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Lilly I: Book One
Tiya Rayne - 2014
Assassin In my world, you need to be the biggest and baddest in order to survive and I'm the fucking biggest and baddest there is. Men fear me as if I am death himself and women want me as if my cock is encrusted in diamonds. I am the great elf Assassin and the last of my kind. So, what's my secret to surviving in the Locke? It's simple: don't form attachments and never get involved in other people's shit. I've lived by those rules for centuries. But, one chance meeting with a doe-eyed little girl changes everything. One decision sets me on a cataclysmic journey. Lilly Safe, predictable, boring Lilly. That's what my friend calls me. She also says I’m the last living 20 year old virgin. She may be right. But all of that changes when I get one night with a handsome stranger. What could go wrong? One Decision alters their future. One Decision sets their path. One Decision may save their world. This is NOT a complete story. This is the first of a series of novellas. It is approximately 36,000 words. This book contains sex and strong language and is not recommended for readers under 18.
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Xavier Neal - 2016
No face to face meetings. No interviews. No social media accounts. Despite his ghost demeanor he continues to financially flourish and make his fellow investors richer with every decision. Throughout the years many have sought to discover the man inside the mogul while others have spread legends painting him as a heartless monster consumed by greed. None of it matters to him. Weston's true identity is secured away in his estate of solitude, which consists of the only people in the entire world he believes he can trust. That is until he's asked to allow a guest access to the property under extreme circumstances. One he knows he shouldn't. It doesn't take long before his world is turned upside down, unexpected threats arise, and Weston's forced to ask himself what really should be kept private?
Pull My Hair
Kimberly Kaye Terry - 2006
No more long, extended love play, spankings or sweet kisses.nothing but "let's get this over with" sex. Sex has become mechanical and the only time Liza catches a thrill is when Greg needs an itch scratched. Enough is enough when she cuts off all her glorious locks and Greg doesn't even notice She is determined to figure out what has gone wrong, and how to get her man to notice her again. After seven years of marriage, Greg realizes he doesn't know his wife and is tired of the game she's playing. He too misses the sweet love they once shared, but a recent surprise from the past shows him that his wife has hidden part of herself from him and has him wondering what else she has hidden. Will Liza and Greg get past the lies and half-truths to rediscover a love worth fighting for, or is their once hot, loving marriage doomed for failure?
Mob Boss' Ever After: A Dark Mafia Billionaire Romance (Broken Throne Book 5)
Lisa Lovell - 2021
Dying To Love Her
Tina Martin - 2014
CEO of Rockwell Computer Components, his company is on the verge of the biggest merger in its twelve-year history. However, his attention is soon diverted from company matters after a chance meeting with Ava, a young woman he met on vacation two years ago – the one that got away. And he can’t help but notice that the little boy beside her looks just like him. Andre begins to juggle the complexities of work while seeking answers from Ava – wanting to know why she chose to neglect telling him about his son. Angry and confused, he also needs closure regarding her disappearing act two years ago and demands to know the reason why she never called him after the week they spent together in paradise. But he’s not prepared for her answer... Ava knows she shouldn’t have kept Andre’s son a secret from him. But she couldn’t find it in herself to tell Andre the reason she cut off ties with him – that she’s in failing health. When he finds out the truth, Andre must decide what’s important to him – his company or his family. Will he walk away from Ava and his newly discovered son to grow his business? Or will he find forgiveness in his heart for wrongs that had been committed against him. Will love ultimately prevail?
Mad Woman: Love Drove Her Crazy
Lady Lissa - 2017
After finding out that his wife is pregnant, his bond with her strengthens, while leaving Maddie alone again. But, Maddie refuses to just give up without a fight. How far is Maddie willing to go to sustain her relationship with Lincoln? Would she really stoop so low as to do the unthinkable? Find out just how crazy love can make you in the first episode of Mad Woman: Love Drove Her Crazy...
Promised to the Mobster 2
Jessi Talbot - 2015
For reasons unknown to her, Sofia was promised to Alessio Drago, the son of a powerful Mafia don. Initially expecting to despise the man, she’s shocked to find herself falling for his dark, possessive passions. He has introduced her to the thrill of The Hunt, and now she looks forward to this spicy game as much as he does. While Sofia herself has grown comfortable with her parents’ promise to the mobster, not everyone is happy with her new relationship, and they’ll do whatever it takes to ‘rescue’ her, whether she wants to be saved or not. Now a new hunt is taking place, and if Sofia loses this game, she’ll get something much worse than a spanking. Reader Advisory: This 9k bdsm romance about the Italian Mafia contains explicit scenes of dominance, submission, and spankings. For adults only.
Savage Heart
Monica Walters - 2019
She tries to distance herself from the game by getting a degree and trying to do something positive with her life. When the system takes her older brother prisoner and death’s knock takes her daddy and her other brother away from her, those beliefs are more evident than ever. Never knowing her mother, since she died during her delivery of Fawn, Fawn feels all alone in this world aside from having her best friend, Amiko. Still reeling from the loss of her father, she is confronted by his right-hand man to learn she controls her daddy’s empire. Although she wants no part of the street-life, he’s able to convince her to attend a meeting that will change her life forever. Meeting Lark ‘Law’ Gutierrez makes Fawn want to reevaluate all her life choices. The only problem is that he is kingpin in the streets of Laredo. It’s like she can’t escape the streets that have taken her family, because something about Law is pulling her to him like a fish on a hook. He shares her sentiments. This meeting forces her to take some sort of control of her father’s empire, and she soon learns that the hate that took her family from her isn’t over. As she and Lark become close, she realizes that he has her back in more ways than one, and will protect her, whatever the cost of that may be. Can she withstand the grit of the street-life and hang on to what she’s built with Lark? Or will it overtake her and swallow her whole?
SINS: 5-7
Emma Slate
Naked. Vulnerable.A lamb among wolves.My life is no longer enchanted. My life is no longer a dream.My life is a nightmare, and my only hope is a man who's determined to fight my demons like they're his own.Only, in the quiet of the night, I worry he isn't my savior.He is my destruction.Burn (Book 6)Quinn O’Malley—a pigeon among hawks.I believed his quiet lies.His golden promises.His vows of devotion.But now I’m in his clutches. The more I struggle, the tighter his grip.He will not let me go.He claims I belong to him.I never will.I belong to one man—the man who still torments my dreams—Sasha Petrovich.Our love is wildfire and we will burn it all to ashes.Ashes (Book 7)Quinn O’Malley—a queen among warriors.I’m safe in the arms of the man I love.We have the chance at a future, but first we have to make it through our present.Another man has come between us; another man’s memory lingers in our bed.He wants one thing: to see Sasha die.Sacrifice for a sacrifice.My life for his.Fairy tales are for little girls.
Chasing the Dragon
Tiana Laveen - 2017
Grown folk content. Grown folk language. Grown folk interactions and situations. Can you dig it? BLURB: Phoenix Hale is a hardnosed former DEA agent who now works as Director for the Office of National Drug Control Policy—the DCP—a position falling under direct authority of the POTUS. One day, his world is turned upside down: his best friend; a DEA agent, is murdered in cold blood. Phoenix sets out to exact his revenge. However, things become quickly complicated when he decides to take the murderer’s cousin, a well-known ruthless drug queen, from Chicago, Illinois, into private custody. Tiffany McCall is one of two things: either your greatest dream or your worst nightmare. Raised in the elite suburbs of Chicago, she uses her traffic-stopping good looks, callousness, business acumen, and intelligence to rise as one of the most notorious drug dealers in the state of Illinois. But, Tiffany’s high rolling ways soon come to a screeching halt when a man on a mission gets his hooks into her and drags her away into the night. When she’s forced to face Mr. Phoenix Hale, she realizes that she has met her match and worst of all, she soon discovers that not only is Phoenix no fool or governmental puppet, but the man is determined to break her down. Tiffany’s beauty, as well as her physical and emotional strength, intelligence, and die-hard will to survive impress Phoenix in ways he shouldn’t care to admit. Soon, he finds himself learning more about himself as he unravels all that is Tiffany… The impossible comes crashing in during a pivotal moment of their lives. Love knocks on the door when the stakes are high, lives are laid on the line, and dangerous alliances are formed. As both are faced with truths they’d never known, they must choose between love, life, and loyalty. Which one will win?
Full Circle (Central Florida Pack Book 1)
Chudney Thomas - 2014
Half-human, half-werewolf, Ria Marlett knows her place in the pack. And she knows exactly how the pack’s alpha, Drake Neilson, views her; as a convenient lay. So far she’s managed to avoid his advances, but she knows his patience is growing thin. Now he's ready to claim her. Ria does her best to avoid Drake, but the sexy woman can’t hide who she is. Tired of waiting, now he’ll do whatever it takes to win Ria, even woo her while dealing with rabid lone wolf attacks. With the pack in danger Ria is forced to face what Drake has been telling her all along, she just might be the strongest of the pack. Length: 23,000 words
Changing Brides
V.C. Taylor - 2017
Everything is either right or wrong in his view, so it’s no surprise that he reprimands his younger brother for fighting over one of the saloon ladies. He is incensed that his sibling would do something so stupid—until he sees the beautiful Celeste Lebeau for himself. He’s instantly smitten with dislike tempered with a lot of lust. He wants her out of town and fast. Most of all, he wants to make sure she stays away from his brother. His jealousy makes no sense, especially since he’s an engaged man, but he feels what he feels and soon becomes involved with the woman bold enough to challenge him in front of the whole town. How in the world is he going to get his life back on track when he’s promised to one woman but falling fast and hard for another?
Mafia Boss’ Baby
Nia Wilson - 2017
Caught in a dangerous case of mistaken identity, Ashley starts to fear for her life. To her surprise, however, her captor is not at all what she expected him to be. A life of crime is all Italian billionaire Tony Rossi ever knew. Mafia boss to seven Chicago crime families, Tony mistakenly believed that Ashley was the thief who had stolen his most valuable treasure, the necklace that had once belonged to his mother. But he soon discovers that Ashley is innocent and deviates from his assignment, putting both of their lives at risk. As they go on the run, both Tony and Ashley are helpless against the fiery pull between them. A torrid romance ensures, leaving Ashley pregnant and happier than she’d ever been before. But soon, Tony’s criminal connections starts to catch up with them and before they know it, they’re unexpectedly thrust in a frantic race against time to keep both Ashely and their unborn baby alive. **** This is a standalone full length BWWM romance with an HEA. **** Your copy of "Mafia Boss’ Baby " (approximately 51,000 words) includes a BONUS BOOK by Nia Wilson