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  • REGRET by Emilia Finn

    REGRET by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Preston Danes was born and raised on the streets.Unloved. Unwanted. And quickly discarded.Now he’s a man on the verge of a new career when the infamous Checkmate Security offers him a job.They want to shut down a mafia family, and they need the assistance of a skilled hacker to get the job done.Preston knows code like others know their left hands. He’s perfect for the job...
  • Under The Greek's Protection by Sonja B.

    Under The Greek's Protection by Sonja B.

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Crazy Loves CrazySlowly sitting up, Hailey looks down at Alistair’s handsome face. He seems so normal in his sleep. Just looking at him in this state, no one would ever guess an insane teddy bear hid behind those eyelids. Reaching for the pillow to the side of her, Hailey takes it in her hands, then presses it upon his face, using all of her weight...
  • Wildcard by Emilia Finn

    Wildcard by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My name is Ben Conner. I’m a pro fighter, the son of a murderous wifebeater, overprotective big brother, and Evelyn Kincaid’s best friend. I’ve known Evie since we were kids. I loathed her on first sight, and picked on her as often as she picked on me, but somewhere around my fifteenth birthday, my dislike was replaced with something else. It was foreign and new, potent and exciting...
  • Shattered Hearts: The Complete Series by Cassia Leo

    Shattered Hearts: The Complete Series by Cassia Leo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “This series was just plain addicting!” “Chris Knight can rock my ovaries.” “I started reading and nothing else mattered.” Five novels from the New York Times bestselling Shattered Hearts series available in Kindle Unlimited for a limited time. The Shattered Hearts series is a steamy and tender rock star romance spanning an epic 25 years and 1,589 pages...
  • Phantom: Her Ruthless Villain by Theodora Taylor

    Phantom: Her Ruthless Villain by Theodora Taylor

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Yay! This is Phantom's standalone book.Pro-Tip: Don’t agree to a fake engagement with a ruthless mafia crimelord like me after you catch your real fiancé cheating. I just might keep you.The final and most anticipated book in the Ruthless Triad series is almost here!She agreed to be mine for as long as it takes for a business deal to go through. She thinks this is a game...
  • Professor next Door by Summer Cooper

    Professor next Door by Summer Cooper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I fuck my students… I just can’t seem to keep it in my pants when these young sexy women throw themselves at me! But now, I must stop behaving like such a d**k, not that my dead wife would care... If I get caught sleeping with my students, I’ll lose my job. And if I don’t get my s**t together, they’ll come for the only good thing in my life… my daughter...
  • Cocky Cop : Wyatt Cocker by Faleena Hopkins

    Cocky Cop : Wyatt Cocker by Faleena Hopkins

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Brand New Release in the Cocker Brothers Series! Wyatt Cocker Southern storms are no joke. She shouldn't have been out in one. If she'd stayed home, she'd be safe. But then we never would've met... Her clothes plastered to her body. My uniform drenched, every muscle defined. Her snarky mouth forcing me to throw her over my shoulder. Show her what a real man is like...
  • Mountain Man's Accidental Surprise by K.C. Crowne

    Mountain Man's Accidental Surprise by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "I'm ready for my private striptease lover boy." My best friend's bachelorette party had to be amazing. Lucky for me, my hired stripper blew everyone away. And I was quite smitten myself. Later that night, he gave me a private show. One I'll never forget. But now, no can know our secret. Because the life of my unborn baby literally depends on it...
  • Triplets for the Millionaire by K.C. Crowne

    Triplets for the Millionaire by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The bad boy millionaire walked away from an avalanche lucky to be alive...But his eyesight is left jeopardized.I've trained my entire life for this.And I'm the best in the business.But, one thing I'm NOT prepared for...Is the intense desire I have for the sexiest man I've ever treated.Patrick is everything I never realized I wanted...Irish. Gorgeous. Filthy rich.And world-famous...
  • Steel Infidels Complete Series by Dez Burke

    Steel Infidels Complete Series by Dez Burke

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ALSO INCLUDES 'TAKE DOWN' THE NEWLY RELEASED AMAZON TOP 100 BESTSELLER! ***From New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Dez Burke*** This collection includes ALL of the bestselling Steel Infidels books. There are NO cliffhangers or cheating and HEA's are guaranteed! The Steel Infidels are Georgia boys who ride fast, love hard and take care of family and the MC...
  • Home Run by Jordan Marie

    Home Run by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Green Lucas doesn't know what's about to hit him. Complete Standalone Romance Wanted A woman with grit and fire who will help me get my son’s head out of his ass. You must be self-sufficient and not looking for a gravy train. Common sense is a plus, book smarts are optional. Cannot have red hair, as my son seems to go for that type and he needs something to shake him up...
  • At First Sight by M. S. Parker

    At First Sight by M. S. Parker

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sixteen years ago, I lost Belle, the love of my life, in a tragic car accident.Devastated, I left Scotland to work in Uncle Ben's brokerage firm in Manhattan. Dedicating my life to the job, I rose to the top of the ladder, next in line to head the billion-dollar company.Belle, however, never left my heart. Every year––on our anniversary––I dine at the restaurant where we first met...
  • Perfect Blend by M.S. Parker

    Perfect Blend by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Brody: Keeping my mind off Freedom Mercier is damn near impossible. Destiny has thrown curveball after curveball at us. I want her, but how is this ever going to work?Freedom: I learned early on not to trust anyone with my heart. Never date the same person more than once is my general rule...
  • Business or Pleasure by M.S. Parker

    Business or Pleasure by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “Never mix business with pleasure,” my father warned me.Did I listen? No. But now, on a flight to visit my old university mate, Alec McCrae, I thoroughly regretted that decision.A week ago, I was engaged to be married. Now, I’m single and humiliated...
  • HOT MEN: A Contemporary Romance Box Set by Ashlee Price

    HOT MEN: A Contemporary Romance Box Set by Ashlee Price

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Collection of 4 Amazon Best Sellers + 1 Exclusive! This guilty pleasure is for readers who love their bad boys, alpha males and billionaires hot, dark and ready to take the women they want..
  • Hard Rock Kiss by Athena Wright

    Hard Rock Kiss by Athena Wright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rock star god Nathan Walker is the first person to make me feel alive in years. But I can’t let this happen. I can’t let us happen. For my sake, and for his. Nathan Walker is famous. Rich. Gorgeous. A rock star god. The media says he goes through women like tissues. That he’s never been seen with the same girl twice. From the minute we met, I knew there was something more to him...
  • Jock Blocked  (Roommates #2) by Stephanie Brother

    Jock Blocked (Roommates #2) by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Billionaires on the Beach Standalone Reverse Harem...
  • Merry Random Christmas by Julia Kent

    Merry Random Christmas by Julia Kent

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It all started with a game of Truth or Dare... It's bad enough I got arrested for prostitution on Christmas Eve. Alleged prostitution, mind you. I didn't do it. Of course I didn't. The cops say I offered up a certain sex act for a $5 gasoline gift card, but honey? My sex acts are worth way, way more...
  • My Favorite Mistake by Weston Parker

    My Favorite Mistake by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’d make a terrible father. That’s what they all said. And it’s the lie I lived for a long time, playing the field. Sleeping around and enjoying my life as a bachelor. But things change when my grandfather passes and all of his money comes my way. Life looks like a day in a theme park, with me as the big winner...
  • Show Stopper: A First Responder Romantic Comedy by B.J. Harvey

    Show Stopper: A First Responder Romantic Comedy by B.J. Harvey

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The first time they meet it’s by chance.The second is surely a coincidence.The third...it’s either destiny or he’s a stalker.Renee Hamilton has a thing against men in uniform. In her experience, they play hard, lie harder. Marco Rossi has a thing for feisty brunette women with a backbone and a smart mouth, especially one in particular who's playing hard to get...
  • Never Too Late Collection by Alexis Winter

    Never Too Late Collection by Alexis Winter

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Five steamy stories.Five damaged men.Five swoon-worthy second chances...
  • Knocked Up by the New Zealand Doctor by K.C. Crowne

    Knocked Up by the New Zealand Doctor by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When the sinfully hot New Zealander becomes my accidental housemate...Sweet relief from ten years of pent-up sexual desire is on both our minds.But then something COMPLETELY unexpected happens. Hayden Frost. Star of my virginal fantasies. The man who ruined all other men for me.Walking Adonis. And my brother's hot best friend.It's the day of my brother's wedding...
  • Big Billionaire Boss by Ali Parker

    Big Billionaire Boss by Ali Parker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A major cosmetics company is looking for America’s next sweetheart to be their perfume cover girl, and honey, that just ain’t me. Or I didn’t think it was. My brother offered me a chunk of change to behave in our family-owned restaurant for one day, and that’s the day handsome walked back into my life. My brother’s best friend from school...
  • You and Me, Baby by Weston Parker

    You and Me, Baby by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The last thing I need is to fall in love. Especially with him…My twin sister has other plans.She works for a hot new dating agency that’s all the buzz.And I made a pact with her. If we were still unmarried at thirty, we’d put ourselves out there fully.Well, the time has come. And my sister isn’t letting up.Now I have to start “dating in the dark,” whatever that means...
  • Tempting as Sin by Rosalind James

    Tempting as Sin by Rosalind James

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Once bitten, twice shy. Rafe Blackstone may play the sexiest werewolf superhero to ever melt women's . . . hearts . . . on the big screen, but Lily Hollander has already been bitten by an actor, and once was enough. So when Australia's favorite son walks into Sinful Desires, Lily’s lingerie store, she's not impressed...
  • Beg For It by Alexis Winter

    Beg For It by Alexis Winter

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    You know that feeling—the one where you tell yourself it’s a terrible idea but you know you’re going to do it anyway?Even though you know that this man isn’t just your father’s best friend who’s twenty years your senior…he’s your new boss.I’m the good girl that’s always done the right thing and yet here I am, fresh out of grad school feeling directionless in life and love...
  • Charmer by Kayley Loring

    Charmer by Kayley Loring

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    NICOShe serves me coffee late at night when I come around to write lyrics,but it’s not the caffeine I’ve gotten addicted to.We’ve got the spark, but she’s the only woman in townwho seems to be immune to my charms.When it’s time for me to leave for my cross-country tour,I just can’t imagine not seeing her for months.So I offer her a job on the road with me...
  • Swagger and Sass by Autumn Jones Lake

    Swagger and Sass by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author, Autumn Jones Lake, sometimes white knights arrive on a motorcycle to rescue you from drowning in three feet of water... Ladies love the c*ck. No, seriously, my road name is Rooster, and women flock to me. The feeling’s mutual, but life is too short to fall in love with anyone in particular...
  • Boss Daddy by Crystal Monroe

    Boss Daddy by Crystal Monroe

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    One wild night with Grant changed my life forever.Never thought I’d see him again…Until I meet my new neighbor.Seven years ago, I sat next to a gorgeous man in first class.The flight was a bumpy ride…But that was NOTHING compared to what I gave him later.No regrets.Except for one.I didn’t get his contact info.Now he’s my chiseled next-door neighbor.And he just saw me wearing nothing but a towel...
  • Always Will by Claire Kingsley

    Always Will by Claire Kingsley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Selene Taylor is the first to admit her dating life is a disaster. She has a weakness for the wrong men—bad boys with bodies to drool over and attitudes like they’re God’s gift to women. But her professional life? It's right where she wants it. Until her company is bought out by a man from her past, and she finds herself with a sexy new boss. Ronan Maddox doesn't just play the game. He wins...
  • Unleashing The Storm by Shay Rucker

    Unleashing The Storm by Shay Rucker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It all starts with a feeling. Something isn’t right – hasn’t been since love found its way inside Mama’s Brood – gets more wrong the moment Lucas ‘Big Country’ Beaumont is captivated by the raw sensuality of Stormy Redmond...
  • Rock F*ck Club by Michelle Mankin

    Rock F*ck Club by Michelle Mankin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    10 cities. 10 famous rock stars f*cked. Raven Winters has chosen the one rock star she wants to keep. She has completed filming for the Rock F*ck Club. Her season of the reality show is about to debut on the World Media Organization channel. Her once very private sex life is about to become public...
  • Hardcore by Jessika Klide

    Hardcore by Jessika Klide

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In this eagerly anticipated flashback installment and the first book from Aurei’s perspective, Jessika Klide takes you back to the very beginning before Siri, when Aurei was known as Hardcore. Aurelius Moore … Military officer. Maximus Moore … Millionaire Venture Capitalist. Hardcore … Player extraordinaire. Learn how Seary changed him forever...
  • The Four Seasons Box Set: The Four Seasons Books 1-4 by Serenity Woods

    The Four Seasons Box Set: The Four Seasons Books 1-4 by Serenity Woods

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bodyguard Gene is used to putting himself in the line of fire, but this time the target is the one who's aiming at his heart...Rowan escapes into the mountains with her gorgeous best friend, Hitch, only to discover there's only one cabin and one bed...Rhett fell in love with Neve a long time ago and was foolish enough to lose her. He's not going to make the same mistake again..
  • Tami by Pepper North

    Tami by Pepper North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a lawn cleaning business introduce an innovative Little to her perfect Daddy?Thinking creatively, animal lover Tami Chamberlin created her own business, Tami’s Canine Poo Service. Cleaning her clients’ lawns of, well, poo, Tami works very hard to earn enough money to support herself...
  • Show Me What You Got by Weston Parker

    Show Me What You Got by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s hot, rash, and rude. Oh, and stupidly rich.Just my kind of alpha a-hole. Not!Never in a million years did I expect to find a devious mixture of love and lust overseas. I’m an American girl, living in Australia to help my sick momma. And she’s not getting any better. If nothing else, Mister McHottie is a great distraction...
  • Pretending to Be Rich by Weston Parker

    Pretending to Be Rich by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It was against my will. But family has a way of forcing you into tight spots, right? My wealthy father wanted me at his swanky benefit and refused to budge. Luckily for me, the most beautiful curvy woman happened to come too. Only one problem: she thinks I’m rich too. No way in hell I can tell her the truth. Women like men that can deck them out in jewels, and that ain’t me...
  • Daddy's Obsession by K.C. Crowne

    Daddy's Obsession by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Protect my daughter." Not what I expected from an old friend.But when I locked eyes with her, there was no turning back. Raquel has a magnetic sensual beauty,Along with the strength and resilience of a lioness. The loss of my wife left my little girl and I empty.Now Raquel is proof that even a monster can escape his own darkness...
  • The General's Desire by Tess Summers

    The General's Desire by Tess Summers

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When it comes to Ron Thompson– his career, the Marines under his command, his women – he’s in charge. Period. The sooner Brenna Roberts realizes that, the better. Ron I’m a decorated Marine general who doesn’t have time for relationships. I’ve tried –they just don’t work out—and I’ve never lost sleep over it. Then I meet her. Brenna is easily the most beautiful woman I’ve ever laid eyes on...
  • Not For Me by Aria Bliss

    Not For Me by Aria Bliss

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Fake Dating Romantic ComedyIt’s a fake arrangement.Two weeks with me. A free vacation and one very convincing date with her. What could possibly go wrong?♥ ♥ ♥To avoid going on blind dates arranged by my mother, I agree to pretend-date my sister’s best friend. Imagine my surprise when she turns out to be the beautiful, dirty-talking woman who caught my attention while running in Central Park...
  • Taking It Slow by Jordan Marie

    Taking It Slow by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A bottle of tequila 10 lime wedges 1 sexy blonde Add in a crazy Vegas weekendLick and Swallow.What do you get? A recipe for disaster. Titan Last night I got married. I think. I'm not exactly sure. I was drunk off my ass, so it's not exactly crystal clear. But, I woke up with a ring on my finger, a marriage certificate, and a sneaking suspicion I had a wild wedding night...
  • Sexy Six by Ahren Sanders

    Sexy Six by Ahren Sanders

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They call me Sexy Six Cocky? Absof*ckinglutely
 Sexy? That's what they say 
Unstoppable? You bet your ass NFL Golden boy, Super Bowl MVP, and the league's hottest player--on and off the field. To most, I'm a celebrity, with the records to prove it. Fame, fortune, family... I've got it all. Except Grace Monroe. Two years ago, Grace turned my world upside down with just one look...
  • When the Smoke Clears by Kenya Wright

    When the Smoke Clears by Kenya Wright

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A FULL LENGTH, STANDALONE novel with a HEA.He was a fire starter.I didn’t care that he wore a firefighter uniform.He was a fire starter.And as soon as our gazes met, he set a blaze through my body.BLURB:Just released from the mental hospital for shooting her ex-husband, Kassie is in no mood to date men. Now a newly single mother, she’s focused on raising her son...
  • Dom Wars: Round Three by Lucian Bane

    Dom Wars: Round Three by Lucian Bane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dom Wars Round Three heats up with the Demon Domination challenge. Tara is up first to face the demons of her past and Lucian is ready to dominate for her. But that gets tricky when he realizes the demons he's fighting could be the end of them...
  • An Alpha's Trust by Kasey Martin

    An Alpha's Trust by Kasey Martin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It was an ordinary evening for Tamara Gibson, another lackluster night in her mundane life, until she found herself a victim of a heinous attack. One night changed her life forever. It was also the night she met him. A man who she was instantly attracted to, even through the haze of a concussion...
  • Lori by Ariana Hawkes

    Lori by Ariana Hawkes

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    * * * Complete, full-length novel! Can be read as a standalone book. * * * What if your fated mate was just an app swipe away? Sexy bear shifter Bruno Davis is tortured by a tragic past. Between firefighting and being a single parent to his nine-year-old son, there's no space in his life for anything else...
  • Stunt Doubled by Stephanie Brother

    Stunt Doubled by Stephanie Brother

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Movie star Aiden Hunt is as arrogant as he is handsome. It also turns out that:• He’s my stepbrother• We hate each other on sight• I have to move in with him, his twin brother, and their best friendWhen my career goes up in flames, I have no choice but to call my estranged father. He gets me a job on the set of a movie, but there’s a catch. The stepbrothers I never wanted to meet work there, too...
  • The Collar by Tara Sue Me

    The Collar by Tara Sue Me

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling author of The Submissive returns with a scintillating new tale about power, danger, and jaw-dropping passion...
  • Hard Rock Love by Athena Wright

    Hard Rock Love by Athena Wright

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s my big sister’s best friend. This rock star god knows I’m off-limits. But is that a rule he’s willing to break? Seth Powers is wild. He’s devilish. He’s hot as sin. He’s also my big sister Everly's best friend and a rock star drummer in one of the hottest bands around. My silly schoolgirl crush from years ago has turned into a burning desire. I crave his strong fingers caressing my skin...
  • Bowser by Savannah Rylan

    Bowser by Savannah Rylan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's off-limits.Definitely.So why can't I get Hope out of my mind?Joanna's little sister means trouble for me.Link told me to keep an eye on her.And I like what I see.But in order to keep her,I have to end Skeleton.Forever.The Red Pythons will help out.We'll destroy him from the inside.And then Hope can be mine...
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