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  • Cardinal Caged by Mia Smantz

    Cardinal Caged by Mia Smantz

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Callie is temporarily with the Cardinals while she tries to figure out what it is that she wants from life. Her childhood was dictated and decided without her, and now she has to learn who she is as a person without someone telling her what to do...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  contemporary  poly  m-f  length-long
  • These Reckless Hearts by E.M. Moore

    These Reckless Hearts by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Stone 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...
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  • Battle Lines by Heather Long

    Battle Lines by Heather Long

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    Violence chose me a long time ago…. Survival isn’t everything. I’ve fought to protect my family. I’ve bled for them, killed for them, and gone to jail for them. There is no fight I will not take on for them…. I’ve been waging this war since I was seven years old. The only thing that’s changed is the battlefield itself...
  • Beast Brothers 4 by Stephanie Brother

    Beast Brothers 4 by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    When I imagined my first time, I never thought it would be with four men. I’m focused on school, not relationships. Men are trouble, and I have no problem resisting them — until I meet Ben and Lucas at a party. They’re dark, gorgeous, and radiating the kind of magnetism that draws me like a crackling fire on a cold night...
  • Atonement by Crystal North

    Atonement by Crystal North

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Nearly 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...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  contemporary  reverse harem  poly
  • One Night With the Bikers by Stephanie Brother

    One Night With the Bikers by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    I came to the MC for just one night, but if these bikers have their way, I’ll be coming a lot more than once. For a broke journalism student, living just across the street from a ruthless motorcycle club like the Screaming Eagles was perfect. Dirt cheap rent and watching ridiculously sexy men out my window all day? Yes, please...
  • This Fearless Girl by E.M. Moore

    This Fearless Girl by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Stone Jacobs must…hate me. The tenuous bonds the four of us built could end with one split-second decision. Good versus bad. Old versus new. Loyalties will be tested when the truth spills like blood from a razor’s cut. Caught between high society and the homicidal reach of a well-known gang, finding my family’s treasure is our only hope...
  • Polaris by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Polaris by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 17 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...
  • Broken Promises by R.E. Bond

    Broken Promises by R.E. Bond

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I’d never been on my own before, and it sucked. My world was crumbling down around me right in front of my eyes. Reid hurt me. Logan broke me. Zavier almost got me killed. Nothing was ever going to be the same again. With no one to protect me, I had to rely on myself. Beckett was my only trusted friend, and she reminded me that I was strong...
  • Lies Untold by Lexie Winston

    Lies Untold by Lexie Winston

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Tori 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...
  • Study Buddies: A Reverse Harem College Romance by Stephanie Brother

    Study Buddies: A Reverse Harem College Romance by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One minute, I’m tutoring the college baseball star. The next, he and the guys in my study group are schooling me in an entirely different way…. Thanks to a creepy roommate, I’ve got no place to stay until my study buddies, Lucas and Jayden, step in and take me back to the house they share, where I finally feel safe. Then Kyle happens...
  • Austin by Alyssa Clark

    Austin by Alyssa Clark

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    My 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...
  • The Gentlemen: The Complete Series by Kate King, Jessa Wilder

    The Gentlemen: The Complete Series by Kate King, Jessa Wilder

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    A Complete, Binge-worthy Series filled with action, romance, and a healthy dose of sass. This set contains all three best-selling titles:. RED HANDED. THIEVES' HONOR. DAMNED SOULS. From Book One:. Forced to live with my ENEMIES. They think they OWN ME. But I own their HEARTS. Nico, Rush, and Beck are the three leaders of The Gentlemen...
  • Bride for the Bikers by Stephanie Brother

    Bride for the Bikers by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Doesn’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...
  • Evil Spirited by C.M. Wondrak

    Evil Spirited by C.M. Wondrak

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    The Black Hand. The group of criminals I'd returned to Cypress to destroy, only. .. things are so much more complicated than I ever knew. I used to have a plan: kill them all. I used to not care who got caught in the crossfire of my vengeance, but then I realized something. That's not who I am. I don't take pleasure in killing. I kill only when it needs to be done. It is a job, nothing more...
  • Sharing the Nanny by Krista Wolf

    Sharing the Nanny by Krista Wolf

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    What 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...
  • Leap of Faith by Lucy Smoke

    Leap of Faith by Lucy Smoke

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Iris Boys crash landed into my life and changed everything in it. Now, I’m surrounded by four incredible men - five, if the last one will ever fully open up to me. Never in a million years did I think I’d fall in love. Much less with more than one man. But that’s what I did. I’m in love with the Iris Boys. They are my confidantes. My friends. My closest allies...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  contemporary  poly  m-f  length-medium
  • Filthy Liar by R.E. Bond

    Filthy Liar by R.E. Bond

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Falling for a liar was a different kind of pain. How could you love someone who wasn’t who they said they were? It was impossible to let them go, even though they deserved it. Did any of us even know the real Ander Lavaro? With the mafia closing in on us, time was running out. I couldn’t lose anyone else, but they had their sights set on Zavier. There was no way we’d get out of this unscathed...
  • Shared by 3 by Barbi Cox

    Shared by 3 by Barbi Cox

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    As their love deepens, the shadows of disapproval cast by Hunter and Chase's father threaten to darken their path. This outdated mafia leader, bound by rigid tradition, believe that his sons' devotion to one woman brings shame upon the family name...
  • Fearless by Ivy Fox

    Fearless by Ivy Fox

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Whoever said when life hands you lemons to make lemonade can suck it! Everything is falling apart. Rome is in jail for murdering our father. Holland is in the hospital fighting for her life. And I haven’t spoken to my best friend in God knows how long. Oh, but it gets worse. I’ve fallen in love with my nemesis, too. It might not seem like a big deal to most, but it sure is to me...
  • The Duet Dilemma by Maggie Evans

    The Duet Dilemma by Maggie Evans

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Emma Fox is a walking disaster. Noah Kincaid is perfection personified. She’s all over the place. He’s controlled. She’s got a sweet tooth the size of Canada, and he only takes his coffee black. While Emma is failing out of their university’s piano program, Noah is at the top of the class. But when the two opposites are partnered together for a duet, sparks fly on and off the piano...
  • Auction Me by Ivy Smoak

    Auction Me by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    My bestie has been kidnapped by a mafia boss. And now he’s going to auction her virginity. The most powerful, handsome men from all over the world have flown in to bid on her tonight. But I’m going to save her. It won’t be easy. I have to disable the security cameras, break into the mafia boss’s private suite on the top floor of the hotel, and then somehow get back out...
  • Revenge of the Syndicate by Natalie Nicole

    Revenge of the Syndicate by Natalie Nicole

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    They took her. They took the one thing in our miserable lives that means anything to us. When we find her. Revenge will be had. But with that revenge, secrets must unravel. Truths must be told. But with the revelations. .. Questions arise...
  • Those Heartless Boys by E.M. Moore

    Those Heartless Boys by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Stone Jacobs must die. Okay, okay. Maybe just maim him a bit. Peel off his perfectly chiseled handsome looks until he knows what it feels like to be normal. And while I’m at it, I’ll throw his friends in, too. They all deserve to be taken down. I should’ve seen it coming. I should’ve felt it in my gut. The moment my treasure hunter father went missing, my arch enemies sprang into action...
  • Mad Love by Eva Ashwood

    Mad Love by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 30 ratings
    Our love doesn't make sense. But it might be the only thing that saves us. After the bombshell my father dropped on me, it feels like my whole world is unraveling. Everything I was brought up to believe has turned out to be a lie, and this life that looks so perfect from the outside is anything but. There's only one thing that feels real anymore. One thing I can trust. The Lost Boys are mine...
  • Evergreen Academy - The Complete Series by Ruby Vincent

    Evergreen Academy - The Complete Series by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The 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...
  • Hidden Creek Darkness by Jaxson Kidman

    Hidden Creek Darkness by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    MOST HATED GIRL IN HCH? #check. MOST FEARED GIRL IN HCH? #check. TURNING FRIENDS INTO ENEMIES ON A DAILY BASIS? #check. REALZING EVERYTHING I THOUGHT I KNEW AND LOVED IS A F*CKING LIE? #triplecheck. Someone is after me. And in typical Hidden Creek High fashion, the list of ‘suspects’ is deeper than my feelings for Wes. Oh, he’s on that list too, trust me...
  • Hidden Creek Forever by Jaxson Kidman

    Hidden Creek Forever by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    READY TO LEAVE HCH FOR GOOD? #check. THROWING MY MIDDLE FINGERS UP ON MY WAY OUT THE DOORS? #check. MAKING SURE EVERY BITCH WHO DESERVES IT PAYS? #check. FINDING OUT ALL THE TRUTHS, EVEN THE ONES I MAY NOT WANT? #triplecheck. And here I thought I could finally get away from my past. But nope. It’s like a f*cking revolving door...
  • NOT SO Innocent by Jaxson Kidman

    NOT SO Innocent by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    First they choose you. Then they use you. Next they lose you. .. My name is Belle. But I'm not beautiful. I'm the b*tch. I'm the beast. And nothing gets to me. Except "Them" . .. That's what they are. "Them. ". They're not that other place with the fancy and cool bad boy name. Here, it's "Them. ". I may have met my match with "Them. ". But so have they. Now it's my turn. .
  • Due Date: A Why Choose Romance by Stephanie Brother

    Due Date: A Why Choose Romance by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An unplanned pregnancy, two possible fathers, four men who want me. A million reasons to run away. I’m pregnant after a naughty night with foul-mouthed, dirty-minded twins ends my innocence. The hunky Bakers twins may seem like angels, but behind closed doors they’re filthy. And I can’t stop thinking about them. It doesn’t help that we are thrown together again and again...
  • Hell to Pay: Sanctum Harbor Sinners by Lisa Cullen

    Hell to Pay: Sanctum Harbor Sinners by Lisa Cullen

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Who hurt Hellena Michaels? Once they find out, there will be hell to pay. Sanctum Harbor seemed like a fresh start, but this opulent town hides a darkness as black as my past. One risky deal gone wrong, and suddenly I'm in debt to the mob and stalked by a shadowed figure who seems to know my every move. Just my luck. Then there are the...
  • 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...
  • Mangled Minds by B.C. Morgan

    Mangled Minds by B.C. Morgan

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    My second year at the prestigious Harkwright Academy is about to begin. Within these walls I've faced many challenges and I can't help but wonder: can I survive this, and still be the same girl I was when I began? This year I have even more trials to face; from attending the retreat after being claimed by Aeron, to seeing the infamous Harkwright Prince, with no more disguises in place...
  • Play Rough by Eva Ashwood

    Play Rough by Eva Ashwood

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 40 ratings
    Play Rough is the thrilling second installment in the Black Rose Kisses series. Note: The blurb below contains spoilers for the first book, so I'd highly recommend not reading it until you've finished reading book one, Fight Dirty. Cool? Cool. ***. Vengeance is coming. And she’s a cold-blooded bitch. I can still hear the gunshot. Still see the blank look on Sloan’s face as he pulled the trigger...
  • Masks & Mayhem: The Hannover Heathens Book 1 by Lauren Ellis

    Masks & Mayhem: The Hannover Heathens Book 1 by Lauren Ellis

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    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...
  • Heartless by Autumn Reed

    Heartless by Autumn Reed

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I returned to Moss Harbor, determined to find answers about my mother's death. But all I've managed to uncover are three lonely souls calling out to mine. In just a month, Leo, Hayle, and Tristin Sharpe have wound themselves around my heart, reminding me of what I've been missing...
  • Superficial Girl: Jacinta's Story by Lexie Winston

    Superficial Girl: Jacinta's Story by Lexie Winston

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    Ever since being adopted into the Summer’s family and the Neighpalm Industries fortune, Jacinta has had it all. Flashy cars, expensive clothes and the love of a family. But what she craves more than anything is something that she’s never experienced - a genuine relationship. One not established on what she can do for someone but a soul deep connection...
  • Playing to Win by Autumn Reed

    Playing to Win by Autumn Reed

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Will Emma rise to the challenge of dating three men who are playing to win? After Shane, Cole, and Nicholas accept Emma's daring proposition on New Year's Eve, she begins to question her judgment...
  • A Wicked Education by Mika Lane

    A Wicked Education by Mika Lane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Student/Professor Reverse Harem Romance. They say I’m the hottest girl on campus, and my sexy professors are about to show me why I should choose them over the boys my age. I can have any guy on campus. One look and a smile are all it takes. Jocks, nerds, hippies…they all love me. But my professors have other ideas. They want to give me a wicked education…in lust...
  • Her Italians by S.C. Daiko

    Her Italians by S.C. Daiko

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two alpha Italians. One Sassy American. Sefi. Go to Italy, they said. It will be interesting. .. Little did I realize HOW interesting. Marco and Alessio are committed to each other. But they also want me. A fling with them turns into way too much fun. Until another man sets me in his sights. One thing's for sure. .. Marco and Alessio in protective mode are even more gorgeous...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  new adult  menage  m-m-f  contemporary  m-m  bisexual  dual-pov
  • Her Military Mountain Men: A Reverse Harem Romance by Veronica Wade

    Her Military Mountain Men: A Reverse Harem Romance by Veronica Wade

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Loving three men at once? Sure, it's a fantasy. .. but I never dreamed it could come true. When I witness something nobody should have seen, all I want to do is get out of dodge and start a new life. Luckily the mob feels the same way, and buys my silence with a suitcase full of cash and an order to leave. Immediately. But leaving town is not the craziest thing that happens to me...
  • Guilt At St Joseph's Academy by M.V. Ellis

    Guilt At St Joseph's Academy by M.V. Ellis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Fallen. Beautiful. Broken. Loyal as hell. Five guys with the power of ten. All determined to uncover secrets and expose lies. All laser focused with their eyes on the prize. They’ll go to great lengths to stop me in my tracks. They’ll cross lines that mean we can never go back. Our story is one of betrayal and deceit. Our connection is destined, our bond runs deep...
  • Their Sugar Baby by Barbi Cox

    Their Sugar Baby by Barbi Cox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    The man interviewing me has to be twice my age, but sexy as sin. It feels more like an interview to be shared by him and his six partners. Almost everything he says sounds so dirty. Suddenly I hope that position underneath him is still open and that they are all one of the benefits.
  • Family by Carmen Black

    Family by Carmen Black

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The last thing I expected was my mom to find out I was pregnant by barging into my baby shower. She doesn’t understand or approve of my relationship, and definitely doesn’t approve of my pregnancy. Can I work it out with her? With dad? Can the bros and I find our happily ever after?
  • Letters to the Lost by N.E. Stevenson

    Letters to the Lost by N.E. Stevenson

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The last 8 months have been some of the best of my life, but when the guilt becomes too much for me, I did something that I shouldn't have. When my therapist suggests that I write letters to help with my grief, I take the chance and hope that writing my feelings on paper prevents me from spiraling. But when the messages start again, I decide to finally confide in the five men that I love...
  • Ruthless by Ivy Fox

    Ruthless by Ivy Fox

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    My heart has always been his. Since before I could even spell the name Grayson, I only had eyes for one boy—my perfect, larger than life best friend, who always managed to bring his bright light into my very dark existence with just one of his boyish smiles. With Chad, I could forget the dismal life I had of being the flawless privileged daughter of a cruel, evil man. He was my escape. My solace...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  contemporary  reverse harem  poly  m-m-f
  • Redemption by Ruby Vincent

    Redemption by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Valentina. The only thing I know for sure is I don’t know anything at all. Zeta Rho Sigma was never just a sorority and I was never really in control. A point they drove home when they toppled the final chess piece. The man I love is gone. A wall of silence and blank faces surround me. Every day I sense I’m getting tangled tighter in someone’s web. I will find the truth. I will get him back...
  • Raising the Stakes by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Raising the Stakes by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ***Raising the Stakes is a 35,000 word novella that was previously included in the Falling For Them anthology. ***. Emma Harris lets her best friend drag her to a popular Vegas club, expecting nothing more than to let loose after finals. But, when she catches the attention of three magnetic strangers, and they each begin to pursue her, she wonders if there is more going on than meets the eye...
  • Mafia Bosses by Stephanie Brother

    Mafia Bosses by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If I hadn’t kissed him, we’d be dead. My chance encounter with the brutally handsome mob boss and his two best friends throws me into a dark underworld I never wanted to visit. As a nurse, I’m used to healing wounds, not falling for men who cause them. But it’s too late—the powerful mafiosos are all I can think about. Cesare is in charge, both in and out of the bedroom...
  • Perilous Lady by Eva Chance, Harlow King

    Perilous Lady by Eva Chance, Harlow King

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 31 ratings
    Keep your enemies closer. .. I've proven I can stand with the fiercest gang in Paradise Bend. Now it's time to crush my traitor ex-fiancé and his stooges into smithereens. They've already butchered my family. I can't let them destroy the streets I called home. Wylder Noble and his inner circle are ready to rain down their own brand of justice...
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