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The Wrecked One by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOne moment. One decision. Will change everything. I’ve spent my life chasing stories and mysteries, as well as running from love. I’ve also come face-to-face with evil before. Felt its breath on my skin and survived.But nothing could prepare me for that one day when my life changed. Impossible choices and unbearable sacrifices were made, and evil still won... -
Bourbon Bliss by Claire Kingsley, Lucy Score
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 19 ratings“I didn’t reply. I couldn’t. Seeing this man’s naked private parts had not rendered me speechless but watching him lick ice cream off his finger had.” – June Tucker June Tucker doesn’t understand people. Numbers, data, and statistics? Those make sense. People? Not so much. In a town of Friday night fighters and moonshine-swilling line dancers, she’s the odd duck. And that suits her just fine... -
Adler by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe decided it was time to retire, settle down, become something nice and tame. Like an arms-dealing biker in some town called Navesink Bank. He could get behind that lifestyle. He'd anticipated a lot of things. Drinking. Brotherhood. A little action peppered in here and there to keep things from getting too dull. But there was one thing he hadn't planned on...Categorized as:
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Evade and Capture by Lori Matthews
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSpencer Gordon wasn’t expecting the call from Kathleen Drake, a woman she’d spent years keeping safe as part of the Witness Protection program. The terrified woman begged Spencer for help. Taking a leave of absence from her job with Homeland Security, Spencer hurries to her friend’s side. But the threat to Kathleen is larger than Spencer bargained for, forcing a call for reinforcements... -
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Indebted by Sharon C. Cooper
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEven when he does good, he’s bad… Detective Lazarus Dimas doesn’t play by the rules. On the streets, he’s a force to be reckoned with, a dangerous man with a badge and a gun. But he does have a soft spot — the sexy Assistant District Attorney Journey Ramsey. There is something about the woman he can’t shake. She’s irresistible and off limits... -
Gunner: Satan's Fury MC- Memphis by L. Wilder
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn our world, there are some lines you just don’t cross. New York Times and USA Today Best Seller L. Wilder brings readers a new addition to the Satan’s Fury MC- Memphis series. Get ready for a ‘wilder’ ride. Gus wasn’t just my president. He was the father I never had. He was steadfast and strong. I looked up to him and trusted him without question... -
Lights Out Lucy: Roller Derby 101 by Elicia Hyder
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI love Lucy! "OMG! I love Lucy!! Seriously loved this book. Laughs, romance, and some serious a$$ kicking as Lucy tries out for the roller derby. Lights Out Lucy deserves much more than 5 stars! Excellent read from start to finish." --Amazon Reviewer A fresh, fun, feel-good book... -
Favorite Mistake by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe boy next door isn’t next door anymore.He’s in Vegas, preparing for the upcoming NFL season, and I’m still stuck in the small Midwestern town where we grew up.We should be together, but people wanted us apart. They won. Secrets are uncovered and lives are forever torn apart.Maybe it was a mistake to try to recapture what we once had after everything we’d been through... -
Collateral Damage by A.K. Evans
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsClaimed. That’s what Camille Bennett becomes when she crashes into the arms of Deacon Archer. Camille didn’t have a plan when she attempted to fight off a random attacker, but responding well under pressure has never been her strong suit either. She was merely grateful someone who could handle the heat happened to be nearby...Categorized as:
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Dangerous Secrets by Jenna Gunn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe former SEAL’s new mission has a serious perk—a fake date with a beautiful stranger. Unraveling the lies surrounding her life? That’s where things get lethally dangerous. Justin 'Dozer' Roark didn’t expect to need a fake date for his first civilian security mission. He would quickly flip you off if you told him he’d fall for the cocktail waitress he paid to help him...Categorized as:
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Bases Loaded by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlexis is backed into a corner as she looks between two doors. Behind door number one is the man her father is pushing her to marry, the man who’s good for her brand and her future. Behind door number two is me: the bad boy of baseball who happens to be the man she has fallen in love with.I wish we could just run away together. I promised I’d wait for her no matter how long it took... -
Grand Slam by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlexis’s father tells me he’s going to ruin me. He does not want his pop star daughter or her brand associated in any way with the bad boy of baseball.I make it my mission to prove to her father that I’m not the bad guy he thinks I am. But he takes things a few steps too far, causing major issues that will affect my upcoming baseball season... -
Deadly Sexy by Beverly Jenkins
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThough her Lexus may be broken down on the California freeway, Jessi Teresa Blake is no damsel in distress. Rich, smart, and beautiful, JT, or "Lady Blake," as she is called, is one of the toughest sports agents around. She's negotiated megabucks contracts for every superstar in the business, and only the most confident of men can match wits with her... -
The Woman in the Back Room by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe hadn’t planned on being a part of the Family.Life had thrown a curve at him at a young age that made him reevaluate his path in life.And he chose out.But when tragedy strikes, awakening the need for revenge, he finds himself wanting back in. To the Family. The life. The people.Including a woman he never could have seen coming, one he never would have thought he’d want in his life...Categorized as:
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Wyatt by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA story that could cost her everything…Investigative journalist Quinn Ross isn’t a woman who can just let major news pass her by. So, when she stumbles across a story like no other, she makes it her mission to report it to the masses.She doesn’t count on the lengths to which some may go to keep her story from seeing the light of day... -
Kansas by K.L. Savage
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsInstincts are all we have to rely on.And mine were spot on.There are a few things I don’t like to talk about in life.My father.And Kansas.I hate him, and I hate that godforsaken state.To this day, I haven’t loved because there’s a fear.An inkling.An instinct that I will be just like him.I convinced myself our blood was rotten, tainted, and sour... -
Catch and Release by Lori Matthews
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCallahan Security is Back!!! Jake Boxer wants a vacation, but when Jameson Drake calls and asks for a favor, he has no choice. Drake's accountant is in trouble and needs protection, so Jake agrees to take on the job. Little does he know the accountant is not only brilliant but drop-dead gorgeous... -
Link'd Up by Harley Stone
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPresident Tyler “Link” Lincoln of the Dead Presidents MC, runs a club dedicated to helping military vets readjust to society. When his sergeant at arms is arrested for the attempted murder of a prominent Seattle figure, Link’s search for a lawyer brave enough to fight for justice leads him to an alluring defense attorney with a bleeding heart and a steel backbone... -
Obsession by T.K. Leigh
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne week. No names. No expectations.That was our agreement. We were supposed to walk away after our time in Hawaii was over. No matter what.That was before…Before I learned who she is.Before I realized how interconnected our lives are.Before I fell in love.But our love isn’t the stuff fairy tales are made of.Demons lurk around every corner.Good doesn’t necessarily prevail over evil... -
Provocation by T.K. Leigh
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne week. No names. No expectations.That was our agreement. We were supposed to walk away once our time in Hawaii was over. No matter what.But that was before I finally decided to take a risk and jump.And that’s precisely what being involved with Lachlan Hale is… A risk... -
Trouble In Dixie by Becky McGraw
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsProfessional rodeo team roper, Katie Upton, is tired of being called the "Mild Child" in relation to her less inhibited twin sister. She's spent a lifetime cleaning up her sister's messes, the last of which landed her working for the handsome, but standoffish, owner of the Rockin' D ranch in Amarillo... -
Xtreme Affairs by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA scarred special operative meets his match with the woman determined to save him from himself.It was just a little accident—but it changed his life.Special Xtreme Ops team, River Hepburn wakes in the hospital to the sight of Sacha—his best friend’s little sister—watching over him. Their emotional bond over her brother’s death is undeniable, but he isn’t prepared to feel more... -
Fastball by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt was over as quickly as it started…or at least I thought it was. But as it turns out, I can’t stay away. Life keeps throwing us together, and it seems like she’s everywhere all at once. She’s in the same house as me, in the bedroom next to mine as I dream about what she’s doing in there... -
#Player by Cambria Hebert
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe Hashtag series is the winner of Best Contemporary Series of 2016 (UtopiaCon 2016) T he Hashtag series is the winner of Best Contemporary Series of 2015 (UtopiaCon 2015) #Nerd is the winner of Best contemporary book cover for 2015 (UtopiaCon 2015) Romeo from the Hashtag series is the winner of Best Contemporary Lead (UtopiaCon 2015) #NERD book trailer is the winner of... -
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Real Good Love by Meghan March
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Meghan March comes a sexy new duet with a hero you won't want to miss. I’ve had my fair share of bad boys, but nothing prepared me for what it was like to be with a real good man. Logan Brantley changed everything. Somewhere along the way, what started as a fling became the best part of my life...Categorized as:
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Love's Trusting by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings***Due to language that some will consider crude and sexual scenes of an explicit nature, readers need to be 18+ *** When trust is broken by loss and grief, can it ever be repaired? High school sweethearts and young lovers, Brad and Suzy had vowed to stay together forever. “I’ll always be here for you. Trust me,” Brad promised but loss separated the young lovers... -
Undeniable by C.A. Harms
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes in life you are forced to do things you may not agree with. Family meant everything to Jude Calvert. He would do whatever it took to keep them safe and provide for them no matter what it took to make that happen. Even if that meant putting his own safety at risk, he had no other choice. Callie Raine has always felt a heavy attraction toward Jude. He was fascinating... -
No Mistake by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll I want is my happy ending with the boy next door.Every time we get close, something threatens to break us. Half-sisters, town gossips, and jealous exes throw punch after punch, but we hold on tight to each other as we attempt to navigate the chaos.With his life in the spotlight as a professional football player, I start to feel like it might always be like this... -
Reagan's Redemption: Book Eight In The Bodyguards Of L.A. County Series by Cate Beauman
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDoctor Reagan Rosner loves her fast-paced life of practicing medicine in New York City’s busiest trauma center. Kind and confident, she’s taking her profession by storm—until a young girl’s accidental death leaves her shaken to her core... -
Bottom of the Ninth: Seattle Skookums Baseball by Jami Davenport
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis long-awaited story of the third Wolfe brother introduces the Seattle Skookums baseball team. Zeke Wolfe, the man who's written off his entire family, rescues a young woman and three children on a stormy Seattle night. Before he knows it, he has an instant family and a fake fiancé he's certain he doesn't want... -
Cruz (Diablo's Throne MMA) by H.J. Bellus
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe hates fighting. He lives for it. Layla's vicious past drove her away from her hometown. She couldn't live with all the reminders surrounding her--so she ran. Cruz Felix found a new home, a place where he could get his head on straight, train, and fight match after match toward the end goal--the championship in Las Vegas... -
On Deck by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a family emergency reminds us all how short life can be, Alexis’s father moves up the wedding date. She’s forced to wrestle with her father’s emotional manipulation as we fall harder and harder for one another and her wedding day moves closer. We’re keeping a huge secret from her father and her rabid fan base, and we both feel the walls closing in on us... -
Love Me by Kristin Mayer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEngaged and happily in love, Allison Scott and Damien Wales are looking forward to joining their lives together as one. Coming from a mournful year after losing her parents, Allison is ready to heal and move on to the next chapter with the love of her life. But Damien’s past continues to threaten their future. A man once obsessed with Damien’s sister is now after his one and only love, Allison... -
The Bonds We Break by Becca Steele
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFear. Desire. Redemption. When I was taken...it changed me.Once, I was the life of the party. Not anymore.I told myself that I was okay. I almost believed it, until the day I was forced to face my past and my nightmare came to life.Now the Four are the only ones I can turn to, and Cassius Drummond has made it his personal mission to help me out... -
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Justice For Abby by Cate Beauman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFashion designer Abigail Harris has been rescued, but her nightmare is far from over. Determined to put her harrowing ordeal behind her and move on, she struggles to pick up the pieces of her life while eluding the men who want her dead. The Mid-Atlantic Sex Ring is in ruins after Abby’s interviews with the police...Categorized as:
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Having Faith by Abbie Zanders
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSometimes the biggest obstacle to overcome is yourself. Kieran Callaghan has it all. As the sole remaining single male of the Callaghan clan, he is drawing a lot of female attention. Not only is the former SEAL easy on the eyes and the poster boy for BodyWorks, the fitness center he owns/operates, but he is a genuinely nice guy with a white-knight complex...Categorized as:
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Wilder by Rebecca Yarros
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsHe’s Paxton Wilder. Twenty-two-year-old, tattooed, smoking-hot leader of the Renegades. Five time X Games medalist. The world is his playground—especially this year—and for the next nine months I’m stuck as his tutor on the Study at Sea program. He’s too busy staging worldwide stunts for his documentary to get to class...Categorized as:
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Broken Deeds MC: Second Generation #1 by Esther E. Schmidt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTaking over as the President of Broken Deeds MC, claiming an old lady, getting married, becoming a father; Archer has hit life full throttle ever since he took the gavel from his father. Life at breakneck speed opens the door for possibilities and for a man in his position, this can quickly turn any incident into a life or death situation... -
Twisted Paths by L.L. Collins, Marisa-rose Shor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife is a series of choices, and every one we make sends us down a different path… It is easy to look back at your life and see the mistakes you’ve made and wonder how it all could’ve been different... -
Blue Genes #1 (Story of Us Trilogy) by Sydney Jamesson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTake the plunge with Beth Parker and be ready to fall headfirst Into the blue … “I promise. Wherever you are, Beth, I will always be with you," ~ Ayden Blue Genes is the continuation of the bestselling trilogy, The Story of Us... -
Play Mine by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“You need to be careful.” The day the manager of my rock band said that changed my life. As Brooklyn Dawn’s newest member on probation, I didn’t think I’d have to worry about anything but rocking hard. I didn’t expect my tumultuous past to come out. I definitely didn’t expect us to be in danger. I never considered I’d need a bodyguard... -
Winning Ace: A Winning Ace Novel by Tracie Delaney
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the opportunity arises for journalist Tally McKenzie to meet tennis ace Cash Gallagher, she grabs it without hesitation. Desperate for a killer story to advance her career, she’ll have to betray her idol and her own morals into the bargain if she is to succeed. Renowned bad boy Cash wants one thing; to remain at the top of his game... -
Shot on Goal: Seattle Sockeyes Hockey by Jami Davenport
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen you're at the top, there's nowhere to go but down. Two talented skaters. Two bright futures. Two shining stars. One ruined by a career-ending scandal and another by a father's ruthless ambition. She was the darling of the winter games, winning a bronze in pairs figure skating one week after losing both parents in a car accident... -
Alaska Spark by LoLo Paige
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan a chance encounter on a wildfire lead to true love under a midnight sun?Tara Waters loves being a firefighter and the adrenaline rush of fighting wildfires and saving lives is her calling. She must be on her game to join an elite hotshot crew in Montana. But when Tara is sent to fight fires in Alaska, her dream falls out of reach...Categorized as:
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Bound to Fall by Pamela Clare
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFeaturing characters from Pamela Clare’s acclaimed I-Team series.She barely survived.Sasha Dillon, a five-time world champion climber, moved to Scarlet Springs to join the Rocky Mountain Search & Rescue Team. She loves the tiny mountain town and its quirky residents and finds happiness using her climbing skills to save lives... -
Firefly Effect by K.K. Allen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor years, tales of the Firefly Man were nothing more than elaborate rumors spread by residents in the Great Smoky Mountains.Until the night Evelyn Vaughn stumbled upon a dead body in the woods.Fear gripped her, and silence stole her voice.All while she watched the boy she was with that night take the fall.Fourteen years later, Evelyn is nothing more than a shell of her former self...Categorized as:
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Last Chance: A Second Chances Novel by L.P. Dover
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA steamy, second chances novel by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, L.P. Dover. Can be read as a STANDALONE. One Taste, the prequel to Last Chance, has been added at the beginning with all new scenes. One last chance. That's all Luke Collins, local bad boy and motocross champion, has to not only find his redemption, but win back the girl he lost... -
Saving Danger by Katie Reus
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTo maintain her cover and keep her family off her back, they fake a relationship.Having spent her whole life trying to prove she’s just as capable as her three older brothers, art retrieval expert Ivy Danger has landed the biggest gig of her career, one that will pay off the mortgage of the animal shelter she owns. That is, if she doesn’t die before finishing the job... -
Get Hitched by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWARNING: This book contains a-hole rockstars, hard rock music, drama, steamy sex, FBI raids, blood, drugs, partying, clubs, cursing, cursing, and more cursing, true love, tour buses, concerts, and a rocker wedding. Oh, and a pregnant rocker chick. Complete and absolute utter f*cking chaos. The posters might call it "Hard Rock Roots", but that's the real name of our tour. Ten cities... -
Talon by Savannah Rylan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNever touch another club members sister. It's one rule in the MC I'll never understand. That means Gemma is off limits. Too bad I don't listen to rules very well. I'll make Gemma see that she's the only woman for me. On my bike, in the clubhouse. She'll be mine. The Devil Saints are on our heels though, so I won't get to take my sweet time with her. And that's all I want to do...Categorized as:
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