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The Boy & His Ribbon by Pepper Winters
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratings“What do you do when you meet your soul mate? No wait… that’s too easy. What do you do when you meet your soul mate and have to spend a lifetime loving him in secret? I’ll tell you what you do.You lie.”RENRen was eight when he learned that love doesn’t exist—that the one person who was supposed to adore him only cared how much he was worth... -
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American Hellhound by Lauren Gilley
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBlack dogs. Demons. Hellhounds. Damned souls that haunt crossroads, taking the forms of hulking dogs with glowing red eyes. Legends of the Old World, but just stories meant to scare lonely wanderers. Mostly. Knoxville, Tennessee boasts black dogs of its own: the mother chapter of the Lean Dogs Motorcycle Club...Categorized as:
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![Blood & Bones: Easy by Jeanne St. James]()
Blood & Bones: Easy by Jeanne St. James
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen life comes crashing down around you, the only thing left to do is pick up the pieces… Easy’s a man who made a mistake and paid for it with four years of his life.A man who trusted someone who turned around and screwed him so hard it landed him in prison.A man who spent years searching for where he belonged.Who found his place after he joined the Blood Fury MC.Who finally found his “easy... -
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Fallen Fourth Down by Tijan
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMy mother tried to destroy me. She doesn’t exist to me anymore and my father, the one who raised me and the biological one, are both works in progress. The only two people that I can trust are Mason and Logan, and they’re the two people who I could lose. It won’t happen. I won’t let it. No matter the truth, no matter who loves me, I won’t let anything or anyone come between us. They’re my world... -
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![Finding Carly by Susan Stoker]()
Finding Carly by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJag helped her take control of her life back...but someone is watching and waiting for the perfect moment to finish what her ex had started.On one unforgettable afternoon, a simple fluke kept Carly Stewart out of her crazy ex’s reach…landing her best friend in his clutches instead...Categorized as:
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![Nashville Dreams by Julie Capulet]()
Nashville Dreams by Julie Capulet
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“All I wished for was to experience that spark you read about, just once. What I wasn’t expecting was the Fourth of July and heaven on earth all rolled into one.” ~ Stella Bass player Kade Tucker is known as the Magic Man, and not only for his riffs. After breaking off a disastrous relationship, he swears off women. Only problem is, five minutes later, he might have just met the love of his life...Categorized as:
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![Beyond What is Given by Rebecca Yarros]()
Beyond What is Given by Rebecca Yarros
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsBe careful what you wish for...Lt. Grayson Masters is focused on graduating the Apache helicopter course, and the last thing he needs is his gorgeous new roommate Samantha Fitzgerald distracting him. While her smart mouth and free spirit are irresistibly irritating, he can't deny their off-the-charts chemistry, no matter how hard he tries... -
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Price of Angels by Lauren Gilley
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBook II in the Dartmoor Series. Holly Jessup came to Knoxville in search of the Lean Dogs MC, hoping to find a killer among them. She’s spent four months cozying up to Sgt. at Arms Michael, and it’s time to make her move. Michael McCall isn’t in the habit of accepting contract hits, but Holly isn’t the kind of girl who chases after Dogs... -
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Those Three Words by Alexis Winter
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThose three words… Those three delicious, naughty words instantly set my body ablaze...Categorized as:
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![Always Someone's Monster by Lani Lynn Vale]()
Always Someone's Monster by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA few years ago, when his sister went missing, Haggard Crow turned into something he never wanted to be. A killer.Even after his sister is rescued a year after she was kidnapped and sold, Haggard ‘Thief’ Crow doesn’t have any plans on changing. He sort of likes the zero fucks given guy that he is now... -
![Secondhand Smoke by Lauren Gilley]()
Secondhand Smoke by Lauren Gilley
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsReal life. It isn’t sexy. Isn’t pretty. There are no alpha bad boys. No easy outs. No Hollywood soundtrack. Real life hurts like hell and tastes like the grit between your teeth. And love…love always bears a hefty price. This isn’t a biker romance. This is love and war in the world of the Lean Dogs MC... -
![Broken Halo by Brynne Asher]()
Broken Halo by Brynne Asher
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsZero three zero nine. Four little numbers … four little words. They might be random and insignificant to anyone else, but they meant something to us. No, they meant everything to us. Until they were ripped away. That was the day our lives took a different course. One we had no control over... -
![Worth the Risk by Bella Matthews]()
Worth the Risk by Bella Matthews
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings**Formerly Published As Changing The Game**Not all love stories have happy endings. Some are destined to crash and burn. Growing up, I was the youngest member of my family. Sheltered and protected by my older brother and his friends. Always on the outside looking in. College was supposed to be my chance for a fresh start. My opportunity to figure out who I am and what I want...Categorized as:
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![Rewrite the Stars by Charleigh Rose]()
Rewrite the Stars by Charleigh Rose
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsEvangeline 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...Categorized as:
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![When I'm with You by Harper Sloan, Shirl Rae]()
When I'm with You by Harper Sloan, Shirl Rae
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsListening length: 8 hours, 39 minutes.Nate: It's nearly impossible to be surrounded by love but not understand it. My parents, my sister, and just about everyone around us has no trouble accepting that love. To give your trust to someone else and believe they would die before hurting you. I've witnessed it-I've seen the power of it-but I've also seen the pain... -
![Often by Danielle Norman]()
Often by Danielle Norman
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDifficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations… He wore suits and I wore biker boots. He went to University and I went to Trade school. He lived in a big home and I lived in a tiny apartment. When my world was turned upside down, he took me in his arms and promised to help me find a new direction... -
![War of Hearts by Nina Levine]()
War of Hearts by Nina Levine
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn explosive and epic love story set in the gritty world of the Storm MC..I tried not to look at her.I tried not to want her.I tried not to love her.But she won this war of hearts and now I'm a man on my knees.This love may kill me.My president will see to that.No one touches his daughter.He's removed me from her life.He's sent me to hell where every day is a bloodbath...Categorized as:
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Random & Rare by Cat Porter
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDreams can come true for lost souls, even in the most broken way Years ago one impetuous decision, one random act of kindness changed their lives forever, Only Grace had no idea how deep those consequences ran. Now she’s about to find out Grace’s happy ever after doesn’t turn out the way she’d hoped Overwhelmed with guilt and regret she retreats from everyone, even her beloved husband, Lock... -
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Niro by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratings* You do not need to read the OG Henchmen to read this new series *Joining the MC had never been a question.Raised by an ex-cage-fighting member, Niro hadn’t seen any future for himself that didn’t involve bikes, guns, violence, and the brotherhood he’d learned to revere above all else. But joining the Henchmen meant he couldn’t have the only other thing in life he wanted.Andi... -
![Alone with You by Aly Martinez]()
Alone with You by Aly Martinez
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPain trapped me in this house. Can love set me free?Death had been chasing me my entire life. I survived the horrors of war, but it was the aftermath that truly destroyed me.People called me a recluse, but the only time I didn’t feel like I was suffocating was inside that house.For my daughter, I kept some semblance of normalcy by implementing a rigid routine... -
![Savage Pawn by Em Petrova]()
Savage Pawn by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s smart enough to know better, except when it comes to the SEAL trying to hack her heart. SEAL Team Blackout Special Operator Drew Gunnison’s motto of duty, honor and integrity fit right in when given missions most special forces fail at...Categorized as:
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![Mister Bodyguard by Lauren Rowe]()
Mister Bodyguard by Lauren Rowe
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA bodyguard, a beauty, and a bet. “I’m hiring you to do more than guard her, Zander,” my new boss explained. “You’re gonna be her rock. Her human Valium. Her trusted friend. And she’s gonna be your mission from God.” “So I’m her babysitter?” “Her babysitter, her bodyguard, her f*cking service doggie. Whatever she needs or wants, that’s what you’ll be. Anything except her booty call...Categorized as:
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![Watch Your Mouth by Kandi Steiner]()
Watch Your Mouth by Kandi Steiner
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMy brother’s teammates know not to touch me — but that doesn’t stop me from daring Jaxson Brittain to be the first to break the rule.After one steamy night in Austin, I’m all too aware of the hot, broody defenseman with icy blue eyes and ink sprawling his muscular arms. He was the one my brother assigned to keep me safe — and I had far too much fun tempting him to be the one to put me in danger...Categorized as:
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On the Way to You by Kandi Steiner
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of Weightless, A Love Letter to Whiskey, and Revelry What makes you happy? That was the question Emery Reed asked me the day we met, and I couldn’t give him a single answer. I could have said my dog, or my books, or yoga — but I just stared. And then, I got in his car...Categorized as:
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![Castle of Water: A Novel by Dane Huckelbridge]()
Castle of Water: A Novel by Dane Huckelbridge
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTwo very different people, one very small island. For Sophie Ducel, her honeymoon in French Polynesia was intended as a celebration of life. The proud owner of a thriving Parisian architecture firm, co-founded with her brilliant new husband, Sophie had much to look forward to—including a visit to the island home of her favorite singer, Jacques Brel...Categorized as:
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![Sunday Morning by Jewel E. Ann]()
Sunday Morning by Jewel E. Ann
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHer boyfriend’s older brother should be off-limits, but he’s a sinful temptation.Sarah is a preacher’s daughter and a people pleaser. She’s also on the verge of graduating high school and following her dream of singing in Nashville. The only thing standing in her way is that the entire town of Devil’s Head, Missouri, thinks she will marry Matt, the son of the town’s richest rancher... -
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Inked Devotion: Montgomery Ink: Fort Collins by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Montgomery Ink saga from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues with a road trip romance between two friends running from their past.Brenna Garrett watched her best friend fall in love with another woman all the while keeping his darkest secrets from her. Now she’ll have to figure out who she is without him while not letting the rest of the Montgomerys see her break...Categorized as:
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Hesitate by K.E. Osborn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFamily is a bond.One that can’t be broken.But what if I want to bend the rules?I wasn’t supposed to look at her that way. I’d practically grown up beside her. You shouldn’t ignite inside when you stare at your stepsister.Now she’s caught the eye of someone else.Someone more sinister than me.The problem is—he’s dangerous...Categorized as:
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The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsTwenty-year-old Camryn Bennett had always been one to think out-of-the-box, who knew she wanted something more in life than following the same repetitive patterns and growing old with the same repetitive life story. And she thought that her life was going in the right direction until everything fell apart... -
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Ten Below Zero by Whitney Barbetti
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 19 ratings"In here," he said, pushing on the skin above my heart, "you're ten below zero. And you're closer to death than I am." My name is Parker. My body is marked with scars from an attack I don't remember. I don't want to remember. I choose to live my life by observation, not through experience. While people are laughing and kissing and connecting, I'm in the corner. Watching them live... -
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Own the Wind by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsToo 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.. -
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Hood River Zero by K. Webster
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author K Webster comes a forbidden, friends to lovers romance called Hood River Zero!She sees the darkness inside that I’m trying desperately to hide from everyone.Pokes. Prods. Infuriates.This girl won’t stop until she’s touched every scar, both inside and out...Categorized as:
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Royal Games by T.K. Leigh
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvery girl dreams of falling in love with a prince.When I met Jeremy, I thought he was my prince.Caring. Compassionate. Sensitive.And, unfortunately for me... Not attracted to women.So here I am, thirty years old and divorced when most of my friends are just getting married. In desperate need of a restart, I set off on a road trip to learn how to love myself again...Categorized as:
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![Tastes Like Candy by Lauren Gilley]()
Tastes Like Candy by Lauren Gilley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRaised by a widower and a pack of uncles, Michelle Calloway has known only one way of life, that of the Lean Dogs MC, London chapter. When circumstances force her to flee to America, she fears her days of working alongside the club are over. But Derek Snow isn't the sort of man to let talent go to waste... -
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![Dangerous Hearts by K.K. Allen]()
Dangerous Hearts by K.K. Allen
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom Award-Winning Author, K.K. Allen, comes a hot rock star romance packed with all the feels. His heart beats for the music. She's his favorite song. Lyric Cassidy knows a thing or two about bad boy rock stars with raspy vocals. In fact, her heart was just played by one... -
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Iron & Bone by Cat Porter
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA knife that cut too deep, a slash that still burns, failures piled high and flammable. I held my losses at bay with knives, with guns, my hands, my bike, my brothers, my iron will. But not my heart. No, my heart was the flame that would light the match, ignite the blaze... -
![Hollywood Playboy by Natasha Madison]()
Hollywood Playboy by Natasha Madison
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBehind the "lights, camera, action" of Hollywood lies a world of deception, love, and seduction. Are you ready for Hollywood Royalty? Jessica An entertainment journalist was the last thing I thought I would be doing. I thought once I got my degree, I would be reporting on stories that made a difference, but now all I do is report on who broke up with who and who is dating who. I was over it... -
![Craving Resurrection by Nicole Jacquelyn]()
Craving Resurrection by Nicole Jacquelyn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPoet and Amy's story...Patrick Gallagher’s future was mapped out—and it didn’t include Amy Henderson or the IRA.She was everything he’d never wanted. Too young. Too naïve.Unfortunately, he couldn’t help but be fascinated by the girl who took refuge in his old bedroom, staying with his mum more often than not.She looked like a Renaissance painting and argued like a solicitor... -
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Until Bax by Aurora Rose Reynolds
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBax Mayson thought he had escaped the family curse—until he saw Olivia Gannon again. It’s been eight years since he last laid eyes on his best friend’s little sister, and now, fate has thrown her back into his life. As if their undeniable connection isn’t complicated enough, a mysterious threat looms, determined to tear Olivia away from him... -
![Fearless by Lauren Gilley]()
Fearless by Lauren Gilley
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom 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... -
![Unseen Messages by Pepper Winters]()
Unseen Messages by Pepper Winters
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"There is a message for everything. From handwritten to verbal, seen and unseen. Messages exist all around us." But what if you don't see?What if you don't understand?What if, by ignoring the message, your life is never the same again?Estelle Evermore morphed from nobody to somebody overnight.Galloway Oak put his past behind him and endeavoured to make his fortune using his trade. Two strangers... -
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Chasing the Stars by Virginie Grimaldi
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis journey could change everything...Maybe if she hadn't lost her job, Anna would never have dreamed of being so impulsive. Or perhaps if Chloe wasn't always having her heart broken, or if Lily was happy at school. But when Anna realises that her family is falling apart, only a grand, spontaneous gesture will do... -
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Collide by Piper Lawson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy hot professor’s past tore us apart. But he won’t give up on our future.I thought I knew who Sawyer Redmond was. I was wrong.But he’s fiercely determined to keep me, and I can’t avoid him. He’s everywhere—in class, at events, in my head.He forces me to discover a side of myself I never knew. One that terrifies me almost as much as it excites me.He says our secrets can bring us closer... -
![Charming (Devil's Boneyard MC) by Harley Wylde]()
Charming (Devil's Boneyard MC) by Harley Wylde
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDakota -- Having a half-brother who’s an infamous assassin isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. At twenty-five, he’s still micromanaging my life. The moment Specter tells me about an arranged marriage to one of his associates I do what any sane woman would… I run. Never counted on meeting a biker I can’t seem to forget, nor did I plan on our two days together to have lasting consequences... -
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Claim by Piper Lawson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe showed me a side of myself I never dreamed existed. Olivia’s professor promised her lessons she couldn’t learn in class.What he didn’t expect was to find peace from his tormented past in her arms. Now, that past has caught up to both of them, ripping them apart even when he vowed she was the person who mattered most... -
![Back to You by Claudia Y. Burgoa]()
Back to You by Claudia Y. Burgoa
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor the first time in his life, Wes Ahern has encountered something—someone—he can’t fix. Not with his hands, his words, not even with his love. His head tells him Abby had to get out of Colorado to heal from the nightmare that nearly took her from him. To mend her wounded body, piece her broken spirit back together, and find out who she is behind the mask she felt forced to wear... -
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Heart Broken by Manda Mellett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHeart Crystal, my wife, old lady and soulmate is dead. There’s no way to survive, nothing for me to live for. All I want to do is to join her. I don’t want to take my own life, but if someone does it for me, so much the better. She shouldn’t have died, she shouldn’t have left me. My love for her fuelling such an uncontrollable rage it won’t be long before I upset the wrong person...Categorized as:
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![Irresistibly Perfect by J. Saman]()
Irresistibly Perfect by J. Saman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen I was fourteen, I fell in love with the girl next door.My best friend’s sister was off-limits to me in every way.I was the bad boy, and she was the good girl. I was the kid with big rock star dreams, and she was the princess with her entire life planned out for her.We were impossible from the start...Categorized as:
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![Drummer Boy by Dyan Layne]()
Drummer Boy by Dyan Layne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBo Robertson. The drummer. 34. Leo.Everybody loves him, yet no one’s ever chosen him to love.He wants to be someone’s everything, and for that someone to be his.Ava Liane Harris. The babysitter. 21. Aries.The beautiful girl who hides behind her glasses. She knows better than to look for love, yet love finds her anyway.A six-week concert tour. An epic adventure. A summer of possibilities...Categorized as:
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![Looking For Trouble by Becky McGraw]()
Looking For Trouble by Becky McGraw
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCountry singer, Jess Sparks, is finally watching her star rise, after shedding the weight of a thieving manager and boyfriend three years ago. Jess has worked her butt off since to recover from it, and it's finally paying off, because she's on the verge of signing a big recording contract...
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