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  • 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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    steamy  dark  angst  alpha-mc  romance  suspense  contemporary  fiction
  • Ours: Book Six in The Everett Gaming Series by Drew Sera

    Ours: Book Six in The Everett Gaming Series by Drew Sera

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two powerful men committed to going down a dark path with a fragile woman. With each step forward, they built an unbreakable bond that gave them the courage and strength not to lose themselves or one another. The road was littered with heartbreak, obstacles, and an unexpected element that only made them more committed…love. But not all roads have room for three...
  • Crave by Janet Nissenson

    Crave by Janet Nissenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The next chapter in one of the most romantic love stories ever told Luxury hotel heir Ian Gregson longed for his beloved Tessa from afar for more than two years, forced to keep his attraction towards her well hidden. But now that his feelings no longer have to remain a secret, he is free to indulge his constant craving for the woman of his dreams...
  • Complete Submission - 2018 Edition: The Complete Series Boxed Set with Bonus Story by CD Reiss

    Complete Submission - 2018 Edition: The Complete Series Boxed Set with Bonus Story by CD Reiss

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The COMPLETE USA Today Bestselling series - plus a never before published BONUS SCENE. Jonathan Drazen. Gorgeous. Charming. Smart. Rich. All the ingredients for a few nights of mind-blowing pleasure are right there. He’s made it perfectly clear he can’t love me, and I’m not out to fall in love either. But I can’t stay away from him. He’s got this bossy way about him in bed...
  • Complete Submission: The Complete Series by C.D. Reiss

    Complete Submission: The Complete Series by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jonathan Drazen. Gorgeous. Check. Charming. Check. Smart. Check. Rich. Hey... I'm not gonna complain. All the ingredients for a few nights of mind-blowing pleasure are right there. He's made it perfectly clear he can't love me, and I'm not out to fall in love either. But I can't stay away from him. He's got this bossy way about him in bed...
  • Lost With Me by J. Kenner

    Lost With Me by J. Kenner

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From New York Times and #1 International bestselling author J. Kenner comes a new full-length novel in the wildly popular Stark Saga that’s left millions of readers breathless. His touch takes my breath away. Our passion feeds my soul... My love for Damien fills me, and the intensity of our bond brings me to my knees...
  • Belonging by Drew Sera

    Belonging by Drew Sera

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With Sydney’s first public scene rapidly approaching she begins to have second thoughts about it being with Evan. After spending so much time with Colin and Anthony, Sydney has become unavoidably attached to the two Doms and best friends. Sydney’s heart begs her to speak up and voice her true desire for her Top in her first public scene...
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    alpha-mc  billionaire  dark  steamy  abuse  adult  book  contemporary
  • Coda by C.D. Reiss

    Coda by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The stunning epilogue to the bestselling Submission Series. Did you want a pat little ending about Jonathan and I riding off into the sunset? Did you want flowers and stars? Man, I wish it was all soft filters and violins. I wish we could fight about who cleaned the bathroom or who was cooking dinner. But I knew I was never destined for simple contentment. I almost committed murder for him...
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    alpha-mc  angst  billionaire  dark  steamy  adult  audiobook  book
  • Domination by C.D. Reiss

    Domination by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I want to just clarify a couple of things.Submission is not abdication. Submission is not resignation. It’s not weak or fragile. It doesn’t mean I break at the first sign of trouble.Well, I broke for a few weeks. When I realized I was falling in love with Jonathan and that I’d never be the same if I allowed it to continue, I broke into a million sharp little pieces...
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    alpha-mc  angst  billionaire  dark  steamy  adult  age-gap  audiobook
  • The Ruins Of Us by Catharina Maura

    The Ruins Of Us by Catharina Maura

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What do you do when the one that got away comes back?CarterI thought I was doing right by those Emilia and I both love when I let her go. So why has not a single thing in my life felt right since she left? Emilia is back now, and I'm ready to fight like hell for her...
  • Burn by C.D. Reiss

    Burn by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Here's how it's going to be, Goddess.Until you surrender yourself to me fully, I will not touch you.Until the world can know you belong to me, I will not kiss you.I'm going to be inches away, at your side. I'm going to whisper in your ear and put my breath on your neck, but the heat of my skin will not feel the shudder of yours until you commit yourself to me completely and without reservation...
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    alpha-mc  angst  billionaire  dark  steamy  adult  audiobook  book
  • Set In Stone by Dakota Willink

    Set In Stone by Dakota Willink

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two declarations of love. And a past that won’t set them free. Alexander  I had rules. Krystina broke them. That’s just the way things were. But that didn’t mean I didn’t want to make her my wife. She exemplified the triskelion, representing my past, my present, and my future. Without her, I am nothing. But then the past returns to rear its ugly head...
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    alpha-mc  billionaire  dark  steamy  adult  age-gap  audiobook  book
  • Dark Pleasures by M.S. Parker

    Dark Pleasures by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s not supposed to happen to people like me. Broken, damaged people don't get to fall in love with amazing, handsome men like Rylan Archer. And men like Rylan never look twice at women like me. Except he had. Rylan loves me. I love him, too... and it scares me to death...
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    alpha-mc  billionaire  dark  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  crime
  • Black Butterfly by Tiffany Patterson

    Black Butterfly by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Each book in the Black Burlesque Series are STANDALONE novels. Book 1: Black Pearl Book 2: Black Dahlia Andre Collins is not looking for love. In fact, love is the last thing on his mind as he continues to run one of the country’s most successful financial services firms alongside his brother. Andre is steadfast in the belief that love and marriage just aren’t for him...
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    alpha-mc  billionaire  dark  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Billionaire's Matchmaker  (Titans) by Sierra Cartwright

    Billionaire's Matchmaker (Titans) by Sierra Cartwright

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From International Bestselling Author Sierra Cartwright… Titans An exclusive private society of the world’s most powerful ambitious gentlemen Sex, Secrets, and Intrigue Billionaire's Matchmaker Rich, powerful men don’t intimidate matchmaker Hope Malloy. So when she’s hired to find a bride for billionaire Rafe Sterling, she’s certain the assignment will be easy...
  • Zach: A Brash Brothers Romance by Jenna Myles

    Zach: A Brash Brothers Romance by Jenna Myles

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An image-conscious playboy hires a frumpy, shoe-losing, directionally challenged virgin. Let the chaos commence!Smooth, Playboy, Billionaire.All labels people apply to me. But the only label I actually care about is Brother.Everything I do is for them. For the empire we built together. Women are an enjoyable distraction, that’s all...
  • Kincaid by Laurelin Paige

    Kincaid by Laurelin Paige

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Past and present weave together in Donovan’s point of view for the next chapter in Donovan and Sabrina’s life.She was supposed to save me.In a twist of fate, I rescued her. Since then, I’ve lived for her, breathed for her, overreached with my love.She’s still here, so I must be doing something right. But now I want more...
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    alpha-mc  billionaire  dark  steamy  adult  anti-hero  audiobook  book
  • A Reckless Note by Lisa Renee Jones

    A Reckless Note by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “I can chase you, and I can catch you, but there is nothing I can do to make you mine.” ― Morrissey It all started with a note, just a simple note hand written by a woman I didn't know, never even met. But in that note is perhaps every answer to every question I've ever had in my life. And because of that note, I travel thousands of miles. I look for her, but find him...
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    alpha-mc  angst  billionaire  dark  steamy  adult  audiobook  book
  • Damien: A Stark Novel by J. Kenner

    Damien: A Stark Novel by J. Kenner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author J. Kenner comes a new story in her Stark series… I am Damien Stark. From the outside, I have a perfect life. A billionaire with a beautiful family. But if you could see inside my head, you’d know I’m as f-ed up as a person can be. Now more than ever...
  • Submit to Desire by Tiffany Reisz

    Submit to Desire by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Charlotte Brand is tired of dull boyfriends and boring sex. Kingsley Edge, who owns clubs rumored to supply more than just cocktails, seems just the man to revive her: intense, sophisticated...and looking for a submissive he can train for an elite client.Charlotte is seduced by the offer...and by Kingsley himself. Soon they are engaged in a series of lessons that test her darkest desires...
  • Control by C.D. Reiss

    Control by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    What you’re breaking isn’t some little, meaningless coupling. We aren’t some casual fuck, and we never were. Not from the first night. Not from the first time I laid eyes on you. You were built for me. I denied it as long as I could, but we were meant to be together. You are the sea under my sky. We’re bound at the horizon...
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    alpha-mc  angst  billionaire  dark  steamy  adult  audiobook  book
  • Promise Me by Hilary Wynne

    Promise Me by Hilary Wynne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s the romance novel you’ve been waiting for.Promise Me is book three in the Alexa Reed series by Amazon bestselling author Hilary Wynne. Alexa Reed finally has it all: a new lease on life, a bright future with the man of her dreams, a job she loves, and a great group of friends. She believes in her own happiness again...
  • THAT MAN 6:  (The Anniversary Story) by Nelle L'Amour

    THAT MAN 6: (The Anniversary Story) by Nelle L'Amour

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Scorchin' hot Blake Burns and his tiger Jennifer are back in this page-turner sequel to Nelle L'Amour's USA Today bestselling THAT MAN series! And things are hotter than ever when they fly to the Maldives to celebrate their tenth anniversary. What can go wrong, does go wrong. Beginning with a near-crash emergency landing...
  • Fair Game by Amelia Wilde

    Fair Game by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gabriel Hill has always been too charming for his own good. Women. Money. Information. Sex got him everything he ever wanted, until it almost killed him. A price he was willing to pay, before he met Elise. Before he fell for her. Now revenge isn't enough for him. He wants it all. The most beautiful woman. The most dangerous game. And a happily ever after, if it's not too late to save them both...
  • His Punishments by Ajme Williams

    His Punishments by Ajme Williams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • TouchStone for giving by Sydney Jamesson

    TouchStone for giving by Sydney Jamesson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Elizabeth Parker has been found … Like a falling star she has come down to earth, landing painfully on the debris of a broken dream. What she thought of as love now seems no more than a wish left unfulfilled. Her future lies in the hands of two powerfully possessive men; each desiring her to the point of insanity...
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    billionaire  dark  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  suspense
  • The Billionaire's Mistress 5: A Billionaire Romance by M.S. Parker

    The Billionaire's Mistress 5: A Billionaire Romance by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    No More Cliffhangers. The series is now complete! I thought that finding out that Jal was engaged to my half-sister was the worst thing that could happen. Then he told me that it was over, that I was the only person he wanted. For the first time in my life, I'd finally gotten what I wanted… and then he was arrested...
  • Rook: Billionnaire, bad boy suspense romance by Jo Raven

    Rook: Billionnaire, bad boy suspense romance by Jo Raven

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pain turns me on Danger lights me up But she sets me on fire It’s my turn to fight the shady Organization that’s dug its goddamn claws into every business in my town. Setting up my trap while keeping my friends safe is a challenge—and my private life shouldn’t interfere with my mission. Except it does...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  billionaire  dark  steamy  adult  betrayal  book
  • A Dominant Fallen by Lena Black, Joshua Minette

    A Dominant Fallen by Lena Black, Joshua Minette

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gabrielle Hyde and Damian Hunt were ready to create a life together. But, as determined as they were to build a future, the demons they fought to overcome were just as determined to destroy it...
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    billionaire  dark  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  suspense
  • Fragile by Drew Sera

    Fragile by Drew Sera

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Powerful and handsome CEO Colin Everett, is a well respected Dom and takes an active role educating within the BDSM community. Colin’s interest in a young woman at work begins to take over most of his waking thoughts as he discovers that she has been experimenting in the BSDM lifestyle. Troubled Sydney Burke is a late twenty-something focused on fading into the background at her dream job...
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    alpha-mc  billionaire  dark  steamy  abuse  adult  book  contemporary
  • Table 10: Part 2 by Jiffy Kate

    Table 10: Part 2 by Jiffy Kate

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A waitress fielding life’s curveballs.A CEO with a penchant for pie.She’s independent and tenacious.He’s chivalrous and demanding.They’re an unexpected match.Somehow, through a series of events, their lives are thrust together...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  multi-pov
  • Play My Game: A 100 Series Standalone Romance by Lara Adrian

    Play My Game: A 100 Series Standalone Romance by Lara Adrian

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Lara Adrian returns to the sizzling, emotional world of the 100 Series with Play My Game, a contemporary romance between a tormented, brilliant painter and the beauty he is determined to have at any cost.She stands out like a flame in the dark. Out of place in my orbit, she is a bright splash of color in an abyss of darkness. An innocent in a den of sin...
  • Conklin's Foundation by Brooke Page

    Conklin's Foundation by Brooke Page

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Becca finally found her courage and faced her tormentors head on to get what she deserved: respect and Tyler Conklin. With her new found strength in herself Becca’s faith in Tyler is solid, but is he willing to completely open up to her? They both have past baggage, and as Becca says, Tyler’s is particularly old...
  • Her Submission by Lisa Renee Jones

    Her Submission by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The second and final book in the Dirtier Duet by Lisa Renee Jones. Abbie swore that she was done with rich, powerful men. They've hurt her. They've hurt her mother, who she will do anything to protect. She's done playing the submissive. She's ready to fight back. The problem is that Gabe Maxwell is one of those rich, powerful men and he refuses to be ignored...
  • Nightmare by Bella Jewel

    Nightmare by Bella Jewel

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dear Nightmare, I wish I could introduce myself, and tell you who I really am, but that simply can’t be. You know why, of course. We all know why. We’ve all heard the story; we grew up hearing the story. The one about you…and him. Your life was taken from you, and for so many years, you lived as your name describes - a nightmare...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  alpha-mc  angst  romance  contemporary  biker  new-adult
  • Don't Come by Jessica Gadziala

    Don't Come by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Dom I’m not broken, tortured, or scarred, some cliched, overdone and sensationalized misconception about this lifestyle… and the men in it who control their submissives with a strong hand. I’m just a Dom. Just a man who gets off on a woman who entrusts me with her submission...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  billionaire  dark  steamy  adult  age-gap  bdsm
  • Forever a Jett Girl by Meghan Quinn

    Forever a Jett Girl by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ***THIS IS BOOK THREE IN THE BOURBON SERIES*** Series order: Becoming a Jett Girl Being a Jett Girl Forever a Jett Girl Justice. Faith. Power The words I live my life by, the three keys to my success, the foundation I built my entire empire on and now Goldie holds them all in the palm of her hands. She once was a Jett Girl, a piece of me, a safety net I grew to depend on...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  billionaire  dark  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • White Ribbon by Aleatha Romig

    White Ribbon by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Julia McGrath’s world is shaken.Seizing the opportunity to flee her commitments, obligations, and the lies she’s accepted for too long, Julia embarks on a quest for a new life. Replying to a job listing has her driving away from Chicago to the northern top of Wisconsin.A surprise snowstorm turns her world into a snow globe. Ice covered roads lead her into a snowbank...
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    alpha-mc  billionaire  dark  steamy  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary
  • Monica by C.D. Reiss

    Monica by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    TO BE READ AFTER *SING*This ten page story was sent free to the mailing list on 11/14/13.MONICAI missed two things.I missed my freedom, and I missed slavery.I got myself caught in a nether region where I couldn't come and go as I pleased, and I didn't feel protected.I was being unfair and I knew it...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  billionaire  dark  steamy  adult  book  contemporary
  • Rebecca's Lost Journals, Volume 4: My Master by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rebecca's Lost Journals, Volume 4: My Master by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    An Inside Out novella...The secret life of Rebecca and the men who have seduced her...
  • French Kiss by Scarlett Avery

    French Kiss by Scarlett Avery

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They don't call Paris the most romantic city in the world for nothing. Sofia (aka Amanda) is back is this sensual, sexy and steamy alpha billionaire romance and she’s playing the role of exclusive escort to her first client, the smoking hot billionaire Mr. Van Der Linden. This time her services to the eligible bachelor take her all the way to Paris...
  • Exposed by Scarlett Avery

    Exposed by Scarlett Avery

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a man truly loves a woman he'll do anything in his power to win her back. The romantic adventure between Bryce and Sofia intensifies and it becomes clear it’s much more than a business arrangement in this sensual, sexy and steamy love story. Tragedy strikes and Bryce is stuck in Silicon Valley desperately trying to dig his company out of a PR nightmare...
  • Total Abandonment by Scarlett Avery

    Total Abandonment by Scarlett Avery

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After a saucy weekend, Bryce declares his love for Sofia in the most unexpected way. Bryce would do anything for his Sofia and there’s no doubt he loves her with all of his heart. But when Sofia introduces Bryce to her sizzling hot younger sister Ciara, Sofia smells trouble. Every boyfriend she introduces to Ciara always falls for her ravishingly beautiful sibling...
  • Freeing Him by A.M. Hargrove

    Freeing Him by A.M. Hargrove

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kolson Hart and Gabriella Martinelli...destined to be together, fated to be torn apart. After avoiding his father for years, Kolson knew asking his father, Langston Hart, for a favor would be like selling his soul to the devil. Only the devil wants more ... more than Kolson is willing to pay. But some promises can't be broken, not without losing what's most important...
  • Eraser Platinum by Megan Keith

    Eraser Platinum by Megan Keith

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life He believes his life begins and ends with her. Truth She believes in staying true to herself. Together they have overcome so many obstacles, yet happiness still eludes them. Their lives may be heading in different directions … And that truth will cause them pain...
  • The Billionaire Cinderella Test by Elle James, Myla Jackson

    The Billionaire Cinderella Test by Elle James, Myla Jackson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Billionaire Online Dating Service. Let us find your perfect match! Desperate to find a date to his own charity ball, billionaire Gage Tate agrees to give his friend's online dating system a try. Tired of gold-diggers and society debutantes, he wants a woman who isn't after his money, and won't become a bridezilla-wanna-be when exposed to his high-society world and the trappings of wealth...
  • The Heat by Alice Ward

    The Heat by Alice Ward

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She hates me on sight. I want her on sight. We don’t just argue, we explode. As the newly minted CEO of Watts Enterprises, the billion-dollar company with the world’s worst "green" reputation, it’s my job to produce the products consumers clamor for. But Atlee Young, an environmental attorney with more passion and will than I’ve ever seen, thinks differently...
  • Upper Hand by Amelia Wilde

    Upper Hand by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gabriel Hill has everything he ever wanted… a position in the powerful consortium. These wealthy men own half of New York City. And they murdered his parents. He can finally exact revenge.Except he has to leave behind Elise Bettencourt.It was inevitable, really. Gabriel will lose everyone getting vengeance. There’s only room for one person on this suicide mission...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  billionaire  dark  steamy  adult  age-gap  anti-hero
  • Under by Helen Hardt

    Under by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Come back and play—through Braden’s eyes—in this tantalizing companion novel to Follow Me Under from #1 New York Times bestselling author Helen Hardt.Powerful and enigmatic billionaire Braden Black doesn’t do relationships. He doesn’t fall in love. But ever since meeting Skye Manning, he’s breaking every one of his careful rules...
  • Tempt: The Complete Collection by Alexis Anne

    Tempt: The Complete Collection by Alexis Anne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **This is the box set of Volumes 1-5 of the complete TEMPT serial. One heartbeat. That’s all that separates us from the life we’ve known and everything that could change it. One kiss. Was all it took to change mine. Theo was rich and handsome, brilliant and powerful, but he wasn’t a hero or a prince charming. And let’s be honest, I wasn’t exactly a damsel in distress...
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