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  • A Kade Christmas by Tijan

    A Kade Christmas by Tijan

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Logan and Taylor head to Hawaii for their own getaway.What happens there was supposed to "stay" there, but when James decides to disrupt the entire family with his latest scandal, all the secrets start coming out.Mason's getting a call.Nate takes a trip.There might be some dogs and alpacas involved too...
  • Edge Of Darkness by Freya Barker

    Edge Of Darkness by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Road rash and Jack meets handcuffs and street smarts. I am a wandering disaster. A hedonist, a lover, a son, and a rebel. My name is Yuma. I’m sober enough to see the need for redemption, but too blind to realize I already found it. I am an independent seeker. An overachiever, a friend, a misfit, and a cop. My name is Lissie...
  • Bloody Love by Lisa Renee Jones

    Bloody Love by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One. Two. Three. The cat is in the tree. As far as Lilah's concern, her note writing stalker just gets more stupid everyday. One, two, three, the cat is in the tree?What is that? And what does it have to do with a wedding turned bloody? The sixth book in the Lilah Love series...
  • Deeper You Dig: A Lost Kings MC Halloween by Autumn Jones Lake

    Deeper You Dig: A Lost Kings MC Halloween by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  female-mc  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • Unraveled by Aubrey Bondurant

    Unraveled by Aubrey Bondurant

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Unraveled: To become undone. To take apart. To destroy. I thought I had it all with my well-respected job, Hollywood boyfriend, and glamorous lifestyle. Until the truth revealed a different story. In one day, after a single word, my carefully constructed life was obliterated. But it’s only the beginning of my spiral. There’s much further to fall. Then I meet him...
    Categorized as:
    angst  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  sad  romance
  • Coming Consumed by Renee Harless

    Coming Consumed by Renee Harless

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sydney hates liars, despises them really, so what is she to do when the man her heart wants most turns out to be the biggest betrayer and deceiver of them all? Sydney Connelly never finds herself in trouble. She always listens to her parents, follows the rules, and does what is expected of her, but in one moment, that all changes...
  • Hot Pursuit by Jennifer Bernard

    Hot Pursuit by Jennifer Bernard

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Deputy Will Knight and reporter Merry Warren couldn’t be more different—she’s the queen of questions, he’s the king of no comment. The inquisitive beauty drives Will crazy with her feisty attitude and sassy mouth…the one with the full lips just made for kissing. Not that he’s noticed. Much...
  • Beyond the Badge: Nox by Jeanne St. James

    Beyond the Badge: Nox by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When two broken halves come together to forge one unbreakable whole… Officer Bradley Lennox, aka Nox, has been living in the shadows of his own grief since the unexpected loss of his wife. Just when he was finally on the road to recovery, they found Sadie in a motel in Ohio, causing his world to spiral back into darkness...
  • Safe Space by Tiffany Patterson, C.K. Brooke

    Safe Space by Tiffany Patterson, C.K. Brooke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    *****THIS IS BOOK 1 IN THE SERIES. THIS BOOK ENDS ON A CLIFFAHNGER***** Chanel Xavier Grant was everything a woman could want. He was a successful restaurateur and club owner and has the looks of a God with the sex appeal to back it all up. I’d had a crush on him since my early teenage years...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  female-mc  abuse  adult  black-mc  book  contemporary
  • Pursuing Aries by Linzi Baxter

    Pursuing Aries by Linzi Baxter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Stabby. That's how I was feeling. And when I was asked in the elevator by a friend how I was feeling since it was my first day back after being sick for a week, that's what I answered. Any other day, this would've been no big deal. Of course, then the elevator doors opened and the screaming began. My boss. The asshole who made me feel stabby. He was dead...
  • The Invisible Thread by Lisa Suzanne

    The Invisible Thread by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One decision was all it took for Ethan Fuller’s life to be flipped upside down and for Maci Dane’s twenty-year plan to fall off the rails. Ethan tells Maci about the invisible thread that links two people destined to be together. The road isn’t always smooth, but eventually the two people holding the thread will find their way to each other...
  • Hard Limit by Brenda Rothert, Kat Mizera

    Hard Limit by Brenda Rothert, Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    St. Louis Mavericks star defender Lars Jansson is dead set against relationships. A new love makes him wonder if maybe he can change, but first, he must confront the truth about who he is.LarsOn the ice, I’m unstoppable. If anyone is in my way, it’s simple—I move them. Hockey is my life, and I don’t have the patience for relationships spanning more than one night...
  • Until Arsen by K.L. Donn

    Until Arsen by K.L. Donn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Love is a novel creature.Mysterious, heart pounding, like smoke on the wind.We find it, only to lose it.Until Arsen Daniels…Marina Parks didn't think she'd ever have it.A stand alone novella in Aurora Rose Reynolds Happily Ever Alpha kindle world...
  • Stars Over Castle Hill: A Joss and Braden Novella by Samantha Young

    Stars Over Castle Hill: A Joss and Braden Novella by Samantha Young

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Joss and Braden Carmichael are blissfully married living in their townhouse on Dublin Street with their three beautiful children. It's a life Joss never expected to have, and one she's grateful for every day. But..
  • The Replacement War by Lisa Suzanne

    The Replacement War by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bestselling author Lisa Suzanne's rock star romance has lovers becoming enemies when a weekend fling turns into the competition of their lives. I haven’t even earned the position yet and I’m already living like a rock star. I spend my weekend on someone else’s dime in a swanky Los Angeles hotel with a gorgeous woman. She’s looking for a fling, so I give her what she wants...
  • Beautiful Rush by Emery Rose

    Beautiful Rush by Emery Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After a lifetime of being tailed by her father’s bodyguards, Keira Shaughnessy just wants her freedom and independence, and to bond with her long-lost brothers. On a quest to outrun her past, she turns to illegal street racing. She loves the rush, the hint of danger, and living just on the edge of losing control...
  • Winner by Belle Brooks, Karen Harper

    Winner by Belle Brooks, Karen Harper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Roselette Horton... Miss Prim and Proper. Arm candy for one of the richest men in Hoffman. Fate had her saving my life. Now I'm indebted to repay the favour. Rose has the biggest stick up her arse. It’s surprising she can even put one foot in front of the other. She has no clue what it means to be living, or who she really is...
    Categorized as:
    angst  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  sad  romance
  • Unbreak the Woodsman by M. S. Parker

    Unbreak the Woodsman by M. S. Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    RYDER: Never give love a chance. It’ll only make you weak. I remember falling in love. I also remember the pain that came when it was thrown back in my face. Someone else can play the Knight in Shining Armor. All I need from a woman is her body. Ryder Wesson likes control, not just as the CEO of his family’s business, but also in the bedroom...
  • Steadfast by Danielle Norman

    Steadfast by Danielle Norman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Holland Kelly wasn’t a people person. Okay, that’s not true, she wasn’t one particular man person. That man? Her next-door neighbor Dick Brooks. Fine, his real name was Reid, but Dick sounded better. Life would have been perfect if she never had to interact with him again. Unfortunately, life wasn't perfect...
  • Dirty Trust by Peyton Banks

    Dirty Trust by Peyton Banks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There was no forgetting the past. Mistakes were made, but now he’s ready to right his wrong. Iker Baldwin was used to making hard decisions in his line of work. For the SWAT team, it could be a matter of life or death. As a seasoned officer, protecting and serving was what he did. So when he had to decide what to do in his personal life, he chose to protect...
  • Eleven of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Eleven of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
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  • Wright Rival by K.A. Linde

    Wright Rival by K.A. Linde

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A sexy enemies-to-lovers romance set in the world of the Wrights about Hollin & Piper from USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde…No one on this planet pushes my buttons like Hollin Abbey.I don’t know if it’s the rugged, sexy cowboy look or the Harley Davidson motorcycle or the cocky swagger. Or just him.But whenever we’re together we fight like cats and dogs...
  • Some Like it Hotter by Andrea Simonne

    Some Like it Hotter by Andrea Simonne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes with men… After two failed marriages, sculptor Lindsay West swears she’ll never marry again. What’s the point? Marriage is like agreeing to eat the same flavor of ice cream for the rest of your life. No, thanks. While she’s in Berlin as part of an artist-in-residence program, her studio is robbed and she suddenly finds herself in a desperate situation...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Shadows Of Hunters Ridge by Sarah Barrie

    Shadows Of Hunters Ridge by Sarah Barrie

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Something’s not right in Hunters Ridge… Ebony Blakely has her life nearly exactly where she wants it. She’s a country vet with a successful business in Hunters Ridge, a town that she loves, and has a close group of friends. The only thing missing is romance...
  • Claimed by Him by M. S. Parker

    Claimed by Him by M. S. Parker

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SALE: Only 99c while in pre-order. I used to think that I was doing pretty well for myself, especially considering the tragedies of my past. I was on a fast track to a promising career. Then my world imploded. When twenty-two-year-old Rona Quick finds her plans for her future destroyed, her world goes into a tailspin...
  • Chief by Liberty Parker, Darlene Tallman

    Chief by Liberty Parker, Darlene Tallman

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Turk “Chief” Dennison is the first Native American to hold the position of Chief of Police in the small town of Corinth. He’s a by-the-book kind of man, quiet and a bit taciturn. He’s also a patched member of the Rebel Guardians MC. Single, he vowed off women after his long-time girlfriend broke up with him and basically robbed him blind...
  • Dirty Padraig by Harley Diamond

    Dirty Padraig by Harley Diamond

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    FOR NEVER WAS A STORY OF MORE WOEFate chose her for me, but I was forced to accept another.My Disney princess then wed my own brother.Does she love me? Does she not?Does she love him? Does she not?What a tangled web we weave, but the truth will out. It always does.The domino of deceit toppled, bringing down the house of cards used to gameplay.Blood spilled. Secrets spilled. Sentences served...
  • The Billionaire's Desire by Scarlett Avery

    The Billionaire's Desire by Scarlett Avery

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.The sizzling adventure continues in this alpha billionaire romance series. The scintillating, steamy and passionate romance between Ciara and Nikolaj picks up where the last book ended. The only difference is that Ciara discovers Nikolaj’s true penchant for domination and to her surprise, she relishes submitting herself to him...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  drama  fiction
  • Impossible Box Set by Julia Sykes

    Impossible Box Set by Julia Sykes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Savior I've never met a man as dangerous for me as Clayton. The sexy FBI agent wants to save my junkie kid brother from the violent Latin Kings and save me from my self-destructive behavior. He makes me want to be better than what I am. It thrills me almost as much as it terrifies me. To keep me close, he ruthlessly exploits my weakness: lust...
  • Hot as Hell by Monette Michaels

    Hot as Hell by Monette Michaels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fed up with her incompetent boss, Interpol agent Dawn Wilson accepts a job with Security Specialists International. Her first assignment forces her into close contact with the devastatingly sexy, but far too pushy CIA agent Sam Crocker...
  • His Scandalous Commands by Elizabeth Lennox

    His Scandalous Commands by Elizabeth Lennox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She could sing like a hummingbird, had numerous platinum albums to her credit. But Lila Jamison, a.k.a. Delilah James, had no life. She went from concert to recording studio, working until she literally passed out. Fresh air, sleep and relaxation were the doctor’s orders...
  • Miss Chief by Aubrey Bondurant

    Miss Chief by Aubrey Bondurant

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Brooklyn Morrison is the most fascinating woman I’ve ever met – and she’s my new boss.The first day of my training fellowship offers more than I expected. Brooke isn’t just my boss – she’s also the woman I spent one hot and sexy night with two weeks ago. She’s insistent that our random night together was a one-time only event...
  • Reel Trouble by Tiffinie Helmer

    Reel Trouble by Tiffinie Helmer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Limited .99 cents sale. Reel in your copy now! A man satisfied with his 'catch and release' type of dating, until he meets the strong-willed woman he can't throw back. And you thought the men were wild… From Tiffinie Helmer, USA Today Bestselling Author of the Wild Men of Alaska series, comes the first in the Wild Women of Alaska series...
  • Barreled Over by Jenna Sutton

    Barreled Over by Jenna Sutton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ready for another round? Ava Grace Landy’s music career is humming along until a shakeup at her label jeopardizes her recording contract and curses her with the world’s worst boss. Determined to satisfy him, she partners with Trinity Distillery to access a larger male audience...
  • Max by Stacy Gail

    Max by Stacy Gail

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    House of Payne: Max TRIGGER WARNING: This book contains flashbacks of violence and drug abuse, and the impact of these factors on family members. If you have issues with these elements, this book is not for you.Chicago’s premiere tattoo studio, House Of Payne, is across the street from the Mad Cow diner, but it might as well be on another planet as far as waitress Paradise Simone is concerned...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  romance  contemporary  celebrity  fiction  book  adult
  • Too Enchanting by Bethany Lopez

    Too Enchanting by Bethany Lopez

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When she was young, Serena Lewis was uprooted from the life she knew. Her parents took her from everything and everyone she loved, including her best friends… her cousins. Rebelling against the change, Serena became a young woman she knew her family wouldn’t like. Now that she's moving back home, she hopes to keep that part of herself in the past and become the woman she's meant to be...
  • The Filthy One by N.O. One

    The Filthy One by N.O. One

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Control is only an illusion.A lie.Just like me.The universe has a way of leading us to where we’re meant to be, showing us what we’re meant to do.But karma has screwed up somewhere, because I’m sure I don’t deserve her wrath.Facing the possibility of losing the two most important men in my world, I bury myself in my work...
  • Caring for the Bratva by Flora Ferrari

    Caring for the Bratva by Flora Ferrari

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is the job opportunity of a lifetime. I’ve been working as a veterinarian’s assistant, but when I get the offer to care one-on-one for a diabetic Dalmatian called Lucky, I leap at the chance, especially when I see how much it pays.I’ve got dreams of opening a dog sanctuary of my own one day. I can’t afford to turn down a chance like this...
  • City Beautiful by C.M. Foss

    City Beautiful by C.M. Foss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Patrick Thompson is all city, all the time. A young doctor, once full of passion, now disillusioned by the practice, he sets off across the country, intent on a small breather before a fresh start.Ivy Lang loves the country way. So much so that she’s created a place where others can experience her ideas of the fundamentals for both mind and body...
  • Rising by Lisa Swallow

    Rising by Lisa Swallow

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Our demons don't want to play but they sure as hell recognise each other"Three attempts at staying clean after rehab and Jem Jones, Blue Phoenix guitarist, is determined this time he’ll succeed. Haunted by his recent past, Jem throws himself into the one addiction he still has left: his music...
  • The Accidentally on Purpose Trilogy by L.D. Davis

    The Accidentally on Purpose Trilogy by L.D. Davis

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Accidentally on Purpose was a New York Times Best Seller in 2012. Now author L.D. Davis releases Accidentally on Purpose and the sequels Worthy of Redemption and Worth the Fight in one book for your reading pleasure! Accidentally on Purpose: Emmy hates her boss Kyle Sterling. She does the unthinkable after a night of drinking and sleeps with him...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • How to Deal by Shey Stahl

    How to Deal by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I loved my job. After meeting the owner’s son, I hate it. He's making my life difficult, and I'm positive he only comes to work to annoy me. I contemplate quitting just because of him. That is until I realize who he really is. A famous wedding photographer whose clientele ranks among the rich and famous...
  • Allegiances by Cynthia Eden

    Allegiances by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An old enemy returns…with a new victim in the conclusion of The Battling McGuire Boys by New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden Private investigator Sullivan "Sully" McGuire has a reputation for danger. He's spent most of his life tracking the men who murdered his parents. The one woman who sees past Sully's predatorial pursuit is the wife he abandoned years ago...
  • Crash Into Me by L.A. Fiore

    Crash Into Me by L.A. Fiore

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When a stabbing death calls homicide detective Molly Donahue and her partner to Central Park, it’s just the beginning of a string of murders in an investigation that leads them to Los Angeles, and the death of a Hollywood starlet three decades earlier.During the course of their investigating, they interview billionaire Kade Wakefield. Molly isn’t prepared for her reaction to him...
  • Hometown Love by Christina Tetreault

    Hometown Love by Christina Tetreault

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Everyone in North Salem thinks they know Jessie Quinn. She is the town’s quintessential girl next door. The woman you can always turn to when you need a helping hand. Nobody knows that she’s spent years overcoming the emotional scars left by her last boyfriend...
  • Exposed in Darkness by Heather Sunseri

    Exposed in Darkness by Heather Sunseri

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Just days before the running of the biggest thoroughbred horse race in the world, an act of bioterrorism kills Kentucky’s lieutenant governor, and former FBI Special Agent Brooke Fairfax receives a video of the murder from her long-time anonymous source...
  • Unforgettable by Eva Charles

    Unforgettable by Eva Charles

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Some journeys are memorable...Few are Unforgettable Gabe:I should stay away from her. I know better.But instead, I treat every single day like it's my damn birthday, and she's a luscious devil’s food cake slathered in creamy icing.Helena:I spent my entire life being cautious. Never take any real risks. And I do it to shield the people I love from needless worry. To protect them...
  • Snow by Jules Ford

    Snow by Jules Ford

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was a dedicated soldier, determined to serve my country, but life has a habit of throwing curveballs.Before I deployed to Afghanistan, I met a girl in Vegas and fell hard. She said she’d wait for me, but war changes men, and the boy she knew slowly turned into someone else.War ate away at my soul...
  • Detecting Lust by Mikey Lee

    Detecting Lust by Mikey Lee

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Seth Lane is the best SVU Detective the precinct has to offer. He’s smart, determined and has a seriously impressive closing rate. He’s also sexy as hell and married to Zee, a woman who not only understands his demanding job but supports him in doing whatever is necessary to close the case...
  • Manhunter by Loreth Anne White

    Manhunter by Loreth Anne White

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sergeant Gabriel Caruso arrived in the remote Yukon wilderness with one goal: to erase all memories of the serial killer who had ruined his life. But he soon discovered that the madman was hot on his heels--and after anything that touched Gabe's heart. Including local tracker Silver Karvonen.As Silver plotted with Gabe to stop their predator, she matched more than wits with the Mountie...
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