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  • Thorn by Cee Bowerman

    Thorn by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Thorn Tempest is the silent brother of the family. Everyone who meets him seems to fall at least a little bit in love. But the seemingly brooding exterior hides a wealth of insecurities that he can’t find the words to explain. Plagued by memories of his mother and his youngest siblings’ tragic deaths, he’s got a plan for his life that doesn’t include kids of his own...
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    alpha-mc  family  steamy  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Stanton Bliss by T.L. Swan

    Stanton Bliss by T.L. Swan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    We've changed. Darker, damaged and unable to conform. My husband Joshua is dealing with the past the best that he can.....as am I. Nobody else can understand the language we speak. The trauma we have been through. But with the pain comes pleasure and happiness is our gift...
  • Tucker by Cee Bowerman

    Tucker by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    *Note from Author* This can be a stand alone book, but would be better if read after both the Texas Knights MC books and the Texas Kings MC books. After a hard childhood and a long stint in prison for his mistakes, Tucker Martin is learning how to live a new life, surrounded by his new brothers in The Texas Kings MC...
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    alpha-mc  family  steamy  suspense  adult  biker  book  contemporary
  • Cuffed by Lexxi James

    Cuffed by Lexxi James

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    HannahThe second I saw him walk through that door, I knew he was trouble.Men like him always are.The dark hair.The smoldering stubble.Those piercing gray eyes that might as well be a flame thrower between women's legs.Oh, and the fact that he's in a gentlemen's club.What am I doing here, you ask?It's my job to be here.No, not that job...
  • Doctor Feel Good by Blue Saffire

    Doctor Feel Good by Blue Saffire

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Doctor Feel Good Omid I knew from the first time I saw her she was my princess. The only woman I’ve ever truly wanted. However, there are things that dared to stand between us and twenty years of suffering without her have left me bare and waiting. Now she’s back in my life and I refuse to let her go. Not this time and not for anyone. I will do whatever I must to have Divine in my life. Whatever...
  • Blinding Trust by Jennifer Foor

    Blinding Trust by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Blinding Trust is told by Savanna and Colt. The book starts where book 6 left off. The family is at Conner and Amy’s oldest daughter’s fifth birthday party. Once the family arrives home, Colt is visited by someone from his past, (KRISTA’S BROTHER)who has changed his name to Zeke. He is a recovering addict and the lead singer of a popular rock band. Zeke is only visiting for one reason...
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    alpha-mc  angst  family  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Smolder by Helen Hardt

    Smolder by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s on the rebound, and he’s on the prowl. Aurora “Rory” Pike gave up her dream of becoming an opera superstar long ago. Now she’s content to teach music to the children of Snow Creek while helping her family recover from the wildfire that devastated them...
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    family  multi-pov  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Boss Love by Victoria Quinn

    Boss Love by Victoria Quinn

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She's on her knees.Tatum Titan.Just for me.I'm the man who rules her. I'm the man who owns her. But our time together is coming to an end.I realize I can't let her go. I can't let her marry Thorn.Not when it should be me...
  • Honor Me by Chelle Bliss

    Honor Me by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Honor Me features City & Suzy from Throttle Me - Book 1 in the Men of Inked series. It can be read as a standalone, but is best enjoyed after reading the entire series. I had everything I ever wanted--a wife, a kid, with two more on the way. I was living the American dream. After the babies were born, we hit a rough patch...
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    alpha-mc  family  steamy  suspense  adult  audiobook  biker  book
  • Battle Hearts by Nina Levine

    Battle Hearts by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Love, fight, battle, protect: the Morrison way. The only fucking way.⁣ This is Winter's journey to MC president. This is Winter & Birdie's journey to building a family. This is one epic MC battle. The conclusion to everything started in War of Hearts...
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    alpha-mc  angst  family  steamy  suspense  adult  biker  book
  • Risking Fate by Jennifer Foor

    Risking Fate by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Book four in the Mitchell series starts where book three ended. As we finish with Colt and Savanna's next chapter in their lives, it is Ty and Miranda's turn again. Ty and Miranda may not have always had the best track records, but their love for each other is real and it's forever...
  • Hope Town Books 1-3 by Harper Sloan

    Hope Town Books 1-3 by Harper Sloan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For the first time ever, the Hope Town books are being bundled! Join us for the first three books in the series! Complete with all new bonus content! You fell in love with them as children in the Corps Security Series, but now, watch them fall in love with a spin-off series of their own, the Hope Town Series...
  • Between Embers by Autumn Jones Lake

    Between Embers by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    If you were wondering what some of the other LOKI men were up to during Rock and Hope’s wedding…this is your chance to find out. Between Embers (Lost Kings MC 5.5) is a collection of three short stories, approximately 25,000 words. This is intended to be a companion piece to White Heat (Lost Kings MC #5)...
  • Boss Man by Victoria Quinn

    Boss Man by Victoria Quinn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I've never made a compromise before. But I made an exception for Diesel Hunt. Because he was all man. Because he was everything I needed. Because he would make it worth my while. Now I'm calling the shots. I'm the one in control. No matter how much I hurt him, he asks for more. All I can think about is when my turns arrives. When I'm the one on my knees, wrists bound...
  • Cleo's Rage by E.C. Land

    Cleo's Rage by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    CleoNo one should have to face the devil more than once in their lifetime – yet I’ve had to stare deep into his soulless eyes twice.If you ask me, I was left broken beyond repair. At least, that’s what I thought. Rage didn’t though...
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    steamy  angst  alpha-mc  family  suspense  contemporary  dark  abuse
  • Twister's Survival by E.C. Land, Cosmic Letterz Design

    Twister's Survival by E.C. Land, Cosmic Letterz Design

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Izzy For as long as I can remember, I've only felt one thing - pain. It consumes every part of me and I just want it to end. Enough has happened over the years and I'm ready to make it all stop. The night I lay out my plan and am fully prepared to end my life - he stops me. His act is simple, offering me his hand but in that, he gave me so much hope...
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    suspense  steamy  angst  alpha-mc  romance  contemporary  fiction  dark
  • Enchanted: A Masters and Mercenaries Novella by Lexi Blake

    Enchanted: A Masters and Mercenaries Novella by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lexi Blake comes a new story in her Masters and Mercenaries series… A snarky submissive princess Sarah Stevens’s life is pretty sweet. By day, she’s a dedicated trauma nurse and by night, a fun-loving club sub. She adores her job, has a group of friends who have her back, and is a member of the hottest club in Dallas...
  • Family: The Club Girl Diaries Book 5 by Addison Jane

    Family: The Club Girl Diaries Book 5 by Addison Jane

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Family came first—that’s what the Brothers by Blood MC believed in. They fell in love, they battled the odds, and they fought through the danger that threatened to tear them apart, but it wasn’t over yet. Their stories were just the beginning, and now they were determined to continue to build their families and the next generation of the MC...
  • Claim by Janet Nissenson

    Claim by Janet Nissenson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The final book of the Splendor trilogy – the conclusion, but never the ending, to a love story for the ages All of luxury hotel heir Ian Gregson’s dreams are finally coming true. Soon he will be able to claim the beautiful woman he longed for from afar for more than two years, and she will belong to him for all time...
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    alpha-mc  angst  multi-pov  steamy  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary
  • Fury by Laramie Briscoe

    Fury by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From a USA Bestselling Author - the next book in a fan favorite series! Family is number one; whether they are blood related or patched in. At thirteen-years-old, the bastard son of an asshole who wanted me to fail, I learned that lesson. Thanks to one man. Liam Walker raised me, taught me how to be an adult, and loved the hell out of my mother, me, and my sisters...
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    alpha-mc  angst  multi-pov  steamy  suspense  adult  biker  book
  • Saving Us by Jennifer Foor

    Saving Us by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Book six in the Mitchell Family Series starts off right where #5 left off. As Conner and Amy hope for a future together, they are faced with troubles standing in their way. With a baby in their near future, Conner takes charge and will stop at nothing until he can claim Amy as his, forever. There is only one thing stopping them... Amy's ex...
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    alpha-mc  family  multi-pov  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  book
  • Without Me by Chelle Bliss

    Without Me by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I’d led a selfish existence. I liked who I was. Hell, I loved myself. Women threw themselves at me and I took what they offered without remorse. I promised them nothing. I sank my teeth into life, holding on to the bitch like my very existence depended on it. Time passed. Women came and went...
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    alpha-mc  angst  family  steamy  suspense  adult  audiobook  book
  • Nolan: Return to Signal Bend by Susan Fanetti

    Nolan: Return to Signal Bend by Susan Fanetti

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    PREORDER LIVE NOW RELEASE DATE 4 JUNE 2016 Nolan Mariano is a man shaped by loss. All his life, people he’s loved deeply have left him in one way or another. In Signal Bend, Missouri, as a son and then a member of the Night Horde MC, he’s found a home and a family. His mother and his younger brother are protected and loved, too. But Nolan can’t trust it...
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    alpha-mc  angst  family  multi-pov  steamy  suspense  biker  book
  • The Lover by E.L. Todd

    The Lover by E.L. Todd

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Against all odds, Finn and I have managed to be together.Colton continues to warn me, says that Finn will never change.But he already has.I don't know what the future holds...but I think Finn fits in somewhere...
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    alpha-mc  angst  family  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary
  • When He's Wild by Lisa Renee Jones

    When He's Wild by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The third and final book in a Walker Security trilogy featuring Adrian Ramos...He was dirty, then he was bad, now he's just plain wild. Like all the men of Walker Security, when he fell for his woman, he fell hard. Some might call his love for Priscilla a weakness, but you might as well call her a weapon.You hurt her, vengeance is coming and his name is Adrian...
  • Clutch by Jack Davenport

    Clutch by Jack Davenport

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    18+ for language and sexual situations...The Burning Saints Motorcycle Club is the only family Clutch has known, and violence his only stock and trade. Humanity has handed him nothing but pain struggle, and he’s come to expect even less from it. As an orphan, he’s always found it easier to bond with machines than with people...
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    suspense  steamy  alpha-mc  romance  contemporary  fiction  biker  book
  • Burned by A.K. Evans

    Burned by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Zara Brooks needs a fresh start. Consumed with insecurity and damaged by betrayal, Zara leaves her old life and all the heartache it holds behind her. Or so she thinks… Zara is deeply wounded and every choice she makes in her new hometown is evidence of that pain. Pierce Reynolds has lived in Windsor all his life and loves the community...
  • Unworthy by A.K. Evans

    Unworthy by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes your first love needs a second chance... A boy from the wrong side of the tracks, Trent Michaels never cared what anyone thought of him. That is, until the girl he fell in love with broke his heart in the worst way possible. Delaney Rogers knows she made the biggest mistake of her life when she allowed Trent to walk away from her...
  • Taming the Wolf by Maureen Smith

    Taming the Wolf by Maureen Smith

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Samara Layton needs a pot of gold. Her community outreach organization in Washington, D.C. is in dire financial straits. As executive director, it's up to Samara to rescue the non-profit organization from bankruptcy, and time is running out. As a last-ditch resort, she seeks help from her estranged mother, world-renowned fashion designer Asha Dubois...
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    alpha-mc  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Niro by Jessica Gadziala

    Niro by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    * You do not need to read the OG Henchmen to read this new series *Joining the MC had never been a question.Raised by an ex-cage-fighting member, Niro hadn’t seen any future for himself that didn’t involve bikes, guns, violence, and the brotherhood he’d learned to revere above all else. But joining the Henchmen meant he couldn’t have the only other thing in life he wanted.Andi...
  • Ink Exposed by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Ink Exposed by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink series continues with the brother that deserves a second chance, and the woman who has always loved him. Alex Montgomery lost his first love and then proceeded to leave himself in the bottle. Only he and his ex-wife truly know why he fell so hard and so fast down a path he never thought he’d take...
  • Being Lost by Manda Mellett

    Being Lost by Manda Mellett

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    LostAll my life, it seems, I’ve made mistakes. Once, I lost everything. Failure seems to follow me around.I didn’t spot what a snake Snake was—he had planned a mutiny right under my nose. Yeah, he did well when he appointed me as his VP. I followed him blindly, never suspecting a thing.Now Snake is dead and I’m the prez...
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    family  steamy  suspense  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Damaged! by J.S. Scott

    Damaged! by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The final book of the Walker Brothers Trilogy!!! What happens when your entire future is destroyed in moments? Dane My name is Dane Walker, and I'm entirely, irrevocably damaged. I lost my whole life in the plane crash that killed my father and left me scarred, both physically and emotionally, barely clinging to life in a hospital as the sole survivor of the accident.
  • Resisting by Chelle Bliss

    Resisting by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    **Resisting is no longer available in eBook or print on any retailer. It's only available to newsletter subscribers**--This is NOT a follow up novella to Resist Me--Can be read as a series starter and a stand alone-- I belong to no one. It’s the way I’ve chosen to live. Master of my own destiny, finding my way through this bullshit thing called life. I learned from a young age how to get my way...
  • The Draw by Amelia Shea

    The Draw by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Quiet and reserved bookkeeper, Wren Agnew strives to be highly efficient and completely inconspicuous. She calculates and formulates plans to cover every possible hitch or challenge while remaining totally behind the scenes. Every second of her life is meticulously orchestrated and intentional...
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    alpha-mc  family  multi-pov  steamy  suspense  adult  biker  book
  • Taming Casanova by M.J. Carnal

    Taming Casanova by M.J. Carnal

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the Casanova of the Moretti Men, Kevin Merck spent his life capturing the eye of multiple women. His conquests were legendary. But life isn’t always what it seems. After saving his best friend, Ryan West, with a bone marrow transplant, he became a permanent fixture in the Moretti family. While everyone was getting their lives back, something went terribly wrong. Turning to Dr...
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    alpha-mc  family  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Scenic Route by D.D. Prince

    Scenic Route by D.D. Prince

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Take the ride to Happily Ever After with Beautiful Biker Spencer Valentine of The Dominion Brotherhood MC. Best experienced after Detour (Beautiful Biker 1) and Joyride (Beautiful Biker 2) Spencer knows it’s a long and winding road to happily ever after. He’s got baggage. He has a chip on his shoulder...
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    alpha-mc  angst  family  steamy  suspense  biker  book  cheerful-mc
  • Shark's Edge by Angel Payne, Victoria Blue

    Shark's Edge by Angel Payne, Victoria Blue

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Every great dream begins with a dreamer… Sebastian Shark is on the verge of realizing his dream. The Edge—the most luxurious Los Angeles skyscraper ever conceived—will be his legacy, an icon to dominate LA’s skyline just as Shark dominates its boardrooms...
  • Xavier's Kitten by Nichole Rose

    Xavier's Kitten by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You've met his twin, Tate Grimes, now get ready to meet Xavier in Xavier's Kitten! Welcome to Silver Spoon Falls, TX. The men here are known for having it all. Except there's a shortage of eligible ladies in town to share it with. These determined men won't let that slow them down...
  • The Difference Between Someday and Forever by Aly Martinez

    The Difference Between Someday and Forever by Aly Martinez

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The world took everything from us. As survivors of not only a plane crash, but two other impossible tragedies, we’d more than earned a life of peace. But time and time again, we were shown that fate had no intention of giving that to us. Remi and I were soulmates. Plain and simple. Our love should have died in the depths of our darkness, but the sun still exists even when it’s not shining...
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    angst  multi-pov  steamy  suspense  adult  amnesia  book  contemporary
  • Heated Ride by Chelsea Camaron

    Heated Ride by Chelsea Camaron

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Hellions motorcycle club is a commitment for life, one Ruben ‘Ruby’ Castillo believes in. His wife Jenna ‘Vida’ Natera de Castillo has given her life to being his ol’ lady and the mother to their three children. She takes her commitment to her man seriously. People change, and over time, passion can fizzle. Life for Jenna falls apart the day Ruby no long-er says I do...
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    alpha-mc  angst  family  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  audiobook
  • Promises After Dark by Kahlen Aymes

    Promises After Dark by Kahlen Aymes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In and out of the bedroom, Alex and Angel's passion is an all-consuming, every-second-of-every-day, can't-stop-thinking-about-you, obsession! They have it all; fiery hot sexual chemistry, an undeniable mental connection, a profound emotional bond, and a newfound trust as they promise each other, 'no more secrets'. Theirs is a sensual, magical love affair of epic proportions...
  • This Time Around by Stacey Lynn

    This Time Around by Stacey Lynn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cooper Hawke was everything I didn’t need. Rich and famous, and a high-profile actor, he lived a life of luxury while my life had always been much more simple. Yet when he showed up at my cattle ranch in Kansas, he gave me everything I didn’t think I wanted again. His marriage was over and he was lost. I was still barely surviving in my grief after my husband’s sudden death...
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    alpha-mc  angst  family  multi-pov  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Undeniably Asher by K.L. Kreig

    Undeniably Asher by K.L. Kreig

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Memories. Scars. Possibilities. Fate is a fickle bitch that slaps us in the face every opportunity she gets. Sometimes it’s a taunt, but sometimes it’s a goddamn wake-up call to pay attention. When destiny put Asher Calloway straight in Alyse Kingsley’s path once again, he knew this was one slap he wasn’t ignoring, regardless of his past relationships...
  • Caged Rose by Naomi West

    Caged Rose by Naomi West

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ten years ago, a one-night-stand got me pregnant and disappeared.Now, he’s standing on my doorstep.And he’s not leaving until I let him in.But even if I wanted to, I can’t.And even if I could, I wouldn’t.Because Konstantin Aminoff is a world of danger, and my life has plenty of that as it is.I’ve got a possessive addict for an ex and a creepy lurker for a landlord...
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    alpha-mc  angst  multi-pov  steamy  suspense  adult  book  comedy
  • Sinful Desire by Lauren Blakely

    Sinful Desire by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A sinfully sexy new romance novel from Lauren Blakely, author of the New York Times Bestselling Seductive Nights series…. Control. It’s what Ryan Sloan values most. Control of his business, control of his secrets, control of his days and nights. With the way his life spiraled in the past, he needs to stay in charge of his present. Giving up control. It’s what Sophie Winston craves...
  • Blaze by Nina Levine

    Blaze by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Passion. Love. Forever. Forever is a long time and takes a lot of hard work. For twelve years, Madison and J's love story has been wild and uncontrollable. Their road to love has been full of breathtaking highs and devastating lows. Finally, they’ve found each other again and have both sworn that this time it will be forever. Theirs is an everlasting love...
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    alpha-mc  angst  family  multi-pov  steamy  suspense  adult  biker
  • Seeking Our Destiny : Nelson Brothers' by Liberty Parker, Darlene Tallman

    Seeking Our Destiny : Nelson Brothers' by Liberty Parker, Darlene Tallman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Silas: 

I'm a hard man; I've had to be thanks to my father. I protect those I love and care for with everything I have and nothing gets to me. Until the day I carried a slip of a woman, Destiny, out of the hell she had been held in, I took what I wanted with no regrets...
    Categorized as:
    angst  family  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • July Flames by Mari Carr

    July Flames by Mari Carr

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Rock Star Bodyguard Romance He'll risk everything to keep her. He’s going from military hero to bodyguard? Well, that might not be so bad. The money will be good anyway. But then Fergus meets the woman he’s hired to protect. A former teen pop star? Please God, no. After being taken advantage of repeatedly through her career, the music diva is used to pushing people away...
  • 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
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