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Rebellious Rook by Brooklyn Cross
The rook’s heart is as cold as stone, but when the rock crumbles, the spoils are twice as sweet. Death follows me around like a dark cloud just waiting to strike. First, it stole my mother, then my aunt, and now my father is missing. Even though I’m told to walk away, and even though finding him shouldn’t be my top priority, the memory of him begging me to talk to him haunts my dreams... -
Make Me Burn by C.R. Jane, May Dawson
One night changes everythingOne fight gone viral can win Paxton a million dollars, endorsements, UFC recruiting. And another video gone viral could cost him it all.Because now a stalker is sending him videos from the night his mother was killed. Pax thought he’d killed her murderer. He thought he could move on...Categorized as:
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Our Tricks by Elizabeth Knight
The gauntlet has been thrown, lines have been drawn, and sides have been chosen. Now it’s time to see who will win.Removing Diego from power was the last obstacle to getting to Marco—or so I thought. The deeper we dive into this mess, the clearer it is that Marco has been hunting me for a long time. He’s methodical, calculating, and knows how to use every pawn at his disposal...Categorized as:
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Queen of Quarantine by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Once upon a time I met four monsters and thought the world would come to an end at their hands. But I was a fool.Because I didn’t understand the bigger picture.That the enemies I thought I knew would become the reason for my entire existence. My strength. My pain. My life. My love.The big bad wolf has teeth and claws as sharp as iron, and the danger before my eyes is blinding... -
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You Will Bow by Rachel Leigh
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsYou Will Bow is book two in the Wicked Boys of BCU series. It is strongly encouraged to read book one, We Will Reign first.More details coming soon...Categorized as:
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Deviant by Sheridan Anne
Death is cruel. It’s unforgiving and brutal. It robbed me of the life I wanted to live and stole what little hope I had for the future. I was supposed to be something great. I was supposed to have it all … But a single bullet changed everything... -
Dare To Fall by L. Ann, Claire Marta
Arabella GrayStudious. Good Girl. Liar.She's become my addiction—I feed her my pain.When the threat of losing her awakens the monster, there is no one left to save her from me.Eli TraversOutcast. Artist. Monster.I fell in love with my stepbrother—the Monster.I crave his touch and loathe his name. He took everything I gave and twisted it with hate.The past rises from the dead and stalks the living...Categorized as:
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Relentless by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAn all-new and addictive dark, why-choose, captive romance from the USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Tracy Lorraine. He came to save me… but what he finds could destroy him. I might have accomplished the impossible and walked back up those stairs. But I wasn’t naïve. Freedom didn’t await. Only more locked doors and nightmares. My captivity means nothing now...Categorized as:
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Make Me Queen by C.R. Jane, May Dawson
With my mother in the Demon’s clutches, I’ll do almost anything to buy her more time. Like make a deal with the Demon. I’ll pay him with an enemy’s death for my mother’s life. Long ago, dear old dad took me on a camping trip with his serial killer bestie before he broke their pinkie promises. Now the Demon wants the man dead...Categorized as:
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Kings & Carnage by Sadie Hunt
I didn't think I could live with them.Turns out, I can't live without them.Rock - the one who takes care of me.Oscar - the one who makes me feel seen.And Neo - the one who lights my soul on fire.They made me see who I really am.Now I may have lost them forever.*This is the conclusion of the Aventine University series featuring Neo, Oscar, Rock, and Willa...Categorized as:
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Anti-Valentine by T. Ashleigh, Ashlyn Drewek
This Valentine’s Day…the bad boys come out to play…Get ready for an anti-Valentine to remember in this limited release M/M romance anthology. Sixteen authors have come together to bring you a collection of brand-new short stories with a combination of dark, enemies to lovers, and bully themes...Categorized as:
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Beautiful Thorns by Jaymin Eve, Tate James
You know that saying, things can’t possibly get worse? They always can. And they do. It’s the last book of the series, you wouldn’t be here right now unless you were invested so just shut your eyes, hold your breath, and dive in. It’ll all be worth it in the end. Beautiful Thorns is book FOUR of FOUR in the Boys of Bellerose series...Categorized as:
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Why Don't You Save Me? by Rae Knight
We will get her back. No matter the cost.Tori’s been taken. Nico's done the unthinkable—kidnapped her right from under our noses.We’ve spent years fighting for her, trying to prove that we’re the ones who deserve her, and just when we managed to have her the way we've wanted, he’s got her. He’s using her. Telling her to say she hates us, that she never loved us... -
Queen of Hearts by Sarah Blue
With her father, the head of the Amante family dead, Elena knows it’s only a matter of time before her brother tries to trade her off to the first mob family looking for an alliance. Yet, all she wants is a choice in her future pack, and she refuses to be a bargaining chip at the hands of powerful men. She won't settle for anything less than true love... -
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Always Alchemy (Alchemy) by Elodie Hart
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAlways Alchemy is a full-length book featuring a variety of extended epilogues for the following couples and their Rafe and BelleZach and MaddyAnton and GenCal and AidaDex, Max and DarcyAdam and NatYou can expect fun, spice (obviously), glamour and ALL the...Categorized as:
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The Pact by Helena Sage
𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐬The journey hasn't been easy, but I've made it. Things are finally looking up after a year of rebuilding. I left my abusive ex to start a new life and a business with my best friend, Cassie, in the small town of Willow Hill. Things are mostly quiet here, although my work as a boudoir photographer hasn't gone unnoticed... -
Adrenaline by A.L. Woods
Four years ago, I betrayed his trust.He retaliated by breaking my heart.Adam Ryan had secrets.The kind better off where they belonged.Buried.As an urban explorer, I’m not afraid of a little trouble.But when I venture to the one place Adam forbade me from, I get more than I bargained for.Him and his friends.Along with their threats.Their violence.And their lust.Adam might claim to still hate me... -
Evading Darkness by K.M. Baker
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen they say the past always finds a way to catch up to you, they aren't lying.I spent years on the run, trying to hide from my father and our society. I was careful and never stayed in the same place for very long, but when I landed in Braxton Falls, I couldn't leave.I fell in love, made my first real friend in years, and let my guard down... -
To The Flame by Kylie Cross
I'm not sure how to come back from this. Maybe I shouldn't have let the Laniidae sisters pull me into their orbit.But who could resist them when they looked like that?After joining the Hunt, I'm finally one of them, which means bubbly Teresa, charming Kennedy, and vicious Xander aren't afraid to stake their claim to me.But a war is brewing between the us and the vultures of Cathartidae...Categorized as:
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Empire by Sheridan Anne
An Empire risen from blood and ash.Murder. Betrayal. Undisputable power.A sacrifice to be given. An innocent life to be lost.He made the solemn vow.The flesh of my flesh will perish in flames,but the blood will forever reign.-------All I wanted was a new life, a fresh start in Faders Bay.But fate hadn’t written my name in the stars, it was written in cold, murderous blood.Zade. Sawyer. Dalton...Categorized as:
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Feral King by Sparrow Beckett, Sorcha Black
Minnow Korsgaard works a dead end job to make ends meet. When she’s hired to take care of a wealthy old man with no social skills, she’s excited to have found work in her field. The new boss isn’t at all what she expected. Severin Leduc is only thirty. He’s also a dominant, tattooed brute who’s needs someone to break through the walls he’s built...Categorized as:
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Saved by My Stepbrothers by Angel Lawson, A.K. Rose
Who killed Olivia Davenport? After years of being on the run, Kate Stevenson knows the only way to save her stepbrothers and their friends from a life of hunting, is to solve the crime that consumes them. Using her investigative skills, Kate digs into the past, uncovering secrets and truths about the Davenport family that may destroy them...Categorized as:
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Immoral Games by Marissa Farrar
I’ve been stranded in a cabin in the wilderness with my two gorgeous but damaged stepbrothers, and my overprotective stepfather.We’ve crossed boundaries that in normal society would never be traversed, and now we can never go back to what we were.We thought the biggest threat to our lives was Mother Nature.We were wrong.In desperation, we tried to reach safety, but a new danger has emerged... -
Shame on Me by Aurelia Knight, Stephanie Hurst
TristanI told Ivy I loved her, and she rejected me, again. She’s going to pay for that mistake. She won’t see the light of day until she begs my forgiveness.My mirror image should be on my side, but instead, he’s betrayed me, told me to give her up and let her go home. I am their home!He wants to paint me as a monster. They both do. But he’s no better, and I’ll prove it... -
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Savage Knights by Jillian Frost
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe ghosts of our past have come back to haunt us.Kidnapped and sold to the highest bidder, I’m promised to marry another man, a ruthless Mafia boss who has an ax to grind with the Salvatore brothers.And he wants to use me to get his revenge.The men we thought were hunting me are the least of our problems. As it turns out, the real monsters were right under our noses all along...Categorized as:
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Fall by N.V. Roez
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat happens to the broken? … Honestly, I don’t know. My past is catching up to me from all directions. I’m stuck between the girl I was and the woman I want to be. Everyone is blaming me for what happened to Micah, but nothing is as it seems. People are after me, and debts have to be repaid. That’s not the hardest pill to swallow, though...Categorized as:
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The Break by Shayla Black, Jenna Jacob
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOne woman. Two Rivals. Countless secrets…Raine Kendall has everything a woman could want—almost...Categorized as:
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Poison Kiss by Steffanie Holmes
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsI may be blind, but they won’t see me coming.Cassius. Victor. Torsten.My monster. My strength. My heart.Three cruel, broken kings who kissed me with poisonAnd woke me from my slumber.I used to think that my future lay beyond ivy-covered walls;College, a career, a white-picket fence…But now I’m bathed in blood and fire.Now I wear their thorny crown,and sit upon a throne of skulls... -
Delectable Lies by Shauna Mairéad
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNever feed your fears, Saoirse, because if you do, they will eat you alive.Those were the last words my mother uttered before the masked men arrived.She begged me to run, to save myself from the past she kept hidden.But here's the thing, the past doesn't stay buried forever, and somebody has to pay the price for the choices she made.All the King's horses and all the King's men..Categorized as:
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Savage Hearts by V.T. Do
They caught me.The men dubbed as the Savages caught me, and I don’t see how I can ever escape their grasp. Maverick, Killian, and Silas Tiernan. The three heads of the Irish mob who killed my father and destroyed his entire MC club. I am paying for my father’s sins. Twenty years ago, my father killed their father and took over their empire. Now, I am their captive... -
Dirty Crazy Bad: Book 1 by Siobhan Davis
A new dark college reverse harem romance from the USA Today & WSJ bestselling author of The Sainthood Series. In the secret society of The Luminaries, no sin will go unpunished… Sleeping with my boyfriend’s best friend, behind his girlfriend’s back, probably wasn’t my smartest idea. But Jase is mine, and it’s about time Julia knew it...Categorized as:
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Kings & Chaos by Sadie Hunt
Are they my enemies?Or the only people I can trust?Moving in with the Kings of Aventine was supposed to be simple: get close enough to find out what happened to my sister and get the hell out.Yeah, that’s not what happened. Like, at all.Now I’m falling hard for Rock, a golden retriever with the body of a god, and Oscar, the pierced brooder who takes pictures of me when I’m not looking...Categorized as:
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Black Light: Wanted by Maren Smith
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe had her the longest… he hurt her the most… Anna “Pony” Mitchell should be dead. Abandoned by her Menagerie sisters and shot by the only man she’s ever loved, now the hospital has declared her “unfit.” She has thirty days to prove them wrong or spend the rest of her life hospitalized. He lost his leg, his job… and almost his life... -
The Vipers and Their Vendetta by Marissa Farrar, S.R. Jones
I’m the poison running through their veins, and they’ll never let me go…The biggest mistake I ever made was thinking that once I started this game with the Vipers, I could end it.I’m reeling from what I’ve learned about my sister.She’s the reason I ran… But she’s also the reason I can’t leave.I need to know the truth, but now I’m a target… of them.The Vipers and their anger...Categorized as:
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A Billion Vendettas by Jessa York
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEveWhat was supposed to be the happiest day of my life--wasn't.To say the least... -
The Vipers' Vow by Marissa Farrar, S.R. Jones
They call me Venom, but they’re the ones who are toxic.They vow to make me theirs, and never let me go…but now something else has torn us apart.Three men, each one broken in a different way. Each one trying to make up for that pain by hurting me, except this time, I’m fighting back.Their obsession should have felt so wrong; dark and depraved, but it felt like the sun on my skin... -
The Truth Hurts by Sophie Dyer
Time; they say it heals all wounds. But what happens when time isn’t a luxury you can spare?Haunted by Luciano, I attempt to rebuild myself and forget what happened. But moving forward is easier said than done, especially when I’m no longer facing just one enemy. Revenge is no longer on my agenda. Now, I have to fight to protect those closest to me... -
Vicious Intentions by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThere are no rules for men like them.Cain, Hunter, and Cristiano were heirs to some of the richest and most powerful families in the world, men who might as well have been kings. Ten years ago, they took an interest in me.Or at least that’s what happens in the fleeting memories I still have left after the car accident... -
Silver Creek High: A High School Bully Romance Complete Box Set by Belladona Cunning
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings(#1 Amazon Bestselling Series in Teen & Young Adult Bullying Fiction *WITH NEVER BEFORE SEEN BONUS EPILOGUE*) “You. Are. Cut. Off.” He left me ripped apart and stripped of my last shred of innocence.He disappeared without a trace, two years ago, with no rhyme or reason.The same guy that swore to protect me, but instead fed me to the wolves of Silver Creek High.Now, he’s back...Categorized as:
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Their Little Ghost by Holly Bloom
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThree psychopaths found me... and they won’t let me go.Their obsession began the night my father locked me in Sunnycrest Asylum.They escaped confinement to invade every part of my privileged life.Now, my masked tormentors are on a twisted quest to claim me.A quest with cruel games and no limits.I’m usually a good girl who plays by the rules, but their depravity stirs dark desires within me...Categorized as:
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Lesson In Trust: Part Two by Kay Elle Parker
Is this a fairytale or is it reality?From one strength to another, Callie’s relationship with her Daddies is growing exponentially. Not only has she found the kind of love she’s always dreamed of, it seems that love is contagious, connecting both Elias and Evander together as well.Balanced between her Dark Daddy and her Golden one, she finds peace in their embrace, safety in their kisses...Categorized as:
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Break Me by Nina West, Avery Reid
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsListening length: 8 hours and 11 minutes. Henry Wolf is a deliciously wicked, sinfully handsome man who has done a very bad thing. Potentially. Worse, he owns me now - every inch of my body and a sizeable chunk of my stupid, naïve heart... -
Dirty Crazy Bad: A Prequel Short Story by Siobhan Davis
The hot stranger who gate-crashed my party and almost came to blows with my boyfriend and my other lover is my loathsome new stepbrother. Ares delights in telling me he’s named after the God of War as he threatens to ruin me. Not sure what I have done to deserve his instant hatred, but whatever.Game on, ahole.Bring it. We are ready for you. Originally published in the Nightingale Anthology...Categorized as:
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Lace Vengeance by Eve Dangerfield
Book three in the SNOW WHITE trilogy. This is a scorching romance between a woman and four beautifully dangerous men in which she never has to choose.WARNING: This book is intended for readers eighteen years old and over. It contains material that some readers could find disturbing. Enter at your own risk.. -
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A Billion Decisions by Jessa York
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEveWho Exactly did I marry?When I finally discover the answer to that question--my world is tilted on its side.Again.This is not the life I signed up for.And I have no intention of sticking around.However, my husband has no intention of ever letting me go... -
His Prisoner by Misty Winters
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAntonioI captured her and like any a**hole, I won’t return her.She doesn’t belong in my world, but her father owes me money that he can't possibly pay.I don’t want the money. I want Mia.Her fiery, feisty charm has captivated me.She has become my obsession, my addiction, and my beautiful little prisoner.One taste and I don’t want to let her go...Categorized as:
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Make Her Bleed by Zepphora
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI trusted Malakai Harris all my life. I never thought he would stab me in the back the way he did.Kai has taken everything from me. My freedom, my friends, my father. The only thing left for him to take is my sanity, but I won't hand it over. My only saving grace is his posse, those he has scared into following him... -
Lessons in Revenge by Natalia Lourose
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI was ready to die the night I walked into Nic Colombo’s restaurant with a loaded gun and the insatiable need to avenge my father’s death.But sometimes, life has other plans.Lessons to be taught.Stories to be told.And that night both paths were set into motion.Turns out, the Colombo brothers make great teachers.In exchange for my life, one would teach me how to hate... -
Violent Peak by Rory Ireland
Once I was their little doll, the only thing they cherished. Until they didn't anymore. I hate them for abandoning me, leaving me with their evil father to fend for myself. Now they're back and...Hendrix wants to own my body.Jasper wants to twist my mind.Cooper wants to take my soul.But I'm not the fragile little doll they threw away. I will bring them to their knees, or die trying...Categorized as:
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Their Virgin Prize by Loryn Fox
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI never imagined selling myself to a trio of billionaires, but it’s only one night in exchange for the rest of my brother’s life. How can I say no?The deal is sell my V-card at auction—oh, and allow the taking of my innocence to be livestreamed, too—in exchange for the cash I need to save my brother...
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