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Indebted Series 4-6.5: Boxed Set by Pepper Winters
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThis edition contains the last four:Third DebtShe healed me. She broke me. I set her free. But we are in this together. We will end this together. The rules of this ancient game can't be broken.Nila Weaver no longer recognises herself. She's left her lover, her courage, and her promise. Two debts down. Too many to go.Fourth DebtWe'd won... -
The Don’s Virgin Possession 2: The Finale by Mesha Mesh
Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFollowing a revelation that shattered his entire world, Omari wrestles with the choice he has to make. Should he keep the woman who held his heart captive by his side or let her go for good?Juli, on the other hand, has been nothing but honest. Before her secret was revealed, she was as clueless as the Don. However, while she wants to continue to be with him, she won't force nor beg him to stay... -
Obsession by T.K. Leigh
Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne week. No names. No expectations.That was our agreement. We were supposed to walk away after our time in Hawaii was over. No matter what.That was before…Before I learned who she is.Before I realized how interconnected our lives are.Before I fell in love.But our love isn’t the stuff fairy tales are made of.Demons lurk around every corner.Good doesn’t necessarily prevail over evil...Categorized as:
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Nick by Jenna Myles
The night I met Bree, she was beaten and broken. I saw her pain and fear, but I also saw her strength. I was drawn to her right from the start. But her sister’s in love with my brother. We all live in the same building, and I was very expressly warned to keep my hands to myself. In other words, Cara told me she’d cut off my balls if I went there... -
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Neglected Consequences by L. Ann
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWe’ve been through it all.Childhood trauma, kidnapping, scandals, suicide, drugs, and breakups. We came out the other side.Stable relationships, multi-platinum albums, sold-out tours. We thought we’d suffered enough.The universe thought otherwise...Categorized as:
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A Divided Heart by Alessandra Torre
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCan you love two men at once? Is there any future in that?Brant loves me fiercely.A brilliant billionaire who has owned my heart for four years, he keeps proposing, and I keep turning him down.I can’t marry him, not with all of the secrets between us.Lee uses me wildly.As grouchy as he is cocky, he's interested in getting me into his bed and little more...Categorized as:
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Bound by Aleatha Romig
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWith more revealed, what does that mean for the future? From New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes a brand-new dark romance trilogy bringing us back to the same dangerous underworld as WEB OF SIN. You do not need to read the Web of Sin trilogy to get caught in this new and intriguing saga, Tangled Web... -
Erik's Refuge by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe choice is simple…surrender or perish.In the blink of an eye, he became her everything. Her hero. Her savior. Her whole world. Hannah and Erik are finally building the future she’s longed for…but it doesn’t include a family. Erik’s already felt the pain of losing a child before he even experienced the joy of holding them in his arms. It’s not something he’ll risk again...Categorized as:
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The Marriage Auction: Season One, Volume Four by Audrey Carlan, Samantha Brentmoor
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Audrey Carlan, discover The Marriage Auction: Season One, Volume FourWhat would you do for three million dollars?Four young women enter into a clandestine auction to be married to the highest bidders. For no less than a million dollars a year, for three years, each woman will do what it takes to secure her future... -
Javier by Fiona Murphy
The Castillo Family: Follow Rafael, Matteo, Javier and their nephew Santos a billionaire family they made their fortune in the construction business. When it comes to building relationships all their money can't help them when it comes to women who want what money can't buy.Javier Castillo might be a gorgeous, brilliant billionaire—but he's also a massive a$$hole... -
Wind Dancer by K.C. Luck
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf the lights go out forever, can love survive?Darkness still prevails throughout the world but in Astoria, Chief of Police Taylor Barnes has everything under control. There is only one more thing she wants to do—marry the always challenging Jackie Scott... -
Lynx by Harley Wylde
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMeredith -- I screwed up. Big time. My dad and his club asked me to leave. I know it wasn’t supposed to be forever, but how can I return until I feel I’ve made something of myself? I thought I was on the right path, going from hot mess to mature adult. Then I did something stupid. Now I don’t know what to do... -
Tangled Promise by Ella Miles
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI can’t keep my promises. I’ve made too many, to too many people. All the promises have tangled into a web of sin and truths. But there is one thing I’m certain of…I have to end this—us. This is Book 4 in the Sinful Truths series... -
Fallen Love by Ella Miles
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI’ve fallen in love, then out. In… Out… Now, I’m more confused than ever. I always thought falling in love would be easy. It would feel right when I fell for the right woman. With Siren, does it feel so right, yet so wrong? This is Book 5 in the Sinful Truths series... -
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Broken Anchor by Ella Miles
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI’m broken. He’s broken. We are broken. But sometimes you have to shatter to pick up the pieces. To start over. To overcome our enemies. And find out if we can love again. He’s my anchor, but can our love be repaired? This is the final book in the Sinful Truths series... -
Until Then by Emily Klepp, Jade Katzchen
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe one thing my pen pal and I have in common is imprisonment. While his is literal, I am bound in the chains of my abusive partner. While he is locked behind bars, he gives me a glimpse of the love I have been looking for my entire life. When my world starts to come down around me we both gain our freedom, allowing us to face our demons together...Categorized as:
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Always Alchemy (Alchemy) by Elodie Hart
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAlways Alchemy is a full-length book featuring a variety of extended epilogues for the following couples and their Rafe and BelleZach and MaddyAnton and GenCal and AidaDex, Max and DarcyAdam and NatYou can expect fun, spice (obviously), glamour and ALL the...Categorized as:
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The Arrangement by K.C. Crowne
He's nearly twice my age.He may have k*lled my ex-boyfriend.And his scandalous offer leaves me speechless. An intimidating Russian mobster arrives at my door...Demanding settlement for debt my horrible ex left in my name.Maksim, with his piercing dark eyes, sparks a fire within me.He proposes the repay him with my body. I refuse instantly—yet the proposal lingers, haunting my restless nights... -
Bared Betrayal: Special Edition by Bella J
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI have a huge diamond ring on my finger, something that shows the world I’m spoken for. To me, it’s a reminder of a secret I can’t take with me when I walk down the aisle.My new fiancée just became an overnight sensation on the Hollywood scene, and we went from quiet dinners to champagne towers and caviar croquettes with A-listers... -
Green Envy by Aleatha Romig
“Nothing is enough to the man for whom enough is too little.” ~ EpicurusAt what age did I begin to question everything? As far back as I, Donavan Sherman, can recall, I saw the world, not through the rose-colored glasses of others—those spectacles worn by the individuals who see what surrounds them and are satisfied—but through vision hued by green... -
Forbidden Love by Stella Gray
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI chose to become a Bellanti… but no one walks away from the Bruno family.My life was planned for me, down to the smallest detail.I was to be a gift for a man loyal to my uncle, a pretty little prize.When I ran away, I did it for love.I should have known my uncle would never allow it.They say all’s fair in love and war, but sometimes they’re the same thing.And nothing about this is fair...Categorized as:
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Stolen Hearts by Barbi Cox
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHe obliterated my heart. Now he's back for a second chance to reclaim me as his own.He was my dream date who crushed my hopes, taking my affection only to vanish from my life.A decade passed before fate thrust him back into my world. Now he vows to never let me go.His sensual caress melts my defenses. His kiss feels like salvation...Categorized as:
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Possessing Bella by Penelope Wylde
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsValerian:Darkness and pain is all I have ever known.I wear the scars on my body to prove my claim.I'm an empty shell with no soul or heart.I spend my days in the murky shadows where sin is the only constant.I wait for death to claim me.But he's not coming today.Not when I see the light of heaven in her emerald eyes.Shields break from around my soul and light comes in.I’ll be her protector...Categorized as:
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House of Heathens: The Complete Trilogy by Alta Hensley
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA villain is made.A monster is hidden.A viper who is forbidden.Together, they are the Gods Among Men.Welcome to the House of Heathens.Within these walls, you are captive to a world of decadence and sin.Where dangerous secrets hide in the shadows.And a family tree with roots so twisted, they bind and strangle each unlucky generation...Categorized as:
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Final Vendetta by T.K. Leigh
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor five years, vengeance fueled me, keeping me alive through the darkness. Every move I made was calculated, every step bringing me closer to the justice stolen from me.But I didn’t see the cost — not until it was too late.My actions have put Imogene’s life in danger. The man I used to be can’t save her. The monster I became might destroy us both... -
Beneficial Misfortune: The Lawson Legacy by Sara Hinds
6 months ago, I started over.Living alone in a huge city is better than being stuck in a small town where everyone knows your ex cheated on you.Here, nobody knows who I am except the kids I teach, and I much prefer it this way.Until a well-dressed man changes everything...Categorized as:
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Crown of Bliss: A Billionaire Mafia Romance by B. B. Hamel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHis obsession. Her salvation.At my lowest, I accept an unimaginable clean up a murder scene to earn one-hundred-grand.Problem is, my employer doesn’t plan on letting me survive the night.That’s when I meet Lanzo Torrent. He’s gorgeous, chaotic, frustrating, and my only salvation. He says he can save my life, but I have to trust him first.Lanzo drags me into his war...Categorized as:
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Jaded Devil by Nicole Fox
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI’LL SHOW HER WHAT A DEVIL DOES WHEN AN ANGEL FALLS INTO HIS LAP.I met her the day I killed her father.She stood there, soaked in his blood, and swore she’d make me pay when the time was right.Twenty years later, that day has come.She’s beautiful now.A dark temptation I never expected.But Renata Lombardi is in far over her head.Because she thinks this is a game of kill or be killed.She’s wrong... -
Survive for Me by Ember Nicole
Jersey wasted no time in sacrificing himself, thinking that it was the necessary step to save the lives of the only two people left in the world for whom he cared. But death wasn’t what he got in exchange for that sacrifice. Death would’ve been a relief... -
Sins and Secrets by Kira Cole
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDesperation sends me to the auction where the only thing I have to sell…is myself.The Marchetti Mafia runs this town. My dad has been under their thumb for years as the Boss’s personal consigliere. After facing death multiple times he’s now hanging on by a mere thread and I worry the next injury will be his last. They always say once you join the family you’re in it for life...Categorized as:
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The Blood of Black Oak by Monique Edenwood
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI watch the blood as it seeps from him, pooling like crimson flame around his neck, trickling in rivulets of liquid fire onto the dense body below.The body I've touched. I've held. I've kissed. I've felt wrapped around me for so long, holding me possessively, protecting me from those who wanted me lost...Categorized as:
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LOVE + OTHER LIES by Donna Alam
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsUntil death do us part. This is my solemn vow.The ink has barely dried on my divorce papers when my path crosses Niko’s again.My brother’s best friend is still sin in a suit, mysterious, and oh-so charming,But we have a history, the once bitten twice shy kind of connection.Not that it stops him becoming my rebound.Or so goes the plan.He's not the man he was before...Categorized as:
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Daddy's Orders by K.C. Crowne
I knew he wanted to punish me for my father’s dealings…I just never expected to enjoy it.A dark past hardened me, scarred me,Making it difficult to give a d*mn about relationships.Then comes along Emily.Fifteen years younger.The innocent virgin and daughter of the man I despise.She's twenty-three and drop dead fu*king gorgeous.My trousers tighten the moment we meet...Categorized as:
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Sold to the Titan by Cassi Hart
Aria All I’ve ever wanted is to walk the runway, though I’d settle for just being able to pay my rent. But when a modeling gig turns into something much worse, I find myself on a different kind of stage—and suddenly my virginity is for sale to the highest bidder.I’m surrounded by men who would harm me, but when I spot his ocean-blue eyes through the crowd I somehow feel…calm... -
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Twisted Crown: a dark mafia arranged marriage romance by Alexa Michaels
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe gambled with kings to save her cousin. Now, there’s no way out.PenelopeAn impromptu trip to visit my relatives reveals an unexpected—and unpleasant—surprise. My baby cousin, the sweetest creature to ever walk this Earth, is getting married. It’s not a love match. She’s never even met the man!I expected my visit to be chaotic... -
Luck of the Devil by Marie James
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI’m good enough to protect her. I’m good enough to die for her. But, I’m not good enough to touch her? I may be the Vice President of the Ravens Ruin MC, but her brother, the President, has given all of us orders that she’s off-limits. It’s for the best, really... -
The Catacombs by Penelope Sky
This man is the only thing that keeps me safe.The only thing that makes life worth living.But I know he's coming...I know he's out there.And until Benton kills him, he'll never really be gone... -
Greed by Eva Charles
An arranged marriage, warring families, a criminal enterprise, a ruthless antihero, and a heroine with a secret so devastating it could topple an empire. Dark Temptations—where a dangerous billionaire and a young heiress play a high-stakes game of love and lust. Wealth, power, and greed. A modern-day, steamy, romantic suspense series... -
Nash by Kelly Finley
A sexy-as-sin, standalone ex-mafia romance about a secret society of brothers, Bratva princes, who escaped hell, but now each must find his queen, no matter how forbidden she may be.The Belles & Bratva Beasts Seven kings bound to seven queens; this is our tradition. A second king for each queen, each wife, should the first husband die protecting her; this is our vow...Categorized as:
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Angel's Promise by Aleatha Romig
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEverett Ramses came into my life like a hurricane on a dark New Orleans night. With a deep voice and penetrating gaze, his mere presence tingled my nerves and twisted my insides much like the city’s legendary stories of spirits and ghosts. As the ruler of New Orleans, Everett Ramses lives life hard and takes what he wants without apology.He wants me to be his queen...Categorized as:
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The Break by Shayla Black, Jenna Jacob
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOne woman. Two Rivals. Countless secrets…Raine Kendall has everything a woman could want—almost... -
Dark Seduction: An Age Gap, Office Romance by K.C. Crowne
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWhat’s more humiliating than the walk of shame?Walking into your new job…Locking eyes with the dominating stranger.And realizing he’s your boss.Lev Ivanov.Dark. Commanding.The most irresistible silver fox I've ever seen.After rescuing me from a sketchy situation,He didn’t just suggest dinner— he demanded it. Curiosity won over caution, and that night became the most passionate of my life...Categorized as:
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Twisted Obsession by Dani René
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsComing soon from USA Today bestselling author, Dani René, is a steamy arranged marriage, mafia romance that crosses the line between obsession and love.Obsession. It’s a sickness she brought upon me. And I’m about to make her pay. I shouldn’t bring her into my world. But it was my father’s wish, it was the ultimate revenge on our enemies. A poised, pristine princess, too pure for this life...Categorized as:
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The CEO of Cristo by Sophie Lark
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI Lost The Love Of My Life…My best friend betrayed me.He stole my company and my freedom.I might have forgiven that. But there’s one thing I’ll never forgive. He ripped my love from my arms and wrapped her up in his.He sent me to Hell. Now I’m back. For her, and for my revenge… “The CEO of Cristo ” is a Secret Baby Billionaire Romance, inspired by Alexandre Dumas’ “The Count of Monte Cristo”... -
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Conor Thames 2 by R.J. Lewis
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCharlotte Miles waited. For eight long years she clung faithfully to Conor Thames, longing for his release. But rehabilitation doesn't come easy, and when Conor is finally released, he is not the same man he used to be. With love and determination, Charlotte battles to reclaim the man she loves and knows still lives inside him.For years Conor Thames lived in hell... -
THE TEST: Secret Society Dark Romance by Elena Monroe
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI woke up to my roommate and best friend missing. In her place was a note on my bedside table that read: You can only find me with your eyes closed.No one thinks a note like that is meant for them. I knew it was meant for me, a clue, a way to seek Justice. Whoever left me that note was hoping I didn’t let my parent’s legacy die when they did... -
SINS of the Syndicate: The Debt by Lexxi James
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTia/I've done my best to avoid him.But when his dark eyes lock onto mine, this time,I know there's nowhere I can go. Nowhere I can hide.Nowhere he won't find me.He is Smoke. Head of the D'Angelos.Gorgeous and haunting. Brutal and ruthless.He rules Chicago, and I owe him a debt.And now…he owns me.Smoke/I should send her away…This beautiful, innocent girl that conjures the best and worst in me... -
Anger by Lily White
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFifth CircleAngerAlso Known as Damon CrossThere is darkness that surrounds this man.One fueled by his past and ignited by his presentHe knows what it means to lose, but he never stops fightingHe wears his heart on his sleeveBut exists within nightmaresHe is shrouded in the name the Inferno gave him.Angry.Feral.Wild and CarelessDamon is an unpredictable storm without rhyme or reason... -
Scotch by Mhairi O'Reilly
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAshby ‘Scotch’ Feilding returned from the military not feeling like a hero, but as a man fractured by the horrors he witnessed, a shadow of the man he once was. Unable to fit into the normalcy of ordinary life, he finds solace in the roar of engines and the brotherhood of The Devil’s House MC, serving as their tech wizard... -
Nikolai: Through The Devil's Eyes by Shandi Boyes
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNikolai Popov was raised in a criminal entity that’s as bigoted as it is violent. A byproduct of a woman pushed to the brink, he’s lived a hard and fast life that often sees him facing a line-up, yet he's not spent one night behind bars.After a confrontation with a known enemy, Nikolai stumbles upon an angel precariously balancing on the balustrade between good and evil...
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