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Fractured by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsLoving Echo Kent was painful. Not the falling in love part, that was easy. One look at the tall, blond-haired, blue-eyed narcotics detective and I knew I wanted him. A few months later I knew I couldn’t live without him. But my Echo, he had demons and secrets and a mountain of guilt. His love was selfish and one-sided—he could love but he refused to allow others to love him... -
Other Woman Drama by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsPiers “Webber” Webb knew two things for certain. One, he needed to stay the hell away from Silver Donahue. Two, he didn’t think there was a chance in hell that he could. He tries, though. For a solid year, he does his best to be dismissive to the point where he appears cold and threatening. But when Silver finds herself in danger, he forgets why he was giving her the cold shoulder to begin with...Categorized as:
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Justice's Reward by Nat Logan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’ll fight for his club no matter the cost. She’ll do whatever it takes to win. When he needs to rely on her, can he trust her with his life? Zane “Justice” Lawson. lives for his club and family. As Vice President of the Saint’s Outlaws MC, he keeps their members safe while raising his infant son. Adley Pearson...Categorized as:
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Hero's Heart by Janie Crouch
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHe was out of the game. He should've stayed that way. When a former FBI colleague asks Callum Webb to rescue the kidnapped daughter of an American bigwig in eastern Europe, Callum’s just got one word for him. .. No. Okay, actually two words: hell, no. Callum is out of the international law enforcement game and has been for a long time... -
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Pharaoh: Wolf Warriors MC by K.C. Mills
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsPharaoh Vaughan was the type of man that you don’t want to cross. As Wolf Warriors MC’s, enforcer, if you were on his radar, you had better be prepared to dance with the devil. When it came to women, there was only ever one he considered giving his heart to, but the debt he felt he owed the only family that ever showed up for him forced Pharaoh to choose loyalty over love...Categorized as:
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Defensive Alliance by Jemma Westbrook, Janice Whiteaker
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJamison was just doing his job. Protecting the woman his friend loved. But unintended consequences are everywhere. It doesn’t matter how careful you are, eventually they will find you. And what finds him is a woman with dark hair and haunted eyes. A woman who has no idea where she’s from or who she is. It’s information Alaskan Security needs. And there’s only one way to get it. ****... -
Kaya's King: A Poseidon Warriors MC novel by Darlene Tallman
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsKaya Mabry never expected to be a young widow with a young son. When her little boy is faced with some life-changing medical issues, she decides to move across the country and take the tattoo artist position she was offered by Loki from the Poseidon’s Warriors MC... -
Down & Dirty: Slade by Jeanne St. James
Welcome to Shadow Valley where the Dirty Angels MC rules. Get ready to get Down & Dirty because this is Slade’s story…. He thought he liked easy. Until she showed him easy was boring. Right out of the Marines, Slade’s first mistake was patching into a club that was headed down a destructive path. His second was rolling into Shadow Valley on a search for answers... -
Jersey by Marie James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSame story, different day. That seems to be the theme of my life. My new job with Cerberus is no different than the one I left before working for ICE. People always blur together, nothing special about any of them. Of course, my luck runs out when I'm assigned to an establishment that caters to peoples' deepest fantasies. There should be nothing special about the woman...Categorized as:
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Property of Big Daddy by Glenna Maynard
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWall Street Journal & USA Today Bestselling Author Glenna Maynard is back with another gritty & thrilling ride in her Kings of Anarchy MC series. I needed someone to get lost in, and she wanted to forget her past. We were never meant to be anything serious, but now she wants more than I’m willing to give. Gwynee is too young for me. Twenty years separate us. She wants to start a family... -
Rooster by Marie James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI never wanted to draw a line between good and evil. Yet, hoping my twin brother would change has gotten me nowhere. I'm always his target, the mark in his game of retribution, but that doesn't keep him from hurting others to get to me. I've kept from getting close to others because I knew that put them in his line of sight... -
Blade's Runaway Bride: An Ex-Military Age Gap Instalove Romance by Zoey Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBlade. I'm not built for tenderness. My hands know only violence, my soul carved hollow by years of bloodshed. Then she appeared. .. A runaway bride in the headlights of my Harley, blue eyes wild with fear and defiance. Kelly Stone. The first person to see past the monster to the man beneath. They call me Blade for a reason. Cold. Sharp. Lethal. The club's weapon, pointed wherever Reaper aims... -
Enemies to Lovers by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBaker Ritter knew how to pick them. She met the man she thought she was going to marry in middle school, gave him some of the best years of her life, for him to leave her pregnant and alone hours before she’s due to have his baby. To make matters worse, he brings his side chick to the birth, and she’s left with a decision—fight for what she wants, or cut her losses...Categorized as:
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Smokehouse by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen
He vowed to never let a woman hurt him again, but she came along and ruined everything…. Smokehouse. I didn’t know what I was getting into when I stumbled out of the bar and into bed with the not-so-innocent girl of my wet dreams. Our one night together made me question everything. But when she snuck out of bed before I could ask her to stay, I figured I’d never see her again...Categorized as:
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Zale's Little Girl by Pepper North
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter a handsome military medic rescues her, Pippa finds herself falling in love. -
Craving Francesca: The Aces' Sons by Nicole Jacquelyn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFrancesca Marino knew it was a terrible idea to get involved with Grayson White. He’s her best friend’s cousin. He’s older than her. They hung out in the same group, and it would be impossible to avoid him if things went sour…but it was hard to remember if any of those things really mattered when she could practically taste the chemistry between them... -
Second Chance Love by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsI was his wife… but he left me. He broke my heart once, and if given the chance, he’d probably do it again. Which is why I’ve tried to get over him. I’ve dated, I’ve tried to let loose, but no matter how hard I try, my thoughts always return to Nash. Every guy I meet I compare to him. He was always overprotective and possessive... -
One More Truth by Stina Lindenblatt
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJessica and Troy’s gripping story concludes with the third book of the HIDDEN SECRETS TRILOGY as passion and danger collide . . . After everything she’s been through over the past ten years, Jess should be focusing on her healing. She should be figuring out where her future will take her. And she should be finding herself after her abusive husband ripped away her identity... -
Defending Home by Caitlyn O'Leary
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWill Two Tormented Souls Have The Courage To Reach For Love? The only family Nolan O’Rourke ever claimed were his Navy SEAL brothers, they had never let him down. His childhood wasn’t rough, it wasn’t hard, it was hell, and now any mission that he was assigned to was a cakewalk in comparison... -
Ace by J.E. Daelman
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSatan's Guardians MC are not hard-core reads. Each book covers a character of the MC, and although you can read as a standalone, it is best to read in order to know the characters previously mentioned. ACE. Ivy is Dollar's niece. She's a natural beauty, loves her bike, and a solid mechanic. My specialty is in the security room, managing the cameras and accounts of clients... -
CC: REAPER Patriots - Book Twenty-Eight by Mary Kennedy
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCharles Corbett Reilly served his country faithfully, waiting and biding his time until he could come home and convince Eva Harris that they belonged together. He’d kept his distance, given their age separation, but it was different now. She was a grown woman with a grown woman’s mind and body. But when he approached her to ask her out, she pushed back, something she’d never done before... -
WILL: REAPER-Patriots: Book Forty-Eight by Mary Kennedy
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWilliam Pechkin is home for his friends wedding. He plans to see everyone. His parents, his sisters, his new nephew. He'll see all the old guard, but most importantly, he'll see her. The woman he can't get out of his head. Brooke. She's worked at the diner for years now and he never misses a chance to go in and see her. Speaking is another matter... -
Edge Of Fear by Freya Barker
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsInk and sawdust meets brisket and moxie. I’m a tattooed casualty. A charmer, a fraud, a skeptic, and a carpenter. My name is Tse. I’m cocky enough to believe my own lies, but too oblivious to see the truth is already out there. I’m a cautious perfectionist. A sister, a scrapper, a dreamer, and a workhorse. My name is Sophia... -
Atlas' World by Darlene Tallman
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBeck ‘Atlas’ Crandall is a combat veteran, just like the majority of his club brothers that started Poseidon’s Warriors MC. A trained medic, it was his responsibility to head into missions in an effort to hopefully rescue those involved. Sadly, most ended up being recovery situations instead, which started causing him extreme mental duress... -
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Drummer Boy by Dyan Layne
Bo Robertson. The drummer. 34. Leo. Everybody loves him, yet no one’s ever chosen him to love. He wants to be someone’s everything, and for that someone to be his. Ava Liane Harris. The babysitter. 21. Aries. The beautiful girl who hides behind her glasses. She knows better than to look for love, yet love finds her anyway. A six-week concert tour. An epic adventure. A summer of possibilities... -
Jericho by Marie James
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI knew there was no point in looking back at what could've been when she couldn't even lift her eyes to me when her father ordered my death. She didn't fight for me, didn't fight for us. I knew better than to get tangled with a mafia princess. I knew how it would end, only instead of dead, I was left in a much worse situation, having to know she was still alive and being unable to go to her... -
Blade by Sybil Bartel
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBattle born. SEAL. Loner. Ringing out of BUD/S was never an option. Third generation Navy SEAL, the Teams were in my blood. I earned my Trident, and a year later my brother earned his. As Tier One operators, the battlefield was our playground. Then I got a cryptic call. Enemy combatants, coordinated attack, no survivors, catastrophic loss—my brother was dead... -
Greyson by Anna Blakely
Tragedy brought them together. A killer will stop at nothing to tear them apart. For former SEAL Greyson Frost, nothing is more important than loyalty. It’s why this Charlie Team operative keeps his feelings for his best friend’s little sister hidden. But when tragedy strikes and Taylor becomes a killer’s target, all bets—and past promises—are off. Taylor Russell is used to devastation and loss...Categorized as:
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Saving Logan by Kaci Rose
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe's lost his voice. She's here to teach him to speak to the world again. Faith. I love helping people communicate that can't. It’s why I became an ASL teacher. Getting to work with military men and women who were injured in action? Sign me up. I can’t think of a better way to help. I pride myself on keeping things professional…until him... -
Wrath by L. Wilder
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWall Street Journal and USA Today Best Seller L. Wilder brings you a new addition to the Satan’s Fury MC series. Stitch was stepping down. And he was preparing me to take his place. He’d seen the darkness in me. He knew I could use my demons the way he’d used his. And he was right. I used them, and I used them well. They’d helped me keep everyone at a distance— including her... -
Orion's Universe: A Poseidon's Warriors MC novel by Darlene Tallman
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsKy “Orion” Stanford, Treasurer for the Poseidon’s Warriors MC, is content with how his life has turned out. During his military tenure, he met a group of men who are now family, and since he never plans to get tied down with an old lady or wife, he enjoys playing the field... -
Bear by Elise Gedicke
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTerrance “Bear” Collins is the Road Captain of the Via Daemonia Motorcycle Club. He’s always had a laidback, jovial outlook on life. He loves his club, his family, his niece and nephew, and his hometown of Mount Grove PA. Lately he’s been feeling restless—ever since a one-night stand snuck away from him. Bear’s been having trouble getting the little blonde spitfire out of his head...Categorized as:
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Static by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen
He'll break every law known to man to keep her safe…. Static. As a lawyer and prospect in a motorcycle club, I walk the line between two worlds. But when I met Gwen, a single mother with a heart of gold and a past full of pain, everything started to change. I no longer care what side of the law I’m on, I’ll do whatever it takes... -
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The Biker Needs A Nanny by Nicole James
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe grumpy biker needs a nanny! Full blurb to come. -
Bear by Lane Hart, D.B. West
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBarrett “Bear” Fulton hasn’t been with a woman since his wife divorced him years ago, shattering his heart beyond repair. He hasn’t had any interest in women or dating, avoiding both altogether. He obviously needs closure before he can even try to move on. So what’s a more perfect place to find it than at his ex-wife’s wedding? Seeing her happy with someone else was easier than Bear expected...Categorized as:
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Burnout: The Complete Series by Dahlia West
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe complete box set of the Burnout series. Meet the men of Burnout. Five ex-Army Rangers who've settled in Rapid City, South Dakota. Five men who've decided that friends are the family you choose. Shooter (Burnout 1). Chris “Shooter” Sullivan has returned to his home town of Rapid City, South Dakota to pick up the pieces of his life shattered by a roadside bomb in Iraq... -
Kilo by Sybil Bartel
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBreacher. Navy SEAL. Mercenary. Being a breacher on the Teams wasn’t a job, it was my drug of choice. Detonating charges, the blast waves going through me, I lived for the rush of tactical explosive breaching. As long as I kept my brothers safe and didn’t eat a piece of frag, I never looked past my next mission. .. until I screwed up. Miscalculating a blast zone, I took a hit... -
Protecting Kiera by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThis book was previously published in Kindle Worlds and even though it has a new cover, has not changed significantly. Cooper Nelson’s SEAL career was cut drastically short when an explosion left him almost completely deaf... -
Twisted Mercy by Elaine Levine
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHope Townsend has spent long years searching for the brother she was brutally separated from when their mother was murdered. Now, thanks to help from a mysterious source, she’s found him deep in the Medicine Bow Mountains on the remote compound of the notorious White Kingdom Brotherhood motorcycle club and prison gang—a viper's nest of drug runners, murderers, and thieves... -
Protector of Misty Mountain: An ex-military, age gap, mountain man romance by Eve London
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe walked into my world like she belongs here… but I don’t let people stay. Juniper. The mountains were supposed to be my escape—a place to rebuild, to breathe, to prove to myself that I could make it on my own. But from the moment I set foot in Misty Mountain, one mountain man has made it his mission to send me packing. Griffin Calloway...Categorized as:
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Wild Desire by Sadie King
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe needs a date, I need her…. Cassie’s trying to get the attention of her parents. And she thinks dating an older bearded biker will make them take notice. Problem is, this hairy biker wants the real deal. I agree to a fake relationship but only until I can convince Cassie she belong with me. Now she has her parents attention and they don’t approve of me running around with their little girl... -
Faithful Cowboy by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUSA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Hope Ford brings you a steamy cowboy romance about a romance author that doesn’t believe in love until she meets a wounded warrior that teaches her that real all-consuming love can withstand anything. Hailey. I’m a romance novelist who no longer believes in love. My agent keeps calling it writer’s block, but I think what I have is more permanent... -
Cowboy by Elizabeth N. Harris
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe was a younger brother and a daredevil until life took a turn neither he nor his brother saw coming. Brought up under an abusive father, they had to take matters into their own hands. Turned away by the one place they thought would protect them, life took a route neither saw coming. It left them damaged, scarred, and constantly on guard. She’d put up with his abuse long enough... -
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Bear by Harley Wylde
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFaith – I fell for Spade when I was only sixteen. He got me pregnant, and moved me into a house with him. Then I saw his true colors. He beat me. Made me lose my baby. It’s been eighteen years and I’m still trapped, until I find the courage to take my girls and run. I didn’t count on finding another biker. This one seems different. He’s kinder. Gentler. And I think he may be just what we need...Categorized as:
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Stella by Mackenzy Fox
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom best selling author Mackenzy Fox comes the highly anticipated MC spin-off series from the Bracken Ridge. NOLA Rebels MC - (New Orleans Series Book 15). Stay tuned for the Blurb! The men of the NOLA Rebels MC will do anything for their club. They’re a brotherhood, a club who stands mighty, and above all else, they take care of business, New Orleans style... -
His Beauty by Leah Sharelle
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsYou, Beauty are the love of my life. Steel was one of the best snipers the commando's had ever seen. He was the V. P of the Wounded Souls MC and ran the club's Bar and Grill. Steel was also desperately lonely. He tried to fill the void in his heart with the wrong woman. Callie was easy, she didn't make him use his heart... -
Mack by Aria Ray
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA young woman forced into a marriage with her secret crush—a dream come true? Or a nightmare in the making? Small-town life can be a challenge—especially if your mother runs a strip club for curvy girls. Between dealing with money-grubbing mafiosos and renegade bikers who are tearing up our bar, we’ve got our hands full. And then, Mom gets sick...Categorized as:
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Wild Love by Sadie King
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s the young damaged ex-soldier and she’s the older woman who’s off limits. Can she show him how to love? Wild Love is Davis and Mel's story, a contemporary instalove steamy romance featuring an ex-military hero and the curvy woman he falls hard for. -
Chelsea's Knight: A Poseidon Warriors MC novel by Darlene Tallman
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGrowing up, Chelsea’s life was anything but good until her nonni stepped in and removed her from the abuse she endured on a daily basis. A quiet woman, she preferred to be behind the scenes, which is why her position as Gia’s maid was a perfect job opportunity for her. Her past also enabled her to see what was happening to Gia behind closed doors during her first marriage...
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