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My Liege of Dark Haven by Cherise Sinclair
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThreatened by university cutbacks, Professor Abigail Bern’s only hope is to publish a provocative research paper--soon. Planning to covertly observe behavior in the notorious Dark Haven BDSM club, she takes a receptionist job. When the owner calls upon her to assist in a demonstration, she’s appalled. Then fascinated... -
The Slade Brothers: A Complete Small Town Contemporary Romance Collection by Alexis Winter, Sarah Kil
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMeet the Slade Brothers. Brooding. Protective AF. Rich and drop-dead delicious. If you love small-town love stories full of alpha men who will stop at nothing to claim the women they love then grab this complete best-selling Slade Brothers Series in one steamy collection. Books Included:Billionaire's Unexpected BrideI don’t break rules. EVER.1. NEVER mix business with pleasure.2... -
Nothing Special V by A.E. Via
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe boys are back and fiercer than ever!"We were a unit tonight, moving as one. Even apart, we are deadly, but when combined – we are f**kin’ unstoppable." ~~ God ~~Atlanta's notorious narcotics task force is at it again. They are stronger, bigger, and better than ever... -
Here Comes Trouble by A.E. Via
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLibrarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00Q3UI6VG.Detectives Mark Ruxsberg and Chris Green are very good at their jobs. Being the enforcers for God and Day's notorious Atlanta PD Narcotics Task Force causes the crazy duo to get into more trouble than they can often get out of... -
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Merry Measure by Lily Morton
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsArlo Wright’s introduction to his sexuality came when he saw his older brother’s best friend, Jack Cooper, in his sweaty football kit. Unfortunately, he didn’t have long to enjoy the revelation because he promptly knocked himself out on a table. Relations between them have never really moved on from that auspicious beginning... -
Jason's Justice by Annabella Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJason LeHar learned his tracking skills as a kid in the Bayous of Louisiana. Those skills earned him a place on Delta Force Team Panther, and he found the family he chose for himself. When his best friend’s relationship with one of their team commanders was exposed... -
Zero Divergence: Zero Hour Book Three by Aimee Nicole Walker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsZero Divergence, noun: no deviation from a course or standard. After a key piece of evidence goes missing, a suspected serial rapist and killer evades prosecution. More than Royce Locke’s reputation is on the line when his investigation into the failed chain of custody suggests Franco Humphries might’ve had inside help... -
Never a Saint by Lila Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKylo Lee, prospect to the Diamond MC, makes a career shift to help better his future. He doesn’t know it will change him in more ways than one, and it’s all to do with a certain man who confuses and annoys him, while sending his emotions wild.Just when everything is falling into place, life takes a turn down a road where Kylo doesn’t want to go. His past comes back to bite him in the ass... -
Off Key (Whispering Key) by May Archer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI’m about to sing you the saddest song in the universe, and it’s called “The Man of My Dreams Married My Sister.” It’s kinda my theme song. And trust me when I tell you, it’s heavy on the violins.Because the man in question? He’s not just any guy, he’s Rafe freakin’ Goodman. My former best friend. The boy who made my summers on Whispering Key magical... -
Deep Impact by Kelly Fox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDeShaun and I have been locked in a mutual imaginary affair since the day we met.So many close calls, drunken flirtations, exchanged glances…and then his unfailing sense of duty would kick in. He has always outranked me and was never going to cross that line.Even though we’re no longer in the service, he insists he’s not good enough for me... -
Baby Secret by Alexis Winter
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI’m just going to say it, happily ever after is BS.The only side of love I’ve seen is dark, toxic and hateful,Until I met Clay.I wasn’t supposed to fall in love with him,And I sure as hell wasn’t supposed to end up pregnant with his baby... -
Where There’s Smoke… by Romeo Alexander
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMatt:I’m proud to be a Port Dale firefighter but it isn’t all excitement and sitting around eating homemade meals. It’s also dealing with your work “family” in ways you never expected. I love my real family, and I love my work “family”. Well, most of them... -
Call It Quits by Reese Knightley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHoldenThe last time Beckett walked out on him, Holden knew it was time to let him go.Since the day they’d met, he’d known they were meant for one another, but Beckett doesn’t feel the same. Now, it’s time to call it quits, only Beckett is in trouble and Holden can’t walk away until the man is out of danger. If truth be told, maybe not even then... -
Heart2Heart: A Charity Anthology, Volume 3 by Leslie Copeland, Annabeth Albert
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnce upon a time, a group of authors wondered… What if the Heart2Heart app -- the dating app with a glitch that matched up the oddest, most perfect couples, and sponsored the charity date raffles that helped dozens of people find love -- offered a classifieds section, too? Need a handyman who knows how to wear a tool belt? Have a closet of drag costumes that needs a new home? How about finally... -
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Attraction by Kelly Fox
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI run a high-end escort service. And I'm in love with a virgin. It doesn't make any sense, this attraction between us. I'm a violent Mafia Don, and Ford is a nervous, perfectly bow-tied, sexily bespectacled money nerd.But he's had my heart the first night I laid eyes on him, and while he keeps me at arm's length, he's never left my orbit. He's as bound to me as I am to him... -
Tamarillo Tart: Southern Lights #2 by Jay Hogan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCASSIDY MARTIN is a country boy through and through. He loves his horses, his Lord of the Rings tourist business, and his isolated paradise at the foot of New Zealand’s Southern Alps. Not that everyone appreciates the seclusion he craves. Take his ex-wife for example... -
Pros & Cons of Deception by A.E. Wasp
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFIVE JOBS. FIVE CHANCES FOR REDEMPTION. One thing’s for sure: these men are no angels. There’s nothing like being blackmailed by a dead man to really bring a group of cons together. The deal is simple, we do the jobs and Charlie’s lawyer wipes the slate clean for each of us, one at a time. Job number two lands right in my lap. I’m Bond. Wesley Bond. (I can’t resist saying it that way... -
One Giant Leap by Kay Simone
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHouston we have so many problems...Curtis "Launchpad" Larkin's career as an astronaut has had its share of ups and downs.Alternately lauded as the single-handed savior of NASA and condemned as a reckless, hot-headed bully, Curt has been through the wringer of public opinion and come out on top... -
Heartbreak Boys by Simon James Green
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFaking the best summer ever is a lot harder than it looks...At the start of summer, Jack and Nate find themselves dumped as their respective exes, Dylan and Tariq, start up a new relationship together. Not only that, their exes start posting pics on social media, showing the whole world how fabulous their new life together is!Jack and Nate are reeling... -
Falling For Sarah by Cate Beauman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWidow Sarah Johnson struggled to pick up the pieces after her life was ripped apart. After two years of grieving, she’s found contentment in her thriving business as photographer to Hollywood’s A-list and in raising her angel-faced daughter, Kylee... until bodyguard and long-time friend Ethan Cooke changes everything with a searing moonlight kiss... -
Coming Home by Carly Marie
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTy Scott has spent most of his life trying to keep his best friend, Declan, strictly in the friend zone. It hasn’t been easy, especially sharing a condo with him for six years. But having an unattainable straight best friend in his life is better than losing that friendship altogether. At 26, Declan Andrews is settled in his life... -
Part & Parcel by Abigail Roux
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNick O'Flaherty and Kelly Abbott had their happy ending in sight when a friend’s call for help almost ended with them losing it to the blade of a knife. Now, in the aftermath of near-disaster, both men are trying to heal and move on.Moving on together, though, is harder than either of them realized it would be... -
Boys of Summer by A.E. Wasp
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTeammates, roommates, friends with benefits. What could go wrong? Boys of Summer is a book about finding the perfect person to ride shotgun with on the crazy road trip called life. It contains a Dolly Parton lookalike, an unfortunate deer versus car incident, and poorly-timed epiphanies. Everybody leaves. That was the first lesson Thunder goalie James McVicker ever learned... -
Teaching Trust by Brittany Cournoyer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSebastian ~ I screwed up and ruined a perfectly good relationship with my ex, Anthony. But my epic screw-up helped him find the happiness he deserved, and that left me truly alone. So my life became the gym I own, and doing the drive-of-shame home after my countless hook-ups. I cut out trying to have any type of relationship, because my heart just wasn’t in it... -
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Third Time Lucky by Aurora Crane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrust didn’t always go both ways, and Grady Donehue learned that the hard way. He hadn’t learned better after the first betrayal, but he wasn’t going to make the same mistake a third time. Striking up a strange friendship with the equally strange—and straight—soldier, Lake, who had sunshine in his eyes? Grady could do that... -
Sweet Things by Mia Scott
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis bad boy Chef just lost the only home he’s ever had. I spent the last decade building a restaurant and running a kitchen I’m proud of, but with one selfish choice, my brother destroys it all. I’ve sacrificed everything—including any chance at a love life—and I’ve ended up with nothing.Well, not exactly nothing...Categorized as:
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Homo Action Love Story! A tall tale by Ben Monopoli
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBoots McHenry and his boyfriend Ryan are young superstars in the North American Paintball League, a high-stakes sport where losers face exile -- five full years of it, on an island so secret no one can be sure it even exists. After Ryan has a tragic collision with an opposing team's paintball, the rules of the game force the boyfriends apart... -
My Kind of Christmas by Romeo Alexander
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNick: Team Maelstrom is my family as much as the family who raised me. That includes Matt, my partner in crime, and the closest I have to a soulmate. We get each other, and that’s all we’ve ever needed. But there’s a part of me that won’t be silent, the part that wants so much more with Matt. Yeah, I’m in love with my best friend and I had no idea a fun family Christmas would change everything... -
Home Fire Inferno [Burn, Baby, Burn!] by Suzanne Brockmann
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPlease note: A dollar of the author’s royalties from each copy sold of this edition of Home Fire Inferno will go to organizations supporting veterans. (Thank you so much!) Also note: Home Fire Inferno is a Troubleshooters short story. It’s around fifty pages long, and was originally published in the charity anthology Way of the Warrior, which is no longer available in most e-formats... -
Suddenly Beck by Vawn Cassidy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA surprisingly sweet, sinfully sexy, and deliciously hilarious romp along the Cornish coast.Nathan Elliott has run away from home at the age of twenty-six. His teenage rebellion may have come ten years late, but better late than never... -
Push & Pull by Brigham Vaughn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA former hockey player and a bossy twink … a match made in heaven or in hell? Brent Cameron’s done with college hockey and ready to celebrate leaving the closet with a summer road trip around Lake Michigan. But when his best friend bails, there’s only one solution … agree to let a guy he barely knows tag along... -
Surrender by Kelly Fox
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDark cloud, meet seven-foot wall of sunshine.We’ve been friends for almost a year, we both volunteer at my brother-in-law’s gym for combat vets, and the chemistry between us is undeniable. So, getting together should be a no brainer, right?Yeah, not so much... -
Dirty Day by Rhys Ford
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is a free short story featuring Cole and Jae. It is available on Dreamspinner Press' Blog... -
Hannah's Big Night by Mary Calmes
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Jory and Sam Thanksgiving... -
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Newly Tied by Mary Calmes
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor the last six months, Deputy US Marshal Delroy McCabe has been secretly pining for his partner, Langston Ross. He’s kept his desires to himself because he wants to do a good job and prove himself at work. More importantly, if Lang were to find out his true feelings, maybe the person he cares for the most might walk away... -
Salvation by Alexa Land
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCan two men from wildly different worlds prove to be each other’s salvation? Trevor isn’t surprised that he’s a twenty-year-old virgin. He sees himself as skinny, clumsy, and shy, and is sure no one could possibly want him. Vincent Dombruso is about to prove him wrong. Mysterious and troubled, Vincent masks a lot of secrets behind his handsome exterior... -
Most Wanted by Kelly Fox
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThane: Letting him go was the biggest mistake of my life. Giving me a second chance might be the biggest mistake of his.I’d spent a year as Ronan’s friend-with-benefits, convincing myself that he could never feel the way I felt. I was floored when those three little words flew out of his mouth. So, I ran. And have regretted that decision every day for the last five years... -
The Stepbrother by Raleigh Ruebins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSam’s guide to summer:Step 1: Get stuck on an epic family road trip with your straight, cocky, filthy-rich stepbrother.Step 2: Pretend he didn’t kiss you on the first night of the trip.In high school, Fox was my rival. My new stepbrother was already a career-obsessed city boy, and I was a proud small-town theater geek... -
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Just Jorie by Robin Alexander
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSome believe that special someone is out there just waiting to be found. Jorie Andolini is one of those people and has spent a lot of time envisioning that moment. She bumps into a woman at a grocery store, the woman drops a can of peas, Jorie picks it up, their eyes meet, and two souls connect... -
The Gambler by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBook three in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series by Denise Grover Swank.Libby St. Clair believes in fate—so much so, she’s willing to pin everything on a curse a fortune teller placed on her and her two best friends when they were kids...Categorized as:
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Perfect Imperfections by Cardeno C.
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHollywood royalty Jeremy Jameson has lived a sheltered life with music as his sole focus and only friend. Before embarking on yet another international concert tour, he wanders into a bar in what he considers the middle-of-nowhere and meets a man who wins him over with his friendly smile and easy-going nature... -
All Kinds of Tied Down by Mary Calmes
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsDeputy US Marshal Miro Jones has a reputation for being calm and collected under fire. These traits serve him well with his hotshot partner, Ian Doyle, the kind of guy who can start a fight in an empty room. In the past three years of their life-and-death job, they've gone from strangers to professional coworkers to devoted teammates and best friends... -
A Summer of Guiltless Sex by Dan Skinner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo very different men, from two walks of life find common ground for an exciting and unique adventure. It'd not been a great beginning of the summer season for either Bill, a young bridal store clerk, or Ted, a college student working as a lifeguard at the apartment complex’s pool. They'd both been dumped in their respective relationships and were still looking for “the one... -
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Desert Foxe by Haley Walsh
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSkyler and his friends go to Palm Springs for the annual White Party and find murder!Out and proud high school English teacher Skyler Foxe and his posse of friends go to the annual Palm Springs White Party for a weekend of fun, frivolity, and luscious men. But there are boy troubles of all kinds ahead... -
Purgatory Playhouse by E.J. Russell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe very last thing out-of-work theater technician TD Baylor should have done was blow his last ten bucks on a crapshoot. He was one couch-surf shy of homeless, for Pete’s sake. But as he was trudging along suburban Boston streets with all his worldly possessions in tow, the sign in the window of an over-the-top Halloween pop-up caught his eye: Marden’s Magic Emporium... -
In The Wind by C.E. Kilgore
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes you have to get good and lost before you'll have any hope at finding yourself. Dustin Hunter has returned to Alvarado after seven years of military service and one bad shot that shattered his self-assured ego. Struggling to forget what he left behind in the desert, he finds himself drifting in the wind, homeless and without direction... -
Rise by J. Hayden Bailey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“You’re the sweetest thing at the Fair.” After leaving the military, Todd Hudson has avoided putting down roots, living with his best friends in Hidden Creek. Entering the Summer Fair baking contest sounds like a sweet time. The cute guy he takes home the night before the competition runs away, but he hasn’t seen the last of him... -
Wherever Is Your Heart by Anita Kelly
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow long, exactly, had June been coming to Moonie’s for the sole purpose of pining after the bartender? She certainly didn’t come for the karaoke. Even though the karaoke made her smile sometimes. All these young queers with their off-key, bouncy energy. They made Mal smile, too, June knew. Even if Mal tended to hide her smiles. But she saved them sometimes, for June... -
The Rules of Gift Giving by Parker St. John
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWinter is about to get a whole lot hotter!Fruitcake and FistfightsTheir first Christmas together should have been picture perfect, but disaster unexpectedly strikes. Instead of picking out a tree and cuddling under the mistletoe, Elliot and Lucas are headed to the one place that haunts Elliot like the ghost of Christmas past -- his hometown...
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