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  • November 9 by Colleen Hoover

    November 9 by Colleen Hoover

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 51 ratings
    Beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover returns with an unforgettable love story between a writer and his unexpected muse.Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day before her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon’s last day in L.A...
  • Heart Bones: Despre agonia unor inimi frânte by Colleen Hoover

    Heart Bones: Despre agonia unor inimi frânte by Colleen Hoover

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    Life and a dismal last name are the only two things Beyah Grim's parents ever gave her. After carving her path all on her own, Beyah is well on her way to bigger and better things, thanks to no one but herself...
  • The Prince by Tiffany Reisz

    The Prince by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Two worlds of wealth and passion call to Nora Sutherlin and, whichever one she chooses, it will be the hardest decision she will ever have to make. Unless someone makes it for her…Wes Railey is the object of Nora's tamest yet most maddening fantasies, and the one man she can't forget. He's young. He's wonderful...
  • Push and Shove by C.L. Stone

    Push and Shove by C.L. Stone

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Sang Sorenson struggles with her growing feelings when the Academy boys take her in and draw her closer into their world. They work together to uncover the true secrets happening at Ashley Waters High School, where Principal Hendricks will stop at nothing to take them all down...
  • Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover

    Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    In the follow-up to Colleen Hoover’s #1 New York Times bestseller Hopeless, the charming and irresistible Dean Holder tells the passionate story that has melted thousands of hearts.In Hopeless, Sky left no secret unearthed, no feeling unshared, and no memory forgotten, but Holder’s past remained a mystery...
  • The Angel by Tiffany Reisz

    The Angel by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    No safe word can protect the heartInfamous erotica author and accomplished dominatrix Nora Sutherlin is doing something utterly out of character: hiding. While her longtime lover, Søren—whose fetishes, if exposed, would be his ruin—is under scrutiny pending a major promotion, Nora's lying low and away from temptation in the lap of luxury...
  • Friends vs. Family by C.L. Stone

    Friends vs. Family by C.L. Stone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Sang Sorenson is forced to suffer through another of her mother’s extreme punishments. It almost kills her. The Academy boys vow it will be the last. They're determined to keep Sang safe, especially from her own family. Their solution: complete invasion of her life. Kota, Luke, Silas, Nathan, Victor, Gabriel and North do everything within their power to show Sang what true loyalty means...
  • The Brightest Sunset by Aly Martinez

    The Brightest Sunset by Aly Martinez

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me. Lies. Words destroyed me. “I’m sorry. She didn’t make it.” “Daddy, he can’t breathe!” “There’s nothing more we can do for your son.” Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me. More lies. Those syllables and letters became my executioner...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  family  female-mc  forbidden-love  sad
  • Made by J.M. Darhower

    Made by J.M. Darhower

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Corrado Moretti.The world knows the notorious Kevlar Killer, but few have ever seen what lies beneath his armor. The abused child. The neglected teenager. The broken man. He always did whatever he had to do in order to survive.It's kill or be killed.Throughout his life, he has been there in the shadows, a witness to everything from beginning to end...
  • Ember by Rachel Van Dyken

    Ember by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I am a Killer. A Rapist. A Monster.I know only pain and survival. That is until the Cappo's sister walked into my life. And changed everything.She's a light who makes my darkness darker, her smile makes my heart turn to ice, and I can't escape the fear her seductive looks instill--knowing it's only a matter of time before I fail--again, and take her for myself.This is the story of my redemption...
  • Barely Breathing by Rebecca Donovan

    Barely Breathing by Rebecca Donovan

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Emma’s struggle with an abusive home life came to a heart pounding conclusion in the final chapters of Reason to Breathe. Now everyone in Weslyn knows Emma’s secret, but Carol can’t hurt Emma anymore. Some are still haunted by the horror of that night, and some must face the repercussions of their choices...
  • Il tuo meraviglioso silenzio by Katja Millay

    Il tuo meraviglioso silenzio by Katja Millay

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    I live in a world without magic or miracles. A place where there are no clairvoyants or shapeshifters, no angels or superhuman boys to save you. A place where people die and music disintegrates and things suck. I am pressed so hard against the earth by the weight of reality that some days I wonder how I am still able to lift my feet to walk...
  • Out of Breath by Rebecca Donovan

    Out of Breath by Rebecca Donovan

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Emma leaves Weslyn and everyone in it behind to attend Stanford University, just as she always intended. A shell of her former self, she is not the same girl. She is broken, and the only way that she’ll be whole again is through forgiveness. Emma must find a way to forgive herself and recognize her own worth before she can receive the love she deserves...
  • Blood Feud by J.D. Nixon

    Blood Feud by J.D. Nixon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Book 3 in the Little Town series.A seemingly inexplicable and shockingly violent crime in the beautiful rural locale of ‘Little Town’ has devastating personal and professional consequences for its two police officers, Senior Constable Tess Fuller and her partner, Sergeant Finn Maguire...
  • The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon

    The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    If I tell you right up front, right in the beginning that I lost him, it will be easier for you to bear. You will know it’s coming, and it will hurt. But you’ll be able to prepare.Someone found him in a laundry basket at the Quick Wash, wrapped in a towel, a few hours old and close to death...
  • Indebted by Sharon C. Cooper

    Indebted by Sharon C. Cooper

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Even when he does good, he’s bad… Detective Lazarus Dimas doesn’t play by the rules. On the streets, he’s a force to be reckoned with, a dangerous man with a badge and a gun. But he does have a soft spot — the sexy Assistant District Attorney Journey Ramsey. There is something about the woman he can’t shake. She’s irresistible and off limits...
  • Dominic by Sarah Brianne

    Dominic by Sarah Brianne

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dominic was raised as the devil’s right-hand man, the rightful heir to the Luciano throne.Maria was raised as a princess, excluded from holding any power in the Caruso family.The sins of his father is his debt to pay.The only sin she wants him to pay for is one his family did not commit.In love with a dead man, can he get her to love his killer?Hell will freeze over before she’ll ever love again...
  • Wealthy Playboy by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell

    Wealthy Playboy by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An all-new sexy standalone enemies-to-lovers office romance.He's everything she hates.Arrogant. Cocky. Wealthy.Wells Covington is the Tony Stark of Wall Street.He's never met a deal he couldn't conquer, and never met a human who could out maneuver him.Until her... and she's the only thing on his mind.Meadow Carlson.She tanks his mega real estate deal the first time they meet...
  • Forbidden to Love: A Stand-alone Dark Mafia Second Chance Forbidden Romance by Siobhan Davis, Regina Wamba

    Forbidden to Love: A Stand-alone Dark Mafia Second Chance Forbidden Romance by Siobhan Davis, Regina Wamba

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A new stand-alone dark mafia romance from USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Siobhan Davis.Natalia Mazzone has grown up knowing she is promised to a made man. As the only daughter of one of New York’s most powerful mafia dons, she knows she can’t refuse. It’s her duty, and she would never dishonor her beloved father.But the man she’s promised to is a monster...
  • Mafiosa by Catherine Doyle

    Mafiosa by Catherine Doyle

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A blood war rages on the streets of Chicago. Protected by an infamous Mafia family, Sophie is living a dangerous lie...
  • Rewrite the Stars by Charleigh Rose

    Rewrite the Stars by Charleigh Rose

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Evangeline Thorne is privileged. Beautiful and popular, if not a little jaded. A chance encounter with a green-eyed stuntman sets off a chain of events that turns her perfect, little world upside down. Short on options and desperate for adventure, she joins the traveling carnival for the summer...
  • Hopeless by Colleen Hoover

    Hopeless by Colleen Hoover

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    Sometimes discovering the truth can leave you more hopeless than believing the lies…That’s what seventeen-year-old Sky realizes after she meets Dean Holder. A guy with a reputation that rivals her own and an uncanny ability to invoke feelings in her she’s never had before...
  • The Moth and the Flame by B.B. Reid

    The Moth and the Flame by B.B. Reid

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    They're the best of friends or the worst of friends. Neither one is letting go.THE FLAMEHere lies Louchana Valentine. She was a homeless, orphaned virgin.I never cared what my gravestone would say until I landed in deep with a powerful gangster. Lucky for me, my best friend happens to be ruthless too. I should feel guilty that he's forced to turn on the man who's been a father to him...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  coming-of-age  dark  drama  family  female-mc
  • Reason to Breathe by Rebecca Donovan

    Reason to Breathe by Rebecca Donovan

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    USA Today Bestselling Novel"No one tried to get involved with me, and I kept to myself. This was the place where everything was supposed to be safe and easy. How could Evan Mathews unravel my constant universe in just one day?"In the affluent town of Weslyn, Connecticut, where most people worry about what to be seen in and who to be seen with, Emma Thomas would rather not be seen at all...
  • The Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allred

    The Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allred

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Sweet tea, corn bread, and soup beans—everyday fare for eight-year-old Alix French, the precocious darling of a respected southern family. But nothing was ordinary about the day she met ten-year-old Nick Anderson, a boy from the wrong side of town...
  • Redemption by J.M. Darhower

    Redemption by J.M. Darhower

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    In this thrilling and sexy follow-up to Sempre, two young lovers struggle to keep their relationship intact after they become deeply enmeshed in the dangerous mafia-run crime ring they once tried to overthrow.Haven Antonelli and Carmine DeMarco have been through a lot. Haven was taken in by Carmine’s father, and with his family’s help, she escaped a gruesome fate...
  • Kiss Me by Jillian Dodd

    Kiss Me by Jillian Dodd

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    An alternate cover edition of this ASIN B00AEEFKZ2 can be found hereFrom USA Today, bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the second book in the addictive Keatyn Chronicles series. Discover a breathless fairy-tale romance with swoon-worthy characters, suspense, and a glittering celebrity world...
  • Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

    Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 56 ratings
    When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she knows it isn’t love at first sight. They wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up...
  • Blood & Rust by Cat Porter

    Blood & Rust by Cat Porter

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The bad boy. The fuck up. The thief. That was me. Once a king, Now a wanderer. I'd thrown the best parts of me away, over and over again. I was reckless. Still am. I'd been exiled. Twice. I did my time. I've cleaned up. Well, sort of. I got plans. Yeah, good ones. Then I ran into her. A bolt of lightning Startling Unsettling Breathtaking Out of reach...
  • Better Than This by Beth Flynn

    Better Than This by Beth Flynn

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Time doesn’t heal all wounds. Sometimes they just scab over. Haunted by memories of a failed marriage, trauma surgeon Barbie Anderson escapes to her hometown for a fresh start. But the quaint community of Pumpkin Rest has memories and failures of its own that should stay buried...
  • Looks Over by Rose Christo

    Looks Over by Rose Christo

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "There's nothing wrong with trying to get to know my son's boyfriend." Skylar knows he's lucky to have an open-minded father. It's not just that Skylar and Rafael are both boys. Between their families exists a dark and turbulent past: Rafael's father was the first serial killer in the history of the Nettlebush Indian Reserve, and Skylar's mother was his last victim...
  • Betrayal by Aleatha Romig

    Betrayal by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    One week. No future. No past. No more.Alexandria Collins has one week to live carefree—no ghosts of her past or pressures of her future haunting her. Reinventing herself as "Charli," she is knocked off her feet by a sexy, mysterious man who brings her pleasure like she never imagined. With her heart at stake, she forgets that decisions made in the dark of night reappear in the bright light of day...
  • Now Open Your Eyes by Nicole Fiorina, Oliver Masters

    Now Open Your Eyes by Nicole Fiorina, Oliver Masters

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    MIA. It was so close, I'd tasted it–the freedom. But the only thing I could taste now was the end. Over the last two years, I’d let all outside forces dictate my life, my feelings, my head. I’d allowed everyone to control what my punishment should be for all my wrong-doings. I’d been tested and learned my lesson. I’d paid my dues and suffered long enough...
  • Lead Me Home by A.L. Jackson

    Lead Me Home by A.L. Jackson

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A friends-to-lovers second-chance romance...Fourteen years ago, my life changed forever.My sister disappeared. That day I was selfish. That day I chose myself over her. And that day, I lost everything.Including Nikki Walters.She's the girl I've loved my whole life. She's gorgeous. Caring. Every single thing I've ever wanted but denied myself...
  • Knowing You by Allie Everhart

    Knowing You by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Now that Garret's decided he's no longer following the rules of his wealthy family, he can finally develop a closer relationship with Jade. Things are going well, but Jade still worries that being with Garret is only temporary. And because of that, she's not sure how much of herself and her past she's willing to let him see...
  • Black Magic by D. Camille

    Black Magic by D. Camille

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Thirty year old billionaire Jordan Black is all about handling his business, in the boardroom and most definitely in the bedroom; and his business is controlling everything and everyone around him. That is, until he meets Sage Parker, the ultimate temptation and the younger sister of his close friend and business associate, which makes her the forbidden fruit he will never taste...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  drama  poc-mc  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Fastball by Lisa Suzanne

    Fastball by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It was over as quickly as it started…or at least I thought it was. But as it turns out, I can’t stay away. Life keeps throwing us together, and it seems like she’s everywhere all at once. She’s in the same house as me, in the bedroom next to mine as I dream about what she’s doing in there...
  • Brutal Bloodline by M'Renee Allen

    Brutal Bloodline by M'Renee Allen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A life for a life. That was the code they lived by. After their Don was gunned down, things changed. This was no longer a life for a life situation. A coward had tried to make a name for himself by taking on their family. It was time for the DeLucas to show their enemies just how brutally savage their bloodline could be...
    Categorized as:
    dark  alpha-mc  family  angst  suspense  poc-mc  romance  contemporary
  • The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher

    The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Olivia Kaspen is a sharp tongued manipulator used to always getting what she wants. With just one exception-Caleb Drake, the one she foolishly let slip away. After a chance encounter brings Caleb back into her life, Olivia finds herself wanting a second chance with her first love, and asking herself how far she is willing to go to get him back...
  • Own the Wind by Kristen Ashley

    Own the Wind by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Too hot to handle...Tabitha Allen grew up in the thick of Chaos--the Chaos Motorcycle Club, that is. Her father is Chaos' leader, and the club has always had her back. But one rider was different from the start. When Tabby was running wild, Shy Cage was there. When tragedy tore her life apart, he helped her piece it back together. And now, Tabby's thinking about much more than friendship..
  • Shattered Legacy : A Dark Bully Romance by Caitlyn Dare

    Shattered Legacy : A Dark Bully Romance by Caitlyn Dare

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mia Thompson wants only one thing: to survive Gravestone University, graduate, and get far far away from her hometown and its archaic traditions.But she’s about to become a pawn in a game she doesn’t understand.Bexley Danforth wants only one thing: to keep his head down, survive four years at college, and get far far away from his past and the mistakes that haunt him...
  • The Last One You Loved by L.J. Evans

    The Last One You Loved by L.J. Evans

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    MaddoxBetween my badge, my daughter, and my hometown, I’ve got a busy life. It’s a mostly happy one. But late at night, when the house is quiet, I still see her face. McKenna may have left me and this town behind a decade ago, but a century wouldn’t be long enough to get over her.There’s only one thing worse than never seeing her again...
  • Tethered Souls by Beth Flynn

    Tethered Souls by Beth Flynn

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My family has secrets. I’m always the good girl, doing what’s necessary to keep my loved ones safe. I've kept the darkest secrets from everyone I know. As painful as it is to hold them all inside where they live and gnaw away at me, that’s where they must stay. I haven't seen my closest childhood friend, Christian Bear, since I was a teenager—he hasn't changed a bit...
  • Just Like Heaven by Trilina Pucci

    Just Like Heaven by Trilina Pucci

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    𝐇𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥—𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲. If only I could’ve convinced my heart.We were gorgeously young and desperate for one another. His lips whispered promises of all the stars in the sky. While I dreamt of a love that would last forever. But we’re star-crossed.Fate had decided our course...
  • Left Drowning by Jessica Park

    Left Drowning by Jessica Park

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    What does it take to rise from life’s depths, swim against the current, and breathe? Weighted down by the loss of her parents, Blythe McGuire struggles to keep her head above water as she trudges through her last year at Matthews College...
  • Connected by A.E. Murphy

    Connected by A.E. Murphy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Stuck between what feels wrong but should be right and what is definitely wrong but feels so right, Gwen has to deal with her new life and being a single mother to her baby, Dillan. Whilst trying to move on and fill the gaping hole that Caleb left behind, she struggles with the knowledge of what happened to Nathan...
  • Keeping Kyler by Siobhan Davis, Fiona Jayde

    Keeping Kyler by Siobhan Davis, Fiona Jayde

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 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...
  • קוראת את חיי by Renee Carlino

    קוראת את חיי by Renee Carlino

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    When a bestselling debut novel from mysterious author J.Colby becomes the literary event of the year, Emiline reads it reluctantly. As an adjunct writing instructor at UC San Diego with her own stalled literary career and a bumpy long-term relationship, Emiline isn’t thrilled to celebrate the accomplishments of a young and gifted writer...
  • Falls Boys by Penelope Douglas

    Falls Boys by Penelope Douglas

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The HELLBENT Series—a spin-off to the Fall Away series—is coming! “The kids are growing up—different from their parents but the same in so many ways…” ARO Hawken Trent. So polite. So sweet. Such an upstanding young man. A virgin, too, I hear. He never gets naughty with a girl. Probably because Jesus told him not to. And now here he is, trying to be the hero by protecting another girl from me...
  • Fearless by Lauren Gilley

    Fearless by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the author of the Walker Series comes a family drama like no other, a sprawling character epic, a forbidden love story full of angst, adventure, heartbreak, and second chances. Welcome to the mother chapter of the Lean Dogs Motorcycle Club; meet the girl raised by outlaws, and the fearsome man who will always hold her heart...
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