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  • Hyde's Absolution by Nina Levine

    Hyde's Absolution by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Possessive biker alert Monroe Lee is a handful. She fights me, challenges me and tries to resist me. Where I’m jagged, she’s smooth. Where I’m dark, she’s pure. Where I’m broken, she’s whole. I am not a good man. I’ve hurt everyone I’ve ever loved. I should walk away before I ruin her too. But fuck, we are fire together. And I’ve been out in the cold too long...
    Categorized as:
    cheating  dark  domestic-drama  drama  family  steamy  suspense  adult
  • Indulge by Dani René

    Indulge by Dani René

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m a glutton. I indulge in women because I can. Carrick knows love is merely a shattered memory. 
Until Peyton stumbles into his arms and he steals a kiss. 
One taste isn’t enough. One touch would never satiate him. And he does what he’s become accustomed to, he indulges in her. A man hell bent on not falling in love, he pushes. But Peyton’s not giving up...
  • The Diary of Bink Cummings: Vol 3 by Bink Cummings

    The Diary of Bink Cummings: Vol 3 by Bink Cummings

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Tests, life is full of them. The world is constantly putting you through them to see how much you can take before you break. Before you are no longer who you are. Before your world dissolves around you. How long you can stay strong and overcome the obstacles. It's no secret that Big and I butt heads. It's no secret that I not only dislike my mother, I hate her because she hates me...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  drama  family  steamy
  • A Mutually Beneficial Arrangement by Christina C. Jones

    A Mutually Beneficial Arrangement by Christina C. Jones

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rowan Phillips is a woman on a mission to provide the best she can for the community served by the Cartwright Center. When things look bleak, a mysterious benefactor steps in with an offer that could be a win-win situation... or a catch-22. (This started - and finished - as a serial on my blog. If you read it there, there is NOTHING new here...
  • 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...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  family  poc-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  epic
  • The Diary of Bink Cummings, Vol 2 by Bink Cummings

    The Diary of Bink Cummings, Vol 2 by Bink Cummings

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Note: Must Read The Diary of Bink Cummings Vol 1, previously. When changing life's course you never consider what twisted curve-ball fate might dump in your lap. Growing up in the MC, then gaining my own personal independence was not only a curse, it was a blessing...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  drama  family  steamy
  • The Fighter by E.L. Todd

    The Fighter by E.L. Todd

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Finn did the unthinkable.He left.Just as my parents abandoned me, he left to live a better life.It took so long to pick up the pieces, but I've sworn to never fall in love again.And to never take Finn back...no matter how much begs...
    Categorized as:
    angst  cheating  domestic-drama  drama  family  steamy  suspense  adult
  • The Secret by Giana Darling

    The Secret by Giana Darling

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Is it possible to keep a life-changing secret from your family and friends when it is burning you alive from the inside out? One week. It didn’t seem possible that a person could change in one week yet after only seven days spent with the mysterious Frenchman in Los Cabos, Mexico, Giselle was moving to New York City a changed woman...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  family  steamy  abuse
  • Beneath the Stain - Part Seven by Amy Lane

    Beneath the Stain - Part Seven by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The one lesson that Trav's learned with the band's return to Tyson is that it should be hard to say good-bye. Mackey, Kell, Jefferson, and Stevie have to say good-bye to the person who helped make them and break them. They have to say good-bye to their bitterness and anger, and they have to say good-bye to lingering hope that one of the best parts of their childhood can be with them always...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  drama  family  steamy  abuse  adult  book
  • Teach Me Something by Aubrey Bondurant

    Teach Me Something by Aubrey Bondurant

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Coming February 9th, 2017 Catherine Davenport is successful in her career, but doesn't have the same skill when it comes to her love life. After a painful divorce, she's finding the new world of dating both intimidating and frustrating...
  • Sombra by Leslie McAdam

    Sombra by Leslie McAdam

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everything in moderation. Including virtue. I step off the plane in Madrid and meet his warm eyes. His crooked smile. His devastating charm. Worse, he’s courteous. Honorable. Sensuous. Impossibly attractive. Tavo awakens my desires—my body—without even touching it. I don’t want to be attracted to him. I’ve made my promises. My future has already been determined. I'm wearing a ring...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  family  poc-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Domination by C.D. Reiss

    Domination by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I want to just clarify a couple of things.Submission is not abdication. Submission is not resignation. It’s not weak or fragile. It doesn’t mean I break at the first sign of trouble.Well, I broke for a few weeks. When I realized I was falling in love with Jonathan and that I’d never be the same if I allowed it to continue, I broke into a million sharp little pieces...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  dark  drama  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc
  • The Girl of His Dreams  (Bachelor) by Janet Nissenson

    The Girl of His Dreams (Bachelor) by Janet Nissenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He was convinced he’d be a bachelor for life. And then he met the girl of his dreams.Jordan Reeves has fully embraced the carefree, uncomplicated bachelor life, figuring that the poor example he’d been provided by his parents of so-called marital bliss was reason enough to remain single...
  • Exposed by Raven St. Pierre

    Exposed by Raven St. Pierre

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B00KOIW1T6. Walking away seemed like her only option. Letting go was the one thing he couldn’t do. Sam and AJ have spent the last five years trying to get over their painful breakup. Both have moved on, but neither has fully healed from the wounds of the past...
    Categorized as:
    angst  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  drama  poc-mc  steamy  adult
  • The Perfect Woman by Nicole French

    The Perfect Woman by Nicole French

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My 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...
  • Serenity by Janet Nissenson

    Serenity by Janet Nissenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Matthew Bennett has suffered the worst sort of betrayal a man can ever know, and he’s trying to put his life back together after years of unhappiness and emotional neglect...
  • 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  family  poc-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  epic
  • The Rebel by Jennifer Bernard

    The Rebel by Jennifer Bernard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A passionate new series from USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Bernard … Every family has its secrets… and its rebel. Deep in the Cascade mountains, the Rockwell family has been running historic Rocky Peak Lodge for generations. But now, that legacy is at risk of disappearing forever...
  • Melody by Helen Hardt

    Melody by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s the melody in her mind… Beautiful Brianna Steel has her life planned out. Graduate college early. Check. Work with her father in the Steel family orchard. Check. Marry Jesse Pike. No check there. Jesse has never given her a look. Finagling her way onto a rock and roll tour with Jesse and his band, Dragonlock, should help move her final goal along. At least Brianna hopes it will...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  family  drama  angst  age-gap  romance  multi-pov  friendship
  • Kingdom of Corruption by Annie Rose Welch, Bella Di Corte

    Kingdom of Corruption by Annie Rose Welch, Bella Di Corte

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A 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...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  drama  angst  suspense  poc-mc  romance  fiction
  • Aaron's Gift by Tiffany Patterson

    Aaron's Gift by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This Christmas, I’m wishing for a present that money can’t buy…Aaron Townsend has given me a life beyond my wildest dreams. But not even a billionaire can prevent cancer.Now that I’m in remission, this Christmas I’d like a present that is priceless—spending time traveling with my five beautiful children and my husband by my side...
  • MC: LaPonte: Book Two by L. Ann Marie

    MC: LaPonte: Book Two by L. Ann Marie

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Danny started his life in and out of foster homes; he has a sister Jess, but loses her to the system. When Danny ages out of that system he turns to the MC looking for the family he never had. He earns respect and status as the number two soldier for his family. His girlfriend gets pregnant and he marries her only to find she suffers from mental illness or so one doctor thinks...
  • Finding Me by Mariah Dietz

    Finding Me by Mariah Dietz

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I came here to escape. Leave the debris and avoid the inevitable truths. Things are better. Worse. Different. I’m finding me, but in the process I fear I’m forgetting those I have left, and the ones who have left me. Maybe I’m losing who I was...
  • White Locks by Rose B. Mashal

    White Locks by Rose B. Mashal

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When love knocked on Marie's door, she had a hard time denying her heart what it wanted. Especially after she'd found her black keys. Now Marie finally realizes that home is not where she was born, or where she'd lived all of her life. Home is where her Love is. It's time for her to follow her heart...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  drama  family  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • You Know I Love You by Willow Winters

    You Know I Love You by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I married the bad boy from Brooklyn.The one with the tattoos and the look in his eyes that told me he was bad news.The look that comes with all sorts of warnings.I knew what I was doing.I knew by the way he put his hands on me; how he owned me with his forceful touch.I couldn’t say no to him, not that I wanted to. That was then, and it seems like forever ago...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  family  poc-mc  steamy  adult  anthologies  contemporary  epic
  • Eleven Eleven by Micalea Smeltzer

    Eleven Eleven by Micalea Smeltzer

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After my divorce, I decide to move across the country away from family and friends for a new start.What I don’t expect is him.He’s only supposed to be a one-night stand, but fate has other plans.The next time I see him it’s because I’m on a date with his dad...
  • Aaron's Patience by Tiffany Patterson

    Aaron's Patience by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Aaron She was supposed to remain in the past. A past I worked long and hard to forget. I run a multi-billion dollar company. I am at the top of my game. I didn’t have time for petty memories and silly indulgences like love. Making deals and taking names in the boardroom were what fueled me. But one night everything came flooding back. There she was, just like she was waiting for me...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  family  poc-mc  steamy
  • Just One Kiss: The Dirty Dares by Carly Phillips

    Just One Kiss: The Dirty Dares by Carly Phillips

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It was supposed to be one fun night of revenge sex.It turned into a second. Then a third.Now Mother Nature is having the last word—with a secret baby surprise!Jade Dare has done everything in her power to overcome her mother’s unstable influence. Changed her name. Became a success. Vowed never to risk passing on the potential for inherited pain...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  drama  family  steamy
  • Addicted by Zane

    Addicted by Zane

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    For successful African-American businesswoman Zoe Reynard, finding the pleasure she wants, the way she wants it, is not worth the risk of losing everything she has: marriage to the man she has loved since childhood, a thriving company, three wonderful children. But Zoe feels helpless in the grip of an overpowering addiction...to sex...
    Categorized as:
    angst  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  drama  family  poc-mc  steamy
  • Sail by M. Mabie

    Sail by M. Mabie

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This 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...
  • Cuts Like an Angel by Mason Sabre, Lucian Bane

    Cuts Like an Angel by Mason Sabre, Lucian Bane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He never called the helplines. The one time he did, it was to say goodbye...to anybody, before leaving the world. Rosie...that was her name. She'd given it when she wasn't supposed to. She said things that made him burn to live.And he would. He'd find a way to hide his darkness so that he could dance with her, just a single dance, in the liquid sunshine of her laugh.And maybe..
    Categorized as:
    dark  drama  poc-mc  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  book
  • The Italian by Beverly Preston

    The Italian by Beverly Preston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Italian is a standalone and book two in the Beyond the Mathews Family Series. No ties. No expectations. No risks. Antonio Giovanni, a fifth-generation winemaker in the rolling hills of Tuscany, is the epitome of temptation. Tall, dark, and handsome with an accent sexy enough to leave a trail of women’s panties in his wake...
  • Seeking Our Destiny : Nelson Brothers' by Liberty Parker, Darlene Tallman

    Seeking Our Destiny : Nelson Brothers' by Liberty Parker, Darlene Tallman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Silas: 

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...
    Categorized as:
    angst  family  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Last Kiss by Anna Bloom

    The Last Kiss by Anna Bloom

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My life began when I found out it was ending.One Frenchman. One night. No questions. No names.The perfect antidote for a stolen future.Fate though has other plans. This doesn’t feel like a one-night stand, it feels like soulmates for a lifetime.One night can’t be enough because I think we’re falling in love...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  drama  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Savage Reckoning by T.L Smith

    Savage Reckoning by T.L Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was everything, yet she was nothing. She was there, then she wasn’t. I didn’t expect her, never wanted her. But there she was, everywhere yet nowhere. She drew me in with her looks. Locked me with her first words, then stole me with her lust. She was everything I didn’t know I was searching for, yet nothing I needed. She was a conundrum, difficult and confusing...
  • Evil Empire by Kristen Luciani

    Evil Empire by Kristen Luciani

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A dark mafia forced marriage age gap...
  • Anika takes the long way home up soul mountain: A lesbian romance by Eliza Andrews

    Anika takes the long way home up soul mountain: A lesbian romance by Eliza Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ** On sale for 99c for a limited time! **You can’t outrun your past. If you try, it will chase after you in a silver DeLorean. The last thing Anika Singh wants is to go home to Ohio, but when her mother is diagnosed with cancer, what choice does she really have? She’ll go home if she has to, but she won’t stay long...
    Categorized as:
    poc-mc  drama  angst  cheating  domestic-drama  family  romance  wlw
  • Rise in Arms: Book 4 in the Blood Brothers MC Series by J.A. Collard, Corrine Harris

    Rise in Arms: Book 4 in the Blood Brothers MC Series by J.A. Collard, Corrine Harris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rise in Arms, Book #4 in the Blood Brothers MC Series, Triggers Story. “Sometimes the heart wants what it wants, even though we know that that very same thing could kill us.” Accepted into the Blood Brothers MC was the turning point in my life...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  steamy  family  angst  drama  cheating  domestic-drama  dark
  • Wild War by Laurelin Paige

    Wild War by Laurelin Paige

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As soon as I saw him, it was war.I thought at first it would be between me and him.Cade was cold and hard and didn’t want anything to do with the headmaster’s daughter.I was off-limits.He didn’t need that kind of trouble.I didn’t need that kind of trouble, either. And since I did my best to avoid any kind of trouble, that should have been the end of it.But when I saw him, he also saw me.All of me...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  drama  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  audiobook
  • Secrets by Raven St. Pierre

    Secrets by Raven St. Pierre

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B00JG8E7HE. She’s never loved the way she loves him. He’s consumed by an unquenchable need for her. Sam and AJ have faced so much together, survived so much together, but when secrets and mistrust rock the very foundation of their relationship, they must fight to keep it all from falling apart...
  • Filthy by H.J. Bellus

    Filthy by H.J. Bellus

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the USA Today and AMAZON best seller of The Reckless Series, HJ Bellus, comes a sexy romance: FILTHY.It was just a summer fling.He taught me his bad boy ways.And now I'm beyond being saved.At first it was fun, but now it's an addiction my skin craves.All sense of reality disappears and there's no boundaries holding me in.My name is Darby and this is FILTHY...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  drama  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Wrapped in Armor by M.J. Fields

    Wrapped in Armor by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My Dearest Brody, I have had a difficult day. I hurt thinking of what may have happened to you. I hurt knowing that wherever you are you are unable to get back to us. I hurt knowing that I have failed in finding you. I hurt so much missing you. I hurt knowing that I am either crazy believing that you are out there somewhere and I hurt thinking you are not..
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Deception by Alana Sapphire

    Deception by Alana Sapphire

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive.” – Sissela Bok Gage and Raven have a near perfect life. The only thing missing is the baby Gage desperately wants. Then, a secret comes to light that turns their world upside down, and starts a chain of events that could destroy them...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  dark  poc-mc  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  biker
  • Forgotten Sweethearts: A Romance Novel by Melissa Bender

    Forgotten Sweethearts: A Romance Novel by Melissa Bender

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Find out what happens after "Happily Ever After" in this amazing novel at $0.99 til November 8! “Things change and I finally realised that trying to fix us was nothing but a mistake.” He was never there for her, and she doubted him. And it is already taking its toll on their marriage. When the only solution is to divorce, they decided to try one last time again...
  • You Know I Need You: Book 2, You Know Me duet by Willow Winters

    You Know I Need You: Book 2, You Know Me duet by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I married the bad boy from Brooklyn.The one with the tattoos and the look in his eyes that told me he was bad news.The look that comes with all sorts of warnings.I knew what I was doing.I knew by the way he put his hands on me; how he owned me with his forceful touch.I couldn’t say no to him, not that I wanted to. That was then, and it seems like forever ago...
    Categorized as:
    angst  cheating  domestic-drama  drama  steamy  suspense  adult  book
  • SINS of the Rex by Emma Slate

    SINS of the Rex by Emma Slate

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THIS IS BOOK THREE OF A SERIES. THIS IS A NOVELLA. IF YOU HATE CLIFFHANGERS – SKIP THIS WHOLE SERIES COMPLETELY. It’s complicated, dark, and nothing is as it seems. My name is Barrett Schaefer and I thought I knew myself. And then I met Flynn Campbell. The mystery and danger surrounding him called to me. He changed my wants, my needs, my life. Love can destroy a person. So can death...
  • Bulletproof Butterfly by Anna Brooks

    Bulletproof Butterfly by Anna Brooks

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I wasn’t a rookie, but I made a mistake because I was selfish, impulsive, and headstrong. I was also in love. My desire for her overwhelmed me. Consumed me. Distracted me. To protect her, I stood motionless as my partner pried her from the security of my arms. I watched as she fought his hold. I even listened when she screamed that she hated me...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  steamy  suspense  adult
  • Riggs by T.L. Drake

    Riggs by T.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    RiggsServing my country is my past; my club is my family. As the Road Demons secretary, I’m in deep, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I have a reputation with the ladies, one that’s never bothered me before. Getting attached is a complication. I kick them out of my bed the minute I’ve had my fun. Then she walks into the gym, and I know I’m in trouble...
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