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Brutal King
Nikita. - 2021
BLURBWINTERMason King...Brutal, cold and so filled with hate.Hate for what? The simple answer is ME.Our families have hated each other for years, or at least that’s what I used to think.But us? We didn’t care because we were in love.That is until he saw what they wanted him to see.We went from soulmates to enemies in a matter of minutes.Once upon a time, I loved Mason with every fibre of my being.Until he shattered my soul and left me to pick up the pieces alone.Now I’m back in Ravenwood and I’m about to find out just how brutal my king has become,Only he isn’t the only one after me...MASONWinter Crowne...Liar, fake and the thing I intend to break.I thought I was in love with her but that was before I saw her betrayal first-hand.The last time I saw her I told her I’d make her pay if she ever came back here,She didn’t listen and now that she’s back I can finally exact my revenge on her.She never should have come back to Ravenwood and I’ll be the one to make sure she knows it.TRIGGER WARNING: this book contains material that is suitable for ages 18+ with themes that may be triggering to some which includes bullying and non-conNOTE: This is book 1 in a trilogy and it does end in a cliffhanger.
Cheshire
Samantha Lovelock - 2021
Where there are no limits, and all the best girls turn bad."
When her father is killed and her mother marries a man she barely knows, Ali’s precisely planned future falls apart. Until now, her careful life has always stayed within the lines.Thrust into a world without boundaries, her reality blurs further when she finds herself craving the attention of the one person who scares her the most.Torn between light and dark, how long can Ali play his dangerous game, knowing full well there aren’t any rules?♥Fall down the rabbit hole with Cheshire, book one in The Wonderland Novellas. As it is part of an ongoing series, this book does end on a cliffhanger.This is a dark, new adult, angsty, college romantic suspense, and a modern, loose retelling of Alice's adventures. This is NOT a fairytale or an exact retelling. It contains situations and flashbacks that may trigger some readers, including drug use, foul language, and scenes of a sexual nature.💜 Dark🖤 MF main couple, and other goodies going on in the shadows💜 Enemies to Lovers🖤 College💜 Secrets, angst, and mystery🖤 THE STEAM OVERFLOWETH
Song of Tenebrae
C.A. Rene - 2021
Tempest SkeighThe horrors I’ve seen and the torture I’ve survived has left me with a burning hatred.I can’t move on and it only grows with time.I have been planning my revenge by day and stripping my feelings away by night.No matter how hot the loathing burns, there’s still a part of me that wants Raiden James.I want him at my mercy while I carve into his flesh, claiming his blood as my own.Raiden JamesHer body and her screams are forever etched in my mind.The torture I inflicted and the horror I draped her in was only a prelude.I have been biding my time and waiting for the perfect moment to bring her home.No matter where we are in the world, my soul belongs to Tempest Skeigh.I want her at my mercy while my blade makes her blood sing once more.
Wild Wolves
Ginna Moran - 2022
Fourteen other people face my fate, and we all know that not everyone will make it. It is survival of the fittest, after all.If only that was the worst of it.After wolves attack our shelter, I discover the existence of wolf-shifters and the real reason we’re all here.The wolfpacks of Shadow Moon Island need fresh blood for their species to thrive. They’ve been capturing humans from the mortal world to expand their population for decades. Those who survive the bite prove to be worthy of their supposed gift. Yet, I don’t feel very lucky. I feel like prey.Now, the wolves hunt me for being a female wolf-shifter. Some packs don’t want to blend the bloodlines. Others want me for only that purpose. As for me? I want to make it off this island alive.It takes embracing my nature as a wolf and bonding with the surviving men to learn to fight. Coming together as a pack awakens a side of me I never knew I had. These guys will protect me at all costs, even if it means risking their lives, and I will do the same for them.The packs will learn that they’re not in charge of us anymore. These wild wolves can’t be tamed. I’ll get my wolfpack off this island and back to the civilized world, even if I must send it to the bottom of the sea.
Great White
M. Never - 2021
Stronger. Faster.Smarter. Braver. And then one night I was forced to become all those things. I pulled the trigger and changed my life forever. Now I’m an assassin for a Queen Pin, and together, we are taking the cartel world by storm. Sex, drugs, and secrets surround us like smoke. The DEA is breathing down our necks, and a rival cartel is threatening to destroy us. But I didn’t come this far to be intimidated or pushed around. I didn’t shift my entire universe just so some cocky, sweet talkin’ recruit could get in my pants either. Those days are over. I’m not that easy anymore. Tate may be sexy, deadly, and dangerous — his tongue his most lethal weapon — but my body and my heart just aren’t on the table. I won’t let another man derail my life, no matter how drawn or attracted I am to him. Or how much I hate seeing him with another woman. The only thing I have left to offer is death. They call me La Tiburona — the shark. And I’m not afraid to show you just how deep I can sink my teeth.
Torrent
Gemma James - 2014
Now, eight years later, he's returning the favor...I've been obsessed with Rafe Mason since I was thirteen. The twisted part of this story is that I still want him even now that he's holding me captive on an island.Rafe has his reasons for doing what he's doing, and if I'm honest, I can't blame him. I'm the girl who sent him to prison for a heinous crime he didn't commit.But now he's free and the tables have turned...now he's the one driven by obsession.NOTE TO READERS: Torrent is a dark romance with kidnapping and other disturbing themes. Intended for mature readers. Not for the faint of heart. You've been warned. Part 1 in the Condemned series.
Fractured
Leah Steele - 2022
I put on an act and wear a mask to hide my deepest desires. But what happens when my mask slips, and I fall in love with my inner darkness?My first kill was an accident—not an accident really, but self-defense more like. The second time I killed was truly an accident. The all-consuming need to feel that rush again, took over me when the opportunity presented itself.My third kill was given to me like a gift; the only thing missing was a bow. Someone’s been watching me, a secret admirer. Instead of leaving me with flowers, they left me photos, a weapon, and a file on someone deserving their end. I shouldn’t be more intrigued with my stalker—with the man who knows my deepest secret. But then again, I’ve never felt things the way normal people do.Not one to wait on my stalker to reveal himself, I find myself obsessing over my new hobby. Lucky for me, that includes a few chiseled men I can't pass up. Maybe letting others in my bed will inspire my stalker to come forward.This will be a RH novel with plenty of trigger warnings. Please also note, this may be a temporary placeholder date for release, and it could move forward.
Heartless
Jade West - 2020
That’s my plan until I see her, the woman in gold with the sinful curves and the blonde curls. My will to dominate her runs as deep as the hate I have for her last name. No matter how beautifully she bends beneath my hands, I'll leave her shattered, a broken toy for her cruel family.I'm a sadist, and she's the object of my obsession."I'm speechless... My limits were tested and I even found a few hard limits of my own. I still hear that divinely, sexy man demanding those sinfully sweet words." - USA Today bestselling author B.B. Reid on DIRTY BAD WRONG
Take Me with You
Nina G. Jones - 2016
A set of rules for myself. I don't take unnecessary risks. That's how I've been able to evade capture all these years.But there's something about this girl that is different than the others. When I finally meet her, the rules become a blur. And I break the most important one of all--I take her with me.-----It's just my imagination--that feeling of being watched. That those icy eyes-- a vivid turquoise with a distinct golden fleck--aren't watching me.It's just stress. I am the person everyone relies on. Maybe that's why I haven't been feeling so content with my life lately. Why I dream those eyes belong to someone who can tear me away from all of my responsibilities.But these are just shameful fantasies, never meant to breach reality.Then one night, the dream comes true, only it's a horrific nightmare.Now, I only have one task: survival.Trigger warning: If you need one, this is really not the book for you.
Unholy Union
Natasha Knight - 2020
A single night that changed the course of our lives.She asked me if I was a monster the night I met her.I am.She’s about to learn I’m her monster.Because the countdown that began eight years ago has ended. Her time is up.On the stroke of midnight, she’s mine.Unholy Union contains the prologue Unholy: The Beginning
Cloak and Dagger
Nenia Campbell - 2012
When a hacker breaks into their computer's mainframe, they send Michael out to finish off the loose ends. But so far, there's just one lead to go on. The hacker's daughter, Christina Parker.Christina seems like any other high school senior. And she is — until she gets kidnapped by a group of people who think she's the key to the malicious code that has infected their mainframe system and she is plunged into a world where the lines between right and wrong are blurred beyond all recognition and terror knows no bounds. What do you do when the odds are against you, and the stake is your life?As she quickly learns, there are good guys and there are bad guys. Sometimes Michael's one, sometimes he's the other--but usually he's both. And right now he's the only one who can save her.Cover design by Louisa.
Creole Kingpin
Meghan March - 2020
That’s exactly what I am, but I can’t stay away from Magnolia Marie Maison for one more day, let alone another year.We’ve already got fifteen of those between us.As it stands, she’ll want to kill me as soon as she lays eyes on me. And knowing her, she’s completely up to the task.But I’m a man on a mission, and I’ve got everything riding on this.So, here I come, Magnolia. This ghost is ready for whatever you got.After all, there’s only one way I want this to end—’til death do us part.
Debt Inheritance
Pepper Winters - 2014
I have the piece of paper to prove it. It’s undeniable and unbreakable. You belong to me until you’ve paid off your debts.” Nila Weaver’s family is indebted. Being the first born daughter, her life is forfeit to the first born son of the Hawks to pay for sins of ancestors past. The dark ages might have come and gone, but debts never leave. She has no choice in the matter. She is no longer free.Jethro Hawk receives Nila as an inheritance present on his twenty-ninth birthday. Her life is his until she’s paid off a debt that’s centuries old. He can do what he likes with her—nothing is out of bounds—she has to obey. There are no rules. Only payments.
The Sect
Courtney Lane - 2014
This is not a love story.Keaton Mara ran away from a life that had become a nightmare to live on the streets. While the location she now calls home is a dangerous place, she is protected by an unlikely friendship. The streets provided her with the education she could’ve never earned from the prestigious university she attended. Regrettably, the term ‘educated fool’ becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Due to meeting a man with whom she shares a captivating chemistry with, her judgement is clouded, resulting in a fateful decision. The consequence of trusting the prepossessing stranger results in her being stolen away to a place unknown. Her deceptive new surroundings are just as beautiful as the people who reside there. She discovers that it’s a place where the culture of sex without limits or morals is their religion. Keaton quickly begins to realize that the beautiful scenery serves to hide a very dark truth. The seductive and enigmatic man—who lured her there—desires to save her soul. His intentions are sinister, because saving her soul is synonymous with breaking her. Because Keaton believes her soul was brutally stolen from her many years ago, she thinks he can’t save (or destroy) something she no longer has. She…was…wrong.
Blackwood
Celia Aaron - 2017
It’s what I do. I’ll literally use a shovel to answer a question. Some answers, though, have been buried too deep for too long. But I’ll find those, too. And I know where to dig—the Blackwood Estate on the edge of the Mississippi Delta. Garrett Blackwood is the only thing standing between me and the truth. A broken man—one with desires that dance in the darkest part of my soul—he’s either my savior or my enemy. I’ll dig until I find all his secrets. Then I’ll run so he never finds mine. The only problem? He likes it when I run.Author’s Note: This is a standalone mystery/suspense romance with violence and explicit/intense sex. If you need a trigger warning, then this isn't the book for you.If you purchased the book during the first week, Counsellor is included at the end as a bonus. Blackwood is a 67k-word FULL-LENGTH novel that ends at 54%.