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  • Inevitable: Carter Kids #5 by Chloe Walsh

    Inevitable: Carter Kids #5 by Chloe Walsh

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If two people are truly meant to be together, eventually they will find their way back to each other's arms. It is a prerequisite of love. It is inevitable… Right? Then why does it feel so wrong? Why is my heart pulling me in another direction? Why do I feel so lost? So utterly broken… On paper, Hope Carter has the perfect life...
  • Loving You by Kelly Elliott

    Loving You by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the long-awaited conclusion to the Wanted, Broken and Love Wanted in Texas series, New York Times bestselling author Kelly Elliott brings you a story filled with angst, cowboys and fairytale love. Taylor Atwood and Jase Morris finally found their way to one another. Life couldn't have been more perfect for either one of them as they began to build a future together...
  • Chess: Conner Brothers Construction, Book 7  (CBC) by Cee Bowerman

    Chess: Conner Brothers Construction, Book 7 (CBC) by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After Chess’s family was decimated by loss, it was slowly healed by his brothers finding love and creating families of their own. At one point, Chess thought he’d found that same kind of love, too, but that relationship just wasn’t meant to be. Brokenhearted, Chess focused on his work and family until a chance meeting introduced him to the woman who would change his life forever...
  • Brie Bows to Her Master by Red Phoenix

    Brie Bows to Her Master by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The final week at the Submissive Training Center has arrived! Join Brie as she encounters challenging sessions crafted specifically for her - five extraordinary days of training and pleasure. Her graduation includes interviews with potential Doms, but things get horribly complicated for Brie...
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    steamy  sad  romance  contemporary  suspense  fiction  book  adult
  • Brie Faces Her Master's Fears by Red Phoenix

    Brie Faces Her Master's Fears by Red Phoenix

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

    Brie Learns Restraint by Red Phoenix

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

    Stay by B.A. Wolfe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fate took Cassandra down a path she never expected. Then a small town in Colorado gave her exactly what she needed—until tragedy left her heartbroken and devastated. Alone with only her child and her memories, Cassie struggled to put her life back together, one day at a time, piece by piece. Finding love again was something she never thought possible...
  • Clean Break by Lisa Suzanne

    Clean Break by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After two brothers shatter her world, Reese Brady escapes to her old life. She occupies herself with work and friends in an attempt to find comfort after her catastrophic summer. When Reese receives a desperate call from someone she thought she’d never hear from again, she’s forced to confront the love she could’ve had...
  • Brie Discerns Master's Heart by Red Phoenix

    Brie Discerns Master's Heart by Red Phoenix

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

    A Love So Hard by Christine Michelle, Christine M. Butler

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    *Be sure to read the author's note for a special announcement! This is book 2 in the Aces High MC - Charleston Series and this is a series that should be read in order. Lucy I fell in love with Charles “Double-D” Brothers when I was just 16 years old. He was 19 and had just patched into the Aces High MC in Charleston, SC...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sad  steamy  adult  audiobook  biker  book  contemporary
  • The Mind by Edee M Fallon, Kate Stewart

    The Mind by Edee M Fallon, Kate Stewart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    We fell in love in a lightning strike, a sudden anomaly in a sea of lost people. He knew right away, yet I was hesitant. I could have never prepared myself for a love like ours. No one could. As a child, I had conjured an amazing story in my mind. It was a story I could retell about a man that would move me like no other; a story about the way we met and how he had swept me off my feet...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sad  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  insta-love
  • Remember Me by Jennifer Foor

    Remember Me by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Shayne Hutchinson has finally come to grips with what love is. He's devoted himself to raising his brother's unborn twin children as his own. He's also committed himself to a relationship with the mother, Ashley. As much as she tries to make amends for the past, Ashley is still not completely accepted by Shayne's family...
  • Letting Go by B.A. Wolfe

    Letting Go by B.A. Wolfe

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book # 1.5 of The Keaton Series The much anticipated companion novel to Away -- the heart gripping romance about first loves and unforgettable moments. Now experience it all from Jason's point of view in Letting Go. Jason Bradley is a simple, country guy thrust into a life most wouldn't consider normal...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sad  steamy  book  contemporary  fiction  new-adult  religion
  • Unraveled by Aubrey Bondurant

    Unraveled by Aubrey Bondurant

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Unraveled: To become undone. To take apart. To destroy. I thought I had it all with my well-respected job, Hollywood boyfriend, and glamorous lifestyle. Until the truth revealed a different story. In one day, after a single word, my carefully constructed life was obliterated. But it’s only the beginning of my spiral. There’s much further to fall. Then I meet him...
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    angst  sad  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction  romance
  • Jules: A Reed Security Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Jules: A Reed Security Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jules is the 12th book in the Reed Security Series. It is recommended that they are read in order. Julian swore he would always love her. He said he would never leave her. He's about to break that promise. If only she would listen. If only she would trust him. But how much crap can one man take? It's time to move on...
  • Collateral Damage: A Small Town Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Collateral Damage: A Small Town Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is the second book in The Cortell Brothers series. It is recommended they are read in order...
  • The Other Brother by Dyan Layne

    The Other Brother by Dyan Layne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Things happen as they’re meant to.There’s no avoiding your destiny…Dillon Byrne always believed in fate.He would meet someone. Fall in love. Be a family.All in that order.Sometimes fate has other plans…Life changes in an instant. Love is lost.But how do you let go of the life you once had?To appreciate the magic of a brand new beginning, you have to make peace with the ending first...
  • Champagne & Forever by Andrea Johnston

    Champagne & Forever by Andrea Johnston

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You are cordially invited to the wedding of Bentley Sullivan and Piper Lawrence. Sometimes the princess really does marry her prince. Twenty years ago, I fell in love with my best friend’s brother. It doesn’t matter that I was only five years old, he was it for me. Ben says a single kiss changed it all and I suppose he’s right...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sad  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  billionaire  book
  • MAXWELL 3: Love's Conviction by C.J. Bishop

    MAXWELL 3: Love's Conviction by C.J. Bishop

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    MAXWELL, Part 3 A tender romance begins to blossom between Savannah and Maddy as darker issues arise when Cole, Gabe and Dane are clued in to Brock Coulson’s intentions to drag Caleb through a vicious court battle. Clint and Cochise return to lend a “helping” hand and Clint finds himself unexpectedly drawn to a least likely candidate for romance...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sad  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  dark  fiction
  • Talon & Claree: Rebel Guardians Next Generation by Liberty Parker, Darlene Tallman

    Talon & Claree: Rebel Guardians Next Generation by Liberty Parker, Darlene Tallman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Claree When I came to live with Chief and Trinity as a teenager, I met Talon. He understood what I was feeling and going through and we became best friends. Our friendship grew and despite everyone’s best efforts, we found times to slip away and be together. All was going well until we became a teenage statistic...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sad  steamy  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Brie's Montana Dreams by Red Phoenix

    Brie's Montana Dreams by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Submissive in Love #4 (The Brie series continues!)Hot scenes call to Brie Bennett as she sets out to film The Sanctuary, a secret BDSM commune nestled in the mountains of Montana. All kinds of kinky fun awaits, including the provocative Initiation Ceremony...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  sad  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Brie's Christmas Pearls by Red Phoenix

    Brie's Christmas Pearls by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Brie’s Christmas Pearls (Submissive in Love, #3) Christmas magic with a little kink… Brie’s Master has kept something from her that threatens to tear them apart. When confronted, dark emotions are awakened but the couple is part of a tight community that won’t let them fail. Brie believes in the magic of Christmas and plans the perfect gift...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  sad  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • White Locks by Rose B. Mashal

    White Locks by Rose B. Mashal

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When love knocked on Marie's door, she had a hard time denying her heart what it wanted. Especially after she'd found her black keys. Now Marie finally realizes that home is not where she was born, or where she'd lived all of her life. Home is where her Love is. It's time for her to follow her heart...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sad  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  dark  drama
  • Revive Me: Part Two: The Affair by J.L. Seegars

    Revive Me: Part Two: The Affair by J.L. Seegars

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    MalloryThe day Christopher Johnson decided to kill me, I already knew what it was like to die. I had already experienced it once. Having the life leeched from my body, blood stolen from my veins, oxygen pulled from my lungs.When he decided to walk back into my life, I was in the middle of my third resurrection, healing from the loss of my brother when I was still raw from losing him...
  • The Heart by Kate Stewart

    The Heart by Kate Stewart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jack For the last ten years, I've roamed the globe, captivated by the world around me. I've seen the seven wonders and admired sunsets from every continent. I'd lived and loved and that was enough for me. It would have to be. I was content, satisfied with my collection of experiences . . . until a phone call led me down a road less traveled...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sad  second-chances  steamy  adult  age-gap  alpha-mc  book
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sad  steamy  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  dark  fiction
  • GABRIEL 2: Ransomed Love by C.J. Bishop

    GABRIEL 2: Ransomed Love by C.J. Bishop

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ensnared in his debt to the Sanitini family, Gabe struggles to keep his “club” family oblivious to these new events governing his life. But when Quinton takes it upon himself to make a “preemptive” strike on one of Gabe’s friends as proof of what he’s capable of if Gabe steps out of line, the stakes are raised...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sad  steamy  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  dark
  • Still Surviving by A.M. Johnson

    Still Surviving by A.M. Johnson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hate… Anger… Distrust… it fed the animal. Status… Money… Power it’s all women want. Never yield… Never give them a piece of who you are. These were the ideals that Seth Montgomery had lived with since he was a child. After his mother abandoned their family for another man, the same man who took everything from Seth’s father, Seth’s life turned dark. He’d never give a woman all that control...
  • Winner by Belle Brooks, Karen Harper

    Winner by Belle Brooks, Karen Harper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Roselette Horton... Miss Prim and Proper. Arm candy for one of the richest men in Hoffman. Fate had her saving my life. Now I'm indebted to repay the favour. Rose has the biggest stick up her arse. It’s surprising she can even put one foot in front of the other. She has no clue what it means to be living, or who she really is...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sad  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction  romance
  • It's Always Been You by Jacob Parker

    It's Always Been You by Jacob Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love is quickly becoming my least favorite four-letter word.I let a girl into my heart once, and she nearly destroyed me.The last time I saw her she was in the back seat of her father’s car, leaving me forever.No goodbye.No mercy.That was ten years ago.Now the sexy vixen from my past is back in town looking to hire a consultant.This is my way back in.But not for redemption or a second chance...
  • Renascence by Alana Sapphire

    Renascence by Alana Sapphire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ***EMILY***I’m going to make all your fantasies come true.If anyone could fulfill that promise, it’s Venom, the hot biker who made it. He’s crude, crass, and has a filthy mouth, but I’m drawn to him. After everything I’ve been through, the arrangement he offers seems to be exactly what I need...
  • Bourbon & Bonfires by Andrea Johnston

    Bourbon & Bonfires by Andrea Johnston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Landon Montgomery has suddenly found himself the lone bachelor in his group of friends. With a new career handed to him and a string of unsuccessful blind dates behind him, Landon is ready to search for love. A chance meeting and immediate attraction have him wondering if things are about to turn around or if he’s stuck in the single life forever...
  • What Comes After by Melissa Toppen

    What Comes After by Melissa Toppen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life is full of many things. Love. Loss. Heartbreak. Laughter. No matter how small, each moment has value. Then there are the big moments. The moments that define us. And the people who shape our very existence. Abel Collins is that person for me. From the very first time our eyes locked, I knew there was something about him. That he was the person that would change everything...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  angst  contemporary  new-adult  fiction  book  adult  romance
  • Lithium Waves by Carmel Rhodes

    Lithium Waves by Carmel Rhodes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lithium Waves: Book One in the Lithium Springs Series. Ryder If you asked Ryder ten years ago if he considered himself lucky, he would have laughed in your face. When you grew up where he grew up, with the father he had, there was no such thing as luck. There was only life, death, and music...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  angst  romance  contemporary  abuse  fiction  book  adult
  • Taming Trouble by Jiffy Kate

    Taming Trouble by Jiffy Kate

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The day Tucker Benoit left his father's farm in French Settlement to pursue his love of music was the best day of his life. Or so he thought... After years of booze, girls, drugs, and gigs, Tucker finds himself back where he started. Only this time, he finds solace on the farm that once isolated him from the world...
  • I Never Planned on You by Stefanie Jenkins

    I Never Planned on You by Stefanie Jenkins

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dani had her entire life planned out by the time she was thirteen. She was going to marry the boy who stole her heart – her brother’s best friend – have a great life, and live happily ever after. Then tragedy struck and Dani had to bury those childhood dreams in a pine box along with the love of her young life...
  • Brie's City of Angels by Red Phoenix

    Brie's City of Angels by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Submissive in Love #6 (The Brie series continues!)Angels come in all shapes and sizes…Brie returns to LA with a friend spiraling out of control - a transformation is coming. In the midst of turmoil and change, love grows deeper. Brie will discover the truth about Rytsar’s past, and her Master will face a new challenge...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  sad  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Wright that Got Away by K.A. Linde

    Wright that Got Away by K.A. Linde

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A sexy second chance rockstar romance set in the world of the Wrights about Campbell & Blaire from USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde…Campbell Abbey is the lead singer of the biggest band in the universe right now.He’s also the boy I fell in love with in high school when no one knew my name...
  • MAXWELL 1: Not Without Guilt by C.J. Bishop

    MAXWELL 1: Not Without Guilt by C.J. Bishop

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    MAXWELL, Part 1 While Abel faces trial for the death of Devlin’s brother – Craig Grant – Max and Horatio struggle with memories of the past, and what they still mean to one another. Holding the key that will free their hearts from the chains that have bound them for two decades, Horatio must hide it away and keep it secret now that “new” hearts are involved...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sad  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  dark  fiction
  • You Know I Need You: Book 2, You Know Me duet by Willow Winters

    You Know I Need You: Book 2, You Know Me duet by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I married the bad boy from Brooklyn.The one with the tattoos and the look in his eyes that told me he was bad news.The look that comes with all sorts of warnings.I knew what I was doing.I knew by the way he put his hands on me; how he owned me with his forceful touch.I couldn’t say no to him, not that I wanted to. That was then, and it seems like forever ago...
  • Three Hearts, One Soul by Bec Botefuhr

    Three Hearts, One Soul by Bec Botefuhr

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My dark and light, my heaven and hell, my day and night, my sunshine and rain, they are my perfect opposites." Life isn't always beautiful, it doesn't always take you down the right path, it doesn't always make you laugh and it certainly doesn't always go as planned. My story starts with Whiskey and Jase Levanox. My best friends. A piece of my soul. My glue. My bind. My everything...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sad  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  dark
  • Out of the Ashes by Cara Dee

    Out of the Ashes by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    We screwed up, Master. It wasn’t until I stood there alone in the ashes, raw, naked, enraged, and in more pain than I could handle that I realized we’d been wrong from the beginning. I saw our history in the rubble—all our memories, the pictures filled with devotion and laughter, my wholehearted submission to him. And we had to rewrite the ending. We had to. Kingsley and I couldn’t be over...
  • Unrestricted by Kimberly Bracco

    Unrestricted by Kimberly Bracco

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The emotional conclusion of Inhibitions.... Earning forgiveness isn’t easy. Especially when you can’t forgive yourself...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sad  second-chances  steamy  adult  athlete  book  contemporary
  • Girl in Love by Caisey Quinn

    Girl in Love by Caisey Quinn

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

    Beyond These Walls by J.L. Berg, Jovana Shirley

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Happily ever after. That was what we were supposed to have. Pudding cups, sandy toes and a lifetime of making each and every one of our dreams come true—that is the future I’d promised her. I could see it in my dreams, hold it in my hands, but then I watched as all of our hopes and wishes suddenly slipped through my fingers like sand...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sad  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  drama
  • Blackthorne by Lexxie Couper

    Blackthorne by Lexxie Couper

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Josh Blackthorne never planned to follow in his father’s rock-star footsteps. But music is in his genes, and he was born into this world of fame. Finding someone who isn’t fazed by all that is unique, but the novelty of being liked for who he is by Caitlin Reynolds quickly turns to something more when he gets to know her better. Josh makes Caitlin laugh, something she hasn’t done in a while...
  • Big Man For Christmas by Penny Wylder

    Big Man For Christmas by Penny Wylder

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Full Service by Falon Stone, Nix Stone

    Full Service by Falon Stone, Nix Stone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cole Crocker never gets involved in other people’s business. But when there’s a woman in need of rescue, he can’t stop himself from stepping in. He never expects the rescue to turn into a new, hot houseguest, but when Bella has nowhere else to go, he opens his home as well as his bed...
    Categorized as:
    angst  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  male-mc  romance
  • Aftershock by Tanya Chris

    Aftershock by Tanya Chris

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Being acquitted of Jamie’s murder won’t bring him back. Syed might be free, but he’s lost his lover and his sub, along with his sense of control, his libido, his friends, and the stomach to inflict the kind of pain Jamie thrived on. Even his high-rise apartment doesn’t suit him anymore...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sad  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  female-author  fiction
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