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  • Rewriting the Stars by Claire Kingsley

    Rewriting the Stars by Claire Kingsley

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Firefighter Levi Bailey is used to being alone. Not that he’s lonely. How could he be, with a band of unruly brothers, and their wives and growing families. Maybe he’s the odd man out. The one brother who isn’t destined to be with his soulmate.Besides, he has her.She’s his Juliet, the only woman in the world he can’t ever have. To an outsider, it probably seems crazy...
  • Heart Bones: Despre agonia unor inimi frânte by Colleen Hoover

    Heart Bones: Despre agonia unor inimi frânte by Colleen Hoover

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    Life and a dismal last name are the only two things Beyah Grim's parents ever gave her. After carving her path all on her own, Beyah is well on her way to bigger and better things, thanks to no one but herself...
  • Enrage by Rachel Van Dyken

    Enrage by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Enrage is the next standalone in the international best selling mafia series, Eagle Elite.Part of a world I loathe.Part of a family who hates me more than I hate myself.Living with a girl who reminds me of my darkness.I'm. In. Hell.Also known as the Cosa Nostra.My life was over the minute I stepped off that plane.Son to a murdered mob boss.Heir to a throne of murder and lies...
  • Rex by Serena Akeroyd

    Rex by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rachel always thought I was wasting my life on the Sinners, but being Prez is all I’ve ever wanted to be.When she tore us apart on her journey to become someone, I let her go. I made sacrifices for her, because I knew why she had to prove herself.I just didn't realize that'd involve freezing me out for years...
  • The Brightest Sunset by Aly Martinez

    The Brightest Sunset by Aly Martinez

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me. Lies. Words destroyed me. “I’m sorry. She didn’t make it.” “Daddy, he can’t breathe!” “There’s nothing more we can do for your son.” Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me. More lies. Those syllables and letters became my executioner...
  • Claiming the Enemy: Dustin by Jamie Begley

    Claiming the Enemy: Dustin by Jamie Begley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Porter brothers were raised to live and die by Three Rules. One, a Porter always keeps what’s his. Two, a Porter stands his ground. Three … Dustin never had to search for his true love. They used to play and get in trouble together, shared a playpen, and their mothers used to be best friends. But that was before their fathers made them enemies and changed the course of their lives...
  • Awakened by Sin by Mia Knight

    Awakened by Sin by Mia Knight

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Carmen Pyre had it all until her husband was murdered by a madman who threatened everyone she loved. Now that her husband has been avenged, it's time to move on... she just doesn't know how. Two men who fill her husband’s former roles offer to help her move forward with her life...
  • Written with Regret by Aly Martinez

    Written with Regret by Aly Martinez

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Every little girl dreams of the fairytale. The one where the white knight rushes in to save her from the clutches of evil. They fall in love, have babies, and live happily ever after. By that definition, my life should have been a fairytale too. When I was eight years old, Caven Hunt saved me from the worst kind of evil to walk the Earth. It didn’t matter that I was a kid...
  • The Outskirts by T.M. Frazier

    The Outskirts by T.M. Frazier

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sawyer wants a life of her own. Finn wants to forget he ever had one. After a tragedy, Finn Hollis escapes into the swamp to be alone. That is until Sawyer Dixon shows up, all SCORCHING HOT innocence, claiming she owns the land less than fifty feet from his front door. Sawyer gets under his SKIN, but even worse? She makes him CRAVE things...
  • Slay by Nina Levine

    Slay by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Book 4 in the Bestselling Storm MC Series by Nina Levine BLOOD WILL BE SHED... The ghosts of Donovan "Blade" Brookes' life are closing in on him.   Hardened by an abusive childhood and haunted by the murder of his fiancé, Blade struggles against the dark forces threatening to consume him.  When he helps Layla Reed in her hour of need, he has no idea she will be the light to his darkness...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  family  insta-love  steamy  suspense
  • Dominic by Sarah Brianne

    Dominic by Sarah Brianne

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dominic was raised as the devil’s right-hand man, the rightful heir to the Luciano throne.Maria was raised as a princess, excluded from holding any power in the Caruso family.The sins of his father is his debt to pay.The only sin she wants him to pay for is one his family did not commit.In love with a dead man, can he get her to love his killer?Hell will freeze over before she’ll ever love again...
  • At the Pleasure of the President by Shayla Black, Lexi Blake

    At the Pleasure of the President by Shayla Black, Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The thrilling conclusion of the twisting, page-turning Perfect Gentlemen series… Decades ago, ambitious Zack Hayes set his sights on the White House. He’s worked his whole life to become the leader of the free world—attending the right schools, marrying the perfect bride—all to aid his campaign...
  • Firefly by Molly McAdams

    Firefly by Molly McAdams

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The next captivating installment in New York Times bestselling author Molly McAdams’s Redemption series. As the Princess of the Irish-American Mob, there’s no shortage of men ready to help guard and protect me. To slowly suffocate me to the point of seeking freedom—a place where I can breathe. Kieran Hayes has been saving me for as long as I can remember...
  • The Rising by Jodi Ellen Malpas

    The Rising by Jodi Ellen Malpas

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You can't rise from the ashes if you've never been burned.When notorious mafia boss Danny Black and lethal assassin James Kelly join forces to hunt down a mutual, elusive nemesis that threatens to destroy them both and take control of their city, they know they will be entering a deadly game...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  dark  family  friendship  slow-burn  steamy  suspense
  • Reap by Caitlyn Dare

    Reap by Caitlyn Dare

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I never imagined falling for a Red Ridge Sinner… let alone three. But here I am, sneaking around with Diesel, Zach, and Jax, willing to risk the consequences for just one more kiss or touch or moment. They get me. Understand what I need, and how to make me soar. But every time we find ourselves in the dark, stealing precious minutes together, reality closes in around us...
  • The Honest Affair by Nicole French

    The Honest Affair by Nicole French

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The climactic end to the Rose Gold series...
  • Wealthy Playboy by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell

    Wealthy Playboy by Alex Wolf, Sloane Howell

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An all-new sexy standalone enemies-to-lovers office romance.He's everything she hates.Arrogant. Cocky. Wealthy.Wells Covington is the Tony Stark of Wall Street.He's never met a deal he couldn't conquer, and never met a human who could out maneuver him.Until her... and she's the only thing on his mind.Meadow Carlson.She tanks his mega real estate deal the first time they meet...
  • Sufferance by K.E. Osborn

    Sufferance by K.E. Osborn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    We were destined. But time and fate are not on our side. My president—her blood brother. My patch—so close I can taste it. Yet, I have to choose. Is there really a choice? My club or the girl. This woman shines brightly. She's adored, worshiped, and cherished by everyone, not only me. I'm just the unlucky prospect who fell for her. But we're complicated...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  dark  family  sad  second-chances  secrets  steamy
  • Keep This Promise by Corinne Michaels

    Keep This Promise by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I am about to lose everything.My home. My name. My future.My husband was involved in something that could cost us our lives, and on his deathbed, he demands my daughter and I flee Britain. I had no idea he found her biological father, Holden James, in Rose Canyon, and that’s where we’d start over.The moment we see each other, feelings I’d long forgotten rush over me...
  • Purple Orchids by Samantha Christy

    Purple Orchids by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    One day . . . one moment . . . one letter. One lie. That’s all it took to change the course of our lives. Gavin McBride She blindsided me. Broke me. Shredded me. And now she’s back, thinking I did the very same thing to her. When I reach out to her, I get more than I bargained for. Much more. There’s nothing to forgive. But I need her to forgive me. There’s no way to go back...
  • Rewrite the Stars by Charleigh Rose

    Rewrite the Stars by Charleigh Rose

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Evangeline Thorne is privileged. Beautiful and popular, if not a little jaded. A chance encounter with a green-eyed stuntman sets off a chain of events that turns her perfect, little world upside down. Short on options and desperate for adventure, she joins the traveling carnival for the summer...
  • Hopeless by Colleen Hoover

    Hopeless by Colleen Hoover

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    Sometimes discovering the truth can leave you more hopeless than believing the lies…That’s what seventeen-year-old Sky realizes after she meets Dean Holder. A guy with a reputation that rivals her own and an uncanny ability to invoke feelings in her she’s never had before...
  • Fearless by B.B. Reid

    Fearless by B.B. Reid

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Take one last ride with Keiran and Lake and the rest of the Broken Love gang in this fifth and final installment as they face stronger enemies and bigger obstacles while fighting to hold tight to the tattered existence of their love. When faced with broken love… Have you ever had the feeling you were a stranger? Out of reach, I watched and mourned me. Nothing moved. Breathed. Nothing lived...
  • Honest Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Honest Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s not the boy next door anymore, and I’m not the girl I used to be, either.His life is in the spotlight as one of the most popular professional football players on the Vegas Aces, while I can’t afford to have my secrets exposed. But as we work together on a project benefitting our small Midwestern town, we easily slip back into the friendship we once shared...
  • Hidden Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Hidden Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The boy next door is back, and so am I.He’s spending his NFL off-season in our small Midwestern town after seven long years away, and I’m in town for different reasons.Memories shift to reality as we find ourselves in the place where we first fell in love. We’re different people now, but I’m falling fast and hard for the man he is now.But he’s married...
  • The Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allred

    The Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allred

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Sweet tea, corn bread, and soup beans—everyday fare for eight-year-old Alix French, the precocious darling of a respected southern family. But nothing was ordinary about the day she met ten-year-old Nick Anderson, a boy from the wrong side of town...
  • Redemption by J.M. Darhower

    Redemption by J.M. Darhower

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    In this thrilling and sexy follow-up to Sempre, two young lovers struggle to keep their relationship intact after they become deeply enmeshed in the dangerous mafia-run crime ring they once tried to overthrow.Haven Antonelli and Carmine DeMarco have been through a lot. Haven was taken in by Carmine’s father, and with his family’s help, she escaped a gruesome fate...
  • Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

    Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 56 ratings
    When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she knows it isn’t love at first sight. They wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up...
  • Gluttony by K. Webster

    Gluttony by K. Webster

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My life has been served to me on a gold platter to be devoured by my silver spoon.  Money, money, and more money. It’s the backbone of the Goddard name. I’m the only son, so it’s all mine for the taking.  But sometimes money isn’t enough. I always want more, yet nothing seems to satisfy me. My father has made sure I become a part of The Elite Seven...
  • Blood & Rust by Cat Porter

    Blood & Rust by Cat Porter

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The bad boy. The fuck up. The thief. That was me. Once a king, Now a wanderer. I'd thrown the best parts of me away, over and over again. I was reckless. Still am. I'd been exiled. Twice. I did my time. I've cleaned up. Well, sort of. I got plans. Yeah, good ones. Then I ran into her. A bolt of lightning Startling Unsettling Breathtaking Out of reach...
  • One Woman by Lisa Renee Jones

    One Woman by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The second book in the Naked trilogy... More information coming soon...
  • Perfect Wreckage (The Wrecked Series) by Catherine Cowles

    Perfect Wreckage (The Wrecked Series) by Catherine Cowles

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My past taught me to play it safe.To stay far away from handsome men who promised it all.My life was good without them. Stable, secure, predictable. But one kiss showed me that I’d been playing it safe for far too long.One night, and all I wanted was more of his wildfire.One challenge and my carefully constructed walls tumbled down...
  • Reaper by Geri Glenn

    Reaper by Geri Glenn

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Anna I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my life. In fact, some of them almost ruined me. But I am a good person. I want to make amends. I want to fix things with my sister and finally have my life back. I want to change, and I’m trying. But I just can't let the past go. Reaper doesn't make it easy for me. He hates me with a passion...
  • Betrayal by Aleatha Romig

    Betrayal by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    One week. No future. No past. No more.Alexandria Collins has one week to live carefree—no ghosts of her past or pressures of her future haunting her. Reinventing herself as "Charli," she is knocked off her feet by a sexy, mysterious man who brings her pleasure like she never imagined. With her heart at stake, she forgets that decisions made in the dark of night reappear in the bright light of day...
  • Savage Sin by Helen Hardt

    Savage Sin by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Enter a world of mystery, suspense, sin, and heart-wrenching emotion with Helen Hardt's new series!In prison, they called him Savage.Falcon Bellamy spent years locked up for a crime he didn’t commit, which shattered his dream of serving his country as a Navy SEAL. When he's granted early parole to help with a family emergency, he’s determined to reclaim his life...
    Categorized as:
    drama  dark  alpha-mc  secrets  suspense  friendship  family  prison
  • Paradise by Judith McNaught

    Paradise by Judith McNaught

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Corporate raider Matthew Farrell had come a long way from the poor, scruffy kid of Indiana's steel mills. A long way from the country club where, feeling like an outsider, he had dared to fall in love with a beautiful blonde named Meredith Bancroft, and known a once-in-a-lifetime passion and betrayal that still haunted his memory..
  • Now Open Your Eyes by Nicole Fiorina, Oliver Masters

    Now Open Your Eyes by Nicole Fiorina, Oliver Masters

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    MIA. It was so close, I'd tasted it–the freedom. But the only thing I could taste now was the end. Over the last two years, I’d let all outside forces dictate my life, my feelings, my head. I’d allowed everyone to control what my punishment should be for all my wrong-doings. I’d been tested and learned my lesson. I’d paid my dues and suffered long enough...
  • Stanton Unconditional by T.L. Swan

    Stanton Unconditional by T.L. Swan

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The follow up to the gripping first novel by T.L. Swan, Stanton Adore.Unconditional love, does it really exist or is it an urban myth? What does it really mean?Do you love someone because of their flaws?Or in spite of them.And at what point are the conditions more to bear.Than the love is worth.This is what I’m trying to decipherThis is my story.I’ll let you be the judge...
  • Lead Me Home by A.L. Jackson

    Lead Me Home by A.L. Jackson

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A friends-to-lovers second-chance romance...Fourteen years ago, my life changed forever.My sister disappeared. That day I was selfish. That day I chose myself over her. And that day, I lost everything.Including Nikki Walters.She's the girl I've loved my whole life. She's gorgeous. Caring. Every single thing I've ever wanted but denied myself...
  • Fall to You by Lexi Ryan

    Fall to You by Lexi Ryan

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Torn between two men… When I woke up after the accident, I couldn’t remember anything from the last year—including my relationship with Max Hallowell or anything about Nate Crane. Now my memories are returning, but instead of answering my questions, they’re leaving me with more. The man who broke my heart and wants to be my future… Max is all I ever wanted, and now he wants to marry me...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  love-triangle  sad  secrets  steamy
  • Cruel Saints by Michelle Heard

    Cruel Saints by Michelle Heard

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    An Arranged Marriage Mafia Romance Alliances are made. Loyalty is owned. Love is taken. Little did I know my love and freedom would be taken to form a new alliance.Brutal, possessive, and dangerous, Lucian is feared by all. Including myself. When his father is assassinated, Lucian takes his rightful place as head of the Cotroni family...
  • Bossy Brothers: Tony by J.A. Huss

    Bossy Brothers: Tony by J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Belinda Baker and I were not made for each other.We are not soul mates, or lovers, or even frenemies.She is the one who needed to get away.What we had together wasn’t blind love, it was sick rage.We were a match made in hell, it was hate at first sight, and when she walked away from me and never looked back—it was a relief.It was bliss...
  • Hold Me by W. Winters, Amelia Wilde

    Hold Me by W. Winters, Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I was born into luxury and used to getting what I wanted. What I desired most, with my life in disarray, was the man who sat across from me. He was tall, dark and handsome, but, most notably, forbidden. It made every accidental touch more sinful and every session more addictive. There was so much tragedy and he was supposed to fix me...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  dark  forbidden-love  steamy  suspense  adult  book
  • Isolate by K.E. Osborn

    Isolate by K.E. Osborn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She was the girl next door.Then she broke my heart.When she fell for my best friend instead of me.Unwilling to come between them, I left LA. Found sanctuary in New Orleans with a brotherhood who calmed my storm.She should have been safe.She was his to protect.The problem is—she should have been mine.And now his mistakes have come back on her...
  • A True Fit by Michele Notaro

    A True Fit by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trent~ My life has been great the past few years and I have zero intention of screwing anything up. I’m certainly not going to let some guy ruin things for me, especially not my boss’s ex. But for some reason, every time I run into Declan, I become more and more intrigued by him...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  family  friends-to-lovers  steamy  suspense  adult  book
  • The Specialist by Melanie Moreland

    The Specialist by Melanie Moreland

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Final installment of the Men of Hidden JusticeEgan VulpeTrained explosives expert. Gun for hire. Loner.Until the day he falls in love.He leaves the dangerous world he knows behind. He paints, owns a gym, and co-runs Elite Security.In the past, he has worked with his friends at Hidden Justice, always staying behind the scenes.But not far enough behind...
  • Unholy Soul by Andi Rhodes, Lacy Rose

    Unholy Soul by Andi Rhodes, Lacy Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There isn’t a person in the world who hasn’t committed a sin. Some sins are worse than others, but seven of them are deadly. But those seven worst of the worst? They’re what drive Saints Purgatory MC to keep fighting...
  • A Different Blue by Amy Harmon

    A Different Blue by Amy Harmon

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The Spencer Hill Press release will have bonus content never before available.Blue Echohawk doesn't know who she is. She doesn't know her real name or when she was born. Abandoned at two and raised by a drifter, she didn't attend school until she was ten years old. At nineteen, when most kids her age are attending college or moving on with life, she is just a senior in high school...
  • The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher

    The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Olivia Kaspen is a sharp tongued manipulator used to always getting what she wants. With just one exception-Caleb Drake, the one she foolishly let slip away. After a chance encounter brings Caleb back into her life, Olivia finds herself wanting a second chance with her first love, and asking herself how far she is willing to go to get him back...
  • Shattered Legacy : A Dark Bully Romance by Caitlyn Dare

    Shattered Legacy : A Dark Bully Romance by Caitlyn Dare

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mia Thompson wants only one thing: to survive Gravestone University, graduate, and get far far away from her hometown and its archaic traditions.But she’s about to become a pawn in a game she doesn’t understand.Bexley Danforth wants only one thing: to keep his head down, survive four years at college, and get far far away from his past and the mistakes that haunt him...
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