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Do You Dare?
Lylah James - 2019
Reckless bad boy. Infamous playboy. My nemesis. And now my best friend.I know heāll never leave me hanging. He knows I'll never refuse a dare. Everywhere we go we turn heads, but itās not like that.Until it is.For one of us, anyway.I've always known he would be my downfall. But I trusted him to catch me.He proved me wrong.Maddox has gone too far, and I donāt know if I want to rein him in or push us further into dangerous territory.He tells me those three little words that I crave. Three little words I want from no one else.š° š
ššš šššExcept this time, it's no simple dare. This could burn us to the ground."š° š
ššš ššš šš šššš ššš."
Broken Wings
Jaymin Eve - 2019
There used to be five, but one of them died, leaving a fifth position that I now fill. I didn't ask for this. I didn't want to be part of this billionaire-boys-club. But no one cares about what I want.Sebastian Beckett is the worst of them. Their leader. He draws me in, and strips me of every defense I have. He calls me Butterfly, but it's not a pet name, it's a threat. Beck wants nothing more than to break my wings, pin me to a board and watch me writhe.He wants to see me broken. Body, heart and soul.And what these elite want, they get.Only they've never met Riley Jameson.Let the battle begin.**This dark romance features four sexy, dangerous boys but is NOT a reverse harem.**
Black Lies
Alessandra Torre - 2014
Has been in a relationship with me for 3 years. Has proposed 4 times. Been rejected 4 times.Lee:Cuts grass when he's not banging housewives. Good with his hands, his mouth, and his body. Has been pursued relentlessly by me for almost 2 years, whether he knows it or not. Go ahead. Judge me. You have no idea what my love entails.If you think you've heard this story before, trust me - you haven't.**This is a STANDALONE full-length novel. It is not part of a series, and does not contain a cliffhanger.**
The Peer and the Puppet
B.B. Reid - 2018
Win the race. Collect the cash. It should've been an easy job. Ran out of town with a broken leg and a lawsuit, my mother's latest flame swoops in like a knight in gilded armor. Blackwood Keep is a place I don't belong, and I'm not the only one who knows. To the boy across the hall, my savior's only son, I'm a stray looking for a bone.He's lord of the manor.King of the academy.And number one on my shit list.THE PEERI have no intentions of becoming a happy family with the social climber and her wild daughter. A bottle of Jameson and a cracked skull gets my problem shipped to reform school, but I didn't bank on her returning.Four's out to get even, and she almost had the perfect plan: expose the privileged kid moonlighting as a gangbanger. She's smart, but she'll have to be smarter. Sending her away won't be good enough this time. I'm going to have to tame the little troublemaker. To the girl across the hall, the one without a name, I'm nothing without my silver spoon.She's lady of the trailer park.Queen of the swamps.And my new favorite pastime.The Peer and the Puppet is a standalone romance, however, the series is one story. The plot introduced in Four and Ever's story will continue in the following novels. Content suitable for 18+.
This is Falling
Ginger Scott - 2014
Then, I had to learn how to survive. Two years, three months and sixteen days had passed since I was the Rowe Stanton from before, since tragedy stole my youth and my heart went along with it. When I left for college, I put a thousand miles between my future and my past. Iād made a choiceāI was going to cross back to the other side, to live with the living. I just didnāt know how. And then I met Nate Preeter. An All-American baseball player, Nate wasnāt supposed to notice a ghost-of-a-girl like me. But he did. He shouldnāt want to know my name. But he did. And when he learned my secret and saw the scars it left behind, he was supposed to run. But he didnāt. My heart was dead, and I was never supposed to belong to anyone. But Nate Preeter had me feeling, and he made me want to be his. He showed me everything I was missing. And then he showed me how to fall. *This is a standalone in a three-part series that will focus on different characters. Each book can be read on its own.
Cruel Intentions
Siobhan Davis - 2019
Itās a truth my mother rebelled against, and she paid for it with her life. Now, I play their game. Publicly accepting the destiny that lies in wait for me when I turn eighteen. But, behind closed doors, I plot my escape. Trent, Charlie, and my twin, Drew, rule the hallways of Rydeville High with arrogance and an iron fist. I execute my role perfectly, hating every second, but they never let me forget my place in this world. Everyone obeys the rules. They have for generations. Because our families have always been in control. Until Cam, Sawyer, and Jackson show up. Throwing their new money around. Challenging the status quo. Setting hearts racing with their gorgeous faces, hot bodies, and bad boy attitudes. Battle lines are drawn. Sides are taken. And Iām trapped in the middle, because I made a mistake one fateful night when I gave my V-card to a stranger in a blatant F you to my fiancĆ©. I thought it was the one thing I owned. A precious memory to carry me through each dark day. I couldnāt have been more wrong. Because the stranger was Camden Marshall, leader of the new elite and my perpetual tormenter. He hates me with a passion unrivaled, and he wonāt be the only one. Fire will rain down if the truth is revealed, threatening alliances, and the power struggle will turn vicious. My life will hang in the balance. But Iāll be ready, and Iām not going down without a fight. Due to mature content and themes this book is recommended to readers eighteen and over.
Fragile
Michelle Leighton - 2012
His love, as strong as steel. Can either survive life and death? Hardy Bradford is an eighteen year old football phenomenon who has the girl, the school, the town and the future in the palm of his hand. His life is all mapped out for him, right down to who heāll marry and how heāll become a professional football player. It doesn't seem to matter that Hardy wouldāve chosen a much different life if it was up to him. But it's not. At least not until his Miracle comes along. The first time Hardy laid eyes on Miracle St. James, he didnāt know who she was, but he knew she was something different and that heād never get her out of his head. And he didnāt. Now, months later, Hardyās world is turned upside down when Miracle shows up in his class, stealing his heart and forever changing the course of his life. Miracleās sick. Very sick. And Hardy might be losing the only thing in his life that has ever mattered. How much is too much to sacrifice for the one you love? For just a little more time? For just one more chance? Can Hardy be the hero Miracle needs? Or is it Hardy that needs saving?
A Not So Meet Cute
Meghan Quinn - 2021
And the answer is usually some bubbly, lovey dovey tale of being struck in the bum by Cupidās arrow.My meet cute (well not so meet cute) is slightly different. I was trolling a wealthy neighborhood in Beverly Hills, searching for someone to take me as their bride, you know, to make my arch nemesis jealous who consequently just fired me.He was stomping around the block like some sort of gorgeous ogre, mumbling about a business deal gone wrong and attempting to finagle his way out of it.And thatās when we bumped into each other.There were no sparks.Not even a hint of blossoming love.But next thing I knew, I was scarfing down free chips and guac, listening to this man lay out all of his problems which led to his big ask . . . he wanted me to be his Vivian Ward, you know, from Pretty Woman--minus the frisky behavior.Weāre talking about living in a mansion, intimate double dates, and pretending we were head over heels in love . . . and engaged. Can you imagine?The absolute audacity.But people do crazy things when theyāre desperate. And I reeked of desperation. So, I struck up a deal.My one big mistake, though . . . big . . . HUGE? I accidentally fell for the incomparable Huxley Cane.
One Percent of You
Michelle Gross - 2019
I know what I look like to others. Young, government-aided, pregnant mom. They see Lucy on my hip, and they see a mistake. I mean, why else would someone have a child so young, right? They couldnāt be more wrong. Iām too busy most days between parenting, work, and finishing up my last year of nursing school to let their judging gaze tear me down until he moves in the vacant house next to the apartments I live in. His cold, blunt observation of us doesnāt differ from any other stranger. He doesnāt know me, but heās already painting a picture of who he thinks I am in his mind. He judges my very round belly, Lucyās inability to leave him alone, the bags under my eyes, and the fact that I could not care less what I look like anymore. Heās a rude guy. Stays that way for months too. Then something happens, Iām not even sure what. Judgmental Guy decides Lucy and me ā as well as baby Eli ā are worth his friendship. Turns out, Judgmental Guy isnāt too mean ā okay, he kind of still is. But he graduates to Elijah. I build an unlikely friendship with him which deems it necessary for him to start smiling around me and my kids. Iām wrong again. Elijah isnāt rude. Heās terrifying. His strange acts of kindness are unraveling me. Elijah is only my friend. Right? Oh, fudge. I think Iām wrong. Again.
After the Kiss
Lauren Layne - 2013
Anything . . . except fall in love. Ā Julie Greene loves flings. Loves steamy first dates, sizzling first kisses, and every now and then, that first sexy romp between the sheets. Comfy pants, sleepy Sundays, movie nights on the couch? Shudder. But when Julie gets assigned the hardest story of her careerāa first-person account of that magical shift between dating and āI doāāsheāll need a man brave enough to give a total commitment-phobe a chance at more. Ā Normally, Mitchell Forbes would be exactly that man. A devastatingly hot workaholic who tends to stay in relationships for far too long, he should be the perfect subject for Julieās āresearch.ā But what Julie doesnāt know is that Mitchell is looking to cut loose for once in his life. And the leggy journalist notorious for avoiding love is exactly the type of no-strings fling heās looking for. In other words, Mitchell is the polar opposite of what Julie needs right now. And, at the same time, heās exactly what she wants.
Here's to Falling
Christine Zolendz - 2015
Intended for mature readers only.***TRIGGER WARNING!
Kaleidoscope Hearts
Claire Contreras - 2015
And all those feelings Iād turned into anger are brewing into something else, something that terrifies me.Ā He broke my heart last time.Ā This time he'll obliterate it.This is a standalone.
The Hookup
Kristen Ashley - 2017
Sheās definitely not prepared to engage in her very first hookup with him.Then Izzy wakes up the next morning in Johnny Gambleās bed and good girl Izzy finds she likes being bad for Johnny.Even so, Izzy feels Johnny holding her at armās length. But Johnny makes it clear he wants more and Izzy already knows she wants as much of hot-in-bed, sweet-out-of-it Johnny Gamble.Floating on air thinking this is going somewhere, Izzy quickly learns why Johnny holds distant.Heās in love with someone else. Someone who left him and did it leaving him broken. Whoever was up next would be runner up, second best. Knowing the stakes, Izzy will take what she can get from the gentleman thatās Johnny Gamble. And even knowing his heart might never mend, Johnny canāt seem to stay away from Izzy.Until out of nowhere, his lost love comes back to town. Heās not going back, but Johnny still knows the right thing to do is let Izzy go.And Izzy knew the stakes, so she makes it easy and slips through his fingers.But thatās before Johnny realizes Eliza moved to town to escape danger thatās been swirling around her.And thatās why Johnny decides to wade in.That and the fact Eliza Forrester makes breakfast with a canary singing on her shoulder and fills out tight dresses in a way Johnny Gamble cannot get out of his head.
Adulting 101
Lisa Henry - 2016
He has a summer job, a case of existential panic, and a hopeless crush on the unattainable Jai Hazenbrook. Except how do you know that your coworkerās unattainable unless you ask to blow him in the porta-potty?Thatās probably not what Dad meant when he said Nick should act more like an adult.Twenty-five-year-old Jai is back in his hometown of Franklin, Ohio, just long enough to earn the money to get the hell out again. His long-term goal of seeing more of the world is worth the short-term pain of living in his motherās basement, but only barely.Meeting Nick doesnāt fit in with Jaiās plans at all, but, as Jai soon learns, you donāt have to travel halfway around the world to have the adventure of a lifetime.This is not a summer romance. This is a summer friendship-with-benefits. Itās got pizza with disgusting toppings, Netflix and chill, and accidental exhibitionism. Thatās all. There are no feelings here. None. Shut up.
Flip Trick
Amo Jones - 2018
I had a one-night stand. Then in true me fashion, I left my phone at his house during my desperate venture to escape. I tried hard to ignore the texts sent to my best friendās phone... Amethyst: Sup, these selfies are cute as shit, but your lips looked better wrapped around myā¦ I did NOT text him back. I DID vow to never speak of him, or that night again... Iām Amethyst Lily Tatum, and up until this point, Iād managed to maintain a fairly low-key life. Iām what you would call a socially unacceptable hot mess. Instead of partying, Iām skating, flipping ollieās over guys who loved to underestimate me. Then I started college, met a wild girl who I would soon call my best-friend, had my first drunk one-night stand, left my phone at his house, and then, when I finally managed to meet my momās new boyfriend, I found out that my one-night stand, was now my new stepbrother. *this is a standalone novel*