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Jesse's Girl: A Bully Romance (The Mercado Boys Book 1)


Mona Merlin - 2020
    Now, she’s going to remain mine. They’ll all wish they had my girl. Too bad, no one is going to be able to take her from me.She’s Jesse’s girl. The girl that when everything around me, including me is broken…she knows who I really am. She knows Jesse even when I don’t want the world to see me, she does. WARNING: this book contains some triggers and hard subjects.

Redemption


Susan Fanetti - 2021
    After living his whole life without a filter, doing and saying whatever he wanted and damning the consequences, he’s shocked that his brothers voted to give him the gavel.Now he has to figure out how to lead. How to become a man people will follow. How to honor the men who went before him. Hard lessons for a man his age to learn—and painful, too. Marcella Lewis is the lead singer of a blues band with some regional fame. She and her bandmates are cobbling together their livings, and they’re looking for their big break. Marcella has an added incentive for success: she’s a single mom, and she wants to give her son every opportunity to become the man he wants to be.Eight and Marcella hooked up for a few weeks back in the day, but more than a decade has gone by since they’ve seen each other. And good riddance, as far as she’s concerned. She has historically awful taste in men, and Edgar Johnston is a prime example.Now, after all those years, he’s popping up in her life again, and generally being the jerk she remembers. But she also remembers why she was attracted to him in the first place—and the sense she’d once had that there was a good man buried deep under all the muscle and bravado.Eight wants another chance. Marcella might be willing to entertain the idea, but before they could possibly work, he is going to have to change. And so is she.If Eight really wants to be a better man, he’s got a lifetime of wrongs to redeem.If Marcella’s going to forgive him, she’s got to give up some control over the life she’s managed so carefully.Only family is worth that work.

That First Mistake


Avril Ashton - 2015
    Instead he finds himself butting heads with the most stunning young woman he’s ever seen. McKay Priestly is fierce, strong, and captivating in ways Grant never expected. She’s also taken, by his son. Grant blames McKay for his son’s reckless behavior, but something else drives his anger and harsh words. McKay feels the same impossible chemistry. To act on it would be crazy, but ignoring it doesn’t make the ache go away. Any time spent in each other’s company is a mistake, every gaze carries words they wouldn’t dare speak out loud. But restraint can only go so far. Something has to give and when it finally does, it sets off an emotional bomb of heartbreak that began with that very first mistake.

Home


K. Carr - 2017
    Left her life behind and deserted her loved ones. Shamed the words mother, woman, wife. All titles she had once defined herself by. Charlie Sutton knew she was a terrible person, but she hadn't planned to be like that. Now a cruel twist of fate has opened a way for her to come back, given her a chance to right her wrongs. She had to go home, the very home she had left, the very same home she had destroyed. There would be no warm welcome, only questions that she would need to answer. Sometimes coming home was harder than staying away... Please note this novel has adult themes and reference to the effects of depression and self-harm.

Obsessed


Eve Vaughn - 2018
     Kaia Benson had it all. She had friends, a great boyfriend and best of all, she was living her dream as a dancer. But that all comes crashing down the moment He laid eyes on her. All he wanted was her... Blaise Lundgaard lived a charmed life. With plenty of money and women at his disposal, he could have anything and anyone he wanted. But when a lovely dancer comes twirling into his life, he's determined to have her. Willing to lie, cheat and blackmail to get what he wants, Blaise commences a relentless pursuit that leaves Kaia breathless. But in the end, will he only end up hurting himself?

Snow White and the Savage 2


Fatima Munroe - 2020
    

Mansions


Whitney Bianca - 2017
    It's a massive Tudor style, with two wings and thirty rooms. It's a sprawling, ugly beast.It's also the perfect hiding place.Armstrong Manor is off the beaten path, desolate, and far from any suspicion. It's the best playground for my deviant desires.Where Adrienne Hamina is concerned, all of my desires are deviant.I spent fifteen years in lust with a woman who was as intangible and as wild as a warm breeze. Now she's no longer a fantasy. I've tasted her blood, her sweat, and her come. I've witnessed her in the rapture of orgasm and at dizzying heights of pain. I'm more enamored with her than ever.She'll never run from me again.Ever.Every mansion has its secrets... Adrienne is mine.Warning: This Gothic dark erotic tale contains violence, explicit sexuality, and adult situations. The content may be considered objectionable, so please read at your own discretion.

Giving It Up


Amber Lin - 2012
    Hey, it’s not rape if she wants it. Instead she finds Colin, who looks tough but treats her tenderly, despite her protests.He tempts her, but kindness and a few mindblowing orgasms aren’t enough to put her back together again. Two years ago her best friend betrayed her in the worst possible way; she’d be stupid to trust a man again. Especially one like Colin, whose criminal past threatens them both.When her rapist returns, Allie must fight for the man she loves—and her life—hoping her newfound power will be enough to save them all.

Ruined


Tracy Wolff - 2014
    He’s the last man Chloe Girard should love . . . but the first she ever could. Ethan Frost is a visionary, a genius, every woman’s deepest, darkest fantasy—even mine. And, somehow, I am his. He stole into my life like a dream. Turned my reality upside down and made my every desire come true—especially those I never knew I had. He demanded everything I had to give and gave me everything of himself in return. But dreams don’t last forever, and ours is no exception. Because my nightmares are darker, and my wounds deeper, than I could ever reveal. And as much as Ethan wants to protect me, the secrets we share will only tear us apart. Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from other Loveswept titles.

Genesis


Kourtney King - 2017
    He doesn’t care much for people, he doesn’t care about propriety, and he definitely didn’t care that he still hadn’t bothered to ask the name of the woman he was about to take back to his hotel.Valerie on the other hand cares – a lot. She cares about how other people see her and she still cares about her ex. He is the only reason that she agreed to a one night stand with the brute from the bar who has confused arrogance with confidence. What else is she supposed to think of a man who wears a near constant smirk?They may share hot chemistry, but Vladimir’s personality is arctic. And in the process of trying to get to know the cocky jerk, she stumbles onto the dubious contents of his suitcase and realizes that she needs to care more about her safety than what the hell he does for a living.Warning: This book contains sexually explicit scenes intended for mature audiences (+18 advised)ASIN: B01AU8S2NI (alternate cover edition)

Crash into You


Roni Loren - 2012
    Her younger sister is missing, suspected to be hiding from cops and criminals alike at a highly secretive BDSM retreat-a place where the elite escape to play out their most extreme sexual fantasies. To find her, Brynn must go undercover as a sexual submissive. Unfortunately, The Ranch is invitation only. And the one master who can get her in is from the darkest corner of Brynn's past.Brynn knows what attorney Reid Jamison is like once stripped of his conservative suit and tie. Years ago she left herself vulnerable only to have him crush her heart. Now she needs him again. Back on top. And he's all too willing to engage. But as their primal desires and old wounds are exposed, the sexual games escalate-and so does the danger. Their hearts aren't the only things at risk. Someone else is watching, playing by his own rules. And his game could be murder.

Catching His Attention: The Billionaire's Proposal Book 1)


Emma Rose - 2012
    After the death of her father, Helen put herself in a position to take care of her mother, whose constant dependency forces Helen with little time for herself. When she must turn down the job of her dreams with Bevan-Jones Real Estate, she begins to believe she will spend her entire life denying herself the joys of a career and love life.The billionaire real estate magnate, Adam Bevan-Jones, is the definition of an alpha male. He knows what makes people tick and uses that to his advantage. When the perfect candidate for his manager position rejects his job offer, he's caught off guard. He doesn't select his candidates lightly and after watching Helen from afar, he realizes that he wants to make her his...How will Helen react when she hears Adam's proposal?

Dare to Surrender


Carly Phillips - 2014
    Being rescued by the most unlikely person possible, Gabriel Dare, makes it all worthwhile. After all, she's yearned for the sexy man for years—yet now is her chance to finally take the plunge and dare to become the independent woman she's always wanted to be. But can she be in control of her life if she surrenders to a man like him?The DARE TO LOVE books consist of Miami siblings/halfsiblings and NY cousins (hotter books) and the books ran in consecutiveorder. It makes more sense for the books to be divided by family and so I have split up the series as follows - The Dare to Love Series (Miamisiblings) and the NY Dares (NY cousins). Please note ALL BOOKS CAN BEREAD ALONE but if you enjoy your stories in order, below is the newseries order. I hope you enjoy!

Theirs to Keep


Maya Banks - 2012
    Merrick is training for the title shot in the heavyweight division as a mixed martial artist and can’t afford distractions, but neither can he turn his back on the woman who tugs at his heartstrings.Elle feels safe with her two protectors, and the longer she spends with them, the more she realizes that she has no desire to remember her past. Not when it could compromise her future with Cade and Merrick.Cade has his own set of concerns when it comes to Elle, and it quickly becomes clear to the two men that for the first time in their friendship, a woman is coming between them. But what if they just kept her there? Between them. Where she belongs.

His Wicked Games


Ember Casey - 2013
    Can she beat him at his own game?Lily Frazer would do anything to save the Frazer Center for the Arts--even take on the infamous billionaire Calder Cunningham. When Lily breaks onto the Cunningham estate, she only wants to find and reason with Calder. (All right, all right, she wants to punch him in the face, too, but that's Plan B.) As it turns out, the arrogant billionaire is willing to give her the money he promised, but there's a catch: she must win it from him.Lily isn't about to give up the money without a fight (or let some haughty bastard seduce her), but she quickly discovers that there might be more to the brooding Calder than she initially perceived. As their games of cat and mouse become increasingly intense, she suddenly finds herself confused by her own emotions. Can she deny her attraction long enough to win the money she needs?