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The Lies She Told by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's been a week since Carly Moore’s friend Jerry was run off the road and killed, and the sheriff’s department has already struck out on leads. She’s not about to sit back and let it go, but the last thing she wants is to endanger anyone else. Besides, as she learned long ago, problems come in threes... -
Finding Mercy by Riley Edwards, Lori Jackson
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"So much emotion it flew off the page and knocked the wind out of me. Finding Mercy was another great story by the absolutely brilliant Riley Edwards." Jennifer Pierson: The Power of Three Readers DEA Jason Walker became a widower at Twenty-eight. Two years later he's still torturing himself with guilt. They'd married young, and she'd been his first love, but her illness changed everything... -
Redwood by Janie Crouch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGavin Zimmerman. Military codename: REDWOOD. This former Special Forces soldier will protect Oak Creek from any threat. Even one that comes in the form of a delicate blonde with haunted eyes.A tiny town in Wyoming and the fake ID in her pocket are Lexi Johnson's last chance. She's used her all her resources to escape the danger that hounds her... -
Bound by Destiny by Ryan Michele
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLove knows no names—no bounds—sometimes you’re bound by destiny…Micah’s choices and actions when he was young left him estranged from his family—the Ravage MC family. Older and wiser, it’s now one of his biggest regrets … along with pushing Emery away. Emery has been walking a tight rope for far too long. Everything has changed... -
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Hadley by Addison Jane
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPeople change, it's a fact of life. Hadley found that out the hard way after her husband came home one day with darkness in his eyes that she'd never seen before. Realizing that she couldn't allow him to drag her into the shadows, she watched him walk away, thinking she’d be free to move on with her life. But now she was on the run, seeking safety from a man she once vowed to love forever... -
Entertaining Distraction by Samantha A. Cole, Judi Perkins
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe last woman Mike Donovan ever expected to be attracted to is one who wants to dominate him. While his brother is in the BDSM lifestyle, Mike never understood it. But when Charlotte Roth, aka Mistress China, sets her sights on him, he finds himself wanting to obey her every command... -
I Can't Even by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEllodie Cassandra Solaire made a single, solitary New Year’s resolution.That resolution was set in stone, and she wouldn’t be breaking it, no matter what.It was simple: Say yes to every person who asks her out on a date until she finds a boyfriend.Easy, right?Wrong.She breaks that New Year’s resolution three months into the year after a guy gives her serial killer vibes... -
Untamed Daddy by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA tragedy in his past shaped the man he was today . . .Hard. Ruthless. Possessive.If you were his, Jacob Reyes would protect you with his dying breath.That’s why he let so few people close.Then there was HER.Soft and strong. Sweet and sassy.A Little in trouble who called to his Daddy instincts to protect her... -
Wrath's Storm: A Masters' Admiralty Novel by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDamn it! He’s a doctor, not a serial killer hunter. When a man they call the Viking walked into his clinic in rural Libya, the last thing Dr. Walt Hayden foresaw in his future was a wedding, a stalker, and a serial killer...in that order.Attending his brother’s wedding becomes the start of a journey across Europe in the company of Dr. Annalise Fischer and her bodyguard... -
Claiming Sarah by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestseller. All defenses are down in the fifth Ace Security novel from New York Times bestselling author Susan Stoker. Sarah Butler isn’t flattered. She’s angry and unnerved. She’s been getting intimate gifts from a man she barely knows. Nothing threatening yet, but there’s just a weird vibe she can’t ignore. Her recourse is Ace Security... -
Hellhound's Sacrifice by E.C. Land
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’ll sacrifice everything for her if it means she’s mine.HellhoundSeeing her in that hospital bed, I told myself I am done waiting. She’s mine, but I’ve got to take it easy when it comes to Isabelle. I see what others don’t. Well, besides her best friends. She hides it from the world with her shyness, and I intend to light that fire I’m sure is still there.Isabelle can fight me, but I know her... -
Voodoo by Kristine Allen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 23 of the Royal Bastards MC series. I'm Ogun "Voodoo" Dupre. There's no pretty way to put it, I do the dirty work for my club. When my services are required for a particularly delicate situation, I find myself hesitating for the first time in my life. That hesitation might get me killed. Sometimes you gotta work a little black magic to come out alive... -
The Red Ledger: 5 by Meredith Wild
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTomorrow isn’t promised… I’ve seen death. I’ve watched my place in the world fall away. Every day, the life I’ve chosen with Tristan changes shape. It’s not the life I wanted for us, but it’s ours. I accept this, as unready as I sometimes feel to face the dark side of humanity he knows too well. Now the person who’s responsible for putting us on this path has slipped from our grasp... -
Lead Security by Evan Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’ve spent the last several years building my company, having zero time for a social life. I preferred it that way. After the mess my ex-wife left me with, I have no interest in anything remotely close to a relationship. Until I meet my daughter’s new next-door neighbor. Harley is kind, beautiful, and she’s also an erotic romance writer. To any man, she’s the perfect package... -
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Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTor Jude and I managed to salvage something beautiful from the war torn rubble of our lives, a blissful happiness that we paid for in blood. We fought our way here, leaving pieces of ourselves along the way. I thought this was the happily ever after in our twisted fairy tale, but I was wrong. Jude I may be free by definition... -
I'm Watching You by Karen Rose
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAlternate cover for this ISBN can be found here: I'm Watching YouI KNOW THEIR CRIMESStar prosecutor Kristen Mayhew has a dangerous secret admirer. He seems to knows her every thought, her every move. He sends her letters. And he kills the criminals she herself is powerless to stop... -
Huck by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHUCKWho would have thought that setting up a chapter would be such a hassle?I was no stranger to the life of crime, But chopping cars and running guns were leagues apart.Especially when there were other bad guys in the area that didn’t take too kindly to our arrival on the scene... -
Decadent by Eva Charles
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSingular tastes. That's what the Wilders are known for. I’m no exception. The world sees me as nothing more than a hedonistic pretty boy. But not everything is as it appears. One thing is certain. I'm a man who knows no boundaries. With no soul and no conscience, I'm free to take what I want. Including a deadly covert agent with a sassy mouth and an angelic smile... -
Haven by K.A. Merikan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings— Not the same river, not the same man. —After seven years away, Seth and Domenico are back in Sicily with one goal in mind.Revenge.The man who’d hounded their family is still alive, and as untouchable as he’s always been. While they wait for the right moment to strike, reality clashes with fond memories of home... -
A Matter of Time: Vol. 2 by Mary Calmes
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratings2nd Edition Books Three and FourVol. 2 Three years ago, Jory Harcourt changed his name and shut the door on a past full of pain, only to emerge stronger on the other side. He has a new career, a great working partner, and a satisfying life—except for the hole in his chest left behind when police Detective Sam Kage walked out with his heart. Now Sam's back and he knows what he wants.. -
Fate Heals by Tina Saxon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFate has forced me down a twisted path. When I think it can’t get any worse, it reminds me that it can, pushing me into a thick, thorny maze and leaves deep, irrevocable scars. My will to fight has taken hit after hit, that burnt-out fire leaving only embers to scorch those closest to me... -
Seconds by Freya Barker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLove, life…death—a few seconds can change everything. I’m a criminal defense lawyer determined to build my own firm from the ground up. My ex, the new prosecutor, complicates things; especially when the animosity between us infects the whole courtroom. Then I meet Callum—my brother’s friend, a bounty hunter, and the accused in my new case. The charge—sexual battery... -
Bossy Brothers: Tony by J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBelinda Baker and I were not made for each other.We are not soul mates, or lovers, or even frenemies.She is the one who needed to get away.What we had together wasn’t blind love, it was sick rage.We were a match made in hell, it was hate at first sight, and when she walked away from me and never looked back—it was a relief.It was bliss... -
When He's Dirty by Lisa Renee Jones
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs a member of Walker Security, Adrian Ramos has found redemption for a walk on the dark side. For six years the former FBI agent was undercover in the notorious Texas Kings biker club. For six years he changed, he became one of them and when the bust happened, he didn't know who he was anymore... -
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A Shameless Little Bet by Meli Raine
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow do I prove a negative? I need to prove Jane is innocent, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Mirrors, smoke, and lies can conjure a truth that isn't real. Money, bribes, and power can twist reality. What we call proof is all an elaborate magic act. So is love... -
One Heart Remains by C.P. Smith
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain" ~ Charlie Chaplin Two Wallflowers fell in love, now One Heart Remains. Will love score a trifecta for the nutty band of friends? Poppy Gentry is broken. A ghost of who she should be. She hides behind her wit; avoiding stress by living inside her head. However, one man won't let her hide... -
Safeguard by Jane Henry
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA standalone entry in the NYC Doms seriesShe's feisty, gorgeous, impossible.Submissive.And all mine.I don't do half-assed relationships. When I set my sights on the most headstrong, tenacious submissive I've ever met, I'm all in. I'll show her the dark, sensual world she craves, dominate her, and leave her begging for more... -
Viktor by Apryl Baker
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsViktor Kincaid is a man on a mission. He served his country in the Marines, and now he protects the threatened and vulnerable from harm as part of Kincaid Security and Investigations. When his brother asks for his help protecting a friend from her violent soon to be ex-husband, he jumps into action. No man has the right to lay his hands on a woman or child. Sara Riley is not what he expected... -
Six Degrees of Separation by Taylor V. Donovan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNote from the author:By Degrees is an ensemble serial with continuing story lines. Six Degrees of Separation is the second installment, and it must be read after Six Degrees of Lust. Thanks.In the sequel to Six Degrees of Lust, F.B.I. team leader Samuel Shaughnessy and bar manager Machlan O’Bannon are exploring a new phase in their non-relationship... -
The Chateau by Tiffany Reisz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs the Jack-of-All-Wicked-Trades for a secretive French military intelligence agency, 24-year-old Lieutenant Kingsley Boissonneault has done it all—spied, lied, and killed under orders. But his latest assignment is quite out of the ordinary. His commanding officer's nephew has disappeared inside a sex cult, and Kingsley has been tasked with bringing him home to safety... -
The Cleaner by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs the name of her podcast suggests, Poppy is on the case. Of a serial killer operating just under the radar in Navesink Bank. And nothing will get in her way. Except, maybe, a good-looking guy with tortured eyes, anxiety, and a cleaning compulsion... -
Submitting to the Sheriff by B.J. Wane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter overhearing two crooked Chicago cops plotting against her, Avery Pierce goes on the run, not knowing who she can trust. When her low finances force her to take a job as a sex phone operator, she struggles, so when a caller senses her desperation and inexperience and offers assistance, she’s tempted to agree... -
Belong to Me by Shayla Black
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis is an alternative cover edition of the Kindle version ASIN B0052REUC0 published on October 4, 2011.She’s undercover and in over her head…When FBI analyst Tara Jacobs’s fellow agent and best friend goes missing while investigating a sex ring, Tara goes undercover as a submissive in a Dallas BDSM club called Dominion... -
Mercy by M.N. Forgy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI’m an outlaw. I don’t fall in love and I sure as fuck don't run... Until Jillian McAdams. I fell for a law abiding Sheriff, breaking my vows to my own club, and turning her against her family of blue. An outlaw and a sheriff, it can only end in one way… Mayhem. Now we both have to pay the ultimate price for betraying our families... -
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Mission: Her Security by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen sweet, smiling Kinsey is kidnapped by unknown forces, former SEAL and Team 52 operator Smith Creed will risk anything to get her back.Kinsey Beck is used to life knocking her down. She escaped her past and came to Las Vegas for a new start. So what if she didn’t achieve her dream of being a showgirl, instead, she now has an awesome job as logistics manager for the covert, black ops Team 52... -
Rule by C.D. Reiss
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTheresa and Antonio.They've been through hell. Antonio has a price on his head for turning his back on a marriage deal, and Theresa has no intention of turning her back on him. They're devoted and strong, ready for anything.... A Love Tested To The LimitAnd then, someone from Antonio's past reappears. Someone who can give him everything he ever wanted, and who can shake them to their very core... -
Suspicion's Fire: Trinity Masters: The Mafia, Book 1 by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn arranged marriage is already quite dramatic, especially with two grooms. When a bomb goes off at the wedding reception, Gabriella Torres is left wondering who exactly she just married.This might have been an assassination attempt aimed at her new husband Vincente, the security minister for Castile... -
Beast by Savannah Rylan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBentley “Beast” Harris became a Righteous Outlaw over a decade ago and never looked back. He gained the reputation as being the deadliest among the Outlaws, a skilled killer with no remorse or regrets. What his brothers don’t know is beneath the dark, death stare, and permanent scowl, he is drowning in regrets from a past he can never go back to... -
Reaper's Till Death by Glenna Maynard
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s forbidden and too damn young for him, but he’ll have her until death do them part. Reaper The moment she steps off the bus wearing a belly top showing off her navel ring, I know she is pure trouble. Harley is a brat who needs a real man to put her in line. My Prez has decided I’m just the man for the job... -
Pawn by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom New York Times Bestseller, Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, Comes Part Two of Mr. Rook's Island, a Sexy, Dark, Romantic Suspense. SHE KNOWS HE'S BAD. THE QUESTION IS, HOW BAD?Stephanie Fitzgerald is nobody's pawn. Determined to discover the truth about a missing loved one, she lands a job at the world's most exclusive resort, working for the only man with the answers--Mr. Rook... -
The Parting Glass by Josh Lanyon
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo and a half years ago, travel writer Timothy McShay let NYPD Detective Luke O'Brien talk him into hiking into the New Jersey Pine Barrens to face down a monster. Now Tim and Luke meet again under very different circumstances. The old attraction is still there -- but so are some of Tim's monsters... -
His Submissive by Jane Henry, Maisy Archer
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings*** Special release weekend price of $2.99 (will be $4.99 on Monday, June 27th) *** Matteo Angelico, former Marine and experienced, longtime dominant, knows what he likes--sexy, submissive women who do what they're told and are willing and able to give him the control he craves. But he also knows what he doesn't like--the demands of a full-time dynamic and a committed relationship... -
Conviction by Jane Henry
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBraxton Cannon can’t get the girl on the dance floor out of his mind, the woman he literally swept off her feet and into Club Verge. She’s no submissive, but he can’t help but admire her ferocity, even as he yearns to take her over his lap and teach her manners. He’s determined to keep her safe if he has to lock her up himself. Officer Zoe Mackay can handle herself... -
Hunting by Calle J. Brookes
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFear. Dr. Julia Bellows understood fear. Loss had made it as much a part of her as living and breathing. But that didn't mean she needed Dr. Malachi Brockman being an overprotective Galahad. She could take care of herself. Didn't need him interfering in her life—personal or professional. Dr... -
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Reckless by Sybil Bartel
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBodyguard. Escort. Bad boy. I didn’t come from the wrong side of the tracks. I was the wrong side. Every cliché you could think of, my family embraced. The only advantage I had was being the best-looking out of all my brothers. Except when I joined the Marines, looks didn’t count for shit downrange... -
Saving Mitch by Emily Matthews
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDo opposites always attract? Will sweet, clumsy Maggie and troubled, bad-boy Mitch find love amidst the danger that surrounds them? Find out in this romantic, suspenseful, sometimes funny debut novel by Emily Matthews. Tormented police officer Mitch MacDonald will stop at nothing to find a killer, and his obsession is about to cost him his job... -
Nothing Between Us by Roni Loren
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Need You Tonight comes a steamy Loving on the Edge novel that proves watching is only half the fun… Unlike the heroine of her popular thriller series, Georgia Delaune can’t afford to take risks or push sexual boundaries—unless you count spying through her neighbor’s bedroom window, and never missing a single move he makes... -
Protecting the Soul by Annabella Michaels
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor Landon Greene, managing the band Carter’s Creed is more than just a job. It also means being there to keep his brother safe. When someone begins sending threatening letters to Carter, Landon feels overwhelmed with the need to protect him... -
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... -
Stacking the Deck by Charlie Cochet
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEx-Special Forces Communications Sergeant Jacopo “Jack” Constantino knows a thing or two about communications technology. As head of Cyber Security at Four Kings Security, Jack spends his days working with high-tech systems. Life for Jack is pretty uneventful—despite working with his brothers-in-arms—and he finds himself longing for a little excitement.Be careful what you wish for...
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