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Keeping Quinn by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe liked fast and loose—she was sweet and innocent.Firefighter Brice Lancaster lived his life by a set of rules: No commitments, no attachments, no promises. Three rules that were easy to follow—rules that kept his heart safe, rules that should’ve kept his best friend’s cousin out of his bed... -
Long Lost by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA stolen past The only thing Tucker remembers of his past is pain. Used in a doctor’s evil experiments, his memories and identity were erased, and his freedom taken. He believed his nightmare was over when he was liberated by the men and women of McKay-Taggart, until he heard the name Steven Reasor... -
Slow Ride: Sleeper SEALs Book 2 by Becky McGraw, Suspense Sisters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Sleeper SEALs are former U.S. Navy SEALs recruited by a new CIA counter-terror division to handle solo dark ops missions to combat terrorism on US soil. SLOW RIDE Only a month into his retirement from the SEAL teams, Lt. Commander Keegan McDonald was bored out of his mind working at his uncle's motorcycle repair shop... -
Clutch by Jack Davenport
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings18+ for language and sexual situations...The Burning Saints Motorcycle Club is the only family Clutch has known, and violence his only stock and trade. Humanity has handed him nothing but pain struggle, and he’s come to expect even less from it. As an orphan, he’s always found it easier to bond with machines than with people... -
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Taming the Wolf by Maureen Smith
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSamara Layton needs a pot of gold. Her community outreach organization in Washington, D.C. is in dire financial straits. As executive director, it's up to Samara to rescue the non-profit organization from bankruptcy, and time is running out. As a last-ditch resort, she seeks help from her estranged mother, world-renowned fashion designer Asha Dubois... -
The Grifter by Kimberly Kincaid
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnly one person has ever rocked Detective Shawn Maxwell’s titanium composure.Francesca Rossi, his ex-partner.His ex-everything.He hasn’t seen Frankie since she left him eight years agoand now he has to work with her on an undercover casethat could break them both... -
Every Breath You Take by J.E. Parker
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe's a sassy single mom... He's a hardened homicide detective. —Shelby—I'm a single mom with a past darker than coal.I've endured a life of pain, escaped a monster, and survived hell.Because of my past, the walls surrounding my heart are strong.Impenetrable.But those walls begin to crumble the moment I meet him...Detective Anthony Moretti... -
Rekindled by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe left her when she needed him most... Four years ago, Dr. Grace Fallon lost everything that mattered in a terrorist attack she barely survived. Now she’s stronger than ever and in Pakistan with a UN-sanctioned team for the most important assignment of her career...Categorized as:
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Rebound by Chelle Bliss
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNew Bonus Chapters Included Shattered. My dreams. My heart. My world. Everything had fallen apart. I wanted to get lost and leave my life behind. New Orleans was the perfect place to drown my sorrows and forget my past. Even though I partied hard and drank too much, I still couldn’t get her out of my head... -
Shameless by Brynley Bush
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSheltered good girl Victoria Raine has always wanted to be a little bad. Tired of living life safely on the sidelines, she summons the courage to forge a new path for herself and applies to the FBI, looking for adventure and something to fulfill her vague longing for something…more... -
Walk Through the Fire by Calle J. Brookes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnnie had learned long ago that she could get through just about anything life threw her way. She can even get through being forced from the home she's lived in since she was a child. She has one more chance to convince the mayor to knock down some other neighborhood for his shopping malls and banks--or she and the three little boys she's in the process of adopting are going to end up homeless... -
Beast by Savannah Rylan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBentley “Beast” Harris became a Righteous Outlaw over a decade ago and never looked back. He gained the reputation as being the deadliest among the Outlaws, a skilled killer with no remorse or regrets. What his brothers don’t know is beneath the dark, death stare, and permanent scowl, he is drowning in regrets from a past he can never go back to... -
Private Dancer by Chloe Cox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE NEWEST STAND ALONE NOVEL IN THE BEST SELLING SUGARKINK SERIES! Bette is undercover as a sub at Club Volare. Cole is the Dom who sees right through her. Only one of them will end up on top. Bette Liffey is a survivor... -
Spotlight by Piper Davenport
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings18+ for language and sexual content. Harmony Morgan is the sister of the biggest star on the planet. She’s also caught between said sister and a crazed stalker trying to get close. Jaxon Quinn has been tasked with finding and neutralizing the threat surrounding the Morgan sisters, but no one warned him about the risk to his heart... -
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Hooked Up Book 3 by Arianne Richmonde
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA secret is destroying us. A secret I am unable to share with her. It isn't just myself I am protecting, but someone I love. Wherever I turn . . . in whichever direction . . . I face a wall. I'm lost for an answer. Our happiness so close I can touch it, so far it's eating at my soul. If SHE wins, Pearl and I are doomed. *** I don't know who Alexandre is anymore... -
Tempted & Taken by Rhenna Morgan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLive hard, f*ck harder and make their own rules. Those are the cornerstones the six Men of Haven bleed by: taking what they want, always watching each other's backs and loving the women they claim with unyielding tenderness and fierce passion. There's no code Knox Torren can't break. He knows no limits when it comes to uncovering intel, especially on anyone who crosses his family...Categorized as:
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Brown Eyed Handsome Man by Sable Hunter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsContinuing the Hell Yeah! Series with Book 4 Kane Saucier has chosen to walk away from a family fortune to wear a badge. As Sheriff of Kerrville County, he lives near his brother Zane and his friends, the McCoys of Tebow Ranch. His life is good, but something is missing. The Sheriff is lonely until love walks through the door of his office one day in the form of Lilibet Ladner... -
Beneath the Secrets Part 3 ) by Lisa Renee Jones
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeneath the Secrets part 3 Picks up where part 2 leaves off Blake has discovered Kara's true identity and with it the past that has haunted him for two years will be recreated. She is everything that will destroy him and the only one who can save him. Tall, Dark and Deadly The Walker Brothers... Tall, dark, and deadly, these three brothers run Walker security... -
Beneath the Secrets Part 2 ) by Lisa Renee Jones
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeneath the Secrets part 2 Picks up where part 1 leaves off Vengeance is all Blake Walker has lived for....until he met her. She will bring him to his knees but will it be in passion or pain? Tall, Dark and Deadly The Walker Brothers... Tall, dark, and deadly, these three brothers run Walker security. Each brother is unique in his methods and skills, but all share key similarities... -
Hustle Him by Jennifer Foor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter losing his family in a tragic accident, Ramsey Towers has given up on his old life. He moved to a small town in West Virginia, where nobody will bother him about his painful past that he, himself, can't stop reliving. Still needing to make money, he took a job as the town sheriff... -
Beneath the Secrets Part 4 ) by Lisa Renee Jones
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeneath the Secrets part 4 and the FINAL conclusionThis is the final part of the 4 part story(Picks up where part 3 leaves off)Kara and Blake will face the ghosts of their pasts, but will those ghost destroy them or forever bind them? Other books in the Tall, Dark, and Deadly series:Secrets ExposedHot SecretsDangerous SecretsThe Box set of all three!Kyle's story will be coming soon! It will be... -
Desired by Stacey Kennedy
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsReaders of Fifty Shades of Grey are sure to love Desired, USA Today bestselling author Stacey Kennedy’s latest seductive, electrifying novel of Club Sin, where fantasy becomes reality. Kyler Morgan, Master at the legendary Club Sin in Las Vegas, knows how to give women what they want—too well. He hasn’t had a real challenge in a long time. Then Ella Snow enters his life... -
Beneath the Secrets Part 1 ) by Lisa Renee Jones
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeneath the Secrets, Part One includes: Prelude: One Dangerous Night Blake Walker left behind the ATF when the drug cartel he was hunting cost him the life of his fellow agent, and fiancee. Now, two years later, he's working with his brothers at Walker Security, but he's living fast, hard, and wild, until he reaches the ultimate high...revenge. And he's close, so close he can taste it... -
Targeted by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThey were partners once After an attack on the job that nearly killed her, Special Agent Celida Morales is determined to salvage her reputation in the FBI and get back to the career she loves. Domestic terrorism has left its mark on her—literally—and now she’s more determined than ever to leave her mark on it... -
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Forbidden Pleasure by Lora Leigh
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to The Club. A secretive, select group where uninhibited desires and forbidden fantasies run wild, in the first part of #1 bestselling author Lora Leigh’s novel Forbidden Pleasure, now in an exclusivel e-serial.John "Mac" McCoy gave up his membership to The Club a long time ago. Nothing gave him greater pleasure than to share his women with another male partner... -
Guarding Light: Book 1 of the Dark Series trilogy by Cate McKoy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis book does NOT end with a cliffhanger. Jack Gard and Catlyn Lyte’s budding romance begins in high school. Although Jack cares for Catlyn, he refuses to get into a relationship with Catlyn because of her age. Then Catlyn is assaulted, and her world is torn apart when Jack sides with his best friend, giving him an alibi. Devastated, Catlyn flees Newburgh, NY... -
Cocky Jerk: A Hero Club Novel by Janine Infante Bosco
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was just a typical manic Monday until the blue and red lights flashed behind my Harley. The cop who pulled me over was good-looking, if you’re into clean cut guys with expressive eyes. He was also cocky and gave me three tickets.One for speeding.Another for blowing a light.And the third for not producing an insurance card.Jerk... -
One Plea by Scarlet Wolfe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn One Plea, the second erotica romance novella in the One Urge, One Plea, Keep Me Trilogy, Alayna Wynn has returned to her home in St. Louis. In an attempt to regain the control she had relinquished to Damon Lear, after being stranded at his penthouse during a snow storm in New York, she delves into her work... -
Concealment by Scarlet Wolfe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVictoria Hart is supposed to be the enemy. She is an undercover detective who infiltrated my hotel and casino as an employee to take down my illegal enterprise. What she doesn’t know is I am fully aware of it. The operation I’m orchestrating is monumental compared to anything her mind could envision. It’s the burning desire I feel when she’s near that I didn’t see coming... -
Her Once And Future Dom by Chloe Cox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings~ SPECIAL LAUNCH PRICE OF 0.99 FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY ~ Sometimes the only man who can mend a shattered heart...is the Dom who broke it.At 25, Simone Delevingne had learned to deal with her painful past in all the wrong ways. Then she met Holt Manning. He dominated her heart as easily as he dominated her body, and for the first time in her life, Simone was happy--and loved... -
Hatch: A Dogs of Fire Story by Piper Davenport
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings18+ for language and sexual situations...When Hatch, the beloved Sargent at Arms for the Dogs of Fire MC, finds himself falsely incarcerated, his woman, Maisie, must move heaven and earth to release him, while holding back a pack of ravenous bikers whose bite is worse than their bark... -
Proof of Life by Misty Evans
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBlood ties run deepest—and deadliest. Super Agent Series, Book 3 No matter how many times he patches the holes in the wall, CIA Deputy Director Michael Stone can’t forget the night a terrorist took him hostage in his own home. Or the mistakes that transformed him into an overwhelming force to keep his country safe... -
The Lieutenant's Possession by K. Langston
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMemphis Police Lieutenant Asher Cunningham is one of the best. Respected among his peers, he’s well known for his discipline, assertiveness, and remarkable intuition. He's also a sex addict. A secret he's kept hidden until he finally decides to seek the help of renowned psychiatrist Dr. Marley Bennett... -
Re/Paired by Michele Zurlo
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKeith Rossetti grew up the hard way--fleeing from his older sister's fists and finding addiction at a young age. It's a miracle he was able to make it into the FBI, and he fiercely guards his relationships with a handful of close friends. When Katrina Legato's brother brought home his Marine buddy all those years ago, she fell head-over-heels in love... -
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Honest Illusions / Private Scandals / Hidden Riches by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNumber-one New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts, with her powerful gift of storytelling, brings together three tales of passion and deception. Whether to a cop or a con-man, the heroines of these three novels find falling in love is the easy part. But uncovering hidden betrayals or lethal obsessions may be the most important. These moving and engrossing stories never fail to deliver... -
10-80: Line of Duty Series by Xyla Turner
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsD'asia lives in one of the worst housing projects (The Trap) in Harlem. She is trying to make moves and figure out her life while raising her brother. Ryan is a police officer in Harlem and while on a case, he notices D'asia and couldn't really get her out of his system... -
Primal Hunger by Piper Davenport
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAeroMy life is chaos. I've been on a downward spiral since losing my sister a year ago, but a call from an old biker friend in Monument, Colorado might just provide a much-needed change of scenery, and reignite my passion for the road.Unfortunately, not every new start is a clean start... -
Conned by Jessica Wilde
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsConall Brannock takes his job seriously. He doesn't get attached, he doesn't ask questions, and he protects his family at all costs. Nothing will change that. Not even the sweet, green eyed witness that just burst into his life and shifted his world. He has one job to do; protect Emily until she can testify... -
All Things Pretty, Part Two by Michelle Leighton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe continuation and conclusion of All Things... -
You Are My Reason by Willow Winters
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Willow Winters comes an emotionally gripping romance.It’s been a long time since I’ve looked at a man and wanted something more.Even longer since one has looked at me with a gaze that I couldn’t tear my eyes from.No one is perfect, but that’s how it felt to be in his arms.I started to think everything was going to be alright... -
Spread Your Wings by Jayne Rylon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s through playing it safe… Men in Blue, Book 4 Waiting. Watching. Jambrea was patient long enough. After nearly ten years pining over a man with whom she’d spent a single night, her job set her on a collision course with two sexy cops who turned her head…and ignited her passion. More agonizing. Debating... -
Union of Sin by Eden Summers
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’ll do anything to protect her. Even if it means letting her go. Tate Jackson made a big mistake. No, a monumental one. He picked the wrong place to introduce his wife, Cassie, to the alluring lifestyle they’d fantasized about. Instinct told him to get her out of the poor excuse for an adult club—but he didn’t. And she was assaulted because of his carelessness... -
Dark Desire by Leah Brooke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratings[Siren Everlasting Classic: Erotic Cowboy Romance, BDSM, sex toys, figging] Hope Sanderson's frustration continues to grow as Ace Tyler, sheriff of Desire, OK, keeps ignoring her efforts to get his attention. She's tried everything she can think of, but he still keeps his distance... -
All Things Pretty by Michelle Leighton
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratings**The total length of this novel is 348 pages. The first part (here) is 57,000 words and the additional FREE part two is 26,000 words.** Pretending to be something they’re not, afraid to trust anyone completely, destined to tear each other apart– this is the story of unlikely love and unbearable consequences. Sig Locke is a cop. He was raised by a cop and all his brothers are cops... -
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Real Men Last All Night by Lori Foster, Lora Leigh
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsToday’s top erotic romance writers come together for a steamy read of four sexy stories about women who discover that real men last all night... Luring Lucy by Lori Foster All Lucy was looking for when she went to her vacation home was in innocent fling to quell the yearning she had felt since her husband died four years ago... -
Guilty Pleasure by Lora Leigh
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe sizzling new erotic tale from New York Times bestselling author Lora LeighMarty Mathews had always known about the secret, forbidden pleasures that the women she had grown up with enjoyed. Women whose husbands or lovers were members of the exclusive "Club," where they took a selected "third" into their beds... -
Detecting Lust by Mikey Lee
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeth 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
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSergeant 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... -
The Deputies: 3 Novella Box Set (Cowboy Justice Association) by Olivia Jaymes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGenre: Contemporary Western Erotic Romance Series: Cowboy Justice Association 3 Never-Before-Released Novellas approximately 25K to 30K each Second chances. Unrequited crushes. Brand new love. Deputy Hank Dixon: When Hank’s estranged wife shows up ready to mend their broken marriage, he has a hard time believing she’s sincere... -
Re/Defined by Michele Zurlo
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmy Markevich nurses fantasies about dominant agent Jordan Monaghan, but she knows they’ll never come true. He’s younger, to-die-for handsome, and so very different from her. She settles for friendship and dreaming from afar, even when he agrees to show her the platonic side of submission...
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