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  • The Edge of Promise by T.S. Joyce

    The Edge of Promise by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hell has felt like home lately to Naomi Dunbar, but her Maker is about to change everything. She has a secret crush on the man with the glowing gold eyes who saved her life, and gave her the gift of the wolf, but he is distant, and getting quieter by the day. The handsome, dominant Alpha is focused on healing her from the inside out, but it seems like it’s draining him to do it...
  • Hard to Lose by K. Bromberg

    Hard to Lose by K. Bromberg

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An all new series of standalone books by New York Times Bestselling author, K, Bromberg. Four sisters set out to try to save their family business. Book 4, Hard to Lose: More info coming soon...
  • Menace by Laramie Briscoe

    Menace by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The sexy, single dad of the MTF finally gets his turn....... Mason “Menace” Harrison “Single and ready to mingle……” Those are the words above every picture of almost every female that strikes my interest on this dating app my son talked me into getting...
  • Games of the Heart by Kristen Ashley

    Games of the Heart by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    From the balcony of his house, Mike Haines can see the quiet, commonplace beauty of the Holliday farm. But what he remembers is Dusty, the little sister of his high school girlfriend, who grew up there. As a teen, Dusty had gone off the rails but when she was a kid, she was sweet, she was funny and she had a special bond with Mike. After high school, she took off and Mike never saw her again...
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    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  female-mc  humor  insta-love  multi-pov
  • The Beard Made Me Do It by Lani Lynn Vale

    The Beard Made Me Do It by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He’s only a friend. Those words had haunted him from the moment Jessie James had heard them muttered from the one girl, above all others, that he thought had his back. Sixteen years later, he still feels those words like a brand on his soul...
  • Until Susan by C.P. Smith

    Until Susan by C.P. Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From the world of NYT and USA Today bestselling author, Aurora Rose Reynolds. See how the Mayson clan began. You've read their sons' stories, now it's James and Susan's turn. Experience the boom all over again in this action-packed novella of insta-love and suspense from Author CP Smith...
  • Lady Luck by Kristen Ashley

    Lady Luck by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Ty Walker was wrongly imprisoned and for the five years he was inside, he honed his plan so when he gets out, he has nothing but vengeance on his mind.But then he walks straight to stylish, leggy, beautiful, goofy Lexie Berry and he suddenly has something else to think about...
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    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  female-mc  humor  insta-love  multi-pov
  • Under Him by T.S. Joyce

    Under Him by T.S. Joyce

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tristan is the new Second of the Dart Creek Pack, and trying to support a new Alpha who is recovering from silver poisoning. So much of the Pack’s success rests on his shoulders, so when he is ordered to pair up with a human who has been stalking the Pack, he fights it hard...
  • Shakedown by Lani Lynn Vale

    Shakedown by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Wanted: someone to hand feed me Doritos so my hands don’t get orange. No weirdos.Belle Pena was an editor. Not a writer.When her brothers challenge her to create a dating profile, she makes up the most random biography she can think of. She never, not ever, thought she’d find anybody to respond. But she was sorely mistaken...
  • Walk Through Fire by Kristen Ashley

    Walk Through Fire by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The flame never dies . . . Millie Cross knows what it's like to burn for someone. She was young and wild and he was fierce and even wilder-a Chaos biker who made her heart pound. They fell in love at first sight and life was good, until she learned she couldn't be the woman he needed and made it so he had no choice but to walk away...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  female-mc  humor  insta-love  multi-pov
  • Breathe by Kristen Ashley

    Breathe by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    There's nothing like the first time . . . In Carnal, Colorado, Faye Goodknight is the town's quiet, shy librarian. She may also be Carnal's last remaining virgin. For years, Faye has had a crush on Chace Keaton, but the gorgeous cop has always been unattainable. She's resigned to live contentedly with only her books for company-until Faye suddenly meets Chace alone in the woods . .
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    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  female-mc  humor  insta-love  multi-pov
  • Fire Inside by Kristen Ashley

    Fire Inside by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Lanie Heron isn't looking for love-no surprise, considering her last serious relationship nearly got her killed. So when Lanie propositions Hop Kincaid, all she wants is one wild night with the hot-as-hell biker who patrols with the Chaos Motorcycle Club . . .For Hop, Lanie has always been untouchable. She's too polished and too classy for his taste...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  female-mc  humor  multi-pov  steamy
  • Out of the Ashes by Anne Malcom

    Out of the Ashes by Anne Malcom

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Living a life in darkness causes the soul to char to ash. Battling demons by turning himself into a monster is the only way he can survive...the only way he can keep a grip on sanity. That grip is precarious at best, every day is a silent battle with demons that threaten to yank him into the truest form of darkness, the abyss he’ll never escape. Then it happens. Light shines through the cracks...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  female-mc  humor  insta-love  multi-pov  steamy
  • Make Me by Lani Lynn Vale

    Make Me by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Royal St. James got her name when she was born. Not because her mother loved her royally, but because Royal was a giant pain in the ass. She’s spent her entire life fighting to live, and the last thing she needs is to deal with some pretty-boy police officer who wouldn’t know a hardship if it came up and bit him in the…you know. Justice Rector wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth...
  • Love and Lingerie by Lacey Black

    Love and Lingerie by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Everything is coming together for Harper Grayson. She has a family she adores, a quaint little house that’s all hers, and a puppy to keep her warm at night. Plus, her lingerie shop, Kiss Me Goodnight, is successful. With her eyes now set on an expansion the moment the empty building next door finally becomes available, things are finally aligning perfectly for Harper...
  • Athica Lane by Brynne Asher

    Athica Lane by Brynne Asher

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Cam Montgomery is a single full time dad who knows his priorities: his kids, his job, his team, his side business. Dealing with his disaster of an ex-wife is bad enough, not to mention delinquent football players and a meddlesome mother. Cam doesn’t have the luxury of time for anything more, especially a relationship...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  female-mc  humor  insta-love  male-mc
  • Keys To My Cuffs by Lane Lynn Vale

    Keys To My Cuffs by Lane Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    You’re the Keys Loki’s life was a lie. Everything he’d done for the last eight years was under an assumed name for the Benton Police Department. He’d lied, cheated, and stolen all in the name of the law. He wore himself thin, and not even the open road could take away the pain anymore. Then his little next door neighbor moved in, and suddenly he had a reason to get out of bed every morning...
  • The Final Temptation by K.C. Lynn

    The Final Temptation by K.C. Lynn

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    KAYLA~ He moved in next door to me, all bronzed skin and lean muscle, with a panty dropping smile that could make any girl weep with need. He set my body and teenage hormones on fire for three years. THREE LONG YEARS. In that time he became a cop- Officer Sexy as I liked to call him- and every time I pushed, he retreated. But I knew he felt it, I saw it in the way he looked at me...
  • One Little Lie by Avery Maxwell

    One Little Lie by Avery Maxwell

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    She's the only one I'll ever love, but I had to let her go.Rylan Maroney is the biggest lie I've ever told, and it nearly destroyed everyone in my life. No matter how much it hurts, I can never have her again.He broke my heart and walked away, but he hasn't let me go.Halton Westbrook has haunted my life from four thousand miles away for the last eight years...
  • Becoming a Vincent by C.M. Owens

    Becoming a Vincent by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Alternative Cover Edition of ASIN B072YXCNK1When you live in a place where “turbo speed” internet is a slight step above dial-up, men carry on nine-year beard-growing challenges out of stubborn pride, and your brothers do things like nail all your panties to the outside of your cabin just for funsies, you tend to be a little crazy. You can call it a "locational" hazard, if you will...
  • Get Bucked by Lani Lynn Vale

    Get Bucked by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Darby has always been ‘that’ guy.The guy that no man, woman, or child wants around their loved one.See, a long time ago he made some bad decisions. Those bad decisions have haunted him ever since. No matter what he does, people still see him as the town’s screw up. The boy that sold his soul to the Devil. Years later, he’s turned himself around...
  • Inmate of the Month by Lani Lynn Vale

    Inmate of the Month by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A porn video changed his life.One second, he has an ex with an ax to grind, and the next, he’s internet famous—and definitely not in a good way. In an, it’ll ruin your career, kind of way.Only, Laric didn’t know that he was internet famous...
  • Kitty Kitty by Lani Lynn Vale

    Kitty Kitty by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This is the story of a man falling in love with a woman.A man that was supposed to be a role model, and a woman that was just barely twenty-one.A man who should’ve known better, and a woman that didn’t know that she was destroying his career word by word, innocent touch by innocent touch, smile by smile, until it had already imploded...
  • Out of the Darkness by Jessica Prince

    Out of the Darkness by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The light had been snuffed out of Xander Caine’s world a long time ago, leaving him to suffer in darkness. After a tremendous loss, he closed himself off from anyone and everyone, content to live alone in the shadows. Then a woman blew into town with the force of a hurricane and shook everything up. Sage Winthrop was looking to start over...
  • Desired by Doom by Jamie Begley

    Desired by Doom by Jamie Begley

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    There wasn't anything Arden wouldn't do for her family, even if it meant having to brave The Last Riders in their own clubhouse. There, she found herself thrust out of her comfort zone and seeing things that she was too shy to watch on Pay-Per-View. She needed The Last Riders' help to save her younger brother, but who was going to be the one to save her from them? One thing was for certain..
  • Son of a Beard by Lani Lynn Vale

    Son of a Beard by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Truth Alan Reacher was a biker. He was a bladesmith. What he was not, was a fool. The moment he walked in on his girl screwing his cousin on his bike, he does the only thing he can do. He ditches the bike seat—and the girl—riding right out of her life without a backwards glance. That is until he’s forced to attend the marriage of his cousin to his cheating ex-girlfriend...
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    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  humor  insta-love  multi-pov  steamy
  • Twisted Perfection by Abbi Glines

    Twisted Perfection by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    My future was about to be completely thrown off track because Della Sloane was under my skin, and I had to have her. I couldn’t ignore it anymore. . . . I’d gotten close enough to her to see deeper.Della Sloane is not your average girl...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  female-mc  insta-love  journey  male-mc
  • Wild Highway by Devney Perry

    Wild Highway by Devney Perry

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Gemma Lane built an empire. Not a small feat, considering her home as a teenager was a makeshift tent in a California junkyard. She’s dedicated her life to turning pennies into millions. She has power, fortune and prestige. And she’s leaving it all behind...
  • Until Nico by Aurora Rose Reynolds

    Until Nico by Aurora Rose Reynolds

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Sophie Grates has never had it easy, but she’s finding her way through life one step and one day at a time. That is, Until Nico comes in and flips her world upside-down. He forces her to see you cannot live life from the outside looking in, and sometimes you have to step out onto the ledge so you can really enjoy the view. Nico Mayson knew the moment he saw Sophie Grates that she was the one...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  humor  insta-love  male-mc  multi-pov
  • Hail No by Lani Lynn Vale

    Hail No by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Evander Lennox doesn’t do anything he doesn’t want to do. At least, that is, until he’s sent to prison. The four years he's incarcerated, he’s had no choice but to do the things he's asked to do, when he’s asked to do them. And now, if he doesn’t, it will mean a one-way ticket straight back to hell...
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    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  female-mc  humor  insta-love  multi-pov
  • Real Sexy by Meghan March

    Real Sexy by Meghan March

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Boone Thrasher has never walked away from a fight, and he’s willing to put everything on the line to win the woman he can’t live without in the conclusion to the Real Dirty Duet by USA Today bestselling author Meghan March.***In Nashville, stars are a dime a dozen. I swore I’d never get caught up with one, but Boone Thrasher made a liar out of me...
  • Taming Hollywood's Baddest Boy by Max Monroe

    Taming Hollywood's Baddest Boy by Max Monroe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Do people say they hate someone’s guts so that they can still fall stupidly, head-over-heels in love with the other parts? Asking for a friend. Okay, fine. I’m not asking for a friend. I’m asking for me—and I’m begging you to tell me that the practice of falling in love with your should-be-enemy is common...
  • Just My Type by Tara Sivec

    Just My Type by Tara Sivec

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Live in the best small town in the world? Check. Have the greatest job ever working on my family's pumpkin farm? Check. Marry the town pharmacist and have a nice, quiet life with our son? Check-check. "Oh, I'm sorry...
  • Cruise by Laramie Briscoe

    Cruise by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The kid is now a man, and he’s got something to prove….. Caleb “Cruise” Harrison “A Dad is a son’s first hero……” All my life I’ve looked up to my Dad, there’s nothing I ever wanted to do more than be a member of the Moonshine Task Force right next to him. I said no to playing football professionally to stay in Laurel Springs and fulfill my dream...
  • Fun House by Lani Lynn Vale

    Fun House by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to the Circus is a brand-new series that centers around a family that owns a circus, 6 sisters and one brother. This is book 1 featuring Coffey and Simi!Sometimes you need to crash a funeral to experience happiness.At least, Kissimmee Singh, aerial artist for Singh Circus, the most sought-after traveling circus of all time, keeps telling herself that’s why she crashes funerals...
  • Until Harmony by Aurora Rose Reynolds

    Until Harmony by Aurora Rose Reynolds

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Harmony Mayson isn’t the kind of girl to take unnecessary risk, but after meeting Harlen MacCabe, she starts to wonder if maybe she should be. The more time she spends with the wild and free biker, the more she starts to crave the freedom he gives her... And even more, she starts to crave him. Harlen lives his life on his own terms...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  female-mc  humor  insta-love  multi-pov
  • 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 ratings
    Listening 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...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  female-mc  humor  multi-pov  steamy
  • Good Trouble by Lani Lynn Vale

    Good Trouble by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bain met Diana, a.k.a. Luce, the night before he was set to deploy to Afghanistan.It’s not every day that you take your brother’s girlfriend to prom because he refuses to put out the effort.That night was one of the best nights of his life and the next day, he leaves and doesn’t see her again.But there are letters. Not many, but enough for them to form a connection...
  • Impact by Danielle Norman

    Impact by Danielle Norman

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They always say that two wrongs don’t make a right... Well, she was wrong for breaking into a house that didn’t belong to her; even if she and her daughter had nowhere else to go. And, I was wrong for watching her on the surveillance camera as she moved through the house and climbed into bed. So I offered her a job and a home. Her smile... Her curves... Wrong has never felt so right...
  • Say It Ain't So by Lani Lynn Vale

    Say It Ain't So by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He should’ve never left his house. He should’ve stayed at home. He has a legitimate excuse—he’s running a fever and he’s fairly sure he’s developing pneumonia. He should have called in sick…but he doesn’t. He goes to work, because his team is relying on him. First, he has to sign about eight thousand calendars—all from women who purchased said calendars to benefit the Fallen Officer fundraiser...
  • Crazy Heifer by Lani Lynn Vale

    Crazy Heifer by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I fell in love with his rope skills. I stayed because somehow he took hold of my heart and made it his. Callum Valentine didn’t mean to eavesdrop. Then again? When a man is calling a woman fat right in front of your table, it’s kind of hard not to intervene. Especially when the town’s most beautiful creature ever is the one being called fat. Desi just wants to be left alone...
  • Make Me Your Villain by Lani Lynn Vale

    Make Me Your Villain by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Book 2 of the Battle Crows MC with Shine and Iris.Flaws—he has them.Laws? He breaks them.Dues? He’s paid them.Scars? He bares them proudly.Lessons? He’s learned them.Problems? He has one.Her name is Iris, and she’s the one thing in his life that he can’t control...
  • Nobody Cares Unless You're Pretty by Lani Lynn Vale

    Nobody Cares Unless You're Pretty by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The problem with Wake was that he was understandable. He was the type of villain that literally scared the absolute shit out of you because you knew that under the right circumstances, you could end up exactly like him. Which, sadly, was the case for me. I’d done the exact same thing as Wake, and now I was a murderer just like him. Did I know that I did wrong? Hell yes. Did I regret that? Hell no...
  • Southern Sunrise by Natasha Madison

    Southern Sunrise by Natasha Madison

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Buried secrets never stay hidden in the South. Emily I fell in love with him when I was fourteen. Under the stars, he told me he loved me, and under the stars we promised to love each other always. But under the stars, he broke my heart by walking away.He left me without a second glance. I was just an afterthought.Now he's back, but this time, I'm not falling for his Southern charm.Maybe...
  • Alone with You by Aly Martinez

    Alone with You by Aly Martinez

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Pain 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...
  • Bounty by Kristen Ashley

    Bounty by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Justice Lonesome has enjoyed a life of bounty. Even so, she’s inherited the curse of the Lonesome. A poet’s soul. Which means she’s still searching for something. Searching for peace. Searching for the less…that’s more. And when the foundation of her life is pulled out from under her, grieving, she goes to the mountains to find her oasis. She hits Carnal, Colorado and decides to stay...
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    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  female-mc  humor  insta-love  male-mc
  • Play It Safe by Kristen Ashley

    Play It Safe by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition with this ASIN here.No connections. Play it safe. These were the rules Ivey lived her life by.Until she hit Mustang, Colorado, a perfectly imperfect town where the citizens were welcoming and one of them included the tall, beautiful, macho man rancher cowboy, Grayson Cody.On the run for a decade, Ivey knew she was supposed to play it safe...
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    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  female-mc  humor  insta-love  multi-pov
  • Zane by Nicole Edwards

    Zane by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Vanessa Carmichael will never forget that horrible day for as long as she lives. With Zane fully on the mend from the brutal attack he suffered right in her very own yard, she knows she should be grateful, which she is. She also knows that walking away from Zane might be the only way to keep him safe...
  • Real Good Man by Meghan March

    Real Good Man by Meghan March

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Meghan March comes a sexy new duet. We've all had the bad boys, now it's time for a Real Good Man. Fall for a woman over text messages? No way in hell. Reality can never be as good as the fantasy, right? Wrong. It’s better. Banner Regent is smart, funny, and she’s so far out of my league, she might as well be royalty. I’m a mechanic from Kentucky...
  • Pretend You're Mine by Lucy Score

    Pretend You're Mine by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    I only wanted to protect you… Luke Garrison is a hometown hero, a member of the National Guard ready to deploy again. He’s strong, sexy, broody. The last thing he’s looking for is a woman to ruin his solitude. When the wildly beautiful Harper stumbles into his life, though, he realizes that she’s the perfect decoy. A fake girlfriend to keep his family off his back until he’s deployed...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  female-mc  humor  insta-love  multi-pov
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