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  • Shattered by Riley Edwards

    Shattered by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Wren Cunningham wants to put her past behind her when she and her teenage son move from Chicago to Georgia to start a new life away from the dark cloud they’ve been living under since Wren’s ex was sent to prison. She tells herself she only has time for her son as she builds a wall around her heart. A wall that threatens to crumble when Phoenix saves her son from a fire...
  • Fain: Texas Kings MC Book 12 by Cee Bowerman

    Fain: Texas Kings MC Book 12 by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fain Tempest has worked hard to overcome the demons from his past and make a new life for himself. He left his family behind and found a new one with the Texas Kings MC. The brotherhood he has now is almost enough to make up for the family he left behind.A little more than a year ago, he saw an old friend in a new light and has been fighting that attraction ever since...
  • Road to Royalty by Autumn Jones Lake

    Road to Royalty by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    LIMITED EDITION BOX SET * PRE-ORDER PRICE $2.99 * RETURNS TO $6.99 AFTER RELEASE DAY * OFF SALE JULY 31, 2015. THREE FULL-LENGTH NOVELS, OVER 225,000 WORDS. PLUS NEVER BEFORE SEEN CONTENT...
  • Valkyrie by Kris Michaels

    Valkyrie by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Beauty, but eventually the allure fades. The assassin known as Valkyrie uses her many charms to ensnare the unsuspecting monsters she kills. She lives among the rich, privileged, beautiful people of the world. Or so they’d have the world believe. She’s witnessed the ugliness, brutality, contempt, and greed that formed the miscreants she hunted. A Beast, at least in most people’s eyes...
  • Blood & Bones: Rev by Jeanne St. James

    Blood & Bones: Rev by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From a past of righteousness to a future of anything but… Rev rarely does what’s expected of him.The Blood Fury member’s rebellious nature tends to lead him on the road less traveled.In his youth, he fought the chains meant to restrain him, meant to force him on a righteous path. A path he never chose. A path he never planned to follow...
  • Bear by Cee Bowerman

    Bear by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Bear is the silent brother in the Texas Kings MC. After a life spent mostly alone, he never imagined he would ever find someone who could fit into his life, or might possibly even want to. A chance meeting with a beautiful woman changes everything. He'll put himself in front of a bullet for her, but will she be able to live in his world?Autumn has had the world in her pocket for her entire life...
  • Dangerous Rescue by Riley Edwards

    Dangerous Rescue by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Just friends. I’d repeated the lie so many times I’d almost convinced myself it was the truth.Our friendship was accidental. A lost phone, a string of text messages that led to a once-a-year birthday text. The real trouble started when we upped the game and called each other. Those phone calls strengthened our connection and solidified our bond...
  • Hop by Maryann Jordan

    Hop by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Easy to let go. Frank (Hop) Hopkins thought it was just a fun night to catch up with an old friend.Spending days on rescue missions when his Tennessee hometown flooded, he was stunned to meet up with an old friend, Lori Baker. But dinner, drinks, talking, and laughing turned into a night he’d definitely remember fondly. But they’d promised one night only...
  • Finding Ashlyn by Susan Stoker

    Finding Ashlyn by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Friends with benefits. That’s all Ashlyn wanted with Slate. They were certainly combustible in the bedroom, and that was sufficient…wasn’t it? Yes, definitely. He was too bossy. Too protective. She didn’t want someone hovering, wanting to know her every move and telling her she was too reckless. But then again, knowing someone cared enough to worry about her felt kind of nice...
  • Leo by Maryann Jordan

    Leo by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He had no complaints… Great job, great boss, great co-workers. And a best friend he’d known for years.Okay, almost no complaints… The women he dated paled in comparison to his best friend.She had a lot of complaints… A job she hated, a tyrant for a boss, working with people that got on her last nerve. And no time for love. Plus, the guys she dated couldn’t come close to her best friend...
  • Forever by Janie Crouch

    Forever by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Some loves are meant to be from the very beginning.Jess O’Conner and Ethan Bollinger have known each other almost their entire lives and have loved each other from the start. The people of Oak Creek have watched them grow up, and everyone has always known what they are...Soulmates.But sometimes, fate demands a different path, derailing even the most carefully mapped plans...
  • Blaze by Janie Crouch

    Blaze by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kendrick and Neo's love story, plus the exciting start of the family Dorian and Ray never thought they'd have...Ivy League graduate and computer genius Kendrick Foster, aka Blaze, never expected to find himself putting down permanent roots in a tiny town in Wyoming.But family isn’t always blood, and the Linear Tactical team is very definitely his family. He’s not going anywhere...
  • Mine to Have by AshleyNicole

    Mine to Have by AshleyNicole

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Somebody is killing young boys in the neighborhood and its homicide Detective Mellina August’s responsibility to figure out who. She’s the new kid in the precinct and not everybody’s happy about her landing this case, but that won’t stop her from solving it. All she needs is a good partner and she’s golden...
  • The Last Sad Love Song by Kimberly Brown

    The Last Sad Love Song by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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  • Far from Bliss by Lexi Blake, Sophie Oak

    Far from Bliss by Lexi Blake, Sophie Oak

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Shattered by the pastMichael Novak was a US Marshal with his whole life figured out. Right up until the woman he called partner betrayed him. He’s been hiding in Bliss, CO, trying to pull himself out of the darkness. The only bright light is Lucy Carson. Something about Trio’s favorite waitress calls to him, but he can’t trust his instincts anymore...
  • Protecting Sparrow by Jane Blythe

    Protecting Sparrow by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Grief is all that’s stopping this friendship becoming more.When Sparrow Oswald's helicopter is shot down in Africa the last person she expects to come to her rescue is her old friend Ethan Zimmerman. She'd love for there to be more between them but he's not over his wife's death. As they work together to find who is using Ethan's plane to smuggle drugs the spark between them grows...
  • Hope Restored by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Hope Restored by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Gallagher Brothers series from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan concludes with the final brother who thought he had everything to look forward to, and the one woman who can handle him. Life isn’t worth living if you don’t fight to live. That’s what Murphy Gallagher learned at a young age when cancer ravaged his body not once, but twice...
  • Protecting Dove by Jane Blythe

    Protecting Dove by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He saw her at her most vulnerable and she never wanted to see him again.Dove Oswald never expected to come face to face with the man who saved her life ever again. Nor did she expect him to save her a second time. Surprised by the spark of attraction between them, when she realizes he's hiding something she's determined to figure out what it is...
  • Keeping His Promise by Anna Blakely

    Keeping His Promise by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Five disbanded SEALs. A young widow who needs their help. An enemy waiting to strike...and a mystery that may never be solved.Anna Blakely's exciting new Eagle's Nest Securities Series follows a group of former Navy SEALs whose team was unexpectedly—and suspiciously—disbanded. With a vow to keep in touch, the five remaining members go their separate ways...
  • Diamond by D. Camille

    Diamond by D. Camille

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “He who marries beauty, marries trouble...” ~ Nigerian proverb Diamond Black is the oldest of the Heirs, raised and trained to be elite. Since the day she was born, Diamond has been her own person, and not afraid of anyone or anything. After graduating college and traveling the world for a few years, Diamond is returning home to her family and the newest mission for the group of Heirs...
  • Delirious by M.S. Force, Marie Force

    Delirious by M.S. Force, Marie Force

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As one of Hollywood’s hottest producers, Kristian Bowman is on top of the world. With the Quantum team is fresh off a clean sweep of awards season and looking ahead to the premiere of their new film, Insidious, Kristian's life is exactly how he likes it, complete with a stable of willing subs to tend to his every desire...
  • Our Time by Maryann Jordan

    Our Time by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Military duty called them away to war zones, but after tours overseas, the group of friends found their way back home as men, seeking the peaceful little seaside town. Now, the band of brothers, together once more, work to provide a place for less fortunate veterans to call home...
  • Maddox by Lisa Helen Gray

    Maddox by Lisa Helen Gray

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When I was a kid, my father told me a story about the Carter family. He said it all started with him, from the moment he saw my mother and realised what it was to love someone so much you’d destroy the world for them. The plot soon thickened when, one by one, my uncles found their true loves.Now, the next generation of Carters, my generation, were following in their fathers’ footsteps...
  • SEAL Hard by J.M. Madden, Suspense Sisters

    SEAL Hard by J.M. Madden, Suspense Sisters

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Former Navy SEAL Commander Jack Bishop thought he was done with the government shenanigans that cost him part of his mobility, as well as his marriage. So when he’s approached to join Bone Frog Command, a secret division of the Department of Homeland Security, he’s less than enthused, until he realizes that Navy SEALs he worked with are in danger. But there’s a more personal connection...
  • Stars On Fire by E. L. Todd

    Stars On Fire by E. L. Todd

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I was happily married until the doctor gave me terrible news. My husband must have never really loved me, because he left me shortly afterward. It's been six months and I'm in a better place...but do you ever truly get over something like that? Then I meet Neil Crimson. The guy isn't just handsome, smart, and charming. There's something special about him. He's an astronaut...
  • My Best Friend's Wish by Blue Saffire

    My Best Friend's Wish by Blue Saffire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dario When I was younger, I believe I heard something I shouldn’t have. After what I overheard, I don’t believe our mother just up and left us. I was a kid. I didn’t have money, power, or respect to get the answers I needed back then. Not until now. I’m being promoted in the family and I’ll have all the power I need...
  • Destiny's Delta by Becca Jameson

    Destiny's Delta by Becca Jameson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It's been twelve years since she picked the wrong brother...Destiny Fisher is ready to move past the guilt and shame of losing a fiancé to the war in Afghanistan twelve years ago. She never should’ve said yes to his proposal in the first place, and she's been plagued by her choices for over a decade.She was his biggest regret..
  • Love Me Like That by Marie James, Kari Ayasha

    Love Me Like That by Marie James, Kari Ayasha

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Amazon link: US: http://amzn.to/1TWFuKM UK: http://amzn.to/1QRXMxi Introductory Price of $0.99. Price will go up to $3.99 on January 25, 2016. Two strangers trapped together in a blizzard. One running from the past; one with no future. Two destinies collide. London Sykes is on her own for the first time in her life after a sequence of betrayal and abuse...
  • HOT SEAL Target by Lynn Raye Harris

    HOT SEAL Target by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Navy SEAL Adam “Blade” Garrison’s assignment to infiltrate a tech billionaire’s criminal operations just got complicated. His cover: bodyguard for the man’s wife. His problem: Blade knows Quinn Halliday far too well. A sophisticated version of the chubby, shy girl Blade once knew, Quinn brings out all his protective instincts—as well as a few carnal ones that surprise him...
  • Committed to You: Friends to Lovers/Billionaire Romance by Maggie Cole

    Committed to You: Friends to Lovers/Billionaire Romance by Maggie Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Chase Monroe is my quicksand. I need to figure out how to pull myself out of his hold over me. Several times I escaped him. Or so I thought. He always comes back, piercing me deeper.He’s the cocky, good-looking, no-relationship guy. Eight years ago he walked in on his fiancé in bed with his best friend. So now he has a strict policy that he thinks is harmless. He doesn’t cheat...
  • Love Forever: Texas Knights MC, Book 4 by Cee Bowerman

    Love Forever: Texas Knights MC, Book 4 by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sarah’s world changed in a heartbeat and she had no choice but to run away. Alone and uncertain, fate brought her to Rojo where she met Kari Duke and her handsome brother, Jace. It was an instant attraction that began with friendship and grew into love. But sometimes love just isn’t enough. Sarah’s refusal to share all of herself with Jace drove him away...
  • Avery by Addison Jane

    Avery by Addison Jane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    AVERYI built walls around my heart.Determined to keep the world out.But when you are as well acquainted with loss as I am, you’ll do almost anything to protect those few last shards of yourself that are still intact.I walked into the clubhouse looking for a place to hide, a place with no strings.Not expecting to get wrapped up in a club president who knew how to get what he wanted...
  • Crossing the Line by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Crossing the Line by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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  • War & Pieces by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

    War & Pieces by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He'd wait forever for her. But the way things are going, forever might not be an option… Relationships bring pain. Anna’s ex taught her that lesson. But unfortunately, her past isn’t content to stay in the past anymore. With her dangerous ex stalking her, now more than ever, she can’t afford to fall for anyone...
  • Broken Arrow by Chelle Bliss

    Broken Arrow by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Annie Hancock is finally following her dreams, studying for her graduate degree to become a professional artist. But when someone starts to leave threatening notes around her studio and dorm, Annie can’t help but wonder…who’s after her and why? She doesn’t know who to trust or keep herself safe.Arrow has been grinding for years as a bounty hunter and private investigator...
  • Broken Dove by Chelle Bliss

    Broken Dove by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A simple arrangement. A complicated future.Lia Dove has always been a free spirit, living life to the fullest and never putting down roots. But after finding her birth father, along with a group of lovable, rowdy bikers, she can’t imagine being anywhere else. Throw in a hot biker roommate who offers her no-strings-attached deal as the cherry on top and leaving becomes an afterthought...
  • Ink Exposed by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Ink Exposed by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink series continues with the brother that deserves a second chance, and the woman who has always loved him. Alex Montgomery lost his first love and then proceeded to leave himself in the bottle. Only he and his ex-wife truly know why he fell so hard and so fast down a path he never thought he’d take...
  • The Stone Family Treasure by Taylor Hart

    The Stone Family Treasure by Taylor Hart

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Devil's Dilemma by Manda Mellett

    Devil's Dilemma by Manda Mellett

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    MelissaI wasn’t the type of woman a biker would go for. I’m a homemaker type, not adventurous or bold.I fought it hard, but he dragged me into his world, and I found I liked it. Loved the family vibe, how everyone would gather around to protect what was theirs.Until, he vanished. Disappeared off the face of the earth. He’d pulled me in, now he’s gone...
  • Burn by Stephanie Rowe

    Burn by Stephanie Rowe

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In this sizzling romantic suspense by a New York Times bestselling author, a serial arsonist targets the biological family he found through an online DNA ancestry test. Five years ago, Charlotte Murphy's brother tracked down her family through a DNA ancestry test. Charlotte was the only one he left alive. And now he's back to finish the deadly game he started...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  contemporary  fiction  book  adult  romance
  • Steady by Anna Brooks

    Steady by Anna Brooks

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Erik Anderson is paying for his mistakes and enduring every bit of pain that comes his way. After all, if it weren’t for him, the girl who gave him more than he deserved would still be alive. Even if he were to be put out of his misery, he’d never see her again. Considering angels go to heaven and sinners go to hell, Erik’s going to burn. Polly Madison has never had it easy...
  • Total Surrender by Velvet Vaughn

    Total Surrender by Velvet Vaughn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From the author of Kidnapped and Tough as Nails comes the eleventh romantic suspense novel in the COBRA Securities series. Total Surrender is an intriguing mixture of pulse-pounding suspense and sizzling passion. Beware of the Dangerously Devoted. COBRA Securities agents Hunter McGrath and Talia Cohen pose as husband and wife to infiltrate a mysterious cult, led by the charismatic Elijah...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  contemporary  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • Rock Bottom: Satan's Devils MC #7 by Manda Mellett

    Rock Bottom: Satan's Devils MC #7 by Manda Mellett

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rock Rock I’ve committed the ultimate crime. To repay my gambling debts, I’ve stolen from my MC. Now, I’m out in bad standing. Cast adrift from all men I called Brother, I approach a rival MC. They let me join on the basis I share all the information about my previous club. In other words, they want me to help them take out the Satan’s Devils...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Aiden & Ariel by Jet Masters, Ellie Masters

    Aiden & Ariel by Jet Masters, Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love is everywhere in this swoon-worthy, steamy couple's romance. Plunge head over heels as you ride out a hurricane on an oil rig. Dive into 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐈 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭: 𝐴𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛 & 𝐴𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑙’𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 by master storytellers, Jet & Ellie Masters where your happily ever after is waiting. ARIEL BLACK For a woman unlucky in love, Ariel certainly falls for it fast...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Betting Man by Maggie C. Gates

    Betting Man by Maggie C. Gates

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The day I decided to leave Kyle Kingsley was the day I no was no longer afraid of dying.I was afraid of living.Bridget McGrath had it all.Or so everyone thought.Beneath the façade of the white picket fence, shiny car, and pretty smile, she was trapped. Confined to a gilded cage by a deadly monster.After surviving a dangerous relationship for years, she found the strength to leave...
  • Seduced in Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Seduced in Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Montgomery Ink: Boulder series concludes with a fake relationship where the heat and emotional connection are anything but false.The moment Madison McClard’s parents tell her that her ex is getting married, there’s no getting out of their latest scheme. One moment she’s trying to get out of their clutches. The next, they’re telling her exactly who she’ll marry to save the family name...
  • Lost Lyric by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Lost Lyric by Cari Quinn, Taryn Elliott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s her good boy gone bad… Rockstar Ryan Waters has always been the responsible one in his band, Warning Sign. The guy who kept an eye on business while chasing his musical dreams with his best friends. And his closest friend lately just happens to be their tour bus driver, Denver Casey.   Denver Casey is on the run from her past, and she’s careful to stay within her boundaries...
  • A Demon's Harmony by E.C. Land

    A Demon's Harmony by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    TannerI lost the one person who brought harmony into my life. She hates me and I know exactly why. If only she could see what's right in front of her face. The person who she trusted even more than me -- she's the one who put the nails in the coffin that was the end of my relationship.It's been years since it happened and I'm watching my closest friends find their forever women...
  • Shielding You by Maryann Jordan

    Shielding You by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As one of the few female law enforcers on the Eastern Shore, Hannah Freeman has to be smart, tough, competent, and dedicated.That’s the easy part.Hiding her feelings for Dylan Hunt, a neighboring Police Chief has been challenging, but she has no time for unrequited love.Dylan thought he lost his chance with Hannah but stayed in her life the only way he could… as a professional friend...
  • Black Light: Suspicion by Measha Stone

    Black Light: Suspicion by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I have my own suspicions about you, Sophie.”   Sophie Nelson knows her kinky interests are no more than fantasy, definitely not something that’ll ever happen in the real world. So the sexual playground Black Light is the best place to turn. A safe place to play. Until Scott. Detective Scott Russo knows better than to get sexually involved with his partner...
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