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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...
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    crime  dark  organized-crime  steamy  adult  biker  book  contemporary
  • Code Name: Gemini by Janie Crouch, Danielle M. Haas

    Code Name: Gemini by Janie Crouch, Danielle M. Haas

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tasha Volkov has been on the run for three years from a brutal cartel who want her dead. her family.She already paid a heavy price for crossing them, and has the scars to prove it. Her only choice is to keep running, even if the tiny town of Pine Valley feels more like home to her than anywhere else she's ever been...
  • Hammer by J.E. Daelman

    Hammer by J.E. Daelman

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the head of the construction business for the club, Hammer is off checking out new business opportunities. Some good, others not so good, but the Flower shop gives him more options than just construction. Adding in his relationship with Shar, the ex-husband after Tilly, the loan shark that wants his money and the kids causing trouble in town, Hammer and the club have their hands full...
  • Forgotten Secrets by Christy Barritt

    Forgotten Secrets by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    FBI Special Agent Jesse Marx doesn’t know which is worse—waking up in a horse stable with no memories of the past several days or waking up to discover he’s wearing a wedding band. Not only has he been injured, but he’s also gotten hitched—something he vowed never to do.Sienna Fleming refuses to feel a connection to any man, much less be tied down to one...
  • Because Naughty Holidays Can Be Oh So Nice 2015 by Nicole Edwards

    Because Naughty Holidays Can Be Oh So Nice 2015 by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The readers voted and the winners for the 2015 holiday book are: Alluring Indulgence: Travis, Kylie, Gage; Sniper 1 Security: RT and Z; Club Destiny: Luke, Sierra, Cole. Come and see how they are heating up the holidays this year! The Walker brothers are at it again..
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    lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  angst  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Needing You Close by Kennedy Fox

    Needing You Close by Kennedy Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I never expected to see my first love again after he left me twelve years ago. Though I’ve moved on, working with Tyler is no easy task—especially when he focuses his bedroom eyes on me. Flirting with the past is like playing with fire, and considering I’m engaged, I’m bound to get burned...
  • 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...
  • Anti-Hero by Kelly Fox

    Anti-Hero by Kelly Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Spoiler This isn't some sad exploration of my tragic past. I have a list of the people who bought and sold me. And they aren't getting a redemption arc. I was luckier than most. I was rescued by a team of guys who search out people like me, and now I get to work with them. But I'm not the hero of this story. I don't forgive. I don't forget...
  • You Have a Piece of My Heart by Willow Winters

    You Have a Piece of My Heart by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author, Willow Winters, comes an exclusive collection of sexy short stories with happily ever afters!This addictive collection has quick reads that can be read on their own and deliver all the desired feels of the romance genre...
  • Every Little Thing by A.M. Myers

    Every Little Thing by A.M. Myers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Army veteran, ex-cop, and brother of the Bayou Devils MC, Wyatt Landry is a man on a mission. He’s always wanted a family, but after being blindsided and betrayed by his ex-wife, Piper, he’s hesitant to try again… until now. He’s done letting the woman who abandoned him years ago control his future. Piper Landry knows a thing or two about trauma and she has the emotional scars to prove it...
  • Devil's Own by K.M. Neuhold

    Devil's Own by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There’s nothing Devil loves more than giving Angel whatever he wants, especially when it’s what he wants too. The only question is… Does Raven want them?Of course, I’ve noticed Angel and Devil noticing me. I’ve felt their eyes and the deep pulse of their heated wanting...
  • Jason by Nyssa Kathryn

    Jason by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Danger throws them together. Attraction keeps them from parting. Having lost her best friend, Courtney Davies lives every day like it's her last. Because if life has taught her anything, it's that some are cut far too short without warning. So when sexy former soldier Jason moves to Cradle Mountain, she shouldn't hesitate to express her immediate interest...
  • Aaron by Dale Mayer

    Aaron by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Former Navy SEAL Aaron Hammond has no idea how he wound up at Hathaway House, Texas. Nor does he particularly care. All he can see is his anger. Anger at the betrayal that destroyed his physical body and at the loss of the future he wanted but that he’ll never have now. He’s a cripple, less than half a man, and all he can look forward to is a half life, alone with himself and his pain...
  • Damaged Soul by Emma Creed

    Damaged Soul by Emma Creed

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ‘Bound not by blood but loyalty. We live, we ride, and we die by our own laws’ Becoming a Soul saved me from myself.My compulsions are an asset to them, and a curse to me.Doing my duty for the club provides me with the release I need,But beneath the surface my demons still lurk.Rogue’s fierce, strong and unpredictable, and when she reaches out to the clubI’m the only one who can help her...
  • With This Promise by Debra Clopton

    With This Promise by Debra Clopton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    School teacher Lana Presley has sworn off cowboys. Which should work fine since she’s relocated from Texas and is happily adjusting to her new life in Windswept Bay. After a bad breakup-that involved her using her cheating ex as target practice for hurling chocolate covered cherries at…she’s happy to be single. And happy not to have her protective brothers and dad meddling in her business...
  • Relief Pitcher by Lee Blair

    Relief Pitcher by Lee Blair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I thought I was helping him get his groove back. Turns out he’s helping me fall in love.TylerI have one rule when it comes to matters of my one and done. Consensually, of course. Fun with no complicated romantic feelings. Not that I’m built to experience those, anyway.After my car breaks down on a remote road, I follow a lumbersnack back to his creepy cabin for the cell service...
  • Furious in Love by C.L. Cruz, Liz Fox

    Furious in Love by C.L. Cruz, Liz Fox

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s been betrayed before. She’s their top dancer. Will these two lovers be able to see through their differences to the truth in their hearts?DominicAs the youngest Knight brother, I’m still learning the ropes.After being burned with women, I prefer to keep things physical.But when one of our strippers needs help, I can’t say no.She’s so much more than a dancer...
  • The Sweetest September by Liz Talley

    The Sweetest September by Liz Talley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A mistake that's meant to be…  All John Beauchamp wants is a simple life. He's happy running his Louisiana sugar cane plantation and doesn't want more than that. Then Shelby Mackey breezes in, announcing that she's pregnant. Their one crazy night of passion has changed everything.  Except Shelby insists John doesn't have to be involved�she'll raise the baby herself...
  • Watch Me Drown by C.E. Johnson

    Watch Me Drown by C.E. Johnson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Against all my rules, there’s a woman sleeping in my house. I had no choice. It’s the only way I can keep her safe.For years, I’ve stayed beneath the surface, avoiding everyone who isn’t part of my small circle.But I couldn’t ignore what I saw at the park. And once she uses the words my father and restraining order in the same sentence, I can’t walk away even if I want to...
  • Forget the Stars by Kelsey Kingsley

    Forget the Stars by Kelsey Kingsley

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "You're my best friend.""You're mine.""I'm yours." Guitarist Chad Wilcox's life isn't going according to plan. At thirty, he never thought he'd still be unmarried and living with his parents. And with the added stress of his poor health, he's convinced the only thing within his control is the success he's found as a rock star...
  • Grinding by Sean Ashcroft

    Grinding by Sean Ashcroft

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two childhood best friends. One accidental fake engagement. One Labrador puppy. One week to fall in love.When Harvey runs into his childhood best friend—literally—on the way into Otter Bay for his cousin's wedding, he doesn't plan to end up playing the part of the guy's fiancé...
  • By the Light of Dawn by Adrienne Wilder

    By the Light of Dawn by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is a follow up to the novel In the Absence of Light. You must read the first book to fully understand/enjoy this one. A handmade sailboat helped bring Morgan back to Grant but he never imagined they would put it in the water. Then Morgan sees something in the light that sets Grant on a mission to get them to the middle of the ocean. An unknown destination they have to be when the sun rises...
  • Savior Complex by Kelly Fox

    Savior Complex by Kelly Fox

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Love isn't something I get to wish for. Ten years ago, my nephew was sold to traffickers, and it was my fault. I spent the next decade doggedly searching for him in the most awful places imaginable, unable to stop until I knew he was safe.I finally track him down to Wild Heart Ranch, an equine therapy center in the heart of Texas with a secret mission to help victims of trafficking...
  • Like I Needed by Charlie Novak

    Like I Needed by Charlie Novak

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One night isn’t supposed to lead to love.Jamie Stone is rich, beautiful, and bored out of his skull. The past few years have been an endless round of parties, and the decadence has lost its lustre. When a late night decision to get away lands him in the small seaside town of Heather Bay, Jamie's convinced he's made a mistake.Heather Bay is no Ibiza, but it does have Will...
  • Dirty Trick by K.M. Neuhold

    Dirty Trick by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can you be friends with benefits with a guy who hates you? What about enemies with benefits instead?My plan to lick every cupcake Boston wants until he realizes I’m his only option might actually work out…Was pretending to sleep with tons of men to keep my crush from hooking up with them a Dirty Trick? Sure. Do I regret it? Not one bit...
  • Sick Bargain by Nordika Night

    Sick Bargain by Nordika Night

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Am I running from death… or racing towards it?Remiel Sauder has reached his breaking point. With no other choice, he leads his lifelong tormentor to Vile House, hoping to scare him off and increase his chances of survival. Vile House is well known, but he’s about to learn how deep their secrets and mysteries are rooted in the town’s history...
  • Merritt and Her Childhood Crush by Emma St. Clair, Jenny Proctor

    Merritt and Her Childhood Crush by Emma St. Clair, Jenny Proctor

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I said I’d never set foot on Oakley Island again. Not so long as HE lived there. But after my life implodes, I’m reconsidering EVERYTHING. Including my reasons for avoiding the first—and only—man I’ve ever loved.I’m a high achiever. Driven. Maybe a little TOO driven...
  • Thrust & Throttle by Emma Slate

    Thrust & Throttle by Emma Slate

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My childhood best friend is a big, bad biker—and an animal in the bedroom.I should know because we’ve been hooking up in secret for weeks.We crossed a line we swore we’d never cross, but the lust we’d buried for years finally culminated in a night of heated passion.I know the taste of Duke’s lips, but this is more than just desire. When we’re together I see the promise of forever in his eyes...
  • Fallen Son by Giana Darling

    Fallen Son by Giana Darling

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    I had my Lou, my family, and a group'a men more loyal than any other. Life was good. No, better than that. Life was a fuckin' dream. Didn't know somethin' was missin' until we found it crouched in the forest like tossed rubbish and claimed it for our own. *A Fallen Men Christmas Story. These events take place between Welcome to the Dark Side and Good Gone Bad...
  • Thor by Savannah Rylan

    Thor by Savannah Rylan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Willow is no joke.She's the only woman who can keep me on my toes.I'm supposed to protect her, but she hardly needs a savior.She may have other uses for me though...Until she's taken in the night.Now she'll see my true hatred for the cartel.Because no one touches my girl.Thor is the fifth book in the Black Hornets MC Series...
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    crime  dark  organized-crime  steamy  adult  biker  book  contemporary
  • Tobias and Beau by Chloe Gray

    Tobias and Beau by Chloe Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Beau and Tobias never expected to fall in love so quickly. Will that love be enough to last?Beau Matthews knows he wants to be with Tobias, but the two men are so different from one another. Beau lives a mundane life and has a complicated past he'd rather forget. Tobias needs a stern, no nonsense man. Right?Tobias Woods is more then ready for his new life in Bartford...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Smitten in Lake Mistletoe by Amber Kelly

    Smitten in Lake Mistletoe by Amber Kelly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After my fiancée left me at the altar, humiliated and heartbroken, I threw myself into my career. Ironically, the girl who no longer believes in Happily Ever After is now the go-to wedding planner in Las Vegas, but I made it my mission to help the fairytale come to life for the poor unsuspecting brides before reality slaps them in the face. One perfect day...
  • My #MNGirl by A.M. Brooks, Ashton Brooks

    My #MNGirl by A.M. Brooks, Ashton Brooks

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I was hidden so we could be safe.I survived so I could reclaim my life.Now, everything has been destroyed by the same evil always lurking in the shadows.Time is running out and my world keeps unraveling.All I can do is put my trust in the boy with the messy blond hair, icicle eyes and lips that tell lies. Can the Midwest Boys protect me?The body count around town would suggest otherwise...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  forced-proximity  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  drama
  • 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...
  • The Road Home by Amy Alves

    The Road Home by Amy Alves

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I found the woman of my dreams. And then she introduced me to her boyfriend.Signing up for a yoga class in order to woo the gorgeous instructor could not have gone worse.First, the class I attended was actually for pregnant women, and I looked like an idiot.Second, her boyfriend showed up—the one I didn’t know about. The small town rumor mill had let me down.So I waited...
  • Hide and Kill by K. Sterling

    Hide and Kill by K. Sterling

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    K. Sterling invites you to return to Lake Cliff and catch up with Aiden, Lane, Lavender and Sage in this sequel to In The Kill and the Hide And Keep trilogy. Can you domesticate an international assassin? Can a criminal be reformed and play well with others? Happily Ever After doesn't always happen right away or as easily as you might imagine...
  • Smoking Gunn by Tatum West

    Smoking Gunn by Tatum West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jamie:I only have two rules: I don’t tangle with anyone who wants a relationship. And I’m the one who decides when it’s over.The guys I see are quick and dirty—that’s what I want. I keep my head down and my heart to myself. The only person who sees the real me is my daughter, and I need it to stay that way.My life is small, and the guys at my new job hate me—and they’ve got plenty of good reasons...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  lgbtq  crime  contemporary  fiction  mystery  suspense  small-town
  • The Mortician by Gianni Holmes

    The Mortician by Gianni Holmes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After a betrayal destroys Mort's dreams of love and family, he pledges his undying loyalty to the Grimm Reapers. As their newly appointed enforcer, he instills fear and carries out vengeance without mercy. The last thing he needs is the club’s notorious hangaround boy sliding beneath his sheets and messing with his head...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  dark  crime  lgbtq  steamy  action-adventure  age-gap  biker
  • Vincent by M. Tasia

    Vincent by M. Tasia

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ONLY THE STRONG When he moved to Brighton, novelist Tristan Michaels was thrilled to leave his past behind. Trauma and danger had shattered his world and almost ruined his life. When everything finally seems to be settling down, he becomes embroiled in his best friend’s drama, which leads to more danger and…Vincent...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  crime  lgbtq  dark  romance  suspense  contemporary  stalking
  • Pretty Dogs by Riley Nash

    Pretty Dogs by Riley Nash

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s hard to imagine dating when I secretly share a bed with my best friend every night. When we can barely spend an hour apart. When he’ll kill anyone who tries to touch me.We finally escaped the trailer park, but maybe we weren’t ready for freedom. My best friend Beck doesn’t know how to leave the gang he’s always known, even if it costs him his life...
  • Something Unexpected by Rory Maxwell

    Something Unexpected by Rory Maxwell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    DOMINIC LAUDER never thought he’d return to Split Rock Ranch. But after twenty years, he finds himself knocking on his aunt’s door. He just wishes he was there with better news...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  lgbtq  steamy  romance  contemporary  western  age-gap  small-town
  • Truth and Temptation by Julia Jarrett

    Truth and Temptation by Julia Jarrett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When my job lands me in Dogwood Cove, I have no intention of pretending to be someone I’m not. I especially didn’t intend to fall for a cautious, small-town bookstore owner who brings out a side of me I was convinced no longer existed.We couldn’t be more opposite, but I can’t seem to stay away from her...
  • Something Unprofessional by Rory Maxwell

    Something Unprofessional by Rory Maxwell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ev Bailey is done dating his bosses. After the last disaster, he’s sworn off workplace romances for good. He has a new job in a new city and he’s not going to make the same mistakes again—he knows he’ll never find his perfect Daddy in the corner office. Which is why it’s so inconvenient that his new boss is hotter than sin . . . and an expert at pushing all his buttons...
  • Clean Slade by Rhys Everly

    Clean Slade by Rhys Everly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "I told you I wouldn’t let anything happen to you and I intend to keep my promise"SladeOur first encounter took my breath away.Ten years later, he's acting as if we never met.As if we never kissed.And he says all he wants from me is to protect his daughter from the people after him.He says he can take care of himself, but I don't believe it.I know he needs saving, even if it's from himself...
  • 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...
  • The Reaper by Garry Michael

    The Reaper by Garry Michael

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I chose to live my life in the shadows, and one day it could get me killed.”Obliterate.Extinguish.Repeat.Serving justice was my specialty. I was a ruthless monster, a fierce hunter, a mad sadist, and the list went on. But one thing I wasn’t… hunted...
  • Loved by the Mountain Man by Hallie Bennett

    Loved by the Mountain Man by Hallie Bennett

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Marine veteran, James McCoy's future is unclear. He's ready to settle down and start a family after years serving abroad. Returning home to Suitor's Crossing to work for his family's security company makes sense, but can he leave behind the shy, curvy girl he just met?Quiet Shiloh thought moving to be closer to her family would provide the support system her life's been missing. But she's wrong...
  • Man of Honor by Parker St. John

    Man of Honor by Parker St. John

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He broke my heart once.Now it's my turn.Violence and I go way back, but waking up in a shallow grave in the middle of the bayou? That's a new low, even for me. I didn't come home to Devil's Garden looking for trouble, but this town is itching to pick a fight with me.Now, I'm stuck relying on the one man I vowed never to face again. Wyatt is older, smarter, and stronger...
  • Perfect Ten by K.M. Neuhold

    Perfect Ten by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A total virgin and a HARD Ten.I came to Palm Island two seasons ago, confused about my life and desperate for a change. The island drew me in, but I’m still not sure why.Maybe it’s time I cut my losses and go back home.But when the breathtaking, flirtatious, tattooed bartender I’ve been crushing on for ages offers to let me room with him this off-season, there’s no way I’m leaving now...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  mlm  steamy  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary  fiction
  • How Not to Sin by Susan Hawke

    How Not to Sin by Susan Hawke

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One regular guy who happens to be a preacher… Reverend Dr. Gabe Samson doesn’t think he’s better than any of the people in his church, so please don’t put him on a pedestal. While he’s never hidden the fact that he identifies as bisexual, he’s never acted on it either...
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