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Jace's Pet
Nicole Trinity - 2017
This is not a sweet romance. Mature content, strong language, abuse, and violence; you have been warned! 26-year-old Rose Chambers is a fairly quite woman living alone in a small town. She finally lands a job at the local bank as a clerk but the morning she starts her training, the bank is robbed. Among the three men who are there, Jace Blackburn, the leader, takes interest in Rose. Jace is a man who takes what he wants and right now, he wants Rose.
Jameson Family Saga: The Complete Series
Aven Jayce
2000+ pages, 562,000 words, first person, present tense, and heavy on dialogue. --------------------------------------------------The NOVA TrilogySophiaMy story begins in St. Louis with my best friend and former college roommate, Mera. I'm twenty-three, not the romantic type, and convinced that I can mistreat my body however I see fit. I'm not worried about any consequences, only my therapist is. I see her twice a week as requested by my father. He believes I have issues with my mother and that my lack of motivation, foul mouth, and immaturity all stem from her neglect. But my therapist? She thinks I'm a sex addict. All of this is about to change... because of him. Cove Everton holds secrets that are infinitely darker than mine. The demons he carries are destroying him, and his connection to my family is tragic. He tries to distance himself, but our attraction is too powerful. Once his private life is exposed, there's no turning back. We fall fast and hard, both virgins to this kind of love and troubled by the unknowns of a future together. Can we erase the scars of one another's past and move forward? Or will we be consumed by our former lives?You'll spend time in shallow water getting to know me before you advance into the deep end with Cove. And it is deep, be patient. The unexpected is coming. ~Sophia Jameson--------------------------------------------------The Dark Scarlett (Blurb not posted due to spoilers for NOVA)-------------------------------------------------- JAMESON HOTEL - THE COMPLETE SERIES MARK JAMESONis an arrogant prick. Tall, blond, muscular, and oh, so cocky. The owner of a luxury hotel in South Lake Tahoe, his life revolves around money, getting laid, and protecting his loved ones. He thinks of himself as a vigilante and truly believes it's a good deed to kill any bastard who harms women or torments his family. I'm not a serial killer; I'm a vigilante who rids the world of scum. Don't fuck with the people that I love. JULIA BARRINGER is a young, fierce, foul-mouthed blonde who works the front desk at Mark's hotel. He knew the moment she walked into his office that he'd have her in his bed before anyone else in the hotel laid a finger on her. But he never would've imagined a woman could have so much control over his personal life, his sex life, and ultimately . . . his heart. But what if she finds out about the porn, the drugs, and all the bodies at the bottom of the lake?Will she run?Or does Julia have secrets of her own? **Sexual situations**Dark humor**Violence**Language warning * * * * * * * * *
Surrender (War Brides of the Morja #2)
Miranda Bridges - 2022
She brought me back from the brink of death, only to become my life...The woman is my only connection to what lies beyond this cell.I need her to learn what happened to:My House.My brethren.My brother.Then I find myself wanting her for other things.Things that have nothing to do with freedom.And everything to do with the female.Her tender smile warming me.Her gentle touch soothing me.Her passionate kiss igniting me.All of these threaten to ruin my plans.But does the future matter if she's not by my side?Will I be forced to leave her behind?Not if the goddess of fate is real.So I pray.
As Long As I'm The Only One
Chenell Parker - 2018
Her cousins were her first friends and she cherished their bond. That was until that bond was irrevocably broken right along with her heart. Her boyfriend Tyson wasn’t the best looking or the finest, but he treated her like a queen. To the outside world, she had it all and she became the envy of many. After being betrayed in the worst way imaginable, Marlee vowed that she was done with love and relationships. That was until a weekend getaway changed her perspective and her life in unimaginable ways. With her best friend and cousin, Desiree, by her side, Marlee is thrown through a world wind of emotions that she never expected. She found out that happiness often sneaks in through a door that you didn’t even know was opened. RJ Banks was born with more money than he’d probably ever spend. Being his father’s youngest child and only son proved to be his greatest accomplishment. He was taught the importance of honesty at an early age and that was a lesson that stayed with him throughout life. Aspen, his girlfriend of many years, wanted everlasting love with him and she was willing to do any and everything to be his only one. But RJ was not ready to deliver “ever” or “lasting” until he crossed paths with destiny. He soon learned the importance of being the only one.
Mick Sinatra and the House of Gabrini: The Double Cross
Mallory Monroe - 2021
Trina was fed up with Reno and was dangling a divorce in front of him. Roz was in yet another crisis of her own that was threatening to upend her marriage to Mick. Sal was feeling betrayed and unable to control the Gabrini Crime Family the way he used to. Tommy and his family were doing well, but it was the calm before the storm. Because Dommi makes a move that plunges all of them into a war with an outside enemy that threatens to tear the families apart from within, household by household.Mick Sinatra and the House of Gabrini: The Double Cross is the latest book in Mallory Monroe’s Romantic Suspense Thriller series.
Fighting for Us: An Enemies-to-Lovers Holiday Romance (Heart of Hope)
Ajme Williams - 2021
Forever
Blue Saffire - 2017
One world sees me as a successful business man. Owen Mason, an upstanding pillar of the community. My brothers back home know the real me. Brick, a member of the Lost Souls MC. One of the last people you want to see come through your door.I’m no good for her and nine years too old, but I’ve had a thing for Eva Kennedy for way longer than I’ll admit. One night is all it takes for me to lose focus and take what I’ve always wanted. I know I owe my pound of flesh for what I’ve done, but it’s done now and she’s mine. I don’t care about anyone that thinks they’re going to stand in the way of that. I’ll put you to ground for coming between me and my woman.I’ve been in love with Brick since I was a little girl, but he doesn’t know it. I didn’t think he knew I existed in the first place. However, I find out a lot during one of my epic Eva situations, that Brick is sent to get me out of. I’m stuck in a bathroom the night Brick bursts the little bubble I live in. Now I don’t know which way is up from down. I just know that everywhere I turn he’s there.I just hope he makes it when I really need him. This one moment is the only one that counts.Source: Bluesaffire.com
Taken by the King : A Dark Mafia Romance (Desire and Deception Book 1)
Mina Snowe - 2022
Sea of Ruin
Pam Godwin - 2020
Wanted for piracy, she fears neither God nor death nor man. Except Priest Farrell. The unfaithful, stormy-eyed libertine hunts her with terrifying possessiveness. Nothing will stop him from coming for her. Not his unforgivable betrayal. Not when she's captured by the ice-cold pirate hunter, Lord Ashley Cutler. She must escape Ashley's prison and Priest's deceit. But can she walk away from their twisted desires? Two gorgeous captains stand on opposite sides of the law. When they collide in a battle to protect her, the lines blur between enemies and lovers. Passion heats, secrets unravel, and hearts entangle until they break. Can love prevail in the sea of ruin?
The Devil Wears Black
L.J. Shen - 2021
J. Shen comes a second-chance romance about love, loss, finding yourself, and getting lost in the right person.Maddie Goldbloom stitched up a plan to ensure everything in her life was perfect—from a career in fashion to a chic NYC apartment to a pediatrician boyfriend.When her ex, Chase Black, storms back into her life with an outrageous request, her immediate reaction is to refuse him. But he only wants to fulfill his father’s last wish. So even though he’s the man who broke her heart, playing his fiancée shouldn’t be hard, especially if it means she gets to watch the arrogant devil squirm a bit.What ensues is a chain of events that detonates Maddie’s life—and when Chase’s walls come down, they both are forced to face reality.They say keep your enemies close. But what if your enemy is also the man you love?
Devilish King
Kylie Kent - 2022
This is book 1 of a trilogy, an epic cliff-hanger can be expected!!TheoMy whole life was mapped out, designed for me, before I was even a twinkle in my old man’s eye. I am the heir to the Valentino throne. A kingdom built with blood and dirty money. But one I’ll rule all the same.My father was the youngest Don to ever be crowned king. However, with any luck, the controlling bastard will drop soon, allowing me to beat his record by a few years.I love my father—respect the hell out of him. But some of his choices lately, the plans he’s laid out for me, they’re… archaic. I was happy to go along with his proposition, to embody the role I was assigned at birth. Until I met her.She wasn’t part of his carefully orchestrated game board. She’s not part of the lifestyle. She’d get eaten alive if I were to bring her into the fold.Those innocent emerald eyes of hers hold me captive from the moment our paths collide. To hell with the plans for my future. This girl, who has no place being in my world, has become its entirety.HollyA new job. A new city. A new country. This is the new me. Or at least that’s what I’m telling myself as I step off the plane at JFK. New York, I couldn’t think of a better city to force myself out of my comfort zone, to step out from under my sister’s shadow.My dream once included finding the husband, having the kids, building that white picket fence. It’s funny how things change over time.My new dream? Experience life to the fullest. Explore and discover who I am, without my other half. Surviving the New York culture shock, without getting mugged or killed, is also high on that list.That is, until I run into him. And just like that, my life takes a one-eighty. Again. There’s something dark inside him—it calls to a part of me I never knew existed. Can I really go against my moral compass, every belief I’ve held onto so tightly, just to answer it? To be with him?