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Finally Unbroken


Maria Macdonald - 2016
    No span of distance nor time would ever change that. Even as I trudged through my colorless life. Loneliness and isolation snapping at my heels. I always had her as my North Star. Now I know I’m going to lose her—my soulmate—and I have to learn to lean on the only man I’ve ever loved. The one who pushed me away… just to survive. The life I once dreamed about has been washed away in a sea of regret. People from my past are appearing in my present, hoping to remain in my future. Each day I draw strength from my history.I have to learn to live again, to have hope again and to love again. She wants me to trust him. He wants another chance. I just want the strength to move on with my new life.All I have to do now is take my hands off the safety bars... and have a little faith.

Marshall


Kara Hart - 2017
    That's why I brought these handcuffs. I love a good chase. I'm practically untouchable, but they're always staring my way. Women are obsessed with men like me. That's a given. With a body like mine, it's a bit like cheating. It's too damn easy. From the beginning, I've followed my own code. Rule one: Never fall in love with a good f*ck. They'll only let you down. Trust me. I've had my fair share of hardships. Rule two: Always go back for seconds. Easy as pie. "On your knees with your hands behind your back." There wasn't any warning about a girl like her. My Virginia. She's the most beautiful woman in this dive bar. Her smile pushes me over the edge. Her body sends shivers down my spine. I have to pull out every trick in the book to get a chance to talk to her. I'm going to make her tremble and quake. There's one major problem. She has something to do with those robberies. But I can't stop thinking about the way that woman f*cks. She's been playing me for a fool. One night in that interrogation room and I'll have her begging for forgiveness. She should have known. Never fall in love with a man in uniform. **MARSHALL is a standalone, full length bad boy novel with a HEA and absolutely NO CLIFFHANGERS!**

Razor's Wildcat


Ciara St. James - 2021
    Different was the spice of life. Even when the beautiful dog trainer caught his eye, he did everything he could to stay away and to not respond to her smiles and conversation.Talia had never wanted a man like she wanted Razor, but at every turn, he ignored her or rejected her. She had to face it. He wasn’t interested. One night, he showed her something that made her think it was time to move on.When Talia disappears, Razor knows he’ll do anything to get her back and to show her how he really feels. Only when he does, can he keep from hurting her again? An angry act leaves her doubting him and what they have. Will she stay? Will she go and leave him a husk of a man? Only time will tell what the ultimate story is with Razor’s Wildcat.WARNING: This book is intended for adult readers. It contains coarse language, adult situations, discusses events such as stalkers, assault, torture and murder that may trigger some readers. Sexual situations are graphic. There is no cheating, no cliffhanger and it has a HEA.

The Flower Farm (Applemore Bay #2)


Rachael Lucas - 2022
    

The Scars Keeper


Scarlet Wolfe - 2016
    They're the validation of my pain.The anxiety, anger and sadness I bleed.My dark secret. A grim, ugly truth.Most of all, they're the one thing in my life I control.It's inevitable that one day I'll have to reveal them to someone. What I wasn't expecting was to share them now with him ... with Hayden.HaydenGirls like Avery are all the same. They're spoiled, superficial blondes who don't appreciate mommy and daddy's wealth.Plastic shells that are empty on the inside.Or so I thought ... but I was wrong.Avery's heart is an abyss of emotions. She feels like no one I've ever met, wallowing in her insecurities and anguish yet savoring every exciting moment within her reach. I was blindsided by the immense love she was willing to give once she trusted me, and I was left with no choice but to trust her, too, exposing my own pain and scars.I hate myself for caving in ... for loving her. How do you let go of the one person you let in? How do you say goodbye to the girl who trusted you with her body and soul?I have to leave Avery, and where I'm going, I can't take her with me. She's going to believe I built her up only to tear her down, but what she doesn't realize is unlike her, I can't change my destiny. I was born into the Knights Union MC, and it's where I'll go to die.

The Truth About Falling


H.M. Sholander - 2017
     Take the path on the left and turn into a beautiful princess. Veer right and wind up homeless. Choices, we make them every day. I was on a path. I was going to become an improved version of Jade Hart, immersing myself in the world of art, but that didn’t happen. Instead, I’m on a new road, failing miserably, wondering how I ended up in this place. Now I’m the girl no one wants to be around. The one who has a thousand feet of steel forged around her, not daring to let anyone through–until him. Hudson is different. He doesn’t care about the baggage I drag around. He helps me carry the weight, even when I don’t want him too. I don’t have time for him, but my heart, my heart needs him more than I care to admit.

Keeping The Virgin (The Virgin Auctions, Book Four)


Paige North - 2017
     That’s what I am. My virginity auctioned off to ice-cold, gorgeous billionaire Cage Bryant. He’s twenty-seven with thick, unruly brown hair, a pair of blue eyes that seem to penetrate my soul, and a luscious mouth that doesn’t seem very used to smiling. He towers over me, filling out his designer suit with his broad shoulders and thick arms. But as handsome and sexy as Cage is, he’s just as cruelly cool, seemingly without normal human emotions. When he’s near me, I can’t breathe. My heart can’t start itself up again. My belly tightens and the spot between my legs begins to ache, then pound. I can’t take my gaze off his body—and those muscles. Bunched, beautiful, sleek muscles that I want to reach out and touch. His chest is hard, his abs ridged, and my lust is immediate, getting me wet as I think of what he’ll feel like against my naked skin. After our first night together, he’s already got me hooked. Hooked on the dirty things he does to me, things I never imagined in my wildest dreams. Things I love way more than I should. I know I have to be careful not to get too close, because Cage Bryant is a man with darkness inside him. I see it every time I look deeply in to his eyes, and it chills me to the bone. One moment he’s pulling me closer and closer to that blue flame, and the next he’s pushing me away, those dark demons once again visible in his penetrating gaze. I need to be very careful, because it feels like I’m falling. Falling for this twisted, mysterious man, head over heels into the darkness… But I can’t help it. I don’t know how to stop this compulsion to move closer, to push the boundaries, to take our twisted desires to new and uncharted territory. And it’s too late to turn back. I’ll risk everything just to get one more taste of him…

Sheikh's One-Night Stand (The Sheikh's Wedding Series Book 2)


Leslie North - 2022
    

Love Struck Café: A Sassy Southern Romantic Novella


Carolyn Brown - 2022
    If someone doesn't answer her "Help Wanted" sign soon, her struggling café in the heart of Texas won't be open much longer. But when a handsome traveler pops in for a country-fried steak, Jasmine's luck begins to turn around. Hiring Flint Walker is the answer Jasmine has been looking for, and if her business can have a second chance, then maybe her love life can too.

Plaything at the Royal Wedding: An MFMM Royal Romance


Lana Hartley - 2018
    She's perfect.Gorgeous. Innocent.The minute we see her, we know.We'll make her scream. Make her beg.Make her our plaything.Secrets. Lies. Ambition.It's how we've become the best.But now there's more at stake.We have our own plans. Only one of us can come out on top.And our little plaything holds the keys to the kingdom.

The Final Siren


Nicki Edwards - 2020
    But after a devastating career-ending injury, he's faced with returning to the small town of Glengarrick to figure out what comes next.Georgina Purcell always wanted to leave Glengarrick, but ten years after Jed left town taking a secret with him and breaking her heart in the process, she's still stuck wondering what her future holds.When Jed walks back into her life acting like nothing has changed, sparks fly. But their feelings for one another can't change Jed's painful secret...that Georgie might be the reason for his retirement from the game he loves.Will the lure of a new opportunity within the AFL be too much for Jed to walk away from? Or can he leave it all behind for a chance of happiness with Georgie?

Witching the Day Away


M.L. Briers - 2018
    On the hill on one side of the valley stood a church, on the other side, stood a mansion where a vampire lived. In the valley below the witches lived on one side of the town and a pack of wolf shifters on the other. While the unsuspected humans populated the town. All was right with the world, and everybody went about their business, until the day that a witch ran into a wolf shifter, and all hell was about to break loose. Could the town of Knowing survive a wolf wooing a witch? Could the wolf pack survive the mating? For that matter, would the wolf shifter survive to mate? And was there something a little strange going sight unseen in the sleepy little town where the supernatural residents liked to be awake while the humans slept? Comedy romance with a dash of madness and mayhem to make you laugh-out-loud.

Prez: A Wings of Diablo MC Novel


Rae B. Lake - 2019
    My word was law and I had a crew that would put their very lives on the line if I asked. I did, and I was wrong. I was blinded by my own pride. I couldn't see that I was in over my head and that hubris was enough to cost me everything. My club. My brother. My Laura...gone.Mikki-I killed him. I didn't mean to, he was behind me and I was so scared. I thought he was one of Vilanuevas goons and I was not going back to the hell that I had just escaped from. Never. I almost left him right there in that alley when I realized he was not dead, but something about his voice and the name that he called out softly on his way to death's gate stopped me short. I had to help him. I had to bring this beautiful haunted, soulless man back to life. ***This story will rip at your heart and have you wanting so much more. If you're looking for the perfect mash up between a flawed alpha bad boy and a strong heroine this is for you! Fans of Nina Levine and Nicole Snow agree this is a must read!***

For Now


Kat Savage - 2018
    It's what life calls for right now. With a violent, painful past to put behind her—and a lot of moving on to do—she has no intention of letting anyone new in.Samuel Young used to feel the same way. Now, the single father accepts his past for what it is. He's just trying to find some happiness—outside of raising his young son.When he thinks he's found it with Delilah, she's not convinced. As the two begin to push and pull, unforeseen circumstances only complicate things further.In a world where everyone has a past, what happens when they collide in the present?

Santa's Little Helper


Lisa Chalmers - 2020
    But Emma is completely different from every other woman he's met. Suddenly he's the one seemingly doing the chasing.Can he turn this flirtationship into something real?