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Hooked on You
Lea Coll - 2020
Attorney was the last person I needed in my business... or my bar. The way she walked in wearing a tight suit and red power heels, flashing that badge should be illegal.Asking her for help was a mistake. Wanting her was a complication, one that I couldn't afford. We were from two different worlds.Taylor was spoiled, privileged and in way over her head. I was just the bad boy that girls like her were attracted to, a passing phase. An itch to scratch.I was no good for her and never would be.Hooked on You was previously titled Easy Moves, and is the prequel to the Annapolis Harbor Series.
Make You Stay (A Slow-Burn, Single Dad Steamy Romance)
M.L. Broome - 2021
Chloe is one of those fast-talking New Yorkers with an opinion about everything. Never mind that most of them are correct. She also has the greatest ass on the planet, along with a sex kitten smile that threatens to undo me every time we meet. But we want different things from life, and neither of us are willing to compromise. I have to keep my distance, no matter how much my heart wants to make her stay. Chloe:My holiday plans never included a funeral, or the grizzly bear in a suit scowling at me throughout the service, but here I am. Turns out the grizzly is named Aidan, and heās actually a big softie beneath his shaggy beard. A big softie with rock hard abs. Heās fun, flirty, and dangerously attractive, but weāre strictly friends. Thereās no crossing that line, although with each passing night, heās getting harder to resist. I changed my life for love once before and I wonāt do it again, no matter how much my heart wants him to make me stay.
Heavy Equipment
Skye Warren - 2018
Cold. Rough. Merciless. The foreman of the construction crew is going to make me pay every last cent.Author's Note: The hero is Asher Cook, the construction foreman from Survival of the Richest, though this is not part of the series and can be heard as a standalone.
Cavalier
T.L. Smith - 2018
Enter at your own risk, and always remember our number one ruleā You must never speak of Crimson Eliteāthe punishment is severe. Creed āToo Hot for Wordsā Christopher If God created the perfect man he would closely resemble Creed, on the outside that is. Heās as cavalier as they come. Unconcerned. Cold. Dismissive. I wonder if he has any feelings at all. And when his lips touch mine, everything goes black. He takes me into his world, and itās the most magical thing Iāve ever experienced. And Iām sucked in time and time again. Like a moth to the flame, I am ready to be set alight. Elicea āF*cks With My Headā Beckham Elicea is a firecracker. She has piqued my interest, and no one piques my interest anymore. Beautiful women are what I doāitās my work. Not one of them has managed to get their claws into me the way she does. Itās as if sheās seeing my icy heart and trying to melt it, set it alight with each touch of her sinful lips. But that canāt work, it wonāt work. Not in my world. *Please note all books can be read as a standalone*
Step Beast
Selena Kitt - 2015
Because heās built like the tanks he rode in Afghanistan. Beneath Conrad "Beast" Beeston IIIās fierce, intense gaze, his brooding temperament, his knuckles scarred from fighting, lurks a wild man, his strong, broad back darkly inked with his own hard truths.He only has one mode, and āBeastā is it. He ripped through Tilly's life, tearing it to shreds, and then he was gone, giving a stiff middle finger to a life of entitlement. He left her like he leaves them allāwith little more than a broken heart. But for Tilly, there was one more thing. He left her with an unbearable secret sheās been forced to keep for years. Tillyās privileged life, after her recent graduation from Mt. Holyoke, has come to a screeching halt under tragic circumstances. Had she really believed sheād never see her Devil Dog stepbrother again? Now heās coming homeāand sheās forced to face his cocky smirk and arrogant swagger, to look once again into the eyes of the monster who left her. Forced to confront him, what she sees is a raw, broken, tortured man who just might be the only person she knows keeping even bigger secrets than she is.
Maybe Baby
Andrea Smith - 2012
Is her past destined to taint her future?Rescuing Tylar from unspeakable danger, Trey Sinclair, a handsome but arrogant high-powered attorney from Atlanta makes it his mission to protect the innocent and unworldly young woman from the dreams that hunt and haunt her. Spirited and independent, Tylar proves to be a challenge to the stubborn and relentless young lawyer. Together their often bumpy journey weaves itself mysteriously, comically, passionately and erotically down a path that promises to engage and move the reader in this emotionally stirring story.For anyone who has ever been in love or in lust, MAYBE BABY will stir those forgotten feelings of passion and yearning within you; making you ageless as you travel the romantic and erotic journey with Tylar and Trey as they unravel the secrets of each other.This book is intended for mature audiences.
Perfectly Bad: Pierce
Alice May Ball - 2016
My voice shook, āAre you going to force me?āHis nostrils flared.āIs that what you want?ā His eyes gleamed and a shock beat through my body. I wanted to smack that grin right off his face. When I want something from somebody, Iāll take what they love the most. I wanted old man Graceās club? So I kidnapped his curvy, sassy daughter. I didnāt give much thought to her when I slung her over my shoulder and carried her away. She was only collateral. But they say that opposites attract, right? I have to hold the little minx close or she makes all kinds of havoc. Thatās where the real trouble starts. However close I hold my feisty prisoner, the urge to hold her closer and tighter gets stronger. It uncoils like a fat, sleeping python then it lengthens and hardens and nothing will make it sleep until it has fed. Heās hot as hell, but heās a ruthless killer He took me hostage just to steal my daddyās club. I needed to show him that I wasnāt like the paper-thin dancers and models who flowed into his arms and his bedsheets like a tide. I wanted to smack that smirk right off his chiseled face. The longer he holds me in his power and try as hard as I might, I canāt push away the thoughts of how it will be if he turns his brutal force on me. Can I resist him? This standalone, novel-length adventure races with passion, pulses with action, and climaxes again and again, rises higher and higher to a full, complete, satisfying and surprisingly happy ever after ending. Itās a bad boy romance like no other and youāre going to love it. LAUNCH BONUS for a limited time only, includes Alice May Ballās Biker MC novel SAVAGE ANGELS for free ! ! !
Grit
Margaret McHeyzer - 2014
Alpha MC Prez Jaeger Dalton wants the land that was promised to him.Sassy Phoenix Ward isn't about to let anyone take Freedom Run away from her.Heāll protect whatās his.Sheāll protect whatās hers.Jaeger is an arrogant ass, but he wants nothing more than Phoenix.Phoenix is stubborn and headstrong, and she wants Jaeger out of her life.Her father lost the family farm to gambling debts, but Jaeger isn't the only one who has a claim to the property.Sometimes itās best to let things go.But sometimes itās better to fight until the very end.Recommended for 18+ -standalone.
The Debt
S.R. Jones - 2019
In my world, women are a pastime and nothing more. In my world, emotions are dangerous and need to be locked down. Maya was born into this, but she doesnāt understand it. It makes her vulnerable, and now sheās been promised to a man I wouldnāt let my worst enemy marry. She needs help ā my help. I step in and take her as my bride in order to save her skin. Our marriage might be fake, but our passion is real. My ring on her finger is the tie that binds us. Maya thinks she can walk away once the danger has passed. She believes our passion is fleeting. She hopes I will simply let her go. Sheās wrong. On. Every. Single. Count. Weāre playing a dangerous game. One where the lines are so blurred, we canāt see them. Iām going to take her and make her mine, and in this game, sheāll play by my rules. But someone wants Maya out of the game completely, and our world is about to implode. ***Please note this is a romantic suspense with dark themes and as such trigger warnings apply. Reading order of the series is: The contract. A Mafia Vows prequel The Debt: Mafia Vows One The Promise: Mafia Vows Two. ***
Ignition
Skye Callahan - 2015
Fast cars, pain, alcohol, women... his vices come in many flavors, but one woman tempts him closer to the line he can never come back from. She'll be his hardest theft yet--an action that will set the looming conflict with his brother on a new and violent path.Aubrey has two choices. The first she knows too well: the alluring businessman who entwined her in his deceptive plots. The second is a stranger. He makes his promises not with a silver tongue but with harsh, blunt observations that Aubrey can't ignore. Either way, she's caught between two brothers each seeking the other's downfall--and neither has a problem taking her down in the process. IGNITION is the first book in the dark romantic serial, The Redline Series.1. IGNITION2. TORQUE (May 2015)3. BRAKE (July 2015)4. EXHAUST (September 2015)5. CLUTCH (November 2015)
Master of Sin
Sienna Snow - 2019
The one I shouldn't want, shouldn't crave, the one who could destroy my carefully built life.Hagen Lykaios was the essence of sin, indulgence, and danger - everything I knew to avoid.All it took was one unexpected touch, and he consumed me, left me begging, needy, and hungry for more.He said if I entered his world he would corrupt me, own me, and change all that I had ever known...and you know what? I went anyway.
Condemned to Love
Siobhan Davis - 2021
Will one life-altering night unite or destroy them? Bennett Mazzone grew up ignorant of the truth: he is the illegitimate son of the most powerful mafia boss in New York. Until it suited his father to drag him into a world where power, wealth, violence, and cruelty are the only currency.Celebrating her twenty-first birthday in Sin City should be fun for Sierra Lawson, but events take a deadly turn when she ends up in a private club, surrounded by dangerous men who always get what they want.And they want her.Ben canāt believe his exās little sister is all grown up, stunningly beautiful, and close to being devoured by some of the most ruthless men he has ever known. The Vegas trip is about strengthening ties, but he wonāt allow his associates to ruin her perfection. Although it comes at a high price, saving Sierra is his only choice.The memory of Benās hands on her body is seared into Sierraās flesh for eternity. She doesnāt regret that night. Not even when she discovers the guy she was crushing on as a teenager is a cold, calculating killer with dark impulses and lethal enemies who want him dead.Understanding the risks, she walks away from the only man she will ever love, stowing her secrets securely in her heart. Until the truth becomes leverage and Sierra is drawn into a bloody warāa pawn in a vicious game she doesnāt want to play.As the web of deceit is finally revealed, Ben will stop at nothing to protect Sierra. Even if loving her makes him weak. In a world where women serve a sole purpose, and alliances mean the difference between life and death, can he fight for love and win?A STAND-ALONE DARK MAFIA ROMANCE.
Good Karma
Donya Lynne - 2014
Bullied as a child, she hides behind an unremarkable wardrobe and relegates herself to the shadows. But when her best friend convinces her to attend a charity benefit in Chicago wearing a stunning red dress that catches the eye of every man in the room, she discovers a surprising side to her personality. One that adores the spotlight but has no idea how to handle the attention.Mark Strong, a wealthy Chicago businessman, is brimming with confidence. Heās in total control. Nothingāand no oneāescapes his notice. However, Mark carries a heavy, painful burden. After finding his fiancĆ©e with another man six years ago, heās erected a fortress around his heart, unwilling to let himself fall in love again. But when enchanting Karma snares his gaze from across the room, he has no idea she will shatter his carefully ordered life.What starts out as a casual flirtation takes a series of surprising turns as Mark and Karma embark on a sensual journey destined by fate. Mark is driven to know Karma, understand herā¦educate her, and Karma is his willing student, eager to experience the pleasure he promises. But when the student becomes the teacher, Mark has to make a choice between taking another chance on love or a future alone.
Kiss Me, Kate
Mari Carr - 2008
Desperate to get out of her sister's apartment, Kate jumps at the chance to help Rick and Wes, DEA agents whose latest case finds them in urgent need of a house-sitter. Taking care of the old farmhouse is just what she needed. As the months pass, a stronger Kate emerges. She's also developed an email friendship with Rick, and it isn't long before they secretly begin starring in each other's lust-filled fantasies. Problem is, after her failed marriage, Kate wants only a physical relationship. She's terrified of losing her heart-which is exactly what Rick intends to capture upon his return. They reach a compromise. One that involves explosive no-strings sex-for now. Rick patiently deflects her fears and willingly slakes her passion while keeping his darker fantasies in check, afraid of scaring his shy, innocent lover. But unbeknownst to Rick, Kate has a few untapped fantasies of her own.
Dangerously
M. Never - 2020
A killer. A lone red wolf.A femme fatale caught between two men.One a ruthless Boston crime boss who wants to steal my freedom.The other an Irish gun for hire who demands my loyalty.Both are my enemy.Both are dominant. Deadly. And dangerously seductive.When Iām forced to choose between them the stakes get higher. The consequences become deadlier. And the lone red wolf goes from hunter to hunted.In a world where trust is an expensive currency, I need to be smart. Kill anyone who gets in my way. And protect the people I love no matter the cost.They donāt call me dangerous for nothing...