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  • Defiance and Dedication by Heather Long

    Defiance and Dedication by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 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...
  • These Reckless Hearts by E.M. Moore

    These Reckless Hearts by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Stone Jacobs must…help me. My life has always been defined by two interconnected things:I’m a Wilder.I’m a treasure hunter.What happens when both of those things are threatened? When who I am gets pulled out from under me and my greatest enemy of all destroys me even further?Lance and his mercenaries aren’t going to stop...
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  • Princess of Vengeance by Eva Ashwood

    Princess of Vengeance by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    Princess of Vengeance is the explosive final book in the Pretty Ruthless Monsters series.Note:The blurb below contains spoilers for the previous books.So I'd HIGHLY recommend not reading it until you've finished reading the first three books in the series. You've been warned!***“Your life is forfeit.”Those four words are more than a death sentence...
  • Atonement by Crystal North

    Atonement by Crystal North

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Nearly four years after running from the scene of not one, but two crimes, Charlotte McLintock is barely managing to survive and keep a roof over her head. With her daughter to look after, a degree to finish, and several jobs to juggle, life is hard. But they’re not the only battles she’s facing: guilt, secrets, and a broken heart still haunt her every waking moment, and stalk her dreams...
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  • Battle Lines by Heather Long

    Battle Lines by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    Violence chose me a long time ago…Survival isn’t everything. I’ve fought to protect my family. I’ve bled for them, killed for them, and gone to jail for them. There is no fight I will not take on for them…I’ve been waging this war since I was seven years old. The only thing that’s changed is the battlefield itself...
  • The Cardinal Bird by Mia Smantz

    The Cardinal Bird by Mia Smantz

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Callie Jensen has always been a little bit different. She was made fun of for being a math-whiz in school up until she was kidnapped. Growing up in the crime world from a young age, she was turned into a language savant and a hacker-expert. She tried to do what she was told and keep her head down...but...that was easier said than done. Trouble seems to follow her like it's her middle name...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Defied by Sarah Bailey

    Defied by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two become three. Lies, lust and betrayal. Who will fall first?It started when I chose to remain with them. The ones who took me from my life and changed all the rules. The chains binding me to my family loosened their hold. Little did I know that by taking me, Quinn and his friends began the long process of setting me free. And even as I got closer to the boys, the past always held us back...
  • Son of Saint by Ruby Vincent

    Son of Saint by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’m going through a bit of a rough patch.I lost my job, got kicked out of my apartment, and now I sleep under an overpass. If that wasn’t bad enough, my psychic twin is plagued with daily visions of my death.She guarantees it’ll be gruesome.The last thing I needed was for Sole “Sunny” Bellisario to come crashing through my tent...
  • Sinful Ella by Nicole Casey

    Sinful Ella by Nicole Casey

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The plan was to go on one kickass tour, not fall in love with seven rock stars haunted by a tragic past.As the lead singer of my band, I’m thrilled when it’s finally time for us to go on tour. But instead of a fun road trip, I’m bombarded with complaints from my two bandmate sisters, who happen to think that nothing I do is good enough...
  • Two Forces by R.A. Smyth

    Two Forces by R.A. Smyth

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    My father is a criminal. His plans are falling into place and every new truth I learn makes me fear him more. At school, I’m a target or ignored, there is no in between. I keep finding those insanely creepy notes in my locker. My saving grace right now? My small slice of happiness?Aiden and Ty. And sometimes, even Barrett and Preston...
  • The Gentlemen: The Complete Series by Kate King, Jessa Wilder

    The Gentlemen: The Complete Series by Kate King, Jessa Wilder

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    A Complete, Binge-worthy Series filled with action, romance, and a healthy dose of sass. This set contains all three best-selling titles: RED HANDED THIEVES' HONOR DAMNED SOULS From Book One: Forced to live with my ENEMIES. They think they OWN ME. But I own their HEARTS. Nico, Rush, and Beck are the three leaders of The Gentlemen...
  • Shadowed Obsession by Penelope Black

    Shadowed Obsession by Penelope Black

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    book two coming this...
  • Bride for the Bikers by Stephanie Brother

    Bride for the Bikers by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Doesn’t every girl dream of spending her wedding night with four hot bikers?I never knew my father, not even his name, and until Mom got sick, I thought it would stay that way. But an email address scribbled on the back of an old photo changed my life overnight. From the moment he wrote back, Vincent Mesner was an answer to my prayers...
  • Mad Love by Eva Ashwood

    Mad Love by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 28 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...
  • Wanted by the Bikers by Stephanie Brother

    Wanted by the Bikers by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My mouth can’t get me in trouble if three wicked bikers are keeping it busy.My whole life I’ve felt like an extra in someone else’s movie. Just once, I want to be the main character. The one who gets all the attention. The one that exciting and amazing things happen to.Maybe I shouldn’t have wished so hard...
  • Single Mom for the Bikers by Stephanie Brother

    Single Mom for the Bikers by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Three big biker Daddies are about to rock the world of one lonely, single mom.“Mommy? Who’s that?”When I come home to find a massive, unconscious biker in my driveway, there’s only one man I dare call for help.Far too young, I ran away and put my trust in the wrong man, a slick jerk who laughed in my face when he found out I was pregnant...
  • 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...
  • Kings of Linwood Academy - The Complete Box Set by Callie Rose

    Kings of Linwood Academy - The Complete Box Set by Callie Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    COMPLETE REVERSE HAREM SERIESRich boys don’t fraternize with the help.They don't torture the help.They don't crave the help.For as long as I can remember, my mom and I have lived on the edge of ruin, so when she finally gets a decent job offer, she moves us cross-country to take it...
  • Vicious Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Vicious Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I never cared if I lived or died.For eight years I lived as a mess of broken pieces that never could fit back together quite right.Eight years of training. Of building an empire. Of fighting. Of just surviving. Of letting my heart beat for revenge.Only revenge.Eight years of not really living at all.While I was living half a life, I didn’t realize all that was being built up around me.A home...
  • The Echo of Violence by Candice M. Wright

    The Echo of Violence by Candice M. Wright

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My daddy was the president of an outlaw MCMy Uncles, a motley crew of dangerous bikersI thought we were invincibleUntil a brutal act of violence destroyed everythingMy home, my family, and my identity were all gone in the blink of an eyeLeaving behind a tangled mess of emotional and physical scars...
  • Daughter of Deception by Ruby Vincent

    Daughter of Deception by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Our enemies are everywhere……and we can’t see them.The Brotherhood has us in their sights. In their scope.The attacks are coming from everywhere and nowhere from a seemingly invisible enemy. But they won’t be invisible for long.When we discover how the Brotherhood manages to stay five steps ahead, it’s up to me to find and stop the traitor...
  • Austin by Alyssa Clark

    Austin by Alyssa Clark

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    My high school bullies weren’t supposed to worm their way into my bed. I never expected this to be something that developed past the angry looks I’d given them growing up. I wasn’t ever supposed to be between Austin, Gavin, and Vaughn. But somehow that’s the way it ended up. Before I knew it was a new normal that I couldn’t really complain about, aside from demanding encounters with Vaughn...
  • Dangerous Lies by Kris Butler

    Dangerous Lies by Kris Butler

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Lying to yourself was the most dangerous game of all.I’d once thought the only thing that mattered was the truth. But perhaps I’d been naive. Learning to navigate life with my eyes open, I’d found things weren’t as they seemed. The good guy didn’t always get the girl, the right thing wasn’t always easy to spot, and the bad guy wasn’t always the villain. Life was more about perception than truth...
  • Twisted Empire by Eva Chance, Harlow King

    Twisted Empire by Eva Chance, Harlow King

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The past has come back to haunt us... way too literally.Our investigation into my dad's murder has taken an even stranger turn than I could have imagined. One that's shattered everything my stepbrother and long-time love believed about himself and his family. One that's thrown all of our plans for a loop.But the four guys standing by my side won't back down, and neither will I...
  • Fireworks with Three Mountain Men by K.C. Crowne

    Fireworks with Three Mountain Men by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My sister's ex wants to make me his.And his two equally hot friends are ready to join the party.With all this sexual tension between the four of us...I'm feeling sparks like the Fourth of July!!Dylan is my sister's ex boyfriend and as dreamy as they come.He's protective, strong and as big as the mountains he calls home.Red is quiet and thoughtful...
  • Evergreen Academy - The Complete Series by Ruby Vincent

    Evergreen Academy - The Complete Series by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Complete Evergreen Academy Series Evergreen Academy was meant to be my fresh start. My hair was on point. My skin was flawless. And now I wore the hell out of my clothes instead of hiding them. Even running into Ryder hadn't thrown me. So what that the silver-eyed devil who tormented me for years now ruled my new school with a band of boys everyone called the Knights...
  • Reborn In Blue by M.J. Knight

    Reborn In Blue by M.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A felon's daughter. A abusers victim. That's how I have seen myself the last ten years. Not Anymore. That night was the last straw. I’m starting over but not somewhere new. I'm going back to where it all began.How many times in your life do you get the chance to flirt with four sexy bad boys? Exactly! So when you do, you go for it! Enter the steamy Sons of Fortune...
  • Twisted Legacy by Dakota Lee

    Twisted Legacy by Dakota Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I woke up in an unfamiliar room, broken and bruised, with no memory of how I got hurt.I’m grateful LJ and Wolfe were there to nurse me back to health.Everything’s different when I get back to school.The Dean covered up the truth about Mayhem Night. Called it a sorority prank gone wrong. That won’t stop me from getting answers.Based on our history, The Trium is at the top of my suspect list...
  • Eight Bikers' Heir by Nicole Casey

    Eight Bikers' Heir by Nicole Casey

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A biker gang wants me to have their baby? This must be some wild joke.It all started with a flirty chat with Kai, the leader of the Iron Serpents MC. One wild night led to something I never saw coming: I was pregnant.I thought I’d be raising my child alone, but the gang makes a shocking offer: they need an heir, and they promise to support me throughout my pregnancy...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Spies Like Us by Lexie Winston

    Spies Like Us by Lexie Winston

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When the party that was supposed to shed light on the underground world of Summerville went pear shaped and revealed the death of a team member they ended up with more questions than answers...
  • Wicked in the Shadows by Trina M. Lee

    Wicked in the Shadows by Trina M. Lee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I knew that coming home to them would be painful. I had no idea that it was only the beginning.After coming together to deal with the syndicate that followed me home, the guys went their separate ways once again. As I struggle to forgive and forget the past, they do as well. It all gets so much worse when an attack on the nightclub Wolfe and Ace own sets off a chain of horrific events...
  • 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...
  • Cross my Heart by Lucy Smoke

    Cross my Heart by Lucy Smoke

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    What kind of person falls into a relationship with several men? Now I know the answer. Me. I’ve finally realized that and I’ve come to terms with it. But it seems that fate has one last challenge for us to overcome. Theodora “Teddi” Vandersen, otherwise known as Grayson’s mother, has apparently been following me for weeks now. She thinks it’s my fault that Grayson’s done with her...
  • Nanny for the Firemen by Cassie Cole

    Nanny for the Firemen by Cassie Cole

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    I finally landed a date with the swooniest, most gorgeous fireman in town.But just when our date was going well, he got called back to the firehouse.Turns out, a baby was left on the fire station doorstep.And since they’re clueless about taking care of a baby, they recruit me to help.Now I’m crashing at the firehouse with them.Three hulking, chiseled heroes in suspenders...
  • 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...
  • Trading with the Boys by Krista Wolf

    Trading with the Boys by Krista Wolf

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    Divorced, broke and alone I wasn't looking for a savior... much less three of them, nearly ten years my junior.But Jacob, Tate and Cole have favors to give. And trading favors is always fun.Serena's in trouble, in more ways than one. Her house is falling apart, and her life's in shambles...
  • Debauched by Sarah Bailey

    Debauched by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    Four seek their fifth. The hunter devours his prey. Who will lose first?It started with an impossible choice. One I had no wish to make from a person I'd only just come to know.So many of our decisions had led up to this moment. Perhaps it was the way we’d come together which threw my life so off balance. Leaving me with the final say in a matter I wanted no part of...
  • Promise of Embers by Celeste Night

    Promise of Embers by Celeste Night

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    I was offered one last job. One last job and I would be free from owing anyone anything. It was enough money that I would be able to pay for my final semester of college and change my life forever. How could I say no to that? The job was straightforward: burn down an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of Strathmore...
  • Secret Baby and the Bratva by Sylvie Haas

    Secret Baby and the Bratva by Sylvie Haas

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I hid my pregnancy for 9 months, but my secret's out now!We all have that friend—the one who can convince us to do anything. The one who gets away with everything. I’m not that friend. I’m the friend who lets my bestie convince me to go to a sex club, relax my better judgment for one night, hook up with three guys, and end up pregnant...
  • 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...
  • Shared by the Firemen by Cassie Cole

    Shared by the Firemen by Cassie Cole

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I came back to Florida to settle my mother’s estate.But after a raging house fire, I’m rescued by three swoony firemen.There’s just one of them is sorta, kinda, my ex. Jack Franco was the boy-next-door from my childhood. Literally. Part friend, part foe—but 100% swoony hunk that I always had a crush on...
  • Depraved by Sarah Bailey

    Depraved by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Together. Apart. Where does it end?It started with the war. The war we’d wage upon the very man who’d raised me. The war which would either tear us apart or keep us together.We’d finally found our way to each other. The five of us gave in. It’d been inevitable from the start. Desire had forged us, but it was love which set us free. Made us into what we were. A family drenched in blood...
  • Love in Sight by Denver Rose

    Love in Sight by Denver Rose

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    My name is Lya Vanderhall, and I should be on top of the world right now. I have a successful tech company with three gorgeous men by my side: Zep Cunningham, Thiago Alves, and Rian Priestly. But two things stand in my way. The tall, dark, and handsome, Greyson Nash, is slowly working his way into my heart. You would think with three men I wouldn’t fall for his charms. Apparently not...
  • Gilded Princess by Penelope Black

    Gilded Princess by Penelope Black

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    When I was little, I was obsessed with fairytales. My dad told me the stories of the stars and white knights who rescue princesses. I’d wear a silver plastic crown and stare at the sky, waiting for the day my knight in shining armor would come.Then my dad died, my crown broke, and my mom shipped my sister and me off to boarding school.And then I met them.My knights...
  • Prevail by Bex Dawn

    Prevail by Bex Dawn

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    Prequel: Crash: A Los Diablos Syndicate NovellaBook 1: Burn: A Dark Reverse Harem RomanceBook 2: Evolve: A Dark Reverse Harem RomanceBook 3: Ressurect: A Dark Reverse Harem RomanceBook 4: Prevail: A Dark Reverse Harem Romance (Part 1, Part 2)Book 5: Reign: A Dark Reverse Harem RomanceThis is a Reverse Harem, mafia/gang, mystery romance with plot twists/turns, steamy and smutty scenes, hot...
  • 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...
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