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Dirty Shame


Tess Oliver - 2016
    He also always knew that he’d never love anyone as much he loved Rylan Merritt. But sometimes love isn't enough.Seven years ago, Rylan Merritt left Bluefield Ridge with her heart in tatters. Now she’s back. And Kellan Braddock, the boy from the wrong side of the tracks, the boy who she loved beyond anything has grown into a man. Will she risk her heart again? The story of a first love so strong it never fades.

Outcast


Sofia Daniel - 2019
    According to the Kings of Mercia Academy...they aren't for Americans, either. Blake, Edward, and Henry rule my new school. They're aristocratic. Old money. Brutal as hell They'll do whatever it takes to break my spirit and make me leave. If I survive Mercia, I'll get a free ride to college. My future will be set. My past will be forgotten. All I have to do is survive their dirty tricks. Their dangerous games. Their seductive kisses. They’ve opened hunting season and put a target on my back. What they don’t know is that one day, the prey will become the hunter. Mercia Academy – it ain't no cup of tea. Outcast is book one of a reverse harem, high school bully romance that contains cursing, dark themes, and sexual situations.

Thief


C.L. Stone - 2014
    The only way she scrapes by is to utilize her one skill: pickpocketing. But even though she’s a thief she has a moral code: no kids or old ladies, only targets who can defend themselves. Not that they see her coming…Thinking she’s been working under the radar, Kayli has no idea The Academy has been watching and taking notice. Now a team that needs her skill has offered her a way out of her predicament and it’s her last chance: work with them, or face jail time. Kayli resists at first, but slowly the boys reveal they can be trusted. With Marc, the straight man, Raven, the bad-boy Russian, Corey and Brandon the twins as different as night and day, and Axel their stoic leader, there’s a lot Kayli can learn from these Academy guys about living on the edge of the law. If only she can stay on the good side instead of the bad.Especially when the job they offer her is more than any of them bargained for. After it’s done, the hunters have become the hunted and their target is now after Kayli. The Academy boys do their best to keep her hidden, but a thief like Kayli will never sit still for long.Meet an all-new Academy team in Thief, the beginning of the Scarab Beetle series.Warning: This is a new adult series. Readers of the other Academy series may need some caution as this series will contain mature sexual and violent situations and themes.

My Stolen Life


Steffanie Holmes - 2020
    I have a secret.Are you ready?I’m Mackenzie Malloy, and everyone thinks they know who I am.Five years ago, I disappeared.No one has seen me or my family outside the walls of Malloy Manor since.But now I’m coming to reclaim my throne:The Ice Queen of Stonehurst Prep is back.Standing between me and my everything?Three things can bring me down:The sweet guy who wants answers from his former friend.The rock god who wants to f*ck me.The king who’ll crush me before giving up his crown.They think they can ruin me, wreck it all, but I won’t let them.I’m not the Mackenzie Eli used to know.Hot boys and rock gods like Gabriel won’t win me over.And just like Noah, I’ll kill to keep my crown.I’m just a poor little rich girl with the stolen life.I’m here to f*ck up three princes,before they destroy me.

Never Got Over You


Whitney G. - 2019
    The updated version of this novel--with expanded scenes, will return soon. Nine and a half years ago, you married a man who wasn't me. He wasn't even half of me...Nine and a half hours ago, you walked through the doors of my billion-dollar boardroom for a job interview.Although every person at the table fell for your charm and applauded, I didn't dare. I couldn't help but notice your bare ring finger. Couldn't help but notice that you were even sexier now than you were on the night we first met.I honestly didn't want to hire you, but I had no choice. (I was outvoted 16-1, but trust me, you got this job by default.)When you signed the papers and we shook hands, I didn't bring up the fact that you didn't "wait for me" like you promised to years ago, or that you just moved on with your life like what we had meant nothing. Instead, I insisted that we keep things one-hundred percent professional.So, for the record: I've long forgotten about you and all the times we shared. (This includes the way your body feels under mine, the way your laughter used to make me smile, and the way you used to breathlessly say my name for hours at a time.)I'm definitely not in denial, this is all one hundred percent true. You'll never hear me say that you still have an effect on me, that you're still the best I've ever had, or worse, that I never got over you...*This is a standalone contemporary romance.*

Wicked Lies


Mae Doyle - 2020
    Friends, the chance to graduate from a high school that would open doors for me around the world, and some serious eye candy in homeroom.But the three boys who rule the school are only sweet to look at. They’re devastatingly rich, cruel beyond words, and know secrets about my past that nobody else does.I’m supposed to leave Taylor Prep. It’s the only way for me to survive, but leaving would mean giving up on the dream my dad had for me. Even though the students at school are going to try to drive me out, they have no idea what I can handle.The rogues may think they can break me, but I’m stronger than ever. My accident may have broken my body and taken someone I loved, but it didn’t crush my spirit.And I’m sure as hell not going to let three gorgeous guys and the school they run crush it now.Wicked Lies is a reverse harem high school bully romance. This is the first book in the series with dark and sexual scenes.

Undertow


Elizabeth O'Roark - 2013
    It almost seems like enough until Nate Sullivan comes home. Nate – her childhood best friend, her first love. The boy who left without a trace one night and broke her heart. When their attraction threatens the future she and her parents have so carefully crafted, loyalties will be tested and secrets will be uncovered. Giving in may cost her everything. But how do you resist the only thing you’ve ever really wanted?

Gina and Mike


Buffy Andrews - 2013
    She's looking forward to the prom, then graduation and senior week at the shore. The only thing she isn't looking forward to is the start of college, because it means she won't be near Mike. They are attending schools on opposite sides of the state. But Gina's normal teen life ends the night she is brutally raped by her math teacher and Mike's baseball coach. Coach Smith threatens to destroy Mike's promising baseball career if Gina tells anyone what happened. To protect Mike, Gina keeps quiet and eventually, unable to deal with the effects of the rape, breaks up with Mike. They reconnect at their 20th high school reunion where the past catches up with them and Mike learns the truth about what happened 20 years ago.

Indulge


Georgia Cates - 2015
    Those hazel eyes.That filthy mouth.That greedy, hard body.It all equates to one thing. Irresistible.One look and I know he’ll bruise my lips and scar my knees. He’ll give me the best nine days of my life while ruining me in the most beautiful way imaginable. And I’ll let him because he has the power to talk me into anything.Except one thing.Staying.I have no choice. The things I desire from him will destroy me in the end. I want more than he’s capable of giving––something true and beautiful.He can never know how much of me belongs to him. Too much is at stake.Shh … don’t tell him he’s my everything.My name is Anna James Bennett. And this is our story.

Roulette: Love Is A Losing Game


Sam J.D. Hunt - 2014
    I need control. Love has never been on my agenda. Until, of course, one day the much younger Thomas Hunt came into my life. He broke down my walls and taught me to let go; he made me feel alive for the first time. I might even be capable of loving him if lies and betrayals don’t tear us apart first." Samantha DrakeRoulette: Love Is A Losing Game is the first book in The Thomas Hunt Submissive Series. Set in Las Vegas, it’s a contemporary love story that incorporates light BDSM themes with modern, steamy role-play.The modern, sizzling sexual content and language used in this book is intended for mature audiences only.

The Drifter


Kathy Coopmans - 2016
    The devoting parents.The beautiful girlfriend.Good grades.All of it a lie, except her. The woman he left behind thirteen years ago to try and achieve his real dream... to become a musician.Life doesn't always go according to the plan you set out for yourself.Sometimes, you drift. Become lost, lose hope and crash.For thirteen years he's been drifting wherever his guitar takes him, avoiding his past. Never thinking of his future.Not once did he think it would all catch up to him. Until it did.

The Accidental Harem


J.J. Knight - 2018
    I CAN call you girlfriend, right? Where I come from, girlfriends are the ones who know about that time you used rolled up toilet paper as a tampon. And how you once wired your bra closed with a binder clip at work when the hook broke and your boobs made a run for the border. And ALL about that walk of shame when your panties fell out of your purse in the Uber ride. So come on now, plunk your cute little booty in a chair. (Do you do Pilates for that booty? I tried Pilates and sprained my girl parts.) Get that drink in your hand and listen up. Because I met four hot men and somehow ended up on a cruise with all of them. Girlfriends, I have a STORY to tell. ________ Full-length standalone HEA reverse harem comedy. Love without limits. #whychoose

King of Nothing


Jacie Lennon - 2020
    It contains themes that may be uncomfortable for some readers.

Tormented Royal


Lily Wildhart - 2021
    Only now they’re my worst nightmare. There’s something sinister writhing beneath the surface of Echoes Cove. Tangled up in the web of deadly secrets, a wicked game of survival, these people are about to learn, the venom that runs through this town, runs through my veins too…And I’m not going anywhere.This series is a new adult, dark contemporary romance with off the charts angst, enemies to lovers themes, some scenes of bullying, along with four hot guys and one girl. The book contains sexual scenes, mature language and some violence. Please read the content warnings included in the book, because this book is dark. A full list of trigger warnings can be found at the front of the book.

Heartless


Catou Martine - 2013
    Now she’s ready to face the future. College is on the horizon, and she’s enjoying a quiet summer in LA. The last thing she’s prepared for is a hot guy jumping into her convertible while she's stopped at a traffic light.Josh Hansen is Heather's opposite. He's fearless and sexy, racing through life on his motorcycle. And he always takes a leap when Fate gives him a wink. He can't resist the wide-eyed, pretty blonde who seems afraid of the world. Josh is determined to push Heather's boundaries, body and soul. She's afraid of her awakening feelings, and wants to take things one step at a time, but Josh isn’t used to driving in the slow lane, and soon they are speeding into passion and love.When their darkest secrets come to light, Heather and Josh are forced to confront the painful past and either find forgiveness, or lose their love forever.GENRE: New Adult Contemporary Romance. Ages 17 +