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Defiance and Dedication by Heather Long
Autumn in New York promises a turn in the seasons as we kick off the next stage of our lives. Colorful leaves falling, dropping temperatures, and the first days of classes loom even as the lingering summer heat and humidity make the city stifling.Summer was a time to get away, to just be us, and what a magical time it was, but we can only run away from our lives for so long... -
These Reckless Hearts by E.M. Moore
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsStone Jacobs must…help me. My life has always been defined by two interconnected things:I’m a Wilder.I’m a treasure hunter.What happens when both of those things are threatened? When who I am gets pulled out from under me and my greatest enemy of all destroys me even further?Lance and his mercenaries aren’t going to stop... -
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... -
Atonement by Crystal North
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNearly four years after running from the scene of not one, but two crimes, Charlotte McLintock is barely managing to survive and keep a roof over her head. With her daughter to look after, a degree to finish, and several jobs to juggle, life is hard. But they’re not the only battles she’s facing: guilt, secrets, and a broken heart still haunt her every waking moment, and stalk her dreams... -
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Shadowed Obsession by Penelope Black
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsbook two coming this...Categorized as:
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Polaris by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"We want you to choose all of us." Unsure how to react to Knox’s simple but life-changing declaration, Haley focuses all her energy on the guys and her Zenith training, hoping the rest will fall into place. Still, as her love for Knox, Theo, Chase, Liam, and Jackson deepens, she worries their connection won’t be enough... -
Lies Untold by Lexie Winston
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTori and Gio are doing everything they can to solidify their positions as a badass mafia family. But a traitor still lurks within the ranks and they need to find out who it is before the threat to their lives becomes a reality.Tori gets a chance to enact revenge against Stacey, but she's playing the long game... -
Son of Saint by Ruby Vincent
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI’m going through a bit of a rough patch.I lost my job, got kicked out of my apartment, and now I sleep under an overpass. If that wasn’t bad enough, my psychic twin is plagued with daily visions of my death.She guarantees it’ll be gruesome.The last thing I needed was for Sole “Sunny” Bellisario to come crashing through my tent... -
Sinful Ella by Nicole Casey
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe plan was to go on one kickass tour, not fall in love with seven rock stars haunted by a tragic past.As the lead singer of my band, I’m thrilled when it’s finally time for us to go on tour. But instead of a fun road trip, I’m bombarded with complaints from my two bandmate sisters, who happen to think that nothing I do is good enough... -
Austin by Alyssa Clark
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMy high school bullies weren’t supposed to worm their way into my bed. I never expected this to be something that developed past the angry looks I’d given them growing up. I wasn’t ever supposed to be between Austin, Gavin, and Vaughn. But somehow that’s the way it ended up. Before I knew it was a new normal that I couldn’t really complain about, aside from demanding encounters with Vaughn... -
Unmoored by Ellie Pond
These men have become my world, my family, my everything. We survived the shipwreck. We survived the pirates. But the island isn't done testing us yet. The island itself holds deadly secrets that could change everything we thought we knew about this place—and each other. Some mysteries are meant to stay buried. Some islands hold more than treasure... -
Vicious Lies by Rachel Leigh
At Boulder Cove Academy, three things are certain:The Lawless Rule.The games are dangerous.Nothing is as it seems. I came here expecting to face my bullies with an iron fist. I played their games and won. Now that I’ve earned my place, at the academy and in their home, I should have nothing to fear. But with every past there is a shadow and mine is drawing closer with each step I take...Categorized as:
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Bride for the Bikers by Stephanie Brother
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDoesn’t every girl dream of spending her wedding night with four hot bikers?I never knew my father, not even his name, and until Mom got sick, I thought it would stay that way. But an email address scribbled on the back of an old photo changed my life overnight. From the moment he wrote back, Vincent Mesner was an answer to my prayers... -
Wanted by the Bikers by Stephanie Brother
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMy 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... -
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Single Mom for the Bikers by Stephanie Brother
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThree 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... -
Sharing the Nanny by Krista Wolf
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat do you do when your best male friends are fighting over you? Not just as a nanny to their little ones, but as a lover, as a girlfriend, as someone to protect and keep and share?Harper Hayes is a nerd on a mission. She has to finish innovating her revolutionary new virtual reality software, so she can license the tech to the highest bidder.Only her timeline is tight... -
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... -
Vicious Chaos by Samantha Bee
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI 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... -
An Unexpected Encounter by Bre Rose
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI had one man in my life, my dad. He was my protector, the buffer between my mother and I. Then he left me and I was forced to bear the insults of my mother all alone. Now I’m older and she has a new man she’s marrying. And not only does she get new children, I get three stepbrothers. A past encounter with three men had led to the biggest surprise of my life. I slept with all my new siblings...Categorized as:
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Daughter of Deception by Ruby Vincent
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOur enemies are everywhere……and we can’t see them.The Brotherhood has us in their sights. In their scope.The attacks are coming from everywhere and nowhere from a seemingly invisible enemy. But they won’t be invisible for long.When we discover how the Brotherhood manages to stay five steps ahead, it’s up to me to find and stop the traitor...Categorized as:
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Dangerous Lies by Kris Butler
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLying to yourself was the most dangerous game of all.I’d once thought the only thing that mattered was the truth. But perhaps I’d been naive. Learning to navigate life with my eyes open, I’d found things weren’t as they seemed. The good guy didn’t always get the girl, the right thing wasn’t always easy to spot, and the bad guy wasn’t always the villain. Life was more about perception than truth... -
Twisted Empire by Eva Chance, Harlow King
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe past has come back to haunt us... way too literally.Our investigation into my dad's murder has taken an even stranger turn than I could have imagined. One that's shattered everything my stepbrother and long-time love believed about himself and his family. One that's thrown all of our plans for a loop.But the four guys standing by my side won't back down, and neither will I...Categorized as:
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Unwrapping Their Christmas Present by Ajme Williams
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI 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... -
Reunion by Alyssa Clark
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHigh school was a nightmare. I spent the majority of my time dodging the three bullies who delighted in giving me hell. Austin, Gavin, and Vaughn were so awful that just seeing them could ruin my day. It was a relief when I finally graduated and I knew I wouldn't have to deal with them ever again.That is until I got talked into going to our ten year reunion... -
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Fireworks with Three Mountain Men by K.C. Crowne
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMy 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... -
Evergreen Academy - The Complete Series by Ruby Vincent
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Complete Evergreen Academy Series Evergreen Academy was meant to be my fresh start. My hair was on point. My skin was flawless. And now I wore the hell out of my clothes instead of hiding them. Even running into Ryder hadn't thrown me. So what that the silver-eyed devil who tormented me for years now ruled my new school with a band of boys everyone called the Knights... -
Twisted Legacy by Dakota Lee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI 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... -
Masks & Mayhem: The Hannover Heathens Book 1 by Lauren Ellis
I’m not a good girl, not really. I mean, I get good grades, and I’ve never been arrested, but it’s not for lack of a little law-breaking. I don’t have the time or luxury of a moral compass--not when I have someone counting on me. So, I’ve been keeping my head down, getting everything ready for us to flee this place as soon as I turn eighteen. But the past has a way of catching up to us... -
Rhapsody by Holly Bloom
They can’t hide behind masks forever...The Basilisks rocked my world in a night of passion, but discovering their true identities changed everything. Now Zed, Ripper, and Venom owe me answers.Confronting secrets and resisting desires aren’t my only problems. Competing in a fierce music competition catapults me to fame and flips my life on its head...Categorized as:
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Spies Like Us by Lexie Winston
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen the party that was supposed to shed light on the underground world of Summerville went pear shaped and revealed the death of a team member they ended up with more questions than answers... -
Phoenix by Charlie Jules, Stacy Stone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWe’ll find our way out of the dark, or we’ll die trying…There’s a full-fledged mafia war going on. Phoenix and my boys are up to their necks in it. And I’m right there with them.I’ve done things I never thought I’d do.Now, we’re finally poised to take back what our rivals stole from us. The Riviera Family will fall.But not without bloodshed.They can attack Blackthorne Manor... -
Cross my Heart by Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhat 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... -
Nanny for the Firemen by Cassie Cole
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsI finally landed a date with the swooniest, most gorgeous fireman in town.But just when our date was going well, he got called back to the firehouse.Turns out, a baby was left on the fire station doorstep.And since they’re clueless about taking care of a baby, they recruit me to help.Now I’m crashing at the firehouse with them.Three hulking, chiseled heroes in suspenders... -
A Day of Chaos by Steph Macca
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJust when I thought the broken pieces were finally falling back into place, my world shattered again.He's getting closer and this time he's promising to hurt anyone who stands in his way.Starting with the guys I am in love with.They saved me and now they are in danger because of it. He's determined to destroy me, to break me.I was so close to being free but chaos knows no mercy... -
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Trading with the Boys by Krista Wolf
Divorced, broke and alone I wasn't looking for a savior... much less three of them, nearly ten years my junior.But Jacob, Tate and Cole have favors to give. And trading favors is always fun.Serena's in trouble, in more ways than one. Her house is falling apart, and her life's in shambles... -
Maverick by Charlie Jules, Stacy Stone
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI’ve been in the dark for so long I’m not sure I remember how to survive in the light…Things were finally settling into some semblance of normal when the unthinkable happened.Maverick was shot.So. Much. Blood.I wish we had time to nurse him back to health and let him relax in peace.But peace isn’t in the cards for us.Our enemies are circling. Danger is closing in on all sides... -
Shared by the Firemen by Cassie Cole
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI came back to Florida to settle my mother’s estate.But after a raging house fire, I’m rescued by three swoony firemen.There’s just one of them is sorta, kinda, my ex. Jack Franco was the boy-next-door from my childhood. Literally. Part friend, part foe—but 100% swoony hunk that I always had a crush on...Categorized as:
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Double Scrooged by Shae Sullivan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey 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... -
Love in Sight by Denver Rose
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMy name is Lya Vanderhall, and I should be on top of the world right now. I have a successful tech company with three gorgeous men by my side: Zep Cunningham, Thiago Alves, and Rian Priestly. But two things stand in my way. The tall, dark, and handsome, Greyson Nash, is slowly working his way into my heart. You would think with three men I wouldn’t fall for his charms. Apparently not... -
Stiletto Sins by Kris Butler
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThese shoes were made for more than just walking.FinleyI didn’t belong. Not with the things I’d done. Not with my past. To move forward, I needed to finish what I’d started all those years ago. I had to face him. My only barrier to the life I wanted was me, and it was time to face the sins of my youth instead of running. Except now, I had to run...Categorized as:
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Cartel Kings by Carmen Rosales
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Gilded Princess by Penelope Black
When I was little, I was obsessed with fairytales. My dad told me the stories of the stars and white knights who rescue princesses. I’d wear a silver plastic crown and stare at the sky, waiting for the day my knight in shining armor would come.Then my dad died, my crown broke, and my mom shipped my sister and me off to boarding school.And then I met them.My knights...Categorized as:
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Killer Lies by Eva Chance, Harlow King
Lone wolf or part of the crew?My life has turned out to be a web of lies.All I know for sure is that the hitmen who took me into their home aren't the real villains in this story.As the Chaos Crew helps me track down answers about who I am and what happened to me all those years ago, I can't help wondering if their home could become mine too...Categorized as:
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Ruthless Queen by Amanda Richardson
Hunter, Ash, Ledger, and Samson.The Kings of Ravenwood Academy. Their names still send shivers down my spine, for more than one reason.Back then, they didn’t expect me to fight back.But I did.And now I’m theirs.After making a pact with them, they help me get revenge on the one man who wronged me.I’m not the same meek, little girl that got taken advantage of...Categorized as:
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Lotto Men by Ann Denton
When my best friend wins the lottery, I think it will change her life forever. I don’t expect it to change mine. But Heather’s always been a quirky gal. And once she’s got a hundred fifty mil in hand, she’s determined to make her dream come true. A harem. My best friend wants a frickin’ harem. In real life. And she wants me to help her get it. I’ve always dreamed of being a party planner...Categorized as:
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Stolen Away by Ivy Clyde
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNavigating my way through the intricate maze of the mafia world, I have stumbled upon a secret. I am closer than ever to finding out the real mastermind behind everything that’s been happening. My only problem? I don’t know who to trust and the people closest to me don’t know whether they can believe me. The lives of the three men who hold my heart are in danger... -
Tainted Deception by Kay Riley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsJace and Kian. Best friends until a gang rivalry ripped them apart. Three summers ago, I played them both, never expecting to have guilt over what I did.Once I got what I needed, I fled, planning to never see them again. I stayed tucked away at Little Haven University, hidden in plain sight while making moves in the dark...Categorized as:
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Fire Daddies by Liz Archer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThree spicy firemen + One sweet single mom = Santa’s naughty listWhen my bakery goes up in smoke, three sizzling ex-SEALs swoop in to save me, and my two sweet little kids . . .Then when they find out we have nowhere to sleep . . .they welcome us to stay at their penthouse . . -
Forever & Always by Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLife. Loss. Love. The Iris Boys and I have come through so much together. I’ve learned how to fight for what I want, live through loss, and love beyond compare. For us, normal is relative, not universal. And as much as I want to say that’s the end of it, that we lived happily ever after ... that’s not the case. At least, not yet. There’s one more job we have to take on... -
Now or Never by Lucy Smoke
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 27 ratings“Harlow Hampton meets the Iris Boys.” All I needed was a break. A sign. Something. Nearly getting run over was not the sign I was looking for, but it’s what I got. That and a group of guys who say they work for something called Iris. No, thank you. I had enough to deal with, thank you very much. No brother. No dad. No sanity most of the time...
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