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  • Nixon's Promise by Riley Edwards

    Nixon's Promise by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Former Navy SEAL Nixon Swagger is home. After twelve years of service and twice as many deployments, all Nix wanted was quiet. He’d sought the solace of the land he’d grown up on and found the peace he needed to silence the noise and figure out his next move. Nixon’s stay was supposed to be temporary...
  • Preppy: The Life & Death of Samuel Clearwater, Part One by T.M. Frazier

    Preppy: The Life & Death of Samuel Clearwater, Part One by T.M. Frazier

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    You thought Preppy was dead...you thought wrong.Samuel Clearwater, A.K.A Preppy, likes bowties, pancakes, suspenders, good friends, good times, good drugs, and a good f*ck. He s worked his way out from beneath a hellish childhood and is living the life he s always imagined for himself...
  • Scarlet Angel by S.T. Abby

    Scarlet Angel by S.T. Abby

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    To kill a monster, you have to be twice as monstrous. To love a monster, you have to share your soul...Logan Bennett makes me want to have a future not tainted by the constant hunger for revenge. Doesn't mean I can stop. Doesn't mean I want to stop. It just means I want more...one day...
  • Preppy: The Life & Death of Samuel Clearwater, Part Three by T.M. Frazier

    Preppy: The Life & Death of Samuel Clearwater, Part Three by T.M. Frazier

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The bowtie is BACK! Dre was just a beautiful stranger when Preppy saved her the first time around. Now, he has to save her again, but she's no longer some stranger, she's family, and he has no idea who or what he's up against. What he does know is that putting his family back together is the only acceptable outcome. Preppy's to-do list? SAVE FAMILY. SEEK REVENGE. He's alive..
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  biker  crime  drama  family  female-mc  humor
  • Shamrock: A Linear Tactical Romantic Suspense Standalone by Janie Crouch

    Shamrock: A Linear Tactical Romantic Suspense Standalone by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Every mission has a price.He never meant for her to pay it. Aiden has never left anyone behind. Not a comrade and certainly not an innocent. But when an undercover mission goes wrong, he's forced to abandon a woman trapped in a human trafficking ring. Violet learned brutally that no one is promised a happy ending...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  crime  family  friendship  steamy  suspense  abuse
  • At Peace by Kristen Ashley

    At Peace by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Violet Winters once had it all but lost it when her husband was murdered by a criminal madman. During a cold winter night Violet has to leave her warm bed to tell her neighbor to turn the music down. And that’s when she meets sinister, scarred, scarily attractive security specialist, Joe Callahan...
  • Sweet Dreams by Kristen Ashley

    Sweet Dreams by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    She's ready for the ride of her life . . .Lauren Grahame is looking to reinvent herself. After leaving her cheating husband, Lauren moves to Carnal, Colorado, and gets a job as a waitress in a biker bar called Bubba's. It's a nothing job in a nowhere joint . . . until Tatum Jackson walks in. Lauren has never seen a man with such good looks, muscles, and attitude...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  biker  crime  drama  family  female-mc  humor
  • Charlie Foxtrot by Lani Lynn Vale

    Charlie Foxtrot by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Foster made a promise in his hospital bed when his leg was taken from him that he’d get back to one hundred percent. Leg or no leg, he’d get back on the SWAT team if it killed him. And he does get back. But he has a problem. He can’t let go of the past. The anger burns deep, making his emotions volatile at the best of times...
  • Games of the Heart by Kristen Ashley

    Games of the Heart by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    From the balcony of his house, Mike Haines can see the quiet, commonplace beauty of the Holliday farm. But what he remembers is Dusty, the little sister of his high school girlfriend, who grew up there. As a teen, Dusty had gone off the rails but when she was a kid, she was sweet, she was funny and she had a special bond with Mike. After high school, she took off and Mike never saw her again...
  • Until Susan by C.P. Smith

    Until Susan by C.P. Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From the world of NYT and USA Today bestselling author, Aurora Rose Reynolds. See how the Mayson clan began. You've read their sons' stories, now it's James and Susan's turn. Experience the boom all over again in this action-packed novella of insta-love and suspense from Author CP Smith...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  drama  female-mc  humor  multi-pov  steamy  suspense
  • Lady Luck by Kristen Ashley

    Lady Luck by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Ty Walker was wrongly imprisoned and for the five years he was inside, he honed his plan so when he gets out, he has nothing but vengeance on his mind.But then he walks straight to stylish, leggy, beautiful, goofy Lexie Berry and he suddenly has something else to think about...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  crime  drama  family  female-mc  friendship  humor
  • Jonny's Redemption by Riley Edwards

    Jonny's Redemption by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can two lost souls find redemption or are some transgressions beyond forgiveness? Lieutenant Jonny Spencer’s life is spiraling out of control. With no end in sight, he withdrawals. Giving in to the darkness is his only reprieve. Roberta “Bobby” Layne knows what it means to live in the shadows. Her childhood was spent fading into obscurity—loneiless her only friend...
  • Axle's Brand by C.M. Owens

    Axle's Brand by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Fate is just a made-up word used to give us hope or absolution. We find hope when we believe bad things happen to us for a reason. We find absolution when we feel as though the wrongs of our past were just fate’s twisted design to bring us to our present, and all of it was out of our hands. Of course, I sort of change my mind after meeting Axle. The man with scars and haunted, cold eyes...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  biker  crime  drama  female-mc  humor  multi-pov  steamy
  • Kevlar To My Vest by Lani Lynn Vale

    Kevlar To My Vest by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    You’re the Kevlar…Behind the badge and the pretty face was a heart. A heart that bled just like the rest. A heart that was so in love with Viddy Sheffield that it was humiliating. Trance had been burned before by a woman that couldn’t handle the fact that he risked his life each and every time he went on shift. She was too vulnerable; somehow he had to convince his heart to let her go...
  • Gifts: A Killers Novel, Book 3 by Brynne Asher

    Gifts: A Killers Novel, Book 3 by Brynne Asher

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    No one would say Keelie Lockhart isn’t determined.  Taking on the role of both mom and dad to her two young kids, she’s managing life the best she can...
  • Blood & Bones: Sig by Jeanne St. James

    Blood & Bones: Sig by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Revenge isn’t always sweet, but it sure can be satisfying... Sig never wanted to return to Manning Grove since it didn’t hold any good memories. Growing up a part of the Blood Fury MC ended up being a disaster and screwed up his life, which led to him spending most of it in and out of jail...
  • Blaze by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Blaze by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The rings have been selected. The champagne placed on ice. The cake decorated. And the pre-wedding sex is off the charts... Lucas Vallois and Andrei Hadeon are finally ready to walk down the aisle. There’s just one small problem. A ghost from Lucas’s past shows up days before the wedding, desperate for help...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  crime  drama  family  humor  steamy  suspense
  • Sebastian: A Mystery Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Sebastian: A Mystery Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sebastian is a mystery romance and the fifth book in the series, For The Love Of A Good Woman. Sebastian is a standalone, but the characters from the series appear throughout all the books. A large, metal crash sounded behind me and my gaze swiveled to the fence where Maggie had just crashed through the gate. The SUV swerved wildly in front of me, acting as a barrier for the incoming bullets...
  • Walk Through Fire by Kristen Ashley

    Walk Through Fire by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The flame never dies . . . Millie Cross knows what it's like to burn for someone. She was young and wild and he was fierce and even wilder-a Chaos biker who made her heart pound. They fell in love at first sight and life was good, until she learned she couldn't be the woman he needed and made it so he had no choice but to walk away...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  biker  crime  domestic-drama  drama  family  female-mc
  • Breathe by Kristen Ashley

    Breathe by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    There's nothing like the first time . . . In Carnal, Colorado, Faye Goodknight is the town's quiet, shy librarian. She may also be Carnal's last remaining virgin. For years, Faye has had a crush on Chace Keaton, but the gorgeous cop has always been unattainable. She's resigned to live contentedly with only her books for company-until Faye suddenly meets Chace alone in the woods . .
  • Fire Inside by Kristen Ashley

    Fire Inside by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Lanie Heron isn't looking for love-no surprise, considering her last serious relationship nearly got her killed. So when Lanie propositions Hop Kincaid, all she wants is one wild night with the hot-as-hell biker who patrols with the Chaos Motorcycle Club . . .For Hop, Lanie has always been untouchable. She's too polished and too classy for his taste...
  • Out of the Ashes by Anne Malcom

    Out of the Ashes by Anne Malcom

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Living a life in darkness causes the soul to char to ash. Battling demons by turning himself into a monster is the only way he can survive...the only way he can keep a grip on sanity. That grip is precarious at best, every day is a silent battle with demons that threaten to yank him into the truest form of darkness, the abyss he’ll never escape. Then it happens. Light shines through the cracks...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  biker  crime  drama  female-mc  humor  kind-mc
  • King Me by Lucy Lennox

    King Me by Lucy Lennox

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Falcon: Three years ago I arrived at the scene of an art heist to find Kingston Wilde tied to a radiator, claiming to be an innocent bystander in the wrong place at the wrong time. It was only later I learned he was actually, the elusive art thief I’d been tracking for years. And I was the one who’d let him sweet-talk his way out of my grasp...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  crime  drama  family  humor  multi-pov
  • Angel by Janie Crouch

    Angel by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Even angels have their demons Jordan Reiss is well aware that if she was on fire the entire town of Oak Creek would probably go inside and make a sandwich. She can’t blame them. Her father scammed half the town out of their retirement funds, and then she…She did so much worse.She doesn’t expect forgiveness...
  • Hold On by Kristen Ashley

    Hold On by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Since she was young, Cher Rivers knew she was not the kind of girl who got what she wanted. A girl who could hope. A girl who could dream. She knew a happily ever after just wasn't in the cards for her. In love for years with the last bastion of the 'burg's eligible bachelors, Garrett Merrick, Cher worked hard at making him laugh. Being one of the guys...
  • Halligan to My Axe by Lani Lynn Vale

    Halligan to My Axe by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    You’re the Halligan... Kettle had it all. Until he didn't. He lost it all in a moment. One heart stopping, soul shattering moment, and there wasn't a single thing he could do about it. From that day forward, he stayed away from relationships. Then he responded to a possible fire and there she was, rocking his world when he didn't want it to be rocked. To My..
  • Execution Style by Lani Lynn Vale

    Execution Style by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Miller Spurlock might seem like a laid back man on the outside, but piss him off, or violate his trust, and he’ll show you the meaning of pain. He was a Navy SEAL. He could kill a man a hundred different ways and not break a sweat. He’s also a police officer and member of the SWAT team, which means he has the knowledge and skills to get away with it...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  biker  crime  drama  humor  multi-pov  steamy
  • The Outskirts by T.M. Frazier

    The Outskirts by T.M. Frazier

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

    Marriage and Murder by Penny Reid

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The Devil is in the details . . . Cletus Byron Winston wishes to marry Jennifer Anne Donner-Sylvester (aka The Banana Cake Queen) posthaste! He’s spent the last year wanting nothing more than for the celebrations to be brief, libations flowing, and BYOB (bring your own blueberries)...
  • Golden Trail by Kristen Ashley

    Golden Trail by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Tanner Layne and Raquel Merrick fell in love young, hard and fast and both of them knew a beautiful life they thought would be forever. Until Rocky left Layne, no explanation, no going back. Layne escapes The ‘Burg only to come back years later because his ex-wife has hooked herself to the town jerk and Layne needs to make sure his sons get raised right...
  • Deacon by Kristen Ashley

    Deacon by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Deacon has an ugly history, a history that broke him, leaving him a ghost of a man. Out of necessity, he left the normal world to descend into the criminal world and found he fit. So he stayed. Cold as ice and living off the grid, Deacon has no intention to connect, not with anyone. Then he returns to some remote cabins in the Colorado Mountains and finds they have new owners...
  • Siren Unleashed by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Siren Unleashed by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Twin detectives Ben and Chase Dawson have been sent to investigate an unusual murder at a resort owned by Julian Lodge. Julian wants them to protect the prime suspect, a young submissive who was the last person to see the victim alive. The job seems simple until Ben and Chase discover that the beautiful submissive they both desire has a dark past...
  • Back in Bliss by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Back in Bliss by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Re-released in a second edition with new content. Logan Green is back in Bliss, but only for a few weeks to help out at the sheriff’s office. Everything changes when Seth Stark strolls into town with Georgia Dawson on his arm. Seth’s arrival is anything but a happy accident. He always dreamed of a big house on the river and a wife he could share with his best friend, Logan...
  • Conjugal Visits by Lani Lynn Vale

    Conjugal Visits by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Don’t ever, ever, ever go near that boy. Not unless you want to be a single mother at seventeen. That boy is Bad with a capital B.The words that my father spoke to me when it came to Trouper Aoki didn’t scare me like they probably should.In fact, they only made me intrigued all the more.When it came to Troup, there was just no resisting fate when it came to the two of us...
  • The Gamble by Kristen Ashley

    The Gamble by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Love is the greatest gamble of all...Nina Sheridan desperately needs a timeout vacation. With a fiancé who can't even remember how she takes her coffee, Nina wants some distance to rethink her engagement. Flying halfway around the world from England to a mountain town in Colorado should do the trick...
  • Until Nico by Aurora Rose Reynolds

    Until Nico by Aurora Rose Reynolds

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Sophie Grates has never had it easy, but she’s finding her way through life one step and one day at a time. That is, Until Nico comes in and flips her world upside-down. He forces her to see you cannot live life from the outside looking in, and sometimes you have to step out onto the ledge so you can really enjoy the view. Nico Mayson knew the moment he saw Sophie Grates that she was the one...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  crime  drama  family  humor  multi-pov  steamy
  • Bang Switch by Lani Lynn Vale

    Bang Switch by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Lachlan Downy was a lover, not a fighter. Okay, he wouldn't lie, he was a fighter, too. But nobody had to know that. Especially not Memphis Tennessee Conner and her stuffy attitude when it came to cops and ‘men like him.’ Memphis knew cops. Her daddy was a cop. He was also the president of a motorcycle club...
  • Double Tap by Lani Lynn Vale

    Double Tap by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Nico met the love of his life when he was seventeen. Immediately, he realizes that the gap in their ages is too significant to make a move on her until she’s legal in the eyes of the law. So he joins the United States Navy, killing time until he can come home to her again...
  • Highway Don't Care by Lani Lynn Vale

    Highway Don't Care by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Her Snark. Jokes. Attitude. These were all things I used to disguise the hole in my heart. I'm not a happy person. I don't live life. I just exist. That is until that beautiful man rides in on his Harley Fat Boy and burns rubber on the way into my heart. Him My life's been no hayride either. Everyone I've ever loved in life has died or betrayed me. So I stay back and watch...
  • Fear the Beard by Lani Lynn Vale

    Fear the Beard by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Tally is a twenty-year-old single mother struggling to finish nursing school. Has she made mistakes in life? Sure, but her daughter isn’t one of them. She works hard, she studies even harder, and she’s only a few weeks away from graduating. She’s living her life the best she knows how when she witnesses a near miss motorcycle accident between a car and a biker...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  biker  drama  family  humor  multi-pov  steamy
  • Vodka on the Rocks by Lani Lynn Vale

    Vodka on the Rocks by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    There are rules to life that one just obeys in order in her attempt to stay on the right path. For example: 1. You don’t wear dirty panties out of the house. You just never know who’s going to see them. 2. A lady must always have chocolate at the ready—just in case the world as she knows it comes to an end. 3. You don’t egg on a drunk woman who’s pissed off at life...
  • Hail No by Lani Lynn Vale

    Hail No by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Evander Lennox doesn’t do anything he doesn’t want to do. At least, that is, until he’s sent to prison. The four years he's incarcerated, he’s had no choice but to do the things he's asked to do, when he’s asked to do them. And now, if he doesn’t, it will mean a one-way ticket straight back to hell...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  biker  crime  drama  family  female-mc  humor
  • Real Sexy by Meghan March

    Real Sexy by Meghan March

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Boone Thrasher has never walked away from a fight, and he’s willing to put everything on the line to win the woman he can’t live without in the conclusion to the Real Dirty Duet by USA Today bestselling author Meghan March.***In Nashville, stars are a dime a dozen. I swore I’d never get caught up with one, but Boone Thrasher made a liar out of me...
  • A Good Day for Chardonnay by Darynda Jones

    A Good Day for Chardonnay by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Running a small-town police force in the mountains of New Mexico should be a smooth, carefree kind of job. Sadly, full-time Sheriff--and even fuller-time coffee guzzler--Sunshine Vicram, didn't get that memo.All Sunshine really wants is one easy-going day. You know, the kind that starts with coffee and a donut (or three) and ends with take-out pizza and a glass of chardonnay (or seven)...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  drama  family  female-mc  friendship  humor  steamy
  • Ghost: A Linear Tactical Romantic Suspense Standalone by Janie Crouch

    Ghost: A Linear Tactical Romantic Suspense Standalone by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Everyone eventually breaks under torture. It’s a truth elite solider and government agent Dorian Lindstrom, codename Ghost, knows firsthand. His body may have recovered from what was done to him in that Afghani prison six years ago, but his mind…not quite so much.He’s seeing dead people.Grace Brandt, government codename Wraith, knows her past can’t be forgiven...
  • Chasing Bliss by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Chasing Bliss by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Re-released in a second edition with new content. Gemma Wells came to Bliss, Colorado, after a scandal cost her everything. Utterly lost, the disgraced attorney built walls so high that she thinks no one can get through them. She’s given up on love, friendship, and all matters of the heart...
  • Tethered Bond by Emma Hart

    Tethered Bond by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Detective Drake Nash: hot, alpha, bossy, and… mine. Now, if someone could tell his ex that... I don’t care if the summer fair is coming to Holly Woods and she’s on the planning committee. What I do care about is sugar-filled food, bright lights, late nights… and danger. The type that won’t come in the form of Nonna’s new cantankerous British parrot, Gio...
  • Rescued by Stephanie St. Klaire

    Rescued by Stephanie St. Klaire

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Just as the walls start to come down, boundaries redefine, and things heat up, tragedy hits the small mountain town of McKenzie Ridge. Sexy EMT Dawson Tayler made hearts break, and panties melt with a single look. Far from home, in the charming tourist town, he lives a simple life his family would be appalled by – if they were alive...
  • Bounty by Kristen Ashley

    Bounty by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Justice Lonesome has enjoyed a life of bounty. Even so, she’s inherited the curse of the Lonesome. A poet’s soul. Which means she’s still searching for something. Searching for peace. Searching for the less…that’s more. And when the foundation of her life is pulled out from under her, grieving, she goes to the mountains to find her oasis. She hits Carnal, Colorado and decides to stay...
  • Until Jax by Aurora Rose Reynolds

    Until Jax by Aurora Rose Reynolds

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Ellie Anthony isn't looking for love. She isn't even looking for a man, but when Jax Mayson insists on keeping her and her daughter safe, she's left with no choice but to trust him. Now she just hopes she doesn't get hurt when she falls hard for a guy who's known for breaking hearts. Jax Mayson knows that Ellie is his BOOM the moment he sees her...
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