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  • I'll Remember You by Sable Hunter

    I'll Remember You by Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Aron and Libby McCoy became husband and wife. No woman could desire a more perfect love. But tragedy struck... while diving on their honeymoon, Aron does not come up from beneath the blue waters off the Cayman Islands. A massive rescue mission is launched, but the only clues found were his wedding ring and later a shredded wet suit covered in blood. The McCoy family is devastated...
  • I'll See You in My Dreams by Sable Hunter

    I'll See You in My Dreams by Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Zane Saucier is handsome, brilliant, powerful, a practicing cowboy and a successful attorney, but he cannot see. Presley Love is smart, intrepid, and attractive, but she wants not to be seen. Through legal battles, family affairs, and a fight to make it in the world, these two unlikely partners discover a true love greater than any obstacle...
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  • Hot Rebel by Lynn Raye Harris

    Hot Rebel by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A rebel on the run… Victoria Royal is a traitor. Or so the U.S. government believes. Victoria was once a promising sniper in the Army, but now she’s gone rogue—worse, she’s just landed in the middle of a Hostile Operations Team mission in the desert and blasted it all to hell. Nick “Brandy” Brandon doesn’t expect to run into Victoria when he’s bugging out from a mission gone wrong...
  • Wolfsbane by Ronie Kendig

    Wolfsbane by Ronie Kendig

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A 2012 Christy Award Winner.   Embark upon a danger-laden mission within the pages of Ronie Kendig’s riveting Wolfsbane . Demolitions expert Danielle Roark thought escaping from a brutal Venezuelan general was a challenge. Now she’s charged with espionage and returned to the jungle where a new nightmare begins...
  • Derek by LeAnn Ashers

    Derek by LeAnn Ashers

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    BrittanyHe watched me from afar for over a year.Everywhere I went, he was there. His eyes on me.Little by little, he got closer. He stalked his prey…and that prey was me.But I wanted to be caught.I wanted to be his.I wanted him just as much as he wanted me.So I gave into him.I was his.DerekShe was mine.She had been from the second her eyes connected with mine from across the room.I waited...
  • Unsanctioned by Kaylea Cross

    Unsanctioned by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Star-crossed lovers…Driven by her traumatic past, Nadia Bishop has dedicated her life to helping children orphaned by war around the globe. She won’t let anything stand in her way—not even the sexy former soldier she left back in the U.S...
  • Love's Trusting by Maryann Jordan

    Love's Trusting by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ***Due to language that some will consider crude and sexual scenes of an explicit nature, readers need to be 18+ *** When trust is broken by loss and grief, can it ever be repaired? High school sweethearts and young lovers, Brad and Suzy had vowed to stay together forever. “I’ll always be here for you. Trust me,” Brad promised but loss separated the young lovers...
  • Beast by C.M. Steele

    Beast by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A witness to a crime, Mary Stark lands herself in Steeleville, under the care and protection of DA William “Beast” Brandon and the Steele Riders. Unbeknownst to her, she’ll be living with Beast until the trial. She’s been warned of his gruff and surly behavior when it comes to people invading his home and messing it up, but accidents happen...
  • Finding Hart by Ella Fox

    Finding Hart by Ella Fox

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    There is one person in the world that Spencer Cross can't live without and that's his wife, Delilah Hart Cross. With their baby on the way, life has never been sweeter. Dillon Cooper finally had Dominique Hart back in his arms and he has no intention of letting her go. Happy for the first time in years, Dillon knows that things can only get better...
  • The Winning Hand by Nora Roberts

    The Winning Hand by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 24 ratings
    "Did you say I won almost two million dollars?" Running away from her former life and her controlling fiance, Darcy Wallace was down to her last ten dollars. And in the bright lights of a Las Vegas casino, Darcy gambled and won! Suddenly the small-town girl was big news - and in need of protection...
  • Now You Die by Roxanne St. Claire

    Now You Die by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Former Bullet Catcher and lone wolf investigator Jack Culver is on a mission. Thirty years ago, an innocent woman was convicted of murder. Jack believes he's found the real killer -- but to take down one of the highest legal authorities in the land, he needs access. Serious access...
  • Dangerous Proximity by Jemma Westbrook, Janice M. Whiteaker

    Dangerous Proximity by Jemma Westbrook, Janice M. Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tyson is ready to settle down. Has been for as long as he can remember.But bringing someone close is a risk he’s not willing to take.When he crosses paths with a familiar face, Tyson knows he should steer clear of the stunning nurse he’s never forgotten. Let her go on with her life, safely away from Alaskan Security and the never-ending string of men willing to do anything to take it down...
  • Blade by C.M. Steele

    Blade by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Anthony “Blade” Santini wants a slice of Jules Walker the second he sees the beauty at Penny’s Bakery. Still, with the world of trouble following the Steele Riders, he knows it’s not safe for her. As much as he’d love to be selfish and seal her fate as his, he refuses to put her in danger...
  • Captured by the Mob by C.M. Steele

    Captured by the Mob by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Nero: As the Underboss and enforcer for the Bianchi Family, I've got my hands full. When dealing with my enemies, I'm quick, efficient, and I never slip up. That's until one beauty accidentally gets in the way, seeing more than she should. I can't let her go, and I can't end her, so I do the only thing I can...I take her captive. Mariana: I thought my day couldn't get any worse...
  • Ronin: Lost Valkyries MC by Esther E. Schmidt

    Ronin: Lost Valkyries MC by Esther E. Schmidt

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Anouk - He's a killer who took me with him. Although he was sweet, tender, and yet so very dominating a moment ago; that's all insignificant now. Ronin - I answer to no one. As the Prez of Lost Valkyries MC, people answer to me, not the other way around...
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    suspense  virgin heroine  contemporary
  • Embraced by E.C. Land

    Embraced by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pleasure is what I enjoy the most. I can have anything in the world that I want, as many men with power do, but with power comes great responsibility.I'm to do as I'm told if I want to keep my life the way I like it, so a contract was presented to me . . . but not any type of contract--a proposal...
  • Angelique by Sergeanne Golon

    Angelique by Sergeanne Golon

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The story begins in 1648 during a time of insurrection, terror and revolt in a divided France. Angélique de Sance de Monteloup, a vibrant twelve-year-old tomboy, is the daughter of a simple nobleman impoverished by taxes and other burdens...
  • Beckham by Olivia T. Turner

    Beckham by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I've always been known as a cold calculating killer.Feared by everyone who crossed my path.With good reason.There's been a lot of blood over the years and not a lot of love.But when I see her... everything changes.Her warm smile thaws my cold heart.Her soothing touch calms my rage.My killing days are over.At least, I think they are..
  • Her Forever Hero by Melody Anne

    Her Forever Hero by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Growing up in a big adoptive family, gorgeous small-town attorney Cam has always had a life rich with love. But the one thing he’s missing is the perfect woman to grow old and raise a family with—and send sparks flying on those cold Montana nights! Still, Cam knows if it wasn’t for his caring parents and brothers, he wouldn’t be where he is today, so he tries to pay it forward whenever he can...
  • Collide by Megan O'Brien

    Collide by Megan O'Brien

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    After years working for Talon Security, Sarah Scott has settled into her life in Los Angeles. Her friendships are growing stronger, and that spark with a certain former SEAL... well, it just might be worth exploring. That is, until her ugly past becomes her present and Sarah sees no other choice but to disappear. Letting her go isn't an option...
  • Love Above Law by Sandy Alvarez, Crystal Daniels

    Love Above Law by Sandy Alvarez, Crystal Daniels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Agent Lex Taylor My assignment—take down human and drug trafficker Miguel Santino and rescue Leyna Martinez, the sister of an outlaw MC member. One look. That's all it took. My center of gravity shifted, and I knew; she was going to be mine. I take down criminals; the rats of society. I eat, sleep and breathe the law, but I'm willing to risk it all—my badge and my life to protect her...
  • The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

    The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    A mesmerizing, moving, and elegantly written debut novel, The Language of Flowers beautifully weaves past and present, creating a vivid portrait of an unforgettable woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own troubled past...
  • I Can See You by Karen Rose

    I Can See You by Karen Rose

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 24 ratings
    "New York Times" bestselling author Karen Rose delivers her latest pulse-pounding suspense novel, where the line between the virtual world and everyday reality blurs when it comes to murder. Eve Wilson's face was once scarred by a vicious assault. Terrified and ashamed, she escaped to the online realm, where she could choose the face she allowed people to see...
  • The Proposition: A Prologue Novella by Amelia Wilde

    The Proposition: A Prologue Novella by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Retribution (verb): inflict hurt on someone for an injury or wrongVengeance. It runs through Mason Hill's veins. Except the person who walks through his office door isn't his enemy. It's the man's daughter.Charlotte Van Kempt tempts the worst part of him. He wants to use her.He forms a new plan for revenge...He'll take out every past hurt and dark memory on her sweet body...
  • Fractured Vows by Jessica Ames

    Fractured Vows by Jessica Ames

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sariah4 weeks, 28 days, 672 hours—that’s all I have left until my fate is sealed.I am promised to a monster. A man twice my age. He plans to keep me like a pretty doll, making me move to whatever whims he has.Trapped, all my choices are taken away apart from one.A handsome stranger. He tells me his name is Lucas and for one night I'm able to leave my cursed future behind...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  virgin heroine  contemporary  mafia
  • White Ribbon by Aleatha Romig

    White Ribbon by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Julia McGrath’s world is shaken.Seizing the opportunity to flee her commitments, obligations, and the lies she’s accepted for too long, Julia embarks on a quest for a new life. Replying to a job listing has her driving away from Chicago to the northern top of Wisconsin.A surprise snowstorm turns her world into a snow globe. Ice covered roads lead her into a snowbank...
  • Riptide by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

    Riptide by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    There’s nothing he wouldn’t do to save her. Now he’s about to prove it… RiptideIt only took one look to know I was a goner.I’d never be able to forget the sweet smile and sinful curves I’d only glimpsed before she’d been ripped away.The girl in the desert was a prisoner, and I was going to set her free.All it would take was infiltrating a dangerous cult...
  • Enrico by C.M. Steele

    Enrico by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    EnricoShe wasn’t supposed to be on my radar. Another woman who was caught up in the traffickers’ sights, but one look at January and I’d become as lost as Dario and Alessio before me. I had no choice but to hunt her down and make her mine, even if that meant doing some illegal things. Nothing new to me anyway.JanuaryThe brute...
  • Annihilate Me Vol. 4 by Christina Ross

    Annihilate Me Vol. 4 by Christina Ross

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Book Four in the best-selling Annihilate Me Series! You must read the first, second and third volumes before reading Book Four. Each book is a full-length, 50,000-word novel...
  • Marked by Him by S.R. Jones

    Marked by Him by S.R. Jones

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His ink on my skin. His ring on my finger. His protection for life. My heart as payment. Nikolai: She came to my territory to spy on me. No one does that and lives. But this girl, she’s a rare beauty, beyond any I’ve seen. I want her under me, not under the ground. She’s a temptation I have to conquer, and so I make her an offer. My mark, on her skin...
  • Risky Game by Tracy Solheim

    Risky Game by Tracy Solheim

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In the next sizzling sports romance from the author of Foolish Games, Brody is at the top of his game… until Shannon changes the rules. Baltimore Blaze tight end Brody Janik is a natural-born football star. At twenty-seven, his record-breaking athletic performance and his cover-boy good looks have turned him into a household name...
  • Ride the Tide by Julie Ann Walker

    Ride the Tide by Julie Ann Walker

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Brand new hot romantic suspense from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julie Ann WalkerWeary of being a fighting man, and burned by a bad divorce, former SEAL Mason "Monet" McCarthy is tight-lipped and self-contained. Unfortunately, he can't avoid Alexis Merriweather when she joins him and his business partners in the hunt for the Santa Cristina...
  • Red by Erica Spindler

    Red by Erica Spindler

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They defied the odds and found red hot fame.Becky Lynn Lee was a nobody. Everybody told her so--the ladies who snubbed her at Opal's Cut 'n Curl, the boys who hurt her and used her, the family who didn't want her. But Becky Lynn had dreams. And when it came time to dream for real--or die a slow death in Bend, Mississippi--Becky fled to a world where dreams do come true...
  • A Just Deception by Adrienne Giordano

    A Just Deception by Adrienne Giordano

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The protector: Peter Jessup, former Navy SEAL, currently employed by Taylor Security. He likes being the hero--in charge and in control. His client: Lawyer Isabelle DeRosa. The sexy brunette is the personification of Peter's fantasies. She's willing to get physical but nothing more serious...
  • Unchained Melody by Sable Hunter

    Unchained Melody by Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sparks fly when Annalise walks thru the door of Ethan Stewart's Bed & Breakfast, turning his life upside down ... again. Six years ago she had simply vanished into thin air after eight short days of earth-shattering passion. Ethan had searched desperately for her, but never found Lise...
    Categorized as:
    virgin heroine  suspense  contemporary
  • Buried Sins by Karice Bolton

    Buried Sins by Karice Bolton

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fletcher Security Systems has become one of the largest firms of its type in the world. Luke has mastered how to protect everyone else at all cost without dealing with his own demons. Or so he thinks. When one of Luke’s top men is captured, he realizes the people who murdered his parents are sending a message loud and clear. He is next...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  virgin heroine  contemporary
  • 11 by Kylie Brant

    11 by Kylie Brant

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Eleven. For three long years that’s what she was called by The Collector, the sexual sadist who enslaved her. Mia Deleon fought the odds and escaped only to discover that no one would believe her about the ordeal she’d endured. Not the police. Not her family or friends. Even the investigators she hired couldn’t find a trace of the sexual predator...
  • Song of the Waves by Anne Hampson

    Song of the Waves by Anne Hampson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    To her fellow passengers on the luxury cruise, Wendy Brown appeared to have everything going for her. She was young, beautiful, wealthy and fun-loving. They'd have been shocked if they'd known Wendy's secret. But she had vowed to tell no one what had changed her life...
  • Task Force Bride by Julie Miller

    Task Force Bride by Julie Miller

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR JULIE MILLER'S THE PRECINCT: TASK FORCE SERIES HEATS UP WHEN A PLAIN JANE AND AN EXPERIENCED COP POSE AS AN ENGAGED COUPLE. Something about Hope Lockhart fascinated Officer Pike Taylor. The cop and his canine companion had been patrolling the neighborhood around Hope's bridal shop for months, trying to capture the criminal who targeted her...
  • Rider: A Shy Girl/Protective Alpha Romance by Cameron Hart

    Rider: A Shy Girl/Protective Alpha Romance by Cameron Hart

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sutton is like a delicate wildflower sprouting up between cracks in the cement. She’s beautiful, unexpected, and life-giving, especially after spending the last five years in prison.The first time I saw her at the clubhouse, my knees buckled and I grew so lightheaded I thought I would faint. She’s skittish, however...
  • Take Me to the Lake by Kaci Rose

    Take Me to the Lake by Kaci Rose

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Billionaire, Mountain Man, Virgin Hero Romance.Someone is watching me. Luckily my mountain man is watching over me.Hope: I didn’t think they would find me here. I moved to the small town of Whiskey River three months ago, hoping I would finally be safe from my past. For the first time in a long time, I feel like I can breathe easier.Then I meet the mountain man who makes my breath quicken...
  • Her Last Chance by Toni Anderson

    Her Last Chance by Toni Anderson

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    (Marsh & Josie first appear in HER SANCTUARY. This is their story) Eighteen years ago the Blade Hunter found his first victim on the streets of New York City. As a child Josephine Maxwell was attacked and left for dead. She learned the hard way that life is a constant struggle for survival. She can’t waste time pining over a man she can’t have...
  • Out of Control by Sarah Alderson

    Out of Control by Sarah Alderson

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When 17 year old Liva witnesses a brutal murder she’s taken into police custody for her own protection. But when the police station is attacked and bullets start flying it becomes clear that Liva is not just a witness, she’s a target...
  • Love’s Tempting by Maryann Jordan

    Love’s Tempting by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    **DUE TO SCENES OF AN EXPLICIT SEXUAL NATURE AND LANGUAGE SOME MAY CONSIDER CRUDE, 18+ ONLY**** Detective Matt Dixon had a scarred face earned in the line of duty and a scarred heart when his cheating fiance’ left him. Quiet and surly, he was determined to not let love in again. Until he met her…Lily Swanson. The first woman in a year that did not focus on his scar...
  • Sworn to Protect by Katie Reus

    Sworn to Protect by Katie Reus

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    His worst mistake was walking away from her... Quinn Brody ended things with sweet, sexy Athena when he learned she was a virgin. Their relationship was getting too serious and walking away seemed like the best plan. But Quinn has never been able to forget Athena. And when she gets a marketing job at Red Stone Security, it becomes impossible...
  • The Case Of The Mesmerizing Boss by Diana Palmer

    The Case Of The Mesmerizing Boss by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Former Texas Ranger Dane Lassiter knows all about wanting. He had wanted Tess Meriwether for years, but he had scared her away after nearly claiming her innocence in one out-of-control moment. But when Tess barely escapes a killer's bullet, Dane appoints himself her protector, whisking her away to his Texas ranch. Now his toughest challenge is convincing Tess to accept safety in his arms...
  • Ash to Steele by Karen-Anne Stewart

    Ash to Steele by Karen-Anne Stewart

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Emma Who I am and all I believe is marred with just one glance into angry, steel blue eyes. He seems to control my air, my ability to breathe. He makes me crave everything I know is a sin. Pure becomes tainted and lines are blurred. It's my fault; I'm the one who isn't strong enough. I've been damaged...broken. Breck's words haunt me...'There's a consequence for every choice you make...
  • A MacKenzie Christmas by Liliana Hart

    A MacKenzie Christmas by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    **A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR** Dear Readers, A CHRISTMAS WISH is a continuation of Dane MacKenzie's story, DANE, which can be found for free at all retailers. It is highly recommended that you start with DANE since A CHRISTMAS WISH takes up where that novella ends...
  • Hanover House by Brenda Novak

    Hanover House by Brenda Novak

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Hanover House The Hanover House Chronicles Prequel novella to my new Hanover House Chronicles (digital only). Welcome to Hanover House…. Psychiatrist Evelyn Talbot has dedicated her life to solving the mysteries of the psychopathic mind...
  • Secret Agent Man by Diana Palmer

    Secret Agent Man by Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Revisit a tale of love and suspense in New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer's SECRET AGENT MAN!Corporate security expert Lang Patton is one of the most capable men…except when it comes to love and commitment. The former secret agent has endured his fair share of emotional scarring and he's not looking to get himself mixed up in affairs of the heart...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  virgin heroine  contemporary
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