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  • Force of Nature by Monica Walters

    Force of Nature by Monica Walters

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A man of few words is sometimes a man to fear. Ali Joseph proves that theory to be correct. He keeps his traumatic past under wraps and only trusts a few people, Shyrón Berotte being one of them. He’s been living amidst the turmoil for so long he’s finally reaching his breaking point...
  • Stoffer by Cee Bowerman

    Stoffer by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After years of wandering around the country, car trouble stopped Stoffer in Rojo, Texas, and he quickly realized he never wanted to leave. Not one to share much of himself, Stoffer has found a place to fit in with the Texas Kings even while he holds most of himself back from the men and women around him...
  • Claiming the Enemy: Dustin by Jamie Begley

    Claiming the Enemy: Dustin by Jamie Begley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Porter brothers were raised to live and die by Three Rules. One, a Porter always keeps what’s his. Two, a Porter stands his ground. Three … Dustin never had to search for his true love. They used to play and get in trouble together, shared a playpen, and their mothers used to be best friends. But that was before their fathers made them enemies and changed the course of their lives...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  friends-to-lovers  sad  steamy  abuse  adult  alpha-mc
  • Santa: Time Served MC, Book 7 by Cee Bowerman

    Santa: Time Served MC, Book 7 by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Santa and Frankie couldn’t be more different. She comes from a notorious New York family and was raised with money to burn. He’s from Texas, has family members who are notorious for completely different reasons, and grew up with parents who thought it was okay to make him ‘earn’ his meals.Opposites attract, and when they finally get together, their flame burns bright...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  steamy  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Tavin by Cee Bowerman

    Tavin by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tavin and London have been together for a while now, but life and responsibilities are tearing them apart.With London traveling all over the world for her career, and Tavin stuck in Rojo, Texas for his, the two of them have to make do with precious few stolen moments leaving both of them wanting more...
    Categorized as:
    crime  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction  small-town
  • Crazy Rich Cajuns by Erin Nicholas

    Crazy Rich Cajuns by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A sexy, small town, opposites attract rom com! He wears suits and ties. He'll one day inherit a fortune. He has a law degree. He shines his shoes, for God's sake. What is she doing attracted to a guy like him? But she is. She so is. She drives air boats on the bayou, drinks and cusses, and gives city boys in suits a hard time just for fun. Why can't he get her out of his mind? But he can't...
  • 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...
  • The Beat of My Heart by Avery Maxwell

    The Beat of My Heart by Avery Maxwell

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    One week. No strings. Sexy stranger. What could go wrong?My name is Julia McDowell. I’m not the pretty girl next door, I’m the boss at work who solves all your problems. I’m an awkward genius with the worst taste in boyfriends; the last one left me with a 6-figure debt to prove it...
  • Gimme S'more by Erin Nicholas

    Gimme S'more by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A friends-to-lovers romance that will make you melt. Oliver’s a dreamer who is always ready for the next big adventure.Piper’s the steady one who keeps his feet on the ground. He’s wildly successful, thanks to her always being there to catch him when he leaps before he looks. But she wants more. While he’s as clueless as ever. So she just gave her two weeks notice...
  • The Devil's Angels MC: Book 7 - Chubs by Lola Wright

    The Devil's Angels MC: Book 7 - Chubs by Lola Wright

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ChubsTo survive this harsh world, I’ve lived a life of lies and secrets. From a young age, I was taught the dangers of trusting others. When my world imploded, I knew those lessons were warranted. I was forced to flee the only place I’d ever known and the only people I loved.In a desperate situation, with no one to turn to, I met a large biker who insisted on taking in a scared teenage boy...
  • The Last Second Chance by Lucy Score

    The Last Second Chance by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What would it take to get one last chance? Joey Greer is done having her heart broken. Eight years ago, after a horrific car accident, Jackson Pierce—her high school sweetheart—abandoned her. Abandoned his family. Abandoned the town they'd both grown up in, and fled to Hollywood. He never looked back, and she never forgot him. Or forgave him...
  • Holding on to Chaos by Lucy Score

    Holding on to Chaos by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    “I want to be upfront with you. No surprises, no secrets. I want you, Eva. And I think you might be it for me.” Eva is a hot mess running from her past and doesn’t mind telling a fib or two to protect her secrets. It’s too bad that she moved to the nosiest small town in the world with Sheriff Sexy—the tall, built human lie detector...
  • Chef: Time Served MC, Book 3  (Tenillo Guardians TSMC) by Cee Bowerman

    Chef: Time Served MC, Book 3 (Tenillo Guardians TSMC) by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ***The Time Served MC series is written in tandem with the Ares Infidel MC series by Ciara St. James. You can read this series alone, but you’ll get more time with the characters of both MCs if you read both series in the order they are written. This is the third book of TSMC which will follow Executioner, Ciara’s second book of her AIMC series...
  • Trouble in Hell by Alex Grayson

    Trouble in Hell by Alex Grayson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Four men, irrevocably bound together by their horrifying past…Trouble and his brothers escaped from Malus, Texas as kids. In the dead of night, they left behind a Hell so ominous, it made National news.When they returned as adults, it was to seek revenge and justice. Malus is theirs now. They own it, they rule it, and they protect it. By any means necessary. Trouble carries demons inside him...
  • This Crazy Love by J.H. Croix

    This Crazy Love by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rule #1: Do not fall for your brother’s best friend. Rule # 2: Absolutely do not fall for your brother’s best friend. Rule # 3: Don’t break the rules. Shay Jackson Stone is hot—like burn-down-buildings kind of hot. He’s also my brother’s best friend, and the memory of one kiss with him years ago still might get to me. Maybe. But, I am not looking for a second chance...
  • Loving War by C.M. Owens

    Loving War by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Tria Noles and Kode Sterling are a match made in hell, and no one will deny that. They’ve hated each other for years. Kode Sterling is the jerk who doesn’t care what anyone thinks. Tria Noles hides under a cold façade to appear strong and confident. There’s no possible way they could be anything together besides a volatile disaster...
  • 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...
  • One Little Lie by Avery Maxwell

    One Little Lie by Avery Maxwell

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    She's the only one I'll ever love, but I had to let her go.Rylan Maroney is the biggest lie I've ever told, and it nearly destroyed everyone in my life. No matter how much it hurts, I can never have her again.He broke my heart and walked away, but he hasn't let me go.Halton Westbrook has haunted my life from four thousand miles away for the last eight years...
  • Reclaim: A Standalone Friends-to-Lovers Romance by Aly Martinez

    Reclaim: A Standalone Friends-to-Lovers Romance by Aly Martinez

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Choices. Everyone makes them. From mundane to unimaginable, one choice can change the trajectory of your entire life. My mother’s choice was to abandon us with our abusive father. My brother’s choice was to go to prison for killing the boy who assaulted his soulmate. Camden Cole’s choice was to fall in love with a shattered girl who had absolutely nothing to offer him but heartbreak...
  • Nikolai by Sandy Alvarez, Crystal Daniels

    Nikolai by Sandy Alvarez, Crystal Daniels

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Nikolai Volkov has been groomed to one day rule his father’s Empire. Growing up in a crime family, you don't have many options. You live and die by the Volkov name.After connecting with his half-brother in the states, Nikolai chooses to step away from family obligations, to find what he feels has been lacking his whole life...
  • What the Heart Learns by Jessica Gadziala

    What the Heart Learns by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Liam has always preferred spending his life inside books, only looking up to occasionally growl at customers in his shop. Until the day someone new comes to town. A woman who could keep up with him, someone who sees beyond his guards, who makes him want something decidedly non -fiction for a change. The only problem is, Riley has a secret. One that just might tear them apart...
  • The One for Me (The Arrowood Brothers) by Corinne Michaels

    The One for Me (The Arrowood Brothers) by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    New York Times Bestselling author Corinne Michaels brings a new endearing friends-to-lovers story to life in the third STANDALONE in the Arrowood Brothers series.⁣⁣Devney Maxwell has been my best friend since we were six years old, but she has no idea I’m in love with her.⁣⁣Even when I’m on the road playing professional baseball, she’s my home—the only one I’ve ever known...
  • Daddy on Duty by Taryn Quinn

    Daddy on Duty by Taryn Quinn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’ll do anything for the cookie… I’m used to playing the field. But specialty baker Tabitha caught my attention the first time I tasted her…frosting. Suddenly I’m offering my services in any way I can. Need some furniture moved? Check.Followed by rogue ducks? Check.Weird noises late at night? Check. Except that late night when I’m on patrol and she calls for assistance, we fall into bed...
  • Bartender with Benefits by Mickey Miller

    Bartender with Benefits by Mickey Miller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A steamy standalone Romantic comedy from Top 100 Author Mickey Miller  What happens when a good girl and a bad boy fake an engagement? My best friend's sister and I have a history that we'd rather keep secret. So when we make up a lie to get a loan, I should have seen the writing on the wall.  Now, she's my fake fiancée, which means we'll be spending more time together...
  • The Rulebreaker by Amelia Shea

    The Rulebreaker by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sloane Baxter is a good girl. She may not have an enviable or even desirable past, but she’s making her future perfect, including all the things she’s dreamed of, a solid home, a job she loves, and a life she’s created despite the hurdles she’s had to leap. Sloane is living her life on her terms...
  • Buckled by Pam Godwin

    Buckled by Pam Godwin

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I protect what’s mine. The ranch, my family, our buried secrets. Nothing will stop me from reassembling the life that went terribly wrong. Not the law. Not our enemies. Not even Maybe Quinn. The gorgeous, quarrelsome journalist shouldn’t have meddled. I shouldn’t have let her stay. But she’s hiding something in those deceptive blue eyes...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  multi-pov  sad  secrets  steamy  abuse  adult
  • Could Be Forever: Finn and Juliet by Claire Kingsley

    Could Be Forever: Finn and Juliet by Claire Kingsley

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s just a fling. Or is it?Juliet Blake shows up at my bar, dejected after her surprise girls’ weekend goes bad. So I do the usual—mix her a drink and listen to her troubles. I’m a spontaneous guy, so I offer to help—spend the rest of the weekend with her so she’s not alone on her birthday.I don’t expect her to end up in my bed, but when she does, it’s mind-blowing...
  • Key to Hell by Alex Grayson

    Key to Hell by Alex Grayson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The highly anticipated conclusion of the Hell Night Series. Emo's story.Death. Destruction. Pain. A soulless void. It's his life. It's his reality. Emo doesn't feel. Anything. His soul is dark and filled with hatred. People in the small town of Malus watch him with fear, with reverence. Exactly the way he prefers it. Guilt surrounds him, caging him in an ominous past he refuses to let go...
  • Everything I Have by A.K. Evans

    Everything I Have by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Emme James lives in darkness. 



Ever since her abusive relationship ended in heartbreaking tragedy, she's kept herself secluded to protect herself and those she loves. Unfortunately, Emme's plans to remain unattached fall apart the moment Zane Cunningham sets his sights on her. 
A professional snowboarder at the top of his game, Zane does not need a distraction...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  multi-pov  dark  romance  contemporary  sports  fiction  angst
  • Distracted by A.K. Evans

    Distracted by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Marriage of convenience? More like marriage of inconvenience. Especially when it turns deadly.Ellery Cross did what she had to do to save her family from ruin. She married a man she wasn’t in love with. Worse, she married a man she knew nothing about.But Ellery eventually learns all she needs to know about her husband. And sticking around is not an option...
  • Undeniable by C.A. Harms

    Undeniable by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes in life you are forced to do things you may not agree with. Family meant everything to Jude Calvert. He would do whatever it took to keep them safe and provide for them no matter what it took to make that happen. Even if that meant putting his own safety at risk, he had no other choice. Callie Raine has always felt a heavy attraction toward Jude. He was fascinating...
  • Holding On by Pamela Clare

    Holding On by Pamela Clare

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A hero barely holding on… Harrison Conrad returned to Scarlet Springs from Nepal, the sole survivor of a freak accident on Mt. Everest. Shattered and grieving for his friends, he vows never to climb again and retreats into a bottle of whiskey—until Kenzie Morgan shows up at his door with a tiny puppy asking for his help...
  • 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...
  • Somebody to Love by Wendy Vella

    Somebody to Love by Wendy Vella

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He was the bad boy no one trustedBailey’s burned out and not sure what leads her back to Ryker Falls, but has a feeling it’s got something to do with closure. Bad boy Joe Trainer was once her soulmate, but she isn’t sure she has a soul anymore. Finding he’s made something of his life is a shock, as he’d been on a one-way trip to hell when she left...
  • Bayou With Benefits by Erin Nicholas

    Bayou With Benefits by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They are friends. Without benefits. Unfortunately.Michael LeClaire is small-town Louisiana. A firefighter. A single dad.And Amelia Landry is New York City. A social media influencer. A model.Sure, she’s his son’s favorite person on the planet...
  • Jason by Nyssa Kathryn

    Jason by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Danger throws them together. Attraction keeps them from parting. Having lost her best friend, Courtney Davies lives every day like it's her last. Because if life has taught her anything, it's that some are cut far too short without warning. So when sexy former soldier Jason moves to Cradle Mountain, she shouldn't hesitate to express her immediate interest...
  • 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...
  • Beard in Hiding by Penny Reid

    Beard in Hiding by Penny Reid

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Propositioning the Iron Wraiths’ money man seemed like a good idea at the time… Diane Donner—recently divorced pillar of polite society—is craving danger. She’s tired of playing it safe and she knows just the sexy criminal motorcycle man to proposition for a good time. Problem is, she doesn’t actually know his name. Jason “Repo” Doe never takes risks...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  multi-pov  steamy  adult  audiobook  biker  book
  • Hello Tease by Kelsie Hoss

    Hello Tease by Kelsie Hoss

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Men view love as a game. One you can walk away from.At least that’s what the men in my life have taught me. My dad ran off when I was young, and just when I thought I was getting my own happily ever after, my ex left me on my own with two kids.Trying to pick up the pieces, I move to a small town where I can have help from my children’s grandparents...
  • Tagged & Ashed by C.M. Owens

    Tagged & Ashed by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The cunning predator, the willing prey, and a weekend neither of them will be able to forget... ever. Ash Branderwood was told one thing before going to her best friend's brother's wedding - don't get Tagged. There's always that one guy you shouldn't want, but you just can't help yourself...
  • Lotus by Jennifer Hartmann

    Lotus by Jennifer Hartmann

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    To the rest of the world, he was the little boy who went missing on the Fourth of July.To me, he was everything.My heart hasn't been the same since he disappeared, but I've learned to build my life around that missing piece.Twenty-two years later, the last thing I expect is for that missing piece to come back.His name is Oliver Lynch, and this is his story.This is our story...
    Categorized as:
    amnesia  crime  dark  friends-to-lovers  multi-pov  sad  steamy  abuse
  • Cuffed by K. Bromberg

    Cuffed by K. Bromberg

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author, K. Bromberg, comes a new series about three brothers, the job that calls them, and the women who challenge them. “I hate you. I never want to see you again.” Grant Malone is not the reason I moved back to Sunnyville—at least that’s what I tell myself...
    Categorized as:
    dark  friends-to-lovers  multi-pov  sad  secrets  steamy  abuse  adult
  • Pining by Stephanie Rose

    Pining by Stephanie Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A slow-burn, friends-to-lovers standalone holiday romanceThe bad guy never gets the girl. In the eyes of the law, I’ve paid for my youthful mistakes but I know I can never undo the damage I’ve caused. When I stepped out of my cell, I vowed to live a good life, make the right choices, and avoid temptation at all costs. Until her. She’s not a choice, she’s a compulsion. A craving...
  • Perfect Chance by Molly McLain

    Perfect Chance by Molly McLain

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kaden McMurray & Carly Walsh are coming to Mason Creek!We shared a single night together. No last names, no strings, no promises. Two months later, chance brings us together again. But this time around, things aren’t nearly as simple. In fact, they’re downright complicated...
  • Come a Little Closer by Kait Nolan

    Come a Little Closer by Kait Nolan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Griffin Powell has avoided his hometown since he left it in the rearview years ago. But the former Marine understands duty and promises, and that means dragging himself back home as part of his brother's wedding party. Which gets him thinking about a promise he made to a woman, after the best night of his life. When she, too, shows up as part of the wedding, it feels like a sign...
  • In Too Deep by Rebecca Sharp

    In Too Deep by Rebecca Sharp

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From bestselling author, Dr. Rebecca Sharp, comes a heart-wrenching and sexy standalone in the Winter Games series...Life has thrown Tammy Lucas one curveball after another, disrupting her perfectly-ordered plans...
  • Bad Taste In Men by Erin Nicholas

    Bad Taste In Men by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “You’ve been moping around long enough. Let me show you how these guys should be treating you.” Bailey Davis does not have bad taste in men. She’s just had some relationships that haven’t worked out. That’s totally normal. And she now has one broken engagement. Big deal. And an ex-fiancé who cheated on her. Okay maybe she has bad taste in men. At least the ones she plans to marry...
  • Always Magnolia: A Second Chance Romance by Rebecca Rathe

    Always Magnolia: A Second Chance Romance by Rebecca Rathe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A story about survival and second chances...After years of suffering at the hands of her abusive husband, Magnolia Crawford escapes in the dead of night with her young daughter and finds herself back in the last place she remembers feeling safe.A lifetime ago, she stood on this very property, in the shade of a magnolia tree behind her childhood home...
  • Caught in the Chase by Kacey Shea

    Caught in the Chase by Kacey Shea

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This summer I'm leaving my hometown for a fresh start. It's a necessary choice in my pursuit of a full and sober life. Besides, escaping to the Outer Banks isn't a hardship. This seaside town holds everything I need and more. That is, until I run into Chase Matthews. He's an arrogant, cocky, self-absorbed jerk who has already come between me and my best friend once...
  • Because of Me by Katie Pearson

    Because of Me by Katie Pearson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She aspires to be the girl he deserves.Becca Mills is desperate to give her son a better life. To do that, she heads to a new town where nobody knows her, except her mother and her mother’s dealer. When Becca meets Dereck, a tatted mechanic who enjoys making her blush and earning her smile, things get complicated...
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