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  • The Reality of Everything by Rebecca Yarros

    The Reality of Everything by Rebecca Yarros

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Two years after the man she loved was killed in Afghanistan, Morgan Bartley is trying to put the pieces of her life back together. The reno on her dilapidated beach house in the Outer Banks might be just the distraction she needs to keep her debilitating anxiety attacks at bay and begin to heal her heart...if she can ignore the ridiculously handsome guy next door...
  • Gavin's Song by Jamie Begley

    Gavin's Song by Jamie Begley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Have you ever wondered what happens to two souls destined for each other before they even meet?Well, this is it…Gavin had believed himself untouchable. There wasn’t an inch of his body that hadn’t been taught to eliminate any threat, both to himself and others, as a Navy SEAL...
  • Mess Me Up by Lani Lynn Vale

    Mess Me Up by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Rome Pierce moved to Bear Bottom, Texas, it was his intention to lay low. To not be seen. To find a way to heal his body and soul—as well as his son’s. Nobody would know by looking at him that he used to play professional football. Not with the Bear Bottom MC cut covering his back, and definitely not with his friendly smile completely obliterated...
  • Dangerous Encounter by Riley Edwards

    Dangerous Encounter by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Everything was a lie, fake, a façade of beauty to cover the ugly truth.Sloane Ellis has a secret—actually, she has many. Working in a sex club wasn't part of her life plan, yet neither was her best friend vanishing without a trace. The club and her missing friend go hand and hand. One secret leads to another until the lies pile up...
  • Loverboy by Lauren Gilley

    Loverboy by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Lean Dogs MC has long been a haven for the outlaws, the rebels, the ill-adjusted, and the outright monsters of Knoxville, Tennessee. They are a dark, dangerous brand of misfit, etched with ink, splattered with blood, and vilified by the town they call home. The only laws they follow are the ones set down in the club charter by their leather-clad forefathers...
  • Always You by Belle Brooks, Karen Harper

    Always You by Belle Brooks, Karen Harper

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I will breathe for you.” Some people’s bodies are built to run marathons. Others to lift and labour. And some are made so graceful their footsteps are barely heard. My body was built to be a vessel. It was Always You. Maybelline Connors knows stars are not always as faultless as they appear...
  • Interlude: First Noel by Tal Bauer

    Interlude: First Noel by Tal Bauer

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Before Ethan returns to DC… Before he becomes Jack’s first gentleman… Jack and Ethan share their first Christmas together. Step back to Jack and Ethan’s first Christmas season and the tentative early months of their relationship under the world’s spotlight...
  • Infinite by Corinne Michaels

    Infinite by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Book 2 of 2 in Indefinite DuetI was right. I never should've fallen back in love with Quinn. I always knew we wouldn't make it. And to make matters worse, not only did I lose my soulmate--I lost myself as well. Everything was stripped away, leaving me bare and unable to breathe. No one told me it could hurt this much. I was unprepared for this level of agony from the horrible weight of grief...
  • The Hatter's Game, Part II by Cole McCade

    The Hatter's Game, Part II by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE Malcolm Khalaji is missing. And Seong-Jae Yoon is the only one who can find him. But to do so means walking paths he swore he would never tread again. Descending into the blackest hallways of a twisted and sadistic mind. Breaking down every wall he's ever built around himself, to try to predict what Sila will do next...
  • Scars & Silver Linings by Kelsey Kingsley

    Scars & Silver Linings by Kelsey Kingsley

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two little, pink lines should have been a good thing, but for Kendall Wright, it felt like the end of the world. Especially when her career as a successful romance novelist had only just begun to take off. But with the acceptance of her flaky boyfriend, and the help of a friendly bartender, she begins to see how those two little, pink lines could actually be a blessing...
  • His Lady by Leah Sharelle, Colleen Snibson

    His Lady by Leah Sharelle, Colleen Snibson

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A place without you, Lady, ain’t anywhere I want to be. I love you, Rainn. MANNIX Mannix Steel lives by one rule—loyalty always. It helped him through one hellish deployment where he lost an eye, friends died, and his twin lost his leg, and worst of all, when he lost his family. The Wounded Souls’ enforcer decided life is easier without letting his heart make the decisions...
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    angst  sad  action-adventure  adult  biker  book  contemporary  dark
  • Lola by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Lola by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lola is the eighth book in the Reed Security series and the conclusion to Ryan's book in the series For The Love Of A Good Woman. The books should be read in order. “Ladies, I’m going to demonstrate how you can take out someone that is coming at you from the front. Now, Derek is going to come at me.” I motioned him forward and I saw a glint of fear in his eyes...
  • Jump by Emilia Finn

    Jump by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was a smokejumper for the majority of my career.Flinging out of planes at 15,000 feet and hoping to land with my bones in tact and a plan to slay wildfire quickly, safely, and with my crew all in one piece.Ainsley was a regular firefighter.You know, the kind who lives in town, rides in a truck, and wields a hose to save houses and hotels.We were a match made in adrenaline junky heaven...
  • The Hard Truth About Sunshine by Sawyer Bennett

    The Hard Truth About Sunshine by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Sawyer Bennett has written her most gripping and poignant tale yet. Provocatively heart-breaking, audaciously irreverent and romantically fulfilling, The Hard Truth About Sunshine exposes just how very thin the line is between a full life and an empty existence. Despite having narrowly escaped death's clutches, Christopher Barlow is grateful for nothing...
  • Family: The Club Girl Diaries Book 5 by Addison Jane

    Family: The Club Girl Diaries Book 5 by Addison Jane

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Family came first—that’s what the Brothers by Blood MC believed in. They fell in love, they battled the odds, and they fought through the danger that threatened to tear them apart, but it wasn’t over yet. Their stories were just the beginning, and now they were determined to continue to build their families and the next generation of the MC...
  • Desired by Doom by Jamie Begley

    Desired by Doom by Jamie Begley

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    There wasn't anything Arden wouldn't do for her family, even if it meant having to brave The Last Riders in their own clubhouse. There, she found herself thrust out of her comfort zone and seeing things that she was too shy to watch on Pay-Per-View. She needed The Last Riders' help to save her younger brother, but who was going to be the one to save her from them? One thing was for certain..
  • Point of Contact by Melanie Hansen

    Point of Contact by Melanie Hansen

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Only love can heal an impossibly broken heart There’d forever been a thread running through Trevor Estes’s life—his son, Riley, strong and constant like a heartbeat. But when Riley is killed in combat, everything in Trevor’s life unravels into a mess he doesn’t know how to mourn.Then Jesse Byrne, Riley’s friend and platoon mate, arrives on Trevor’s doorstep with a box of Riley’s things...
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    angst  sad  slow-burn  action-adventure  adult  age-gap  book  children
  • Hearts Entwined by Ellie Masters

    Hearts Entwined by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes opposites do way more than attract …Noodles has it all. As keyboardist for Angel Fire, he’s been living the rockstar lifestyle since he was sixteen. Parties, groupies, plenty of free time to surf … everything is perfect. But lately, he’s been feeling out of sorts. Aimless. Bored...
  • Checkmate: This is Dangerous by Kennedy Fox

    Checkmate: This is Dangerous by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    **Book will release July 6, 2017!** Introducing book 1 in the Logan & Kayla saga of the Checkmate series from a secret duo of romance authors who teamed up under the USA Today Bestselling pseudonym, Kennedy Fox!  This second-chance romance will have you gasping and cheering this two on from the first to the last page! Are you ready to play the final game?*** Logan Knight is a real life...
  • Keeping Secrets by Weston Parker

    Keeping Secrets by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s no secret that me and love don’t mix. Not after it schemed to rip my heart out and leave me a single father.The biggest question I have is what to do with forever now that my wife is gone.As much as I hate it, it’s time for a break from my famous life.A year off to spend time with my little girl is what the doctor ordered.Giggles, smiles, and tons of ice cream for the two of us...
  • First by Kimberly Stedronsky Adams

    First by Kimberly Stedronsky Adams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was 1990, and we were tying yellow ribbons around old oak trees. And we were waiting. The time I’d spent with Grant Butler was stolen. Each moment between us only fueled our need for each other. He was older, and forbidden by my parents. And then he was gone. Grant wrote to me from Saudi Arabia, and in his very first letter, he asked me to marry him...
  • Romeo by Sybil Bartel

    Romeo by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Pilot.Handler.Marine.My first memory was in the cockpit of a plane. My second was of a uniform. All I’d ever wanted was to be a pilot. The Marines gave me wings and I gave them my all.Half a dozen deployments, countless flight hours—I knew the controls in the cockpit better than I knew my own name. I never made mistakes. But war didn’t care how good you were...
  • Boomer by Marie James

    Boomer by Marie James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Secrets are poison. They eat away at you from the inside. I doubt there’s a single person in the club that would have a problem with who I am.Keeping my mouth shut is all about my own shame. Who I am isn’t acceptable. That’s what my Fundamentalist family raised me to believe, but even after leaving home, I couldn’t be myself...
    Categorized as:
    slow-burn  angst  romance  mlm  contemporary  abuse  military  suspense
  • The Best Gift by Eli Easton

    The Best Gift by Eli Easton

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    With help from a Christmas miracle, two bruised hearts find joy again.Greg Cabot is the third generation to run Cabot’s Christmas Wonderland and tree farm in rural Vermont. But this year will be his last. Since the death of his son, Sam, in Afghanistan, Greg no longer has the heart to run a business based on holiday cheer...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sad  slow-burn  action-adventure  adult  age-gap  amnesia  book
  • Nailed Down by Chelle Bliss, Eden Butler

    Nailed Down by Chelle Bliss, Eden Butler

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kit Carlyle isn’t just some woman. Beautiful? Yep. Seductive? Damn straight. She’s also my best friend…and my co-worker. But, hell, I’m a guy with a pulse. Every once in a while, I take a look and think filthy things about her that maybe I shouldn’t. But when her cousin dies and leaves her with a long as hell and sexy bucket list, Kit turns to me for a helping hand...
  • Alone with You by Aly Martinez

    Alone with You by Aly Martinez

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Pain trapped me in this house. Can love set me free?Death had been chasing me my entire life. I survived the horrors of war, but it was the aftermath that truly destroyed me.People called me a recluse, but the only time I didn’t feel like I was suffocating was inside that house.For my daughter, I kept some semblance of normalcy by implementing a rigid routine...
  • Great And Precious Things by Rebecca Yarros

    Great And Precious Things by Rebecca Yarros

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    How do you define yourself when others have already decided who you are? Six years ago, when Camden Daniels came back from war without his younger brother, no one in the small town of Alba, Colorado, would forgive him—especially his father. He left, swearing never to return.But a desperate message from his father brings it all back. The betrayal. The pain. And the need to go home again...
  • Jules: A Reed Security Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Jules: A Reed Security Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jules is the 12th book in the Reed Security Series. It is recommended that they are read in order. Julian swore he would always love her. He said he would never leave her. He's about to break that promise. If only she would listen. If only she would trust him. But how much crap can one man take? It's time to move on...
  • Rescuing Kenna by P.J. Fiala

    Rescuing Kenna by P.J. Fiala

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Enjoy this steamy small-town protector romance by USA Today bestselling author PJ Fiala. He’s a GHOST operative trying to keep the peace.She’s a process server determined to do her job.Together they are caught up in a war neither will back down from. When the job can only be handled by the team that doesn’t exist, you call GHOST...
  • On the Way to You by Kandi Steiner

    On the Way to You by Kandi Steiner

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Weightless, A Love Letter to Whiskey, and Revelry What makes you happy? That was the question Emery Reed asked me the day we met, and I couldn’t give him a single answer. I could have said my dog, or my books, or yoga — but I just stared. And then, I got in his car...
  • Healed by Twyla Turner

    Healed by Twyla Turner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lexi and Sloan have narrowly escaped one of their demons, only to face another. One that neither of them could've ever expected. Their issues continue to threaten their fragile relationship. Pulling them further apart and possibly pushing them into another's arms...
  • Savage Sacrifice by Kathleen Kelly

    Savage Sacrifice by Kathleen Kelly

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rockstar Princess Kat Saunders is enjoying her world tour with the band, RockPlay a little too much. Captured on camera kissing bad boy rocker, Will Van Ryken, her world is about to get turned upside down. When Dane Reynolds, President of Savage Angels MC tries to confront his wife, another kind of hell descends upon him...
  • Gabriel by Leah Sharelle

    Gabriel by Leah Sharelle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gabriel Booth knew how his life was going to go. First, he was going to follow in his father’s footsteps, become a soldier in the Australian Army, then lead his own commando team. His dreams and ambitions came true when he got handed the command of his own Tier 1 unit— Team FIVE...
    Categorized as:
    sad  angst  military  steamy  contemporary  biker  family  insta-love
  • The Duets: A Contemporary Romance Box Set by Meghan Quinn

    The Duets: A Contemporary Romance Box Set by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gripping, heart-stopping, and an incredibly epic journey with a twist you'll never see coming. USA Today bestselling author Meghan Quinn, brings you a modern take on an old fashion romance that will leave you breathless and wanting more. This isn’t a story about a love triangle. There is no triangle involved. This isn’t a story about an accidental pregnancy. Although having a baby with her...
  • Surviving You by Emilia Finn

    Surviving You by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ScotchI was one of the lucky ones.I met the love of my life when I was just fourteen years old. We had all the time in the world, we were in no rush to get where we were going, and we had the world at our feet. Those were the perfect conditions for young love to grow and thrive...
  • It Ruins Me by Penelope Sky

    It Ruins Me by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I married you because I was in love with you.Those words have echoed in my mind ever since he said them, and despite the way my heart races for him every time he steps into the same room, I can't say it back. Not after he hurt me. Not after he betrayed me.Every time I feel us come close together, my heart pulls away...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sad  romance  contemporary  dark  organized-crime  steamy  drama
  • August by trickology

    August by trickology

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    •BAD BOY• || Highest ranks: #1 in Love || || #1 in Romance || || #1 Teen Fiction ||Nyctophilia(n.) Love of darkness or night. Finding comfort in darkness.August Villin was a name people feared.Cruel and powerful, his anger was a storm that never went away.He was the monster that lurked in all of your worst nightmares, waiting for you to cross onto his dangerous path...
  • Ten Below Zero by Whitney Barbetti

    Ten Below Zero by Whitney Barbetti

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    "In here," he said, pushing on the skin above my heart, "you're ten below zero. And you're closer to death than I am." My name is Parker. My body is marked with scars from an attack I don't remember. I don't want to remember. I choose to live my life by observation, not through experience. While people are laughing and kissing and connecting, I'm in the corner. Watching them live...
  • Foxes by Suki Fleet

    Foxes by Suki Fleet

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Dashiel's body is found dumped on an East London wasteland, his best friend Danny sets out to find the killer. But Danny finds interaction difficult and must keep his world small in order to survive...
  • Blood Tears by J.D. Nixon

    Blood Tears by J.D. Nixon

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Is Senior Constable Tess Fuller really as resilient as she thinks? When faced with the tragic consequences of her own stubborn decision – further inflaming her lifelong feud with the large, revengeful, and violent Bycraft family – how will she cope? And can she rebuild her trust and relationship with her newly returned partner, Sergeant Finn Maguire, while they work a puzzling accidental death...
  • The Golden Ratio by Cole McCade

    The Golden Ratio by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE The boys are back, and an old face from Seong-Jae’s past plunges BPD Detectives Malcolm Khalaji and Seong-Jae Yoon from a two-month suspension right into the depths of hell — and into one of the most horrific, grisly cases of Malcolm’s life. He's never seen anything like it...
  • His Angel by Leah Sharelle

    His Angel by Leah Sharelle

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m not leaving your side, Memphis. You are my home, Angel, so where you are, is where I want to be.” CREED Creed Stephens lost his heart when his wife died in an accident that also took the life of his unborn child. He threw himself into his job as a trained sniper, no longer caring about anything other than his team...
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    angst  sad  action-adventure  adult  age-gap  alpha-mc  biker  book
  • Long Way Home by Nicky James

    Long Way Home by Nicky James

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was love at first sight. They were soulmates. It was forever. But they were only sixteen. Too innocent. Too naïve. Too ignorant about the world around them. Besides, nothing lasts forever. With their fairy-tale future torn to shreds, both boys need to learn to find their own way in an unforgiving world. Gavin Buchanan is thrown into a life he didn’t want, molded to do a job he always feared...
    Categorized as:
    angst  sad  slow-burn  romance  mlm  military  lgbtq  mental-illness
  • Tempt My Heart by Danielle Jamie

    Tempt My Heart by Danielle Jamie

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    New York Times & USA Today bestselling author brings you a standalone that will be sure to top your favorite books list for years to come...
  • On Broken Wings by Chanel Cleeton

    On Broken Wings by Chanel Cleeton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The author of Into the Blue and Fly with Me returns with the newest, hot and high-flying Wild Aces romance... A year after losing her husband, Joker, the squadron commander of the Wild Aces, Dani Peterson gets an offer from his best friend, Alex “Easy” Rogers, to help fix up her house. Dani accepts, and their friendship grows—along with an undeniable attraction...
  • Clash by Cora Brent

    Clash by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    TAYLOR I’m that poor little rich girl whose silver spoon was snatched right out of her pretty mouth. I lost everything. Now my everyday reality includes sleeping in my car and dining on whatever clearance food I can purchase with spare change. But my issues don’t end there. My nightmare family is hot on my heels and demanding something I don’t have. They won’t give up until I crack...
  • Broken Wings by Erika Ashby

    Broken Wings by Erika Ashby

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Lynsie Fox has what she considers to be a perfect life. Married to Lincoln, a military pilot, she's living the Army life she's always loved. Being a sucker for great love stories, Lynsie makes it her mission to find Lincoln's best friend and co-pilot, Dax Adams, a good woman...
  • Dangerous Hearts by K.K. Allen

    Dangerous Hearts by K.K. Allen

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From Award-Winning Author, K.K. Allen, comes a hot rock star romance packed with all the feels. His heart beats for the music. She's his favorite song. Lyric Cassidy knows a thing or two about bad boy rock stars with raspy vocals. In fact, her heart was just played by one...
  • Defined By Deceit by A.E. Via

    Defined By Deceit by A.E. Via

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Life isn't always fair, and that’s something that Llewellyn Gardner knows about first hand. His life was on the fast track until one night of extreme passion changed everything. Now eight years later, he’s still living with the aftershocks of that night. Everywhere he turns or runs, there’s another reminder...
  • Girl on Tour by Caisey Quinn

    Girl on Tour by Caisey Quinn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    An up and comer trying to make a name for herself... KYLIE never expected to be stuck on a tour bus with a pampered princess and her boyfriend’s ex. A troubled artist struggling to hold onto his career... TRACE thought he was finally getting to do things his way...
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