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  • Deeper Than Love by Monica Walters

    Deeper Than Love by Monica Walters

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sometimes life can be tough to navigate, especially when you enter it at a slight disadvantage. Alexzandria Berotte has a loving family, and she’s made it through life all right. However, after discovering that she is pregnant and was nearly duped into marriage by a fraud, she misses something she’s never had. A mother’s love...
  • F*ck It by C.M. Owens, S.M. Shade

    F*ck It by C.M. Owens, S.M. Shade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What’s a woman supposed to do after watching her cheating ex's wedding implode?Apparently, the answer is get fired.And evicted.And move to another state to start over as an independent woman who would rather stick her tit in a beehive than get into another relationship.It’s fine. Really.The only thing messing with my new, badass single girl life is an encounter with my childhood crush...
  • Owen North by Nina Levine

    Owen North by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A steamy forbidden office romance from USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nina Levine.My one-night stand is my new boss.I met him at the society wedding of the year.The man every woman in New York wants.He's rich.Devastatingly good looking.Charming.Mr. I-Could-Blow-Your-Mind.And yes, he did blow my mind.It was just supposed to be one night.I told him I don't date...
  • Parentmoon by L.B. Dunbar

    Parentmoon by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When the divorced mother of the groom goes head-to-head with the single father of the bride, they might be the next couple experiencing a heart-to-heart.When my son asked me to take his ticket for the honeymoon that didn’t happen, I balked...
  • Claimed By Crayson by Sherelle Green

    Claimed By Crayson by Sherelle Green

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If there were ever a man who prided himself on always being up front with women, it’s tatted bad boy, Crayson Madden, in the flesh. His world may revolve around sex and cigars, but there’s a lot more to this cigar lounge owner than what meets the eye. Too bad Jordyn Jameson spends more time arguing with him, than seeing beyond his asshole-ish ways...
  • Dickslip by Gwyn McNamee

    Dickslip by Gwyn McNamee

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One wardrobe malfunction. Two lives forever changed. Playing in a star-studded charity basketball game should be fun, and it is, until I literally go balls out to show up my arch nemesis. When I dive for the basketball and my junk slips out of my gym shorts, I know my life and career are over...
  • The Auction by Tiffany Reisz

    The Auction by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You're invited to New York City's hottest dating event: Kingsley Edge's annual King's Trust Charity Auction.New on the auction block this year is Daniel, a wealthy widower and Dominant. However, he happens to have his eyes on another first-timer in the club's auction: Anya, a strikingly beautiful virgin submissive from his native Canada.Too bad Anya hates him on sight...
  • Quitting Time: Nights Like This by AshleyNicole

    Quitting Time: Nights Like This by AshleyNicole

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s raining, it’s pouring– Wait, nobody’s snoring. They’re in the bed, or on the couch, or maybe the counter… and will definitely have a good morning. After five years, Aleigha has walked out of her job. But then her ex-boss gets stuck at her house because of the weather, and thunder won’t be the only thing clapping...
  • Defeat by Evelyn Sola

    Defeat by Evelyn Sola

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A self-proclaimed bachelor, content on his own. A runaway bride, searching for her freedom.They may seem like they’ve got nothing in common, but the tiniest sparks make the biggest flames.Delaney Lewis is desperate for her freedom. From her controlling mother and the man she left standing at the altar...
  • The Dealmaker by Jessica Peterson

    The Dealmaker by Jessica Peterson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hating and dating: I didn’t realize they’re two sides of the same coin until I meet him. Theo Morgan.One of Wall Street’s highest-paid traders, he may be hot as sin in his five-thousand-dollar custom-made suit and six-figure SUV. But Theo is the bane of my existence. He’s arrogant, rude, and as brash as they come.As our bank’s newest star hire, he’s also after the same promotion I am...
  • Found by Rosalind James

    Found by Rosalind James

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I'd lived my life according to two principles: discipline and control. Until now. There's that phrase, though, isn't there. "How's that working out for you?" The answer, when it came to Hope Sinclair, was, "not so well." She might be little, she might be sweet, and she might be young, but if I'd thought she'd be compliant anywhere but in bed, I'd learned my lesson...
  • No Chance by Lisa Suzanne

    No Chance by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The screaming fans in the crowd are proof the world loves Brett Pitzer, but I hate him. Those women lusting after him as he bangs on his drums have this fantasy of one night with him. He granted that dream to my sister, except he left her with a baby to raise on her own.She couldn’t tell him about their boy, but with her life on the line the same night he’s back in town, I have no choice...
  • Runaway Bride's Guide to Love by Chelle Sloan

    Runaway Bride's Guide to Love by Chelle Sloan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A swoony, age gap, brother’s best friend, runaway bride romance from bestselling author, Chelle Sloan...
  • Downfall by Evelyn Sola

    Downfall by Evelyn Sola

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He thought he had his life figured out, but he had no idea.Summer Madison is the opposite of everything Maxwell Sutton finds attractive in a woman. And yet, here he is, fighting powerful feelings for the new personal assistant his brother hired while he was out of town.Everything about her is wrong, yet his thoughts are consumed with nothing but her...
  • Doctor Playboy by J. Saman

    Doctor Playboy by J. Saman

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He was older. Impossibly gorgeous. And had no clue I existed.Luca Fritz was the worst sort of playboy, constantly falling in and out of love with every woman he met. I used to spend hours of my life staring at the huge Fritz mansion from the window of the staff house dreaming of him...
  • Coach Sully by Sloane St. James

    Coach Sully by Sloane St. James

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Kendra Ames is a driven young producer in need of a bachelor for her reality show. When she meets Lee Sullivan, the retired captain of Lakes hockey team, they have an instant connection. After listening to Kendra’s pitch, Sully decides he would rather pursue her instead. However, when the show’s network makes him an offer for his dream job with a unique stipulation, he can’t refuse...
  • Unwrapped by Evelyn Sola

    Unwrapped by Evelyn Sola

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There are many rules to follow as your mom’s guest at the company holiday party. Rule one – do not, under any circumstances, find the new boss so attractive.Rule two – definitely do not undress him with your eyes.Rule three – if he slips you his phone number, throw it away. I repeat, throw it away...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  humor  poc-mc  workplace  adult  book  contemporary
  • Because Beards by Alexis Alvarez, Kacey Shea

    Because Beards by Alexis Alvarez, Kacey Shea

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Be it a little scruff or a full length beard, there’s nothing more attractive than a man with a well-groomed face. Masculine. Powerful. Sexy. Devoted. Lose yourself in this tantalizing collection of original short stories by your favorite romance authors in support of a great cause...
  • Law and Disorder by Golden Angel

    Law and Disorder by Golden Angel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's a wild child. He's assigned to be her Watch Dom. It's youth and mischief vs age and experience.Iris is new to the lifestyle and when her inexperience and troublemaking disrupt everyone's pleasure at Marquis, someone has to lay down the law. Unfortunately for Iris, that someone is Master Law...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  poc-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Happy Hour Hoe by Shae Sanders

    Happy Hour Hoe by Shae Sanders

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    According to office gossip, Cairo King has bagged every single woman in his department. A couple of married ones, too. The man is so legendary, the employees at Billingsley-Davis have dubbed him the "happy hour hoe." So when Taylor Knowles is unceremoniously dumped by her boyfriend, her coworkers take her for drinks after work and point her right in Cairo's direction...
  • The Naked Chef by Twyla Turner

    The Naked Chef by Twyla Turner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a sex-positive siren who takes her pleasure whenever, wherever, and with whomever she pleases meets a former adult film star turned chef. There might be more than just food cooking in this kitchen. But…things aren't always what they seem.After a disastrous and life-altering ending to her first marriage, Mia Ayala has sworn off men for anything other than sex...
  • Shift Change by Shae Sanders

    Shift Change by Shae Sanders

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cash Nixon works the third shift at Billingsley-Davis. It's gritty, dirty, hands-on work but he loves it. He's good with his hands. Tonight, he's on his way in when he spots her. She's beautiful, but very out of place in her black dress and stiletto heels. Who is she, and why is she here?Adriana Tucker is normally out the door at five on the dot but she stayed late tonight to finish up a project...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  poc-mc  workplace  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Mr. Hotness by Peyton Banks

    Mr. Hotness by Peyton Banks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Would one night be enough? Alana Thorton had watched her new neighbor move in across the hall. Women came and went. Each one who left his apartment had a satisfied smile on her lips. London Keith was a player--bad news. Spying on him became her favorite pastime. It earned him a nickname...Mr. Hotness. Alana swore she'd never give in to a guy like him. He would do nothing but break her heart...
  • Drilled Deep by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Drilled Deep by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

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

    Wild by Hannah Cole

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It didn’t start out as the worst day of my life. But it was certainly in the top three.The promotion I worked so hard for turned out not to be mine at all but handed to Nick Marks, some social media wunderkind. So, I got mad. I got drunk. Then made the epic decision to blow off a little steam with a wild night out, one night stand included...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  poc-mc  steamy  workplace  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Model Behavior by Nichole Rose

    Model Behavior by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The heat between this curvy model and an infamous photographer will melt the camera. But will it lead to forever?Trinity LarsenI may own a modeling agency, but it's been a long time since I was in front of the camera.Until I was named one of Le CRV Magazine's Women of the Year.The infamous photographer, silver fox and certified grump, Sage Grimes, is in charge of the photoshoot...
  • Romancing the M.D. by Maureen Smith

    Romancing the M.D. by Maureen Smith

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Landing an internship at prestigious Hopewell General is a dream come true for Tamara St. John. She struggled hard to get where she is—and isn't about to risk it all because of arrogant Victor Aguilar. Tamara and Victor constantly lock horns, but the sinfully seductive doctor is driving her crazy…with desire. Tamara knows that dating a colleague is a prescription for disaster...
  • Ego Trip: A Cocky Boss Romantic Comedy by Tabatha Kiss

    Ego Trip: A Cocky Boss Romantic Comedy by Tabatha Kiss

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two weeks on the road with my boss? Business as usual. Two weeks on the road with my newer, hotter boss that I had a one-night stand with four years ago? A disaster waiting to happen.It was a one-time thing with a man I knew from work. His name was Oliver Black. The rich and handsome manager of the Botsford Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas. Dark hair. Icy blue eyes...
  • Taming the Tease by Golden Angel

    Taming the Tease by Golden Angel

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Come into the hottest BDSM club around and meet the Stronghold Doms...Rick Winter is tired of playing empty scenes with submissives, only to return home alone. He wants what he sees his friends getting - a real relationship with submissives who love them...
  • Wednesday by E. L. Todd

    Wednesday by E. L. Todd

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It took me a long time to forgive Hawke—a very long time.But now that I have, I feel nothing but unbridled joy. Everything is exactly as it should have been two years ago. He’s just what I need, and not just now, but forever.Until disaster strikes...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  humor  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Nailed by Cora Brent

    Nailed by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A scorching ‘enemies to lovers’ office romance proves hazardous in this new stand-alone from NYT and USA Today bestselling author Cora Brent. The good news: Audrey Gordon has just received a dream assignment managing one of the city’s largest construction projects. The bad news: She’ll be teamed up with cocky office rival and former lover Jason Roma...
  • Surprise Scot by Donna Alam

    Surprise Scot by Donna Alam

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When I arrive at my remote vacation cottage,I don't expect to find a hot Scotsman in my bed.I also don't plan on being snowed in with him.He says I have the wrong address,That the cottage is his.But I think there's another story.Meanwhile, we’re stuck,Running out of clothes and sharing body heat.It’s a good thing we get along like a house on fire.Sparks flying. Fingers burned...
  • #1 Rival by T. Gephart

    #1 Rival by T. Gephart

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Lauren Harper wanted four things. Respect. Success. Happiness. And to annihilate Roman Pierce. Sure, he was a smooth, smart and sexy attorney who made the senior partners at their law firm cream their pants. But he was also an annoying cocky jerk who she’d been competing with since they had both been hired over a year ago...
  • Down Under by Donna Alam

    Down Under by Donna Alam

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dear birthday gods,I’d like my very own Australian experience, if you know what I mean.One with a panty-melting accent and a very wicked grin.The icing on my birthday cake would be if he takes a trip down under tonight . . .My birthday was four-hundred bucks well spent.Get your mind out of the gutter—that was for the hotel.But one week on, and I’m no longer having fun in the sun...
  • Billion Dollar Beast by Olivia Hayle

    Billion Dollar Beast by Olivia Hayle

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    My brother’s billionaire best friend is my new boss.The same man who’s hated me for years, you ask? Yep, the very one.Nicholas Park has the worst reputation in the city. He isn’t a man you befriend—trust me, I’ve tried.No, he’s made it crystal clear what he thinks of me. Vain. Spoiled. Underserving. I could probably continue, but then I’d have to ask Nick for his list, and he’d say no...
  • Taming Mr. Walker by Rosa Lucas

    Taming Mr. Walker by Rosa Lucas

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Mr. Walker, my big brother’s arrogant, powerful, handsome, and completely unobtainable best friend.He’s a millionaire tech tycoon, and I take calls from angry clients who can’t reset their passwords.He lives in a Grade II listed mansion with holiday homes worldwide, and I rent a room in a flat-share with my best friend and mice.Our worlds couldn’t be farther apart.Falling for him is not an option...
  • Spare Tire: A Curvy Girl Romance by C.L. Cruz

    Spare Tire: A Curvy Girl Romance by C.L. Cruz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Spare Tire is the second story in the Curvy Girl series. It is a short, steamy, standalone story with a curvy heroine, a sexy hero, and an HEA. Emmy I have the perfect life--at least according to my Instagram feed and my two hundred thousand followers. But when my best friend announces she's getting married, I can't help but feel like something is missing. Or someone...
  • Maverick Mogul by Lila Monroe

    Maverick Mogul by Lila Monroe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Come Undone by Nichole Rose

    Come Undone by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • The Shake-Up: A Small Town Roommate Romantic Comedy by Evie Mitchell

    The Shake-Up: A Small Town Roommate Romantic Comedy by Evie Mitchell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    AnikaMy milkshakes may bring all the boys to my bar, but that doesn't mean they wanna hang around for dessert.Despite being the perfect woman - attractive, confident and a world class chef - I'm not marriage material. I've resigned myself to that fact. But that doesn't mean I don't want a man in my bed.And Mac? Or should I say, Mac-Daddy? Well, he's just the man I'm looking for.Temporary...
  • Baewatch by Xavier Neal

    Baewatch by Xavier Neal

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From the best selling romance author that brought you Hike, Hike Baby comes a brand new laugh out loud comedy about trying not to drown in the trickery waters of love and life ...Budget cuts.Beach candy.Baby stingrays being called baby sharks resulting in momentary mass panic.All part of the gig for lifeguard section chief, Brooklyn Headley...
    Categorized as:
    humor  poc-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • My Worst Best Mistake by Kenzie Reed

    My Worst Best Mistake by Kenzie Reed

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He thinks he can make me quit...I think I can drive him crazy. We've got 8 weeks to find out who's right...When it comes to sexy oil baron Grant Kingsley, you can leave out the drilling jokes—I’ve heard them all before...
  • Neighbors With Benefits by Isabel Jordan

    Neighbors With Benefits by Isabel Jordan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The enemy of the HOA is her friend…and maybe much, much more…Ridley Lennox is not having a good day.Her high school nemesis becoming president of the Homeowner’s Association and trying to ruin her life is bad enough. But when Satan himself moves in next door, everything really starts circling the drain.Finn Doyle is a menace...
  • Secret Babies for My Brother's Best Friend: A Second Chance Sports Romance by Meg Summers

    Secret Babies for My Brother's Best Friend: A Second Chance Sports Romance by Meg Summers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m trapped in a hotel room with the grumpy NFL superstar I’ve had a crush on since I was a teenager…And there’s only one freaking bed!Trevor Lightning was my first love.He was the man I gave my innocence to.And he was the one who broke my heart.He’s also my older brother’s best friend and teammate.And the sexiest, most infuriating man I’ve ever laid eyes on...
  • The Stripped Series by Emma Hart

    The Stripped Series by Emma Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A bundle of the two books in the Stripped series, STRIPPED BARE, and STRIPPED DOWN. Stripped Bare: What happens when you mix a bachelorette party, the queen of dating disasters, and a stripper so hot he was forged from the fires of hell? Screwed. You get screwed.   Cocky. Commanding. Powerful. Relentless. Those four words all summed up West Rykman perfectly...
  • Rockin' Her Curves by Lola West

    Rockin' Her Curves by Lola West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This catfish is a keeper.Patricia “Trish” Chobert likes one-night stands and bye felicias. If her father taught her anything, it’s that lying, cheating men keep women from succeeding. And nothing is going to keep her from climbing her way to the top of the management side of the music industry...
  • Fake Vow [For Now] by Penny Wylder

    Fake Vow [For Now] by Penny Wylder

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I have a reputation as a bit of a flirt. What can I say? I’m a guy who likes to get a reaction out of the girls that catch my eye.Girls like Rose.She’s renting a room at the lodge I run with my friends in Blue Mountain, and our chemistry is off the charts, but the rule is no sleeping with the guests. Not a problem: I’ll just hook up with her before she checks in...
  • Jingle Bell Games by Cat Wynn

    Jingle Bell Games by Cat Wynn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lara Blunt is a grouch, but she’s a grouch who works at the merriest little Christmas shop in town, The Jingle Bell. Lara can’t wait for her Christmas Eve shift to end so she can sulk at home by herself with a bottle of rum. Her manager (and the owner’s son!) Leo Nicoli, on the other hand, is full of holiday cheer, and he’s had his eyes on Lara since the day she stomped into his store...
  • Cap by Elise Faber

    Cap by Elise Faber

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s the one he wants.And he’s not going to give her up without a fight.As the newly named captain of the San Francisco Gold, Josh is used to pressure and hard work.What he’s not used to?Women despising him.Jess, however, has taken an instant dislike to him, and no matter what he tries to do, he can’t seem to get beyond her prickly exterior...
  • Not So Silent Nights: A Four Book Christmas Collection by Olivia T. Turner

    Not So Silent Nights: A Four Book Christmas Collection by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Four Book Christmas Collection by Olivia T. TurnerA Holly For ChristmasChristmas magic is in the air.So is my truck.Because some insane driver has driven me off the road and I’ve jumped the curb.Just great.I’m stuck in the snow on the side of the road on Christmas Eve. Lovely.I’m about to give her a piece of my mind, but she takes a piece of my heart instead.She’s perfect...
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