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  • Meant for Love by Marie Force

    Meant for Love by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    It's been twelve years since Jenny Wilks lost her fiancé in the 9/11 attacks in New York City. Since then she's been floundering, trying to find her way. Taking the job as lighthouse keeper on Gansett Island was the best thing she could've done for herself. On the island she's found amazing friends and a wonderful new life. There's only one thing missing and that's romance...
  • Always by Nina Lane

    Always by Nina Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Without darkness, there can be no light. Dean has always been Liv's white knight. Not once has he retreated from battle. Not once has he failed to keep his wife safe. Not once has he broken his promise to slay monsters for her. Then Dean encounters a monster he can’t destroy. A monster he can’t even face...
  • Owen North by Nina Levine

    Owen North by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A steamy forbidden office romance from USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nina Levine.My one-night stand is my new boss.I met him at the society wedding of the year.The man every woman in New York wants.He's rich.Devastatingly good looking.Charming.Mr. I-Could-Blow-Your-Mind.And yes, he did blow my mind.It was just supposed to be one night.I told him I don't date...
  • Jilted: Nico and Sophie by Tess Thompson

    Jilted: Nico and Sophie by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Despite being young and romantically inexperienced, Sophie Woods is an old soul who believes in true love, working hard at her bar, and always trusting her instincts. And from the moment she meets Nico, she knows without a doubt that he is her one-and-only...
  • Lyrics on the Wind by Autumn Jones Lake

    Lyrics on the Wind by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    USA Today bestselling author Autumn Jones Lake pushes the romance full-throttle in the latest installment of the Lost Kings MC series.Feelings were a weakness I couldn’t afford.Until the sassy waitress from Texas crept under my skin.Then I fell and I fell hard.Her touch has branded me to the bone.With her, love has no boundaries.I’ve always lived for danger.But this time, the stakes are too high...
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    age-gap  alpha-mc  epic  family  female-mc  steamy  adult  biker
  • Brie Visits Master's Italy by Red Phoenix

    Brie Visits Master's Italy by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Brie’s After Graduation Series #7Brie has many exciting lessons yet to learn. There’s a session on belts, an introduction to Master’s new skill and the unwelcomed challenge of jealousy. Master shares his father’s Italian hometown with his little sub. While exploring the island they discover something that has remained hidden for years, waiting for Master’s return...
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    steamy  alpha-mc  family  epic  romance  contemporary  sad  fiction
  • Falling for Love by Marie Force

    Falling for Love by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Since he won the Academy Award for best original screenplay a few years ago, Grant McCarthy's personal and professional lives have fallen apart. Abby, the woman he was supposed to marry, is engaged to someone else, and Grant is back at home on Gansett Island helping to run the family marina business while his father recovers from a serious injury...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  epic  family  female-mc  multi-pov  steamy  abuse  adult
  • Throne of Scars by Autumn Jones Lake

    Throne of Scars by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nothing stops a Lost King from claiming his woman in the latest installment of the Lost Kings MC series by USA Today bestselling author Autumn Jones Lake.I thought I was beyond redemption. Too far gone to fall in love again.Somehow, she soothed my soul and slipped into my heart.The future I never thought I’d have was within reach.But the past wants to rip everything away...
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    age-gap  alpha-mc  epic  family  steamy  action-adventure  adult  biker
  • Try Me by Red Phoenix

    Try Me by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A heated Russian night and a little Kinbaku Russian intrigue and startling revelations await the young submissive. The bond between Brie and her new Master grows deeper as he opens up about his mysterious past. Rytsar Durov reveals the truth behind his dominant nature, making her shiver in fear and pure pleasure as her ultimate fantasy comes true...
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    age-gap  epic  family  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Billionaire Unknown by J.S. Scott

    Billionaire Unknown by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I was perfectly content with my life. My career was booming. I traveled. I did as much charity work as I possibly could for the homeless, and I was perfectly happy with the choices I'd made. At least...I was--until my sister, Dani, came up missing. As an international correspondent, she traveled to war-torn countries, and she'd stepped a little too far over the line...
  • Fly like You've Never Been Grounded by S.J. McCoy

    Fly like You've Never Been Grounded by S.J. McCoy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Laura Benson has her life together, thank you very much. Her jewelry store in San Francisco is doing wonderfully. Her design skills will soon have her traveling to London, designing a new line that should build her reputation world wide. She's on top, which is where she likes to be - especially when it comes to men...
  • Montana Homecoming by Kim Law

    Montana Homecoming by Kim Law

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With four Wilde babies already due in the coming weeks, the last thing Cord expects when he returns home is to discover one more is on the way . . . his.His hometown of Birch Bay isn’t the respite Cord Wilde envisions when forced to take a mandatory vacation...
  • Selfless by Shantel Tessier

    Selfless by Shantel Tessier

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ASHLYN I went against all I believed in and fell in love with what should have been a one-night stand! I fought it, tried to make up rules to prevent the inevitable, but somehow, he knew all along. He understood what I wanted and was willing to comply. I was the one who took him for granted. I was the one who made him walk away...
  • Brie Surrenders her Heart by Red Phoenix

    Brie Surrenders her Heart by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Brie’s submissive journey has been marked with self-discovery, humor, and sexual exploration. To her delight, Brie is about to enjoy the best scene ever with Master, carrying her to heights never imagined. Friendships deepen, a challenge is accepted, and her film career is launched. But life is a balance..
  • How Much I Want by Marie Force

    How Much I Want by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Marie Force comes a steamy new contemporary romance in her Miami Nights Series that brings two people together who have nothing in common except their feelings for each other…NicoMy reputation with women stinks. I’ll admit I haven’t always treated them with the respect they deserve. That’s not to say I’m a bad guy or anything...
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    alpha-mc  drama  epic  family  adult  book  children  contemporary
  • Fight by Susan Fanetti

    Fight by Susan Fanetti

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2000.Fernando “Ox” Sanchez spent more than two decades as an enforcer in the Brazen Bulls MC before he was named to take the Vice President flash from a brother lost in club turmoil. In the time since, as Ox has settled into his place at their president’s side, the club has cleaned out festering wounds and begun to heal...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    drama  epic  family  female-mc  multi-pov  adult  angst  book
  • Hold Me by Red Phoenix

    Hold Me by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When dreams come true...but with a price Brie Bennett's submissive journey has been marked with self-discovery, humor, and sexual exploration. To her delight, she is about to enjoy the best scene ever with Master, carrying her to heights never imagined...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  epic  family  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Knife & Flesh by Susan Fanetti

    Knife & Flesh by Susan Fanetti

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Patrick “Trick” Stavros is a soldier in the Night Horde SoCal, and he was a soldier in the US Army, once upon a time—a sniper deployed to Afghanistan. The club recently tasked him to use those skills, and the job he did for his club weighs heavy on him, just as the job he did for his country does. He’s struggling under the weight, and he’s beginning to crumble...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  epic  family  female-mc  multi-pov  steamy  adult  biker
  • Taming Casanova by M.J. Carnal

    Taming Casanova by M.J. Carnal

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the Casanova of the Moretti Men, Kevin Merck spent his life capturing the eye of multiple women. His conquests were legendary. But life isn’t always what it seems. After saving his best friend, Ryan West, with a bone marrow transplant, he became a permanent fixture in the Moretti family. While everyone was getting their lives back, something went terribly wrong. Turning to Dr...
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    alpha-mc  family  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • 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...
  • Love Me by Red Phoenix

    Love Me by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Passions soar as training continues Brie is falling for some of the sexy Dominants at the Submissive Training Center. With graduation day looming ahead, her training becomes increasingly demanding. The passion and pressure builds until it begins to tear at the foundation her friendships--and her heart. But Brie is a determined woman..
  • Catch Me by Red Phoenix

    Catch Me by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Love requires a leap of faith The final week at the Submissive Training Center has arrived! Will Brie survive the last week of training--five extraordinary days of challenge and pleasure? Her graduation night includes interviews with potential Doms, but it gets horribly complicated... A surprising turn of events forces her to make an unexpected choice...
  • Xavier's Kitten by Nichole Rose

    Xavier's Kitten by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You've met his twin, Tate Grimes, now get ready to meet Xavier in Xavier's Kitten! Welcome to Silver Spoon Falls, TX. The men here are known for having it all. Except there's a shortage of eligible ladies in town to share it with. These determined men won't let that slow them down...
  • ARRIVE by Nina Lane

    ARRIVE by Nina Lane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "You, me, and now three, beauty." This is a SHORT SPIRAL OF BLISS NOVELLA written in response to readers who asked for a story about the birth of Liv and Dean's son. While awaiting the arrival of their first child, Liv and Dean West tackle all the issues of a first-time pregnancy...
  • Selfish by Shantel Tessier

    Selfish by Shantel Tessier

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ASHLYN It was supposed to be a vacation. Five whole days on the beach with my best friend before we made the move from Seattle to New York. I never expected to meet a man who would make me change the way I saw love and sex. I’ve always believed you can have one without the other...
  • Until Arsen by K.L. Donn

    Until Arsen by K.L. Donn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Love is a novel creature.Mysterious, heart pounding, like smoke on the wind.We find it, only to lose it.Until Arsen Daniels…Marina Parks didn't think she'd ever have it.A stand alone novella in Aurora Rose Reynolds Happily Ever Alpha kindle world...
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    age-gap  alpha-mc  drama  female-mc  multi-pov  steamy  adult  angst
  • Needing the Memories by Terri Anne Browning

    Needing the Memories by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Happy Ever After doesn’t end at the Epilogue. The Epilogue is really only the beginning. For us, it’s meant sharing every high, every low, and loving each other even more when we come out the other side still standing. He’s everything I’ve always wanted. My best friend. My lover. My husband… My Demon. And I’m his Angel...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  epic  family  female-mc  multi-pov  adult  book  contemporary
  • This Time Around by Stacey Lynn

    This Time Around by Stacey Lynn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cooper Hawke was everything I didn’t need. Rich and famous, and a high-profile actor, he lived a life of luxury while my life had always been much more simple. Yet when he showed up at my cattle ranch in Kansas, he gave me everything I didn’t think I wanted again. His marriage was over and he was lost. I was still barely surviving in my grief after my husband’s sudden death...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  drama  epic  family  multi-pov  steamy  adult  angst
  • The Truth about Us by B. Celeste

    The Truth about Us by B. Celeste

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Our story is far from perfect, but there's not one risk I regret taking to get the girl.Not the judgment. Not the whispers. Not the stares. Because age is just a number, and we survived. Ollie and Charlie against the world. Except now ... there's Milo...
  • The Score by Kristen Proby

    The Score by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I have millions of followers on social media, and it has absolutely nothing to do with my last name. It’s because I’m good at what I do. I work hard, and it has paid off. I’m not a trainer who only talks the talk, either. I walk the walk—or rather, I run the run. It was actually during one of those jogs through the park that I ran into him...
    Categorized as:
    family  steamy  multi-pov  alpha-mc  age-gap  epic  romance  sports
  • Adore by Nina Lane

    Adore by Nina Lane

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    ★ New edition!"Dean West is what my book husband dreams are made of." -Relentless RomanceLiv and Dean have always fallen together, but this time they might fall apart.❤️Liv and Dean have everything...almost. With a rambunctious toddler, crazy work schedules, and too many responsibilities, they've lost sight of their passionate, intense marriage. And Professor West is none too happy about that...
  • Brie Pleases Her New Master by Red Phoenix

    Brie Pleases Her New Master by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Find out what happens after the elevator doors close… Brie and her new Master are now free to explore life as a D/s couple. Although Brie graduated from the Submissive Training Center top of her class, she soon finds she still has a lot to learn. A rival Dom cannot accept her choice of Master and will not let her go without a fight...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  epic  family  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Imagine With Me by Kristen Proby

    Imagine With Me by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Shawn O’Callaghan loves his job as a screenwriter almost as much as he loves his family. But this latest project could quite possibly test his patience beyond anything he’s ever had to endure. Generally unflappable, the author he’s thrown into the trenches with pushes every button he has. Sometimes twice...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  drama  epic  family  steamy  adult  audiobook
  • The Rocker Who Shatters Me by Terri Anne Browning

    The Rocker Who Shatters Me by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A Bet… Yes, I made a bet with my best friend—my now ex-best friend. It had been a stupid, heat of the moment kind of thing. I’d just wanted to get her out of my system and move one. Instead I’ve lived to regret it ever since. I lost the girl I loved, a girl that possessed my very soul. Now I can’t even get close to Natalie...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  drama  family  multi-pov  steamy  adult  audiobook  book
  • Dream With Me by Kristen Proby

    Dream With Me by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From New York Times Bestselling Author Kristen Proby comes Dream With Me, an all-new addition to the series that has sold more than a million copies to date, her beloved With Me In Seattle Series! Kane O’Callaghan knows what it is to have his work shown all over the world...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  drama  epic  family  multi-pov  steamy  adult  audiobook
  • All I Ever Need Is You by Bella Andre

    All I Ever Need Is You by Bella Andre

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Seattle architect Adam Sullivan is well known for his brilliant historic building restorations—and for having absolutely no interest in love and marriage. He’s happy for his siblings and cousins who have found true love, but though they’re clearly hellbent on seeing him settled, his family is just going to have to accept that Cupid’s arrow will be skipping this Sullivan...
    Categorized as:
    epic  family  female-mc  multi-pov  steamy  adult  audiobook  book
  • My Night with a Rockstar by Michelle Mankin, Jane Anthony

    My Night with a Rockstar by Michelle Mankin, Jane Anthony

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An exclusive collection of short stories and story previews based on the writing prompt my night with a rockstar. Included in this anthology are:Hate F*ck by Jane AnthonyRipple Effect by J. BengtssonConverted by Dawn L...
  • Changing Spaces by Annie Dyer

    Changing Spaces by Annie Dyer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She said one night. He said more. She should’ve known better than to argue with a lawyer. Ava Callaghan was never going to be just one night. She was going to be more, much more. She just didn’t know it yet. Hotshot lawyer Elijah Ward can’t be interested in his friends’ and colleagues’ little sister...
  • Whisperwind by Cat Porter

    Whisperwind by Cat Porter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 2 in a highly addictive Friends-to-Lovers Rockstar Romance duet! Violet is mine. We’re meant for each other. So damn good together.She may be stubborn, but so am I, and I won’t let go. I’m determined to make her mine.I won’t let anything tear us apart.I’ve fallen in love for the first time, and I won’t let distance or secrets from the past get in my way, or fame or ex lovers come between us...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  family  female-mc  epic  contemporary  fiction  new-adult  book
  • Vow of Honor by Emma Renshaw

    Vow of Honor by Emma Renshaw

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I can’t stand Tatum from the second she walks into the room. Everything about her puts me on edge—from her small delicate curves to the smile that she refuses to lose. There’s nothing she loves more than to piss me off. She’s infused herself in every part of my life, taking away the silence I crave. I’d walk away if I could. If I hadn’t been shot. If I didn’t need physical therapy...
  • Craving Carlo by Mia Madison

    Craving Carlo by Mia Madison

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "You gave me a taste of your fire. Hell no, I'm not walking away." Carlo Adamo is the most perfect man I have ever seen -- and the only one whose touch drives me mad. But some of us aren't meant for happy endings. If he knew the truth, he'd forget about me. I just need to stop trembling in his arms long enough to make him believe it...
  • The Billionaire's Big Bold Wonder by Nichole Rose

    The Billionaire's Big Bold Wonder by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  drama  multi-pov  steamy  adult  billionaire  book
  • Honor by Susan Fanetti

    Honor by Susan Fanetti

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1999.Born on the day after the moon landing to a father with his head in the stars, Neil "Apollo" Armstrong has never felt that he could reach as high as his father's dreams. He got as far as Tulsa, and there, with the Brazen Bulls MC, he found a way to fly on wheels. But he's worried now that the club has lost its way...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  epic  family  female-mc  multi-pov  steamy  adult  biker
  • Coveting Sophia by Tara Crescent

    Coveting Sophia by Tara Crescent

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Once upon a time, I had a crush on Damien Cardenas.I stalked him into a private club.And then I had a ménage with him and his best friend, Julian.It was unexpectedly great.I thought we had something, the three of us.Chemistry. Passion. The kind of connection that doesn’t come along every day.Then, the morning after, Damien got me fired.A decade later, I run into them at a fundraiser...
  • Double Exposition by Jerica MacMillan

    Double Exposition by Jerica MacMillan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A former boyband star gets a little musical education from a sexy violinist. Will they stay in different keys or find a way to play in tune? The first time I saw her I knew I wanted her. And when she talked music with me? I didn’t stand a chance. When she found out my secret past—that I used to be a famous pop star—I expected her to fangirl all over me...
  • Coming Home to Hideaway Bay by Michele Brouder

    Coming Home to Hideaway Bay by Michele Brouder

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Lily Ford returns to her lakeside hometown of Hideaway Bay for her grandmother’s funeral, the reunion with her estranged sisters is anything but easy as old wounds surface quickly. Recently widowed and still reeling from the secrets her late husband left behind, Lily finds herself at a crossroad, questioning everything about herself and the people she thought she knew...
  • Quantum Series Boxed Set, Books 1-3 by Marie Force

    Quantum Series Boxed Set, Books 1-3 by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He's a sexual dominant. She's sworn off sex...
  • Bear by Fiona Davenport

    Bear by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Garrison “Bear” Shaw was only supposed to warn Alyssa Bartley to stay out of Silver Saint’s business. Falling for her complicated everything. She was too young for him…and the sheriff’s daughter. The grumpy biker had no business touching the innocent high school senior, but that didn’t stop Bear from making Alyssa his...
  • Delight by Lexi Buchanan

    Delight by Lexi Buchanan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kenza nightclub owner, Ruben McKenzie can have any woman he wants, but the only woman he wants is Rosie—his sweet innocent employee, who happens to be eleven years his junior. Watching her parade her hot little body around his club, serving drinks completely unaware of the attention she attracts is driving him to distraction. But when he sees a regular getting close to her, all bets are off...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  family  female-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
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