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Unlawfully Yours


Ellie Danes - 2017
    A man she met and married in less than 30 days. 18 months later he’s standing on my doorstep with a box of her things and a story I can barely believe. Carter Jones. A name I never wanted to hear again. I’d met him once. The night he took my sister out while we vacationed in Italy. Twenty-four hours she was leaving with him for good. Sure, he was rich and gorgeous and impossible to resist, But he’s my brother-in-law. Or at least he was. Until my sister up and disappeared with a million dollars of his Money… and a whole lot more. Unlawfully Yours is a standalone romance with extra steamy bonus content included!

Full Throttle


Lizzie Hart Stevens - 2017
    But fate, that fickle bastard, kept throwing us together.He's sexy, guarded, and protective. And he's everywhere I turn.We've run into each other over and over again, and each time, he's further invaded my soul.My ex tried to ruin me, but I won't let him. And Coen won't ever let me forget how much he needs me. But when the stakes are raised, we're going to go full throttle.-----------------**IMPORTANT NOTE**Full Throttle is the combination of Lizzie’s first two books, Fast Lane & Can’t Slow Down, that have been completely re-edited with an additional 17K NEW WORDS ADDED!! This is a full-size novel with NO cliff hanger.

Collision Course


Leslie Johnson - 2015
    Please read Badass—The Prequel first. Badboy Billionaire Link Duffy is a man now. Making his own decisions and choosing his own path. An elite Delta Force warrior, his only commitment is to his country and his team. Everyone else be damned … especially women. In a small East Tennessee town, Grace Johnson is on a mission for herself. They say ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’. Well, yeah, screw that. She’s making her own decisions and choosing her own path. Everyone else be damned … especially men. Two lives. Two worlds. As different as night and day. But fate has spoken and they’re on a collision course. But be warned. When two worlds collide, you better bring a broom. Be sure to check out the second sizzling installment from Leslie Johnson and Elle Dawson's Badass series.

Never Wanted More


Stacey Lewis - 2014
    He’s bound and determined to break them down. On the outside, Peyton Williams has the perfect life: influential parents, successful siblings, and wealth at her fingertips. But to Peyton, there is more to life that what you have and who you know. College is her ticket out—her ticket to find her own path, her own life. Intelligence and talent are Wyatt Parker’s tickets out the scrutiny of his family-life and upbringing. Determined to break out of the stereotypes that suffocate him, Wyatt takes academics and sports seriously. But when he starts tutoring the gorgeous, but aloof, Peyton, he sees that there’s more to her than he realized. Can Wyatt teach her that money can’t buy happiness? Will he learn that things aren’t always as they seem?

You Loved Me At My Darkest


Evie Harper - 2014
    Kidnapped by a rich madman, Sasha is sold into slavery, while Lily is forced to join The Collection, a unique bevy of exotic beauties enduring frequent horrors at the hands of elite bidders. However, no amount of pain and suffering will break Lily, who will stop at nothing to save her younger sister. Possibly with help from an unlikely ally.Love is stronger than loyalty…Attempting to prove his allegiance to his employer, Jake is tasked with guarding the unruly and uncontrollable Lily. He can’t afford to help her in her quest to free Sasha—not if he hopes to fulfill his own agenda. But in their dark, gritty, tension-filled world, solace is taken wherever it’s found. Bonds are formed and hearts engage despite Jake’s resistance and both their attempts at self-preservation.When certain secrets come to light, the resulting explosion has breathtakingly bittersweet consequences that, by the end, may not leave everyone whole…or alive.

Delve


Jacob Chance - 2016
    He was seven years older than me. He was a pig when it came to casual sex; indulging in one night stands like they were going out of style. So why did I want to tear his clothes off every time we got within five feet of each other? She was only eighteen years old when we met for the first time. She was a good girl who avoided bad boys like me, but that didn’t stop me from picturing all the things I wanted to do to her--to do with her. She was too young though and my best friend’s baby sister. I couldn’t let things go where I wanted. I couldn’t corrupt her--taint her with my darkness. I knew it could never happen. It would never happen… But it did. This book is a standalone with crossover characters from QUAKE and QUIVER (QUAKE Book 2)

In Love (The Knights of Mayhem #5)


Brook Greene - 2017
    But he couldn’t say no when Avery Delany asks him for a favor, resulting in him meeting the one woman who could more than throw a wrench into his perfect life. Making him think seriously about reforming his playboy ways. Tessa Kelly was trying her best to take back her life and keep a low profile. By no means does she want a man bulldozing his way in. But when there is a knock at her door and she opens it to the charming stranger, all her plans go up in smoke. What follows is a whirlwind romance leaving them both breathless and wanting more. But will the dangerous circumstances she’s running from and the secret life he is leading make it impossible for the two to be together? Or can they find a way to make it the most epic love of a lifetime?

Let it Byrne


Holly Hart - 2016
    But she kidnapped my heart.I'm a Byrne. Boston's in my blood. It's my city - and that goes for everything in it. Even Casey: a good girl trapped in a very bad place. I was supposed to be casing the Morello joint, but I ended up tasting her pinks. One kiss, and I was hooked. One night and I knew I had to have her. She can protest all she wants, but when she presses her curves against me, her moans tell a different story.I could leave her to die. I should leave her to die. She made her bed, but I want to lie in it. Fifteen grand's nothing to me - but to Casey?It's a lifetime.And all I want in return for wiping her debt clean is four months. Four months to own her mind, her body, and her soul. Four months to coax sweet submission from those pouting lips.Apparently someone didn't get the message. They didn't hear she's mine. But they'll find out...When you cross the devil, you Byrne.Let it Byrne is a standalone, novel-length mafia romance. Holly Hart's bad boys are dark and dirty, she hates cheating, and guarantees an HEA every time.

Taken Back


Alyna Amorosi - 2016
    You just might get Dmitri Veselov. Sonya Valentina is a struggling waitress who gets hired as a hostess at a strip club owned by her mysterious Middle Eastern friend. One of the regulars at the club is a cocky Russian mobster. Sonya has never gone for the bad boy type, but this brash and dangerous man somehow makes her feel… safe. Dmitri Veselov has the looks of a model... well, except for his scars and prison tattoos. He's as heartless in dating as he is vicious in handling his business. And this big motorcycle-riding stud already has every stripper at Sultan's Palace squirming in their G-strings. But when Dmitri meets Sonya, he has feelings of comfort and trust like he hasn't felt since before his happy childhood took a tragic turn into a brutal life of death and violence. Yet with a mafia war raging, his mob boss uncle's fortune on the line, and more dark secrets than he can count, will Dmitri risk everything to save Sonya when she gets in trouble with a ruthless sheikh? Taken Back has some steamy scenes (and they get a bit rough!) It also has a suspenseful plot, wild surprises, and is a standalone, full-length novel with an HEA. The ebook version also includes a Russian mafia romance novella by Yasmin Porter.

Stryker


Lexi Buchanan - 2016
    It was something for me—something different and exciting.It was supposed to be research, pure and simple. But then I met him—a six-foot-six mountain of a man with no name. The way his muscles flexed and rippled when he trained made my belly quiver. The way his dark hair flopped over his forehead made me want to brush it back from his strong face. His nose had been broken, but it made no difference, he was still a handsome man. He had eyes dark as the night that would land on me the minute I entered his gym…Every…Time.He was their star fighter, the one that brought in the big money. At first I feared him because of his size and the way he would look at me. But then I discovered that I was his biggest distraction, and no matter what my head told me, my heart told me to fight for the man who didn’t know how to live outside of the octagon.NYT & USA Today bestselling author Lexi Buchanan brings you her new sexy standalone novel about fighting for freedom when the odds are against you.

The Satan's Savages Series Box Set


K.E. Osborn - 2016
     We are the Satan's Savages MC, and our story is not for the faint of heart. We are hardcore, callous bikers. But sometimes we're caught off guard. We know how the club works. We are brothers, and all have our parts to play. But sometimes circumstances change the road ahead. Find out what happens when our Club is turned upside down. Forcing men against brothers. Family against blood. And lovers against lovers. In The Satan's Savages Series Box Set.

Unworthy Heart


Dorothy F. Shaw - 2015
    He’s got his eye on the top of the ladder at an L.A. marketing firm when his gaze snags on a feisty, tattooed redhead who’s nowhere near his type. But she pushes all his buttons.Maiya Rossini clawed her way out of her dysfunctional, trailer-park childhood. She’s on top of the world, with a great job, and her future dreams are big, but when it comes to matters of the heart, she has no room.In the bedroom, Maiya and Ryan rub each other in all the right ways. Maiya is everything Ryan didn’t know he wanted, and he’s got his work cut out for him convincing her there’s more than just sex between them.Each book in The Donnellys series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed in any order.Series order:Book #1: Unworthy HeartBook#2: Defensive HeartBook #3: Shattered Heart

Melting Steel


C.M. Seabrook - 2017
    Stuck up. Arrogant. The kind of guy who hasn't had to work for a damn thing his entire life. Even his name, Henry Caldwell III, reeks of privilege.And me? Well, let's just say I come with more baggage than a 747 and enough bullsh*t to fuel it.The problem is I want him. Crave him. It's the kind of pure, all-consuming, panty-soaking lust that can make a girl forget why she swore off men to begin with.He thinks I need saving. But this isn't a Cinderella story, and he's no Prince Charming. At least not mine. I learned long ago that trusting any man with my heart isn't just dangerous - it can be deadly.HENRYEmotionally crippled, smart-mouthed, and sexy as sin, the woman is nothing I need and everything I want.Despite her hard edges, tattoos, and reckless spirit, I know she craves more. More from life, more from love, more from me.She thinks I'm just a trust fund brat and maybe she's right. But I've got secrets of my own. I know what darkness is. I've lived it - faced the pit of hell and barely survived.The question is, am I strong enough to face it again? Because if I'm ever going to break through the steel wall she's placed around her heart, it'll mean facing demons we both thought were long dead and buried.

Arsen: Blacktop Blades MC


Kathryn Thomas - 2016
     QUINN I prayed for a way out, but all I got was Arsen. I didn’t know if I was trading one hell for another. He’s no hero, and I’m no princess in a tower. But when he holds me in his strong arms. I can forget the pain. Forget the fear—and believe those words he whispers in my ear: “You’re mine. Now and forever.” ARSEN We picked her up wandering the highway. Something about her made me stop. Made me take a second look. When I found out what happened to her, something inside of me snapped. I didn’t need Quinn turning my life upside down. But I’m in too deep and I won’t stop. She’s mine, and I aim to keep it that way. Even if it means doing the unthinkable Even if it means starting a goddamn war. ARSEN is a full-length, standalone romance novel with steamy hot sex, NO CHEATING, strong language, a happily every after ending and NO CLIFFHANGERS. Contains dark and disturbing themes, and over the top sexiness that may be uncomfortable for some readers. Perfect for fans of Joanna Blake, Alexa Riley, Devon Hartford, Sabrina Paige, Winter Renshaw, Vanessa Waltz, Emilia Kincade and Melanie Harlow

Ruthless


Michelle St. James - 2015
     But all of that changes the night she’s kidnapped. Thrown into a windowless room, Angelica is positive there’s been some kind of mistake — until she meets Nico Vitale. Gorgeous and frightening, Nico became the boss of New York City’s Vitale crime family after the execution style murder of his parents two years earlier. Since then he’s turned the old-school mob into a sleek, modern army of ruthless men who understand that physical violence — while always an option — isn’t the only way to get what you want. Now Angel is forced to face the truth; Her father is not the man she believed him to be. Nico Vitale is dangerous, possibly lethal. She is falling in love with Nico Vitale. This is not your mother's mob. ★★★★★ "Nail-biting, heart-pounding romance!”★★★★★ "Everything a mafia romance should be."★★★★★ "Nico is not your daddy's mob boss… the kind of serious bad boy you can't help but root for." ★★★★★ "Written flawlessly and hotter than sin!" ★★★★★ "Perfect for readers who like their romance steamy with a shot of adrenaline and intrigue!" ★★★★★ "Nico could kidnap me any day!" ★★★★★ "The kind of mob boss I love to read about." ★★★★★ "The tension and chemistry between the two were off the charts... I could not put these books down."