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  • Rhythm of the Road by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rhythm of the Road by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The open road has owned my heart for as long as I can remember.Until a certain sassy little singer stole it.Hookups don’t lead to happily ever afters.A couple nights together. Nothing more.We made no promises.Our worlds couldn’t be more opposite.She’s sweet lyrics and sunshine.I’m danger and destruction.She’s miles away, but all I see when I close my eyes...
  • Diamond in the Dust by Autumn Jones Lake

    Diamond in the Dust by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Life is the dirt where I’ve buried the secrets of my past.With a few careless words, those rotting memories have been uncovered.For years, I healed the past by living in the moment.Until I found the woman who would be my future.Now all those unspoken secrets have the power to destroy everything.What started out as a simple rescue has taken me down a road I never could’ve imagined...
  • Between Now and Forever by Dylan Allen

    Between Now and Forever by Dylan Allen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s on the edge of stardom.I’m on the edge of disaster.One night will change our lives forever...I'm standing in the middle of a storm when Carter Bosh asks me to dance.He's a complete stranger, but his outstretched hand and glittering green eyes are too tempting to resist.I'm looking for forever.And the brooding piano prodigy isn't offering it...
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    alpha-mc  angst  drama  female-mc  steamy  university  abuse  book
  • The After Series Slipcase Set by Anna Todd

    The After Series Slipcase Set by Anna Todd

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Collectively: The Complete After Series Collection 5 Books Box Set by Anna Todd: After Ever Happy: After Ever Happy...Life will never be the same...
  • Seduce Me by Kelly Elliott

    Seduce Me by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What happens when you’re forced to seduce the one person you vowed never to love? You get screwed … in more than one way. I walked out of Tucker Middleton’s bedroom seven years ago, leaving him hurt and angry. Now I need his help; the only way I can get it, is to make him think I want him back. The only problem is we have silently vowed to hate one another for the rest of our lives...
  • Luke's Absolution by K.L. Kreig

    Luke's Absolution by K.L. Kreig

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Demons. 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...
  • 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...
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    angst  drama  multi-pov  steamy  university  adult  book  contemporary
  • Cocky Romantic by Faleena Hopkins

    Cocky Romantic by Faleena Hopkins

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In Atlanta, Georgia, The Cocker Brothers have certainly earned their nickname, The Cocky Brothers. Their daddy taught them to be real men. Their momma told them, “Hold out for a different kind of woman.” They have one thing in common: arrogance. Everyone calls him a romantic, but Jason’s trouble is he falls for princesses. The selfish kind, not the fairytale...
  • Veracity by S.M. Shade

    Veracity by S.M. Shade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This isn’t the life I want. Trapped in one random hotel room after another by a screaming crowd of fans and paparazzi. No friends or family nearby. Nothing that really makes me happy, except my music. Music is my only love, the only thing that makes my heart beat fast and my blood run hot, until her...
  • Callous Heir by Michelle Heard

    Callous Heir by Michelle Heard

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I made the mistake of falling for one of my brother’s friends. As if that wasn’t stupid enough, I then declared my love to him.Yeah, I know. Big mistake. Huge mistake.But here I am with my rejected feelings, and Noah won’t even look at me. Whenever he has to talk to me, his words are blunt. Yet they cut deeper than any knife...
  • Lemon Chiffon by Pepper North, Paige Michaels

    Lemon Chiffon by Pepper North, Paige Michaels

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Little Cakes, the bakery that plays Daddy matchmaker!Daisy Galante adores hanging out with the Littles at Blaze, until she meets creepy member Leo. While escaping the pretend Daddy’s unwarranted punishment, she is rescued by her friend and dungeon master, Tarson. Between Leo and the thugs terrorizing her shop, she’s in desperate need of some tender loving care...
  • The Invisible Thread by Lisa Suzanne

    The Invisible Thread by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One decision was all it took for Ethan Fuller’s life to be flipped upside down and for Maci Dane’s twenty-year plan to fall off the rails. Ethan tells Maci about the invisible thread that links two people destined to be together. The road isn’t always smooth, but eventually the two people holding the thread will find their way to each other...
  • Until Arsen by K.L. Donn

    Until Arsen by K.L. Donn

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

    Alluring Seduction by Skye Turner

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Warning: This book contains explicit language and explosive sex. It is an adult romance and not intended for anyone under the age of 18.Jessie Adams is the womanizing, lead guitarist for the hottest rock band in the country, Bayou Stix. Seduction is his game. He does what he wants, when he wants, and with whom he wants...
  • Stars Over Castle Hill: A Joss and Braden Novella by Samantha Young

    Stars Over Castle Hill: A Joss and Braden Novella by Samantha Young

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Joss and Braden Carmichael are blissfully married living in their townhouse on Dublin Street with their three beautiful children. It's a life Joss never expected to have, and one she's grateful for every day. But..
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  female-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • What We Do in the Night by Stylo Fantome

    What We Do in the Night by Stylo Fantome

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Just five months ago, Valentine O'Dell started working at a very special kind of club - one where you can dance the night away, or live out your greatest fantasy. She's learned to lose herself to her nights, forgetting all her day time woes as she charms every man she meets. It's easy enough to do when she doesn't let her feelings get involved...
  • Mason by Michelle Heard

    Mason by Michelle Heard

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "You're my assistant."The magic words every girl at Trinity Academy are dying to hear.But I'm the one who gets stuck with Mason Chargill, the star of most women's fantasies but my nightmare. One of the heirs to CRC Holdings, he might be dangerously gorgeous, but his cold and callous demeanor makes him an ice prince...
  • The Replacement War by Lisa Suzanne

    The Replacement War by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bestselling author Lisa Suzanne's rock star romance has lovers becoming enemies when a weekend fling turns into the competition of their lives. I haven’t even earned the position yet and I’m already living like a rock star. I spend my weekend on someone else’s dime in a swanky Los Angeles hotel with a gorgeous woman. She’s looking for a fling, so I give her what she wants...
  • Beautiful Rush by Emery Rose

    Beautiful Rush by Emery Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After a lifetime of being tailed by her father’s bodyguards, Keira Shaughnessy just wants her freedom and independence, and to bond with her long-lost brothers. On a quest to outrun her past, she turns to illegal street racing. She loves the rush, the hint of danger, and living just on the edge of losing control...
  • Breach of Contract by Laramie Briscoe

    Breach of Contract by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Our voices and love will never be silenced...Everett James ThompsonKnown for my charismatic stage presence and being the oldest son of music royalty, I’ve always been able to do exactly what I want.Front my own band? Become one of the powerhouses in the metal genre? Make a name for myself without using that of my parents? I’ve done all of it...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Tropical Ice by Kat Mizera

    Tropical Ice by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Garrett “Hawk” Hawkins may be a bad boy in the rink but he doesn’t know what to do when he’s wrongly accused of on-ice misconduct. Given a five-game suspension by the NHL, he heads down to Mimosa Key to lay on the beach for a few days and get his head on straight—until he runs into a troubled beauty who happens to be the sister of his ex-teammate...
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    steamy  angst  multi-pov  drama  alpha-mc  romance  sports  secrets
  • Taming Trouble by Jiffy Kate

    Taming Trouble by Jiffy Kate

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The day Tucker Benoit left his father's farm in French Settlement to pursue his love of music was the best day of his life. Or so he thought... After years of booze, girls, drugs, and gigs, Tucker finds himself back where he started. Only this time, he finds solace on the farm that once isolated him from the world...
  • Tempted By The Queen by Samantha Barrett

    Tempted By The Queen by Samantha Barrett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    CarlinaI’m the secret my family kept from the world.The Queen that was to be used to gain them an alliance.I escaped, finally free to live my own life out in the open.A chance encounter with a beautiful stranger derailed my plans.My hope of freedom was torn from me, he took it from me.I need to fight for my freedom, fight for my family and finally embrace who I am and where I come from...
  • Bound to You: Volume 4 by Vanessa Booke, Rogena Mitchell-Jones

    Bound to You: Volume 4 by Vanessa Booke, Rogena Mitchell-Jones

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I, Rebecca Gellar, am doing the unthinkable. I'm marrying a man who hits every category on my Run-Like-Hell list...1. Arrogant.2. Dangerously Handsome.3. Brooding.4. Domineering.5. Possessive.6. Playboy.The funny thing is I couldn't be happier...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  drama  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Fortuity by Rochelle Paige

    Fortuity by Rochelle Paige

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The only kinds of luck I knew were bad and worse...until my life hung in the balance. I finally caught a break in the form of a second chance. I vowed not to let it go to waste. To make a difference. But I didn’t start really living until I met him. Dillon Montgomery. My complete opposite—except for our matching tortured souls. I couldn’t resist him for long...
  • Just One Touch by C.A. Harms

    Just One Touch by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I should have known this would happen... Nothing about my fraternity was ever simple. Parties, tequila – tons of tequila – and wild souvenirs from our kind of crazy. Never, and I do mean never, did I expect my brother’s girl to target me in a midnight prank. A prank that backfired and left me squealing in pain...
  • Wright Rival by K.A. Linde

    Wright Rival by K.A. Linde

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A sexy enemies-to-lovers romance set in the world of the Wrights about Hollin & Piper from USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde…No one on this planet pushes my buttons like Hollin Abbey.I don’t know if it’s the rugged, sexy cowboy look or the Harley Davidson motorcycle or the cocky swagger. Or just him.But whenever we’re together we fight like cats and dogs...
  • Table 10: Part 2 by Jiffy Kate

    Table 10: Part 2 by Jiffy Kate

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A waitress fielding life’s curveballs.A CEO with a penchant for pie.She’s independent and tenacious.He’s chivalrous and demanding.They’re an unexpected match.Somehow, through a series of events, their lives are thrust together...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Forgiving Gia by Gina Whitney

    Forgiving Gia by Gina Whitney

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Abel Gunner is a rock-star with legendary skills both in and out of the bedroom. He swore he wouldn't fall for another woman after being schemed and manipulated by an ex-lover. He kept that vow until he met Gia Mastro. The Dom inside of him awoke the moment he set eyes upon the submissive beauty. His dark soul hungered for her submission and affection...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Mick by C.M. Steele

    Mick by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “I’d die for you…” As the “Princess” of the Steele Riders, Morgan Steele is untouchable. A mere tattoo artist isn’t worthy of her, but Mick’s going to do whatever he can to win her love. Morgan wants her man and is going to do whatever she can to get Ewan “Mick” McMann to claim her body and soul...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  multi-pov  steamy  adult  biker  book  contemporary
  • Forever Princeton Charming by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Forever Princeton Charming by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s fighting for their fairytale. Charlotte Hayes lost her slipper – err shoe – the first night she met Spencer Beckett, A.K.A Princeton Charming. She fell into his arms and their lives were changed. Forever. One kiss and she was smitten. One date and she was head over heels. One tragedy and her heart was his...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  multi-pov  steamy  university  adult  audiobook
  • Alluring Temptation by Skye Turner

    Alluring Temptation by Skye Turner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Warning: This book contains explicit language and explosive sex. It is an adult romance and not intended for anyone under the age of 18. Liam Christianson is the devil-may-care, rhythm guitarist for Bayou Stix, the hottest rock band around. He’s a playboy and likes to do things his way. No regrets. He knows that women love him, and he uses that to his advantage. He’s cocky and shallow...
  • One Exquisite Touch by Lauren Blakely

    One Exquisite Touch by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A sexy enemies-to-lovers standalone, rich with masquerades, billionaires and forbidden trysts!When the invitation arrived, it detailed the rules of the masquerade--no names, no identities.I set one more--find a most wicked man for one night, the kind who'll bring me deliciously naughty pleasure...
  • Be the One by Nina Levine

    Be the One by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rock star Jett Vaughn has one thing on his mind these days - Presley Hart. He will do anything it takes to make her his. At least, he thinks he will. Presley Hart wants one thing in life - a man who will make her his number one. After being married to a man who never put her first, she swore she'd never settle for second best again. At least, she thought she wouldn't...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  female-mc  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book
  • Careless by Michelle Horst

    Careless by Michelle Horst

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From International Bestseller Michelle Heard, comes a new, sexy standalone novel in the Enemies To Lovers series. Irony - when life f@cks you over. Jaxson She's the one girl I can't forget. She's as innocent as a saint, with the mouth of a sinner. After taking her virginity, it's taken me four years to get rid of the guilt...
  • Personal Foul by Maggie Rawdon

    Personal Foul by Maggie Rawdon

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “I’m her dirty little secret, the one she loves to hate.”She knows just what to say to cut deep, and I know how to press every single button she has.We hate each other, until one night after I lose the biggest football game of the year. When she offers the kind of mercy I need. It changes everything… until the next morning.Now I’m her dirty little secret, and she’s avoiding me like the plague...
  • Afflicted by Sophie Monroe

    Afflicted by Sophie Monroe

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Fresh off tour Blake Potter, the sexy bassist for Battlescars, is in Smithville, Ohio to work on their next album ‘Coming Clean’. Still pining after Aubrey’s best friend, Piper, it’s going to be harder than he expected to see her back with her long-­‐ term boyfriend, Cole...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Submit by C.D. Reiss

    Submit by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    "You’re mine. The minute I told you to spread your legs and you did it, you were mine. When I told you to beg for it and you did, you were mine. When you put your hands behind your back without being told, I owned you."No. God, no.My name is Monica, and no matter what Jonathan says, I am not submissive...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  female-mc  multi-pov  steamy  adult  audiobook
  • The Billionaire's Desire by Scarlett Avery

    The Billionaire's Desire by Scarlett Avery

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.The sizzling adventure continues in this alpha billionaire romance series. The scintillating, steamy and passionate romance between Ciara and Nikolaj picks up where the last book ended. The only difference is that Ciara discovers Nikolaj’s true penchant for domination and to her surprise, she relishes submitting herself to him...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  female-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Campus God: An Enemies-to-Lovers Football Romance by Jennifer Sucevic

    Campus God: An Enemies-to-Lovers Football Romance by Jennifer Sucevic

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Crosby Rhodes is considered a god when it comes to Western Wildcats football.And who knows?Maybe he actually is one. There’s certainly no shortage of girls on campus who agree with the sentiment. They swoon over his pretty face, dark messy hair, and hard body honed from years of lifting and two-a-day practices. That alone makes him catnip for the female species...
  • Clusterf*ck by Ash Harlow

    Clusterf*ck by Ash Harlow

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Virginia (Ginger, Hot Spice) Hough. Starlet curves, golden hair and a crush on me like a wrecking ball. And she's my nanny. She thinks I barely notice her. Yeah, my act is that good. But nobody knows how hard it is to resist the temptation of the one woman I want, but can’t have. I don’t make problems, I fix them. I keep secrets like others keep pets...
  • Bryce by Alex Wolf

    Bryce by Alex Wolf

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Barreled Over by Jenna Sutton

    Barreled Over by Jenna Sutton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ready for another round? Ava Grace Landy’s music career is humming along until a shakeup at her label jeopardizes her recording contract and curses her with the world’s worst boss. Determined to satisfy him, she partners with Trinity Distillery to access a larger male audience...
  • Tag by Stacy Gail

    Tag by Stacy Gail

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mysterious. Anonymous. Genius.No one knows the identity of the famous urban artist known only as Tag, and that’s just the way Tag likes it. He got his start in one of the most gang-ridden neighborhoods in Chicago by anonymously tagging his world with beautiful graffiti, and that anonymity kept him alive...
  • Restless Rockstar by Gina Azzi

    Restless Rockstar by Gina Azzi

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Derek Reiner is an epic, consuming, forever, kind of love. He’s also at the center of my deepest heartache.While he focuses on his personal growth, I figure out my future.As much as I want him in it, I won't choose Derek at the expense of myself.Not anymore.My rockstar may be desperate and restless, but I’m calm and decisive.Some epic loves burn out before they have the chance to blaze...
  • Sweet Punk by Leila James

    Sweet Punk by Leila James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The sweet punk across the hall has my undivided attention.He’s inked perfection.Totally unattainable.He’s hiding something behind his quiet demeanor.But I’ve got trouble of my own. The dangerous kind.He wants all of me, but he doesn’t know my whole story.And I will walk through fire to keep him...
  • 31 Days of Winter by C.J. Fallowfield

    31 Days of Winter by C.J. Fallowfield

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One Scottish island. One sexy caretaker. One unimaginable secret.A month, that’s all I needed, all I wanted.An escape from the nightmare, the betrayal, that had become my life.But the second I set foot in the Highlands, and he greets me with that oh-so-sexy smile and irresistible charm, one thing is certain.This trip is going to change everything...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  multi-pov  steamy  adult  billionaire  book
  • How to Deal by Shey Stahl

    How to Deal by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I loved my job. After meeting the owner’s son, I hate it. He's making my life difficult, and I'm positive he only comes to work to annoy me. I contemplate quitting just because of him. That is until I realize who he really is. A famous wedding photographer whose clientele ranks among the rich and famous...
  • Walking the Dawg by Olivia Gaines

    Walking the Dawg by Olivia Gaines

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Buster Padfoot terrorized the community and his owner Dawg wasn't much better. Kieran "Dawg" Dunagan wasn't about to bring his guard dog to heel no matter how much the new neighbor stirred his blood. Linda Blaine didn't care for the high handed tactics of her muscled bound neighbor pr his predatory pup...
  • A Filthy Enemy by Jaxson Kidman

    A Filthy Enemy by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He literally left me on the side of the road.Tossed from his tour bus because he was a bad boy rock star.And I was just some chick who could sing.That’s only reason one of a million why I hate Reed.I get it though - he’s hot, plays bass with those long fingers that leave you wondering what else they could do... But he’s evil...
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