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Our Bloodline by K.C. Kean
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMrs. Luna ‘Moon’ Steele.The thought alone gives me goosebumps, but there is still no happily ever after for us yet. Everything seems to stand in the way of my Aceholes and I, but we stand together. Through thick and thin, till death do us part.My egg donor is dead, and The Games have finally arrived. Stepping into Beechwood Hall, the challenges surprise even me... -
This Fearless Girl: An Enemies-to-Lovers College Romance by E.M. Moore
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJOIN THE HUNT... -
Your Bloodline by K.C. Kean
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratings“Never tiptoe through life, Luna. Let them hear every motherfucking step you take, Meu Tesouro.” That’s what my father once told me.Featherstone thought they broke me in The Pyramid but it’ll take more than their half-assed attempts on my life to truly tear me down.I'll learn who I can trust, as I uncover the secrets and lies that surround me.So here I stand... -
Beautiful Deceit by R.E. Bond
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI’m damaged.I’ve been through too much in my eighteen years.Between joining the Bloody Psychos and mourning my best friend,I’m going a little crazy.If the enemy is no longer the enemy, you can jump in bed with them, right?You’d think I’d be happy with five guys in my life, but I can’t control myself.What can I say? Bad boys are my weakness... -
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Symphony by Bea Paige
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Symphony is made up of four parts… That’s us. Ivan the pained ex-ballet dancer. Anton the unpredictable artist. Erik the damaged violinist. And me, Rose, their Muse. The one. Together they cracked open my heart, they made me feel. Our love story isn’t made up of fairy tales. It’s dark, twisted, but oh so beautiful... -
Reckless Thief by Heather Long
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe mentor.The doctor.The Vandal.I grew up on the streets despite my older sister’s best efforts to keep my nose clean. I thought I knew better. I worked hard. and made money. Who cared if what I did was a little illegal?Then a little boy paid the price for my carelessness. A little boy and his baby sister. It was the wakeup call I needed, even if the cost came too high... -
Paradise Lagoon by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsI made my choice. I took the hard way out. Now all of our fates are riding on the dice I’m about to throw and luck never was on our side.I was whole once, with my boys in this slice of paradise we’d carved out for ourselves, but in the time that we were parted we grew up. Grew apart... -
Lyrical: A Reverse Harem, Enemies to Lovers Romance by Bea Paige
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFrom the gutter to the stars…Dance is in my blood.Once upon a time it ran through their veins too. Xeno, York, Zayn, and Dax.The Breakers and I were a crew until bad decisions and circumstance ripped us apart.Now the Breakers are back.And they’ve brought trouble.They’re not here at the Stardom Academy to dance.They’re here on a mission for Jeb, the leader of the Skins... -
Breakers: A Reverse Harem, Enemies to Lovers Romance by Bea Paige
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFrom the gutter to the stars...Dance brought us back together.Our pain and hurt bled out with every movement, with every step across the dancefloor.The Breakers never expected to love me again and I never believed we could get past our pain.Yet here we are.My Breakers are mine once more.But nothing is ever that simple when it comes to us.True happiness only comes when you’re free.Free to love... -
Save Me by Ashley N. Rostek
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSave me from my past.Save me from my fear.Save me from my pain.Save me from myself.The Stone brothers are the reason I can smile again. They are my only light in the drowning darkness. What started as friendship between them and me has become something more. They want me and I want them, too. But that won’t happen with my grief tearing me apart... -
Enemy by A.J. Macey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDamsel in distress? More like damsel causing distress.Hey b*tches, me again- Kiera, a.k.a The Cat. You remember my b*stard father and his merry mob of minions?No? Well, let me give you a little recap.I was going about, preparing to move against my most hated enemy and his cohorts when my cover was blown. But I guess that’s what I get for not minding my own damned business... -
The Heart of Psychos: Part Two by Ames Mills
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEveryone warns you that it isn't safe when you step into this life.Danger lurks in every corner, and I’m constantly looking over my shoulder to see what will happen next. The villain in our story is supposed to be a protector, a father. But all he does is bring sorrow to his son, and he tried to take three important people from our lives... -
The Cleanup by Mila Sin, Manuela Rouget
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt all started when we ruled our high school. I manipulated and lied my way to the top. Max, Viraj, Roark, and Zach always had my back, each participating in my schemes when it struck their fancy or they needed a thrill.Adulthood and disagreements tore us apart. Max is now a horse-raising aristocrat. Viraj is a lawyer by day and an adrenaline junkie by night. Roark is my resident hacker... -
Those Heartless Boys: An Enemies-to-Lovers College Romance by E.M. Moore
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsStone Jacobs must die.Okay, okay. Maybe just maim him a bit. Peel off his perfectly chiseled handsome looks until he knows what it feels like to be normal. And while I’m at it, I’ll throw his friends in, too. They all deserve to be taken down.I should’ve seen it coming. I should’ve felt it in my gut. The moment my treasure hunter father went missing, my arch enemies sprang into action... -
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Roderick by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRoderick He joined the MC for many reasons. To be able to financially take care of his mother and sisters, to have fun, to let loose, to meet women. But only casually. Only for a night or two. He wasn’t ready to settle down. Until one day, when the president gives him a job. Just drop the guns, get the money, come home. Don’t f— it up. Except everything goes to hell... -
The Mistress Files by Tiffany Reisz
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsKingsley Edge, king of kink himself, wants Mistress Nora to write a training manual to instruct his other professional Dominants how to take better care of their clients. But Mistress Nora can't put pen to paper without churning out a sexy short story and Kingsley's training manual quickly turns into true tales of her adventures with her favorite clients. A female submissive who can't orgasm... -
Cash by Ruby Vincent
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey ripped me from my safe, perfect world and bound me in chains.Now it's Cash's turn. The cold, hard, analytical leader has a problem he needs me to solve, and he's not asking.I'm driven deep into the world of cons and corruption. I can't tell if anything around me is real. Least of all the smiling, pleasant people.Someone is playing us for a fool, and it might be me... -
The End: A Reverse Harem Bully Romance by Ruby Vincent
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt doesn’t feel like the end.It feels like all of my problems are just beginning.There’s more happening in my town of Raven River than I knew.More lies. More secrets. More pain.Enemies seen and unseen are circling and not even my guardian angels can protect me.There’s a war coming and I’ll fight because this time my Angels…My Horsemen…My loves……are the ones who need saving... -
Solitary Sinners by Elle Thorpe
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCover, blurb, and release date coming soon! Preorder now on Amazon, and add to your Goodreads... -
Rush: An Irish Mafia Romance by Penelope Black
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI wake up with a gasp, surrounded by smoke and flames.Twelve hours earlier, my cousins cut their European vacation short and came home to spend my birthday with me. They promised me a day to remember.No one could have predicted how true that promise would turn out to be.When the clock strikes eleven-eleven on June sixth, I make a wish. But fate has other plans, and she deals me an unexpected hand... -
Natural Born Killers by Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRule No. 3: Never let anyone think they can hurt you and get away with it.I thought I’d seen and felt the worst of it, but there’s nothing worse than betrayal.Corina knows who’s behind what happened to me and she may think hiding will keep her safe, but after everything that’s happened, nothing can keep her safe from me and the Sick Boys... -
Sweet Salvation: A Dark Reverse Harem Romance by Callie Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe lies will come crumbling down… and the bodies will start piling up.Once upon a time, I saved Marcus Constantine’s life.Then he, Theo, and Ryland saved mine.But that’s not enough anymore. It’s not enough to just survive. I want a future with these men. I want peace and happiness.And the only way to find it is through war.We’re done playing defense... -
Shattered by Bethany-Kris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Don’t fall in love with me. I ruin beautiful things.” Love made him this way, but life makes him stay. Life doesn’t give a redo. There’s no rewind or pause button to take you back or stop time. Once something happens, it happened. The most tragic of those times in his life, the ones he wouldn’t get back and the moments he could never fix, reminded Demyan Avdonin of a bullet meeting glass... -
Revenge by Nikita Parmenter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEver’s been taken by Blake, the last thing she saw was three of her men covered in blood lying on the floor.We’re finally going to know why Blake wants her so badly. Will she survive? Will the guys get to her in time? Or will it all be over?With their allies by their sides, it’s time to end this! No one threatens what’s theirs without deadly consequences. This has been going on for too long... -
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Sinful: Prequel by Katherine Hawthorne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsXander was a dream that would never be. One catastrophic night left me orphaned at the age of seventeen. Hunted by a murderer, Xander saved me from the pits of hell, braving a fire that would have ended my life. Hiding me from a killer, he became my protector, my best friend, but never anything more. Sin was a nightmare waiting to happen... -
Kings & Chaos by Sadie Hunt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAre they my enemies?Or the only people I can trust?Moving in with the Kings of Aventine was supposed to be simple: get close enough to find out what happened to my sister and get the hell out.Yeah, that’s not what happened. Like, at all.Now I’m falling hard for Rock, a golden retriever with the body of a god, and Oscar, the pierced brooder who takes pictures of me when I’m not looking... -
Storm the Gates by Elizabeth Dear
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn Saint Gabriel City, there are the Four Families, and there are those who are owned by them.The Spencers, the Hargraves, the Ferreros, and the Knights rule the City together with their exorbitant wealth and iron fists that no one dare challenge... -
Seize the Castle by Elizabeth Dear
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn Saint Gabriel City, there’s a war brewing.The Four Families have ruled the City for generations, but they made a huge fucking mistake when they murdered my parents and didn’t manage to kill me too.I’ve revealed my true identity, taking the City and Holywell Academy by storm, but the heads of Spencer, Hargraves, and Ferrero continue to underestimate me... -
Rebel by S. Massery
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSterling Falls is a dark, gothic reverse harem romance series with enemies to lovers, romantic suspense, and new adult themes. Rebel is book 3 in the series and a continuation of the first two - it is not a standalone.Warning: the blurb contains spoilers for the previous books in the series.––War has come to Sterling Falls.The guys and I are scattered. Finding them is the first step... -
Altered by Lead by C.M. Stunich, Tate James
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMy life will never be the same, altered by lead, damaged but not broken.I’m becoming a new me.I won’t run any longer; this time, I’m the hunter instead of the prey.But it takes hard work, skill, and a bit of luck to catch a mob boss.I’m going to need all three to survive this.Especially when I’ve got five gorgeous a**holes for teachers—and occasional bedmates.The Blackbirch Company... -
Twisted Fate by R.E. Bond
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEven though people fear me, it doesn’t stop any of their torment.I’d always just existed and walked alone, until now.Now? Now I belong.Just because I’d learned to kill, doesn’t mean the Bloody Psychos trust me.Skeeter’s got his work cut out, trying to keep his boss from killing me.Well, the asshole can try.My trigger finger’s getting itchy, and I have a problem controlling it... -
Crystal Jake: The Eden Trilogy Box Set by Georgia Le Carre, Nicola Rhead
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Bestselling Erotic Romance Series. Sexy & Suspenseful a whirlwind of steam, romance, and suspense. Meet the commanding, charismatic, Alpha - Crystal Jake Eden... -
Twisted Complications by Nikita Parmenter
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThere’s something strange going on at the academy. The longer they’re there the more dark and twisted secrets start to be exposed somehow they’re at the heart of it... -
Adversary by A.J. Macey
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDamsel in distress? Not anymore. Hey b*tches, me again- Kiera, a.k.a The Cat. You remember those f*cking bastards over in the Alloy Kings MC? No? Well, let me give you a little recap. I was going about, minding my own damned business, when the bastards decided to hit The Aces MC—my newest allies—where it hurt the most. Some sh*t went down, and now here we are facing a long, hard battle... -
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Forget-Me-Not Bombshell by Caroline Peckham, Valenti
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA dark Mafia STANDALONE romance from Amazon.com and Wall Street Journal #1 bestselling authors Caroline Peckham & Susanne ValentiI was sold to my enemies.The Butchers of the London mob who run an empire built on sin and greed. The stories I’ve heard about the way they rule their underworld are enough to make my heart race. But those rumours have nothing on the truth.Danny, Church, Frank... -
Wicked Trials by Elena Lawson, Jake Bordeaux
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThis wasn’t supposed to happen. I was supposed to glide through senior year unnoticed and ride into the sunset on the back of my aunt’s inflated bank account. I was supposed to be in control.Now they are.The trials will last 60 days. They can happen anytime, anyplace, and anyone or anything is fair game. I won’t see them coming. I’ll need to be ready at all times... -
Love Hard: A Reverse Harem Enemies-to-Lovers Romance by Eva Ashwood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsLove Hard is the explosive final book in the Black Rose Kisses series.Note: The blurb below contains spoilers, so I'd highly recommend not reading it until you've finished reading the first three books. If you haven't started the series yet, begin with Fight Dirty. Got it? Great!***With a single bullet, my heart shattered.With a single bullet, the Jackals destroyed any chance at peace... -
Protecting Charity: A Dark Mafia Romance by Ann-Marie Davis
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTensions are rising for the Moreno Family’s most ruthless enforcer… I’m so close to finding my brother, I can feel it. But now there’s a new problem thrown into the mix. A young girl has been sold to the cartel, and I can’t stand by and watch that happen.With a new enemy on my tail, I’m not sure who I can trust… or how to navigate the increasingly steamy encounters with these men... -
The Sinners: A Reverse Harem Bully Romance by Ruby Vincent
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI knew when I started this path it would lead to destruction......but nothing could have prepared me for this.Drugs flooding campus. Tensions brewing between the factions. Old enemies reappearing. New secrets taking over my life. Love awakening a soul I long thought was dead.Cassius, Clay, Hiro, and Royal have named me one of them, but sharing a title is easy... -
Dirty Crazy Bad: Book Two by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe second book in the Dirty Crazy Bad duet. In the secret society of The Luminaries, no sin will go unpunished… The Greed & Gluttony Luminary has trapped us into executing his evil plans, and it seems we have little option but to agree. Carter has orchestrated Chad’s kidnapping, and he holds my mom’s life in his hands... -
Sweet Retribution: A Dark Reverse Harem Romance by Callie Rose
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI knew my shadows were hiding something, but I never expected this.The game is over… for now. But once again, three simple gunshots have blown my world to pieces.I came back from the darkness last time. I pulled my life back together. This time, though? I don’t know how to do that.Secrets are buried deep in Halston.Alliances are formed in darkness.And vengeance is the only balm for a broken heart... -
Rock Chick Redux by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn Celebration of 20,000 Likes on Facebook!Bonus Rock Chick footage.Oh yes…it’s always nice to get a little bit more.Download Rock Chick ReduxAnd thank you to my Facebook Rock Chicks for rocking my world!Rock On!See the story using the link in Official url... -
Life Mastered by Blue Saffire
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYours: Life Mastered Book 3 in the Yours Series Yours Book 3 This is my family! My future the air I need to breathe. Someone really thought it wise to threaten that. Just when things are coming together the way I need them someone has chosen to come after my world. Big mistake! Before this is all over everyone will know ….I AM Nicholas Lincoln... -
Owned by A.K. Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe's one defiant, forbidden, pain in my as*.One I can't touch.One I can’t train.But Vivienne is mine. Body. Soul…And most importantly, her bloodline.None of them understand how important she is.But I know.My sons and I will protect that information - her - to the death to keep it for ourselves.So, she’ll remain here, under my roof…obeying my rules.Resisting me at every goddamn opportunity... -
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Kings & Carnage by Sadie Hunt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI didn't think I could live with them.Turns out, I can't live without them.Rock - the one who takes care of me.Oscar - the one who makes me feel seen.And Neo - the one who lights my soul on fire.They made me see who I really am.Now I may have lost them forever.*This is the conclusion of the Aventine University series featuring Neo, Oscar, Rock, and Willa... -
Beckham by Leila James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe stalker is watching, and I’m his obsession.Enrolling at Kingston University and joining my mother’s sorority was the worst idea ever. Someone’s been in my room. They’re taunting me, leaving horrific photographs and chilling notes on my mirror.My past has caught up to me, and it’s tangled in my present.These brutal boys of SIN have me twisted up... -
Watch Me Fall by K.C. Kean
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to Emerson Grove, with our fantastic university, suburban lifestyle, and the city nearby, you’re never going to want to leave. I almost believe their slogan, until my ride drives off, leaving me on the doorstep of a pretty house to reveal a blast from the past.Leaving one lion’s den, I’ve fallen straight into another. I didn’t agree to this part. To…them... -
The Only Choice by Dee Palmer
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn alternate title/cover for this ASIN can be found here.Bethany’s devastation is complete. Secrets, lies and impossible choices have torn her world apart but it is not the first time she has had to rebuild her world. So she’ll do it again...she has to. When Bethany meets Daniel, she is backed into a corner and with the threat of losing even more she comes out fighting... -
The Wild Interview by K.A. Knight, Erin O'Kane
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI have been working hard my whole life for people to take me seriously. After all, women ‘don’t belong’ in the music industry. However, when an interview goes wrong, I am offered a once in a lifetime opportunity, to manage The Wild Boys, an all-male strip show featuring bad boys with an even worse reputation. It’s now my job to fix it, if I can keep my hands to myself... -
Cry Havoc by Ashley Gee
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCry Havoc, the third and final book in the Vengeance is Mine series, is coming...
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