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Three to Fall by Elle Thorpe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe gripping conclusion to the Saint View Slayers vs Sinners series. Kara, Hawk, Hayden, and Grayson's series concludes here... -
Daddy Fox by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAssassin. Master of disguise. Criminally handsome and smart.Yep, the Fox had it all.Except someone to call his own.But he could make that happen, right? Who wouldn’t want him? He was a total catch.There were just a few tiny problems.His life was dangerous. He had enemies. And a job that he had to finish.He wasn’t entirely sure he knew how to take care of someone else... -
Teach Me to Sin by Riley Nash
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThree wrongs can’t make a right.I’ve spent six years building a life that isn’t defined by my father’s sins—a beautiful girlfriend, a thriving nonprofit, safe dreams that won’t get me into trouble. Someone with my family’s reputation can’t step out of line without drawing attention, and they definitely can’t coach professional swimmers... -
Vow Maker by Lily Morton
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDylan Mitchell wants to get married.However, after seven years of being engaged, that’s looking slightly doubtful. After going through ten wedding planners, they’re gaining a reputation somewhat akin to Henry the Eighth on the wedding circuit.Gabe has vetoed symbolic dove releases, forests of flowers, fire-eating performers, and puce as a wedding colour... -
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My Kind of Perfect by Nikki Ash
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom author Nikki Ash comes a roommates to lovers, single dad romance...GeorgiaI’m surrounded by love, yet have no one to call my own.But then Chase, my new roommate, is suddenly there.He could be the perfect guy for me, if he wasn’t nursing a broken heart.The more time I waste looking for love, the more I realize that what I want has been right in front of me all along...Categorized as:
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Desperate Victory by Heather Long
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGrandfather tried to prepare me for everything…Yet, how could anyone prepare me for this?Kidnapping.Blackmail.Deception.Grief.Vengeance.The Royals have always been about blood. Blood lines, blood relations, and the spilling of blood. I didn’t ask for this war. I didn’t go looking for it.But I will let nothing and no one keep me from the men I love and we will find what was taken from us...Categorized as:
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Brutal Boys on Devils Night by Daniela Romero, Becca Steele
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBoys can be brutal. Wicked. Savage. Corrupt. What starts as a game, a night full of mischief, turns out to be something darker. More sinister. More depraved. There’s foreboding in the air on Devil’s Night – the night before Halloween when brutal boys come out to play. Only this year … it’s going to be so much worse. I can hardly wait...Categorized as:
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Anti-Valentine by T. Ashleigh, Ashlyn Drewek
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis Valentine’s Day…the bad boys come out to play…Get ready for an anti-Valentine to remember in this limited release M/M romance anthology. Sixteen authors have come together to bring you a collection of brand-new short stories with a combination of dark, enemies to lovers, and bully themes...Categorized as:
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Sliced Ice: Lee Winter's Iconic Ice Queens by Lee Winter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTen short stories based on Lee Winter’s fierce and unforgettable ice queens and villains have been gathered into one anthology containing lesbian love, lust, friendship, and romance.Find out what happened after Lee’s stories ended, and in one case, before it began... -
Old Ink by Ali Lyda
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s way too young and he works for me … so why can’t I stay away? I had no trouble saying no to Channing when he left for college two years ago. I’m two and a half decades older than him and he was just a kid. But he’s all man now and it’s hard to stay away. Especially when he takes a job at my tattoo shop for the summer. He’s got his whole life ahead of him. I can’t let him waste it on me... -
Beta Team-The Saviors: Part one by Ames Mills
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Saviors.We’re the protectors. We play judge, jury, and executioner to keep people safe. We take on missions that no one in their right mind ever would, and we do this without complaint.That is until we take a mission none of us saw coming. A simple protection detail might be enough to bring us down. Our bond is tested, lines are crossed, and lives are on the line... -
Wicked Heat by Ella Frank
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRyanKind, caring, and protective. Those are the three qualities I’m looking for when it comes to my dream man. In a city as big as Chicago, you wouldn’t think he would be that hard to find, right?Wrong.Sure, my boss found a super-sexy detective and my best friend fell madly in love with the most eligible bachelor around... -
Unstitch by Elodie Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShame. Prejudice. Fear.All woven into the very fabric of my being. I'm swathed in them like the most suffocating cloak.Beneath this toxic mantle, I wear my desires close to my heart.Where it's dark.Where they're safe.If anyone can unstitch this cloak from me, thread by thread, and liberate me from it, it's this woman.And this man.Unstitch is the love story of Darcy, Max, and Dex... -
Easton by Riley Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEastonI’m the youngest Swift brother. The one who’s always in trouble and can’t get his life together. I wouldn’t know where to start, and ever since my twin died, I can’t bring myself to care. After my last “situation,” Dad washed his hands of me. And though my brothers should’ve done the same, they stood up for me, fracturing their relationship with him too... -
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Don't Let Me Break by Kelsie Rae
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMacklin and I are just friends.And even that's a stretch.He saw me at my most vulnerable, and now the guy's popping up left and right.Pretty sure it's because my friend is trying to set me up with him, but what do I know?It's not like I have much experience with guys.And he's...well, Macklin's older, much more experienced, and bluntly put?Way out of my league...Categorized as:
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The Life Coach by Sienna Waters
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIt's time to let a little sunshine into your life...Meet Vivien Curtis, a divorced, depressed, reclusive true crime addict. All she wants is to be left alone, and for the kids to stay off her lawn.Until Alice Knowles appears. A young life coach hired by Viv's best friend Evie to get Viv back on her feet again, Alice wants nothing more than to meet Ms. Right, get married, and start adopting cats...Categorized as:
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Caldwell Brothers: The Complete Series Bundle by Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNico is it for me...too bad he’s my brother’s best friend. Friends and brothers are off limits. That’s always been the rule in our house. In a big family it’s the only way to keep the peace. That doesn’t stop my heart from belonging to Nico, my older brother’s best friend...Categorized as:
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Wanted: Mistletoe by Stephanie Morris, Kimberly Ann
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDear Santa,Before I explain, how much have the elves told you?Who's ready for a little naughty & nice? With some mistletoe and holiday cheer, anything can--and does--happen during Christmas.Your favorite contemporary authors have gathered around the Wintery hearth to bring you scintillating holiday romances. These sexy stories will deck your halls with filthy balls...Categorized as:
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Where Secrets Are Safe by Jamey Moody
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAt a Texas lake resort, swimming in romance, an enemy ice queen thaws right into her Hollywood happy ending. Krista Kyle knew how hard it was to be a closeted lesbian in Hollywood. Unfortunately being out and proud could affect your career. But after twenty years as an award winning actress Krista was able to be her authentic self in a world where being someone else was the norm... -
Shipping Our Loves by Sammi Cee
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDavis ~ Life hasn’t been the same since Conrad and I lost our boyfriend Eric in a tragic accident. We’ve started looking for a third again, but the men we’ve met are wanting a one-time experience. It’s all just fun to them, but this is our lifestyle, and we want another man to love. Conrad ~ I’m missing our man more than words can say, but that isn’t the only problem... -
Max and Frankie by Elizabeth Dear
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne cold December night, I let myself enjoy a beautiful stranger I’d met in the cage at my Family’s seedy fight club.Afterwards, I kissed him goodbye and sent him away, content to cling to memories of the out-of-towner who’d pleased me so thoroughly.Except that beautiful butterfly wasn’t who he claimed to be, and our lives would soon intertwine in a much more permanent way...Categorized as:
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Forged by Shadows by Maddison Cole
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAvery thought her suffering had ended.She thought wrong. After a traumatic start to life, being adopted was Avery‘s saving grace. She finally had parents who loved her and an entire mansion to call home. Her days were spent reading in the library and exploring her passion for ballet. Until a fateful accident changed everything, and left her at the mercy of her step-brother...Categorized as:
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Embracing Love by M.A. Innes
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith a boyfriend and a Daddy who get along and both love him to pieces, whether they’ve said the words or not, Cody knows asking for more would be selfish. But when all he wants is for them to love each other as much as he loves them, is being selfish really bad? Jameson knows that loving Cody means accepting Ford’s presence in Cody’s life as well... -
Sweet Spot by TheFeveredBookaholic
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSierra Lancaster has had an agonizingly mediocre life. She grew up in a happy home, made loyal friends, graduated college, and is now pursuing her dream of running her own bakery. Boring, right? A story like this wouldn't be one for the books. At least not until you bring a hot neighbor into the mix... -
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Whiskey Sour by Addison Beck
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKnoxWhat do you do when the love of your life chooses someone else?Easy, you find a nice rebound. If it just so happens to be his hot, dumb hunk of a brother, even better.Elton Hill is everything wrong with people. He’s loud, annoying, way too intense, and pushes too hard. But he’s available and our secret friends-with-benefits relationship turns out to be exactly what I need...Categorized as:
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Goaltender Interference by Brigham Vaughn
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe last thing Connor O’Shea needs is more complications … After too much celebrating at his brother’s wedding, Connor wakes up next to cocky Toronto goaltender Jesse Webber—pro hockey’s reigning f*ckboy. With three kids and a failed marriage under his belt, Connor might be ready to admit he’s attracted to men, but that doesn’t mean his life has to change...Categorized as:
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Better. Obsesión by Carrie Leighton, Elena Rodríguez
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratings«¿Y si te dijera que prefiero un amor equivocado a un sueño perfecto?»La historia de Thomas y Vanessa ha llegado a su fin. Las mentiras y las traiciones pesan demasiado, y no siempre es posible reparar lo que está roto...Categorized as:
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Ducking Ugly by Stasia Black
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA billionaire playboy and an ex-con from the wrong side of the tracks. It was insta-hate at first sight. Until they both fall for the same woman. Calla never meant to pit Liam and Mack against each other. She’d been the town tomboy all her life—what did she know about men? But suddenly she’s caught the attention of two of the most gorgeous men in town... -
Without you by Ashlyn Montgomery
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAubrey Wilson has the heart of an angel. As the type of person to always trust in others, she's admirable to peers.A total darling, but with a sadness that encases her heart.Anyone could shrink down in fright at the receiving end of Luke Taylor's infamous glare. Tall, muscular, dark-haired, and handsome, he's no stranger on or off the field. Not a kind stranger either...Categorized as:
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Luke by Cora Rose
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThey say love comes from the most unexpected places; I found mine hiding in my bushes from the cops.My life before Luke was a carefully structured routine. It was predictable and organized, just the way I like it. Some would call it boring, but I call it smart self-preservation, and if there’s one thing that could threaten to bring it all crashing down, it’s Luke van Beek...Categorized as:
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In Between by Andi Jaxon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'm the preacher's daughter. Dylan is the punk son of the bigoted sheriff.Julian the new kid in town everyone talks about in whispers and avoids like the plague.Dylan and Julian shouldn't want each other. It's dangerous. This town won't accept them and yet I run towards the fire because love deserves a chance. It's not just them that's in danger this time.They both want me too...Categorized as:
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Our Love: The Story by M.A. Innes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen had his whole life become so miserable?Bishop knew something had to change when the only bright spots in his life were his online friends. So when a chance to visit one came out of the blue, he knew it was fate…and fate had a plan that involved the guys at his favorite online store, Leashes & Lace... -
Legend by Isla Olsen, Willow Thomas
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTomLegend of the Game. That’s me, apparently. I suppose it’s meant to be a compliment, but to me it just sounds like one of those labels people slap on you when you’re on your way out. Legend. Stalwart. Dinosaur. It all sounds the same to me.I’ve been in the Premier League for over twenty years and I’m not ready to leave...Categorized as:
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California Sunshine by Chris Mor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo thousand six hundred and sixty four miles.The Pacific Crest Trail is a big endeavor. But after the way my year started, it might be just what I need. So I’ll take five months alone on a trail. Five months to clear my head and figure out my life. It’ll be good for me.At least, that’s what I keep telling myself.That is, until I meet Nova on the morning I start my trip...Categorized as:
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Surrender by Brooklyn Cross
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe glimmer of hope I held was shattered.Happiness was yanked away from me all over again by the same person that broke me at fifteen. Whether he’d done the deed or not didn’t matter. My mind only saw his face lurking in the shadows, waiting to strike.Kaivan McMillan ripped open the scars on my soul and let them bleed... -
Tainted Kitten by Sarah J.D., Sarah Jane Duncan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI am Kitten. Feel my Claws!The insatiable cravings that control my life have well and truly thrown me into a clusterfuck of epic proportions! Why didn’t I see this coming? Why didn’t I just walk away when I had the chance?I’ve put myself in less than ideal situations before, but never could I imagine this!Having the choice taken from me.Having my pleas ignored...Categorized as:
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Vicious Kitten by Sarah J.D., Sarah Jane Duncan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI am Kitten. Hear me purr!Well, hellooo trouble! I thought you'd forgotten about me for a hot minute there. But of course, you were just lulling me into a false sense of security. How silly of me to think you wouldn’t come back with a vengeance!Secrets never stay secret. One way or another, they come out and bite you on the arse...Categorized as:
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Bar Re’s Redemption by STESLARA
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings...Categorized as:
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Camboy by Colette Davison
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHaving a foursome is a dream come true, but navigating a relationship is more challenging.Being a camboy is great, but I’m bored of performing solo. I’ve invited myself to be adult film star Lyric Steele’s co-star for the day, and I’m taking my partner-in-crime and soon-to-be-housemate, Rubin, along as my chaperone.It doesn’t take long to realise I’m attracted to Lyric...Categorized as:
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Charmed by the Mountain Man by Lilah Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe needs someone to help with his infant. She gives him more than he bargained for.I’m not a tough boss. I don’t ask for much.But when my nanny walks out on me, I question everything.Then my neighbor’s girlfriend recommends her best friend. She’s been working catering, but her degree is in early childhood education. This friend has no experience as a nanny, but beggars can’t be choosers...Categorized as:
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Daddy's Pride by Nora Phoenix, Ellie Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsan LGTBQ romance daddy anthology His good boy. Her naughty girl. Their happily ever after. Yes, Daddy. Two little words that can send shivers of need and fear up the spine of any girl… or boy.Because for these Daddies, love knows no limits…and love always wins... -
Elite Connections: an LGBTQ Romance Charity Anthology by Ana Ashley, B.A. Tortuga
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvery need met. Every desire fulfilled.Welcome to Elite Connections, the secret, exclusive service where money is no object and your every wish is guaranteed to come true.Fake dates, arranged marriages, or just some company for the night, whatever it is, with Elite you are covered... -
Doll Parts by Cara Dee
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Game Series, #4 [Standalone.]I have the best boyfriend in the whole world, but there’s one thing I won’t tell him. It’s that I don’t believe in absolute happiness anymore. Not with the cards we’ve been dealt... -
Snowed In by Lexi Blake, Sophie Oak
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPreviously released in the Alphas Confess All anthology with the name In From the Cold. Winter might be cold, but this threesome is heating up … Jessica Phillips never imagined that Gideon Michaels would be at the seminar she was attending in the snowy Aspen wilderness. Gideon broke her heart six months before but introduced her to the world of BDSM... -
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Dirty Daddies Pride by Eden Bradley, Siobhan Smile
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDirty Daddies presents PRIDE Love is Love and romance comes in all shapes, sizes, and pairings. So do Daddies. Eleven authors. Eleven brand new stories. Eleven Dominants that prove being a Daddy is about more than just your gender identity or who you desire. They have the attitude, the need to protect and provide, and a certain someone they can't wait to make their own... -
Tainted by Andi Jaxon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's a chance that leads me here.To him.The grumpy mechanic with a chip on his shoulder and a secret.I’m drawn to him.This shell of a man, gripping onto who he is by his fingertips.If anyone finds out who he really is, who he used to be, he’ll become another statistic.Luckily I know how to hide my truth in the dark...Categorized as:
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Show Me, Daddy by Quinn Ward
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne Daddy. One Sadist. One boy who wants them both. Jordan's single. Again. What is wrong with him that he can't keep a boyfriend? He knows he shouldn't be lusting after his boss... or his boss's ex. But those toppy vibes are killing him... -
Fox by D.J. Krimmer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJanieWhen my father passed away, I assumed my grieving would be as simple as closing a book and starting another. Only, he had other plans.Leaving me his beloved tattoo shop, I’m stuck to figure out what exactly to do with it, all while being constantly reminded of him...Categorized as:
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Insatiable Kitten by Sarah J.D., Sarah Jane Duncan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI am Kitten. Watch me play!They call me Kitten. I’m their plaything, and I love it. I thrive on it. I need it.Why?It’s like an itch I can’t quite scratch.A craving that doesn’t take away the hunger.A compulsion that I can’t control.It’s all-consuming in every way.I thought I’d come to terms with how my future looked. Meaningless sex. Lots and lots of meaningless sex... -
Banger by Kiki Clark
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf there was one thing Kevin knew, it was that his BFF’s ex was bad news.Hank is arrogant, a sloppy drunk, and a complete flirt. And he didn't treat Kevin’s friend the way he deserved.Enough said.It doesn’t matter that everyone else has forgiven and forgotten what happened between Hank and Kevin’s bestie. He won’t let himself fall for the older man’s sweet words or endearments...
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