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  • Blood & Bones: Shade by Jeanne St. James

    Blood & Bones: Shade by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A past that defined a future... Shade has a secret.One he’s hidden most of his life.Secrets created in his past.Of a broken family. A little boy lost.Of broken dreams. With only nightmares left in their wake.As a prospect, his MC nicknamed him Shady because he’s quiet and keeps to himself.As a patched member of the Blood Fury, he changed it to Shade, because that’s what he prefers..
  • Whisper of Love by Melissa Foster

    Whisper of Love by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Bradens are a series of stand-alone romances that may also be enjoyed as part of the larger Love in Bloom series. Tempest Braden adores her family and her small hometown, but sometimes too much of a good thing can be confining...
  • Chasin's Surrender by Riley Edwards

    Chasin's Surrender by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Chasin Murray found The One. His perfect match. And in a single act of stupidity he threw her away.Genevieve Ellison is not a woman Chasin can forget, even if she was only his for the weekend. But now that she’s back in his life, the last thing she wants is a reconciliation. And with her comes a deadly secret, one that blindsides the former SEAL...
  • Redwood by Janie Crouch

    Redwood by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Gavin Zimmerman. Military codename: REDWOOD. This former Special Forces soldier will protect Oak Creek from any threat. Even one that comes in the form of a delicate blonde with haunted eyes.A tiny town in Wyoming and the fake ID in her pocket are Lexi Johnson's last chance. She's used her all her resources to escape the danger that hounds her...
  • Until Susan by C.P. Smith

    Until Susan by C.P. Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From the world of NYT and USA Today bestselling author, Aurora Rose Reynolds. See how the Mayson clan began. You've read their sons' stories, now it's James and Susan's turn. Experience the boom all over again in this action-packed novella of insta-love and suspense from Author CP Smith...
  • Edge of Nowhere by Freya Barker

    Edge of Nowhere by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Open roads and honor meets poke bowls and self-controlI’m a homesick nomad.A protégé, a mountain man, an ally, and a seeker.My name is Wapi.I’m a work in progress looking to belong, and though my road has been a winding one, my heart has found focus.I’m a straightlaced hellcat.A princess, a fool, a target, and a handle.My name is Lindsey...
  • The Beat of My Heart by Avery Maxwell

    The Beat of My Heart by Avery Maxwell

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    One week. No strings. Sexy stranger. What could go wrong?My name is Julia McDowell. I’m not the pretty girl next door, I’m the boss at work who solves all your problems. I’m an awkward genius with the worst taste in boyfriends; the last one left me with a 6-figure debt to prove it...
  • Code Name: Outlaw by Janie Crouch, Josie Jade

    Code Name: Outlaw by Janie Crouch, Josie Jade

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Months trapped in the clutches of a madman made Jenna Franklin a shell of the woman she once was. All she can do now is use her computer genius from inside the safety of closed doors. Even two years later, going outside = blood-freezing panic. She’s made herself a haven in the only place she’s felt safe since her captivity: Oak Creek, Wyoming—home of her Linear Tactical friends...
  • 10-Code by Freya Barker

    10-Code by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As a forty-one-year-old mother of three boys, working two jobs, Marya Berger doesn’t have the time or energy to consider a relationship. Especially after a lifetime of poor choices in the romance department. But when the disappearance of a young boy strikes a little too close to home, and a younger man she’s tried to ignore offers his help, she doesn’t stand in the way...
  • Quiet Beautiful Things by Samantha Christy

    Quiet Beautiful Things by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Being a single dad was not on my short-list of life plans. Especially since I didn't know my daughter existed. Now, I'm not only juggling all that goes with having a four-year-old, I'm also trying to provide my daughter the skills to communicate her needs.I'm failing. Epically.I need big help with this small person.The woman assigned as my daughter’s mentor is a dream come true...
  • Bribed by Rebecca Sharp

    Bribed by Rebecca Sharp

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lennon Love Clarke needs to put on a show.With her reputation sinking, the famous actress has no choice but to grin and bear it because the tabloids were better than the truth. If only Lenni could remember what that was—and who is stalking her. Now, she’s in hiding—or would be if her new bodyguard hadn’t found her first.Dante Lozano is Covington Security’s very own Casanova...
  • 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...
  • Dirty Little Midlife Debacle by Lilian Monroe

    Dirty Little Midlife Debacle by Lilian Monroe

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jennifer Newbank knows success. She’s a talented baker with a celebrated new book. She’s forty-seven, self-assured, and finally hitting her stride. Opportunities abound, like the upcoming televised baking competition that could rocket her career into the stratosphere.Jen is going to win, open her own bakery, and live happily ever after...all by herself...
  • The Hero She Deserves by Anna Hackett

    The Hero She Deserves by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When he goes to investigate a blaring smoke alarm, the last thing he expects to find is Hollywood’s hottest actress…naked.Deputy Sheriff Sawyer Lane likes the pace of life on Maui. After years as a Navy SEAL and in Ghost Ops, he likes that no one shoots at him. Coming to the island saved him. He still can’t sleep, but he’ll take the sun, sand, and solitude...
  • Igniting Vic by Freya Barker

    Igniting Vic by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Victoria “Vic” Paige thought she was firmly back in the saddle since returning to her job as a firefighter after a three-year hiatus. These past twelve months with her new crew at Station 3 have rebuilt her confidence. That is until they are called to a motel fire where she stumbles onto the scene of a murder, which has her shaken to the core...
  • Changed by you by Kristin Mayer

    Changed by you by Kristin Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I'm in over my head, and Teale Delaney is the reason why. She's beautiful, sassy, and I can't stop thinking about her. If I let myself, I could fall in love. But I can’t. I won’t. It’s to protect her, not me. Someone out there wants vengeance. If I allow them to see my true feelings for Teale, they’ll stop at nothing to take her away...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  multi-pov  stalking  suspense  adult  angst  audiobook
  • A Rogue Cowboy's Second Chance by Stephanie Rowe

    A Rogue Cowboy's Second Chance by Stephanie Rowe

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fifteen years ago, he shattered her heart. Now she needs to trust him with her life. First in a new billionaire cowboy series by New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Rowe.Billionaire rancher Brody Hart protects others…no matter the cost to himself. When the woman he lost a decade ago needs his help, he has a second chance with the sassy country music star he never stopped loving...
  • Bradford Bastard by Sheridan Anne

    Bradford Bastard by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    There are three things I know for sure.One, hot wax on the coochie ain’t for everybody. Two, diamonds aren’t a girl’s best friend—tampons are. And three, Tanner Morgan is an asshole.I’m sure if I hadn’t spilled beer all over him and gave a subtle suggestion of where he could shove his best friend’s dick, perhaps we would have started out on a better note...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  female-mc  multi-pov  suspense  abuse  alpha-mc  angst
  • Revealing Annie by Freya Barker

    Revealing Annie by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the fire department’s joker, Kyle (Sumo) Matsumoto, loves nothing better than ribbing the guys at the station. However, he’s all business when he’s on a call, and when he tries to snag the attention of a cute little baker. Then life takes a more serious turn when he’s plunged headfirst into fatherhood—of a teenage boy—giving his teammates the last laugh...
  • The Rulebreaker by Amelia Shea

    The Rulebreaker by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sloane Baxter is a good girl. She may not have an enviable or even desirable past, but she’s making her future perfect, including all the things she’s dreamed of, a solid home, a job she loves, and a life she’s created despite the hurdles she’s had to leap. Sloane is living her life on her terms...
  • Battles of the Broken by Anne Malcom

    Battles of the Broken by Anne Malcom

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Souls are interesting things. Not something you can prove you possess. Not something that can be measured, like a heartbeat. But something that can be destroyed by the absence of a heartbeat. No, you cannot prove you possess a soul. But once that soul dies, there doesn't need to be proof that you don't have one. Once that blackened pit opens inside you, the world can see it...
    Categorized as:
    billionaire  crime  dark  multi-pov  stalking  suspense  abuse  adult
  • Dirty Devil by Liliana Hart

    Dirty Devil by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A series of bizarre murders that are seemingly unrelated turn out to be the work of a serial killer in the newest installment of the New York Times bestselling J.J. Graves Mystery Series.Coroner J.J. Graves and Jack Lawson investigate the murder of a victim who got exactly what he deserved. But justice is blind, and they have to put their personal feelings aside to hunt a ruthless killer...
  • JUDE: Lords of Carnage MC by Daphne Loveling

    JUDE: Lords of Carnage MC by Daphne Loveling

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    LILAI’m no club princess. I’m a cut-rate Cinderella. I’m the redheaded stepchild.Jude is the crown prince of the Lords of Carnage MC.He’s handsome, cocky, untouchable.The entire time I’ve known him, I’ve had to pretend he means nothing to me.When in fact, he’s always been everything.But when my world collapses and I’m running for my lifeI have no one else to turn to but the Lords of Carnage...
  • The Protector by Susan Stoker

    The Protector by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Susan Stoker comes a sizzling suspense about the romance that blossoms between two strangers during a snowstorm and the stalker who threatens them both.Riggs “Chappy” Chapman didn’t expect to be disrupted at his remote cabin in the woods...
  • Sinners Consumed by Somme Sketcher

    Sinners Consumed by Somme Sketcher

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    *PART 2 OF A DUET*My world is on fire, and I’m obsessed with the girl who lit the match.Bloodied knuckles and a lifeless body at my feet confirm it: Penny is my demise.My gentlemanly facade is nothing but a memory.My sins are seeping through my shirt like ink.I tried to leave her. Couldn’t do it.I tried to snuff the life out of her. Couldn’t do that, either...
  • 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...
  • Out of Range by Em Petrova

    Out of Range by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Arielle Jackman grew up as an Army brat—and then she became an Army wife. Now she’s widowed and looking for something she’s never had… roots. Back in her favorite Texas town, she’s teaching middle-schoolers, and since she and her husband never had any, she considers them all her kids. But the evenings are lonely, and Arielle’s wondering if she should get out and make some friends...
  • Saving Skye: The Pilot Firefighter's Surprise Baby  (Eden Mountain Firefighters) by Jenna Gunn

    Saving Skye: The Pilot Firefighter's Surprise Baby (Eden Mountain Firefighters) by Jenna Gunn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gorgeous. Smart. Armed with a secret weapon. The young ATF agent was supposed to be a one night thing. But then she woke up the alpha protector in me. Little did I know that her mission would strike me square in my cold, dead heart. And for the first time in ten years I wanted something more. But the complications are as big as the firefighting helicopter that I fly...
  • What the Hail by Lani Lynn Vale

    What the Hail by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He’s wanted her since he repossessed her car and made her cry. Baylor Hail knew two things. One, he hated crying females. Two, it was even worse when he was the one to make that female cry. He never meant to do anything but his job, but when one thing leads to another, suddenly all he can think about is the broken woman whose car he towed...
  • Flirting with the Rock Star Next Door by Nadia Lee

    Flirting with the Rock Star Next Door by Nadia Lee

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "The obnoxious drummer neighbor I reported for noise pollution? Turns out he’s the biggest rock star in the country! Oops."I write romance because true love doesn’t happen in real life. My parents’ marriage and a string of failed relationships have taught me that.Then Killian Axelrod moves in next door. He’s a rock star, and hot as hell. Wicked blue eyes. A body made for sin. Cocky attitude...
  • The Souls We Claim by Scarlett Cole

    The Souls We Claim by Scarlett Cole

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    🧡 Age gap🌶️ Daddy dom vibes👧🏼 Accidental parent☠️Touch my girls and you d!e🔥 I know what's best for you🫂Hurt/comfort❤️Afraid to commitFrom USA Today best selling author Scarlett Cole, writing as S. Cole, comes an electrifying MC, age gap romance.ArianneLeaving my abusive husband was hard. Attending the funeral of my murdered sister is harder...
  • Burn You Twice by Mary Burton, Melissa Moran

    Burn You Twice by Mary Burton, Melissa Moran

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    8 hours, 56 minutesFire can destroy the past. It can also uncover secrets in this novel of searing suspense by New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton.Ten years ago as an undergrad, Joan Mason escaped an arsonist’s fire. Shaken, she fled the small collegiate Montana town, leaving behind friends and not looking back...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  female-mc  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • No Damaged Goods by Nicole Snow

    No Damaged Goods by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Fearless firefighter. Silver tongue. Single dad.My grouchy hero pushes all my freaking buttons...The red hot stranger who just saved my bacon might be the end of me.Blake Silverton could sweet talk an angel into sin.Fierce small-town fire chief. Rough velvet voice. Drop dead gorgeous.Don't even get me started on the tortured single dad thing...
  • Reaper by Rachel Leigh

    Reaper by Rachel Leigh

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They call me the reaper.Saying I have no soul. A heart that’s charred black. I tell them it’s true,because it is. I’ve been hiding in the shadows.Stealing secrets, destroying the lives of those who deserve it. But there’s one story to be told before this book closes. My story. Don’t be fooled, it’s not a fairytale. I’m no prince.And I certainly don’t want a princess...
  • Home Fires by Cat Johnson

    Home Fires by Cat Johnson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Navy SEAL Cal Swenson's going home has been a long time coming. Too bad his homecoming was based on a lie. And why did Granny feign dying to get him back to New York? That's the big question...
  • Protect Me by Lacey Black

    Protect Me by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nate Stevens loves three things: Work, Family, Women. In that order. Having absolutely no desire to follow in three of his siblings’ footsteps by settling down, Nate lives for his work as a firefighter. That’s why his chance meeting with Lia leaves him unsettled like never before. There’s just something about the beautifully shy and reserved woman that he can’t walk away from. Run. Hide...
  • Tracking Tahlula by Freya Barker

    Tracking Tahlula by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As author Tahlula Rae has discovered; success is a double-edged sword. Leading a quiet and anonymous life, she isn’t prepared for the hateful backlash when her latest book hit the lists, propelling her into the limelight...
  • Fish out of Water by Josie Watts, Janice Whiteaker

    Fish out of Water by Josie Watts, Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Get a new job. Check.Find a new apartment. Check.Stake out geriatric hit men with my handsome sidekick. Check?Never rent an apartment over the internet.I learned that lesson the hard way. Turns out the sweet two bedroom I was thrilled to make mine is actually smack dab in the middle of a retirement community.Now instead of enjoying Florida’s night life, I’m helping Mrs...
  • Saving His Sunshine: A Firefighter Romance by Nichole Rose

    Saving His Sunshine: A Firefighter Romance by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can an adorable menace of a dog, a bakery under fire, and one irresistible firefighter change this curvy girl's life forever?Alessandro BangerI’m used to my dog causing trouble. It’s what he does.But breaking into my sassy neighbor’s house might be a new low even for him.Or else he’s a genius, because Jesus. I did not know we moved in next to an angel...
  • A Dirty Job by Liliana Hart

    A Dirty Job by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A new chapter begins...J.J. Graves is trying to put the wounds caused by her father behind her. She and Jack have a shot at peace for the first time in their marriage, and it's new territory for them.A mortuary convention on a South Carolina island has J.J. and Jack combining work with pleasure...
  • Protecting Sam by Abbie Zanders

    Protecting Sam by Abbie Zanders

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Where there's "Smoke", there's definitely fire. Former SEAL Steve "Smoke" Tannen is finding the transition back to civilian life more of a challenge than he'd expected. Not only is he dealing with the aftereffects of a horrific ordeal overseas, he doesn’t know what normal is anymore...
  • Burning for Autumn by Freya Barker

    Burning for Autumn by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Autumn McCoy accepted a temporary work contract in Durango, she thought it would be a safe way to add some spark to her existence. She may be getting more than she bargained for when she finds herself the target of impending danger. The outspoken forty-two-year-old isn’t prepared for that spark to ignite flames threatening to engulf every aspect of her life...
    Categorized as:
    dark  in-uniform  multi-pov  stalking  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Beautifully Destroyed by Michelle Heard

    Beautifully Destroyed by Michelle Heard

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I used to be a happy, vibrant girl.Until I was destroyed in a single night.My trauma’s stalking me, every text and photo he sends me, a nail in my coffin.I run to my cousin, hoping I can hide in the sleepy coastal town of Southport.But there’s no outrunning my demon.There’s no hiding from the nightmares...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  female-mc  forced-proximity  suspense  abuse  adult  angst
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  multi-pov  stalking  suspense  adult  audiobook  biker
  • Dying for Love by Rita Herron

    Dying for Love by Rita Herron

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Everything she believes is a lie. Amelia Nettleton has struggled to overcome her childhood trauma and finally has a chance to lead a normal life—a life with a husband and a family. But a recurring nightmare haunts her: she dreams of a baby crying for its mother…a baby that may be hers, and was stolen from her...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Lift You Up by Jessica Gadziala

    Lift You Up by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Friends of the family were forbidden fruit. You didn't get to take a bite, no matter how tempting it might be...
  • Bad Apple by Lani Lynn Vale

    Bad Apple by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Apple Core Drew needs the Uncertain Saints MC like he needs air. He is barely making it through the day, and each one that goes by takes him closer and closer to hell. Literally, not figuratively. He's a half breath away from killing himself--maybe not by taking his own life, but he's not against making someone else do it for him...
  • Leave Me Breathless by Jodi Ellen Malpas

    Leave Me Breathless by Jodi Ellen Malpas

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the This Man series comes a sexy and emotional follow up to her wildly popular standalone romance The Protector. Ryan Willis has spent years in the protection business, a job that requires constant vigilance and quick thinking. His only chance to truly relax is at his secluded cabin in a small town where there are never any surprises...
  • Scream For Me: A Novel of the Night Hunter by Cynthia Eden

    Scream For Me: A Novel of the Night Hunter by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Nothing is deeper than the desire they can’t fight—or deadlier than the evil they can’t escape. They were only supposed to have a professional relationship, but FBI agent Kyle McKenzie has been fantasizing about his sexy partner, Cadence Hollow, from the moment they first moment. It takes the darkest case of their careers to finally bring their hidden desire bubbling to the surface...
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