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  • Fain: Texas Kings MC Book 12 by Cee Bowerman

    Fain: Texas Kings MC Book 12 by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fain Tempest has worked hard to overcome the demons from his past and make a new life for himself. He left his family behind and found a new one with the Texas Kings MC. The brotherhood he has now is almost enough to make up for the family he left behind.A little more than a year ago, he saw an old friend in a new light and has been fighting that attraction ever since...
  • Crew Princess by Tijan

    Crew Princess by Tijan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Being crew is walking between two worlds. One world is normal: Prom. Parties. College. Those are the concerns they worry about. In our world, we deal with other situations. Cops. Drugs. Brawling. That’s a typical day for us...
  • Sinning Like Hell by Trilina Pucci

    Sinning Like Hell by Trilina Pucci

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    USA TODAY bestselling author, Trilina Pucci brings you the finale of Sutton and Calder’s heart wrenching love story. We’ll never run away.There won’t be stars or a blue sky filled with heaven staring down on us.All we have is death and destruction.A life sentence, forced to survive within the absence of our love.Until five years later...
  • Chaos by Catharina Maura

    Chaos by Catharina Maura

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    We both claim we're over each other, so why do we keep finding ourselves back in each other's arms?CarterI thought I was over her, right until she walked back into my life. My head knows she and I will end in disaster, yet my heart can't deny her. Maybe I can convince Emilia to make me her dirty little secret...EmiliaCarter is still the only one I want and the only one I desire...
  • Adrenaline: A Fall Away Series Bonus Content Collection by Penelope Douglas

    Adrenaline: A Fall Away Series Bonus Content Collection by Penelope Douglas

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    **You ask. You receive!*** Have you read Bully and the rest of the Fall Away series? Would you enjoy having all the bonus content in one place? Adrenaline is approximately 36, 000 words of bonus scenes, deleted scenes, character conversations, and Q&As shared over the past few years and is mostly material not found in the actual books. Here, you'll find..
  • Between Now and Forever by Dylan Allen

    Between Now and Forever by Dylan Allen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s on the edge of stardom.I’m on the edge of disaster.One night will change our lives forever...I'm standing in the middle of a storm when Carter Bosh asks me to dance.He's a complete stranger, but his outstretched hand and glittering green eyes are too tempting to resist.I'm looking for forever.And the brooding piano prodigy isn't offering it...
  • Allure  (Booklet Dreams Book 1) by C.A. Harms

    Allure (Booklet Dreams Book 1) by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The next generation of the Southern Boys returns in a new spin-off series, Brooklet Dreams… She was supposed to be my forever... I’ll never forget the first time I saw her. She wore overalls two sizes too big and a pair of gloves that were also too large for her little hands. But that didn’t faze her one bit, and we clicked instantly...
  • The Devastation You Reap by Tracy Lorraine

    The Devastation You Reap by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you a new dark bully college romance within her Maddison Kings world. For years I've kept my secrets.Kept the darkest, most twisted parts of myself buried from everyone around me...
  • Finding Us by Allie Everhart

    Finding Us by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Finding Us is in both Jade's and Garret's POV After the events of last year, Jade and Garret are anxious to get a fresh start in a new town and a new college, far away from the people who tried to tear them apart. But soon after moving, their relationship problems begin. Jade finds out Garret hasn’t been completely honest with her...
  • Myles by Lisa Helen Gray, Elisia Goodman

    Myles by Lisa Helen Gray, Elisia Goodman

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’m Kayla Martin... I was once sweet and innocent, saw the world bright with colour, but now all I see is black and white. He not only ripped my innocence away from me, tortured me and made my life a living hell, but he stole the very soul that made me who I am. I’m a shell of the girl I once knew. But it’s all about to change. I’m ready to face my fear...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  high-school  abuse  book  bullying  contemporary  dark
  • Finding Infinity by Layne Harper

    Finding Infinity by Layne Harper

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "Finding Infinity" as described by Colin... "Fine Charlie.” Colin says dropping his hands in defeat. “Here's what I want. I want everybody to back off and let me play football. I want you to go back to practicing medicine because I’m ready for you to be happy again - not this forced shit that you keep trying to sell me...
  • Faking Delinquency: A Young Adult Romantic Comedy by Ashley Winters

    Faking Delinquency: A Young Adult Romantic Comedy by Ashley Winters

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One girl. One camp for delinquents. One hell of a summer. Falice Winters has always been the goody-two shoes. Her twin Arabelle . . . not so much. So what happens when their dad plans to ship Arabelle off to a camp to clean up her act? Well, naturally, Arabelle would find a way out...
  • Hot for Teacher Anthology: Nineteen Stories Filled with Love and Lust by Elle Christensen, L.J. Shen

    Hot for Teacher Anthology: Nineteen Stories Filled with Love and Lust by Elle Christensen, L.J. Shen

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nineteen of today’s bestselling authors… Plus Nineteen tales of tempting teachers and seductive students… Equals One HOT anthology for an epic cause. Sexy, spicy, romantic, angsty, funny, or sweet-however you like your fantasies, these nineteen original novellas guarantee extra heat...
  • Callous Heir by Michelle Heard

    Callous Heir by Michelle Heard

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I made the mistake of falling for one of my brother’s friends. As if that wasn’t stupid enough, I then declared my love to him.Yeah, I know. Big mistake. Huge mistake.But here I am with my rejected feelings, and Noah won’t even look at me. Whenever he has to talk to me, his words are blunt. Yet they cut deeper than any knife...
  • Fall On Me by Chloe Walsh

    Fall On Me by Chloe Walsh

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "Kyle Carter knew every inch of my body. Every fraction of my soul. He was the first man I'd ever been with intimately. The first to break my heart. The first to put it back together again. He was my first, my last and my everything that came in between." In the aftermath of Rachel's vicious attack, Lee and Kyle must once again pick up the pieces of their broken world and move forward...
  • Mistletoe Kisses by Ali Dean, Alley Ciz

    Mistletoe Kisses by Ali Dean, Alley Ciz

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Are you ready to fall in love under the mistletoe?Join fourteen bestselling authors as they take you back to some of their favorite worlds, with this collection of all-new young and new adult short stories.‘Tis the season for friendship, family, first love, and FEELS...
  • Thug by Scott Hildreth

    Thug by Scott Hildreth

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Price McNealy was a modern-day outlaw. He thumbed his nose at society’s rules, regulations, and laws, not caring what anyone thought of him, or the actions he somehow justified. If I made a list of why “not” to be with a man, he’d check all the boxes. He was also confident, trustworthy, and loyal...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction  suspense
  • 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  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  multi-pov  steamy
  • Tyson by Sheridan Anne

    Tyson by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Brylee - It was supposed to be a one-time thing which quickly turned into two, and then three. Don’t ask me how, but now I can't seem count the times on one hand, let alone two. I'm in trouble. I never intended for this to be something more, but he has the ability to keep drawing me back in. He's coming for me. He's always wanted more, but this time, I don't think he's going to let me go...
  • Loyal Heir by Michelle Heard

    Loyal Heir by Michelle Heard

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A fake romance.Nothing but an imaginary relationship.But after a while of pretending, it starts to feel real. It’s too easy convincing the students at Trinity Academy Aria Chargill is mine. It’s too easy playing the role of my best friend’s boyfriend. And the lines blur until I no longer know where the fake romance ends and the real one begins...
  • STEPDORK by A.E. Murphy

    STEPDORK by A.E. Murphy

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Raven and Travis sitting in a tree, doing things they shouldn’t be. HA… yeah, right. Raven hates her stepbrother with a passion, and she’s certain Travis returns the sentiment because he makes life at home with him hell. He ruined her favorite T-shirt, damn it...
  • See Through Heart by Amie Knight

    See Through Heart by Amie Knight

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ainsley came into my life in a flurry of vibrant colors, lighting my world up when all seemed lost. It wasn’t our quiet nights by the creek or stolen kisses surrounded by a sea of cotton that saved me. It was her. She was my comfort when life threw one ugly tragedy after another at me. Until she dealt me the greatest blow...
  • Heaven Sent by Hilary Storm

    Heaven Sent by Hilary Storm

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Rebel Walking Series continues with Taron and Ivy's story, Heaven Sent. The explosive chemistry that these two share ignites a relationship of epic proportions.He has been dubbed 'the panty stealer', but Taron Walker has his eyes set on the beautiful, full of life, Ivy Adams. Ivy doesn't usually put up with the player type, yet there is something about Taron that has her intrigued...
  • Fallen Crest Extras by Tijan

    Fallen Crest Extras by Tijan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    These were written for a promo tour I did for Fallen Crest Home’s book release. I added a few extra surprises in here, and wanted to make them available for everyone. This is done as a thank you to the readers...
  • Ruthless by Michelle Horst

    Ruthless by Michelle Horst

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From International Bestseller Michelle Horst, comes a new, sexy novel in the Enemies To Lovers series. MARCUS I'm good at deceiving people. Too good. I let people think I'm a bastard. Then Willow walks into my life, and no matter how hard I try to scare her off, she keeps coming back. But, everyone has their limit, and I'm afraid Willow has reached hers...
  • The Seduction of Pretty Lies by Holly Renee

    The Seduction of Pretty Lies by Holly Renee

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Devoted. Loyal. Shameless. The Boys of Clermont Bay had been my protectors for as long as I could remember.And Olly Warner took the job to heart.He was intense and all-consuming, and I had been in love with him for years.Alarmingly handsome and recklessly charming, he attempted to deny there was ever anything between us...
  • Perfecting Patience by Tabatha Vargo

    Perfecting Patience by Tabatha Vargo

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sometimes happy endings are just the beginning of an even harder road. Although her aunt and sister believe she should get help to deal with her past demons, Patience believes the only thing she needs is Zeke. When he comes back into her world, her life couldn’t be more perfect. Except old demons pick the worst time to surface, and once again their happiness is threatened...
  • Catching Lucy by Terri Anne Browning

    Catching Lucy by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Lucy Everyone has ups and downs. I’m no different. I’ve had some really amazing ups, but I’ve also had some crap-tastic downs. When I was four, my biological mother died. I don’t remember crying for her. She’d never been the type to cuddle me, tuck me in, and read bedtime stories. That job was pushed off onto my sister Lana. She did her best to take care of me until Mom died...
  • Save Me by Amanda Heath

    Save Me by Amanda Heath

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Save Me can be read as a standalone. “I don’t care! Do you hear me? I don’t care Pierce!” She screams at me. She is pissed and breathing fire. She has never looked so beautiful to me. Well when I can see her face and she isn’t turning away from me. “You care. You can pretend you don’t, but you do. You came all the way out here.” I pause grabbing her hand and swinging her around to face me...
  • Fallen Crest Alternative Version by Tijan

    Fallen Crest Alternative Version by Tijan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    This book was originally written to be the sequel to Fallen Crest High. It was scrapped and not used. Fallen Crest Family was written instead as the number two book in the Fallen Crest Series. However; this version was posted on the author's page for free reading as a thank you to her readers. After reading what she posted, enough fans requested this story to be published so here it is...
  • Resilient Queen by Amber Vant

    Resilient Queen by Amber Vant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I never wanted this. Never asked for any of it. The corrupted, chaos of the past is playing catch-up with the present and nothing is as it seems. Everyone wants something. Me? All I want is the truth. I thought this was the end, but it turns out it’s only the beginning. The basis for a much darker twist of fate. Secrets are starting to unravel; relationships have grown fractured...
  • Blue Skies by T.L. Martin

    Blue Skies by T.L. Martin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *Standalone mature high school romance.*All Blue Everest wants is the wide open sky above her head and the soft earth beneath her feet. And maybe to spread a little love where she can. When she gets the opportunity to live with a father she’s never met and to enroll in public school for the first time, she brings her optimistic and free-spirited nature with her...
  • Manhattan Secret by V. Theia

    Manhattan Secret by V. Theia

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    We don't get to choose who we fall in love with. My parents are testament to that. I fell for my teacher…I know you're shocked, aren’t you? Not really. So what if I'm seven years younger than her. I want her. This heat between us can’t be ignored. “Now we share a secret, me and the little mouse. Whether she likes it or not...
  • Pretend I'm Yours: A Single Dad Romance by Vivian Wood

    Pretend I'm Yours: A Single Dad Romance by Vivian Wood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From WSJ and USA Today Bestseller Vivian Wood comes a story about loss, love, and learning to start fresh... Heartbroken, destroyed, and on the edge of despair. That’s how I felt for two years after my wife died, leaving me all alone with our baby. I sucked it up and kept going for my little girl… but I wasn’t living. I was only existing...
  • 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...
  • Escaping Trouble by Dee Bridle

    Escaping Trouble by Dee Bridle

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ivy is on the run from a dark and painful past and has been in hiding for years. Living with a mother who is addicted to drugs and abusive boyfriends, she is forced to live her days in constant fear. Her only hope is college where she is trying her hardest to make something of herself, to better her future. A hot tattooed fighter with a heart of gold was not in her plans...
  • Fall by C.A. Harms

    Fall by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Knoxville Montgomery liked things his way. He kept everything simple and he was always in control. That is until a head-strong blonde stumbled into his life and changed everything. She became a challenge he refused to walk away from. It didn’t matter how much Knoxville tried, Tinley would not give into him. She couldn’t...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  university  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  family
  • 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  angst  romance  contemporary  celebrity  fiction  book  adult
  • Darling Dmitri by Rose Croft

    Darling Dmitri by Rose Croft

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    DmitriI had it all.A wealthy family.All the accolades and attention being the star wide receiver.A far cry from the poor little boy who had to fight and survive the streets of Moscow.No one needed to know my humble beginnings.My life was uncomplicated and private and I meant to keep it that way...
  • The Long Way by DomLuka

    The Long Way by DomLuka

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Note: Book cover incorrectly titled.After tragedy strikes at home and he loses a special friend, is betrayed by someone he trusts and his father discovers he's gay, Owen Dovan moves in with the brothers he hasn't seen in two years. Even in a loving environment things aren't always easy...
  • Release by Dylan Allen

    Release by Dylan Allen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m here for pleasure. And in paradise, I don’t have a past. I don’t have pain, my secrets don't haunt me and I can be anyone I want.He’s here for business. Harry's intoxicatingly handsome, rich, and also the biggest jerk I've ever met. So, it's inconvenient that sparks fly every time our eyes meet. Indulging in an affair wasn't on my agenda...
  • The Accidentally on Purpose Trilogy by L.D. Davis

    The Accidentally on Purpose Trilogy by L.D. Davis

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Accidentally on Purpose was a New York Times Best Seller in 2012. Now author L.D. Davis releases Accidentally on Purpose and the sequels Worthy of Redemption and Worth the Fight in one book for your reading pleasure! Accidentally on Purpose: Emmy hates her boss Kyle Sterling. She does the unthinkable after a night of drinking and sleeps with him...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Torn by Love by C.A. Harms

    Torn by Love by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lily’s life was anything but easy. It was always her and her brother against the world. They lost their father unexpectedly, and their mother left long ago. Until she met Tanner Parks her life was basic… Uneventful but simple. He was the unattainable bad boy… Just out of reach yet Lily longed for him desperately. He was foul mouthed and cocky… Demanding and arrogant...
  • Mancave by Jo Raven

    Mancave by Jo Raven

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The cage is broken… Two years ago, Octavia met her caveman, Matt Hansen, and fell in love. Since then, life has found its rhythm and it’s a good one. Matt and his brother Kaden have opened their own car repair shop—Mancave—and Octavia is expecting her first child. But not everything is perfect in paradise...
  • When You Were Mine by Elizabeth Reyes

    When You Were Mine by Elizabeth Reyes

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When her head was screaming “enough,” her hopeful heart continued to whisper “wait.” It's the only way Valerie Zuniga can justify her ongoing addiction to the amazing but ever, elusive Alex Moreno. Mesmerized by the profound connection neither has ever quite understood, Valerie accepts their crazy relationship for what it is—non-exclusive...
  • My Butterfly by Laura Miller

    My Butterfly by Laura Miller

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If you got a second chance to be with your first love, would you take it? "This is pure romance at its best." ~Romantic Reading Escapes "One of the most beautiful love stories I have ever read." ~Jelena's Book Blog From the author who brought you the national bestselling novel Butterfly Weeds comes the heartwarming story of small-town firefighter Will Stephens...
  • Infamous by Ivy Wild

    Infamous by Ivy Wild

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My name is Sophie Strongand I sold my soul to a record companyFor fameFor fansFor fortuneFor a life I thought I wanted.I sold out in the worst possible wayLeaving everything I loved behindTurning myself into someone I wasn’tJust to watch the world turn itself on me.Now the whole world hates me and I can’t escape them.I can’t escape this...
  • The Grace in Darkness by Melissa Andrea

    The Grace in Darkness by Melissa Andrea

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Every part of me yearns for Ryland and there hasn’t been a day that’s gone by that I don’t question if I made the right decision...
  • The Temptation of Dirty Secrets by Holly Renee

    The Temptation of Dirty Secrets by Holly Renee

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Captivating. Vulnerable. Agonizing. Seductive. Frankie Clermont was supposed to be like a sister to me for as long as I’d known her. But no one knew the depths of our lies. I had been in love with her before… before everything changed what we could be. Undeniably connected and effortlessly infatuated, the two of us had remained each other’s weaknesses through everything...
  • Arrogant Heir by Michelle Heard

    Arrogant Heir by Michelle Heard

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mila West.The feisty girl with ironclad determination.Beneath all the quick comebacks lies a broken heart. Nothing sucks like unrequited love. Especially when it’s for one of your best friends.Jase Reyes.Hot. Arrogant. Untouchable.He’s the playboy every girl hopes to catch. The future CEO of a billion-dollar empire. People worship the ground he walks on...
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