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Start a War by Elle Thorpe
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratings“Do you want some Goldfish crackers, Bliss?”Those were the last words my brother said to me before he was shot execution style. A childhood code only he and I knew, and one that had a single, clear meaning behind it.Run. I’m not going anywhere. Not when his murderer is still out there... -
These Reckless Hearts: An Enemies-to-Lovers College Romance by E.M. Moore
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStone Jacobs must…help me. My life has always been defined by two interconnected things:I’m a Wilder.I’m a treasure hunter.What happens when both of those things are threatened? When who I am gets pulled out from under me and my greatest enemy of all destroys me even further?Lance and his mercenaries aren’t going to stop... -
Empire by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn Empire risen from blood and ash.Murder. Betrayal. Undisputable power.A sacrifice to be given. An innocent life to be lost.He made the solemn vow.The flesh of my flesh will perish in flames,but the blood will forever reign.-------All I wanted was a new life, a fresh start in Faders Bay.But fate hadn’t written my name in the stars, it was written in cold, murderous blood.Zade. Sawyer. Dalton...Categorized as:
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Pay the Price by Sadie Hunt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI thought they were my enemies.I was right.I invited the infamous Blackwell Beasts to live with me for one reason: find out if they killed my brother five years go.They did the time, but did they really do the crime?I thought I was prepared for anything, but deep down, I didn’t want to believe they did it... -
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Make Me Burn by C.R. Jane, May Dawson
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne night changes everythingOne fight gone viral can win Paxton a million dollars, endorsements, UFC recruiting.And another video gone viral could cost him it all.Because now a stalker is sending him videos from the night his mother was killed.Pax thought he’d killed her murderer. He thought he could move on... -
Brutal Boys on Devils Night by Daniela Romero, Becca Steele
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBoys can be brutal. Wicked. Savage. Corrupt. What starts as a game, a night full of mischief, turns out to be something darker. More sinister. More depraved. There’s foreboding in the air on Devil’s Night – the night before Halloween when brutal boys come out to play. Only this year … it’s going to be so much worse. I can hardly wait...Categorized as:
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Lady of Forsyth by Angel Lawson, Samantha Rue
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsObsess. Beguile. Control. The Lords ran the South Side of Forsyth unfettered and ruthlessly.Until Story Austin returned home.You know their tale, but are you ready for the rest?The Lady of Forsyth includes the complete bonus works of the Lords: Royals of Forsyth... -
Beckham by Leila James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe stalker is watching, and I’m his obsession.Enrolling at Kingston University and joining my mother’s sorority was the worst idea ever. Someone’s been in my room. They’re taunting me, leaving horrific photographs and chilling notes on my mirror.My past has caught up to me, and it’s tangled in my present.These brutal boys of SIN have me twisted up... -
Graves by Katelyn Taylor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsZaydenI thought I had everything I could possibly desire. Until I set my eyes on her. My angel. Too pure for this world, too pure for me. She’s all mine. No matter the cost. No matter the lives that stand in my way. She has always been mine. She just doesn’t know it yet.DominicMy brother has lost it, more so than ever before. I couldn’t figure out what had changed at first... -
Watch Me Fall by K.C. Kean
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to Emerson Grove, with our fantastic university, suburban lifestyle, and the city nearby, you’re never going to want to leave. I almost believe their slogan, until my ride drives off, leaving me on the doorstep of a pretty house to reveal a blast from the past.Leaving one lion’s den, I’ve fallen straight into another. I didn’t agree to this part. To…them... -
Tiny Dancer by Heather Rainier
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe day former exotic dancer Camilla O’Neal began working at The Dancing Pony, she told co-owner Ben Lawrence and head bartender Quinten Parks that “work is work and pleasure is pleasure” and she kept the two very separate. Working with their tiny dancer brings Ben and Quinten as much pain as pleasure. After two years of secretly lusting over and loving this blonde temptress, they have a plan... -
The Wild Interview by K.A. Knight, Erin O'Kane
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI have been working hard my whole life for people to take me seriously. After all, women ‘don’t belong’ in the music industry. However, when an interview goes wrong, I am offered a once in a lifetime opportunity, to manage The Wild Boys, an all-male strip show featuring bad boys with an even worse reputation. It’s now my job to fix it, if I can keep my hands to myself... -
Wicked Deceit by Aly Beck
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy enemy is The Apocalypse Society: Three brothers, a hidden agenda, distorted masks, and minions who do their dirty work.They tried to kill the rabbit.They injured two of the men I love.They thought they could cut me down.Not only my life, but the lives of my four men, are now in danger.Time is running out. The rabbit is almost in their trap. The next time they may succeed in killing me... -
Safe Word by Suki Williams
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCall girls aren’t meant to have relationships, but my mercenaries are a little too hard to resist. Good thing I never minded breaking the rules. The guys have another big job to do, but they need my help… again. And this time, it’s a family affair. Girls are going missing from their cousins’ clubs, and it’s our job to hunt down and kill the culprits... -
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Queen by S. Massery
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI was a thief.The guys I’m falling in love with turned me into a fighter.And when the city tried to make me disappear, I rebelled.But now I know the truth.I wasn’t meant to linger in the shadows.I am a queen.And I will take what I am due.Sterling Falls is a dark, gothic reverse harem romance series with enemies to lovers, romantic suspense, and new adult themes... -
Orientation by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Burberry Prep x Adamson Academy Crossover Novel!This is the FINAL story for both the Rich Boys of Burberry Prep series, AND the Adamson All-Boys Academy series . . . all in one volume!Harem versus harem.How often does one university entertain two coeds with harems of rich boys on their heels?My name is Marnye Reed and this, this is Charlotte Carson.Girl, just call me Chuck...Categorized as:
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F*ck Yeah by Crystal North, Jaye Pratt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTragedy draws Amelie back to Australia once again, but this time she’s not alone. It’s been decided that she needs a break, and what better way to do that then with Kalen in her homeland? You can guarantee that with Fairy Bread, kangaroos, mosquitos, and the youngest Knox brother, chaos will ensue. Add in even more secrets, lies and deceit, and Amelie’s in for one hell of a ride... -
Redemption by Ruby Vincent
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsValentinaThe only thing I know for sure is I don’t know anything at all.Zeta Rho Sigma was never just a sorority and I was never really in control. A point they drove home when they toppled the final chess piece.The man I love is gone. A wall of silence and blank faces surround me. Every day I sense I’m getting tangled tighter in someone’s web.I will find the truth.I will get him back... -
Hunting Games by Crystal North
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is not a love story. I never asked to be drugged again, kidnapped again and held prisoner ‘for my own good’. By the boys who swore they’d never hurt me no less. If everything they do, have ever done, is with my best interests at heart, then they won’t mind helping me exact my plan for revenge on the ones who hurt me most: their own fathers...Categorized as:
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Deadliest Throne by Alisha Williams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI got too comfortable with my life.Distracted by becoming a mom and taking care of the little one growing within me.We were happy, enjoying the little things in life.But when you're in a world like ours, lowering your guard isn't an option.In a blink of an eye, everything changed.He wants me and my baby.Now I'm fighting for our survival...Categorized as:
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Fractured #1: Dark Why Choose Hitmen / Hitwoman romance by A.K. Draven
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe OrderWeapons - Shadows - Killers.That’s what we are.Our job has simple rules.Do not ask questions.Execute the job.Do not get yourself caught.Do not get killed.Our personal life rules were meant to be simple.Stick together.Do not let anyone interfere or create a barrier between us.Protect and watch out for each other.Wear a fucking condom at any cost.Sharing is caring...Categorized as:
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Just a Summer Fling by Alisha Williams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou know whats not the best way to start off the summer? Being cheated on by your high school sweetheart with your childhood best friend.So when my mom tells me she's going to be moving across the country to live with her fiance, I go with her. I have nothing holding me here anymore and no specific College I want to attend. A new start sounds good right about now... -
Hunting Pretty by Sienna Blake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWatch her. Crave her. Covet her. I’m the monster in the shadows—but she’s addicted to monsters.She looks so pretty when she cries out in her sleep. I’m obsessed by her gasps when she hears me coming for her. I'm hooked on the way she fights me when I pin her down... -
Lucy's Revenge by Heather Rainier
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings[Erotic Cowboy Ménage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, voyeurism, public exhibition, HEA] Lucy Carter is striving to succeed as a self-employed licensed massage therapist and to bolster her flagging self-confidence. The ménage of her fantasies, featuring her best friends, seems to be on the back burner. Single dad Patrick Owen has been refined in the fires of betrayal... -
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Maizy The Bear Charmer by Heather Rainier
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsErotic Cowboy Ménage a Quatre Romance, M/F/M/M, light foot fetish, spanking, sex toys, HEA] Maizy Owen is living her dream, working as a kindergarten teacher. Her profession gives her purpose, but her personal life is another story. Recently rejected by her fiancé, Maizy struggles to hide a part of her nature that she longs to freely express... -
Mercy by Ruby Vincent
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMaverickThe more answers I unearthed, the less I understood. I stepped into this game not knowing the rules, and now, they’re playing me to their beat.Old faces reappear. New friends circle. I got closer to the puppeteer as they got ever closer to me. And when they struck, I wasn’t ready.ValentinaA queen sacrifices for her subjects. A president makes the hard decisions... -
Angelview Academy: The Complete Trilogy by E.M. Snow
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA complete dark bully romance trilogy! Contains exclusive bonus content! At Angelview Academy, Saint Angelle is considered God.But don't be fooled by his ridiculous name or that pretty face because Saint? He’s as wicked as they come.I should know.I'm the new girl who pissed him off.The nobody who called out his crew of vicious tyrants.The mortal who wouldn't bow then and sure as hell won’t now...Categorized as:
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Evading Darkness by K.M. Baker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen they say the past always finds a way to catch up to you, they aren't lying.I spent years on the run, trying to hide from my father and our society. I was careful and never stayed in the same place for very long, but when I landed in Braxton Falls, I couldn't leave.I fell in love, made my first real friend in years, and let my guard down... -
Four Steps by Stephanie Brother
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTen years ago, my four stepbrothers left without a backward glance. Now they've returned, and they're not looking at me like a little sister anymore.When I was a shy, awkward teen, my stepbrothers were my world. As my protectors and my best friends, they provided an escape from the noisy drama of our parents’ tumultuous marriage... -
Savage Kings by L.M. Harrison
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree beautiful, cruel boys rule Kingsworth Prep. And I'm the girl who almost ruined them...It all started with that video I posted of them—you know, the one that went viral. But that was before I knew who they were. Ezra Covington, Bellamy Thorn, and Dashiell Laurier. Three untouchable royals who were just… well, royally touched...Categorized as:
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Sold to the Bratva by Lexi Asher
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA much older Bratva gangster broke my heart. Years later I’m forced to marry him.I had escaped the mafia life and lived a normal life like a normal girl.Until my dear mobster dad kidnaps me to marry me off to the Bratva.And now I’m supposed to give my innocence and a baby to the guy who once dumped me.They put me in a wedding dress and walked me down the aisle...Categorized as:
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Slaying for Sloan by Melissa McSherry, Dana LeeAnn
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe third installment in the Wrecked series, featuring Sloan. This novella can be read as a standalone.He is my hunter in this twisted game. I am his prize, and he’s hungry to claim me.This Christmas was supposed to be special, but without my best friend by my side, it feels like a cruel joke... -
What Sinners Love: A Dark Reverse Harem College Romance by Eva Ashwood
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhat Sinners Love is the explosive final book in the Sinners of Hawthorne University series!Note: The blurb below contains spoilers for the first two books, so I'd highly recommend not reading it until you've finished both When Sinners Play and How Sinners Fight.***All it took to blow my world apart was a single word.A name.Sabrina... -
Her Saints by Sarah Bale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHurt…I’m the girl with a broken heart. I’ve spent years making sure no one got too close to me, but one night changed everything. The men that I love have sent me away, where they say I’ll be safe. They couldn’t protect me from getting hurt and it gutted them.Lonely…I should be ecstatic. The money I earned from working at the club ensures that I’ll be taken care of my senior year at college... -
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Hell's Belle: A College Enemies to Lovers Romance by Ruby Vincent
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvery story needs a villain.I need an escape.From the fear.From the pain.From the creeping shadow that’s hung over my life for as long as I can remember.What I don’t need is a husband. Not that my parents want to hear it.Every three years, the young eligible men and women in my community gather in Citrine Cove to party, flirt, and leave the island with a fiancé on their arm...Categorized as:
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Hunting Grounds by Crystal North
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is not a love story. I was just looking to keep my head down and complete my education, so that I could move as far away from my hometown, and all its tainted memories, as possible. I never bargained on running into my past. But then again, I never asked to be kidnapped, drugged and branded as The Doe either...Categorized as:
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Recklessly Damaged by Steph Macca
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I survived, but at what cost?They aren't going to stop until they get victory and more blood is shed. We're all in danger, fighting to stay on top.The most unlikely alliances are forming. But I guess that's what happens when you anger the masses. It's a tale as old as time - rivals coming together when war is brewing on the horizon... -
No Crosses Count by Rory Ireland, Tate Monroe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt nearly killed me when they took her away from me.My literal other half.The only light in my darkness.My twin sister.She still lives inside my mind, and I feel her in every breath I take.She swore on her life that she'd never forget me.But she lied.So now she has to pay the price.Because a swear is a swear..... -
Fall of a King by A.L. Maruga
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow far would you go to punish those that broke you into fragmented pieces in the past?Vengeance and rage fill my blood. They carry me forward like malevolent lovers into the abyss of destruction. I came here to destroy the kings of Casbury, but have I destroyed myself in the process?Theo, Carter, Mateo, and Finn...Categorized as:
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Created in Chaos by Albany Walker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI thought I’d already lost everything, but life has a way of proving you wrongThe moment I set my scuffed sneaker on Cadieux Island for College, my fate was sealed, but there’s no way I could have prepared for what was coming.I should have run when I attracted the Morningstar’s attention, ruthless twins that lord over the elite school and everyone in it... -
Beautiful Devastation by CM Wondrak
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s vicious. A liar. And for some reason, he wants me…I was never supposed to see Rick Jones again after kissing him at my mom’s wedding, but that’s exactly who I see when I walk into the sheriff’s office to try to report my friend missing.Yeah, Erin? The girl I almost killed myself for? She’s missing, and Gareth’s suspect number one... -
Tenderly Bewitched by Lyra Winters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHex or curse, it would shatter.My world spiraled into chaos when I discovered I was nothing more than a puppet dancing on strings pulled by a deranged mage the past four centuries.Thankfully, I’d formed an unbreakable soul-bond with the five powerful mages I’d fallen for, sharing my immortality with them while they helped keep me grounded... -
Surrogate for the Bratva by Lexi Asher
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI accidentally became my Bratva boss’s surrogate. And now he’s made me his prisoner.I didn’t know I was the maid of a mafia lord. I thought he was just a hot rich player.I didn’t know it’s his baby I’m carrying. Until people start shooting at me.Until he forces me to move in with him to protect his baby.I signed up for an anonymous surrogacy because I desperately need the money...Categorized as:
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The Blood of Gods and Monsters by Lucinda Dark, Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGreed is lethal. Blood is honest. Between the blood of gods and monsters, I am both killer and healer.The Darkhavens were once my obstacle. Now, they may be the only safe haven I have left.The Gods are lying to us all.They are not Gods at all, but creatures that came from another world to rule over ours... -
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Cruel Lies by Heleva Risque
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey claim to want to protect me. I’m not dumb enough to fall for that twice. Seven years after they shoved me off a bridge to my death, the awkward teenagers I grew up with had grown into sexy yet ruthless killers. But their black souls and our shared past couldn’t keep me from wanting their hands all over my body, even after all these years... -
From the Ashes by Montana Fyre
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBlurb coming soon.Release will be moved up...Categorized as:
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THEY BREAK BEAUTY: A Dark College Reverse Harem Romance by Leia King
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve caught the attention of the most dangerous men on campus. And they’ve vowed to make my life a living hell. Coming to Stonewell University was the beginning of a fresh start.But in my second year, all of that changes.Because of him. The moment we collide, everything is put in jeopardy. He wants to burn down what I’ve built.He wants me corrupted and dragged into blackness just like him... -
SinMas by A.K. Draven
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings**If you are looking for a novella with plot... This one won't be for you! SinMas is a taboo novella. Please make sure to check the TWs before diving into it!**SINKLER I’ve been waiting to have her since I was eleven.It doesn’t matter if my father adopted her.It doesn’t matter if we grew up together.It doesn’t matter if she’s promised to someone else... -
Charity Case by Ivy Clyde
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCareful what you wish for. Attending the elite Knightswood Academy was always a dream I knew would never come true until it did… The life I knew for seventeen years shattered the day a freak accident burned it all down, including my mother...Categorized as:
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Beyond by Katie May
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere's one place scarier than hell.And we're in it.There's a series of tunnels beneath the school that we must travel through in order to escape Tory's School for the Troubled.But the world on the other side? It's a land of nightmares and monsters. A place where your worst fears come to life. A world of darkness and pain and suffering...
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