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Breaking Benjamin


Haylee Thorne - 2018
    He’s ex-military who lost more than friends while in combat; he lost a part of himself, literally. Wealth, good looks and his irresistible charm provide a revolving door of women in his bed. Finding someone to help fill the black hole that was once his heart is another story. Until he meets her…Jill Baldwin is not just beautiful, blonde, and brilliant; she’s a ball buster. She knows who she is and what she wants, and won’t settle for anything less. She’s worked her ass off to open one of the hottest spa’s in the city and is enjoying the spoils of her success. Her business is her life and not even the sexiest man she’s ever encountered is going to mess with that… Right? Check out this cross-over series featuring Benjamin Sapphire from Michelle Windsor’s The Auction Series, and Jill Baldwin from Haylee Thorne’s Kingsley Series to see what kind of sparks fly when their two worlds collide!

His Voodoo Lily


Alexis Adaire
    Like, glass shards on top of sandpaper rough. She managed to get out of an abusive relationship only to have her ex kidnap their 4-year-old son just days before the custody hearing. Lily has become so difficult to be around that her best friend, Alexa, has finally given up hope and abandoned her in Shorty’s Pub.Gerrit Rousseau is an oasis of calm in a stormy world, downplaying his smoldering good looks as he tends bar and keeps his head down. His emotions are not easily stirred, but the brazen, tattooed Lily is lighting a fire. There’s something about her, something beyond her looks, that gets his blood pumping to all the right places.Sexual fireworks are inevitable with these two, especially during Mardi Gras—but things in New Orleans are never as simple as they seem. When a man turns up dead and Lily admits to Gerrit that she was directly involved, all hell breaks loose in the Crescent City. Gerrit is compelled to get to the bottom of the twin mysteries of the death and the missing child, but first he must figure out where the mysterious Dani Weeks and her son Riley fit in.

Becoming a Jett Girl


Meghan Quinn - 2014
    I hand pick girls from the street who have no options left in life and give them an opportunity they can’t possibly refuse. They come to work in the Lafayette Club which is full of EXQUISITE DEBAUCHERY, where influential men come to conduct business and lap dances are considered a fine art. The girls are trained, they are morphed, they are educated, they follow the rules of the club and they know to submit to me. They live by my motto, no relationships, no love, just sex. They are never touched, only by me, they are never completely naked, only with me, and their personas are entirely anonymous. The only person who knows who they truly are, is me, Jett Colby. If these girls were ever seen on the streets of New Orleans, you would never know they were a Jett Girl.

Bodyguards of Samhain Shifter Box Set


Lisa Daniels - 2019
    And it looks like I might need it. Working as a necromancer in the police force isn’t easy. People don’t like our type of magic so much. People prefer us dead. Unfortunate for them, what we do is useful. So I’ve been assigned protection. They’ve given me a panther shifter bodyguard. He’s very good at his job, it seems. And I like the way he calls me “Miss Grieves.” I like the way he pays attention to me. I have a boyfriend, though. For now. This Box Set Includes: Talia's Bodyguard Rosen's Bodyguard Morgana's Bodyguard Ellie's Bodyguard Author's Note: All stories are stand alones with a HEA and are intended for 18+

Under Fyre: A Dark Stalker Romance (Fyre & Ashes Book 2)


Logan Fox - 2021
    This fear. But I'm experiencing phobias I never had before. Feelings I've never had before.I want to be normal again. I want to be whole. Gideon told me it's a process that takes time and pain to complete.Now I'm all mixed up inside. I don't know up from down in the dark. I don't know right from wrong when I'm hurting. And I can't tell good from evil when love keeps getting in the way.Submission is my only choice, but it feels so wrong to give up.To surrender and succumb to his dark needs.Gideon may be my captor, but in a way, he's still my teacher.Because every day he holds me captive and forces me to do those dark things, I learn how strong I really am.

Playing with Temptation


Erika Wilde - 2015
    . . When Raina Beck is given an invitation to The Players Club, all she wants is a night of decadence with a gorgeous, sexy stranger. The seductive, mysterious man she meets fulfills her deepest desires and most erotic fantasies, giving her a night she’ll never forget. But forgetting him isn’t quite so easy. Logan Cruz prefers his women submissive and compliant in the bedroom... everything the independent Raina is not. Yet from the first moment he lays eyes on her, he’s determined to make Raina his. Despite her resistance. When Logan is assigned to protect Raina from a stalker, everything between them changes. Sex becomes more than just physical, and emotions run deep. Falling in love was never on Raina’s agenda, but can she let go of the past and surrender the one thing he wants the most... her heart? An alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.

Fated Shifters: Romance Collection


Lola Gabriel - 2021
    

Bourbon & Bullets


Elizabeth KnoxClarise Tan - 2022
    The ones who have the ability to start wars with one signal. They make no apologies for the power they hold.What do they all have in common? None of them wait. They take what they want and make no apologies for doing so. In Bourbon & Bullets, a collection of dark romance and romantic suspense authors take you on a wild ride while their heroes, or anti-heroes, find their happily-ever-after.***Bourbon & Bullets is a mafia romance themed anthology organized by Knox Publishing. Please be aware this is intended for mature audiences only, and the contents within may be triggering to some readers.

The Body Painter


Pepper Winters - 2019
    Must also enjoy being studied while naked in a crowd.”The fourth made me shudder.“Call or email ‘YOUR SKIN, HIS CANVAS’ if interested in applying.”The final made my heart race.I should’ve kept scrolling past the advertisement.I should’ve applied for the boring receptionist job at minimum wage.I should’ve clicked on any other job where I got to keep my clothes on.But I didn’t.I applied.My interview is tomorrow…

His Lesson


Ellis O. Day - 2019
    One full weekend at La Petite Mort Club. Together. Just the two of them -- Dom and Sub. She’s a little nervous but she trusts him and she's promised that he can do WHATEVER he wants. She means it. She does. Really. Terry's d**k can't wait to get started but his head and heart aren’t so sure this is a good idea. Is she really ready for the Club and all the kink? Is she really ready to be his Sub? To obey him completely? She's still so unsure of her attractiveness as a woman. No matter what he does to prove to her how f***ing hot he finds her it isn't enough. On second thought, the Club—filled with rich, experienced men—might be the perfect place to teach her how attractive she truly is.

Sold on Spring Break (Sold: Virgin and Billionaire Romance, #3)


C.A. Quigg - 2017
     For the next week, a group of billionaires who call themselves The Exchange have taken over my Gulf Coast resort. The desperate assholes buy and sell women like livestock. Please. I’ve never paid for a woman’s company in my life, and I don’t intend to start. That all changes the second I wrap my arms around Mallory Crane’s soft curves and save her from drowning. The sweet nineteen-year-old is too pure to fulfill my dark and dominant needs, but I’ll pay whatever it costs to make sure I’m the highest bidder. I’ll buy her so no one else can have her. But when she shows how much she enjoys being under my control, I decide to cash in and take what’s mine. The million-dollar f**k will be worth every penny. And when spring break ends, she’ll goes back to her life and I’ll go back to mine. No falling in love. No happily ever after. Just pure unadulterated first-time f**king. A win-win for both of us. But what if my heart refuses to let her go? *Sold on Spring Break is a standalone romance novella with no cliffhanger and no cheating. It features a dominant billionaire alpha male and a strong BBW heroine who earn their happily ever after. This novella is a super steamy little treat. Bonus Content included