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Chasing the Storm by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brittney Sahin comes a sizzling new romantic suspense.Cold one minute. Hot the next. She gives him whiplash, and he’s either going to ditch his duties . . . or make her his.She was only supposed to be a quick assignment for Dalton “Finn” Finnegan—bodyguard for the sister of a friend, kind of gig...Categorized as:
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Guts & Glory: Ryder by Jeanne St. James
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIs saving another’s soul worth risking your own? Former special forces operator, Ryder, has never backed down from an assignment, and he’ll be damned if he lets a blonde-haired, smart-mouthed, pain in the a** destroy that record...Categorized as:
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Theo by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIs seven days long enough to build a forever love?I was living a nightmare of my own making.My life had been erased. My past rewritten. My name changed. I had nothing from my previous life. I was no longer Bridget Keller.I was promised federal protection. I was promised a new life. I was promised I would be safe...Categorized as:
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Lakestone - tome 1 by Sarah Rivens
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDans la tranquillité trompeuse de la ville d'Ewing aux États-Unis, Iris, confinée à la bibliothèque, est plongée dans ses révisions. À des kilomètres de là, un mercenaire affronte le froid tranchant de la nuit, aussi glaciale que le cadavre qu'il vient d’enterrer.Ils n’ont rien en commun, pourtant tous deux ont le même objectif : amasser assez d'argent... -
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Stand and Defend by Sloane St. James
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJordanaI live my life head over heart and never rock the boat. Which is how I wound up engaged to Bryan Davenport—the biggest mistake I ever made. We were a power couple, but no one knew how cruel he could be behind closed doors. When I decide to leave, my fiancé shows just how ruthless he can be and sends me running to the last person I expected: his best man...Categorized as:
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Engaging the Billionaire by Ivy Layne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIf we can’t outrun the past, we won’t have a future. The rock on her hand is real, but our engagement is a fake. Once upon a time, I dreamed of buying her a ring, until everything blew up in my face. That was the past, and this is business. At least, it is until I kiss her. It's supposed to be part of the act — and it is — right until my lips touch hers. I forget where we are...Categorized as:
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A Court of Mist and Fury : Rhysand's POV by IllyrianTremors
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSPOILERS FOR THE ORIGINAL BOOK BELOW :ACOMAF Part 1: The House of Beasts (Rhys POV) by illyriantremorsThe first 13 chapters of ACOMAF told from Rhys's POV. Includes some brief details of his three months without her after he comes home from UtM and some improvised scenes, but most of it concerns his time with Feyre.~~~~~~~~~~~ACOMAF Part 2...Categorized as:
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Still Not Love by Nicole Snow
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAlternate Cover Edition found hereNot the heck again. I've had my alpha-jerkface fix.Now he's my sworn protector...I'm about to go nuclear.Yet I have to smile and pretend I won't slap him into the next century.James Nobel and I have history.Raging hearts. Dueling kisses. Firestorm nights.A man like him breaks laws with that suit and that smirk...Categorized as:
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Pearl's Fight by Jane Blythe
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTheir anger will either bring them together or destroy what could have been. Pearl Smith is angry at the world. Stolen as a baby and raised under torturous conditions now she uses those same skills to save other innocents, but it doesn't abate her anger. Nothing does, until a random encounter with a DEA Agent...Categorized as:
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Line of Resistance by Jemma Westbrook, Janice Whiteaker
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGetting stranded in the snow without cell service wasn’t the worst thing that could have happened to Eloise Rivers.Being saved by the man who’d led her on more than once was...Categorized as:
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Bribed by Rebecca Sharp
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLennon Love Clarke needs to put on a show.With her reputation sinking, the famous actress has no choice but to grin and bear it because the tabloids were better than the truth. If only Lenni could remember what that was—and who is stalking her. Now, she’s in hiding—or would be if her new bodyguard hadn’t found her first.Dante Lozano is Covington Security’s very own Casanova...Categorized as:
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The Hero She Deserves by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen he goes to investigate a blaring smoke alarm, the last thing he expects to find is Hollywood’s hottest actress…naked.Deputy Sheriff Sawyer Lane likes the pace of life on Maui. After years as a Navy SEAL and in Ghost Ops, he likes that no one shoots at him. Coming to the island saved him. He still can’t sleep, but he’ll take the sun, sand, and solitude...Categorized as:
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Bride for the Bikers: An MC Reverse Harem Romance by Stephanie Brother
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDoesn’t every girl dream of spending her wedding night with four hot bikers?I never knew my father, not even his name, and until Mom got sick, I thought it would stay that way. But an email address scribbled on the back of an old photo changed my life overnight. From the moment he wrote back, Vincent Mesner was an answer to my prayers...Categorized as:
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Excalibur by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe never should have touched her.She’s beautiful, sweet, and all sunshine. He’s too old, too rough, and too grumpy.Now she’s pregnant with his baby and in danger, and there is nothing he won’t do to keep her safe.All Adaline Harris ever wanted to do was escape her small town and make it as a ballet dancer in New York. But luck is never on her side...Categorized as:
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Marked for Deception by Anna Blakely
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe lied to catch a killer. She just wanted to escape the past. Neither realized just how deadly their deceptions could be.Denver homicide detective Declan King lives by a strict code. But when he’s tasked with using an escaped serial killer’s daughter to catch the twisted murderer, his black and white world becomes blurred in ways he never could’ve imagined...Categorized as:
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Bourbon & Lies by Victoria Wilder
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Fiasco, Kentucky, there is one rule: never fall for a Foxx brother. Any woman who did, ended up dead—or so the rumor goes. Townies call it a curse. But I’ve lived it, and I won’t survive it again.I’m not a cop anymore, but I’ve seen enough danger to know that Laney Young, the beautiful stranger who just showed up in my small town, is running from it...Categorized as:
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Point of Contact by Jemma Westbrook, Janice Whiteaker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLeaving Miami was the plan, but Courtney never expected to do it behind the wheel of an archaic RV with the most hostile member of Team Rogue at her side.Reed didn’t like her, which was fine. She didn’t necessarily like him. He was rigid. A stickler for the rules. Unamused by everything, especially her...Categorized as:
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Cage by Kate Oliver
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAge gapDaddy DomJealous/Possessive HOver-the-top protective HDD/lgSeries Troubled and lost.They were once teenage boys with no hope for the future. Now they live a life of danger, doing things no one else in the world can do. All it took was a twist of fate to change their lives forever...Categorized as:
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Mad Man by Onley James
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsAvi Mulvaney is many things. Son. Twin. Owner of the fashion label, Gemini. Murderous psychopath. Together, he and his brother, Asa, make one brutally efficient monster, ridding the world of predators who victimize the innocent. History proves Avi and Asa don’t do well apart, but their father has decided to test that theory.Felix Navarro knows exactly who he is. Baby brother. Fashionista...Categorized as:
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Counterfeit Relations by Jemma Westbrook
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen you cross lines every day it can be hard to remember what’s real. And what’s not. Keeping Eva Tatum safe was supposed to be a simple task. One Brock Cassidy should have been able to do with one arm tied behind his back. All he had to do was pretend to be her boyfriend. Show up and bluff away the stalker giving the bull-headed business woman the creeps...Categorized as:
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Beneath Your Beautiful by Adaline Winters
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPassion is a perilous game.HonorMy ruthless husband hunts me across the country and in my dreams. If he catches me, I'll lose not only my freedom, but my sanity. I have to stay one step ahead, but he's closing in. So I keep running, straight into the arms of a man who whispers seductive promises of protection and safety. One way or another, this race will end...Categorized as:
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Wolf.e by Paisley Hope
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAlways ride faster than your angel can fly.-Gabriel Wolfe As president of the Hounds of Hell motorcycle club, my life has been infused with darkness and trauma since the day I was born. Chaos is my birthright. I crave it to feel stable. Secure. Whole.The only people I care about are the ones who don my cut. Women are just a tool. Never to covet, only to use, each face blending into the next...Categorized as:
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Chill Factor: A Holiday Anthology by Freya Barker, Maddie Wade
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpending the holidays in the snowy mountains of Colorado could be a dream come true…unless you’re in the path of a monster blizzard. As the guests of Aspen’s prestigious ski resort, the St. James Inn, brace for the storm of the century, their holiday vacation changes from jovial celebration to desperate survival...Categorized as:
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Irish Rebel by L.K. Shaw
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaitlínAfter finally convincing my over-protective family to let me visit my uncle in Dublin, I know this may be my only chance to experience everything I’ve always wanted: Adventure. Excitement. Freedom.Until I’m introduced to the man assigned to be my bodyguard. With his silver-flecked hair and wicked scar, Roarke radiates power and danger. Everything I’m drawn to... -
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The Desire of a Duchess by Kathleen Ayers
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn unexpected encounter leads to a passionate affair…Beatrice Howard, the widowed Duchess of Castlemare was once considered the jewel of London. Lauded and sought after for her beauty, decorum, and pedigree, Beatrice was also despised for her malicious and petty nature...Categorized as:
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Filthy Few by Samantha Barrett
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhere they rest for eternal life is where a favor is asked.The stone with the head is where you will be led.Be certain of the favor you ask, no second is offered.The debt will be collected when the favor is complete.A favor asked is a debt owed. My mom marrying Thomas Valerian was supposed to be our fresh start, but it was the opposite of that...Categorized as:
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The Daymakers by Grace McGinty
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe Daymakers were the hottest alt-rock band since the nineties, the masked members making fans swoon at the very thought of who might be hiding under the skull masks. Known only by their stage names–Royal, Hero, Poet and Knight–their real identities were a carefully held secret.I was third-generation white trash who had no value to society...Categorized as:
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Tempted by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lexi Blake comes a new story in her Masters and Mercenaries series…When West Rycroft left his family’s ranch to work in the big city, he never dreamed he would find himself surrounded by celebrities and politicians...Categorized as:
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Saving Peyton by Elle James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEx-Navy SEAL, Gus Walsh, convalescing at the Brighter Days Rehab Ranch prior to reporting for duty as a Brotherhood Protector in West Yellowstone, postpones his departure from the ranch when he discovers a damsel in distress, hiding out in the barn... -
Crushed by A.K. Evans
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat’s the price of survival?Sawyer McKinney didn’t want to come back. It wasn’t like anyone wanted to see her ever again anyway.But this was about life or death, and that meant there was only one place she could go.If Jesse Hale never saw Sawyer again, it would be too soon. After all the devastation she left behind years ago, he can’t imagine why she’d ever show her face again...Categorized as:
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Too Fast by Abby Millsaps
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Why Choose Sports RomanceLake Chapel was supposed to be my fresh start: an opportunity to reinvent myself; my chance to finally live. Now I’m grappling with the demons of my past… and losing. To survive this setback, I’ll need the support of the four possessive, domineering men who think I belong to them. But can my captors really be my salvation? Worlds are bound to collide... -
Save Her from Me by Jolie Vines
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s her bodyguard and her brother’s best friend. She’s a virgin with a spicy wish list. ArielSomeone’s out to get me, forcing my car off the road and me into hiding. When my brother recruits his Scottish best friend to protect me, though the brooding bodyguard drives me nuts, I can’t refuse his help. Or hide my crush...Categorized as:
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Protecting You: Schemes and Lies in Shadow Cove by Robin Patchen
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a high-stakes game of deception, two rivals must work together to bring down a ruthless terrorist network.After Alyssa’s dream of working in US intelligence is thwarted, she leaves her mundane profession to pursue a career as a cyber investigator. Though she aces every case she gets, securing enough customers to pay her rent proves challenging...Categorized as:
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Smith by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe’s the last woman in the world he’s allowed to fall for. And the only woman he wants.There I was minding my own business, building my real estate empire, and loving life. So the last thing I needed was a series of threatening letters as I worked on my latest fix and flip sending my loving, protective dad into over-the-top-protective dad mode from the other side of the world...Categorized as:
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Nori's Delta by Lori Ryan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe won’t lose her again…Delta Operative Heath “Woof” Davis has spent years living on the edge. Protecting a State Department official is just another assignment until he discovers that Eleanor Bonham is Nori Duncan, the one that got away...Categorized as:
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Bourbon & Secrets by Victoria Wilder
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn Fiasco, Kentucky, there is one rule: never fall for a Foxx brother.Any woman who did, ended up dead. It wasn’t just a rumor. It was my reality. I buried my wife along with too many secrets surrounding the night she died.Now, I’m a single dad with two priorities above everything else: raising my two girls and making great bourbon...Categorized as:
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Enemy Heir by Carrie Ann Ryan, Nana Malone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA bad boy prince meets his match in this epic Tattered Royals stand-alone romance.I know men like him.Powerful. Arrogant. Trouble. The world is his playground.The playboy prince, the tabloid favorite, and the bane of my existence. And unfortunately, he’s the only one who might be able to help me uncover the truth...Categorized as:
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The Thief and The Gangster by Alexa Land
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAdrianoIt started as the hottest hook-up of my life. Jack was gorgeous, and the spark between us was intense. But the night ended with me chasing him through the streets of San Francisco half-naked, after he stole my late father’s watch. Awesome.Days later, I finally tracked him down, just as I got the news that all hell was breaking loose back home in Las Vegas... -
Protecting His Fake Wife by Leslie North
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCharlotte Burnside’s safe, comfortable world is forever changed after she and her two besties witness a mob murder. Now, the only way out is to go into hiding with a former Navy SEAL who terrifies her almost as much as the bad guys. Easton Yates is just so big, so tough, so…distractingly attractive. Posing as newlyweds, the two head to Florida for their “honeymoon... -
Unholy Trinity by Garrett Leigh
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA full steam, page-turning Poly Romance. Why Choose one book boyfriend when you can have two? Satisfy your romantic cravings with this heart-pounding hurt/comfort love story.The vice-president of the Rebel Kings MC. The girl of his dreams. And the six-foot-five firefighter-turned-bodyguard they can’t resist. Nash It’s three in the morning, and we’re in her bed... -
Fighting for Hailey by Katie Reus
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s the one who got away…They grew up together, dated for years—but when Lennox had a chance at a college scholarship and a new life, Hailey abruptly ended things. She wanted him to have the life he deserved, and with her track record knew she’d just bring him down. Now they’re both grown and she runs the new branch of Redemption Harbor Consulting, heading up their security division... -
Burn: A Billionaire Enemies-to-Lovers Romance by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI have one goal—arrest billionaire businessman Kavner Fury.I’m dedicated to my job as a Treasury agent, and taking down crooked financial criminals. Just like the one who destroyed my family.Kavner Fury is wealthy, powerful, and ambitious, a combination I know too well. He’s New Orleans’ favorite billionaire... -
A Duet of Darkness and Dreams by L.H. Blake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen you’re lucky enough to have everything you’ve ever wanted, you might just lose out on what matters the most.Ambitious college student Isabella Rodriguez wants to be a journalist more than anything. Unfortunately, those misogynistic jerks at her school newspaper refuse to sit up and take her seriously...Categorized as:
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January's Ride with Six by Eve London
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA rebel's heart and a biker's duty collide in a forbidden love that threatens everything.GingerLiving under the control of the Savage Bones is like existing in a cage where freedom remains just out of reach. The night I run, desperation fueling my steps, I crash into Six. He’s at the core of everything I’ve been told to fear...Categorized as:
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The Verdict by Rebecca Sharp
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEx-Special Forces soldier Rhys Garrick was trained to expect the unexpected, but when he rescues a gorgeous woman from dangerous criminals he’s hunting, nothing could’ve prepared him for the incredible night that followed. Nor the way she disappeared the next morning.It was for the best. Rhys wasn’t about to trade the freedom of the open road and his duty to the Vigilantes for a woman... -
Judge's Mercy by Misty Walker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Misty Walker comes a gripping tale of forbidden romance within the dark underworld of motorcycle clubs.As the priest for the Sons of Erebus, it’s my duty to guide people through their darkest moments. So when a battered and broken woman is abandoned at our clubhouse gates, I feel compelled to offer her solace...Categorized as:
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Caution by A.K. Evans
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLike every hardworking member of Harper Security Ops, Forrest Hickman takes time away from work to relax and recharge. And he often does that while riding his snowboard on the slopes of his favorite ski resort.He wasn’t sure anything would be better than some time alone to clear his head. That is, until he meets someone to spend his break with...Categorized as:
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Intention by A.K. Evans
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrynn Allen has always been ambitious. If there’s something she wants, she goes after it. That attitude has driven her to build a successful career. As more and more people begin to notice her when she’s out, Brynn believes it’s time to be proactive in another aspect of her life.Her safety.Jake Burns was taken with Brynn the moment she walked through the door...Categorized as:
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Protecting Josie by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne fateful decision turned into the scariest moment of her life…but it also led her to him.Josie couldn’t believe she was a prisoner of war. Not that she was in the military, or that they were at war, but she’d been thrown into a cell and left to die all the same. And she was going to die. Of that she was certain. Until a real-life hero was thrown into the cell next to hers...Categorized as:
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Seth by Lynn Raye Harris
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDead to their pasts. Ghosts. No family ties. No connections.Six men with a top-secret mission move to a small town where they have to navigate local life, protect their secret, and, above all, stay single.Software engineer Caroline Crowell is a dead woman walking. When the top-secret lab she’s working in goes up in flames and she barely makes it out alive, she knows her time is up...Categorized as:
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