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Thief by Tarryn Fisher
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsNote to SelfLove is patient; love is kind.Love doesn't boast or brag.There's no arrogance in love;it's never rude, crude, or indecent-it's not self absorbed.Love isn't easily upset.Love doesn't tally wrongs.Love trusts, hopes, and endures no matter what.Love will never become obsolete.I'll fight for her.ThiefCaleb Drake never got over his first love. Not when he got married... -
![Devotion by Ivy Smoak]()
Devotion by Ivy Smoak
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTick tock. One day before the wedding of her dreams, Penny is in a city that is no longer her home. Alone. Heartbroken. Lost. Could the past few years really mean so little to a man that became her world? To a man she'd do anything to protect? There is no future without him. There is no her without him.With only 24 hours until the wedding, is there enough time to repair the damage? Tick tock... -
![With This Man by Jodi Ellen Malpas]()
With This Man by Jodi Ellen Malpas
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsJesse Ward is back in the newest novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling This Man series!Life is good for Jesse "The Lord" Ward. Perfect, actually. He still has the charm, he's in great shape, and he still reduces his wife, Ava, to a pool of desire with a mere look. He's in full control, just how he likes it... -
![Love Me Whole by Nicky James]()
Love Me Whole by Nicky James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTwenty-eight-year-old Oryn Patterson isn’t like other people. Being an extremely shy, social introvert is only part of the problem. Oryn has dissociative identity disorder. He may look like a normal man on the outside, but spend five minutes with him, and his daily struggles begin to show. Oryn shares his life and headspace with five distinctively different alters... -
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![Carry the Ocean by Heidi Cullinan]()
Carry the Ocean by Heidi Cullinan
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsNormal is just a setting on the dryer.High school graduate Jeremey Samson is looking forward to burying his head under the covers and sleeping until it’s time to leave for college. Then a tornado named Emmet Washington enters his life. The double major in math and computer science is handsome, forward, wicked smart, interested in dating Jeremey—and he’s autistic... -
![Six Feet Under by Whitney Barbetti]()
Six Feet Under by Whitney Barbetti
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSix wasn’t the hero I needed. But he was the man I wanted. And it was my selfish craving, the desire to own him, that would be our undoing. No one tells you that love is a disease. An infection that tears your heart apart, leaving you half the person you were before. A malady that leaves open wounds... -
![Eruption by Ivy Smoak]()
Eruption by Ivy Smoak
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNew York was supposed to be our fresh start. Our happily ever after. But James is hiding something from me.Secrets from James' past, his scheming ex, and unsupportive parents make it hard to breathe in this city that barely feels like my home.I thought I wanted to marry him. I thought he was the man of my dreams. I thought we'd be happy as soon as we got away from all the rumors... -
![Missing Pieces by Ivy Smoak]()
Missing Pieces by Ivy Smoak
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHailey - He's still in love with his ex. And I refuse to be a consolation prize. So why did I just agree to a spur of the moment road trip with him? I just have to keep reminding myself that I'm doing this for me. It has nothing to do with the gorgeous man staring at me like I'm a crazy person.Tyler - Why is she climbing into my car uninvited? I don't care how sweet her smile is... -
![This Isn't Fair, Baby by K. Webster]()
This Isn't Fair, Baby by K. Webster
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings***This is the sixth book in the series. First five books must be read in order to fully understand this story line.*** The king in my world fell and a new one slid into place. He wasn’t just. He wasn’t FAIR. He was cruel and hateful and twisted. But I had this black king figured out. Or so I thought... -
![Finding Hope by Sloane Kennedy]()
Finding Hope by Sloane Kennedy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAt 19, Beck Barretti is living two lives. To his family, he’s a young man trying to find his way after years of battling a mental illness that nearly cost him everything. But to the rest of the world he’s just another privileged kid with problems. The truth doesn’t even lie somewhere in between because Beck’s entire life is actually about keeping secrets. From the people he loves... -
![Gabriel's Rapture by Sylvain Reynard]()
Gabriel's Rapture by Sylvain Reynard
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsNational bestselling author Sylvain Reynard continues the story of Gabriel and Julia, two lovers bound together by their darkest desires. But those very desires may destroy them . . . Professor Gabriel Emerson has embarked on a passionate, yet clandestine affair with his former student Julia Mitchell... -
![Brainwashed by Nyla K.]()
Brainwashed by Nyla K.
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBrainwashed Official cover & blurb reveal: June 7th, 2022 Monster. That's what they call me. Lock your doors, hold your loved ones tight. The Carver is on the loose. Except I'm not. I was caught. The days of allowing my inner depravity to run wild are over. I've been sent to prison for good, something of a celebrity in this dark, dank hell-hole they call Alabaster Penitentiary... -
![Pitch Dark by A.M. Wilson, Alex Grayson]()
Pitch Dark by A.M. Wilson, Alex Grayson
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne girl disappeared. After fifteen years, her cold lifeless body was found on the damp forest floor. Not an inch of her was unmarked by the horrors she endured. Alone, malnourished, abused in horrific ways; this was how she died. One girl was found walking the streets, covered in dirt and scars. She had no memory of who she was, where she came from, or what happened to her... -
![Pieces of a Life by Jewel E. Ann]()
Pieces of a Life by Jewel E. Ann
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 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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![The Ending I Want by Samantha Towle]()
The Ending I Want by Samantha Towle
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTaylor Shaw had the perfect life—until she was sixteen. That was when everything changed. From that moment on, life went from bad to worse…to the worst.After recovering from a brain tumor, months later, she suffers the tragic loss of her whole family.Since that fateful day, she’s been coasting through life.Now, the brain tumor has returned, and Taylor decides she’s had enough... -
![Complicated Love: A Black Light Novel by Livia Grant]()
Complicated Love: A Black Light Novel by Livia Grant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings★Keeping two lovers in sync is hard enough. Three is incredibly complicated.★ Jaxson, Chase, and Emma may have officially bit off more than they can chew. Already running two wildly successful clubs in Washington D.C., they decide to expand, opening Runway West and Black Light West in luxurious Beverly Hills, California. But there is no relaxing for the infamous threesome... -
![Addiction by Ivy Smoak, Айви Смоук]()
Addiction by Ivy Smoak, Айви Смоук
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTemptation has quickly turned into addiction. Penny fell hard for her mysterious professor, but secrets have torn them apart. After all, scandalous affairs are meant to go down in flames.Now that he's not speaking to her, she feels numb. And what hurts the most is that he appears to be completely fine... -
![Dirty Like Brody by Jaine Diamond]()
Dirty Like Brody by Jaine Diamond
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHe was all she ever wanted. Then she broke his heart… As longtime manager of Dirty, the hottest rock band on the planet, gorgeous and brooding Brody Mason has had his share of beautiful women. Yet the only one he’s ever wanted is the one he never had—the one who tore his heart out. Beautiful and elusive Jessa Mayes appears to have it all. Talent, money, and a glamorous life... -
![Glitterland by Alexis Hall]()
Glitterland by Alexis Hall
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThe universe is a glitterball I hold in the palm of my hand. Once the golden boy of the English literary scene, now a clinically depressed writer of pulp crime fiction, Ash Winters has given up on love, hope, happiness, and — most of all — himself. He lives his life between the cycles of his illness, haunted by the ghosts of other people’s expectations... -
![Stay with Me by Nicole Fiorina]()
Stay with Me by Nicole Fiorina
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsIn a desperate final attempt to save nineteen-year-old Mia from herself, she gets transferred to Dolor University, a reformatory college in the UK that housed deranged and dangerous young adults who viewed the private institution as their own personal playground. Mia didn’t care. She needed feelings to care... -
![Lesson In Trust: Part One by Kay Elle Parker]()
Lesson In Trust: Part One by Kay Elle Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt takes a strong man to share the love of his life...One night of kinky bliss at Black Light leads Evander Ledston to the woman of his dreams. He has everything he's ever a job that satisfies, a bank account that doesn't complain, and now, a sweet and wonderfully submissive woman who doesn't know the power she holds over him... -
![Learn for Me by Kay Elle Parker]()
Learn for Me by Kay Elle Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne day she was there; the next she was gone.Zeke mourned the loss of his blue-haired angel, missed the sound of her voice and the touch of her hand on his. She'd been there while his broken body tried to heal, had soothed him when the pain was consuming, bewitched him with her laugh and ever-present smile.Nothing could happen between them, he'd known that from the start... -
![The Bird Catcher by Michael Robert]()
The Bird Catcher by Michael Robert
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHappily married, Seattle furniture designer, Ben, comes home early from work on his thirtieth birthday. After finding his husband of twelve years already celebrating in the shower with the party planner, Ben decides he needs a fresh start.Logan, a twenty-five-year-old residing in Idaho, is trying to escape from an emotionally abusive relationship... -
![Lesson In Trust: Part Two by Kay Elle Parker]()
Lesson In Trust: Part Two by Kay Elle Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIs this a fairytale or is it reality?From one strength to another, Callie’s relationship with her Daddies is growing exponentially. Not only has she found the kind of love she’s always dreamed of, it seems that love is contagious, connecting both Elias and Evander together as well.Balanced between her Dark Daddy and her Golden one, she finds peace in their embrace, safety in their kisses... -
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![Ever After Always by Chloe Liese]()
Ever After Always by Chloe Liese
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsBuckle up for an emotional journey of hijinks, heartache, and a hot slow-burn in this marriage-in-crisis romance about going the distance to make love last. Aiden I’ve spent twelve years loving Freya Bergman and twelve lifetimes won’t be enough to give her everything she deserves. She’s my passionate, tender-hearted wife, my best friend, and all I want is to make her happy... -
![Breakdown by Jack L. Pyke]()
Breakdown by Jack L. Pyke
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Who’s been whispering to you, Jack?” ~ Doctor Halliday Jack Harrison has the evidence there in his hands—the DVD and notepad off D.C. Sanders that proves Gray supposedly played a part in tearing him and Jan brutally apart... -
![Keep It Simple by R.B. Hilliard]()
Keep It Simple by R.B. Hilliard
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter living most of her life surrounded by alpha men, Sarah McLellan wants a sensitive, sweet, doting man in her life. Then she meets Cas. Cas Ashford is running from his past. With a new job in a new city, he has a fresh outlook on life. Keep it simple. Then he meets Sarah. Some things are easier said, than done...Categorized as:
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![To Save Sir by Laylah Roberts]()
To Save Sir by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat would you do to save the person you loved? Would you die for them? Would you kill for them? She just wanted to make the world a better place... All Jenna wanted was to help people. That’s why she went to medical school. Why she joined Doctors Without Borders. She knew she could make a difference ...until the day her world is ripped apart... -
![The Prospect by Addy Archer]()
The Prospect by Addy Archer
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs a prospect of Rebel Rage MC, Linc’s assignment was simple: take care of the woman who was kidnapped. Easy… except for the riot of emotions she stirs within him. Harper is broken and has the scars—inside and out—to prove it, but the love of a headstrong, protective biker might be just what she needs to heal... -
![If He Had Been with Me by Laura Nowlin]()
If He Had Been with Me by Laura Nowlin
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIf he had been with me everything would have been different...I wasn't with Finn on that August night. But I should've been. It was raining, of course. And he and Sylvie were arguing as he drove down the slick road. No one ever says what they were arguing about. Other people think it's not important. They do not know there is another story. The story that lurks between the facts... -
![Antidote by Jack L. Pyke]()
Antidote by Jack L. Pyke
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Us. We’re okay, aren’t we, mukka?” ~ Jack Harrison Video footage of Jack sleeping with Cutter, a man who mutilated teenagers for his own sadistic streak, should have stayed dead and buried with the man who had filmed it. Yet when footage of Jack’s past starts appearing on internet porn sites, Jack’s whole world is again turned on its head... -
![Scarlett XOXO by Autumn Reed]()
Scarlett XOXO by Autumn Reed
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSome stories should never be told. Others have to be—it’s the only way. Since moving back to my hometown of Hastings, Texas, I’ve been called a whore, tramp, and homewrecker. And maybe I’m all of those things and more. But those people don’t know me. They don’t see me. They only see my mistakes... -
![I Am Grey by Jane Washington]()
I Am Grey by Jane Washington
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“Me and you. It’ll never happen. Not today, not tomorrow, not five years from now. Not when some idiot breaks your heart, or when you realise what your little sundresses do to everyone. Not when you’re thirty, not when you’re fifty. I’m going to push your limits, break you down, make you cry, and in the end … I’ll save you... -
![Her Independence Day by K.C. Crowne]()
Her Independence Day by K.C. Crowne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFour strapping Marines are home for Independence Day.And all four brothers in arms have their eyes on one lucky lady.I moved in with my older brother after leaving a toxic relationship.To my surprise he'll be going away for business...Leaving me alone with four of his insanely HOT military best friends.I remember drooling over them growing up.Now they can't keep their eyes off me... -
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![Pull You Through by Kaylee Ryan]()
Pull You Through by Kaylee Ryan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLife is a series of events, one leading you to another. The hell I lived through with my drug-addicted parents led me to the Marine Corps. Committing my life to my country was easy. My brothers were my family--all I had and all I needed. I wasn’t looking for her, but I should have known life had other plans. It led me to her...Categorized as:
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![Darkness Lurks by J.L. Drake]()
Darkness Lurks by J.L. Drake
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEmily McPhee has struggled to overcome her father’s death... It’s not easy, but Emily finally has the life she wants. She’s an A student at Orange University and has a comfortable home and a great circle of friends. She’s also in love with handsome Orange PD officer Seth Connors. He doesn’t seem to return her feelings, though, so she tells herself his friendship is enough...Categorized as:
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![Risk by Cora Brent]()
Risk by Cora Brent
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratings“I’d seen enough of Creed Gentry to know he might be the worst thing I could do. Yet one lustful glance from him scrambled every piece of sanity I owned.” Truly… My life hasn’t been uneventful and a few things should have sunk in by now. I’m a tired age twenty one with a laundry list of heartbreaks. Most of all I know what carnage comes from carelessly risking the heart... -
![Backlash by Jack L. Pyke]()
Backlash by Jack L. Pyke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNovel (126,000 words)Genres: Thriller, Gay, Romance, BDSMIn the aftermath of Jack Harrison’s release from the psychiatric unit, Gray Raoul’s first instinct is to take brutal revenge on the one responsible for financing Jack’s and Jan’s torturous psychological reconditioning. However, that person is a plays the game dangerously well, knows exactly how to manipulate everyone in Gray’s life... -
![Burning Bright by Blair Babylon]()
Burning Bright by Blair Babylon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnything worth burning is worth burning down. Lizzy has broken her contract with Mannix and destroyed her growing relationship with Theo, but now Mannix is stalking her, trying to get her back. She wants time away to think, so she manages to get past the sports reporters stalking her at her dorm, where Georgie has received a text from Rae telling them to get on a plane to Paris... -
![The Damnation of Leander Welles by Ashlyn Drewek]()
The Damnation of Leander Welles by Ashlyn Drewek
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe proposal is simple. The execution? Not so much...The day Bennett Reeve meets Leander Welles is the day his life changes forever. A ruthless lawyer to some of Chicago’s most despicable criminals, Bennett has seen it all — until he lays eyes on the enigmatic millionaire.By combining their wicked brilliance and unlimited resources, the world is theirs for the taking... -
![Zeb: Rugged Ink by Amy Davies]()
Zeb: Rugged Ink by Amy Davies
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings...Categorized as:
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![The Bright and Hungry Future of Hawks by John Wiltshire]()
The Bright and Hungry Future of Hawks by John Wiltshire
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe FINAL book in the addictive, best-selling "More Heat Than The Sun" M/M Thriller seriesBen and Nikolas know that if they were to compare recollections of their life together, they’d remember things very differently. Ben never asks about their time together in the Department, because he doesn’t want to hear Nikolas lie... -
![Promise by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau]()
Promise by Rachel Haimowitz, Heidi Belleau
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the exciting final season of the Flesh Cartel . . .With the help of the FBI, Mat Carmichael has let himself be re-taken by the Flesh Cartel. Objective? Rescue his brother, exact revenge, and destroy the entire organization from the inside... -
![definition of insanity by bizarrestars, Zeppazariel]()
definition of insanity by bizarrestars, Zeppazariel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPretty, straight boys will tease, and they will tangle you all up with feelings you can't even describe; they will give you hope the way you give them an in inch and they take a mile; they will twist you around their fingers just to see you dance, just for the entertainment, just because they're bored; they will like you, and like you, and like you so much as a person, like being around you and... -
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![Curves Ahead by Andi Jaxon]()
Curves Ahead by Andi Jaxon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEveryone knows appearances can be deceiving, and in my case, even I’ve been fooled. The last thing I need is immature man-child, Alexander Bennet, trying to smile his way into my pants. I hate everything about him; his stupid smirk, his rumbling chuckle, and the way butterflies riot in my stomach when he aims them at me... -
![The Student by Skye Warren]()
The Student by Skye Warren
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWilliam Stratford is more than my professor.He’s my one-night stand. My secret. And my enemy.I have a plan for fighting him, along with the secret society that threatens the college. Despite his knowledge and his power, despite the sensual thrall he holds over me, when the bell rings, he’s the one who’s going to learn a lesson.At least that’s the plan.But Professor Stratford is older and wiser... -
![Disloyal by G.N. Wright]()
Disloyal by G.N. Wright
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDeals. Deception. Duplicity.They changed everything.Just when I thought things were going to be okay. I thought my secrets were out and my Crows were finally flocking to my side. But my Master came back and I’m once again crowned in a cage where there is no escape, only pain and punishment.But I've played this game before... -
![The Devil Inside by Nicky James]()
The Devil Inside by Nicky James
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTheir love was innocent and pure… Until they were forced to believe differently. Until they were brutally schooled on the “right” way to love.Oakland is not gay. Jameson is not gay.Being gay is wrong. It is immoral. It is a sickness they must fight. It is the devil inside that needs to be purged.At least that’s what they’ve been conditioned to believe... -
![The Doors of Time by Felisblanco]()
The Doors of Time by Felisblanco
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFanfiction: Supernatural RPF/CW RPFJensen Ackles/Jared PadeleckiIt’s not like Jensen doesn’t try to fit in and make friends, he really does. It just seems like nothing he does is good enough for them. If he smiles they blink. If he speaks they stare. And whenever they see him coming they get this panicked look in their eyes like they want to run away and they don’t even know why... -
![Owl's Slumber by Nicky James]()
Owl's Slumber by Nicky James
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsImagine what life would be like if panic ruled your world at the mere thought of going to bed at night. For as long as he can remember, Finnley Hollins has been crippled by his extreme phobia of sleep. Every night is a battle, and every morning isn’t without consequences. The root cause is something he’s ashamed to admit to anyone. It’s his war, and he will fight it alone...
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