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Grunt by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter losing his family years ago, Grunt was content with his memories and the brotherhood he found in his club. After a near death experience, he realizes that it's time to move on with his life and let the past go. Just days after that decision, his life changed for the better - drastically... -
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Nothin' Like You by Kimberly Brown
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGetting his way has never been a problem for Reese Jareau. That is, until what he wanted was seemingly unattainable. The baby of the Jareau family has fallen in love with a woman who’s already involved. What started as a work relationship soon turned into a friendship... -
![Love Delayed (Waiting to Breathe ) by Love Belvin]()
Love Delayed (Waiting to Breathe ) by Love Belvin
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat happens when Zoey Barrett, an ingenuous Princeton scholar, meets NBA All-star rocker-boy, Stenton Rogers? Zoey has her life all planned out. She’s working hard at her degree and to help her family stay afloat financially. Stenton’s at the top of his game on the court, but off, his life is out of bounds... -
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Fall In Love Again by Christina C. Jones
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEverybody knows you don’t marry the rebound guy. And yet, that’s exactly what Charlie does. But once the husband is out of picture — kinda — she’s ready to leap forward with her life. She returns to the neighborhood she left, the business she missed, and into arm’s reach of Nixon — the reason she needed a rebound guy in the first place...Categorized as:
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![Pocketful of Shame: A High School Bully Romance by Chloe Walsh]()
Pocketful of Shame: A High School Bully Romance by Chloe Walsh
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Nothing in Pocketful is as it seems." Chris Capaldi's words of warning haunt my every waking hour. I know I'm in danger, even if I can't identify the threat. Telling Sketch about the night his brother died was a mistake that could prove fatal for all of us. Secrets of this magnitude should stay buried, but it's out now and I can feel the walls closing in on me... -
![His Perfect Little Heirs: A Pregnancy Romance Novella by Nicci Harris]()
His Perfect Little Heirs: A Pregnancy Romance Novella by Nicci Harris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGet ready for spice in almost every chapter of this pregnancy novella featuring three Mafia brothers and their expecting partners.Clay and Clay and Fawn are an unlikely couple.Where she is wild and bohemian, he is controlled, regimented, and twice her age.In this short, steamy read, Fawn tries to trust her body again after a previous loss... -
![Hot Summer School Nights by Michelle Mankin, L.A. Cotton]()
Hot Summer School Nights by Michelle Mankin, L.A. Cotton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller. All new and exclusive enemies to lovers and bully romance short stories and previews by:L A Cotton Siobhan Davis Ashley Jade Piper Lawson Tracy Lorraine Michelle Mankin Daniela Romero Ginger Scott Ivy Smoak Becca Steele Shantel Tessier This will be a wide release with special preorder pricing...Categorized as:
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![Cruel Abandon: A Dark College Bully Romance by S. Massery]()
Cruel Abandon: A Dark College Bully Romance by S. Massery
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings*A Dark College Bully Romance*We're all hiding something.I have a confession: I’m a big, fat liar.My family thinks I’m in college on a scholarship.They assume I worked hard enough to get a full ride.The truth is much worse, but I wasn’t worried.My secret was safe.Wrong.It only takes one girl to disrupt my plans.To disintegrate the facade I’ve been building.To ruin everything... -
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The Retaliation You Deliver by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen something seems too good to be true. It’s usually because it is.A lesson I learned the hard way.Every single fear I had about falling for Leon, has just come true in the most brutal way.The sweet guy act he’s been putting on the past few weeks is over.The cold, hard truth is... he never wanted me. He only wanted retaliation.And like a fool, I played right into his wicked scheme... -
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Another Motherfaker by Willow Aster, Laura Pavlov
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings...Categorized as:
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![Release Me by J.L. Seegars]()
Release Me by J.L. Seegars
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNadiaI expect nothing.From life, from God, from men.I don’t hope or want or pray. Those are luxuries I can’t afford when I’m doing the desperate math of survival while walking the tight rope of life on the run in a strange city. New Haven wasn’t supposed to be a fresh start. That would be asking too much from a life that took my parents from me and left me vulnerable to monsters... -
![Forever Love: A Duet by Siobhan Davis]()
Forever Love: A Duet by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn emotional, angsty, new adult romance duet from USA Today & WSJ bestselling author Siobhan Davis. Over 700 pages of binge-worthy romance. Each book focuses on a new couple and ends with an HEA. When Forever Changes GabbyLooking back, I should have seen the signs. Perhaps I did, but I subconsciously chose to ignore them...Categorized as:
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![Reese by Candice M. Wright]()
Reese by Candice M. Wright
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to the Candy shop Where poison never tasted so sweet... Being a Candy Girl is more than just a job, it’s who I am.But before I became ReeseI was known as Malice, the street kid who killed a man before disappearing without a trace.Now seven years later a serial killer is using those same streets as his hunting ground...Categorized as:
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![Needing Arella by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew]()
Needing Arella by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI have a stalker.Nothing new about that.I’m the latest it girl in Hollywood. Stalkers come with the territory.But this one is…different.This one is braver—and unpredictable.My sister is married to a security expert. One phone call and I could have one of the world’s best-trained bodyguards watching over me twenty-four seven.But if I do, my parents will find out, and my dad will stress... -
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![Mail Order Groom by A.N. Boyden]()
Mail Order Groom by A.N. Boyden
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNina O'Neil is a successful physical therapist looking to settle down, but without all the hoopla and disappointment that dating in the modern age brings. Despite the stern warnings she received from her family and friends, Nina signs up for a mail-order groom service in hopes of finding true love.It didn't take much for Nina to fall for Zane Doran, an accomplished hedge fund manager... -
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Shielding His Baby by Taryn Quinn
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s too young for him. Pregnant. And irresistible. Bodyguard Sterling Vance’s job becomes personal when the daughter of a friend, Angelina McFee, admits she’s being stalked by her ex. Angelina is knocked up and oh yeah, temporarily without a place to live. Then her daddy’s seemingly conservative friend offers to help with her stalker problem.. -
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Mastering Lexie by Golden Angel
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLexie grew up with a crush on her brother's best friend, Patrick. He's gorgeous, sexy, controlling and arrogant, and she knows that he wants what amounts to a full-time submissive. So far, none of his girlfriends have ever been able to give him what he needs, but she's sure she's just the woman for him... -
![Devil Incarnate by Angel Lawson, Samantha Rue]()
Devil Incarnate by Angel Lawson, Samantha Rue
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHell Hath No Fury…The mark that Heston Wilcox made on Preston Prep was more like a wound that took ages to heal.He’s a bully. A manipulator. A sociopath.And he’s finally been stopped by the group of Preston girls who turned him in.Or at least that’s what Georgia Haynes thought happened to the boy—now a man—who ruined her life... -
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Meant to Be by Tiffany Patterson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKayla Seven years ago I left Williamsport, carrying with me the grief of losing my best friend and the shame of the feelings I’d developed for the man she left behind. I spent time running from those feelings and the guilt that tried to suffocate me. But something much worse is forcing me to pick up and relocate again. This time back home... -
![The Destruction You Desire by Tracy Lorraine]()
The Destruction You Desire by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter six years of living in denial, Luca is finally faced with the truth. A brutal discovery he refused to accept when I needed him most.Now the vengeance he so desperately craves isn’t directed at me, but the monster responsible for destroying all our lives.That might put us on the same side this time, but that doesn’t mean I can forgive him for not believing me... -
![Revive Me: Part Three by J.L. Seegars]()
Revive Me: Part Three by J.L. Seegars
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMallory Hope is a dangerous thing. It holds you close like a lover, whispering promises it never intends to keep, and just as soon as you relax into its arms, it lets you go. Sending you spinning into an abyss of nothingness. When I sent him away four years ago, he promised he would come back to me, and even as I asked him not to, I hoped that he would. Hope...Categorized as:
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![Still Surviving by A.M. Johnson]()
Still Surviving by A.M. Johnson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHate… Anger… Distrust… it fed the animal. Status… Money… Power it’s all women want. Never yield… Never give them a piece of who you are. These were the ideals that Seth Montgomery had lived with since he was a child. After his mother abandoned their family for another man, the same man who took everything from Seth’s father, Seth’s life turned dark. He’d never give a woman all that control... -
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Bad Behavior by Vivian Wood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller Vivian Wood Cynic. F*ck up. Outsider. That’s Jameson in a nutshell - not to mention drool-worthy, dreamy, and perfect fantasy object. He’s also my older brother’s best friend and business partner. I’ve had a thing for Jameson ever since I was old enough to have dirty dreams... -
![Christmas at Mistletoe Lodge: New Holiday Romances to Benefit St. Jude Hospital by Sabrina York, Tamara Ferguson]()
Christmas at Mistletoe Lodge: New Holiday Romances to Benefit St. Jude Hospital by Sabrina York, Tamara Ferguson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUSA TODAY BESTSELLER! 10 NEW HOLIDAY ROMANCES From NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Authors To Warm Your Heart And Curl Your Toes! Each Sweet and/or Steamy Story takes place at a unique magical Mistletoe Lodge. Curl up in your favorite chair and treat yourself to a Christmassy-Happily-Ever-After Experience full of jingle bells, mistletoe and JOY, celebrating the spirit of the season...Categorized as:
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![Stolen Soul by Kristen Luciani]()
Stolen Soul by Kristen Luciani
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe put his ring on my finger and a knife through my heart...Massimo Marrone is pure evil disguised by ripped muscles and a gorgeous face.His dark secrets and blackened heart have turned him into a monster before my eyes.And I’ve become his prey.He promised me protection and committed the worst betrayal with his lies,Breaking my heart in the process.Because Massimo is no white knight...Categorized as:
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![Irish Charmer by L.K. Shaw]()
Irish Charmer by L.K. Shaw
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLuciaFor three years I've kept my son a secret in order to protect him from the dangers of the syndicate. A life his Irish father is still a part of.When I have to return to Brooklyn, I don’t expect Nathan to be the first person I see. For a moment, the world disappears and it’s only the two of us. Until reality intrudes... -
![Darkest Sins by Neva Altaj]()
Darkest Sins by Neva Altaj
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNERAIn a night of blood and death,Fate brought us together.I thought I was saving the life of an innocent man,A man I'd never see again.I was wrong.A slight shift in the air.A glint of silver eyes in the darkness.I may not see him, but I know he's there.My angel of death,Lurking in the shadows,Watching over me.Protecting me,Before disappearing into thin air,Until we meet again... -
![Cruel Kisses: A Dark Bully Lovers-to-Enemies-to-Maybe Lovers Romance by Thandiwe Mpofu, Thandie]()
Cruel Kisses: A Dark Bully Lovers-to-Enemies-to-Maybe Lovers Romance by Thandiwe Mpofu, Thandie
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s gone… good riddance to tormenting, cold nightmares that come in the form of sweet but devious kisses.⠀Thing is, without her here, there’s a fiery riot in my heart I can't control.⠀She left a bloody feud brewing in my house.⠀That Little Minx caused chaos and hell to break loose between my brother and me as only she can.⠀She kissed me and imprinted her broken soul to my darkness... -
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I Was Always Yours by Khai Hara
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWe all know how the legend goes.Girl meets boy.They fall in love.They get married.And they live happily ever after.The fairytale. The ending that every girl wants, that every girl dreams of.For a brief moment there, I foolishly, naively, allowed myself to dream that’s what our destiny was. That our friendship would evolve into something more and we’d be together forever...Categorized as:
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![Tyson by Sheridan Anne]()
Tyson by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrylee - It was supposed to be a one-time thing which quickly turned into two, and then three. Don’t ask me how, but now I can't seem count the times on one hand, let alone two. I'm in trouble. I never intended for this to be something more, but he has the ability to keep drawing me back in. He's coming for me. He's always wanted more, but this time, I don't think he's going to let me go...Categorized as:
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![Make Me Beg by Honesty Price]()
Make Me Beg by Honesty Price
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGriffin hates Vonique and the feeling is mutual. It turns out their disdain for one another is the key ingredient in her search for a partner who can bring her to her knees and blow her mind -- in that order. She wants adventure and Griffin is more than happy to oblige... -
![Pained by Vera Micic, Vera Hollins]()
Pained by Vera Micic, Vera Hollins
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo months have passed since the day I pushed Hayden away. Two months since I found out he loved me and wanted to be with me. I’ve been trying to move on and forget about him, but my heart refuses to listen. Hayden had almost died saving me. Half of me wants to forgive him for everything and give him another chance... -
![Wild by Raven Kennedy, Coralee June]()
Wild by Raven Kennedy, Coralee June
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’ve got a secret. I have blood on my hands and a trust fund in my name. And I’m in love with someone I can’t have. There’s six years separating us, and he’s my brother’s best friend. I’ve tried to stay away, but he keeps pulling me back. Luis Salvador makes me feel wild and free. He fans the fires within me instead of putting them out... -
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STEPDORK by A.E. Murphy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRaven and Travis sitting in a tree, doing things they shouldn’t be. HA… yeah, right. Raven hates her stepbrother with a passion, and she’s certain Travis returns the sentiment because he makes life at home with him hell. He ruined her favorite T-shirt, damn it...Categorized as:
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![Hazed by Kandi Steiner]()
Hazed by Kandi Steiner
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHalf the crew is back at Palm South.The other half has graduated.Jess, Ashlei, and Erin move downtown together after graduation. While Ashlei recovers from heartbreak and makes a new plan of attack, Erin is trying to survive law school -- and her new relationship. And after the explosive season finale of Ritual, Jess has found herself in quite the pickle...Categorized as:
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![Almost Paradise by Evelyn Sola]()
Almost Paradise by Evelyn Sola
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan a chance sighting lead to a second chance?When Nia Nash got involved with Drake Paradise, heir to the Paradise Construction empire, she never thought that she’d end up raising their son alone.Hurt and furious, she’s spent four years trying to forget everything about him. From the way his piercing blue eyes would follow her every move, to the way he set her body on fire with only one kiss...Categorized as:
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Luca by Eva Winners
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLuca King.The notorious playboy.A master of one night stands.My constant shadow.Wherever I went, he was always there. Until he wasn’t. One wild night at a masquerade party was all it took. I got pregnant, broke my engagement, and failed my family.The worst part.I had no idea who the father of my baby was. I had only one clue. A Prince Albert piercing. Not exactly a smoking gun...Categorized as:
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![Back to the Start by Monica McCallan]()
Back to the Start by Monica McCallan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Remy’s grandmother dies, it means leaving her life in San Francisco and returning to a town she swore she'd never revisit, forced to confront a world she'd worked hard to put behind her over the last twelve years...Categorized as:
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![Resilient Queen by Amber Vant]()
Resilient Queen by Amber Vant
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI never wanted this. Never asked for any of it. The corrupted, chaos of the past is playing catch-up with the present and nothing is as it seems. Everyone wants something. Me? All I want is the truth. I thought this was the end, but it turns out it’s only the beginning. The basis for a much darker twist of fate. Secrets are starting to unravel; relationships have grown fractured... -
![Upper Hand by Amelia Wilde]()
Upper Hand by Amelia Wilde
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGabriel Hill has everything he ever wanted… a position in the powerful consortium. These wealthy men own half of New York City. And they murdered his parents. He can finally exact revenge.Except he has to leave behind Elise Bettencourt.It was inevitable, really. Gabriel will lose everyone getting vengeance. There’s only room for one person on this suicide mission... -
![Just Out of Reach by Xavier Neal]()
Just Out of Reach by Xavier Neal
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere isn't much Theo Convington wants but can't have. His charms and green eyes have gotten him everything, from an easy job to his choice of easy women, and that's exactly how he prefers to live his life. Easy. However, when one wrong decision lands him on house arrest, he's forced to start his life over with an estranged aunt... -
![Babygirl for Christmas by Rory Reynolds]()
Babygirl for Christmas by Rory Reynolds
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll I want for Christmas is one stern daddy.Heartbroken and alone is not the way I want to spend the holidays.Little did I know Santa has other ideas... -
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Adrenaline by A.L. Woods
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFour years ago, I betrayed his trust.He retaliated by breaking my heart.Adam Ryan had secrets.The kind better off where they belonged.Buried.As an urban explorer, I’m not afraid of a little trouble.But when I venture to the one place Adam forbade me from, I get more than I bargained for.Him and his friends.Along with their threats.Their violence.And their lust.Adam might claim to still hate me... -
![Unravel Me by Jenn Plummer]()
Unravel Me by Jenn Plummer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSawyerI was ruined for anyone else from the moment Ivy walked into my life. Six years of loving eachother and then she was gone, taking my heart with her. It’s been ten years since she left and noamount of time apart could change the way I feel about her. The control she still has over me is aconstant reminder of the hollow space she left in my chest when she ran away...Categorized as:
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![Release by Dylan Allen]()
Release by Dylan Allen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m here for pleasure. And in paradise, I don’t have a past. I don’t have pain, my secrets don't haunt me and I can be anyone I want.He’s here for business. Harry's intoxicatingly handsome, rich, and also the biggest jerk I've ever met. So, it's inconvenient that sparks fly every time our eyes meet. Indulging in an affair wasn't on my agenda... -
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Savage Love by Penelope Bloom
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe was practically a god to them, and I was nothing.They saw me as the scarred, broken girl who had run from tragedy.And he thinks he can break me. Torment me. Claim me.He says he'll steal my heart, whether I like it or not.But my heart can only be given. And he'll have to earn every piece of it.Fire is a funny thing. It can destroy, but those few things that survive it come out stronger...Categorized as:
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![Here Comes Trouble by Delaney Diamond]()
Here Comes Trouble by Delaney Diamond
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWho doesn’t love a bad boy? Lorena Vega knows better than to have anything else to do with Matthew Hawthorne. Then he comes to her and asks for her help in writing a proposal for a grant to benefit the community center where he volunteers. She agrees to do the work, but she has her guard up, because having Matthew in her life again is a problem she doesn’t need... -
![Replay by Kacey Shea]()
Replay by Kacey Shea
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCocky and self-assured, I’m confident when it comes to my skills both on stage and in the bedroom. Everything in my life is perfect, even if I am the last single man standing in our famed rock band. But it wasn’t always this way.Jayla knew me before I hit it big. Back when I was a skinny teen, chasing dreams without a penny to my name... -
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![Vicious by A.J. Merlin]()
Vicious by A.J. Merlin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne, two, he’s coming for youThree, four, better run some moreI never would have accepted his help if I’d known what he’d do.When the stranger who got me out of a mess in Springwood turns the town into a slaughterhouse in my name, I do the only thing I can do.I run.Not far enough, though, because I can feel him in Akron, looking for me. But he wants to take me home, and I can’t go back...Categorized as:
dark stalking enemies-to-lovers age-gap romance suspense contemporary serial-killers
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