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  • Sweet Temptation by Jaine Diamond

    Sweet Temptation by Jaine Diamond

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Bodyguards don’t fall in love.This job comes with benefits.I knew that from the moment I laid eyes on her.Summer Sorensen, party queen. Super-hot DJ and soon-to-be-rockstar. She’s sexy, sassy, strong… But she’s in danger.I know she doesn’t want to hire me.She doesn’t want to need me, but she does.And this job is getting more complicated by the hour.Damsel in distress? Yeah, right.Try ball breaker...
    Categorized as:
    bodyguard  dark  multi-pov  stalking  suspense  adult  audiobook  book
  • Secrets of Desire by L.K. Shaw

    Secrets of Desire by L.K. Shaw

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A NEW ** STANDALONE ** NOVEL When secrets surface… Bridget Carter seems to have the perfect life. She’s happily single and has a career she loves as a fashion designer at a local boutique. She enjoys playing at Club Eden and bounces from one Dominant to another. She’s not looking for love, even though she’s more than intrigued by Connor Black...
  • Daddy's Angel by Laylah Roberts

    Daddy's Angel by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She’s a Little in desperate need of a protective Daddy, but by the time he realizes he can trust her, it just might be too late. . .On the surface Arianna has it all. Beauty. Talent. Wealth. But she’s hiding a secret. Actually, more than one.She’s not perfect. She’s not brave. And she’s in a lot of trouble.Luckily, help arrives. In the form of a huge, gruff, blunt man...
  • Reborn by Meredith Wild

    Reborn by Meredith Wild

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He’s death for hire… Some people measure life in hours. Days. Weeks. I measure mine in kills. A covert military mission gone wrong robbed me of my memory and any link to my past. This is my existence now. I execute and survive. Nothing more, nothing less...
  • Haven by Bella Matthews

    Haven by Bella Matthews

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She’s a former Olympic figure skater whose world turned upside down. He’s a pro-football player who never let go of the past. What happens when these two finally have their second chance and a stalker threatens everything?Brandon Dixon came into my life like a quiet storm. Powerful and intense. I was sure he was my fresh start. But it turned out life had other plans...
  • Love Is In the Air Volume 1 by Susan Stoker, P.J. Fiala

    Love Is In the Air Volume 1 by Susan Stoker, P.J. Fiala

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    30 of your favorite authors come together to celebrate love and romance in this anthology featuring brand new, original short stories.All proceeds will go to the American Heart Association.Featured authors include:A.M. Kusi, Abbie Zanders, Alley Ciz, Anna Blakely, Anna Brooks, Becca Steele, Cora Kenborn, Darcy Burke, Elizabeth SaFleur, Emery Rose, Greer Bailey, Ivy Layne, J. Kenner, Jeana E...
  • Tracking Numbers by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Tracking Numbers by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tracker I expected it to be easy when Kerri's daddy ordered me to protect her, but keeping the president's daughter safe was harder than I expected. Hell, finding her was harder than I expected. Once I did, all I could do was grab her and hold on tight. If I let go, she gets hurt. If I don't, I'm the one on the line. Kerri I thought I got away...
    Categorized as:
    dark  multi-pov  suspense  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Bruiser by Samantha Whiskey

    Bruiser by Samantha Whiskey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I’m the Seattle Shark’s newest Bruiser. The fighter. The protector. On the ice, I end the battles others start. Off the ice, I’m just trying to keep my name out of the tabloids. After all, that’s what got me traded from Ontario. Donating to a Big Brother program for the good press was easy...
  • Hidden Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Hidden Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The boy next door is back, and so am I.He’s spending his NFL off-season in our small Midwestern town after seven long years away, and I’m in town for different reasons.Memories shift to reality as we find ourselves in the place where we first fell in love. We’re different people now, but I’m falling fast and hard for the man he is now.But he’s married...
    Categorized as:
    dark  multi-pov  slow-burn  sports  stalking  steamy  suspense  adult
  • Black Light: Valentine Roulette by Livia Grant, Jennifer Bene

    Black Light: Valentine Roulette by Livia Grant, Jennifer Bene

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three hours. Four hard limits. Eight sexy stories.               Are you brave enough to spin the wheel? Get ready to explore some of your naughtiest desires while you celebrate Valentine’s Day with eight kinky stories from eight USA Today and international bestselling authors! Black Light is the most exclusive BDSM club in Washington, D.C...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  anthologies  bdsm  contemporary  fiction
  • War & Pieces by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

    War & Pieces by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He'd wait forever for her. But the way things are going, forever might not be an option… Relationships bring pain. Anna’s ex taught her that lesson. But unfortunately, her past isn’t content to stay in the past anymore. With her dangerous ex stalking her, now more than ever, she can’t afford to fall for anyone...
  • Gamer Girls: Volumes 1-3  (Gamer Girls) by Kitty Cox, Auryn Hadley

    Gamer Girls: Volumes 1-3 (Gamer Girls) by Kitty Cox, Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Flawed Sometimes, the best things in life aren't perfect. Dez was sick and tired of being told to get over it. What happened to her was real, and the memories wouldn't just vanish because she wanted them to. No matter how hard she tried, it never got better, and being touched only made it worse. All she wanted was for it to stop. Some girls dream of falling in love, fairytales, or other crap...
    Categorized as:
    dark  multi-pov  slow-burn  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary
  • Mr. November: A Hero Romance by Nicole S. Goodin

    Mr. November: A Hero Romance by Nicole S. Goodin

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rhett Jensen. Handsome stranger. Hero lifeguard. ... And nursing a broken heart. Libby Reed. Booklover. Honey haired beauty. ... And harbouring a secret. When Rhett saves a woman from the sea, he never expects her to invade his every thought from that moment on...
  • Ideal Image by Freya Barker

    Ideal Image by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In one blinding flash, the very fiber of her existence is shredded. For criminal lawyer and single mother, Stacie Gustafson, a dependable career, a well-organized life, and an immaculate image, had always been her armor. Without it she’s left exposed and struggling to create a new existence for her and her daughter. No matter how hard she tries, she is unable to avoid her history...
  • Twisted Obsession by S. Massery

    Twisted Obsession by S. Massery

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My name is Melody Cameron… Or so I’ve been told. When I wake up in the hospital with no memories, I’m shipped off to Denver to live with a distant cousin who knows nothing about me. If family can’t help me remember my past, who will? I don’t expect it to be a gorgeous hockey player ten years younger than me. He knows things about me he has no right to know. Yet, he still keeps secrets...
  • Limerence: A MM Rivals to Lovers Ballet Romance by Scarlett Drake

    Limerence: A MM Rivals to Lovers Ballet Romance by Scarlett Drake

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    FelixDancing is everything to me. It’s the mother I lost, the father who never sees me. It’s the fiery love of my life, and I’ll defend it to my last breath—that’s what it means to be the lead principal at one of the best ballet companies in the world. Just when I thought I was on top, my greatest rival—my eternal nemesis—waltzes back into my Nicoló Savini...
  • Arrogant Monster by Nicole Fox

    Arrogant Monster by Nicole Fox

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I just crashed my car in the middle of nowhere. Luckily for me, someone showed up to save me. Unluckily for me, that person is a runaway criminal. Daniil Vlasov. He’s six and a half feet of blue-eyed broodiness. He won’t tell me a single thing about who he is or what he’s doing out here. But it doesn’t take a genius to realize this man screams danger. I do the only thing I can do: play along...
    Categorized as:
    dark  slow-burn  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  crime
  • Man of Honor by Sarah O'Rourke

    Man of Honor by Sarah O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sheriff Zeke Monroe loves one woman...Honor McKinnon. He is willing to stake his entire future on protecting her...no matter what the cost. Honor McKinnon knows she is broken. Her body and soul had been shattered by a violent attack years ago, and no one...not her sisters or anyone else in the tiny town of Paradise, especially the Sheriff...can change that...
    Categorized as:
    dark  sports  stalking  suspense  abuse  adult  age-gap  book
  • Wicked Rush by Kym Grosso

    Wicked Rush by Kym Grosso

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lust. Temptation. Deception. Technology capitalist, Lars Elliott, lives on the edge, savoring the adventure of flirting with death. After rescuing a stranger from a hail of bullets, he resists attraction to the dangerous beauty. Determined to learn her secrets, he draws her into his seductive world of risk taking, pushing her sexual limits...
  • Jag by H.J. Bellus

    Jag by H.J. Bellus

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    No matter how fast he runs, there's one thing Jag can't escape.His past.It has the power to destroy the man he's worked so hard to become.Jag is slated to be the next MMA champion. It's been years in the making. The hype surrounding his prized fight is ignited by his charismatic personality and smoldering good looks.But it's all a shield protecting the storm brewing inside of him..
    Categorized as:
    sports  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  fighter
  • Consume Me by Geneva Lee

    Consume Me by Geneva Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I was born a royal. She made me a king. I can't find my way out of the darkness. Without her, it consumes me. There's nothing I won't risk to reach her—my crown, my family, my life. Because some love is worth dying for. They can come for me. They can come for my throne. But I'll take back what's mine if I have to burn this city to the ground..
    Categorized as:
    dark  sports  steamy  suspense  adult  billionaire  book  contemporary
  • Everything I Have by A.K. Evans

    Everything I Have by A.K. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Emme James lives in darkness. 



Ever since her abusive relationship ended in heartbreaking tragedy, she's kept herself secluded to protect herself and those she loves. Unfortunately, Emme's plans to remain unattached fall apart the moment Zane Cunningham sets his sights on her. 
A professional snowboarder at the top of his game, Zane does not need a distraction...
  • No Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    No Mistake by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All I want is my happy ending with the boy next door.Every time we get close, something threatens to break us. Half-sisters, town gossips, and jealous exes throw punch after punch, but we hold on tight to each other as we attempt to navigate the chaos.With his life in the spotlight as a professional football player, I start to feel like it might always be like this...
    Categorized as:
    dark  multi-pov  slow-burn  sports  stalking  steamy  suspense  adult
  • Scar by Jolie Vines

    Scar by Jolie Vines

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    TBC. This is Scar's story...
  • Disbelief by T.L Smith

    Disbelief by T.L Smith

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What if I was to tell you, you’re all evil? In some shape or form, you are. What If I was to tell you, I was the worst kind of evil? Would you believe me? I did not believe that there wasn’t anyone who didn’t contain evil. I was proved wrong, and it stumped me. I became obsessed with her, someone of pure goodness. And couldn’t get enough...
    Categorized as:
    dark  multi-pov  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • Frostbite by Cambria Hebert

    Frostbite by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Revenge is a dish best served cold. What if we lose everything? It was a question that had haunted me even after I spoke it aloud. Turns out one loss--one profound loss--is enough to put everything else at stake. What a house of cards life can be. How easily everything ices over. We've survived an avalanche, made it through a blizzard, but now a chill has set in...
    Categorized as:
    multi-pov  second-chances  sports  steamy  suspense  adult  angst  book
  • Protector by B.J. Wane

    Protector by B.J. Wane

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Deputy Sheriff Shawn McDuff can’t figure out why the new teacher in Mountain Bend seems so familiar, but Lisa Halldor’s evasive answers to his inquiries confirms his suspicions they have met before. When he sees her struggling to focus and respond during a scene at his private club, he intervenes and finds himself as drawn to Lisa’s submissive nature as he is determined to unearth her secrets...
    Categorized as:
    dark  stalking  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  age-gap  book
  • Muerto by Chiah Wilder

    Muerto by Chiah Wilder

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ...
    Categorized as:
    dark  slow-burn  stalking  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  biker
  • Revive Me: Part Three by J.L. Seegars

    Revive Me: Part Three by J.L. Seegars

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mallory Hope is a dangerous thing. It holds you close like a lover, whispering promises it never intends to keep, and just as soon as you relax into its arms, it lets you go. Sending you spinning into an abyss of nothingness. When I sent him away four years ago, he promised he would come back to me, and even as I asked him not to, I hoped that he would. Hope...
  • Beard in Hiding by Penny Reid

    Beard in Hiding by Penny Reid

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Propositioning the Iron Wraiths’ money man seemed like a good idea at the time… Diane Donner—recently divorced pillar of polite society—is craving danger. She’s tired of playing it safe and she knows just the sexy criminal motorcycle man to proposition for a good time. Problem is, she doesn’t actually know his name. Jason “Repo” Doe never takes risks...
  • Black Promise by Victoria Quinn

    Black Promise by Victoria Quinn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I gave up everything for Rome.The one woman I couldn't live without...
  • Off Camera by Chelsea Curto

    Off Camera by Chelsea Curto

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Avery Sinclair is good at her job as the social media manager for the Baltimore Thunderhawks. She’s one of the best in the NFL, in fact. The only thing stopping her from being the account of the year? The DC Titans, run by the mystery man she’s been feuding with for years.Reid Duncan isn’t the world’s biggest sports fan, but he loves his job...
  • Cuts Like an Angel by Mason Sabre, Lucian Bane

    Cuts Like an Angel by Mason Sabre, Lucian Bane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He never called the helplines. The one time he did, it was to say goodbye...to anybody, before leaving the world. Rosie...that was her name. She'd given it when she wasn't supposed to. She said things that made him burn to live.And he would. He'd find a way to hide his darkness so that he could dance with her, just a single dance, in the liquid sunshine of her laugh.And maybe..
    Categorized as:
    dark  multi-pov  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  book  contemporary
  • Romantically Ever After by Tessa Layne, S.E. Rose

    Romantically Ever After by Tessa Layne, S.E. Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Limited Edition Collection of Contemporary Romance Novels The abs are hard. The kisses are countless. And the happily ever afters will leave you breathless…but no one said getting there would be easy...
  • A Demon's Song by E.C. Land

    A Demon's Song by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    HunterThe day she walked through the front door, I wanted nothing more than to hate her. I didn't trust her, and she rubbed me the wrong way from the get-go.I wanted nothing to do with her, so I ensured I'd avoid her at all costs. It worked for a while, until I found her on the side of the road in the middle of the night...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  kidnapping
  • Primal Fury by Piper Davenport

    Primal Fury by Piper Davenport

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    JekyllPeople are expendable. They always have been. This personal life philosophy has made me a successful business owner, enforcer for the Primal Howlers MC, and opened women’s legs to me while keeping them at arm’s length.People are expendable. Words to live by. At least they were until I met her.IndigoI have worked all my life to give back...
    Categorized as:
    slow-burn  steamy  suspense  contemporary  biker  fiction  book  adult
  • Joker by Andi Rhodes, Nicole Cypher

    Joker by Andi Rhodes, Nicole Cypher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Joker…Skeletons and secrets. We all have them. They weigh on our souls, even when we try to fool ourselves and pretend they don’t. Since I was a kid I’ve carried a secret that haunts me, casting shadows of doubt over every relationship I have. I know the signs of someone hiding the truth, because I do it every day...
  • Unholy Sins by Elle Thorpe

    Unholy Sins by Elle Thorpe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Bless me Father for I have sinned….and I don’t think I care.”Each Sunday morning, I stand in robes at an altar and preach about being good and moral.But when night falls, I take justice into my own hands, stealing from the rich to give to the poor. Ending the lives of men who never deserved to step foot inside my church.Until I meet her.Lyric...
  • Make Him by Kelly Finley

    Make Him by Kelly Finley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Luca & Scarlett..
    Categorized as:
    steamy  bodyguard  dark  stalking  suspense  multi-pov  sports  romance
  • Devotion by Rachel Jonas, Nikki Thorne

    Devotion by Rachel Jonas, Nikki Thorne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Legions worship at my feet, but I only bow to her.THE SPIDERI move through Layla’s world in silence, always watching.It’s incredible where you can hide a camera these days.She’s the daughter of my enemy, a threat to my flock, and I had a solidplan for her.The weight of her father’s sin was meant to fall on her shoulders.Only, the second my world bled into hers, that plan derailed...
  • Clutch & Shift by Brittany Ann

    Clutch & Shift by Brittany Ann

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    AmaraI’m the daughter of a well-respected St. Louis detective.Everyone saw me as just his kid, and when he died, I was pitied.I left St. Louis to heal from the pain the city brought me, but two years ago, I came back and joined the SLPD as a detective, my father’s shadow looming over me.On my first night back in town, I made a lust-filled mistake, one that would haunt me forever...
  • Counting the Stars by Tracy McJames

    Counting the Stars by Tracy McJames

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes love comes when you least expect it.AlexI fell in love from the first moment I met her—seriously.And yeah, I realize that may sound ridiculous, but I’ve never been so sure of anything in my life.Gabby is one of my best friends. She gets me and accepts me for who I am; unlike my stuffy family. But we’ve been stuck in the friend zone for more than a year and I’m getting restless...
  • Ten of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Ten of a Kind by Sandi Lynn

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The synopsis is coming...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  stalking  dark  romance  family  contemporary  fiction  book
  • TouchStone for giving by Sydney Jamesson

    TouchStone for giving by Sydney Jamesson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Elizabeth Parker has been found … Like a falling star she has come down to earth, landing painfully on the debris of a broken dream. What she thought of as love now seems no more than a wish left unfulfilled. Her future lies in the hands of two powerfully possessive men; each desiring her to the point of insanity...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  billionaire  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Claiming My Soulmate by Jessica Blake

    Claiming My Soulmate by Jessica Blake

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I sell the concept of love. But don’t believe in it. Until her. Although I created the world’s most popular dating app, I secretly don’t believe in love. In fact, I think people who do are fairy tale chasing fools. And soulmates? Only idiots would buy into that concept. When my secret gets out, my professional life and my billion dollar company are in jeopardy...
  • A Dominant Fallen by Lena Black, Joshua Minette

    A Dominant Fallen by Lena Black, Joshua Minette

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gabrielle Hyde and Damian Hunt were ready to create a life together. But, as determined as they were to build a future, the demons they fought to overcome were just as determined to destroy it...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  billionaire  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Cuffed by Measha Stone

    Cuffed by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Do you think you're the only woman in this room that loves the pain?" Sydney isn’t one to go around directing the doms she plays with. If they don’t know how hard and how long to go, she walks.  Voicing her desires isn’t even an option. As an assistant DA she’s used to asking questions, not answering them...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • Collateral Damage by Jemma Westbrook

    Collateral Damage by Jemma Westbrook

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    No names. No promises. One night neither of them can forget. Bess was supposed to be letting loose, taking one more step away from a man she’s ready to leave in her past. But being dragged to a bar is about as far from a night of fun as Bess can imagine. She’d rather be outside, enjoying peace and isolation, instead of crouched on the sticky floor while her best friend loses her lunch...
  • Keeping You Away by Kennedy Fox

    Keeping You Away by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The last time I saw my first love was twelve years ago. We fell hard and fast, but it didn’t stop me from leaving. I never expected to see her again, but when I move back to my small hometown, there’s no avoiding it—especially since her dad’s my new boss.The more time we spend together, the more I want a second chance to be the man she deserves. As old sparks resurface, we grow closer...
  • Blizzard by Cambria Hebert

    Blizzard by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An arctic blast is coming… Fleeing to the wintry town of Caribou was always meant to be temporary, BearPaw Resort just a place to hide. Never in a million years did I expect that running back to the past would bring me face to face with my future. But it did, and now everyone I love is in danger. I’ve already escaped death three times, and I know my luck is running out...
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