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  • Ethic 4 by Ashley Antoinette

    Ethic 4 by Ashley Antoinette

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    After facing his biggest sin, Ethic finds forgiveness within the love of his life. Alani is the woman he’s been searching for his entire existence but loving her comes with a price…his soul…she wants his soul…When Alani tells Ethic she can’t be with a man who doesn’t believe in God, Ethic must face his only fear, trusting something he can’t see...
  • Ignite by Chelle Bliss

    Ignite by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Mammoth Saint always had the brotherhood and the wind.Then he found Tamara Gallo and nothing else mattered.And when he decides to leave the MC, trouble follows.But when you love a Gallo, you never fight alone.Ignite is the fifth book in the new steamy romance Men of Inked: Heatwave series by Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Chelle Bliss...
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  • Desired Too by S.K. Lessly

    Desired Too by S.K. Lessly

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    Angel and Raquel possess two very strong personalities separately. They are alphas to the core. The problem comes when these two fire-filled individuals come together. One needs to be in control while the other refuses to be controlled. Angel Leonetti, the complete Alpha Male “Let me first address this ‘using you’ shit that you mentioned...
  • Beautiful Prey 2 by Phoenix Daniels

    Beautiful Prey 2 by Phoenix Daniels

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jessica Watkins Presents Beautiful Prey 2 by Phoenix Daniels Follow newly married Victoria Storm as she prays for the life of her husband, Jack. In the meantime, her good friend Natasha Walker takes over her duties as an undercover officer posing as a prostitute, while she deals with past issues and a new love interest. Meet Gianni Storm, successful club owner and cousin to Jack Storm...
  • Save Me by Tiffany Patterson

    Save Me by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    DaeShe saved me on the worst day of my life. Now it’s time to make her mine. I’ve spent ten years recreating myself into a man deserving of Kennedy Townsend. I’m no longer the poor, illegitimate son of a wealthy man who refused to even acknowledge my presence.For years, I’ve watched her from afar, waited, and even manipulated businesses to grant her the career opportunities she deserved...
  • 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...
  • Damaged Goods by April Wilson

    Damaged Goods by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When martial arts expert Liam McIntyre spies a vulnerable young woman working the streets of Chicago, his chivalrous nature kicks in. She shouldn't be there, doing what she's doing. So, like any hero, he steps in. He pays to keep her off the streets for the night so they can talk. He learns who she is and what brought her to this point in her life...
  • My Forever by Tiffany Patterson

    My Forever by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Savannah I was only eighteen years old when I thought I had found my happily ever after. After the tragic death of my mother, I married the love of my life, Ace Townsend. Yes, we were young and idealistic, but we had it all figured out. He was going to be a fighter pilot in the Air Force. I would go to medical school to become a doctor for people who couldn’t afford healthcare...
  • Avenging Devil Part 2: Satan's Devils MC San Diego by Manda Mellett

    Avenging Devil Part 2: Satan's Devils MC San Diego by Manda Mellett

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    NiranSaffie’s past was darker than I’d ever expected, and now I’m embroiled in the thick of it. I’m fully prepared to forfeit my life if it means I save hers, but I have no idea how I’m going to achieve that objective. I do all that I can, lying to convince them I’m one of their kind despite having the wrong skin colour...
  • My Retribution Too: A Second Chance Series by SK Lessly

    My Retribution Too: A Second Chance Series by SK Lessly

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Phoebe:Question…Have you ever met a man for the first time and said to yourself, I’m going to have his beautiful babies? Of course, this declaration comes after you’ve looked him up and down, noting how hot he is, sexy, how tall he is, how broad his shoulders are, and, most importantly, how big his…feet are...
  • A Mafia Princess by Michelle Hardin

    A Mafia Princess by Michelle Hardin

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Carterina Anastacia Stone wakes up from the most terrifying experience of her life to find that her life has been totally flipped upside down. Nathan Salerno is her gorgeous fiancé she can't remember even meeting, and the mother she thought abandoned her, is demanding to be a part of her life. Lies. Secrets. The truth...
  • All We Ever Needed by D.A. Young

    All We Ever Needed by D.A. Young

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Always seen and treated like the baby of the overprotective Romankov/Sullivan clan, Katerina may have been the youngest child, and only girl, of Alexei and Vivienne but she was all woman. Kat worked tirelessly to establish her own identity to not only become a world-renowned jewelry designer but carved her own sense of independence, despite the closeness she shared with her family...
  • Brothers Black 7: Johnathan the Fixer by Blue Saffire, Covers by Combs

    Brothers Black 7: Johnathan the Fixer by Blue Saffire, Covers by Combs

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    RoniI don't know my past, I've lost control of my future, but I have a bullet for my present. Nough said.JohnathanThat’s Roni, and that’s about as much as you will get from her. When you get to know her, you understand why. From the moment our eyes connected, I knew I’d be the one to fix what was broken. It didn’t matter that we were never supposed to see each other again...
  • Atonement: An Interracial Romance by T.K. Leigh

    Atonement: An Interracial Romance by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Londyn Bennett entered my world like a hurricane. One I was grossly unprepared for.But in the short time we've known each other, she's opened my eyes to things I never expected. She taught me about acceptance. Compassion. Love.Because of her, I've also been forced to learn about prejudice. Cruelty. Hate...
  • All of Me by Tiffany Patterson

    All of Me by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book 2 in the Townsends of Texas Series.Lena I have one goal in mind: Write another album. The completion of my next album would grant me freedom from my record label. A label owned by my scheming, lying, and manipulative ex-fiancé. Too bad writer’s block has had a death hold over me for months...
  • Her Way by Nicci Harris

    Her Way by Nicci Harris

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Your love for her is dangerous and unnatural.” I grin. “I’m dangerous and unnatural.” Bronson: Olive skin. Amber eyes. She has been mine since we were fourteen.She was my beautiful distraction from the chaos I was born into.From the disturbances in my own mind. From my legacy. So when everything we created together is ripped away, I burn the idea of a peaceful life...
  • The Vegas Lie by K. Alex Walker

    The Vegas Lie by K. Alex Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    “As I said, it’s Saraci. S-A-R-A-C-I.Learn to say it and learn to spell it.It’ll be yours one day…and so will I.”When what happened in Vegas...didn't.Raina Daniels and Lucas Saraci are sworn enemies.Warring dragons from rival factions.The Montagues and Capulets of the modern world...kind of...
  • Toby the Protector by Blue Saffire

    Toby the Protector by Blue Saffire

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Award winning Author Blue Saffire presents Brothers Black 3: Toby The Protector Book 3 in the Brothers Black Series I’ve wanted her from the first time I saw her. How was I supposed to know I couldn’t have her? She was made for me. I was made for her. We’ve tried to avoid each other, we’ve tried to be apart. It almost killed us. I’ve loved him since before I met him...
  • La Dolce Vita by Sienna Mynx

    La Dolce Vita by Sienna Mynx

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Someone powerful will fall. Someone greedy will die. Someone guilty will lose it all. Destiny has sealed their fate as husband and wife, but nothing has changed the Don. No evil will ever come between him and Mirabella again. Or so he thinks. Don Giovanni Battaglia has sacrificed all he intends to for la famiglia...
  • No Greater Love by D. A. Young

    No Greater Love by D. A. Young

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alexei and Vivienne Romankov have always been the loving and supportive patriarch and matriarch of the Sullivan clan and their extended family, but how did this power couple come to be, and who or what is behind the wedge that has driven them apart for more than twenty years? Take a trip down memory lane as we discover their not-so-humble beginnings and finally learn the truth behind all the...
  • Dark Reign : A Dark Mafia Romance by Xavier Neal

    Dark Reign : A Dark Mafia Romance by Xavier Neal

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I am going to restore my reign over both worlds.First, with a pen.Next, with a knife.Remind them who sits on the throne of this concrete jungle.Repair the structure that was shattered when my Mia Bella was stolen from me.Revenge will be had.Restitution received.And for me to reestablish order, I will do whatever is necessary.For there is no cost that is too great...
  • Beautiful Prey 5: The Storm Series - BWWM Romance by Phoenix Daniels

    Beautiful Prey 5: The Storm Series - BWWM Romance by Phoenix Daniels

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Disclaimer: The Coronavirus does not exist in this novel. The Storms have been through enough. Catch up with the Storms!Watch Victoria struggle with black versus blue guilt. See Jack’s attempt at managing his stubborn wife, while the Savellis deal with the consequences of Natasha’s temper.Tammy becomes a mogul.Tracy becomes a mother.And Francis wants a wife...
  • Dirty Flowers by Kenya Wright

    Dirty Flowers by Kenya Wright

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As Emily and Kazimir navigate parenthood, darkness emerges to shatter their peace.The unspeakable has occurred, triggering the Lion to roar.Yet, when one thinks that the Lion and Mouse could never come back from the horror, they are empowered by not only their love, but also the undying support of their friends and family, who are just as dangerous and willing to shed blood to protect them...
  • Revere by Bethany-Kris

    Revere by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.43 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...
  • THE GOOD MISTRESS II: The Wedding: A BWWM Billionaire Romance by Amarie Avant, Avant Amarie

    THE GOOD MISTRESS II: The Wedding: A BWWM Billionaire Romance by Amarie Avant, Avant Amarie

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    What would you do if you found your happily ever after, but the world was hellbent on keeping you from it? Somalian native, Mila Ali, endured two broken engagements. She never seemed to be destined for true love until billionaire Blake Baldwin came storming into her life...
  • Edge Of Reason by Freya Barker

    Edge Of Reason by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Brotherhood and beer meets single mom and apple pie. I am a riding contradiction. A scholar, a cynic, a brother, and a biker. My name is Trunk . I'm smart enough to recognize the chip on my shoulder, and cautious enough to keep it right where it is. I am a misguided romantic. A mom, a daughter, an agent, and a survivor My name is Jaimie...
  • Romancing Sal Gabrini by Mallory Monroe

    Romancing Sal Gabrini by Mallory Monroe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gemma Jones once thought Sal Gabrini could be a keeper. He was, in truth, the man of her dreams. But after she didn’t hear from him when he had promised to stay in touch, she wasn’t thinking about him either. Even when she travels to his turf, to Seattle, to attend a stuffy lawyer’s convention, she’s bound and determined not to give Sal a second thought...
  • Possession: An Interracial Romance by T.K. Leigh

    Possession: An Interracial Romance by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes the right path isn’t the easiest one.Weston Bradford entered my world in a whirlwind. Or, more accurately, during a torrential downpour. After our brief encounter, I didn’t think I’d ever see the attractive man with mesmerizing blue eyes again. Not in a city the size of Atlanta...
  • Wild by Hannah Cole

    Wild by Hannah Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    It didn’t start out as the worst day of my life. But it was certainly in the top three.The promotion I worked so hard for turned out not to be mine at all but handed to Nick Marks, some social media wunderkind. So, I got mad. I got drunk. Then made the epic decision to blow off a little steam with a wild night out, one night stand included...
  • Tak: The A**hole Club Series by Ivy Harper

    Tak: The A**hole Club Series by Ivy Harper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From Bestselling author Ivy HarperTakLet them call me what they want, I know the truth. It all begins with the music, it follows me everywhere I go. Living as if every day is my last, I stand on the edge of life and death. Now everything around me is changing, dancing to music that’s not my own. My world is slowly falling apart because my friends are changing the rules.Then it happens. FML...
  • Beautiful Prey 3: The Storm Series by Phoenix Daniels

    Beautiful Prey 3: The Storm Series by Phoenix Daniels

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Victoria Storm is happier than she could have ever imagined. She has the man of her dreams in Jack Storm and a beautiful little girl. Meanwhile, Gianni and Natasha Storm are ready to welcome a new addition to their family. All is well with the Storm family until an unknown enemy with a vendetta threatens to shatter their peaceful existence, causing Gianni's extended family to step in...
  • Black Butterfly by Tiffany Patterson

    Black Butterfly by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Each book in the Black Burlesque Series are STANDALONE novels. Book 1: Black Pearl Book 2: Black Dahlia Andre Collins is not looking for love. In fact, love is the last thing on his mind as he continues to run one of the country’s most successful financial services firms alongside his brother. Andre is steadfast in the belief that love and marriage just aren’t for him...
  • Rhet: Lakeshore series by KT Adler

    Rhet: Lakeshore series by KT Adler

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rhet BannerMy rules in life are simple:Never have a woman in your bed for more than one night.Never mix business with pleasure.Never fall in love.Blood above all else.When life throws a new personal assistant at me, everything changes. I shouldn't want her, but I can't help it. She is breaking my focus and all my "nevers" are turning into "maybes"...
  • The Woman at the Docks by Jessica Gadziala

    The Woman at the Docks by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    You didn’t have to be in the criminal underbelly to understand one fundamental rule: You don’t mess with the mafia. But what other choice did she have? In the gritty town of Navesink Bank, Luca Grassi reigns as the capo of the town’s mafia, and maintains strict control over the docks, where clandestine black market products flow into the area...
  • Sapphire Tears by Nicole Fox

    Sapphire Tears by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    I’m caught between two dangerous men.My ex wants me back.My husband wants me dead.But the only life that matters to me is the baby in my belly.I tried running once, and that didn’t work.So it’s time for me to try something else: fighting.I’ll fight for myself, for my sanity, for my child.I’ll fight for hope.I’ll fight for love...
  • The Prince’s Bride: Beginning Forever by J.J. McAvoy

    The Prince’s Bride: Beginning Forever by J.J. McAvoy

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    With the fairytale wedding now over and the reality of their new roles placed on their shoulders, can Gale and Odette survive the sea of politics, family secrets, and scandal that awaits them? Can they still be true to themselves and their hearts?The whole country...even the world is watching and not everyone is happy for them...
  • The World in Reverse by Latrivia S. Nelson

    The World in Reverse by Latrivia S. Nelson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Italian heartthrob Nicola Agosto was Memphis’ most eligible bad boy seven years ago, but after falling in love with local college beauty queen, Ivy Winters, he settled down and started a beautiful family. Now as a father of four and a loving husband, he has ascended up the ranks of the Memphis Police Department and positioned himself as a dependable and trustworthy top cop...
  • Reno's Gift by Mallory Monroe

    Reno's Gift by Mallory Monroe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The entire Gabrini clan comes together in this explosive new interracial romance about love, and lost, and family. Reno Gabrini is the ultimate family man. Although he works harder than he should, and often finds it difficult to spend the kind of quality time he deeply wants to spend with his family, whenever they need him, he is always there...
  • Creed: Eyewitness by Phoenix Daniels

    Creed: Eyewitness by Phoenix Daniels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Meet Taylor Montgomery, the beautiful, but disgruntle, Chicago cop. She was disgruntled, not because she didn’t love her job, but because she was fed up with the slippery politics associated with the department. Yet, she donned her uniform every day, wearing it with pride, and patrolling the dangerous streets of The Windy City...
  • Second Chances by D. A. Young

    Second Chances by D. A. Young

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What would you do if you were given a second chance at love? Do you throw caution to the wind and follow your heart, or do you build an unbreakable fortress around your heart that only a special kind of man can penetrate? Meet Ella Kemp and Wyatt Easton. Heartbroken over a devastating loss, Ella is fairly certain that personal happiness just isn’t in her future...
  • The Ties That Bind by D. A. Young

    The Ties That Bind by D. A. Young

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s 1994 and the summer to beat all summer’s in Chatham, New Mexico as twin brothers Ransom and Harley Lawson, sons of the President of The Immortals MC are being groomed for higher-ranking positions. One is chosen to lead by birthright while the other is to be his right hand and brother’s keeper...
  • Finding Peace in Wishing Bridge by Ruth Logan Herne

    Finding Peace in Wishing Bridge by Ruth Logan Herne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Creator of the bestselling "Welcome to Wishing Bridge" and "At Home in Wishing Bridge" award-winning author Ruth Logan Herne invites readers back to the little town with the big heart with "Finding Peace in Wishing Bridge". Being a supermodel isn't just hard...
  • Rapture 4 (the finale): A BWWM Alpha Male Romance by Perri Forrest

    Rapture 4 (the finale): A BWWM Alpha Male Romance by Perri Forrest

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alika Cambridge is the wife of Rush, mother to an adorable set of twins and stepmother to a beautiful preteen. But she is also someone's daughter. A someone that Alika has absolutely no connection to. Enter Davina Bianchi. Having abandoned Alika as an infant, Davina has been desperately seeking out the daughter she walked away from...
  • Ryder's Claim: A Dark Mafia Romance by Raven Scott, Isabella Starling

    Ryder's Claim: A Dark Mafia Romance by Raven Scott, Isabella Starling

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s hiding a dirty secret… and I’m going to use it to destroy her.RYDERNobody is as off-limits as her - Nicoletta Carlucci, my brother's wife to be.But Nicoletta doesn't want my brother. She wants me.Except she doesn’t know something - I’ve found out about her dirty little secret.Nicoletta isn’t who she says she is.She’s a filthy liar, and I’m going to expose her...
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  • The Naked Chef by Twyla Turner

    The Naked Chef by Twyla Turner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a sex-positive siren who takes her pleasure whenever, wherever, and with whomever she pleases meets a former adult film star turned chef. There might be more than just food cooking in this kitchen. But…things aren't always what they seem.After a disastrous and life-altering ending to her first marriage, Mia Ayala has sworn off men for anything other than sex...
  • The One He Craves by A. Marie Johnson

    The One He Craves by A. Marie Johnson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    SHE’S BAD FOR HIM, he’s bad for her, yet being together seems so right it shouldn’t be wrong... but it is. The very thing that should pull Nim and Andretti apart pushes them together and they find themselves unable to escape each other after one night of forbidden desire.In another man’s arms is the one place Nim should’ve never been and also the only place she felt she was ever meant to be...
  • Legal Seduction by Sharon C. Cooper

    Legal Seduction by Sharon C. Cooper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When it comes to desire, they’re both pleading guilty. In the courtroom, criminal defense attorney Iris Sinclair is cool and confident. Yet, around her new client’s guardian, she loses all composure. Atlanta club owner Nash Dupri is an infamous playboy who could compromise Iris’s heart as well as her case...
  • Brizio DeLuca: Savage Bloodline Series by Keta Kendric

    Brizio DeLuca: Savage Bloodline Series by Keta Kendric

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I couldn’t leave well enough alone. My obsession with finding out what happened to my brother landed me in the hands of Brizio DeLuca. His offer to help me came with rules that set me on a path lined with torture, death, and destruction. I was minding my business and working on becoming a better man. And here she comes...
  • Unruly by Bethany-Kris

    Unruly by Bethany-Kris

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The crime boss. The hustling queen. Cross and Catherine Donati have been married five years, but the life they’ve chosen still has things to teach them yet. One can never become too comfortable in their business. Trouble soon follows. The principe and principessa are all grown up … It’s tough being at the top...
  • Tommy Gabrini 2: A Place in His Heart by Mallory Monroe

    Tommy Gabrini 2: A Place in His Heart by Mallory Monroe

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Tommy Gabrini never dreamed he’d fall in love when Grace McKinsey entered his life. She wasn’t sophisticated enough, his friends declared, or beautiful enough. But Tommy fell hard for the very woman they all dismissed. He even took the step of his life and asked her to be his wife...
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