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  • Charmed by Lexi Blake

    Charmed by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lexi Blake comes a new story in her Masters and Mercenaries series… JT Malone is lucky, and he knows it. He is the heir to a billion-dollar petroleum empire, and he has a loving family. Between his good looks and his charm, he can have almost any woman he wants. The world is his oyster, and he really likes oysters...
  • Slaying The Dragon by T.K. Leigh

    Slaying The Dragon by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    THIS IS THE SECOND BOOK IN A TWO-BOOK DUET. IF YOU HAVE NOT YET READ CHASING THE DRAGON, PLEASE START THERE. RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 18 & UP DUE TO STRONG LANGUAGE, EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS, AND VIOLENCE. I should have resisted him, but I couldn’t. My addiction to him was all-consuming, the high from his touch unlike any other...
  • Lawless & Soulless by T.M. Frazier

    Lawless & Soulless by T.M. Frazier

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lawless and Soulless together in one book! Books 3&4 in the USA TODAY BESTSELLING KING SERIES. Lawless: She's prim and proper. He's leather and lawless. It will never work between them. It's a lie they almost believe. Soulless: The conclusion to Bear and Thia's epic love story...
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    alpha-mc  dark  steamy  suspense  adult  biker  book  contemporary
  • City of Sin by Ivy Smoak

    City of Sin by Ivy Smoak

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Nothing seems to be going Bee's way. She has been knocked down by her ex, her job, and the city in general. Could a blind date really be the start of the much needed change she's been hoping for? When Bee is already running late, a sexy stranger steals her cab. And once she finally arrives to the restaurant and finds out that he's her date, the night takes an unexpected turn...
  • Twisted Obsession by Keta Kendric

    Twisted Obsession by Keta Kendric

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ansel: My cousin, Aaron, helped to rescue a damsel in distress from her cartel family, and of all people, he left her under my protection. Regina didn’t know it, but I’d claimed every part of her the day I’d set eyes on her...
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    alpha-mc  dark  female-mc  steamy  suspense  adult  biker  book
  • Complete Submission: The Complete Series by C.D. Reiss

    Complete Submission: The Complete Series by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jonathan Drazen. Gorgeous. Check. Charming. Check. Smart. Check. Rich. Hey... I'm not gonna complain. All the ingredients for a few nights of mind-blowing pleasure are right there. He's made it perfectly clear he can't love me, and I'm not out to fall in love either. But I can't stay away from him. He's got this bossy way about him in bed...
  • Forever by Penelope Sky

    Forever by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She’s mine once again but she’s practically a ghost. She’s just using me...not that I mind. But her indifference is suffocating. I mean nothing to her...less than what she used to mean to me. Admissions of regret and apologies aren’t enough to fix it. I have to return to the gypsy...and hope for the best...
  • Lost With Me by J. Kenner

    Lost With Me by J. Kenner

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From New York Times and #1 International bestselling author J. Kenner comes a new full-length novel in the wildly popular Stark Saga that’s left millions of readers breathless. His touch takes my breath away. Our passion feeds my soul... My love for Damien fills me, and the intensity of our bond brings me to my knees...
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    alpha-mc  billionaire  dark  steamy  suspense  adult  audiobook  book
  • High Class by Ivy Nelson

    High Class by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I went home to answer for the death of my cousin.Then I meet Zara. A raven haired beauty with a killer smile.Turns out she's an escort and she was sent to be a distraction.Now the mayor of New York City is dead.I'm forced to take her back to Las Vegas to find out what she knows before the police try to pin it on me. My gut says Zara is innocent in all of this...
  • Fearless by Maren Smith

    Fearless by Maren Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He was the last thing she thought she needed, but she was everything he wanted. Abused and alone, Kitty had no idea how far she’d have to flee after she finally got the courage to run. She never would have guessed she’d end up halfway around the world, or in the home — much less the arms — of dominant Australian whip-master, Noah Carver...
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    billionaire  dark  female-mc  steamy  suspense  adult  book  captivity
  • Set In Stone by Dakota Willink

    Set In Stone by Dakota Willink

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two declarations of love. And a past that won’t set them free. Alexander  I had rules. Krystina broke them. That’s just the way things were. But that didn’t mean I didn’t want to make her my wife. She exemplified the triskelion, representing my past, my present, and my future. Without her, I am nothing. But then the past returns to rear its ugly head...
  • Dark Pleasures by M.S. Parker

    Dark Pleasures by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s not supposed to happen to people like me. Broken, damaged people don't get to fall in love with amazing, handsome men like Rylan Archer. And men like Rylan never look twice at women like me. Except he had. Rylan loves me. I love him, too... and it scares me to death...
  • Not Until You Part VIII: Not Until You Love by Roni Loren

    Not Until You Part VIII: Not Until You Love by Roni Loren

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Boundaries will be crossed and souls laid bare as Foster and Cela discover if sizzling passion can ignite into something more in the breathtaking conclusion of Not Until You. When Cela walked into his life, scared, innocent, and seeking thrills beyond her wildest dreams, Foster never expected she could become the submissive he’s always desired...
  • Pure Pleasures by M.S. Parker

    Pure Pleasures by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I knew I'd done the right thing by leaving him. He deserved someone who could give him everything he wanted, and that couldn't be me. I'd been broken far too long. When twenty-two year-old Jenna Lang leave the man she loves because she can't give him children, she believes she's making the right choice. As much as it breaks her heart, she wants him to move on and be happy...
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    alpha-mc  dark  female-mc  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary
  • Dirty Rich Cinderella Story: Ever After by Lisa Renee Jones

    Dirty Rich Cinderella Story: Ever After by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Continuing where Dirty Rich Cinderella Story left off...Get ready for a steamy honeymoon, and a heart-stopping welcome home for Cole and Lori!The unexpected is about to happen and while Lori has faced the demons of her past, she and Cole will face those of his past now...
  • Opposition by Jane Henry

    Opposition by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I hate Liam Alexander.I hate his Rolex. I hate his scowl. I hate everything his multi-billion-dollar company stands for.When the pompous, rich, arrogant jerk comes strutting into the coffee shop, I barely managecivility.But people make mistakes, and when I screw up, it's epic.I never expected the jerk would actually be a well-respected member of Club Verge...
  • Billionaire's Matchmaker  (Titans) by Sierra Cartwright

    Billionaire's Matchmaker (Titans) by Sierra Cartwright

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From International Bestselling Author Sierra Cartwright… Titans An exclusive private society of the world’s most powerful ambitious gentlemen Sex, Secrets, and Intrigue Billionaire's Matchmaker Rich, powerful men don’t intimidate matchmaker Hope Malloy. So when she’s hired to find a bride for billionaire Rafe Sterling, she’s certain the assignment will be easy...
  • Predator & Prey: The Phoenix and The Fire by Kate Stewart

    Predator & Prey: The Phoenix and The Fire by Kate Stewart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was drawn to darkness, and he was the abyss.Safe.It’s a liar’s word. No one is ever truly safe.Control is how I survived.I lived my life by two principles: order and excellence. My moral compass steered me out of the backwoods of Tennessee and towards the woman I was destined to become, but not without gathering a few skeletons along the way...
  • Black Pearl by Tiffany Patterson

    Black Pearl by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Monday through Friday, Devyn Williams is executive assistant to the CFO of one of the top finance firms in the country. But Devyn has a secret. At night she becomes Black Pearl, a rising performer on the Atlanta burlesque scene. Devyn's good at keeping these two aspects of her life separate, even from her company's CEO, Nikola...
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    alpha-mc  billionaire  dark  female-mc  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult
  • First by Penelope Sky

    First by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hades retired from the business. Now it’s just me. Look at me now...bitter...angry...depressed. I resent my former friend so much, even hate the guy, but I’ve never been the same since he refused to forgive me. I meet a woman. She’s like all the others...beautiful, interesting, good at the fun stuff, but I don’t feel anything...
  • Sully's Fantasy by Pepper Winters

    Sully's Fantasy by Pepper Winters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From New York Times Bestseller, Pepper Winters, comes a spin-off novella featuring Sully and Jinx from the USA Today Bestselling Series, Goddess Isles“There was a wedding and vows and a happily ever after...but there was also lust and fantasy.”Sullivan Sinclair has high-powered friends as well as his new family. Invited to attend a masquerade at Jethro’s Hawksridge Hall, he agrees...
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    alpha-mc  dark  female-mc  steamy  suspense  adult  age-gap  audiobook
  • Wicked Knight by Sawyer Bennett

    Wicked Knight by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He never wanted to be anyone’s hero… Asher Knight is tall, dark, and wickedly handsome. He’s also irrevocably broken. Submerging himself in long hours at work by day and debauchery at The Wicked Horse by night, Asher uses work and play to numb the pain and guilt he feels over the death of his wife. What isn’t satisfied with one will surely be resolved by the other...
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    alpha-mc  billionaire  dark  female-mc  steamy  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Man Who Has No Love by Victoria Quinn

    The Man Who Has No Love by Victoria Quinn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I finally got Valerie to give Deacon what he wants.To move to the city so the three of them can be together.I just have to give her one thing...a penthouse in my building. That means I'll have to see her, talk to her, and worst of all, assist her. But no matter how difficult she is, her being here means Derek will be here...and that makes it all worth it.Until she gets between Deacon and I..
  • Love, Loyalty & Mayhem: A Motorcycle Club Romance Anthology by Ryan Michele, Chelsea Camaron

    Love, Loyalty & Mayhem: A Motorcycle Club Romance Anthology by Ryan Michele, Chelsea Camaron

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bad Boy Alpha Alert! Nineteen of your favorite MC authors come together to bring you brand new, never released stories from some of your favorite motorcycle clubs. Love- Life with a biker is an adventure full of twists and turns. When love is involved, MC men never back down from what they want—they fight for it. Loyalty- Loyalty is the foundation in any motorcycle club...
  • The Man Who Has No Sight by Victoria Quinn

    The Man Who Has No Sight by Victoria Quinn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Valerie got between us just like I feared she would.And completely destroyed me.But I believe Deacon and I can make it work, that I can have the family I've always wanted...if I just have faith...
  • Damien: A Stark Novel by J. Kenner

    Damien: A Stark Novel by J. Kenner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author J. Kenner comes a new story in her Stark series… I am Damien Stark. From the outside, I have a perfect life. A billionaire with a beautiful family. But if you could see inside my head, you’d know I’m as f-ed up as a person can be. Now more than ever...
  • My Control by Lisa Renee Jones

    My Control by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I have lost the man I once was, letting guilt and heartache definewho I am. Darkness has controlled me, and one woman has seen what no one else hasseen in me, what I do not wish to exist. I'm consumed with my hunger for herand my need for her has driven me to the edge of sanity, but no more.She's about to find out that the Master has returned...
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    alpha-mc  billionaire  dark  female-mc  steamy  suspense  adult  book
  • My Hunger by Lisa Renee Jones

    My Hunger by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    While Chris and Sara have traveled to Paris to avoid the chaos of press and police after the tragic events in San Francisco, I have stayed to face the reality of what has happened. But there is no peace to be found in facing the truth, and no truth to be found in the confessions that have been made and retracted...
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    alpha-mc  billionaire  dark  female-mc  steamy  suspense  adult  book
  • One Filthy Man by James Crow

    One Filthy Man by James Crow

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rhiannon The high-walled mansion seems almost impenetrable. My contact talks of one man and up to 100 women behind those walls. It could be the trafficking of sex slaves, some twisted sex cult, or even a brothel. Either way, uncovering criminals in the trade of women is my job – my life. I want the scoop – want to expose this one man’s terrible secrets and nail his sorry ass...
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    alpha-mc  dark  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  crime
  • Bling by Ivy Nelson

    Bling by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Garrett Oliver thinks he just needs two things in life, a big bank account, and a beautiful woman on his arm. If he's not careful, he'll lose both in the blink of an eye. Isabelle Alvarado just wants to get through the week so she can get back to Club Solitaire and hang out with the Dom she’s been seeing. Losing her job can really puts a damper on things, though...
  • Fair Game by Amelia Wilde

    Fair Game by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gabriel Hill has always been too charming for his own good. Women. Money. Information. Sex got him everything he ever wanted, until it almost killed him. A price he was willing to pay, before he met Elise. Before he fell for her. Now revenge isn't enough for him. He wants it all. The most beautiful woman. The most dangerous game. And a happily ever after, if it's not too late to save them both...
  • TouchStone for giving by Sydney Jamesson

    TouchStone for giving by Sydney Jamesson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Elizabeth Parker has been found … Like a falling star she has come down to earth, landing painfully on the debris of a broken dream. What she thought of as love now seems no more than a wish left unfulfilled. Her future lies in the hands of two powerfully possessive men; each desiring her to the point of insanity...
    Categorized as:
    billionaire  dark  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • A Dominant Fallen by Lena Black, Joshua Minette

    A Dominant Fallen by Lena Black, Joshua Minette

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gabrielle Hyde and Damian Hunt were ready to create a life together. But, as determined as they were to build a future, the demons they fought to overcome were just as determined to destroy it...
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    billionaire  dark  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Definitely Yes by Ella Miles

    Definitely Yes by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One question from an ex-lover. One text message from a complete stranger. The same answer to both...Yes. Scarlett Bell has found a way to move beyond a dark past that threatened to take her best friend, Kinsley, from her. Now ten years later Scarlett has everything. A multi-billion dollar fashion and beauty empire. A fabulous New York apartment filled with everything a girl could need...
  • Not Until You Part VI: Not Until You Surrender by Roni Loren

    Not Until You Part VI: Not Until You Surrender by Roni Loren

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The heat is rising as Foster and Cela’s affair becomes more complicated in the next thrilling installment of Not Until You. After Cela fails to obey him, Foster decides that she must be punished for her transgressions. But has retribution ever felt so good? Cela willingly accepts Foster’s difficult penalty for what she’s done and finds herself more vulnerable and more attracted to him than ever...
  • Stark After Dark: Take Me, Have Me, Play My Game, Seduce Me by J. Kenner

    Stark After Dark: Take Me, Have Me, Play My Game, Seduce Me by J. Kenner

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What happens after she says “yes”? Together in one riveting eBook, these four novellas—Take Me, Have Me, Play My Game, and Seduce Me—continue the story of billionaire Damien Stark and his fiancée, Nikki Fairchild, from J. Kenner’s Stark Trilogy: Release Me, Claim Me, and Complete Me...
  • Her Submission by Lisa Renee Jones

    Her Submission by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The second and final book in the Dirtier Duet by Lisa Renee Jones. Abbie swore that she was done with rich, powerful men. They've hurt her. They've hurt her mother, who she will do anything to protect. She's done playing the submissive. She's ready to fight back. The problem is that Gabe Maxwell is one of those rich, powerful men and he refuses to be ignored...
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    alpha-mc  billionaire  dark  steamy  suspense  adult  audiobook  book
  • Breathe by C.D. Reiss

    Breathe by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    DISCOVER JONATHAN AND MONICA ------- He was the dream I never knew I had until he claimed me. The kinky billionaire who wanted to give pain as much as I wanted to receive it. He’d marked me as his own and I accepted him. I trust him completely. I swear I do. But, now things are getting complicated. I have a career, and he has his claim...
  • The Client by Jessica Gadziala

    The Client by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My job is simple.I get hired to make men fall in love with me. Then I cut their legs out from under them.Fenway Arlington was next on the chopping block.Playboy billionaire.Heart-breaker. Experience chaser.Known for numerous international scandals,usually involving a woman.It should have been easy work.But I never could have prepared myself for the impossible.Catching feelings for the client...
  • White Ribbon by Aleatha Romig

    White Ribbon by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Julia McGrath’s world is shaken.Seizing the opportunity to flee her commitments, obligations, and the lies she’s accepted for too long, Julia embarks on a quest for a new life. Replying to a job listing has her driving away from Chicago to the northern top of Wisconsin.A surprise snowstorm turns her world into a snow globe. Ice covered roads lead her into a snowbank...
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    alpha-mc  billionaire  dark  steamy  suspense  adult  age-gap  book
  • Rebecca's Lost Journals by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rebecca's Lost Journals by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Includes Rebecca’s Lost Journals #1-4 (The Seduction, The Contract, His Submissive, My Master)and The Master UndoneIn this stand alone collection connected to the Best Selling Inside Out Series, you meet Rebecca Mason, the intriguing woman who penned an erotic journal that changed everyone’s life it touched. This is her story, in her words.....Rebecca’s Lost Journals....
  • Inferno: Part 1 by T.K. Leigh

    Inferno: Part 1 by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A suspenseful age gap romance from a USA Today bestselling author.I met him on the worst day of my life.After ditching my wedding and hopping on a flight to Rome, all I wanted was to forget about the burdens that had been placed on my shoulders since birth.I never expected to meet him.Dante Luciano.Mysterious. Rugged. Alluring.And possessing an Italian accent so toe-curling it should be illegal...
  • Rebecca's Lost Journals, Volume 4: My Master by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rebecca's Lost Journals, Volume 4: My Master by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    An Inside Out novella...The secret life of Rebecca and the men who have seduced her...
  • Shattered by S. Nelson

    Shattered by S. Nelson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sara Hawthorne thought she had found the man of her dreams. He was caring, protective to a fault and desired her in ways she had only dreamed of. Her life was finally falling into place until a secret tore her new world apart. Reeling from a devastating betrayal, she ran from the only man who had broken down her defenses, making her feel alive after years of simply existing...
  • French Kiss by Scarlett Avery

    French Kiss by Scarlett Avery

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They don't call Paris the most romantic city in the world for nothing. Sofia (aka Amanda) is back is this sensual, sexy and steamy alpha billionaire romance and she’s playing the role of exclusive escort to her first client, the smoking hot billionaire Mr. Van Der Linden. This time her services to the eligible bachelor take her all the way to Paris...
  • Exposed by Scarlett Avery

    Exposed by Scarlett Avery

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a man truly loves a woman he'll do anything in his power to win her back. The romantic adventure between Bryce and Sofia intensifies and it becomes clear it’s much more than a business arrangement in this sensual, sexy and steamy love story. Tragedy strikes and Bryce is stuck in Silicon Valley desperately trying to dig his company out of a PR nightmare...
  • Total Abandonment by Scarlett Avery

    Total Abandonment by Scarlett Avery

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After a saucy weekend, Bryce declares his love for Sofia in the most unexpected way. Bryce would do anything for his Sofia and there’s no doubt he loves her with all of his heart. But when Sofia introduces Bryce to her sizzling hot younger sister Ciara, Sofia smells trouble. Every boyfriend she introduces to Ciara always falls for her ravishingly beautiful sibling...
  • Freeing Him by A.M. Hargrove

    Freeing Him by A.M. Hargrove

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kolson Hart and Gabriella Martinelli...destined to be together, fated to be torn apart. After avoiding his father for years, Kolson knew asking his father, Langston Hart, for a favor would be like selling his soul to the devil. Only the devil wants more ... more than Kolson is willing to pay. But some promises can't be broken, not without losing what's most important...
  • Not in My Wildest Dreams by Isabelle Peterson

    Not in My Wildest Dreams by Isabelle Peterson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    1979... When eighteen-year old Jack Stevens is spotted in his rural Colorado town by a scout from a New York City modeling agency, his life is flipped upside down. With little more than his looks, he heads to New York with a dream he didn’t know he had. Jack has a rough start, but finds his feet and embarks on an exciting life as a male model in the 1980s living in Manhattan. 2013..
  • Black Obsession by C.J. Thomas

    Black Obsession by C.J. Thomas

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bound by his obsession, Kelly Black had my emotions tied up into a mixture of fear and sadness. Timothy Parker was after Kelly. But with Kelly’s sights set on Nash Brooks for the murder of Maria Greer, he’d convinced me that Alex’s life was also in danger. The similarities between the victim and my best friend were too great to ignore...
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