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The Stepbrother Series: Linc & Raven
Danielle Jamie - 2015
We all call him Forbidden because, like the fruit in The Garden of Eden, Linc, is gorgeous, tempting and completely untouchable. I've hated the arrogant jerk for as long as I can remember. But a week alone together followed by a drunken bet leads me onto a path that once taken there is no turning back. UNTOUCHABLE: I should hate her. Part of me does. But another part of me wants her more than I’ve wanted anyone--ever. Now she's back in town. Everything I feel...Anger. Lust. Desire...it's all coming to the surface at full force. I keep telling myself she’s untouchable. But that’s easier said than done when I have the devil on my shoulder telling me to forget about everything and everyone, and take what I want. I’m the sex God of San Francisco. I get who I want...whenever I want them. No matter the consequences. RAPTURE: Fate tore Linc and Raven apart, now in a surprising twist it’s bringing them back together—but the question is: Can they let go of the pain from the past giving them a fighting chance at finally having a future together? *This is the complete Linc & Raven trilogy book 3 Rapture is an UGLY CRY and deals with death and suicide which may be triggers for some*
Head On
S.R. Jones - 2017
I use sex to make my living, where before I used violence. But then I meet her. Isla.The first moment I see her, I know she'll be trouble. She wants me and I want her, but we are far too different for it to be more than a fling. So I tell her: "We meet this thing between us head on, and then we move on."Simple.Until it isn't.Isla:He scares me. He challenges me. And he makes me dizzy with desire. But Ethan Foston will be my downfall if I let him. He's burrowed his way under my skin and so I agree to his terms, one night. A fling. Nothing more. But there are people out to get both of us, and the more we try to keep our distance, the more entangled we become.We had a deal: head on, then move on.But moving on is hard to do when you're falling in love.**Warning - Head On contains adult themes. Not intended for readers under the age of eighteen. Trigger warning for violence and consensual non-consent. This is not a dark romance, but it is romantic suspense and therefore it does contain adult and dark-ish themes in places.**
Bachelor's Secret
Emily Bishop - 2017
No cheating and a satisfying happily ever after! This is a full-length novel, about 250 pages, with one additional full-length story and one sample.
Stepbrother
Stacy McWilliams
In short, he was an ass!The problem was that he was the hottest guy Bailey ever seen, and as much as she loathed everything about him, she couldn’t help but be attracted to him.When her mom asked her to go dress shopping, little did she know how much her life was going to change! Not only had her mom been dating Cooper’s father in secret, she was now engaged to him and the wedding date was set.As her new step-brother, Cooper was now completely out-of-bounds. But when does love ever follow the rules?Could they survive his father’s wrath or would love, hate and forbidden attraction destroy them both?
Monza
Pamela Ann - 2014
Italy’s number one racecar driver. Set to inherit his father’s automotive Billion Dollar Empire. Women would donate their left kidney just to spend a night of debauchery with the infamous rogue. Sounds like the perfect life doesn’t it? It could’ve been…if I hadn’t stumbled upon her some years ago. Two weeks. Fourteen days. From dusk until dawn, she was with me—in my arms, in my mind and in my heart. She wanted commitment, but I wasn’t ready to have one. She told me she understood—and I thought she did, until I heard that she was married a month later. For me to say I felt betrayed would be an understatement. I wanted revenge, to hurt and make her pay. And I was going to get it—one-way or the other. Hell hath no fury to an Italian man spurned.
Almost Wrong
Aubrey Parker - 2016
I hated him at first sight, in my teens, when my mother met his worthless father. I hated when Bill moved in with us, dragging Hunter like bad baggage. I hated when Mom and Bill made it official, turning the delinquent a-hole in the next room into my brand-new stepbrother. I hated when I fell for Hunter, and Hunter fell for me. It killed me when he left us behind, shed like dead skin on his way to the top. And now that Hunter is a hotshot music producer on every magazine cover, I hate him even more. I hate his money. I hate his fancy toys. I hate that he thinks he owns me … or worse, that he OWES me. I hate that he’s back. That he’s soiled our ghetto with his pristine suit, his fancy black limousine. My heart hurts, I hate him so much. And it scares me that my heart might keep loving him in the end, beneath it all.
Jack Hammer
Tabatha Vargo - 2015
Exotic dancer extraordinaire. The teaser and the pleaser—the paid for penis for play. I have to be all these things to survive. It’s who I became when I lost her. But now she’s back, and I can’t decide who I want to be more. The Jack Hammer or Blaine Wesley. All I know is she’s foreplay at its finest, and it’s my job to get them wet and ready. Chelsey FordLiar. That’s what I called him when he walked out of my life. Losing your first love will turn you into someone bitter. Hateful. Angry. But now he’s back, and he’s determined to torture me. The only problem is, I’m enjoying his form of torture too much. And the hatred for him that holds me together is slowly starting to dissolve.
Big Daddy SEAL
Mickey Miller - 2017
She’s the only thing on my mind. I’m not leaving until she’s mine again. But now that I’m suddenly the guardian of a newborn baby, things in this small town just got a whole lot more complicated. Kade My is name Kade Houston and after eight long years I'm coming home for the holidays. But not for the reasons you think. My estranged brother is dead, and I have one week to sell his estate. Yeah, I'm cocky, arrogant, and my Navy SEAL training made me ready for anything. Anything, but being the surprise guardian of my brother's newborn baby. For the first time in my life I'm in over my head. The only person I can turn to is the first and only girl I've ever loved. Since I've been gone. her smart mouth, beautiful green eyes, and curves have only gotten sexier. Too bad Genny Shepherd still hates my guts. Genevieve My dream has always been to inherit the family business. Now I have it and we're almost bankrupt. The only way I can save it is by doing something crazy. And if anyone found out I'd lose everything. This is the worst time for Kade to crash back into my life. In a time I need to be the most focused... His ripped muscles and smoldering f&%k me stare are all I can think about! This holiday season, everything that can go wrong does! And the only person who can save me is the one person I vowed to never trust again.
Shackled
Arabella Abbing - 2016
After weeks of toying with the idea, I finally worked up the nerve to drop out. Just in time to tell my mom for Christmas.But when I got home for winter break, my problems were temporarily forgotten when I realized there were two men living with my mom. Two men I knew far too well.My ex-best friend Jonathan and his father, who had apparently gotten engaged to my mom while I was away at school.Meaning the guy I swore I would never to speak to again was about to become my stepbrother.FML.JonathanI hadn't spoken to Fiona since I broke her heart, but not for lack of trying. She just refused to speak to me.So when her mom suggested that the two of us spend some time reconnecting at her cabin, I decided to take full advantage of the opportunity.Her mom convinced Fiona to come, but I wasn't stupid enough to think she was going to stay.Which is where the shackles come in handy.Because unless she can convince me to let her go, we're going to be bound together by twenty pounds of solid steel for the next three days.* Shackled is a standalone novel with a HEA.
The Dom Games
Rachel Robinson - 2016
One billionaire dominant. Three months competing for his “affections.” One winner takes all. Dominic Reed, heir to an oil fortune, has spent his entire adult life perfecting his dark hobby. With little control in every other area of his manicured life, he finds his release as a dominant. With more money than he knows what to do with, he creates a TV show: The Dom Games. This year is different than the past seasons, this year Dominic will be the star. He wants a forever submissive. Before last month Kayla Parchet thought the word submissive only referred to dogs. Fresh out of college with a business degree that is scrap paper, she needs to get an Ivy League masters degree to pursue her dreams. When Kayla is accepted to be one of the ten, her world takes a dark turn as she competes against women who live the submissive lifestyle for enjoyment. Can she hold on to her dreams long enough to win the competition and ten million dollars? Or will she get sucked into Dominic’s twisted world?Only a few whips and canes stand between Kayla and the future she’s always desired. Lights, camera, sex…
The Scars of You
Rachael Tonks - 2017
The loss of the girl who owns his heart and his best friend unleashed the dark in him. Part of a world of crime and murder, Brax knows he’s reached a breaking point and something’s got to give. He has to find her. Isabelle. The girl he's loved since she saved him that fateful day when they were nothing more than just kids. The day she went away was the day he lost his heart. That was the day he became everyone's worst nightmare. He became a monster. He is hated, feared, and has nothing left to live for. Isabelle has lived the last six years of her life without hope and in total isolation. Now she finds herself in the clutches of evil with no way out. All she dreams of is to be reunited with the one boy who showed her what it means to truly be loved. Without him, she’s surrendered herself to an existence she doesn’t know how to escape. In a moment that will change both of their lives forever, Brax comes face to face with the girl who, for six years, captured his heart. He is unable to ignore the buried desires and the hope for the future they dreamed they’d have. Can he save the girl he once lost, or will the fight cost him more than he could ever imagine?
Ryker
Dawn Robertson - 2018
But its the outlaw life we chose. It was a choice we all made, and I wouldn’t fuckin’ take it back. Not ever.Until she walked into my life and made me second guess everything, I have ever known. She is an angel, and I am tainted in darkness.She is pure perfection, and I am stained and bloodied.I want her, but I know I will never have her.I just hope that I can come to terms with the fact that she belongs to someone else, and there is nothing I can ever do about it.My name is Ryker, and this is my story.
Happily Ethan After
K.B. Winters - 2017
I’m a billionaire businessman in need of some good PR. And that’s where she comes in. My beautiful bohemian fixer. Yeah, that’s right. She’s my fixer. My problem solver. She makes my life hard. And my c&ck harder. We’re like oil and water. And we argue at every turn. Until I get her into my bed. Our differences dissolve on touch. Only, she says she doesn’t mix business with pleasure. But I’m not standing for that. I want her. And I will have her. She’s my today. My tomorrow. My forever.
She’s my Happily Ever After.
Remember Roc Mahoney in Roc Hard? This is the story of his hot AF bad boy billionaire brother, Ethan Mahoney! Happily Ethan After is a standalone bad boy billionaire romance about a cocky alpha male who gets his ass handed to him a few times! And he still falls in love! Steamy, sexy and hilarious! For readers over 18.
Rhythm & Blu
S.L. Jennings - 2018
And I played it on repeat until life’s streetlights flickered on and stole him away. Riot Blu. Top 40 f*ckboi. Paparazzi player. Trashy reality TV trainwreck. But once upon a time, he was the boy next door. Once upon a time, he was every note in every song on every mixtape he had ever made for me.Now he’s back. A lot more arrogant. A little more tortured. And more gorgeous than any memory I held dear could do justice. I know no good can come from being anywhere near him. But Seattle is only so big, and if I’m going to get the exclusive of my career, I have to swallow my pride, take that dreaded walk down memory lane and agree to his terms. Move in with him. Immerse myself in his life—the life he left me to build. And try not to fall back in love with the man who ripped my world in two.