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  • Lout by Cee Bowerman

    Lout by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After a lifetime of taking care of everyone around him, Lout prepares to take on even more responsibility. A chance meeting at a friend's house introduces him to a beautiful woman he can't get off his mind...
  • The Good Ol' Boys by M. Robinson

    The Good Ol' Boys by M. Robinson

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author ALL FOUR GOOD OL' BOYS BOOKS IN ONE COMPLICATE ME It was complicated, it was also just the beginning. A decision. A simple choice. There is always that one moment in life where things could have been different. That one moment where you could have chosen a path that would lead you down a certain road. A different life...
  • Kale by Cee Bowerman

    Kale by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    ***NOTE FROM AUTHOR***. This is the beginning of a new series, but it has strong ties to the characters in the Texas Knights MC series. Kale Forrester is content with the life he has. His brothers, both from his blood family and his club family, are all he needs. Known as a ruthless man, he enjoys the solitude that reputation gives him...
  • The Ties That Bind by Red Phoenix

    The Ties That Bind by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “His touch is like magic…”Brie is in the middle of a fight for her life. A force far more powerful than Brie is determined to destroy her.About to give birth to her second child, Brie is vulnerable to the unprecedented attack—but she is not afraid.When you are part of the Submissive Training Center, you are never alone...
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    alpha-mc  dark  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mlm
  • Legally Bound 3: His Law by Blue Saffire

    Legally Bound 3: His Law by Blue Saffire

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Legally Bound 3 His Law Book 3 in Series Nathaniel Briggs has met his match in every way. When it comes to the bedroom Pamela Kemble is a pint size version of himself. She is determined to play by her own rules, but Pam is just going to have to learn that when it comes to Nate she is not always going to be on top. He has his own secrets, but she will just have to learn to trust him...
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    alpha-mc  secrets  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Hope Town Books 1-3 by Harper Sloan

    Hope Town Books 1-3 by Harper Sloan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For the first time ever, the Hope Town books are being bundled! Join us for the first three books in the series! Complete with all new bonus content! You fell in love with them as children in the Corps Security Series, but now, watch them fall in love with a spin-off series of their own, the Hope Town Series...
  • Beautiful Savage by Victoria Ashley, Charisse Spiers

    Beautiful Savage by Victoria Ashley, Charisse Spiers

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    JAXON KADE I can’t breathe… I don’t want to. With every breath that fills my lungs, I feel the pain she’s fighting and it’s killing me slowly, reminding me of the day she got ripped away. I’ve gone thirteen years without her, and as if she was never gone, she walks back into my life, feisty as h@ll and set on running from me. I refuse to let that happen. She’s my Lex...
  • 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  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Touch of Heaven by Maureen Smith

    Touch of Heaven by Maureen Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Warrick Mayne has spent twelve years blaming Raina St. James for ruining his sister's life. Now the self-made millionaire has the perfect opportunity for payback--knocking down Raina's luxury day spa to build an office complex. But his plan has met a hitch, in the delectable form of Raina herself...
  • 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...
  • Captivated by Nicole Edwards

    Captivated by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Lucie Werner’s life has never followed the path she envisioned for herself and five years ago, it veered off course yet again. This time after one erotic night of passion with the man she’d been captivated by since the first day she met him...
  • Reese by Candice M. Wright

    Reese by Candice M. Wright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to the Candy shop Where poison never tasted so sweet... Being a Candy Girl is more than just a job, it’s who I am.But before I became ReeseI was known as Malice, the street kid who killed a man before disappearing without a trace.Now seven years later a serial killer is using those same streets as his hunting ground...
  • KID by Jescie Hall

    KID by Jescie Hall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Addiction is my weakness. A cruel temptress that follows me wherever I go. Slowly dragging me down until I drown. Until she shows up. Johanna. My life preserver in this ocean of drugs and madness. She's a total enigma, as chaotic as they come. A vixen who lives her life without limits. But her demons are greater than mine, and they threaten to drown her right alongside me...
  • Sacred Vow by Terri Anne Browning

    Sacred Vow by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One vow made as kids.But could it last forever?We belonged to each other.Now and always.He slid that promise ring on my finger and made me his for the first time.But we had to keep it a secret from our fathers.Because mine would murder him, and his would help bury the body if they found out.Now, we don’t have to keep the secret any longer...
  • Pull You In by Jessica Gadziala

    Pull You In by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was always supposed to be her little secret.That she got lonely and desperate enough to call him on his phone sex line.It was wrong, she knew, to keep calling, knowing who he was, but having him in the dark about who he was talking to.She always planned to stop.After the next call.When their boss gets wind of what is going on, she hatches a plan...
  • Damaged & Dangerous: The Sacred Hearts MC Book VI by A.J. Downey

    Damaged & Dangerous: The Sacred Hearts MC Book VI by A.J. Downey

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’s Damaged… Dani Broussard never imagined that her life would turn out like this. She always thought that her grandfather would be there for her into adulthood and that her high school sweetheart, Jared, would be the man she would marry. That isn’t what happened though. Instead, her grandfather got sick and passed away before Dani saw the age of nineteen...
  • Holding On by Pamela Clare

    Holding On by Pamela Clare

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A hero barely holding on… Harrison Conrad returned to Scarlet Springs from Nepal, the sole survivor of a freak accident on Mt. Everest. Shattered and grieving for his friends, he vows never to climb again and retreats into a bottle of whiskey—until Kenzie Morgan shows up at his door with a tiny puppy asking for his help...
  • Mail Order Groom by A.N. Boyden

    Mail Order Groom by A.N. Boyden

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nina O'Neil is a successful physical therapist looking to settle down, but without all the hoopla and disappointment that dating in the modern age brings. Despite the stern warnings she received from her family and friends, Nina signs up for a mail-order groom service in hopes of finding true love.It didn't take much for Nina to fall for Zane Doran, an accomplished hedge fund manager...
  • 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...
  • Distraction by Nicole Edwards

    Distraction by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Time doesn’t always heal a broken heart. Sometimes the only thing it does is fill the darkness with more shadows, more pain. Dylan Thomas has spent the past decade living in the shadows, mourning the loss of his wife, his best friend, his very reason for breathing. He long ago accepted that he would never feel again, that he was damned to a world without light, without hope...
  • A Night of Seduction by Lauren Blakely

    A Night of Seduction by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "I don't want lessons in seduction. I want lessons in submission." The offer is too tempting to let slide through his fingers. Having been the star of his fantasies for years now, the chance to guide Casey Sullivan step-by-step, night-by-night, O-by-ecstatic-O in how to let go of control is a dream come true for Nate Harper. The hands-on training begins tonight, in the first night of seduction...
  • Still Surviving by A.M. Johnson

    Still Surviving by A.M. Johnson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hate… Anger… Distrust… it fed the animal. Status… Money… Power it’s all women want. Never yield… Never give them a piece of who you are. These were the ideals that Seth Montgomery had lived with since he was a child. After his mother abandoned their family for another man, the same man who took everything from Seth’s father, Seth’s life turned dark. He’d never give a woman all that control...
  • Stone Cold by K.J. Dahlen

    Stone Cold by K.J. Dahlen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bane is back. But he comes with more than a visit in mind… Cricket He came back for me a second time – Bane. A world class assassin with an implacable hunger. This time, he wants something of my fathers. A pair of daggers from the time of knights and kings. Fighting back the whispers of fear and dread in my heart, I refused...
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    alpha-mc  dark  steamy  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction
  • 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  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • Loner by Janine Infante Bosco

    Loner by Janine Infante Bosco

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A man who can't visualize his future will always revert to his past. Giving in to the murder and mayhem that changed his life and darkened his soul.The legacy he inherited burning through his veins as it ominously guides him to hell. In the end, he pays for his own sins and the sins of his father as well. A hustler by nature and a loner by choice, I am the spawn of Satan...
  • Rich Man's Toy: A Dark Royal Romance: The Dazzling Court Prequel by Fawn Bailey

    Rich Man's Toy: A Dark Royal Romance: The Dazzling Court Prequel by Fawn Bailey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A FREE glimpse into the dark royal world of The Dazzling Court! Fawn Bailey is the pen name of USA Today bestselling author Isabella Starling. Her name is Amber Jonathan. She's been hurt, used and abused. And I intend on doing it all over again. But this time, she's going to beg for more. I'm the crown prince. Blue blood runs through my veins...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  steamy  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Dark Desires by Avelyn Paige, Geri Glenn

    Dark Desires by Avelyn Paige, Geri Glenn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One night destroyed everything. Lindsey’s heart. Karma’s body. Her hopes for the future are shattered. His purpose in the Black Hoods MC is unclear. They thought they could weather any storm as long as they had each other. But some storms are too powerful. And some loves aren’t as strong as they may seem...
  • Endurance by D.H. Sidebottom

    Endurance by D.H. Sidebottom

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This book is a short novella intended for reading alongside the Heart of Stone series, but after Kade. Sometimes, love is just that little bit too unyielding. To save the ones you love, sometimes you have to sacrifice your hopes and dreams… and your soul...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  secrets  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  crime
  • Soul Rest by Joey W. Hill

    Soul Rest by Joey W. Hill

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Celeste has worked her ass off to establish her freelance blog as a source of accurate crime news for the Baton Rouge area. Being a workaholic, focusing solely on her career, was her choice. Five years ago, she had a life-changing experience in a BDSM club that made it clear she is a submissive, but she believes her past makes embracing that path impossible...
  • Broken Scars by J.M. Walker

    Broken Scars by J.M. Walker

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ruined. Tortured. Broken. What could have been the perfect childhood, turned into a hell that the devil himself would shy away from. I was forced to deal with an evil that would make the darkest of souls cringe. Lily Noel was scarred but beautiful. She was perfectly flawed and everything that I needed. Attraction bordered on obsession. Passion bordered on ecstasy...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  steamy  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Badass by Sable Hunter

    Badass by Sable Hunter

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Isaac McCoy is every woman’s dream. He’s a cowboy, one of the Texas McCoy’s of Tebow Ranch – tall, dark, handsome and sexy as hell. To add to the mystery, he’s a biker – clad in black leather, riding a big Harley – he makes the girls swoon. To put it simply, Isaac is the black sheep of the family. And what his family doesn’t know is that he’s also a Dom...
  • Sinful Longing by Lauren Blakely

    Sinful Longing by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He's the inked brother. The one you're wondering about. The bad boy of the family. Colin Sloan has a past. He's done things he's not proud of, but he's living differently now. Making changes in his life. Working hard, working out harder, and trying to win over one woman...
  • Sweet Billionaire Stepbrother ~ Harlow Grace: Part 2  (Sweet Stepbrother) by Harlow Grace

    Sweet Billionaire Stepbrother ~ Harlow Grace: Part 2 (Sweet Stepbrother) by Harlow Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE SWEETEST TABOO One night changes the course of Grayson and Layla's lives forever. What they have is sweet. What they have is taboo. Can it last? Obstacles test their bond and threaten to crush them. Destroy what they have found. When a billion dollar empire is at stake a scandal could ruin more than just their lives. Their family will crumble...
  • Road to Seduction: The Warner Family Book 2 by Ann Christopher

    Road to Seduction: The Warner Family Book 2 by Ann Christopher

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ****NEW COVER!**** The Warner Family Secrets. Lies. Undeniable Passion. Billionaire Eric Warner happily anticipates a reunion vacation with Isabella Stevens, his best friend from college. The plan? A relaxing weekend road trip to their classmates’ beach wedding...
  • Booty Camp by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Booty Camp by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Booty Camp [boo-tee-kamp] noun: Two people isolating themselves to get better at the deed.The issue: She's a virgin and crushing on a player.Her hang-up: Wants experience before she makes a move.The solution: Teach her everything I know.My idiotic move: Falling for the girl who wants the other guy.Mila Crawford thinks she needs lessons to be ready for the douchebag she's eyeing...
  • Vice by Dani René

    Vice by Dani René

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My life is perfect, but my story isn’t. My tastes are frowned upon. However, I don’t allow society to dictate my proclivities. I’m cruel. I’m cold. I’m heartless. The list of submissives wanting me to train them is endless. But when two of my newest students walk in, I’m challenged in every way. *This is an MM romance with MMF and MFFM scenes...
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    alpha-mc  dark  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mlm
  • More Than Possess You by Shayla Black

    More Than Possess You by Shayla Black

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I persuaded my best friend that I should be her first…I’m Hayes Elliott. Since second grade, I’ve had one best friend, Echo Hope. When she graduates from college, of course I have to give her something amazing. Since I’ll be on a business trip to Maui, I’m bringing her along for a week of fun and sun...
  • Reunited With Danger by Olivia Jaymes

    Reunited With Danger by Olivia Jaymes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Leann Anderson has spent the last fifteen years living far away and only coming home to visit.  She’s enjoyed her freedom but she misses her family.  In town for her high school reunion, she thinks this just might be the right time to move back. Zach Gibson thinks Leann is lovely and sweet, but as the little sister of his employer she’s completely off limits...
  • The Ingénue by Tiffany Reisz

    The Ingénue by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Siren prequelEvents take place approximately six months before The Siren – stars Sheridan &...
  • Hawke by Anise Storm

    Hawke by Anise Storm

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Previously published in 2019, "Hawke" has been updated with a new POV and some expanded scenes. Arrogant. Sexy. Reminiscent. I felt all three about my newest client. The moment I met the sexy club owner in need of a party planner, I soon realized why. He was the one responsible for the most mortifying night of my life just one year earlier...
  • Casual Encounter Vol. 4 by M.S. Parker

    Casual Encounter Vol. 4 by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When my attempt at a date ended disastrously and Cade had to come to my rescue again, I wondered if, maybe there was something more between us than business. Or was it just wishful thinking? Bree Gamble is following the directions from her teacher, Cade Shepard, but things don't exactly go as planned...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  multi-pov
  • Rockstar's Temptation by K.T. Fisher

    Rockstar's Temptation by K.T. Fisher

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Maisy and Max have been really close for a while now. They clicked straight away and a beautiful friendship blossomed. But is it just an innocent friendship? When Maisy’s sexy and troublesome younger sister, Lauren, comes to town, she begins to stir everything up. Max’s eyes wander and Maisy, for some reason, doesn’t like it...
  • Badass In My Bed: Badass #2 by Rae Lynn Blaise

    Badass In My Bed: Badass #2 by Rae Lynn Blaise

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Part two of Rachel's...
  • Watching Mine by Alex Grayson

    Watching Mine by Alex Grayson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My name is Nathan Reines… and I’m a voyeur. Yes, I like to watch people have sex. Witnessing the desire on their faces as they writhe in pleasure makes my blood hotter than the hottest flame. There’s nothing more erotic than seeing their bodies tighten and tremble as they balance on the edge of ecstasy. It makes my dick as hard as fucking steel...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  secrets  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Scr*wed Tight by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Scr*wed Tight by Frankie Love, C.M. Seabrook

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I've been in love with Jenna Blake since she was twelve years old. Now she's all grown up. And as off-limits as ever. Her brother is my best friend - she's the one girl I can't have. But when I show up to build her greenhouse, I realize I'm not alone in my forbidden desire. She wants me, too. Without her, I'm screwed. So damn tight...
  • Obsessed by Dani René

    Obsessed by Dani René

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One taste of her was never going to be enough. I knew it the moment I laid eyes on her. And I knew it from the moment she kneeled for me.Roisin was everything I always wanted, but she was also nothing I ever expected. Her words captured me, her poise intoxicated me, and now, I find myself obsessed.My need for her runs rife through my veins, and I can’t stop it, no matter how hard I try.I want her...
  • Healing the Wounds: Neighborly Affection Book 3 by M.Q. Barber

    Healing the Wounds: Neighborly Affection Book 3 by M.Q. Barber

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Strength lies in surrender.When Alice leapt into sexual games with her neighbors Henry and Jay, she didn’t plan to fall in love. She sure didn’t expect she’d be the switch between Henry’s commanding mastery and Jay’s submissive playfulness. But now she’s moving in with them, and she’d better figure it all out — fast.Trouble is, she’s never been a live-in girlfriend...
  • My Wicked Devil by Ann Mayburn

    My Wicked Devil by Ann Mayburn

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After a motorcycle accident left her with a fractured pelvis, former dare devil and actress Kira Harmony cannot have sex without pain. Unwilling to give up on her dreams of someday having a normal love life, she has come to Club Wicked to find a Dom. And not just any Dom...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • His Dark Game by C.D. Reiss

    His Dark Game by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Both New York Times Bestsellers in one Bundle! THIRTY DAYS That’s all Adam Steinbeck demands of his wife. Thirty days in a remote cottage, doing everything he commands. After that, he’ll sign her divorce papers and give her complete ownership of their company. That’s how long he has to rediscover the man he once was. The Dominant Master he hid when he fell in love with her five years before...
  • Severed Justice by K.T. Fisher, Ava Manello

    Severed Justice by K.T. Fisher, Ava Manello

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Your favorite Severed MC returns with more chaos, more danger and more fireworks. Satan may be gone but the danger isn't. With revenge on the cards from more than one player and hot blooded new comer Justice stirring things up, the people in the town of Severed are in for one hell of a ride...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  steamy  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction
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