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  • Oh So He Cheated Cheated by Genesis

    Oh So He Cheated Cheated by Genesis

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Oh So He Cheated, Cheated by Genesis is breathtaking, fresh and one of the best African American Urban Fiction novels out. And it's well worth reading. In this unputdownable book you’ll take an unforgettable ride with Genesis that's signed under Na'Kia Presents. Her writing is very clever, and this story is great...
  • 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...
  • Hades Pain by E.C. Land

    Hades Pain by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Please Note: It is recommended to read this series in order.  Hades They call me Hades for one reason, and one reason only. I’m the one who sovereigns rule around here. I sit on a chair made up of skulls in the depths of Hell, ready to add more to my extravagant throne if they deserve it. My life was filled with nothing but pain until I met her...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  drama  family  steamy  abuse  adult
  • Saving Graves by Drew Sera

    Saving Graves by Drew Sera

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Neglected. Tortured. Abused. Unloved. I was left for dead at seventeen and learned to protect myself the only way I knew how…by not letting anyone get close to me — not anyone. Discovering Club Irons has been like finding home for the first time in my life. It’s been a beacon of light in my dark life, and it’s where I finally belong . I’m the most sought after Dom at Club Irons...
  • The Angel by Stella Andrews

    The Angel by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Der Engel Ein sterbender Mann gab mir das Geschenk des Lebens. Zwei Namen.Einer davon gehört zu der Mutter, von der ich nie wusste, dass ich sie hatte.Als ich sie fand, wollte ich Antworten und noch etwas mehr. Ihre Stieftochter. Louisa Sullivan. Die Tochter eines Milliardärs, aber es ist nicht das Geld, das mich interessiert. Meine Mutter zu finden, war nur ein Teil meines Plans...
  • Suddenly Trouble by J.A. Low

    Suddenly Trouble by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She was everything he wasn’t allowed have. Isla Eriksen was the girl next door, my best friend’s little sister, the girl he warned me never to touch. Sometimes rules are hard to stick to. Over the years I tried to stay away, but when she needed me the most I was there for her and all the rules I stuck by went out the window...
  • 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...
  • Fearless Part IV: Follow You Home by Lauren Gilley

    Fearless Part IV: Follow You Home by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Part IV of IV of the first novel of the Dartmoor Series. In the swamps of New Orleans, Ava will finally meet the demons Mercy has carried within him the past fourteen years. An old enemy stalks them through the gator-infested waters of Mercy’s home, and their only protection lies in the love and trust of one another...
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    alpha-mc  anti-hero  dark  drama  family  adult  biker  book
  • Grant's Heat by Angel Payne, Victoria Blue

    Grant's Heat by Angel Payne, Victoria Blue

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Is ignoring the heat a recipe for disaster? Grant Twombley has it all—a successful career, a contacts list full of gorgeous and willing bedmates, and the ear of Los Angeles’s most prominent captain of industry.But being Sebastian Shark’s right-hand man isn’t without its challenges. Messy ones...
  • 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...
  • Ferocity by D.H. Sidebottom

    Ferocity by D.H. Sidebottom

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This short 18,500 word novella is intended to read alongside the Heart of Stone books but after Endurance. Sometimes, love is just that little bit too cruel. Trouble. There it is again, smack bang in the middle of the Fox’s lives once more. Mason and Ava Fox are back in town when family problems demand their return...
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    alpha-mc  cheating  crime  dark  domestic-drama  steamy  adult  book
  • Atonement by D.H. Sidebottom

    Atonement by D.H. Sidebottom

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is the fourth book in The Heart of Stone collection. It is essential to read the first three books in this series before reading this volume. Reading order: Incineration Tolerance Resolution Atonement You would think after eight years in a relationship, that you would know your partner inside out. Ava Fox thought that… How wrong she was...
  • You Know I Love You by Willow Winters

    You Know I Love You by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I married the bad boy from Brooklyn.The one with the tattoos and the look in his eyes that told me he was bad news.The look that comes with all sorts of warnings.I knew what I was doing.I knew by the way he put his hands on me; how he owned me with his forceful touch.I couldn’t say no to him, not that I wanted to. That was then, and it seems like forever ago...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  cheating  crime  domestic-drama  drama  steamy  adult
  • Pleasant Day by Vera Jane Cook

    Pleasant Day by Vera Jane Cook

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    WITH MURDER IN COMMON FRIENDSHIP IS INEVITABLE. In the town of Hollow Creek, South Carolina two separate murders, fifteen years apart, unite fifteen-year-old Pleasant Day and sixty-year-old Clarissa Blackwell. As Pleasant Day struggles with her mother's distance, her father's infidelity and the death of her best friend, she draws closer to Clarissa, an older woman with the secrets to heal her...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  drama  steamy  abuse  book
  • Delivered by Eva Charles

    Delivered by Eva Charles

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Delivered, Book 2 of The Devil’s Duet, is not a standalone. It should be read after reading Depraved. Gabrielle Duval belongs to me. I've made sure of that. Now it's time to eliminate the man who kept us apart. My father. The devil himself. His reign of terror ends here. On my terms...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  cheating  crime  dark  domestic-drama  family  steamy
  • Fearless Part II: Crossing Lines by Lauren Gilley

    Fearless Part II: Crossing Lines by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From the author of the Walker Series comes a family drama like no other, a sprawling character epic, a forbidden love story full of angst, adventure, heartbreak, and second chances. Welcome to the mother chapter of the Lean Dogs Motorcycle Club; meet the girl raised by outlaws, and the fearsome man who will always hold her heart...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  anti-hero  dark  drama  family  adult  biker  book
  • Holding Her in Madness by Kimber S. Dawn

    Holding Her in Madness by Kimber S. Dawn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Leo's Story of loving A Woman Gone Mad Fuck first love. Fuck fate. And Fuck You. I'm Leo and this is my side of the story. This is where I came from, where I've been, and where I'm at...this is the story of a man that loved A Woman Gone Mad...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  steamy  abuse  adult  book
  • The Ruthless by Jaci J.

    The Ruthless by Jaci J.

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Brutal. Heartless. Ruthless. Kingston “King” Toretto breaks everything he touches. Ruining lives and crushing souls, he’s ruthless to his core and heartless. With a body made for fighting and fucking, he’s trouble, bad for your health, and he’s been bad for mine for years. Cold, detached ocean blue eyes and broken past, he’s everything I didn’t need, but everything I wanted—if only he’d stay...
  • Rust by Aria Ray

    Rust by Aria Ray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • 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...
  • The Strength Of Love by Joslyn Marks

    The Strength Of Love by Joslyn Marks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    romantic-love  steamy  alpha-mc  contemporary
  • The Summer Getaway by Sofia T. Summers

    The Summer Getaway by Sofia T. Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  anti-hero  crime  drama  family  love-triangle  steamy  adult
  • Dark Duet: Platinum Edition by C.J. Roberts

    Dark Duet: Platinum Edition by C.J. Roberts

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For the first time ever all the bestselling books in the Dark Duet series are available in one complete set! Already have the original books? This box set will have new covers for each of the original books in the series...
    Categorized as:
    anti-hero  cheating  crime  dark  domestic-drama  steamy  abuse  adult
  • 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...
  • Betraying Her by Jordan Marie

    Betraying Her by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I should break it off and push her away, but she's just too addicting.The heart wants what the heart wants, and Thomas West has always wanted Gabby to be his.He didn’t think it would ever happen.Thomas knew she had feelings for his brother, Dom.Why wouldn’t she?Dom is great. Hell, he lives in awe of his older brother, too...
  • Black Oak Scorched by Monique Edenwood

    Black Oak Scorched by Monique Edenwood

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I did everything in my power to resist Cameron's never-ending need to have me as his own. The heat of his hunger and the fervor of his attacks on my will was merciless, wearing me down as I struggled under the weight of Jack's ceaseless craving and possessive need to reclaim me… as well as his surveillance of my every move...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  cheating  crime  dark  domestic-drama  drama  family  steamy
  • Ultimate Vengeance by Nancy Haviland

    Ultimate Vengeance by Nancy Haviland

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    To a young Russian girl raised to respect and fear the Bratva, gaining the attention of the impressive Sovietnik from a ruling organization was a terrifying thing. Alekzander was a dangerous temptation Sacha Urusski had no hope of resisting. Predictably, her heart was decimated and she was left bleeding…with a precious reason to go on...
  • 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...
  • The A–Z of Everything by Debbie Johnson

    The A–Z of Everything by Debbie Johnson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    P is for Paris where it all began. J is for Jealousy where it all came undone. But the most important letter is F. F is for Forgiveness, the hardest of all.Sisters Poppy and Rose used to be as close as two sisters could be, but it’s been over a decade since they last spoke...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Undeniable: Dom & Gigi by Callie Harper

    Undeniable: Dom & Gigi by Callie Harper

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Undeniable (Dom & Gigi) Dom’s the one she couldn’t have. Gigi’s the one he couldn’t forget. They haven’t seen each other for four years. He’s been serving in the Special Forces. She’s finished college. They’ve had time to move on. Neither one has. Now there’s a death threat. Her family’s business has pissed off a drug cartel. Her life’s in danger. They’re thrown together, on the run...
    Categorized as:
    cheating  crime  domestic-drama  drama  family  steamy  adult  book
  • Penalty Shot by Pippa Green

    Penalty Shot by Pippa Green

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I take my superstitions seriously in hockey; when the Raiders are on a winning streak, I don’t shave my beard.A woman like Lena Torsten doesn’t want a beast.It doesn’t matter, anyway. She’s off limits. She’s my best friend’s little sister and he’s asked me to watch over her while she’s in town. I’ve never been allowed to want her...
  • Angel by Victoria Johns

    Angel by Victoria Johns

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    At ten years old, Rosie Grace Collins did a terrible thing. At ten years old, Declan Foster witnessed a terrible thing. At ten years old, best friends Declan and Rosie were torn apart. For twenty years Rosie lived a protected life. She was an angel to the men whom she knew she'd wronged. She was the darkness that the Black Sentinel MC didn't know existed...
  • 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...
  • I is for... by L. DuBois

    I is for... by L. DuBois

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Who knew a little ice could burn so hot? Master Raine needs control the way fish need water. His life outside LA’s most exclusive BDSM club is chaotic, and as a result he demands complete obedience from his submissives.  Chastity is delighted when she learns she’s been assigned the letter I  as part of the club’s checklist game...
  • Battered Souls by Shae Ruby

    Battered Souls by Shae Ruby

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What if there were two devils all along?Hallie Cox is desperate to start over. She's determined to further the space between herself and the twisted life she's always lived, but Zayne makes that impossible. The demons that possess him are getting more difficult to exorcise, and with every disappointment, her faith in him wanes...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  anti-hero  dark  family  steamy  adult  audiobook  book
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