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Molly's Man by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s ticking things off her bucket list. Number one, find a sexy man to tie her up and spank her… Molly knows she’s not going to live a long life. Both her mother and grandmother died young. She’s determined to fit as much fun in as she can. Starting with quitting her job and moving to Haven where the men are sexy, protective, and dominant... -
The Soul of a Rogue by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA lady who swore she’d never love again. A bitter rogue out to avenge horrors of the past. Two hardened souls are forced together in an adventure to break a curse, sparking to life a sizzling attraction that will not be denied in this newest novel from USA Today Bestseller, K.J. Jackson.A lady who swore she’d never love again.Eliana Graham, Dowager Countess of Raplan, had once had it all... -
Wicked Exile by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe can't afford to love anyone. He will never marry. They can never have a future...or can they?A fallen lady with a heart of gold and a spine of steel.Long ago, Madame Juliet Thomson was exiled from her family. A fallen lady, she's worked in one of London's most famous gaming hells for the last six years... -
Cocky Viscount by Annabelle Anders
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when a lady breaks the rules?Felicity Brightley is the most genteel of ladies. Raised to marry the Earl of Westerley, she’s never failed to follow the dictates of society. Doing so, she’d been promised, ensured lifelong security and happiness. When her future is shattered, however, she decides it’s time she tests those rules—perhaps make up a few of her own...Categorized as:
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The Gilded Lily by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEvery old house has its secrets, so it comes as no surprise when a relic of a noble Victorian family is discovered in the new home of historical author Nicole Rayburn and her husband Kyle. Curious about the lovely young woman in the sepia photograph, Nicole delves into the history of the family and stumbles on a long-forgotten mystery... -
The Blood of a Baron by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA deal with the devil never goes according to plan in this newest novel from USA Today Bestseller K.J. Jackson.Her last hope.With her brother dead and destitution looming, spinster Lady Elania has only one hope left—finding the mysterious box her brother had left her and trading it for the modest fortune that would last her the rest of her days... -
Temptations of a Duke's Daughter by Samantha Holt
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSolving a murder is dangerous business. So is falling in love…Lady Chastity Fallon will not stand idly by while her sister is suspected of murder. Since no one wants to help, she’ll take matters into her own hands. The plan? Simple. She’ll disguise herself as a servant and investigate... -
BOUND BY THE EARL by Alyson Chase
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe ties that bind... After surviving a living hell, Miss Amanda Wilcox craves a peaceful life. Time with her sister and quiet fireside nights are all she desires. That, and some lessons in pleasure. Too disgraced to ever marry, with no virtue left to protect, she has no qualms indulging in a liaison. And she's found the perfect man to satisfy her...Categorized as:
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Johanna Lindsey - Passion at Sea: The Malorys: That Perfect Someone, No Choice But Seduction, Captive of My Desires by Johanna Lindsey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader... -
The Georgian Romance Collection: Ask for It / Passion for the Game / A Passion for Him / Don't Tempt Me by Sylvia Day
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFour Georgian romance novels from No. 1 bestselling author, Sylvia Day, now available in one exclusive e-bundle Ask For It - Agent to the Crown, Marcus Ashford has fought numerous sword fights and dodged bullets. Yet nothing arouses him more than his hunger for former fiance, Elizabeth. Years ago, she'd abandoned him for the charming Lord Hawthorne... -
Josh Lanyon Collected Novellas #1 by Josh Lanyon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Dangerous Ground a casino robbery finds government agents Taylor and Will playing a game of cat-and-mouse with remorseless killers in the wilderness of California's High Sierras. Snowball in Hell introduces police detective Lt. Matthew Spain and reporter Nathan Doyle, men thrown together by murder. But, in post-WWII Los Angeles consequences of their attraction are serious, even for good guys... -
Going In Blind: Brotherhood Protectors World by Kris Norris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s spent his life preparing for every form of warfare—except the one against his heart. When in doubt, blow it up, has been Kent “Rigs” Walker’s motto—words he’s used to carve out a life. Until an encounter with an IED takes more than just his military career... -
Forever Claimed by Betty Shreffler, Betty Legend
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaptured by my enemy and held in his captivity, I have two choices; play his games to survive or die fighting. Surrendering my body or territory to him is not an option. Determined to outlast his manipulations, I utilize every advantage no matter how treacherous. Only my enemy holds the key piece of leverage necessary to break me down to my core, leaving me questioning every move I make... -
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A Conquest Impossible to Resist by Stephanie Laurens
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns to the Cynsters’ next generation to bring you a thrilling tale of love, intrigue, and fabulous horses.A notorious rakehell with a stable of fabulous Thoroughbreds and a lady on a quest to locate such horses must negotiate personal minefields to forge a greatly desired alliance—one someone is prepared to murder to prevent... -
Lady Alexandra's Lover by Helen Hardt
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLady Alexandra MacIntyre has made up her mind. Having grown up in near poverty, she's marrying for money—a lot of money—and she’ll do anything to achieve her goal...even get herself caught in a compromising situation by her overprotective and smugly conventional—although achingly handsome—new stepbrother, Lord Evan Xavier... -
The Bowie Bride by Suzan Tisdale
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlec Bowie never wanted a wife. He never wanted a hearth and home. And he most assuredly never wanted to be chief of his clan. But much to his vexation, he finds himself in possession of all three.His desire for peace and to protect his clan are stronger than his desire to remain free and untethered... -
A Vampire's Claim by Joey W. Hill
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBook III in the Vampire Queen Series. Lady Daniela has never taken a full human servant. At two hundred years, she’s always put it off, having a bachelor’s attitude toward bonding with another, even an inferior human... -
Anastasia by Sophie Lark
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAnastasia is the princess no one needs: the fourth daughter born to an emperor without a son, and the only royal lacking a magical gift.Until she collides with a young Cossack rebel, changing both their lives forever.Damien is taken from everything he knows and raised as a ward of the Romanovs.Anastasia develops a strange kind of magic shared only by the Black Monk Rasputin... -
The Governess Diaries by Chasity Bowlin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLove lost and found… As a girl, Euphemia Darrow had fallen desperately in love with the younger son of the Duke of Clarenden, Nicholas Montford. But he broke her heart with a cold dismissal before he left to join the army. Rather than pine for him, Effie found another purpose for her life...Categorized as:
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Evading by K.L. Kreig
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Let me obliterate each and every last beast that's holding that beautiful mind captive, Giselle." It's no secret Detective Mike Thatcher wasn't a fan of the blood drinkers. They stole his life, his woman, his future when they kidnapped his college sweetheart. So of course Fate paired him with the one thing he'd spent the past eleven years hating...a vampire. But Giselle isn't just any vampire... -
Markham Hall Series Bundle by Sierra Simone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYorkshire, 1879 I am alone. When Ivy Leavold is left destitute by her brother’s death, she is taken in by her cousin’s brooding, tortured widower--Julian Markham. Handsome and possessive, it’s not long before Ivy falls for him. But Mr. Markham has dark secrets, secrets that may put Ivy in danger... I am afraid... -
Needing Nicky (SANCTUM) by Pepper North
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen dreams come true, will desire make them hotter than Nicky ever imagined? Aspiring bull rider, Nick Allen has dreamed of meeting and training with Lance Woodson for years. Taking the proverbial bull by the horns, he dares to approach the bull riding veteran in person. When Nick discovers his idol is a Daddy, desire and longing meld with his professional aspirations... -
Catherine Coulter the Sherbrooke Series Novels 1-5 by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMore information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin... -
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Sweet Mountain Magic by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe bestselling author of Tame the Wild Wind delivers a western historical romance of a lonely trapper and a woman with a deep and wounded past. When Sage McKenzie comes across a wild-eyed beauty in obvious distress, his first instinct is to turn and flee like the native tribes who fear this “crazy woman.” As a man of the mountain, affairs of the heart are low priority... -
Kate Pearce Bundle: Simply Sexual, Simply Sinful and Simply Shameless (House of Pleasure) by Kate Pearce
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSexual Satisfaction Ten years as a sex slave in a Turkish brothel left Lord Valentin Sokorvsky with an insatiable appetite for sex. Now the time has come for him to marry, but finding a woman who can satisfy his lustful desires proves a challenge. . .until he meets Sara and all he can think about is having her lie under his rock-hard body, begging him to taste and touch her. . -
Undeniable by Violetta Rand, Dragonblade Publishing
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRead the long-awaited Book Two in the Highlands Forever series, UNDENIABLE! Purchase, or read for FREE in Kindle Unlimited! Jamie MacKay has spent a lifetime serving as the right hand to the Laird of the MacKays. Now that he possesses his ancestral home again, he has his own plans for the future, including the ambition to start a new branch of the MacKays... -
Curse of the Wicked Scoundrel by Sadie Bosque
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPeople call him Hades. He is like the dark prince himself: enigmatic, mysterious and dangerous. Nobody knows his real name. Nobody knows anything about him. Only that he's been cursed to lead his life in loneliness. Because everyone who's ever been close to him, very soon, died.Eloise has led a dull, practical life... -
A Bet with a Baron by Tammy Andresen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s hell bent on debauchery… Baron Kenneth Boxby has spent his entire life drowning in responsibility. But he’s finally ready for some fun…and by fun, he means drinking, gaming, and bedding women. His first official act as a rake? Buying an illegal gaming hell...Categorized as:
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The True Heir by Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA case of mistaken identity would change both their lives forever…Miss Millicent Silverstone has always believed herself to be a simple, unassuming farmer’s daughter. She never dreamed that the special attention Lady Gillingham always showed her was anything more than neighborly fondness... -
Seduced: The Wicked Woodleys by Jess Michaels
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA hot historical romance from USA TODAY Bestselling Romance Author Jess Michaels Criminal Jack Blackwood has plenty of problems, from his complicated relationship with his brother to the plethora of men coming to dethrone him as king of the underground. What he doesn't need is a rich, bored gentleman showing up to try to join his gang... -
A Counterfeit Courtesan by Jess Michaels
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe final book in the popular series by 10 time USA Today bestselling author Jess Michaels The last of the Shelley triplets to remain unmarried, Juliana Shelley has never felt like she’s recognized as her own person. But now, scarred by a terrible attack, she’s never felt so alone. Or so tired of cleaning up every else’s mess. She longs for something just for herself... -
Bear Triplets by J.L. Wilder
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCould this single mom Wolf be the answer these Bears were waiting for?Triplet Bears:If that damn wolf woman thinks her son can get away with killing our cattle,we will make her pay.We have the most productive ranch in the county,But it’s been barren without one thing - a woman we can share.So for now, we’ll let them stay.We’ll give them protection from other shifters... -
A Season for Treason by Golden Angel
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA traitor. A courtship. A scandalous Season.In the race against time, will this pair reach the altar or the traitor first?In the service of England's spymaster (well, his niece, but surely he'll appreciate the help), Miss Mary Wilson is on a mission to uncover a treasonous plot... -
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Discreet Destruction by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA wayward ruler of the London underworld. The woman determined to protect him at all costs. Where betrayal and obsession meet, does love stand a chance in this adventure-filled historical romance?He’s oblivious to the danger bearing down on him.A titan of the rookeries, the last thing Declan Rudderton needs in his life is another thing to worry about... -
Switch of Fate Prequel by Lisa Ladew, Grace Quillen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLove follows no rules... Growler and Anna begin their lives at the cosh, a place with only one rule: A switch may not favor only one shifter, because it makes her weak. This is a rule Anna has no choice but to break, as Growler steals her heart again and again. Boss cuffed him on the back of the neck and forced him to bend as they headed into the meadow. “Keep your eyes down... -
Fall From Grace by Emily Bex
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJR Ward and Christine Feehan fans will become enchanted with this deliciously dark and scandalous series by International Bestselling Author Emily Bex. It's everything vampire romances should be made of!Continue the journey in this dark fantasy with Shade and Kate Medici.Lorenzo discovers his mother isn't the only one born with unique powers... -
The Missing Marquess of Althorn by Chasity Bowlin, Dragonblade Publishing
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBetrothed to Marcus Balfour, Marquess Althorn since infancy, the entirety of Miss Jane Barrett’s life has been planned for her by others. Through an overheard argument, Jane discovers at a very tender age that her betrothed is opposed to the match. The knowledge wounds her deeply and sews the first seeds of rebellion in her... -
A Scandalous Portrait by Callie Hutton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe took one look at the painting and all the air in the room disappeared. . .The Earl of Huntington (Hunt) is a silent partner in a successful gambling hell run by his two brothers. A well-respected member of the ton, he moves about in Society as an unknown agent for the Crown on its most sensitive matters...Categorized as:
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Darling Jasmine by Bertrice Small
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJasmine had been forced into marriage twice. Rebelling at King James' decree that she wed Jemmie Leslie, fifth earl of Glenkirk, she fled to France with her children. But her youngest, the illegitimate offspring of Jasmine's hot-blooded lover, Prince Henry Stuart, is the king's only grandson... -
Stranded with a Dirty-Talking Shifter by Olivia T. Turner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI thought I was the queen of dirty talk.I've written it in my books, but have never experienced it in real life.But fiction soon becomes reality when Oliver Brooks finds me.I'm stranded in a torrential rainstorm with nowhere to go.He says he wants to help me.He says I'm his mate.And he says a whole lot of other things that are too dirty to repeat... -
Lessons in Trust by Charlie Cochrane
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe thought he knew who he was. Now he’s a stranger to himself. When Jonty Stewart and Orlando Coppersmith witness the suspicious death of a young man at the White City exhibition in London, they're keen to investigate--especially after the cause of death proves to be murder. But Police Inspector Redknapp refuses to let them help, even after they stumble onto clues to the dead man's identity... -
To Love a Hellion by Nicola Davidson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo years after the shocking deaths of his father and older brother, life is finally improving for Stephen Forsyth, Earl of Westleigh. His mother has rejoined society, the estates are flourishing, and according to his mathematical calculations his new betrothed is a sensibly near-perfect match... -
To Trust A Stranger/Whispers At Midnight by Karen Robards
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo of Karen Robards' recent sensual & suspenseful novels under one softcover... -
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Rake to Riches by Nicola Davidson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith a fallen angel face, devastating charm and impeccable connections, life appears perfect for ton king George Edwards. Yet elaborate facades hide brutal family secrets and crippling debt, and when a blackmail letter threatens to reveal all, he has one chance at financial salvation: transform a wayward miss into a lady, and secure her a titled husband.Heiress Louisa Donovan is desperate... -
The Would-Be Mommy by Jacqueline Diamond
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the moment he arrives at Safe Harbor Medical, Ian Martin is on infant overload. But the story he's covering gets a lot more interesting when the adventure-seeking reporter meets Jennifer Serra, an intriguing PR director who has created a stir by taking home one of the center's unwanted newborns!Jennifer has always wanted a child of her own... -
Christmas Ladies by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChristmas Ladies-3 Full-Length Holiday Regencies by New York Times bestselling author Grace Burrowes Three luminous holiday tales of romance, passion, and dreams come true, from Grace Burrowes' enormously popular Windham series... -
VIRTUE by Victoria Vane
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA man without a past… Abandoned at a monastery as a young child, Alexander serves two masters—God and the fading memories of his past life—the one he never got to live. As he nears the day to take his vows, he’s sent on a last sojourn into the real world, but what begins as a test of faith becomes a journey to manhood... -
Shared by Her Two Cowboys: A MFM Western Menage Romance by Shae Sullivan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey’ll protect her with their lives . . . and seduce her with their bodies . . . Daisy A wolf in sheep’s clothing. I’d heard the phrase a dozen times; I just never thought I’d married one. But I did—and he turned out to be far worse than I could ever imagine. It’s crazy how easily a handsome face can hide a cruel mind. I never expected my life to end up this way... -
A Curvy Nanny for the Big Boss by Kate Hunt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s a demanding boss. She’s his new nanny…and the sole object of his desire.Once up on a time, I possessed a wild longing for my secretary, Celeste.But I was a ruthless boss, and she got fed up with me and quit.It was for the best. I was dangerously close to stepping over a line no man should ever cross.Still. I’ve missed her like hell.So it is. Life goes on. Day after day after day...
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