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Taming the Heart (Crimson Ridge #3)
Elliott Rose
In this steamy age-gap, forbidden-love cowboy romance for fans of Lyla Sage, Bailey Hannah, and Elsie Silver, a free spirit finds herself working for a former pro bull rider... who has secrets behind those ocean-deep eyes.
Being hired by a ranch for the summer sounds picture-perfect, right? Except your new boss looks a whole lot like every fantasy and daydream you’ve ever had come to life—oh, and he’s already accidentally seen your favorite ‘toy’.
I’ve always been the hyper-independent free spirit. Sage Maloney, the wild child.
The eldest daughter, with my heart locked away safely out of sight. I had a summer of fun ahead of me.
Only, I didn’t count on a former pro bull rider to stride into my life. Beau Heartford. The much older cowboy with a mustache to go weak at the knees for.
He’s a whole package of temptation. Someone who lures me in with glimpses of what it might be like to let my guard down… to be taken care of.
My married boss.
Summer days rapidly turn scorching in this sleepy little town among the mountains. As the temperature continues to climb, we’re both stuck fighting a mutual attraction we can’t ignore.
Sparks fly, and we really should be putting more distance between the two of us.
In this scenario, more is at stake than just crossing a line between boss and employee.
There’s a wedding band on this cowboy’s finger.
Taming The Heart is an interconnected stand-alone, book 3 in the Crimson Ridge series, and can be read separately. Intended for ages 18 and over.
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Twisted Obsession
S. Massery
My name is Melody Cameron…
Or so I’ve been told.
When I wake up in the hospital with no memories, I’m shipped off to Denver to live with a distant cousin who knows nothing about me.
If family can’t help me remember my past, who will?
I don’t expect it to be a gorgeous hockey player ten years younger than me. He knows things about me he has no right to know.
Yet, he still keeps secrets.
He makes me work for every answer while he unlocks my desire—and fear.
Still. I’m blind. Naive.
And when his twisted obsession becomes apparent, it’s too late. For both of us.
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Secret Obsession
S. Massery
Hockey goalies are known to be obsessive—but none more so than my ex’s brother.
I just didn’t expect to be on the receiving end of his dark possessive streak.
After a mortifying public break up with his older brother and teammate, Miles Whiteshaw declares me as his. That I’ve always been his, minus my year-long lapse in judgment.
The only problem? I’ve sworn off of two things:
Whiteshaw boys and love.
But Miles will go to any length to prove that we belong together—and I’m not sure we’ll survive the fall out if he’s wrong.
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Dante (Chicago Ruthless, #1)
Sadie Kincaid
I hate Dante Moretti. He is cold, calculating and vicious. It’s no secret that he wiped out his former fiancée and her entire family on the eve of their wedding. He’s the kind of evil that makes even devils cry.
But that’s not why I hate him.
I hate him because he has taken the only thing I have left in this miserable world – my freedom. He has chained me to him because of a debt that I don’t owe. I just have the misfortune to share the bloodline of the man who does.
And now I’m trapped in his gilded cage and the only thing I have left to do is run. And I try. I really do. But he is everywhere.
Suffocating. All consuming. Intoxicating.
He is a paradox. A man with a heart as cold as ice, whose passion rages like an inferno.
Why does he see into my soul in a way that nobody else ever has? Why does the slightest brush of his skin make my pulse race?
My mom always warned me never to play with matches. But if Dante Moretti is fire, then I want to burn.
Dante is the first book in the Chicago Ruthless series, featuring the Moretti siblings. Each book is a standalone with a HEA. This is a spicy Dark Mafia, enemies to lovers, forced proximity romance, which features scenes of a violent nature as well as those of an explicit sexual nature.
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Devious Lies (Cruel Crown, #1)
Parker S. Huntington
From USA Today bestselling author Parker S. Huntington comes an enemies-to-lovers, slow-burn romance full of revenge and a dash of fate. “She could enjoy her pretty, perfect world a little longer. Soon enough, everything she owned would be mine.” I had a plan to escape the friend zone. Step one: sneak into Reed’s room. Step two: sleep with him. But when the lights turned on, it wasn’t familiar blue eyes I saw. These were dark, angry, and full of demons. And they belonged to Reed’s much older brother. Four years later, Nash Prescott is no longer the help’s angry son. I’m no longer the town’s prized princess. At twenty-two, I’m broke, in need of a job. At thirty-two, he’s a billionaire, in need of revenge. Who cares if my family ruined his? Who cares if he looks at me with pure loathing? Who cares if every task he assigns me is designed to torture? I need the money. Simple as that. I’ll suffer his cruelty in silence, knowing there’s one thing he wants more than revenge… Me. Note: Devious Lies is a 145,000-word standalone in the Cruel Crown series. If you love banter and angst, this book is for you! Welcome to Eastridge. Enter if you dare.
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Pretend You're Mine (Benevolence, #1)
Lucy Score
I only wanted to protect you…Luke Garrison is a hometown hero, a member of the National Guard ready to deploy again. He’s strong, sexy, broody. The last thing he’s looking for is a woman to ruin his solitude. When the wildly beautiful Harper stumbles into his life, though, he realizes that she’s the perfect decoy. A fake girlfriend to keep his family off his back until he’s deployed.So what if kissing her sends his mind to wicked places? He can control himself. Can’t he?Harper was on her way to starting a new life… again. But something about Luke makes her want to settle down in this small town and make his house a home. When she’s in his arms, she finally knows what it’s like to feel safe. Protected.One night of sharing a bed turns into something much, much more… and soon Luke can’t keep his mind off Harper’s wide gray eyes or his hands off her luscious curves. He never thought he’d feel this way about a woman again. But he knows that he can’t tell her the truth about his dark past. And she can’t reveal what she’s running from.At least this isn’t a real relationship. It’s only for a month. It’s only pretend. Until it isn’t…
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Twisted Ink (Beauty In The Ink, #1)
A.M. McCoy
Being a romance writer means drawing inspiration from many things, and when I met Dallin, I knew I had the perfect muse.
He was everything women read about— tall, tattooed, and irresistibly delicious. Oh, did I mention successful too? He swept me off my feet and right into his bedroom where he awakened things in me, I had only ever wrote about.
He was the bad boy who rode a motorcycle, I was the good girl next door, yet together we were perfect.
Or so I thought.
When he invites his childhood best friends, Trey, and Parker, to stay with us, I realize right away there is more than meets the eye to their lifelong relationship.
Dallin wants to share me. Amongst all three of them.
But there’s more than that, because it turns out they like to share each other too.
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Love Unexpected
Q.B. Tyler
Here is what you can expect: ⠀
- Forbidden Romance/Taboo⠀
- Age Gap ⠀
- Stepfather/Stepdaughter ⠀
- Enemies to lovers⠀
- Interracial Couple
I’d only wanted one kiss.
One kiss, under the dark of night, in a city where no one knew us.
One kiss fueled by my hormones and alcohol and the blinding grief over losing my mother.
One kiss from the man I told myself was untouchable.
But, it didn’t stop at one kiss.
And now we are running full speed down a road with no intention of stopping.
His touch disarms me.
His kiss revives me.
But, our love, could destroy me.
*This is a taboo novel and is intended for mature audiences only.
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Wolf.e
Paisley Hope
Always ride faster than your angel can fly.-Gabriel Wolfe
As president of the Hounds of Hell motorcycle club, my life has been infused with darkness and trauma since the day I was born. Chaos is my birthright. I crave it to feel stable. Secure. Whole.
The only people I care about are the ones who don my cut.
Women are just a tool.
Never to covet, only to use, each face blending into the next.
The formula I live by is simple.
Death is always at my door.
I am a soldier of bedlam.
Until a little hummingbird flies into my crosshairs, and I’m forced to feel something I haven’t felt for as long as I can remember…alive.
Let the hunt begin.
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The Season of Secrets (Secrets, #1)
Q.B. Tyler
“The boss is unashamedly into you."
At least, that’s what my friend says.
It doesn’t matter that Wes Beckham owns the company I work for or that he’s twenty years older than me or that there’s a strict “no fraternization policy” in place.
She is convinced he wants me and that the office holiday party is the perfect place to let him know I’m interested.
Because while he’s technically my older, very off- limits boss, he’s also gorgeous and charming and despite his grumpy nature, he seems to have a soft spot for me.
So, I go for it. I take a risk for once and choose to be spontaneous and have one wild night with my boss.
But one night turns into a full weekend and by the end, it’s very obvious that he has zero intentions of letting me go.
He wants me and I want him but how long can we keep our relationship a secret?
*This book can be read as a stand-alone or as a prequel to The Worst Kept Secret
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Coach Sully (Rogues Hockey Book 1)
Sloane St. James
Kendra Ames is a driven young producer in need of a bachelor for her reality show. When she meets Lee Sullivan, the retired captain of Lakes hockey team, they have an instant connection. After listening to Kendra’s pitch, Sully decides he would rather pursue her instead. However, when the show’s network makes him an offer for his dream job with a unique stipulation, he can’t refuse.Soon after, Kendra discovers a twist of events and has to decide whether to keep her secret until the show ends or share the news with Sully and jeopardize both their careers.
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The Lawyer (The Dalton Family, #1)
Marni Mann
I’m not the type of girl who picks up a man on a rooftop bar.
Not the kind of girl who lets a man’s hands roam my body, discovering I have no panties on.
Never the girl who has hours’ worth of o’s from a smoking-hot one-night stand.
But Dominick makes it so easy to say yes.
His body, his moves, and his oh-so-wicked tongue have me saying it over and over again.
Yes, please.
Yes, more.
Yes, right there.
He worships every inch of my body, and I’m still sore the next morning when I meet him again.
This time, he’s Mr. Dalton, my sister’s cutthroat entertainment lawyer.
And he has a proposition for me.
He wants to make me famous.
Of course, that means sharing a screen with my wildly jealous sister.
It means giving up my career.
It means the whole world will suddenly know everything about me.
Which presents one catastrophic problem—Dominick doesn’t date famous people.
So, do I take a chance at becoming a Hollywood star, or do I pass up the opportunity to be with the man who gave me a taste of forever?
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Saint (Sigma Sin #1)
Eva Simmons
From the moment I spotted him on the side of the road, I knew he was trouble.
Now I'm kneeling at the mercy of a masked devil with my boyfriend's blood on my hands.
He tells me to call him Saint because he saved me... that I should be thankful he spared me a worse fate. I'm tempted to fight him or bargain.
But when Saint tells me to run, a twisted part of me wonders if he'll chase.
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Dirty Dom (Valetti Crime Family, #1)
Willow Winters
From USA Today bestselling author Willow Winters comes a HOT mafia, standalone romance.
I’m not always proud of the man I am, but when you grow up in a crime family, there aren’t a lot of options.
I do what I have to do, and more than often, I f*cking love it.
The power, the women, the money. All of it comes easy to me.
Until Becca walked into my office.
Everything about her was tempting. Her beautiful eyes that pierced into me, her body that was made for sin.
She came to pay off a debt, but I wanted more.
So I did what I’ve always done, I took what I wanted.
She’s a good girl who never should have walked through that door.
I never should have touched her, but now that I have, I can’t stop.
I’ll push her boundaries, she’ll cave to temptation.
We’ll both forget about the danger.
And that’s a mistake I can’t afford…
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Taming the Heart (Crimson Ridge #3)
Elliott Rose
In this steamy age-gap, forbidden-love cowboy romance for fans of Lyla Sage, Bailey Hannah, and Elsie Silver, a free spirit finds herself working for a former pro bull rider... who has secrets behind those ocean-deep eyes.
Being hired by a ranch for the summer sounds picture-perfect, right? Except your new boss looks a whole lot like every fantasy and daydream you’ve ever had come to life—oh, and he’s already accidentally seen your favorite ‘toy’.
I’ve always been the hyper-independent free spirit. Sage Maloney, the wild child.
The eldest daughter, with my heart locked away safely out of sight. I had a summer of fun ahead of me.
Only, I didn’t count on a former pro bull rider to stride into my life. Beau Heartford. The much older cowboy with a mustache to go weak at the knees for.
He’s a whole package of temptation. Someone who lures me in with glimpses of what it might be like to let my guard down… to be taken care of.
My married boss.
Summer days rapidly turn scorching in this sleepy little town among the mountains. As the temperature continues to climb, we’re both stuck fighting a mutual attraction we can’t ignore.
Sparks fly, and we really should be putting more distance between the two of us.
In this scenario, more is at stake than just crossing a line between boss and employee.
There’s a wedding band on this cowboy’s finger.
Taming The Heart is an interconnected stand-alone, book 3 in the Crimson Ridge series, and can be read separately. Intended for ages 18 and over.
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Burn for Me
Sara Cate
**This title was previously published in the Tangled Sheets anthology as Spitfire but has a new title, cover and added content! **
I ruined his life.
It was my investigation that sent his father to jail. It was my fault his mother killed herself shortly after. I’ve regretted it every day since. When he shows up in my Journalism class, I know I’m in trouble.
Cullen Ayers wants to make me pay.
His torment becomes my life, and I endure every moment because I deserve it. What started as revenge quickly turns into lust. He’s only eighteen, and I should be ashamed of how good this feels when we’re alone, but I can’t help myself. I’m in too deep.
I’m starting to discover his family’s secrets go far deeper than I first thought. The more I uncover, the more ways he finds to punish me.
Cullen wants to ruin me for life, and I’m afraid he already has.
Warning: This is a dark, bully romance with explicit content that may be triggering to some readers, including dub-con, abuse, and murder. Cullen Ayers is covered in red flags, but the bigger the bully, the better the redemption.
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Too Far (Boys of Lake Chapel #3)
Abby Millsaps
I never considered how far I’d go to protect those I love.
Not until now.
Not until them.
Locke. Kylian. Kendrick. Decker.
The boys of Lake Chapel own me: mind and body, heart and soul.
I’ll fight for them. Wait for them. Root for them and support them through anything.
Because what we’re building together is a forever kind of love.
Every word will be dissected, every move recorded, but the cameras and media scrutiny are temporary.
We cling to private moments away from the mansion and hold out hope that life won’t always be this hard.
But when a terrifying encounter with parallels to the past leaves us shaken, Decker takes drastic action.
And despite our whispered promises and dreams for the future, what we share may not be enough to survive the pressure of what comes next.
The boys of Lake Chapel taught me that love can be limitless.
No one warned me what can happen when love is pushed too far.
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Wheeewww, Kendrick. I knew you were in there! I absolutely love seeing this more human side of him.
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Too Fast (Boys of Lake Chapel #2)
Abby Millsaps
A Why Choose Sports Romance
Lake Chapel was supposed to be my fresh start: an opportunity to reinvent myself; my chance to finally live.
Now I’m grappling with the demons of my past… and losing.
To survive this setback, I’ll need the support of the four possessive, domineering men who think I belong to them. But can my captors really be my salvation?
Worlds are bound to collide. Friendships will be tested, and rivalries are revving up.
I can’t slip back into the dark—not now that I know what it’s like to live in the light.
For the first time in my life, it’s more than just me I’m fighting for.
It’s them.
Kylian. Locke. Decker. Even Kendrick.
It’s all of them, and all of us together.
My name is Josephine Meyer. But that hasn’t always been my name. What will the boys of Lake Chapel think when they finally learn the truth?
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