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  • Bird by Cee Bowerman

    Bird by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    **Author note - This is book three in the Texas Kings MC series. It is a happily ever romance that takes place in the MC world. Bird Forrester has never been one to want a wife and children. When his close friends and family find love, and start families of their own, he realizes that there is something missing in his life...
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    alpha-mc  humor  insta-love  steamy  adult  biker  book  contemporary
  • My Kinda Mess by Lacey Black, Sara Eirew

    My Kinda Mess by Lacey Black, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All her life, Lexi Summer has dreamed of one thing: to become a mother. As the youngest of six, she’s accustomed to the chaos and camaraderie that comes with a big family, which is why she has been anxious to get a jump on this next phase in her life. She thought she had it all: the perfect house, husband, and future. Until one secret rips it all apart...
  • Attainment by K.M. Golland

    Attainment by K.M. Golland

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This book is for mature audiences 18+ It contains explicit language and sexual content. Contrition, one would say is a humane and moral virtue. But in order to experience this form of repentance, you must first acknowledge your sin then show remorse for your wrongdoing...
  • Meant for You by Layla Hagen

    Meant for You by Layla Hagen

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Will Connor lives his life by simple rules: take care of those he loves, give one hundred percent to his job, and never ignore his instincts. So when he meets Paige, he doesn’t plan to ignore their crazy chemistry, or the way her pretty smile strips him of all defenses… As the development director of a non-profit, Paige Lamonica has met her fair share of people...
  • 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...
  • Oral Arguments by Loni Nichole

    Oral Arguments by Loni Nichole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A rowdy bar fight and a feisty lawyer have this growly hockey player ready to serve his time in Silver Spoon Falls.Reid LawlessI had one job in Silver Spoon Falls: make the hockey team, the Falcons, look good. My plan went off the rails when fists started flying at a local bar, and a Barney Fife lookalike took me to jail...
  • Patch by Fiona Davenport

    Patch by Fiona Davenport

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Willa Pope was mugged on her college campus, a mild concussion landed her in the emergency room. The last thing she expected was to meet a hot doctor, especially one that belonged to the local MC, the Silver Saints.Kurt “Patch” Dabney never crossed the line with a patient. But Willa was more temptation than he could handle...
  • Protecting Her Heart by Chance Carter

    Protecting Her Heart by Chance Carter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'm going to make her beg. Emma asked me to take her all the way. She wants to experience every delicious thing a woman can feel. She wants to be brought to the very edge of ecstasy, and then she wants to leap right off the cliff. I'm a complete playboy, an expert in the ways a man can make a woman beg, so naturally I accept. I love a good challenge...
  • The Restart and the Remedy by Christine Michelle, Christine M. Butler

    The Restart and the Remedy by Christine Michelle, Christine M. Butler

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    MyraI was born lucky.I was born into a family of bikers that were closer than most normal families. My parents’ best friends had a boy two years before I was born. He became my best friend, my lover, and what I thought was my soul mate.Then I found out I wasn’t lucky.My entire family had been in on his lies.They backed him.They broke me...
  • Risk: Part 1  (The Vault) by Nina Levine

    Risk: Part 1 (The Vault) by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A sexy office romance from USA Today bestselling author Nina Levine. I’m comfortable with risk. I deal with it every day of my life. Hell, I fucking live for the adrenaline rush it gives me. The challenge. The gamble. The conquest. When Charlize Cohen walks into my life, she proves to be the biggest risk I’ll ever take. I throw all my strategies out the window...
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    alpha-mc  humor  insta-love  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Collar of Freedom: The Collar Duet, Book 1 by Alexandra Iff

    The Collar of Freedom: The Collar Duet, Book 1 by Alexandra Iff

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B00KDJNAIW. Amelia Jones knows the truth; she lives and breathes it every day. The endless monotony of a loveless marriage, and years of domestic slavery stretch before her in minutes and hours that are destined to end in a mental breakdown. Then Alexander Reeves walks through the door...
  • Seducing his Wife by Elizabeth Lennox

    Seducing his Wife by Elizabeth Lennox

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Love at first sight…a whirlwind romance…a Las Vegas wedding followed by days and nights spent in bed. Then regret. Gabriella couldn’t believe what she’d done and ran from the powerful feelings that Teague Steele generated in her. She couldn’t…wouldn’t…stay with a man like Teague! She’d been poor all her life and she wanted more for her children than the humiliation of poverty...
  • 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...
  • Drilled Deep by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Drilled Deep by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Before today I wasn’t sure I believed in love-at-first-sight. Now? Hell, I feel like my heart’s been drilled deep. Ana Clemente fills it. Entirely. Problem is, how exactly do I explain that to this sweet little bookworm without scaring her away? She’s young, innocent, and way out of my league. I’m a salt of the earth man; I believe in family, faith, and forever...
  • Razor's Flame by Loni Nichole

    Razor's Flame by Loni Nichole

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The heat between this possessive drummer and his curvy girl is hot enough to burn.AdalynnI thought I was getting away from the rush of city life when I moved to Silver Spoon Falls. Instead, I'm being stalked by a crazy man…and I'm not talking about the infamous drummer who says I belong to him. Razor Montgomery has made it his life's mission to protect me...
  • Unwrapped by Jessica Gadziala

    Unwrapped by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lyra was determined to have a classic, good old-fashioned, traditional Christmas this year complete with snow, gingerbread houses, lights, and wrapped presents. Even if that meant she had to have it completely on her own...
  • Enticing Daphne by Jessica Prince

    Enticing Daphne by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s easy to stop believing in happily ever afters when the man you thought you’d spend the rest of your life with abandons you right before your wedding day. After that disastrous event, I decided that commitment was for suckers. I was young, successful, and in the prime of my life. I didn’t need a man to make me happy...
  • Trading Paint by Shey Stahl

    Trading Paint by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A must have companion to Happy Hour that give you an inside look into the characters of the Racing on the Edge series. Step into the magic where the clay met rubber and desire defined greatness. Trading Paint takes you inside the hasty driver’s mind to what led him to a decision that changed the path of two souls...
  • The Hunt by Alice Ward

    The Hunt by Alice Ward

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When I began the hunt, I didn’t know I’d find her. Confined to a hospital with a rare chromosomal disorder, my little brother began sending me on scavenger hunts to uncover the world for him when we were kids. When one of his quests brings me to a greasy Connecticut diner, my life is completely altered...
  • Eyes On You by Laura Kaye

    Eyes On You by Laura Kaye

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She wants to explore her true desires, and he wants to watch… When a sexy stranger asks Wolf Henrikson to rescue her from a bad date, he never expected to want the woman for himself. But their playful conversation turns into a scorching one-night stand that reveals the shy beauty gets off on the idea of being seen, even if she’s a little scared of it, too. And Wolf loves to watch...
  • That Wild Player: A Standalone Bad Boy Billionaire & (Former) Good Girl Romantic Comedy by Nadia Lee

    That Wild Player: A Standalone Bad Boy Billionaire & (Former) Good Girl Romantic Comedy by Nadia Lee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I'm a good girl. I work hard, follow the rules, and only want a future with Mr. Right, complete with a white picket fence, 1.5 children and a dog. What do I have instead? A "Dear Jane" email from my ex, who CCd it to my best friends and their fiancés. My friends realizing that I've never had an orgasm is the cherry on the train-wreck cake of my love life...
  • Conflagration by Tessa Teevan

    Conflagration by Tessa Teevan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Branson Wellington? The name, my name, is usually followed by f*cking prick or self-serving bastard, and I can't say I haven't earned those titles. It's true. I'm not the good guy. I'm not the boy next door. I'm definitely not your Prince f*cking Charming. Not even close. And I never wanted to be. Until her. The day I pulled her from the wreckage was the day that my life changed...
  • Pr*ck Charming by Madison Faye

    Pr*ck Charming by Madison Faye

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He’s the most notorious bad boy in royalty. The kind of man your mother warns you about. He’s not the man you get drunk with, or get tattoos with. He’s not the man you wake up naked in a hotel bed next to. Oh, and he’s definitely not the one you accidentally marry. Oops... Rough, wild, uncivilized and  filthy...
  • Virgin for the Night by C.J. Fallowfield

    Virgin for the Night by C.J. Fallowfield

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Who do you want me to be?My name is Logan Steele. I’m devilishly handsome, seriously ripped, well hung, charismatic and highly sexed. Women just can’t resist me. So when I lost my job in the construction industry and was struggling for cash, I decided to put my assets to good use.By day I’m a private personal fitness trainer...
  • Alpha Heroes: A Me, Myself & I Collection by Fiona Davenport, Rochelle Paige

    Alpha Heroes: A Me, Myself & I Collection by Fiona Davenport, Rochelle Paige

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This collection is jam packed with alpha hero yumminess. It features three, ALL-NEW stories from the duo behind Fiona Davenport.Locked Up by Elle Christensen: Hot cops and handcuffs sounded like a sexy combination. Until Kaia was the one being arrested...
  • Hailey by ChaShiree M., M.K. Moore

    Hailey by ChaShiree M., M.K. Moore

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hailey I thought I knew. I thought I knew what life had in store for me. Until the day I met HIM. Until the moment he said hello. Until the second he touched me. Until the times he made love to me over and over claiming me EVERY. TIME. Then our time was up, and I left my heart with him. Fate brought us back together. But, does he still want me, as much as I want him? Plans be damned...
  • Trick or Snowstorm by Megan Wade

    Trick or Snowstorm by Megan Wade

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After convincing her best friend to dress up with her as Anna and Elsa for Halloween, Violet finds herself fighting the elements as a snowstorm rolls in and she’s forced to relive her favorite movie in an uncanny chain of events. Something that would only be possible on Halloween, but could also lead to romance when the handsome, Mason steps in to help her out...
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    alpha-mc  humor  insta-love  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Charlotte by Lana Dash

    Charlotte by Lana Dash

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Curvy Girl Sweet and Steamy Opposites Attract Romantic ComedyCHARLOTTE I read about assertive women in my romance novels, but I can’t find the confidence when I’m around gorgeous men. It’s never more evident when I’m mistaken for a bride at a bachelorette party and the hottest guy in the club dances for me...
  • Hollywood Ball by Annie Dyer

    Hollywood Ball by Annie Dyer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He plays to win; only she changed the rules....As Manchester Athletic’s record signing, I should be basking in the adoration of fans and enjoying the perks that come with the job.Only that’s never been my style. I keep a low profile and stay focused on doing my job.A chance one-night stand on my way back from the States is about as anonymous as I can make it...
  • Mr. & Mrs. by K.L. Donn

    Mr. & Mrs. by K.L. Donn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What happens when you find yourself alone, pregnant, and wanting to be loved? Jordan Maxwell Melting chocolate brown eyes suck me in. A sinful smirk calms my nerves. An arranged marriage wasn't supposed to bring me love...
  • Rush by Molly McLain

    Rush by Molly McLain

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's a stranger. An unexpected surprise.A risk I have no choice but to take, thanks to this blizzard. I shouldn't want him. But his touch and his kisses...They're the perfect distraction.Until this passes, anyway.My instincts said I'd be fine, but I should have listened to my head.Things that are so easy...so comfortable...so perfect...Are usually too good to be true...
  • Nothing Lasts Forever: a heart-wrenching second chance romance story that will make you believe in true love by Jaxson Kidman, London Casey

    Nothing Lasts Forever: a heart-wrenching second chance romance story that will make you believe in true love by Jaxson Kidman, London Casey

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    We were supposed to wears the rings for the rest of our lives. We were supposed to sign the divorce papers and be done with each other. We were supposed to move on and forget about everything that happened. We were supposed to have it all but nothing lasts forever..
  • Legally Bound 4: Allegations of Love by Blue Safire

    Legally Bound 4: Allegations of Love by Blue Safire

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Legally Bound 4: Allegations of Love Legally Bound Series Jasper I have loved her since we were kids, but I knew the day would come when I would have to leave her. Now I'm home, and she is mine. Only she is running from me, and I have no idea why? But it stops NOW! With the help of my family, I’m going after my girl once and for all...
  • Hard As Wood by Frankie Love

    Hard As Wood by Frankie Love

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I'm an axe-wielding alpha with absolute resolve:I will not fall in love with Honey. She's my ex-stepdaughter -- and off limits.But it's a hell of a lot easier said than done.Her mom's long gone, and she's still here, in my secluded cabin.She's sweeter than sugar, with a body that makes me think of one thing alone:But I see her eyes linger... and the way she licks her lips.I may be a hard ass..
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  humor  insta-love  multi-pov  steamy  adult  age-gap  book
  • Sinful Boss by Liz Fox

    Sinful Boss by Liz Fox

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sloane I’ve always preferred company of the four-legged variety. They’re full of love and they let me be myself--that’s why I’m going to school to be a veterinarian.When I end up working for my brother's friend during the summer, I don’t expect to be cleaning Maximillian Hawthorne’s toilets.He’s wealthy, pretentious, and a serious pain in the horse’s butt...
  • Making the Rules by Ali Parker

    Making the Rules by Ali Parker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Never Again... After having his hand slapped and career almost ruined several years back for falling for a student, Dr. Kendal Tarrington is done with love. Especially with the idea of it being a younger woman. Dara Young is an accounting student at the top of her accounting class and is looking for additional mentorship from someone with a solid record. Dr...
  • Courtney by Lana Dash

    Courtney by Lana Dash

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Curvy Girl Sweet & Steamy Secret Identity Romantic Comedy COURTNEYFictional couples surround me every day, working at a bookstore. And yet, even after reading a lifetime worth of romance, I still can't get my own love life in order. But at my book club meeting, when I accidentally knock hot coffee onto the lap of the cute nerd at the next table, my luck might be about to change...
  • Found In The Mountains by Olivia T. Turner

    Found In The Mountains by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My younger sister is getting married to a hot mountain man and I’m feeling a little lost. We’re in Greene Mountain, Montana for the wedding and it’s making me realize it’s time for a change. It’s time to get my stagnant life in order. It’s time to be more adventurous...
  • Adam's Fugitive by Loni Ree

    Adam's Fugitive by Loni Ree

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My curvy little fugitive will pay for her crimes. In my arms.AdamWho knew a night out celebrating my law school graduation would change my life? One look a the gorgeous girl and I know things will never be the same. She steals my heart then disappears like a thief in the night.Seven years later, fate smiles on me and brings her back into my life...
  • Wild at Heart by Fern Fraser

    Wild at Heart by Fern Fraser

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Falling for the billionaire was not part of the plan. He's my brother's boss, the man I'm supposed to hate, and the one man I’m unable to resist.PEYTONI'm trespassing on private land, protesting to save the forest when I get stuck in a tree. A handsome stranger helps me, but a simple rescue spirals out of control when the police show up and arrest us for trespassing...
  • Broken by Love by C.A. Harms

    Broken by Love by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kate thought she and Carson had finally reached level ground. They had moved in together and were preparing for the arrival of their baby. She never thought they would only be driven further apart by his withdrawn and distant behavior. Carson had always had his freedom, and for a moment, he thought he could still live that life. Only Kate needs more...
  • Tamed by K.A. Robinson

    Tamed by K.A. Robinson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ***Book five of the Torn Series, but this novel can be read as a standalone*** Mistakes—my life has been full of them. Time and time again, I’ve tried to change, tried to make the right choices, but it doesn’t matter. I always screw up. I hoped that Adam would be different, that he wouldn’t be a mistake. Our relationship was supposed to be about sex and nothing more...
  • Knocked Up By The Savage by L. Nicole

    Knocked Up By The Savage by L. Nicole

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Zeb Landon had turned his back on the world.He lived hidden away in the woods and completely off-grid.He doesn’t miss his old life—in fact, he hated it.He’s content to live out his life alone.That is until he catches sight of a curvy, blonde goddess camping alone.She’s not part of his world.But he wants her.He needs her.He’s going to take her...
  • Hold You: An Older Man/Younger Curvy Girl Romantic Comedy (Love on the Clock) by Nichole Rose

    Hold You: An Older Man/Younger Curvy Girl Romantic Comedy (Love on the Clock) by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This giant Russian will fall like a ton of bricks when he meets his curvy angel.KnoxLauren York is the cutest little angel I've ever met.Her sweetness is like nothing I've ever known.And her innocence drives me crazy.I know nothing of caring for such a girl.I probably shouldn't have kissed her five minutes after I met her.I definitely should not be chasing her all over the office...
  • Adore You (Love on the Clock) by Nichole Rose

    Adore You (Love on the Clock) by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A chance meeting and a mechanical bull will unravel a former detective in the blink of an eye.JasonMiranda Dawes is the sweetest little thing I've ever seen.I was obsessed with her the minute I met her…and then she disappeared without a trace.Imagine my surprise when I found her at work the next morning.And my horror when I realized something I said in the heat of the moment chased her away...
  • Heat by C.M. Steele

    Heat by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In a mad dash to get through her hectic sweaty morning and make it to work on time, Violet finds herself struck by...a limo.Dazed but mostly unharmed, she's surprised when the passenger in the limo swoops her up and is shirtless.What kind of limo did she collide with?Pain and agony strike Micah when he sees his little Violet in the middle of the street...
  • Her Date with an Alpha by Nichole Rose

    Her Date with an Alpha by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She may not be from his world, but she belongs to him anyway.ColtonCadence Grayson was meant to be mine. I knew it the minute I saw her.She's smart, sassy, and keeps me on my toes.But she thinks I'm someone I'm not and wants nothing to do with my world.Now I have to convince her to give me a shot.Lucky for me, I don't give up easily.Cadence Marie Grayson, you're going down...
  • You Guac My World by Frankie Love

    You Guac My World by Frankie Love

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When I show up at the local pub for Tacos and Trivia, I finally meet my match. Kourtney is smart, sassy, and simply put: sexy as hell. But she doesn’t see it. She covers her curves in bulky clothes, but I’m determined to get under this bookworm’s skin. We may be here for trivia night — but it’s her I want to know. Two rounds of margaritas later, it’s clear — this taco night changes everything...
  • Undescribable Box Set by Shantel Tessier

    Undescribable Box Set by Shantel Tessier

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    **ON SALE FOR .99 CENTS UNTIL JAN 19TH. REGULAR PRICE WILL BE 5.99** The Undescribable Box Set is three books in one. Undescribable, Unbearable and Uncontrollable. Burned by her past, Samantha begins to build a new life for herself. Focusing on her new friends and rebuilding her broken life, Samantha is content...
  • Ruined: A She Who Dares Standalone Novel by L.P. Lovell, Ellen Widom

    Ruined: A She Who Dares Standalone Novel by L.P. Lovell, Ellen Widom

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ruined is book four in the She Who Dares series, but can be read as a standalone. Hugo I like to fuck. A lot. Anywhere, anyway, as long as I’m shooting my load in or on some pretty young thing I’m good. In fact, scrap that, they don’t even have to be pretty. What can I say? I’m an equal opportunities kind of guy...
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