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The Guarded One by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHe’s a grumpy small-town sheriff. And she’s the off-limits operator capable of bringing him to his knees.Sydney Archer isn’t the typical daughter of a billionaire. A former Army officer, she now works with an elite security team to hunt the worst of the worst . . . all while raising a teenager.To the outside world, Sydney’s an ice queen who’s lethal with a bow...Categorized as:
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Slingshot by K.L. Savage
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsShe slingshotted her way into my heart. I’m a laidback kind of guy. I don’t like to take life too seriously. I’ve experienced serious and I’ve gone through the bad life has to offer. I’m ready for the good in life. I wear my heart on my sleeve just so someone can take it. Someone does…Natalia Moretti. Out of all the people for me to love, why does it have to be her?The frenemy’s daughter... -
Too Safe by Abby Millsaps
Never let them get you to the second location.Even if that location happens to be a lakeside mansion home to four hot-as-sin men.After years of living in survival mode, I’m finally hitting rewind on the story of my life. There’s nothing standing in the way of my bright future at Lake Chapel University.Or so I thought... -
Pieces of a Life by Jewel E. Ann
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe summer before fourth grade, Colten Mosley moved into the house across the street from mine, and we became inseparable.He played the piano and baseball.I had a penchant for dead things while at the same time imagining what it would be like to kiss Colten.We were filled with curiosity and overly active imaginations.We were also forbidden to be more than friends.But that didn’t stop us... -
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Cake by J. Bengtsson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsJake McKallister may have been a rockstar but he was no ordinary one. Surviving an unspeakable crime as a young teen had shaped him into the guarded, workaholic he was today. He lived his life trying to forget. If it hadn’t been for music, and the redemption he found through it, he might not have survived. Career success came easily for him. Personal connections did not... -
Pirate by K.L. Savage
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsNo matter how hard I try, I can never drown the memories.I miss alcohol.The craving claws against my stomach every day.And being in this rehab center doesn’t help.No one understands how it feels to not be able to save someone you love.I had to watch Macy’s demise.How she screamed for me to help her.I hear those screams. They echo in my head. A song on repeat... -
Boomtown by Lani Lynn Vale
Her: I wanted to have a pity party of one when I went for that beer. I never imagined I would meet a dark and dangerous man. That man took me on the wildest ride of my life. Literally and Figuratively. He quickly became my entire world. Him: I didn't know I was looking for her. I saw her warming that bar stool and knew she would be mine. A man like me doesn't deserve the likes of her... -
Hammer by J.E. Daelman
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAs the head of the construction business for the club, Hammer is off checking out new business opportunities. Some good, others not so good, but the Flower shop gives him more options than just construction. Adding in his relationship with Shar, the ex-husband after Tilly, the loan shark that wants his money and the kids causing trouble in town, Hammer and the club have their hands full... -
Silent Lies by Neva Altaj
DRAGOThere is only one punishment for spies and liars,A slow and painful death.And my sweet, angelic wife,Who bewitched everyone in my home,From my men - even to my dogs,Is the worst traitor of all.But it seems I have fallen under her spell as well,With every smile, every ridiculous outfit,I'm struggling,And failing... -
Andrey by LeAnn Ashers
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNicoleSince I was a little girl, raising my younger sister had always been my main priority. I never imagined, however, that taking care of her would put me in danger.Men came for her, but kidnapped me instead by mistake.Then he rescued me, and on that day, he claimed me.Andrey is mine just as much as I am his.AndreyThe second her eyes met mine I saw the fear in them... -
Alluring Abyss by K.E. Osborn
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Tampa Royal Bastards are riding back into town!Join Ominous as he falls into the alluring abyss... -
Bound by Passion : A Motorcycle Club Romance by Ryan Michele
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author Ryan Michele brings the action packed, suspenseful, spicy next generation of Ravage MC filled with angst, loyalty and family.Raid bled the blood of the club. Undeniably loyal. Focused on family. Determined. His thought processes would make any other man cringe. Calculating. Meticulous. Always thinking... -
Adoration by Jane Henry
In a world shrouded in secrets and desire, Quinn's life takes a treacherous turn when she witnesses Adriano, a dominant and possessive billionaire, commit an act of ruthless vengeance. Quinn faces a choice: give up her life, or become Adriano's wife.Caught between her past and a dangerous present, Quinn discovers an unlikely sanctuary in the arms of a man trained to kill...Categorized as:
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Fearless by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAn all-new and addictive dark, why-choose, captive romance from the USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Tracy Lorraine.You know what they say about things that are too good to be true…We might have been in a safe house recovering, but we were in danger, and still the four of us found a way to be together.We’d even managed to find something that I never thought possible.Peace... -
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Never Trust the Living by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIt’s not every day that someone tries to pin a murder on you and a random girl you just met. But Bram Crow isn’t your average, everyday guy, either.One second, he’s hiding evidence with the girl, and the next, he has to marry her so a police detective doesn’t get suspicious...Categorized as:
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Valentine's Novella by Tillie Cole
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsA Totally Booked Blog EXCLUSIVE!!! FREE Hades Hangmen Valentine's Novellahttp://totallybookedblog.com/2015/02/...****updated URL****https://totallybookedblog.com/2017/09.. -
Worthy of Redemption by L.D. Davis
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsAfter his devastating actions in Accidentally On Purpose, Kyle Sterling is trying to move on. He has lost the love of his life and he does not believe he is worthy of ever being loved again. Lily Whitman has been devastated by the ultimate betrayal and later tragedy hits her heart full force. She doubts she will ever be able to give her heart to anyone again... -
Q by L. Wilder
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSome chances are worth taking. Twenty years had come and gone. My brothers were now older with crow’s feet and silvered hair. Their kids were no longer kids. Prospects had become brothers, and more had come to take their place. It was tough to see that everything had changed— Everything except me. I was a stone left unturned. I thought my day would never come. But then, I saw her... -
The Six Night Truce by Hannah Shield
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen I stepped into the courtroom this morning, I intended to fight for my client’s life. I never expected to run for my own. Now the courthouse is in lockdown, and I’m trapped in a tiny room with my nemesis—the West Oaks PD cop who hates me most. He’s a single dad with a growly attitude. An ex-Marine. And he’s the star witness against my client...Categorized as:
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Dead of Summer by A.J. Merlin
Camp Friends Are Forever FriendsOr so the motto of Camp Crestview says.Having been a camp counselor for the last three summers, I can handle most situations that come my way courtesy of rowdy children. This year shouldn’t be any different, even with a new counselor who’s everyone’s type and too good to be true. But even so, Kayde Lane is nothing I can’t deal with... -
Bits and Pieces by Bijou Hunter, Noelle Zane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSilas “Nomad” Bennings doesn’t do normal. As the fearsome enforcer for the Steel Berserkers Motorcycle Club, he refuses to live by other people’s rules. However, this time, the stubborn son of a bitch might have gone too far.Landry Copper spent her life bouncing from one dangerous situation to another... -
Duck's Salvation by Andi Rhodes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDuck…I finally have the life I want: an amazing fiancée, a baby on the way, Satan’s Legacy MC as my family. And then an accident, or my own stupidity, changes the course of my life forever. Unable to look at me, my fiancé removes herself from the picture, leaving me with a premature baby who requires more love and care than I know how to give... -
Fair Game by Amelia Wilde
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGabriel Hill has always been too charming for his own good. Women. Money. Information. Sex got him everything he ever wanted, until it almost killed him. A price he was willing to pay, before he met Elise. Before he fell for her. Now revenge isn't enough for him. He wants it all. The most beautiful woman. The most dangerous game. And a happily ever after, if it's not too late to save them both... -
Rock Bottom by Kat Mizera
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy family calls me Zeke. But the music industry refers to me as Big Z… and women everywhere know why.Being lead guitarist for the hottest band in the world should be enough. But it’s not. Nothing ever is. And I don’t know why.Money. Fame. Girls. I’m drowning in all three. But it’s the sweet, spunky college girl offering up her virginity in exchange for an interview that I can’t get out of my head... -
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MARCUS: Sins of the Father by Nicole James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Nicole James, comes aSTEAMY, FORBIDDEN MC ROMANCE! The SECOND GENERATION has arrived!This is the first book in her spin-off from her bestselling Evil Dead MC series.Brandy--When a bunch of bad-boy bikers walk through the door to the bar, one catches my eye.He's got a killer smile, and an air of wickedness about him that draws me in... -
MARCUS: Sins of the Father by Nicole James
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFrom USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Nicole James, comes aSTEAMY, FORBIDDEN MC ROMANCE! The SECOND GENERATION has arrived!This is the first book in her spin-off from her bestselling Evil Dead MC series.Brandy--When a bunch of bad-boy bikers walk through the door to the bar, one catches my eye.He's got a killer smile, and an air of wickedness about him that draws me in... -
The End of Me by Tara Brown
His death was almost the end of me. He was still everywhere, surrounding me. In our children's eyes, in the smell lingering in our bed, in candy bar wrappers stuffed down the side of the minivan driver door. He was everywhere except where I needed him to be. In my arms, kissing my lips, on the name of the deed to our house...Categorized as:
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Ruthless Villain by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray
My Knight. My Rebel. My Forbidden Villain … In the dazzling lights of Vegas, I indulged in a passionate one-night stand with a man who looked like a Greek god in the flesh. We agreed: no names, no strings attached, just an unforgettable night of fun. The plan was simple—say goodbye and move on. Little did I know fate had other ideas for me. I never expected to run into Mr... -
The Player by Nikki J. Summers
One, two, three, four…You want a fight, I’ll bring a war.Five, six, seven, eight…I’ll even use such pretty bait.Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, why…Did you leave me there to die?But I’m not dead,I survived… somehow.And it’s my games that you’ll play now. Rich men, poor men, begging men, bleed.A brutal death is what they need.Our lives were theirs, they stole our soul.Now it’s our turn to take control...Categorized as:
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Unholy Sins by Elle Thorpe
“Bless me Father for I have sinned….and I don’t think I care.”Each Sunday morning, I stand in robes at an altar and preach about being good and moral.But when night falls, I take justice into my own hands, stealing from the rich to give to the poor. Ending the lives of men who never deserved to step foot inside my church.Until I meet her.Lyric... -
Charity's Torment by Ann-Marie Davis
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAll I wanted was to find my brother after he disappeared. I didn't plan on somebody trying to make me disappear, too.All in a day's work for the Moreno Family's feistiest enforcer.When the twists begin to fly and I'm turned in new directions, I realize there's more to my brother's sudden disappearance than meets the eye...Categorized as:
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Endgame by Kay Riley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey lied. Played me in a way I wasn’t expecting at all.I made a mistake in trusting them, and that wouldn’t be happening again. If I could, I’d be far away from Ridgewood and the three men who crushed me in ways I didn’t think possible.But I’m not that lucky. Once again, I need them. This time I refuse to let them fill the cracks in my heart. They’re nothing but a step closer to my freedom... -
Girl Like Me by Jaye Pratt
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratings***RELEASE DATE WILL MOVE FORWARD***Sent back to live with my family, I'm thrown back into my old life without my memories. I have to navigate my way through this place as Bristol, a girl I don't like.Even if she was me, she isn't anymore.All I want to do is remember what happened to me so that I can go back to my guys.Sounds easy...right? Wrong...Categorized as:
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Sins of the Syndicate by Lexxi James
IvyHe was a handsome stranger who made me an offer I couldn't refuse ...Give me anything I wanted. Anything for one night.The catch?No strings. No commitments. No names.I had no idea who he was when we met. I only knew that he protected me.And he looked damned good doing it.LeoTo the outside world, I'm known only as Z. The enforcer. A widower with nothing to lose...Categorized as:
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Obsidian Music by Scarlett Dawn
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe bestselling conclusion to the Lion Security series is here! Beth and Daniil's passionate love story reaches its ultimate struggle when Beth is kidnapped by Daniil's enemies. Dark and dangerous killers hold her captive, but the Russian mafia will stop at nothing for her return... -
Ice King by B. B. Hamel
His heart is frozen, but his touch makes my body melt…Notorious businessman Ansell Drake wants only money, power, and pleasure. He’s called the Ice King for a reason: nothing penetrates his frozen heart.I first meet the Ice King when my fiancé William Crawford cheats on me, and I blow up both our lives in a spectacular and public fashion...Categorized as:
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Shameless by M. Malone, Nana Malone
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI am the thing that goes bump in the night. I am a liar, a protector...a killer... I am Noah Blake. There is only one light in my darkness, one bright ray in the storm of my life. Lucia DeMarco. And I’ll do anything for her. Anything except show her who I really am...an assassin. Well, former assassin. I don’t really do that anymore...usually. It would be easier if she didn’t call me names... -
Secret Obsession by Jessie Jocelyne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA tormented mafia boss. A fearless psychiatrist. Scorching passion that could ruin them both.I’m New York City's most savage crime boss, men tremble before me.They call me Hawk. I’m marred by scars, and shhhh…Don’t tell anyone but I volunteer at an animal shelter once a week. A desperate attempt to cling to my last shred of humanity. That's where she stumbled into my life... -
Found by Carrie Aarons
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWe found each other where no else could. Found a purpose. Found ourselves. Found love. Again. But then life got in the way. Three years later and the people that we once were are nowhere to be found. Can our love survive everything we've put it through? Can we find a way back to each other.. -
The Mask by Alice Ward
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA secret club. A mystery woman. A craving I can’t restrain. As a billionaire e-commerce entrepreneur, I’m expected to take my clients to Jewel, an elite men’s club offering female gems of salacious delight. A place where any fantasy is fulfilled... for a price. I never allow myself fantasies, so the last thing I expect to find inside Jewel is a woman I immediately crave. The Butterfly... -
How the Hitman Stole Christmas by Sam Mariano
JASPERI didn’t plan to kidnap her. I was just doing a good deed. I saw a car stranded on the side of the road in the middle of a snowstorm and decided to help—didn’t expect to get anything out of it.Even criminals can do nice things every once in a while. When I approached the driver, my motives were as pure as the snowflakes clinging to the silky strands of her long, dark hair... -
Until You by K. Bromberg
A single dad, forced proximity, standalone romance from New York Times bestselling author K. Bromberg. Crew Madden needs to find a place to recover. For his twin girls. For himself. From the woman who left them without a backward glance. Recovering from a traumatic event, a summer in the small town of Redemption Falls was the perfect solution for him. For his family...Categorized as:
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Conflict by M.S. Willis
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 10 ratings***Content Warning - This is a new adult fiction with mature themes. It contains graphic sexual situations, mature language and explicit description of sexual violence.*** Conflict is the second book in the Control series. This description contains spoilers for those who have not read book one in the series, entitled Control... -
The Hitman's Possession by Tia Lewis, Ivy Dark
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI'm a hard, ruthless, and brutal killer… but I'm not letting her go. I'm the most feared man in South Boston. I've earned that title and the nickname "The Animal." Women may think it’s because I'm wild in bed , and one night with me and they’d f*cking know it. But there’s a darker reason for my reputation... I think nothing about ending a life. Feelings are a luxury I can’t afford... -
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Mania by Katie May
ELODIEEveryone fears them. Except for me.The kings who rule Grove Academy don’t scare me, not with their gentle touches, sweet words, and smiles reserved only for me. But maybe...Maybe I should be scared. THE KINGSWe watch her. Protect her. Love her. There’s a word for people like us—psychopaths...Categorized as:
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Prince of Darkness: A Dark Romance Duology by Marian Tee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPlayboy. Billionaire. Heartbreaker. These were just some of the things people knew Greek graduate student Reid Chalkias as, but his greatest claim to infamy was as The Prince of Darkness – and it was a name he deserved, in more ways than one. Embracing the darkness allowed the prince to keep everyone at a distance…until innocent Fawn Cornwall started working for him... -
Twisted Therapy by Regina Wade
He knows all of my darkest secrets.I’m about to become one of his.I don’t need therapy.But my father doesn’t care. He wants me declared legally insane to get rid of me.Rhett Dawson is just what the doctor ordered.Tall, handsome, and twice my age, my new therapist always seems to know what to say. A great listener full of good advice, Rhett is perfect for me. Too bad he’s off limits...Categorized as:
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Silken Chains by Mya Grey
💥Wanna know what's shittier than your scumbag (ex) husband selling you to a dangerous Russian mafia boss? I've got the answer... Finding out the condom couldn't handle the intensity of your sordid tango between the sheets with that said Russian mafia boss. Don't get me wrong, the whole one-night stand,steamy hookup thing isn't usually my style.I'm just plain ol' Laura. - Bookworm. Vanilla... -
Until Mayhem: Happily Ever Alpha World by Layla Frost
She was my princess. I was her psycho. Two worlds colliding with a BOOM. There was a sh*tstorm brewing. Whispers. Rumbles. A rot—fueled by greed and protected by corruption—that’d seeped like sewage, eating away at everything it touched. The only people I trusted were my brother by blood, my brothers by patch, and the crazy Irish-Scottish bastard I did jobs for...Categorized as:
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Convict by Hayley Faiman
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGuilty. ExCon. Felon. Prisoner. Criminal. Words that now represent me. Words that keep any decent person away from me. I never gave much thought to words before now. Slut. Hussy. Whore. Homewrecker. Jezebel. Words that now reflect me. Words that will stay indefinitely. The evidence of those words grow inside of me. Those Words make the entire town assume they are vindicated to use them...
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