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  • Broken Love Story by Natasha Madison

    Broken Love Story by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    When one man’s death exposes a complex web of lies, three couples discover the true meaning of love, loss and redemption.Samantha I had the perfect life; a husband who loved me, and two kids who were my world. Until someone else answered his phone and my perfect life shattered. When he died, I was left with answers he couldn't give me and a box full of lies. He left me broken...
  • Something Nice by Tiffany Reisz

    Something Nice by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    It's July, a couple months after Nora returns to Søren at the end of THE SIREN, and while in bed, Søren makes a trade with Nora. He'll do something nice for her and she'll do something nice for him. Of course Nora picks something sexual. But Søren surprises her with his "something nice" request. Read the excerpt below to find out what it is.This story if for mailing list subscribers only...
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  • Something in the Way: A Love Saga by Jessica Hawkins

    Something in the Way: A Love Saga by Jessica Hawkins

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    "A tale of forbidden love in epic proportion...Brilliant"— New York Times Bestselling Author Corinne MichaelsIt was a hot summer day when I met him on the construction site next to my parents' house. Under the sweat and dirt, Manning Sutter was as handsome as the sun was bright. He was older, darker, experienced. I had never even been kissed...
  • Protect Me by Lacey Black

    Protect Me by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nate Stevens loves three things: Work, Family, Women. In that order. Having absolutely no desire to follow in three of his siblings’ footsteps by settling down, Nate lives for his work as a firefighter. That’s why his chance meeting with Lia leaves him unsettled like never before. There’s just something about the beautifully shy and reserved woman that he can’t walk away from. Run. Hide...
  • Craving Lucy by Terri Anne Browning

    Craving Lucy by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    USA Today Bestselling Author Terri Anne Browning’s New Adult series. One kiss can change everything… I wished I’d known that before I’d kissed my best friend. Things are different now. We can’t go back. I’m not even sure I want to go back. I guess the question is…...
  • Taming His Bride by MINK

    Taming His Bride by MINK

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’ve been chasing stories from the first moment I could ask questions. When I started my own investigative blog, I pulled stories straight from the headlines and dove deeper to discover the truth behind the circumstances. None more so than in the case of the missing mafia prince, the very first investigation I undertook from the warmth and safety of my teenage bedroom...
  • Free Fall by Abigail Davies

    Free Fall by Abigail Davies

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    We were never meant to meet; our paths shouldn’t have crossed. And yet they did. As an undercover DEA agent, I always thought things through. I didn’t take chances, because I knew one misstep could have disastrous consequences. Until I met her. The little sister of my next target. Lola was a feisty young woman trying to claw her way out of a bad neighborhood...
  • Forever Mine by Hope Ford

    Forever Mine by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A billionaire married man that guards his heart.A wife with one foot out the door.Together, in a second chance romance. I’m completely in love with my husband. And he takes care of my needs...as long as they’re financial or physical. Anything more is too much to ask. I know that while I might have his name, I don’t have his heart.It’s almost like he keeps me in a very specific WIFE...
  • No Turning Back by Kaylea Cross

    No Turning Back by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    CIA communications expert Samarra Wallace is on the run from a faceless enemy when she learns terrorists have kidnapped and threatened to execute her cousin. She will do whatever it takes to free her, including breaking cover to contact the former teammate she is dangerously attracted to. Now all she has to do is convince him she's not working for the bad guys...
  • Daimon by Jessica Ames

    Daimon by Jessica Ames

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    DaimonAs Treasurer of the Untamed Sons MC, I don't have time to deal with a bratty kid. Briella is nineteen. I'm thirty-one. I'm too old for her tantrums, but I'm sure there's something more to her acting out than a late teenage rebellion. When I look in her eyes, I see her demons glaring back at me, and I want to know who put them there...
  • Confessions of a Litigation God by Sawyer Bennett

    Confessions of a Litigation God by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    WARNING, LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND ASSUMPTION OF THE RISK from Matt Connover, Litigation God: Please do not attempt to read my story in public, as my sexual proclivities have been known to cause squirming in your seat, squeezing of your legs together and unintentional moaning, sometimes with spontaneous bursts of laughter at random moments...
  • Tempting The Biker by Glenna Maynard

    Tempting The Biker by Glenna Maynard

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's married and twice my age, but I can't walk away.Murder-We were never supposed to happen. Alexa’s my daughter’s best friend. I’m a married man. I’m too old for her, but stolen glances turn into more than either of us are prepared for. I’ve made promises I can’t keep. I’m the Prez of Royal Bastards MC. I’m not supposed to be tempted by her innocence...
  • Temptation Ridge: A Virgin River Novel by Robyn Carr

    Temptation Ridge: A Virgin River Novel by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Welcome back to Virgin River with the books that inspired the hit Netflix series… Shelby McIntyre has big plans—plans that include finding Mr. Right. Her dream man will have a clean-shaven jaw, creases in his pants and hopefully an advanced degree. What she gets is rugged Luke Riordan...
  • The Billionaire's Salvation ~ Max by J.S. Scott

    The Billionaire's Salvation ~ Max by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Billionaire Max Hamilton thought he was finally starting to find contentment, more than two years after losing his wife Mia in a tragic drowning accident. He'd been reunited with a sister he hadn’t realized existed. Finally he had family again, a reprieve from the pain and loneliness that had haunted him since his devastating loss...
  • Tank's Temptation (Diamond Kings MC) by Hope Ford

    Tank's Temptation (Diamond Kings MC) by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tank's TemptationEverything is bigger in Texas. The men, their bikes, their guns and even their hearts. On the biggest ranch in West Texas, you’ll find the Diamond Kings MC. A group of tough, growly bikers happy with their solitary existence. Until love walks in and challenges them to the ultimate test. It’s time for them to man up and accept their fate or they’ll lose their soulmates forever...
  • Wary Wolf by Naomi Porter

    Wary Wolf by Naomi Porter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rosa. My Mafia Princess.I promise always to protect you.Life has dealt me a raw deal since the day of my birth. I’ve experienced loss and death. Been alone and filled with hatred. If it weren’t for my MC brothers and club, I’d have nothing to live for.My orders are clear: take Rosa Remotti Morrison home to her family and return to the compound...
  • Ryker's Reward: A Curvy Girl Romance by Loni Nichole

    Ryker's Reward: A Curvy Girl Romance by Loni Nichole

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Keeping his curvy spitfire in line will be this grumpy CIA agent's hardest mission yet.RykerWhen I requested a secure room at the Silver Spoon Falls Inn, I didn't realize it came with sassy commentary from the desk clerk. Nor did I think I'd enjoy the thought of spanking that attitude right out of her. But here we are anyway. Sight unseen, I'm already hooked on Francesca...
  • The Devil's Playground by Eliza Freed

    The Devil's Playground by Eliza Freed

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Former U.S. Attorney, Meredith Walsh, took some time off to raise her children. But the time took away everything she once trusted about herself. She’s lost within the mundane confines of her children's schedules of lacrosse, soccer, Cub Scouts, and math facts...
  • With Kol by K.L. Donn

    With Kol by K.L. Donn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kol Daniels has spent years raising his sister after their parents passed away. Finally gaining the freedom to live his own life, he meets a girl… Who runs away. Thea Andrews only wants to be normal. She wants to drop the scars of her past and move forward. After finding a friendship with a woman who didn’t demand to know all her secrets, Thea feels comfort in her surroundings...
  • Lie to Me by Angela Verdenius

    Lie to Me by Angela Verdenius

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ryder Montague and Dee Miller have been striking sparks off each other for years. They’ve blown hot and cold, argued, laughed, and clashed. Half the townsfolk wonder if they’ll kill each other, the other half if it will turn to romance...
  • Collateral Damage by Natasha Knight

    Collateral Damage by Natasha Knight

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    GabrielaStefan Sabbioni showed up uninvited in my bedroom on my birthday. He stood in the shadows smelling of whiskey and death and wrapped a broken, blood-crusted necklace around my neck. I thought he’d strangle me with it.That night, he left a message for my father. He said he’d be back to take something precious. I never delivered that message, though...
  • If You Were Mine by Bella Andre

    If You Were Mine by Bella Andre

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Can two people who have both sworn off love find forever in each other's arms? Find out in IF YOU WERE MINE, the fifth book in Bella Andre’s bestselling Sullivan family contemporary romance series. The last thing Zach Sullivan wants is to take care of his brother's new puppy for two weeks. Until he meets the dog trainer, that is...
  • Burned by Kaylea Cross

    Burned by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A woman with a dark past... Forced into hiding after her NSA-sanctioned task force lands on a terrorist cell’s hit list, cryptologist Zahra Gill must rely on the skill and experience of her ex-Special Ops Titanium Security teammates to keep her safe—including former Force Recon Marine Sean Dunphy...
  • Connelly's Flame by Aliyah Burke

    Connelly's Flame by Aliyah Burke

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dezarae Kerry had no time for men in her life. She was busy enough with her work, restoring old cars to their former glory. All that changed the wintry night she found a handsome Caucasian stranger along side the road and took him to her home. Ross Connelly didn’t know who he was. The beautiful curvaceous ebony woman who had undressed him and put him in her bed didn’t know who he was either...
  • Tiger Lily: Part Two by Amélie S. Duncan

    Tiger Lily: Part Two by Amélie S. Duncan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lily Salomé knows one thing: Jonas Crane is the lover she always dreamt of. Smart, powerful and sexy, both in and out of the bedroom. For the first time in a long time, things are looking up for Lily. With the city’s most eligible bachelor on her arm, life with Jonas might just live up to all it’s beautiful promise...
  • Tempting Sophia by Jessica Prince

    Tempting Sophia by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Having my heart broken once was enough to make me give up on the idea of love all together. Instead of searching for The One I decided to embrace variety and turn by back on monogamy. I made a living convincing women they didn’t need a man to feel complete. And I totally rocked at it...
  • Operation: Endeavor by Christi Snow

    Operation: Endeavor by Christi Snow

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Colton Robertson left his career in the Air Force… … to come home and help his family heal. Unfortunately, his reception was not quite what he’d hoped for and he ended up as roommate to hippy dippy yoga instructor Penelope Pruitt. Penelope has spent her life under the restrictive thumb of her parents and she doesn’t want to do the same with the straight-laced, serious Colton...
  • The Hitman by Jordan Silver

    The Hitman by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Drake Cisco is a hit-man with an agenda. Ten years ago, his dad offed himself when he was accused wrongfully of stealing from the town's leading citizen. The fact that the black Drake was dating the man's white debutante daughter at the time had a lot to do with the way things went down, and once Drake figures this out, he's out for blood...
  • Stealing His Bride by MINK

    Stealing His Bride by MINK

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I can take care of myself. I always have. For that matter, I’ve also taken care of my best friends Aurora and Clover. Keeping them safe has landed me with a concussion after our car accident thanks to a wayward lynx.On top of that, I seem to have landed in a handsome man’s bed. Not just any man, Barrow attends to all my needs and never wants to leave my side...
  • Auctioned to the Mountain Man by Hope Ford

    Auctioned to the Mountain Man by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I like it on this mountain.It’s just me, nature and the moonshine stills.I don’t have to deal with the crap most people have to deal with.I answer to no one.And then one night in town changes everything.Maggie was going to be my one night stand,but there’s too many reasons why I couldn’t seal the deal.She’s my sister’s best friend.She’s too young for me.She’s my employee.And the list goes on...
  • UNTamed by Jaxson Kidman

    UNTamed by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I still am the dirty, poor girl… …with everyone staring right at me. Look. I took on ‘the Rulz’. Those who do that never get a happy ending in life. So why would I expect anything less? Secrets from my past come to the surface, and the last person I expect to see shows up. I have to question who is a friend, who is fake, and who is an enemy. I’m not rich...
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  • Devil's Deceit (Diamond Kings MC) by Nichole Rose

    Devil's Deceit (Diamond Kings MC) by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The devil might be a liar, but this undercover cop won't allow the truth to stand between him and his curvy soulmate.Creed "Devil" ThomasSix months ago, I traded my badge for a cut.My assignment is simple.Embed myself with the Diamond Kings and find a way to take down their rival, the Savages.And then Jessie Long waltzes in.Everything about her makes my blood boil...
  • Brother's Fireman Friend by Flora Ferrari

    Brother's Fireman Friend by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My brother’s best friend is one hot fireman, and the hottest older man this younger woman has ever seen. It’s the first time I’ve ever felt this way about anyone, but just as things heat up and I’m truly ready to give my first time to him, trouble from my past finds me, and this isn’t the first time either…and if I don’t keep running it won’t be the last...
  • A FILTHY Rock Star by Jaxson Kidman

    A FILTHY Rock Star by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The offer of a lifetime. Or maybe a nightmare... I’ve always wanted to be a writer and here’s my chance. My job is to spin every story about Nash into something good. If I do my job I’ll get a book deal. It should be easy... Yeah, Nash is nothing but d*ckhead lust with a pulse. Yeah, I may have had a couple dreams of him before I met him...
  • Can't Help Falling in Love by Bella Andre

    Can't Help Falling in Love by Bella Andre

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Get ready for another Sullivan bad boy to fall in love in the third book of Bella Andre's bestselling contemporary romance series! Gabe Sullivan risks his life every day as a firefighter in San Francisco. But after learning a brutal lesson about professional boundaries, he knows better than to risk his heart to his fire victims ever again...
  • Atlas by Shaw Hart

    Atlas by Shaw Hart

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Welcome to Eye Candy Ink... Meet Atlas Warner. He’s the newest and youngest member at the shop and a talented tattoo artist. Neglected by his parents his whole life, he’s finally found the family that he’s always wanted at Eye Candy Ink. He’s happy with his life. He’s got a great job and even better friends. He thinks he’s got everything that he needs...until Darcy walks into the shop...
  • Compromising by C.C. Brown

    Compromising by C.C. Brown

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The exciting conclusion to Alex and Cassie's story! Sgt. Alex Cruz took the risk of his life when he pursued and established a relationship with Pfc. Cassie Bennett. Their secret was blown wide-open by one life altering event, leaving their futures in jeopardy. Escaping the shadows of Marine Corps orders should have been a sigh of relief, but quickly turns into their biggest challenge yet...
  • Night Moves by Stephanie Tyler

    Night Moves by Stephanie Tyler

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Anything can happen under the cover of darkness. Kell Roberts has walked the thin line between life and death for so long that it now feels like home. He is a soldier, a survivor, and a loner. Still, Kell cannot turn his back on the beautiful woman caught in his firefight against the drug lords of Mexico...
  • The Beauty of Grace by Nicole Richard

    The Beauty of Grace by Nicole Richard

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    At age eighteen, Grace Bowman's life crumbled right in front of her. The man who held her heart—her forever—was gone, and her family ties were in tatters. As a result, she forged a steel wall round her heart and vowed never to let anyone get close again. Now, six years later, she has been given a chance to start fresh in Savannah, Georgia...
  • Love, Lies & the D.A. by Rebecca Rohman

    Love, Lies & the D.A. by Rebecca Rohman

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jada McLean is about to get married in nine days, when she walks in on her fiancé in a little more than a compromising position. Days later, she’s on a trip that she intends to be relaxing and a prelude to her fresh start, when she runs into the rude, obnoxious, but gorgeous Jonathan Kole. Jonathan Kole is San Francisco’s newest District Attorney...
  • Fall Semester by Stephanie Fournet

    Fall Semester by Stephanie Fournet

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Despite his stunning good looks, Dr. Malcolm Vashal is perhaps the most detested professor on campus. A floundering career and the aftershocks of a painful divorce have left the 34-year-old with more than a little self-loathing, which only grows when he meets Maren Gardner. The graduate student with the loyal heart and searching eyes is much too good for him...
  • Rocky by Nikita Slater, Jem Monday Publishing

    Rocky by Nikita Slater, Jem Monday Publishing

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Hell’s Jury MC romance novel by USA Today Bestselling Author Nikita Slater.Jess… I have no place to call home until him.With a father in prison and my brother dead, I’m on my way to Reno to give Dutch’s cut back to his MC. Unfortunately, an unplanned act of kindness sends my life spinning out of control.Now I’m caught between the Hell’s Jury MC and their rivals, and I don’t know who to trust...
  • Tempting my Stepbrother by Cassi Hart

    Tempting my Stepbrother by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    MollyFor the past ten years, Molly has pined for her stepbrother, Aaron. Despite the distance separating them, the two have formed an unshakable friendship, but Molly is tired of making due with only phone calls and text messages. Now, Aaron is back, and he isn’t the angry teen she remembers. He’s a billionaire tech mogul with a possessive streak, and he’s got his eyes set on his stepsister...
  • The Boss's Possession by Sam Crescent

    The Boss's Possession by Sam Crescent

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Carson always gets what he wants. His days of living on the streets, begging for food and money, are over. He rose up to become … the Boss. The king. This city is his and no one takes anything from him.The moment he meets sweet Willow Kaye, Carson knows he has to have her. He wants to possess her and will do everything in his power to do exactly that. There is only one problem, her grandmother...
  • Claimed By The Possessive Fireman by Flora Ferrari

    Claimed By The Possessive Fireman by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The intense, handsome six foot seven fireman saves me from the burning theater where I’m rehearsing for an amateur production. He strides into my life and throws me over his shoulder, but little do I guess that the heat is just about to begin.This older possessive silver fox has no problem claiming what’s his. He knows what he wants and how to take it...
  • His Curvy Temptation by Jenna Cook

    His Curvy Temptation by Jenna Cook

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's off limits.But for her, I'm ready to break all the rules.Reckless. Rough. Ruled by my impulses.That's the man I used to be.I've spent the last ten years rebuilding myself.Becoming a man who follows the law.Obeys the rules. Respects the limits.But then she walks into my office.Soaking wet, wide-eyed, and afraid.Temptation on a silver platter.Putty in my hands...
  • Best Friend's Brother by Flora Ferrari

    Best Friend's Brother by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My best friend’s brother wants a baby …with me. This older man tells this younger woman he knew everything changed when he saw me as a woman for the first time at my eighteenth birthday party. And now this law enforcement officer wants to see me as the mother of his baby. The first time he tells me I’m shocked...
  • Big Brawny Mechanic by Cassi Hart

    Big Brawny Mechanic by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All my life I’ve come to expect lemons.  Lemon foster parents, lemon schools, lemon relationships, and now the car I spent my life savings on is indeed a lemon.I am stranded on the side of the road when my best friend sends someone to save me. He is big, rough, tattooed, and everything I have ever wanted in a man...
  • Rescued by the SEAL by Fiona Davenport

    Rescued by the SEAL by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Huntley Reed was convinced that military relationships were doomed to fail. He’d seen too many marriages go down in flames to think he could make one work. But he didn’t feel as though he was missing out until he met Cora Davis.Huntley tried to stay away from the gorgeous bank teller, but he could only stay away for so long...
  • Ear Candy by Cassie Mint

    Ear Candy by Cassie Mint

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Here’s a secret I’ll never confess: I listen to my boss’s voice in bed every night. No, he’s not with me under the covers. That would be too freaking delicious, and he’d never want me like that.The truth is, it’s a habit. One I started months ago, long before I began working for the famous narrator. I didn’t even realize the job was with him until my first day–and by then, I couldn’t turn back...
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