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Seven of a Kind by Sandi Lynn
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsConnerMy life was simple yet complicated, and Dr. Charlotte Roman knew it.Our first encounter was when I left my phone in the shopping cart at Target. I called it, she answered, and I politely asked if she’d bring it to me. She had a few choice words to say before telling me to come and get it myself. When I did, she proceeded to psychoanalyze me... -
Six of a Kind by Sandi Lynn
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJacksonThe day I found my wife in bed with a friend on our first wedding anniversary, I packed my bags, left, and never looked back. That was the day I promised I’d never get involved in another relationship again.Nine years later, I had still held to my promise... -
A Ryan Regret by Sadie Kincaid
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA weekend at the lake house for Jessie and Shane should be nothing but fun, right? Except when Shane makes his wife a bet that she's too stubborn to refuse, and one he's about to regret. Which one of them is going to win as they drive each other crazy? Because Jessie Ryan lives to push his buttons and any Ryan fans know he has many... -
SAVAGES by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHumpty Dumpty sat on a wallSavages rising, watch how they fall.All of the heartache and all of the pain.Couldn't put me back together again. There’s nothing quite like the smell of a decaying body... -
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Defiant Princess by Callie Rose
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThey called me trash. They called me whore. They called me so much worse.They told me I didn’t belong in their world, and you know what? Maybe they were right.But I can’t just let this go.I’m still a Hildebrand, after all, and I’ve only just begun to scratch the surface of what that legacy means.There are secrets buried in Roseland, and I’m determined to dig them up...Categorized as:
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January Girl by Mari Carr
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s sleeping with the enemy… After a nasty break-up, Caitlyn Wallace takes a year off from dating to focus on her career. The hiatus is working perfectly until she comes face to face with Lucas Whiting, the uber-rich, cutthroat businessman who is not above using questionable means to acquire something he wants. He wants Pat’s Pub and he’s not taking no for an answer... -
Brutal Fighter by Heather Long
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBRUTAL FIGHTER is a full length mature college/new adult romance with enemies-to-lovers/love-hate themes. The dark romance aspects of this tale continue. Please be aware some situations may be uncomfortable for readers. Trigger warnings can be found in the foreword should you require them. This is a reverse harem novel, meaning the main character has more than one love interest... -
Here Loves a Sociopath: A Dark Bully Academy Romance by C.L. Matthews
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHere Lives a Corpse is book one of a five-book series. You do have to read all to understand. Each one ends on a cliffhanger.We all have demons, some of us know how to befriend them rather than defy them.They always speak of me… whispers of a devil with a charming smile.But they don’t know me, what truly lies beneath... -
Pay the Price by Sadie Hunt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI thought they were my enemies.I was right.I invited the infamous Blackwell Beasts to live with me for one reason: find out if they killed my brother five years go.They did the time, but did they really do the crime?I thought I was prepared for anything, but deep down, I didn’t want to believe they did it... -
Hangovers and Holidays by Heather Long
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYou know, I never imagined having one boyfriend much less four. Jake, Archie, Coop, and Ian are still my best friends. They’re also even more entrenched in my life than I ever imagined. They’ve been my rocks, but I’m not the only one with issues. We’re fighting our way to a new normal. I’m in therapy. Ian and I are dating. Archie introduced me to his grandfather... -
Baby for the Billionaire by Melody Anne
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor the first time, all three Baby for the Billionaire books are combined into one volume for a new lower price. In the Tycoon’s Revenge: Derek Titan is a cut throat business man that reached his way to the top without looking back once. He left his poor roots behind, and now is seeking revenge for the girl that not only got away, but took the last of his trust with her... -
Broken Hill Havoc by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCollege? How did this happen? One minute I'm starting my senior year of high school and the next, I'm in college. Let me repeat myself. How did this happen? I can't even begin to understand the crazy amounts of drama I've suffered through over the past twelve months, but I've never been so happy to say it's over. I’m more than ready for this next step in my life...Categorized as:
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My Best Friend's Triplet Brothers by Rebel Bloom
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWalking into the wrong room and catching one of my best friend’s triplet brothers in the shower was going to cost me EVERYTHING.Especially since it was her wedding... and I was the maid of honor.I should have turned around.Friends never sleep with their friends’ brothers. It’s code.Instead, Warren gave me pleasure like I’ve never experienced.Then his brothers joined in on the fun...Categorized as:
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Brutal Boys on Devils Night by Daniela Romero, Becca Steele
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBoys can be brutal. Wicked. Savage. Corrupt. What starts as a game, a night full of mischief, turns out to be something darker. More sinister. More depraved. There’s foreboding in the air on Devil’s Night – the night before Halloween when brutal boys come out to play. Only this year … it’s going to be so much worse. I can hardly wait...Categorized as:
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Unwrapped by Them by Eva Ashwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSnowed in with three gorgeous billionaires? I must’ve been a very good girl this year.As the manager of Whispering Pines resort, it’s my job to give the new owner, Cade McAllister, a tour of his latest acquisition. But I wasn’t prepared to show up at the lodge and realize I already know him.Biblically, I mean...Categorized as:
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Four Enemies by Stephanie Brother
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNo one has ever pushed me to my limits like these four men.I’m excited when I’m given a promotion to tour manager at Club Red — until I find out I’ll be crowded into a van with four alpha-hole revue dancers, trying to keep them in line while they travel to other venues...Categorized as:
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Ever Found by L.E. Bross
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI just keep making mistakes. It was supposed to be an easy job. Steal a timepiece from Hook and in exchange, find out where my little sister is. But the hero isn't always the hero and sometimes the bad guy is the person you least expect...Categorized as:
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Ever After: Lost Boys of Neverly Prep: Academy Romance by L.E. Bross
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe thought he could break them apart, but he only made them stronger. Pushed to the limit by secrets and lies, it's time to fight back. My Lost Boys and I aren't going to take any more and the gloves are coming off. We’ve been through hell and it’s finally time for our happy ever after, but the person responsible for everything has one last trick up his sleeve...Categorized as:
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Kings of Linwood Academy - The Complete Box Set: A Dark High School Romance Series by Callie Rose
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCOMPLETE REVERSE HAREM SERIESRich boys don’t fraternize with the help.They don't torture the help.They don't crave the help.For as long as I can remember, my mom and I have lived on the edge of ruin, so when she finally gets a decent job offer, she moves us cross-country to take it...Categorized as:
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Songs and Sweethearts by Heather Long
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEverything begins.Everything ends.Sometimes, it has to end before it begins.In the course of a year, I have had my heart broken, reforged, only to be shattered again. The tears won’t come. Not anymore. No more looking back. No more asking what if.Coop wants me to let myself feel it. Jake wants to distract me. Archie wants to put the world at my feet... -
Dirty: The Complete Collection by Tara Crescent
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe small town of New Summit is about to get dirty... We’ve never been interested in rules. Never been interested in what other people think. When we see something we want, we get it. We want the good girl. She’s lush. Curvy. Beautiful. She’s looks demure, but she has a wild side. We can tell. We’re going to make her moan. Make her beg for more... -
Problem Child by Heather Long
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEnrollment begins this autumn. Born into Hollywood royalty, I’ve been making the hot sheet and generating internet buzz since before I could even walk. Doesn’t matter that my parents divorced prior to my second birthday, I can’t escape the shadows—or scandals—of my movie star mother and my rock star father...Categorized as:
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Broken Hill Honor by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeing with Tora Roberts has been nothing but a wild ride, one I never want to get off. At twelve, I knew I loved her. By seventeen, I’d made her life a living hell. She hated me. She stole my heart completely at eighteen. And now at twenty-six, she still hasn’t given it back, and what’s more, I don’t want her to. It’s about time I make her mine… Officially... -
Orientation by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Burberry Prep x Adamson Academy Crossover Novel!This is the FINAL story for both the Rich Boys of Burberry Prep series, AND the Adamson All-Boys Academy series . . . all in one volume!Harem versus harem.How often does one university entertain two coeds with harems of rich boys on their heels?My name is Marnye Reed and this, this is Charlotte Carson.Girl, just call me Chuck...Categorized as:
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Caged Royal by Lily Wildhart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe worst part about betrayal, is it never comes from your enemies.I should have known better, I should have seen the signs, but now all I'm left with is heartache and disappointment.They may think they've got the better of me, but I won't go down without a fight. Especially when it comes to the ones I love.Even if I have to protect them from themselves... -
Revenge by J.L. Weil
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWelcome back to Elmwood Academy. The conclusion begins. And the drama continues...Categorized as:
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Turmoil by J.L. Weil
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey call themselves the Elite—four boys from the wealthiest and most prominent families in Elmwood, which somehow gives them the right to be righteous A-holes.Gorgeous.Arrogant.No regard for rules.And Brock Taylor is the worst of them all.I wish I had known that before I slept with him. A night I just want to forget.But Brock won’t let me.They aren’t just high school boys... -
Frosty Blues: A Westbrook Blues Novella by Thandiwe Mpofu, Thandie
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSilent night. Truth night.All is blue.All is simmering, waiting to blow up.Be still and sleep in peace? Not here. Not with them. They don’t forget. They don’t forgive. And they don’t give a damn.Ready the cannons and missiles, the troops are in formation because these boys… they’re frosty but the girls? Well, let’s just say it’s the most wonderful time of the year to let go of old wounds...Categorized as:
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Mr. Romantic Romeo by Jacob Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDid Juliet stab Romeo in the back? Mine did.Love is a fickle thing. You think you find it while on a beach on a business trip, and you’re wrong.The beautiful girl that’s captured your attention has been sent there by her father, a rival of the great Manhattan family—my family.She laid the trap real good, and thanks to the her curves and beautiful smile, my dumbass fell right into it... -
Twisted Selection by P.H. Nix
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEdgewood Elite rule this town, but that doesn’t mean they can rule me.After my dad goes missing, my family falls apart. News of an inheritance from a long-lost relative gives us the restart we need. At least, that’s what I think until we get there.Edgewood Academy is ruled by the town’s four heirs.Wes, broody and stuck up, wants me run out of town...Categorized as:
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Raven River Academy: Complete Series by Ruby Vincent
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter scamming most of our town out of their life savings, my folks disappeared in the middle of the night. Forced to take me in, my estranged aunt and uncle shipped me off to Raven River Academy the first chance they got. In my town, the line between the haves and the have-nots is actually a twelve-foot gate that keep the unwanted where they belong...Categorized as:
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Cruel Kisses: A Dark Bully Lovers-to-Enemies-to-Maybe Lovers Romance by Thandiwe Mpofu, Thandie
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s gone… good riddance to tormenting, cold nightmares that come in the form of sweet but devious kisses.⠀Thing is, without her here, there’s a fiery riot in my heart I can't control.⠀She left a bloody feud brewing in my house.⠀That Little Minx caused chaos and hell to break loose between my brother and me as only she can.⠀She kissed me and imprinted her broken soul to my darkness... -
Four Always by Stephanie Brother
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI have a secret. Four of them, actually. They’re big and strong and make their living taking off their clothes for adoring fans. But they’ve been giving me private shows for free.When an innocent bakery delivery ends in me being surrounded by four hot male strippers, I don't stand a chance of resisting them... -
Gavin by Alyssa Clark
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis was supposed to be a casual thing. Exclusive, yes, but only casually seeing one another in a sexual relationship. I wasn’t surprised when I caught feelings after by being involved with Austin, especially with everything that happened. What caught me off guard though, was where I stood with Gavin and Vaughn... -
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Angelview Academy: The Complete Trilogy by E.M. Snow
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA complete dark bully romance trilogy! Contains exclusive bonus content! At Angelview Academy, Saint Angelle is considered God.But don't be fooled by his ridiculous name or that pretty face because Saint? He’s as wicked as they come.I should know.I'm the new girl who pissed him off.The nobody who called out his crew of vicious tyrants.The mortal who wouldn't bow then and sure as hell won’t now...Categorized as:
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Evading Darkness by K.M. Baker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen they say the past always finds a way to catch up to you, they aren't lying.I spent years on the run, trying to hide from my father and our society. I was careful and never stayed in the same place for very long, but when I landed in Braxton Falls, I couldn't leave.I fell in love, made my first real friend in years, and let my guard down... -
Four Steps by Stephanie Brother
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTen years ago, my four stepbrothers left without a backward glance. Now they've returned, and they're not looking at me like a little sister anymore.When I was a shy, awkward teen, my stepbrothers were my world. As my protectors and my best friends, they provided an escape from the noisy drama of our parents’ tumultuous marriage... -
Eight Brothers' Fiancée by Nicole Casey
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe haughty twins and their six brothers knew exactly how to get me.I didn’t realize men could change so much.The twins I resented in college, along with their 6 brothers are now here to make my life a misery.The media had shown me their wild side.Now that they’re my bosses, I’m seeing something different.It was supposed to be nothing more than a job to me, a chance for a scoop...Categorized as:
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Savage Kings by L.M. Harrison
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree beautiful, cruel boys rule Kingsworth Prep. And I'm the girl who almost ruined them...It all started with that video I posted of them—you know, the one that went viral. But that was before I knew who they were. Ezra Covington, Bellamy Thorn, and Dashiell Laurier. Three untouchable royals who were just… well, royally touched... -
Secret Baby Daddy by Josie Hart
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSeeing your ex again after six years is one thing,But hiding his secret daughter is a whole new level of complicated…My bestie hooked it up with an all-inclusive vacation, so naturally I said YES.But I should have peeked at the guest list beforehand.Now I’m stuck in paradise for two weeks with the guy who knocked me up and broke my heart... -
Crown of Lies by Eva Ashwood
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCrown of Lies is the pulse-pounding second installment in the Pretty Ruthless Monsters series.The blurb below contains major spoilers for the first book.So I'd HIGHLY recommend not reading it until you've finished reading book one, Princes of Carnage...Categorized as:
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Summer by McKayla Box
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe thrilling conclusion to the bestselling series is here. I made it through senior year. Barely. I thought that would be enough. Get to the end and move on. That's what you do, right? Fight through it and move on. That should be enough. But it's not. Because I want more. And the one thing I want the most? It may be the one thing I lose...Categorized as:
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Poison Flower by Steffanie Holmes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeware the wrath of a broken blind girl.Victor. Torsten. Cassius – the jock, the artist, the stepbrother.They made me theirs – body, heart, and soul.They got inside my head.They broke down my defenses and made me trust them… maybe even love them.They betrayed me.They think they’re untouchable,but they forget that I’m one of them... -
Never Again by L.E. Bross
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWe were supposed to be living our Happily Ever After. It’s been three months since we graduated. X started college, Riot's got his Motocross sponsorship, and Baz is working 20 hour days to try to clean up Peter's mess. Me? I don’t have a clue what I want to do with my life yet. But that might not matter. Peter isn't accepting defeat, even from a prison cell, and revenge is the name of the game... -
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The Dom's Forever by Harper West
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe conclusion to the sensual 'Pleasure Wars' Series. Less than six months. That’s all that stands between me—and freedom. I thought the longer things went on, the easier they’d get. But nothing is ever easy when it comes to Killian Abernathy. They say the line between love and hate is paper thin . . . and I think I finally understand that sentiment. Because I don’t hate Killian... -
Adrenaline by A.L. Woods
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFour years ago, I betrayed his trust.He retaliated by breaking my heart.Adam Ryan had secrets.The kind better off where they belonged.Buried.As an urban explorer, I’m not afraid of a little trouble.But when I venture to the one place Adam forbade me from, I get more than I bargained for.Him and his friends.Along with their threats.Their violence.And their lust.Adam might claim to still hate me... -
Burn It Down by Drea Denae
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBetrayed. Again.By the one person who promised they were Team Nix. I’m not letting it all go this time though, I’ve felt the fire of revenge and I’m ready to embrace it.Except these guys aren’t getting the message. They’re everywhere.In the halls. In my head. And even though I hate to admit it, in my heart... -
Fall of a King by A.L. Maruga
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow far would you go to punish those that broke you into fragmented pieces in the past?Vengeance and rage fill my blood. They carry me forward like malevolent lovers into the abyss of destruction. I came here to destroy the kings of Casbury, but have I destroyed myself in the process?Theo, Carter, Mateo, and Finn... -
Raw Burn by Emily Jane Trent
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 7 in a series of 8 novellas: Having gained confidence in their love for each other, and in touch with their most intimate pleasures, the raw burn between them explodes into new hot passion... -
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