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![These Reckless Hearts: An Enemies-to-Lovers College Romance by E.M. Moore]()
These Reckless Hearts: An Enemies-to-Lovers College Romance by E.M. Moore
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStone Jacobs must…help me. My life has always been defined by two interconnected things:I’m a Wilder.I’m a treasure hunter.What happens when both of those things are threatened? When who I am gets pulled out from under me and my greatest enemy of all destroys me even further?Lance and his mercenaries aren’t going to stop... -
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Saving Graves by Drew Sera
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNeglected. 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... -
![Pay the Price by Sadie Hunt]()
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... -
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![A Ryan Christmas: A New York Ruthless Novella by Sadie Kincaid]()
A Ryan Christmas: A New York Ruthless Novella by Sadie Kincaid
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's five days before Christmas and Jessie Ryan has a whole lot of surprises in store for her four possessive, hotter than hell Irish mafia husbands. But it wouldn't be a Ryan story without a little drama... -
![Sinner by Sheridan Anne]()
Sinner by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDeath surrounds me.Every step I take, there’s someone waiting for me in the shadows.There’s nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, and now, I’m out here on my own, my hands stained with the blood of those I’ve killed to survive.Zade DeVil was my executioner, my most feared enemy, but he was also my protector. I wasn’t willing to cross that line with him, despite how much I may have wanted to...Categorized as:
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![Descent by Gemma James]()
Descent by Gemma James
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe highly anticipated conclusion of Alex and Rafe's saga is here! We did it. We said the vows, dressed for the occasion, dared to believe in Happily Ever After. Alex Mason. It has a nice ring to it, the promise of forever. Until I awake the morning after to an empty bed and my worst nightmare waiting to strike. Rafe is gone, but his twisted desires leave me with the chance for survival... -
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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]()
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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![Graves by Katelyn Taylor]()
Graves by Katelyn Taylor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsZaydenI thought I had everything I could possibly desire. Until I set my eyes on her. My angel. Too pure for this world, too pure for me. She’s all mine. No matter the cost. No matter the lives that stand in my way. She has always been mine. She just doesn’t know it yet.DominicMy brother has lost it, more so than ever before. I couldn’t figure out what had changed at first... -
![A Ryan New Year: A New York Ruthless Novella by Sadie Kincaid]()
A Ryan New Year: A New York Ruthless Novella by Sadie Kincaid
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![Tiny Dancer by Heather Rainier]()
Tiny Dancer by Heather Rainier
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe day former exotic dancer Camilla O’Neal began working at The Dancing Pony, she told co-owner Ben Lawrence and head bartender Quinten Parks that “work is work and pleasure is pleasure” and she kept the two very separate. Working with their tiny dancer brings Ben and Quinten as much pain as pleasure. After two years of secretly lusting over and loving this blonde temptress, they have a plan... -
![The Wild Interview by K.A. Knight, Erin O'Kane]()
The Wild Interview by K.A. Knight, Erin O'Kane
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI have been working hard my whole life for people to take me seriously. After all, women ‘don’t belong’ in the music industry. However, when an interview goes wrong, I am offered a once in a lifetime opportunity, to manage The Wild Boys, an all-male strip show featuring bad boys with an even worse reputation. It’s now my job to fix it, if I can keep my hands to myself... -
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![The Savage by Stella Andrews]()
The Savage by Stella Andrews
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIvan may be my name but I am best known as The Savage.Born and bred Bratva heir and loving every delicious minute of my life. That's why it was easy to kidnap the entitled Charlotte Richmond from her finishing school in England. It was my pleasure to hide her away while her depraved father searched for her.I have no heart, no emotion, and no morals.She is a bargaining chip, a means to an end...Categorized as:
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![Corrupt Vow by Eva Ashwood]()
Corrupt Vow by Eva Ashwood
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe explosive third book in the Filthy Wicked Psychos series...Note: The blurb below contains spoilers for the previous books, so I'd recommend not reading it until you've finished Twisted Game and Beautiful Devils . You've been warned!*** I’ll do anything to protect them… even if it means walking away.The Voronin brothers didn’t just save my life...Categorized as:
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![Taken by the Bikers by Stephanie Brother]()
Taken by the Bikers by Stephanie Brother
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA good girl does her duty. A bad girl does the sexy bikers who kidnap her.To my ambitious politician father, I'm a disappointment. I'm not pretty enough, not thin enough, not radiant enough--not perfect enough to bolster his ambitions.The Screaming Eagles MC is the largest motorcycle club in the city, and as the mayor, my father has declared war...Categorized as:
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![Twist Me by S.K. Pryntz]()
Twist Me by S.K. Pryntz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingschosen for an undercover assignment at Hospital Twelve, she never expected to not be the only one looking into the missing patients. The triplets at the facility, also known as the Asylum Devils, have taken a particular interest in her...Categorized as:
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![Hunting Games by Crystal North]()
Hunting Games by Crystal North
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is not a love story. I never asked to be drugged again, kidnapped again and held prisoner ‘for my own good’. By the boys who swore they’d never hurt me no less. If everything they do, have ever done, is with my best interests at heart, then they won’t mind helping me exact my plan for revenge on the ones who hurt me most: their own fathers...Categorized as:
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![Foolish Hearts by Celeste Night]()
Foolish Hearts by Celeste Night
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHappily ever afters don't exist for women like me. My move to Clearhaven hadn't turned out like I had imagined. Tormented by the sins of my father, I tried to run away. Instead of the freedom I thought I would gain, I was trapped by someone determined to have me at any cost...Categorized as:
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![Deadliest Throne by Alisha Williams]()
Deadliest Throne by Alisha Williams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI got too comfortable with my life.Distracted by becoming a mom and taking care of the little one growing within me.We were happy, enjoying the little things in life.But when you're in a world like ours, lowering your guard isn't an option.In a blink of an eye, everything changed.He wants me and my baby.Now I'm fighting for our survival...Categorized as:
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![Poisoning Ivy by Carly Claire]()
Poisoning Ivy by Carly Claire
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA dark and twisty home invasion love story/thriller...Categorized as:
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![Fractured #1: Dark Why Choose Hitmen / Hitwoman romance by A.K. Draven]()
Fractured #1: Dark Why Choose Hitmen / Hitwoman romance by A.K. Draven
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe OrderWeapons - Shadows - Killers.That’s what we are.Our job has simple rules.Do not ask questions.Execute the job.Do not get yourself caught.Do not get killed.Our personal life rules were meant to be simple.Stick together.Do not let anyone interfere or create a barrier between us.Protect and watch out for each other.Wear a fucking condom at any cost.Sharing is caring...Categorized as:
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![Hunting Pretty by Sienna Blake]()
Hunting Pretty by Sienna Blake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWatch her. Crave her. Covet her. I’m the monster in the shadows—but she’s addicted to monsters.She looks so pretty when she cries out in her sleep. I’m obsessed by her gasps when she hears me coming for her. I'm hooked on the way she fights me when I pin her down... -
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![Lucy's Revenge by Heather Rainier]()
Lucy's Revenge by Heather Rainier
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings[Erotic Cowboy Ménage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, voyeurism, public exhibition, HEA] Lucy Carter is striving to succeed as a self-employed licensed massage therapist and to bolster her flagging self-confidence. The ménage of her fantasies, featuring her best friends, seems to be on the back burner. Single dad Patrick Owen has been refined in the fires of betrayal... -
![Maizy The Bear Charmer by Heather Rainier]()
Maizy The Bear Charmer by Heather Rainier
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsErotic Cowboy Ménage a Quatre Romance, M/F/M/M, light foot fetish, spanking, sex toys, HEA] Maizy Owen is living her dream, working as a kindergarten teacher. Her profession gives her purpose, but her personal life is another story. Recently rejected by her fiancé, Maizy struggles to hide a part of her nature that she longs to freely express... -
![Dragon Slayer by C.A. Rene]()
Dragon Slayer by C.A. Rene
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Varga Princess. Daddy’s little girl.Being the only daughter of a motorcycle club’s president means I’m untouchable. Add an older brother to that equation, and now you’ve got an impenetrable vault. No one can get to me.The Varga name has given me armor along with an invincibility complex.Until it’s all shattered...Categorized as:
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![Gavin by Alyssa Clark]()
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... -
![Angelview Academy: The Complete Trilogy by E.M. Snow]()
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]()
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... -
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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... -
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![Eight Brothers' Fiancée by Nicole Casey]()
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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![Sold to the Bratva by Lexi Asher]()
Sold to the Bratva by Lexi Asher
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA much older Bratva gangster broke my heart. Years later I’m forced to marry him.I had escaped the mafia life and lived a normal life like a normal girl.Until my dear mobster dad kidnaps me to marry me off to the Bratva.And now I’m supposed to give my innocence and a baby to the guy who once dumped me.They put me in a wedding dress and walked me down the aisle...Categorized as:
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![Why Don't You Make Me? by Rae Knight]()
Why Don't You Make Me? by Rae Knight
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree years. That’s how long I thought I’d escaped the Iron Triad’s grip.Since high school, I’ve rebuilt myself, free from the torment of my three ex-bullies. But when Thorne, cold and unapologetic, lands in my checkout line, I know my past isn’t done with me yet... -
![All Sinner No Saint by Serena Akeroyd]()
All Sinner No Saint by Serena Akeroyd
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsALL SINNERI’m aptly named. I’m Lucifer in the flesh: Lucie to those who love me, B*tch to those who loathe me. I have plenty of enemies, most of them in the clubhouse where I was raised. But I’m tired of being an outsider, tired of being on the outside looking in. I want to go home. And home?Isn’t a place.It’s with four men. Four bikers who own my heart and soul, and have done since I was a kid... -
![Villain Era by Luna Pierce]()
Villain Era by Luna Pierce
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe was once our enemy, but now he's my bodyguard.After our rival gives up the throne as my dying wish, my men trust him to keep a close watch on me and protect me from any danger that may come my way.He keeps me safe, somehow understanding the darkness that lurks inside of me. He knows it cannot be caged, and he allows me the ability to set it free when we’re alone...Categorized as:
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![Pretty Wicked Secrets by Callie Rose]()
Pretty Wicked Secrets by Callie Rose
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsthe blurb below contains spoilers for the first book in the series. If you haven't started the series yet, begin with Pretty Dark Vows .* They lied to me. They used me. They almost broke me.But I won’t let them win.I should have known better than to trust the Reapers. Should’ve known better than to let myself feel anything for them...Categorized as:
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![Unstoppable by K.A. Knight]()
Unstoppable by K.A. Knight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy father is a genius.A scientist determined to unlock the human potential.Only his experiments?He conducted them on me.I managed to escape his cruel, painful control, and for years I hid.Until one day, news comes of his death.Along with the fact his experiments are still being carried out.This time I cannot run, I cannot hide.I must stop them once and for all.He thought he was invincible…...Categorized as:
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![Mistakes Made by Marie James]()
Mistakes Made by Marie James
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe worst thing you can ever do is make an assumption about me, despite my job resting solely on making people think I’m someone I’m not.I know that makes me crazy, narcissistic, and a little out of touch with the reality of how the world works.I’ll never argue that fact with anyone.Maybe it was the hundred-degree Texas weather.Maybe it was overstimulation from the crowds at the beach... -
![Killer by Blake Blessing]()
Killer by Blake Blessing
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow dirty am I willing to get?Accepting the brothers for who they are is one thing. Understanding that they might always commit terrible crimes, is another.That was as far as I ever expected to be pushed into their world...Categorized as:
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![Surrogate for the Bratva by Lexi Asher]()
Surrogate for the Bratva by Lexi Asher
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI accidentally became my Bratva boss’s surrogate. And now he’s made me his prisoner.I didn’t know I was the maid of a mafia lord. I thought he was just a hot rich player.I didn’t know it’s his baby I’m carrying. Until people start shooting at me.Until he forces me to move in with him to protect his baby.I signed up for an anonymous surrogacy because I desperately need the money...Categorized as:
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![Cruel Lies by Heleva Risque]()
Cruel Lies by Heleva Risque
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey claim to want to protect me. I’m not dumb enough to fall for that twice. Seven years after they shoved me off a bridge to my death, the awkward teenagers I grew up with had grown into sexy yet ruthless killers. But their black souls and our shared past couldn’t keep me from wanting their hands all over my body, even after all these years...Categorized as:
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![Shades of Red by Willow Prescott]()
Shades of Red by Willow Prescott
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"She tastes like she was made just for me."Paris is full of vibrance and flavor, robust and rich. It’s a place where dreams are forged and broken. The city of love has everything to offer, and I want it all.There’s a new restaurant in town offering a unique chance at becoming sous chef if you can prove you’re the best of ten competitors... -
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![Master Baldor by Rogue London]()
Master Baldor by Rogue London
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI don't make a habit of punishing random submissives at my club.But when I have a little girl on the verge of a full blown meltdown on my hands, it seems like the only option.With her bottom still red and hot from my discipline, she all but begs me to take her. To use her in all the wicked, wanton ways I can think of. She couldn't be more perfect for me... -
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SinMas by A.K. Draven
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings**If you are looking for a novella with plot... This one won't be for you! SinMas is a taboo novella. Please make sure to check the TWs before diving into it!**SINKLER I’ve been waiting to have her since I was eleven.It doesn’t matter if my father adopted her.It doesn’t matter if we grew up together.It doesn’t matter if she’s promised to someone else...Categorized as:
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![Brutal Limits by Marissa Farrar, S.R. Jones]()
Brutal Limits by Marissa Farrar, S.R. Jones
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings...Categorized as:
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![Broken Limits by Marissa Farrar, S.R. Jones]()
Broken Limits by Marissa Farrar, S.R. Jones
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings...Categorized as:
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![We're All Mad Here by Leann Belle]()
We're All Mad Here by Leann Belle
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe White Rabbit is following me.I can't outrun him. He's fast, he's ruthless, and if he hadn't drugged me and dragged me off to this godforsaken "wonder" land, I might find his platinum hair and striking rose gold eyes attractive.But here, the only wonder I've been finding is in the gaze of these beautiful men as they watch me run. Never do they try and help...
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