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Sensational by Janet Nissenson
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHEY SAY YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST LOVE… Lauren McKinnon has always prided herself on never backing down from a challenge, living life to its fullest, and refusing to be ruled by her emotions. She is the quintessential wild child who became a bold, fearless woman, she doesn’t believe in regrets or second chances, and thinks that true love only happens in fairy tales... -
Triple Dare by C.M. Owens
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRUBY KROSS Who is Corbin Sterling to me? That's what people always want to know. He was my first friend. He was the love of my life. And he was my only heartbreak. The problem is that I love the big jerk, and I've refused to give up our friendship, even if it does mean it'll eventually ruin me. So, to answer the question... Corbin Fucking Sterling is the Bane of my existence; that's what he is...Categorized as:
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Sold to the Circus by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAITA: Am I the asshole?Five years ago when she left, she broke my heart. No warning. No hey, this isn’t working out. No nothing. Just poof. One day she’s there, in my bed, and we’re talking about our futures. The next, she’s gone.So when she shows up five years later and acts like she didn’t leave me with a broken heart, I get angry. So. Freakin’. Angry.Of course, this is where I spiral...Categorized as:
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The Fisherman Series: Special Edition by Jewel E. Ann
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFEATURED IN THIS EDITION:• Special Edition Cover• A foreward from the author• The Naked Fisherman• The Lost Fisherman• Bonus content: select chapters from Fisher's point of viewUSA Today & Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, Jewel E...Categorized as:
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The Auction by Tiffany Reisz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou're invited to New York City's hottest dating event: Kingsley Edge's annual King's Trust Charity Auction.New on the auction block this year is Daniel, a wealthy widower and Dominant. However, he happens to have his eyes on another first-timer in the club's auction: Anya, a strikingly beautiful virgin submissive from his native Canada.Too bad Anya hates him on sight... -
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No Feelings Involved by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCan this skeptical player let down his guard long enough to let love into his life, or is this forbidden romance a train wreck in the making? Ryan James doesn’t believe in love. It’s a truth he learned early in life. A truth he carried with him into adulthood...Categorized as:
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Doctor Mistake by J. Saman
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe's my best friend's older brother. My boss. And now my new roommate...In the hospital, death always comes in threes. Apparently, so do mistakes.Mistake number one? My fiancé, who I just learned is cheating on me. So much for being the strong, in control doctor who's always on top of her game...Mistake number two? Knocking on the wrong door...Categorized as:
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Stronger by Janet Nissenson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCara has an admitted problem with hot men, falling so deeply and so quickly under their spell that she loses a little bit of herself with each toxic relationship that always seems to end badly. Every man in her young life thus far has let her down – her high school sweetheart, a college fling, and most of all her self-centered playboy father... -
Callous Heir by Michelle Heard
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI made the mistake of falling for one of my brother’s friends. As if that wasn’t stupid enough, I then declared my love to him.Yeah, I know. Big mistake. Huge mistake.But here I am with my rejected feelings, and Noah won’t even look at me. Whenever he has to talk to me, his words are blunt. Yet they cut deeper than any knife...Categorized as:
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Ask Me Something by Aubrey Bondurant
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow do you ask the question, when you know the answer may change everything?Sasha Brooks has been focused on one thing her entire life: her career. Newly promoted as the vice president in a New York advertising company, she has beauty, brains, and one hell of a fierce reputation. But she also has a secret that she keeps carefully guarded... -
Unconventional by Isabel Love
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHappily ever after—what a joke! I tried that once and ended up divorced. Now, I only want one thing from men. Charlie Nelson is good at giving me that one thing. Really, really good. So good, in fact, I discovered a new side of myself. I never knew I liked to watch until I saw his talented hands touching someone else... -
The Enemy by Amelia Shea
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsResident bad girl, Phoebe Shaw is back after her six-month hiatus from Ghosttown. After a year of heartache, financial strain, and an assault charge, she’s ready to put the past behind her and set her sights on a fresh start...Categorized as:
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Almost Perfect by Jessica Prince
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDevon McMillon wasn't looking for a knight in shining armor. She didn't need a man to rescue her or take care of her. She just wanted someone who would treat her as an equal and love her for who she was. Unfortunately, even in a city as big as Manhattan, finding a guy who wasn't intimidated by a strong-minded, slightly outspoken woman was proving harder than expected...Categorized as:
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The Edge of Reason by J. Saman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI have a certain set of rules I try to live by. Rules that have always served me well. Until now…Rule one: Don’t have sex with someone you work with.Rule two: Don’t have sex with your friend’s ex-boyfriend. Rule three: Don’t have sex with your best friend who also happens to be the same ex-boyfriend of your friend.Rule four: Don’t ever, under any circumstances, fall in love with your best friend... -
The Journey Home by Kelly Elliott
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFate has a way of stepping in and righting itself when we least expect it. Maddison Powers has been regretting the biggest mistake of her life when she walked away from the only man who has ever sparked something deep inside her. After comparing every guy she dates to Cale Blackwood, she finally gives up all hope of ever finding him. One dare by Maddison throws Cale back into her life.. -
Doctor Playboy by J. Saman
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe was older. Impossibly gorgeous. And had no clue I existed.Luca Fritz was the worst sort of playboy, constantly falling in and out of love with every woman he met. I used to spend hours of my life staring at the huge Fritz mansion from the window of the staff house dreaming of him...Categorized as:
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Protecting Her Heart by Chance Carter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'm going to make her beg. Emma asked me to take her all the way. She wants to experience every delicious thing a woman can feel. She wants to be brought to the very edge of ecstasy, and then she wants to leap right off the cliff. I'm a complete playboy, an expert in the ways a man can make a woman beg, so naturally I accept. I love a good challenge...Categorized as:
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The Replacement War by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBestselling author Lisa Suzanne's rock star romance has lovers becoming enemies when a weekend fling turns into the competition of their lives. I haven’t even earned the position yet and I’m already living like a rock star. I spend my weekend on someone else’s dime in a swanky Los Angeles hotel with a gorgeous woman. She’s looking for a fling, so I give her what she wants... -
The Carrero Effect by L.T. Marshall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmma Anderson has everything in her life worked out, the perfect job in a Manhattan empire allowing her to live a quiet organised and safe existence. A necessity to her. That is until a promotion sends her straight into the presence of her young, super hot playboy billionaire boss and stuck as his right-hand man every waking moment of every single day...Categorized as:
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Heartthrob by Ahren Sanders
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFind out what happens when Miami's hottest doctor takes on the challenge of his life. To most people I've always been known as the smart one.The level headed, easy-going, laid back Bennett brother. Steady as a rock ...unshakable.My future was carved out. All I had to do was stay focused.That all changed the night I met Claire Dixon.Beautiful, crazy, wild--opposite of me in every way... -
Changing Spaces by Annie Dyer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe said one night. He said more. She should’ve known better than to argue with a lawyer. Ava Callaghan was never going to be just one night. She was going to be more, much more. She just didn’t know it yet. Hotshot lawyer Elijah Ward can’t be interested in his friends’ and colleagues’ little sister...Categorized as:
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Irresistibly Perfect by J. Saman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen I was fourteen, I fell in love with the girl next door.My best friend’s sister was off-limits to me in every way.I was the bad boy, and she was the good girl. I was the kid with big rock star dreams, and she was the princess with her entire life planned out for her.We were impossible from the start...Categorized as:
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Only For Forever (Men of Rocky Mountain) by Alexis Winter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSmall town doctor. Big time heart break.What happens when the man you hate becomes the father of your baby?Falling for Grant Rossi has disaster written all over it—for several reasons.First, he’s a self-entitled asshole.Second, he blames me for his last relationship imploding.(Which for the record, it wasn’t my fault).Third, when that man speaks, my body melts into a puddle of goo...Categorized as:
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Feels Like Home by Jennifer Van Wyk
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAndy Simpson never expected to be raising his teenage twin sons alone. Then again, he also never expected to walk into his house and see his wife with another man. In their bed. Or that it wasn’t her first time. Bitterness threatened to wrap around his heart, darkening every part of his life. But a brightness he wasn’t even looking for entered their lives and wouldn’t let it take hold... -
Mercy by Sara Cate
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsI don’t want to hurt him—I just want to punish him. It’s bad enough being the only female owner of the Salacious Players’ Club, but I’m also the only one without a kink, or so I thought. Imagine my surprise when the kink quiz suggests that I’m not so vanilla after all. In fact, I’m a lot more like Emerson Grant than I thought.Just one problem—I have no idea how to be a Domme...Categorized as:
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The Question by Zena Wynn
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat would you do for a friend? What sacrifice would you willingly make? This is the issue facing Gail Henderson when her best friend, Crystal Al Jabbar, asks her to be a surrogate for her and her husband Rashid, using Gail's own egg. Complicating the decision is Gail's recent loss of her husband and toddler son in a fatal car accident, two years earlier... -
Love Complicated by Shey Stahl
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author, Shey Stahl, comes a sexy and hilarious romance in her new Ex's and Oh's series of standalones. Love is not simple. I'm friendless. It happens when you discover your best friend has been sleeping with your husband... -
Enticing Daphne by Jessica Prince
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s easy to stop believing in happily ever afters when the man you thought you’d spend the rest of your life with abandons you right before your wedding day. After that disastrous event, I decided that commitment was for suckers. I was young, successful, and in the prime of my life. I didn’t need a man to make me happy...Categorized as:
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Sexy As Sin by Julie Kriss
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSecond chances burn hotter The assignment should be a fashion stylist’s dream. Dane Scotland—brilliant programmer, millionaire, partner in my brother’s company—is going to a big-money meeting, and he needs to look the part. The problem? Dane doesn’t want a makeover. He’s grumpy and reclusive, and his wardrobe consists of two pairs of old jeans. He doesn’t want me anywhere near him... -
Unveil by Elodie Hart
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGenI’ve made my fortune from liberation, but I’m far more comfortable with discretion.I’ve built the pre-eminent sex club in London, but I don’t play there.Not publicly, anyway. Not beyond its darkest corners.I talk the talk, but I don’t walk the walk. Not like my male co-founders do.Because I’m the immaculate one... -
Opposites Attract by Jessica Prince
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings***SPECIAL PREORDER PRICE*** Delilah Northcutt has been described as weird, nerdy. But her favorite term is quirky. The eccentric flower shop owner definitely marches to the beat of her own drum. On the rebound from a cheating ex, she’s not looking to open her heart to someone else any time soon... -
Shaken by Charity Ferrell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA see yourself out note isn’t how you want to celebrate the morning after your first one- night stand.The first time I meet Archer Callahan is when I block him in a parking spot.The second is a fender bender.The third is at a bar, drinking away our problems, and finding our way to his bed.I never expected to see him again...Categorized as:
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Consume by Jessica Prince
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKillian Everett is condescending, egotistical, and a complete jerk. When I started as the new assistant for the famous rock band Civil Corruption, I thought I’d hit the career jackpot... but I was wrong. With his attitude, bad behavior, and stupid good looks, Killian has made my life a living hell since my very first day. We may fight constantly, but that doesn’t make me want him any less... -
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Deal Takers by Laura Lee
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWho knew a little blue pill would lead to a meet-cute you'll never forget? From USA Today bestselling author, Laura Lee, comes a hot and hilarious frenemies-to-lovers romance. MY DICK CAN BE A REAL BASTARD SOMETIMES. When he takes charge, I've been known to do a lot of stupid shit, despite the fact that I have a genius IQ. Case in point: How I met the woman of my dreams...Categorized as:
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The Deceit of a Devil by Holly Renee
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSinless. Stunning. Damaged. Tempting. Allie Taylor had been the girl I hated for as long as I could remember. And now she loathed me just as much. It didn’t matter that I betrayed her to save her. Completely devastated and infuriated by my dishonesty, she had no intentions of ever trusting me again. Her trust was shattered, her hate raging on with each second...Categorized as:
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By the Hour by Roni Loren
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDr. Elle McCray has a plan. Work hard. Be the best. And do it alone. After her ex-husband’s betrayal, she’s learned being feared is a hell of a lot easier than being humiliated. So when trouble personified, Lane Cannon, dares to flirt with her, she shuts him down cold. Too gorgeous. Too cocky. And his job as The Grove’s sexual surrogate is to sleep with patients. No, thank you... -
Mine to Cherish by Natasha Madison
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThings are supposed to go smoothly on your wedding day.Aren't they?ClarabellaDid I want to get married today?It's hard to say when he proposed in front of over a hundred people.Everything happened so fast, and I thought it was just nerves.It was not.The knock on the door showed me that what I was feeling was more than just cold feet.I was a runaway bride... -
Corporate A$$ by Sandi Lynn
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFiona: Men. Lying, cheating bastards. All of them. I had a great boyfriend, a great job, and a promising future. Until the redheads started ruining everything. In an instant, my life changed. My boyfriend cheated on me, I was forced to quit my job, and my father went and had a massive heart attack. Before he died, he left me something: His company, Winslow Wines...Categorized as:
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Rules of Friendship: Friends-to-Lovers Standalone Romance Novel by C.A. Harms
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFriends-to-Lovers Standalone Romance Novel As a guy, the number one rule to being best friends with a girl should be simple… Never, and I do mean never, fall in love with her. Oh and you should never fantasize about her either. Believe me, that situation can get messy really fast and leave you with nothing but one hell of an awkward mess on your hands—literally... -
Resisting the Brit: Office Enemies to Lovers Romance by Emelia Blair
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve been forced to work alongside the newly hired arrogant cold Englishman, and now I’m torn between fury and attraction. When Oliver comes to work with the company, I’m not about to stand idly by while he starts getting rid of people. I burst into his office to confront him, not expecting the man I’m about to see...Categorized as:
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Roan by Shey Stahl
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s the king of the freestyle world. The hottest, hell-raising guy to ever throw a leg over a dirt bike… and I was his before I was old enough to realize what it meant to be tied to a guy like Roan Sawyer. He protected me and saved me, only to turn me away when I wanted him the most. Behind the helmet, he’s gorgeous, rugged, obsessive, and a liar... -
Arrogant Savior: A Hero Club Novel by Terri E. Laine
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis standalone contemporary novel set in Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward’s new Cocky Hero Club World! and features Grant King!!! (from my All The King's Sons world), inspired by Playboy Pilot, one of the original books in Vi and Penelope’s blockbuster series. Blurb...A last-minute trip puts me face to face with the most arrogant man I’ve ever met.The pilot...Categorized as:
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Brightly Burning Bridges: Special Edition by Ivy Wild
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the author of Infamous and The Estate comes a bully romance unlike anything you've ever readSilasHe wasn’t my friend until he became my enemy.His center is freezing cold,and his edges burn me when I get too close.He is everything I want and nothing I am.They say not to burn bridges,but he burned ours to the ground.SkylerShe is the girl who wants to be seen,but hates being noticed...Categorized as:
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Miss Chief by Aubrey Bondurant
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrooklyn Morrison is the most fascinating woman I’ve ever met – and she’s my new boss.The first day of my training fellowship offers more than I expected. Brooke isn’t just my boss – she’s also the woman I spent one hot and sexy night with two weeks ago. She’s insistent that our random night together was a one-time only event... -
Sinful Abandon by Jeannine Colette
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHeather McCallister wants one thing: A rich husband. When she catches her trust fund wielding boyfriend with his pants around his ankles she finds herself fighting over a taxi with a stranger she meets on the streets of Chicago. Ryan Pierson is handsome, fun and doesn’t have a penny to his name... -
Hard Lessons (A Wild Minds Prequel Novel) by Charlotte West
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDown-on-her-luck teacher, Daisy Clemmens, is about to learn some hard lessons. (Not like that, you perv.) Lesson One No matter how broke you are, never agree to a job that includes a rabid eight-year-old, requires a tetanus shot or where your boss is a sexy (and cranky) rock ‘n’ roll god...Categorized as:
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Rockin' Her Curves by Lola West
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis catfish is a keeper.Patricia “Trish” Chobert likes one-night stands and bye felicias. If her father taught her anything, it’s that lying, cheating men keep women from succeeding. And nothing is going to keep her from climbing her way to the top of the management side of the music industry...Categorized as:
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Cameron by C.M. Steele
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Willow's Daddy by Paige Michaels
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLittleworld is an amazing vacation spot on an island reserved strictly for age play. Visitors can indulge in deeper regression without fear of being judged. In fact, it’s mandatory and addictive. Some guests find themselves unwilling to leave the island…Intent on making sure her friend is safe and happy, Willow consents to moving in with a sponsor on Regression Island...
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