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Lover in Lingerie by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI know this has no future.Only heartbreak.Bosco Roth may be the man I've fallen for, but he'll never be the man I marry.He's too dangerous. Too risky.When our three months is over, I'll walk away.At least that's what I keep telling myself.. -
![Shamrock: A Linear Tactical Romantic Suspense Standalone by Janie Crouch]()
Shamrock: A Linear Tactical Romantic Suspense Standalone by Janie Crouch
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEvery mission has a price.He never meant for her to pay it. Aiden has never left anyone behind. Not a comrade and certainly not an innocent. But when an undercover mission goes wrong, he's forced to abandon a woman trapped in a human trafficking ring. Violet learned brutally that no one is promised a happy ending... -
![Freya: The Tempests, Book 6 by Cee Bowerman]()
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![Eli by Jessica Gadziala]()
Eli by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSix years on the inside gave a man a lot of time to think. And a lot of time to plan. When I got out, I was determined for things to go a different way. I never wanted to lose control and rage out again. The only way to accomplish that, though, was to shut it all down. Complete disconnect. That meant no family, no friends, no links to anything attached to the man I was before... -
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![Saving Daddy by Laylah Roberts]()
Saving Daddy by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Daddy in need of someone to cherish and call his own . . .Hack has a job he loves. Great friends. Stability.And no one special in his life.A caregiver and protector, he needs someone to take care of.And then Greer Savage walks right on into his life.Incredibly brave, yet also slightly broken. Sweet and funny.He wants to wrap her up tight in his arms and never let her go... -
![Code Name: Gemini by Janie Crouch, Danielle M. Haas]()
Code Name: Gemini by Janie Crouch, Danielle M. Haas
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTasha Volkov has been on the run for three years from a brutal cartel who want her dead. her family.She already paid a heavy price for crossing them, and has the scars to prove it. Her only choice is to keep running, even if the tiny town of Pine Valley feels more like home to her than anywhere else she's ever been... -
![Daddy's Soul by Laylah Roberts]()
Daddy's Soul by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFaith Blossom has hit rock bottom.She’s drowning.Broke, demoralised, tired, and alone, she accepts a job that could be the answer to her problems.So long as she can survive a force of nature bent on destroying everything in his path.Reuben Jones.He’s driven, loyal, stern, and unforgiving.Possessive and protective.Grumpy.And he wants to own her. Dominate and control her.Be her Daddy... -
![Adler by Jessica Gadziala]()
Adler by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe decided it was time to retire, settle down, become something nice and tame. Like an arms-dealing biker in some town called Navesink Bank. He could get behind that lifestyle. He'd anticipated a lot of things. Drinking. Brotherhood. A little action peppered in here and there to keep things from getting too dull. But there was one thing he hadn't planned on... -
![Beneath These Shadows by Meghan March]()
Beneath These Shadows by Meghan March
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Meghan March comes a new dangerously sexy alpha hero... The only permanent thing in my life is the ink I put on my clients. I drift from city to city, in and out of beds, from one tattoo shop to the next. Every time I start to put down roots, I rip them up. Until New Orleans. Until her. She’s everything I’m not. Full of fire and life... -
![Ignite by Cassandra Robbins]()
Ignite by Cassandra Robbins
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsANTOINETTEAxel Fontaine has a giant…At least that’s what everyone says. Unfortunately, it’s true.All. Of. It.He’s dangerous, scary, and addictive. Without a doubt, the last person I should fall for is the VP of the Disciples MC.I’m out of my league.He’s a six-foot-four, blue-eyed biker god.I’m an ex-ballerina turned stripper who should run away... -
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Harley by Marie James
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey say misery loves company, but after losing the love of my life all I wanted was to be completely alone.Having a young daughter made that impossible.I couldn’t curl into myself.I couldn’t spend hours in the dark living in regret.I couldn’t end it all no matter how many times that thought crossed my mind.Regretfully, I couldn’t go through life on my own... -
![La Famiglia by Sienna Mynx]()
La Famiglia by Sienna Mynx
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"Never question my heart, my courage, my loyalty! To my men and to this family I am all things. But to my wife I am only one. Husband." - Don Giovanni Battaglia. The year is 1992. The Battaglia family awaits the birth of the newest members to their clan. Twin boys will be born to the capo di tutti capi of the Neapolitan clans... -
![Prospect: The Kings of Retribution MC by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez]()
Prospect: The Kings of Retribution MC by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFamily isn't always by blood. Family is who you are willing to bleed for. Refusing to yield to his father's will and expectations to one day take the reins of the family business, Sam McGregor leaves his home in Texas. Fate leads him to the small town of Polson Montana, home to the Kings of Retribution MC, where he starts over and meets Sofia Torres... -
![Gunner: Satan's Fury MC- Memphis by L. Wilder]()
Gunner: Satan's Fury MC- Memphis by L. Wilder
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn our world, there are some lines you just don’t cross. New York Times and USA Today Best Seller L. Wilder brings readers a new addition to the Satan’s Fury MC- Memphis series. Get ready for a ‘wilder’ ride. Gus wasn’t just my president. He was the father I never had. He was steadfast and strong. I looked up to him and trusted him without question... -
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![Nova by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez]()
Nova by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCain LeBlanc, known as Nova to his brothers, is the Enforcer for the Kings of Retribution MC, Louisiana.He's dedicated to the club, but Nova's entire world revolves around his daughter, Piper. Being a single father doesn't come without its challenges. Making sure his lifestyle doesn't affect his home life is one of them.Never bring a woman home.That's one rule Nova has stood by for years... -
![Shatter by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott]()
Shatter by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMaverick trauma surgeon Ashton "Snow" Frost keeps the world at a distance, relying only on his three closest friends to keep him connected.But when a ghost from their past returns to Cincinnati, Snow stands to lose everyone he loves.Framed for murder and reeling from attacks on his friends, Snow is pushed to his breaking point.Jude Torres won't let the doc shatter... -
![Absolving Blue by Freya Barker, Operation Alpha]()
Absolving Blue by Freya Barker, Operation Alpha
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor long-time Durango Fire Department EMT, Ava ‘Blue’ Navarro, her teammates at Station 3 represent a family more loyal than her own. However, when patients start dying on her watch, she draws the attention of local law enforcement. In particular the smooth-talking detective she’s successfully evaded for years, fearing he might stir up her quiet existence... -
![Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole]()
Wire by LP Lovell, Stevie J Cole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTor Jude and I managed to salvage something beautiful from the war torn rubble of our lives, a blissful happiness that we paid for in blood. We fought our way here, leaving pieces of ourselves along the way. I thought this was the happily ever after in our twisted fairy tale, but I was wrong. Jude I may be free by definition... -
![Bullet by Daphne Loveling]()
Bullet by Daphne Loveling
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI was consumed by vengeance. Living in a dark place that only fire and death can cleanse. Then I found her. She’s running from her past. Closed off and afraid to accept help from anybody else. She’s the light to my shadow. She’s everything I want. Everything I need. There’s no way I’m letting her walk out on what we have... -
![Becoming His by Ami Van]()
Becoming His by Ami Van
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDerrick King He and his brothers are the ruthless heads of a crime family. KINGS. They’ve built their empire to become what it is today, collecting fortune and power, bending rules and taking out whoever stood in their way. Tall, dark and sinfully gorgeous, Derrick as head of the family never went to bed alone yet never slept in a bed with any woman either... -
![Maddox by Megan O'Brien]()
Maddox by Megan O'Brien
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI’ve never known what it’s like to have a dream that’s really mine. To live a life without fear. Being the niece of the most ruthless mob boss in Las Vegas has made any sort of freedom impossible. Francesca Rossi has spent much of her life balancing the weight of running the family bakery with avoiding her uncle’s life of violence and corruption... -
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Chasing Bliss by Sophie Oak, Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRe-released in a second edition with new content. Gemma Wells came to Bliss, Colorado, after a scandal cost her everything. Utterly lost, the disgraced attorney built walls so high that she thinks no one can get through them. She’s given up on love, friendship, and all matters of the heart... -
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Force by Cassandra Robbins
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Cassandra Robbins comes an explosive, second- chance, age- gap, standalone love story about the dangerous Disciples enforcer and his fierce, secret obsession.I’ve made two impulsive decisions in my life, and both have involved the notorious enforcer of the Disciples MC.The first, I humiliated myself by spying on him... -
![Honor's Revenge by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois]()
Honor's Revenge by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo find a killer, they’ll have to use her as bait. World class assassin Lancelot will do anything to get the job done, including lie to his new partner, billionaire professor Hugo. But Hugo has secrets of his own, and when the mission looks like it will fail, he has no choice but to seek out a woman who has no place in their war--Sylvia. Hugo wants to protect her... -
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![The Devil's Spare Change by Samantha A. Cole]()
The Devil's Spare Change by Samantha A. Cole
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFBI agent Sean Malone put in a transfer to return home to North Carolina in order to be closer to his expanding family. What he didn’t expect was a pleasant surprise from his youth. Little Gracie Whitman is all grown up now and drop-dead gorgeous, and he finds himself thinking about her in ways he’d never done before... -
![Body and Soul by Lucy Lennox, Sloane Kennedy]()
Body and Soul by Lucy Lennox, Sloane Kennedy
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOz: Escaping the international modeling scene to design my own fashion collection is the first step to shucking my bobble-headed supermodel reputation and proving to the world I’m more than just a pretty face. But the minute I have to accept roadside help from the sexy man next door, I feel like the airhead people think I am... -
![Mick Sinatra 1: For Once In My Life by Mallory Monroe]()
Mick Sinatra 1: For Once In My Life by Mallory Monroe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBad boy Mick Sinatra feels the heat from the Feds from without, and disloyal men from within. He has no time for love. But when a woman comes along so unlike the dull socialites and supermodels of his past, he wonders if fate is playing a cruel trick on him... -
![Penance (The Chicago Defiance MC Series) by K.E. Osborn]()
Penance (The Chicago Defiance MC Series) by K.E. Osborn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI'm not sure how it happened. The way the cord of life can splinter and snap without warning. My family—in hiding from the Japanese Yakuza. My club—at war with the very organization my family is hiding from. Though, amidst the chaos, there is one shining light. A Spanner in the works... -
![Havoc by Harley Wylde, Jessica Coulter Smith]()
Havoc by Harley Wylde, Jessica Coulter Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJordan -- I spent a year in prison for a crime I admittedly did commit, but I had a good reason. I was supposed to serve a longer sentence, but a handsy guard and a pissed-off warden who wanted me to keep quiet meant I got out early. My brothers have abandoned me, and there’s nowhere for me to go. Until the hottest man I’ve ever met decides to be my knight on shining Harley... -
![Claimed by A.K. Rose]()
Claimed by A.K. Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey took… Now it’s time to destroy them from the inside out. But first I need to get him back…my son… Colt. To do that I send the two people I hold close back into The Order. Colt’s vengeful twin, Carven. And the woman I’ve fallen for…Vivienne. As I watch them disappear inside that Hell, I call for war, forcing every powerful man and woman in the city to choose a side. Mine… Or Halestrom Hale’s... -
![Cian's Complication by Ciara St. James]()
Cian's Complication by Ciara St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCian O’Sheeran was the second oldest O’Sheeran child. His family was the largest Irish mob family in the US. Well, technically, to the world, they were former mobsters gone straight. The world might speculate and say they still were mobsters, but no one outside the family and their closest people knew the truth. Afterall, it was hard to remove all traces of a hunter from their bloodline... -
![The Woman with the Scar by Jessica Gadziala]()
The Woman with the Scar by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe was not the kind of man meant to fall in love. He was the proud enforcer of the Costa Family who perhaps enjoyed the violent, bloody parts of his job a bit too much.All that changed, though, when he was put on a job that had him crossing paths with a woman who changed everything.She was not the kind of woman to have hope. The life she found herself trapped in had very little to look forward to... -
![Diablo by Chiah Wilder]()
Diablo by Chiah Wilder
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDiablo, Sergeant-At-Arms of the Night Rebels MC, doesn’t chase women the way his fellow brothers do. Women flock to the ripped, bearded, tatted biker, but he pushes them away. His past haunts him and rage burns deep inside him. His only focus is the club, his Harley, and his shots of whiskey. He doesn’t want a woman messing with his life. He doesn’t trust them. Then he sees her... -
![Bishop's Endgame by Katie Reus]()
Bishop's Endgame by Katie Reus
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRead the final book in the Endgame trilogy where blood is thick, but passion is thicker… He kidnapped a princess to exact revenge. Set up for a crime he didn’t commit, Ellis Bishop takes the law into his own hands to exact justice and clear his name. Unfortunately, that means he has to kidnap a crime boss’s daughter—a perfect mafia princess, set to become queen of a dirty empire... -
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![Safeguard by Jane Henry]()
Safeguard by Jane Henry
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA standalone entry in the NYC Doms seriesShe's feisty, gorgeous, impossible.Submissive.And all mine.I don't do half-assed relationships. When I set my sights on the most headstrong, tenacious submissive I've ever met, I'm all in. I'll show her the dark, sensual world she craves, dominate her, and leave her begging for more... -
![Raven's Hart by Davidson King]()
Raven's Hart by Davidson King
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHaven Hart stands on the edge of good and evil. Having balance between the two is the only thing keeping the town from crumbling to the ground. For years, one man has been charged with maintaining that balance. Poe. The air of mystery surrounding Poe is one of necessity. He’s the keeper of secrets and for good reason... -
![Savage Storm by Naomi Porter]()
Savage Storm by Naomi Porter
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMayhem is coming for the Knight's Legion MC…Madeline. My Angel. The light to my darkness. As President of the Knight’s Legion MC, death and destruction come with the territory—this club is my life. Then she comes along and casts a spell on me with her innocent blue eyes. A healing balm to my soul. Powerful enough to chase away my demons... -
![The Score by Bethany-Kris]()
The Score by Bethany-Kris
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings*Please Note: The Score is not a standalone title. The first books in the Russian Guns series (The Arrangement, followed by The Life) should be read first* In the mess of love and life, nothing and no one is left untouched... -
![Black Contract by Charlotte Byrd]()
Black Contract by Charlotte Byrd
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI don’t belong with her. Born into darkness, life made me a cynic incapable of love. But then Ellie waltzed in. Innocent, optimistic, kind. She’s the opposite of what I deserve. I bought her, but she she stole my heart. Now my business is going up in flames. I have only one chance to make it right. That’s where it happens…something I can never take back... -
![Black Limit by Charlotte Byrd]()
Black Limit by Charlotte Byrd
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIs this the end of us? I found a woman I can’t live without. We’ve been through so much. We’ve had our set backs. But our love is stronger than ever. We are survivors. But when they take her from me at the altar, right before she is to become my wife, everything breaks. I will do anything to free her. I will do anything to make her mine for good...Categorized as:
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Restoration by Tate James
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s always been about the chase. The prize. The puzzle. The Game. I became the best of the best, Hermes, because no one could catch me. No one could touch me.No one had.Until her.She’s everything I never knew I wanted.She is my life.It’s been one bad call after another in this Game. It’s cost the woman I love more than I ever wanted her to have to pay... -
![Pure Bliss by Sophie Oak]()
Pure Bliss by Sophie Oak
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBliss, Colorado, gave Hope McLean a second chance at life, but she's hiding a dark secret. Raised as brothers, James Glen and Noah Bennett always dreamed of finding a woman to share their lives on the Circle G ranch. James would run the ranch, while Noah served the town of Bliss as the resident vet... -
![Awakening by S.W. Frank]()
Awakening by S.W. Frank
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAWAKENING: Alfonzo Volume V The Family Saga continues.... Drink and women can't erase the betrayal of one woman Alfonzo swore to love forever. It's only sharpened the blade of hurt.Sometimes the hardest battles to win are the internal wars... -
![Tortured Skye by Gwyn McNamee]()
Tortured Skye by Gwyn McNamee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings***Tortured Skye is not a standalone and is best enjoyed after reading Savage Collision***Falling in love with Gabe Anderson was as easy as breathing. Fighting my feelings for my brother’s best friend was agonizingly hard. I never imagined giving in to my desire for him would cause such a destructive ripple effect... -
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![Son of Saint: A Dark Romance by Ruby Vincent]()
Son of Saint: A Dark Romance by Ruby Vincent
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m going through a bit of a rough patch.I lost my job, got kicked out of my apartment, and now I sleep under an overpass. If that wasn’t bad enough, my psychic twin is plagued with daily visions of my death.She guarantees it’ll be gruesome.The last thing I needed was for Sole “Sunny” Bellisario to come crashing through my tent... -
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Wrath by Gwyn McNamee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll I see is red.Blood.Pain.Rage.It consumes me.The moment he took her, wrath invaded my soul.I only have one purpose. End him and take back what’s mine. Love isn’t always clean, and wrath is the deadliest sin... -
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![Ace by Brooke Summers]()
Ace by Brooke Summers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll she’s wanted is to be loved… He only wants fun...Andromeda Peters lives her life in the shadows.Being dealt trauma at such a young age, she steeled her heart against everyone.She never thought she’d find someone she could trust.Until Ace.She’s the daughter of his enemy… He’s the man that she loves…Ace made a vow months ago. He would take out all those that harmed his sister... -
![Zain by Evie Monroe]()
Zain by Evie Monroe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOh, you think you’ve got problems . . . The Steel Cobras are at war and I’m to blame. But there are only two things worth fighting for in this life. My club and my woman. I should have never prospected with Hells Fury. Then I wouldn’t have needed to defect. And we wouldn’t be in this senseless war. And I’ve fallen in love with Sasha, my Russian dumplin’. Sweet, wholesome, and delicious... -
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Ruthless Hawke by Gwyn McNamee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove can be ruthless, especially when you’re a Hawke.You have to be ruthless to be a Hawke.Our empire in New Orleans has only grown over the years.And protecting it falls on my shoulders.Whether it’s in the courtroom or in the streets, I do whatever it takes to get the job done.We’ve already suffered and lost enough.I won’t let anything threaten my family or what we’ve built...
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