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  • On Us 3 by Nina.

    On Us 3 by Nina.

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    While Lake, Avery, Ivy, and Vant deal with the makes and breaks of their relationships, they also juggle the other Porters on their journeys. Each person is fighting to overcome, find their places with one another, and the new hurdles in their lives. Finding and believing in the trust and love they so desperately seek in one another. Everything gets put on the line in this final installment...
  • Feeling Bleu by Chenell Parker

    Feeling Bleu by Chenell Parker

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The first appearance deceives many and things are not always as they seem. For Bleu Alston, love was nothing more than a four letter word. Being faithful was foreign to her even though she had a man. Rico loved Bleu with his whole heart but the feelings were neither mutual nor reciprocated. He went to the extreme to get and keep her but his all never seemed to be good enough...
  • A Real One Captured My Heart by K. Renee

    A Real One Captured My Heart by K. Renee

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Have you ever been in a situation where the best thing for you to do, is the hardest thing? That’s the same dilemma Shanice Davis finds herself in after finding out her husband does not love her the same way she loves him. Throwing caution to the wind, Shanice decides to live her best life while on a girl’s trip to Mexico. Gia, Shanice’s best friend only concern is her daughter...
  • I Didn't Mean To Fall In Love by AshleyNicole

    I Didn't Mean To Fall In Love by AshleyNicole

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Falling in love with the wrong person can be disastrous. When you find the right one, though, celestial bodies will literally line up to smooth your path. Siani’s mercury has been in retrograde for what seems like forever. She loves her job, but her boss is a lazy jerk. Family is a foreign idea, and her love life sucks. There’s also a new tenant in her house… but we won’t go there...
  • Cheating The Future For The Past 1 by Chenell Parker

    Cheating The Future For The Past 1 by Chenell Parker

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Being naive to the men in their lives as well as the streets, sisters Keller and Kia struggle to make their dysfunctional relationships work. Jaden is all that Kia has ever known, but she's fed up with his constant cheating and erratic behavior. Keller loves Leo, but his physical abuse is tearing down her body as well as her spirit...
  • Aryel & Quasi: Made For A Hood Love by Antoinette Sherell

    Aryel & Quasi: Made For A Hood Love by Antoinette Sherell

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Aryel Waters is trapped. Between having nothing to call her own, and being stuck in an abusive relationship for the sake of being taken care of, she feels that her life is at a standstill. When her way out comes at the expense of a loved one, she vows to make her loss worth the gain.Quasi Powers is a calculated, lowkey hustler with zero tolerance for anything he deems unacceptable...
  • At the End of It All by Rae Lyse

    At the End of It All by Rae Lyse

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Endings.Everyone and everything has one. They’re inevitable, right?At twenty-one, Ason 'Ace' Williams Jr. knows all about inevitable endings. He’s formerly famous, a popular rapper’s muse, the son of a three-time NBA champ, and a little... complicated . After a disturbing scandal and loss rocks his world, he’s left to deal with both in a city that doesn’t quite feel like home...
  • Secrets Between Her Thighs 2 by Ivy Symone

    Secrets Between Her Thighs 2 by Ivy Symone

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Now that Landrus is confident that the very sexy and alluring Cherri is Jaci, the quiet office worker at his family’s medical practice, he isn’t so sure of how he should feel about their secret love affair. What he does know is he isn’t ready to give Cherri up just yet...
  • Secrets Between Her Thighs by Ivy Symone

    Secrets Between Her Thighs by Ivy Symone

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jaci Williams learned early on about using what you got to get what you want. For many years, all she ever thought she had was the power she possessed between her legs. Being an erotic dancer and providing “special services” in the past afforded her a decent living, but it did nothing for her dignity...
  • The Law of Attraction by AshleyNicole

    The Law of Attraction by AshleyNicole

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Taryn’s been missing out on the best part of life. With a controlling father and a boyfriend trying to be her father, she feels it’ll never happen. Then, a chance encounter one evening changes everything. Qais is having one of the worst days of his life, until he finds himself alone with a mystery woman with a secret need that only he can satisfy...
  • Fat Ma: An Erotic novel by Nicole Jackson

    Fat Ma: An Erotic novel by Nicole Jackson

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Piggy is in a bind, and Khyro has the cure for her problem. The only issue is that Khyro is married to Piggy’s cousin Tabitha. With her back against the wall, Piggy must use Fat Ma to get herself ahead. In this erotic tale, find out just how nasty and sticky the situation will become...
  • Forged by M.J. Fields

    Forged by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I walked away from the only things that comforted me, that calmed my demons—the things that helped dull the pains from my past and allowed my to continue waking up each day and push forward. Now I'm sets out to win back the girl who has held my heart for five years, the girl who is too good for me, who deserves better than me. But none of that matters any longer. Because I'm hell-bent...
  • A Justified Love Affair by Kimberly Brown

    A Justified Love Affair by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Emmanuel Santiago has thoroughly enjoyed his bachelor lifestyle. With money, a life of luxury, and women at his disposal, he seems to have it all. He has no immediate plans of settling down with one woman and starting a family. Then he meets her. What was supposed to be a one night stand quickly turns into a love affair that neither of them saw coming...
  • The Girl in the Painting by Max Monroe

    The Girl in the Painting by Max Monroe

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ansel Bray, an artist known around the world for his tragic hiatus from the canvas. Ansel Bray, a broody, handsome man not known by me, at all. Long dark hair, blue eyes, and dimpled cheeks. I’ve never met her, but her image is imprinted in my mind. An angel muse who inspires me to paint again. There is something about him. Something that spurs a need to be as close to him as possible...
  • A Mutually Beneficial Arrangement by Christina C. Jones

    A Mutually Beneficial Arrangement by Christina C. Jones

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rowan Phillips is a woman on a mission to provide the best she can for the community served by the Cartwright Center. When things look bleak, a mysterious benefactor steps in with an offer that could be a win-win situation... or a catch-22. (This started - and finished - as a serial on my blog. If you read it there, there is NOTHING new here...
  • Studio Sessions by AshleyNicole

    Studio Sessions by AshleyNicole

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tali couldn’t care less about finding a man. Phone is getting cut off tomorrow. Rent is due next week. There are more important things to stress over. It’s high time something good happened to her, and an unexpected phone call offers just that. Les is out here living his best life, making money and forgetting faces...
  • Never Lasting by Julia Wolf

    Never Lasting by Julia Wolf

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tali DiPietro is a good girl with a streak of punk rock rebel. Before I left for college, my mom told me not to settle down with the first guy who crosses my path. Sage advice, sure, but that’s hard to do after I share an elevator with a guy who is nothing like the boys back home...
  • You Ain't My Type by Nicole Jackson

    You Ain't My Type by Nicole Jackson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rye is a young adult struggling to find her purpose. Her parents have their ideas about how her life should be, and don’t mind imposing their beliefs onto her. They seemingly can’t mind their business, even when it comes to matters of her heart. They insist that her boyfriend Tori is the one for her, even after Rye decides that he just aint her type...
  • Their First Fall: Trucker and Keeka's story by M.J. Fields

    Their First Fall: Trucker and Keeka's story by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A new adult / college standalone sports romance novel from USA Today bestselling author, MJ Fields . Their First Fall Keeka Alone in the world, after her mother’s death, she tries to find the life she dreamed of as a child. Trucker Alone in the world the family he felt part of began to fall apart, as his dreams of being an NFL quarterback become his reality...
  • Ain't None of Your Friends Business by DeeAnn

    Ain't None of Your Friends Business by DeeAnn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Heatstrokes: A Summer Fling Novella by Kema B.

    Heatstrokes: A Summer Fling Novella by Kema B.

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All her life, make-up artist Simone Bailey, used laughter as a defense mechanism to keep from crying. She lives her life loudly, unapologetically, and free until a devastating betrayal rocks her world. Deciding she is off men for the foreseeable future, she puts her focus on her career and building her brand instead...
  • Mine Again 2 by Charae Lewis

    Mine Again 2 by Charae Lewis

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An unexpected release has everyone in shambles. Bronx is home, and nobody is safe. A guilty conscience and betrayal plagues Yamesh while Bronx is riddled with confusion and rage.The life they’ve built has crumbled by one single action. Everyone has been put through a test that they’ve failed miserably. The actions of some have left relationships in ruins...
  • Stronger by Janet Nissenson

    Stronger by Janet Nissenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cara has an admitted problem with hot men, falling so deeply and so quickly under their spell that she loses a little bit of herself with each toxic relationship that always seems to end badly. Every man in her young life thus far has let her down – her high school sweetheart, a college fling, and most of all her self-centered playboy father...
  • Let Me Love by Michelle Lynn

    Let Me Love by Michelle Lynn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A chance encounter. An undeniable connection. An unimaginable twist of fate. Kailey’s life is crumbling. Her best friend and sister, Jen, is dying, leaving her young family devastated. With little hope of saving her, Kailey is forced to face a reality she never expected. Trey’s life is fun and carefree. He loves the girls, his drums, and his friends...
  • Protecting Her Heart by Chance Carter

    Protecting Her Heart by Chance Carter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'm going to make her beg. Emma asked me to take her all the way. She wants to experience every delicious thing a woman can feel. She wants to be brought to the very edge of ecstasy, and then she wants to leap right off the cliff. I'm a complete playboy, an expert in the ways a man can make a woman beg, so naturally I accept. I love a good challenge...
  • Tell-Tale by Danielle Allen

    Tell-Tale by Danielle Allen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    True, I’d been nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous—to have the conversation with him. I knew he was going to think I sounded crazy. I knew he was going to think I was crazy. But I’d nervously fretted about my feelings for him for years. My nerves had sharpened my senses—not destroyed or dulled them. And above all was my ability to listen. I’d heard all the reasons why we shouldn’t be together...
  • Say He's The One by Monica Walters

    Say He's The One by Monica Walters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Being a good girl has been engrained in Caricia Edwards' psyche since she was an impressionable little girl. Her mother was sure to let her know the importance of self-love and respect. Those lessons brought her a long way. Recently graduating from college with an education degree and certificate to teach, she realizes just how lonely her life has been...
  • Heir to his Heart by Tacarra

    Heir to his Heart by Tacarra

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kace Preston is a thriving young entrepreneur who has his hands in pretty much everything. Between his businesses and his wife, Alexis, he seems to have it all. The only thing that’s missing from the equation is the child he so desperately wants so that his family can feel complete...
  • Thirty-Eight Reasons by Len Webster

    Thirty-Eight Reasons by Len Webster

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Clara Lawrence never thought one simple word could define the rest of her life. She has a decision to make. But the constant lingering thought that she's held for the last six months has made it difficult. The past never seems to go away. No matter how much she tries to run from it, Nolan Parker haunts her...
  • Nobody Else by Jaxson Kidman

    Nobody Else by Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's the past and the future. They haven't met.  They've collided. And I'm in the middle, expected to make a decision. * The perfect life isn't really all that perfect.  The handsome man holding my hand finally allows us to open our pasts to one other. His secrets hurt.  My love for someone else hurts even more. * Brice waits for me, just the way he's always done...
  • Everlasting Light by Shey Stahl

    Everlasting Light by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    We were two hearts, two souls, devastated by the same loss. I met Beau Ryland where the red clay danced along the water’s edge, and bursts of light rained down on us. A night when the heat couldn’t be escaped. As he whispered against sun-kissed summer-sweet skin, “Baby, look up and get lost on that everlasting light,” it was easy to believe it would last forever. But things changed...
  • Awakening by Ashley Suzanne

    Awakening by Ashley Suzanne

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mira’s broken and battered. She’s fighting to put herself back together while her heart is trying to forget. Can she continue moving forward with one man while in love with another? Skylar’s wrestling demons he never imagined in his wildest dreams. The girl he’s been in love with for years finally has feelings for him. There’s only one problem: her heart might lie somewhere else...
  • Single Dad Plus One by J.J. Knight

    Single Dad Plus One by J.J. Knight

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The sequel to the wildly popular romantic comedy SINGLE DAD ON TOP has arrived.My bride-to-be Arianna wants to meet my parents.But...they live in a trailer. Dad thinks Playboy T-shirts are classy because the naked women are silhouettes. Mom has a tattoo of a dog humping a palm tree. I don't think either one has said a sentence without an f-bomb since 1985.I changed my name a long time ago...
  • disgraceful by Autumn Grey

    disgraceful by Autumn Grey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I knew falling for him was wrong. I did it anyway, his half smiles and blue eyes pulling me deeper. Blue eyes that made me soar. He wasn’t mine to keep, though. And like all good and rare things, it came to an end. Then he strolls into my life, armed with dimples and gray eyes. Gray eyes that ground me. He smashes through my defenses, stealing what is left of my heart...
  • LIE by Mayra Statham, Dark Water Covers

    LIE by Mayra Statham, Dark Water Covers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Box office sensation, Marcus Wright is ready to take on the role of director. Romance author and single mom, Grace Rivera, is shocked when the sexiest man alive knocks on her door with the intent to bring her book to life. He is willing to do anything to get what he wants, even use his charms on the beautiful, curvy woman standing in his way...
  • The Hot Guy in the Woods by London Casey, Jaxson Kidman

    The Hot Guy in the Woods by London Casey, Jaxson Kidman

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From the authors that brought you the worldwide top 100 Kindle ebook (5 Years Later):  He hides in the woods, determined to fix a tragedy that stole his heart. Every night he goes looking for her but always comes back to his cabin alone. Until one night he finds someone as lost as he is... She's lost everything, including herself. She decides to walk away...
  • MindF*ck by Danyell A. Wallace

    MindF*ck by Danyell A. Wallace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Clayton had it all: good looks, star soccer player, and the unlikeliest girl of his dreams. Life wasn't good. It was great. Until a family tragedy strikes and shatters Clayton's world as he knows it, along with his memory. As Clayton struggles to put the pieces of his life back together, his beautiful, brown-skinned guardian angel with the wavy hair and soulful eyes is with him the entire way...
  • Something Precious by M. Clarke

    Something Precious by M. Clarke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As Jax and Rachel start their lives together, finally engaged and living in Los Angeles, all seems right with the world until Chloe wants to enter their lives again. She wants to be closer to her son, Jace, and in order to keep the peace, Jax agrees. Unfortunately, trouble seems to be swirling in the air when Rachel’s high school crush enters their lives; meanwhile Chloe proclaims to be pregnant...
  • I'd Rather Be With You by Kay Shanee

    I'd Rather Be With You by Kay Shanee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Keva Jamison has lusted after her brother’s best friend, Damarion, for years. When they finally hook up, her lust turned love consumes her thoughts and all that she can think about is being with him. The dilemma…Keva has a man and doesn’t know how to tell him that she’d rather be with someone else.Damarion Sanders is the ultimate bachelor and in no rush to settle down...
  • Love on Appeal by Riley Baxter

    Love on Appeal by Riley Baxter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Chosyn Strauss-JamesI wish what was done in the dark didn’t find its way to light, or at least that’s how I felt when learning of my husband’s indiscretions. I thought I was living happily ever after with the one I would spend the rest of my life with, but when my husband began moving suspiciously, I discovered many secrets tumbling out of the closet...
  • Legally Bound 4: Allegations of Love by Blue Safire

    Legally Bound 4: Allegations of Love by Blue Safire

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Legally Bound 4: Allegations of Love Legally Bound Series Jasper I have loved her since we were kids, but I knew the day would come when I would have to leave her. Now I'm home, and she is mine. Only she is running from me, and I have no idea why? But it stops NOW! With the help of my family, I’m going after my girl once and for all...
  • Making the Rules by Ali Parker

    Making the Rules by Ali Parker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Never Again... After having his hand slapped and career almost ruined several years back for falling for a student, Dr. Kendal Tarrington is done with love. Especially with the idea of it being a younger woman. Dara Young is an accounting student at the top of her accounting class and is looking for additional mentorship from someone with a solid record. Dr...
  • Stalemate by Lisa Suzanne

    Stalemate by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Emme Ford loves her job as a bar promoter. She runs in the same circles as musicians and socialites, getting paid to party with them. She’s content with life just the way it is, and she has no interest in marriage, kids, or growing up. But what happens when the party’s over? Axel Jones wants to marry Emme, but she denied his proposal...
  • Double Threat My Bleep by Julie Prestsater

    Double Threat My Bleep by Julie Prestsater

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Megan Miller's someday came and she and Alex Aguilar are a couple. She nabbed her dream guy and couldn't be happier. The only problem is, he is miles away in college and Meg is stuck at Carver High dealing with girl drama, boy problems and the fact that Alex is constantly surrounded by half naked girls...
  • Broken by Love by C.A. Harms

    Broken by Love by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kate thought she and Carson had finally reached level ground. They had moved in together and were preparing for the arrival of their baby. She never thought they would only be driven further apart by his withdrawn and distant behavior. Carson had always had his freedom, and for a moment, he thought he could still live that life. Only Kate needs more...
  • Can't Let Go by Michelle Lynn

    Can't Let Go by Michelle Lynn

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dex is many things, a college senior, the bassist for The Invisibles, a son, a friend, everything but a boyfriend. Everybody knows him as the shallow guy who’s up for a good time anytime. People rarely take the time to see the loyal guy lying just beneath the happy-go-lucky façade. There are parts of Dex’s life he keeps hidden. Ones he believes no one would understand...
  • Reject Me by Jennifer Foor

    Reject Me by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Peyton Hutchinson and Jamey Billings were an unlikely couple from the start. They'd been together for a while, half of it in secret, but she's ready to get serious and take things to the next level.  She moves in with Jamey, forcing him to label what they are to each other, and he's not pleased about it...
  • Tamed by K.A. Robinson

    Tamed by K.A. Robinson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ***Book five of the Torn Series, but this novel can be read as a standalone*** Mistakes—my life has been full of them. Time and time again, I’ve tried to change, tried to make the right choices, but it doesn’t matter. I always screw up. I hoped that Adam would be different, that he wouldn’t be a mistake. Our relationship was supposed to be about sex and nothing more...
  • Undescribable Box Set by Shantel Tessier

    Undescribable Box Set by Shantel Tessier

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    **ON SALE FOR .99 CENTS UNTIL JAN 19TH. REGULAR PRICE WILL BE 5.99** The Undescribable Box Set is three books in one. Undescribable, Unbearable and Uncontrollable. Burned by her past, Samantha begins to build a new life for herself. Focusing on her new friends and rebuilding her broken life, Samantha is content...
  • Chance by G. Bailey

    Chance by G. Bailey

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Kings are dangerous, that's what everyone says, but how can Maisy run from a second chance with the man she has always loved? 

I've been called a lot of names. Heartbreaker, broken, dirty fighter, and yet the one I'd never thought I'd be called, is the only name I care about now, father.
Sebastian King has only ever loved one girl, but he lost her once, and he won't be doing it again...
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