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Lies
Cassie Wild - 2018
To celebrate, all books are only 99 cents this week. Suria: I live in a world anything but normal. Lies, cheats, cons and fortune tellings are all part of my everyday life. Most people call us Gypsies, but they don't know us. I love my family and I’m proud of being part of the Romani people. Except for one thing. One day soon, I’m supposed to marry a man I haven’t even met yet. Yes, arranged marriages are all the craze in our world but there’s no way in hell I’ll live in a loveless marriage. Kian: I didn’t have it easy growing up. My father left before I was born. He sends gifts to ease his guilty conscious, but I see through his guise. I’m the one taking care of my mother, I run a pretty decent garage, and I enjoy a casual hookup every now and again. But last night I met someone special. She makes the single life seem like a waste of life. We flirted at the club and now I can’t get her out of my head. Hardworking Kian is dedicated to improving his high-end car shop and caring for his mother. The night he meets a beautiful and mysterious woman, his life was already a delicate balancing act but now his attention is driven away from his obligations and causing him to rethink his priorities. Follow the mysterious Suria and the hardworking Kian in LIES, book 1 of Cassie Wild’s new Deceit and Desire series.
Gloves Dropped
Camellia Tate - 2020
I’m not giving her a chance to do it a second time.I’ve made mistakes.Mistakes that I’ve learned from.I’ve come a long way to make it as captain of the Salt Lake Pumas.So of course, that’s when she comes back.The girl who ruined my life twelve years ago.But not again.I’m a changed man. I’ve worked hard for this.My head knows I need to ignore the woman El has become.My body’s much more easily swayed.The fire in her eyes burns through my cool-headed defenses.No one told me that giving in to the sparks between us might make me change all over again.
Bought by the Beast: A Dark Romance (Wicked Dynasty Book 1)
Lexi Heart - 2019
He may be able to take my body, but he will never have my heart. It’s only a week. One week in the bed of the city’s most notorious criminal. I can handle it. I have to. But I don’t count on his scorching sensuality, his surprising sweetness. His fierce protectiveness. I know he’s the last man in the world I should fall for, but his touch ignites something deep inside me. His dark, tormented soul calls to mine, draws me in, forces me to feel things I’ve never allowed myself to feel before… Dmitry Working as a hit man for the Russian Mafia, my life is nothing but an endless abyss of violence and solitude. My only goal is to keep my head down and do my job until I’ve repaid my debt and can get the hell out. I’m so close. Soon, I will be able to put this life of blood and death behind me. Until I see her. Daisy. Sweet. Innocent. With a core of hardened steel. Everything I’ve ever wanted, and everything I know I can never deserve. In a world full of darkness and cruelty, Daisy is like a ray of sunlight shining down into the pits of my personal hell. She is the light to my darkness, the innocence to my depravity. I will move heaven and earth to make her mine. And God help anyone who gets in my way. ** A full-length 67,000 word standalone, sizzling hot romance set in a dark landscape with no cheating, no cliffhanger, and a guaranteed HEA! This book involves explicit scenes, dark themes, and may contain triggers, but amid the violence and danger, two souls learn the true meaning of love and sacrifice. **
Between The Lines (Irons #4)
Drew Sera - 2018
I write happy-ever-after romance novels, and after writing ten romance novels you’d think I’d know a thing or two about love. But I’ve been chasing my own happy-ever-after for a long time. I seem to have no problem starting my fairytale, but the ending never comes to be. My love life isn’t the best-seller that I’ve written, so I decided to change things up and write a dark romance.While finding my way around and reading books in that genre, I discovered something unexpected. I found a sexy, romantic man who happens to have a soft spot for romances. He’s an alpha male, and that type would never have appealed to me before…but it’s amazing what you see when you look between the lines.
King
Riley Ashby - 2019
I've always lived my life in a shell, protected from emotions that would harm me. But if I don't give in to him now, a grim fate awaits me.Because he intends to hand me over to someone far worse.I don't know what I'm sacrificing myself for, but I'll do anything to keep myself safe.This is a dark romance/romantic suspense that contains themes that may not be appropriate for all readers, including sexual assault and self injury.
Shift
J.S. Wood - 2020
Wood’s Shift is a humorous, swoon-worthy, contemporary romance written in K. Bromberg’s Driven Worlds project.Wyatt Price is my boss.As one of the top sports agents in the industry, he’s arrogant, egotistical, and stubborn.My favorite pastime is to see just how far I can push him with my quick wit and sarcastic attitude before he breaks. Don't get me wrong, I'm a damn fine employee. However, pushing him gives me just enough delight to not set the whole place on fire and run screaming.Cameron Hayes is my assistant.My ridiculous, sarcastic, pain in my side assistant.If she wasn't so good at her job, I would've fired her years ago... then I would have taken her home and shown her how much I actually liked it. And her. But... I can't cross that line. Crossing it could mean losing her. And I'd rather suffer in silence then see her walk away.J.S. Wood’s Shift is a humorous, swoon-worthy, contemporary romance written in K. Bromberg’s Driven Worlds project.
His Contract: An Age Gap Anti-Hero Romance (A Bad Man Book 1)
Kelli Callahan - 2021
Aggressive. Dangerous. Are you ready to fall in love with a BAD man?There is only one rule to being a hitman. No witnesses.I was hired to do a job.Eliminate a threat to her.Josephine KotovUntouchable.Off limits.No matter how bad I want her.I accepted it.I moved on.But fate threw us together again.The job was going as planned.Until she walked in,And ruined everything.The rules are the rules.What she saw means she's supposed to be next on my list.But can't do it...She knows my secret,but this is one trigger I can't bring myself to pull.Even if I am a very bad man.
Lawless 1
Amarie Avant - 2020
. . AnastasiyaI was born a trophy owned by the Resnov Bratva, waiting for the day they’d collect.My identity was engraved in their legacy, and my only purpose was to obey, to submit. I had no voice, and most of all, I had no choice.I was promised to one yet stolen by another. Simeon Resnov was my savior, a different kind of beast. A beautiful contradiction to the name he carried. He hid the darkness in him so well. SimeonShe was meant to sit on a mantel, waiting for her rightful owner to claim her. On that day, she’d be used until there was nothing left until her existence was nothing but blood on his hands. But the moment I saw her, I recognized the pain in her eyes. It drew me in, entranced me, and turned into an obsession that demanded I have her. So, I took her. I stole the girl branded to another, and now her broken soul is mine to mend…to break…And mend again.Note: This novel contains disturbing content that may be offensive to some readers.
Promised to the Killer: A Dark Mafia Romance
B.B. Hamel - 2022
She's the cast-off traitorous daughter of a minor mafia family with deliciously pouty lips and a wicked tongue.But after we spend one unforgettable night of sin in a hotel room, I can't walk away.I pull her from her family's clutches and make her my own. I save her from punishment and torture—and drag her into my world.She's my toy. My plaything. Nothing more. Never more.I'm too wrecked and twisted to ever let myself get too close to a woman—especially a woman like Siena.Until I get a peek beneath her ice-cold surface and taste the heat bubbling up from her core.My father will never approve of this arrangement. He'll cut my throat before he lets me take a traitor as my bride.But I can't get enough, and I might tear apart my family in the process.Welcome to the first steamy book in the Novalov Bratva series! You're going to fall in love with Maxim and Siena's gut-wrenching story, just like I did. Promised to the Killer is a full-length standalone novel with no cliff-hanger and a gauranteed HEA. Enjoy!
The Devil & The Siren (DeLuca Empire Book 1)
Tiffany Casper - 2019
He didn’t give an inch, much displeasure to the Italian family. He didn’t care if you were Russian, American, or Italian, if you were loyal to him above all else, then that is what matters. Its rumored he lights people on fire, he breaks their bones, he eats children for breakfast. She is running from something she doesn’t even know about. Fate plays its hand one day while she is laying in an alley, beaten, and bruised. She sees his car, sees his money, her needs overtake her brain. Her spirit, her courage, her tenacity all matches her red hair. She calls to him with a Siren’s Song. Will her willingness to accept him for the man he is and not his money, prove to him that her love is enough? Or will he let her walk away, forever? Or will he realize he was wrong, before it’s too late?
Used: A Dark Mafia Romance (Rough Retribution Book 3)
Marlee Wray - 2021
An infamous criminal assassin with such stunning good looks they take my breath away. I should know better than to cross him, but I'm trapped. And my shocking punishment at his hands is rough and shameful.TrickShe's the perfect bait. The law wants me in jail. My enemies want me dead. And someone's found just the right weapon to use against me...the gorgeous girl I've always wanted to corrupt.When she betrays me, is it dangerous to take the bait? Of course. But no one crosses me and gets away with it. I'm teaching her a rough lesson in retribution, one that leaves her sore and crying into my sheets.Do I let her go when the game's over? No, I'm all in. This time, I'll make her give me everything I want.Publisher's Note: Used is a stand-alone novel which is the third entry in the Rough Retribution series. It includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.
Show Me What You Got
Weston Parker - 2020
Oh, and stupidly rich.Just my kind of alpha a-hole. Not!Never in a million years did I expect to find a devious mixture of love and lust overseas. I’m an American girl, living in Australia to help my sick momma. And she’s not getting any better. If nothing else, Mister McHottie is a great distraction. He’s a single father, which is beyond scorching, seeing that he’s a dream with his little girl. Who wouldn’t be? Even I’m falling in love with her. All I’ve ever wanted is a family, but it comes at a cost. His mother’s holding the coin purse, which is always fun. Yay me!And I have one real shot at wooing him. I’m running his big New Year’s Eve event and it’s time to put on the ritz. This guy has no clue what’s headed his way. I’m pulling out all the stops. Time to show him what I’ve got…
Bad Boy Next Door
Hunter Rose - 2021
I thought my life was planned perfectly going into my senior year.I had the perfect boyfriend and an amazing social life. Until that one fateful day my neighbor's rich nephew moved in... Talon Vance was the bad boy next door.From his leather jacket and motorcycle, to his cocky personality and playboy reputation.I knew I had to avoid him at all costs.He made it his goal to make my life a living nightmare.All that jerk wanted was for me to break up with Isaiah.But I wasn’t going to let him ruin my perfect life.Now we are in college, and who walks into my history class?Him. The bad boy next door. When Isaiah dumps me, I fall for Talon fast.Even though he is not the innocent kind,I find myself questioning my morals. I know under his broken exterior is a kind man.Now, I just have to break down his walls and see if what we have is real...
Her Protector Billionaire Groom: A KB Ranch Married by Christmas (Bachelor 2nd Chance Cowboy Romance Book 5)
Taylor Hart - 2019
He's searched for her for ten years. An ex FBI agent looking for his Christmas miracle. Will they get their second chance?
A Cowboy FBI Agent turned bodyguard when Parker Kelly finds himself in the middle of a witness protection gone wrong. All Ariana Claire wanted was to avenge her father, too bad her plans are thwarted by a dance at a Christmas ball. Now they are faced with a choice; walk away or forgive and take down the man who killed her father.
The Small Town Boy's Redemption
Jessie Gussman - 2020
Illegal, sure. But that’s not what sent him to prison. It was the lying, conniving Watkins girl and her father, Judge Watkins.He did his time, and he’s out. But he has to register. Despite the fact that he was innocent to begin with.He’ll never drive down that road again.His fines are paid, his time is served. All he wants now is to build his business legitimately. No more stripping exhausts and smoking the turbos.But in order to get soccer moms and little old ladies to bring their cars to his shop, he needs to look legit.Liberty Watkins suspects her sister lied. But she could never prove it. And Blade looked guilty.Still, Liberty couldn’t stop believing in him.So, when she gets the opportunity to supplement her church secretary job by becoming his parts person and bookkeeper, she’s tempted.When he suggests a dating relationship just for the summer, she’s not as sure.She’s not interested in being his temp.Can she convince the bad boy to make her his forever girl?The Small Town Boy's Redemption is the first book in the Small Town Boys series by award-winning author and Kindle All-Star, Jessie Gussman. Grab your copy today!Books in The Small Town Boys series:1. The Small Town Boy's Redemption2. The Small Town Boy's Secret Romance3. The Small Town Boy's Second Chance