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Sigma by Tiya Rayne
Shiloh Green has had the worse luck when it comes to men. For the last seven years she’s been trapped in a relationship with her Kingpin boyfriend. But opportunity to escape comes knocking when a mysterious businessman visits. Now Shiloh is headed to a top-secret military base to be a volunteer breeder for a government experiment... -
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Refuge Found by S.M. Olivier
If you had told me that the world would turn to crap a year ago, I would have never believed you. If you had told me I'd be living with my cheating ex and my manipulative twin sister, I would have laughed. Had you informed me I'd be in a relationship with five men, I would have asked what meds you had forgotten to take.Yet here I am at Sanctuary...Categorized as:
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![Pretty Nightmare by J.A. Huss]()
Pretty Nightmare by J.A. Huss
INDIE I have them all now. Just the way I want them.McKay, the one who loves me deepest.Adam, the one who protects me fiercely.Donovan, the one who tells the truth.They are my friends, they are my lovers, they are my world.And Maggie belongs to all of us—no matter who her father is.This is the family I’ve always wanted.This is the family I deserve.And I will do whatever it takes to keep them... -
![Evenfall Volume One by Santino Hassell, Ais]()
Evenfall Volume One by Santino Hassell, Ais
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn a post-apocalyptic future, the Agency works behind the scenes to take down opposition groups that threaten the current government. Their goals justify all means, even when it comes to their own agents.Sin is the Agency's most efficient killer. His fighting skills and talent at assassination have led to him being described as a living weapon... -
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![Alpha by Tiya Rayne]()
Alpha by Tiya Rayne
Morgan Downs’ life is unexceptional. She’s stuck in an abusive loveless marriage and often made to feel inferior by her parents because of her speech impediment. Although as bad as her life is, she never expected to be kidnapped from her home and taken to a private military base to become a test rat for a science experiment. But things change when Morgan meets Alpha...Categorized as:
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Mike Schmidt and the Long Night by R. Lee Smith
Five Nights at Freddy's Fanfiction Located on Archiveofourown. org Second in a five part series After moving back to her hometown, Ana Stark finally has a job (for now), a home (with dark secrets of its own), friends (albeit animatronic ones) and one last chance at happiness. Until a phone call threatens to destroy what little peace she’s found... -
![Mine to Share by Kennedy L. Mitchell]()
Mine to Share by Kennedy L. Mitchell
Five murders, one killer, and a chance at an unconventional happily ever after. Two years ago, flirty FBI agent Jameson Bend was the crush I left behind.Today, the grumpy Detective Slade is the man who stars in my dirty fantasies.When my autopsy findings connect five recent murders committed by a single suspect, Jameson and Slade join forces to help solve the series of homicides...Categorized as:
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![Children of Mammon by R. Lee Smith]()
Children of Mammon by R. Lee Smith
Five Nights at Freddy's Fanfiction Located on Archiveofourown. org Third in a five part seriesAfter spending one long night with Mike Schmidt, everything Ana Stark thought she knew about her missing aunt has changed. The life she had only just begun to build has fallen down and she doesn’t know what else to do except build it up again...Categorized as:
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![Progeny by Rebecca Rathe]()
Progeny by Rebecca Rathe
I don’t know who I am or what happened to me.I know that I’ve been running, but from what I don’t know. And I know that the five men surrounding my hospital bed are important, possibly even precious to me, but they all swear they haven’t met me before.They say they feel it too, this familiarity, this connection...Categorized as:
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![Gorgeous Misery by J.A. Huss]()
Gorgeous Misery by J.A. Huss
Wendy Gale isn’t the kind of girl you marry. She’s not even the kind of girl you date. She’s not a friend with benefits, she’s not one-night-stand, and regardless of what she thinks, she has never been a rebound.Wendy Gale is kind of girl you kidnap and lock in your basement so she can’t ever escape. She’s the kind of girl you tie up. You put a collar on her. A leash. Handcuffs...Categorized as:
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![Creeping Beautiful by J.A. Huss]()
Creeping Beautiful by J.A. Huss
McKAY I wasn’t the one who broke her but I played my part. She came to us when she was ten. I raised her. I loved her. I taught her how to survive in a world of evil men. But it wasn’t enough. ADAM I wasn’t the one who saved her but I did my best. She needed me as much as I needed her. Bought and paid for on the auction block. But not for the reasons you think. She was my weapon... -
![Girl on the Edge of Nowhere by R. Lee Smith]()
Girl on the Edge of Nowhere by R. Lee Smith
Five Nights at Freddy's Fanfiction Located on Archiveofourown. org First in a five part series“Welcome to Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, a magical place for kids and grown-ups alike, where fantasy and fun come to life! Fazbear Entertainment is not responsible for damage to property or person... -
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Garden of the Gods Vol. 1: Books 1-5 by A.A. Dark, Alaska Angelini
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is Vol. 1 of the Garden of the Gods series, books 1-5. These books are DARK and despite having romantic elements are considered HORROR.With the death of Whitlock, a new home for horror is born…Garden of the GodsBook 1:Main Master Beauty. Drive. Desperation.Charlotte Wyce spent years captivating the world on the big screen... -
![Mistress Mayhem by Miranda May]()
Mistress Mayhem by Miranda May
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMayhem.Violent or damaging disorder; chaos.It is what our world fell into hundreds of years ago. Murder on the street. Parents abusing their children. Rape. Drugs. Guns. The streets ran red.It all culminated into the Last War—the war that almost ended the human species. Bombs. Killings. Cyber attacks. You name it, they tried it... -
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![Everything Under the Sun by J.A. Redmerski, Justine Carver]()
Everything Under the Sun by J.A. Redmerski, Justine Carver
Thais Fenwick was eleven-years-old when civilization fell, devastated by a virus that killed off the majority of the world’s population. For seven years, Thais and her family lived in a community of survivors deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains... -
![WINTER PLAGUE by Quinn Blackbird]()
WINTER PLAGUE by Quinn Blackbird
PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS WINTER PLAGUE BY QUINN BLACKBIRD. THIS IS A NEW 'If I find out you had anything to do with that ambush, Winter... I'll not only kill you, I'll let you turn.'I started this plague with packing up my car to drive across the country. All I wanted those bloody, violent months ago was to visit my sister...Categorized as:
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![Jester by Renee Rocco]()
Jester by Renee Rocco
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI make being a criminal so much fun. But I have a problem.I broke Faith Decker's heart.It took her seven years to return to Mayhem.Now that she's home, I'm on a mission to win her back.When Faith gets caught in the crossfire of the Unholy's war with a drug lord, trust and believe I'll unleash hell on anyone who hurts her.Welcome back to Mayhem-where the villains are the heroes... -
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BODY OF GLASS by Marge Piercy
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 29 ratings"A triumph of the imagination. Rich, complex, impossible to put down."Alice HoffmanIn the middle of the twenty-first century, life as we know it has changed for all time. Shira Shipman's marriage has broken up, and her young son has been taken from her by the corporation that runs her zone, so she has returned to Tikva, the Jewish free town where she grew up...Categorized as:
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![Alien Hit and Run: A Sci-Fi Romance Novella by Lizzy Bequin]()
Alien Hit and Run: A Sci-Fi Romance Novella by Lizzy Bequin
She wanted revenge.He needed a place to hide.One moment is all it takes to change your life forever. For Kris Morgan, that moment comes when her car collides with a mysterious stranger in the middle of the Nevada desert. He ought to be dead, but he doesn’t have a scratch on his perfect, muscle-bound body.As Kris soon discovers, there’s more to this stranger than meets the eye... -
![WINTER STORM by Quinn Blackbird]()
WINTER STORM by Quinn Blackbird
PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS WINTER STORM BY QUINN BLACKBIRD. THIS IS A NEW 'If you tried to run, you know what would happen, Winter. I would hunt you down and burn the world to find you...'The world has gone to shit.All that's left are a few bands of rogue survivors, more dangers than ever, those violence-loving rotters, and me and my dog, Cleo.Well, it should just be Cleo and me... -
![Colossal: Dark Romance in Deep Space by Alexandra Norton]()
Colossal: Dark Romance in Deep Space by Alexandra Norton
"My colony ship needs a sacrificial lamb. Someone I can use to produce my heir. That’s you now, Kaia. But don’t worry. You’ll like it. When the cravings take hold, you’ll even need it. It may not be love, but you won’t know the difference and I won’t care."That’s what Orion Halen told Kaia after he brought her back to his ship. To him, she is just a means to an end...Categorized as:
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![Commodity by Shay Savage]()
Commodity by Shay Savage
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA woman hunted by human traffickers. A hot and dangerous bodyguard. Utter destruction. The end of civilization. The beginning of a new form of currency. Women are now the highest COMMODITY...Categorized as:
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![Without a Net by Lyn Gala]()
Without a Net by Lyn Gala
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOliver Robertson has been assigned to go undercover in one of the shade clubs that litter the seedier parts of town. He has never engaged in the sort of edge play found in those places, preferring the BDSM in the more mainstream control clubs. However, to find the criminals behind a series of kidnappings, he must go in undercover as a shade sub... -
![After the Fall by Robin Summers]()
After the Fall by Robin Summers
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the world ends, what’s left to care about?Taylor Stone is no hero. She has three simple rules for life after the plague: Keep moving. Keep to yourself. Don’t get involved. The plague took a particular joy in killing the women of the world, making it that much harder for the few who survived... -
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![Brutal Mate by Lee Savino, Tabitha Black]()
Brutal Mate by Lee Savino, Tabitha Black
One minute I’m walking back home from a nightclub. The next, I’m waking up in a cage.Abducted by aliens. Given to an alien race. Put up for auction. But instead of being sold to the highest bidder, I'm rescued by one of the Brutal Ones: the biggest, baddest bullies in the universe.But it's not a rescue. Not really. My rescuer makes it clear he wants something in return for saving my life.. -
![Hold by Claire Kent]()
Hold by Claire Kent
Find the strongest man there. Give yourself to him in return for protection. It’s the only way you’ll ever survive. Convicted of a minor crime, Riana is sentenced to a prison planet—a dark primitive hold filled with convicts vying for power. Her only chance of survival is with Cain, a mysterious loner who has won his territory in the prison through intelligence and brute strength... -
![Sold by Loki Renard]()
Sold by Loki Renard
A Dark Reverse Harem RomanceMy body had never been touched by a man. Then I was sold to seven of them.The city was my only chance to survive, but I didn't make it an hour before I was caught. They stripped me, punished me, and then auctioned me off. Not to just one man, but to seven battle-hardened brutes hungry for a woman to claim and ravish in the most shameful ways imaginable... -
![Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare]()
Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare
Would you trade your soul mate for your soul?A Shadowhunter’s life is bound by duty. Constrained by honor. The word of a Shadowhunter is a solemn pledge, and no vow is more sacred than the vow that binds parabatai, warrior partners—sworn to fight together, die together, but never to fall in love... -
![Psycho by Onley James]()
Psycho by Onley James
August Mulvaney has always been exceptional. As the genius son of an eccentric billionaire, his off-putting behavior is often blamed on his high IQ. They say there’s a thin line between genius and madness. August is both—a brilliant professor loved by his students and a ruthless, obsessive killer tasked with righting the wrongs of a failing justice system... -
![Delivering Evil for Experts by Annette Marie]()
Delivering Evil for Experts by Annette Marie
I promised to avenge my parents.But their killer is still on the loose, and he's stolen more than my parents' lives. Now, as he draws closer to his mysterious goals, he's poised to destroy what little I have left.I promised to translate an ancient grimoire.But it holds the secrets of my family—and the secret history of demon summoning. I fear its answers as much as I need them...
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