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Blood & Bones: Shade by Jeanne St. James
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA past that defined a future... Shade has a secret.One he’s hidden most of his life.Secrets created in his past.Of a broken family. A little boy lost.Of broken dreams. With only nightmares left in their wake.As a prospect, his MC nicknamed him Shady because he’s quiet and keeps to himself.As a patched member of the Blood Fury, he changed it to Shade, because that’s what he prefers.. -
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Taming My Whiskey by Melissa Foster
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBuckle up for a wild ride as Dixie Whiskey finds forever love in TAMING MY WHISKEY, a funny, sexy, and emotionally riveting standalone romance by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster... -
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Colton by Marie James
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDetective Colton Matthews has experienced a lot in the last ten years.Promotions.Divorce.Single-dad life.His work life is as full of surprises as his home life.But nothing prepared him for her.Saying yes to the favor asked of the Cerberus MC was a no brainer.He’s a good guy helping other good guys... -
![Blood & Bones: Ozzy by Jeanne St. James]()
Blood & Bones: Ozzy by Jeanne St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThey call him The Great Oz, but for Ozzy, sometimes life isn’t so great... Over twenty years ago, at seventeen, the Blood Fury’s colors were inked onto Ozzy’s back.But when the club imploded, he was one of the few who survived.Throughout his life, the Original has made mistakes.Too many to count.Most didn’t matter.Until the last one.The one he regrets.The one that left a mark... -
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![Everything I Always Wanted by Stephanie Nicole Norris]()
Everything I Always Wanted by Stephanie Nicole Norris
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt was a mouthwatering kiss that changed everything… One thing that held constant in Shelby Donovan’s life was her career. As a world renowned artist, Shelby’s paintings traveled the globe, landing in museums and homes across the nation. But what she couldn’t seem to get under control was her love life. Her mother insisted it was because of her best friend, Sebastian Cartwright... -
![Pharaoh: Wolf Warriors MC by K.C. Mills]()
Pharaoh: Wolf Warriors MC by K.C. Mills
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPharaoh Vaughan was the type of man that you don’t want to cross. As Wolf Warriors MC’s, enforcer, if you were on his radar, you had better be prepared to dance with the devil.When it came to women, there was only ever one he considered giving his heart to, but the debt he felt he owed the only family that ever showed up for him forced Pharaoh to choose loyalty over love... -
![Naked or Dead by A.E. Murphy]()
Naked or Dead by A.E. Murphy
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSmall town, small-minded people, small expectations, and big A-holes.Lilith Deville is the new enigma at Lakeside Preparatory Academy, a prestigious high school by a river and not a lake, which makes sense, not. Already she hates it despite its beautiful landscape... -
![Wilder Love by Emery Rose]()
Wilder Love by Emery Rose
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI was his weakness. He was my strength. Until I destroyed him. I was infatuated with Shane Wilder since the first time I saw him surfing. But we couldn’t be together. Not yet, anyway. I was too young and screwed up. He was too focused on chasing his dream. So we became friends. We met on the rooftop for late-night confessions under the stars... -
![Bradford Bastard by Sheridan Anne]()
Bradford Bastard by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThere are three things I know for sure.One, hot wax on the coochie ain’t for everybody. Two, diamonds aren’t a girl’s best friend—tampons are. And three, Tanner Morgan is an asshole.I’m sure if I hadn’t spilled beer all over him and gave a subtle suggestion of where he could shove his best friend’s dick, perhaps we would have started out on a better note... -
![The Moth and the Flame by B.B. Reid]()
The Moth and the Flame by B.B. Reid
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThey're the best of friends or the worst of friends. Neither one is letting go.THE FLAMEHere lies Louchana Valentine. She was a homeless, orphaned virgin.I never cared what my gravestone would say until I landed in deep with a powerful gangster. Lucky for me, my best friend happens to be ruthless too. I should feel guilty that he's forced to turn on the man who's been a father to him... -
![Serving The Maestro by M.S. Parker]()
Serving The Maestro by M.S. Parker
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJazz Moors––a successful New York business woman––wants a baby, but not a husband. As her window of opportunity closes, she meets Trent Dixon, a very handsome Hollywood composer who's only in town for a short while. Preferring natural conception, she finds him suitable, so she asks him to be her donor. Trent is on board, but with a twist... -
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June First by Jennifer Hartmann
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWant to know what happens to a man who barely claws his way out of a tragedy, only to fall right into the arms of the one girl in the world he can never have?Another tragedy, that’s what.When I was six years old, my father made a choice that altered the course of my entire life. Because of what he did, the only girl I ever loved became the only girl I couldn’t have... -
![After the Fall by Giana Darling]()
After the Fall by Giana Darling
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI was settin’ up to live a good life, the kinda life I’d fought hard to deserve. With a good woman––the best woman––at my side, a degree under my belt, and the whole world at my feet, I was livin’ the kinda happily ever after usually denied the rebellious and the criminal. I’d turned my back on that kinda life, thinkin’ I needed that clean, wholesome kinda happy... -
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Ox by Blue Saffire
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAward winning, Bestselling, Author Blue Saffire presents A**hole SeriesOxImagine being a child who waits for his mother to come pick him up, but she never comes. Then one day the same happens with your dad, but the final straw was when my big brother and best friend never came back to play with me after dad was gone.Everyone I love leaves. That’s why I hate letting people in... -
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![Torn by Carian Cole, קריאן קול]()
Torn by Carian Cole, קריאן קול
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWhen I was five years old, I told Toren Grace I was going to marry him when I grew up. When I turned eighteen, I made it clear I still felt the same. The problem? He's fifteen years older than me, and he's my father's best friend.Toren Grace. My pseudo-uncle. He's always been my rock--the one I should never, ever want. But I do want him, and I love him. I always have.Tor's one of the good guys... -
![All In by Eliza Lentzski]()
All In by Eliza Lentzski
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook Four and the dénouement of the Winter Jacket Series. Hollywood had been a disaster. Elle Graft—Associate Professor of English and once-budding television screenwriter—could admit that much. Now back in Minnesota and back to her old life, Elle’s determined to get her relationship with Hunter back on track. It all started with a broken classroom heater and a blue winter coat... -
![Fragile Things by Samantha Lovelock]()
Fragile Things by Samantha Lovelock
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPoe Halliday was an accident. A chance meeting that changed my life forever.My mother didn't have secrets; her secrets had her. After she disappeared, I had nothing.Or so I thought.When the invitation arrived, the opportunity to learn about my mother's past was too great to pass up. Heading west to meet an aunt I had never heard of, I knew I was taking a risk, but I craved answers... -
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Four Good by Stephanie Brother
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy night with three strangers is amazing, until the next morning when their best friend shows up — and he turns out to be my ex.As a bartender in a tourist town, I get hit on a lot. I’ve heard all the lines, and it’s very rare that I take the bait... -
![Brutal Revelation by P.H. Nix]()
Brutal Revelation by P.H. Nix
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSchool’s out, but the fun never arrived.The enemy is no longer on our doorstep. They’re inside, wreaking havoc in the form of both perceived friends and known foes.Making what was supposed to be a summer of celebration into an endless string of heartache that led us to one Brutal Revelation.Brutal Revelation is a novella in the Edgewood Academy Elite Series... -
![Strange & Unusual by Lani Lynn Vale]()
Strange & Unusual by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe moment he divorced his ex-wife, Jeremiah decided two things.One, he would never, ever get into that kind of situation again—i.e., marriage.Two, he would spend more time doing what he loved—baking, riding motorcycles, spending time with the Battle Crows MC, and getting some quiet time for just himself. Pretty much doing the things he enjoyed, that his ex-wife could no longer ruin... -
![The Wild One by Cassie-Ann L. Miller]()
The Wild One by Cassie-Ann L. Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJasper Westbrook. Code name: Swoon Machine.My best friend's older brother.Melter of ovaries. Destroyer of panties.And suddenly...a single dad.Guys like Jasper—I bet you know the type? The chiseled arms. The wavy hair. The melt-your-brain-cells smile.Good thing I'm a smart girl—Honey Hill's former child prodigy, to be precise—I should know better than to fall for this playboy's charm... -
![Landslide by Kathryn Nolan]()
Landslide by Kathryn Nolan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere ought to be a law that Gabe Shaw – hippie lumberjack, Viking with a man bun – should never be allowed to hold tiny infants against his broad, muscular chest. Celebrity makeup artist Josie Torres has three rules when it comes to men: No spending the night. No second dates. No falling in love... -
![Beneath the Surface by Emily McIntire]()
Beneath the Surface by Emily McIntire
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLily We all have scars.Mine are hidden beneath ink and smiles,hard to see and easy to feel.But the most painful ones are deeper.Branded on my soul, reminding me of what I've lost.I'm broken.Sick.Disturbed.Then he shows up, and loves my jagged pieces.But monsters linger long after they're gone,and sometimes you can't outrun their shadows.No matter how much you ache to forget... -
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Always Yours by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA billionaire in love with his best friend.A woman pregnant with another man’s baby.Together, in a friends to lovers romance.I’ve been in love with my best friend for what seems like forever. But she wanted the one thing I couldn’t give her.Now, she’s pregnant with another man’s baby. The “donor” wants nothing to do with her... or the child, so I do the one thing I’ve always wanted to do...Categorized as:
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![Hiding Out In The Mountains by Olivia T. Turner]()
Hiding Out In The Mountains by Olivia T. Turner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe's the ultimate temptation.One that I can't touch yet one that I can't resist.Her father was my best friend in the Navy SEALs.He gave his life for mine.And how do I repay him?By lusting after his only daughter.The last time I saw her she was a kid.But she shows up on my doorstep in trouble and she's all grown up.All grown up and irresistible... -
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Fighting the Forbidden by Autumn Jones Lake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy best friend’s little sister is the ultimate forbidden fruit.I’m the bad boy. She’s the good girl.I’ve fought for survival all my life. My best friend and I have built an empire with our fists, sweat, and blood.There's nothing I won't do to protect her, no matter the sacrifice – even my own heart.I should know better than to want her. She’s got big dreams that don’t involve me...Categorized as:
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![Snowy Montana Nights by Cynthia D'Alba]()
Snowy Montana Nights by Cynthia D'Alba
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA sexy new book in the Dallas Debutantes/McCool Family trilogy. All books in the trilogy can be read as standalones. Book ONE in the Grizzly Bitterroot Ranch TrilogyA cowboy who isn’t what he appears must play private host to a spoiled Dallas Debutante who isn’t what she seems... -
![Mountain Seeking Hero by Marley Michaels]()
Mountain Seeking Hero by Marley Michaels
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSearch and Rescue Coordinator, Max Cooper, has heard the mountain’s call. Now he’s returned to his birthplace to see whether the Moose Mountain legend is true for him, just like it has been for his brothers and cousins. He doesn’t expect it to literally hit him in the back of the head though... -
![Ready or Not by Jenn Plummer]()
Ready or Not by Jenn Plummer
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWesLilith Aspen. Daughter of the founding family of our small town, and the most intoxicating woman I’ve ever laid eyes on. She’s also eighteen years younger and my son’s ex-girlfriend. There’s something dark and depraved that she keeps hidden deep inside her. It calls to my primal side that wants to unleash when she’s around. I don’t bother fighting my obsession... -
![Tragic Lies by L.A. Cotton]()
Tragic Lies by L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom bestselling author of the Rixon Raiders comes a new spin-off next generation series. More angst...More drama...More Raiders... -
![Finding Home by Eliza Lentzski]()
Finding Home by Eliza Lentzski
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook Three in the Winter Jacket series There are signs everywhere if you know what you're looking for-signs that tell you you're doing something wrong. Go back. Detour. Choose again. Do not collect two hundred dollars when you pass Go. But I hadn't paid attention to the warnings, too blinded by ambition and the desire to experience something new... -
![The Beautiful Now by Michelle Leighton]()
The Beautiful Now by Michelle Leighton
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom New York Times , USA Today , and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author M. Leighton comes an epic tale of a love so deep it defies all the odds, breaks all the rules, and promises never to die. Dane James worked my stepfather's fields. He was the boy next door. Strong. Hardworking. Forbidden. From the moment we met, we were star-crossed lovers--always wanting, never having... -
![Jedson: An Enemies-to-Lovers Small Town Romance by Cora Brent]()
Jedson: An Enemies-to-Lovers Small Town Romance by Cora Brent
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"This was all nuts. The way I wanted him. The ways we knew each other. And the ways we didn't..." LEAH When I was too young to know any better Ryan Jedson fascinated me. After he went on the run I thought I'd never see him again. I was wrong. Now that he's back in town I realize it's a bad idea to catch his eye. And yet I can't help it. Sometimes you want the one you shouldn't want... -
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Rigid by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWomen don’t stay... no matter how much you love them.And I can’t chance it with her... because when she leaves me... I wouldn’t survive it.I’m not a nice guy. I don’t even try to be.I take what I want and then I move on.I never thought about having a wife and kids...Until I met Emily.She makes me want things I know I shouldn’t.So I’m mean to her. I’m not proud of it, but it is what it is... -
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![Wreck My World by Victoria Ashley]()
Wreck My World by Victoria Ashley
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“The feeling I have in this very moment, after not seeing her for so long, will haunt me forever, reminding me why I left to begin with.” For as long as I can remember, Easton Crews has been off-limits. As much as it kills me, that’s never going to change. After his little disappearing act three years ago, then suddenly showing up out of nowhere, I shouldn't want anything to do with him... -
![How Sweet It Is by Melissa Brayden]()
How Sweet It Is by Melissa Brayden
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSome things are better than chocolate... Molly O’Brien is a sweetheart. Her friends and neighbors all think so. While she enjoys her quiet life running the town bakeshop in Applewood, Illinois, she wonders if there could be more. After losing the love of her life four years prior in a plane crash, Molly thinks she’s ready to navigate the dicey dating waters once again... -
![The Fall of a God by Holly Renee]()
The Fall of a God by Holly Renee
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsInnocent. Blameless. Pure. Heartbroken. Josie Vos belonged to the one family I hated more than anything. And I had forced her to despise me just as much. It didn't matter that I had lost track of my plan and fallen for my enemy. Irrevocably hurt and enraged by my deceit, she had no intentions of doing anything but watching me lose my throne. The secrets of our families can never be forgotten... -
![Fractured Things by Samantha Lovelock]()
Fractured Things by Samantha Lovelock
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPoe Halliday could have been my everything. The boy who allowed me to dream again.Over as quickly as it began, one night ended it all—the hope growing in my heart poisoned by a dark secret spit from cruel and twisted lips. The secret that stole her from me.After spending my entire life living with my mother’s demons, I refuse to let them take anything else away from me... -
![Tobias and Beau by Chloe Gray]()
Tobias and Beau by Chloe Gray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBeau and Tobias never expected to fall in love so quickly. Will that love be enough to last?Beau Matthews knows he wants to be with Tobias, but the two men are so different from one another. Beau lives a mundane life and has a complicated past he'd rather forget. Tobias needs a stern, no nonsense man. Right?Tobias Woods is more then ready for his new life in Bartford... -
![Teacher's Pet by Wendy Smith]()
Teacher's Pet by Wendy Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJames Campbell’s love life is complicated. He chose the university he went to because he was following a girl—only to get dumped by her. Now he’s in love again, and this time it’s the real deal. Except for two problems. Mia loves James. But the spectre of her broken marriage hangs over her when her ex gets a job in the same place she works. And where she works is the other problem... -
![Clusterf*ck by Ash Harlow]()
Clusterf*ck by Ash Harlow
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVirginia (Ginger, Hot Spice) Hough. Starlet curves, golden hair and a crush on me like a wrecking ball. And she's my nanny. She thinks I barely notice her. Yeah, my act is that good. But nobody knows how hard it is to resist the temptation of the one woman I want, but can’t have. I don’t make problems, I fix them. I keep secrets like others keep pets... -
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Regret by Max Henry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFour simple rules when you’re a woman in denial: 1. Don’t stalk your father’s best friend online. 2. Don’t talk to him via Messenger. 3. Definitely don’t go to his house. 4. And whatever you do, don’t tell him you’re still in love. I’ve never been one for doing what I’m told. Includes special release week bonus content. "Max nailed it. As she always does... -
![No Plans for Love by Claire Wilder]()
No Plans for Love by Claire Wilder
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat's the harm in a quick fling?Do the interior design on this high-end lake house, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. What they didn’t say? I’d be in sudden forced proximity to Graydon Mitchell, the house’s way-too-sexy builder. My perfect life plan doesn’t include relationships—I won’t build my life around a man the way my mom did... -
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Shortcake by Katana Collins
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThat awkward moment when your one-night stand is the new sheriff in town...And he's here to arrest you.Yep. A reformed bad girl should never fall into bed with a cop.Conrad Meyer is everything I’ve always tried to avoid. A know-it-all, grumpy, goody-two-shoes with piercing eyes and a distractingly sexy body.And to top it all off? He's a cop... -
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![The Mortician by Gianni Holmes]()
The Mortician by Gianni Holmes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter a betrayal destroys Mort's dreams of love and family, he pledges his undying loyalty to the Grimm Reapers. As their newly appointed enforcer, he instills fear and carries out vengeance without mercy. The last thing he needs is the club’s notorious hangaround boy sliding beneath his sheets and messing with his head... -
![Forever For You by D.E. Haggerty]()
Forever For You by D.E. Haggerty
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI am NOT Rowan’s little sister. And I will do everything in my power to prove otherwise. But I swear breaking my ankle, so I could live with him while I recover was not part of the plan. Honestly. I have loved Rowan since I was sixteen and he rushed in like my knight in shining football pads to save me from a bully... -
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Loved by the Lumberjack by Clara King
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe's a reclusive ex-sheriff living in the woods.She's a curvy pop star running from a life she never wanted.I didn't mean to run away into Wildwood Forest. I just wanted to get away from my controlling parents. But when a grumpy older lumberjack saves me from a falling tree, I start to see a way out of the life I hate... -
![Secret Obsession by Tory Baker]()
Secret Obsession by Tory Baker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJosie has always been the ultimate forbidden fruit.When I first laid eyes on her, she was a tempting, wet dream that just appeared in my home.That sounds perfect, but she was there as my son’s girlfriend. It also made her completely off limits.It still didn’t stop me from tasting her.One touch, one taste wrapped up in a stolen moment that never should have happened marked me for life... -
![My Mountain Man Military Hero by Sadie King]()
My Mountain Man Military Hero by Sadie King
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWild Heart Mountain is heating up when an ex-military hero meets his match with a young curvy volunteer firefighter.Since being discharged from the military I’ve lost my purpose in life, until I find Erika…She’s feisty, curvy, and strong... -
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These Dead Promises by L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton comes the conclusion to Nix and Harleigh's story.Phoenix Wilder is fighting.For the girl he loves and the future he isn’t sure he deserves.But he’ll do it for her.His Birdie.His anchor.The only girl ever to see him for who he really is.Harleigh Wren Maguire is trying...
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