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  • Santa: Time Served MC, Book 7 by Cee Bowerman

    Santa: Time Served MC, Book 7 by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Santa and Frankie couldn’t be more different. She comes from a notorious New York family and was raised with money to burn. He’s from Texas, has family members who are notorious for completely different reasons, and grew up with parents who thought it was okay to make him ‘earn’ his meals.Opposites attract, and when they finally get together, their flame burns bright...
    Categorized as:
    dark  stalking  steamy  adult  biker  book  contemporary  crime
  • Sheriff Daddy by Laylah Roberts

    Sheriff Daddy by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Georgina James had always strived to be better, smarter, stronger, faster.Frankly, it was exhausting.Drawn back to Wishingbone, she keeps running into the handsome, overprotective, entirely-too bossy sheriff.Ed doesn’t know why he’s so intrigued by the closed-off FBI agent. But there’s something about her that tugs at his every Daddy instinct...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  dark  stalking  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  cheerful-mc
  • Colton by Marie James

    Colton by Marie James

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Detective Colton Matthews has experienced a lot in the last ten years.Promotions.Divorce.Single-dad life.His work life is as full of surprises as his home life.But nothing prepared him for her.Saying yes to the favor asked of the Cerberus MC was a no brainer.He’s a good guy helping other good guys...
  • Wild Wicked Obsession by Layla Frost

    Wild Wicked Obsession by Layla Frost

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    An age-gap, praise-filled, wickedly-hot romance where opposites definitely attract“That’s my good girl…”She was a good girl.I wanted to make her my good girl.Joss Lennon was shy. Sweeter than any baked good. Outta my league.Her life was cupcakes, hand turkeys, and working too many hours to pay the mortgage her ex-fiance dumped on her...
  • Rason & Eliza by Cee Bowerman

    Rason & Eliza by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rason Harper is all about family and tradition. Raised by two loving parents, he’s not willing to sacrifice his future for the wrong woman. After a dating catastrophe makes him decide to give up on love, his mind is changed in an instant when a quick conversation with his favorite bookworm gives him the chance to get to know her better...
    Categorized as:
    dark  stalking  steamy  adult  biker  book  contemporary  family
  • Searching for Khloe by Susan Stoker

    Searching for Khloe by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She thought secrets would tear them apart; instead, they brought them together.Khloe Moore has secrets. She came to Fallport, Virginia, under false pretenses, only intending to stay for a short while...
  • Blaze by Lynn Raye Harris

    Blaze by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dead to their pasts. Ghosts. No family ties. No connections. Six men with a top-secret mission move to a small town where they have to navigate local life, protect their secret, and, above all, stay single. Former Hostile Operations Team soldier Blaze "Shadow" Connolly knows what it’s like to lose everything. He’s got nobody except his job and his team and that’s the way he likes it...
  • Bull's Duchess by Ciara St. James

    Bull's Duchess by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jocelyn: Being a teenage mother, Jocelyn knew what it was to struggle for everything she had. Disowned and abandoned, she fought to make a life for herself and her daughter. Now, her daughter is on her way to fulfilling her dreams. Jocelyn has no time for men, that is, until the night a silver-fox biker roars into her driveway. He makes her body come to life, unlike it has ever done before...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  dark  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  biker  book  contemporary
  • Small Town Swoon by Melanie Harlow

    Small Town Swoon by Melanie Harlow

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Only in the movies does the Hollywood heartthrob fall for the small town diner waitress.So when Dashiel Buckley returns to Cherry Tree Harbor for a wedding, I’m determined not to let my massive crush on my best friend’s older brother hijack my good sense.(It happened once before. Do not recommend.)But when my hand is injured, it’s Dash who steps in at the diner...
  • Snowed Inn for Christmas Anthology by Elle Christensen, Brynne Asher

    Snowed Inn for Christmas Anthology by Elle Christensen, Brynne Asher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A record-breaking blizzard is on the way to Winter Falls . . . and close quarters sometimes make for strange bedfellows!Led by their mayor, the citizens of Winter Falls rally together to keep everyone safe during the storm. Falling in love wasn’t part of the plan, but cuddling next to the fire and kissing under the mistletoe leads to a whole lot of romance for these nine couples...
  • 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  forbidden-love  stalking  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  angst  book
  • Sexy Beast: A Single Dad's Club Romance by Piper Rayne

    Sexy Beast: A Single Dad's Club Romance by Piper Rayne

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From a secret duo of USA Today Bestselling Authors, comes another COMPLETE STANDALONE in the Single Dads Club set of books. It’s time. Time to get a life. Time to start over. Time to move beyond the past. The guys in the Single Dads Club would tell you it was time years ago, but until recently, the risk of hurting my little girl outweighed the benefit of getting a piece of ass...
  • Triplets For The Mountain Man by K.C. Crowne

    Triplets For The Mountain Man by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
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  • Annoyed At First Sight by Lani Lynn Vale

    Annoyed At First Sight by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The first time Cassius Ulysses Costas met Alice Paradis, she was in a string bikini and filling up a long line of boats that were there just to see her. She was eighteen and every man’s wet dream.Even his.For the longest time, he went out of his way to stay as far away from her as he could get without actually taking his eyes off of her. For years, he was the better person...
  • Bodyguard by Night by Taryn Quinn

    Bodyguard by Night by Taryn Quinn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Protecting my best friend's new sister-in-law Willow from a fan who wants to get a little too close is a no-brainer. Just requires me to do some checking around, to act as her shadow for a while, maybe even give her a place to stay so I can keep an eye on her—all so my best friend's small-town wedding to Willow's sister goes off without a hitch...
    Categorized as:
    dark  stalking  steamy  adult  billionaire  book  contemporary  epic
  • Hunter by Eliza Lentzski

    Hunter by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Winter Jacket prequel It all started with a navy blue dress... In her junior year of college, Hunter Dyson has some big decisions to make about her future. She wants to be a nurse, that much she knows, but everyone from her parents to her academic advisor is nagging her about what kind of nursing she wants to pursue...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  stalking  dark  romance  contemporary  sports  fiction  angst
  • Home Forever by Cee Bowerman

    Home Forever by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After living half of her life on the run from a monster, Carlie Jenkins makes her way back to find peace in the Texas town where she spent the happiest years of her life. With the help of her best friend, Carlie settles in and begins working to rebuild the relationships that she had in Rojo before the night she had to leave it all behind...
  • Caught in the Chase by Kacey Shea

    Caught in the Chase by Kacey Shea

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This summer I'm leaving my hometown for a fresh start. It's a necessary choice in my pursuit of a full and sober life. Besides, escaping to the Outer Banks isn't a hardship. This seaside town holds everything I need and more. That is, until I run into Chase Matthews. He's an arrogant, cocky, self-absorbed jerk who has already come between me and my best friend once...
  • Christmas Hideout by Susan Sleeman

    Christmas Hideout by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cowboy lawmen make the best protectors A McKade Law novel Fleeing from her dangerous ex-boyfriend, on-the-run single mother Nicole Dyer takes refuge in a cabin—and is discovered by the ranch owner, Deputy Matt McKade. It’s easy to fall for the handsome lawman and his kind family, but staying at the ranch endangers them all...
  • 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...
  • January's Ride with Six by Eve London

    January's Ride with Six by Eve London

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A rebel's heart and a biker's duty collide in a forbidden love that threatens everything.GingerLiving under the control of the Savage Bones is like existing in a cage where freedom remains just out of reach. The night I run, desperation fueling my steps, I crash into Six. He’s at the core of everything I’ve been told to fear...
  • Dirty Promises by Aubrey Bondurant

    Dirty Promises by Aubrey Bondurant

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Oakley Winters travels to her best friend’s wedding, the last thing she expects is to be stranded on the side of the highway by her date. Luckily, a handsome stranger stops to rescue her. But it turns out her hero isn’t a stranger after all. Max Brooks dreads a return to his small town, but it’s impossible to say no to his sister’s request to attend her wedding...
  • Craving In The Mountains by Olivia T. Turner

    Craving In The Mountains by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What do you do when you’re in a funk that won’t quit?I tried - Sleeping all day (check)- Binge watching Stranger Things all day (check)- Feeling sorry for myself all day (check)But nothing works. My funk gets funkier. Depression looms.So I do something drastic to shake myself out of it.I head to the Greene Mountains to go parachuting with my crazy cousin and his wild friends...
  • Owned by the Mountain Man by Mia Brody

    Owned by the Mountain Man by Mia Brody

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can this curvy thief steal the grumpy mountain man’s heart after a break-in gone wrong?LauraI wasn't breaking and entering. I was on my way to grandma's house. That's the honest truth. The fact that I'm dressed like a cat burglar should be of no importance to anyone. Not even the hot mountain man whose cabin I accidentally stumbled into.The coming snowstorm is unexpected..
  • Romanced by the Mountain Man by Mia Brody

    Romanced by the Mountain Man by Mia Brody

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can this dirty mountain man convince the romance writer he wants to be the hero in her own personal love story?BladeI’m the man that reads her dirtiest fantasies out loud. Yeah, I’m a book narrator. I spend my nights reading my favorite author’s filthy words for her fan base to listen in on. Every naughty scene only makes me crave her more. But she can’t know who I really am...
  • Protector Daddy by Taryn Quinn

    Protector Daddy by Taryn Quinn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s been a very long time since I’ve been with a woman. By choice. Even as my brother and my fellow cops have paired off and started families, I’ve focused on policing Crescent Cove. It’s a good small town filled with great businesses, wonderful families, and babies. Many, many babies. But I’m not about that life. Until we hire a new dispatcher after Bonnie retires. She’s younger than I am...
  • Taken By My Brothers’ Best Friends by Summer Haze

    Taken By My Brothers’ Best Friends by Summer Haze

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Crashing into my brothers' best friends was a mistake.Letting them stay might be an even bigger one.After I rear-ended their truck, I thought I'd just get a lecture and be done. But when Dean, Reed, and Lennon decided to move onto our ranch to help out, things got complicated fast. They’re not just here to work—they’re here to keep an eye on me, whether I like it or not...
  • Protective Biker by Hope Ford

    Protective Biker by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I thought she was the one…Until she left without a trace.Brandy wasn’t like the other club girls.I knew it the first time she walked into the clubhouse.There was something about her that forced me to let my guard down.And It took a while to earn her trust… but I knew she’d be worth it.I was planning the futureAnd she was living in the past...
  • Finding Home by Eliza Lentzski

    Finding Home by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book Three in the Winter Jacket series There are signs everywhere if you know what you're looking for-signs that tell you you're doing something wrong. Go back. Detour. Choose again. Do not collect two hundred dollars when you pass Go. But I hadn't paid attention to the warnings, too blinded by ambition and the desire to experience something new...
  • The Beautiful Now by Michelle Leighton

    The Beautiful Now by Michelle Leighton

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From New York Times , USA Today , and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author M. Leighton comes an epic tale of a love so deep it defies all the odds, breaks all the rules, and promises never to die. Dane James worked my stepfather's fields. He was the boy next door. Strong. Hardworking. Forbidden. From the moment we met, we were star-crossed lovers--always wanting, never having...
    Categorized as:
    dark  forbidden-love  steamy  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  drama
  • 209 Wedding Lane by Lucy Darling

    209 Wedding Lane by Lucy Darling

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I was a child groom. It’s not how it sounds. I was a willing groom to a sweet girl who said she was dying. Her final wish was to get married, and I was all too happy to grant it. So right there in that hospital, two kids got hitched. It was the best day of my young life. . . Until I couldn’t find her. Until she was gone.It broke my heart. She took the pieces with her...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  dark  stalking  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  billionaire  book
  • Until Blaze by Mayra Statham

    Until Blaze by Mayra Statham

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Patrick ‘Blaze’ Kelly has seen and lived through a lot. He finally found a place in the world as a member of the Broken Eagles MC. Running two businesses and being part of a brotherhood is good enough for him, or at least he thought it was...
  • Don't Be Scared by A.J. Merlin

    Don't Be Scared by A.J. Merlin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Every town has a history.Ours is just a little darker than most.For years I’ve celebrated Halloween and Hollow Bridge’s history with everyone else who lives here. Parades, festivals, and insane Halloween parties have always been a staple for us. Some bad behavior is expected, given what we’re celebrating.But murder has never been on the table before...
  • Too Hard by I.A. Dice

    Too Hard by I.A. Dice

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    BLAIRHe hates me.One year stands between me and freedom. No more jumping through hoops. No more hurt, humiliation, and degradation. One year. I just need to keep it together. Easy, right? Maybe if not for my new neighbor, Cody Hayes. There are only two things he and I agree on: we both hate me, and we’re both certain I don’t deserve forgiveness...
  • 817 Fireman Ln. by Hope Ford

    817 Fireman Ln. by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He wants to save her… even from himself.Kent is a widower and fights fires like he has nothing to lose.He knows he’ll never find love again and he doesn’t even want to try.But when the new recruit is hired at the fire station, she’s brave, bubbly and beautiful.Kelli is a firewoman with something to prove.She knows she can do this, even though Kent questions her every move...
  • Teacher's Pet by Wendy Smith

    Teacher's Pet by Wendy Smith

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    James Campbell’s love life is complicated. He chose the university he went to because he was following a girl—only to get dumped by her. Now he’s in love again, and this time it’s the real deal. Except for two problems. Mia loves James. But the spectre of her broken marriage hangs over her when her ex gets a job in the same place she works. And where she works is the other problem...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  dark  stalking  steamy  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Trojan Crown by Eleanor Aldrick

    Trojan Crown by Eleanor Aldrick

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trojan Crown is book two in the Crown Brothers Series...
  • Scar by Liv Brywood

    Scar by Liv Brywood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I ruin everything I touch, and right now, all I want to touch is her...Demons lurk in the dark corners of my heart. My obsession with vengeance is a living, breathing monster in my soul. The moment Julia bursts into my clubhouse looking for protection, she’s doomed. Not because of the predators chasing her, but because of me...
  • Meet Disaster by D.E. Haggerty

    Meet Disaster by D.E. Haggerty

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’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...
  • Married to the Mountain Man by Mia Brody

    Married to the Mountain Man by Mia Brody

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can this gruff mountain man convince his new bride that she belongs with him? BrennonI ruined my brother’s wedding. I punched him in the nose and took his bride for my own. Because he won’t worship those beautiful curves the way I will. He’s not interested in protecting and loving Cadence like I will.In her eyes, this marriage is just a way to save her father...
  • Brothers Best Friend Cowboy by Khloe Summers

    Brothers Best Friend Cowboy by Khloe Summers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can this older cowboy wrangle the heart of his best friend’s little sister?EmeryI've watched Maggie for years.Thought about her,Dreamt about her,Imagined what it would be like to touch her and hold her in my arms.Now, I have a chance to make all those fantasies come true.One night, one dare, one choice.The answer is simple.She's going to be mine.MaggieEmery is the man of my dreams...
  • Nitro by Mackenzy Fox

    Nitro by Mackenzy Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bracken Ridge Arizona, where the Rebels M.C. rule and the only thing they ride or die for more than their club is their women, this is Nitro’s storyNitroThe way she moves.The way she smiles.Her face like an angel.Like she has no care in the world.But I know better.She saved my life. She wouldn’t remember.But I watched her, for years.I protected her, without her knowledge, or consent...
  • Staking His Claim by Tory Baker

    Staking His Claim by Tory Baker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I want the one woman I should never touch. Tulsa Rose has gone through hell and back. We have a complicated history, becoming her guardian after a family tragedy is only the tip of the iceberg. I sent her away. It was the right thing to do, even if she felt like I turned my back on her. The truth is, she was a temptation I couldn’t have. She was way too young. Now she’s home, ten years later...
  • Secret Obsession by Tory Baker

    Secret Obsession by Tory Baker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Josie has always been the ultimate forbidden fruit.When I first laid eyes on her, she was a tempting, wet dream that just appeared in my home.That sounds perfect, but she was there as my son’s girlfriend. It also made her completely off limits.It still didn’t stop me from tasting her.One touch, one taste wrapped up in a stolen moment that never should have happened marked me for life...
  • Surrendered to the Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Surrendered to the Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Seven minutes in heaven has never been so fun.How did I end up behind this bar?I have no idea. All I know is I’m having the time of my life, flirting with the beautiful blonde. As our flirtation progresses, it becomes clear that the attraction is mutual.And soon, we're acting on that attraction. As the minutes roll by, I start to fall for her...
  • Claimed by the Mountain Man by Mia Brody

    Claimed by the Mountain Man by Mia Brody

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Grumpy mountain man seeks sunshine nanny to care for equally grumpy nephew.HaleI never thought I’d become a single dad at thirty-six. Then again, I never thought my half-sister would just abandon her tiny son. Now, it’s on me to raise the six-month old baby.I don’t have a clue what to do with a little one, but I know they need lots of loving...
  • Pretty Little Tainted by Terri Anne Browning

    Pretty Little Tainted by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Pretty Little TaintedRocker Universe3rd GenBook 1VaughnMy secrets were as dark as my soul. From the moment I was born, my purpose was drilled into me—carry out revenge against the woman who had stolen everything from my adoptive family.One look at Abi and I began to question everything I’d ever been told...
  • The Alcove by Rosalind Abel

    The Alcove by Rosalind Abel

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jasper Getty is living his dream as the owner of the charming bookshop, Lavender Pages. For seven years, he’s enjoyed the safety and freedom to be himself, selling books by day and curling up and getting lost in novels by night. But a dark page from the past comes back to haunt Jasper as his ex begins stalking him...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  dark  stalking  adult  angst  audiobook  bodyguard  book
  • Tempting the Neighbor by Ashley Munoz

    Tempting the Neighbor by Ashley Munoz

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This entire thing started because of a faulty tree. Becoming a homeowner is not all it's cracked up to be, let me tell you that right now. Especially in the dead of winter, when apparently trees can just fall in the middle of a suburban neighborhood. Did my next-door neighbor help me remove said tree? No, he did not… So, really…he left me no choice. I broke into his house...
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