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  • The Dark Side of Skin by Jeferson Tenório

    The Dark Side of Skin by Jeferson Tenório

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Life under Brazil’s brutal “cordial racism” comes painfully alive in this novel of fathers and sons. How do you become the protagonist of your own life? For Pedro, it means searching for his murdered father in the objects he left behind―an archeology of affections...
  • Fighting for the Forbidden: A Stepbrother Romance by Tracy Lorraine

    Fighting for the Forbidden: A Stepbrother Romance by Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Losing her nearly destroyed me. Reclaiming her is something I've waited years for. I can see it in her eyes, feel it in her touch. The desire, the temptation, she needs me just as much as I need her. But there's something else there, defiance. She’s never forgotten me, after all this time, but has she forgiven me? Turns out she's forgetting one thing... she’s mine...
  • Seduce Me by Kelly Elliott

    Seduce Me by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What happens when you’re forced to seduce the one person you vowed never to love? You get screwed … in more than one way. I walked out of Tucker Middleton’s bedroom seven years ago, leaving him hurt and angry. Now I need his help; the only way I can get it, is to make him think I want him back. The only problem is we have silently vowed to hate one another for the rest of our lives...
  • Luke's Absolution by K.L. Kreig

    Luke's Absolution by K.L. Kreig

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Demons. Regrets. Absolution. Luke has lived on the wrong side of the law since he was seventeen. His hands are stained and his soul is black, but the worst sin he's committed is falling in love with his brother’s girl. Then he met her. Addy Monroe is pure, innocent and stubborn as an ox. Even though he doesn’t deserve her, Luke will stop at nothing to have her...
  • Restorations by Nicole Dykes

    Restorations by Nicole Dykes

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Sterlings have been through hell. They’ve each made mistake after mistake while trying to climb out of their grief and guilt and recover from an unimaginable tragedy that had a ripple effect of consequences reaching far further than their own lives.It seems the youngest Sterling may never find peace after everything that’s happened...
  • Theirs For The Night by Julie Capulet

    Theirs For The Night by Julie Capulet

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For Mia Taylor, things couldn’t get much worse. She’s working a dead-end job and she’s stuck in a dead-end town. When her neighbor steals her life savings and threatens her, it’s the last straw. She skips town in her old, rusted-out car, which she can only hope will get her as far as Texas. And it does – barely – rolling to a sputtering stop on the side of a lonesome highway...
  • Jeremy by S.M. Shade

    Jeremy by S.M. Shade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is the fifth and final book in the In Safe Hands Series. Book one is titled Landon, and is free. Melissa I escaped. For the first time in almost four years, I’m free. My freedom came at a steep cost, leaving me on my own with no family or friends. I have a lot of healing to do, and this beautiful lake house seems like a perfect setting to find myself again. I can do this...
  • Veracity by S.M. Shade

    Veracity by S.M. Shade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This isn’t the life I want. Trapped in one random hotel room after another by a screaming crowd of fans and paparazzi. No friends or family nearby. Nothing that really makes me happy, except my music. Music is my only love, the only thing that makes my heart beat fast and my blood run hot, until her...
  • Behind the Wheel by A.K. Evans

    Behind the Wheel by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Avery Sullivan is preparing to become the queen of the drag strip. So, when the one-stop motorsports shop in town is hiring, the thrill seeker doesn’t hesitate to apply.Knox Lee thinks his boss has made a huge mistake. A beautiful woman with as much knowledge about cars as Avery has would normally be a turn on. But he won’t be blinded by that. Avery used to work for the competition...
  • Far Beyond Repair by A.K. Evans

    Far Beyond Repair by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Scarlet Morgan knows all about happy endings. As a best-selling romance author, it’s her job to be an expert on the subject. It’s just too bad her own story doesn’t write so well. Ryker Holt can build a car from the ground up. While there isn’t much the highly-skilled mechanic can’t fix when it comes to his profession, it’s Ryker’s personal life that’s still in pieces...
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    angst  drama  multi-pov  contemporary  sports  fiction  book  adult
  • Callous Heir by Michelle Heard

    Callous Heir by Michelle Heard

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I made the mistake of falling for one of my brother’s friends. As if that wasn’t stupid enough, I then declared my love to him.Yeah, I know. Big mistake. Huge mistake.But here I am with my rejected feelings, and Noah won’t even look at me. Whenever he has to talk to me, his words are blunt. Yet they cut deeper than any knife...
  • Lemon Chiffon by Pepper North, Paige Michaels

    Lemon Chiffon by Pepper North, Paige Michaels

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Little Cakes, the bakery that plays Daddy matchmaker!Daisy Galante adores hanging out with the Littles at Blaze, until she meets creepy member Leo. While escaping the pretend Daddy’s unwarranted punishment, she is rescued by her friend and dungeon master, Tarson. Between Leo and the thugs terrorizing her shop, she’s in desperate need of some tender loving care...
  • Almost Perfect by Jessica Prince

    Almost Perfect by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Devon McMillon wasn't looking for a knight in shining armor. She didn't need a man to rescue her or take care of her. She just wanted someone who would treat her as an equal and love her for who she was. Unfortunately, even in a city as big as Manhattan, finding a guy who wasn't intimidated by a strong-minded, slightly outspoken woman was proving harder than expected...
  • This Time Around by Stacey Lynn

    This Time Around by Stacey Lynn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cooper Hawke was everything I didn’t need. Rich and famous, and a high-profile actor, he lived a life of luxury while my life had always been much more simple. Yet when he showed up at my cattle ranch in Kansas, he gave me everything I didn’t think I wanted again. His marriage was over and he was lost. I was still barely surviving in my grief after my husband’s sudden death...
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    alpha-mc  angst  drama  multi-pov  adult  book  contemporary  epic
  • Until Hanna by Aurora Rose Reynolds

    Until Hanna by Aurora Rose Reynolds

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hanna has always dreamt of the day when she’d find the perfect man and start a family of her own. But one horrible dating experience after an another, has her second guessing her ability to trust her own judgment when it comes to men...
  • Alluring Seduction by Skye Turner

    Alluring Seduction by Skye Turner

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Warning: This book contains explicit language and explosive sex. It is an adult romance and not intended for anyone under the age of 18.Jessie Adams is the womanizing, lead guitarist for the hottest rock band in the country, Bayou Stix. Seduction is his game. He does what he wants, when he wants, and with whom he wants...
  • Mason by Michelle Heard

    Mason by Michelle Heard

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "You're my assistant."The magic words every girl at Trinity Academy are dying to hear.But I'm the one who gets stuck with Mason Chargill, the star of most women's fantasies but my nightmare. One of the heirs to CRC Holdings, he might be dangerously gorgeous, but his cold and callous demeanor makes him an ice prince...
  • Control by C.D. Reiss

    Control by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    What you’re breaking isn’t some little, meaningless coupling. We aren’t some casual fuck, and we never were. Not from the first night. Not from the first time I laid eyes on you. You were built for me. I denied it as long as I could, but we were meant to be together. You are the sea under my sky. We’re bound at the horizon...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  multi-pov  adult  audiobook  billionaire  book
  • The Song Remains the Same by Jovana Shirley

    The Song Remains the Same by Jovana Shirley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Phil “Kenna stood strong, taking my grief into herself. In that moment, if the world had truly threatened to fall, I had no doubt my Baby Girl would hold it up.” A pillar of strength, Kenna only grows stronger as time passes. I’ve known from the beginning that I was the weak link between us. Always, she’s risen above and beyond the darkness of the unknown that threatens to suck me down...
  • 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...
  • Breach of Contract by Laramie Briscoe

    Breach of Contract by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Our voices and love will never be silenced...Everett James ThompsonKnown for my charismatic stage presence and being the oldest son of music royalty, I’ve always been able to do exactly what I want.Front my own band? Become one of the powerhouses in the metal genre? Make a name for myself without using that of my parents? I’ve done all of it...
  • Tropical Ice by Kat Mizera

    Tropical Ice by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Garrett “Hawk” Hawkins may be a bad boy in the rink but he doesn’t know what to do when he’s wrongly accused of on-ice misconduct. Given a five-game suspension by the NHL, he heads down to Mimosa Key to lay on the beach for a few days and get his head on straight—until he runs into a troubled beauty who happens to be the sister of his ex-teammate...
    Categorized as:
    angst  multi-pov  drama  alpha-mc  romance  sports  steamy  secrets
  • Taming Trouble by Jiffy Kate

    Taming Trouble by Jiffy Kate

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The day Tucker Benoit left his father's farm in French Settlement to pursue his love of music was the best day of his life. Or so he thought... After years of booze, girls, drugs, and gigs, Tucker finds himself back where he started. Only this time, he finds solace on the farm that once isolated him from the world...
  • Stolen Nights by Renee Harless

    Stolen Nights by Renee Harless

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Elle’s life seems like one struggle after the next. She’s facing life after a divorce, learns that her ex-best friend is pregnant with her ex-husband's baby, and the house she’s willed after her estranged father’s death comes with a catch. When she thinks her life can’t get any more difficult, her neighbor seems determined to rile her up on a daily basis...
  • Table 10: Part 2 by Jiffy Kate

    Table 10: Part 2 by Jiffy Kate

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A waitress fielding life’s curveballs.A CEO with a penchant for pie.She’s independent and tenacious.He’s chivalrous and demanding.They’re an unexpected match.Somehow, through a series of events, their lives are thrust together...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  multi-pov  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy
  • Pained by Vera Micic, Vera Hollins

    Pained by Vera Micic, Vera Hollins

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two months have passed since the day I pushed Hayden away. Two months since I found out he loved me and wanted to be with me. I’ve been trying to move on and forget about him, but my heart refuses to listen. Hayden had almost died saving me. Half of me wants to forgive him for everything and give him another chance...
  • Forgiving Gia by Gina Whitney

    Forgiving Gia by Gina Whitney

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Abel Gunner is a rock-star with legendary skills both in and out of the bedroom. He swore he wouldn't fall for another woman after being schemed and manipulated by an ex-lover. He kept that vow until he met Gia Mastro. The Dom inside of him awoke the moment he set eyes upon the submissive beauty. His dark soul hungered for her submission and affection...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  drama  multi-pov  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Mick by C.M. Steele

    Mick by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “I’d die for you…” As the “Princess” of the Steele Riders, Morgan Steele is untouchable. A mere tattoo artist isn’t worthy of her, but Mick’s going to do whatever he can to win her love. Morgan wants her man and is going to do whatever she can to get Ewan “Mick” McMann to claim her body and soul...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  multi-pov  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Charming Fiona by Jessica Prince

    Charming Fiona by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As I child, I believed in true love and fairytales. I convinced myself that there was one special man out there, made just for me. All I had to do was wait, and one day he would appear. Then I grew up and discovered the ugly truth. Disney movies were full of crap. Relationships took work. People made mistakes...
  • No Romeo by Stevie J. Cole, L.P. Lovell

    No Romeo by Stevie J. Cole, L.P. Lovell

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    To everyone in Dayton, Hendrix Hunt was the tattooed bad boy, the bully, the player. Guys hated and feared him. Girls wanted to tame him. And I just wished I could forget him.Two years ago, Hendrix was my world. Then the taint of Dayton ruined everything, breaking us both with secrets and lies. I destroyed him and now he wants to destroy me..
  • Then Come Lies by Nicole French

    Then Come Lies by Nicole French

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Once upon a time, I fell for a dashing London restaurateur named Xavier.He left me with a broken heart… and a positive pregnancy test.Now, he’s back in my life and determined to stay.He asks me just one question: will I move to London with him?But as I enter Xavier’s world, our differences couldn’t be starker.He’s tall, dashing, and practically royal...
  • Forever a Jett Girl by Meghan Quinn

    Forever a Jett Girl by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ***THIS IS BOOK THREE IN THE BOURBON SERIES*** Series order: Becoming a Jett Girl Being a Jett Girl Forever a Jett Girl Justice. Faith. Power The words I live my life by, the three keys to my success, the foundation I built my entire empire on and now Goldie holds them all in the palm of her hands. She once was a Jett Girl, a piece of me, a safety net I grew to depend on...
  • Véspera by Carla Madeira

    Véspera by Carla Madeira

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Novo romance da autora do fenômeno Tudo é rio, Véspera retoma a escrita brilhante e contagiante de Carla Madeira, que desperta todo tipo de emoção no leitor. Carla Madeira cria personagens que parecem estar vivos diante de nós. As emoções que sentem são palpáveis e suas reações, autênticas. Temos a sensação de conhecê-los de perto, inclusive as contradições e os pontos cegos...
  • Uninhibited by Melody Grace

    Uninhibited by Melody Grace

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fall in love with Beachwood Bay -- the USA Today bestselling series by Melody Grace!He’ll teach her a pleasure beyond her wildest dreams…Alicia Wright isn’t the kind of girl to make out with a stranger in a dark alley. She’s spent years playing it safe, pining after the perfect man – who’s about to marry someone else...
  • Beautiful Beast by Aubrey Irons

    Beautiful Beast by Aubrey Irons

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’m no princess. He’s the anti-prince-charming. This is our happy ever disaster. Anastasia Here’s the first thing you should know: this is not a fairytale. Happily-ever-afters are fables, and Prince Charming is a sweet little lie. I know all this because he taught me...
  • Be the One by Nina Levine

    Be the One by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rock star Jett Vaughn has one thing on his mind these days - Presley Hart. He will do anything it takes to make her his. At least, he thinks he will. Presley Hart wants one thing in life - a man who will make her his number one. After being married to a man who never put her first, she swore she'd never settle for second best again. At least, she thought she wouldn't...
  • The Deceit of a Devil by Holly Renee

    The Deceit of a Devil by Holly Renee

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sinless. Stunning. Damaged. Tempting. Allie Taylor had been the girl I hated for as long as I could remember. And now she loathed me just as much. It didn’t matter that I betrayed her to save her. Completely devastated and infuriated by my dishonesty, she had no intentions of ever trusting me again. Her trust was shattered, her hate raging on with each second...
  • The Touch of a Villain: An Enemies to Lovers High School Romance by Holly Renee

    The Touch of a Villain: An Enemies to Lovers High School Romance by Holly Renee

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Young. Wealthy. Elite. Ruthless. The boys of Clermont Bay ruled over this town as if it was their kingdom. And Beck Clermont controlled them all. He was arrogant and conceited, and from the moment I met him, he had made up his mind about me. Dangerously handsome and wickedly cruel, he had no intention of letting me spend my senior year under the radar...
  • Hasta que nos quedemos sin estrellas by Inma Rubiales

    Hasta que nos quedemos sin estrellas by Inma Rubiales

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    «No tengo ni idea de lo que es el amor. Creo que nunca antes lo había sentido. Lo único que tengo claro es que, cada vez que pienso en eso, eres tú quien se me viene a la cabeza» Maia. Liam. La historia de cómo dos astros colisionan Liam ha perdido su pasión por YouTube...
  • A Natureza da Mordida by Carla Madeira

    A Natureza da Mordida by Carla Madeira

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A Natureza da Mordida, segundo livro de Carla Madeira, autora de “Tudo é rio”, é um livro sobre a amizade. É sobretudo um livro marcado pelo amor à literatura. Olívia e Biá, as duas protagonistas da história, se encontram pela primeira vez num pequeno sebo improvisado...
  • The Playboy's Proposition by Angie Daniels

    The Playboy's Proposition by Angie Daniels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It's only one weekend...Sheyna Simmons hates to lose. Unfortunately, so does her sexy, domineering boss. She and Jace Beaumont have been competing with each other since grammar school, but ever since she showed up in a skimpy maid's outfit to pay off her latest bet, she's noticed Jace can't take his eyes off her. Good thing she'd never fall for a playboy...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  drama  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • No Quarter by Kelli Jean, Jovana Shirley

    No Quarter by Kelli Jean, Jovana Shirley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kenna “All of his pain, I was always the cause of it. Even if indirectly. All roads led to Kenna, I supposed.” My Madman brings me to life—but it comes at a price. I’m the one who faces his demons when they decide to crawl out of the hell inside his head. One thing is certain: it’s not my forgiveness that is needed. Phil must forgive himself before there’s chance for us...
  • Clusterf*ck by Ash Harlow

    Clusterf*ck by Ash Harlow

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Virginia (Ginger, Hot Spice) Hough. Starlet curves, golden hair and a crush on me like a wrecking ball. And she's my nanny. She thinks I barely notice her. Yeah, my act is that good. But nobody knows how hard it is to resist the temptation of the one woman I want, but can’t have. I don’t make problems, I fix them. I keep secrets like others keep pets...
  • Bryce by Alex Wolf

    Bryce by Alex Wolf

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Her Master's Reckoning by Lily White

    Her Master's Reckoning by Lily White

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I was a Courtesan.It was in an art gallery where I first met the man who would steal me away.Ours was not a healthy relationship.People would claim to be a Courtesan makes me weak.I would tell them that to be Aiden's Courtesan, you must be strong.That is what it means to live my life.That is what it means to submit fully.That is what it means to be a Courtesan...
    Categorized as:
    multi-pov  alpha-mc  angst  bullying  cruel-mc  dark  steamy  abuse
  • Bad Company by S.L. Sterling

    Bad Company by S.L. Sterling

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Logan From the moment we met, I despised Leah as much as she hated me. It only made matters worse when my mother became involved with her father. So, ten years ago, I moved away. But when I come back for the big anniversary party, the rivalry has disappeared and we're being congratulated for putting aside our differences...
  • Ezra by Kate Tilney

    Ezra by Kate Tilney

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A curvy heroine. A brave mountain man. Two enemies become lovers in this short, steamy romance.WrenI head to Alaska to help friends set up "Camp Mountain Man," a place where women can live out their fantasies of falling for a mountain man. The only problem? My friends forgot to tell the mountain men who own the lodge that I'm coming. When the lodge's owner finds out, he's MAD...
  • Tag by Stacy Gail

    Tag by Stacy Gail

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mysterious. Anonymous. Genius.No one knows the identity of the famous urban artist known only as Tag, and that’s just the way Tag likes it. He got his start in one of the most gang-ridden neighborhoods in Chicago by anonymously tagging his world with beautiful graffiti, and that anonymity kept him alive...
  • Adrenaline by A.L. Woods

    Adrenaline by A.L. Woods

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Four years ago, I betrayed his trust.He retaliated by breaking my heart.Adam Ryan had secrets.The kind better off where they belonged.Buried.As an urban explorer, I’m not afraid of a little trouble.But when I venture to the one place Adam forbade me from, I get more than I bargained for.Him and his friends.Along with their threats.Their violence.And their lust.Adam might claim to still hate me...
  • Ava by Leslie Luckie

    Ava by Leslie Luckie

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Ava The minute we walked through the gates of Blackheath Academy I knew we weren’t welcome. It was us against them. The Club Brats against the Elite. Bastian de Trafford was their ringleader, but I wasn’t about to go down without a fight. Only - that fight would be so much easier if he didn’t look like a god of old...
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