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Mr. Grayson by Raylin Marks
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI never should’ve let my guard down. Especially not with him. I’m used to being strong. In control. I have to be to run my corporation. So, I should’ve been able to hold my own against him. Against his relentless charm and devastating good looks. But I couldn’t. I didn’t. It doesn’t matter that our companies are irrevocably tied together, or that being with him is beyond inappropriate... -
John by Jenna Myles
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI never planned on getting out of prison. I did what I did to keep my brother safe, and I could live with that.But now I'm out, and I don't know what the hell I'm doing. Everything is too loud, too busy, too overwhelming. And for a man who's used to every decision being made for him...well, let's just say I'm on the verge of doing something stupid to get sent back.Until she walks in, that is... -
All for Connor by Alicia Montgomery
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsConnor is the wrongest wrong guy in existence. He’s a Lycan shifter, for one. And he’s rude, anti-social and has never said a kind word to Evie. Yet, there’s something about him she can’t resist. Maybe it’s the brooding, bad boy vibe. Her feet say run away. But her heart says stay. Evie is sweet and kind. He doesn’t deserve her. And he should focus on one thing: Revenge... -
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... -
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Save Me by Tiffany Patterson
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDaeShe saved me on the worst day of my life. Now it’s time to make her mine. I’ve spent ten years recreating myself into a man deserving of Kennedy Townsend. I’m no longer the poor, illegitimate son of a wealthy man who refused to even acknowledge my presence.For years, I’ve watched her from afar, waited, and even manipulated businesses to grant her the career opportunities she deserved... -
Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIt’s been two months since Perry Palomino and Dex Foray’s relationship reached a new turning point, two months since Perry started a new life in Seattle, and two months since their Experiment in Terror show took on a new partner, ex-Wine Babe Rebecca Sims, and found a new level of success. But whenever there is light in their lives, the madness still has a way of coming back in... -
Loved by Light by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA down on her luck human gets the break of a lifetime when a prince of light comes to the rescue...Things haven't been the same for light prince Ian ever since a fateful trip to his world showed him everything he knew was a lie. But when a mission to protect a new beacon on Earth puts him face to face with perhaps the unluckiest woman alive, he feels a pull to her unlike anything before... -
Shifter's Homecoming by Lisa Ladew
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTrent Burbank is a wolf shifter who has never shifted into a man. He’s on a mission—send the beast home. He’s given his word that the beast will be coming home, and Trent always keeps his word.After a devastating trauma, his plans are interrupted. Trent is yanked away from the life he knows and charged with a critical task that only he can complete.Now his vow has changed... -
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... -
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... -
Grave Mistake by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes vengeance isn't enough.There are times when a man is forced to choose the wrong side of the law.When everything is stripped away and ruthless, cold revenge is all that remains.They call me Wraith for a reason.When people need to disappear, I'm the one that's called in.I move through the shadows and strike without mercy... -
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Bright Lights & Summer Nights by Kat Singleton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSummer nights can be full of surprises.As a single, unemployed, and unapologetic twenty-five year old mess, I came to the Hamptons this summer for one reason—to focus on myself and work out my quarter-life crisis. I didn’t come here planning to sneak into a private party and meet a handsome stranger... -
Second Sight by Sharon Sala
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe clock is ticking… When Charlie Dodge gets a phone call from a frantic woman stating her daughter has been kidnapped by her ex-husband and taken into a cult called Fourth Dimension, he takes the case without hesitation. The cult’s rumored purpose is to gather men with psychic abilities with the goal of breeding a race of people who have supernatural powers... -
Roar of the Worlds by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPrince Archon loves his life on the planet Haize. As a lion shifter, he’s one of the fiercest predators out there. The one thing he’s missing? A mate. He knows he can find one on Earth, but the journey hasn’t been tempting enough until he develops a fascination with the human vehicle called motorcycles.Leah isn’t used to having good luck. She’s had the worst of it with men and with jobs... -
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... -
Seth by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe was supposed to be focusing on his new businesses. But he couldn’t help it if the first client to walk through the doors was the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen. One who had a desperate need to learn to use a gun. One who also wanted to rent out his guest house... -
Protector Mate by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA brand new mail-order bride series from the author of Shiftr: Swipe Left For Love. Jagger needs a mate. Fast. He’s running from a dark past and his life as the self-appointed sheriff of the outcast community of Ragtown was supposed to keep him on track. But his duties are pushing his bear to the dark side—not least when a new threat appears in town, with the ability to destroy everyone in it... -
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... -
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... -
Ashes by Suzanne Wright
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsKnox and Harper's story continues as the Las Vegas lair - and its two infamous Co-Primes - face their most terrifying enemy yet . . .Together, Harper and Knox have overcome just about every evil thing you can think of - from Horsemen of the Apocalypse to dark magic practitioners to Lucifer's insistent belief that he's hilarious... -
Blackout by Janine Infante Bosco
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvery fairytale is just a tragedy with a twist. And happily-ever-after is a fantasy.Give me the real, ugly love of two people battling their demons to make it work. Two people like us. When the stakes have never been higher, I turn to my past. After all, it's our favorite sins that always do us in.But even in the midst of my blackout, there she is. The beacon of light I don't deserve... -
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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... -
River on Fire by Leanne Davis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe ranch was their life. It was supposed to last forever.It wasn’t supposed to end this way.Hailey Starr seeks refuge at the Rydell River Resort in the wake of her bitter divorce and from the ensuing hatred she receives from her daughter and her confused, hurt son. While her ex honeymoons with his new wife, Hailey decides not to care... -
Dragon Mate: Dragon Shifter Romance by Ariana Hawkes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCallan Balter’s dragon is dying. Ever since he lost his family and his ancestral home, Ragtown has been a sanctuary to the noble Scottish dragon. But without his clan, his own territory, and his mate, his dragon cannot survive. The town’s arch matchmaker believes she has a solution to at least one of these problems—the only issue? He needs to rescue his mate before he can claim 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... -
A Covert Affair by Kennedy L. Mitchell
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA SEAL Romance NovelWOW! This book was crazy suspenseful and insanely sexy! From the first page I was hooked and immediately loved this story…” He wants her off his base . . . and in his bed... -
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... -
Defended by Darkness by Terry Bolryder
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEverything feels stronger in the dark...From birth, Tanner has been the responsible one. Formerly known as Tynan, fae prince and commander of darkness, he has protected his kingdom from waves of chaos fae ever since the death of his father. Going to the human world should be an easy task, until he lays eyes on curvy, feisty Eva, and knows that she's the only one he wants to protect... -
Christian by Anna Blakely
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCHRISTIAN is Book 1 in Anna Blakely's newest R.I.S.C. spinoff series, Delta Team... -
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Inviting Bedlam by Grae Bryan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIvan Kozlov doesn’t make mistakes, no matter what his brothers might say. Mistakes in his world mean death. So while he may have summoned the wrong sort of demon to aid him in cementing his empire, binding himself to the creature with an irreversible contract, that doesn’t mean he can’t make use of him... -
Pulse by Adriana Locke
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsUSA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke delivers a spicy, age gap, grumpy sunshine, workplace romance in the first book in the brand new Landry Security series.Troy Castelli acts like it’s my fault that we’re cooped up together in a room with one bed overlooking the ocean. I didn’t ask for a stalker to break into my house and then send me a threatening email detailing my demise...Categorized as:
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Bold Mercy by Laken Cane
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIt's hard to concentrate on work when you've just moon-shifted with your alpha...But the council that recruited me doesn't waste any time handing me my first assignment--and it just happens to be personal to me.I have to slay the warped evil that is Avis Vine--a human servant so twisted and changed by her former master's bad blood magic that she's no longer really human... -
Kiss of Luck by Delta James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe got away once. It won't happen againSaylorMy unique relationship with Beck ten years ago made me the perfect choice for an undercover operation. My job... bring down Randall Beckett and his Phoenix Syndicate. In all these years I have never shared his secrets, what makes me think I can now?BeckA decade ago my uncle sent Saylor, my beautiful curvy girlfriend, away... -
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... -
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... -
The Devil's Masquerade: The Remedy by Jennifer Loren
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNick Jayzon is now a Savage, a part of Asmodeus’s army. Kayla has been threatened, cornered and tempted to run and hide, leaving her true love to fight on his own and be forever under the control of the greed hungry devil. However, she meets a mysterious ally that she never knew she had until she needed her the most and that ally encourages Kayla, to stay and to fight... -
Chasing Sparx by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSparx Brady is sick of playing the same role. She’s been on the same soap opera since she was fourteen. She needs change and adventure. When the role of a lifetime comes around, she’s determined to be cast. She quits her job and heads to the mountains for a week-long survivalist course. She’s a stubborn Brady woman; she’s got this.Tiger shifter Dash Jones doesn’t talk... -
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... -
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Scrooged Over by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratings***STANDALONE STORY***Priscilla Bryant thought being matched by the famous Gerri Wilder would make her romantic dreams come true. She's wrong. So wrong. The shifter she's been matched with is a complete jerk and no matter how handsome he is, she never wants to see his face again. Talk about being scrooged over.Lake Walker knows that sexy Priscilla is his mate the moment he sees her... -
Hunting Ember by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEmber Brady would never describe herself as stubborn. She’s a pastry chef. Doesn’t that make her patient by definition? Who cares if she’s set in her ways? So what if she doesn’t relent? It’s called passion and determination. She wants to open her own bakery, and the baking competition is her ticket to her dream job. She would die to win. That’s just a figure of speech, though... -
The Way We Touch by Tia Louise
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy brother’s best friend might be a cocky wide receiver with an ego the size of Texas, but I swear I did not try to almost kill him with a ghost pepper. He did that all by himself.Logan Murphy should come with a warning.He’s as hot as a Carolina Reaper on black asphalt in the middle of July... -
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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