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  • Sin: The Tempests, Book 7 by Cee Bowerman

    Sin: The Tempests, Book 7 by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sin Tempest has spent her adult life in the shadow of the tragedy that thrust her family into the spotlight in the worst possible way. After years spent in the protective circle of her siblings, she fell in love with the wrong man and was gradually sucked back into the same awful situation she’d endured as a child. As much as they tried, the Tempests couldn’t manage to break Sin free...
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    dark  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction  romance
  • Jokers' Wrath Motorcycle Club: Boxed set - Books 1-4 by Bella Jewel

    Jokers' Wrath Motorcycle Club: Boxed set - Books 1-4 by Bella Jewel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From USA Today, International and Amazon bestselling author comes the complete Jokers’ Wrath series – four novels for only 99c. Fall in love with them the same way the world did. PRECARIOUS In darkness, we find danger. In danger, I find Beau. Ash is a prison guard, she's tough, she's strong and she never backs away from a fight...
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    dark  adult  anthologies  biker  contemporary  fiction  steamy  romance
  • Saving Graves by Drew Sera

    Saving Graves by Drew Sera

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Neglected. Tortured. Abused. Unloved. I was left for dead at seventeen and learned to protect myself the only way I knew how…by not letting anyone get close to me — not anyone. Discovering Club Irons has been like finding home for the first time in my life. It’s been a beacon of light in my dark life, and it’s where I finally belong . I’m the most sought after Dom at Club Irons...
  • Entangled by R. Phillips

    Entangled by R. Phillips

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “These stars of ours were written in darkness and bound with light…”I fell in love with them thirty-five million heartbeats apart and an ocean away.One shaped me at the scratch of a pen and the other remade me with the strum of a note.And the truth is that I loved them both, desperately.I never foresaw our worlds colliding...
  • Devil's Night Series by Penelope Douglas

    Devil's Night Series by Penelope Douglas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Il mio sbaglio più grande - Mille ragioni per odiarti - L’errore che rifarei3 romanzi in 1Dall’autrice dei bestseller Mai per amore e Odiami come io ti amoConosco i segreti di Michael Crist. È il fratello del mio ragazzo, Bellissimo e terrificante. Conosco i suoi misfatti, ma non so quanto riuscirò a tenerli per me...
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    dark  romance  steamy  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Buck: Gems of Wolfe Island Four by Helen Hardt

    Buck: Gems of Wolfe Island Four by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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    dark  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  kidnapping  revenge  romance
  • Finally Heaven by D.H. Sidebottom

    Finally Heaven by D.H. Sidebottom

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book 4 in the Room 103 series It's time to say Goodbye. Take a final road trip with the 103 boy's. Let's leave with a tear, a smile and good memories. Romeo has struggled with his secret for years. He has managed to keep it from not only his family and friends but the girl he has loved for years. But one night changes that...
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    dark  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy  romance
  • The CEO of Cristo: A Secret Baby Billionaire Romance by Sophie Lark

    The CEO of Cristo: A Secret Baby Billionaire Romance by Sophie Lark

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I Lost The Love Of My Life…My best friend betrayed me.He stole my company and my freedom.I might have forgiven that. But there’s one thing I’ll never forgive. He ripped my love from my arms and wrapped her up in his.He sent me to Hell. Now I’m back. For her, and for my revenge… “The CEO of Cristo ” is a Secret Baby Billionaire Romance, inspired by Alexandre Dumas’ “The Count of Monte Cristo”...
  • Not so Prince Charming by Lauren Landish

    Not so Prince Charming by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He’s the hunter. I’m his prey. I've been sleepwalking through life—not living, just existing—working toward a future where I can actually breathe. Until HE walks in. Gabriel Jackson. With his boy next door charm and dimpled grin, he jolts me awake. He makes me want to feel the dark heat he promises. To live in the hunger lurking behind his brown eyes...
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    dark  retellings  adult  angst  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime
  • Malakai: Volumul 2 by A. Stephanie

    Malakai: Volumul 2 by A. Stephanie

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Hannah nu intenționa să își complice viața, însă i se frânge inima de fiecare dată când îl privește pe Malakai. Își dă seama că deși e în viață, Malakai vrea să dispară și își promite că nu va permite asta. Așa că face tot posibilul să-l scoată din universul lui întunecat.Convins că toată lumea îl părăsește la un moment dat, Malakai face tot posibilul să o țină pe Hannah la distanță...
  • Hidden Magic by Amy Patrick

    Hidden Magic by Amy Patrick

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The evil of the Ancient Court is spreading... Macy Moreno has been through hell. She only survived because the guy she loved — Nicolo Buonaccorsi — sacrificed his own life to save her. Though she’s discovered there’s much more to the world than she ever imagined, as far as Macy is concerned, all its magic died with him. She’s alive, but her heart will never recover...
  • Between The Lines by Drew Sera

    Between The Lines by Drew Sera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “She believed she could, so she did.” My name is Amy Andrews, and those are the words I live by. I write happy-ever-after romance novels, and after writing ten romance novels you’d think I’d know a thing or two about love. But I’ve been chasing my own happy-ever-after for a long time. I seem to have no problem starting my fairytale, but the ending never comes to be...
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    dark  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy  romance
  • Dark Child:  (Standalone New Adult Contemporary Romance - Merc's Story) by Jo Raven

    Dark Child: (Standalone New Adult Contemporary Romance - Merc's Story) by Jo Raven

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    NOT EVERY SCAR IS VISIBLE… What do you do when the girl you want can’t even remember your name? This pretty, long-legged, fiery girl who makes me weak in the knees. Of all the chicks who flirt with me, hang around me, I could have my pick, but no… I want psycho girl . One day she ignores my existence, and the next she smiles and talks to me as if she knows me, as if she wants me...
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    dark  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  suspense  university  romance
  • Breathe by N.M. Catalano

    Breathe by N.M. Catalano

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Snake Hell is ruled by a queen. She wears stilettos like a boss, fishnets like a porn star, and carries weapons like makeup. She crashed into my life at the absolute worst time, because life’s a bitch like that.  But there’s no way I’m letting her leave. She’s bat-shit crazy, and she’s mine.  Correction, she’s ours.  Because I’m not sure how long I can give her. But she belongs to us now...
  • Hidden Betrayal by Rhonda Brewer

    Hidden Betrayal by Rhonda Brewer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kristy O’Connor never hid the fact that she wanted Dean ‘Bull’ Nash. He’s kept her at arm's length since they met but he’s pushed her away for the last time. Dean loves Kristy more than he could ever tell her. He wants her desperately, but his family secrets could destroy them both. When he can’t stay away from her any longer, murder and a shocking betrayal shake them to their core...
  • A Bond of Briars by Erin Phillips

    A Bond of Briars by Erin Phillips

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She is bonded to a spirit who demands her blood.She follows a mother-in-law who resents her power.She meets a man who challenges everything she’s ever believed.After a fatal illness takes newlywed Caitrin’s husband, she finds herself obligated by duty and oath to care for her mother-in-law, Meara, at any cost…even if it means traveling to Croìthe, where magic of any kind is outlawed...
  • Crown of Thorns by E.M. Snow

    Crown of Thorns by E.M. Snow

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    ...
  • Meet Fifty Shades Continued - Fifty Shades of Grey by G.E. Griffin

    Meet Fifty Shades Continued - Fifty Shades of Grey by G.E. Griffin

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Converted to ebook format, Cover UpdatedFifty Shades of Grey from Christian's POVGet inside Christian Grey's mind, as you read the complete Fifty Shades trilogy retold from his point of view, carrying on where E L James left off at the end of 'Fifty...
  • Dexter by Erica Chilson

    Dexter by Erica Chilson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Warning: Erica Chilson is revising/rewriting/restructuring/editing/formatting the Mistress & Master of Restraint Series in its entirety for release into Print. A few titles will receive updated covers, as well as a more descriptive synopsis. The FINAL editions will vary from those currently in release...
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    dark  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy  suspense  romance
  • Mend the Seams by Silla Webb, Amanda Staton

    Mend the Seams by Silla Webb, Amanda Staton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Shattered. One flicker of a flame ripped my life apart. For two years now my body has defied my will to live and although the shell of my existence still roams this ungodly world -- my heart died along with my wife and son. Their blood is on my hands and living my meaningless life carefree is the ultimate punishment of my self-conviction...
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    dark  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  grief  new-adult  romance
  • Riding Solo - The Depraved Devils MC by Nicola Jane

    Riding Solo - The Depraved Devils MC by Nicola Jane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    SOLOThey call me Solo because I ride alone. I don’t have the time or patience for a woman in my life or on the back of my bike. So when a feisty little brunette steals my kutte, it’s a hassle I don’t need. She starts turning up in my life and putting herself on my radar. She’s impossible to ignore.It’s not long before I give in to the urges, hoping to get her out of my system and my life...
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    dark  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction  suspense  romance
  • The Last Boss' Daughter by Sam Mariano

    The Last Boss' Daughter by Sam Mariano

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Freedom. Annabelle De Luca craved it. On the heels of her beloved father’s murder, betrayed by those closest to her, Annabelle had a choice to make: accept the man responsible and fall in line, or suffer the consequences. Never one to back down, she rejected her new stepfather—then spent years ignoring his best efforts to crush her spirit. Atonement. Liam Hunt never needed it...
    Categorized as:
    dark  retellings  abuse  adult  assassins  book  contemporary  crime
  • Cry by C.D. Reiss

    Cry by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This book has been discontinued by the author, and combined with Sing...
    Categorized as:
    dark  romance  steamy  age-gap  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Griffin in Wonderland by Tiffany Reisz

    Griffin in Wonderland by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hard partying trust fun baby Griffin Fiske wakes up after a hard night with a King's boots on his chest and gets an invitation he can't refuse...This Original Sinners short story takes place approximately six years before The Siren...
    Categorized as:
    dark  romance  steamy  contemporary  mlm  fiction  book  adult
  • Desire by Jenn Bullard

    Desire by Jenn Bullard

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My story is a complicated one because I’m the villain in my sister’s happily ever after.Time doesn’t make the heart grow fonder. Instead, it twists what you know.I’m twenty-four years old and still considered a minor in Cinder’s kingdom...
  • Saint by Jessie Simon

    Saint by Jessie Simon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes life is cruel and sometimes it gives you exactly what you need. The universe doesn't always let you in on the secret though. You just get what your given and you're on your own to figure it out...
    Categorized as:
    dark  biker  stalking  contemporary  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • A Deal for a Kiss by Willow Winters

    A Deal for a Kiss by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nothing could hide her from me. The darkness is everywhere and it moves about in the mortal realm…. And then there’s her. Bright and so easily seen. Mine. She calls to me like I prayed to the Gods she would. I should feel guilt for what I’m going to do. What I must do.She doesn’t remember, but I do. She belongs to me.I will claim her and bring her to the underworld as mine...
  • He wants it all by Marilena Barbagallo

    He wants it all by Marilena Barbagallo

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Krum Botev has never had anything in life apart from himself. He knows only what he has been taught. Hard, selfish, insensitive, but faithful to the Father, the one who raised and educated him according to the values of the secret society he is part of. No one has ever succeeded in knocking down his armor...
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    dark  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Danger's First Kiss: A modern-day Cinderella story set in Sparrow Webs by Aleatha Romig

    Danger's First Kiss: A modern-day Cinderella story set in Sparrow Webs by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes.” ~ Mack David, et all for CinderellaOn the surface, the world glitters with all things only money can buy. My thoughts should be on the danger lurking beneath the surface. The money and power come from places and dealings the world pretends don't exist. I'm here at this debutante ball as a representative of the new Sparrow underworld...
  • Red by Measha Stone

    Red by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Collect the girl. Speak some vows. Inherit the fortune. Nowhere in the requirements did it say anything about falling in love.Melinda thinks she's just coming to grandma's for dinner, but she's wrong. She's wrong about a lot of things. None of which is my business.The only business I have is to settle the open accounts on my uncle's books, so I can collect my inheritance and move on with my life...
  • Hound by Measha Stone

    Hound by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When he sees something he wants, Jackson Titon has always been like a hound on the hunt, and when he caught her scent he knew she had to be his.This little fox doesn't know what's coming for her, but he's going to get to her first.To keep her. To train her. To own her...
  • Patch (The Devil's House MC) West Virginia: Biker Romance by Mhairi O'Reilly

    Patch (The Devil's House MC) West Virginia: Biker Romance by Mhairi O'Reilly

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Patch The Devil’s House MC is my life. It’s all I’ve ever known, wanted, or needed until her. Sweet, beautiful Katherine. She became my obsession, a distraction that was dangerous for the life I led, especially now with a club war heating up with the Fire Dragons. I fought it; I’m not a good man, and I’ve done things and have scars to prove it, but I can’t let go...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  contemporary  romance  fiction  suspense  book  adult
  • Hidden Hero by Amy Patrick

    Hidden Hero by Amy Patrick

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A hero can come from the unlikeliest of places... After a year-long separation and a search across continents, Macy and Nic have found each other again. Now they must find her family — the birth mother who abandoned her at the hospital and fled back to her people’s secret sanctuary — if they are to beat the clock and save the human race from the onslaught of the coming Plague...
  • My Wicked Devil by Ann Mayburn

    My Wicked Devil by Ann Mayburn

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After a motorcycle accident left her with a fractured pelvis, former dare devil and actress Kira Harmony cannot have sex without pain. Unwilling to give up on her dreams of someday having a normal love life, she has come to Club Wicked to find a Dom. And not just any Dom...
    Categorized as:
    dark  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy  romance
  • The Mountain Man's Muse by Frankie Love

    The Mountain Man's Muse by Frankie Love

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When River orders a wife, he’s hoping she’ll cure his writer’s block. But when he meets his bride, he knows she’s more than a quick-fix— she’s his muse. Rose needs a quiet place to record her yoga videos and a lakeside cabin in the middle of nowhere is better than her L.A. apartment. Yes, it means she’s a mail-order bride but Rose isn’t scared of a challenge...
  • The Sassy Submissive by Golden Angel

    The Sassy Submissive by Golden Angel

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Dom with trust issues and a submissive pretending to be something she's not... what could possibly go wrong? After years of reading but never doing, Angel is finally ready to explore her fantasies in real life. The only problem? She'll have to learn the ropes all alone...
    Categorized as:
    dark  adult  bdsm  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy  romance
  • Ten Things I Hate about You by David Levithan

    Ten Things I Hate about You by David Levithan

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A romantic comedy based on the classic Shakespeare play, The Taming of the Shrew, this book is a tie-in to the new teen movie starring Larisa Oleynik, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and teen idol Andrew Keegan...
  • Malakai, Vol. 1 by A. Stephanie

    Malakai, Vol. 1 by A. Stephanie

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Nimeni nu știe exact de ce Malakai se îndreaptă spre pierzanie, dând cu piciorul șansei de a avea un viitor strălucit. Iar Hannah nici măcar nu e curioasă.Unii ar spune că a fost un miracol, dar ea i-ar contrazice. A fost o pură coincidență care avea să-i dea viața peste cap.O dimineață ca oricare alta. Un accident. O viață salvată.MALAKAI nu este doar o poveste de dragoste...
    Categorized as:
    dark  book  contemporary  fiction  young-adult  romance
  • Connected by Nikki Sex

    Connected by Nikki Sex

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Submissive Kelly Flynn's life is falling apart...John Taylor, her Dom boyfriend is wanted by the police for the brutal murder of his psychologist, a psychologist that was helping him deal with his childhood.Kelly is John's alibi, but the police don’t believe her. Her parents don't believe her either, but she knows John...
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    dark  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mlm  steamy  romance
  • The Hysterics by Kristen Hope Mazzola

    The Hysterics by Kristen Hope Mazzola

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Once upon a time, I was Fallon Dunbar.Rock and roll, drugs, and bad decisions were the life I lived.I’d fallen so deep into the dark rabbit hole that I was certain I would never make it out alive. People like me didn’t get second chances. People like me didn’t get lifted from the darkness. So when the opportunity showed up, I had to take it...
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    dark  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  new-adult  romance
  • Moments Lost and Found by Olivia Jake

    Moments Lost and Found by Olivia Jake

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Picking up where IN THE MOMENT left off, the adventure with Sam and Laurent continues in Paris. Like most everything with Laurent so far, Sam experiences more emotions and sensations than ever before. The highs are so high, but the lows are perilously low...
    Categorized as:
    dark  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy  romance
  • Let's Be Honest by Scott Hildreth

    Let's Be Honest by Scott Hildreth

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This book is book 2.5 in the Baby Girl books of the Erik Ead Series. Everyone has a past, and Erik Ead is no exception. This book is about Erik's sexual past. Kelli and Heather have stumbled onto Erik's diary. Erik now sits at the fireplace contemplating his past, present love for Kelli, and where his relationship with Kelli will be headed in the future...
    Categorized as:
    dark  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy  romance
  • His Angel: The Angel Trilogy-Book One by Kimberly Soto, Nicole Bailey

    His Angel: The Angel Trilogy-Book One by Kimberly Soto, Nicole Bailey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Evan Young walks into Abigale Hayes’s life she falls; mind, body, and soul for the man she thinks he is, having no idea that the secrets he holds in his hands will destroy the girl she is. Abby must decide how the truth will affect the relationship that has her craving more with every breath she takes and how she will take revenge into her own hands...
    Categorized as:
    dark  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy  romance
  • Bound by You by J.M. Walker, Brenda Wright

    Bound by You by J.M. Walker, Brenda Wright

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *WARNING: Not suitable for readers under the age of 18* Bound by a love stronger than us… Years have passed since I married him. Brett MacLean. My one. My only. We became comfortable. Our lives a form of habit. But something was missing. That connection. That undying want. That need for each other. It was gone. While he asked me to trust him, he was keeping a secret...
    Categorized as:
    dark  adult  anthologies  bdsm  contemporary  fiction  steamy  romance
  • Desperate Beginnings by Marie James

    Desperate Beginnings by Marie James

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **Desperate Beginnings is the prequel to the Ravens Ruin MC Series, helping to explain why the club is the way is. It's not much of a romance, but a segue into the romantic suspense series.** I don’t realize I’m the monster in this story until the rope is already snug around my neck. Every order, every move, every attempt to make things better only dig my grave a little deeper...
    Categorized as:
    dark  adult  biker  book  contemporary  fiction  male-mc  romance
  • Kingdom by W.S. Greer

    Kingdom by W.S. Greer

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This isn’t your typical story. There’s no smoking hot guy who swoops in and sexes me senseless. There’s no "dom" who straps me down and brings me to orgasm right on cue. There’s no one to save me. This story is different… because I’m different.Apparently, I’m insane.They tell me I’ve done something horrible and that’s how I ended up here. But, none of it makes any sense...
  • Skin by Dale Mayer

    Skin by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A journey of exploration... A journey of healing… A journey of love… Two people are forced by circumstances into a therapy class to help them deal with their problems. They are strangers. Forced to be partners. Naturally opposites. Kane is dealing with anger of betrayal at the deepest level, needing to find his way back to forgiveness...
    Categorized as:
    dark  abuse  book  contemporary  fiction  mlm  young-adult  romance
  • Control Us by J.M. Walker

    Control Us by J.M. Walker

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ZachShe was innocent. Passionate.Fierce.After Luna Stone and I went from friends to lovers, my only purpose was showing her how worthy I was. But how could I convince her when I didn’t believe it myself? I craved her touch and her smiles but most of all, her heart.I vowed to protect her and show her father that I could be the man for his daughter. I pushed.She pulled...
  • Prude à frange Second round by C.S. Quill

    Prude à frange Second round by C.S. Quill

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Céder à la tentation n'aura jamais été aussi risqué !Alors qu'elle est entrée dans le Round depuis plusieurs semaines, l'enquête de Cadence n'a pas progressé. Si elle veut en apprendre plus sur la disparition de sa meilleure amie, elle va devoir donner de sa personne et prendre des risques.Elle doit pour cela accepter de s'abandonner totalement à Mas...
    Categorized as:
    dark  romance  contemporary  new-adult  fiction  book  adult
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