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Lakestone - tome 1 by Sarah Rivens
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDans la tranquillité trompeuse de la ville d'Ewing aux États-Unis, Iris, confinée à la bibliothèque, est plongée dans ses révisions. À des kilomètres de là, un mercenaire affronte le froid tranchant de la nuit, aussi glaciale que le cadavre qu'il vient d’enterrer.Ils n’ont rien en commun, pourtant tous deux ont le même objectif : amasser assez d'argent... -
Stand and Defend by Sloane St. James
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJordanaI live my life head over heart and never rock the boat. Which is how I wound up engaged to Bryan Davenport—the biggest mistake I ever made. We were a power couple, but no one knew how cruel he could be behind closed doors. When I decide to leave, my fiancé shows just how ruthless he can be and sends me running to the last person I expected: his best man...Categorized as:
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Pearl's Fight by Jane Blythe
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTheir anger will either bring them together or destroy what could have been. Pearl Smith is angry at the world. Stolen as a baby and raised under torturous conditions now she uses those same skills to save other innocents, but it doesn't abate her anger. Nothing does, until a random encounter with a DEA Agent...Categorized as:
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A Little Jaded by Kelsie Rae
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMoving in with the infamous Everett Taylor was not on my bingo card.But, after my ex hit me then left me on the side of the road, I had no one else to call.Everett is bossy and moody and controlling.He’s also my ex’s hockey rival, my new very fake boyfriend.The plan is to keep me safe until my ex gets bored and leaves me alone...Categorized as:
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Force of Nature by Brynne Asher
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA forced proximity and enemies to lovers romance about a tale of online dating that goes from bad to delicious.My name is Logan Carpino, Senior Vice President of Andopolis Global, and my online dating nightmare from hell just humiliated me in front of my entire company.Joke’s on her.She caught my eye. Little does she know, I live my personal life like I do my professional one... -
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Filthy Few by Samantha Barrett
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhere they rest for eternal life is where a favor is asked.The stone with the head is where you will be led.Be certain of the favor you ask, no second is offered.The debt will be collected when the favor is complete.A favor asked is a debt owed. My mom marrying Thomas Valerian was supposed to be our fresh start, but it was the opposite of that...Categorized as:
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In Havoc Lays Chaos by Samantha Barrett
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPWhen the card is dropped, you are marked.There is no escaping them, they come for their prey and will hunt until your blood soaks the ground beneath your cold lifeless body. They are the new generation and they have something to prove. They are hungry to show the OG’s that they are ready to lead, except, the chaos is shrouded in darkness... -
Jeremy by S.M. Shade
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is the fifth and final book in the In Safe Hands Series. Book one is titled Landon, and is free. Melissa I escaped. For the first time in almost four years, I’m free. My freedom came at a steep cost, leaving me on my own with no family or friends. I have a lot of healing to do, and this beautiful lake house seems like a perfect setting to find myself again. I can do this... -
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...Categorized as:
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Hollow Hellion by Jodie King
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs the old saying goes, “Run away to the circus,” and it seems that is exactly what I have done. Except, this isn’t just any circus—it’s Oddity Carnival, reputed to be the most horrifying spectacle in the States. It turns out, I wasn’t just running away from terror—I was unwittingly walking straight back into its chilling embrace...Categorized as:
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God's Gift To Women - Special Edition by Michael Baisden
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGod's Gift To Women - Special Edition How Much Is One Night Of Passion Really Worth? A widower and father to ten-year-old Samantha, Julian wants nothing more than to settle down again with the right woman. Just when he thinks he's found her in Dr... -
The Butcher and the Ballerina by Kris K. Haines
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove is the deadliest performance.Ronin Matakos, the Butcher of Aethalia, was once a great war hero.He was once a lot of things—revered, respected, worshipped. But ever since the Empire caged his wolf, he’s suffocated beneath his tarnished reputation, wandering through an aimless fog of fights, females, and that most intoxicating of substances, Delirium...Categorized as:
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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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Spring Guardians & Songbirds by Wendy Heiss
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐦, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬. After falling for a lie and ruling over another, Snowlin starts revealing her dealing hand. Two queens and a joker...Categorized as:
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Green Light by Jescie Hall
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFrom Amazon's bestselling author Jescie Hall comes a new dark college romance about one man's online obsession with his new stepsister.K1ngK0br@: I fell for your lies, and you sucked me into your twisted game. You made me crave your taste, hungered for your full attention. I gave you everything, only for you to go ghost. You hollowed my heart, sending me into a spiral of self-destruction... -
La romance presque parfaite d'une accro à Noël by Laura S. Wild
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEntre l'accro à Noêl et un sceptique des fêtes, y a-t-il de la place pour une romance (presque) parfaite ?Zoé est passionnée par Noël, à tel point qu'elle a décidé d'en faire son métier en créant son entreprise d'événementiel. Sa mission ? Répandre la magie des fêtes partout où elle passe et créer des décors féériques pour ses clients.. -
Illicit Captor by Maggie Cole
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe kidnapped me for vengeance against my husband.The husband I’ve never loved.The cruel man my father forced me to marry to teach me a lesson.My husband didn’t think twice about how to carry out those lessons.Now, I’ve gone from one prison to another.My captor is just as ruthless as my husband. He’ll kill, torture, and do everything to hurt my family until no one is left.Except for me...Categorized as:
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Starlight Mates by G. Bailey
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey shouldn’t want me.I rejected them and ran…and I’ll find a way to escape again.I grew up knowing three important facts.One, my parents hated Nexus shifters.Two, I was taught everyone should be scared of me, and they should be.Three, I’m a monster...Categorized as:
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Take Me to Church by Janice Whiteaker
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne year ago I walked away from everything I knew and all the lies I’d been told.For the first time in my life I was free from the constraints put on me by power hungry men who twist faith and devotion into fear and control.All to feed their own egos.Now my sister’s ready to leave too, but the only one who can help me save her is a ghost from my past... -
Revenge by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThayer He took everything from me. My friends. My family. My club. My freedom. I planned to get it all back. I didn't need any distractions. Yet there she was anyway... Sera He took the only thing that mattered to me. I would do just about anything to get it back. Even if that meant relying on some outlaw biker fresh out of prison with slim to no hope of succeeding in his plan... -
Brand New Heartache by Maggie Shayne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe was the boy from the wrong side of the tracks, but that hadn't stopped Wade Armstrong from wanting Edie Brand while they were in high school. Now she was back in town, and Wade felt compelled to keep her safe—even if it meant moving in with her.Edie's pretty face had always gotten her noticed, but now it had earned the former model the admiration of a stalker. So she left L.A... -
I Promise You by Lexie Axelson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗞𝗘𝗣𝗧 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠 𝗧𝗢𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗞𝗘𝗘𝗣 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠 𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧.𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿, 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿I never thought I could change. My main purpose in life has always been my career and my team. That is until my tainted soul met the sweet and angelic, Ari Alvarez..my dead best friend’s sister... -
Sapphire Scars by Nicole Fox
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe’s my ex’s brother.A terrifying mob boss with a past too dark to share.And when he finds out I’m pregnant, he becomes something else, too:The husband I never asked for.Kolya Uvarov crashed into my life at a funeral and saved me from a mega-creep.Classic meet-cute, right?Not exactly—because it was his brother we were burying.A.k.a., my ex-boyfriend.A.k.a...Categorized as:
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Stalked by Seduction and Shadows by Maggie Sunseri
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA dark obsession fantasy romance in a city of warring vampire clans, perfect for fans of Haunting Adeline, From Blood and Ash, and Gild.ScarlettI am an object of desire. My powers of seduction are my survival, my weapon, and my curse. I’m no stranger to obsession, but for the first time, I crave it. I love when he watches me, follows me, hunts me.In the mortal lands, I was safe from him... -
Player's Kiss by Sienna Blake
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'm his new favorite game.It was supposed to be my big break—landing the coveted spot as the All Ireland Rugby team's new PR assistant.Instead I've become a glorified babysitter, lumped with the heinous job of keeping their star winger out of trouble and out of the papers.Eoin O'Sullivan.Cocky. Charming. Outrageous. Destined to drive me feckin crazy.Party boy.Ladies man.An absolute PR nightmare... -
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Maverick: A Devil's Highwaymen MC Romance by Lila Grey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNobody knows what it’s like to be the daughter of a club bunny. But life gets much worse when Willow’s mother turns on her. Willow has no but to run as far as she can to escape the dark world of The Shadow Raiders. Willow never expected that her mother would sell her out to The Shadow Raiders. But then again, her junkie mother would do anything for another hit... -
Waiting For Love by Lacey Black
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDear Love Vixen,You know the saying “always a bridesmaid, never a bride?” That’s me. I’ve stood beside six best friends, with the seventh to marry the man of her dreams in less than a month. I’ve tried everything, from dating apps to websites that promise to find you deep, meaningful love, only to set you up with a dud who leaves you with the whole check. So, I’m done. Throwing in the towel...Categorized as:
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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... -
Boucher House: Book 2 by B.C. Morgan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith Dr. Boucher away things are finally looking up.The majority of the staff still despise us, but without his torturous ways I can finally breathe for the first time since I came here.With new arrivals and unexpected allies, I’m about to discover just how deep the darkness goes in this place...Categorized as:
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Enzo by Cala Riley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDanicaI'm so tired of running.For the past three years, I have bounced around constantly to avoid the demons from my past.Then I moved in next to him.This was supposed to be my fresh start, yet I can't help but want to be with him and his daughter.Is it fair for me to bring them into my life knowing the dangers that await?EnzoOne look and my life irrevocably changed... -
No Crosses Count by Rory Ireland, Tate Monroe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt nearly killed me when they took her away from me.My literal other half.The only light in my darkness.My twin sister.She still lives inside my mind, and I feel her in every breath I take.She swore on her life that she'd never forget me.But she lied.So now she has to pay the price.Because a swear is a swear..... -
Meet Disaster by D.E. Haggerty
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s just a little crush. I can fake date him and not get my heart broken. Really. It’s not like this situation has disaster written all over it. Meet the newest resident of the quirky, small town of Winter Falls. Clean slate here I come. Unfortunately, my ex-boyfriend isn’t ready to wipe the slate clean...Categorized as:
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Wrong-Way Romance by Sheri Cobb South
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf there's one boy at Maplesville High that Darby Haynes can't stand, it's Bruce Edwards. Darby first met him when his car plowed into hers at a busy intersection. She's been running into him --literally--ever since. It doesn't matter that Bruce is a hunk and that most of the girls at school have crushes on him. To Darby he's nothing but a clumsy, conceited jerk... -
Concede by Kathy Coopmans
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor years, I pretended to be something I’m not. Drowning the beast living inside of me in copious amounts of alcohol and women. Not that I complained.And then Victoria Hughes walks back into my life, and took me by surprise.The woman stunning me clear out of my mind the minute my mouth touched hers.After tragedy strikes and knocks her off her feet, I expected her to come to me, yet she didn’t...Categorized as:
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Reckless Obsession by Deborah Garland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEoghan's Story- He's a Fixer, but she's his insatiable fix...After I pull a fast one in her Las Vegas courtroom, prosecutor Jillian Diamond gets drunk in a bar and gives me a piece of her mind. But we settle the score tangled in the sheets, where I show her I’m even better in the bedroom than the courtroom.Only, to my surprise, I’m her first...Categorized as:
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No, For An Answer by C.J Riggs
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMY BEST FRIEND KILLED HERSELF.MY OWN PERSONAL ANGEL WAS RIPPED FROM MY FINGERTIPS, AND I TOOK A DEEP DIVE, INTO MY OWN VERSION OF HELL.IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE I LOST HER, A YEAR SINCE I RECEIVED HER DIARY, AND FOUND OUT EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED IT...WHO CAUSED IT, AND NOW IT'S PAYBACK.I'VE PLANNED HER REVENGE FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS, AND I WONT STOP UNTIL EACH OF THEM PAY THE PRICE... -
Saint by Jessie Simon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes life is cruel and sometimes it gives you exactly what you need. The universe doesn't always let you in on the secret though. You just get what your given and you're on your own to figure it out... -
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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Burning Quarter by Melissa McSherry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“I may be an inferno, but you, lil spark…you ignited me.” Sane people fear fire and the destruction that tends to follow. I, however, never claimed to be such a person. After all, fires destroy everything, leaving nothing behind, and when I saw no other way to escape my fate, it was fire that provided me with one. Now, four hundred miles from the only place I’ve ever known...Categorized as:
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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... -
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... -
Savage Beauty by Rosa Milano
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings: an enemies-to-lovers mafia...Categorized as:
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The Cleaner by Renee Rose
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’VE CAPTURED THE CRIME LORD’S DAUGHTERShe will pay the price for her father’s sin.I’ll use my beautiful prisoner to get him.To make him suffer. Make him believe I'm hurting her the way he harmed my sister.And when I’m done tormenting him, I will offer a trade: her life for his.I owe him a slow, painful death. Revenge is my due.But Kateryna is strong in ways I didn’t expect... -
Royal by Rebel Shaw
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFinn Falling for the nanny isn’t my style...but neither was becoming a single dad overnight. When my three-year-old niece, Hadley, needs a guardian, I fill the role and need a nanny. Stat. What I get instead is London Ashford—an infuriating redhead who tempts me at every turn. The harder I push, the more she pushes back... -
White Rose Painted Red by Elena Lawson, Blake Lawson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy fresh start is finally around the corner—but so is the man standing in the middle of the f*cking road.He could’ve died when I hit him, and his two friends are downright furious. But instead of pressing charges, they offer me a deal: work for them for six months, and they’ll let it go.Their secluded mountain estate is vast and beautiful. Full of stolen artifacts and dark secrets...Categorized as:
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Dancing Tides by Vickie McKeehan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom darkness comes light … and a second chance.For marine biologist Keegan Fanning, the grief of losing her grandparents is too painful to bear... -
Dare To Break by L. Ann, Claire Marta
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsArabella GrayStudious. Good girl. Liar.She wants nothing more than to fit in, to be seen, to be loved.And I'm willing to give her all of that—just to see her break.Eli TraversOutcast. Artist. Monster.He hated me at first sight.He's my new stepbrother, and he vows to make me pay for the sins of my mother...Categorized as:
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Pretty Lethal by R.A. Smyth
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI finally know how it feels to have a home. A woman to love who loves you in return and two men who can share in exactly how incredible that feeling is.Emilia Harrison. The girl who stole my heart, then broke it. And now owns every cracked inch of it.It has taken me a long time to come to terms with the demons of my past and to find my ultimate happiness in Emilia...Categorized as:
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