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  • Fain: Texas Kings MC Book 12 by Cee Bowerman

    Fain: Texas Kings MC Book 12 by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fain Tempest has worked hard to overcome the demons from his past and make a new life for himself. He left his family behind and found a new one with the Texas Kings MC. The brotherhood he has now is almost enough to make up for the family he left behind.A little more than a year ago, he saw an old friend in a new light and has been fighting that attraction ever since...
  • Someone Like You by Marie Force

    Someone Like You by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The all-new Wild Widows Series about a group of grieving survivors who take Roni into their fold to help her cope with the loss of her husband. The group has only one requirement—members must be willing to entertain the possibility of a “Chapter 2,” as it’s called in widow circles, which means a second chance at love...
  • Blood & Bones: Rev by Jeanne St. James

    Blood & Bones: Rev by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From a past of righteousness to a future of anything but… Rev rarely does what’s expected of him.The Blood Fury member’s rebellious nature tends to lead him on the road less traveled.In his youth, he fought the chains meant to restrain him, meant to force him on a righteous path. A path he never chose. A path he never planned to follow...
  • Give Me Permission by Monica Walters

    Give Me Permission by Monica Walters

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The love she sucked from my chest blindsided me. I can’t function without her, and nothing is going to stop me from trying to be with her… not even her.Seneca Roberts is a man to approach with caution. He’s from the streets, and that’s the only way he knows to be until he is forced to be different. No other woman can control him like Kaysyn Anderson, and he is smitten from their first encounter...
  • Jonny's Redemption by Riley Edwards

    Jonny's Redemption by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can two lost souls find redemption or are some transgressions beyond forgiveness? Lieutenant Jonny Spencer’s life is spiraling out of control. With no end in sight, he withdrawals. Giving in to the darkness is his only reprieve. Roberta “Bobby” Layne knows what it means to live in the shadows. Her childhood was spent fading into obscurity—loneiless her only friend...
  • Her Relentless SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Relentless SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ON THE RUN FOR HER LIFE Small-town girl Evie Avery’s dream vacation has become her worst nightmare. Now she's on the run in a foreign country, and has no idea why. NO ROOM FOR ERROR Navy SEAL, Aiden O’Malley, had his reasons for turning his back on Evie all those months ago, but he hasn’t been able to get her out of his mind. She changed him, for better or worse...
  • Why Should I Love You by Ivy Symone

    Why Should I Love You by Ivy Symone

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Abe Masters seem to have it all from looks, his bank accounts, and profession. He’s surrounded by family and friends that adore him, and he takes pride in being an influential member within the community. Even though all seems to be good, he has a troubled past and can’t find love. He thought he'd found it in his fiancé, only to find her in bed with her boss...
    Categorized as:
    angst  crime  female-mc  suspense  adult  black-mc  book  contemporary
  • Always Us by Allie Everhart

    Always Us by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Final book in The Jade Series! Includes an extended epilogue! The countdown has begun. Garret’s running out of time and he’s losing patience as he waits for his father to take action. It’s getting harder to keep this a secret from Jade, and he may not be able to after an unexpected visitor stops by...
  • T-Bone by L. Wilder

    T-Bone by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Over the years I’d been with my share of women. Hell, I’d had more than I could count, but for one reason or another, it never seemed to last. I’d told myself that I just hadn’t found the one, and I was okay with that. I had the club, and with my brothers at my side, I had everything I needed—or so I thought. Alyssa was young, smoking hot, and had the world at her fingertips...
  • Keeping His Promise by Anna Blakely

    Keeping His Promise by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Five disbanded SEALs. A young widow who needs their help. An enemy waiting to strike...and a mystery that may never be solved.Anna Blakely's exciting new Eagle's Nest Securities Series follows a group of former Navy SEALs whose team was unexpectedly—and suspiciously—disbanded. With a vow to keep in touch, the five remaining members go their separate ways...
  • Ultimate Risk by Anna Blakely

    Ultimate Risk by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They've been partners for years. As Alpha Team's two snipers, Sean "Coop" Cooper and McKenna "Mac" Kelley have worked side-by-side for years...as partners and friends. What happens when one partner wants to become more? When Mac's past catches up to her, she's pulled back into the dark, ugly world she escaped from years ago...
  • Dream by Keisha Ervin

    Dream by Keisha Ervin

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Older, wiser and a li’l more heartless India Black is existing, but she isn’t living. After the tragic death of her first love, she’s been financially cut off by her mother and making it on her own in Philly. Full-time college student by day and bottle girl at a popular strip club by night, India is trying her best to make ends meet but barely getting by...
  • Avery by Addison Jane

    Avery by Addison Jane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    AVERYI built walls around my heart.Determined to keep the world out.But when you are as well acquainted with loss as I am, you’ll do almost anything to protect those few last shards of yourself that are still intact.I walked into the clubhouse looking for a place to hide, a place with no strings.Not expecting to get wrapped up in a club president who knew how to get what he wanted...
  • Boss Woman by Victoria Quinn

    Boss Woman by Victoria Quinn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He betrayed me.I trusted him, like a fool, and he stabbed me in the back.Diesel Hunt.He hurt me. Lied to me. And now he ruined me.But I'm not the kind of woman who stays on the ground. I'm back on my feet. I'm back from the dead. And I'm stronger than before.It'll take something a lot stronger to bury a woman like me.Tatum Titan...
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    angst  crime  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Taking a Risk: Part Two by Anna Blakely

    Taking a Risk: Part Two by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    R.I.S.C. (Rescue, Intel, Security, & Capture): An elite, private security team who will stop at nothing to protect the ones they love. The highly anticipated romantic suspense series by debut author, Anna Blakely. >HE LIED TO PROTECT HER It’s been two months since Jake McQueen walked away from the woman he loves. With the other members of R.I.S.C...
  • Becoming Us by Allie Everhart

    Becoming Us by Allie Everhart

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jade and Garret thought the robbery in their neighborhood had nothing to do with them, but the pieces are finally starting to come together. Someone’s been working behind the scenes, pulling the strings to determine Garret’s fate. The timing couldn’t be worse. Jade and Garret are talking things out, becoming even closer, making plans for their future. Plans that might never happen...
  • Rider by L. Wilder

    Rider by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She was the one piece of his past he'd never put behind him. Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author L. Wilder brings readers a new installment in the Satan's Fury MC- Memphis series.  I'd spent years trying to put the past behind me. I wanted to forget the mistakes I'd made, the dreams I'd lost, but they were a part of me...
  • Ace of Spades by Sandra Owens

    Ace of Spades by Sandra Owens

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Two FBI agents struggle with desire in the shadow of a killer, in the third installment of Aces & Eights. Nate Gentry has been a rock for his two younger brothers since the day their mom walked out and left them with their abusive father. Now that they’ve grown up, he’s watched Alex and Court fall in love and settle down. But Nate isn’t made for romance. He keeps his relationships casual...
  • Better Than This by Beth Flynn

    Better Than This by Beth Flynn

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Time doesn’t heal all wounds. Sometimes they just scab over. Haunted by memories of a failed marriage, trauma surgeon Barbie Anderson escapes to her hometown for a fresh start. But the quaint community of Pumpkin Rest has memories and failures of its own that should stay buried...
  • Beautifully Decadent by L.A. Fiore

    Beautifully Decadent by L.A. Fiore

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Avery Collins has just landed her dream job, pastry chef for the posh-Manhattan restaurant Clover. Her new boss, Trace Montgomery, even helped with securing her an affordable place to live: a beautifully restored carriage house owned by his friend, Rafe McKenzie—a man that makes her catch her breath and stirs her imagination...
  • Cruz by Serena Akeroyd

    Cruz by Serena Akeroyd

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    CRUZShe was forbidden fruit. The sister of a man I respected. I shouldn’t touch her. But I have to. She’s addictive. Even better, she bites. But she’s been through so much, suffered the worst kind of abuse, and even as I want to shield her from the world, I can’t. I’m a Sinner. I bring danger with me wherever I go. Once it taints her, there’s no going back… INDYHe was forbidden fruit...
  • Rescued by Stephanie St. Klaire

    Rescued by Stephanie St. Klaire

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Just as the walls start to come down, boundaries redefine, and things heat up, tragedy hits the small mountain town of McKenzie Ridge. Sexy EMT Dawson Tayler made hearts break, and panties melt with a single look. Far from home, in the charming tourist town, he lives a simple life his family would be appalled by – if they were alive...
  • Obsession by T.K. Leigh

    Obsession by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One week. No names. No expectations.That was our agreement. We were supposed to walk away after our time in Hawaii was over. No matter what.That was before…Before I learned who she is.Before I realized how interconnected our lives are.Before I fell in love.But our love isn’t the stuff fairy tales are made of.Demons lurk around every corner.Good doesn’t necessarily prevail over evil...
  • Range of Motion by Em Petrova

    Range of Motion by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s tougher than he thinks. She’s also more vulnerable than she wants to admit… When it comes to two things—his special ops team and women—Lennon is never in over his head. But after a hot chick invites him as her date to her ex’s wedding, he’s not sure what he got himself into. He wants to see more of her—okay, all of her...
  • Target in Range by Em Petrova

    Target in Range by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Avery Aarons believes it’s fate that she will die by the hand of a criminal. As a child, she hid in a cupboard while men ransacked their home. In college, she met with an attacker walking home on campus. After that, going into law enforcement is her only path to protect herself and others who can’t. She’s never felt so empowered, until she ends up in the wrong place without backup...
  • His to Protect by Em Petrova

    His to Protect by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Some things just can’t be ignored…and an attraction this powerful is one of them.Bodyguard and special intelligence mastermind Bodhi North has been called a lot of things—pretty-boy, surfer dude and even hippie, but he considers himself more of a tech nerd than anything else...
  • Savage Risk by Anna Blakely

    Savage Risk by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    HER SAVAGE NEED FOR JUSTICE MAY END UP COSTING HER EVERYTHINGWhen the serial killer who has taunted Detective Riley York for years suddenly reemerges in her new city, she vows to take him down for good. With her partner by her side, Riley will risk everything for one final chance to see justice served.Until now, Eric West has kept his burgeoning feelings for his partner close to the vest...
  • The Stone Family Treasure by Taylor Hart

    The Stone Family Treasure by Taylor Hart

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Savage Pawn by Em Petrova

    Savage Pawn by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s smart enough to know better, except when it comes to the SEAL trying to hack her heart. SEAL Team Blackout Special Operator Drew Gunnison’s motto of duty, honor and integrity fit right in when given missions most special forces fail at...
  • Rebel Mission by Em Petrova

    Rebel Mission by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s combat ready. But keeping his hands off her might be his biggest battle yet…Special operator Orlando Frost lives to fight for those who can’t defend themselves. So, when a terrorist threatens innocent civilians with a deadly toxin, he’s up to the task of hunting them down and neutralizing the threat...
  • The Coast Road Home by Vickie McKeehan

    The Coast Road Home by Vickie McKeehan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three years ago, it was a beautiful March Saturday in New Glarus, Wisconsin. The sun was out. The day, a chilly prelude to spring. Divorced mom, Marley Lennox, wanted nothing more than to spend time with her two kids at the family farm, a peaceful setting outside town. They’d all been looking forward to helping tend to the newborn calf and spending a quiet weekend in the countryside...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  crime  female-mc  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Face the Music by Velvet Vaughn

    Face the Music by Velvet Vaughn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You can’t silence the truth.Ever since their chance encounter on the crowded streets of New York City, COBRA Securities Co-Founder Luke Colton can't erase Layla Brooks from his thoughts. It wasn't just her beauty that captivated him, but the look of stark terror on her face. Angry with himself for not following her, knowing she must be in danger, he's shocked when she ends up on his doorstep...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Xtreme Affairs by Em Petrova

    Xtreme Affairs by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A scarred special operative meets his match with the woman determined to save him from himself.It was just a little accident—but it changed his life.Special Xtreme Ops team, River Hepburn wakes in the hospital to the sight of Sacha—his best friend’s little sister—watching over him. Their emotional bond over her brother’s death is undeniable, but he isn’t prepared to feel more...
  • Xtreme Measures by Em Petrova

    Xtreme Measures by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The mafia, a smuggling ring and the wilds of Alaska are no match for Special Operative Elias Gasper. But a brazen redhead might be.Gasper’s known as the do-it-all guy. From HALO jumps to calming hostages, he’s on it. When he stumbles across a woman in hiding, he meets a new challenge in getting her to talk...
  • Out of the Blue by Kaylee Rose

    Out of the Blue by Kaylee Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Authors Note: Family of Blue (book 1) and Forever Blue (book 2) must be read prior to reading Out of the Blue, the final book in the series.For Kellie, life was almost perfect.She’d found the man of her dreams in Lance, and finally consigned their initial problems to the past...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  female-mc  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  dark
  • Taking a Risk: Part One by Anna Blakely

    Taking a Risk: Part One by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The highly anticipated romantic suspense series by debut author, Anna Blakely. R.I.S.C. (Rescue, Intel, Security, & Capture): An elite, private security team that will stop at nothing to protect the ones they love. HE LOST HER ONCE. HE WON’T RISK LOSING HER AGAIN. When Former Delta Force Operator Jake McQueen believes Olivia is lost to him forever, it shatters his entire world...
  • Justice For Abby by Cate Beauman

    Justice For Abby by Cate Beauman

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fashion designer Abigail Harris has been rescued, but her nightmare is far from over. Determined to put her harrowing ordeal behind her and move on, she struggles to pick up the pieces of her life while eluding the men who want her dead. The Mid-Atlantic Sex Ring is in ruins after Abby’s interviews with the police...
  • Gus by L. Wilder

    Gus by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author L. Wilder brings readers a new installment in the Satan's Fury MC- Memphis series. Get ready for this MC alpha to melt your heart.Club life isn't for everyone, but for me--it was everything.I was a man who'd always demonstrated loyalty, pride, and grit...
  • Falling for the President's Daughter by L. Wilder

    Falling for the President's Daughter by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    𝗜’𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱. 𝗡𝗼𝘄, 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲.𝗙𝗹𝘆𝗻𝗻~Satan’s Fury MC was a legend in our town.There was always some rumor going around about them.As their neighbor, I knew some of them were true.But I didn’t give a shit. I was only interested in her.I was just a kid when she moved in next door...
  • The Journey Home by Kelly Elliott

    The Journey Home by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fate has a way of stepping in and righting itself when we least expect it. Maddison Powers has been regretting the biggest mistake of her life when she walked away from the only man who has ever sparked something deep inside her. After comparing every guy she dates to Cale Blackwood, she finally gives up all hope of ever finding him. One dare by Maddison throws Cale back into her life..
  • Turn  (Gentry Generations) by Cora Brent

    Turn (Gentry Generations) by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    CASSIE I'm determined to leave my mistakes in the past. These days I'm back in school, I'm surrounded by my wonderful, crazy family and I'm working for my dad. Then Curtis Mulligan happens. A supposedly reformed gang member from the rundown prison town where my folks grew up, Curtis looks like he was built for mayhem. We have nothing in common...
  • Devoted by Tess Oliver

    Devoted by Tess Oliver

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The conclusion to the heart-stopping, gut-wrenching Lace Underground trilogy.She came. She conquered. She destroyed.How did I lose control so fast?I knew it was dark and twisted. Only, what I did in Lace Underground didn't feel wrong. I'm left dealing with something huge and dark and life changing and there is no one who understands. Everything is different now...
  • Charming  (Devil's Boneyard MC) by Harley Wylde

    Charming (Devil's Boneyard MC) by Harley Wylde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dakota -- Having a half-brother who’s an infamous assassin isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. At twenty-five, he’s still micromanaging my life. The moment Specter tells me about an arranged marriage to one of his associates I do what any sane woman would… I run. Never counted on meeting a biker I can’t seem to forget, nor did I plan on our two days together to have lasting consequences...
  • His to Shelter by Em Petrova

    His to Shelter by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Eighteen years is a long time to never forget... Retired Navy SEAL Oswald “Oz” Morgon assembled an elite team of men with skills far surpassing those of ordinary bodyguards. To save and protect is a creed that goes beyond simply guarding their wards—it’s a way of life. And these guys are his heart and soul, his brothers…and the family he’ll never have...
  • Sly by Savannah Rylan

    Sly by Savannah Rylan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'm not supposed to love her.I didn't even try.When I met Tara I didn't know she was Chains' little sister.The cop who's investigating our club.She's not involved in any of this.She's the Juliet to my Romeo.And I'd do anything for her.But when the club decides to take down Skeleton once and for all,I know I can't put this innocent beauty in harm's way.Once he's dead?She's mine...
  • Quiet Wealth by J.L. Drake

    Quiet Wealth by J.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **Like in the past I write genres the way I see them. This is my version of a mafia story...and believe me, book 1, only scratches the surface of the madness that's to come. **A twisted mafia romance about quiet wealth and refined darkness SiennaIt’s been ten years since he left me with nothing but a pendant, a photo, and a broken heart. He was but a ghost, there one minute and gone the next...
    Categorized as:
    angst  crime  friends-to-lovers  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • The Lost Sheenan's Bride by Jane Porter

    The Lost Sheenan's Bride by Jane Porter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trying to get over a broken heart, twenty-four year old teacher Jet Diekerhof takes a gap year to travel and have an adventure. Her practical farming family is horrified until Jet's older sister Harley gets her a long term sub position at a one room school house in Montana’s Paradise Valley. Jet's grateful it’s 775 miles from her overly involved family—and the guy who broke her heart...
  • Bear by Savannah Rylan

    Bear by Savannah Rylan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Second chances and shootouts. My life is a mess. After getting my a$$ beat by Lars guys I need to get stitched up. Lucky for me, Margot's hands are perfect for my body. It's been years since we've been together, but one night together brings all those feelings back. I have to keep her safe. She can't get involved in the mess that the Dead Souls are now in...
  • Saint by Savannah Rylan

    Saint by Savannah Rylan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I don't need guns. I'll use my fists. I'm over this mob. Especially when I find out they're trafficking women. Including Amberly, the one that got away. I haven't seen her since high school, and even though she's built up walls, she's as beautiful as ever. And she has a kid. He's six and we split up how many years ago? Those assholes with the mob can't have him. I'll get both of them to safety...
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