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  • The Original Crowd by Tijan

    The Original Crowd by Tijan

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    This is the original version of A Whole New Crowd. It has only gone through one round of edits so it is rough. I make no apology for this. The edited version was released as A Whole New Crowd. This is being published at readers' requests. They want to own the original version as well so here it is in all its gritty and monstrously long glory. There is lots of sex so the reader is forewarned...
  • Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

    Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 47 ratings
    Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levi’s hockey team...
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  • House of Korba by C.L. Stone

    House of Korba by C.L. Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    It's homecoming week at Ashley Waters, but Sang Sorenson has a lot more on her mind than dresses and crowns. Silas's troubled past—full of secrets he and his team thought they'd buried—comes back to haunt him, threatening to ruin everything. Silas tries to deal, but guilt weighs heavily on him and Sang realizes she might be the only one who can help him keep it together...
  • Black Dawn by Cristin Harber

    Black Dawn by Cristin Harber

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Parker Black wants the one woman he shouldn’t have—his buddy’s girl. She sweet and smart, but clueless about how deep Parker lives in Titan’s virtual world. Everything is controlled. Chaos is mastered with data and risk analysis. That is the way he understands his world, how he plays his role to keep Titan teams alive. But he’s wrong. About everything. Lexi Dare lives two lives...
  • Myles by Lisa Helen Gray, Elisia Goodman

    Myles by Lisa Helen Gray, Elisia Goodman

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I’m Kayla Martin... I was once sweet and innocent, saw the world bright with colour, but now all I see is black and white. He not only ripped my innocence away from me, tortured me and made my life a living hell, but he stole the very soul that made me who I am. I’m a shell of the girl I once knew. But it’s all about to change. I’m ready to face my fear...
  • Accessory by C. L. Stone

    Accessory by C. L. Stone

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Kayli Winchester is still recovering from her last adventure and is out hunting for her missing brother, Wil, when Ethan Murdock calls, asking for help. Billions of dollars have gone missing and Kayli is the perfect person to find them – as one of the few people Ethan trusts. Only one problem: The team is led by Blake Coaltar...
  • Guardian Angel by Terri Anne Browning

    Guardian Angel by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Things in Creswell Springs have been quiet lately. Or so it appears. Appearances can be deceiving. The night I met Gracie Morgan was the night that my life changed forever. I saved her that night, but it feels like she’s been the one saving me ever since. --Hawk Hawk didn’t just save me that night. He took me home with him and his family made me one of their own...
  • #MNGirl by A.M. Brooks

    #MNGirl by A.M. Brooks

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    My family’s scandal is my fall from grace. The night of my seventeenth birthday leads to the final event that catapults my future in a different direction. One call for help turns into my only chance of survival.Now, the only way to stay safe is to keep hidden...
  • Enamor by Rachel Van Dyken

    Enamor by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    *This short novella IS included in the back of Elicit (book 4) but many people have been requesting it be set apart, if you own Elicit, you don't need to purchase this novella* Trace is about to ask her mob boss husband to do the unthinkable...allow his enemy Phoenix De Lange to train her in combat, the very same enemy who nearly killed her the year before...
  • Let Me Love You by Megan Smith

    Let Me Love You by Megan Smith

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Will their lives take them in different directions? Jaylinn McCormick is determined to forget that one terrifying night which left her feeling broken and tainted. There is one person who can make her whole again… but he is hell bent on keeping her at arm’s length. She has loved him her entire life but can she wait for him to step up to the plate? Cooper Cahill has loved Jaylinn for years...
  • Love Me by Kristin Mayer

    Love Me by Kristin Mayer

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Engaged and happily in love, Allison Scott and Damien Wales are looking forward to joining their lives together as one. Coming from a mournful year after losing her parents, Allison is ready to heal and move on to the next chapter with the love of her life. But Damien’s past continues to threaten their future. A man once obsessed with Damien’s sister is now after his one and only love, Allison...
  • Eden High: Book 5 by Jordan Silver

    Eden High: Book 5 by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Sian might have seen something she shouldn't have. How will she deal with her suspicions and who can she share them with? If what she suspects gets out, it can destroy a lot of lives, but she's tired of spending so much time on her arch enemy...
  • Catching Lucy by Terri Anne Browning

    Catching Lucy by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Lucy Everyone has ups and downs. I’m no different. I’ve had some really amazing ups, but I’ve also had some crap-tastic downs. When I was four, my biological mother died. I don’t remember crying for her. She’d never been the type to cuddle me, tuck me in, and read bedtime stories. That job was pushed off onto my sister Lana. She did her best to take care of me until Mom died...
  • Holding Her Hand by Tammy Falkner

    Holding Her Hand by Tammy Falkner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Girl falls in love with boy… SCREECH! No. It can’t be that easy. (You knew that, right?) Boy meets girl. Boy can’t fall in love with girl, because girl comes from a different culture. She also has secrets. Lots of secrets he’s determined to uncover. He’ll try to uncover all her secrets...
  • Eden High: Book 4 by Jordan Silver

    Eden High: Book 4 by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Now that he has staked his claim Jace and Sian are the new 'It' couple and there's love in the air , not only for these two lovebirds, but their friends seem to have been bitten by the bug...
  • Eden High Boxed Set by Jordan Silver

    Eden High Boxed Set by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This ebook contains the following works Eden High Book 1 Sian Claiborne is not a happy camper. Just when she was getting into the groove of high school hijinks, her parents decides to pick up stakes. Now the popular cheerleader is off to the ritz and glamor of the Hollywood Hills, where her new school is home to the offspring of Hollywood's elite...
  • The Plan by Ruby Vincent

    The Plan by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Don’t piss off the Elite Class. That wasn’t in the rulebook, but it should have been. Landon, Michael, and Cole may have the faces of angels, but a soul turns black when it’s betrayed. The Elites have sworn to take me down, but I can’t get much lower. Or so I thought. Breakbattle wants us to fight and the boys are happy to oblige. No one will help me. No one can...
  • Raveling You by Jessica Sorensen

    Raveling You by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Ayden Gregory may want to keep running from his nightmares, but he no longer has a choice. His past is catching up with him. And fast. He relies on one person to keep him from crumbling. His best friend Lyric Scott. Lyric feels helpless watching her best friend’s world turn upside down. But she does her best to remain positive and upbeat...
  • Retribution by Cristin Harber

    Retribution by Cristin Harber

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fallen Navy SEAL and Titan Group’s Delta recruit Trace Reeves wants nothing more than a one-night stand to forget that his twin brother was killed-in-action. But when his one-time fling becomes his high value target, the lines blur between her rescue mission and saving himself. Delta: Retribution is the first title in the new Delta series, a spin off from the Titan series...
  • Trashy by Cambria Hebert

    Trashy by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She’s trying to move on, but the past won’t let her go. I fell in love once. It was a big mistake, but the biggest mistake of all was staying with him. He pushed me around. He cheated and treated me like trash. I don’t feel sorry for myself, because I let him. But no more. I moved out. I'm saving my stripper's salary for an education that will get me somewhere better...
  • The Elites by Ruby Vincent

    The Elites by Ruby Vincent

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Final Year, Final BattleI thought my biggest problem was being kicked off campus, but I'd rather trade my blazer for a skirt than an orange jumpsuit.There's a killer on campus and they think it's me. I have my boys on my side, but this might be one fight we can't win.Someone is determined to bring us down, but with enemies on all sides, the suspects are endless and I'm running out of time...
  • Blurring the Lines: Nothing Left to Lose, Part II by Kirsty Moseley

    Blurring the Lines: Nothing Left to Lose, Part II by Kirsty Moseley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Blurring the Lines is a direct continuation of Guarding the Broken. To enjoy this novel, you need to have read the FREE Part 1. With Ashton at her side, Anna begins to feel more like her old self again. Together, they’re rebuilding her life and attempting to heal old wounds. The more time they spend together, the closer they become, but unfortunately this only serves to complicate matters further...
  • Only Forever by Cristin Harber

    Only Forever by Cristin Harber

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The fourth and final installment of the Only series. Must be read in order. There comes a time when Emma must face the secret she's kept from Grayson. But she never thought it would be while she stood on stage at Emerald’s. The seconds she has to convey that her life is in danger are lost in the devastation that she sees rip through him. She pinches her eyes closed. “Don’t leave me...
  • The Bird and the Beetle: The Academy Ghost Bird and Scarab Beetle Series Starters by C. L. Stone

    The Bird and the Beetle: The Academy Ghost Bird and Scarab Beetle Series Starters by C. L. Stone

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Read the first books from both of C. L. Stone’s USA TODAY Bestselling (and swoon-inducing) Academy Series, together for the first time with the exclusive that fans have been begging for: Meeting Sang, an alternate POV story of how the Ghost Bird Series began...
  • Wild at Heart by Jinsey Reese, Victoria Green

    Wild at Heart by Jinsey Reese, Victoria Green

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With his dad hell-bent on destroying him, Dare's life hangs in the balance. Fearing the worst, Reagan rushes from Paris to New York, hoping to get to him in time, only to find their entire world collapsing around them. The threat is too real, risk too high, death too possible. Unfair doesn't even begin to cover it...
  • Bound by Lies by Rebecca Shea

    Bound by Lies by Rebecca Shea

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Torn between two men; one was what I needed, the other was what I wanted. One man was safe and the other was dangerous. But both men would lay down their lives to save me. ATF agent Sam Cortez is fighting to bring down the Estrada family empire, which was built on murder and corruption. Alex Estrada did what was needed to keep me safe…and paid with his life...
  • We Were One: Looking Glass by Elizabeth Reyes

    We Were One: Looking Glass by Elizabeth Reyes

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death. ~Oscar Wilde~ Adoration is not profound enough a word to express the depth of my love for her. From the moment she walked into my life and set my heart and soul on fire, not a day's gone by that she hasn't plagued my every thought. We were each other's completion...
  • Echoes of Silence by Anne Malcom

    Echoes of Silence by Anne Malcom

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    People make love seem complicated. Intricate. Novels try to capture its intensity; music tries to rein in its soul. I’ve read every novel I could. I’ve lived and breathed every song that I could listen to. The sounds fill my unquiet mind. Then he came. Killian. He brought with him the beauty of silence that echoes through my soul and showed me love isn’t complicated. It’s simple...
  • Hoax by C.L. Stone

    Hoax by C.L. Stone

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Someone tried to kill Kayli Winchester. That someone is going to pay. After going overboard and nearly drowning, Kayli regroups and joins Axel, Corey, Brandon, Marc, and Raven back on board the Lucienda. This time, she's brought reinforcements. Liam and Henry join the team in an all-out hunt for a killer. It can't be too hard; there's only so many places to hide on a cruise ship...
  • When You Were Mine by Elizabeth Reyes

    When You Were Mine by Elizabeth Reyes

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When her head was screaming “enough,” her hopeful heart continued to whisper “wait.” It's the only way Valerie Zuniga can justify her ongoing addiction to the amazing but ever, elusive Alex Moreno. Mesmerized by the profound connection neither has ever quite understood, Valerie accepts their crazy relationship for what it is—non-exclusive...
  • Ali's Pretty Little Lies by Sara Shepard

    Ali's Pretty Little Lies by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Before there was A, there was Alison DiLaurentis. Boys wanted to date her, girls wanted to be her, and somebody wanted her dead. . . .It's the end of seventh grade, and Alison DiLaurentis and her friends are the girls of Rosewood Day. Ali runs her clique with an iron fist, and she's got enough dirt on Hanna, Emily, Aria, and Spencer to keep them in line...
  • Chasing Allie by Meli Raine

    Chasing Allie by Meli Raine

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It turns out my stepfather has plans for me. Plans that make dying look like a walk in the park. He’s selling my virginity to a Mexican drug lord to get out of debt. Chase just found out and is here to take me away to safety. To the ocean. To my dreams. But while I’m gone, a murder takes place back home. I receive a phone call. It’s the police. I’m the prime suspect...
  • Fight for Her #4: MMA New Adult Contemporary Romantic Suspense by J.J. Knight

    Fight for Her #4: MMA New Adult Contemporary Romantic Suspense by J.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The dramatic conclusion to the bestselling MMA series arrives with Fight for Her #4. Maddie has left me again, and I can’t blame her. I failed to protect her. I don’t even know if I deserve her and Lily. But I’m determined to make things right. First, I’m going to find her father. He’s been living on the streets too long. That has to end...
  • Defy by Allie Juliette Mousseau, Nicole Hewitt

    Defy by Allie Juliette Mousseau, Nicole Hewitt

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ryder Axton I always fight hard, fuck harder, and never let myself get personally involved. But my assignment, to apprehend Eduardo Miguel comes to a grinding halt when I find a missing federal witness held captive in his basement. It becomes fucking personal, fast! Keeping Farrington safe, even if it—or more likely she—kills me, is now my only mission...
  • A Beautiful Funeral: A Novel by Jamie McGuire

    A Beautiful Funeral: A Novel by Jamie McGuire

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Losing has never been easy for a Maddox, but death always wins. Eleven years to the day after eloping in Vegas with Abby, Special Agent Travis Maddox delivers his own brand of vigilante justice to mob boss Benny Carlisi. Vegas's oldest and most violent crime family is now preparing for vengeance, and the entire Maddox family is a target...
  • Burn by Brooke Cumberland

    Burn by Brooke Cumberland

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    *Contains Mature Adult Content. Recommended for 18+ Only*Book 2 in the Spark Series Just when Velaney thinks she is safe again...her worst nightmare comes back to haunt her. Eric is dealing with his own insecurities as he tries to accept Velaney's decision to help the enemy...can he get past it? Will they be there for each other in the end ? Eric struggles to step aside and trust Velaney..
  • The Eagle by Jillian Dodd

    The Eagle by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Revenge won’t change anything—or will it? From USA Today bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the second book in a sizzling series filled with action and adventure. Fans of The Selection and The Hunger Games will discover a heart-pounding thrill ride of espionage and suspense set in glittering high society...
  • Fighter by Tijans Books

    Fighter by Tijans Books

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    All of Dale's brothers help with their bounty hunting business, all except her. Wanting out of that life, she left for college, but on her first morning back home for the holidays, she’s back to chasing after a bail jumper. When she realizes the jumper is her ex-boyfriend, Jax, Dale gets dragged into helping him evade her brothers so he can win an underground fighting competition...
  • Promise Me Once by Paige Weaver

    Promise Me Once by Paige Weaver

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From the highly acclaimed New York Times and USA Today bestselling Promise Me series comes a new story. A standalone novel. A race for survival and love. Once with him was never enough. I am the girl you dislike. The girl you snub at parties. I am the one who flirts with men and knows no boundaries. I am the one you whisper about. The one who has no rules...
  • In Ruins by Danielle Pearl

    In Ruins by Danielle Pearl

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She wanted to start again. To be someone---anyone---different . . . Freedom. When Carleigh Stanger thought of college, that was the word that came to mind. Freedom from her unhappy home life. Freedom from high school mistakes. Freedom from the memory of that terrible morning...
  • Breaking Ryann by Alyssa Rae Taylor, Madison Seidler

    Breaking Ryann by Alyssa Rae Taylor, Madison Seidler

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He promised to leave me alone, but that was a lie. I should have known he’d have this pull on me—seeping through my skin and into my bones, burning me from the outside in. It’s just like when we were kids, and I can no longer avoid him. I’ve accepted it, but what will it take to convince him that I am no longer his? Is that really what I want? I told her I’d leave her alone...
  • Don't Say a Word by Amber Lynn Natusch

    Don't Say a Word by Amber Lynn Natusch

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kylene Danners’s ex-FBI agent father is in prison for murder and she’s hell-bent on getting him out. But trying to investigate in the small town where a defensive lineman is a hero no matter who he tries to kill and the girl who gets him locked up is public enemy number one is dangerous. Dark secrets are everywhere in Jasperville—the kind Ky can’t walk away from...
  • Lovely Deceit by E.M. Moore

    Lovely Deceit by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Growing up in the elite world, I’ve been taught not to trust. Still, I did it anyway.Silly, silly me. I should’ve known how it would end…Blindsided by their broken parts and their similarities to my own story, I let my guard down. I put my faith in them—my gorgeous Economics professor and the Knights’ bad apple.And was rewarded with the ultimate betrayal.Not again. Never again...
  • Baby Come Back by Andrea Smith

    Baby Come Back by Andrea Smith

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Book #3.5 Baby Series (Novella) ‘Baby Come Back’ is the final installment in the 'Baby Series'. This novella follows Trey’s brother Tristan and Ty’s best friend Gina. It is written from Gina's point of view, providing insight into her past and secrets that she has shared with no one...
  • Keeping Kyler by Siobhan Davis, Fiona Jayde

    Keeping Kyler by Siobhan Davis, Fiona Jayde

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    ★☆ Special pre-order price. Will increase upon release. ★☆ Book three in the captivating Kennedy Boys series. Description coming soon. "Lashings of drama, hot chemistry, and great banter. Perfect for fans of Tijan...
  • The Game by HJ Bellus

    The Game by HJ Bellus

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    **Mature Content Warning** Recommended for ages 17+ due to language and sexual content. Born to shine. Groomed to dominate. Levi Wilks is destined only to be a champion… Number one on the field, in the record books, and in every fans’ heart. This star QB is perfection from head to toe. Only his looks rival his talent on the field...
  • Keeping Allie by Meli Raine

    Keeping Allie by Meli Raine

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    FULL LENGTH NOVEL - 248 PAGES Help. I'm alone, tied up, bleeding and terrified. I'm a prisoner at the Atlas motorcycle club compound. Someone kidnapped me, and it looks like it's Chase. No one knows I'm here. Then again, I'm no one, right? No mother, no stepfather, and my sister may have been kidnapped, too. They can make me disappear. Or worse...
  • Fight for Her #3: MMA New Adult Contemporary Romantic Suspense by J.J. Knight

    Fight for Her #3: MMA New Adult Contemporary Romantic Suspense by J.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The continuing series from bestselling romantic suspense author JJ Knight They took her. I can’t believe it. Striker and his thug fighter friends kidnapped Maddie. I don’t know how, or when, or where, but there will be vengeance. And there is one thing I can guarantee. I will be the last man standing...
  • His Frozen Heart by Nancy Straight

    His Frozen Heart by Nancy Straight

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For best friends, Candy and Libby, money is tight with hardly enough to cover their living expenses. When they are desperate for grocery money, the girls bet on their pool playing skills to add to their income. A simple wager on a quiet winter evening has devastating results, with a stalker determined to kill them both...
  • Unstoppable by Christina Marie

    Unstoppable by Christina Marie

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **Warning--This book contains strong sexual content, adult language, rape, and violence. It is intended for readers over the age of 18.** ~ This book can be read as a stand alone and does have a Happily Ever After ~ After growing up with Ryder, Harley never expected one night to change everything between them...
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