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Oath of Fidelity by Jane Henry
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsShe’ll pay the price for her betrayal… as my bride. Elise Regazza is beautiful. She’s also a liar. A schemer. A woman who betrayed The Family. And she owes her life for what she’s done. When she begs for mercy, I offer her a single choice: Marry me. Solidify my power in The Family. And she agrees. But make no mistake, little Elise will never be free. Now our vows will be her shackles...Categorized as:
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Mountain Daddy: A Dark Mafia, Age Gap Romance by Milli Rabbit
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI didn’t know our one-night stand left her pregnant.Can’t blame her. I’m not the type you take home to meet daddy.As a mafia leader, I’m not exactly marriage material.But the moment I saw her bent over in that tight mini skirt,I knew I’d claim her for life.Curves wrapped in leather.A smile I would burn the world down to protect.We had one night.Then she saw me kill a man...Categorized as:
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Mister Baller by Cassie-Ann L. Miller
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMy college rival. My ex-husband's best friend. My new roommate? Oh, boy. The last thing I want is to rent my spare bedroom to my ex-husband's best friend. His six-foot-three, dimple-faced, alphahole best friend. His injured-professional-football-player best friend. But desperate times, desperate measures, y'know? I can't afford to hold grudges. These heaping bills of mine won't pay themselves... -
Slow Burn by A.K. MacBride
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTall – check.Muscular – check.Tatted – double check.Until he opens his mouth.Adam is grumpy, rude, and obnoxious as hell.He’s the kind of guy who deserves double fisted middle fingers.And I really should tell him exactly where he can shove his insults.Instead, I bite my tongue.He intrigues me and I can’t fight the need I have to find out what caused the pain so evident in his dark eyes... -
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Wanderer by Janine Infante Bosco
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsCobra I’ve lived two lives. One full of innocence and one full of sin. I mourned the perfect life I was born into and made it my duty to chase the phantom who stole it from me. Revenge, mayhem and loss are all I know. I am the lone man—I am the wanderer. The former nomad—now, Satan’s deadliest soldier. The two worlds were never supposed to collide... -
Wicked Instinct by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTemptation and spy games never mix. But that won’t stop them from trying…Special Operator Connor Lachlan is stronger than ever, proving that not even a biowarfare attack can keep himdown for long. His new mission? Stop the terrorist who is distributing military weapons to civilians. He knows he’ll succeed... -
Sundays are for Hangovers by K. Webster, J.D. Hollyfield
For nearly a year, they’ve been at war. Cops. Forks. Eggs. Two feuding neighbors who couldn’t be more opposite, forced to live next door to one another. Neither is backing down. She drives him crazy with her loud nineties rap music. He gets under her skin the way he obsesses over his stupid perfect lawn... -
Frenched Series Bundle: Frenched, Yanked, Forked & Floored by Melanie Harlow
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHIS BUNDLE INCLUDES ALL FOUR BOOKS PLUS SERIES EXTRAS AT 99 CENTS FOR ONE WEEK ONLY: 5/4-5/11 FRENCHED (Mia and Lucas) When I got dumped by my stupid fiancé a week before the wedding, my plans involved nothing more than ice cream, and blanket fort, and a bonfire of his possessions... -
Her Sweet Seduction Box Set by Adele Knight
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHer Sweet Seduction Series novellas 1 - 4 are in print for the first time! All your favorites in one box set with bonus scenes, epilogues, and a sneak peek at what's coming next. Her Wild Roommate - If your roommate walks in on you in a risqué position, is he supposed to stand there and watch? Mine did, and I liked it... -
Drive Her Wild by J.L. Quick
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFourteen Shades of Day 12Moving to Coal’s Lake to take over her uncle’s veterinary practice should be seamless.That is, until Amaya runs into Jack. He’s a smug and cocky… but hot as sin and charming as hell.Enough that if she’s not careful, she might not be able to pump the brakes with him.Drive Her Wild is a deliciously spicy, enemies-to-lovers, meet cute with a splash of kink... -
House Of Payne: Rude by Stacy Gail
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe Last Thing She Wanted… From the moment Sass Stone overheard her social worker call her “broken,” she’s been hell-bent on proving her wrong. A broken woman doesn't have a posse of kickass friends, a foodie lover’s dream job and a string of pretty boys she enjoys playing with. Sure, she has scars, but they’re buried so far down no one even knows they’re there... -
Tag by Stacy Gail
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMysterious. Anonymous. Genius.No one knows the identity of the famous urban artist known only as Tag, and that’s just the way Tag likes it. He got his start in one of the most gang-ridden neighborhoods in Chicago by anonymously tagging his world with beautiful graffiti, and that anonymity kept him alive... -
Road-Tripped by Nicole Archer
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhat’s worse than losing everything? Try driving a phallic-shaped RV across the country with a vile womanizing coworker. Copywriter Callie Murphy has a bad attitude, a vicious tongue, and a serious aversion to Shimura Advertising’s resident manwhore, Walker Rhodes. Know where he can stick his good looks and Southern charm? She can think of a few creative places... -
Corrupted by Sapphire Knight, Amanda Pederick
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsViktor- I was bred for this. For Mafiya. Instead, I relinquished my crown to my younger brother. I’m the dirty side of the Mafiya. I clean up the messes. The bodies. The problems. Here in America, I’m the Russian King. I never expected to want my mark. To crave her, to need her. One thing about being the leader of the Bratva, I always get what I want... -
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Relinquish by Sapphire Knight, Amanda Pederick
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFree bird- He calls me free bird, yet I’m not the one who’s free. At least not as free as he is. He’s covered in tattoos, roaring down a Texas highway, and living life. I sit here, pondering what my life could be. It was only supposed to be some fun, not like this. I’m Avery, flustered Barista- looking for a diversion. I’m not like the others... -
Exposed by Sapphire Knight, Amanda Pederick
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCameron I cared about fun. I cared about getting through school and my future with the mafia. That is until I was wrecked by London Layla Traverson’s secret and a grimy biker. Cain I cared about my bike, fighting and my club- The Oath Keepers MC. Well, up until I saw London Layla Traverson’s icy blue eye’s again. London I had to get to Tennessee to help Emily as fast as possible... -
Scandalous Scotsman by M.J. Fields
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOne trip down the stairs, caused by a lone Lego, while wrapped in a towel, spewing a plethora of profanities, and my cell phone went flying.I landed on my ass, and then the ER.Between those two occurrences was a FaceTime call, placed by a bouncing phone, to the number of a man I didn’t even truly look at, who had now seen more of my body than anyone had since my Tinder days, over a year ago... -
Avengement by D.H. Sidebottom
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAny profit made from this book will be donated to Breast Cancer Research. Sometimes, love is just that little bit too exciting. Mason Fox is angry, very angry. Someone has hurt his sister and in Mason’s world, that is not tolerated... -
Beautiful Surrender by Ivy Wild
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsXavier:My truth is control.My truth is that good is rewardedand that bad is punished.Aubrey Knight thought she could disrupt my businessand get away with it.But, she was sorely mistaken.So, when her father lost the electionand came to me begging for money I struck a deal.The little brat would serve as collateral until the loan was repaid.She thinks she can test me.How laughable...Categorized as:
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Effortless by Bethany-Kris
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCamilla Donati doesn’t do relationships—it’s just not her thing. She wants a fun time, not a long time. She might be exactly what Tommaso Rossi needs to make his vacation from the responsibilities as a Capo, a break worth taking. He didn’t expect to find a woman like her with a mind full of filth. She didn’t expect a man who would shatter all of her rules with only a grin... -
Miracle by Susan Fanetti
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRELEASE DATE: 6 AUGUST 2016 PREORDER NOW THE CONCLUSION OF THE PAGANO FAMILY SERIES. Joey Pagano was left disabled following a violent moment in his family’s history, a moment he chose to be a part of. During the past ten years of a life he’s only half lived, all of his brothers and sisters have gotten married and made families of their own, but Joey’s had no one... -
Drive Her Wild by J.L. Quick
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFourteen Shades of Day 12Moving to Coal’s Lake to take over her uncle’s veterinary practice should be seamless.That is, until Amaya runs into Jack. He’s a smug and cocky… but hot as sin and charming as hell.Enough that if she’s not careful, she might not be able to pump the brakes with him.Drive Her Wild is a deliciously spicy, enemies-to-lovers, meet cute with a splash of kink... -
Reclaiming You: The Insidious Seven MC, Book One by A.E. Nalle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLiamWithin the gritty underbelly of New Orleans is where I have always found my home. As a key member of The Insidious Seven MC, I’ve never hesitated to embrace the darkest corners of morality and mayhem to protect my brotherhood. Forever the villain within a family of heroes, I found solace and purpose within the MC’s fold. But even after finding my brothers, I was left wanting more... -
The Pleasant Valley Series by Anna Brooks
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThree full-length romances filled swoon-worthy alphas and nail-biting suspense.They might be bad boys, but they're also really good men who prove they'll do anything to keep their women safe... especially when it comes to protecting their hearts... -
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The Mafia's Omega Queen by Kotah Jean
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBet you thought I was dead, huh? Pfft. I’m a lot harder to kill than that. I thought I was safe surrounded by my fated mates and Gavin. Boy, was I wrong. Who I once thought was nothing more than an over-inflated bimbo turned out to be the devil in disguise. Determined to destroy my very existence. She’s tried to kill me more than once. No shocker there...Categorized as:
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Room Service by Imani Jay
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey say you never forget your first…ZinaFor fifteen years, I’ve been walking with a hole in my heart. Carved by a man larger than life, way out of my league. We parted on terrible terms. Now fate has granted us a second chance…MateoZina Washington was the quiet bombshell I fell for hard, fast, and irrecoverably. But I messed things up royally between us. Now we’re brought back together... -
Blinded By Hate by Jaclin Marie
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHayden Night corrupted my thoughts at night. Even after two years of going to therapy and trying to rid myself of him, he was still in the back of my mind. He is one of the best boxers in the country, possibly in the world. He always had a talent for fighting, he craved it and fed off of it. He used fighting as a coping mechanism to block everything else out in the world...Categorized as:
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Bite of Pain by Natasha Knight, Alta Hensley
Nothing brings more pleasure than the perfect Bite of Pain. Satisfy your desire for a bit of sting with a dozen BRAND NEW smoking hot power exchange stories from the dark romance authors you love. Featuring stories from: Natasha Knight & A... -
Sweet & Sour by Sedona Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSonny Roswell is a know it all, arrogant baseball player, who just signed a new contract with the newest baseball team that allows him to play for his hometown. After a heated exchange with barista, Cherish Mack, Sonny does the one thing he never does. He apologizes. Sonny's intrigued by the shy and sweet, single mother who's in grad school for sports marketing...Categorized as:
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Cardinal Sins by Charlotte House
A self-destructive heiress. An unbreakable brotherhood. A secret. A legacy. A brutal, inescapable seduction.There are things Zara Faire wishes she never knew about her father. After returning to New Rome in the wake of her mother’s funeral, an invitation to an elusive club introduces her to a sinister world of organized crime that she learns she belongs to by birthright... -
Kiss and Shell by Annie Charme
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCelebrate International Kissing Day with your July Man of the Month...ShellyFinn volleys into my life, disrupting the nest I’ve built around myself.This British playboy can charm the pants off any Southern girl with his thick English accent and swagger, but I’m not just anyone. I’m ‘turtle girl’ as he calls me, with a hardened shell protecting my heart. And I wouldn’t kiss this man if he paid me... -
De Luca: The Saint by Chelle Rose
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsKatherina Kennedy, collateral damageFear. Agony. Heaven.Two things I am assured by knowing him and one I am owed for the life I lived before.I thought my time in his sinful hands was far behind me, but I’m taken and thrown into a basement, where I hope for the bright light to take away the pain... -
His Crime by Debra Kayn
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCam's obsessive hold on Christina erupts in a mind-blowing conclusion... One breath leaves him weak. Love hurts. President of Moroad Motorcycle club and career criminal, Cam Farrell gets a second chance at life. He promises to keep Christina at his side and bring his son home alive... -
No Reservations by Kristen Proby
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNew York Times Bestselling author Kristen Proby takes us back to her highly acclaimed Fusion series.Chase MacKenzie is not the man for Maura Jenkins. A self-proclaimed life-long bachelor, and unapologetic about his distaste for monogamy, a woman would have to be a masochist to want to fall into Chase’s bed. And Maura is no masochist.Chase has one strict rule: no strings attached... -
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The Claim by Billy London
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRocco Mamione has possibly the best wingman in the world—his grandmother. He had no idea that when his nonna was fired from the job she’d had for thirty years, she’d demand the best employment lawyer in London. And that lawyer just happens to be his ex-girlfriend. His Nonna had been giving him the “where are my great-grandbabies goo-goo eyes for some time now... -
Birth of a Queen by Emma Slate
I charmed the playboy. I married the billionaire. I became a criminal. Flynn Campbell is mine. I’m his wife, and the mother of his first born son. We’re in love. Our world is perfect… And then a traitor threatens everything I hold sacred. There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do to protect my family. There isn’t any place on earth they can hide from me now. Run, traitor. I’m coming for you... -
Gardener For The Mafia by Flora Ferrari
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThis dangerous and savage alpha has me feeling so possessed and taken. I’ve never felt anything like it.I’m just an inexperienced naïve girl working as a gardener on his billionaire’s estate. When he hears me singing one day, he confronts me, and I’m left to wonder if I’ve made the mob boss mad... -
Carmen's New York Love by Nikki Sex
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPart 3 of the Carmen’s New York Romance Trilogy Kurt Nielsen, New York's most eligible bachelor, is head over heels in love with Carmen Wilson. She makes him laugh and has no trouble setting him straight. With Carmen he has found his equal, and in many ways his superior. Add that to their extraordinary sexual chemistry, and Kurt knows Carmen is the woman for him... -
The Donafrio Donor by Kimber Lee, KanyeInterruptedMe
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Donafrio Donor Kimber... -
Reckless by L.M. Mountford
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAs an underworld princess, daughter to the boss of mob bosses all along the east coast, Sophie’s life was a gilded cage. A prison of gold and silk…That is until Luke stepped into her life.A scrapper from the back streets, who had risen from among the ranks to stand in her shadow.Luke, her bodyguard, and her secret lover.Their destinies were never meant to cross, but they had... -
Yakuza Lover, Vol. 9 by Nozomi Mino, 箕野希望
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen feisty college student Yuri is attacked at a party, she’s saved by Toshiomi Oya, the underboss of a yakuza syndicate. Despite her obvious attraction to him, she convinces herself that she’s not in the market for a bad boy type. But when they meet again, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to him—kicking off a steamy and dangerous love affair that threatens to consume her, body and soul... -
Corrupt Savior by Tara Leigh
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI am a corrupt king, ruling a sinful empire. I wasn’t born to the crown. Nevertheless, I wear it well. Aislinn Granville is the Crown Jewel of my empire—my queen. To my enemies, she’s my Achilles heel—a perfect pawn. Without her, I am a wounded warrior. A ruthless, relentless beast. There is nowhere she can be taken that I won’t find her...Categorized as:
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Sinner's Obsession by Bianca Borell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen sin and innocence collide, passion ignites. Aurora McNamara refuses to continue living in fear. More than anything, she yearns to be free from her cruel father and his nefarious plans. When she’s whisked away under the cloak of darkness, her circumstances take an unexpected turn.Unwilling to allow her choices to be taken from her once more, Aurora plots her escape...Categorized as:
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Her Possessive Daddy by Kate Oliver
Previously published as Trusting Her Daddy by Kate Oliver. Carly thinks Damian Scott is the bossiest of bossy bodyguards. If it wasn’t for her brother, who believes she’s in serious danger, she could be free from Damian’s controlling overbearing self. Even worse, he keeps trying to insist that she’s got a little girl inside her, just waiting to come out...Categorized as:
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The Escort by Kimber Lee, KanyeInterruptedMe
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“You ever think about letting your hair loose?” Ashton asked, his breath kissing Amor’s neck as they waltzed.“My hair’s fine,” Amor snapped in annoyance.Ashton chuckled. “That’s not what I meant.”His hands slowly hiked up the hem of her dress and her breath caught.“What are you doing?” She uneasily glanced around at the dancing couples.“Giving a new meaning to dirty dancing,” he replied quietly... -
His Deadly Darling by Mink
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsLuke Knight thinks he can own me, can hurry me into a wedding and then into his bed. He seems to know everything about me. But he’s missed the most important point—I’m dastardly. But I like his estate and all his money, so I’ll bide my time. I don’t obsess over his good looks and the way he makes me feel. Not a bit...Categorized as:
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Sin by Emma Hart
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsSex. Lust. Lies. New York Times bestselling author, Emma Hart, brings the heat and heart in a brand-new series of sexy standalone novels, starting with SIN ... Damien Fox lived up to his name. Cunning, sly, and dangerous, fifty percent of Vegas' strip clubs were his. Whatever he wanted, money, attention, women, he got. And now he wanted to buy my bar, no matter the cost...Categorized as:
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Kostya by Roxie Rivera
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter a nightmare blind date, hair stylist Holly Phillips swears off men. The only problem with that plan? Her mysterious and sinfully sexy neighbor Kostya who appeared from the shadows and saved her on that cold, scary night. Now Holly can't stop thinking about the way his strong hands felt on her body or the sweet, tender way he cared for her... -
Yakuza Lover, Vol. 8 by Nozomi Mino, 箕野希望
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen feisty college student Yuri is attacked at a party, she’s saved by Toshiomi Oya, the underboss of a yakuza syndicate. Despite her obvious attraction to him, she convinces herself that she’s not in the market for a bad boy type. But when they meet again, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to him—kicking off a steamy and dangerous love affair that threatens to consume her, body and soul... -
The Journal Of Sanctuary One by R.J. Scott
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJake spends every Christmas at Sanctuary 1. From a small child the cabin was home for his family in the special season, and with the third anniversary of his dad's death approaching he arranges for Kayden, Beckett and himself to meet at the cabin a few days before Christmas. When a snowstorm means Kayden is blocked in NY with Beckett, Jake ends up in the cabin on his own...
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