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  • Blood & Bones: Shade by Jeanne St. James

    Blood & Bones: Shade by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A past that defined a future... Shade has a secret.One he’s hidden most of his life.Secrets created in his past.Of a broken family. A little boy lost.Of broken dreams. With only nightmares left in their wake.As a prospect, his MC nicknamed him Shady because he’s quiet and keeps to himself.As a patched member of the Blood Fury, he changed it to Shade, because that’s what he prefers..
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    age-gap  biker  dark  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Garrett by Riley Edwards

    Garrett by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Garrett’s redemption won’t come easy; Melissa Rivers is not the same girl he broke.Former GRS Operator and Navy SEAL Garrett Davis is the walking, talking definition of regret. His guilt weighs heavy. The pain and misery he carries cripples him. When a tragic accident takes him back to his hometown, he’s not prepared to face the woman he left behind...
  • Ashes by Chelle Bliss

    Ashes by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dylan Walsh left his small town behind and vowed to never return. But when his brother needs help, Dylan steps back into the memories he tried so hard to forget. He thought there was nothing there for him anymore until a woman he knew as a little girl catches more than Dylan’s eye.Rosie Gallo is known for her kind spirit, good-girl vibes, and her loyalty to the ones she loves...
  • The Devil's Angels MC: Book 5 - Cash by Lola Wright

    The Devil's Angels MC: Book 5 - Cash by Lola Wright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    LiviBeing a female in a male-dominated career can be daunting, but I refuse to allow others’ attitudes to deter me. I always try to be professional, compassionate and non-judgmental. Through hard work, I have earned respect within my department. Wearing a badge and uniform, I’ve seen the best and worst of humanity...
    Categorized as:
    biker  dark  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Colton by Marie James

    Colton by Marie James

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Detective Colton Matthews has experienced a lot in the last ten years.Promotions.Divorce.Single-dad life.His work life is as full of surprises as his home life.But nothing prepared him for her.Saying yes to the favor asked of the Cerberus MC was a no brainer.He’s a good guy helping other good guys...
  • Rider's Revenge by Jamie Begley

    Rider's Revenge by Jamie Begley

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Revenge is a seven-letter word that isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s a word for those who have been wronged. Jo Turner has been waiting five, long years to finally turn revenge into vengeance. Using Rider, the pretty-faced manwhore, is simply the price she is willing to pay to satiate her desire for revenge...
  • Bull by Penny Dee

    Bull by Penny Dee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She could be the end of me BULLI lost my wife on a rainy night almost two decades ago. Since then, my heart has been a barren wasteland. It only knows love for family and the club. And for revenge. Then I meet Taylor and I know I’m doomed. Because she’s everything I didn’t know I wanted. Everything I’ve denied myself for years...
  • Too Bad So Sad by Lani Lynn Vale

    Too Bad So Sad by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Tyler Cree has never been good at the whole look and don’t touch thing. From the moment he was old enough to walk on his own two feet, he’s been looking for trouble. Trouble comes in many forms…quite a few of those forms being the female persuasion. Tyler knows what girls want—a bad boy. And he has the bad boy image down pat. Ex-military—check. Hot cop—double check...
  • My Kinda Forever by Lacey Black

    My Kinda Forever by Lacey Black

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alone. Everything changed for Meghan Summer that fateful February night. All she had, all she saw in her future, was stripped away in the blink of an eye. Even though she finds herself surrounded by her growing family, at the end of the day, there’s nothing but a gaping hole where her heart once beat. Or so she thinks… Her. Nick Adams shouldn’t want her...
  • Hammer by J.E. Daelman

    Hammer by J.E. Daelman

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the head of the construction business for the club, Hammer is off checking out new business opportunities. Some good, others not so good, but the Flower shop gives him more options than just construction. Adding in his relationship with Shar, the ex-husband after Tilly, the loan shark that wants his money and the kids causing trouble in town, Hammer and the club have their hands full...
  • Rason & Eliza by Cee Bowerman

    Rason & Eliza by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rason Harper is all about family and tradition. Raised by two loving parents, he’s not willing to sacrifice his future for the wrong woman. After a dating catastrophe makes him decide to give up on love, his mind is changed in an instant when a quick conversation with his favorite bookworm gives him the chance to get to know her better...
    Categorized as:
    biker  dark  family  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • Bear's Beloved by Ciara St. James

    Bear's Beloved by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bear has lived more than half his life for his club. He’ll gladly do it again. He has never regretted starting this club with Bull and a few others years ago. However, seeing his brothers finding love and settling down to have families when he knows he’ll never have that is taking its toll on him. He takes off to get his head straight...
  • My Kinda Mess by Lacey Black, Sara Eirew

    My Kinda Mess by Lacey Black, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All her life, Lexi Summer has dreamed of one thing: to become a mother. As the youngest of six, she’s accustomed to the chaos and camaraderie that comes with a big family, which is why she has been anxious to get a jump on this next phase in her life. She thought she had it all: the perfect house, husband, and future. Until one secret rips it all apart...
  • Ink's Whirlwind by Ciara St. James

    Ink's Whirlwind by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As Ink watched his president fall for a woman, he’s thrilled to realize that he’s sure he’s found his too. Even better news is the two women are best friends. Everything looks to be perfect. Or it does until Ink realizes Alisse isn’t willing to give him the time of day.He’s spent months trying to get her to give him a chance...
  • Destroying Declan by Megyn Ward

    Destroying Declan by Megyn Ward

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Declan Gilroy is an assh*le. Eight years ago, he pushed his way into my life and made himself at home. Made me believe he was different. Made me love him. And then he destroyed me. Left me. Broke my heart. And I’ll never forgive him for it. Never. I’ve spent the last eight years watching him move on. Live his life like what he did to me meant nothing. Like I meant nothing...
  • Bull's Duchess by Ciara St. James

    Bull's Duchess by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jocelyn: Being a teenage mother, Jocelyn knew what it was to struggle for everything she had. Disowned and abandoned, she fought to make a life for herself and her daughter. Now, her daughter is on her way to fulfilling her dreams. Jocelyn has no time for men, that is, until the night a silver-fox biker roars into her driveway. He makes her body come to life, unlike it has ever done before...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  biker  dark  family  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Controlled Burn by Lani Lynn Vale

    Controlled Burn by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    July Dupree and Dean ‘PD’ Hargrove fell head over heels in love. When PD comes home to tell July the good news about joining the SWAT team as a tactical medic, everything changes. July can’t fathom why PD would want to be a cop in this day and age...
  • The New Doctor at Peony Practice by Christie Barlow

    The New Doctor at Peony Practice by Christie Barlow

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Preorder the next book in the heartwarming and bestselling Love Heart Lane seriesLove Heart Lane – where friends are there for you no matter whatAll’s fair in love and…medicine?Dr Katie O’Neil has only been in Heartcross a few hours when she finds herself already ruffling feathers – not least with medical school nemesis and new colleague Ben Sanders...
  • Capone: Rebel Guardians MC by Liberty Parker, Tracie Douglas

    Capone: Rebel Guardians MC by Liberty Parker, Tracie Douglas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bridget Nelson is a broken, defeated woman. Used by her brother as his gang’s playtoy, she feels beyond less than, but when she found out what Charlie had planned for her and Hannah, she fled and landed in Corinth, Texas...
    Categorized as:
    biker  dark  family  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  anti-hero  book
  • Iron Bond by Daphne Loveling

    Iron Bond by Daphne Loveling

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ROGUEThe girl who ripped my heart out and stomped on it when we were kids just walked back into my life.Aurora Wilkins. Daughter of the richest man in Ironwood.Wealthy, hot, and untouchable.Except, I touched her.Me. The poor boy from the wrong side of the tracks. Son of her daddy’s gardener.She told me she loved me. Fool that I was, I believed her.Then, she did the one thing I could never forgive...
  • A Treepoint Christmas by Jamie Begley

    A Treepoint Christmas by Jamie Begley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Choosing to return to Treepoint during the Christmas season, Megan Smith knew the small town in Kentucky like the back of her hand. While the town might be full of Christmas spirit and joy to the world, none of it would be extended to her. They may consider her a “bad penny,” but Megan isn’t going to let that prevent her from staying nor fulfilling the promises she made to herself...
  • The Player by Amelia Shea

    The Player by Amelia Shea

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A fresh start is exactly what Ivy Collins has in mind when she packs up her truck and makes her move to Ghosttown. The ambitious twenty-five-year-old artist can’t wait to launch her new life, enhance her successful career, rekindle her relationship with her estranged grandfather, and settle into small-town life...
  • Where We Belong by Ashley Munoz

    Where We Belong by Ashley Munoz

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    They call him the Wolf.His club, his brothers, and even my best friend Callie.I didn’t really care what they called him, not when the only name I had ever called him was, coward.Because three months ago he snuck under my resilient heart, like the thief he is, and stole it.Then he broke it.Going home wasn’t an option, not when I promised Callie I’d stay...
  • Wolf.e by Paisley Hope

    Wolf.e by Paisley Hope

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Always 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...
  • Seduced by a Knight by Té Russ

    Seduced by a Knight by Té Russ

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After being burned by love, Londyn Freedman ends up in Sweet Rapids, Nevada, helping out at her uncle’s bookstore. She’s not looking to get caught up in another relationship, but she can’t deny the instant attraction she feels when she meets artist, Ramsey Knight.Ramsey is caught up in Londyn’s spell from the first moment he hears her sing...
  • Bound by Passion : A Motorcycle Club Romance by Ryan Michele

    Bound by Passion : A Motorcycle Club Romance by Ryan Michele

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author Ryan Michele brings the action packed, suspenseful, spicy next generation of Ravage MC filled with angst, loyalty and family.Raid bled the blood of the club. Undeniably loyal. Focused on family. Determined. His thought processes would make any other man cringe. Calculating. Meticulous. Always thinking...
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    biker  dark  suspense  family  romance  small-town  contemporary  abuse
  • Hide Your Crazy by Lani Lynn Vale

    Hide Your Crazy by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I’m kind of a lady, but definitely more of a weirdo. Hearing the woman at the table behind him say that to her friend should’ve turned Logan Gibbs off. It doesn’t. In all honesty, it only makes him listen harder. He’s had enough weird in his life to last a lifetime...
  • Cowboy Up by Harper Sloan

    Cowboy Up by Harper Sloan

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Harper Sloan returns with the third in her sultry, Western-set Coming Home series, in which the eldest Davis sibling Clay may have finally met his match—but will he be able to give up the solitary, quiet life he’s built in the name of love? As the eldest of the Davis clan, Clayton has always tried to lead by example...
  • Outlaw's Promise by Helena Newbury

    Outlaw's Promise by Helena Newbury

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She was just a kid when she found me lying injured beside the road and saved my life. I promised her I'd return if she ever needed me. Twelve years later, I answer the phone and hear her voice: a biker gang's about to sell her to the highest bidder. Like hell they are! I tear the place apart and we roar off on my Harley..
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  biker  cheating  dark  domestic-drama  family  suspense  abuse
  • Charlotte by Nicole James

    Charlotte by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Does the MC President want her bar badly enough to scare her into selling out?Or is he the only one who can save her from a madman?Rocker Charlotte Justice longs to escape her hectic life. Her estranged twin sister, Scarlett, owns Badlands, a biker bar outside Vegas, and has always wanted a chance at the limelight she feels was stolen from her...
  • Crash & Carnage by Emma Slate

    Crash & Carnage by Emma Slate

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Adderly “Boxer” Ford is nothing like the men of my past.He’s an outlaw.A criminal.My opposite in every way.I save lives.He takes them.I’m makeup and mink.He’s leather and ink.I’m a fan of monogamy.I’m not sure Boxer knows the definition of the word.It’s a bad idea to get mixed up with him and his motorcycle club...
  • Wrath of Rage by R.E. Bond

    Wrath of Rage by R.E. Bond

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Being Archer Hendricks’ little sister has always had its problems.My dates ending up dead, kids at school shunning me, and every aspect of my life controlled.I’ve always been kept on the outside of the crew life, always watching, and never participating.I craved to be a part of my brother’s world, no matter the danger.Looks like my wish has been granted because Rage Evans knows I exist...
  • Unholy Soul by Andi Rhodes, Lacy Rose

    Unholy Soul by Andi Rhodes, Lacy Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There isn’t a person in the world who hasn’t committed a sin. Some sins are worse than others, but seven of them are deadly. But those seven worst of the worst? They’re what drive Saints Purgatory MC to keep fighting...
    Categorized as:
    dark  family  suspense  revenge  biker  romance  small-town  insta-love
  • Nailed by You: The Ross Brothers Trilogy: Book One by Nikki Mays

    Nailed by You: The Ross Brothers Trilogy: Book One by Nikki Mays

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kellie has had it with men! Especially good for nothing sperm donors who never see their daughter! The only men who don’t get on her nerves are her father, brother and Mason Ross. The first two for obvious reasons and the last one, well...he’s just Mason. Sweet, silly and more handsome than any man should ever be. Too bad a man like him can have any woman that he wants...
    Categorized as:
    dark  family  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • Inevitably You by Abby Brooks

    Inevitably You by Abby Brooks

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes the wrong choices bring us to the right places. When I meet David Carmichael it's as if the universe offered him as an apology for my life up to this point. With his protective arm around me, he promises to keep me safe from the demons of my not-so-distant past. But David has demons of his own … and even if meeting him felt like destiny, maybe karma isn't so cut and dry...
  • Every Little Thing by A.M. Myers

    Every Little Thing by A.M. Myers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Army veteran, ex-cop, and brother of the Bayou Devils MC, Wyatt Landry is a man on a mission. He’s always wanted a family, but after being blindsided and betrayed by his ex-wife, Piper, he’s hesitant to try again… until now. He’s done letting the woman who abandoned him years ago control his future. Piper Landry knows a thing or two about trauma and she has the emotional scars to prove it...
    Categorized as:
    biker  dark  family  suspense  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Eleven Eleven by Micalea Smeltzer

    Eleven Eleven by Micalea Smeltzer

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After my divorce, I decide to move across the country away from family and friends for a new start.What I don’t expect is him.He’s only supposed to be a one-night stand, but fate has other plans.The next time I see him it’s because I’m on a date with his dad...
  • Ryder by T.L. Drake

    Ryder by T.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    MiaI’ve been in love with Ryder since I was fourteen years old, admiring the older man from afar, knowing I can never have him. My grandfather didn’t want this life for me, so he put a do not touch order on me with his club, keeping me at arm’s length for more than half my life. I’ve made it known, painfully, that I wanted him. But Ryder had never shown a hint of interest in me...
  • Torrid by Abbi Glines

    Torrid by Abbi Glines

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “My Mama D used to say that mistakes happen, and cryin’ a bucket of tears over them is silly. Because wisdom is built from a pile of mistakes.”LibertyThing is, my Mama D never had a one-night stand with an older man who never told her his last name and left behind a souvenir that was gonna be life changing – but I had...
  • Wretched Love by Anne Malcom

    Wretched Love by Anne Malcom

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Don’t ask me how I got here, I don’t want to lie to you.I’m not a worldly woman.I’m not cultured, well-traveled or well educated.I’m just a housewife. A mother.I’m the woman with the handsome husband, beautiful daughter, the large house.If you saw it from the outside, you’d probably think I have the perfect life.You would most definitely be wrong.But I don’t blame you...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  biker  dark  suspense  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Daisy by Gemma Weir

    Daisy by Gemma Weir

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Daisy. They say eyes are the windows to the soul. I thought that was bullshit until I saw hers. Huge doe eyes that should have sparkled with happiness and laughter were dead and lifeless. That was the moment that changed everything. Two random meetings, nine emails, four days and a broken Angel that changed my entire world. Angel. Such a silly name for a beautiful boy...
  • To Believe by Carolyn Brown

    To Believe by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Roseanna Cahill didn't believe in happily-ever-after anymore. Not after a marriage that should never have started and which ended after four years. Country hearts like hers didn t mix with city hearts like that of Colin Vance Fields III, better known as Trey. She thought she'd seen the last of Trey but then his sister showed up at her door begging for her help...
  • Reveling in Sin by Meghan March

    Reveling in Sin by Meghan March

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Reveling in Sin is the third book in New York Times bestselling author Meghan March's epically romantic and addictive Sin Trilogy.Whitney Gable is the kind of woman you fight to the death to protect. To keep. To cherish. I’ve finally learned my lesson, and it’s time to prove I’m the man who’s worthy of her.I don’t care what it takes, because failure is not an option...
  • Bound by Temptation (Ravage MC #19) by Ryan Michele

    Bound by Temptation (Ravage MC #19) by Ryan Michele

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author Ryan Michele brings the action packed, steamy next generation Ravage MC filled with angst and loyalty. Every day like clockwork I entered into Fallon’s Bakery. Coffee. That was what I told myself. I was just coming for coffee...
    Categorized as:
    biker  family  revenge  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • Triple the Secrets by Emily Rose

    Triple the Secrets by Emily Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Scarlett:Her life changed in an instant three years ago. Two teenage girls rely on her now, and they are stronger than she can believe. They have finally settled into a normal routine, and are determined to live life again. Except, a surly biker with a scowl that can melt steel has fixated on her, and wants to uncover their secrets...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  biker  dark  suspense  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • LuLLaY: Portland ME, a Christmas Novella by Freya Barker

    LuLLaY: Portland ME, a Christmas Novella by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Faith failed him. Ambition drove her. Serendipity brought them together. They’ve never met, but their paths run in the same direction—home for the holidays. Yet their reasons for leaving are as different as the reasons they return. Meeting by chance along a 1400 mile stretch of highway when a snowstorm grinds traffic to a halt, they have no choice but to jointly ride it out...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  family  suspense  adult  book  children  contemporary  fiction
  • Southern Boys Trilogy: Books 1-3 by C.A. Harms

    Southern Boys Trilogy: Books 1-3 by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *On SALE for A Limited Time! (Regular Price $5.99) The Southern Boys Trilogy Has All 3 Books In One Box Set!*  Forgiving Reed – Book #1 Kori suffered a great loss, one that left her feeling so desolate and alone, that she believed nothing would ever fill the void… 

 The only thing that kept her going was the one little piece of joy she still had in her life, her baby boy, Rhett...
  • Sleighed by Annie Dyer, Eliza Ames

    Sleighed by Annie Dyer, Eliza Ames

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ❄️He ploughed a path straight to her heart…❄️ Zack Maynard likes to keep things simple in his small town: he runs his care home for the elderly, spends his evenings at his brother’s bar and climbs the hills and peaks of his area...
  • Enforcing the Rules by Nicole James

    Enforcing the Rules by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Nicole James, comes a standalone, enemies-to-lovers, steamy biker romance.Utah—I’m the Enforcer for the RBMC’s Durango Chapter, hunting down the two-bit scumbag who stole from my club.He’s a dead man walking.The problem is a sexy little hellcat named Kate keeps getting in my way.She’s a bounty hunter and after the same trash as me...
  • Old-Fashioned by Tiffany Casper

    Old-Fashioned by Tiffany Casper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Birdie Vergano was little, she dreamed of being a princess. Of hearing stories from her little classmates.She dreamed of experiencing things they also did.However, none of them had a mother like she did.And none of them lived next to a woman who turned out to be her guardian angel.Years later, that guardian angel did something, and she forever cemented herself firmly inside Birdie’s heart...
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