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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...
Not So Fake
Avery Edwards - 2020
I need a story.But my heart still hurts.I haven't seen Mr. Sexy Bunns in over ten years.Not since I gave him my V-card and he disappeared.Now he's back with a chiseled jaw and a heart melting smile.And his whole single dad thing is making me hear wedding bells.His offer is irresistible.The benefits far outweigh my heartache.Ugh, fine. I'll play the sweet fiancée.But his hugs don't feel fake. His touch lingers a little too long.New York's most eligible surgeon isn't just testing my boundaries.He's cut a hole in the border fence and stormed right through.I have thirty days to convince myself it's not love.Four weeks to get over him.One month before he pops the big question...
Yes Alpha: The Alpha Brothers Box Set
G. Bailey - 2019
A disgrace to the wolves’ society. Never fit to be a mate for any wolf… Trash. Elodie Masters knows she is too weak to escape her life as a pack slave, a wolf with no claim and overall blight to the wolves’ precious society. When her pack is attacked, Elodie should have run, but instead she is kept by the Alpha Brothers. Ruthless. Cruel. Heartless brothers…or at least that’s what everyone says about them. And they were right. The brothers don’t want her as a mate; they claim she is too weak to be anything…but they won’t let her go. Yet sometimes strength hides in the weak, and you don’t see it coming until it literally bites you back. Follow Elodie's story through all three books in this box set. Including: No Alpha (Book One) No Claim (Book Two) Vampire Captive (Book Three) Yes Alpha (Exclusive novella) Warning: Not for the faint-hearted. 18+ RH
If You Break
J. Rose - 2020
After her tragic and brutal death, her story should have been over. She had found peace, at last.But the universe had other plans.Forced back into a body she longed to escape, Lexi is initiated into the world's best kept secret. The shadowy society of The Redeemed. A motley collection of lost causes brought back from death by a mysterious force, known as the Vitae.It was a fresh start, but this second chance does not come without a price. Lexi will be tested, forced to confront the trauma of her past and the danger of her present.Because a war is brewing beneath the surface and every good army needs a survivor.All she has to do is embrace her inner strength, whilst somehow managing to keep her fragile heart intact against the two men determined to claim what is left of her soul.***Author Note***If You Break is the first book in The Redeemed Trilogy. It is a MFM Paranormal Romance, meaning that the main character will not have to choose between her two love interests. This book is intended for readers 18+ as it features dark themes that may be upsetting or triggering for some readers.
For One Night (Redemption Hwy 10) (The Daly's Book 3)
Leaona Luxx - 2019
That’s all this was supposed to be. I came to Sin City with my best friend to celebrate my much-needed divorce. For once, I want to be the one with no care about tomorrow. That’s when he catches my eye. I watch as he works the room, and the women in it. He’s everything I hate in a man, but the epitome of what we all want. Sexy. Confident to a fault, and a smirk that will melt your panties. He’s everything my ex-husband is. As our eyes meet, I decide to give him a dose of his own medicine, show him how it feels to be used. Tonight, I’ll be the woman everyone stares at when she enters the room. The one I am in the boardroom, who takes no prisoners. I’ll be the one to bring him to his knees and leave him just as fast. I’ll be that woman. For One Night
Alpha's Prey: Shifters of Darkness Falls Book 3
Jasmin Quinn - 2020
Honi pressed her back into the hard wall. "No, you can't, Gideon. You can't have me." As Alpha of one of the biggest wolf shifter packs in North America, Gideon has power, respect, wealth, and any woman he wants. Until he lays eyes on Honi, a beautiful redheaded shifter from a rival pack who won't give him the time of day. Honi is on the run, hiding from an abusive pack that wants her back, when she catches the eye of Gideon, the only man who makes her heart beat faster. But Gideon is aggressive, dangerous, and alpha, a reminder of the brutal life she left behind. When her former pack hunts her down, she turns to Gideon for help. The fire that ignites between them unleashes Gideon's possessive protective side - he will burn down the world to keep Honi safe. Alpha's Prey is book 3 of Jasmin Quinn's Shifters of Darkness Falls Series. All books are standalone and can be read in any order. This is a contemporary paranormal romance with suspense and intrigue. No cliffhanger. No cheating. HEA. Contains mature themes including explicit language, violence, and descriptive sex scenes. 18+ About the Book Series: The Shifters of Darkness Falls Shifters aren’t easy – to know, to be, to live with. They’re a fragile contradiction. Part wolf, part human, all shifter. They’re ruled by instinct and governed by convention. Darkness Falls, a small northern British Columbia community, is nestled in the northernmost access to the Rocky Mountains where the rugged wilderness, the vast back-country, and the lakes, rivers and streams are untouched and pristine. The area is well-known for its fishing and diversity of wildlife, including moose, black and grizzly bear, mountain sheep, goat, caribou, elk, lynx and of course, wolf. This is how Darkness Falls thrives – its natural diversity is a lure for tourists and shifters alike. Many come to visit, some don’t leave. Darkness Falls is a haven for shifters and too many things can go wrong. Humans and shifters working together, playing together, sleeping together. The four packs that claim territory around Darkness falls try to be civilized, try to work with each other and the humans to co-exist and protect the community, but in the pack, human rules don’t apply and where pack justice is concerned, the lines between humans and shifters get blurred. It’s dark in Darkness Falls, even when the sun is shining. Shifters of Darkness Falls is a paranormal contemporary romance suspense series with no cliffhangers, no cheating, and sexy happy endings. All books are standalone but are connected by common characters and themes.
Oz Drakos: Loving Mick the Tick's Daughter
Mallory Monroe - 2020
Both of his strengths collide when Oz the fighter has to deal with an unsavory group ready to demolish all shreds of the Grecian mob that appointed Oz as their leader, at the same time that Oz meets the woman of his dreams. Gloria Sinatra, the biracial daughter of vicious mob boss Mick Sinatra, is just beginning her new life on her own when she becomes the only woman to ever get Oz’s full attention. And she gets his attention just when he’s thinking about settling down and starting a family of his own. He wants Gloria, the one woman that makes his heart flutter. The problem? The last thing Gloria wants right now is another man in her life to break her heart. She becomes Oz the lover’s greatest challenge, even as Oz the fighter has a battle royal on his hands when he discovers that the group he’s battling isn’t led by just anybody, but by Mick Sinatra himself: the boss of all mob bosses, and the father of the woman Oz loves. Oz Drakos: Loving Mick the Tick’s Daughter, is the first novel in the Oz Drakos Romantic Suspense Thriller series.
Holding on to Forever
Siobhan Davis - 2019
Neither was becoming her dealer… ADAMReturning to my drug-dealing past wasn’t on the agenda when I accepted the full ride to play ball at Cypress U. But Mom lost her job. And my sister’s medical bills are mounting. So, I’ve no choice but to change the playbook.When Emily walks into my life, like a fallen goddess with the ultimate power to destroy me, I know I’m screwed. I should steer clear, but I’m the one supplying her poison of choice. Falling for her is a complication I don’t need, but the more she’s around, the harder it gets to walk away. She needs me, and I crave her more than the sport I love.Now, it’s all on the line. Including the NFL career that’s tantalizingly close. The stakes are high, but family means everything, so I’ll take my chances.EMILYIt’s only a problem if it’s out of control. And I have it in hand.Except a certain a-hole discovers I’m using again, and he threatens to rat me out to my folks. Mom’s president of Cypress U, and Dad’s the illustrious football coach. Appearances mean everything to them, and I’m a continuous disappointment. They told me I’d be out on my ass if I fell off the wagon, so keeping it a secret is my number one priority.Until the super-hot all-star QB takes more than a passing interest in me. Adam gets me, in a way no guy ever has, filling my head with ideas of forever—and now, I want more.Dating my dealer is a recipe for disaster, especially when it’s forbidden, but I can’t help myself.Because I’ve fallen too deep. And the hole is too large to crawl out of.
Quiet Wealth
J.L. Drake - 2021
It may contain triggers and ends on a cliffhanger.****Like in the past I write genres the way I see them. This is my version of a mafia story...and believe me, book 1, only scratches the surface of the madness that's to come. **A twisted mafia romance about quiet wealth and refined darkness SiennaIt’s been ten years since he left me with nothing but a pendant, a photo, and a broken heart. He was but a ghost, there one minute and gone the next. I picked myself up, dried my eyes, and built my life without him. Now he has come back into my life like a raging storm surrounded by crime and bloodshed. I no longer need him, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want him—or just a little taste…ElioTen years ago, I had to leave behind the only light I had in my life. Without her, I live in darkness. I am not proud of the things I’ve done, nor the blood that’s been shed. Everything I did had been to protect her. We live by our code—family, power, loyalty, and protection. Our empire is built on the bones of our enemies. Now that she is back and we have a second chance, they will learn one way or another you do not touch my queen. Capri Famiglia will rise to the top no matter the cost, bloodshed, or the lines that will have to be blurred.
Hunting Vixen
S.A. Michelle - 2021
Now I’m all grown up, and I’m the monster in the dark. They call me Vixen and I hunt the men who dare harm the innocent. I may not have been as subtle as I thought, While I have been hunting the monsters, someone has been hunting me. And I don’t mean the five sexy strangers who showed up in my town. No, there's something ghastly slithering behind me in the dark.Winston, Kane, Dean, Graham, and Cayden work for The Agency and they have one goal, take down the vigilante Vixen. They weren’t looking for a relationship, and neither was I but the connection between us is undeniable and instant. Now I’m dating five guys and living with a secret identity. As long as I keep my two lives separate, what can go wrong?Hunting Vixen is a reverse harem which means the FMC will not have to choose between her love interest. This is a fast burn, instant attraction novel, that will end on a cliffhanger. Trigger warnings include but are not limited to mental, physical, and sexual abuse, child abuse both physical and sexual. This is a dark and emotional book that should not be taken lightly.
Tough Customer
Erin St. Charles - 2020
Dear Ida,The arrogant man at the dry cleaners made my bad day worse.So, the last thing I expected was for him to offer me a job.I shouldn’t have accepted—not if I wanted to maintain my sanity.But the allure of a big paycheck overpowered my reservations.Now, I know he’s just as infuriating as a boss as he was the first day we met; yet, the sparks that fly between us are far more than on a professional level.The more time I spend with him, helping him secure investors for his new restaurant chain, the harder it is to ignore the attraction between us.Playing with fire, you’re bound to get burned.And this man has seared himself into my soul.Tell me, Ida, is there hope for our future, or is it impossible to really please this Tough Customer?
Lovesick
T.L. Smith - 2017
Broken is what he was. Broken is what I will always be.To his eyes, that held so much despair, I couldn’t look for long. To his fist, that clenched so tightly, like he was locking away the sorrow. To his lips, that never uttered a word, from the years of heartbreak. And despite it all, I couldn’t stay away from him. It was like he was drowning in an ocean, and I wanted to grab his face, and whisper to his lips, “Don’t forget to breathe.”This was how I fell for a man. A man who was so lovesick, I was afraid he would drown me in that same ocean he was lost in.***Standalone***
Silver Moon
Amanda Lynn - 2018
One that some vampires would kill her for.Problem is...she doesn't know it yet.Riley was a normal twenty-four-year-old girl. She lived in the city, worked as a private investigator, and went home each night alone. All that changes with one missing person's case.On the hunt for a missing girl, she's thrown into a world of supernaturals she never imagined existed. And with the discovery of her unique ability, her life is now in danger.Luckily, she has two new men in her life who are desperate to keep her safe. Lucian, a vampire with devastatingly good looks and old school charm. And Aiden, her new live-in werewolf bodyguard with his boy-next-door appeal and laid-back attitude. But will they be enough to protect her?With people continuing to disappear around the city, it's becoming obvious there's something bigger going on...something none of them could have anticipated.As Riley tries to navigate the ever-growing threat against her life, her deepening feelings for Lucian, and the idea that maybe she never was normal after all, she's beginning to wonder if she'll survive this.And to top it all off, she still has a missing person's case to solve.
King's Ransom
B.T. Urruela - 2019
Born into one of the most ruthless motorcycle clubs that ever ran the streets of St Louis, the only life he has ever known is destroying him from the inside out. A lifetime of trauma, bad decisions, and heinous violence has left him on the brink of complete disaster, but one mission will change everything.Annalise Hale, daughter of Senator Ronald Hale, is the prima ballerina of the St. Louis Ballet. The picture-perfect trophy from afar, her life is a delicate facade that hides unspeakable pain. All she wanted was to escape. She never dreamed of this. Blameless in her father’s crimes, she is caught up like an exquisite pawn when the Sinners take her. Face-to-face with Dimitri King, like two sides of the same broken mirror, they have scars so deep, pain is the only feeling they know. A match made in heaven but forged in hell, will they find their wounds fit together to create something beautiful or will the sins of their pasts be too great to overcome?
Wrecked
Cassie Kay - 2021
I left Kings Court in the back of an ambulance and swore I would never come back. Now, with no job, no apartment, and no options, I catch the late bus back to the old neighborhood.Was I expecting anyone to welcome me back with open arms?Hell no.But I also wasn’t expecting Jasper Hayes.The tattooed man-child with the unkempt hair and the bad attitude isn’t anyone’s idea of prince charming. Jasper’s the first to offer up a poison apple. He’s not the man who saves the princess—he’s the one that ruins her.Maybe I don’t deserve a fairytale. Wrecked is a standalone NEW ADULT bully romance. This book contains dark themes that could be difficult for some readers.