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  • Flawed by Riley Edwards

    Flawed by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A career-ending mission sends Trey Durum’s life into a death spiral. Out of control, scarred, and with his spirit broken, he tries to adjust to civilian life. His plan to fade into the background goes up in smoke when Adalynn Walker crashs into his life. The sexy physical therapist has everyone fooled. She’s not sweet. She’s not shy. She’s not patient and kind...
  • Soar High by Cherise Sinclair

    Soar High by Cherise Sinclair

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She survived.Kit survived her abusive husband. Survived imprisonment and beatings from the Patriot Zealots. Now free and healing, she can make a new life for herself and her son…except he has attached himself to a terrifying, scarred, tattooed ex-mercenary.Women take one look at him and flee.An ugly childhood and combat left Hawk with scars, a rasping voice, and an aversion to talking...
  • Zero Apologies: Zero and Lilly, Part 3 by Autumn Jones Lake

    Zero Apologies: Zero and Lilly, Part 3 by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The lies have been answered.The road ahead remains unknown...
  • After Glow by Autumn Jones Lake

    After Glow by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    One uncovered truth shines a light on the throne of lies I’ve been sitting on for years. A revelation with the power to test the bonds of brotherhood like never before. My ruthless obsession to protect what’s mine burns hotter than ever. Promises I’ve made to my brothers I burn to keep. Vows made to my wife I swear to honor. Through the web of tangled loyalties, one thing remains clear...
  • Cuffed by Lexxi James

    Cuffed by Lexxi James

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    HannahThe second I saw him walk through that door, I knew he was trouble.Men like him always are.The dark hair.The smoldering stubble.Those piercing gray eyes that might as well be a flame thrower between women's legs.Oh, and the fact that he's in a gentlemen's club.What am I doing here, you ask?It's my job to be here.No, not that job...
  • Bray by Maryann Jordan

    Bray by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    His mission? A leisurely, first-class train ride through the Canadian Rockies escorting a doctor who was afraid of flying.Easy. Relaxing. And if the doctor is a beautiful, funny, kind-hearted woman that makes him wish for a future he thought had been buried with his last Special Forces mission, what can go wrong?Plenty.Illegal weapons smuggler. Nefarious businessmen...
  • Rescuing Rosalie by Ellie Masters

    Rescuing Rosalie by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the Nicaraguan jungle, I'll battle dangerous wildlife, treacherous terrain, and my growing attraction to Rosalie as we outrun a madman and survive.When a hostage rescue mission intended to save innocent lives takes a devastating turn, Hayes, a Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialist, leaps into action and plunges headlong into danger to save Rosalie...
  • White Knuckles by Autumn Jones Lake

    White Knuckles by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    TWO TATTERED SOULS After countless detours, Wrath and Trinity’s wedding is only ten days away. Together they’ve battled their demons and are ready to declare their commitment to each other in front of their entire Lost Kings MC family. ONE BITTER ENEMY No one is prepared for the threat that crawls out of the shadows and issues an evil ultimatum...
  • It'll Be An Adventure by Cherise Sinclair

    It'll Be An Adventure by Cherise Sinclair

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From NYT & USA Today Bestselling author Cherise Sinclair comes an outstanding addition to the beloved Masters of the Shadowlands series.The secret of author Murphy’s success is hands-on research. Murphy loves writing popular Regency thrillers and jumping into new adventures under the guise of research. For one novel, she’d joined a K9 search-and-rescue group—and liked it so much she stayed...
  • A Very Naughty MC Christmas by L. Wilder, Jordan Marie

    A Very Naughty MC Christmas by L. Wilder, Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tis the season for an MC Christmas.10 steamy stories sure to make the naughty list this year...
  • Nashville Dreams by Julie Capulet

    Nashville Dreams by Julie Capulet

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “All I wished for was to experience that spark you read about, just once. What I wasn’t expecting was the Fourth of July and heaven on earth all rolled into one.” ~ Stella Bass player Kade Tucker is known as the Magic Man, and not only for his riffs. After breaking off a disastrous relationship, he swears off women. Only problem is, five minutes later, he might have just met the love of his life...
  • Lola by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Lola by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lola is the eighth book in the Reed Security series and the conclusion to Ryan's book in the series For The Love Of A Good Woman. The books should be read in order. “Ladies, I’m going to demonstrate how you can take out someone that is coming at you from the front. Now, Derek is going to come at me.” I motioned him forward and I saw a glint of fear in his eyes...
  • Lo's Wraith by Tiffany Casper

    Lo's Wraith by Tiffany Casper

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What is the actuality that three simple regrets, all in a days’ time can change not just one life, but two?Skinner should have known better.You didn’t become a member for Wrath MC by being stupid.However, what you did become, was the Icer. The Icer by definition is the man that will do whatever is necessary to protect those he cares about...
  • Bear's Beloved by Ciara St. James

    Bear's Beloved by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bear has lived more than half his life for his club. He’ll gladly do it again. He has never regretted starting this club with Bull and a few others years ago. However, seeing his brothers finding love and settling down to have families when he knows he’ll never have that is taking its toll on him. He takes off to get his head straight...
  • Wrecker's Ensnarement by Ciara St. James

    Wrecker's Ensnarement by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    WreckerWalking that hazy line between his day job and his club isn’t an easy one for Wrecker. After all, there aren’t a whole lot of men who were both semi-outlaw bikers and cops. He likes to think he has the best of both worlds and until he meets a certain sexy therapist, he’s been happy with it. It’s a balancing act, but one he can manage...
  • Protector Daddy by Laylah Roberts

    Protector Daddy by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    She came for the truth but ended up with so much more…Millie had always been the responsible. Studious. Serious. She’d never even left the small town she grew up in.Until her mission takes her to the city. She didn’t factor in exactly how ill-equipped she was to conduct a murder investigation. Soon, she has half the city’s underworld gunning for her...
  • Untamed Daddy by Laylah Roberts

    Untamed Daddy by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A tragedy in his past shaped the man he was today . . .Hard. Ruthless. Possessive.If you were his, Jacob Reyes would protect you with his dying breath.That’s why he let so few people close.Then there was HER.Soft and strong. Sweet and sassy.A Little in trouble who called to his Daddy instincts to protect her...
  • Family: The Club Girl Diaries Book 5 by Addison Jane

    Family: The Club Girl Diaries Book 5 by Addison Jane

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Family came first—that’s what the Brothers by Blood MC believed in. They fell in love, they battled the odds, and they fought through the danger that threatened to tear them apart, but it wasn’t over yet. Their stories were just the beginning, and now they were determined to continue to build their families and the next generation of the MC...
  • Ravage MC Box Set by Ryan Michele

    Ravage MC Box Set by Ryan Michele

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    **Ravage MC Box Set** Includes: Ravage Me, Seduce Me, Consume Me, Satisfy Me & Rattle Me Ravage Me (Ravage MC#1) http://bit.ly/RavageMe-Amz After spending the last two years stuck behind bars for a crime she didn’t commit, Harlow ‘Princess’ Gavelson’s time inside has finally come to an end, and she’s ready for revenge...
  • Bitter Sweet Hell by Alex Grayson

    Bitter Sweet Hell by Alex Grayson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Hell Night Series continues with JW's story! As the Sheriff of Malus, Texas, JW takes his oath to protect its citizens very seriously. Born from an ugly past, he swears no child, woman, or man will ever endure what he and his brothers have. As he seeks retribution of the ones who have wronged him, his past and his present finally collide. Secrets are laid open...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  steamy  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult  book
  • HOT Honor by Lynn Raye Harris

    HOT Honor by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Waking up with a wife is not how black ops soldier Zane “Zany” Scott pictured his first trip to Las Vegas ending. Forever isn’t in his vocabulary anymore. So why did he marry a woman he just met?Nerdy Eden Hall isn’t the kind of girl people notice. She’s always lived in her twin’s shadow, always been plain and sensible compared to her sister’s big personality...
  • Ghost by Nicole James

    Ghost by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Ghost has been living his life under one rule…never fall in love, never get too close, never get tied down to just one woman. Focusing solely on his club, he is able to remain unattached and free…. until a girl from his past is dropped in his lap. She was a line he swore he’d never cross. And now, in order to obtain an alliance his club needs, he’s forced to use her in ways he’d never imagined...
  • Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole

    Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tor Jude and I managed to salvage something beautiful from the war torn rubble of our lives, a blissful happiness that we paid for in blood. We fought our way here, leaving pieces of ourselves along the way. I thought this was the happily ever after in our twisted fairy tale, but I was wrong. Jude I may be free by definition...
  • HOT Secrets by Lynn Raye Harris

    HOT Secrets by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She nearly ruined his life. Now she needs him to save hers. It was supposed to be a simple job for hacker Bliss Bennett: access confidential files and turn them over to the CIA. But something went wrong—and now Bliss has a target on her back. With no idea who to trust, she heads straight toward the one man she hopes won’t turn her away...
  • Edge of Fury (Edge Security) by Trish Loye

    Edge of Fury (Edge Security) by Trish Loye

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    E.D.G.E. Security is a covert international organization that handles jobs most governments won’t. The operators are the elite of the elite, soldiers and spies, chosen for their skills and secrecy, and their ability to go beyond the edge...
  • Slow Ride: Sleeper SEALs Book 2 by Becky McGraw, Suspense Sisters

    Slow Ride: Sleeper SEALs Book 2 by Becky McGraw, Suspense Sisters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Sleeper SEALs are former U.S. Navy SEALs recruited by a new CIA counter-terror division to handle solo dark ops missions to combat terrorism on US soil. SLOW RIDE Only a month into his retirement from the SEAL teams, Lt. Commander Keegan McDonald was bored out of his mind working at his uncle's motorcycle repair shop...
  • Devil's Marker by Victoria Danann

    Devil's Marker by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ***The Waco, Texas Marauders MC is on the verge of war.***New arrivals, Stars and Bars MC, are engaged in activities too nefarious for even the notorious Marauders.***New SSMC member, Win Garrett, is planted inside to get information and fill a marker owed by the club...
  • Boomer by Marie James

    Boomer by Marie James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Secrets are poison. They eat away at you from the inside. I doubt there’s a single person in the club that would have a problem with who I am.Keeping my mouth shut is all about my own shame. Who I am isn’t acceptable. That’s what my Fundamentalist family raised me to believe, but even after leaving home, I couldn’t be myself...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  steamy  angst  alpha-mc  romance  mlm  contemporary  abuse
  • Deja Brew by Jessica Gadziala

    Deja Brew by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Within the struggling cafe Deja Brew, trouble percolates beneath the coffee beans. The shop’s owner, Shale, is forced into a dangerous game by a cartel, and when her shipment vanishes, it's game on.Shale's only hope is an unexpected Junior. Her only regular, and a local hacker with a knack for saving the day...
  • Agony's Medicine Woman by Ciara St. James

    Agony's Medicine Woman by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Agony may be a natural flirt, but that didn’t stop him from dreaming of having a woman of his own to love and have a family with. Years of watching his friends get their happily ever after lives has worn him down. He’s at the point of admitting it isn’t in the cards for him...
  • Dare's Doll by Ciara St. James

    Dare's Doll by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dare has been proud to be a member of the Pagan Souls MC in Cherokee for close to two decades. He has good friends he calls brothers and a life that brings him a lot of happiness. It’s brotherhood that has him and a few of his Cherokee brothers answering the call for assistance from another chapter of Pagans...
  • At Your Service by Lexi Blake

    At Your Service by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Juliana O’Neil’s promising future was burned away in the heat of battle. She had been an officer with a bright future in the military, but now she is struggling to survive. Her husband gone and her career in shambles, she finds a job at Top as a hostess and tries to put together the pieces of her life...
  • Murphy by L. Wilder

    Murphy by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Some rules are meant to be broken. New York Times and USA Today Best Seller L. Wilder brings readers a new addition to the Satan's Fury Memphis series. Murphy's Law- Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. As Satan's Fury's sergeant-at-arms, it was my job to stay one step ahead. It was up to me to make sure the club was ready when things went awry...
  • Reaper's Banshee by Ciara St. James

    Reaper's Banshee by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Reaper:Being the president of the Iron Punishers MC should’ve been enough for Reaper. Only the last year or so, has him feeling like something is missing. When he sees his sister and her little family, he thinks he might know what that is, someone special. That someone you can always come home to at night and who’s always there for you...
  • Perfectly Paired by Lexi Blake

    Perfectly Paired by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A table for two Waitress Tiffany Hayes knows what she wants and she wants Sebastian. Top’s grumpy sommelier calls to her in a way no man has before. She simply needs to show him that they belong together. Finding an opportunity to spend some quality time with him turns out to be the easy part. Convincing Sebastian to look beyond his damaged heart and soul is far more difficult...
  • Keeping Kori by P.J. Fiala

    Keeping Kori by P.J. Fiala

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An operative shot in the line of duty.An EMT with a huge secret.And the ultimate explosion of consequences and hearts.Injured but determined to help his fellow operatives, Falcon Montgomery is fighting for all their lives. He’s also battling a pesky EMT who is putting both of their lives at risk. RAPTOR is so close to capturing this criminal and Falcon cannot stop until he’s caught...
  • Rescuing Kenna by P.J. Fiala

    Rescuing Kenna by P.J. Fiala

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Enjoy this steamy small-town protector romance by USA Today bestselling author PJ Fiala. He’s a GHOST operative trying to keep the peace.She’s a process server determined to do her job.Together they are caught up in a war neither will back down from. When the job can only be handled by the team that doesn’t exist, you call GHOST...
  • Shades by Nicole James

    Shades by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Shades hadn’t seen Skylar in years, and now here she was, the love of his life, riding back into his life on the back of a brother’s bike. For years after Shades had lost Skylar, he’d tried satisfying the emptiness of losing her with booze, pussy and the club...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  steamy  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult  biker  book
  • Fate Heals by Tina Saxon

    Fate Heals by Tina Saxon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fate has forced me down a twisted path. When I think it can’t get any worse, it reminds me that it can, pushing me into a thick, thorny maze and leaves deep, irrevocable scars. My will to fight has taken hit after hit, that burnt-out fire leaving only embers to scorch those closest to me...
  • Wicked Shadows by A.D. Justice, Marisa Shor

    Wicked Shadows by A.D. Justice, Marisa Shor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Devon “Shadow” Kane chose a life of anonymity the moment he entered the clandestine world of the CIA. His training made him a killer, a skill he has no qualms using. Elle Sinclair, the younger sister of his childhood friend, is far from the girl next door. She’ll be the next big star. She’s also the one he can’t have...
  • TNT by Giulia Lagomarsino

    TNT by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After walking into his girlfriend's house and finding her murdered, Tony is struggling to get back to normal. Everyone's looking at him like he's damaged, but they don't know the truth. And when they find out, they won't ever look at him the same again. But a one night stand changes everything...
  • Loving Lex by Shayne Ford

    Loving Lex by Shayne Ford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ***THIS IS THE CONCLUSION OF LEX AND DAHLIA'S STORY***LUST. POWER. BAD BOYS. LOVE. BETRAYAL.This series has it all.LOVING LEX (Night of the Kings #6)SECRETS. LIES. DECEIT. A GAME OF LUST AND BURNING PASSION.Dahlia is a girl who just started building her own path in life. Lex is the man who has it all, except for one thing...
  • Defending Roxanne by P.J. Fiala

    Defending Roxanne by P.J. Fiala

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Secrets and lies have become deadly. While investigating the murder of her parents, Roxanne Bowman encounters more than she ever thought she would. The secrets that both of her parents kept knock her off kilter. Finding an intruder in their home afterwards changes her life forever. GHOST operative, Hawk Delany is back in the swing of things after being shot while working a case...
  • Kilo by Sybil Bartel

    Kilo by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Breacher.Navy SEAL.Mercenary.Being a breacher on the Teams wasn’t a job, it was my drug of choice. Detonating charges, the blast waves going through me, I lived for the rush of tactical explosive breaching. As long as I kept my brothers safe and didn’t eat a piece of frag, I never looked past my next mission... until I screwed up.Miscalculating a blast zone, I took a hit...
  • Whiskey by Sybil Bartel

    Whiskey by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mercenary.Navy SEAL.Unconventional Operative.I didn’t join the Teams. I was recruited. They called me the Specialist. They said I had a unique skill set. I knew who I was.For eight years, the Navy tried to rein me in with their tactics, techniques and procedures—operations, missions, objectives—they told me to adapt and overcome. I didn’t adapt. I did my time.Now I worked for Alpha Elite Security...
  • Savage Town by Kathleen Kelly

    Savage Town by Kathleen Kelly

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tourmaline is set to host the wedding of the century. Everyone is in town to witness rocks' wild child, Kat Saunders, marry Savage Angels MC President, Dane Reynolds. Love is in the air, and even the VP, Jonas, has been roped into helping with the impending nuptials...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  biker  book
  • The Alpha Billionaire Club Trilogy: BBW Billionaire Romance by Alexa Wilder

    The Alpha Billionaire Club Trilogy: BBW Billionaire Romance by Alexa Wilder

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Together in one volume, all three books in the Alpha Billionaire Club series by Amazon Bestselling Author Alexa Wilder. Over 1,300 pages of steamy, sexy, action-packed billionaire romance! THE WEDDING RESCUE She thinks she's not his type. He's determined to prove her wrong. Leigha Carmichael is used to the quiet life...
  • Blindsided by Kaylea Cross

    Blindsided by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s a Titanium Christmas reunion… Grace and Alex Rycroft have just moved into their newly renovated house in upstate New York and they’ve invited the whole Titanium Security crew to celebrate an early Christmas with them. But not all is merry and bright. Unfortunately things don’t go as planned...
  • Boink by Winter Travers

    Boink by Winter Travers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Letting his president's sister get kidnapped was not Boink’s finest hour as a member of the Fallen Lords MC. Now it’s time to pay the price protecting the very woman who distracted him from his job in the first place. Mayra needed a safe place to land and the Fallen Lords clubhouse was the perfect solution, until her past puts everyone in danger...
  • Callous by Sybil Bartel

    Callous by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bodyguard. Tracker. Silent observer. Life was in the details. The weight of a government issued rifle, the trajectory of a bullet, the speed of the wind—those details were crucial in the Marines. But outside the military, that level of observation was currency, and I was selling my skills to the best security firm in south Florida...
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