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  • All You Need Is Love by Janet Nissenson

    All You Need Is Love by Janet Nissenson

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Was the wedding of their dreams about to become a living nightmare? For those who fell in love with Julia and Nathan in Serendipity, see how their story continues to unfold in this sweet, funny and sexy novella. After overcoming all of the obstacles in pursuit of their happily ever after, Julia and Nathan are determined to plan their dream wedding in just six months time...
  • The Games Destiny Plays by Tiffany Reisz

    The Games Destiny Plays by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Last Good Knight: An Original Sinners novella told in five parts. Part III: The Games Destiny Plays Shocked to see Nora's bruises, Lance is furious that she put herself in danger and demands to know where she got them. As Nora confesses her true nature, she's equally shocked to learn that Lance has some secrets of his own, drawing them together despite Kingsley's orders…...
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    alpha-mc  dark  drama  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Attainment by K.M. Golland

    Attainment by K.M. Golland

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This book is for mature audiences 18+ It contains explicit language and sexual content. Contrition, one would say is a humane and moral virtue. But in order to experience this form of repentance, you must first acknowledge your sin then show remorse for your wrongdoing...
  • 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...
  • WOLF: An Evil Dead MC Story by Nicole James

    WOLF: An Evil Dead MC Story by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Evil Dead Motorcycle Club gave Wolf his nickname. They said it was because women stood about as much chance with him as Little Red Riding Hood stood against The Big Bad Wolf. And maybe that was true. For Wolf, when it comes to his club, he’s all about loyalty. He loves his brothers, he loves the freedom of the road, and he loves his independence...
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    alpha-mc  angst  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  drama  steamy  abuse
  • 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...
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    angst  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  drama  steamy  adult  book
  • 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...
  • Smoke by Gemma Weir

    Smoke by Gemma Weir

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Smoke I know women. I love them and they love me. I don’t chase them; they line up and I pick out whichever takes my fancy. Only now there’s her. She’s unimpressed, disinterested. She’s different and I can’t look away. I don’t understand her, but I need to make her look. I need to make her see me and then never look away again...
  • 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...
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    alpha-mc  angst  cheating  domestic-drama  drama  steamy  adult  book
  • 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...
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    alpha-mc  angst  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  drama  steamy  abuse
  • 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 Italian by Beverly Preston

    The Italian by Beverly Preston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Italian is a standalone and book two in the Beyond the Mathews Family Series. No ties. No expectations. No risks. Antonio Giovanni, a fifth-generation winemaker in the rolling hills of Tuscany, is the epitome of temptation. Tall, dark, and handsome with an accent sexy enough to leave a trail of women’s panties in his wake...
  • 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...
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    alpha-mc  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  steamy  abuse  adult  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...
  • Devil Dick by Glenna Maynard

    Devil Dick by Glenna Maynard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A chance encounter. No names. One night. They both agreed that was all it would ever be, but three months later Camreigh is in for the shock of her life. On her own, she has no choice but to turn to her family for help. She thinks she has everything figured out—that is until her one-night stand decides maybe he wants something more...
  • Bound to You: Volume 4 by Vanessa Booke, Rogena Mitchell-Jones

    Bound to You: Volume 4 by Vanessa Booke, Rogena Mitchell-Jones

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 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...
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    alpha-mc  drama  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Filthy by H.J. Bellus

    Filthy by H.J. Bellus

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the USA Today and AMAZON best seller of The Reckless Series, HJ Bellus, comes a sexy romance: FILTHY.It was just a summer fling.He taught me his bad boy ways.And now I'm beyond being saved.At first it was fun, but now it's an addiction my skin craves.All sense of reality disappears and there's no boundaries holding me in.My name is Darby and this is FILTHY...
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    angst  dark  drama  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • 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..
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    alpha-mc  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  steamy  adult  age-gap  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...
  • Seducing his Wife by Elizabeth Lennox

    Seducing his Wife by Elizabeth Lennox

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Love at first sight…a whirlwind romance…a Las Vegas wedding followed by days and nights spent in bed. Then regret. Gabriella couldn’t believe what she’d done and ran from the powerful feelings that Teague Steele generated in her. She couldn’t…wouldn’t…stay with a man like Teague! She’d been poor all her life and she wanted more for her children than the humiliation of poverty...
  • You Know I Need You: Book 2, You Know Me duet by Willow Winters

    You Know I Need You: Book 2, You Know Me duet by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 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...
  • 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.
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    alpha-mc  cheating  domestic-drama  steamy  adult  age-gap  biker  book
  • It Ended with the Truth by Lisa Suzanne

    It Ended with the Truth by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Brian Fox finally tells the truth, it costs him everything. His company. His friends. The girl he loves. He’s forced to start over, and it’s his brother who once again steps in. Working for a record label isn’t how he imagined his life when he owned a successful company, and life on the road only makes him long for everything the truth cost him...
  • The Complete Hearts Series by Claire Contreras

    The Complete Hearts Series by Claire Contreras

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kaleidoscope Hearts.Estelle falls in love with her forbidden brother's best friend for a second time.Torn/Paper Hearts.In this second chance love story, college sweethearts torn apart are forced to work together and find that sometimes time really does make the heart grow fonder.Elastic Hearts...
  • 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  steamy  adult  biker
  • Taming the Boy Next Door by M.J. Carnal

    Taming the Boy Next Door by M.J. Carnal

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Caleb Allen was your typical boy next door. Growing up in a prestigious suburb of Los Angeles, he lived a life most only dreamed about. As one of the original Moretti men, he caught the eye of countless women with his clean cut good looks and chivalry. But behind closed doors, he commanded attention, becoming a dominant force that was anything but timid...
  • 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...
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    alpha-mc  angst  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  drama  steamy  adult
  • 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
  • Virgin for the Night by C.J. Fallowfield

    Virgin for the Night by C.J. Fallowfield

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Who do you want me to be?My name is Logan Steele. I’m devilishly handsome, seriously ripped, well hung, charismatic and highly sexed. Women just can’t resist me. So when I lost my job in the construction industry and was struggling for cash, I decided to put my assets to good use.By day I’m a private personal fitness trainer...
  • 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...
  • Bryce by Alex Wolf

    Bryce by Alex Wolf

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • 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...
  • Ashley's Bend by Cassy Roop

    Ashley's Bend by Cassy Roop

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ashley’s Bend-a knot used to securely join the ends of two ropes together. Ashley Carter thought she had the perfect life as the loving and supportive wife to her upcoming attorney husband. Marrying her high school sweetheart and moving to Chicago to start a life with him seemed perfect, until she ends up walking in on him with another woman...
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    alpha-mc  angst  cheating  domestic-drama  steamy  adult  bdsm  book
  • Forever Lost: Becoming Elena - Book Two by Melody Anne

    Forever Lost: Becoming Elena - Book Two by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mary is gone … or so it seems. But nothing is ever that easy. There is something about Dalton that calls to Elena, but she also knows he’s not who he appears to be. She resists him at the same time that she hungers for what only he can give her...
  • Her Master and Commander by Anya Summers

    Her Master and Commander by Anya Summers

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jared leaves his homeland of Scotland with a broken heart and the desire to start again. With his untested skills, he forges a new life on a tiny spit of land near Nassau, building the premier vacation destination for those in the BDSM lifestyle. A few months later, Pleasure Island opens to much fanfare in the community and proves to be so popular, he is forced to hire more help...
  • 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...
  • My Wicked Devil by Ann Mayburn

    My Wicked Devil by Ann Mayburn

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

    DELVE by Jacob Chance

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He was my brother’s best friend. He was seven years older than me. He was a pig when it came to casual sex; indulging in one night stands like they were going out of style. So why did I want to tear his clothes off every time we got within five feet of each other? She was only eighteen years old when we met for the first time...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  dark  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Buried Secrets by S.K.

    Buried Secrets by S.K.

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Las Vegas. Sin City. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas… Or does it? When you, by chance, meet that person who you think just might be “the one”, do you listen to your head and play it safe - or open up your heart and hold on tight for the ride of a lifetime...? Three years ago, Aleesha met Dr. Marcus Bennett at a conference in Las Vegas...
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    alpha-mc  dark  drama  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Angel Girl by Christine Michelle, Christine M. Butler

    Angel Girl by Christine Michelle, Christine M. Butler

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was born Jamie Murdock, an MC Princess in the Aces High Motorcycle Club. At 17 I was promised to one of the club members. At 18 I ran. The MC life was in my blood though, and years later I found myself with a new name, running my own club full of tough, smart, beautiful women who happen to love the open road as much as the next guy. Everything was fine with my new life until it wasn't...
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    alpha-mc  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  drama  steamy  adult  biker
  • Tempting Sophia by Jessica Prince

    Tempting Sophia by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    **SPECIAL PRE-ORDER PRICE** Having my heart broken once was enough to make me give up on the idea of love all together. Instead of searching for The One I decided to embrace variety and turn by back on monogamy. I made a living convincing women they didn’t need a man to feel complete. And I totally rocked at it...
  • Perfected by You by J.M. Walker

    Perfected by You by J.M. Walker

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An all-consuming need… Evvie Neal was my addiction. The love I felt for her controlled me and it brought me to my knees. She was my one. My only. Destroyed as a boy, healed as a man, she was my saving grace. The first person who knew the real me. Because of her, I became stronger. Whole. A true warrior in my own personal Hell...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  drama  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  disability
  • Thrilling Heaven by D.H. Sidebottom

    Thrilling Heaven by D.H. Sidebottom

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Boss's story. ‘Every man is as heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.’ Boss, drummer for the highly accredit rock group Room 103, understands this statement. Only too well. He has been in love with one woman since he was sixteen. She was his soul mate, his lover, his heart and his very essence. But she was never his and yet she was always his...
    Categorized as:
    cheating  dark  domestic-drama  drama  steamy  abuse  adult  book
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  drama  steamy  abuse
  • Undying by Madeline Sheehan

    Undying by Madeline Sheehan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A creation of chaos and lust, I was born into a world so foul, I made it my mission to find the beauty hidden within, to reveal the sun behind the clouds, the rainbows after the storms, the life that still exists even in death. One-third my mother, I had an infectious smile and a heart so big, there was room enough for everyone, no matter their sins...
  • Afraid to Fly by S.L. Jennings

    Afraid to Fly by S.L. Jennings

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dominic Trevino had been called a lot of things.Manwhore.Womanizer.Slut.But he was most notoriously known as Dirty Dom.Because that was who he was…for the most part.It just wasn’t all he was.His tortured past was as stained as his licentious reputation, and that was exactly how he’d designed it...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  steamy  abuse  adult
  • 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:
    angst  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  drama  steamy  adult  age-gap
  • 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...
  • House Of Payne: Steele by Stacy Gail

    House Of Payne: Steele by Stacy Gail

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    TRIGGER WARNING: This book deals with the sensitive subjects of surviving rape, trauma suffered during combat, child abuse, and possible sterility. If you have issues with these elements, this book might not be for you. Raped. Tortured. Beaten. Essie Santiago’s life fell apart when she was sixteen, and it’s taken eight years to put it back together...
    Categorized as:
    angst  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  steamy  abuse  adult  book
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