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    If it comes back, it's yours...right?Eight years after moving away from her hometown of Miami, Cherokee is back home to take care of her sickly grandmother. While trying to stay low and off the scene, she puts all her focus into her job and her family. That is, until the man who broke her heart many years ago unexpectedly walks into her life once again.Along with his right-hand man, Dillinger Rivera has the streets on lock. He's just weeks away from getting married to his beautiful fianc�e Carmilla and couldn't be happier. Nothing can knock him off his square, until his first love Cherokee steps back on the scene with some secrets that change Dillinger's life forever.Santos has been trying to walk the straight and narrow with his longtime girlfriend A'Layla ever since she left him due to his infidelity. When she took him back, he vowed never to hurt her again and had been holding true to that until one secret he had kept buried comes back to bite him in the worst way possible. When Santos finds out that Layla has a few secrets of her own, will they put an end to what they've built for over a decade, or will Santos fight tooth and nail for the only woman that has ever had a place in his heart?

    Cherry wasn’t sure how she would be able to go on with life, but her daughter, Angel, and her boyfriend of two years, Devonte, gave her the strength to go on. Devonte was Cherry’s first love and first everything. He was all she knew. Her mother couldn’t stand him and often voiced her opinion, feeling as if her daughter deserved better, but Cherry lived and breathed Devonte. Besides her daughter, Devonte was her life. That was until she ran into an unforgettable bad boy, Javi. Not able to get him out of her mind, Cherry does everything in her power to forget about the mystery man who has caught her eye, but everywhere she turns, Javi is there. Can she stay faithful to the one guy who everyone seems to hate yet she loves? Can she avoid temptation? Javi wasn’t your average man. Decorated in tattoos from head to toe, tall, decked out in the flyest and finest jewelry and fashion, no kids, muscular and downright fine, he would stop any woman dead in her tracks. Not one for relationships, Javi also wasn’t the one for love. Being the man in the streets, he was always about his paper. Growing up poor, he refused to ever struggle again in life. He was content with just his cars and his money, but bumping into Cherry made him rethink everything pertaining to women, but there was just one thing stopping him: her boyfriend. Cherry’s best friend Kabrina is madly in love with a guy who doesn’t want her, so when she found herself pregnant, alone and confused, she contemplated whether to keep her baby. Having an unfaithful baby daddy certainly didn’t help. Plagued by drama, secrets and lies, will Kabrina keep her baby? You haven’t lived yet until you get a man from the dirty south. After all, there’s nothing like some down south loving.

    This torrid series of sizzling, nasty, erotic short stories are guaranteed to leave you hot, bothered and... spent. Behind closed doors... everybody's a freak. Open the door and cum inside. You just might see a familiar face or two. Who knows; you might even see yourself. ;)

    He’d been with more women than he could count. He considered himself sexually uninhibited and well versed in BDSM as a Dom. He could never consider himself a submissive. That was until he met Molly Jenkins a sophisticated Mistress and trained Domme.Their attraction is instant and he joins her at her private dungeon. There he experiences what an amazing Mistress she is. He’ll submit once and then make it his business to tame the beautiful Molly Jenkins.He believes every woman will submit to one man. He’ll prove that to the head strong Domme.

    They’re best friends. JUST friends. Jack knows he shouldn’t be crossing the line with this sweet girl, but he can’t seem to stay away. He’s nobody's hero, and Jessie deserves so much more than he could ever give her. When a mission to find a missing girl puts them in a compromising position, their friendship is tested in ways that neither of them could have imagined. Jack makes a choice that leaves Jessie reeling, and she must face a painful truth about her future. While Jack struggles with his demons, Jessie must explore her own capacity for forgiveness and her ability to resist the destructive path her heart seems determined to lead her. As the flames between them continue to rage, someone is definitely going to get burned… **Warning...the characters in this book may be dark, damaged, and flawed. It is the second book in the Wrecked Hearts Series and ends on a cliffhanger. It contains sexually explicit scenes and is intended only for readers 18+ who enjoy erotic, no-rules love stories.

    After his fiancée is murdered, Ricardo, the eldest of the brothers, starts spiraling out of control, his violent nature leading him down a path that could rip his family apart. But, when two women walk into his life... His first love—Bianca D’Angelo And an assassin from the Viper Sisterhood ...he finds himself pulled into a world of espionage, intrigue, and seduction, where he'll win his family's safety and the woman of his dreams—or lose everything.

    Arianna (Ari) Lynn Harlow has led a charmed life until tragedy strikes her family. He’s looking for a no-emotions attached mistress, she’s looking for redemption. They are not a pair that should ever work, but undeniable attraction and devastating tragedies bring them together in the city by the bay where he fights to keep their relationship nothing more than an enjoyable way to meet his needs, and she battles to not lose herself in him. Spending time with Ari starts cracking the hard shell that Rafe has built around his heart, but he denies the affect she has on him until it’s too late to stop the inevitable conclusion that their relationship is headed for.Just when Ari has sunk to the lowest she’s ever been she finds an ad in the paper announcing a job that’s too good to be true. It turns out she’s right. She makes it through the intense rounds of interviews only to find out the job is for a mistress to the powerful Rafe Palazzo, owner of Palazzo Enterprises. Rafe gives her a day to think about whether she wants the position or not, and she’s sent on her way, only to find out her mother’s near-terminal position has taken a turn for the worse. Her mom’s only in the hospital because Ari messed up, and her mother’s the one who paid the price. Is Rafe her savior, or will he take her with him straight to the depths of hell?Submit:Arianna Harlow has a choice. Does she choose love or self-respect? Will she give up her freedom and become nothing but a shadow of herself? This is the exciting sequel to the NYT’s and USA Today best-selling book Surrender. In Submit, Ari faces an impossible ultimatum. She needs to decide whether to accept Raffaelo Palazzo’s indecent proposal and stay at his side as his bought mistress, under his complete control in his world and in his bedroom. Rafe holds the keys to her mother’s happiness, and Ari must choose love for her mother or respect for herself and for the morals her mother instilled in her. You’ll find out that decision in this book and discover the unexpected repercussions of what Ari does choose. Who will submit? Will it be the women or the men?Seduced:At the end of Submit, Arianna Harlow had enough pride in herself to walk away from Rafe Palazzo, who had started their relationship using blackmail. Though she’d fallen in love with him, she was strong enough to say goodbye. We saw the softer side of Rafe, especially toward the end, but it was too late… Or was it? Seduced begins almost two years after Ari starts her new life. She is teaching at a community college, and when she asks the class whether they have any questions for her, Rafe is there and has only one: Will you go on a date with me? What is Ari’s answer? You’ll find out in the third installment of Melody Anne’s New York Times best-selling series, Surrender. This story continues the lives of Ari, Lia and Rachel. These three women are resilient, determined, and worth loving. The question is, whether the men in their lives strong enough to keep them.Scorched:Has Rachel been taken against her will by the powerful King Adriano, known to her as Ian? You will find out in the beginning of a story filled with romance, lust, conflict and heat. The king recently ascended the throne of Corythia, and his brother, Gianni, is out for revenge, for what he feels is rightfully his, a kingdom he once renounced.

    He's smart, successful, happily-married-and has the best of everything. But ambitious business executive Ryan can't stop thinking about the woman he can't have: Olivia. She's his friend, his co-worker...and his best friend Miles's wife. It only takes one irresistible moment, one luscious taste, to ignite their relationship into an insatiable fire... CAN BECOME YOUR WORST NIGHTMARES... But Ryan's erotic fantasies are slowly unraveling his career, marriage, and friendships as he discovers his mind-blowing tryst was nothing more than a treacherous charade. Now his obsession and sexual escapades threaten to ruin all he's worked so hard for, trapping him deeper into a web of illicit desire, deceit, and danger...

     Davis I've always looked out for her, but she didn't know it. She came back into my life and made me want what I shouldn't have. Once she learns the truth, it will show her so much, but will she forgive me. Julia When everyone else in my life let me down, he made sense to me. I returned with a plan in mind, but one night with him and plans changed. The professor can teach me because I'm ready to learn. Davis and Julia can't deny their attraction despite the secrets of their past. Will it bring them closer together or reveal how forbidden their love is and tear them further apart? Educate Him is an unconventional second chance romance with BDSM elements by Sydney Aaliyah Michelle. If you enjoy a sassy, confident young woman, a smooth talking sexy professor, and a connection that reminds you why you love romance, you'll love Sydney Aaliyah Michelle's latest stand-alone HEA romance. Pick up Educate Him and learn about Davis and Julia's scorching romance today!

    Written with her signature style of high passion, emotion and great sex.An innocent night of drinking between friends turns into something not-so-innocent: the fulfillment of Krista's longest sexual fantasy—to have sex with her best friend, Danny. Will one night of passion ruin a lifetime of friendship?Krista Baker meets her lifelong best friend, Daniel "Danny" Marks at a local bar for an evening of drinks and laughs—it's their typical Friday night. However, Krista soon learns that Danny just got dumped by his most recent girlfriend, and he's devastated to the point that he gets extremely drunk. Krista takes him home and puts him to bed. Only, she ends up in bed with him, and the two share a night of drunken debauchery, sex so amazing it stuns both of them. The next morning they agree to forget about it and remain friends. Krista agrees even though she wants more. A week later, she's determined to tell him the truth about how she really feels.This ebook contains very hot and explicit descriptions of erotic activity. Only mature readers should download this book.

    No M/M.PLEASE NOTE: This romance was previously released as Deliciously British. This edition has been completely revised and shortened.

    Mega Harems. Mega Villains. Warning: This is probably too awesome for you to handle. Seriously. I was a nobody on Earth. But in the Ultraverse, I’m a god. Smoking hot women throw themselves at me. Panties melt. I’ve got the body of an underwear model, and I’m hung like a, well… you can figure it out. There’s just one problem. Okay, maybe a few problems. Sinister supers threaten the galaxy, and it’s up to me to stop them. Their power is devastating. Their tactics are ruthless. They are hellbent on demolishing any super that stands in their way. If I’m going to stand a chance, I’ll need to step up my game. But I can’t do it alone. I’ll need the help of a few good women. My power stems from my harem, and it’s gonna have to get a whole lot bigger! The galaxy depends on it. Reader Note: If you like superheroes, space opera, steamy ladies, spicy times, polyamory, and non-stop action, this is the book for you! If that kind of thing scares you, put your tablet down and run! Read Super Mega today!

    But instead of just one man, there are two waiting for her both intent on marrying her. After the initial shock wears off, Amelia realises she has little choice but to do as the men ask and become a wife to both of them. When the two finally get her alone, she begins to understand what it will mean to be a Timber Creek Bride. Colt and Bear have been saving for a mail-order bride for longer than they can remember. With the paltry sum they pay, the last thing they expect is the beautiful and innocent young woman that shows up. They set about introducing her to what it means being married to not one, but two cowboys. But trouble looms in the form of the spiteful Angus Sneed who doesn't think much of the men's strange lifestyle. Will they be able to find happiness or will Sneed's scheming win out? Steamy standalone novella with no cliffhanger and HEA.

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