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Do You Dare?


Lylah James - 2019
    Reckless bad boy. Infamous playboy. My nemesis. And now my best friend.I know heā€™ll never leave me hanging. He knows I'll never refuse a dare. Everywhere we go we turn heads, but itā€™s 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 donā€™t 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’…š’‚š’“š’† š’šš’š’–Except this time, it's no simple dare. This could burn us to the ground."š‘° š’…š’‚š’“š’† š’šš’š’– š’•š’ š’‡š’–š’„š’Œ š’‰š’Šš’Ž."

Friends & Forever


J.M. Darhower - 2014
    Friends:One moment.One wrong choice.That was all it took to destroy a friendship.*takes place before Sempre*Forever:Halloween.With a three year old.'Nuff said.*takes place after Sempre: Redemption*

The Way Back To Me


Anne Mercier - 2019
    The book DOES end on a cliffhanger. My life was charmed. I had the best friends ever. We were known as the Fab Five and our futures were planned out.In a flash, everything was taken from me. I donā€™t know how to live without them. I donā€™t want to.Iā€™m broken.When I get to college, I seeĀ him.Cameron Stone. Mr. Football. Mr. Popular. Heā€™s definitely hot, but on the inside heā€™s vile. He made my childhood a living nightmare. I donā€™t know why he hates me or why heā€™s suddenly being so nice to me. All the sweet talk in the world wonā€™t work. I know better.So, why am I listening?

What We Do in the Night


Stylo Fantome - 2019
    She's learned to lose herself to her nights, forgetting all her day time woes as she charms every man she meets. It's easy enough to do when she doesn't let her feelings get involved. Then Ari Sharapov walked in and changed everything. Working for his father's law firm has left Ari with very little control over his life, so when he meets Valentine for the first time, he sees a girl who is desperate for someone to take care of her. To take over her. So what he can't get for himself in the day time, he'll simply take for himself at night. But when power struggles lead to real feelings, who's actually controlling whom? Some relationships are better left in the dark.

Summer Love


Piper RayneMegan Ryder - 2021
    Small town. Steam.Every story has it.This charity anthology includes fourteen *NEW* novelettes for you to binge! Whether youā€™re a fan of friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, opposites attract, brotherā€™s best friend, age gap, insta love, cowboys, fake relationships or love later in lifeā€”one of these stories has what youā€™re craving.All proceeds will be donated to The Womenā€™s Venture Fund, an organization that supports female run small businesses.This collection is available for a limited time only so one-click now for a great cause. You just found this summerā€™s beach read!

Beauty in the Broken


Charmaine Pauls - 2019
    He gave his daughter to Jack Clarke in exchange for the excavation rights. Today, Iā€™m walking free, and Iā€™m coming for him with a vengeance. Six years of cruelty make beasts out of men. Iā€™m going to take back what he stole from me, and more. Iā€™m not interested in his properties or shares. I donā€™t want his small change. I want his biggest asset. Beautiful, mentally unstable, Angelina Dalton-Clarke.Worth billions, sheā€™s the wealthiest widow in the country, and also the craziest. Her self-harming tendencies had Jack declare her incompetent before he put a gun to his head and blew out his brains. Lina isnā€™t allowed to touch a cent of her riches. Her father manages her finances. He has all the signing power. As her husband, that 'chore' will fall to me. But if she thinks I only want her for her money, sheā€™s sadly mistaken.*This book is a stand-alone. No cliffhangers.

Dirt


Cassia Leo - 2017
    Then, in one brutal instant, the universe tilted on its side, discarding us into black nothingness.Now, I have a cocky a**hole for a husband. The only way we communicate anymore is when weā€™re fighting or f**king.With nothing left to lose, I write Jack a goodbye letter and head for Portland, where I quickly meet a neighbor who helps me find a job. My new neighborā€”hot, tattooed ex-soldier Isaac Evansā€”is complicated. Nevertheless, we form a fast friendship, bonding over our mutual desire to create something beautiful from the wreckage of our lives. But despite the distance between us, Jack and I are still trying to make things workā€”fighting and f**king dirtier than ever. And he doesnā€™t appreciate my new friendship with Isaac. Not one f**king bit.

The Contract


Scarlett Edwards - 2014
    My imagination conjures up demons of the worst kind.Reality is much worse:A collar with no leash. A prison with no walls. And a life stripped of meaning.I am presented with a vile contract and asked to sign. It outlines the terms of my servitude. The only information I have about my captor are the two small letters inked at the bottom:J.S.Armed with only my memories, I must do everything I can to avoid becoming ensnared in his twisted mind games. But in the end, it all comes down to one choice: Resist and die.Or submit, and sign my life away.

Rule of a Kingdom


Rina Kent - 2020
    His rules. My name is Jonathan King.They call me ruthless, brutal, and heartless.Itā€™s all true.Power is my chessboard and people are my playthings.I might appear like a refined gentleman but Iā€™m the villain of this story.Everyone who defies me belongs on their knees.Including her.Available for download from author websiteThis is a prequel to Jonathan King's duet and is NOT standalone.

Moonlight Sins


Jennifer L. Armentrout - 2018
    Armentrout delivers the unforgettable story of a woman whose new life has just begunā€”but may end in murder... Ā Julia Hughes has always played it safe until she learned a very painful lesson. Now Juliaā€™s starting over with a job in the Louisiana bayouā€”and a scorching encounter with a stranger, only to discover heā€™s Lucian de Vincent... her new employer. The de Vincent brothers share a massive fortune and a dark reputation. Julia cares for their troubled sister, but a menacing presence in the mansionā€”and the ever-present temptation of Lucianā€”prove dangerously distracting.Lucianā€™s grandmother claimed de Vincent men fall in love onceā€”and hard. Apparently, itā€™s Lucianā€™s turn. Juliaā€™s compassionate care of his twin makes Lucian want to lay himself bare. But some secrets are better for Julia not to know.The recent ā€œsuicideā€ of Lucianā€™s father is the latest in a string of deaths on the estate. Someone is eliminating the de Vincents. And the best way to get to Lucian may be through Julia...

His Hollow Heart


Rachel Leigh - 2021
    Two orphans who vowed to never part. I was selfish. For once, I had to be. The last time I saw Callum he was standing at the dormer window as I sat in the back seat of the car. His dark eyes foreign to me. The hatred that radiated from his glare shot through me with more force than a silver bullet. In a matter of minutes he had become a stranger. No longer my best friend. He was now a boy with a hollow heart who was headed down a dark path. A path I knew Iā€™d never cross again. Or, so I thought. CallumWe had a dealā€”always stay together. The day Bella left, I vowed I would find her. And when I did, she would feel what I felt as I watched her pull away into a new life, with a new family. Leaving me behind to endure a life that was wrapped inside the hands of a monster.Itā€™s been twelve years, but Iā€™ve finally found her. Now itā€™s time for her to bask in the darkness sheā€™s created inside of me.

Made of Stars


Kelley York - 2013
    And it isā€”at first. But Chance, the charismatic and adventurous boy who made their summers epic, is harboring deep secrets. Secrets that are quickly spiraling into something else entirely.The reason they've never met Chanceā€™s parents or seen his home is becoming clearer. And what the siblings used to think of as Chance's quirksā€”the outrageous stories, his clinginess, his dangerous impulsivenessā€”are now warning signs that something is seriously off. Then Chance's mom turns up with a bullet to the head, and all eyes shift to Chance and his dad. Hunter and Ashlin know Chance is innocent...they just have to prove it. But how can they protect the boy they both love when they canā€™t trust a word Chance says?

Second Chance Charmer


Brighton Walsh - 2018
    Sheā€™s small town royalty. Their love was doomed from the start.Finn spent his childhood living so far on the wrong side of the tracks, he couldnā€™t even see them through his trailer window. When he moves back to his small, southern hometown to open the first bar in a formerly dry county, heā€™s no longer the boy who leftā€”heā€™s a man with something to prove. As long as he doesnā€™t allow himself to get sidetracked by the only girl heā€™s ever loved.Willow learned a long time ago to protect her heart at all costs, so her walls are firmly in place when her ex comes strolling back into town, all cockiness and charm. When they're thrown together on the job, she knows better than to give in to the tug of attraction that still simmers between them. She might be drawn to him, but she certainly doesn't trust him. It's time for her to prove she's not the brokenhearted girl he left behind.Thereā€™s no room for second chances in Havenbrook. And Willowā€™s daddyā€”the mayorā€”will do anything to keep it that way.

Royal and Reckless


Terry KeysJen Katemi - 2018
    Enter the world of the Royal and Reckless, where the blue bloods run red hot, and scorching secrets lie just beneath the polished surface. Inside these pages, youā€™ll find stranded royals, fiancees, reverse harem kingdoms, and more than one compromising position. From hidden royalty to secret babies, plots and twisted games, thereā€™s something for everyone in the steamy scandal behind the crowns. Join the Royal and the Reckless with more than twenty sizzling tales of sex, love, intrigue, betrayal, and blackmail! PREORDER your limited edition copy TODAY! Including titles fromā€¦ New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Briggs USA Today bestselling author Terry Keys USA Today bestselling author Laura Greenwood J.L. Beck & Syndi Burns Sylvie Stewart Sienna Blake Hazel Parker Kim Carmichael Jen Katemi Skye MacKinnon Carmen Falcone K.C. Finn Arizona Tape Maggie Carpenter Isabella White Summer Cooper Mia Kayla Christine Glover Shandi Boyes Stephanie Morris Scarlett Avery Helen Scott Sybil Bartel M.C. Cerny

Brick


Jen Davis - 2019
    During the day itā€™s mud and grime on the construction site. At nightā€¦itā€™s the blood I spill. A drug lordā€™s enforcer does what needs to be done. Itā€™s my obedience, my loyalty to the boss that keeps my family alive. I know Iā€™m teetering on the edge. Iā€™m losing my humanity, I can feel it. Itā€™s changing me, and itā€™s only a matter of time before the darkness takes over.Then I meet her. Liv. The only person who sees past my busted knuckles and brutal exterior. She seesā€¦me. But being with me will get her killed. The only way I can keep her safe is by staying away. Until her own actions catapult her into the center of my worldā€”a world which will swallow her whole. Now Iā€™m forced to be the ruthless bastard Iā€™ve been for so long. Only this time itā€™s not to destroyā€¦but to defend.