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Make Me, Sir by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReagan is smart. She’s successful. She’s also in big trouble. The cops think she’s crazy. But she knows someone is breaking into her apartment and messing with her mind. Luckily for her, the Doms of Club Decadence look after their own. They hire Black-Gray Investigations to look into her stalker. They send in Tiny. Sexy, confident, all male. He confuses her, arouses her and irritates her... -
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Sinfully Yours, Sir by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe was her every fantasy brought to life—protective, dominant, sweet and sexy. And he wanted her. Life was looking pretty good… Until Tilly gets a phone call that flips her world upside down. Now there’s a gang breathing down her neck; she’s relying on a mob boss for help and she’s in a whole world of trouble... -
![To Save Sir by Laylah Roberts]()
To Save Sir by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat would you do to save the person you loved? Would you die for them? Would you kill for them? She just wanted to make the world a better place... All Jenna wanted was to help people. That’s why she went to medical school. Why she joined Doctors Without Borders. She knew she could make a difference ...until the day her world is ripped apart... -
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Finding Spring by Bridget E. Baker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLife gave her lemons, so Trudy chucked them back.Trudy’s life is a wreck. No job, a sick son, and a thick stack of unpaid medical bills. Her family and friends keep trying to set her up. (As if a man will solve all her problems!) Trudy shuts them all down, because she’s got a foolproof plan this time around... -
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Burning Bright by Blair Babylon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnything worth burning is worth burning down. Lizzy has broken her contract with Mannix and destroyed her growing relationship with Theo, but now Mannix is stalking her, trying to get her back. She wants time away to think, so she manages to get past the sports reporters stalking her at her dorm, where Georgie has received a text from Rae telling them to get on a plane to Paris... -
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Breaking Rules by Blair Babylon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheo has five days to save Lizzy. When Lizzy’s Master Mannix goes away on a business trip, he arranges for her to serve another Dom, who turns out to be Theo Valencia. Theo’s plots to rescue Lizzy from Mannix haven’t worked. For five days, she will stay at Theo’s house, five days of conversations, of glances, of touches, but he thinks it won’t be enough... -
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For The Love Of Sir by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDespite being rejected once by Alex, Tara couldn’t help but lust after the sexy, sophisticated Dom. Rundown and exhausted, sometimes it felt like her fantasies were all that kept her going. So what if part of her fantasy could become a reality? Alex wasn’t looking for a relationship. He wasn’t about to trust another woman after his ex-wife cheated on him... -
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Dark Desire by Summer Cooper
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTall, dark and dangerous… That’s what I want for my birthday this year! None of my family seems to remember my special day. Not that I care about gifts or parties. But a simple “happy birthday” would have been nice! I’m not usually one to complain, I swear. Taking it on the chin and burying it deep down is much more my style. But this year, I want a little more... -
![Dark Paradise by Winter Renshaw]()
Dark Paradise by Winter Renshaw
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA Political Romantic SuspenseThere’s a name for girls like me: Sugar Baby. I’m used to being passed around the sexually depraved, middle-aged senators of Washington D.C. like candy, but when I meet him - the mysterious man who buys my exclusivity for three months for price that should frighten me more than his demands - everything changes.He's younger than the others. His touch is softer... -
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My Doctor's Secret Baby by Jamie Knight
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe wants to get pregnant. And I have all the right methods. I'm a fertility doctor with huge success rates that have made me rich. I've helped countless patients get pregnant, but this one’s different. Anne is a feisty, curvy bombshell. She’s given up on men and is ready to have a baby on her own. I can't help but want to give her one the old-fashioned way... -
![The Carousel of Desire by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt]()
The Carousel of Desire by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCelebrated short-story writer, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's ("The Most Beautiful Book in the World") first full-length novel to appear in English is a literary tour de force, a magnificent cathedral of contemporary eroticism... -
![Single in Suburbia by Wendy Wax]()
Single in Suburbia by Wendy Wax
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAmanda’s husband has just traded her in for an affair with a teenybopper. Brooke is a trophy wife collecting dust. And Candace (Don’t call me Candy) has had too many husbands and too little love. What do these three unlikely accomplices have in common besides a Little League team called the Mudhens? A plot to reclaim a little r-e-s-p-e-c-t. And they’re going to do it with a mop and a bucket... -
![The Full Ridiculous by Mark Lamprell]()
The Full Ridiculous by Mark Lamprell
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe important thing is to position yourself so you go over the car when it hits. If you go under, most likely you get stuck on some sticky-out bit of the engine, dragged along and de-skinned, then kidney-squishingly, eye-poppingly, brain-squeezingly run over by one or more wheels. You go over, at least you've got a chance if you land right.Michael O’Dell is hit by a car... -
![True Love by Sarah Gerard]()
True Love by Sarah Gerard
Rated: 3.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne of today’s most provocative literary writers—the author of the critically acclaimed Sunshine State and the Los Angeles Times First Fiction Award finalist Binary Star—captures the confused state of modern romance and the egos that inflate it in a dark comedy about a woman's search for acceptance, identity, and financial security in the rise of Trump... -
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![Die Unperfekten by Tom Rachman, Heikko Deutschmann]()
Die Unperfekten by Tom Rachman, Heikko Deutschmann
Rated: 3.54 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsSet against the gorgeous backdrop of Rome, this wry, vibrant debut follows the topsy-turvy private lives of the reporters, editors, and executives of an international English-language newspaper as they struggle to keep it, and themselves, afloat... -
![The New Republic by Lionel Shriver]()
The New Republic by Lionel Shriver
Rated: 3.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOstracized as a kid, Edgar Kellogg has always yearned to be popular. A disgruntled New York corporate lawyer, he's more than ready to leave his lucrative career for the excitement and uncertainty of journalism... -
![Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou]()
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsThe full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of a multibillion-dollar startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end in the face of pressure and threats from the CEO and her lawyers... -
![Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling, Annemie de Vries]()
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling, Annemie de Vries
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsFactfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts.When asked simple questions about global trends—what percentage of the world’s population live in poverty; why the world’s population is increasing; how many girls finish school—we systematically get the answers wrong... -
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The Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFor those who could read between the lines, the censored news out of China was terrifying. But the president insisted there was nothing to worry about.Fortunately, we are still a nation of skeptics. Fortunately, there are those among us who study pandemics and are willing to look unflinchingly at worst-case scenarios... -
![The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis]()
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe #1 New York Times bestseller: "It is the work of our greatest financial journalist, at the top of his game. And it's essential reading... -
![Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez]()
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsImagine a world where your phone is too big for your hand, where your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body, where in a car accident you are 47% more likely to be seriously injured, where every week the countless hours of work you do are not recognised or valued.If any of this sounds familiar, chances are that you're a woman... -
![Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention- and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari]()
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention- and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOur ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening--and how to get our attention back. In the United States, teenagers can focus on one task for only sixty-five seconds at a time, and office workers average only three minutes...Categorized as:
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![Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis]()
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsBilly Beane, general manager of MLB's Oakland A's and protagonist of Michael Lewis's Moneyball, had a problem: how to win in the Major Leagues with a budget that's smaller than that of nearly every other team. Conventional wisdom long held that big name, highly athletic hitters and young pitchers with rocket arms were the ticket to success...Categorized as:
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![Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America by Christopher Wylie]()
Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America by Christopher Wylie
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFor the first time, the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower tells the inside story of the data mining and psychological manipulation behind the election of Donald Trump and the Brexit referendum, connecting Facebook, WikiLeaks, Russian intelligence, and international hackers... -
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![Les Sentiments du prince Charles by Liv Strömquist]()
Les Sentiments du prince Charles by Liv Strömquist
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLors d’une conférence de presse après ses fiançailles avec Diana, le prince Charles dut répondre à la question : « Êtes-vous amoureux ? » Après une petite hésitation, il répondit : « Oui… Quel que soit le sens du mot “amour” »... -
![Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery]()
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCharles Montgomery’s Happy City will revolutionize the way we think about urban life.After decades of unchecked sprawl, more people than ever are moving back to the city. Dense urban living has been prescribed as a panacea for the environmental and resource crises of our time...Categorized as:
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![The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter by Joseph Henrich, Jonathan Yen]()
The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter by Joseph Henrich, Jonathan Yen
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHumans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters, or avoiding predators...Categorized as:
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![The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook]()
The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how we might set ourselves free from a crisis that could haunt American life for generations.“SHED MY DNA”: three excruciating words uttered by a QAnon-obsessed mother, once a highly respected lawyer, to her only son, once the closest person in her life...Categorized as:
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![The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max Fisher]()
The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max Fisher
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom a New York Times investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist, “an essential book for our times” (Ezra Klein), tracking the high-stakes inside story of how Big Tech’s breakneck race to drive engagement—and profits—at all costs fractured the worldWe all have a vague sense that social media is bad for our minds, for our children, and for our democracies...Categorized as:
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![Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein]()
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhat if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you and yet not you at all? What if that double shared many of your preoccupations but, in a twisted, upside-down way, furthered the very causes you’d devoted your life to fighting against?Not long ago, the celebrated activist and public intellectual Naomi Klein had just such an experience―she was...Categorized as:
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