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  • Layover by Emily Henry

    Layover by Emily Henry

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 40 ratings
    This is an extended Beach Read epilogue...
  • Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 6 by Fujita

    Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 6 by Fujita

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 32 ratings
    THE TRUE END, OR JUST THE BEGINNING? Narumi slips up in front of her work friends, and the anxiety of outing herself as an otaku forces her to retreat inward. While Hirotaka is quick to console her, a difference in opinion devolves into an argument...
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  • Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 3 by Fujita

    Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 3 by Fujita

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 36 ratings
    A tall, quiet gamer boy and a geeky girl whose life revolves around yaoi manga are old friends, but when they start working in the same office, they decide to date...
  • Nora Roberts Bridal Quartet Boxed Set by Nora Roberts

    Nora Roberts Bridal Quartet Boxed Set by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 33 ratings
    This boxed gift set from the New York Times bestselling author of more than 190 novels features four books that follow the love lives of four childhood friends who have teamed up to form one of Connecticut's premiere wedding planning companies...
  • Stall by MysteryMixtapes

    Stall by MysteryMixtapes

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    "Strangers in the dark can change your life in the light.""As I reach the front door I can't help the same question swimming around in my mind, what could possibly be on all of those tapes?"-----Preview:"You wanna try and be my medicine Abby?" he asks with a deep testing tone, keeping his voice quiet...
  • The Silent Threat by Elle Gray

    The Silent Threat by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    After the bodies of six young girls were discovered in a shipping container that had been dumped in a scrapyard, FBI agent Blake Wilder is summoned onto the horrific scene. A closer inspection of the bodies reveals strange markings, similar to Spenser's victims in Sweetwater Falls...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  suspense  mystery  audiobook
  • Summer in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Summer in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    While the town prepares for the annual local festival.Spenser helps with the festivities while chatting with the residents.Unfortunately the pleasantry is interrupted when Spenser runs into Rafe Johnson,the man beginning his campaign to unseat her as sheriff.The standoff between them is tense with Spenser deciding to walk away...
  • The Burial of a Player by Kimberly Brown

    The Burial of a Player by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Walker Jareau prided himself on being a player. Women came a dime a dozen, and he was like a revolving door... until he met the one woman who threatened to swipe his player card—Jorja Sandifer. The beautiful dancer captivated him from the moment he laid eyes on her. It didn’t take long for the friends with benefits to migrate into an unconventional relationship, laced with a bit of toxicity...
  • A Love Bred From the Block by Antoinette Sherell

    A Love Bred From the Block by Antoinette Sherell

    Rated: 4.85 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Zodiac Goings is a charismatic hustler with layers beyond what he allows anyone to see. Raised by sisters who’d do anything to see him win; he doesn’t let his shortcomings define him. Fear doesn’t exist in his vocabulary... except when it involves Reason. Reason Atkins is in love. She knows Zodiac is the bad boy that parents warn girls like her about, but she doesn’t care. She sees the potential...
  • Styx by Cee Bowerman

    Styx by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    Katrine Larson hasn’t had it easy. A horrible childhood that evolved into a horrible marriage has changed her. Now, all she wants to do is raise her family in a better world than the one she was born into...
  • The Lies in the Falls by Elle Gray

    The Lies in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    It’s the perfect time to enjoy the winter snow.Unfortunately, there are things brewing in Sweetwater Falls that neither coffee nor hot cocoa can solve…It’s Founders Day in the once idyllic town, as well as the beginning of the festive holiday season.Contrary to the beautiful scenery, being the sheriff of Sweetwater is not quite as cozy as Spenser Song imagined...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  suspense  mystery  m-f  audiobook
  • Silenced in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Silenced in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    To be young, wild, and carefree.The true essence of Taft High’s Spring dance.But there’s a price for the naivety of youth.A high price that could cost your blood, soul, and your silence.Sweetwater Falls is a charming town with all sorts of characters.From chaperoning the school dance with Ryker to putting drunk drivers behind bars...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  suspense  mystery  m-f  audiobook
  • The Girl Who Remembers by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl Who Remembers by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    There are memories that we try our hardest to forget.Reminders of what was taken from us...For FBI Agent Emma Griffin pain and brokenness was all she knew.At eleven, she found her mother murdered.The love she most cherished was gone in an instant.Even after catching the culprit, the pang in her heart never left her.Now with her husband and newfound family...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  mystery  suspense  length-short  audiobook
  • Force of Nature by Monica Walters

    Force of Nature by Monica Walters

    Rated: 4.81 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A man of few words is sometimes a man to fear. Ali Joseph proves that theory to be correct. He keeps his traumatic past under wraps and only trusts a few people, Shyrón Berotte being one of them. He’s been living amidst the turmoil for so long he’s finally reaching his breaking point...
  • Savage Kings MC Box Set: Books 1-6 by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Savage Kings MC Box Set: Books 1-6 by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Are you ready to go for a ride with the Savage Kings MC? There's non-stop action in this six-book box set which includes Chase, Abe, Torin, War, Maddox, and Dalton.BOOK CHASE Chase hasn't forgiven himself for hurting Sasha and causing her an unbelievable amount of pain...
  • Chasing Shadows by Brittney Sahin

    Chasing Shadows by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    From the hunters . . . to the hunted.When former CIA officer, Harper Brooks, joined an elite unit of special operators, her mission was to serve and protect, not to fall in love. But Roman Riviera was like no one she’d ever met.Echo Four was the quiet one. A broody genius. And that intense and gorgeous Navy SEAL stole her heart...
  • The Girl on the Run by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl on the Run by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    Monsters come in all forms.The deadliest ones are those close to you.FBI agent Emma Griffin has faced many tragedies in her life.She joined the bureau in hopes of uncovering the truth behind her past.When Nadia Holmes, a single mother on the run from her ex, goes missing,Emma is called in to investigate the case in a small rural town.There, she stumbles upon a web of deception and betrayal...
  • Prison Break by Elle Gray

    Prison Break by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Shootings, prison break, carjackings, and murders…Just another Monday at Blake Wilder’s office.With the dissolution of the Black Cell unit.It seems that the change that FBI agent Blake Wilder dreaded has been forced upon her.Still reeling from the aftermath of the shakeup, Blake packs up and attempts to adjust to her new reality...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  suspense  mystery  length-medium  audiobook
  • Dutch by Teri Woods

    Dutch by Teri Woods

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    James Bernard Jr., a.k.a. Dutch, has become the most dangerous criminal in New Jersey. From his early skill as a car thief, Dutch recognized the opportunity to rule the streets and he seized it. Feared by all, and completely fearless, Dutch and his dangerous clique take over the lucrative heroin business of a local African drug lord...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  contemporary  length-medium  audiobook
  • Finder, Volume 5: Truth in the View Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Finder, Volume 5: Truth in the View Finder by Ayano Yamane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    When Fei Long agrees to a deal to trade Takaba back to Asami, things begin to look up. But is it really true? Or is something else going to prevent Takaba from being reunited with the one he has been waiting for? When the Russian mafia takes advantage of the situation and force their way into the negotiations upon Fei Long's casino ship, it looks like all bets are off...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  m-m  bdsm  rape  queer  length-short
  • A Valentino Reunion by Kylie Kent

    A Valentino Reunion by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    When life throws you a grenade, you take cover, wait for detonation, and evaluate the ensuant damage. In this life, the one we live, those grenades never stop coming. But no matter the destruction in our midst, there is one thing that will never crack or shatter. And that’s our loyalty, love, and faith. To each other. To the family...
  • Grand Opening by Carl Weber, Eric Pete

    Grand Opening by Carl Weber, Eric Pete

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Before there was the family, there was just the business. From the minds of New York Times bestselling authors Carl Weber and Eric Pete comes the game-changing prequel to their blockbuster Family Business saga. Travel back to a small Southern town where, before there was Duncan Motors, there were the Duncan brothers: Louis, aka Sweet Lou, a lover of ladies and life . .
  • Every Breath After by Jessie Walker

    Every Breath After by Jessie Walker

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    He would never be mine. Official Cover + Blurb coming soon. *Every Breath After will be a full-length, emotional, MM rockstar romance novel. While this book will focus on a new couple, it is not considered a stand-alone. This series is meant to be read in order, beginning with the Duet: Where There's A Will (#1) and If There's A Way (#2)...
    Categorized as:
    friends to lovers  m-m  contemporary  queer
  • The Girl in the Dark by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl in the Dark by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The life of a teenage girl is a roller coaster of emotions.Did Luisa Sinclair really run away from home?With a troubled home life, many in town speculated that Luisa Sinclair ran away.It’s been years since her sudden disappearance and all hopes of finding her are gone.Until a fisherman pulled up an ominous drum barrel.It contained human remains and the DNA comes up as a match for Luisa...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  mystery  suspense  length-medium  audiobook
  • Murderville by Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman

    Murderville by Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Two children from Sierra Leone, Liberty and A’shai, are brought together by chance only to be forced apart by the most inevitable and tragic fate. Ashley and JaQuavis bring us this classic love story set against modern life’s most horrifying realities...
  • Torin by Maryann Jordan

    Torin by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The Celtic Cock… the family pub Torin Flanigan ran with his sister. It took up all his time and energy, making it easy to fend off the multiple propositions he got from women every night.But there was one woman that caught, and held, his eye. Erin McBride...
  • The Girls from Sandycove by Siân O'Gorman

    The Girls from Sandycove by Siân O'Gorman

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A mother and daughter adrift, a friend in need, and a village to really call home… When Kate O’Hare discovers she’s about to become a mother, she packs up her life in France to return home to regroup and put down some roots...
  • Chasing You by Kelly Elliott

    Chasing You by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    I chased, you pushedI chased, you friend zonedI chased, you fellNow I chase to protect you.You chased, I resistedYou chased, I acceptedYou chased, I fell Now I pray you’re not too late.After finally winning the heart of the woman I loved, there was no way in hell he was taking her from me...
  • A Cosy Countryside Christmas by Eliza J. Scott

    A Cosy Countryside Christmas by Eliza J. Scott

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Ella Welford’s done with love. After having her fingers burnt, she’s been resolutely single for the last year and has sworn to stay that way.Joss Campion’s still reeling from a messy divorce and has vowed never to open his heart to love again.Growing up in the picturesque village of Lytell Stangdale, with the North Yorkshire Moors as their playground, Joss and Ella were best friends...
  • Where You Should Be by Monica Walters

    Where You Should Be by Monica Walters

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Milton ‘Jungle’ Patterson, while brought up in the street game, was also brought up in love. Although he veers away from it in his adult life, as he’s getting older, he is starting to crave it. He knows that living the life he inherited, being a kingpin, isn’t something he wants for himself anymore. However, love comes to him from an unsuspecting source… one of his friends’ sister...
    Categorized as:
    friends to lovers  urban  contemporary
  • Hold Me While You Wait by Kimberly Brown

    Hold Me While You Wait by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Somya Hilton has known nothing but a life of ultimatums. From a young age, it was her and her sister Eliza against the world. When both of them find love and start families of their own, Somya finally feels like she has the life she deserves. Then tragedy strikes, leaving both her sister and brother-in-law dead and Somya to care for her niece Jazlynn who is ten at the time...
  • Hold Me While You Wait by Kimberly Brown

    Hold Me While You Wait by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Somya Hilton has known nothing but a life of ultimatums. From a young age, it was her and her sister Eliza against the world. When both of them find love and start families of their own, Somya finally feels like she has the life she deserves. Then tragedy strikes, leaving both her sister and brother-in-law dead and Somya to care for her niece Jazlynn who is ten at the time...
  • Bound by A Gangsta's Love by Miss J.

    Bound by A Gangsta's Love by Miss J.

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Eighteen-year-old Makani Hughes is young, intelligent, beautiful, and living a very carefree life. So much so that she lets her carefree life get in the way of her studies, causing her to be expelled from school. Enter Reed Cook: a man sixteen years her senior. He promised to take care of her, but six years and two kids—who don’t belong to Makani—later, all those promises are gone out the window...
  • A Code to Kill by Elle Gray

    A Code to Kill by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Most of us have a code we live by.Some live their life altruistically, while others live by a more sinister code.A code that only their victims know. A code to kill…Fresh from a grueling joint operation with Spenser Song, FBI agent Blake Wilder continues to find herself being stalked and hunted down by an unknown culprit. The worst part is that they may be after her loved ones as well...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  suspense  length-short  audiobook
  • The Quinn Brothers by Nora Roberts

    The Quinn Brothers by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Sea SweptA champion boat racer, Cameron Quinn travels the world spending his winnings on champagne and women. But when his dying father calls him home to care for Seth, a troubled young boy not unlike Cameron once was, his life changes overnight.Rising TidesOf the three brothers, it was Ethan who shared his father’s passion for the Maryland shore...
  • Matteo by Cee Bowerman

    Matteo by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Matteo Russo has always enjoyed the single life alongside his identical twin, Luca, and their best friend, Zach. Focused on building their empire and the rest of the Four Families circle, they enjoyed their freedom with no long term entanglements or expectations. However, their lives have drastically changed recently...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  contemporary  length-medium
  • Finding the Way Back by Brittney Sahin

    Finding the Way Back by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    Years ago, he chose duty over love. He's not sure if he can do it again. Charlie "Knox" Bennett traded medical school for the Navy and never looked back. After almost eight years of working top-secret missions for the commander in chief, Knox's greatest regret is lying to his best friend...
  • Luca by Cee Bowerman

    Luca by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A favor for a friend took Luca on the adventure of a lifetime and changed his life in a way that he never expected. When he met Tabby, he wasn’t sure he should trust her but knew instantly that she was the one for him. No matter how hard he resisted the pull, he couldn’t help but fall for her and make her his own...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  contemporary  length-medium
  • Dr. Alpha Male by Anjell

    Dr. Alpha Male by Anjell

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Alpha Male. Kata kunci seorang alpha male adalah keyakinan! Yakin dengan rupanya. Yakin dengan gayanya. Dan dah tentulah yakin dengan percakapannya. Kalau tak, takkanlah terkeluar kata-kata ini ketika kali pertama mereka berdua berlanggar di depan sebuah kedai. “Dah habis tenung dah? Tak nak ambil gambar ke? Letak bawah bantal. Malam-malam boleh cium...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  alpha male  length-epic
  • Beautiful Chaos by Keta Kendric

    Beautiful Chaos by Keta Kendric

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    Desiree:Family. Being a member of the Evans family had never been easy. By the time I was sixteen, I’d been snatched twice, shot at, and knifed in the back. Yet, I’d turned out to be the tame one, the one that had been smart enough to stay away from my family business…until my father dragged me back in...
  • Always You and Me by Dani Atkins

    Always You and Me by Dani Atkins

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Fractured comes a moving, heart-mending and uplifting novel of love, hope and second chances.Then…On the eve of her wedding to Adam, Lily’s best friend Josh unexpectedly walked out of her life, and she hasn’t seen him since.Lily and Adam are blissfully happy, until he falls ill...
  • Savage Kings MC - South Carolina Books 1-6 by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Savage Kings MC - South Carolina Books 1-6 by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Are you ready to meet the smoking hot bikers of the South Carolina Savage Kings MC?~ Roman ~Roman McNamara is not only the president of the Savage Kings of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina but he’s also the king of one-night stands...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  contemporary  bikers  mystery  length-epic
  • A Ryan Regret by Sadie Kincaid

    A Ryan Regret by Sadie Kincaid

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 20 ratings
    A weekend at the lake house for Jessie and Shane should be nothing but fun, right? Except when Shane makes his wife a bet that she's too stubborn to refuse, and one he's about to regret. Which one of them is going to win as they drive each other crazy? Because Jessie Ryan lives to push his buttons and any Ryan fans know he has many...
  • The Lucky Shamrock by Carolyn Brown

    The Lucky Shamrock by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown’s bighearted novel about family, secrets, small-town Texas romance, and―with a little bit of luck―starting over. Family doesn’t mean everyone has to like each other. That’s the case when cousins Taryn, Anna Rose, and Jorja return to Shamrock, Texas, to help manage their grandmother’s flower shop, the Lucky Shamrock...
  • The Songbook of Benny Lament by Amy Harmon

    The Songbook of Benny Lament by Amy Harmon

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    From the bestselling author of What the Wind Knows and From Sand and Ash comes a powerful love story about a musical duo who put everything on the line to be together. New York, 1960: For Benny Lament, music is his entire life. With his father’s deep ties to the mob, the Bronx piano man has learned that love and family can get you in trouble...
  • Murderville 3: The Black Dahlia by Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman

    Murderville 3: The Black Dahlia by Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This thrilling page-turner introduces the story of the black Dahlia and her bloodstained ascent to power. After establishing a connection with “The Five Families,” Dahlia becomes literally untouchable. Her brazen tactics and mafia-style antics become infamous and she is set to take over the country’s black market. But there is only one thing still standing in her way - she is a woman...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  length-medium
  • Whispers in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Whispers in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Some say this world is built upon lies.The most dangerous of them are the ones people kill to keep.Former FBI Agent Spenser Song knows the risks of deceit.It resulted in the death of her husband, the arrest of her partner, and her departure from the bureau.She moved to Sweetwater Falls for a new beginning, as the town’s Sheriff.While out on a hike, she crosses paths with a grieving mother...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  suspense  mystery  length-medium  audiobook
  • Wicked Things by Callie Hart

    Wicked Things by Callie Hart

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    "This is the reason I called her my angry girl in the first place. I was teasing her back then, but the truth of the matter is that she impressed me. She blew me away with her strength of character and her fire. She’s not just angry. She’s fierce. She’s determined. She’s strong. She’s brave as f#*$...
  • Beautifully Decadent by L.A. Fiore

    Beautifully Decadent by L.A. Fiore

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Avery Collins has just landed her dream job, pastry chef for the posh-Manhattan restaurant Clover. Her new boss, Trace Montgomery, even helped with securing her an affordable place to live: a beautifully restored carriage house owned by his friend, Rafe McKenzie—a man that makes her catch her breath and stirs her imagination...
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