Books like 'A Girl by Any Other Name'

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  • Entice by Rachel Van Dyken

    Entice by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    From #1 New York Times Bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken comes the third book in the bestselling Eagle Elite Series... “As burns this saint, so burns my soul. I enter alive, and I will have to get out dead.” Chase Winter let the love of his life slip through his fingers and into the hands of his best friend and mafia boss of the Abandanato family...
  • Choose Me by R.C. Boldt

    Choose Me by R.C. Boldt

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    In Choose Me, RC Boldt brings us an unforgettable, heart-wrenching coming-of-age romance... Wearing the nicest suit I own, I stand in the very back with a flask full of whiskey in my inner pocket. I put on a brave face as I watch her walk down the aisle. Because it’s too late. I refuse to be the bastard who makes her cry on her wedding day, but I’m dying to tell her what I’ve always known...
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  • Fatal Deception by Marie Force

    Fatal Deception by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The wife of the White House deputy chief of staff has been beaten to death, and their one-year-old daughter is missing. D.C. Police Lieutenant Sam Holland is in charge of the murder investigation, but she's forced to collaborate with Special Victims Unit detectives as well as thorn-in-her-side FBI Special Agent Avery Hill...
  • Fatal Flaw by Marie Force

    Fatal Flaw by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Back from their honeymoon, Senator Nick Cappuano and D.C. Police Lieutenant Sam Holland are ready for some normalcy after the whirlwind of their wedding, but someone has other plans for them. When Sam discovers wedding cards containing thinly veiled death threats, she's not sure if she or Nick is the target. Already on edge, Sam and her team start investigating a series of baffling murders...
  • Sweetest Sorrow by J.M. Darhower

    Sweetest Sorrow by J.M. Darhower

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dante Galante has evaded death a few times in his life, but held captive in a sweltering basement, he's certain that death has finally caught up to him. Bloody and barely breathing, he tries to stay strong, but there's only so much a man can endure before darkness takes over. As a critical care nurse, Gabriella Russo witnesses suffering often...
  • Bloody Love by Lisa Renee Jones

    Bloody Love by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    One. Two. Three. The cat is in the tree. As far as Lilah's concern, her note writing stalker just gets more stupid everyday. One, two, three, the cat is in the tree?What is that? And what does it have to do with a wedding turned bloody? The sixth book in the Lilah Love series...
  • The Wrong Bones by Melinda Leigh

    The Wrong Bones by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    A frantic chase to catch a grave robber reveals a startling discovery in this tenth installment of the Widow’s Island novella series by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh.Deputy Tessa Black spots a man disturbing a grave in the local cemetery and gives chase. But when Tessa catches him, she learns that the ghoulish trespasser wasn’t robbing graves; he was burying a box of bones...
  • Fatal Justice by Marie Force

    Fatal Justice by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    She looked into the dead face of the man she'd dined with the night before Standing over the body of a Supreme Court nominee, Lieutenant Sam Holland is hip-deep in another high-profile murder case. The fact that she was one of the last people to see Julian Sinclair alive just complicates things even more...
  • Bad Deeds by Lisa Renee Jones

    Bad Deeds by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wall Street meets the Sons of Anarchy in Bad Deeds , the smoldering, scorching next novel in the explosively sexy Dirty Money series from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones. Would you bleed for the one you love? To save his family empire from the grip of the drug cartel, Shane is pushed to the edge of darkness, forced to make choices he might never make...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  alpha male  mafia  contemporary
  • Darragh's Dilemma by Ciara St James

    Darragh's Dilemma by Ciara St James

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The O’Sheerans aren't what most might expect a mobster family to be like, however, make no mistake, when it counts they have no problem making those who threaten those they love and protect disappear. The days of being outright feuding mobsters have been tamed, but they’re still the largest Irish mobster family in the US...
  • Twirled Bond by Emma Hart

    Twirled Bond by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    If I thought Holly Woods was crazy before, I was wrong. Devin is finally married. Nonna's on the wedding warpath. Drake might be getting ideas. His mom just dropped a bombshell, and Bek is caught between a hot as hell FBI agent and my super-sweet little brother. And I still don't have the shoe closet Drake promised me when he moved in six months ago...
  • Sassy in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Sassy in Lingerie by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    I'm not sure how it happened.But I've fallen in love with my family's enemy.I try to move on but I can't.He's the only man I want.Now I have to choose between the man I love.And my family...
  • Always Mine by Kennedy Fox

    Always Mine by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    College parties, beer, and one-night stands—that was my life. Now, I hunt down criminals, ethically or not, but if no one’s asking, then I’m not telling. Drinking and women are still included, though I can’t seem to forget the girl who almost gave me her virginity. She would’ve until I realized she was too young, and I wasn’t looking to get thrown into jail...
  • Trapper Road by Rachel Caine, Carrie Ryan

    Trapper Road by Rachel Caine, Carrie Ryan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sometimes danger comes from the most unexpected places.Gwen Proctor has always been willing to do anything it takes to protect her kids. But there are some things even she can’t protect them from. When a violent incident at Connor’s school brings the press to Gwen’s doorstep, she agrees to take a case out of town hoping to keep her family out of the crushing media spotlight...
  • Changing the Rules by Catherine Bybee

    Changing the Rules by Catherine Bybee

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bybee comes the steamy first novel in her new adrenaline-fueled Richter series.As an employee of MacBain Security and Solutions, Claire Kelly can certainly hold her own. Armed with an impressive set of covert skills, she’s more than prepared to tackle any job that comes her way…except one involving Cooper Lockman...
  • Last Rites by Sharon Sala

    Last Rites by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There's nothing a community won't do to protect its own...Shirley Wallace and her four sons return to her childhood home on Pope Mountain in Jubilee, Kentucky, with a lifetime of hardship behind them, hoping to find peace and begin their lives anew. Eldest brother Aaron Pope returns to his life as a police officer, and is settling in just fine...
  • Code Name: Ares by Heather Slade

    Code Name: Ares by Heather Slade

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A man of honor.A man of war.Ares will battle for his country and for those he loves. They don’t call me “Ares” for nothing. I fight like hell for what I believe in, and I believe in fighting for what’s right. I will take down any enemy who threatens the good of our country—or any country. Human lives need to be protected and I’ll be damned if I sit by and watch anyone hurt another...
  • Until April by Aurora Rose Reynolds

    Until April by Aurora Rose Reynolds

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    With happily ever after being something that happens to other people, April Mayson has decided to put all her energy into her career and living her best life, and things are better than ever. Little does she know that her world is about to be turned upside down when she’s asked to help out a family friend, Maxim Kauwe...
  • Hunter by Rebecca Sharp

    Hunter by Rebecca Sharp

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From bestselling romantic suspense author, Dr. Rebecca Sharp, comes a friends-to-lovers bodyguard romance...Zoey Roberts is on the run—that’s what happens when someone is stalking you.Winding up in Wyoming was her latest move and last resort, but giving up everything was the only way to protect herself. New state. New apartment. New life...
  • Last Chance: A Second Chances Novel by L.P. Dover

    Last Chance: A Second Chances Novel by L.P. Dover

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A steamy, second chances novel by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, L.P. Dover. Can be read as a STANDALONE. One Taste, the prequel to Last Chance, has been added at the beginning with all new scenes. One last chance. That's all Luke Collins, local bad boy and motocross champion, has to not only find his redemption, but win back the girl he lost...
  • The Watcher by Melanie Moreland

    The Watcher by Melanie Moreland

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    To the world, I’m Damien DeSalvo, businessman. I own a security company, ensuring the safety of my clients.But behind the scenes, I’m known as the Watcher.I stay hidden, overseeing the secrecy of Hidden Justice—those who rid the world of its scum, one bad guy at a time.Until the day she stumbles into my path and one kiss changes everything.Stalked and terrified, Raven Bailey needs my protection...
  • The Specialist by Melanie Moreland

    The Specialist by Melanie Moreland

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Final installment of the Men of Hidden JusticeEgan VulpeTrained explosives expert. Gun for hire. Loner.Until the day he falls in love.He leaves the dangerous world he knows behind. He paints, owns a gym, and co-runs Elite Security.In the past, he has worked with his friends at Hidden Justice, always staying behind the scenes.But not far enough behind...
  • Taken by Cynthia Eden

    Taken by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden’s latest novel, the Last Option Search Team (LOST) returns— and for one agent, the hunt for a serial killer just got very personal . . . HE SWORE TO PROTECT HER . . . Bailey Jones somehow survived her harrowing abduction by the infamous Death Angel...
  • Kissing My Brother's Bride by Molly McLain

    Kissing My Brother's Bride by Molly McLain

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    My brother’s fiancée should have been mine. Now, I know what you’re thinking, and it’s not quite as bad as it sounds. Linc was running late for their first date and he begged me to stand in until he could get there.I only went to tell the girl to run. To warn her about my brother’s selfish ways and promise she wanted no part of it.But then I saw her...
  • Revere: A Legacy Novel by Bethany-Kris

    Revere: A Legacy Novel by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Legacy Novel She was once his liar. He was once her savior. Cross Donati fills his days with the mafia, family, and responsibility. The wild boy is a distant memory. A waiting prince now sits in his place. An old debt puts the gunrunner right back into the path of his past, but he only sees his future. Every king needs a queen...
  • Devoured by Ivy Smoak

    Devoured by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    There’s a fine line between love and obsession. And I’ve crossed it.I told myself that if I had one taste, I’d be able to move on. But I’m more addicted to her than ever.I tried to be a good man. I tried to stay away. I really did.But I kept watching her through the cameras I installed. Replaying the footage in my head late at night.I’m sick in the head. I know I’m a monster...
  • This is Dangerous: Logan & Kayla, #1 by Kennedy Fox

    This is Dangerous: Logan & Kayla, #1 by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Logan Knight is a real life knight in shining armor. 
A detective godsend in a sleek black suit has me thinking less than secretive thoughts. Brooding and mysterious, he’s the kind of guy every girl instantly notices. Between his seductive smirk and charming good looks, it’s no wonder I can’t help the way he makes me feel whenever I’m near him. 
Too bad he’s unavailable—or so he says...
  • Shattered Sea by Catherine Cowles

    Shattered Sea by Catherine Cowles

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    I’ve known every kind of pain. Of the heart. Of the body. Of the soul. All I want now is the freedom that comes from making my art.The last thing I expected was Hollywood royalty to waltz into my gallery in a small town in the middle of nowhere and see me. A man like Boden Cavanaugh shouldn’t understand me. Shouldn’t be able to soothe my most ragged edges...
  • Our Unscripted Story by L.A. Fiore

    Our Unscripted Story by L.A. Fiore

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Greyson Ratcliffe. I met him at sixteen, the hot new guy sitting on my jetty, an aspiring artist just passing through. He was my first kiss and my first love. I wanted forever with him. I didn’t even get a year. Five years later, I’m a budding writer who scripts stories of love and struggle, the good and the bad and the ups and the downs...
  • From This Moment by Melanie Harlow

    From This Moment by Melanie Harlow

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It was like seeing a ghost. When my late husband’s twin brother moves back to our small town, I want to avoid him. Everything about Wes reminds me of the man I lost and the life we’d planned together, and after eighteen long months struggling just to get out of bed, I’m finally doing okay. I have a new job, an amazing support group, and a beautiful five-year-old daughter to parent...
  • Jersey Girl: by Rhonda James

    Jersey Girl: by Rhonda James

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Brantley Cage is a standout D-man on Great Lakes University hockey team. Now that his dream of signing with the Detroit Red Wings has come true, his goals for senior year are simple: Work hard. Score big. Stay away from love. And then he meets her. There's just one problem...
  • More of You by A.L. Jackson

    More of You by A.L. Jackson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My daddy warned me never to fall for a boy like Jace Jacobs . . . The second I saw him walk through the door, I knew he was trouble. A gorgeous rebel with a bad attitude and a huge chip on his shoulder. My heart warned me. I didn’t listen. I saw something protective and good beneath the fierce, tough exterior. I fell hard and fast...
  • Crush by Kim Karr

    Crush by Kim Karr

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Logan McPherson and Elle Sterling continue to thrill in this powerful conclusion to the tantalizing, provocative, and unexpected sizzling romance that began in BLOW. The danger isn’t over. It’s only just begun. Circumstances brought them together and their undeniable connection won’t let them part...
  • Luke's Revenge by Lisa Renee Jones

    Luke's Revenge by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The third and final book in the Walker Security: Lucifer Trilogy...In the mind-blowing and stunning finale, all will be revealed as Lucifer's forever with the woman he loves hangs in the balance...
  • Road Demons by T.L. Drake

    Road Demons by T.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    EmberMy whole life I’ve been a victim. Touched, tormented and eventually, taken. Trust isn’t something I give easily. But I trust Mia, and eventually I found my place within her family. When her cousin, Declan gets hurt by the same men who haunt me, I feel it’s my place to help him through the nightmare. After all, he’s the man who saved me...
  • Her Delta Force Protector by Sandra Owens

    Her Delta Force Protector by Sandra Owens

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everyone thinks Harper Jansen is dead.She is not, and she wants her life back.When Harper—very much alive but terrified—calls Kade Church, he does what is programmed in his DNA: he protects. Delta Force operator Kade and Duke, his military K-9 school flunker, have the skills to keep Harper safe...
  • Bonita Brynne by Naomi Porter

    Bonita Brynne by Naomi Porter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Track. My Soulmate. Everything about us is wrong but oh so right.I've fallen in love with a man who deceived me. He's not just my irresistibly gorgeous stepbrother, he's the father of my unborn child. Our forbidden love is crazy, but our lives are crazier still. "Uncle" Dorian will stop at nothing to make me his, taking our brother for a hostage bargain...
  • Brutal Sinner by Stella Andrews

    Brutal Sinner by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I am a brutal sinner. A label I carry on my back with pride. A sinner who kills the bad guys. A sinner who defends the innocent and slays their demons. A sinner with no emotion and no heart. Ex special forces soldier turned renegade. I have my principles that are stamped on my soul and I live by them and one day I will die by them. Then I met a woman who changed everything...
  • Longtime Crush by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Longtime Crush by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When my best friend and I fell for the same guy in middle school, I stepped back.I'd always expected to dance at their wedding.Not sit in the back pew of her funeral.I left town for my own reasons, but now that I'm back, it’s clear Sebastian Montgomery isn't the same man I left.He's hard. Broken.And a single father to an adorable little girl...
  • Cato by Jessica Gadziala

    Cato by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He was idling by the curb, waiting for one of his friends when a woman jumped on the back of his bike, wrapped her arms around him, and begged him to drive...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  alpha male  mafia  bikers  contemporary
  • Reign by Billie Lustig

    Reign by Billie Lustig

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Being the youngest Wolfe isn’t as fun as people think. The expectation on my shoulders is a constant weight. A burden.I have a different past from my brothers. One many don’t know anything about. People don’t know the struggle.The memories.The hurt.But I push it all away.I simply try to forget it ever happened. So far, I’ve done a great job of ignoring my past...
  • Needing Her by Molly McAdams

    Needing Her by Molly McAdams

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    She’s the Girl Next Door. Maci Price isn’t really into relationships. Having four very protective older brothers has always made having a boyfriend very difficult, anyway. But her friend is set on finding her the perfect guy – and thinks the mysterious Connor Green is the perfect pick. He’s Her Brother’s Best Friend. Connor Green is trying to find himself again...
  • A Bridge Between Us by K.K. Allen

    A Bridge Between Us by K.K. Allen

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I had always known he wasn’t mine to keep, but that didn’t change the way I loved him—quietly, gently, and from afar. ⁣⁣As the seasons changed, the corn stalks grew strong, and the grapevines flourished with hope. But none of it mattered, not when the soil at our feet bound us in a century-old rivalry. We’d never even had a chance...
  • Dangerous Stranger by E.L. Todd

    Dangerous Stranger by E.L. Todd

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Standalone. No cliffhanger. HEA. Other books in the series can be read in any order.Jett takes his job as an escort seriously. He's not just playing a part, and he tries to help people as much as he can. When a guy asks him to pose as his boyfriend, Jett doesn't hesitate. Following the rules has always been easy, but with a dude, it will be a walk in the park...
  • All the Pieces by Angela Richardson

    All the Pieces by Angela Richardson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When so much love has been built from lies and manipulation, how much of that love is real? In ALL THE PIECES, the third and final installment in the Pieces of Lies series, we find Norah in a dangerous and heart pounding situation in London with the Lappell. It will be the collision of two worlds that have done nothing but tear Norah down the middle, and love that has torn her apart...
  • In Her Space by Amie Knight

    In Her Space by Amie Knight

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I was reunited with Livingston Montgomery in the broad sunshine of a Carolina morning, right where she belonged; in the light.    It’d been too long since I’d seen her face. She had changed, but so had I.   I was Adam Nova, reformed bad boy.  Now, successful business man.   I had it all, except for the one person I’d always wanted, and now I was back to claim her...
  • Cautious by E.L. Montes

    Cautious by E.L. Montes

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    THIS IS THE SEQUEL to 'Disastrous'. Marcus and Mia share a LOVE stronger than others, but their relationship was built on LIES and deceit. Cautiously, they continue to struggle for what they desire more than anything, each other. Though, that comes with a price … one that involves more HEARTBREAK and deception...
  • The Vigilante's Lover II by Annie Winters, Tony West

    The Vigilante's Lover II by Annie Winters, Tony West

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If this is what it’s like to be a captive, Mia wants to be a prisoner forever. The second volume of the addictive romantic suspense series from the desk of USA Today bestselling author Deanna Roy / JJ Knight Jax may have kidnapped her. But now Mia wants to stay. The man is skilled. Intelligent. And gorgeous. His life is dangerous and wild...
  • Love by Lacey Weatherford

    Love by Lacey Weatherford

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Living happily ever after has always been part of the plan for Cami and Dylan, but when strange things begin happening around the Wilcock household, Cami simply believes she’s becoming forgetful. However, when the incidents begin to escalate, both are left feeling vulnerable. Unable to figure out what’s going on, Dylan delves deeper into the mysterious happenings...
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