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Unleashed (Synful Syndicate #1)
Xavier Neal - 2019
Those are the rules of survival. Those are the rules of their home. Those are the rules when I step foot into The Diamond as her prized fighter. Her beast. Her pet. I want the leash off but need her love to guide me. To heal me. To free me. (Unleashed is a DARK ROMANCE and the first in a standalone series of novels that can be read in any order.)
H.A.L.O. Undone
Jillian Neal - 2018
Did I mention her father’s a general? Yeah, that’s only one of the reasons I need to stay away from Hannah. The other reason, Team Seven also includes her big brother a.k.a. my best friend. What can I say? She’s completely irresistible. I thought I had it all under control until the lies I told cost half my team their lives. I’m trying. I swear I’m trying to do right by her and right by the remaining members of my team. Staying away from her is harder than I am when I’m in her presence and that’s saying something. She got me to Vegas under the pretenses of some bachelor auction that doesn’t go quite as she’d planned. What harm could come from spending a week hidden away in Sin City with the one woman in the universe I crave more than my next breath? We’re about to find out.
Doctor Feel Good
Blue Saffire - 2019
The only woman I’ve ever truly wanted. However, there are things that dared to stand between us and twenty years of suffering without her have left me bare and waiting. Now she’s back in my life and I refuse to let her go. Not this time and not for anyone. I will do whatever I must to have Divine in my life. Whatever. Divine He is everything I shouldn’t want. Heck, I don’t even want a man. The only type of man I need is the type that drops off the D and leaves. Truth be told, I don’t have time for that either. I’ve been building my business and living my best life. There’s just one thing missing. I want a baby and I’m going to get one. Yup, an IUI and a sperm donor are all I need. At least… that’s the plan until he storms into my life. We have a past and it threatens our future. Will she fall in love with me again before reality meets the lies? Will he prove that there’s a man I can give my heart to? Or will the people in our lives pull it all to the ground before we can overcome it all? *This a Novel in the Be Yours Series a spinoff from the bestselling series Yours Trilogy that introduced Nicholas Lincoln. While you can read this book as a standalone, it will enhance the read to Blue’s books in the provided book order. Blue Saffire’s books are written to weave, loop, and intertwine with one another. You will find that the series build together for a greater experience. **This book has strong language and sexual content. This Book is for Mature Readers 18+
Cupidity: The Complete Heart Hassle Series
Raven Kennedy - 2019
Lust. It's my job to spread it around like a virus during cold season. But guess what? Life as a cupid isn't all chocolate hearts and pink arrows. Because even though love makes the realms go round, it seems cruel that cupids don't get to have any of their own. Which might be why I sometimes go on Love strikes and get in trouble with my supervisors. I get a little cranky. But that all changes the day I get smacked down with some fae magic and go falling through the sky, crashing heart-first into a trio of hot genfins. Now if I can just get those orgasms that everyone says are so awesome, I'll be one happy girl. I'm cupid one thousand fifty, and no one, not even a revenge-crazy prince, is going to stop me from getting my happy ending. Wink wink. *This collection includes all four books in the complete Heart Hassle Series. It also includes extra bonus scenes after each book, including male POVs only available in this collection! Signs of Cupidity Bonds of Cupidity Crimes of Cupidity For the Love of Cupidity Author's Note: This is a reverse harem series intended for mature audiences only.
Naughty Irish Liar (Naughty Irish Series)
V. Theia - 2019
A liar always has a lie ready. Of course, it’s a woman that brings me to a stand-still. The woman. The spoiled Manhattan Princess herself. My acushla. She’s the kind of innocent that wets my tongue. Makes my body come alive. She’s sweet, she’s joy, she’s a pain in my neck and I want to ruin her. I lied to push her away. I lied to keep her. CATHERINE CLEMONTE My agenda is simple. To call that Irish liar’s bluff and to win his love and devotion by St Patrick’s Day. He claims the passion between us can be burned out so easily. I need to prove we can have a lifetime of desire that will never disintegrate. WINNING THE HEART OF A PROFESSIONAL LIAR? I need all the saints on my side. Because Ronan MacNamara is mine.
I Don't Want You Back
Chenell Parker - 2017
Although his mother had abandoned him and his sister as kids to be raised by their grandmother, he was determined to have the family that she never provided. He married and started a family with his high school sweetheart and they were happy, or so he thought. Landon’s wife, Malia, loved her husband and kids, but she loved herself more. She’d been a wife and mother for most of her young life and she began to feel like something was missing. After deciding to leave her two sons in the care of their father, Malia set out to find her own happiness. Faryn had a childhood that most girls her age couldn’t endure. Her drug addicted mother left her and her siblings to fend for themselves and that’s exactly what they did. Faryn wasn’t proud of some of the things she had to do, but it was necessary in order to survive. After putting herself through college, she settled into a comfortable, yet predictable routine. When a chance encounter allows Faryn and Landon to cross paths, their chemistry was undeniable. A friendship turned romance soon blossomed between the two and the possibilities were endless. Unfortunately, not everyone was thrilled about their newfound union. Foes, old and new, decided that they were better off apart. When inside and outside forces threaten to divide what they’d just put into place, will Landon and Faryn manage to come out on top? Will they overcome the many obstacles that are thrown their way or will they give up on love and each other altogether? These questions and more will be answered in I Don't Want You Back, a full length standalone.
Frisky Business
Staci Hart - 2016
Not the drama of working in a tattoo parlor, which seems to be around every corner. When things get him down, he smiles and cracks a joke. But he’s not the kind of man you cross, or you’ll find yourself at the wrong end of his fists.Annika Belousov takes everything seriously.Like her job as a reality television producer, given that she typically has something to prove. Or her love life, which is defined by a series of requirements — affluent, ambitious, accomplished, to name a few. Definitely her family, who worked their whole lives to afford her every opportunity, a sacrifice she doesn’t take lightly. When she’s tapped to produce a reality show at Joel’s shop, she doesn’t think twice, just goes in for the kill, as if there were any other way.The second Annika walks into Joel’s shop, he makes it his mission to crack her open, but she’s not having it. He’s all wrong — too crass, too hairy, too un-serious. But it doesn’t take her long to find out there’s more to him than smirks and tattoos. And what she finds could put her career and his heart on the line.Not that Joel cares. Because for the first time in a long time, he’s found his tonic.
Nostalgia: A B-Roll Love Story
Nako - 2020
Born with a diamond-encrusted spoon in her mouth yet probably the most entertaining person you could ever come into contact with.She's a rare gem.Elijah Sadier, a man from across the tracks finds himself quite smitten with Ms. Schumere.At a drastic turn of events, they were left with no other choice but to leave everything that they once knew behind to embark on a journey of life together.During their time, trials and tribulations occur putting into question which holds more value between the two.Love or Loyalty?NAKO pens a gritty, honest and riveting tale of two people who found themselves in a web of lust, love and lies.Author's Note: Nostalgia is a stand-alone novel. You do not have to read anything prior to diving into this story.
Little Ghetto Girl
Danielle Santiago - 2004
Done with the thug life, she has everything a ghetto girl would want: plenty of money, drop-dead-gorgeous looks, and two thriving legitimate businesses. Until she falls in love with Sincere Montega, a powerful drug dealer whose down-and-dirty money pulls Kisa back into the world she is trying so hard to leave behind. With lies, cheating, and conflict, Kai, their newborn, may be the only reason for this couple to stay together, but their lives are inevitably changed in the most unexpected way, the only way the streets of Harlem can.
In Haven
B. Love - 2017
After watching her mother suffer from the abuse of her father for years, Raleigh decided love would never be worth the possibility of pain. Haven Jackson didn’t have a normal childhood growing up. He didn’t experience the love and nurture that his friends received from their mothers, or the guidance and teachings they gained from their fathers. It was because of his lack of a loving family that Haven made finding a wife to love his priority. There’s just one problem–the woman he chose to love doesn’t want to have anything to do with it or him. The second Raleigh laid eyes on Haven she knew he would be trouble. He stirred up feelings within her that no other man ever had. Between her pushing him and his offer to love her away, and him pulling for her to give him and his love a chance… someone is bound to fall. The question is… which one will it be? Will Raleigh fall into Haven’s love and find peace in what she’s been running from for years? Or will Haven fall for Raleigh and find himself shattered by her inability to catch him or pick him up?
The Better Woman
Ber Carroll - 2009
John Delaney, the boy next-door, is her best friend, her first love and the one who breaks her heart. Jodi Tyler is raised on Sydney's northern beaches amidst a loving family, but a terrible secret shadows her teenage years. On her eighteenth birthday, the awful burden she has been living with is finally exposed, with tragic consequences. This is a story of two remarkable women, their illustrious careers, their families, their friends, and the men they love. Sarah and Jodi, from opposite ends of the world, have more in common than they'll ever realise - they have their sights set on the same job. For both, it represents how far they've come to triumph over the tragedies of their pasts - but at what cost to their personal lives?
Heartbreak Hotel
Kenya Wright - 2017
You should guard your heart when I’m around.” Yasmine’s world breaks apart when she finds her fiancé in bed with another. Shattered, she flees LA and escapes to her second home—her sister’s Key West bed and breakfast—where she bumps into her childhood friend, Hawk, who went from the chubby boy-next-door to a certified millionaire hottie. Her instincts tell her to run. Even Hawk warns her. All grown up, they’re now opposites—light and darkness, fire and ice, sunshine and cold shadows. She’s on a voyage to heal her heart with yoga and Google spells, while Hawk battles his demons with art and meaningless sex. Years ago, he discovered that his marriage was a lie, wasting his vows on a woman who turned out to be nothing but a cold-blooded killer. For Hawk, there’s no hope for a normal life. His mind is too broken, his faith in humanity as dead as his ex-wife’s victims. As breezy days go by, Hawk and Yasmine’s kinship in pain shifts from friendship to hungry lust. And although they battle against it, there’s an intense passion bridging between them that they can’t ignore.
The Long Route
Kiersten Modglin - 2019
She never planned to see Adam again or to rehash the night that changed their lives forever.But when an assignment at work brings her back to Love, she discovers the boy she left behind is not the same man there waiting for her. Adam once thought his future with Lydia was set. Until she walked away, leaving him to pick up the pieces of his life and heart alone.It’s been five years since he saw her face and now he wants answers.As secrets about that night are finally revealed, secrets that could change everything, Adam and Lydia must make the choice to let one decision ruin all they could have or to fight for a love they once believed could go the distance.
Where Love is Found
Tiya Rayne - 2019
She wants to continue to grow her multi-million dollar business. She wants to take care of her family. And she wants sex, LOTS of sex. Charlice has no time for relationships. She knows love is a lie and should be considered an incurable disease. She even has unbreakable rules. No flings that last longer than six months. No personal questions. No spending the night. And absolutely no dating. But all her rules and well thought out plans go out the window when she meets Jackson Keller. Jackson tears down her perfectly built walls and expose dark secrets she planned to take to her grave. Warning, this book contains heavy subject matter. Readers please be advised.
Boss I Love to Hate
London James - 2019
2) I hate your gorgeous cocky smile, and how you don’t know me at all. 3) I hate the way you stare at me as if I was your most precious thing. 4) I hate your expensive Italian suits. 5) I hate our one-night fling. 6) I hate that you’re always wrong, but your ego is too big to see it. 7) I hate how awkward you acted, when I told you I was pregnant. 8) I hate how you crept into my heart, and how deeply you cared for me. 9) Lastly, even though you represent everything I hate… I hate that I fell for you just like every other girl you know. Sawyer West… I love you, and I hate that I love you. If only I could be certain you’re no longer the boy from college I once knew. With our baby girl on the way, could we truly make us work? If only we weren’t so different, then maybe things could be so different… P.S. - I still hate working for you. Berlin Roth