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Readers who enjoyed Damaged by J.L. Perry also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Inevitable: Carter Kids #5 by Chloe Walsh
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf two people are truly meant to be together, eventually they will find their way back to each other's arms. It is a prerequisite of love. It is inevitable… Right? Then why does it feel so wrong? Why is my heart pulling me in another direction? Why do I feel so lost? So utterly broken… On paper, Hope Carter has the perfect life... -
Fain: Texas Kings MC Book 12 by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFain Tempest has worked hard to overcome the demons from his past and make a new life for himself. He left his family behind and found a new one with the Texas Kings MC. The brotherhood he has now is almost enough to make up for the family he left behind.A little more than a year ago, he saw an old friend in a new light and has been fighting that attraction ever since... -
Rescuing Rosalie by Ellie Masters
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the Nicaraguan jungle, I'll battle dangerous wildlife, treacherous terrain, and my growing attraction to Rosalie as we outrun a madman and survive.When a hostage rescue mission intended to save innocent lives takes a devastating turn, Hayes, a Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialist, leaps into action and plunges headlong into danger to save Rosalie... -
Thaddeus by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThere had been a time, I’d been happy—blissfully happy—then a single act of brutality tore Thaddeus Bench from my life. But not from my heart. I never thought I’d see him again. But I did. In a cantina in Mexico. And when he looked over at me with so much hatred in his stare, it pulverized what was left of my heart. Emerson Pierce was my own personal hell... -
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If I Break THE COMPLETE SERIES Bundle by Portia Moore
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe complete If I Break Series Bundle. Includes If I Break, Before I Break, Almost Broken and Beautifully Broken. This is not your typical happily ever after... Lauren Brooks wants to do three things: Escape the small town she grew up in, get accepted to her dream school in Chicago, and graduate without drowning in debt. Now she’s working her ass off to do just that... -
Twister's Survival by E.C. Land, Cosmic Letterz Design
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIzzy For as long as I can remember, I've only felt one thing - pain. It consumes every part of me and I just want it to end. Enough has happened over the years and I'm ready to make it all stop. The night I lay out my plan and am fully prepared to end my life - he stops me. His act is simple, offering me his hand but in that, he gave me so much hope... -
Family: The Club Girl Diaries Book 5 by Addison Jane
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFamily came first—that’s what the Brothers by Blood MC believed in. They fell in love, they battled the odds, and they fought through the danger that threatened to tear them apart, but it wasn’t over yet. Their stories were just the beginning, and now they were determined to continue to build their families and the next generation of the MC... -
Kade by Tijan
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI have fought. I have bled. I have wreaked havoc for my family. Anyone who threatened us, tried to break us, I broke them instead. Then, there was peace. Marriage. Children. Life was good. Life was great.Until my phone rang one night. Retired, I was no longer in the NFL. We'd recently moved back to Fallen Crest.So I should’ve known. I should’ve remembered. There is no peace in Fallen Crest... -
Promising You by Allie Everhart
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Jade first arrived at Moorhurst College, she never imagined that the guy who helped her move in would end up being the guy she wants to be with forever. Now, seven months later, Jade and Garret are starting to talk about a future together. But the people around Jade are planting doubts in her mind, questioning her decision to be part of the Kensington family... -
Broken by April Wilson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe eagerly-awaited third book in the McIntyre Security, Inc. series is here! Lia McIntyre As a 22-year-old female professional bodyguard, Lia’s a rarity in a male-dominated field. She may be a petite, cute blond, but she’s a master of martial arts and Krav Maga, and she can render a man twice her size unconscious in just seconds... -
Hot Summer School Nights by Michelle Mankin, L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller. All new and exclusive enemies to lovers and bully romance short stories and previews by:L A Cotton Siobhan Davis Ashley Jade Piper Lawson Tracy Lorraine Michelle Mankin Daniela Romero Ginger Scott Ivy Smoak Becca Steele Shantel Tessier This will be a wide release with special preorder pricing...Categorized as:
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Boss Woman by Victoria Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe betrayed me.I trusted him, like a fool, and he stabbed me in the back.Diesel Hunt.He hurt me. Lied to me. And now he ruined me.But I'm not the kind of woman who stays on the ground. I'm back on my feet. I'm back from the dead. And I'm stronger than before.It'll take something a lot stronger to bury a woman like me.Tatum Titan... -
The Samaritan by Amelia Shea
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Ghosttown Riders Motorcycle Club Book - A heartbreaking past may stand in the way of a beautiful future.Born into a motorcycle club dynasty, biker Caden Reilly chose a different path. A single dad struggling to keep his business afloat while caring for a hostile, arrogant, and ill biker father, his life is anything but normal... -
Drew by Giulia Lagomarsino
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDrew is a new beginnings romance and the fourth book in the series, For The Love Of A Good Woman. It can be read as a standalone, but the characters are intertwined in the whole series. Iris. I swear I could feel her on the breeze, standing here in the serenity of the country. She was my life, my dreams, my love, my wife, but above all that, she was my reason for being... -
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Becoming Us by Allie Everhart
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJade and Garret thought the robbery in their neighborhood had nothing to do with them, but the pieces are finally starting to come together. Someone’s been working behind the scenes, pulling the strings to determine Garret’s fate. The timing couldn’t be worse. Jade and Garret are talking things out, becoming even closer, making plans for their future. Plans that might never happen... -
Caught Looking by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen her father orchestrates an engagement for business purposes, Alexis is forced to say yes publicly.Now I’m the other man in this equation, and despite my reputation as the bad boy of baseball, I learned long ago to stay away from married women. But not everything is as it appears, and she isn’t married yet, which forces me to confront my own morals and fears when it comes to relationships... -
Beautifully Decadent by L.A. Fiore
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAvery Collins has just landed her dream job, pastry chef for the posh-Manhattan restaurant Clover. Her new boss, Trace Montgomery, even helped with securing her an affordable place to live: a beautifully restored carriage house owned by his friend, Rafe McKenzie—a man that makes her catch her breath and stirs her imagination... -
Luke's Absolution by K.L. Kreig
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDemons. Regrets. Absolution. Luke has lived on the wrong side of the law since he was seventeen. His hands are stained and his soul is black, but the worst sin he's committed is falling in love with his brother’s girl. Then he met her. Addy Monroe is pure, innocent and stubborn as an ox. Even though he doesn’t deserve her, Luke will stop at nothing to have her... -
Coming Together (Welcome to Carson, Book Two) by Renee Harless
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA broken heart and shattered dreams... Austin Connelly had it all: loving family, a growing and profitable business, the perfect woman warming his bed at night... When she completely disappears from his life, well kept secrets begin to emerge. He finds out his best friend’s girlfriend is also his half-sister, and he believes someone is sabotaging his company... -
Burn by Stephanie Rowe
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this sizzling romantic suspense by a New York Times bestselling author, a serial arsonist targets the biological family he found through an online DNA ancestry test. Five years ago, Charlotte Murphy's brother tracked down her family through a DNA ancestry test. Charlotte was the only one he left alive. And now he's back to finish the deadly game he started... -
Total Surrender by Velvet Vaughn
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the author of Kidnapped and Tough as Nails comes the eleventh romantic suspense novel in the COBRA Securities series. Total Surrender is an intriguing mixture of pulse-pounding suspense and sizzling passion. Beware of the Dangerously Devoted. COBRA Securities agents Hunter McGrath and Talia Cohen pose as husband and wife to infiltrate a mysterious cult, led by the charismatic Elijah... -
Rock Bottom: Satan's Devils MC #7 by Manda Mellett
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRock Rock I’ve committed the ultimate crime. To repay my gambling debts, I’ve stolen from my MC. Now, I’m out in bad standing. Cast adrift from all men I called Brother, I approach a rival MC. They let me join on the basis I share all the information about my previous club. In other words, they want me to help them take out the Satan’s Devils... -
Aiden & Ariel by Jet Masters, Ellie Masters
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove is everywhere in this swoon-worthy, steamy couple's romance. Plunge head over heels as you ride out a hurricane on an oil rig. Dive into 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐈 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭: 𝐴𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛 & 𝐴𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑙’𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 by master storytellers, Jet & Ellie Masters where your happily ever after is waiting. ARIEL BLACK For a woman unlucky in love, Ariel certainly falls for it fast... -
The Boy Who Has No Faith by Victoria Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI just landed my dream job as an editor at the esteemed publisher, Astra Books, and my client is the infamous sci-fi writer Derek Hamilton.The greatest writer of our generation--in my opinion.But it's not as wonderful as I thought it would be. I can't get this guy to respond to my emails, texts, or phone calls. Whenever I get him on the phone, he's a jerk that hangs up on me... -
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Play Dirty by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRun, he whispered in my ear. While you still can. I walked into a club called Ruin and found it—and him—when he bent me over the piano he was playing. I did as he said, but not until after he’d decimated me in the filthiest way possible. I loved every second. That one, and the ones that came years later...Categorized as:
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Between Now and Heartbreak by Dylan Allen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s searching for the truth.I’m living a lie. And as much as we want to, We can’t stay away from each other. Falling for Carter nearly cost me everything. To save myself I made a deal with the devil. Now, I’ve got a second chance and more to lose than ever. So when he makes it clear he wants me back, I vow not to make the same mistake twice. Carter has learned his lesson, too... -
The Perfect Woman by Nicole French
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy husband is a monster.My home is riddled with lies.I thought I could bear the torment for my daughter's sake.Until I met him.In one night, Matthew Zola showed me everything I never knew I was missing.Passion.Pleasure.Deep, dark, earth-shattering love.Matthew thinks I'm the perfect woman.But we're only as good as the secrets we keep... -
Hold Me by W. Winters, Amelia Wilde
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI 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... -
Lost and Found Series Box Set by J.M. Madden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWARNING- The Lost and Found Series pulls no punches. As always, there are ups and downs. Readers need to be aware that I deal with PTSD issues, suicide, and miscarriage, amputations, and a wide range of other things... -
Running Hot by Ainsley St. Claire
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe must marry. She’s the only one he wants but can’t have. Can he convince her in time?WalkerBecoming Governor is the next step toward my destiny.But, my history will be a problem. The voters always favor a family man.I've done Marcella favors for years and now it’s time to collect.She'll make the perfect Governor's wife.It's all for show, and she knows that... -
Kingdom of Corruption by Annie Rose Welch, Bella Di Corte
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Royal Organized Crime RomanceMy husband had been keeping a secret from me—a secret that would irrevocably change the course of our lives.He was the son of one of the most ruthless men alive, and an heir to the infamous Fausti crime family. They were beautiful, powerful, ruthless—royalty in their beloved Italy and beyond... -
Whiskey by Sybil Bartel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMercenary.Navy SEAL.Unconventional Operative.I didn’t join the Teams. I was recruited. They called me the Specialist. They said I had a unique skill set. I knew who I was.For eight years, the Navy tried to rein me in with their tactics, techniques and procedures—operations, missions, objectives—they told me to adapt and overcome. I didn’t adapt. I did my time.Now I worked for Alpha Elite Security... -
Braxten by K.C. Lynn
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFate made us brothers, loyalty made us family. We were only kids when my brothers and I were forced to the streets and into the shadows, harboring a dark secret we had every intention of taking to our graves.That’s when a pact was made, a brotherhood formed. We fought, we bled, but in the end we survived. All because one man took in three homeless boys and loved what no one else wanted... -
Derek by LeAnn Ashers
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBrittanyHe watched me from afar for over a year.Everywhere I went, he was there. His eyes on me.Little by little, he got closer. He stalked his prey…and that prey was me.But I wanted to be caught.I wanted to be his.I wanted him just as much as he wanted me.So I gave into him.I was his.DerekShe was mine.She had been from the second her eyes connected with mine from across the room.I waited... -
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Annihilate Me 2: Vol. 1 (The Annihilate Me Series) by Christina Ross
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn ANNIHILATE ME 2, expect everything you've come to know about the #1 worldwide best-selling ANNIHILATE ME series--the love, the humor, the suspense. Only ramped up in ways that you never expected. This is ANNIHILATE ME at its best! DESCRIPTION: In ANNIHILATE ME 2, love is tested. Lives are claimed. Nothing is certain. In a flash, one can just lose it all... -
Queen of Diamonds by Sandra Owens
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLooking for a family she never knew… She finds a love she never expected. For Kinsey Landon, learning that she has three brothers was the shock of a lifetime. Finding out her brothers are the owners of the biker bar took shock to a whole new level... -
Rescued by Livia Grant
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSex-Spies-Stalkers-StarsThree incredible hours was all it took to form a bond that refuses to be broken.Saying goodbye after Valentine Roulette had crushed them both, but Ryder Helms is a realist. He knows his CIA covert career will never allow him to be with a superstar like Khloe Monroe. Deep undercover in Russia, Ryder has done unspeakable things to prove his loyalty to the Volkov Bratva... -
Hard Limit by Brenda Rothert, Kat Mizera
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSt. Louis Mavericks star defender Lars Jansson is dead set against relationships. A new love makes him wonder if maybe he can change, but first, he must confront the truth about who he is.LarsOn the ice, I’m unstoppable. If anyone is in my way, it’s simple—I move them. Hockey is my life, and I don’t have the patience for relationships spanning more than one night... -
Stealing Chances by Molly McAdams
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat would you do if you woke up to a different life?Because that’s what happened to me.Woke up in a hospital bed with my family and friends telling me everything I knew was nothing more than a coma-induced dream.The girl I love. The baby we’re having . . . all of it ripped away.In their place is a house I don’t recognize and a girl I’ve never seen before who’s claiming she’s my fiancée... -
The Difference Between Someday and Forever by Aly Martinez
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe world took everything from us. As survivors of not only a plane crash, but two other impossible tragedies, we’d more than earned a life of peace. But time and time again, we were shown that fate had no intention of giving that to us. Remi and I were soulmates. Plain and simple. Our love should have died in the depths of our darkness, but the sun still exists even when it’s not shining... -
Promises After Dark by Kahlen Aymes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn and out of the bedroom, Alex and Angel's passion is an all-consuming, every-second-of-every-day, can't-stop-thinking-about-you, obsession! They have it all; fiery hot sexual chemistry, an undeniable mental connection, a profound emotional bond, and a newfound trust as they promise each other, 'no more secrets'. Theirs is a sensual, magical love affair of epic proportions... -
The King Takes a Bride by Danielle Bourdon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsChey's ability to handle diplomatic situations is put to the test by an unexpected visitor to the shores of Latvala. When the visitor makes a startling revelation, it throws the Ahtissari family into a tailspin... -
Sail by M. Mabie
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis isn’t just a two-year long one-night stand. It’s my life. This is my life. Our life. It isn’t just some careless affair. I’ve made the worst decisions a woman could, but I’ll earn my second chance. She can try keeping all the guilt for herself, but I’m just as much to blame. Loving Casey wasn’t my biggest mistake. Fighting it for so long was. I’ll show her how fearless our love makes me... -
The Boy Who Has No Redemption by Victoria Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhy did I ever think Emerson and I were a good idea?She's my assistant, so I have to see her every day. We get along, for the most part, but there's subtle hostility between us both.Being on my own is better. It makes far more sense.Until something terrible happens, something I didn't see coming, and it's those moments of tragedy that change you forever.I've changed...and I can never go back... -
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Victory Run 3 by Devon Hartford
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere’s only one rule in Rock & Roll: Don’t sleep with anyone in the band. Victory Payne is the hottest lead guitar player on the night club scene of Hollywood’s infamous Sunset Strip. With nothing but her car and her guitar, she’s ready to claw her way to success. Victory never gives up. Then she breaks rock’s cardinal rule... -
Redemption Road by Nicole Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKash Bennett has always done things his way. His looks and bad boy ways give every woman in his path the hope of changing him. He has rules that won't be broken, for anyone. Mackenzie Harrison has spent her entire life doing things someone else's way. When her possessive boyfriend goes too far, she knows it's time for a change. She's been stuck for too long. But her ex isn't giving up... -
Seeking Our Destiny : Nelson Brothers' by Liberty Parker, Darlene Tallman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSilas: I'm a hard man; I've had to be thanks to my father. I protect those I love and care for with everything I have and nothing gets to me. Until the day I carried a slip of a woman, Destiny, out of the hell she had been held in, I took what I wanted with no regrets... -
Maxum & Lily by Liberty Parker, Darlene Tallman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGrowing up in the shadows of everyone in the Rebel Guardians, Lily finds that it’s hard to break free of the ‘little girl’ mentality that her parents, as well as her aunts and uncles, have, at least where she’s concerned. Maybe it’s because of the issues she’s had since she was a teenager, but living under the proverbial thumb has gotten on her last nerve... -
Brick: Motorcycle Club Romance by M.L. Nystrom
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the beginning, there was one determined man and one strong woman. In their struggles, they created a dynasty. Brick had one mission since he was a boy: become a Dragon Runner. The motorcycle club meant everything to him. Blood and bone from his brothers paid the Dragon’s dues time and time again. And watching it split apart was more than he could handle. Then he met Betsey... -
Bourbon & Bonfires by Andrea Johnston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLandon Montgomery has suddenly found himself the lone bachelor in his group of friends. With a new career handed to him and a string of unsuccessful blind dates behind him, Landon is ready to search for love. A chance meeting and immediate attraction have him wondering if things are about to turn around or if he’s stuck in the single life forever...
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