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  • Chasing Fortune by Brittney Sahin

    Chasing Fortune by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Echo Team has a new addition—a K-9, and he’s in need of training . . .Eight-plus years as Echo Three and Chris Hunter is still as mission-focused as ever, continuing to fight for his country as part of a secretive team of operatives serving the President.When Chris decides to rescue a dog for the team, he soon discovers he and the guys are far from K-9 whisperers, and they need help...
  • Chasing Daylight by Brittney Sahin

    Chasing Daylight by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Trusting a traitor is dangerous--but falling in love with one is the deadliest sin of all.After eight years of completing missions around the world, A.J. Hawkins is ready for more--he's ready for love. The one person in his sights? A gorgeous redhead, a woman who isn't interested in a commitment after recently going through a divorce. And the last thing A.J. wants is to be a rebound...
  • Steel Rush by P.T. Michelle

    Steel Rush by P.T. Michelle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This is an alternate Cover Edition for ISBN13: 9781939672285.This is the second book in the BLACK SHADOWS duet, Cass and Calder's story. You must read GOLD SHIMMER before reading STEEL RUSH. Cass has spent years trying to forget her past. But the thing about pasts…they always come back around, sometimes in the most unexpected ways...
  • Widow's Undoing by L. Wilder

    Widow's Undoing by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Frankie Sullivan was everything I wasn’t.She was good, beautiful and strong.She hadn’t let her past break her. She’d held on to the hope for a better tomorrow, not only for herself but for her two boys.She was a woman who wanted...who deserved more. I wasn’t a man who could give more.I was cold, broken and full of rage. My past had broken me.I never allowed anyone get too close...
  • Ugly by Marie James

    Ugly by Marie James

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hooking up with a cop was supposed to be fun.How joking with Detective Lennox Maison about her handcuffs transformed into her actually arresting me was something I could’ve never predicted.I thought it was a joke at first, but what kind of person would joke about the murder of a local woman?Lennox claimed I was the last one to see her alive.I should have an alibi...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  dark  steamy  crime  secrets  romance  contemporary  military
  • Siren Unleashed by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Siren Unleashed by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Twin detectives Ben and Chase Dawson have been sent to investigate an unusual murder at a resort owned by Julian Lodge. Julian wants them to protect the prime suspect, a young submissive who was the last person to see the victim alive. The job seems simple until Ben and Chase discover that the beautiful submissive they both desire has a dark past...
  • Reborn by Meredith Wild

    Reborn by Meredith Wild

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He’s death for hire… Some people measure life in hours. Days. Weeks. I measure mine in kills. A covert military mission gone wrong robbed me of my memory and any link to my past. This is my existence now. I execute and survive. Nothing more, nothing less...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Warrior by Renee Rose, Vanessa Vale

    Warrior by Renee Rose, Vanessa Vale

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mistake #1: Sleeping with a friendHooking up with Quincy was a no-brainer.The sexy hot-shot Navy pilot wasn’t on my SEAL team.I thought she’d be safe for a one-night stand.Mistake #2: Letting her walk out the doorI realized too late she wasn’t a one-and-done for me.But now she thinks I’m a player. Okay, she knows I’m a player.Which is why she won’t go there with me again...
  • Oath of Possession by Jane Henry

    Oath of Possession by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Vivia Montavio is a traitor, and it’s my job to see to her punishment and interrogation.What a tragedy.She’s the hottest little number I’ve ever seen with that defiant little chin and eyes that spark with wit and boldness. I love a good challenge.We’re left with little choice when the truth outs.So I take her far, far away to La Cabina, a rustic cabin in the middle of nowhere.To…interrogate her...
  • Hellhound's Sacrifice by E.C. Land

    Hellhound's Sacrifice by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’ll sacrifice everything for her if it means she’s mine.HellhoundSeeing her in that hospital bed, I told myself I am done waiting. She’s mine, but I’ve got to take it easy when it comes to Isabelle. I see what others don’t. Well, besides her best friends. She hides it from the world with her shyness, and I intend to light that fire I’m sure is still there.Isabelle can fight me, but I know her...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  biker
  • Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole

    Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tor Jude and I managed to salvage something beautiful from the war torn rubble of our lives, a blissful happiness that we paid for in blood. We fought our way here, leaving pieces of ourselves along the way. I thought this was the happily ever after in our twisted fairy tale, but I was wrong. Jude I may be free by definition...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Ruined With You by J. Kenner

    Ruined With You by J. Kenner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When her high maintenance boss is assaulted, manager Xena Morgan contacts the only person who can help—the sexy, arrogant, incredibly capable Stark Security agent Liam Foster. The former vigilante takes every case personally, and he's determined to find answers—particularly since he thought he'd cleared this threat already...
  • Mac by Jane Henry

    Mac by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bryn Aitkens is the daughter of my enemy.And my enemies must pay.Vengeance for the wrong done my family has driven me.Consumed me.And collateral damage means nothing.So I’ll charm the innocent girl.Seduce her.Win her over, heart and body.Ruin her for anyone but me.And then strike the Aitkens family when they least suspect it.For no enemy of the Cowen Clan goes unpunished…Including her...
  • Sinful: Prequel by Katherine Hawthorne

    Sinful: Prequel by Katherine Hawthorne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Xander was a dream that would never be. One catastrophic night left me orphaned at the age of seventeen. Hunted by a murderer, Xander saved me from the pits of hell, braving a fire that would have ended my life. Hiding me from a killer, he became my protector, my best friend, but never anything more. Sin was a nightmare waiting to happen...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  steamy  crime  dark  female-mc  romance  mystery  fiction
  • Unpredictable Risk by Anna Blakely

    Unpredictable Risk by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    FOR YEARS, HE’S KEPT HIMSELF CLOSELY GUARDEDFormer SEAL Grant Hill believes love brings nothing but pain. Having suffered more loss than any one person ever should, the gruff R.I.S.C. operative has mastered the art of avoidance…especially when it comes to women.But with his newest bodyguard assignment, Grant’s unwavering determination is put to the ultimate test...
  • Oath of Obedience by Jane Henry

    Oath of Obedience by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Marriage to a stranger is only the beginning.She'll have my baby, too.Many things have changed while I've been in prison.The Family has been decimated.Our enemies have gotten bolder.My brother has taken the reins as the new Boss.But one thing hasn’t changed: my loyalty.So when I’m released from prison only to be shackled to the daughter of our organization’s biggest traitor, I agree...
  • Huck by Jessica Gadziala

    Huck by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    HUCKWho would have thought that setting up a chapter would be such a hassle?I was no stranger to the life of crime, But chopping cars and running guns were leagues apart.Especially when there were other bad guys in the area that didn’t take too kindly to our arrival on the scene...
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    crime  dark  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  biker
  • Secrets We Keep by L. Wilder

    Secrets We Keep by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best Seller L. Wilder brings you a new standalone MC packed with angst, explosive action, and chemistry that will have you begging for more. Rafe: In my world, there are secrets at every turn. It's just the way it is in the MC. Club business is club business. Period. Marlowe Davenport, the club's new bartender, had secrets of her own...
  • SEAL Salvation by Elle James

    SEAL Salvation by Elle James

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All he wants is to be left aloneJake Cogburn lost his leg, his career, his brotherhood and his will to live when he stepped on that IED in Afghanistan. Back in his home state of Colorado, he’s determined to bury himself as deeply as he can in a bottle of Jack Daniels until the pain in his leg and his heart is so numb he can no longer feel...
  • No Way Out by Amy McKinley

    No Way Out by Amy McKinley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An action-packed mafia romance about secrets, arranged marriage, and redemption by USA Today Bestselling author Amy McKinley.Max’s endgame is clear—take back what’s rightfully his and punish those who have wronged him.Under the guise of assassin Matteo Trambino, Max infiltrates a vital arm of the Chicago Mafia to protect his Sicilian mentor’s granddaughter, Liliana, from her dangerous father...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  female-mc  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book
  • His Cherished Love by Anya Summers

    His Cherished Love by Anya Summers

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rayna Thompson’s entire life is a lie. She avoids relationships as if they were the plague – mainly because the people who get close to her wind up dead. And yet her newest next door neighbor, the sexy, stoic Jack Stone, is making her want to break all her rules...
  • Bravo Tango Cowboy by Em Petrova

    Bravo Tango Cowboy by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Opposites don’t only attract—they combust… Retired pilot Mike Modeen is happy to be part of the WEST Protection security team. Usually, anyway. But his current mission has him grounded—and working with a snarky and very sexy woman who happens to be his boss’s little sister. She’s totally off limits. And knowing that doesn’t make it any easier to keep his mind—or his hands—off her...
  • The Road to Solace by Samantha A. Cole

    The Road to Solace by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Adam Westfield is an ex-friar just released from prison. Unsure of his destiny, he roams America, hoping to find a purpose . . . and forgiveness. A widowed mother of two, Sage Hammond is struggling to keep her horse ranch afloat. Unable to find a ranch hand willing to work for meager wages, she’s close to giving up. Then, an answer to her prayers appears—a quiet, handsome stranger...
  • Shadows of the Mountain by Bev Pettersen

    Shadows of the Mountain by Bev Pettersen

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A secret conspiracy. A remote mountain. A race to save the President's daughter. Kate Miller has worked hard to carve out a secure job at the Mustang River Ranch. The horrors she faced leading a mountain rescue attempt are firmly buried and she's content guiding sedate trail rides and instructing children in basic survival skills...
  • Justice for Miranda  (Police and Fire: Operation Alpha) by Reina Torres, Operation Alpha

    Justice for Miranda (Police and Fire: Operation Alpha) by Reina Torres, Operation Alpha

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Texas Game Wardens don’t just protect the natural resources of the Lone Star State, they protect the people as well. Trace Carson considers every warden as more than just fellow officers, they’re family.
 Especially, Miranda Jimenez. She’d gone through the academy when he was on staff, and he was her first in-field training officer...
  • Iron Will by B.J. Daniels

    Iron Will by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Are a dead woman’s secretsenough to kill for…? Hank Savage has always believed his old girlfriend was murdered. Now he’s come home to Cardwell Ranch and, with the help of PI Frankie Brewster, is determined to find the killer. Trying to keep their feelings at bay, Hank and Frankie quickly learn that every lead reveals a life steeped in secrets—and danger...
  • Lost in Bliss by Sophie Oak

    Lost in Bliss by Sophie Oak

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    [Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Cowboy Menage a Trois Romance, M/F/M] Laura Niles left her past behind. She fled Washington, DC, with her career in ruins and her love life decimated. In her desperate flight, she found a home in Bliss, Colorado. For five years, Rafe Kincaid and Cameron Briggs have searched for the only woman they've ever loved...
  • Come / Come Back by J.A. Huss

    Come / Come Back by J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ***THIS IS A TWO-BOOK BUNDLE*** COME – Dirty, Dark, and Deadly Book One THIS IS BOOK ONE OF A SERIES. THIS IS A NOVELLA. YOU WILL GET MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS IN THIS BOOK. IF YOU HATE THAT - SKIP THIS WHOLE SERIES COMPLETELY. (It's twisty, complicated, dark, dirty, and ALL the main characters are killers.) My name is James Fenici and you will never see me coming...
  • Trouble In Dixie by Becky McGraw

    Trouble In Dixie by Becky McGraw

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Professional rodeo team roper, Katie Upton, is tired of being called the "Mild Child" in relation to her less inhibited twin sister. She's spent a lifetime cleaning up her sister's messes, the last of which landed her working for the handsome, but standoffish, owner of the Rockin' D ranch in Amarillo...
  • Point Blank Range by Em Petrova

    Point Blank Range by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If hate is a game, this special ops man and ATF agent are out for blood. Or maybe they’re just fighting to see who will be on TOP. Special Ops Sergeant Lincoln Reed, aka Linc, doesn’t want to talk about how small, dark places make him want to blow shit up. He wants to forget about that time of his life and get back to his team...
  • Pressure by Ivy Nelson

    Pressure by Ivy Nelson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Someone is breaking through the cyber security system tech billionaire, Lance Moss built from the ground up and he's running out of time to plug the holes before Club Solitaire is forced to close and someone gets hurt.Reluctantly, he allows his fellow board member and friend, Eli, to bring in an outsider to help. He's not expecting to see his ex-girlfriend turned enemy walk through the door...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  classics
  • Tate by Jane Henry

    Tate by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There’s a spy in my Clan…She’s threatening to put my entire family in danger.When I find the lass, I will break her.Punish her.Make her rue the day she endangered the Cowen Clan.But when one lie unearths another,And our enemies are at our heels...Our spy may be our only chance of survival...
  • A Second Chance at Forever by Alexis Winter

    A Second Chance at Forever by Alexis Winter

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The last time I saw Landon Nash, he was leaving town with a target on his back and my heart in his hands.Fifteen years later, fate brought him back into town and stupidity brought him back into my bed.It’s hard not to admit that life is passing me by.It seems like all of my friends boarded the happily ever after train and somehow, I was left twiddling my thumbs when it left the station...
  • Fate Hates by Tina Saxon

    Fate Hates by Tina Saxon

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Of all the times to crave a man's touch, now is not it.Between being handcuffed to a bed post for trespassing, and the stare down from the sexy-as-sin bodyguard sent in to find answers, I'm certain my body must be confusing fear with lust.I was on a mission to find my mother's killer, not a man, but my body seems to think now is a good time to pursue its search for Mr. Right.He's not Mr. Right...
  • Texas Tall by Janet Dailey

    Texas Tall by Janet Dailey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She can’t forget him. The born rancher who stole her heart, her ex-husband, the tough, tender father of her child . . . Tori Tyler can’t let Will Tyler go to prison for a crime that was a simple accident. But she can’t deny that her feelings for the man run much deeper than loyalty, and her desire for his strong, sure embrace has never died...
  • Montana Ranger by Elle James

    Montana Ranger by Elle James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A former Army Ranger’s first civilian assignment is to protect a spunky physical therapist from an unknown threat at a rehab ranch for disabled veterans Forced into medical retirement, Army Ranger Alex “Taz” Davila takes a job in the wilds of Montana with the Brotherhood Protectors. First assignment: undercover protection of a pretty physical therapist on a veteran's rehab ranch...
  • Submitting to the Sheriff by B.J. Wane

    Submitting to the Sheriff by B.J. Wane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After overhearing two crooked Chicago cops plotting against her, Avery Pierce goes on the run, not knowing who she can trust. When her low finances force her to take a job as a sex phone operator, she struggles, so when a caller senses her desperation and inexperience and offers assistance, she’s tempted to agree...
  • Breaking Silence by Elle James

    Breaking Silence by Elle James

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rucker Sloan thinks all he’s good for is a fighting, killing machine. Long-term relationships are out of the question. Until he meets a nurse who’d risk her life for someone she doesn’t know…After her mother died of a broken heart, nurse Nora Michaels joined the Army to do something to help others and to escape her sad memories...
  • The Bratva's Locked Up Love by Jagger Cole

    The Bratva's Locked Up Love by Jagger Cole

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I'm locked behind bars with a beautiful monster.I might be one of the youngest surgeons in the country. But as the in-house doctor in the hellish top-secret prison my father runs, I'm like a trapped dove in a cage with bars that are all too real.That is, until prisoner 5049 ends up on my operating table...
  • Pure Bliss by Sophie Oak

    Pure Bliss by Sophie Oak

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Bliss, Colorado, gave Hope McLean a second chance at life, but she's hiding a dark secret. Raised as brothers, James Glen and Noah Bennett always dreamed of finding a woman to share their lives on the Circle G ranch. James would run the ranch, while Noah served the town of Bliss as the resident vet...
  • Hunted and Claimed by Delta James

    Hunted and Claimed by Delta James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She thought she could run from her mate. Then he lassoed her.Riley decided years ago that she would be better off on her own, but when the alpha of the local pack finds out there's a lone wolf causing trouble on his turf he takes matters into his own hands.As far as Cameron Nichols is concerned, Riley will be joining his pack whether she likes it or not...
  • Far Reaching Consequences by Anya Summers

    Far Reaching Consequences by Anya Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Phoebe needs a second chance at life. In the aftermath of the devastation from her failed marriage, Phoebe returns to her old stomping grounds to open her own bed and breakfast. Starting over is the bravest thing she’s ever done – or so she thinks. But opening her front door to find a blast from her past on her front porch changes all that...
  • Tillie's Little Thanksgiving by R.J. Gray

    Tillie's Little Thanksgiving by R.J. Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the run after a late-night rescue mission takes a terrible, violent turn, Tillie finds herself in the last place she’d ever expected - Rawhide Ranch, the exclusive BDSM resort where her best friend lives. Even more surprising for Tillie is the way Trey, head of security for the ranch, immediately takes her under his wing. And over his knee...
  • A Vivacious Little Valentine by Meredith O' Reilly

    A Vivacious Little Valentine by Meredith O' Reilly

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Always on the outside looking in.At least, that's how Quinn Barkley feels, living and working at Rawhide Ranch, surrounded by men and women who have found their perfect match.Then Ryder Moore shows up, and for the first time in years, Quinn finds herself believing she can have everything she's ever dreamed of. The sweet, loving Daddy her heart needs..
  • Dangerous Notes by Alta Hensley, Livia Grant

    Dangerous Notes by Alta Hensley, Livia Grant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She thinks she can win against me… she’s wrong. I am the best art thief in the business. I will not tolerate anyone encroaching on my territory… and that includes Valentina Key.She may be beautiful, intelligent and talented, but in our underworld of crime, I am king. She is about to learn I am willing to do anything to win.And that includes seducing her into submission. Dangerous. Territorial...
  • Wrath by Gwyn McNamee

    Wrath by Gwyn McNamee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All I see is red.Blood.Pain.Rage.It consumes me.The moment he took her, wrath invaded my soul.I only have one purpose. End him and take back what’s mine. Love isn’t always clean, and wrath is the deadliest sin...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  female-mc  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Diesel by Em Petrova

    Diesel by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A woman in peril. A man willing to ride through the flames for her.Bad ass member of the Dark Falcons Motorcycle Club, Diesel, doesn’t think anything could be worse than the sweet and caring angel who tumbled into his life walking out on him—but he’s wrong. Learning she’s embroiled in a dark and criminal game and needs his help threatens to send him over the edge...
  • South by Vanessa Vale

    South by Vanessa Vale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The second book in the exciting Billionaire Ranch series!When South least expects it, love points him in the right direction.To Maisey. She's new to the small town. A beautiful mystery.Except South quickly learns she's living a lie, the one thing he can't abide...
  • RNWMP: Bride for Marshall by Cassie Hayes

    RNWMP: Bride for Marshall by Cassie Hayes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love is the light at the end of the tunnel. As the ‘old maid’ of the Hennessy family, Colleen can deal with her mother pressuring her to become a nun. What she can’t handle is the idea she might never find a husband who will appreciate her exuberant nature and zest for life...
  • Daddy's Golden Rules by Maddie Taylor

    Daddy's Golden Rules by Maddie Taylor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sheriff Sam Golden has three rules for his submissive, No cursin', no sassin', and always obey Daddy. Krista Evans knows exactly how cruel life can be. When she was twelve, she lost her dad to war. Then her mother disappeared into the bottom of a bottle. Her heart has been broken, her money stolen, and she's had more than one run-in with the law. What the girl needs is a break...
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