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Readers who enjoyed Bound by the Past: A Dark Romantic Suspense by Mari Carr also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Brie Bows to Her Master by Red Phoenix
The final week at the Submissive Training Center has arrived! Join Brie as she encounters challenging sessions crafted specifically for her - five extraordinary days of training and pleasure. Her graduation includes interviews with potential Doms, but things get horribly complicated for Brie... -
Brie Surrenders to His Will by Red Phoenix
The 5th week of submissive training proves challenging as Brie surrenders her will. She enjoys the thrill of objectification and the excitement of completing erotic tasks. With the end of the course around the corner, the trainers encourage Brie to dig deep. Marquis presents her with a scene she ended in the past, Tono displays the art of suspension, and Faelan releases Brie’s inner animal... -
Brie's Russian Fantasy by Red Phoenix
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsRussian intrigue, startling revelations, and submissive enlightenment… Brie’s trip to Russia exceeds her wildest dreams. The bond between Master and Brie grows deeper as he opens up about his mysterious past. While the Russian Dom, Rytsar Donkova, reveals his true nature, introducing the young submissive to a different side of BDSM... -
Brie Submits to Her Master by Red Phoenix
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsBrie's Master has special plans for his submissive at the Training Center, giving her the chance to see her former trainers and visit with her best friend, Lea. Brie’s education continues when she scenes with her new Master at The Haven, but the Wolf has returned and will not be deterred. His deception threatens to tear away everything Brie holds dear, but Master is not a man to be trifled with... -
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Brie Faces Her Master's Fears by Red Phoenix
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsBrie is thrilled by the secret Master reveals. Their D/s relationship and love deepens as he teaches her his preferences and shares another aspect of his past. Tragically, a meeting with her nemesis starts a disastrous chain of events. The aftermath of which leads her Master to make a decision Brie never sees coming... -
Brie Discerns Master's Heart by Red Phoenix
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBrie's AG series #6Master has revealed himself in small doses, only hinting about the tragedy in his past. Things are about to shift as Brie comes face to face with Master’s greatest adversary. Huge changes are rushing towards our young submissive. The wolf must be confronted, her documentary is about to discover its fate and Master will bare a part of himself kept hidden until now... -
The Crown of Fools by Candice M. Wright
The fates hadn’t always been kind to Sunshine...Abandoned as a baby with nothing more than a blanket and a nameKatia ‘Sunshine’ Jones knows what it feels like to be alone.With her childhood spent navigating the foster system,She finally finds a home in the arms of a boy who becomes her entire world... -
Brie Learns Restraint by Red Phoenix
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBrie Learns Restraint, #5 in the AG series:Brie is given the opportunity to work under the mastery of another Dom - an expert in bondage. During the unique arrangement she discovers truths about herself and several of her past trainers. A new passion is ignited when she participates in an erotic class of Kinbaku. Loyalties are challenged, but a clear winner emerges... -
Brie Surrenders her Heart by Red Phoenix
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBrie’s submissive journey has been marked with self-discovery, humor, and sexual exploration. To her delight, Brie is about to enjoy the best scene ever with Master, carrying her to heights never imagined. Friendships deepen, a challenge is accepted, and her film career is launched. But life is a balance.. -
Wild Bliss by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSabrina Leal moved to Bliss looking for a new start. She’s in charge of building a school system from scratch and is excited about the challenge. What she didn’t count on was the surliest bar owner she’s ever met. Sawyer Hathaway gets under her skin in the most annoying way. He’s arrogant and sometimes rude, and she can’t stop thinking about him. It’s easier to ignore him when it’s only Sawyer... -
Wild Bliss by Lexi Blake, Sophie Oak
Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSabrina Leal moved to Bliss looking for a new start. She’s in charge of building a school system from scratch and is excited about the challenge. What she didn’t count on was the surliest bar owner she’s ever met. Sawyer Hathaway gets under her skin in the most annoying way. He’s arrogant and sometimes rude, and she can’t stop thinking about him. It’s easier to ignore him when it’s only Sawyer...Categorized as:
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Sweet Little Spies by Lexi Blake
Since he was a kid, Aidan O’Donnell has known two things about the world. Tristan is his best friend, and Carys is the love of his life. Sharing her with Tristan was oddly easy. They both loved her deeply, and they never cared what anyone else thought. They were a team and everything was wonderful. Until the day it ended.Carys Taggart has spent the last year and a half of her life living a lie... -
Brie's Russian Treat by Red Phoenix
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSubmissive in Love #5 (The Brie series continues!) Rytsar Durov - fine vodka with a side of sadism...Rytsar has always held a piece of Brie’s heart ever since he made her fantasy come true at The Submissive Training Center. Now her Master is taking her back to Russia to meet with his old friend... -
The Accidental Siren by Lexi Blake, Sophie Oak
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJoshua Barnes-Fleetwood is the prince of Willow Fork, Texas, but not all is right with his world. He’s the heir to a multimillion-dollar company, has a family he adores, and his best friend at his side. He can’t figure out what is missing until Nicole takes a job at Christa’s Café. The pretty waitress is a mystery he needs to solve... -
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Brie's Christmas Pearls by Red Phoenix
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBrie’s Christmas Pearls (Submissive in Love, #3) Christmas magic with a little kink… Brie’s Master has kept something from her that threatens to tear them apart. When confronted, dark emotions are awakened but the couple is part of a tight community that won’t let them fail. Brie believes in the magic of Christmas and plans the perfect gift... -
Only After by Emily Klepp
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThis is the 2nd book in The Saviors Duet. Please ensure you have read "Until Then" before beginning this They want to break me, watch me surrender. Don’t they know I’m stronger now? I won’t let them take my freedom. When my knight in shining armor becomes my reason for breathing, no one will ever make me bow to them again.No one except my knight... -
Brie's Montana Dreams by Red Phoenix
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSubmissive in Love #4 (The Brie series continues!)Hot scenes call to Brie Bennett as she sets out to film The Sanctuary, a secret BDSM commune nestled in the mountains of Montana. All kinds of kinky fun awaits, including the provocative Initiation Ceremony... -
Brie's Tokyo Tryst by Red Phoenix
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSubmissive in Love #1 Brie Bennett is a submissive in love, but a chain of events will lead her on an unexpected journey around the world. A haunting dream, along with Tono Nosaka’s disappearance, forces an unplanned trip to Japan where tragedy, duty and the allure of Kinbaku take center stage. Brie discovers an enchanting new side to the gentle Master and the compelling reason for his silence... -
Kings of Linwood Academy - The Complete Box Set by Callie Rose
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCOMPLETE 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... -
Rough & Dirty by Nicole Edwards
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne night. Rough, dirty, and so hot, it was a wonder the barn didn’t burn down from the heat they generated. If Stone Jameson were writing a letter to his younger self, it would go something like Don’t waste time leaving. You have everything you’ll ever want already.Unfortunately, Stone didn’t have the ability to warn his younger self, nor could he get the last fifteen years of his life back... -
Daddies by Shanna Handel
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA 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... -
Don't Shoot the Messenger by Samantha A. Cole
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBlair lost the love of her life when her fiancé, and father to their unborn child, went missing and was presumed dead. Returning to Hazard Falls, she must plan for her baby’s future without Grant by her side... -
Over the Edge by Meredith Wild
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsOne good girl. Two men vying for her heart. Three people on the edge of love.Olivia Bridge has always been a good girl—good grades, good friends, and a good job that her wealthy parents handed her. Desperate to carve out a life that is truly hers, Liv walks away from it all and takes on the challenge of helping her brothers open a chain of fitness centers in New York City... -
Room Sixteen: Watching You by Kaci Rose
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI'm lost in the seductive world of Club Sin, and I'm about to cross a line with my dad's best friends. EllaHere I am, in the heart of New Orleans, playing a game I never thought I'd dare. Club Sin's doors have opened to a world where Brooks, Conner, and Finn, my dad's best friends are mine, if only for a night. Each moment with them is a flirtatious dance, a challenge to see how far they will go... -
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Their Shy Submissive by Anya Summers
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsYvette Pfeifer is bemoaning her fate as the submissive no one wants. She left her family and friends in Florida to work as a receptionist on the exclusive resort Pleasure Island. There, her deepest hope is that she will find a Dom who will claim her and make her his. Her only problem is her crippling social anxiety; an affliction which makes it hard for her to attend any club or events... -
Her Strict Daddy by Morganna Williams
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNaomi Gains thought she knew what to expect when she stepped through Ezra Dean's door, but she couldn't have been more wrong. After she disobeys the stern, sexy man she has called daddy since they first met online, Naomi's cute little bottom is promptly spanked bright red, and before she knows it she has been stripped bare for a painful strapping and a humiliating inspection... -
Dirty Games by Tara Crescent
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFive Nights. No rules. No limits. It’s time for Dirty Games. A standalone romance with an HEA ending and no cliffhangers. Some things are meant to stay in the past. Some things aren’t meant to be repeated. Once upon a time, I’d been in love with Scott Leyland and Zane Marshall. Our threesome had been sexy, steamy and passionate. I thought we would last forever. I was wrong... -
Theirs to Claim by Tara Crescent
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m done with dominants. Been there, had one. Have the scars to prove it. So when I’m hired to investigate a blackmail case at Club M, The country’s most exclusive private club, I swear I’ll keep my distance. Focus on the job. Stay professional. Then I meet my bodyguards. Adrian Lockhart and Brody Payne. Brooding, sexy, overprotective. And witnesses to the most shameful chapter of my life... -
Dare by Caitlyn Dare
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKat 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... -
Getting Dirty: A Second Chance Menage Romance by Aubrey Cara
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsPerfection isn’t always so perfect. All I’ve done since I was seventeen is try to prove my father wrong. Try to prove I am better than him and his perfect lineage. His perfect name. Anyone who has gotten in my way of attaining that goal I consider collateral damage... -
When it Rains by Kitty Cox
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsShe was supposed to rescue strays, not become one. Brook had her life together. For six years, she checked off all the right boxes: beautiful home, middle class life, and a dream job managing an animal rescue. She'd worked hard to reach those pillars of success, but there was one thing she didn't plan for. Her husband's temper... -
Caged By Them by Kelli Callahan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe bars that surround me are the just the beginning... I had the brightest of futures. And the one in front of me was vivid. I carved out my own place in the world. But I wasn't always proud of what I did. I should have known that my mistakes would catch up to me eventually. One moment changed everything. I woke up in a cage. A prison of my own making... -
A Degree of Submission by Verika Sloane
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGood 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... -
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My Begrudging Scent Matches by Naomi Phillips
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... -
Taken Hostage by Kinky Bank Robbers Boxed Set by Annika Martin
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 12 ratings***The complete three-book bundle!*** Includes The Hostage Bargain, The Wrong Turn, & The Deeper Game When small town girl Melinda Prescott is taken hostage by three hot bank robbers, she quickly discovers that a life of bank heists, luxury hotels, and kinky menages is way more exciting than working on the family sheep farm. She should be scared of her dominating, fierce captors.. -
Room Eighteen: Thrice the Dare by Ja'Nese Dixon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’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... -
Hamartia by Esperanza Prado
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmanda Moretti é fã de séries e filmes policiais. Curiosa além da conta, ela ama todo e qualquer tipo de mistério. Após Seamus Murray, seu orientador do mestrado em História da Arte, ser sequestrado na madrugada de uma terça-feira comum, ela vê sua vida virar de cabeça para baixo. Agora, suspeita de que o crime esteja relacionado com a pesquisa que os dois realizam na Universidade... -
Filthy Fiction by Calista Jayne
What do you get when you cross a steamy romance author with two hot guys who compete for her attention?A whole f-ton of sexual frustration.And that’s where I find myself, caught between my father’s best friend and the man he hires to be my bodyguard.Each man turns me on.Each man bosses me around.Each man makes me want to obey... -
Room Nineteen: The finish is worth the wait by A.J. Alexander
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne 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...Categorized as:
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Baby Makes Three by Chance Carter
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Saragossa brothers are handsome, sexy billionaires who are heirs to the throne of a small European province. Their country is strictly conservative and they're forbidden from having sex until their government finds them suitable matches from one of Europe's royal families.The problem is that there are no eligible princesses, and there never will be... -
The Brat, the Bodyguard, and the Bounty Hunter by Loki Renard
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhen runaway heiress Fiona Fayrefield hires bodyguard Harris Kingsley to protect her from her meddlesome father, Harris decides that his job includes putting the spoiled twenty-four-year-old brat over his knee for a long, hard spanking when he feels it necessary. For the first time in her life, Fiona discovers that doing whatever she wants, whenever she wants, is no longer an option... -
Pouring Passion by Layla Rogue
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhen it's Raining Love why stop at one man to warm your bed when you can have two? This spring, join some of your favorite contemporary romance authors for a menage romance series that will have you curling up with your ereader hoping the rain never ends.Melinda discovers Pouring When she took over her Grandma's garden and nursery, the books and store were a mess... -
Dirty Paradise by Aila Glass
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThis book is a part of the Temptation In Paradise SeriesOn a whim, Jessa takes a vacation to the Temptation In Paradise resort. The place promises a week of wild fun—something sadly missing from her everyday life. She expects to work out all her frustrations with hot, meaningless sex. No strings, no rings, just sexy flings... -
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Double Dirty Royals by Parker Grey
This untouched princess is ours . We’re royal, rich, and we’ve both got absolutely enormous… castles. Women practically line up for our princely pleasures - and if they’re lucky, we’ll even share the same woman. Nothing’s off limits for the two of us, no matter how dirty. That makes us the worst possible suitors for Katarina, the virginal crown princess of Tomassia... -
Their Babygirl by Rory Reynolds
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShe’s everything I’ve ever wanted in a babygirl. The problem? She’s my best friend’s girl. He’s tasked me with watching over her.. I can’t fall in love. But he’s only stringing her along. I’m supposed to only… watch her. But I have an idea. A crazy idea. We could share her. Maybe together we can be everything she needs. Maybe together we can have it all... -
Her Twin Stepbrothers (MFM Menage with BONUS novel Failure to Stop) by Terry Towers
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne night changed everything... Andrea:What does a failing family business, anxiety over feelings that are wrong to have and a situation involving mistaken identity have in common?It's the synopsis of my life. While on a recon mission to try to get some ideas on how to save my bar I found myself in the hottest new club in town which happened to be a strip club... -
One for the Team: Daly Way Short by Brynn Paulin
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll for one and one for all has never been so hot! Since arriving in Daly months ago, Moonbeam Szuzman has kept a low profile and avoided romantic complications. The last thing she wants to do is jump into something without thinking, especially when a relationship in this town will involve a ménage... -
Guarding Nadia by Lainey Reese
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNadia has been an erotic author of BDSM novels for years. She is no stranger to her work bringing out the crazy in some people. However, she was not prepared for a stalker and had no idea the lengths he would go to in order to have her.Desperate when the police are unable to help, Nadia turns to a highly rated security team for protection... -
The Wrong Idea by Annika Martin
(formerly The Wrong Turn)When Isis hooked up with three yummalicious bank robbers, she entered a world of forbidden thrills and wicked spicytimes…as well as hot tubs, sky-high room service bills, and major chances to accessorize with wigs during crime sprees.What was she not expecting? A deep relationship with desperately wounded badasses...
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