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  • You're My Little Secret by Chenell Parker, Latarsha Banks

    You're My Little Secret by Chenell Parker, Latarsha Banks

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    At eighteen years old, Brooklyn Andrews is nothing more than a naive college student. Being the youngest of five and the only girl, she is sheltered from a lot of things that most girls her age experience, including boys. That is until she meets Dominic. Dominic Roberts is a young, handsome business man who owns a profitable trucking company, along with his older brother, David...
  • Hyde's Absolution by Nina Levine

    Hyde's Absolution by Nina Levine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Possessive biker alert Monroe Lee is a handful. She fights me, challenges me and tries to resist me. Where I’m jagged, she’s smooth. Where I’m dark, she’s pure. Where I’m broken, she’s whole. I am not a good man. I’ve hurt everyone I’ve ever loved. I should walk away before I ruin her too. But fuck, we are fire together. And I’ve been out in the cold too long...
  • With This Woman by Jodi Ellen Malpas

    With This Woman by Jodi Ellen Malpas

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Their whirlwind romance was intense, passionate, and fiery, but Jesse knew the woman he was falling for didn’t know who he really was. He tried to protect her from his past, protect himself from her leaving, but his fears were realized when Ava discovered his Manor—the heartbeat of hedonism and pleasure, the place where Jesse has lost himself for years in women and alcohol...
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    steamy  drama  family  age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  romance  contemporary
  • The Diary of Bink Cummings: Vol 3 by Bink Cummings

    The Diary of Bink Cummings: Vol 3 by Bink Cummings

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Tests, life is full of them. The world is constantly putting you through them to see how much you can take before you break. Before you are no longer who you are. Before your world dissolves around you. How long you can stay strong and overcome the obstacles. It's no secret that Big and I butt heads. It's no secret that I not only dislike my mother, I hate her because she hates me...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  drama  family
  • Unbreakable by Tynessa

    Unbreakable by Tynessa

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Shaniqua and her on again/off again boyfriend Ronny have one hell of a relationship. Ronny is every woman dream. He’s charming, his money is long and he has the prettiest set of green eyes that the ladies just love. Shaniqua is not only his stripper girlfriend of 4 years but she is also the mother of his only child and the love of his life...
  • The Secret by Giana Darling

    The Secret by Giana Darling

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Is it possible to keep a life-changing secret from your family and friends when it is burning you alive from the inside out? One week. It didn’t seem possible that a person could change in one week yet after only seven days spent with the mysterious Frenchman in Los Cabos, Mexico, Giselle was moving to New York City a changed woman...
  • Domination by C.D. Reiss

    Domination by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I want to just clarify a couple of things.Submission is not abdication. Submission is not resignation. It’s not weak or fragile. It doesn’t mean I break at the first sign of trouble.Well, I broke for a few weeks. When I realized I was falling in love with Jonathan and that I’d never be the same if I allowed it to continue, I broke into a million sharp little pieces...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  dark  drama  steamy  adult  audiobook
  • The Girl of His Dreams  (Bachelor) by Janet Nissenson

    The Girl of His Dreams (Bachelor) by Janet Nissenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He was convinced he’d be a bachelor for life. And then he met the girl of his dreams.Jordan Reeves has fully embraced the carefree, uncomplicated bachelor life, figuring that the poor example he’d been provided by his parents of so-called marital bliss was reason enough to remain single...
  • Exposed by Raven St. Pierre

    Exposed by Raven St. Pierre

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B00KOIW1T6. Walking away seemed like her only option. Letting go was the one thing he couldn’t do. Sam and AJ have spent the last five years trying to get over their painful breakup. Both have moved on, but neither has fully healed from the wounds of the past...
  • Fortitude by D.H. Sidebottom

    Fortitude by D.H. Sidebottom

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes, love is just that little bit too unhealthy. It’s time to put demons to rest and say goodbye… once and for all. Mason My wife isn’t just fighting for her family anymore, or even for her beliefs and what she judges to be right concerning her family. She’s fighting to survive...
  • The Rage by Jaci J.

    The Rage by Jaci J.

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They say love comes in all shapes and sizes, and is found in the most unexpected places. I wasn't looking for anything when I knocked on that big, wooden door, but what I got was a rude ass, leather wearing biker who made me feel, and want things I never thought were possible. Rampage is crude, rude, and tough. He’s everything I’m not, but he’s everything I need...
  • F*CKER by Amo Jones

    F*CKER by Amo Jones

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ryker Oakley only cared about three things during school —fighting, his band, and getting laid. When he took it upon himself to ‘babysit’ Bryleigh Munroe, he didn’t expect her to be so much trouble, and he sure as shit wasn’t prepared for how fast she would grow on him. Fast-forward to eight years later, his band—Twisted Transistor—is the most successful rock group known to mankind...
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    alpha-mc  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  drama  steamy  abuse  book
  • The Collar of Freedom: The Collar Duet, Book 1 by Alexandra Iff

    The Collar of Freedom: The Collar Duet, Book 1 by Alexandra Iff

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B00KDJNAIW. Amelia Jones knows the truth; she lives and breathes it every day. The endless monotony of a loveless marriage, and years of domestic slavery stretch before her in minutes and hours that are destined to end in a mental breakdown. Then Alexander Reeves walks through the door...
  • No Regrets by Sienna Mynx

    No Regrets by Sienna Mynx

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Daisy Johnson Keane has a lot to be thankful for. However, happiness has always come at a price. In the past Daisy chose to gamble with love for what she believed her heart desired. It proved to be a costly mistake. But Daisy has changed and so has the man she now calls husband. Aiden Keane, a powerful casino mogul and master manipulator who has been tamed by love...
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    alpha-mc  anti-hero  drama  family  love-triangle  steamy  adult  book
  • Wrapped in Armor by M.J. Fields

    Wrapped in Armor by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My Dearest Brody, I have had a difficult day. I hurt thinking of what may have happened to you. I hurt knowing that wherever you are you are unable to get back to us. I hurt knowing that I have failed in finding you. I hurt so much missing you. I hurt knowing that I am either crazy believing that you are out there somewhere and I hurt thinking you are not..
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  steamy  adult  book
  • Acquisition: The Complete Series by Celia Aaron

    Acquisition: The Complete Series by Celia Aaron

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    99 cents for a LIMITED TIME. This set will NEVER be priced this low again. Darkness lurks in the heart of the Louisiana elite, and only one will be able to rule them as Sovereign. Sinclair Vinemont will compete for the title, and has acquired Stella Rousseau for that very purpose. Breaking her is part of the game. Loving her is the most dangerous play of all...
  • Forgotten Sweethearts: A Romance Novel by Melissa Bender

    Forgotten Sweethearts: A Romance Novel by Melissa Bender

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Find out what happens after "Happily Ever After" in this amazing novel at $0.99 til November 8! “Things change and I finally realised that trying to fix us was nothing but a mistake.” He was never there for her, and she doubted him. And it is already taking its toll on their marriage. When the only solution is to divorce, they decided to try one last time again...
  • The Longing by Piper Davenport

    The Longing by Piper Davenport

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    18+ for language and sexual situations... She wants only him...For as long as she can remember, Poppy has loved only one man. Devon Wallace has been her knight in shining leather ever since he rescued her from a date gone wrong. She can't envision a future without him, but she's convinced he still thinks of her as the pesky twelve-year-old who used to follow him around.He can have anyone but her.
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  cheating  domestic-drama  steamy  adult  biker  book
  • Dancing With Sin: A forbidden love story by Alexandria Lee

    Dancing With Sin: A forbidden love story by Alexandria Lee

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alice Monroe is a good person who is about to do a very bad thing.A professional dancer at twenty-four, Alice had worked tirelessly for years to achieve perfection in all areas of her life. She had the perfect boyfriend, the perfect dream job in her pocket, and the unfortunate, naïve belief that perfection was built to last...
  • The Question by Zena Wynn

    The Question by Zena Wynn

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What would you do for a friend? What sacrifice would you willingly make? This is the issue facing Gail Henderson when her best friend, Crystal Al Jabbar, asks her to be a surrogate for her and her husband Rashid, using Gail's own egg. Complicating the decision is Gail's recent loss of her husband and toddler son in a fatal car accident, two years earlier...
  • Taming Blade by Nicola Jane

    Taming Blade by Nicola Jane

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    BladeI've never been a one-woman man! I’m not good at it. All my brothers in the MC are settling down and I’m not even looking for a woman of my own.Tillie comes into my life by chance. I call into her sweet shop every other day to get my liquorice fix, but it’s complete coincidence that the woman I’ve been flirting with for weeks turns out to be an enemy’s daughter...
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    alpha-mc  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  drama  family  steamy  adult
  • The Denim Dom by Tymber Dalton

    The Denim Dom by Tymber Dalton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Who needs leather when you can have denim? A denim Dom, that is. Shayla Pierce dumped her lying ex and moved to Florida to start a job at a magazine. An assignment to write about BDSM leads her to discover a new world and make a slew of new friends, including the sinfully sexy Tony Daniels. She’s just not sure she can ever trust again...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  drama  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Consume by Jessica Prince

    Consume by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Killian Everett is condescending, egotistical, and a complete jerk. When I started as the new assistant for the famous rock band Civil Corruption, I thought I’d hit the career jackpot... but I was wrong. With his attitude, bad behavior, and stupid good looks, Killian has made my life a living hell since my very first day. We may fight constantly, but that doesn’t make me want him any less...
  • Trashy Foreplay by Gemma James

    Trashy Foreplay by Gemma James

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Never flirt with temptation. Never lust after what I can’t have. And never, under any circumstances, screw a married man again. By the time this story is told, I’ll have failed at all three… With my heart and reputation in ruins, I can’t afford to make another mistake...
  • Crash & Burn by Jaci J.

    Crash & Burn by Jaci J.

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It's a constant battle between us now. I give, and he just takes, and we can't go on like this. Saying that we've been through a lot is an understatement of a lifetime. After everything that we had overcome, we were here, together and alive...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  cheating  domestic-drama  drama  steamy  abuse  adult
  • Chasing Us: A Second Chance Love Triangle by Kat T. Masen

    Chasing Us: A Second Chance Love Triangle by Kat T. Masen

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I was never supposed to fall in love with a married man. My best friend’s brother. I’d made too many mistakes in my past. Like last night—when I married Lex Edwards impulsively. In a bid to finally find their happily ever after, Lex and Charlie find themselves on a journey of learning how to love again. They began a new future to move forward from a broken past, finally together at last...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  drama  family
  • Bound to You: Volume 4 by Vanessa Booke

    Bound to You: Volume 4 by Vanessa Booke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I, Rebecca Gellar, am doing the unthinkable. I'm marrying a man who hits every category on my Run-Like-Hell list... 1. Arrogant. 2. Dangerously Handsome. 3. Brooding. 4. Domineering. 5. Possessive. 6. Playboy. The funny thing is I couldn't be happier...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  drama  family  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Underestimated Box Set by Jettie Woodruff

    Underestimated Box Set by Jettie Woodruff

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Underestimated Morgan starts her life in a bad situation, she doesn't really know what she wants out of life. She's never had anyone to look up to or help guide her in the right direction. She had it rough and never dreamed that it could get worse. However, she finds that it can and it does...
  • You're Mine Tonight by Lucia Franco

    You're Mine Tonight by Lucia Franco

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m a lover and a player, a Hollywood socialite with a reputation I strive to live up to. But when I meet Brody, my soul ignites with an ombré of colors. The tortured artist is a dangerous addiction, and the perfect companion to my party girl ways.Then I meet River at an audition to play his co-star. He’s a slow burn that soothes my reckless heart...
  • Kin Series Complete Set by Jennifer Foor

    Kin Series Complete Set by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Full Kin Series including an exclusive Novella, Renew Me. Following this family of cousins while they struggle through life and each find love...
  • Upper Hand by Amelia Wilde

    Upper Hand by Amelia Wilde

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gabriel Hill has everything he ever wanted… a position in the powerful consortium. These wealthy men own half of New York City. And they murdered his parents. He can finally exact revenge.Except he has to leave behind Elise Bettencourt.It was inevitable, really. Gabriel will lose everyone getting vengeance. There’s only room for one person on this suicide mission...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  dark  steamy  adult  billionaire
  • The Dark Angel Series Box Set by Kat T. Masen

    The Dark Angel Series Box Set by Kat T. Masen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Complete box set of the Dark Angel series (4 books) Into the darkness – Book 1 What began as an affair seven years earlier has since become a tragic love story, a tale of two souls fighting to be together with only their love to guide them. But as people make mistakes, they find themselves once again reliving the past, asking the questions that have remained unanswered. Until now...
  • Lithium Tides: A Lithium Springs Novel by Carmel Rhodes

    Lithium Tides: A Lithium Springs Novel by Carmel Rhodes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Whose bed is this? That was Kensie’s first thought as she peeled her eyes open to find herself in an unfamiliar room. She noted the crumpled red dress, tiny black thong, and Louboutin heels in the corner. Whose arms are these? That was her second thought as the tattooed arms engulfing her tightened their grip. Her phone buzzed on the nightstand...
  • Serenity by Dyan Layne

    Serenity by Dyan Layne

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Once upon a time a young girl dreamed of a handsome prince who would rescue her from her grandmother’s prison and make all her dreams come true.But then Linnea grew up, left her past and that godforsaken town behind...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  family  steamy  abuse
  • Secret Love by Isabella White, Regina Wamba

    Secret Love by Isabella White, Regina Wamba

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Guarding a secret and playing with fire has never been a good combination. Four years ago, Holly Scallenger embarked on the most difficult journey of her life. As if being a single parent isn't already stressful enough, Holly also attended med-school, in hopes of heping other pregnant women in a way she wasn't helped...
  • Twisted Locke by Victoria Ashley, Jenika Snow

    Twisted Locke by Victoria Ashley, Jenika Snow

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ACE LOCKE Damaged. Savage. Twisted. Those three words describe us Locke brothers to the motherfucking T. We were wronged by the ones who were supposed to protect us. The ones who were supposed to love us … to show us how to love. It doesn’t matter though. ‘Cause we taught ourselves how to love in the best way we know how...
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    alpha-mc  anti-hero  dark  family  steamy  adult  audiobook  book
  • Wild Irish: One Wild Finn by R.G. Alexander

    Wild Irish: One Wild Finn by R.G. Alexander

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author R.G. Alexander, Book 9 in the Finn Factor Series It all started with a dare. And a wedding. Liquor was involved… William Finn and Bronte Wayne have nothing in common—unless you count their families, which seem more entwined every day. Oh, and that pesky little issue of them being married. Bronte is the responsible sister...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  drama  family  steamy  adult  book
  • Chance by G. Bailey

    Chance by G. Bailey

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Kings are dangerous, that's what everyone says, but how can Maisy run from a second chance with the man she has always loved? 

I've been called a lot of names. Heartbreaker, broken, dirty fighter, and yet the one I'd never thought I'd be called, is the only name I care about now, father.
Sebastian King has only ever loved one girl, but he lost her once, and he won't be doing it again...
  • The Beats in Rift by Ker Dukey

    The Beats in Rift by Ker Dukey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I was invisible, until they saw me. When circumstance forced me and the Jacob twins to spend two weeks of the summer together, the bond we formed would impact us all, altering our lives. Fate, entwining us forever. They became my best friends, my family, my first love...
  • Author Anonymous by E.K. Blair

    Author Anonymous by E.K. Blair

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    *An intoxicatingly risqué stand-alone book. She’s an author. She’s a mother. She’s a wife. She’s a fraud, a woman marked and bound by her own deceit. Experience the astounding tale of how Anonymous battled through a year of scandals and betrayals, how her world fell from its axis with a single choice, and how she lost herself between reality and fantasy...
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    age-gap  alpha-mc  angst  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  drama  family
  • Replace Me by Jennifer Foor

    Replace Me by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Replace Me is book 2 in the ongoing KIN series. To get the best enjoyment, and be able to follow the storyline and characters, please read book 1, Repair Me, prior to reading this book. Lacey Travis has wanted Shayne Hutchinson since she was 15, when they first met at the beach and she was just a blip on his radar. As adults, they finally begin dating...
  • Punished into Submission by Holly Carter

    Punished into Submission by Holly Carter

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Growing up with a drug dealer and a whore was never easy. I saw things that a child should never see. I felt things as a teenager that one should never feel and there are things that I heard that one should never hear. I was grateful when Sailor saved my life.”Kat was determined to get away and become someone else after her tragic childhood. Become someone people would fear. Become invincible...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  steamy  adult  book  fiction  romance
  • Young Enough by Charmaine Pauls

    Young Enough by Charmaine Pauls

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    AN OLDER WOMAN YOUNGER MAN ROMANCEI thought I’d lost everything. My life was in tatters when a man half my age broke into my property and invaded my future. Our love is forbidden, but I’m single and he’s all the taboo I crave...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  drama  family  steamy
  • How to Fall in Love by Bella Jewel

    How to Fall in Love by Bella Jewel

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling author comes FOUR scorching standalone novels in one! FLAWED HEART I met him in college, and I fell in love. It was a beautiful love, pure and perfect. Max quickly became everything I could have ever wanted. He was the jock, the popular guy, and I was just Belle. But he made me so much more. He gave me everything I could have ever wanted in life...
  • Her Master's Kiss 4 by Vivien Sparx

    Her Master's Kiss 4 by Vivien Sparx

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "In ‘Her Master’s Kiss 4’ Vivien Sparx manages to take her reader on a living breathing journey while riding a plethora of emotions. I am completely in awe of the magnificent way in which she depicts this steamy, tumultuous and downright heartbreaking story to perfection...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  drama  steamy  adult  book  fiction  romance
  • Living A Beautiful War by Debra Kayn

    Living A Beautiful War by Debra Kayn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wild women, good times, and easy rides allow Ink to hide the emotional ties he has with Lilly, the daughter of the president of Bantorus Motorcycle Club. With two warnings to stay away from Lilly on his record, his addiction swings wildly out of control and he can no longer bury the past. Either he's going to lose his club or Lilly will break up her family, and that will destroy them both...
  • Lone Wolf by Mia Madison

    Lone Wolf by Mia Madison

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “That a**, those t**s, you throwin’ me attitude. That I do like. All of it.” Reid “Wolf” Calhoun is the president of Firestorm MC. I’ve spent years avoiding him and the heartache he’s sure to bring. But now I’m back home, and the fire that burns between us is too strong to deny. I just hope I can survive the flames...
  • Wicked Prince by Fawn Bailey

    Wicked Prince by Fawn Bailey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 2 of The Dazzling Court...
  • Her Master's Kiss 3 by Vivien Sparx

    Her Master's Kiss 3 by Vivien Sparx

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    RENEE AND STEFAN ARE BACK - AND THE STAKES COULDN'T BE HIGHER. "He wanted her. He needed her. But could he ever truly love her...?" When Stefan and Renee find themselves in a deepening relationship, the fragile bonds of trust so carefully developed are suddenly broken when a careless mistake is made...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  drama  steamy  adult  book  fiction  romance
  • Using the Biker by Sam Crescent

    Using the Biker by Sam Crescent

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After finally getting a divorce from her cheating ex, Jo is not ready to start a relationship, so when her best friend introduces her to the president of the MC club in town, she’s not interested in anything serious. But there’s no denying the attraction she feels toward him. Doc uses women. He has no reason to have them in his life other than to fuck them...
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