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Faithless (The Salvation Society)


Megan Green - 2020
    Forty-eight hours later, I’d find out just how wrong I was.Now, instead of being a divorced father of two, I’m a widower, left trying to pick up the pieces of my wife’s affair.The last person I should turn to for help?My wife’s estranged sister, Kate.Kate is everything Felicity wasn’t. And no matter how wrong I know it is, I can’t help the attraction that sparks between us.Felicity destroyed my faith in love. Will her sister be able to restore it?Faithless is an emotional new standalone romance set in Corinne Michael's bestselling Salvation Society world.

The Last Gift


Carla Acheson - 2012
    Maggie Tanner's first recollection of life within the Victorian slums of London is at the age of six years, witnessing the death of her grandmother shortly followed by the tragic birth of her mother's stillborn twins.Born to an impoverished family who face the daily threat of disease, starvation and the cruel work-houses, she is forced at the age of twelve to seek work and is taken into service within an upper class family. But in an effort to escape the tribulations of her class Maggie only begins to discover an even worse fate than death itself - the shocking moral ostracization by society towards bastardy and the heartbreaking underworld business of baby-farming.'The Last Gift' exposes the gripping realities of the harsh and brutal facts of life for the poor, during the greatest class divide that British history has ever known.

Iron: A Motorcycle Club Romance (Southern Crows MC)


Kathryn Thomas - 2018
     TEAGAN This little garage is all I have left of my dead father. And Jay Healey is about to set it on fire. He thinks he can do whatever he wants. But just because he’s a gorgeous outlaw, doesn’t mean I’m just gonna roll over and take it from him. Until he makes me do exactly that. Pretending to be my boyfriend? Forcing me to accept his “protection?” It’s driving me d*mn near crazy. Mostly because, as infuriating as he is, the biker has staked a claim in my heart. My chest throbs every time he strolls in the garage. And when he pins me against the wall and kisses me fierce… I completely come apart. JAY I’ve got a war on my hands. I’m a veteran of the motorcycle club world, and I know firsthand how ugly these things can get. Men will suffer. Blood will be spilled. And if innocent little Teagan is caught in the crossfire, she’s as good as dead. That’s why I took her to my MC’s clubhouse – for her own safety. She doesn’t like it…. Not one bit. But that’ll change soon. Because as soon as I get my hands on her curves, she’s gonna be addicted to me. One taste of my iron rod, and she’s hooked for life. But after that first touch, things start changing faster than I can handle. I go back to her again and again. Maybe I’m the one with an addiction. All I know is this: If my enemies think they can come into my house and take my woman, they’d better think again. Because I’ll kill them all to protect what’s mine. IRON is a full-length, standalone, super steamy, bad boy motorcycle club romance novel from bestselling author KATHRYN THOMAS. This suspenseful, action-packed MC romance is intended for mature audiences, due to violence, strong language, dark themes and elements, and explicit intimate scenes. The romance between the alpha male bad boy and the fiery woman he can't resist ends with a guaranteed happily ever after (HEA) ending, has absolutely NO CHEATING, and does NOT include a cliffhanger of any kind.

Western Dreams


Kallypso Masters - 2016
     WESTERN DREAMS is a collection of five original, SHORT glimpses into the lives of two beloved couples from the Rescue Me Saga. This collection gives readers some quick peeks at Ryder and Megan (including two “secret” scenes mentioned in NOBODY’S DREAM that took place off the page, as well as two others that take place after the ending of that book). Readers also will catch a glimpse of how Luke and Cassie are settling in and progressing in their relationship at their new mountaintop haven. We begin with Ryder and Megan Wilson’s honeymoon bike ride through Colorado. When Ryder’s PTSD kicks in, he takes a detour that leads to surprises—and some sexy fun. As their destiny on the ranch unfolds, watch them explore the BDSM lifestyle in ways that will delight. In the final vignette in this collection, watch as Luke returns from three long days at the ranch to find Cassie immersed in her outdoor soaking tub as the snow flurries swirl around them. Readers will relish this glimpse into how Luke continues to condition Cassie, steering her in the direction of a future dynamic in the BDSM lifestyle—baby step by baby step. EXTRA! EXTRA! This collection includes a long, sexy excerpt from Kallypso's ROAR featuring a new couple faced with an unthinkable choice. ROAR is a standalone novel that will eventually serve as a bridge to the romantic suspense trilogy with the long-awaited romances of Patrick Gallagher, Mistress V. Grant, Gunnar Larson—and their love interests. Rescue Me Saga (best if read in the following order): 1. Masters at Arms & Nobody’s Angel (two-novel volume) 2. Nobody’s Hero 3. Nobody’s Perfect 4. Somebody’s Angel 5. Nobody’s Lost 6. Nobody’s Dream To be read after the above books: Western Dreams (Rescue Me Saga Extras #1) The following standalone book (with only minor connections to the above series): Roar (released June 2016)

Watch Me Burn


Melissa Toppen - 2013
    Sexy. An obvious playboy.And even though he’s the last person I should want, I can’t help but be drawn to him.Like a moth to a flame, I simply can’t look away. I convince myself it’s just a rebound.Who could ever be foolish enough to fall for a man who might as well have womanizer tattooed on his forehead?But matters of the heart aren’t always so simple.And I have a feeling I just opened mine up to be broken all over again…*WATCH ME BURN was originally released in 2013 as the three part Breathless Series: Consumed, Taken, Released. Rewritten and condensed into one standalone novel.

His FBI Sub


Linzi Basset - 2015
    She was an undercover FBI agent, as tough as nails and as sassy as they come. She led a lonely life, all due to a tragedy six years prior that forced her to draw away from anyone that meant something to her. Her job became her life, she took chances no one else would, but at least all her loved ones were kept alive. Ruark Greer decided she was his the moment he laid eyes on her and set motions in place to keep her returning to his club as his sub. Courtney was appalled when the bust was successful and found she had no other choice but to remain at the Club as a trainee sub. Yet, her fascination with the gorgeous hunky Master known as my Liege, grew and under his unyielding hands, she discovered a need she could not deny. Even though Courtney did her utmost to keep an emotional distance from him, Ruark refused to back down. No matter how many hard FBI Agents she controlled, in the Club she was a sassy submissive, yet sweetly vulnerable. He soon realized her defenses were keeping her on the fringe of her sexuality and living life to the fullest. Note: This book contains explicit sexual situations, graphic language, and material that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play, BDSM theme and elements. Excerpt Courtney was actually quite annoyed at the fact that she was under instruction from Ruark not to play. So, to get at least some action, she sassed Master Quinlan and ended up over a spanking bench, to receive ten strokes with a paddle. “Master Quinlan, is this a demonstration, or a punishment?” He was back! Oh shit! “Punishment, my Liege. She sassed me. She is due ten with the paddle.” “Is this her first punishment?” “No, second.” “Hmm … well, why don’t I take care of that for you?” “As you wish, my Liege.” She felt his hands on her hips, slowly stroking the seam of the denim short she was wearing. He walked to the front and slowly but deliberately tightened leather wrist cuffs around her wrists and hooked them to the steel shackles on the legs of the horse. He slowly lowered the front part of the bench and lifted the back part higher. Her ass was now sticking high into the air. He stroked his finger down her cheek and leaned down. “Now is it not luck I decided to come back early, little pet?” He walked back to the other side and she gasped when she felt him lift her hips and unzip her shorts. “These are in my way. They have to go.” “No!” No matter how she wiggled or tried to kick at him, he had her shorts off and threw them on her back. By the time he had her legs tied as well, she was breathless. She gasped when his large hand stroked over her ass. Her ass, sticking up in the air, with only a thong to cover her pussy! She moaned when his finger dipped beneath the thong and stroked over her labia. “Sweet and so wet, little pet. Not that I can see anything now, but from the glimpses I got at the Fashion show, you have a beautiful pussy.” She groaned and rested her forehead on the padded bench, her long hair like a curtain around her face. Suddenly his fingers were gone and stroked over her ass. “Beautiful. I can’t wait to whip that pussy of yours, my pet. Now tell me, why are you being punished?” “I-I sassed Master Quinlan.” She stammered, the thought of him whipping her pussy made her even wetter. “How?” “He told me to bend over and grab my ankles.

Renegade Ridge


Arabella Steedly - 2018
    His prized mare is injured while barrel racing and needs medical attention fast! He is forced to turn to Dr. Vanessa Hart… The young, HOT inexperienced veterinarian who is new to town. When she shows up at the ranch, they get off on the wrong foot… Jake’s PTSD kicks in from his military days, and he gets angry with her. Jake can’t deny his attraction for the BBW, but he has a shady past. One he is afraid to admit to Vanessa for fear she will label him as a bad boy loser. Vanessa has come to town for a fresh start… She keeps to herself but when Jake does her a favor she agrees to go out with him. After their first kiss, Vanessa can’t keep her eyes off him. She wants more… But she holds a deep dark secret too that she isn’t about to share… a deadly secret! Will Jake and Vanessa’s love for each other be strong enough for them to find happiness and put their pasts in the rearview mirror? Renegade Ridge is a Bad Boy Action-Adventure Romance with a guaranteed HEA. This full-length novel is a contemporary romance but has elements of a thriller as well. Renegade Ridge is book #1 in the Renegade Series and can be read standalone. The book comes to a natural ending with no cliffhangers even though the novel has been developed to create interest in future books in the series.

Going for a Ride


Kylie Gilmore - 2016
    Now he’s spending the summer working for his uncle’s traveling carnival company and trying to figure out who he is without football.Free-spirited Kelsey Brown returns to her hometown of Sapphire Falls, Nebraska for the annual festival and a much needed break to figure out her next career move—follow her corporate advertising job in its relocation or feed her artistic soul with the photography that she loves. But when she discovers her long-time football hero crush is working the festival, she quickly decides she’s going for a ride. With him.Sizzling summer nights in Sapphire Falls soon lead to a future neither of them could have imagined. But can two very different people follow their dreams together?

Dirty Work


Chelle Bliss - 2016
     ReaganI hate him. Jude Titan is everything that’s wrong with the male sex: cocky, domineering and loaded with swagger. Oh, and did I mention he’s a Republican? Yeah, the guy’s so conservative he leans to the right when walking. And lucky me, I’m running against him for Senate. But I’ve got plenty of fight in me. A golden boy war hero opponent with a smile that leaves melted panties in its wake? Bring. It. On.JudeDamn, she’s sexy. Reagan Preston intrigues me from the moment I lay eyes on her. And speaking of laying…I want between those thighs. But I want to make her burn for me first. Every debate and stolen moment is foreplay for us. She claims she hates me, but her body tells a different story. I plan to win this election, but I also want to win the sharp, fiery Democrat who captures my attention like no woman ever has. Politics is filthy, just like all the things I want to do to Reagan Preston.

Broken (The Salvation Society)


K.C. Enders - 2020
    Two broken souls and a last chance to find salvation.They say that time heals all wounds, but they haven’t been handed a folded flag. Almost six years later, Chloe Triplett is ready to try and move on. New job, new town, but saying you’re ready and actually doing it are two very different things.Besides, what kind of crazy person would want to take on a single mom with a dog?They say that pain is temporary, but they haven’t buried someone they love. Miles Kent is treading water. His SEAL career is over, and the ghosts of his past are holding him hostage, haunting the present.How does a hero admit he’s the one who needs help?Crashing into each other’s lives might just be the best thing that ever happened to them—but how can either of them take a chance on love when they know the pain of loss all too well? It will take a discerning dog, a surly tween, and a superman to discover if Virginia really is for lovers.

Own


Katie Porter - 2014
    Making her call you Sir? Reckless. Command Force Alpha, Book 1 When a mission against the Russian mafia goes south, Colonel Stafford, head of a deep-cover ops team, wrests a hospital-bed promise from his protégé. Although eager to return to the field, Evan Sommers swears to keep the colonel’s daughter, Katsu, safe from retaliation. The task isn’t simple for the battle-tested Marine Corps captain. Four years have passed since his secret affair with sweet, compliant Katsu. Now she’s a streetwise pool shark who refuses to obey any command. Kat resists the need for Evan’s protective shadow, until deadly threats expose her vulnerability. Her future depends on this hardened soldier, and their sizzling dynamic reveals what Kat’s bland college dating life lacked—a man with the will and desire to tame her. Danger creates potent, unexpected scenarios that test their sexual limits, yet a real relationship is impossible. Evan is the warrior who could be her Master, but how can she fully submit? The next mission—even the next knock on the door—could rob Kat of the man she loves. Warning: This book contains a reformed playboy Specials Ops stud who knows how to tease, demand, and spank what he wants out of a colonel’s unruly pool shark of a daughter. Wait…how is this supposed to be a warning?

An Extraordinary Haunting


Michael Christopher Carter - 2015
    Things moving which shouldn’t. And when an ethereal girl is glimpsed, they decide it's time for a seance to make contact. But when they do, objects fly across the room to a cacophony of shrieks to get out! Forty miles away, beautiful former housemate, Elin Treharne, is plagued by nightmares of her one-time home. She knows something the new tenants don't. Something life-threatening. But even she doesn’t understand the peril she's in. Someone must learn the truth... Before it’s too late.

Beneath This Mask


Meghan March - 2014
    Son of a congressman. Successful businessman in my own right. With a résumé like mine, women have never been a challenge.Until I met her. This sexy, tatted-up bad girl wasn’t part of my plans, but that punch to my gut every time I see her tells me I have to know more.She’s a mystery. An enigma. A challenge. I’m going to figure her out — and then I’m going to make her mine. We’ll find out what she’s hiding... beneath this mask.

Beneath Him


C. Shell - 2013
    During a photo shoot for a prestigious magazine, Jessica runs into an intense stranger who makes her rethink everything she thought she knew about attraction. The immediate chemistry between them consumes her in every way. He is charming, handsome, rich, and everything she never knew she wanted.Alex is complicated and private with a long list of secrets. From the moment he laid eyes on Jessica he knew he had to have her. Her attempts to keep things between them casual was feeble at best, and Alex steamrolls over them the way he does with everything that he wants. And make no mistake, he wants Jessica under him, with him, and beside him in every way.Not all stories are supposed to end in a happy ending, theirs sure as hell wasn't. Or was it?**Intended for an adult audience. Strong language, steamy sex, and enough dirty talk to make your panties wet.

Tangled Beauty


K.L. Middleton - 2013
    That is, until she met Reed, Jesse's sexy as hell older brother, and ends up getting much more than what she'd bargained for.Reed Eddington assumed his future was settled until he met Sinclair, his brother's so-called "girlfriend," but the raw, sexual tension between them is hard to ignore. As he watches their ruse from the sidelines, he finds himself wanting to uncover more than just their amusing little facade.Due to sexual content and heavy subject matter, this book is recommended for ages 18+.