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The Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels 1-4 by J.R. Ward
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe first four books in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that features a secret band of vampire warriors. The Black Dagger Brotherhood series has become a phenomenon with readers who thirst for supernatural action and sensuality... -
Ruin by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat happens when destiny gets it wrong?I’m a fae beast king. It’s preordained that I have to take a mate, and it can’t be just anyone. The universe will decide on my behalf. All I know is that my fated mate will be an enchantress of great power. And that when the universe chooses her for me…I must obey. To fight the calling will mean my demise. I have come to trust the process... -
Rust or Ride by Autumn Jones Lake
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDixon “Dex” Watts has devoted his life to the Lost Kings MC. They’re the only family he needs. He found love young, lost it, and swore to never give his heart to another woman.Emily isn’t just another woman. She’s the best friend of a brother’s wife. Not someone who should spark emotions he thought had rusted out years ago.Heartbreak has visited Emily one too many times... -
Inferno by Chelle Bliss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStone Gallo has lived life like every day is a party. No attachments, no responsibilities, and absolutely no falling in love. He spent his days at Inked and his nights wherever he pleased. But when Stone rescues a beautiful woman in need, his entire world gets turned upside down, and he’ll never be the same.Opal hasn’t had much luck in life. No family, no friends, and absolutely no love... -
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Smoke's Tigress by Ciara St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSmoke found his home with the Archangel’s Warriors. His days of working solely at the whim of the U.S. government are behind him. He chooses when he takes a job and when he doesn’t.He is always the one to save the day for his club, no matter the problem. However, this time he fails and the sexy, brilliant woman who walks into his club not only saves the day, she puts him on alert... -
Devil Dog's Precious by Ciara St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDevil Dog:He never thought his days as a Marine would beneeded like this.A young pregnant mother falls practically at hisfeet: beaten, scared, running and then in labor.Everything about her captivates him in one glance:her, her daughter, and now her newborn son.But she’s not free. Her soon-to-be ex isn’t done withher yet.Devil is willing to bide his time... -
Viper's Vixen by Ciara St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsViper:Viper didn’t get his name for his disposition.He got it from his days as a Navy Seal. He could be the silent killer waiting to strike.He was untamed and loved his brothers in the MCThen he met the woman who tried to take off his head.The one who wouldn’t let him forget her.She was a president’s sister. Off limits.But he’d seen her and now he wanted her... -
Ranger's Enchantress by Ciara St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRanger is the sergeant at arms for the Dublin Falls Archangel’s Warriors MC. He has begun to suspect he needs a change in his life. Only the change he gets isn’t what he expects. But when he saw that tiny woman in the common room of the clubhouse, he was instantly hooked. Brielle is looking to support herself and her daughter, Rowan. She isn’t looking for a man... -
Bad Bear Day by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJasmine has given up on ever being able to find the right man, but Gerri Wilder challenges her to take a chance. Her blind date with Austin is virtually perfect, but Jasmine remains unconvinced. She’s been lied to, cheated on, and hurt more times than she can count.Austin will have to come up with some creative ways to ensure he sees the raven-haired beauty again... -
Seriously Hot Ship by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Valentine’s Day PDA that’ll cruise all over your emotions.Who knew a boat trip wouldn’t be smooth sailing?Tayla Shaw enchants people with her singing voice, but her life is no fairytale. She’s hiding some big secrets and living in fear. The one person who offered her protection treats her like a prisoner... -
Cinder by Chelle Bliss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOlive Thornbury only had one crush in high school, and his name was Asher Gallo. She was smitten with him from the first time she had laid eyes on him. But instead of acting on how she felt, she kept her nose stuck in a book, finding safety in the words rather than emotions.Asher had never thought of Olive as anything more than a friend. She was aloof, preferring to read books... -
The Elysean Academy of Darkness and Secrets by D.N. Hoxa
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to the Elysean Academy of Divine Light and Beauty, where darkness lurks in every corner, and secrets just might cost you your life… I never wanted to have anything to do with Elyseans, descendants of the Olympian gods. But when I'm forced to participate in their deadly trials, I also learn that not everything is as it looks, and my past might just be very different from what I remember... -
The Gift by Leeanna Morgan
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHannah Williams is an artist and co-owns a successful event management company. For the first time in her life, the things she’s always dreamed about are coming true. When she meets Brett Forster, she knows she has to be careful. Falling for a cattle rancher from Montana is the worst thing she could do—even if he’s the best thing that’s ever happened to her... -
Blaze's Spitfire by Ciara St. James
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBlaze never expected the surprise waiting for him in Dublin Falls. One that he wasn’t sure he wanted. A woman who would disrupt the lives of him and his brothers. The past wasn’t going to repeat itself if he could help it. By the time Blaze realizes he’s all wrong about her, it might be too late. His prejudice sent Teagan running and into danger. Danger that keeps calling... -
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It's a Hell of a Midlife by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI did not order the extra slice of Armageddon to go with my midlife crisis. Apparently , if you’re an Immortal, it comes free of charge. I have until sundown tomorrow to get to a parallel plane of existence, save my family, and kick bad-guy butt all before the world ends. Impossible, right? Not according to my posse of whackado buddies... -
A Doctor's Promise by Laura Scott
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDr. Jared O'Connor has given his parents a promise--to find his dead brother's fiancee and child. But his mission is derailed when he meets beautiful flight nurse Shelly Bennett. The sadness in her eyes, mirrors his own, and he is drawn to her and to her young son in a way he's never experienced before. Shelly can't afford to be distracted by Jared's attention... -
Midnight Mated by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIver Amana is a simple wolf shifter. All he wants is to promote good nightclubs and liven up the New York City party scene. He doesn’t want a mate or a family. His older brothers have a monopoly on that anyway. Of course, all that changes when he sees a bachelorette dancing in his club. He has to let her, his mate, go before he ever has a chance to be with her.Jovi Duke hasn’t had a good year... -
Frankie by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSelma Gaskill is in big trouble. She needs to find a fake boyfriend to take to her sister’s engagement party--and fast. What was she thinking telling everyone she was in a relationship, to hide the pain and embarrassment of being dumped by her first boyfriend? The sexy guy who’s working on her house seems like a perfect candidate - except that the moment she tries to hire him, he runs away... -
Roar and Order by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRomance is the name of the game in this new... -
Royals of Italy by Annie Rose Welch, Bella Di Corte
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Royal Organized Crime RomanceThere was one secret that I kept from my wife.The Fausti famiglia was one of the most infamous and powerful crime families in the world. Their rule spanned the thickness of history books—and I was one of them.My dangerous lineage had been hidden until my wife, Scarlett, the curious farfalle that she was, started fluttering around, awakening the monsters of my past... -
The Elysean Dream by D.N. Hoxa
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA year ago, I was dragged into what I thought was hell against my will—the Daedalus Palace in the Elysean city of Idaea. Turns out that was just a place, but there’s an actual hell here, so now I'm going in there, too. This time, though? Death is pretty much guaranteed, and I'm going in willingly... -
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Prince of Storms by Riley Storm
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy storms brought only thunder and darkness.Until her.She is the lightning that charges my soul and tempts my body. I’m supposed to be composed and regal, a future prince of dragons. But a simple look from her sets the tempest inside me raging. I cannot be expected to control myself around her. I have needs, and they start and end with her... -
Billionaire Boss by Julie Capulet
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOur deal was simple. One night. Fake names. No strings attached.Until it turns out he’s my new boss...I couldn’t believe my luck when I got sent to a work conference in Hawaii. Living the dream after years of pulling myself up by my bootstraps.The sand, the palm trees and the blue water were straight out of a romantic fantasy.So was the guy at the beachfront bar, let’s be honest. Blue eyes... -
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The Woman with the Target on Her Back by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe mafia owed her a favor. One she never meant to cash in on. Until one night, she found herself needing help, and desperate enough to call the last man in the world she ever wanted to have to rely on. A man who she couldn’t seem to have a single civil conversation with. But for better or worse, she needed him to keep her safe... -
Sway by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s an arms-dealing biker tasked with finding a weapon designer who is late on a deal with his organization.He never expected that the designer would be one of the hottest women he’d ever seen.She’s a weapon designer who has real problems... -
The Woman on the Jury by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe last thing in the world she needed was to be stuck on a murder trial for some mafia capo. All she wanted to do was hear the facts and get this all over with, so she could get back to rebuilding her family’s crumbling antique business... -
Awakened by the Vampire Prince by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsComplete Edition: Part 1-3 Author's Suggested Series Reading order:#1 Chosen by the Vampire Kings#2 Stolen by the Alpha Wolf #3 Unlikely Mates #4 Awakened by the Vampire Prince #5 Mated to the Vampire Kings#6 Wolf Whisperer#7 The Bride HuntMost of these serials are available in bundles. See the individual series pages.King Katar is gravely ill... -
Love Me by Tiffany Patterson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“...give me three months.” “Three months for what?” “To make you love me.” For years I’ve withheld my feelings for my best friend, Monique. After dating losers, she needs a man who’s docile, safe … a nice guy.I’ve never been that.When we were younger, I couldn’t control my temper when it came to keeping her safe. My loss of control forced the only woman I loved to move hundreds of miles away... -
Longing for Forever by Debra Clopton
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA burned-out trauma doctor at a crossroads returns home to help out at a small-town family practice, a coffee shop owner with a second chance at living, is she just what the doctor needs? Doctor Adam Sinclair is at a crossroads, burned-out and searching, after losing a young patient he felt he should have been able to save... -
Glow by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGlow is the sultry short story, Shimmer, as told through the eyes of Reyes Farrow. It is available on the author's website for free... -
Shifters in the Shadows: Seventeen Paranormal Romances of Sexy Shifters, Dangerous Vamps, & Things That Go Bump in the Night by J.K. Harper, Jacqueline Sweet
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings17 Brand-New, Exclusive, Stand-Alone Paranormal Romances. Never before released! The night is dark and something bewitching hides in its depths. These seductive vampires, sexy-as-hell shifters, dominating dragons, and possessive spirits will take your breath away. After one taste of their delicious darkness you'll never miss the light again... -
Bed of Roses by D.V. Fischer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI never thought I'd fall for a murderer. As an old employee at a funeral home, Tegan's life had been full of corpses. When her parents died, she couldn't take being surrounded by death anymore. She had to get away, and to do that, she moved to a small, sleepy town in Utah. When Tegan rented a house sight-unseen, she had been told it would need a lot of work... -
Deceptive Truce by Heather Long
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife has been a series of exquisite disasters…Do you ever lie to yourself? I do. Making friends has been the cruelest choice I ever inflicted upon myself. I like to say I don’t regret it, and for the most part that’s true.I resent it.I despise him because he left me behind, following another battle in this war we’ve been waging... -
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River's Winter by Leanne Davis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA tragic incident turns him into a hero… but what if all the unwanted attention leads him back into old, dark habits?Terrible mistakes in Jacob Starr’s youth made him disappear far away from those he loved most, while leaving behind the only decent thing he'd ever created in his life, his son... -
Always & Forever by Addison Clarke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpend a year with the Holland Family!Alexis and Blake are ready to expand their family. They have a new house being built for the inevitable event and are eagerly awaiting the news they’ve been waiting for... -
Fire King by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 4 of the Crystal KingdomRunning is Chelsea Golby's escape. Literally. She runs to get away from the pain of being rejected after asking the love of her life to marry her. Instead of wallowing in self-pity, or a pint of Ben and Jerry's, she heads to the Crystal Kingdom to hang out with her sister Avery, the new Elf Queen... -
Everything We Haven't Said by Nina Lindsey, Nina Lane
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN B08N9PF3L2 can be found hereComputer genius Rory Prescott is all set to leave Bliss Cove for good. No real shock there since coming home to help her family a few years ago was always supposed to be temporary... -
Wanna Buy a Howl by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSmokin' new PDA in the Haize worldCompletely StandaloneArcheologist Skylar Grace needs an earth-shattering discovery to make her career or remain an unknown amongst her peers. Maybe the word “earth” is too confining. Skylar believes she scams Gerri Wilder into a trip to another planet, thinking she’ll ditch the man she’s supposed to meet... -
Finding Home by Samantha Skye
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOur attraction is instant, but everything comes at a price. My life is simple, easy, no frills, no extravagance. It is nice. Until it isn’t. Everything starts to crumble until a cup of coffee changes the trajectory my life. Stephen Sullivan lives his life in darkness. It is where he is most comfortable. As a billionaire club owner, he is nocturnal, secluded and plays by his own rules... -
Dante's Demons by K.L. Barstow
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDanteAs President of the Demon Dawgs, I don’t always keep my hands clean. After all, dogs love to dig in the dirt. While my MC brothers and I may work on both sides of the law, we draw the line at hurting women. So when we find a young woman, broken and dumped outside our clubhouse, we swear to find her attacker and stop him. Permanently... -
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Cato by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe was idling by the curb, waiting for one of his friends when a woman jumped on the back of his bike, wrapped her arms around him, and begged him to drive... -
Mail Order Soulmate by Jean Oram
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSomething borrowed, something (baby) blue…Zach, a former international agent, orders everything from socks to groceries online. Including—after a spontaneous click of his mouse—his new bride... -
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Apex Basilisk by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFor most of his life, Gunnar the basilisk has spent his time as a gigantic, fearsome monster, defending the wild Texas landscape from invaders and rival shifters. Now that he and the other basilisks have awakened into the modern world, they’re on a new mission: to find mates, and help bring peace to a world growing more chaotic by the day... -
Jade Calhoun Series Boxed Set by Deanna Chase
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author, Deanna Chase, the first three books in the Jade Calhoun series The boxed set of the first three books in the Jade Calhoun Series. Includes: Haunted on Bourbon Street Witches of Bourbon Street Demons of Bourbon Street. Book 4, Angels of Bourbon Street is available now! amazon... -
Green by Nicole James
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCan a face from my past change my future?When an invitation shows up out of the blue, I’m reminded of a promise I made to a girl twenty years ago and suddenly my heart is pounding.Do I dare keep it?She’s the one girl that ever meant a damn to me, and the one girl that got away. She walked out of my life once and it devastated me... -
Blood Laws by Lexi C. Foss
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAstasiya Davenport's best friend is dead. No, not just dead--murdered. Burned alive. Decapitated. And the only one who can help her figure out what happened is a demon masquerading as a billionaire playboy.Because that happens in real life.Yet Astasiya has always known the supernatural exists. Not the kind in fairy tales or happily-ever-afters, but the kind that kills... -
After Dark: The Darkest Angel/Shadow Hunter by Gena Showalter, Kait Ballenger
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA timeless seduction A unique temptation And a whole world of dark desires...From New York Times bestselling author Gena ShowalterThe Darkest AngelWinged warrior Lysander has been alive for centuries, and yet he's never known desire-until he meets Bianka. Spawned from the bloodline of his enemy, the beautiful but deadly Harpy is determined to lead the untouched Lysander into temptation... -
Nikolai by S.L. Jennings
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author S.L. Jennings We met Nikolai in The Dark Prince (Dark Light #2). Now learn his story... Two centuries ago, I clawed my way into a world of immorality, filth and destruction. A world seething with secrets and lies, both mortal and immortal. Complete and utter Darkness...
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