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One Last Rainy Day: The Legacy of a Prince by Kate Stewart
20 ratingsFrom the international best-selling author of The Ravenhood Trilogy comes the first book in Ravenhood Legacy!Now an Amazon charts, USA Today, and International best-seller!“My rainy days are yours, Dominic. If you want them.”Once upon a time…There lived a man with a vengeance-filled heart that held too many secrets.And a woman, pure of soul, intent on uncovering them... -
Sancte Diaboli: Part One by Amo Jones
18 ratingsThe Devil comes with baggage, and not the kind you can lose. I was two years old when he saved me. I didn’t understand much at that age, but I remember the pale boy with hair as dark as ink, saving me from two evils. He said he would protect me; I just didn’t know he meant from himself...Categorized as:
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Sancte Diaboli: Part Two by Amo Jones
16 ratingsHe held a darkness that could never be touched. She carried a light that could never be seen. Not by anyone. Only by each other. Simply two halves of the same soul, Brantley and Saint were fused together with equal parts wrath and peace. Nothing could break through their bond. Nothing. Until now... -
Blackwing Beast by T.S. Joyce
18 ratingsBeast wants only a few things out of life: to be left alone, to join the Blackwings so he can be left alone, and for everyone to stop expecting anything from him and leave him alone. He was king of the lion shifters once, but his fall from power came at a huge personal cost. Rumors run rampant over what really happened to his pride, but the truth has hardened Beast’s heart to stone... -
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Death Game by Kelly St. Clare
18 ratingsThe king commands at 3:30 a.m.I’ve screwed up big time. Now, I’m facing the damning consequences.The walls are closing in as I balance duty to grandmother’s memory with my impossible feelings for Kyros. Then there’s the freakin’ human-vampire hybrid thing to deal with.The problem is, I’m no longer willing to lose the person I’ve gambled against from the start... -
Mission: Her Defense by Anna Hackett
14 ratingsOne former special forces Marine. One tall, handsome police detective who pushes all her buttons. One dangerous investigation that forces them to work together. Blair Mason is badass to the bone. She’s no stranger to loss and barely survived the mission that ended her military career...Categorized as:
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Axman Werebear by T.S. Joyce, Mackenzie Harte
16 ratingsArranged marriage, hidden agendas, deep secrets, and heart-pounding romance come together to tell Bruiser’s story in the 5th installment of T. S. Joyce’s bestselling Saw Bears series. Diem Daye has led a sheltered life. As the only breeding female of her kind, her father has kept her tucked away and heavily guarded...Categorized as:
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Blackwing Defender by T.S. Joyce
18 ratingsPanther shifter, Winter Donovan, has her life all planned out: claiming marks, marriage, cubs, and pledging to the Red Havoc Crew. But when the man she cares for chooses another, her life gets caught in a tailspin. A new crew announcement could mean a change in her stars, but there is a catch. It’s the Blackwing Crew, and is run by fire-breathing dragon shifters... -
Voodoo by Kristine Allen
10 ratingsBook 23 of the Royal Bastards MC series. I'm Ogun "Voodoo" Dupre. There's no pretty way to put it, I do the dirty work for my club. When my services are required for a particularly delicate situation, I find myself hesitating for the first time in my life. That hesitation might get me killed. Sometimes you gotta work a little black magic to come out alive... -
Entangled by R. Phillips
10 ratings“These stars of ours were written in darkness and bound with light…”I fell in love with them thirty-five million heartbeats apart and an ocean away.One shaped me at the scratch of a pen and the other remade me with the strum of a note.And the truth is that I loved them both, desperately.I never foresaw our worlds colliding... -
Nothing Lasts Forever by Scarlett Black
10 ratingsAxl has it all as the VP of the MC he loves in Reno, Nevada. Living a life free of worries has never been an issue for him. He’s partied and lived fast with the best of them. He’s never truly had to deal with the repercussions of his actions. Until his world is shattered right before his eyes… Dana has always been the heart of her girls and family... -
Fate of a Royal by Meagan Brandy, Amo Jones
10 ratings“You will go to Rathe University, live among the giftless and those of light magic. You, Knight Deveraux, will learn to coexist.” I’ve never heard more wasted words in my life. Then again, the gifted counsel never did have much to say that wasn’t. The only members amongst them who speak a thing worth listening to are my parents, the King and Queen of the Stygian’s, the people of Dark Magic...Categorized as:
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Sinful Desire by Asia Monique
12 ratingsCian O'Sullivan Gianna Bianchi reminded me of everything I am not—polite and poised. The perfect mafia princess according to "old school" standards.She was the type of woman you stayed away from, the kind meant to wed the head of a family.I wanted her.I wanted to possess her.Control her.Most of all, I wanted to love her...Categorized as:
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Mission: Her Security by Anna Hackett
14 ratingsWhen sweet, smiling Kinsey is kidnapped by unknown forces, former SEAL and Team 52 operator Smith Creed will risk anything to get her back.Kinsey Beck is used to life knocking her down. She escaped her past and came to Las Vegas for a new start. So what if she didn’t achieve her dream of being a showgirl, instead, she now has an awesome job as logistics manager for the covert, black ops Team 52... -
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Kings of Quarantine by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
24 ratingsCruel. Heartless. Quarantined.The ruthless boys of Everlake Prep never saw lockdown coming.But the virus isn’t their number one enemy.I am.And as if being confined to a boarding school for the elite wasn’t bad enough, now I’m stuck in isolation with the boys who hate me most too.Saint, Kyan and Blake. The Night Keepers. Or so they call themselves...Categorized as:
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Jinx's Fantasy by Pepper Winters
10 ratingsFrom New York Times Bestseller, Pepper Winters, comes a spin-off novella featuring Sully and Jinx from the USA Today Bestselling Series, Goddess Isles.“A marriage born from slavery and secrets.A happily ever after like no other.”Sullivan Sinclair has a wife who shares his wildness and desires. To others, she is regal and perfect on his arm... -
War, Unfinished by Veronica Lancet
10 ratingsThis is a pitch black villain romance with irredeemable characters. Please check triggers before reading New York City. Vicious Battlefield. Home. With a million dollar bounty on my head, it took me years to step foot in the city again. Now I'm back. And the order of business is rather simple. 1. Destroy my reprobate brother. 2. Take back my stolen legacy. 3. Have a goddamn drink in peace...Categorized as:
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Torn to Bits by Katie May
12 ratingsOne prisoner, three warring, psychotic princes, and ninety days to choose between them...Or claim them allTotemic Wolves rule the north.Fenrir Wolves rule the west.And Lycans rule the east.As the lone Bitten fraction, we’re considered a dying race. Relegated to the dry south, we’re predicted to only last a few more years before complete annihilation...Categorized as:
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A Vow of Thorns by R. Scarlett
14 ratingsNever disobey the court.Never disobey the crown.And never tame that vicious heart.In A Vow of Thorns, sacred laws are broken when a beauty holds an iron heart...Categorized as:
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Reina del Inframundo: Un Oscuro Romance de la Mafia by Lee Savino, Stasia Black
16 ratingsThe King of the Underworld saved me from the streets, Treated me like a princess, And locked me in a tower. Then he turned into a beast. There's a darkness in him. I've seen it face to face. He says I'm his light. But if our love is going to last, I'm going to have to be more than his princess. I need to become a Queen. The final chapter in Marcus and Cora's story... -
Not so Prince Charming by Lauren Landish
16 ratingsHe’s the hunter. I’m his prey. I've been sleepwalking through life—not living, just existing—working toward a future where I can actually breathe. Until HE walks in. Gabriel Jackson. With his boy next door charm and dimpled grin, he jolts me awake. He makes me want to feel the dark heat he promises. To live in the hunger lurking behind his brown eyes... -
Falls Boys by Penelope Douglas
17 ratingsThe HELLBENT Series—a spin-off to the Fall Away series—is coming! “The kids are growing up—different from their parents but the same in so many ways…” ARO Hawken Trent. So polite. So sweet. Such an upstanding young man. A virgin, too, I hear. He never gets naughty with a girl. Probably because Jesus told him not to. And now here he is, trying to be the hero by protecting another girl from me...Categorized as:
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Bion by Alexi Ferreira
6 ratingsBION The moment I see her I know, it's like I found the meaning to my existence, but then they try to take her from me. I've waited too long to lose her now, if they think they can take what is mine they will have to go through me... -
Reign: A Romance Anthology by Nina Levine, Penny Dee
6 ratingsThey say that power changes a person.Love changes them more.Long may they reign...You find them in the boardroom. The throne room. The bedroom.They burn brighter than the rest.They wield power as easily as they breathe.They stop at nothing to get what they want.Royalty, CEOs, mafia kings, demons, and more... -
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Reckoning by Elizabeth Knox, Wander Aguiar
6 ratingsEveryone around me calls me a monster. I can’t say that I blame them, over the years I was turned into one, into my worst nightmare – something that I tried so hard not to become. What no one knows is what I had to go through, and I doubt that they ever will. Sure, I married a monster and maybe he did turn me into what I am today... -
Dirty Hearts: A Bad Boy Mafia Romance by Khardine Gray
6 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling author Khardine Gray comes a sexy, delightfully devilish, seductive second chance Mafia Romance. Be prepared to take a walk on the dark side. Claudius Rule #1 of being mafia boss- Trust no one. Rule # 2- Keep your friends and enemies damn close. In the underground world, friends and enemies could be the same thing... -
Thief by S. Massery
8 ratingsI wasn’t supposed to be at Olympus that night.And I definitely wasn’t supposed to witness a murder – or be caught by the killers.Hades, Apollo, and Ares run the mysterious, masked fight club, and they wield more power in this town than I could dream of holding. They destroy my life with one decree: Kora Sinclair doesn’t exist...Categorized as:
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Rising Queen by Alisha Williams
8 ratings"Men fear me, women envy me."My name is Harlow McKaven andmy life has been hell since the moment I was born. But after being tricked and held captive against my will, I have finally snapped. Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, something frightening and bloodthirsty was born.After burning the demons who locked me away, I took control of my own destiny... -
Through The Woods by Shannon Myers
10 ratingsOnce there was a princess...Forced to run from her drug-dealing boyfriend, Neve ends up injured and alone in the middle of the Colorado wilderness. She never planned on being rescued by seven bikers and brought to their clubhouse. While the other bikers welcome a female presence, their leader, Charm, is not impressed... -
The Masseuse by Violette Dubrinsky
10 ratingsWhen Jezebel Carter agreed to a spa session to appease her sickly sister, she expects one thing and one thing only: to leave tension-free. It’s a spa, after all. Instead, she leaves with memories of a gorgeous man with talented fingers, who probably doesn't work at the spa and is a possible pervert. Ramsey Stone is no pervert... -
The Tithing by Natasha Knight, A. Zavarelli
10 ratingsAn ancient curse. Two families bound. A forbidden love.When the Wildbloods presented their daughters to me on the night of the Tithing, they knew what was to come for the chosen girl. The crescent moon that marked Willow made her mine. I had no choice but to take her. Destiny determined our fates long before we were born, laying our roles out for us. A Sacrifice would be made. A Tithe paid...Categorized as:
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You Will Bow by Rachel Leigh
11 ratingsMy first year at college has been anything but ordinary. After spending so much energy trying to protect my secret, I failed to realize it’s not the past I need to fear—It’s my future that’s at stake. I’ve finally found someone who doesn’t judge me for my sins and stays by my side while I trudge through the shadowy corners of my past.The only problem is, his friends have other plans... -
To Crown A Beast by R. Scarlett
14 ratingsShe tasted his sweetness, his power, and his love, and it destroyed him.That iron heart has turned to ashes, leaving only a heartless beast.One she vows to tame.One she vows to save.Before he rips her own heart out...Categorized as:
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Bratva Prince by T.J. Maguire
14 ratingsA hard, dominating Bratva PrinceA fearless, crazy Cartel PrincessAleksandr VolkovI've lived my life with rigid control.A tight vice on myself and my emotions.Scars from my past have left me broken. Riddled with guilt and anguish.When my baby sister was kidnapped, I feared the worst. That she'd suffered the same fate as our mother...Categorized as:
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In Peace Lies Havoc by Amo Jones
18 ratingsMy name is Dove Hendry.Mine is Kingston Axton.I was captured by darkness.She has always been ours…They groomed me for Midnight Mayhem. Like a trained possession, weak against their control.She has been conditioned with our blood for years. She just doesn’t know it yet...But Midnight Mayhem was the stained glass that concealed a very dark culture.A culture that she is about to become the center of... -
King of Wrath by Ana Huang
37 ratingsShe’s the wife he never wanted…and the weakness he never saw coming. Ruthless. Meticulous. Arrogant. Dante Russo thrives on control, both personally and professionally. The billionaire CEO never planned to marry—until the threat of blackmail forces him into an engagement with a woman he barely knows. Vivian Lau, jewelry heiress and daughter of his newest enemy...Categorized as:
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Frost by C.N. Crawford
27 ratingsOn the worst birthday of my life, I come home to find my boyfriend in bed with another woman. Within hours, I’m drunk, homeless, and pledging to stay single forever. And that is when the dangerously sexy Seelie King rolls through town, looking for fae like me. Every generation, the king holds a competition for Seelie queen... -
Warrant by Kathy Coopmans
6 ratingsEvery wrongdoing warrants a consequence. In my case, I’ve decided to settle the score with death.Especially when, what brought this on, what stirred up my crazy, was the vicious attack on an innocent young girl.Worse, one that ended in her death. Years, I’ve been plotting to take out the men I used to call my brothers.The men who double-crossed me by brutally murdering my sister... -
Brandr by Alexi Ferreira
6 ratingsBRANDRThey forced her on me, I thought I didn't want a woman to call my own but she is now the light that guides me. She was tortured, nearly killed all because of me. I will go to the ends of the earth to make them pay, they will know never to mess with the Elemental's MC again.ARIAMy life changed from one day to another now he is the only one that calms my mind... -
Ceric by Alexi Ferreira
6 ratingsCERICShe's feisty, a real fire cracker but as sexy as hell. She's constantly getting herself and the others into trouble, but she's MINE. She thinks that she can just walk into danger and i will let her, but now she has the MC and me to keep her safe.NOVAHe's bossy, arrogant and possessive, but so damn hot. He thinks he can tell me what to do... -
Parasight by E.S. Carter
6 ratingsI am drowning in darkness. My limbs submerged in inky tar, my lungs asphyxiated by the stench of death's hold. My eyes see nothing but black. Yet I see him. And I am not scared. I should be. Don't look into my eyes, for my demons will eat you alive. My devil inside will feast on your soft flesh. His jagged teeth will tear the meat from your bones and drink the light from your soul... -
A Stop in Time by R.C. Boldt
6 ratingsUSA Today bestselling author RC Boldt brings readers an intriguing paranormal romantic suspense in A Stop in Time... I’ve been an outcast my whole life. If my scars don’t scare people off, my attitude certainly will. I don’t know what I am or how I got the power to stop time. What I do know is, there are far too many questions I need answers to... -
Darker Than Night by Amelia Wilde
8 ratingsI told Brigit my love would destroy her. Now she's on the brink of death.With my empire in ruins, our only chance at survival is to run. There's nothing I want more than to take back what's mine and restore order to the shattered remnants of my life.There's nothing I need more than Brigit.But choosing her means abandoning countless people I've promised to protect... -
The Crown by Samantha Whiskey
10 ratingsDisclaimer: This Royal standalone is a modern-day fairytale that features a sexy alpha Prince, a hot and reckless twin brother, and the American girl who will bring a King to his knees. I’ve got three months before I’ll be crowned King of Elleston—all because I was born two minutes before my twin brother... -
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A Deal with the Devil by Amelia Wilde
10 ratingsA man can only have one great love, and mine was the sea.Until I pulled a half-drowned heiress out of the water. Until I kept her as mine. Until I hurt her to prove I didn't love her.Now we're surrounded. Dangerous pirates want to use her for their own purposes. I won't give her up that easy. I have a lifetime of treasure to protect. But with the ship going down, there's only thing I want to save...Categorized as:
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Reawakening by K.L. Kreig
10 ratings“I’m not a piece of property that you can just claim, Romaric.”Having been held hostage for a month by vicious vampires, Sarah is now recovering in the most unlikely of places…the shelter that her sister, Kate and her vampire mate, Devon, opened to help such victims as herself... -
Own to Obsess by Zoey Ellis
10 ratingsShe owns his obsession - but will it destroy her?KardosWild and uncontrolled, Kardos faces his new circumstance with an unbound fury, but discovers that some things are not within his control.His undiluted obsession consumes him, until he is forced to see that the only thing he truly needs, he may no longer own... -
Tower by Measha Stone
10 ratingsWhen Azalea meets Peter Titon, she’s sure it was a one-time chance meeting. But when her overprotective mother leaves for a work trip, and the men left behind to protect her fail—she’s taken by Peter in the dark of night with no explanation. Peter isn’t one to explain his motives, and taking Azalea is no exception. He takes what he wants... -
Triple Threat by K. Webster
12 ratingsI’m a prisoner in a prestigious world.A perfect princess locked in a tower.My father will never let me go.Not that I could leave. I would never abandon my little sister. Hope comes in the form of a devilishly handsome man with dark eyes and darker secrets.With each encounter, I’m lured deeper into the labyrinth. The danger lurking beneath his surface calls to me, even as it warns me away...Categorized as:
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Hunting the Reaper by C.A. Rene, R.E. Bond
14 ratingsShe fled in the dead of night,Where will she run?No stone left unturned,Who will feel my wrath?A few steps behind her every move,How many more will suffer?Her punishment will be severe,When will she be aware?With each swing of her scythe,Why does it make me writhe?When Selene left us in pursuit of her sister,She had no idea what she let loose...
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