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Boss: Time Served MC Book 1 (Tenillo Guardians TSMC) by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“You’re everything I never even thought about wishing for.”After serving time in prison for killing a man, Boss is mostly content with his life in small town Tenillo, Texas. He’s got his friends, his brothers from the club, his job working for his mentor, and pets who welcome him home at night. A single offhand comment to some friends changes his entire life... -
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![Rodeo: Time Served MC, Book 9 by Cee Bowerman]()
Rodeo: Time Served MC, Book 9 by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDescriptionTyler isn’t sure of anything in his life except for how much he wants to belong, whether it’s to the group of bikers who’ve asked him to join their club as a prospect or to the little girls who need him as the steady parent in their life... -
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Creed by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCreed Tempest is content with the solitary life he’s chosen. The only people he needs around are his siblings. He’s got a handful of friends that are important to him, but there’s no special someone to warm his bed. Oddly enough, he’s fine with that. There’s less drama that way, he tells himself.When a beautiful woman and her children move in next door, Creed’s life is turned upside down... -
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![Santa: Time Served MC, Book 7 by Cee Bowerman]()
Santa: Time Served MC, Book 7 by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSanta and Frankie couldn’t be more different. She comes from a notorious New York family and was raised with money to burn. He’s from Texas, has family members who are notorious for completely different reasons, and grew up with parents who thought it was okay to make him ‘earn’ his meals.Opposites attract, and when they finally get together, their flame burns bright... -
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Tavin by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTavin and London have been together for a while now, but life and responsibilities are tearing them apart.With London traveling all over the world for her career, and Tavin stuck in Rojo, Texas for his, the two of them have to make do with precious few stolen moments leaving both of them wanting more... -
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Bull by Penny Dee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe could be the end of me BULLI lost my wife on a rainy night almost two decades ago. Since then, my heart has been a barren wasteland. It only knows love for family and the club. And for revenge. Then I meet Taylor and I know I’m doomed. Because she’s everything I didn’t know I wanted. Everything I’ve denied myself for years... -
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Pharaoh: Wolf Warriors MC by K.C. Mills
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPharaoh Vaughan was the type of man that you don’t want to cross. As Wolf Warriors MC’s, enforcer, if you were on his radar, you had better be prepared to dance with the devil.When it came to women, there was only ever one he considered giving his heart to, but the debt he felt he owed the only family that ever showed up for him forced Pharaoh to choose loyalty over love... -
![Daddy in Cowboy Boots by Laylah Roberts]()
Daddy in Cowboy Boots by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLinc liked an uncomplicated life.He didn’t need much. A cold beer after a hard day’s work. A comfy bed. Good food. And a soft, sweet woman. A Little he could coddle, love and discipline.When he met Marisol, he thought he’d finally found her.Hmm . . . remember that uncomplicated life he enjoyed? Turns out that Mari’s life is anything but simple... -
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Bear's Beloved by Ciara St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBear has lived more than half his life for his club. He’ll gladly do it again. He has never regretted starting this club with Bull and a few others years ago. However, seeing his brothers finding love and settling down to have families when he knows he’ll never have that is taking its toll on him. He takes off to get his head straight... -
![Fallen King: A Fallen Men Short Story by Giana Darling]()
Fallen King: A Fallen Men Short Story by Giana Darling
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen King Kyle Garro plunged off the cliff'a Back Bay Road and was lost to us forever, part'a me and my club died right along with' I'm. He was the heir, but he was also the heart and soul'a our club and our family. Celebratin' his first birthday without 'im was gonna be damn near impossible to survive... -
![Nikolai by Sandy Alvarez, Crystal Daniels]()
Nikolai by Sandy Alvarez, Crystal Daniels
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNikolai Volkov has been groomed to one day rule his father’s Empire. Growing up in a crime family, you don't have many options. You live and die by the Volkov name.After connecting with his half-brother in the states, Nikolai chooses to step away from family obligations, to find what he feels has been lacking his whole life... -
![Cocked and Loaded by Jordan Marie]()
Cocked and Loaded by Jordan Marie
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen I slap the handcuffs on her I’ll be taking her to bed, not jail. Getting involved with the wrong woman can destroy your life. I had to move back home and lose my position as Detective to get away from one. The last thing I need is to repeat my mistake. I finally have what I want. Deputy in my home town, surrounded by family and friends— Life is good... -
![Bull's Duchess by Ciara St. James]()
Bull's Duchess by Ciara St. James
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJocelyn: Being a teenage mother, Jocelyn knew what it was to struggle for everything she had. Disowned and abandoned, she fought to make a life for herself and her daughter. Now, her daughter is on her way to fulfilling her dreams. Jocelyn has no time for men, that is, until the night a silver-fox biker roars into her driveway. He makes her body come to life, unlike it has ever done before... -
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![The Saint by Amelia Shea]()
The Saint by Amelia Shea
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsResilient and sweet, Bailey Preston, prides herself on her position as Mayor of Ghosttown. She may not have wanted it, but she’s done her best by the town and its residents. After overcoming a horrific past, she’s persevered when most people would have crumbled. The past is the past and Bailey is set on living her best life in the present... -
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The Rulebreaker by Amelia Shea
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSloane Baxter is a good girl. She may not have an enviable or even desirable past, but she’s making her future perfect, including all the things she’s dreamed of, a solid home, a job she loves, and a life she’s created despite the hurdles she’s had to leap. Sloane is living her life on her terms... -
![The Prodigy by Nichole Rose]()
The Prodigy by Nichole Rose
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMeeting his curvy soulmate switches this computer genius from laid-back MC brother to Beast mode in the blink of an eye.Finn "Hacker" TaylorI've always been the quiet brother in my MC.The resident genius who gets things done and keeps his head down.I prefer my bike and my computers to most people.Until I set eyes on Scarlett Crawford, the curvy new clerk at Gatsby Books... -
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Sin's Enticement by Ciara St. James
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter years of serving his country, Sin reclaims his life and forms the Ares Infidels MC, with like-minded military brothers. They decide his home town of Tenillo, Texas is the perfect place to build their futures. By forming a club where they get to make the rules and determine what orders to follow... -
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![You Have a Piece of My Heart by Willow Winters]()
You Have a Piece of My Heart by Willow Winters
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author, Willow Winters, comes an exclusive collection of sexy short stories with happily ever afters!This addictive collection has quick reads that can be read on their own and deliver all the desired feels of the romance genre...Categorized as:
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Down & Dirty: Zak by Jeanne St. James
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWelcome to Shadow Valley where the Dirty Angels MC rule. Get ready to get Down & Dirty because this is Zak’s story… After spending the last ten years in prison, Zak, former DAMC president, has a few priorities: to reconnect with his “brothers,” to get drunk, and to get laid. Not necessarily in that order... -
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Wicked in Love by C.L. Cruz, Liz Fox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe gets shot. She saves his life. But can their love survive his wicked lifestyle?AdrianaI’ve heard of the Knight Brothers.They’re dangerous.Exactly the sort of men I avoid.But when one of them lands bleeding on my doorstep…I have to save him.Levi is strong, sexy, and he gives love a bad name... -
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Ox by Blue Saffire
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAward winning, Bestselling, Author Blue Saffire presents A**hole SeriesOxImagine being a child who waits for his mother to come pick him up, but she never comes. Then one day the same happens with your dad, but the final straw was when my big brother and best friend never came back to play with me after dad was gone.Everyone I love leaves. That’s why I hate letting people in... -
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Commanding the Curvy Girl by Nichole Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTo save a curvy dispatcher and win her heart, this detective will do whatever it takes. Even if it means answering every outrageous call in Silver Spoon Falls.EastonTaking a bullet was supposed to be as bad as things could get.And then I moved to Silver Spoon Falls.There is nothing easy about life in this crazy small town.Especially when a curvy little dispatcher decides she doesn't like me... -
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![Dams by Esther E. Schmidt]()
Dams by Esther E. Schmidt
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDams is a man of few emotions, apathetic if you will. His past carved him into the man he is today; a strong body and mind but lacking the desire for connections beyond his brothers. He’s stoic. Unflappable. You can throw anything at him and he will divide and conquer making him the perfect VP of Areion Fury. He’s got everything he needs in life, or so he thought... -
![Every Little Thing by A.M. Myers]()
Every Little Thing by A.M. Myers
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsArmy veteran, ex-cop, and brother of the Bayou Devils MC, Wyatt Landry is a man on a mission. He’s always wanted a family, but after being blindsided and betrayed by his ex-wife, Piper, he’s hesitant to try again… until now. He’s done letting the woman who abandoned him years ago control his future. Piper Landry knows a thing or two about trauma and she has the emotional scars to prove it... -
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The Wild One by Cassie-Ann L. Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJasper Westbrook. Code name: Swoon Machine.My best friend's older brother.Melter of ovaries. Destroyer of panties.And suddenly...a single dad.Guys like Jasper—I bet you know the type? The chiseled arms. The wavy hair. The melt-your-brain-cells smile.Good thing I'm a smart girl—Honey Hill's former child prodigy, to be precise—I should know better than to fall for this playboy's charm... -
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Savage Ride by Cameron Hart
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe thick, curvy redhead with bright blue eyes is going to be trouble, I can already tell.She’s too sweet, too pure, and a reporter to boot. Paige is angling for a story about the dirty cops here in Valor, Wyoming, but she has no idea how far down that rabbit hole goes... -
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Kane by Lynn Raye Harris
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNotorious charmer Kane “Demon” Fox learned the hard way that love is a liability. Since losing his wife, he's built walls no one can breach—keeping his focus on the mission and his team. Feelings are a risk he can't afford to take ever again.Until a stranded beauty with haunted eyes makes him question everything.Daphne Bryant thought Sutton's Creek was far enough to outrun her past... -
![Triple the Secrets by Emily Rose]()
Triple the Secrets by Emily Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsScarlett:Her life changed in an instant three years ago. Two teenage girls rely on her now, and they are stronger than she can believe. They have finally settled into a normal routine, and are determined to live life again. Except, a surly biker with a scowl that can melt steel has fixated on her, and wants to uncover their secrets... -
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Catch of the Day by Jane Fox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZeke: My life is busy enough with the time I spend as a commercial fisherman. The last thing I need is to be distracted by romance, but when I meet Daya, she’s suddenly all I can think about.Daya: I’m not sure that Maine’s the right place for me—until a certain broad, buff, and bearded fisherman walks through the door of the restaurant where I work.Sometimes fate needs a little help... -
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Booze O'clock by Bijou Hunter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove at first sight is real. Anyone who says differently can eat a bag of dicks. I found Miss Right drunk off her ass in a honky-tonk, looking to put a bullet in the head of the man who both gave her life and stole it away. Her plan is suicidal madness. Considering dead isn’t a good look for my future wife, I swoop in to save her from a mistake she can’t unmake... -
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Hiding Out In The Mountains by Olivia T. Turner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe's the ultimate temptation.One that I can't touch yet one that I can't resist.Her father was my best friend in the Navy SEALs.He gave his life for mine.And how do I repay him?By lusting after his only daughter.The last time I saw her she was a kid.But she shows up on my doorstep in trouble and she's all grown up.All grown up and irresistible... -
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![Furious in Love by C.L. Cruz, Liz Fox]()
Furious in Love by C.L. Cruz, Liz Fox
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s been betrayed before. She’s their top dancer. Will these two lovers be able to see through their differences to the truth in their hearts?DominicAs the youngest Knight brother, I’m still learning the ropes.After being burned with women, I prefer to keep things physical.But when one of our strippers needs help, I can’t say no.She’s so much more than a dancer... -
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Jensen by Kali Hart
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJensenI swore off women years ago, sick and tired of watching all those closest to me suffering from relationships gone sour.I’m a loner.I don’t need anyone except my dog.But when I meet my buddy’s wife’s sister Nova, I’m drawn to her in a way I can’t fight.I quickly find myself at the mercy of this charming curvy beauty.She fills a part of me I never knew needed to be whole... -
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Saving Logan by Kaci Rose
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe's lost his voice. She's here to teach him to speak to the world again.FaithI love helping people communicate that can't. It’s why I became an ASL teacher.Getting to work with military men and women who were injured in action? Sign me up. I can’t think of a better way to help.I pride myself on keeping things professional…until him... -
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Bound by Bronx by Nichole Rose
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the sun sets in Silver Spoon Falls, things heat up at The Sterling Rope. The best girls can find everything their hearts desire within, including some of the town's filthiest billionaires. There are no rules. Only submission.Welcome to Silver Spoon After Dark. Your patronage will be our dirty little secret... -
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Gage by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGageMy club is on edge and tensions are high, but all I can think about is her. She’s a temptation that’s almost too much to resist. I’m way too old and she’s way too good. But when I find out she’s pregnant and no one in the MC stands up and stakes a claim on her or the baby, I do the only thing I can… I make them both mine.RoxyOne night with Gage and he doesn’t even remember it... -
![Beyond Christmas by Bink Cummings]()
Beyond Christmas by Bink Cummings
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHappy Holidays! It’s my first Christmas with the MacAlister's and it’s beyond anything I could have hoped for. After ten years without a Christmas tree or people to celebrate the holidays with, I’m thrown for a loop when my new family shows me what Christmas is all about… biker style... -
![Protective Biker by Hope Ford]()
Protective Biker by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI thought she was the one…Until she left without a trace.Brandy wasn’t like the other club girls.I knew it the first time she walked into the clubhouse.There was something about her that forced me to let my guard down.And It took a while to earn her trust… but I knew she’d be worth it.I was planning the futureAnd she was living in the past... -
![Teaching Rowan: An Older Billionaire, Younger Curvy Girl Romance by Nichole Rose]()
Teaching Rowan: An Older Billionaire, Younger Curvy Girl Romance by Nichole Rose
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBreaking the rules never felt so good. Sebastian: Rowan Lassiter is pure magic. I was under her spell the moment she opened her mouth. But she's a teacher, and I'm her boss. The rules say she's off-limits…that dating her is out of the question. I guess it's a good thing a little scandal never hurt anyone, right? Because no one is going to tell me I can't keep what belongs to me... -
![Saving Ren by Lesley Jones]()
Saving Ren by Lesley Jones
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLAURENI met him on the most devastating night of my life.After twenty-four years, I discovered there’s more than one way to break your marriage vows. The life I thought would always be mine was over, and I’m now facing it as a single woman in her forties.I need to get my life back on track—a job, somewhere to live, and time to get to know this new version of me... -
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Rigid by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWomen don’t stay... no matter how much you love them.And I can’t chance it with her... because when she leaves me... I wouldn’t survive it.I’m not a nice guy. I don’t even try to be.I take what I want and then I move on.I never thought about having a wife and kids...Until I met Emily.She makes me want things I know I shouldn’t.So I’m mean to her. I’m not proud of it, but it is what it is... -
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![Falling In The Mountains by Olivia T. Turner]()
Falling In The Mountains by Olivia T. Turner
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNew town. New job. New Me. New boyfriend? At least that’s what the hot Mountain Man staring me down with hungry eyes seems to think. Julian works in Search and Rescue in the Greene Mountains. He also owns the bungee jump, and that’s where I meet him. Those beautiful possessive eyes stare me down as he straps the cord around my ankles... -
![The Secrets You Keep by Tracy Lorraine]()
The Secrets You Keep by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMy naive heart only ever beat for two guys…Two totally unattainable guys. Forbidden guys— the kind mothers warn their daughters about.Tristan was the one everyone wanted… but he was also my brother’s best friend. Smart, kind, and hot as hell, with a one-way ticket straight to the NFL.And then there was Knox… the bad-boy who turned my world upside down... -
![His Hard Mountain Wood by Madison Faye]()
His Hard Mountain Wood by Madison Faye
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOutlaw, filthy biker, mechanic…single father. For the roughest alpha on the mountain, it’s his way or the hard way. For one lucky lady, it’s about to be both . Rough. Wild. Savage . I was a lot of things before I left the outlaw life behind. Blackthorn Mountain was a fresh start. No drama, no distractions. Nothing but me, my bike shop, and my little girl... -
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Dirty Talker: A Single Dads Club Romance by Piper Rayne
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom a secret duo of USA Today Bestselling Authors, comes another COMPLETE STANDALONE in the Single Dads Club set of books. Turn-ons… Party girls. Platinum blondes. Zero expectations. I used to think that if you could combine all three into one female, you’d have the perfect woman. The other guys in the Single Dads Club razz me for wearing the crown of the forever bachelor... -
![Thrust & Throttle by Emma Slate]()
Thrust & Throttle by Emma Slate
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMy childhood best friend is a big, bad biker—and an animal in the bedroom.I should know because we’ve been hooking up in secret for weeks.We crossed a line we swore we’d never cross, but the lust we’d buried for years finally culminated in a night of heated passion.I know the taste of Duke’s lips, but this is more than just desire. When we’re together I see the promise of forever in his eyes... -
![Fallen Son by Giana Darling]()
Fallen Son by Giana Darling
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsI had my Lou, my family, and a group'a men more loyal than any other. Life was good. No, better than that. Life was a fuckin' dream. Didn't know somethin' was missin' until we found it crouched in the forest like tossed rubbish and claimed it for our own. *A Fallen Men Christmas Story. These events take place between Welcome to the Dark Side and Good Gone Bad...
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