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  • Marley by Lesley Jones

    Marley by Lesley Jones

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From the author of Carnage 1&2, comes this follow up novel. Marley tells the story of Carnage from Marley Layton’s POV. It will give you the missing years. Marley is a companion novel to Carnage 1&2 and both of those books should be read first...
  • Free Game: A Foxview Heights Novel by Kema B.

    Free Game: A Foxview Heights Novel by Kema B.

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
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    alpha-mc  celebrity  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  poc-mc  steamy
  • Zero Tolerance by Autumn Jones Lake

    Zero Tolerance by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’ve spent a lot of years as a hit-it-and-quit-it player only seeking a good time. As Vice President of the Lost Kings Motorcycle Club, willing women are never in short supply. I never needed any of them for more than one night. Until I met her. My perfect woman. Like a damn mermaid, she was beautiful, smart, sexy, and slippery as fuck...
  • Brie Faces Her Master's Fears by Red Phoenix

    Brie Faces Her Master's Fears by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Brie is thrilled by the secret Master reveals. Their D/s relationship and love deepens as he teaches her his preferences and shares another aspect of his past. Tragically, a meeting with her nemesis starts a disastrous chain of events. The aftermath of which leads her Master to make a decision Brie never sees coming...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  sad  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy  romance
  • Brie Learns Restraint by Red Phoenix

    Brie Learns Restraint by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Brie Learns Restraint, #5 in the AG series:Brie is given the opportunity to work under the mastery of another Dom - an expert in bondage. During the unique arrangement she discovers truths about herself and several of her past trainers. A new passion is ignited when she participates in an erotic class of Kinbaku. Loyalties are challenged, but a clear winner emerges...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  sad  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy  romance
  • Brie Visits Master's Italy by Red Phoenix

    Brie Visits Master's Italy by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Brie’s After Graduation Series #7Brie has many exciting lessons yet to learn. There’s a session on belts, an introduction to Master’s new skill and the unwelcomed challenge of jealousy. Master shares his father’s Italian hometown with his little sub. While exploring the island they discover something that has remained hidden for years, waiting for Master’s return...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  sad  romance  steamy  contemporary  fiction  family  epic
  • Brie Discerns Master's Heart by Red Phoenix

    Brie Discerns Master's Heart by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Brie's AG series #6Master has revealed himself in small doses, only hinting about the tragedy in his past. Things are about to shift as Brie comes face to face with Master’s greatest adversary. Huge changes are rushing towards our young submissive. The wolf must be confronted, her documentary is about to discover its fate and Master will bare a part of himself kept hidden until now...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  sad  romance  steamy  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Fate Loves by Tina Saxon

    Fate Loves by Tina Saxon

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Conclusion of the romantic suspense Twist of Fate trilogy. He got down on one knee, and I said yes. Time stood still in a picture-perfect moment. I was finally going to get my happily ever after. Funny thing about moments, the next one can change everything. Aiden and I have spent our whole lives trying to untangle ourselves from an intricate web of truth and lies...
  • Never Lasting by Julia Wolf

    Never Lasting by Julia Wolf

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tali DiPietro is a good girl with a streak of punk rock rebel. Before I left for college, my mom told me not to settle down with the first guy who crosses my path. Sage advice, sure, but that’s hard to do after I share an elevator with a guy who is nothing like the boys back home...
  • Brie Surrenders her Heart by Red Phoenix

    Brie Surrenders her Heart by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Brie’s submissive journey has been marked with self-discovery, humor, and sexual exploration. To her delight, Brie is about to enjoy the best scene ever with Master, carrying her to heights never imagined. Friendships deepen, a challenge is accepted, and her film career is launched. But life is a balance..
  • All He Desires by Brenda Jackson

    All He Desires by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Voluptuous Woman More to Hold. More to Love. Bare Essentials Voluptuous Orlando Judge Dominique Kincaid finds lust at first sight in the form of a handsome morning jogger who fuels her fantasies. But when he steps into her courtroom as a hotshot attorney, she finds it hard to remain the Honorable Judge Kincaid...
  • Breaking Free by L.L. Collins

    Breaking Free by L.L. Collins

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alexis Carson-Nichols has had what anyone would describe as an idyllic childhood. She has great parents, little brothers and sister that mean the world to her, and friends that are always there for her. As she graduates from high school and gets ready to go to college, she feels like she has the world at her fingertips. She can’t wait to experience life as a young adult...
  • Brie Masters Love in Submission: Submissive in Love by Red Phoenix

    Brie Masters Love in Submission: Submissive in Love by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Delve into the mysterious domain of BDSM--a world of romance and wickedly hot fun in this epic third novel of the highly popular Brie Series. A haunting dream about Tono Nosaka starts Brie Bennett on an erotic journey around the world. From Tokyo to Moscow, Denver and Tuscany, join Brie as she navigates the bonds of love and friendship...
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    alpha-mc  sad  adult  bdsm  book  contemporary  fiction  new-adult
  • Broken Hearts (Light in the Dark ) by Micalea Smeltzer

    Broken Hearts (Light in the Dark ) by Micalea Smeltzer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After everything we’ve been through, I thought we could weather any storm. But this is one thing neither of us ever saw coming. Jace and Nova have learned to roll with the punches—they’ve had to. The last few years have been bliss-filled and better than they imagined, but they’re ready to take the next step. The problem? Life apparently has other plans...
  • A Home For Christmas: A Home For Christmas Novella by Blue Saffire

    A Home For Christmas: A Home For Christmas Novella by Blue Saffire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I have nothing to offer her. He saved my life. I'll do anything to help him. This wasn't supposed to be the way my life turned out. One bad choice has left me homeless. Now, I'm on the street watching a woman about to get carjacked. Here I go again saving others and losing everything. I just hope she's worth my life. He just took a bullet for me. I have to save his life...
  • Tense - Volume One by Deborah Bladon

    Tense - Volume One by Deborah Bladon

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The first volume of TENSE, a novel duet by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Deborah Bladon. He's as beautiful as he is brilliant. Nicholas Wolf's mind is a dangerously dark place. He dreams up tales of murder, intrigue, and passion so intense that his detective novels have enthralled readers worldwide...
  • Eternal by Rachel Van Dyken

    Eternal by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    *This is a crossover novella featuring characters from both the Seaside and Ruin series* Lead singer of AD2 Demetri Daniels only wants one thing... To marry the love of his life and make the day perfect for her. But perfect isn't exactly happening, not with his sister-in-law going into labor, or with rabid fans discovering their wedding location, or birds suddenly attacking the rehearsal dinner...
  • Turnover by Lisa Suzanne

    Turnover by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I’m in love with a man who is marrying somebody else. At least that’s what was supposed to happen when I was kicked out of the wedding last night by the bride’s father. I find myself without a job, without a home, and without the pro football quarterback I’ve fallen for...
  • The Someday Girl by Julie Johnson

    The Someday Girl by Julie Johnson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    THE SOMEDAY GIRL is the 95,000 word follow up to THE MONDAY GIRL. It concludes the angsty, addictive storyline of THE GIRL duet. I fell in love with a man who could not love me back. A man I will never deserve fell in love with me. Katherine Firestone has finally made it in Hollywood. New house. New car. New closet full of designer clothes. She's got it all. And yet..
  • Afternoon Delight by Piper Rayne

    Afternoon Delight by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    SPECIAL RELEASE PRICE of $2.99 for a LIMITED TIME! "I just kept flying through the pages, heart in my throat." ~ Nerdy, Dirty and Flirty Book Blog  The perfect man for me is the one who broke my heart. #thanksbutnothanksOnce bitten.Twice shy.Yeah, I wish.I'm on a mission to find myself a nice, solid, respectable man...
  • Forgive Me by Melanie Walker

    Forgive Me by Melanie Walker

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    There are very deep issues at play in this book and it is not for the weak. The twist in this book leaves you devastated and you will need to absorb it. You will get mad, cry your heart out, be crushed, smile, and lose it by the end of this book. Forgive Me is about Forgiveness. All the things you think you know are only a fraction of the big picture...
  • Captive by Brenda Rothert

    Captive by Brenda Rothert

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Two years ago, Jason and Kate Ryker were brought together by grief and bound to one another by love. Now married, they’re confronting their fears together. But heartbreak finds them again, and the ties that bind Kate and Ryke are tested as she struggles against fear and sadness. As a grief counselor, Kate understands all too well the pain of her clients...
  • Forever by Rachel Van Dyken

    Forever by Rachel Van Dyken

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Men fall hard. Rock stars? Fall the hardest. This is the conclusion to Alec and Nat's story. I breathed in and out for a few seconds as I waited at the end of the aisle. It felt like I was standing overlooking the edge of a cliff, and the minute I saw my future wife, I was going to freefall. The music started. Shit, I was seriously going to pass out...
  • Good Girl Gone by Tammy Falkner

    Good Girl Gone by Tammy Falkner

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She's perfect. He's not. She's the lead singer in a popular rock band. He's a tattoo artist. She's all perfect creases and fancy clothes. He's covered in prison ink. She's wealthy. He doesn't have a pot to piss in. She's good. He's bad...
  • Resisting the CEO: Office Second Chance Romance by Emelia Blair

    Resisting the CEO: Office Second Chance Romance by Emelia Blair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Kendal’s hired to a job she never applied for, will she recognize her new boss?On the verge of homelessness, Kendal accepts the golden job she’s offered by theCEO of Starr Enterprises. But her new boss, Caleb, looks too familiar…and seems determined to start a flame between them.While Caleb works to steal her heart, Kendal accidentally discovers who he really is...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  sad  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor  workplace
  • Dying Wish by Margaret McHeyzer

    Dying Wish by Margaret McHeyzer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I have three major loves in my life: my family, my best friend Becky, and ballet. Elijah Turner is quickly becoming the fourth.He's been around as long as I can remember. But now he's much more than just the annoying guy at school.My life was working out perfectly...until it got turned upside down...
  • Play Fast by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Play Fast by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Five reasons I should never go near Oz Taylor:• He’s a hot as sin world famous rockstar with a big...ax.• He’s a huge, tattooed older guy with a piercing dark gaze that can destroy a woman’s virginity.• He’s my forever best friend’s older brother.• He hasn’t spoken to me in more than five years.• Oh, and I’m pretty sure he hates me..
  • Sold Out by A.M. Madden

    Sold Out by A.M. Madden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author, A.M. Madden comes the final novel in The Back-Up Series. Life as rock stars couldn’t be better for Devil’s Lair. Wealth, success, love all make for perfect lives. That is until fate steps in, once again. There are twists and turns that you’ll never see coming. Grab some tissues because you're going to need them...
  • Breaking Her Bad by Michelle Mankin

    Breaking Her Bad by Michelle Mankin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kyle Murphy gave into temptation. On a hot summer school night, the Southside drug dealer tossed his usual caution aside. He disobeyed a direct order from his boss. He stayed in Lakeside with Claire. He shouldn’t have. He wasn’t who Claire thought he was. He wasn’t right for her. He was dark as night. She was bright as day. Being with her was like flying so high he touched the sun...
  • Blaze by Deborah Bladon

    Blaze by Deborah Bladon

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    BLAZE is the third part of HEAT, a four-part series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Deborah Bladon. Cadence Sutton is determined to make her career dreams come true. She's young, ambitious and falling hard for her boss, Chef Tyler Monroe. He's everything she wants. He's a force of nature in the kitchen and just as intense when they're alone...
  • Spark by Deborah Bladon

    Spark by Deborah Bladon

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SPARK is the second part of HEAT, a four-part novella series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Deborah Bladon Cadence Sutton was living the life she always wanted. She was working at Nova beside Manhattan's sexiest chef and at night, she was the woman sharing his bed...
  • Echoes of the Heart by L.A. Casey

    Echoes of the Heart by L.A. Casey

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A sizzling second-chance romance from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author L.A. Casey—Frankie pushed her first love away. A decade later, he walks back into her life, but is she prepared to trust again?When rock star Risk Keller shows up in Frankie’s diner with his heart on his sleeve, it turns her world upside down. Letting him go was the hardest thing she ever had to do...
  • Breaking Gravity by Autumn Grey

    Breaking Gravity by Autumn Grey

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I've always followed my dreams with ruthless determination. My life was going well. Success was at my fingertips. Until it wasn't. All it took was three seconds to send my world crashing down around me, ripping my dreams to shreds. Then I meet her, with her large hazel eyes that slay me at first glance. And everything starts to make sense again. I try to keep my distance...
  • Take the Bride: A Knight Brothers Novella by Carly Phillips

    Take the Bride: A Knight Brothers Novella by Carly Phillips

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carly Phillips comes a new story in her Knight Brothers series… She used to be his. Now she’s about to marry another man. Will he let her go … or will he stand up and take the bride? Ryder Hammond and Sierra Knight were high school sweethearts...
  • Only You by Samantha Young

    Only You by Samantha Young

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Once upon a time, Monroe Sinclair was Brodan Adair’s best friend, but now he’s a stranger and one of Hollywood’s leading men…It took Monroe Sinclair eighteen years to return home to Ardnoch after a fateful night that devastated her friendship with Brodan Adair. She fled her unrequited love for him, as well as her difficult family life, and tried not to look behind her...
  • Paper, Scissors, Rock by Nicole S. Goodin

    Paper, Scissors, Rock by Nicole S. Goodin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Do you want a date with a rock star? "This is Shelly Corbett, reporting to you live for HDN news, I'm outside 'The Jett' nightclub where we have reports coming in left, right and centre that serial womaniser, ‘the world’s gift to music’ – Parker Sloan, has set his sights on a mystery redhead...
  • Girl in Love by Caisey Quinn

    Girl in Love by Caisey Quinn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She's living her dream... Kylie Ryans is the biggest thing to come out of Nashville since, well, since Trace Corbin. With a hit album and a powerful label behind her, she appears to be the girl who has it all. But appearances can be deceiving. Fresh out of rehab, Trace Corbin is ready to take on the world. Just not the girl he walked away from...
  • Taming The Playboy by M.J. Carnal

    Taming The Playboy by M.J. Carnal

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ryan West learned at an early age that forever is never promised. Deciding to live each moment to the fullest, Ryan spends his days as a personal trainer to the rich and famous and his nights in the arms of a vast array of women. As a playboy, his motto is to work hard but play even harder...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  sad  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  new-adult  steamy
  • Rock the Band by Michelle A. Valentine

    Rock the Band by Michelle A. Valentine

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    After Noel Falcon professed his love to the one girl who truly holds his heart in the palm of her hand, he decides to try his damndest to keep Lane Vance in his life forever this time. There’s no way he’ll let her slip through his fingers again without a fight...
  • Every Kiss by Tasha Ivey

    Every Kiss by Tasha Ivey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After witnessing Makenna’s journey to find herself again, Callie is reminded of her own struggles with love. No, Wes wasn’t always the easy going guy that he is today. He was moody and unpredictable in the worst of ways, and she was certain to call him out on it every chance she got. Looking back, she’s amazed at how much their lives have changed since they met...
  • Collide Vol. 3  (Club Prive): Alpha Billionaire Romance (Club Prive) by M.S. Parker

    Collide Vol. 3 (Club Prive): Alpha Billionaire Romance (Club Prive) by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bryne Dawkins is not looking for a relationship, which is good, because her lover-not-boyfriend, Dax Prevot, isn’t either. Bryne wants to focus on her acting career and adjusting to life in New York City, but she finds that the more time she spends with Dax, the more she wants. Including answers to the secrets he's holding. Will Dax's secrets drive them apart..
  • Treyton by J. Nathan

    Treyton by J. Nathan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    STANDALONE #2 in the Savage Beasts rock star series. Treyton Collins is Savage Beasts’ drummer. He’s the rock band’s resident bad boy with the troubled past, tattoos, and tongue ring to prove it. No woman has yet to be immune to Treyton’s charm. That’s why he’s fascinated by the one who is... She couldn’t be any more different than him. She’s business suits and he’s torn jeans...
  • Stories for Amanda by Karen Avivi, Kahlen Aymes

    Stories for Amanda by Karen Avivi, Kahlen Aymes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Note: "Defying the Dust" from this compilation is part of "The Artists Trilogy" series.An anthology collection benefit for the fight against bullying by sixteen of today's bestselling authors in romance and young adult.All proceeds go to the Amanda Todd Legacy. @ amandatoddlegacy...
  • Sexiest Couple Alive by M. Clarke, Regina Wamba

    Sexiest Couple Alive by M. Clarke, Regina Wamba

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    MOVIE BOOK TRAILER: https://youtu.be/loLaqma2-kg Nathan Cross is living his dream. Not only is he modeling for Knight Fashion Magazine, recently voted “sexiest man alive,” but he is dating a beautiful photographer who could be his new future. When he unexpectedly reunites with his past love, his world crashes around him. Two loves...
  • Legacy by L.P. Maxa

    Legacy by L.P. Maxa

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Children of famous rock band, The Devil's Share, Beau Cole and Halen Connor have known and loved each other all their lives. There was no one Beau wanted to be with more than Halen, no one who would ever have his heart. Four years older than his girl, Beau had vowed to keep their status as best friends until Halen was eighteen...
  • Max by Stacy Gail

    Max by Stacy Gail

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    House of Payne: Max TRIGGER WARNING: This book contains flashbacks of violence and drug abuse, and the impact of these factors on family members. If you have issues with these elements, this book is not for you.Chicago’s premiere tattoo studio, House Of Payne, is across the street from the Mad Cow diner, but it might as well be on another planet as far as waitress Paradise Simone is concerned...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  celebrity  romance  contemporary  angst  fiction  book  adult
  • Guilty For You by A.M. McCoy

    Guilty For You by A.M. McCoy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fox St. Claire is everything I shouldn't want. He's dangerous, dark, and the muscle of a secretive motorcycle club. Even worse? He's my brother's best friend.I knew falling for him wouldn’t end well, but our simple friendship quickly morphed into more, blurring the lines of what we knew was wrong but felt so right...
  • The Royals: Alexander and Clara: Volume One (The Royals Saga) by Geneva Lee

    The Royals: Alexander and Clara: Volume One (The Royals Saga) by Geneva Lee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This special edition features the first three books in the series.Command MeA man with the world at his feet, and he stole a kiss from her.It should have ended there, since Clara has no idea who he is. Except that kiss was caught by someone's camera, and now the picture is splashed on tabloids all over the world. She should have recognized him: Prince Alexander of Cambridge.Royal bad boy...
  • My Someday... by Kristi Pelton

    My Someday... by Kristi Pelton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ******Warning: Some content is inappropriate for younger readers. Intended for 17 + ********* My Someday is book 3 and the final installment of the Just One of the Guys series. Old Enough to Love and Finally...One Summer are the first two books in the series...
  • Reckless Abandon by Jeannine Colette

    Reckless Abandon by Jeannine Colette

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A heart-wrenching breakup, an accident… a loss. Stretching out my right hand, I am reminded of the worst year of my life and all the dreams that faded in one awful weekend. For six months I was numb. And then I met a man. An intense, complex, emotion extracting, sinful man. If there's one thing I notice it’s the piercing gaze he is giving me. So piercing because of Golden Eyes...
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