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  • Not Part of the Plan by Lucy Score

    Not Part of the Plan by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon bestselling author comes a new installment to the Blue Moon small town romance series. A womanizing bad boy with a motorcycle and sexy-as-sin smile is not part of Emma’s life plan. She moved cross-country to be close to family and finally settle down in hippie, trippy, nosey Blue Moon Bend...
  • Felix the Watcher by Blue Saffire

    Felix the Watcher by Blue Saffire

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Award winning Bestselling Author Blue Saffire presents Brothers Black 5: Felix The Watch Book 5 in the Brothers Black Series I’m a P.K., a pastor’s kid. I’ve done almost everything I’ve been told since I was a little girl,—no matter how confining that has felt. I’ve hidden my dreams and desires to toe the line. So imagine the burn of being blamed for something you didn’t do...
  • Hope Town Books 1-3 by Harper Sloan

    Hope Town Books 1-3 by Harper Sloan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For the first time ever, the Hope Town books are being bundled! Join us for the first three books in the series! Complete with all new bonus content! You fell in love with them as children in the Corps Security Series, but now, watch them fall in love with a spin-off series of their own, the Hope Town Series...
  • Frat Wars: Master of Mayhem by Saxon James

    Frat Wars: Master of Mayhem by Saxon James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Bro big or bro home. RobbieAs social chair of Sigma Beta Psi, I’m the life of the party. It’s what I’m known for, and if it’s not fun, I’m not interested, simple as that.I’m not someone who overthinks.So when one of my brothers hooks up with a dude from another frat house, it catches me off guard when I can’t stop thinking about them … together...
  • Your Fierce Love  (The Bennett Family) by Layla Hagen

    Your Fierce Love (The Bennett Family) by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    *A sizzling romance from a USA TODAY BESTSELLING Author* *This book is a standalone* The strong and sexy Blake Bennett is downright irresistible. And Clara Abernathy is doing everything she can to resist his charm. After spending her life in group homes, Clara yearns for the love and warmth of a true family. With the Bennetts treating her like their own, she can't possibly fall for Blake...
  • Dirty Playboy by Sloane Howell, Alex Wolf

    Dirty Playboy by Sloane Howell, Alex Wolf

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s obsessed with her.She wants nothing to do with him.Rick Lawrence doesn’t get attached to women. He beds them and sends them on their way.Then, he sees her.Mary Patrick is the ultimate good girl—religious, moral, responsible. She spends all her time at church or with her nose in a book.The second he lays eyes on her he must have her.She makes him want to be better...
  • Interlude: An Illusion Series Novel by D. Kelly

    Interlude: An Illusion Series Novel by D. Kelly

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jordan Weston is good-looking, mysterious, and sexually uninhibited, but his life is more like the name of his bar—Just an Illusion. His cousins are the bad boys of Bastards and Dangerous, but their fame hasn’t made everything rainbows and sunshine for him. He’s haunted, flawed, and the sole survivor of a homicide that wiped out his immediate family...
  • Don't Fall for Your Best Friend by Logan Chance

    Don't Fall for Your Best Friend by Logan Chance

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A wickedly, funny romcom that'll have you laughing and swooning one minute, and hot and sweaty the next. Follow along as Paxton and Hartford try to navigate a world they know nothing about--B D S M! I’ve always lived by one major rule, don’t fall for your best friend, and this is one rule I can’t break. I’m supposed to write an article about a topic so scandalous, I can’t even say it...
  • Seduction by Nicole Edwards

    Seduction by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Ashleigh Thomas might have made the biggest mistake of her life. Uprooting life as she knew it, moving back to Dallas to be closer to her family, she finds herself much closer to the one man who she had never been able to say no to...
  • 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...
  • 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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    family  multi-pov  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Pull You In by Jessica Gadziala

    Pull You In by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was always supposed to be her little secret.That she got lonely and desperate enough to call him on his phone sex line.It was wrong, she knew, to keep calling, knowing who he was, but having him in the dark about who he was talking to.She always planned to stop.After the next call.When their boss gets wind of what is going on, she hatches a plan...
  • No Vacancy by Stephanie Rose

    No Vacancy by Stephanie Rose

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can a summer fling become the love of a lifetime? Perpetual good girl Caterina Longo is dependable to a fault. At 33, she’s never called in sick. Never had a one-night stand. Never taken a chance in her entire life...
  • Seth by Carly Marie

    Seth by Carly Marie

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Be yourself because everyone else is taken. But what if that risks everything you know? Seth Johnson has worked his entire career to be remembered more for his skill than as an openly gay NHL player. Finding a boyfriend has been pushed to the back burner. As for exposing his softer side, the side that loves lace and lingerie? It’s not happening...
  • Inked in Vegas by K.M. Neuhold

    Inked in Vegas by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Synopsis “We’re going to be married in a week. You’re going to be my husband, and we’re going to live happily ever after.” ~Madden It feels like I’ve been waiting to marry Thane my entire life. And with our big day only a week away, our friends insist on a bachelor party in Vegas. An outrageous scavenger hunt, an unexpected trip to the altar, and a wild night with an ex-boyfriend...
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    family  mlm  multi-pov  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Forgiven by Carrie Aarons

    Forgiven by Carrie Aarons

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In a split-second, a car crash killed almost everything between them. Ten years later, can one accidental ride fix tattered spirits, uncertain futures, and broken hearts? Lily Grantham has always done what she’s been told. The daughter of a senator, she grew up as the good girl of Fawn Hill, and carried that torch right on through to adulthood. Her only wild streak? Bowen Nash...
  • Picture This by Jolie Vines

    Picture This by Jolie Vines

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The only man she loves is the one she can’t have. Taylor has lived with threats and blackmail her entire life. Either she behaves like the perfect, dutiful daughter, or gives up her most desperate wish. With her father’s election on the horizon, the pressure is on to appear as the all-American family, including her marrying the son of the next president...
  • A Dirty Wedding Night by Jaine Diamond

    A Dirty Wedding Night by Jaine Diamond

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It wouldn’t be a rock star wedding without a whole lot of s*x…It’s been one hell of a night at Cathedral Cove Resort. Love and lust are in the air, and rock star Jesse Mayes is just about to drag his bride, Katie, back to their luxurious cabin to celebrate in private...
  • Light as Air by Mari Carr, Jayne Rylon

    Light as Air by Mari Carr, Jayne Rylon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two rough and ready cowboys. An innocent scientist. And a cyclone of desire that takes down everything in its path. Doug never imagined life would send him chasing storms with stunning beauty, Rosalia. Rosalia puts herself in the path of tornadoes, but no twister has ever made her heart race like Doug....and his best friend, TJ...
  • Wild Chance by Mari Carr

    Wild Chance by Mari Carr

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can he make this moment last a lifetime?It’s been three years since Padraig lost his wife and since then, he’s been sleepwalking his way through each day, focusing only on work and family, while hanging out with his best friend, Emmy...
  • Staying For You (All For You) by Jennifer Van Wyk

    Staying For You (All For You) by Jennifer Van Wyk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When I arrived at your resort, I was broken. Emotionally and professionally, I had nothing left. The last three books I published bombed and the ink was barely dry on my divorce papers. The divorce I never saw coming. All I needed was peace and quiet, and you gave it to me. That and so much more Hope. Courage. Friendship. Passion. The last thing I want to do is leave...
  • Who We Love by Claudia Y. Burgoa

    Who We Love by Claudia Y. Burgoa

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    USA Today Bestselling Author Claudia Burgoa pens a thought-provoking emotional duet that works through the angst of finding love amidst past hurts and the pain associated with not belonging, not fitting in.I grew up knowing that the way I love is a sin.But how can something so wrong feel so blessedly right?Some people can’t drive fifty-five. Me?I’ve never done simple...
  • Longtime Crush by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Longtime Crush by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When my best friend and I fell for the same guy in middle school, I stepped back.I'd always expected to dance at their wedding.Not sit in the back pew of her funeral.I left town for my own reasons, but now that I'm back, it’s clear Sebastian Montgomery isn't the same man I left.He's hard. Broken.And a single father to an adorable little girl...
  • Wild Irish Christmas by Mari Carr

    Wild Irish Christmas by Mari Carr

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s Christmas Eve, and the Collins siblings have given their father a precious gift. All seven have gathered together to spend the night in his apartment above the family pub, the warm, loving home where Patrick and Sunday raised their large brood. You’ve witnessed each child find their happy-ever-after...
  • A Time for Hope by T. Gephart

    A Time for Hope by T. Gephart

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lexi Reed was unstoppable, or so she thought. As the PR manager of international rock band, Power Station and living in New York, she was a long way from her old life in Melbourne, Australia. Having captured the heart and married one of the sexiest men alive (Power Station’s guitarist, Alex Stone) Lexi was living beyond any fantasy she could have ever imagined...
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    family  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • Inked Nights by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Inked Nights by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carrie Ann Ryan comes a new story in her Montgomery Ink series… Tattoo artist, Derek Hawkins knows the rules:One night a month.No last names. No promises.Olivia Madison has her own rules:Don’t fall in love.No commitment.Never tell Derek the truth...
  • Dylan's Dilemma by K.C. Wells

    Dylan's Dilemma by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dylan has been curious for a long time, but is he ready to confront his desires? A difficult decision Dylan Martin has worked in the same Ogunquit hotel since he was eighteen, and he knows the drill: anything that might damage the hotel’s reputation has to be reported. So telling the uptight manager there’s a gay porn shoot about to take place should be a no-brainer...
  • Winning the Dad by Nora Phoenix

    Winning the Dad by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Vegas isn't my scene, but I might as well have some fun while I'm here for my son's wedding.I've always considered myself straight...until I meet Sawyer at the blackjack table.He's my age, super hot, and funny, and the sparks between us could power the entire casino. When he asks me up to his room, I happily accept.But one night isn't enough for either of us. We want more...
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    mlm  multi-pov  family  steamy  romance  contemporary  lgbtq  audiobook
  • Always You: Book 6 of the Fated Hearts Series by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Always You: Book 6 of the Fated Hearts Series by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’d often felt lost in the shadow of my older brother, Sebastian Blake. People either ran from me in fear or tried to use me to get to him. In my struggle to forge my own path, I’d taken a wrong turn a time or two, which nearly cost me my life...
  • Expect Me by Lacey Black

    Expect Me by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Travis Stevens struggles to move on and forget about the one amazing night he spent tangled up in the sheets with a beautiful woman who disappeared just before dawn. Now she’s just a memory that he can’t ignore...
  • Return to Blackcreek by Riley Hart

    Return to Blackcreek by Riley Hart

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This December it's time to go back... Wes and Braden Braden plans a surprise weekend getaway for him and Wes. Two days alone in a cabin with his husband? There’s no telling what kind of trouble they can get into. Wes isn’t fooled though. He knows this weekend is about more than just a sexy escape...
  • Sinful Longing by Lauren Blakely

    Sinful Longing by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He's the inked brother. The one you're wondering about. The bad boy of the family. Colin Sloan has a past. He's done things he's not proud of, but he's living differently now. Making changes in his life. Working hard, working out harder, and trying to win over one woman...
  • Game On by Riley Hart, Devon McCormack

    Game On by Riley Hart, Devon McCormack

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    CARTER Relationships--who needs 'em? As a personal-assistant-extraordinaire to one of the top PR firms in Los Angeles, I've dedicated most of my life to errand-running and people-pleasing. But when it comes to men, as much as I love to please them in the bedroom, I'm way too busy to give more than that. Fortunately, as far as my options go..
  • Love Under Two Adventurers by Cara Covington

    Love Under Two Adventurers by Cara Covington

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    [Siren Ménage Everlasting: Erotic Cowboy Ménage a Trois Romance, M/M/F, HEA] Rebecca Jessop had just decided to damn her pride and go after Greg Benedict, when he arrives with his lover Cody Harper! But loving two adventurers brings complications she never saw coming...
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    family  mlm  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Bound For You by Jayne Rylon

    Bound For You by Jayne Rylon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ben has lived through hell. He only survived captivity and torture by the brutes who'd been attempting to develop Sex Offender, a potent aphrodisiac used as a date rape drug, because of the guy he met--and fell in lust with--in the drug lord's dungeons.Ryan became Ben's roommate after they escaped. His nearness is constantly tempting Ben to force Ryan to submit to his dark desires...
  • Sugar Bunny by Colette Davison

    Sugar Bunny by Colette Davison

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a no-strings fun-times relationship with two older men lead to real and lasting love?With the My Kinky Housemate app, I've found a place to live with seven like-minded guys. My new start and a chance to make my dreams come true aren’t turning out like I hoped. A housemate has the solution—become a sugar baby...
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    family  mlm  multi-pov  steamy  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary
  • Love Under Two Introverts by Cara Covington

    Love Under Two Introverts by Cara Covington

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    [Siren Ménage Everlasting: Erotic Ménage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, HEA] Clayton Dorchester moves himself and his children to Lusty after the death of his wife. Clay needed the comfort of family and to keep his oldest from big-city temptations. Gord Jessop has fallen in love with Tasha Garwood...
    Categorized as:
    family  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • The Possibility of Perfect by Brinda Berry

    The Possibility of Perfect by Brinda Berry

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One hot night changed everything. Life is simple…until it’s not. As owner of a successful bar in Nashville, I have everything a guy could want. Well, almost everything. I don’t have her. Josie Jensen. Bookstore entrepreneur, ice cream connoisseur. Smart. Funny. So off-limits I should get arrested for being near her...
  • Wet Dreams by Emily Bishop

    Wet Dreams by Emily Bishop

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I knew with one look. She’s the one. The face of my modeling agency empire. What are the chances I would find her working at the local diner? Years of fake Barbie’s have built a fortress around me. Demi’s not like the others. We have a real connection. One that makes it hard to keep it professional. I’ll smile. She’ll blush. I’ll rise to the occasion. She’ll bend over backwards to accommodate...
  • Mad For Madison by Hayden Hall

    Mad For Madison by Hayden Hall

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Madison Masters is everything I want to be.He’s confident, good-looking, and beyond popular. Wherever he appears, he’s the center of attention. It’s his natural charisma that pulls every gaze to him. Mine especially.I have been in love with Madison since the moment I met him. The only trouble is he has no clue that I exist...
  • Tremble by E. Davies

    Tremble by E. Davies

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The last place Evan Vincent expected to be dumped was at his engagement shoot… in a dude ranch in Tennessee. Four years of working for his ex for free and standing in his shadow leave Evan reeling with the sudden freedom. Escaping here and working for the ranch owner for a few months could give Evan a chance to regroup… and rebound...
  • Finding Their Balance by M.Q. Barber

    Finding Their Balance by M.Q. Barber

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three’s the naughtiest kind of crowd. Getting to the one-year mark is hard enough in a relationship between two lovers. For three, just getting through the day can be half the battle. Between Alice’s headstrong insistence on pushing her sexual limits and Jay’s need to confront an abusive former lover, Henry has his hands full keeping both his partners safe and happy...
  • Chandler: Training Days Book 1 by J.D. Light

    Chandler: Training Days Book 1 by J.D. Light

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Chandler Bell When my boyfriend breaks up with me because I'm overweight, I go to the one place I feel the most comfortable. Oddly enough, it's the gym I was basically raised in. Things have changed over the years, but the people inside are my family. Some of them literally. Baker reluctantly agrees to help me get in shape, and so begins the torture...
  • Fancy Free by Mia Monroe

    Fancy Free by Mia Monroe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The last thing I need is a curious straight guy sniffing around me. So why is he so hard to resist?My life is everything I ever wanted - by design. Being one of the nation’s most sought after wedding planners has led to a life of traveling to glamorous locations, bumping elbows with the rich and famous, and sampling every handsome hunk the world has to offer...
  • Always Eli by Charlie Novak

    Always Eli by Charlie Novak

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when a sassy drag queen falls for his brother’s best friend?Eli Baker needs a job. Drag isn’t paying the bills and the life of a starving artist isn't as fun when he’s the one living it. Taking a temporary office job is meant to be a quick fix...
  • The C Agreement by R.L. Kenderson

    The C Agreement by R.L. Kenderson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All she wanted was to improve her skills when it came to the C.I was the girl next door…with a few extra pounds. My job was demanding and kept me on my toes, but when I was deep in a case, it left me little time for relationships. And because of that, I had some complaints in the bedroom.What I wanted was for someone to teach me to be a better lover...
  • New Tricks by Davidson King

    New Tricks by Davidson King

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After thirteen years together, Malcolm and Embry are all too familiar with their differences. Malcolm is free-spirited and spontaneous while Embry prefers having everything planned out...
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    family  mlm  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lgbtq
  • Second to None by Felice Stevens

    Second to None by Felice Stevens

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nightclub owner Marcus Feldman never met a man he didn’t love, at least for the night. Although his best friends have all found love, Marcus shuns their advice to commit to one man and settle down. His past has taught him monogamy and marriage is for fools, and Marcus is anything but a fool...
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    family  mlm  multi-pov  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  children
  • Temptation by J.D. Hawkins

    Temptation by J.D. Hawkins

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What happens when the boy you've wanted your whole life finally wants you back? I'm used to taking what I want, being the best at what I do. During the day, I make big bucks as New York's premiere consultant. At night, I can get any girl I lay my eyes on...
  • Casey by Shaw Montgomery

    Casey by Shaw Montgomery

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Casey knows what he wants; he’s just not always sure how to go about getting it. He knows he’ll never get Preston, the sexy man who runs Leashes & Lace, to notice him unless he’s ready to open up and step out of his comfort zone...
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