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  • Sinner: A Military Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Sinner: A Military Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sinner is the first book in the Reed Security Series. It is preceded by the series For The Love Of A Good Woman and it is recommended that the series be read in order, as characters from the first appear in the second. “I could maybe get some information out of him. Maybe I could-” “No, Freckles. You’re not a field agent.” “But I’m a woman. I could talk with-” “No...
  • Reaper by Kris Michaels

    Reaper by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hindsight–– is always 20/20. For the assassin known as Reaper, the chances he missed were displayed in perfect resolution every time he went back. Back to her, the only woman he'd ever loved. Back to where his life ended and then started again. The regrets had become too heavy, and he intended this trip home to be his last. Memories–– hold no future...
  • 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...
  • Widow's Undoing by L. Wilder

    Widow's Undoing by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Frankie Sullivan was everything I wasn’t.She was good, beautiful and strong.She hadn’t let her past break her. She’d held on to the hope for a better tomorrow, not only for herself but for her two boys.She was a woman who wanted...who deserved more. I wasn’t a man who could give more.I was cold, broken and full of rage. My past had broken me.I never allowed anyone get too close...
  • Jack by Maddie Wade

    Jack by Maddie Wade

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Once a protector, he has now become the hunter.Jack Granger has done the right thing all his life, but when his life was turned upside down, forming Eidolon became his salvation. He built a team who are ready to fight beside him and die for the vow they all made—to protect the Queen...
  • Gunner by Maddie Wade

    Gunner by Maddie Wade

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Traitor, Killer, Enemy those were just some of the words his former team at Eidolon now call him.Gunner Ramberg spent his life paying for the sins he committed as a child, fighting to make life better for the sister he adores and almost killed. Eidolon was supposed to be his first chance to fit in somewhere...
  • Spec by Lilly Atlas

    Spec by Lilly Atlas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Scott survived hell serving his country. After more than two decades of service, the man honorably discharged from the army isn’t the same man who went in. Instead, he’s angry, violent, guilt-ridden, and in agony. The only thing keeping him going is the brotherhood he’s found in the Hell’s Handlers MC. Until she shows up, ruining his safe space...
  • Wrath: Satan's Fury MC: SG by L. Wilder

    Wrath: Satan's Fury MC: SG by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best Seller L. Wilder brings you a new addition to the Satan’s Fury MC series.Stitch was stepping down.And he was preparing me to take his place.He’d seen the darkness in me.He knew I could use my demons the way he’d used his.And he was right.I used them, and I used them well.They’d helped me keep everyone at a distance— including her...
  • Secrets of Desire by L.K. Shaw

    Secrets of Desire by L.K. Shaw

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A NEW ** STANDALONE ** NOVEL When secrets surface… Bridget Carter seems to have the perfect life. She’s happily single and has a career she loves as a fashion designer at a local boutique. She enjoys playing at Club Eden and bounces from one Dominant to another. She’s not looking for love, even though she’s more than intrigued by Connor Black...
  • Payne's Goddess by Ciara St. James

    Payne's Goddess by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Payne comes by his road name legitimately and for more than one reason. One of those is his need for pain mixed with pleasure. He doesn’t ever fully have that need fulfilled at the MC’s compound, so he visits a special club in Nashville when the need is strong.It’s during one of those visits, while he’s putting on a show for others, that a woman captures his attention...
  • The Wilde Touch by Stoni Alexander

    The Wilde Touch by Stoni Alexander

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Looks can be deceiving… ​Emmy-winning journalist Alexandra Reed returns to the DC area with two goals in mind—care for her ailing mom and steer clear of devastatingly handsome Crockett Wilde. But the man who stole her heart, then broke it, is impossible to avoid. As her life spins out of control, she finds pleasure in her secret escape...
  • Master Bits & Mercenary Bites: Girls Night by Lexi Blake, Suzanne M. Johnson

    Master Bits & Mercenary Bites: Girls Night by Lexi Blake, Suzanne M. Johnson

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From the creators of Master Bits and Mercenary Bites, New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake and Southern food expert and USA Today bestselling author Suzanne Johnson, comes a new look at the Masters and Mercenaries world—Girls Night. Join us for easy to cook, delicious recipes and stay for the stories of the women of McKay-Taggart...
  • The Facilitator by Tracie Podger

    The Facilitator by Tracie Podger

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    'I'm going to be brutally honest and say that I love this book, its as if the author has stepped into my fantasies!' - Amazon Reviewer 'Wow! Completely wow. If you haven't read The Facilitator yet, what are you waiting for?' - Amazon Reviewer It started as a game. Two adults, both lonely; one an expert, the other learning on the quick...
  • Forever by Ivy Nelson

    Forever by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Russell Adler has one job while Elijah Barrett is away. Keep Holly Barrett and her best friend safe from those out to collapse Club Solitaire. There's just one problem, Holly's best friend is a pain in the ass. A gorgeous, irresistible, pain in the ass.Forever is the conclusion to the Diamond Doms series. Cover Reveal and full description coming soon...
  • Carson's Choice by Dale Mayer

    Carson's Choice by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Carson is pleasantly surprised by the job Levi assigns him, until Carson hears all the details. An elderly friend of Ice’s believes someone is out to kill her. But she has no proof, no suspects, no motives. The police think she’s imagining things and won’t look into the case any further. However, after meeting this lady … and her granddaughter, Carson has his own suspicions...
  • Runaway Seeks Mountain Man by Marley Michaels

    Runaway Seeks Mountain Man by Marley Michaels

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Sky Lewis receives a flyer in her letterbox promoting a wellness program for people struggling to find fulfilment, she thinks she might’ve finally found the key to the minimalist lifestyle she’s always wanted. Except after signing up and moving into The Community with her sister, Rory, she realizes that some things are too-good-to-be-true...
  • Fire with Fire by Michelle St. James

    Fire with Fire by Michelle St. James

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love is a battlefield — and only the strong survive. Shunning his Ivy League education and the empire that was his birthright, Damian Cavallo found his place in New York City’s criminal underworld after the fall of the Syndicate. Reclusive and angry, he works alone — until crime lord Nico Vitale makes a compelling argument for the new organization’s far-reaching power...
  • WOLF: An Evil Dead MC Story by Nicole James

    WOLF: An Evil Dead MC Story by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Evil Dead Motorcycle Club gave Wolf his nickname. They said it was because women stood about as much chance with him as Little Red Riding Hood stood against The Big Bad Wolf. And maybe that was true. For Wolf, when it comes to his club, he’s all about loyalty. He loves his brothers, he loves the freedom of the road, and he loves his independence...
  • Evan's Encore: Meltdown: The Conclusion by R.B. Hilliard

    Evan's Encore: Meltdown: The Conclusion by R.B. Hilliard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Evan Walker is living the dream. As Meltdown’s new keyboardist, he has finally found where he belongs. Unfortunately, his wife doesn’t share the same dream. When the band decides to take a break, Evan goes home, only to discover his reality is not as it seems. Unthinkable secrets are revealed, flipping his world upside down...
  • Asher by Anna Blakely

    Asher by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s a trained killer with dreams of a future…Despite his efforts to the contrary, Former Army Ranger Asher Cross can’t forget the sexy doctor he and his team risked their lives to save. Her long dark hair and ocean blue eyes fill his dreams and fuel his fantasies. So, when Sydnee unexpectedly appears on his doorstep, alone and afraid, Asher knows there’s only one choice to make… Her...
  • Love Like Hallelujah by Lutishia Lovely

    Love Like Hallelujah by Lutishia Lovely

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With infidelity behind them, Tai's marriage to her pastor husband, King, is stronger than ever. Even when King's ex-lover, Tootie, comes back to town, Tai keeps her cool. . .until she hears Tootie has a teenage son no one knew existed--a son who could be King's. Tai is determined to know who the boy's father is, and enlists the help of her best friend Vivian to find out the truth...
  • Grave by Savannah Rylan

    Grave by Savannah Rylan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    These lawyers can go screw themselves. If they think I’m going to let Everly go into witness protection, they got another thing coming. Their right that she is in danger, But I can keep her safe. So she will move in with me. At first, it seems simple, But as the lies unravel, I realize that Everly might be the only good thing in all of this...
  • Find Me by Tiffany Snow

    Find Me by Tiffany Snow

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As the head of the government’s secret Vigilance spy program, computer guru China Mack already has her hands full when her billionaire boyfriend, Jackson Cooper, asks for one of them in marriage.Thrown for a loop by the sudden proposal, China’s usually well-ordered life takes another hit when someone tries to assassinate the president...
  • Damaged by Willow Winters

    Damaged by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 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 came 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...
  • Her Ruthless Protector by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Ruthless Protector by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It Only Took a Moment for Him to Know She Was HisNavy SEAL Kane McNamara has his mission. Four potential terrorist targets in Oman. His job is to keep everyone safe and try to figure out where al-Qaeda will strike next. Guarding an International Music Show is on the bottom of Kane’s list until he meets the woman organizing the event, then all bets are off...
  • Rock's Redemption by Chiah Wilder

    Rock's Redemption by Chiah Wilder

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rock is the ripped, handsome Sergeant-At-Arms for the Insurgents MC. Being one of the club’s officers, women clamor to share his bed. The biker’s more than willing to oblige as long as it’s a short-time hookup; long-term relationship is not part of his vocabulary. He’s only been in love once—a long time ago—and the end result was shattering. He learned his lesson: keep his heart encased in steel...
  • Smokey by L. Wilder

    Smokey by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author L. Wilder comes book five in the Satan's Fury Series, a standalone MC romance.SmokeyYou can't fight fate, especially when it brings you a girl like MJ Thompson. She wasn't just beautiful. No, she was so much more than that. She was smart with a smile full of magic and curves that drove me to distraction...
  • Promised to the Killer: A Dark Mafia Romance by B.B. Hamel

    Promised to the Killer: A Dark Mafia Romance by B.B. Hamel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Her family tossed her aside like a broken doll.But she's my shining treasure and I'll kill to make her mine.Siena Bastone is going to die. She's the cast-off traitorous daughter of a minor mafia family with deliciously pouty lips and a wicked tongue.But after we spend one unforgettable night of sin in a hotel room, I can't walk away.I pull her from her family's clutches and make her my own...
  • SEAL's Pregnant One-Night Stand by Leslie North

    SEAL's Pregnant One-Night Stand by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A one-night stand leaves this Navy SEAL with a surprise... It was just supposed to be one night of no-strings-attached fun, but now Sofia Popov has become the center of former Navy SEAL Ian Campbell’s life...Sofia turns out to be the teacher of Ian’s teen son, Gavin—the same teacher who meets him in the hospital when Gavin suffers a seizure at school...
  • Scott's Summit by Dale Mayer

    Scott's Summit by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Gunny by MariaLisa deMora, Kayla Robichaux

    Gunny by MariaLisa deMora, Kayla Robichaux

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Shattered following a devastating betrayal that results in the death of his friends, Lane Robinson finds himself in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a world away from his previous life as a Marine. Robinson is trying to forget the past, but healing from the deadly deceit that cut blood deep is hard, and memories of that treachery taint every interaction in his life...
  • Sly by Savannah Rylan

    Sly by Savannah Rylan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'm not supposed to love her.I didn't even try.When I met Tara I didn't know she was Chains' little sister.The cop who's investigating our club.She's not involved in any of this.She's the Juliet to my Romeo.And I'd do anything for her.But when the club decides to take down Skeleton once and for all,I know I can't put this innocent beauty in harm's way.Once he's dead?She's mine...
  • Code Name: Wasp by Heather Slade

    Code Name: Wasp by Heather Slade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Code name: Jasper “Wasp” TheronTarget: Swan LeeMission: Prove once and for all that swans mate for life.WASPAs an Air Force fighter pilot, I’m the best in the business. No fear. No hesitation. Attacking when you least expect it. That’s why I can’t sit by when the woman I crave, the woman who challenges me, wants to go undercover against a serial killer. No chance...
  • Dismissed by T.L. Smith

    Dismissed by T.L. Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A heart is something that should not be entrusted to me. I will tear, crush, and destroy it with my very own hands. Then back away with a smile on my face. It’s who I am—a killer, a player, a joker. But hers, I’m unsure about...
  • Fox by Savannah Rylan

    Fox by Savannah Rylan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They say don't sleep with your target. But we won't be doing much sleeping. I have a job to do, for my Club. To get information on the indictment of our rivals, the Devil's Saints. I’m going to find out how to put away those @ssholes for good The Club didn’t give me the nickname Fox for my good looks. The mission changes when I meet Harlow Carmichael...
  • Bear by Savannah Rylan

    Bear by Savannah Rylan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Second chances and shootouts. My life is a mess. After getting my a$$ beat by Lars guys I need to get stitched up. Lucky for me, Margot's hands are perfect for my body. It's been years since we've been together, but one night together brings all those feelings back. I have to keep her safe. She can't get involved in the mess that the Dead Souls are now in...
  • Saint by Savannah Rylan

    Saint by Savannah Rylan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I don't need guns. I'll use my fists. I'm over this mob. Especially when I find out they're trafficking women. Including Amberly, the one that got away. I haven't seen her since high school, and even though she's built up walls, she's as beautiful as ever. And she has a kid. He's six and we split up how many years ago? Those assholes with the mob can't have him. I'll get both of them to safety...
  • Bulldog by Delta James

    Bulldog by Delta James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She wears the collar because she is his. She is his because her body knew its master.The moment Olivia Miles resorted to fighting dirty in a fencing match, Lord Nigel Pederson decided to teach her a shameful lesson, but as her quivering bottom reddened under his punishing hand the arousal pooling between her thighs made it clear she needs to be mastered completely...
  • Hardcore by Jessika Klide

    Hardcore by Jessika Klide

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In this eagerly anticipated flashback installment and the first book from Aurei’s perspective, Jessika Klide takes you back to the very beginning before Siri, when Aurei was known as Hardcore. Aurelius Moore … Military officer. Maximus Moore … Millionaire Venture Capitalist. Hardcore … Player extraordinaire. Learn how Seary changed him forever...
  • Devil Dick by Glenna Maynard

    Devil Dick by Glenna Maynard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A chance encounter. No names. One night. They both agreed that was all it would ever be, but three months later Camreigh is in for the shock of her life. On her own, she has no choice but to turn to her family for help. She thinks she has everything figured out—that is until her one-night stand decides maybe he wants something more...
  • Beautiful Devil by Piper Stone

    Beautiful Devil by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I made my name and my fortune carrying out every hit with absolute precision. But this time it wasn’t a job, it was personal, and something went horribly wrong. This time there was a witness...
  • Enemies in Ruin by Vi Carter, E.R. Whyte

    Enemies in Ruin by Vi Carter, E.R. Whyte

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The ink isn’t dry on the contract for my arranged marriage when my first and only love comes back to town.The Pits demand five souls, turning men into monsters. I know this, as it took away my humanity when I was forced to kill my best friend.It wasn't just his life that ended that day but mine, too...
  • Primal Instinct by Piper Stone

    Primal Instinct by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I was sent to Alaska to gather evidence against corporations dumping toxic chemicals into the ocean...
  • Extreme by Joan Gelfand

    Extreme by Joan Gelfand

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hope Ellson is from the wrong side of the tracks, but her genius transcends class. When Hope joins FearToShred, a Silicon Valley extreme gaming startup, Hope's mission is to groom the scrappy company for prime time. Enter Doug Wiser, her very married ex. While the two work in tandem, nefarious forces are at work behind the scenes...
  • What We Won't Do For Love by Mz. Robinson

    What We Won't Do For Love by Mz. Robinson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Octavia Ellis is a sexy and independent woman who plays it safe when it comes down to relationships. She lives by one rule: keep it strictly sexual. Octavia is living her life just the way she wants. No man. No issues. No drama. When she meets the handsome Damon Whitmore, everything changes. Octavia soon finds that Damon has become a part of her world and her heart...
  • Tyson by Kathy Coopmans

    Tyson by Kathy Coopmans

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I know what it’s like to have your heart split down the middle. One-half chases her. The other half chases after the lies, deceit, and betrayal. It’s a burning ball of hell. Seconds, minutes, hours, and years all spent endured the depth of my own burning inferno. All of it runs together while life passes me by...
  • Reaper by Crimson Syn

    Reaper by Crimson Syn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    REAPER I’m called The Reaper due to the countless men I’ve sent to their graves. Bad men that have touched the people I love. Men that ruined the life of an Angel. My Angel. I sent her into hiding and now I want her back. She can fight me all she wants, But when the dead rise, Only The Reaper can save his Angel. CECILIA Ryan Simon is my curse and my salvation...
  • Riggs by T.L. Drake

    Riggs by T.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    RiggsServing my country is my past; my club is my family. As the Road Demons secretary, I’m in deep, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I have a reputation with the ladies, one that’s never bothered me before. Getting attached is a complication. I kick them out of my bed the minute I’ve had my fun. Then she walks into the gym, and I know I’m in trouble...
  • Taunt Me: A Dark Billionaire Mafia Romance by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Taunt Me: A Dark Billionaire Mafia Romance by Faith Summers, Khardine Gray

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She was always mine … whether she wanted to be or not Ten years ago I allowed another man to take her to pay her families debt. Fighting for her would have started a war. I thought life was complicated then. Now she’s back in my life and brings more than I bargained for. I live by a code: Always stay in control. Yet, I’ve never been able to say no to her...
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