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  • Endless Possibility by Emma Scott

    Endless Possibility by Emma Scott

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Noah Lake describes his arduous journey across Europe, learning to cope with his blindness, and his life now with the one woman who never gave up on him...
  • Calmly, Carefully, Completely by Tammy Falkner

    Calmly, Carefully, Completely by Tammy Falkner

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    ***This New Adult book is intended for audiences over the age of 18 due to adult language, sexual content and adult situations*** This is book three of the Reed Brothers series, but it can be read as a stand alone book with no worry you've missed any good parts. Pete I met her on the worst night of her life. She was broken, shaking, and waiting for someone to save her...
  • Salvaged by Jay Crownover

    Salvaged by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Marked Men books continues her delightfully sexy Saints of Denver series. Hudson Wheeler is a nice guy. Everyone knows it, including his fiancée who left him with a canceled wedding and a baby on the way...
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    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  female-mc  male-mc  multi-pov  realistic
  • Random & Rare by Cat Porter

    Random & Rare by Cat Porter

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dreams can come true for lost souls, even in the most broken way Years ago one impetuous decision, one random act of kindness changed their lives forever, Only Grace had no idea how deep those consequences ran. Now she’s about to find out Grace’s happy ever after doesn’t turn out the way she’d hoped Overwhelmed with guilt and regret she retreats from everyone, even her beloved husband, Lock...
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    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  female-mc  male-mc  multi-pov  sad
  • In Dark Woods by Susan Fanetti

    In Dark Woods by Susan Fanetti

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ride or die. An act of treachery has weakened Isaac Lunden, President of the Night Horde MC. His life, and his family’s, is changed fundamentally. Lilli, his old lady, is at his side, exhorting him to fight. But he isn’t sure that what’s left to him is enough to fight for. This is the story of Isaac and Lilli’s journey through those dark woods...
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    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  female-mc  multi-pov  sad  adult
  • Allure by Nina Lane

    Allure by Nina Lane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    After lies and betrayal almost destroyed us, Dean and I fought our way back to each other. But now another battle threatens our fragile reconciliation.Though Dean's protectiveness of me is more powerful than ever, he can't escape his seething jealousy over what I did with another man...
  • Breaking Free by L.L. Collins

    Breaking Free by L.L. Collins

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alexis Carson-Nichols has had what anyone would describe as an idyllic childhood. She has great parents, little brothers and sister that mean the world to her, and friends that are always there for her. As she graduates from high school and gets ready to go to college, she feels like she has the world at her fingertips. She can’t wait to experience life as a young adult...
  • Unraveled by Aubrey Bondurant

    Unraveled by Aubrey Bondurant

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Unraveled: To become undone. To take apart. To destroy. I thought I had it all with my well-respected job, Hollywood boyfriend, and glamorous lifestyle. Until the truth revealed a different story. In one day, after a single word, my carefully constructed life was obliterated. But it’s only the beginning of my spiral. There’s much further to fall. Then I meet him...
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    angst  female-mc  sad  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Falling by E.K. Blair

    Falling by E.K. Blair

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sometimes it takes someone else to show us what we are truly capable of becoming. Suffering from years of violent abuse, Ryan Campbell has learned how to keep people from getting too close. But when you shut yourself off, people get hurt along the way. Never caring much about others, Ryan creates a world in which he doesn’t have to feel...
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    angst  coming-of-age  dark  drama  male-mc  sad  university  abuse
  • Time Stamps by K.L. Kreig

    Time Stamps by K.L. Kreig

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Time stamps. Our life is marked by them. Significant milestones to the seemingly mundane. All of them have a place. A purpose. Moments and chapters stacking on each other, building scars and memories. Creating stories that are only ours to tell. But those stamps are finite, pre-determined. And eventually our allotment runs out. This is our story. Our collection of time stamps...
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    angst  drama  female-mc  multi-pov  sad  adult  book  contemporary
  • The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski

    The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Twenty-year-old Camryn Bennett had always been one to think out-of-the-box, who knew she wanted something more in life than following the same repetitive patterns and growing old with the same repetitive life story. And she thought that her life was going in the right direction until everything fell apart...
  • The Truth About Air & Water by Katherine Owen

    The Truth About Air & Water by Katherine Owen

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Truth In Lies Series. READ This Much Is True, book 1 first, although it's been written as a standalone. Readers say, don't do that. “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” -Ernest Hemingway ~ A Farewell To Arms They share an epic love but one moment changes everything. A life together that seemed certain is shattered...
  • Callous Heir by Michelle Heard

    Callous Heir by Michelle Heard

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I made the mistake of falling for one of my brother’s friends. As if that wasn’t stupid enough, I then declared my love to him.Yeah, I know. Big mistake. Huge mistake.But here I am with my rejected feelings, and Noah won’t even look at me. Whenever he has to talk to me, his words are blunt. Yet they cut deeper than any knife...
  • Tense - Volume One by Deborah Bladon

    Tense - Volume One by Deborah Bladon

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The first volume of TENSE, a novel duet by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Deborah Bladon. He's as beautiful as he is brilliant. Nicholas Wolf's mind is a dangerously dark place. He dreams up tales of murder, intrigue, and passion so intense that his detective novels have enthralled readers worldwide...
  • Lemon Chiffon by Pepper North, Paige Michaels

    Lemon Chiffon by Pepper North, Paige Michaels

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Little Cakes, the bakery that plays Daddy matchmaker!Daisy Galante adores hanging out with the Littles at Blaze, until she meets creepy member Leo. While escaping the pretend Daddy’s unwarranted punishment, she is rescued by her friend and dungeon master, Tarson. Between Leo and the thugs terrorizing her shop, she’s in desperate need of some tender loving care...
  • The Invisible Thread by Lisa Suzanne

    The Invisible Thread by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One decision was all it took for Ethan Fuller’s life to be flipped upside down and for Maci Dane’s twenty-year plan to fall off the rails. Ethan tells Maci about the invisible thread that links two people destined to be together. The road isn’t always smooth, but eventually the two people holding the thread will find their way to each other...
  • Light in the Shadows by A. Meredith Walters

    Light in the Shadows by A. Meredith Walters

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In the bestselling sequel to Find You in the Dark, A. Meredith Walters continues the emotional story of Maggie, Clay, and the power of unconditional love.How do you keep going when you feel like your life is over?Maggie never thought she’d see Clay again. So, she attempts to put her life back together after her heart has been shattered to pieces...
  • Fall On Me by Chloe Walsh

    Fall On Me by Chloe Walsh

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "Kyle Carter knew every inch of my body. Every fraction of my soul. He was the first man I'd ever been with intimately. The first to break my heart. The first to put it back together again. He was my first, my last and my everything that came in between." In the aftermath of Rachel's vicious attack, Lee and Kyle must once again pick up the pieces of their broken world and move forward...
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    alpha-mc  angst  dark  sad  university  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Aflame by Penelope Douglas, Abby Craden

    Aflame by Penelope Douglas, Abby Craden

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Everyone wants to be me. Maybe it's the sway of my skirt or the way I flip my hair, but I don't care. Even though their attention is the last thing I crave, I just can't stop. I dominate the track, the speed rattles my bones, and the wind and the crowd screams my name. I'm her. The girl driver. The queen of the race. And I'm surviving-something he thought I'd never do. They all talk about him...
  • Return to Poughkeepsie by Debra Anastasia

    Return to Poughkeepsie by Debra Anastasia

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Beckett Taylor is a murderer. His calling, his craft are destruction and intimidation—whether he wants it that way now or not. He left Poughkeepsie to keep his brothers safe, to keep Eve safe. Set up with happy lives to live, they’re better off without him, right?But all his willpower crumbles when he hears his brother Blake’s frantic voice on the phone...
  • Inked Armor by Helena Hunting

    Inked Armor by Helena Hunting

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In this follow-up to Clipped Wings, the emotional love story continues between Hayden and Tenley; two young people who desperately want to love and be loved but are afraid to completely let go of their pasts.In the wake of losing Tenley Page, tattooist Hayden Stryker's tumultuous past is haunting him. Plagued by nightmares about the murder of his parents, Hayden reaches out again to Tenley...
  • Reality of Life by Shandi Boyes

    Reality of Life by Shandi Boyes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 2 in the 'Perception' Series.The reality of life is sometimes bad things happen to good people, especially when they least expect it. How will Noah overcome his latest tragic event?Continue to follow Noah on his next journey and see which path his life chooses to take.You will laugh and you will cry, but the story of Noah Taylor will stay with you forever...
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    angst  female-mc  multi-pov  sad  university  adult  book  contemporary
  • The Song Remains the Same by Jovana Shirley

    The Song Remains the Same by Jovana Shirley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Phil “Kenna stood strong, taking my grief into herself. In that moment, if the world had truly threatened to fall, I had no doubt my Baby Girl would hold it up.” A pillar of strength, Kenna only grows stronger as time passes. I’ve known from the beginning that I was the weak link between us. Always, she’s risen above and beyond the darkness of the unknown that threatens to suck me down...
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    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  literary-fiction  male-mc  multi-pov  sad
  • Dying Wish by Margaret McHeyzer

    Dying Wish by Margaret McHeyzer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I have three major loves in my life: my family, my best friend Becky, and ballet. Elijah Turner is quickly becoming the fourth.He's been around as long as I can remember. But now he's much more than just the annoying guy at school.My life was working out perfectly...until it got turned upside down...
  • Winner by Belle Brooks, Karen Harper

    Winner by Belle Brooks, Karen Harper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Roselette Horton... Miss Prim and Proper. Arm candy for one of the richest men in Hoffman. Fate had her saving my life. Now I'm indebted to repay the favour. Rose has the biggest stick up her arse. It’s surprising she can even put one foot in front of the other. She has no clue what it means to be living, or who she really is...
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    angst  female-mc  sad  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Tempted By The Queen by Samantha Barrett

    Tempted By The Queen by Samantha Barrett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    CarlinaI’m the secret my family kept from the world.The Queen that was to be used to gain them an alliance.I escaped, finally free to live my own life out in the open.A chance encounter with a beautiful stranger derailed my plans.My hope of freedom was torn from me, he took it from me.I need to fight for my freedom, fight for my family and finally embrace who I am and where I come from...
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    dark  sad  university  multi-pov  angst  alpha-mc  female-mc  romance
  • Fortuity by Rochelle Paige

    Fortuity by Rochelle Paige

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The only kinds of luck I knew were bad and worse...until my life hung in the balance. I finally caught a break in the form of a second chance. I vowed not to let it go to waste. To make a difference. But I didn’t start really living until I met him. Dillon Montgomery. My complete opposite—except for our matching tortured souls. I couldn’t resist him for long...
  • Smart, Sexy and Secretive by Tammy Falkner

    Smart, Sexy and Secretive by Tammy Falkner

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    EmilyI'm back in New York, ready to start my brand new life with Logan. Things are still up in the air between us, and it has been three months since I've even talked to him. But there's one thing I'm certain of -- I can't live without him.LoganI need her like I need air. But now she's back, and her dad and her ex-boyfriend are conspiring to keep us apart. We can do this, though...
  • Virtue and Vice by Ninya Tippett

    Virtue and Vice by Ninya Tippett

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "If I'm going down, I might as well pick my poison. I pick you." *** A Cobalt Bay Billionaires story. *** She couldn’t be sure whether he was her predator or protector... but she was doomed to love him either way. *** It was a summer they will never forget...
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    alpha-mc  dark  drama  sad  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary
  • Breaking Gravity by Autumn Grey

    Breaking Gravity by Autumn Grey

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I've always followed my dreams with ruthless determination. My life was going well. Success was at my fingertips. Until it wasn't. All it took was three seconds to send my world crashing down around me, ripping my dreams to shreds. Then I meet her, with her large hazel eyes that slay me at first glance. And everything starts to make sense again. I try to keep my distance...
  • Love at Last Sight by Jordan Lynde

    Love at Last Sight by Jordan Lynde

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “Rose, I’m sorry, but your eyesight will be gone by the end of this year.” Who knew one simple sentence could change a life so drastically? Rose is a normal seventeen year old girl with a normal life, normal friends, and what she thought to be normal vision. When she receives the news her vision is slowly deteriorating, she doesn't know what to think. Her life is over...
  • Dusty by YellowBella, TeamBella23

    Dusty by YellowBella, TeamBella23

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Now published as InnocentsShe loves him. He loves her crazy. She's a hopeless romantic. He's just hopeless. She's afraid to let go. He won't let her. A story about a silly girl in love with a foolish boy. Here, forever is a lie...
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    dark  drama  angst  sad  multi-pov  coming-of-age  alpha-mc  realistic
  • Be the One by Nina Levine

    Be the One by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rock star Jett Vaughn has one thing on his mind these days - Presley Hart. He will do anything it takes to make her his. At least, he thinks he will. Presley Hart wants one thing in life - a man who will make her his number one. After being married to a man who never put her first, she swore she'd never settle for second best again. At least, she thought she wouldn't...
  • Give Me Yesterday by K. Webster, Elle Christensen

    Give Me Yesterday by K. Webster, Elle Christensen

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    High powered divorce lawyer, Victoria Larkin, is known as the ice queen. Tough. Emotionless. What they don’t know, is that ten years ago, she lost everything. Including her hope for the future. Chase Monroe struggles with his own demons. Devastated by guilt and on a mission to correct his past, he uses his skills as a college psychology professor to help others move beyond their grief...
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    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  female-mc  multi-pov  sad  adult
  • Captivated by You by Sylvia Day

    Captivated by You by Sylvia Day

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Gideon calls me his angel, but he’s the miracle in my life. My gorgeous, wounded warrior, so determined to slay my demons while refusing to face his own.The vows we’d exchanged should have bound us tighter than blood and flesh. Instead they opened old wounds, exposed pain and insecurities, and lured bitter enemies out of the shadows...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  female-mc  male-mc  multi-pov  realistic
  • Cherry Red Summer by Carina Bartsch

    Cherry Red Summer by Carina Bartsch

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    No girl ever forgets her first love...No one knows that better than Emely Winter. It's been seven years since she last saw the man with the turquoise eyes, Elyas Schwarz?the embodiment of everything mothers warn their daughters about. Good-looking, charming, and with a hint of arrogance, Elyas is back in Emely's life and driving her crazy...
  • Perfecting Patience by Tabatha Vargo

    Perfecting Patience by Tabatha Vargo

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sometimes happy endings are just the beginning of an even harder road. Although her aunt and sister believe she should get help to deal with her past demons, Patience believes the only thing she needs is Zeke. When he comes back into her world, her life couldn’t be more perfect. Except old demons pick the worst time to surface, and once again their happiness is threatened...
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    alpha-mc  angst  dark  multi-pov  realistic  sad  university  abuse
  • Falling for Hadie by Komal Kant

    Falling for Hadie by Komal Kant

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “Sometimes there is a single moment that changes your life forever.” Hadie Swinton is giving up on boys. After a disastrous relationship, she is convinced that all males are the same—arrogant, self-assured, and complete jerks. Lincoln Bracks is giving up on his old life. After moving to a new town to escape the problems plaguing him, he is set against ever getting close to anyone again...
  • Love by Lacey Weatherford

    Love by Lacey Weatherford

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Living happily ever after has always been part of the plan for Cami and Dylan, but when strange things begin happening around the Wilcock household, Cami simply believes she’s becoming forgetful. However, when the incidents begin to escalate, both are left feeling vulnerable. Unable to figure out what’s going on, Dylan delves deeper into the mysterious happenings...
  • Tyler by Jo Raven

    Tyler by Jo Raven

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the USA Today and NY Times bestselling author Jo Raven comes the second installment in the Inked Brotherhood series which began with Asher. Four years have passed since I left home, my parents, and my brother Asher behind – since I shut out my past. And Erin. Four years since I last saw her, since I heard her voice and held her in my arms...
  • Submit by C.D. Reiss

    Submit by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    "You’re mine. The minute I told you to spread your legs and you did it, you were mine. When I told you to beg for it and you did, you were mine. When you put your hands behind your back without being told, I owned you."No. God, no.My name is Monica, and no matter what Jonathan says, I am not submissive...
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    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  female-mc  multi-pov  adult  audiobook
  • Beauty from Love by Georgia Cates

    Beauty from Love by Georgia Cates

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The epic romance between an all-American beauty and her Aussie continues in this final installment of The Beauty Series.Jack McLachlan is fulfilled by more than he dared to dream possible. He finds everything he never knew he wanted—or needed—in Laurelyn Prescott, his last and final companion...
  • Stealing Harper by Molly McAdams

    Stealing Harper by Molly McAdams

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Chase Grayson has never been interested in having a relationship that lasts longer than it takes for him and his date to get dressed again. But then he stumbles into a gray-eyed girl whose innocence pours off her, and everything changes. From the minute Harper opens her mouth to let him know just how much he disgusts her, he's hooked...
  • Every Kiss by Tasha Ivey

    Every Kiss by Tasha Ivey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After witnessing Makenna’s journey to find herself again, Callie is reminded of her own struggles with love. No, Wes wasn’t always the easy going guy that he is today. He was moody and unpredictable in the worst of ways, and she was certain to call him out on it every chance she got. Looking back, she’s amazed at how much their lives have changed since they met...
  • No Quarter by Kelli Jean, Jovana Shirley

    No Quarter by Kelli Jean, Jovana Shirley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kenna “All of his pain, I was always the cause of it. Even if indirectly. All roads led to Kenna, I supposed.” My Madman brings me to life—but it comes at a price. I’m the one who faces his demons when they decide to crawl out of the hell inside his head. One thing is certain: it’s not my forgiveness that is needed. Phil must forgive himself before there’s chance for us...
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    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  literary-fiction  multi-pov  adult  book
  • Treachery Prequel by Lily White

    Treachery Prequel by Lily White

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THE PREQUEL NOVELLA FOR TREACHERY HAS NOW BEEN ADDED TO BOOK ONE AND IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE ON ITS OWN. To read the prequel, you can now find it in Treachery (Antihero Inferno #1)Ninth Circle.Treachery.Also known as Tanner Caine.He is a temptation with cold, dark eyes. A man with a seductive smirk and a body built for pure sin. The linchpin of a group of wealthy bad boys known as the Inferno...
    Categorized as:
    dark  university  alpha-mc  multi-pov  angst  drama  female-mc  male-mc
  • My Butterfly by Laura Miller

    My Butterfly by Laura Miller

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If you got a second chance to be with your first love, would you take it? "This is pure romance at its best." ~Romantic Reading Escapes "One of the most beautiful love stories I have ever read." ~Jelena's Book Blog From the author who brought you the national bestselling novel Butterfly Weeds comes the heartwarming story of small-town firefighter Will Stephens...
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    angst  drama  male-mc  sad  university  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Wished for You by K.D. Robichaux

    Wished for You by K.D. Robichaux

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kayla’s Chick Rant & Book Blog Blog Post: 1/17/15 My name is Kayla and I’m a blogger who believes in fairy tales. Through the anonymity of my blog, along with my reviews of the steamy novels I like to read, I tell the stories of my own search for love...
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    alpha-mc  angst  coming-of-age  dark  drama  female-mc  adult  book
  • Hunt For Her by Xyla Turner

    Hunt For Her by Xyla Turner

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kizzy:I had sex partners, but only one white guy.Who knew he’d be the leader of the local white supremacist group?Not I.I was the last one to know.Hunt:The races don’t mix and that’s the law.But they didn’t tell me about her...
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    alpha-mc  dark  drama  female-mc  multi-pov  university  adult  book
  • The Grace in Darkness by Melissa Andrea

    The Grace in Darkness by Melissa Andrea

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Every part of me yearns for Ryland and there hasn’t been a day that’s gone by that I don’t question if I made the right decision...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  multi-pov  sad  university  abuse  adult  book
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