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His Captive by Zahra Girard
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Means
Kennedy Layne - 2018
To what lengths will he be willing to go to make his ambitions come true? Laurel Calanthe is one successful stock pick away from making partner when she finds herself in desperate need of an alibi. There’s only one problem. The man who can save her from being arrested is her only competitor and the one who now holds her fate in his hands. Greed is a powerful motivator in the game of making money, but desire can overcome even the strongest motive.
Trigger
L.P. Dover - 2017
. . that’s what I am. It’s what I do. It’s what I live for. I’m no longer the Preston Hale everyone knew. I left that life and the people in it a long time ago the second I made my first kill. I wasn’t going to give in, but when I heard the screams there was no going back. It triggered the pain, the need. I knew what I had to do, and I did it well. But I never expected for Emma Turner – the only link to my past – to come back into my life. She triggers a different emotion inside me, something I hadn’t ever felt. It’s not a want to kill . . . but a need to CLAIM.
Hungry Mountain Man
Charlize Starr - 2018
But all I could see was her gorgeous smile. I want to take her up to my mountain. But it’s too dangerous. Someone’s after me and my billions. I suspect it’s my brother. I know I should hate him, but I can’t hurt him. So I retreat to my cabin. And me and Mia talk dirty on the phone. But it’s not just dirty talk. This woman is becoming the only good thing in my life. The one thing I’m living for. What will happen when we finally meet again? This is a 30,000 words standalone story with a hotter-than-hot mountain man and a HEA. 18+ readers only.
The End of Me
Tara Brown - 2013
Now widowed and left to raise her children alone, Evie is prepared for anything. Well, almost anything. There are actually two things she isn't prepared for. The first being a sexy young man named Coop, a CI operative who is thrust into her world as her protector and handler. The other is an arms dealer named Servario, who the military has decided she must gain the trust of. But the world she left behind has changed and unfortunately, so has Evie. The minivan-driving mother of two couldn't be further from the woman she once was and she doesn't have time to catch up. At every turn there seems to be a secret or betrayal awaiting the inexperienced spy. But Evie has a secret too, she just doesn't know it yet. This hot, sexy ride is filled with espionage, secrets, and twists you will not see coming.Adult 19+
Beautiful Torture
Emery Jacobs
Living hard and fast, he has never looked back, determined to ignore the pain and suffering of his past. Until he hits rock bottom.She’s alone, afraid, and tortured. Henley Matthews doesn’t need anyone—only her music. She learned at an early age that she has no choice but to find comfort in the cards she’s been dealt. A life full of beauty she holds onto tightly because she doesn’t know when it will be taken away.When Henley allows Caleb into her life, everything spirals out of control. She discovers things about his past that should send her running. But instead, it gives her a reason to stay. Will he feel the same about her once he learns her secrets? Can a damaged man like Caleb handle the truth behind the beautiful tortured woman?
Dagger in the Sea
Cat Porter - 2018
Or simply by force.Not this time.I shouldn’t have kissed her, but I had no idea who she was.Gorgeous, mesmerizing, hot as f**k, and more than ten years younger than me–Adriana, billionaire heiress. And the mafia prince’s girlfriend. The same guy I’m after on my current mission.I shouldn't have taken that sinful taste of her. She was my kind of danger, and I only want more.When an assassin stalks her, I jump in and save her life.But I’m no white knight and she knows it.He makes me a deal–he'll give me what I want if I keep her safe.Dammit, are you kidding me? Bodyguard the queen of my dirtiest fantasies? The most off limits, forbidden woman I’ve ever wanted?I have no choice.Suddenly we're all headed to the Greek islands on their luxury yacht.I need to focus. I need to stop wanting Adri. I need to get off this yacht alive.One lie, one kiss, one bullet all lead to an unlikely alliance Adri and I never saw coming. And an explosive passion neither of us can deny.I had no idea what I was in for.–Lose your heart to ambitious mafia fixer, Turo and Adri in their slow burn steamy romance adventure standalone. Sizzling with underworld bad boys, angsty twists and turns, and fiery heat, set in a decadent jet-set Mediterranean playground–*This slight age gap Greek island billionaire romantic suspense action adventure novel with bodyguard and mafia crime elements is intended for mature readers only. It contains adult language, violence, and graphic scenes*
Bullet to the Heart
Lea Griffith - 2013
She has become everything but is no one. Known only as Bullet she was long ago forced to shed the name her parents gave her. Changed, molded and trained to kill with sharp-shooting efficiency she is one of The Collective’s most valuable assets. In a cadre of killers, Bullet is death waiting but her time for vengeance has come.He was loved and then he lost. He has become a hunter in search of revenge.Everything was taken from Rand the day a bullet ended the lives of his beloved wife and daughter. He has searched for their killer seven long years and may have her in his hands. Rand has suffered but now the time has come to make The Collective pay or die trying.Joy and sorrow are two sides of the same coin. Vengeance draws them together but before all is said and done they will learn love can either break you or make you stronger.
One Hundred & Thirty-Six Scars
Amo Jones - 2016
I fought through life with my scarred soul, wrangled through the dark empty nights where I’d pray I didn’t wake up the next morning. I would shut my eyes and mentally take myself to my happy place.Red rosesThe sound of waves crashing on the sand under my feet. The final time the cold blade pushed up against my thigh, and I waited for my blood to trickle over the other One hundred and thirty-six scars that covered my skin— never came. Who was this man who just saved me? He had no idea how close I came to ending myself that day. I was ready to blow my brains all over the bedroom walls and I had a nine sitting under my pillow to prove it.BeastSome people have families, I had engineered human killing machines surrounding me my whole life. I’d been a part of this unit since I was a baby, raised in a community that was shut off from the real world. A community where we were nothing but empty vessels, until Hella (my best friend) and I escaped. Hella took us to a girl who was in foster care with him before he was summoned into The Army. After finding out yet another complication in my life, I needed space. I booked in to a run down apartment, ready to clear my head. Only my head didn’t clear, because I was haunted every night from the screams that would vibrate through my walls.This is not a story of a perfect man coming in to save the day. This is a story of what happens when fate interferes and two completely broken souls collide.
Sold to the Hottest Bidder
Layla Valentine - 2017
Emily: It didn’t take long for things to get out of hand. Thrust on stage in front of a crowd of wealthy, powerful masked men, And they’re selling me to the highest bidder! Kyle: The moment I saw her, I knew she’d be mine. The sexiest lot on the stage. Anyone’s, for a price. When that hammer comes down, I’m going to be the one buying. Trussed up and put up for sale, Emily’s about to discover that everyone has their price… This is a full-length romance, with steamy love scenes, a beautiful HEA and utterly no cliffhangers. Also included are some previously released bonus books, completely free!
Last Hit
Jessica Clare - 2013
For years I savored the fear caused by my name, the trembling at the sight of my tattoos. The stars on my knees, the marks on my fingers, the dagger in my neck, all bespoke of danger. If you saw my eyes, it was the last vision you’d have. I have ever been the hunter, never the prey. With her, I am the mark and I am ready to lie down and let her capture me. Opening my small scarred heart to her brings out my enemies. I will carry out one last hit, but if they hurt her, I will bring the world down around their ears.
Daisy
I've been sheltered from the outside world all my life. Home-schooled and farm-raised, I’m so naive that my best friend calls me Pollyanna. I like to believe the best in people. Nikolai is part of this new life, and he’s terrifying to me. Not because his eyes are cold or my friend warns me away from him, but because he’s the only man that has ever seen the real me beneath the awkwardness. With him, my heart is at risk... and also, my life.
Keeping Lily
Izzy Sweet - 2016
One night and everything in my life changed. Two words and my world turned dark. “Take her”.Owing the most ruthless crime lord in Garden City five million dollars, my husband chose to trade me and my children away to save himself. I was on the cusp of freedom, so close to divorcing that scumbag I was married to. Now I’m enslaved to a man who is obsessed with me. A man so wicked and beautiful, they call him Lucifer. So alluring, he makes the angels weep with envy. He’s so powerful, I can’t stop myself from bending to his will. He’s determined to master me, and he won’t rest until I give him all. He wants my light, and he wants my dark. He wants my body, and he wants my heart. But most of all, he wants the one thing I can’t give him. The one thing I can’t bear to part with…
Darkest Perception
Shari J. Ryan - 2018
However, it turned out I was in the wrong class, with the wrong professor, at the wrong time. One decision to become an apprentice changed my entire life.After being left with nothing, including my true identity, money, family, and friends, I was evicted from my apartment. I knew I’d have to run and hide while struggling with starvation, but then a shady job offer became an appealing option in the midst of my desperation. I was fully aware of the risks involved, but I’m well versed in reading people and assuming their intentions. Therefore, I was confident I wouldn’t end up being that woman who ran into a trap that was decorated with luxurious accommodations and high-class amenities. I also wasn’t the type to reach for bait disguised as a gorgeous man with lust pooling in his eyes.As it turns out, though … I was wrong about everything—almost everything. I fell into the rabbit hole where nothing was as it seemed from the outside, and I had no clue I was the puppeteer of it all.
Capture
Olivia Ryann - 2018
One day, I’m cooking dinner for my brothers and dreaming about going off to college. I’m a good girl, protected by the family. After all, my dad is a big mob boss in New Orleans. The next day, I’m stuffed into the back of an SUV against my will. Kidnapped. Shaking with fear. I try to run, try to escape… but I don’t realize that I am just a pawn. I don’t see the larger picture, or the shadowed man pulling the strings. I don’t realize that he is going to capture me. Or that I will be lost from the first moment I look into his eyes… Reading Order: Capture (Cherish Series FREE Prequel) Control (Cherish Series Book 1) Covet (Cherish Series Book 2) Cherish (Cherish Series Book 3)
Meant to be Yours
Poppy Parkes - 2020
Now that I look back over the past few weeks, I can see signs of this coming.I’d thought it was wedding jitters. Our family had begun trickling into Shotgun, our western Montana town, making the incoming life commitment all the more real. That’d be enough to make any groom-to-be nervous. But then my fiancé never showed up to our weddingMy three bridesmaid friends were amazing. They’d spun into action dispersing the guests while I sat, numb. Now we’re driving to the closest dive bar at my request, and I feel lots of things.Hurt. Confused. Betrayed. But most of all, I feel like my insides are alight with anger.I’m ready to blow off some steam. But love isn’t done with me yet. It has one more trick up its sleeve . . .Meant to be Yours is a super hot story about finding true love at the most unlikely of times. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and only consensual shenanigans await. This contemporary instalove romance is first in the Love at First Sight series, and will make you squirm with delight. ;) Steamy happily ever after guaranteed!