place, my world shattered again.He's getting closer and this time he's promising to hurt anyone who stands in his way.Starting with the guys I am in love with.They saved me and now they are in danger because of it. He's determined to destroy me, to break me.I was so close to being free but chaos knows no mercy...
  • Seventh Heaven by Angel Lawson

    Seventh Heaven by Angel Lawson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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  • Truth by Cassie James

    Truth by Cassie James

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Truth or dare?” Four years ago, an innocent game led a group of friends into the woods for a night of debauchery.Two weeks later, one of them was dead.Now, Natalie Adams wants nothing more than to forget what happened that night—and everything that happened after.It’s easier said than done when a very public misstep lands her back at Banner-Hill, a place she swore she’d never step foot in again...
  • Double Scrooged by Shae Sullivan

    Double Scrooged by Shae Sullivan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They say everyone has a Scrooge in their life, and I unfortunately have two.Nate and Barron, my arrogant ex-stepbrothers, hate me.Like really hate me.Ever since my dad, their ex-stepdad, cheated on their mom for the fifth time, they’ve wanted nothing to do with me—or him. Not that I can blame them. Daddy has never been the standard father figure...
  • My Three Christmas Secrets by Molly Eden

    My Three Christmas Secrets by Molly Eden

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m stuck in a winter wonderland with my big brother’s three best friends. And this Christmas, I’m about to unwrap a world of trouble.I find myself seeking solace in my parents' cabin, hoping to mend a shattered heart.Little did I know that the chilly air would bring with it a whirlwind of emotions I never saw coming...
  • You'll Never Lose Me by B.C. Morgan

    You'll Never Lose Me by B.C. Morgan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life hasn’t been easy, even that feels like an understatement. I’ve been through hell and done everything I could to make it to the other side. I can’t see a way out this time, Dante finally got what he wanted... Me. Despite everything though, I won’t roll over and die, I’m a fighter and I’ll keep I fighting until I draw my last breath...
  • A Degree of Submission by Verika Sloane

    A Degree of Submission by Verika Sloane

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Good girls get punished when they do bad things.I gave my innocence to Gage and Alex with my eyes and arms wide open. I thought we would end there.We didn't.Someone smeared my erotica online. I thought it would end there.It hasn't.My explicit fantasies have been exploited as the biggest joke on campus. Someone somehow knows about the three of us, pushing our secret to the line of discovery...
  • Cartel Kings by Carmen Rosales

    Cartel Kings by Carmen Rosales

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Entre Familia Cartel KingsBlurb Coming...
  • The Second Move by Wendi L. Wilson

    The Second Move by Wendi L. Wilson

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Fool me once? Shame on you. Fool me twice? Not going to happen… Step one: Go back to school with a thick skin and an impenetrable heart. Step two: Make the queen bees pay. Step three: Bring down the Rogues of Everly Prep. Bullied, befriended, and betrayed, my life has been an emotional roller coaster since moving into the Kincaid Mansion and enrolling at Everly Prep...
  • Beautiful, Dirty, Rich by L.A. Sable

    Beautiful, Dirty, Rich by L.A. Sable

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    They’re not saying I’m a gold-digger. But they’re thinking it. And let’s be honest, some of them are probably saying it too. But I don’t run. Where I came from isn’t where I’m going. They won’t make it easy, I know that. And the most popular boys at Northlake Prep — the Diamonds — they don’t just want me gone. They want me destroyed. Child-star that’s all grown up...
  • Her Titans by Genevieve Jasper

    Her Titans by Genevieve Jasper

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m finally single again and am ready for my wild phase. Enter Atlas, the Viking God in a three-piece suit. I think it’s a one-night stand; simple, no-strings fun, right? Now he wants me to be his girl...
  • Rancher Daddies by Liz Archer

    Rancher Daddies by Liz Archer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When I caught my fiancé cheating on me…With my maid of honor…On our wedding day… I ran away…And now I’m the nanny for three silver fox ranchers.Left with nothing but my wedding dress,I look for a soft place to lay my head.But what I find instead are three tough ranch brothers…With broad shoulders to cry on.And rock-hard bodies to die for.All silver foxes.All rugged ex-Navy SEALs...
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