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  • The Reign Of Kings by Candice M. Wright

    The Reign Of Kings by Candice M. Wright

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 23 ratings
    Raised by a family of cops who see the world in black and white,I grew up with a defiant streak a mile long,And an immunity to gun-toting alpha males.That is until I find myself at the Carnage clubhouse,At the mercy of their Kings.Now my black and white world is a dirty shade of gray,And my immunity to alpha males has disappeared along with my underwear...
  • Kept by her Daddies by Laylah Roberts

    Kept by her Daddies by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    Maggie’s lost . . .Well, not literally. She knows where she is. Most of the time, anyway.But ever since a car accident ruined her career, she’s been jumping from job to job, unable to find her purpose.Which is how she finds herself in beautiful Escana, helping her eccentric uncle take photos of the soon-to-be Princess.What she doesn’t expect is to find three men she’s drawn to...
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  • Deadly Betrayal by Nikita Parmenter

    Deadly Betrayal by Nikita Parmenter

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    It’s been two years since Mr Rising offered Ever and her men the chance to work for them. They’ve settled into the job now, but by no means have their lives become any less dangerous. The older teams don’t like how many high-profile jobs they get, and now there’s a mole in their midst, one that threatens everyone who works for Mr Rising; agents and families are in danger...
  • Gamer Girls - Books 4-7 by Auryn Hadley, Kitty Cox

    Gamer Girls - Books 4-7 by Auryn Hadley, Kitty Cox

    Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Fragged - Book 4Some things are worth fighting for.Riley's life is better than it's ever been before. She has the love of her life, a family made from those she cares about, an adorable "little" rescue dog, and even her horse business is doing pretty good. Everything is great. Everything is wonderful. At least on the surface...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Theirs by Serena Akeroyd

    Theirs by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Perry was a nobody. A nothing. Until she met him and became THEIRS. Farmers' stock with curves as thick as her Tennessee accent, Perry didn't expect much out of life. She had a cause she fought tooth and nail for, a career that meant everything, and a best friend who meant the world to her. Of course, that best friend wasn't just anyone...
  • Four Always by Stephanie Brother

    Four Always by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I have a secret. Four of them, actually. They’re big and strong and make their living taking off their clothes for adoring fans. But they’ve been giving me private shows for free.When an innocent bakery delivery ends in me being surrounded by four hot male strippers, I don't stand a chance of resisting them...
  • Love by Numbers Complete Series by Nicole Casey

    Love by Numbers Complete Series by Nicole Casey

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Hot. Delicious. Irresistible. A 9-book reverse harem box set that will keep you up all night.9 groups of Alpha males await, ready to bring you down to your knees...
  • Quintessence: The Boxset 4-6 by Serena Akeroyd

    Quintessence: The Boxset 4-6 by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Sascha decides to be more than just a housekeeper to her sexy new bosses, she triggers events she could never have foreseen. With five men to protect her, she should be safe, but there's an outside threat that has the potential to destroy them. Find out if her men keep Sascha safe in Quintessence: The Boxset. Books 4-6 are available in this omnibus edition for the first time...
  • Healing Shattered Hearts by Kerry Taylor

    Healing Shattered Hearts by Kerry Taylor

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    Olivia Byrd spent eight years of her childhood at the hands of a monster. Now that monster is gone and she is finally free of him, but she has been left with so many unanswered questions...
  • Yes, Sirs by Cornelia Fields

    Yes, Sirs by Cornelia Fields

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "You were ours from the second we saw you," he stated as if I didn't have a choice in it, and the truth was, I didn't need to because he was right. I was theirs, but what they didn't know was that they were mine too. ~ One invitation to an open house. One moment. One chance. And everything changed.When Emma got an invitation to the most exclusive BDSM club in the city, she knew she needed to go...
  • 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...
  • Confessions: Ethan by Ella Frank

    Confessions: Ethan by Ella Frank

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Everything in the world is about sex except sex.Sex is about power. ~ Oscar WildeDesire. Dominance. Sex.Ethan Holt is in the business of all three.He believes that any fantasy can be created, and that any kink should be explored.Why wouldn’t he, when he has several of his own?Control. Ethan has to have it.In his job at The Office. In his relationship with Zayne...
  • 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...
  • Zayne by Ella Frank

    Zayne by Ella Frank

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    Rebellion is necessary for development of character. ~ Cynthia VoightImpatient. Impulsive. Rebellious.Zayne Copeland’s been getting in trouble for as long as he can remember.But if trouble goes by the name Ethan Holt, he’s quite okay with that.Why wouldn’t he be, when Ethan has been the one to show him what love is?From boys to men. From school to The Office...
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  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Vicious Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Vicious Chaos by Samantha Bee

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 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 Wild Finale: The Wild Boys Book 3 by K.A. Knight, Erin O'Kane

    The Wild Finale: The Wild Boys Book 3 by K.A. Knight, Erin O'Kane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to The Wild Boys, where all your wettest dreams come true.Heartbroken over the loss of Mark, our happily ever after seems to be slipping away with each day that passes. We have to try and navigate our way through obstacles facing a relationship such as ours, while still performing on the sold out tour.The show must go on, but hiding in the wings is our stalker. An obsessed fan..
  • Derailed by Sarah Bailey

    Derailed by Sarah Bailey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three mixed with four. The captive became an ally. Who will break first?It started when they betrayed me. The ones who I’d come to trust. The ones I was starting to love.My world flipped upside down and nothing is as it seems. Everything was unravelling before my eyes, tearing us apart whilst pulling us closer together.I’m caught between two worlds...
  • 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...
  • INVICTUS by Marian Andrew

    INVICTUS by Marian Andrew

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    My boyfriend of two years dumped me for a wealthy Manhattan socialite.Desperate for a distraction, I found it with the incredibly hot and spicy Archer St John, a frequent guest of the hotel I work at in London.After an unbelievably perfect night with him, I woke up next to a pool of blood that wasn’t mine. Archer was gone, and so were his clothes and every trace of him...
  • 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...
  • Undercover Action by Cassie Cole

    Undercover Action by Cassie Cole

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two chiseled Irish brothers. A dashing undercover cop.The three of them protecting me--and sharing me.My undercover objective is to get close to the Finnegan brothers.To learn their secrets by any means necessary.I thought I was ready for anything...Until they said they want to share me...
  • Our Bratty Queen by Kameron Claire

    Our Bratty Queen by Kameron Claire

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Brat Tamer Times ThreeI’m the bad twin, the loud one, the one dancing on the tables while my critics condemn me. My family rarely knows where I am, much less what kind of trouble I’m starting, which has left me a lonely shell that I fill with my antics.My sister is my polar opposite in every way. Quiet and in the shadows, she has everyone convinced she’s the good twin, but I know better...
  • Lavish: A Reverse Harem Miniseries by C.M. Stunich

    Lavish: A Reverse Harem Miniseries by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A house of lies and secrets. It's inside those walls that I find myself trapped. I'm more than just the princess to a mafia kingdom—I'm the future queen. Three lovers. One traitor. An endless stream of betrayal. One is like a wolf, the other a coyote, and the last a fox. Three dark bosses of the New York underworld and they're all mine. Although I must remember: they all bite...
  • Five Fathers by Kate Morgan

    Five Fathers by Kate Morgan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sin or piety. Those are the two things I’m choosing between when I walk up those stone steps and into the church. Heaven or hell. Pain or pleasure. But sometimes, pleasure brings more hurt than pain. I’ve learned my lesson the hard way and that’s why I’m doing this, giving up everything I know and love for a whole new life. A life dedicated to something, someone, other than myself...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Quintessence: The Boxset 7-9 by Serena Akeroyd

    Quintessence: The Boxset 7-9 by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Sascha's life is on the brink of implosion thanks to one small accident that changes everything. She has her men at her back, but when one of her lovers decides to go rogue, it could destroy everything. She always has their heart, but what about their heads? Find out more in Quintessence: The Boxset. Books 7-9 are available in this omnibus edition for the first time...
  • My Begrudging Scent Matches by Naomi Phillips

    My Begrudging Scent Matches by Naomi Phillips

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    At 26 years old, Alice Walton’s least favorite secret is that she’s an Omega. Her family, ever traditional, wants her to find a pack, settle down, and start popping out little supernatural babies at an alarming rate. It’s her destiny, they say. It’s her biology. But she’s not having it...
  • Three Hearts Hideaway by Luna Day

    Three Hearts Hideaway by Luna Day

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    When Ava stumbles into sleepy Little Greenfield with nothing but a suitcase and humiliating voice message on her phone, the last thing she expects to find is Roman—a tattooed B&B owner who offers her a place to stay. After dumping her narcissistic boyfriend and running away from the embarrassment he caused her, she needs to focus on herself...
  • The Cassidy Brothers by Sienna Blake

    The Cassidy Brothers by Sienna Blake

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Grab this SEXY reverse harem at this special release price! My foster father is a very bad man. I’m carrying a secret of his that could get me killed. So I head to the last place that ever felt like safety… The childhood home of the Cassidy brothers. Aogán, Tristan & Donncha were as much of my childhood as choc chip cookies and hopskotch...
  • Room Twenty-Five by Autumn Seave

    Room Twenty-Five by Autumn Seave

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Kieran and Neve are polyamorous and have chosen a life of more love.Hunter and Giles are swingers and have chosen a life of more pleasure.When heat ignites between them, can they keep the flames burning?Neve: it's not that Kieran doesn't fulfill me. He does. But when we married, we promised to love and give each other the freedom to love others, too...
  • Our Wallflower Queen by Kameron Claire, Addison Barnes

    Our Wallflower Queen by Kameron Claire, Addison Barnes

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This Wallflower Queen needs to be praised like the good girl she is...I’m the good twin, the quiet one, the one who hides in the shadows. I never draw attention to myself, never cause my family concern, and most people forget I exist.My sister is my polar opposite in every way. Loud and in the spotlight, she likes to let people believe she’s the bad twin, but I know better...
  • Andrei by Serena Akeroyd

    Andrei by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Quintessence: The Sequel PART TWO In the stunning sequel to SAWYER, ANDREI, part two of the Quintessence sequel, finds our quintet in chaos as they deal with the aftermath of Devon's uncharacteristic behavior. With Andrei having to call on his grandfather for help, secrets are uncovered that may break or make this household of six. Find out what happens in ANDREI...
  • A Hurt So Sweet Volume Four: A Dark High School Bully Romance by Betti Rosewood, Isabella Starling

    A Hurt So Sweet Volume Four: A Dark High School Bully Romance by Betti Rosewood, Isabella Starling

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Make a deal with the devil, And you'll pay with your soul... My first mistake was thinking I could go up against five bullies. My second mistake was telling Dexter Booth I loved him. He used it against me in the worst possible way, and now I'm on the run with more than myself to think of, with five monsters on my trail...
  • Her Two Men in London: A Vacation Romance by Dana Delamar, Kristine Cayne

    Her Two Men in London: A Vacation Romance by Dana Delamar, Kristine Cayne

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I'm an uptight and responsible single mom who's almost forgotten the last time I slept with someone. He's famous for sticking it where it doesn't belong. Not to mention that he's eight years younger. And he's got a boyfriend. It was only supposed to be a vacation fling during a writers' retreat to England and Scotland. So why does being with him--with them--feel so right?Riley Kendrick...
  • Contemporary Reverse Harem Collection #1-5 by Mika Lane

    Contemporary Reverse Harem Collection #1-5 by Mika Lane

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    5 steamy, full length Reverse Harem Romance stories of badass alpha males and the women they make their own.The InheritanceLife was good. I was tending bar, making enough to get by, paying my rent, and enjoying the occasional cocktail with my best gay boyfriend, Matty. And then I got the call...
  • The Virgin's Double Bosses by Shae Sullivan

    The Virgin's Double Bosses by Shae Sullivan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They’re hungry for more than just her catering . . . I’m fed up. Fed up with love . . . men . . . all of it. Why? Because all I seem to do is attract guys who are only interested in taking my virginity than meeting my emotional needs. I’m just about to lock myself in a room with my vibrator for the rest of my days, when I agree to one last blind date. I don’t have high hopes...
  • Room Eighteen: Thrice the Dare by Ja'Nese Dixon

    Room Eighteen: Thrice the Dare by Ja'Nese Dixon

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m running from one man and land in bed with three.Men are ruining my life.My father promised my hand to Carmine, the son of a mafia boss. Then demands a shotgun wedding.I’m desperate on a runaway train headed straight to hell until I stand outside the perfect solution: Club Sin.No man in his right mind would want me after a few tasteless pics.Right?Wrong...
  • Shared by the Pilots by Cassie Cole

    Shared by the Pilots by Cassie Cole

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m the pickiest dater in the world.So I made a deal with my say ‘yes’ to the first three guys who asked me out. But I never thought I’d be saying yes to these three hunks. Luke Hendricks is a calm, confident, and dry-witted former Air Force Captain who now pilots commercial aircraft...
  • Save Us by S.A. Mackenzie

    Save Us by S.A. Mackenzie

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Broken, that’s what I am. It’s what we all are. Yet, somehow we fit together like the perfect pieces of a puzzle. My men touch every scar, every bad thought, every nightmare, and heal it with understanding, comfort, and love.We’re navigating the unknown together. Each of us has different fears and insecurities, not one of us fully prepared for this new beginning...
  • Promise of Embers by Celeste Night

    Promise of Embers by Celeste Night

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 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...
  • Insatiable by D. Sparks

    Insatiable by D. Sparks

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    I'm broken. Love chewed me up and spat me out. It left a gaping hole in my heart for sure. I gave too much of my life for too long to a man who damn near killed me, literally.I thought love and I were through. I was ready to face my recovery and my fractured life on my own. Alone. I never wanted to trust another soul with my heart again...
  • Room Nineteen: The finish is worth the wait by A.J. Alexander

    Room Nineteen: The finish is worth the wait by A.J. Alexander

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One dinner changed my whole life. That might be dramatic to say, but it’s true. I was just a naïve sixteen year old military brat when my dad brought some of his team over for dinner two years ago. I knew from that night onward that Spencer, Devon, and Reid were meant to be mine. I don’t care that my dad is their commanding officer. I don’t care that they're all so much older than me...
  • Merging Darkness: A Reverse Harem Romance by Marissa Farrar

    Merging Darkness: A Reverse Harem Romance by Marissa Farrar

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The fourth and final book in the now-completed Dark Codes Reverse Harem series!I’ll risk everything to make sure my father’s killer ends up dead.Because of my abilities, they’ve made me one of them. Five men and one woman—secret agents working against corruption. The locations of the six training bases have been revealed, and now it’s down to us to make sure the people there stay alive...
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