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As a chart-topping country singer, I’m living the dream.

While my family is all back in Austin, embracing their happily-ever-afters, I’m on the road on a sold-out tour.

I should feel ecstatic, yet all I am is lonely.

Maybe that’s why I find myself drawn to a fan who pops up at one of my shows.

Something about the way he watches me on stage has me thinking…he knows my secret.

And after the first kiss, I can’t seem to let him go.

But Jensen Miles has some secrets of his own:

He isn’t just a regular fan. He’s a preacher.

And not just any preacher—the new preacher at my dad’s church.

Where I come from, preachers don’t have filthy mouths and dirty hookups, let alone with a male country singer.

But Jensen has scars like mine. They just run deeper.

We can’t stay away from each other, though. One night turns into nearly every city of the tour; the two of us sneak around backstage, onto tour buses, and in hotel rooms.

And while I’ve never been happier…I’m tired of hiding.

With Jensen, I might be able to escape the monsters from my past—even if the scariest one has just been set free.

With Jensen, we can outrun our demons together.

With Jensen, I’m finally ready to come home.]]> 434 Sara Cate Jaz 0 to-read 4.60 2025
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]]> 231382419 More details coming soon.]]> Vikki Jay Jaz 0 Ro and Violet? 0.0
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Ro and Violet?
]]> 217947333
My biggest rival, the arrogant billionaire, is determined to buy the land my grandfather left me. The same land I’ve spent my whole life dreaming about turning into a wedding estate.

We’re sworn enemies and this small town isn’t big enough for the both of us�� until his daughter chooses me.

She’s sweet, shy and only commutes in sign language�� even with him. But things take a shocking turn when our paths cross on a ferris wheel, and she decides that I’m the one she wants to talk to.

Raymond makes me an offer I can’t refuse: be her nanny, and he’ll help me bring my dream to life.

I told myself it’s temporary. Strictly business. But things get complicated fast.

Because one minute I’m saying yes and the next I’m living in his house, wearing a fake engagement ring, falling in love with his little girl�� and desperately trying not to fall for her daddy, too.

But our make-believe happily ever after has an expiration date and the thought of leaving Raymond’s house feels far scarier than walking into it.]]> 404 Vikki Jay Jaz 4 4.42
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]]> 220770325 Heads or tails? The flip of my coin decides how I end your life.

My obsession with Sage Everett runs deeper and darker than the water of Black River—the boundary that divides our land.

I’ve spent years watching the girl next door from beneath the brim of my cowboy hat. Tragedy and family feuds separate us, so I’ve kept my presence in her life unknown.

Until her monsters creep out of the shadows.

My wildflower seeks a savior, and all this gambler needed was a reason.

And that’s how I end up with blood on my hands for the girl tangled up in my heart.

God can’t save you from The Gambler. Not when there’s a debt to collect.

Wait in the Truck is a dark romance intended for an adult audience—please see either Leila's or Shauna's websites for a comprehensive list of content warnings.]]> 406 Leila James Jaz 0 to-read 4.22
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]]> 210825471 He had everything he could’ve wanted…except her.

Dangerous. Powerful. Reclusive.
��
Vuk Markovic is notorious for shunning human interactions. The scarred billionaire rarely talks, and he has no interest in relationships outside his small but trusted circle.
��
His only exception? Her . The beauty to his beast, the object of his obsession.
��
He saw her first. He wanted her first. But now, she’s engaged to his oldest friend—and the closer the wedding looms, the more he’s torn between loyalty and desire.
��
She should be his…and he might just risk it all to have her.
��
***
Beautiful. Successful. Glamorous.
��
To the world, supermodel Ayana Kidane leads the perfect life. Her career has skyrocketed, and she’s engaged to one of New York’s most eligible bachelors.
��
What people don't know is that the engagement is only a business arrangement. He gets his inheritance when they marry; she gets the money she needs to leave her abusive agency.
��
Pretending to be in love should be easy—until she finds herself increasingly drawn to her fiancé’s enigmatic best man.
��
Vuk thrills and terrifies her in equal measure. She knows she should stay away, but when her wedding is thrown into chaos, he’s the only person she finds comfort in��
��
Until his past catches up with them and threatens everything they love.]]> 530 Ana Huang Jaz 4
I Love me some desperate man ]]> 4.21 2025
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Welcome back Ana, I never spoken bad about you...

I Love me some desperate man
]]> 75491526 He'd never wanted anyone enough to chase them...until he met her.

Charming, easygoing, and rich beyond belief, Xavier Castillo has the world at his fingertips.��

He also has no interest in taking over his family’s empire (much to his father’s chagrin), but that hasn’t stopped women from throwing themselves at him…unless the woman in question is his publicist.��

Nothing brings him more joy than riling her up, but when a tragedy forces them closer than ever, he must grapple with the uncertainty of his future—and the realization that the only person immune to his charms is the only one he truly wants. ��

***
Cool, intelligent, and ambitious, Sloane Kensington is a high-powered publicist who’s used to dealing with difficult clients.��

However, none infuriate—or tempt—her more than a certain billionaire heir, with his stupid dimples and laid-back attitude.��

She may be forced to work with him, but she’ll never fall for him…no matter how fast he makes her heart beat or how thoughtful he is beneath his party persona.��

He’s her client, and that’s all he’ll ever be. Right?]]> 466 Ana Huang Jaz 2
And suddenly 3 years later he started taking interest in her even when he said he nicknamed her “Luna�� because she stared begin “his light�� a long time ago even if he didn't realize it)

I don’t find it very romantic when a hero is very clueless and tooks years to star something with the Heroine.
And also his story about becoming a CEO was very long and boring]]> 4.00 2024
author: Ana Huang
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This book shouldn’t be that long, it makes it boring, more considerating that the story stars when they alredy been woking together over 3 years and the only moment we got a glimpse was just when they met and nothing more.

And suddenly 3 years later he started taking interest in her even when he said he nicknamed her “Luna�� because she stared begin “his light�� a long time ago even if he didn't realize it)

I don’t find it very romantic when a hero is very clueless and tooks years to star something with the Heroine.
And also his story about becoming a CEO was very long and boring
]]> 218022571 Divorced, feeling stuck in her professional life and terrified of reentering the world of dating, she’s decided she’s going to work on something she can control: learning how to be good in the bedroom.
Enter Liam Sullivan.
The star NHL goalie might not be a people person, but he's the perfect teacher. He knows what he's doing behind closed doors, and with a little convincing, he agrees to be Piper's guide.
Things between them are casual and easy. Something they can both benefit from. And when a road trip to Vegas has Piper and Liam waking up from a night they can’t remember with matching wedding rings, they decide to figure out how much more fun they can have as husband and wife.
It’s just for the hockey season.
It doesn’t mean anything.
But as the clock ticks down on their fake-marriage-with-benefits, can Piper and Liam make it work in the real world? Or will their relationship be a power play straight to disaster?]]> 514 Chelsea Curto Jaz 0 to-read 4.00 2024
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]]> 223231777 **Blurb Coming Soon** 416 G.N. Wright Jaz 2 4.44
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]]> 55855971






You don't know me, but I know you.

I'm the shadow that creeps behind you without notice.

The moment you see me, you're dead.

An assassin. A killer. A nobody.

Until I became somebody.

I'll make everyone who reduced me to a shadow pay.

To do that, I'm willing to risk everything.

Everything except for my reluctant wife.

Rai Sokolov can show me her worst, but this will only end when death does us part.

The road to the throne is paved with loss, betrayal, and blood baths.

To win, we go all in.

Our lives included.




This book is the conclusion of a duet and is not standalone.]]> 344 Rina Kent Jaz 0 4.05 2021
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]]> 218182766 Marly
To the world, I'm the town sweetheart

A good girl.

I have the perfect life.

But that's all a lie.

Nothing about my life is perfect, I'm not even sure it's mine. Not when I spend every minute pretending for my family.

I just want something for myself.

River Sinclair is everything I've been told I am not allowed, but how am I supposed to deny him when he's the only person who has ever made me feel free.

He sets my whole world on fire but we are on opposite sides of the track and one wrong move will destroy everything we know.

Is love truly worth the risk, or will I just end up with a broken heart and a tragic story to tell?

River
Sweet little Marly Winchester.

The towns sweetheart.

A good girl that never steps out of line, so imagine my surprise when she stumbles onto my track.

I should have stayed away, she is everything I am not and my enemy's little sister.

I shouldn't want her the way I do and yet I find myself crawling back to her night after night.

But stories like ours never have the happy ending, only there's no villains at fault for the way our story will go.

And there are no lengths I will not go to in the name of revenge.



River is a full length, new adult, standalone romance. This book is intended for mature readers. ]]> 460 Ria Wilde Jaz 0 to-read 3.97
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]]> 222515576
Logan Brown walked into my small town with a charming grin and mischief in his eyes. He’s a world-class flirt and his confident masculinity is almost as distracting as those rugby thighs.

Given my inexperienced history, I’m no match for our undeniable chemistry. I vow to keep him at arm’s length. But with Logan, every lingering stare—every forbidden touch—awakens something inside of me I thought I had buried for good.

We both know we shouldn’t cross that line, but I have spent my entire life being a good girl, and suddenly I’m tempted to be very, very bad.

Especially when Logan tells me to just say yes.]]> 362 Lena Hendrix Jaz 0 to-read 4.24 2025
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]]> 214338643
Older. Hotter. And way out of my league, Hannah Prescott has been my obsession since the moment she uttered those five simple words.

She thinks she’ll deter me by her dismissive attitude but her words only spur me on. I love a challenge and since Hannah is my literal dream girl, she’s worth putting in a bit of work.

Up until now everything in my life has come easy: hockey, women, friendships. Then Noah Harrison is traded to our team and my spot on the first line with my best friends is at risk. Suddenly Hannah is wearing his jersey and I realize I’ve got to act fast or risk losing my shot forever.

Fortunately for me, dreams do come true because though she only offers me one night, fate has other plans. She may have said she’ll never call me Daddy Hall, but the positive pregnancy test in her hand makes that impossible.

With my every dream within reach, I need to find a way to prove to Hannah that she’s the one for me and I’m so much more than a playboy.]]> 425 Brittanee Nicole Jaz 2
For the safety gals. Not very safe, both with op since meeting. After their first time together they’re only with each other. ]]> 4.37
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I get that a woman can enjoy sex and can be free about that, seriously I.GET.IT there is no need to be talking about that every 2 pages

For the safety gals. Not very safe, both with op since meeting. After their first time together they’re only with each other.
]]> 221439581 “Bite me again, gattina, and see just how far I'm willing to go.��



Loretta Giordano

Exiled by my stepmother, my twin sister and I start over in a new city, until one act of kindness ruins everything.

When the sexiest, most lethal man I've ever met confuses me for someone else, I vow to stay silent.

He's the mafia underboss my stepsister was supposed to marry, and he'll make me pay for sins I didn't commit.



Ermanno Mancini

They thought they’d killed me, yet here I am, full of rage and ready for revenge.

I'll hunt down and destroy everyone involved in the attack on my family. No one is innocent, especially not the sassy, curvy woman hiding my enemy with her silence.

I vow to break her and make her mine, no matter what it takes.



Brutal Vows (Vicious Mafia Kings Book 4) is a super spicy enemies to lovers arranged marriage dark mafia romance with forced proximity, a jealous/possessive hero, a strong, competent female lead, and a deliciously dirty battle of wills.

This story is intended for 18+ readers and includes mature content such as graphic violence, profanity, and other adult themes.

Can be read as a standalone. HEA guaranteed.]]> 252 V.T. Bonds Jaz 0 currently-reading 4.49
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]]> 228982929 I was married to her sister—a woman who died in the crossfire of my Russian mafia world.
To her, I'm nothing but a monster with blood-stained hands.
She doesn't see they're the same hands keeping her alive.
She's fled from me repeatedly, each escape bringing her closer to the enemies hunting us both.
The hatred burning in her eyes only matches the forbidden heat igniting between us.
The rival bratva won't stop until she's eliminated.
My solution? Make her mine—a marriage placing her untouchably under my protection.
She fights me at every turn, fierce and beautiful in her rage, blaming me for her sister's death and her shattered life.
She can't know the truth, that her sister's death wasn't collateral damage but punishment for betrayal.
As danger closes in, I'm torn between my vow and the desperate hunger that consumes me whenever she's near.
When an ambush leaves her bleeding in my arms, everything changes.
This marriage isn't negotiable anymore.
She'll wear my ring and bear my name.
She'll be mine, even if I have to break her to keep her.]]> 395 Zoe Blake Jaz 1
Of course she’s a virgin ]]> 4.19
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���t didn’t matter that every time I had taken a woman to my bed, I had wished it was her.��

Of course she’s a virgin
]]> 223437615 a single dad/nanny age gap romance!

Rowan Kincaid hasn’t dated in over a year.
Not since the mother of his children unexpectedly passed away leaving him to parent their three children alone.
Exhausted, overworked and feeling like he’s failing at every turn he’s desperate for help.
The help that shows up?
A gorgeous woman almost twenty years younger than him.
She’s compassionate and charming and the kids fall for her instantly.
And despite the fact that she should be off limits,
he falls for her too.]]> Q.B. Tyler Jaz 0 4.06
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]]> 157396960
I’m the governor’s daughter and he’s a mafia boss in the Bratva.

It was a no-brainer.

I was forbidden to him and him to me.

But when we met at his nightclub, I thought he was my prince charming.

I couldn’t fight my attraction to the tattooed Russian god, any more than he could for me.



Dante Levitsky is tall, dark and dangerously handsome with Mediterranean blue eyes you could swim in forever.

Our chemistry is the type people read about and wish for their whole lives.



After the accident a year ago that nearly stole my life, he felt like my second chance at living.

Saying no to a secret relationship when he asked me felt like losing a limb.

So, I agreed, thinking it was the best idea ever.

Until it wasn’t. And I find out he lied.

Then his dark secrets slapped me in the face.

Secrets and plans for retribution against my father that will turn my world upside down.



I wasn’t supposed to fall for the villain.

But at the time I didn’t know he was my enemy.

Or that I would become his new obsession.

He’s the monster I never saw coming and he plans to take everything.

Including me.



Ruthless Sinner is a dark mafia forbidden romance. It is book 1 of the Empire of Sinners series. It is inspired by Romeo and Juliet.
This book is a 110K word standalone romance that contains dark themes, dubious situations, mature content, and graphic violence some readers might find offensive and/or triggering. ]]> 452 Faith Summers 1915383927 Jaz 0 DNF 49% 4.26 2023
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DNF 49%
]]> 228493244
It is a dark cowboy x organized crime romance.

More info and cover to come.]]> Raya Morris Edwards Jaz 0 to-read 5.00
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]]> 220484906 All Roads Lead to Sovereign Mountain

Freya Hatfield knows one thing for certain—to never, ever get tangled up with a man like Deacon Ryder.

Growing up surrounded by her harsh stepfather, Aiden Hatfield, and his sons, she vowed to not to repeat the same cycle as her mother.

But after leaving her home in the Appalachian Mountains to move to rural Montana, six months later she finds herself the obsession of their neighbor—a much older, rough, tattooed rancher with a dark past and a willingness to do what it takes to get what he wants.

He’s everything she swore she’d never accept.

But all it takes is one fateful meeting on a stormy night, and she can’t stop coming back to him.

When circumstances pit Aiden and Deacon against each other, Freya quickly becomes a bargaining chip in a harsh dispute.

And as Freya gives into Deacon’s obsession, they both find something so much darker than they expected.

And something sweet enough to fight for.]]> 410 Raya Morris Edwards Jaz 3 4.29 2025
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]]> 222395340 This temptation is my punishment.
His redemption is my penance.

Jonah Hendrix is the bad boy of the music industry.
As lead guitarist of The Hometown Heartless, negative press follows him like a scorned lover,
And even his fans fuel the flames of his torched reputation.

Despite his permanent residence in the media,
He’s never been on my radar.
Not until my boss comes to me with a
Join The Hometown Heartless on tour to redeem Jonah in the public eye,
and finally get the promotion I’ve been working toward.

I’m not a PR specialist, and it’s not my career ambition,
but I’m determined to see this job through.
As long as I treat the surly rock star like a brand,
I’ll succeed in rehabbing his reputation and survive the tour with my sanity intact.

The problem?
Jonah and I have more in common than either of us realized.
And that desire for connection?
It’s proving to be irresistible.

***

For Wrath and Redemption is the third book in The Hometown Heartless series and contains a crossover character from The Next Life series. For Wrath and Redemption can be read as a standalone, but it does contain spoilers for The Next Life duet and The Hometown Heartless series.

A full content warning can be found in the book and on the author's website.]]> 461 Brit Benson Jaz 0 to-read 4.57
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]]> 228005957 Ria Wilde Jaz 0 to-read 5.00
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]]> 223431982
My best friends little sister.
Entirely off limits.
A craving I cannot resist.

Savannah Levine is the one woman I cannot have and the only one I want.
I keep her at arms length, but there's no denying that she is an addiction I'm too weak to ignore.

One taste.
One touch.
I should have known it would never be enough.

Selfishly, I steal touches and kisses in the dark, keeping us a secret from those closest to us.
But in a circle like mine, lies tend to catch up on you and justice is served in the most tragic of ways.

There's no way a man like me gets to keep the girl.

Savannah

My brothers best friend.
A man I have no right wanting.
A broken heart waiting to happen.

Killian Archer has owned my heart from the moment I met him, I thought it would ease with time, that this feeling would end but it only grew. I assumed it was unrequited until one night, one date gone wrong, and a kiss to seal our fates, catapulted us straight into the danger zone.

We are fire.
Burning into embers.
And the more we sneak around, the more I fall.

Until it's all ripped away and I'm left scrambling to find all the missing pieces.
The thing about a love like ours is that it was never built to last.
You can hope and you can pray, but when you're built on a foundation of secrets and lies, cracks begin to show.

And when the walls finally fall, I won't even have the memories to remind me that it was real.

Embers of Us is a full length, brothers best friend romance following Killian and Savannah. This is a dark romance, a full list of TWs is provided at the start of the book.]]> 438 Ria Wilde Jaz 3 4.18
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]]> 224105527 From USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Michelle Heard comes a new STANDALONE, full-length MAFIA ROMANCE novel.

As the eldest daughter of Ilias Dimitrou, I’m next in line to become the head of the Greek mafia. I’m getting good at putting on an act while I learn everything I need to know about the organization, but behind closed doors, I’m terrified. If my father’s men catch a whiff of my fear, they’ll rip me apart.

Before I’m able to take over from my father, we’re attacked. I have to depend on my newly formed alliance to come to the rescue while I fight with every ounce of strength in my body to stay alive.

Barely surviving when my entire family is slaughtered, I end up being guarded by Lincoln Knight. For some reason, the damaged sniper refuses to leave my side, and I find myself becoming more and more dependent on him. He follows me like a deadly shadow, and I’m well aware of the fact that he’s the only person standing between me and certain death.

When I take my rightful place as the head of the Greek mafia, can I conquer my fears and become the strong leader I was born to be?

STANDALONE: A Mafia Romance full-length novel.
Each book in the Mafia Empire series is interconnected but about a different couple who will all find their HEA.]]> 273 Michelle Heard Jaz 0 to-read 4.16
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]]> 215189415
Falling for the grumpy, single dad next door wasn’t on my summer to-do list.

Did I mention he’s also a football god? A really hot one? Because he is.

Becoming said baller’s new nanny?

Yeah, I definitely didn’t see that one coming.

But nothing about Maverick Beneventi was ever what I expected.

He’s the embodiment of every broody book boyfriend I’ve ever loved, wrapped in deliciously sexy muscles and covered in beautiful black ink. All scowls and sharp edges, I was sure he hated me.

Until one mischievous puppy, one rainy night, and one unexpected job offer changed everything.

Now, my days are filled with bedtime stories and butterfly kisses, all thanks to the one person who can bring Maverick to his knees—his little girl, Rosie.

He doesn’t do complications. Or fun. Or anything that could make him smile. But somewhere between late-night talks and lingering touches, stolen glances and quiet moments . . . something changes, and I did the one thing I swore I wouldn’t.

I fell in love.

With Maverick. With Rosie.

With the life I was sure I’d never have.

And with summer slipping away and my heart on the line, I have to decide—stay and fight for the family I never saw coming . . . or walk away before I destroy it all?]]> 276 Bella Matthews Jaz 0 to-read 4.49 2025
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]]> 210885522 Placate her, play with her, then break her��
There’s nothing I haven’t done to claw my way to the top of my dark and dangerous world. Now, no one can touch me.
Or so I thought, until Tara Reed, a member of my elite club, the Monarch, exploits my only weakness to get her way.

And I let her.

She should have been more careful when she negotiated with me, because for the next thirty days, she’s trapped and at my mercy. She’ll tap out fast. I’ll make sure of it.

But the more time we spend together, lines blur and so do my intentions. Hate turns to hunger. Revenge becomes possession. This woman sets my teeth on edge and makes my body burn at the same time. Tara’s vicious, smart, cunning, and has as many painful secrets as I do. I’ll crack her open just to play with her demons, even if it takes letting mine out to play too.

Can we survive each other, or will the deal we made eventually destroy us both?]]> 406 Briana Michaels Jaz 3 4.05
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]]> 222347973 He’s known as the executioner for one of Chicago’s most dangerous crime organizations��

But I know him as my best friend’s father.

My name is Sia Reynolds. I’m a girl with an unsettling past, and the outlook of my future seems even bleaker. I need a job to get my life back on track so when my best friend (and only friend) Lettie suggests I work for her more than abrasive father I have little choice but to take her up on the offer. I had no idea that meant committing to a life of secrecy bathed in blood��

Nor how much I’d like it.

My name is Maxim Petrov, and my father is the head of the Chicago Bratva. I’m thirty-six-years old, and I want to make the young girl in my home bleed. I’d take great pleasure out of it, but what’s more alarming is what I’d like to do more. Sia Reynolds would look lovely flushed against my sheets, but she’s my daughter’s friend and nearly half my age. Pity as I’d enjoy seeing her tremble in a different way. I want to chase her as much as I’d enjoy a taste��

I may not be able to resist either.

Sia is a standalone contemporary dark romance inspired by Anastasia. It’s not a literal retelling, and the hero has so many red flags there’s no way I’m telling my mother I actually wrote this story. A full list of content warnings will be posted on the author’s website upon release.

This book was partially published on Kindle Vella as a serial, but it’s now complete and ready to read. Nothing major has been changed about the story. Enjoy!]]> 387 Eden O'Neill Jaz 2
Also not safe. He had women over in the house after meeting the h. The h sometimes saw those woman. ]]> 4.05
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I still don’t know hoy to feel about the fact that he killed an innocent girl that could have been the h.

Also not safe. He had women over in the house after meeting the h. The h sometimes saw those woman.
]]> 223793196
Ford Ivanov follows the rules.

I was born to break them.

A single scandalous moment turns into a year of lies, stolen kisses behind closed doors, and whispered promises in the night.

Sneaking around with my brother’s friend is forbidden. Because where I come from, love isn't just dangerous. It’s deadly. The lies are unraveling. And in a world where love is a weakness, we’re about to find out just how strong we really are.




A all-new Standalone in the Vengeful Lies series.

From USA Today and Amazon Top 25 Best Selling Author duo, a new Standalone Dark Romance in the same world as the Lethal Vows.]]> T.L. Smith Jaz 1
Not safe]]> 4.22
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DNF 67% there are wattpad stories that are better written than this.

Not safe
]]> 223364832 Even the monsters under the bed should fear me��

I’ve always been a freak in a mask. A cold-hearted psycho. Not fit for polite society.
But not in her eyes.
My stepsister, Shiloh, is everything I’m not. Kind. Sweet. Innocent. She took one look at me and saw someone worth saving.
So, when she was assaulted and justice wasn’t served, I took care of it.

I became justice.

That earned me eleven years in a psychiatric hospital. Everyone thought I’d be there for life.
They were wrong.
Now that I’m out, I want revenge. I’m going to destroy everyone who dared to hurt my girl while I was gone.

But not before I’m taking what’s mine, and that’s Shiloh.

Because even though I’m a sick, twisted monster, I’m her monster. We will be together.
Whether she realizes it yet or not��


Under the Bed is a spicy, taboo, dark, contemporary stepbrother romance that is (lightly) based on Michael Myers and Laurie Strode from the Halloween series. It has a guaranteed happily ever after and can be read as a standalone. Download today!]]> Eva Marks Jaz 0 to-read 4.21
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]]> 219328559 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.]]> 416 Paisley Hope Jaz 0 to-read 4.15 2024
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]]> 221563458 I’ve always held back my darkness. But for her, I’ll unleash it. All of it��

I never lose control.
Just one moment of happiness might bring forth the evil that taints my blood. So, I stick to satisfying other people’s fantasies with my kink dating app.
That’s how I found her.
Regan Everglow is sweet. Deserving of all the beauty this life has to offer.
But she’s known darkness, too. Her control was stolen from her years ago. Now, she’s ready to take it back.
And I’m going to help.
I wish I could say my intentions were pure. But they’re not.
Truth is, I’m obsessed with her. I’d stalk her to the ends of the earth.
Because she draws out the beast I keep locked inside me, like a moth to a flame—and she has no idea how far that beast would go to protect her. She’s about to find out, though.
So is any man who even thinks of touching my Regan again…]]> Eva Marks Jaz 0 to-read 3.79 2025
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average rating: 3.79
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]]> 214382636
I’m not supposed to feel this way��

I never wanted to disappear more than while around my family. Briar Lane, the girl only useful for one thing: my surname.

A business handshake and pawn to be traded. My father’s chess piece shuffled between empires. That was my life back in L.A. but all it took was finding the dirty secret stuffed in a jacket pocket, and my entire world unraveled.

So, I fled to the one place I knew they could never find me. Crimson Ridge.

Arriving in this snowy, harsh world, I thought I’d be starting over on my own, but it turns out I couldn’t have been more wrong. The abandoned mountain cabin I inherited isn’t what it seems.

This mountain hides secrets. An ex-pro bull rider consumes this space, and now, my every thought with it... Stôrmand Lane. My father’s adopted brother.

We should never have found ourselves isolated out here in the mountains together, each trying to outrun our pasts.

All it took was one misunderstanding, one line almost crossed, and everything changed.

A girl like me isn’t supposed to know what those tattooed hands feel like, and I’m certainly not meant to feel butterflies anytime that pair of piercing blue eyes land on mine.

He might be my every fantasy, a cowboy I constantly dream about, but he’s a temptation I have to ignore. A man I absolutely cannot find myself attracted to.
Even when he’s looking at me with the kind of hunger that can only spell ruin for us both.

Long, dark nights spent in this tiny cabin can’t be the excuse to step into forbidden territory.

Or can they?




Braving The Storm is an interconnected stand-alone, book 2 in the Crimson Ridge series, and can be read separately. Intended for ages 18 and over.]]> 432 Elliott Rose Jaz 3 3 ⭐️ to the smut 4.03
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3 ⭐️ to the smut
]]> 209674109 Loving her cost me my youth, my freedom and nearly my life�� It’s only right, I take the same from her. A dark mafia second chance romance featuring an ex-special forces Mafia underboss, an arranged marriage made in hell, and the feisty, headstrong object of his obsession. Elio's story.]]> 480 Mila Kane Jaz 4 4.18 2025
author: Mila Kane
name: Jaz
average rating: 4.18
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Super safe. Wish we could’ve seen them more as a couple.
]]> 222078597
Fern Lambert is everything Cade has never wanted in a woman—timid, sheltered, shockingly inexperienced, and—after a night of uncharacteristically bad choices��pregnant with his baby.
She is also the key to securing an elusive business contract that Cade has been after for nearly a year. Marrying her means giving up three years of his life, it means acknowledging a child that he never planned on having�� it means complications and disruptions to his well-ordered life.
But Cade knows it’s the right thing to do. It’s the only thing to do. That doesn’t mean he has to like it.

And—inexplicable fascination with her lush upper lip notwithstanding—it certainly doesn’t mean he has to like her.]]> 516 Natasha Anders Jaz 0 3.91
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]]> 209415094
So when their arranged engagement was announced, no one was surprised.

At least, that’s what I thought.

But lately, something felt off. Wherever I went, Matteo was there—lurking in the dark, concealed in the shadows, even in broad daylight, always watching.

I didn’t know what I’d done to capture his attention. I didn’t want it. Yet, I couldn’t stop my heart from trembling, like a bare soul caught in the icy grip of winter, whenever he came near. Nor could I ignore my body’s traitorous response to his voice, low and laced with wicked intent.

I fought to resist him. I truly did. But it was useless.

He knew it. And so did I.

So I ran.

But here’s the thing about the Vitales: they always give chase.]]> 452 Eva Winners Jaz 2 4.05 2025
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Mmm friends lovers. Hope he isn’t a manwhore while she’s a virgin who has to see him with ow
]]> 204584253
In the glamorous world of Formula 1, notorious two-time champion Madden Hunt has always been on the run from something—until a shocking scandal and relentless media scrutiny forces him to slam on the brakes. Seeking refuge from the chaos, he escapes to the sun-soaked beaches of São Paulo during Christmas week, only to find his time in paradise disrupted by a sweet and quirky ghost from his past. Willow Emersyn O’Sullivan. Once his foster sister and bright light during his darkest time, Willow is now all grown up.
Now an ecologist and a biologist, Willow is as dedicated to saving the planet as she is to spreading joy and sprinkling magic everywhere she goes. Her shy and sunny nature is a total contrast to Madden’s grumpy exterior and heartbreaking past. He knows he should stay far away from the silent sunshine who loves everything he hates, but as the holiday season unfolds, he finds himself irresistibly drawn to the one person who has the power to melt his frosty heart.
There is just one problem��
Willow belongs to a world far removed from his own.
What will happen when she discovers all the darkness inside his heart?
Souls will collide.
Hearts will beat again.
A magical love will bloom.]]> Adriana Brinne Jaz 0 3.94
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]]> 165909561 The night she’ll never forget is the night he can’t remember.

Tori
How dare he act like we’ve never met?
I thought we connected, but after a steamy one night stand, the hockey hot shot ghosted me, leaving me with nothing but wounded pride and two pink lines on a stick. And not the hockey kind.
Well, not this time, bud. You fooled me once, and I’m never giving you a second chance to fool me again.
We don’t need you.

Raffi
She’s not a forgettable woman, so why does she insist she knows me?
One look at her son and it hits me like a slap shot to the chest. The resemblance is undeniable.
How can I convince the mother of my child to let me be part of their lives, when I don’t even remember her?]]> 378 Lasairiona E. McMaster Jaz 0 to-read 4.11
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]]> 218675179 Callum Hayes

The first time I witnessed death was my mother’s when I was eight years old. It devastated me. The second was at sixteen when I stumbled on my stepfather’s body after he was brutally murdered. That one screwed me up in a different way.

Since then, I’ve kept my shadows at bay, my secrets locked up tight. That is until Stone Wakefield joins my college hockey team.

Five years ago, he saw something I meant to take to my grave. He saw me weak, and I hate him for it. I have no choice but to keep hating him so he never sees past my mask again.

Stone Wakefield

Callum hates me, and he does nothing to hide it. While that makes it easy to get under his skin, it presents a problem on the ice. However, the bigger threat is my growing need to protect and possess him.

When I start to wonder if he’s just as obsessed with me as I am with him, I’m not sure if I can stay away. I know I should because I have secrets of my own.

But what if the darkness in both of us is the piece we’ve each been missing?

Callum Hayes is mine. He just doesn’t know it yet.


Ricochet is a standalone dark MM hockey romance with a guaranteed HEA. Specific content warnings can be found on the author's website.]]> 389 River Hale Jaz 0 to-read 3.96
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]]> 226490236 He’s the protective single dad with too much on his plate. She’s the wild ray of sunshine with a secret crush. He needs a nanny. She needs a job. Sneaking around was never on the menu.

Dylan Davenport has always been the responsible one, but he’s bitten off more than he can chew. Looking out for his sisters. Running the family ranch. Managing his restaurant as head chef. And raising his six-year-old daughter on his own.

Poppy Golightly was eighteen years old when she left Aster Springs to get over her crush on her best friend’s brother. Now she’s back with a broken heart, an empty bank account, and an eternal optimism that her true love is out there somewhere.

When his sister convinces him to hire Poppy as his nanny, Dylan’s perfect control starts to slip. Poppy is fun and messy and spontaneous—all the things he isn’t. She’s also grown up and gorgeous. Magnificent with his daughter. Soft and warm and luminous.

Dylan knows his sister would never approve of him dating her best friend and he’s only ever done the right thing—until now. Soon heated gazes lead to forbidden tastes that turn into so much more.

Dylan is Poppy’s fairytale come true, but he can’t risk falling for another woman who’ll leave him and his daughter behind. Yet when the truth about their relationship is accidentally revealed, Dylan discovers just how hard he’ll fight to give Poppy her own happily ever after.
‘Sunshine�� is a single dad steamy small town romance with an HEA. It’s the second book in the Aster Springs series and can be read as a standalone.



single dad / nannyhot chef with a ranchbest friend’s brothersecret romance teenage crushopposites attract]]> 443 Samantha Leigh 0645998850 Jaz 0 4.09
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Wanted to read it and then I found out about the epilogue
]]> 221639345
He’s the school’s star wide receiver. The campus golden boy. The kind of man who takes what he wants and never lets go.

And what he wants…is me.

But I’m not a game to be won.

I have secrets. Scars. A past that’s still chasing me. And the last thing I need is a cocky football player with an obsessive streak and a dangerous smile trying to claim me like I’m his.

Only Jace doesn’t take no for an answer.

Not when he’s decided I belong to him.

Not when my past comes knocking.

Not even when I try to run.

Because Jace Thatcher plays to win.

And falling for him? Might be the worst play of my life.

*Note: Jace Thatcher is a morally grey antihero who is obsessed with his girl and will do anything to keep her. This is a darker football romance.

The Wrong Play is a football romance standalone from USA Today and International Bestselling Author C.R. Jane.]]> 546 C.R. Jane Jaz 2 4.16
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]]> 105201886
The party comes to a screeching halt when I meet Ash. Shy, younger, virgin. He’s everything I’m not attracted to. Give me an experienced partner anyday.

But there’s something about him that makes me want to keep him. Maybe I want to stoke that fire I see in his eyes. Or maybe I’m just lonelier than I thought.


Either way, he’s mine. Nobody, and I mean nobody, will take Ash away from me.



(Blurb may change)
Gritty M/M romance.]]> 390 Brea Alepoú Jaz 0 4.05 2023
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]]> 223353905 He thought she was hopelessly in love with him—turns out, she was in love with his bank account.

“Why are you here again? Didn’t I tell you to stop following me?�� Sawyer Stark is convinced Ellie Madden is hopelessly in love with him.

For three years, she’s been his girlfriend, bound by a convenient deal to maintain appearances until his childhood love, Olivia, returns. But Ellie didn’t get the memo. Every time he turns around, there she is, looking at him like he’s her world.

“Here’s ten thousand dollars. Is that enough to make you disappear?�� he scoffs, offering cash as if it’s a solution. What he doesn’t realize is that Ellie isn’t there for love—she’s there for his wallet.

A fire stole her identity and left her drowning in debt, and Sawyer’s money is her lifeline. When Olivia finally returns, Ellie doesn’t wait to be thrown out—she vanishes on her own, leaving Sawyer stunned.

Suddenly, it’s not Olivia he wants—it’s the ‘gold digger�� who’s caught another man’s attention. Seeing Ellie with someone else ignites something Sawyer never expected.

Now he’s not just jealous; he’s furious.

For the first time, he’s not sure what hurts more—losing Ellie or realizing she might not have cared about him at all.

Things to know about this

- Jealous and Possessive Hero
- Can be read as a standalone but better if you read it as a series

All the books in the Obsessed Billionaires, Cherished Brides series are standalone novels and can be read in any order. They are intended for an adult audience only.]]> 405 Ava Selwyn Jaz 0 3.39
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]]> 227760175 Leah Masters knew she probably should be dead. When she put Cain Knox’s son in the hospital, her days were numbered. Instead, Cain gave her a choice, she either dies or comes to work for him. There was a catch though, he gets to control every aspect of her life. She’d rather live than die, so she reluctantly agreed.

Cain had no intention of killing the fiery blonde that put his son in his place. His kid had been giving him a headache for some time, as the boy didn’t like the word no. He tried to attack Leah and suffered the consequences.

She tried to ignore the older man. Cain was a force to be reckoned with. He didn’t take any crap from anyone, and she respected him for it. Soon business turns into pleasure. Leah never expected him to freak out when discovering she was a virgin, but Cain told her he was certainly going to be her last.

But things are complicated because Cain still had a son, and that son hated her for what she had done. He is going to have to make a choice—the love of his life, or his only son. Who will he choose?]]> 113 Sam Crescent 0369511271 Jaz 0 4.26
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]]> 216235542 A forced proximity romance about an injured professional baseball player and the guarded intern overseeing his rehab who’s his coach’s daughter��

Remington

I’ve lived and breathed baseball since I was five years old. The game is my religion, the field my house of worship. Nothing and no one comes before it.

Until her. Scarlet Jones. My teammate’s sister and my coach’s daughter.

I should stay away. Yet I can’t help myself and when I’m injured during a game and require surgery, the first thought I have isn’t that my career may have just ended. It’s that if it does, I lose her before ever having her.

I have three months of rehab. Three months of her living with me full time. Three months to convince her we’re worth the risk.

Scarlet

At thirteen, Remington Tate was my very first crush.

At fourteen, my brother announced to him and the entire team that his rookie poster hung in my closet.

At eighteen�� well, I don’t talk about that anymore. Two years of weekly trauma counseling was more than enough.

Now at twenty-one, things have started to shift. I’m falling for Remington all over again. Each glance, smile, and touch have slowly worked their way into my heart. And as we play house during his rehab, I can’t help but wonder about what we could be.

To find out, I'll have to expose the fractured pieces of myself, and I'm not sure I can do that. Even if he makes me feel safe, free, and like I finally want to try.

Sideline Play is book 1 of Nighthawks Dynasty, an interconnected, stand-alone, sports romance series.]]> 372 Taylor James Jaz 0 3.89
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]]> 224108311 From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a scorching standalone professor/student dark MM romance set in the world of Legacy of Gods.

My darkness meets a darker soul.

I’m a golden boy.
A genius law student, the heir to the Carson empire, and the dutiful son.
Or, at least, that's what it looks like from the outside.
Deep inside, I have the urge to set the world on fire.
I keep these impulses in check, rarely indulging in mayhem.
Until one night of debauchery backfires, and I'm caught by a villain.
I bury the entire ordeal with the rest of my skeletons.
That is, until that night walks into my classroom in the form of my new professor.
Kayden Lockwood.
A criminal who’s teaching criminal law.
I can't expose what he's done without unmasking my secret life.
What I can do, however, is force him to taste the poison he gave me.
In the clash of titans, Kayden and I break and crumble.
And I'm starting to realize this dangerous game may have no winners.

Kiss the Villain is a dark MM romance. Please check the author's note or visit the website for content warnings before diving in. While this book can be enjoyed as a standalone, diving into the Legacy of Gods series will give you a deeper connection to the characters.]]> 512 Rina Kent 1685451136 Jaz 3 3.81 2025
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Well it can’t be a rina kent’s book without women and “feminine�� guys suffering
]]> 214082353
Now all I want to do is repair the broken relationship with the man I've always wanted. But he's wounded by my rejection and it'll take time to heal what I've broken.

But I know there's hope...otherwise he wouldn't have come for me.]]> 370 Penelope Sky Jaz 1 He’s a piece of shit 4.49
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He’s a piece of shit
]]> 226909820 But when the Irish mafia kicks down my door at midnight,
I learn my brother's addiction has a price $750,000.

Pay up or watch my daughter die.

There's only one man who can save us.
The same man who took me raw and left me breathless four years ago.
The same man whose daughter I've been hiding. Leontiy Koval.
The most feared Bratva boss in New York.
Ruthless. Commanding. Eighteen years my senior.

I still remember how his hands felt on my body.
How he commanded me to submit.
How I begged for more.

But what I didn't know then was that those same hands torture people for a living.

Now my flower shop is ashes.
My babysitter's throat has been slit.
And Leon's dark eyes still make me wet, even as they promise violence to anyone who threatens what's his.

He offers me a be his forever, and he'll make my problems disappear.
What he doesn't know is that our daughter has his eyes.
What I don't know is that his family business trades in human flesh.

When my brother sells us out to save his own skin,
We end up chained in a basement, bleeding and broken.
And I realize too late—the only chance we have to survive Is the truth I've been desperate to hide.

"She's yours, Leon. Our daughter is yours."

Now he's ready to paint New York red with Irish blood.
And God help me, there's nothing more intoxicating than watching a dangerous man kill for his family.
For us.
]]> 281 Ajme Williams Jaz 1
“My hands curl into fists as rage at my father blooms in my chest. If he’d just kept this to himself, or let me tell Brooke in my own time..��

He tries to justify that

“Brooke.�� I close the gap between us and grab her shoulders. “Those people aren’t real, okay? You don’t know them. They shouldn’t matter to you because they are nothing. They are simply product, understand? They are numbers on a piece of paper that you send where they need to go for payment. That’s all it is, just business!��

He tries to compare that with selling flowers]]> 4.10
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He does human trafficking and doesn’t care. He is furious that she found out

“My hands curl into fists as rage at my father blooms in my chest. If he’d just kept this to himself, or let me tell Brooke in my own time..��

He tries to justify that

“Brooke.�� I close the gap between us and grab her shoulders. “Those people aren’t real, okay? You don’t know them. They shouldn’t matter to you because they are nothing. They are simply product, understand? They are numbers on a piece of paper that you send where they need to go for payment. That’s all it is, just business!��

He tries to compare that with selling flowers
]]> 209744321
It’s not like I planned any of this... The same way I didn’t plan on being the only parent to my four-year-old brother.

But one night, everything went sideways, and now Jameson is my only chance at getting out of this mess.

He doesn’t trust me, but he needs me to get back at the man who sent me to his clubhouse. His protection for my cooperation. As long as my brother is safe, it’s a deal I can’t refuse.

But living with the enemy is dangerous. Jameson’s vengeance is prolific. He only cares about revenge, and he’s not interested in the pre-built family I come with.

The Twisted Kings are his life. Nothing comes before his club or the president patch on his chest—especially not us.

Or so I thought…]]> 406 Eva Simmons Jaz 0 4.23
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]]> 216734941 Butting heads leads to knocking boots in this wildly sexy enemies-to-lovers, grumpy/sunshine, small town cowboy romance by Jessica Peterson.

My dad and I have been estranged for years. But as his only living relative, it’s no surprise I inherit his massive cattle ranch when he dies. Something that is a surprise? The stipulation in his will, which requires me to live on the ranch and actively manage it for a year before I can access my inheritance money.

I haven’t stepped foot in Hartsville, Texas, population one thousand, since my parents split when I was six. Now a city girl through and through, I never imagined having to move back to cowboy country. But I need the money to invest in my company, and a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do.

There’s just one giant roadblock to my plan: the ranch’s foreman, grumpy cowboy Cash Rivers. I don’t care how good he looks in his Wranglers and chaps. He’s rude, he’s growly, and he wants me gone. I’d fire him in a heartbeat, but I need this cowboy to teach me the ropes of running a ranch.

We’re enemies from the get-go. But turns out, Cash is really good at this ranch thing. He’s got strong hands, an intelligent mind, and let’s just say everything really is bigger in Texas. Working alongside him leads to conversations beneath the stars. Throw in some cheek-to-cheek dancing at the local dive bar, and it all feels so right that I start to fall in love with life on the ranch. And maybe with him, too.

But my stay in Hartsville is only temporary. And you know what they say about cowboys: they may break horses, but they also break hearts. If only Cash hadn’t already lassoed mine��

CASH is the first standalone book in the brand new steamy, interconnected Lucky River Ranch Series.]]> 423 Jessica Peterson Jaz 0 to-read 4.00 2024
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Dutton Taylor is a man who is not used to hearing no. Good thing denying dangerous men just so happens to be my specialty.

The past broke me and I refuse to be tempted by promiscuous lies. I’ll do whatever it takes to protect my son and the new life I’ve built for us.

We should keep our distance. But my body doesn’t get the memo�� and neither does he.


A all-new Standalone in the Vengeful Lies series.

From USA Today and Amazon Top 25 Best Selling Author duo, a new Standalone Dark Romance in the same world as the Lethal Vows.]]> 309 T.L. Smith Jaz 0 to-read 4.30
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]]> 214385437
Hey Red, you wear that dress for me?

They see me as the joker.
The charmer.
The playboy.
But it is just a mask I wear to hide the demons that dance in the dark.

My life is too dangerous for me to fall in love.
Until Willow Stanton landed in my lap.
Literally.

I knew the moment I met her that she was the forever type of girl so I immediately drew a line and placed her on the other side of it.
I told myself she was too good for me, that she deserved more.
But when it comes to her, I'm weak and all it took was one night to seal our fate.
I tempted the flame and now we're both at risk of going up in flames.

Willow

Yeah baby, who else would I wear it for?

We were only supposed to be friends, but I should have known that Sebastian and I could never remain as such.
We pretended, played the game but ultimately we lost.

The temptation was too hard to ignore.
I knew what I was getting myself into and I understood the danger being with a man like Sebastian Levine could bring.
But one positive pregnancy test later changes everything.

Now there's a battle to fight and our own demons to face.
We're fighting for a future but first, we have to handle the past.

Tempt the Flame is a dark, friends to lovers romance which includes the surprise pregnancy trope. It is book 2 in the Burn For Me series but can be read as a standalone.]]> 412 Ria Wilde Jaz 3 4.00
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]]> 92955123
My pakhan father is marrying me off to a cruel monster. A man who gave me a black eye the night before our wedding and then spent it with someone else.

A wrong turn on my way to the church changes my life.

He saw me.
In my gown.
And the bruises behind my veil.

Lachlan O’Rourke.

Enforcer. Insane. Furious.

And standing in the back of the church with an army ready to stop my wedding��

Author’s Deal with the Devil is a 77K standalone MF Marriage of Convenience Opposites Attract Romance with mature themes, a seventeen-year age gap between a J/P Mob Enforcer and a virgin Bratva princess. The story includes explicit content and profanity. It is recommended for mature readers only.

No cheating. HEA guaranteed with SERIES cliffhanger.]]> 294 Deborah Garland Jaz 0 to-read 4.01
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]]> 223975714 “There is nowhere for you to run, little one…��

Beast
I am the president of The Knights of St. Bon Motorcycle Club.
A seven-foot mountain of muscle and bone in a pair of motorcycle boots and a leather cut.
Cursed with demons and darkness and secrets that run deep.
To the people of St. Bon, I am a monster.
To my club brothers, I am a fearless leader.
To her, I am a nightmare.

Belle
He comes out of the shadows and turns my world upside down.
He forces me to marry him to pay off my uncle’s debt to the motorcycle club.
The stakes are high. I must be convincing as his old lady or there will be consequences for the both of us.
But I could never imagine the real reason he wants to marry me.
Or the secrets he is guarding in the forbidden room.


Beast is a dark Beauty & the Beast retelling, set in the fictional, dreamy town of St. Boniface. It is an enemies to lovers, motorcycle club romance with spice and suspense, touch her and die vibes, and twists you won’t see coming.
For readers 18+. Please check CWs. No cliffhanger.

Tropes
MC romance
Enemies to lovers
Forced proximity
Fake relationship
Arranged marriage
Touch her & die
Obsessed hero
He falls first
Found family
He’s huge
Beauty & the Beast retelling

]]> 484 Penny Dee Jaz 4 4.33
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I really liked it. It’s hard finding a safe MC book
]]> 213613743 I'm old enough to be her father. That doesn't mean I'll be gentle with her.

She's far too young and innocent for a bad man like me, but that didn't stop me from bending my new intern over my desk with her cute thong pulled down for a spanking, and it certainly won't keep me from giving this naughty little tease exactly what she needs.

But I'm going to do much more than just make Geneva Nantes blush and beg and come for me.

I'm going to make her mine.

Publisher's ��Her Boss includes spankings, rough sexual scenes, intense and humiliating punishments, and strong D/s themes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.]]> 305 Trent Evans Jaz 0 3.52
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]]> 217140051 That was the one rule my bandmates followed, because they knew how much it messed me up to think about her, especially on tour.
My ex, Nicole.
The one who got away and the woman who still owned every piece of my heart.
After our divorce, I threw myself into the rock scene, trying to forget my heartbreak.
Three years after we split, a phone call from Nicole changed everything.
She told me her grandmother wasn’t doing well.
Mimi was still family to me, and she apparently had one wish before dying: to spend time with us—Nicole and me.
With Mimi’s caretaker away on vacation, it would be the ideal time for us to move in with her for a couple of weeks.
Of course, I couldn’t refuse.
But there was a catch.
Nicole apparently never told her that we’d gotten a divorce.
She hadn’t believed Mimi could handle it, because her grandmother loved me so much.
So, not only would I have to see Nicole again, but I’d be pretending to still be her husband.
Two weeks in a tiny house in a small town with the woman who broke my heart. Or was it me who broke hers?
It was complicated.
And it was about to be a heck of a lot more complicated sharing one bed in the guest room with a woman who wasn’t mine anymore.]]> 318 Penelope Ward 1959827774 Jaz 0 4.09
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Is she paying arc readers or something? lol
]]> 201017011 ��� don’t need another kink.��

That thought pops into my head whenever I pull up my favorite social media app, but alas, every time I scroll, I learn something new about myself, and another one is born. And yes, I know I’m responsible for what the algorithm shows me, but I’m trying to ignore that fact.

Lately, my feed has been dominated by masked men. I’ve favorited videos with them dressed in full cosplay, decked out in futuristic military apparel, and wrapped up like ghouls.

But more than anything else, my FYP is filled with shirtless men wearing ghost masks. Bonus points if they’re heavily tattooed, wielding a knife, or covered in fake blood. At night, I dream about being chased by them, of them catching me and doing deliciously dark things to my more than willing body.

I never could have guessed that by sending one drunken text, those dreams would become my new reality.

Lights Out is a fast-paced dark romance with a morally grey male lead. Some themes and scenes may be disturbing to readers. Please check the TWs at the beginning of the book. ]]> 338 Navessa Allen Jaz 3
I love their chemistry ✨]]> 4.16 2024
author: Navessa Allen
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Was that mafia thing really necessary? I skipped a lot of pages, it was really boring. It made me low the rating.

I love their chemistry ��
]]> 55647391 They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. That’s one thing I didn’t hope for when I moved across the country. My new small-town life is just what I need. A far cry from the hustle and bustle of the city.

Screw the heart.

What I need now is to start over—a new lease on life and one night of passion. Everything was going great until the hottie from the bar shares he’s never had his hand in the cookie jar before—no big deal. I’ll never see him again. But then I show up to dinner and learn the random guy I hooked up with is my best friend’s little brother.

Parker
Embarrassment isn’t enough to describe what I felt when she walked into the dining room. I made a fool of myself. I showed my inexperience and was sure the memory would be with her forever. But there she is, just as surprised as me. She wants me to forget. Pretend it never happened.

The thing is—it did, and I’m glad about it.

Now all I want is to make up for the last time, a chance to do it right—all the time.


SADDLE UP COWBOY is book 1 in the Coldbank Cowboy series. A multicultural, small-town, age gap romance, that will grab you by the heart, make you laugh, and make you fall in love with even the side characters. Each books features a different couple and can be read as a complete standalone. Previously titled My Virgin Cowboy.]]> 338 Sade Rena Jaz 0 to-read 3.43 2020
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]]> 199246937
He’s on edge while she’s en pointe in this fake-dating sports romance from the author of the smash hit Collide.

Elias Westbrook, a newly drafted hockey player for the Toronto Thunder, is facing the challenges of fame and media scrutiny. With a growing fan base and too many expectations on his shoulders, he’s struggling to make his first career goal. The tabloids are reporting on his every move, including which woman he was last seen with, but all he wants to do is escape the spotlight.

Enter from stage left Sage Beaumont, an aspiring ballerina with dreams of joining the Aurora Ballet Theatre, but her lack of popularity online leaves her at a major disadvantage for securing the lead role. When Sage finds herself with the perfect opportunity to make her dreams come true by fake dating Elias, she takes her shot.

Soon enough, the flimsy fake-dating rules they set in place fall away in the face of their sizzling connection. But before things spiral out of control, Sage and Elias will have to decide if they’re willing to take the leap together or if they'll call it quits.]]> Bal Khabra Jaz 0 to-read 3.85 2025
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]]> 214970183 In my world, marriage is a transaction between two families. Nothing more.

So, when the head of the Mancini crime family approaches me with an offer to marry his daughter in exchange for what I need to destroy my enemy, I accept.

But when a woman I’ve never heard of shows up on the contract, questions arise.

If forcing her hand in marriage is what it takes to get what I want, then so be it. A wife was never meant to be anything more than a business transaction. A means to an end.

She might be easy on the eyes, a pretty little brunette with curves I want to sink myself into, but her sharp tongue and even sharper attitude may just be my undoing.

I make it a point to know everyone I need to know in this world, so that begs the question—who the hell is this woman?

Matteo is a dual POV mafia romance with mature themes, profanity, and open-door spice.]]> 326 T. Priceton Jaz 0 to-read 4.03
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]]> 216156650
When I was eleven, my family moved next door to his.
When I was thirteen, he was my first crush.
When I was sixteen, we fell for each other.

And when I was nineteen, we broke each other's hearts.

Six years later, I've landed an internship with a big-name interior designer in a new city. Unfortunately, that city just so happens to be the one he plays hockey for.

I thought Chicago was big enough to avoid him, until I get the surprise of a lifetime and unknowingly move in right next door. Even worse? The renovation project I'm assigned to in hopes of turning that internship into my full-time dream job...

It's his house.

But how am I supposed to update his bachelor pad into a family home when we can't even stand to be in the same room?

I may have loved Rio DeLuca once, but I'm not that same girl anymore.

RIO

I never thought I'd be the only single one left in my friend group. But after years of trying to find love, I've concluded it may not exist for me anymore.

That is, until I accidentally hire Hallie Hart to renovate my house and our jaded history has me rewinding memories I've kept secret for years.

You see, there's something that my friends don't know.

That connection I've been looking for since I moved to Chicago, that one person some search their entire lives to find . . . I had already found her when I was twelve years old.

And now the only girl I've ever loved is moving into the house next door.

Again.

Rewind It Back is the fifth and FINAL book in the sensational Windy City series which has gripped over a million readers across the world. But don't worry if you're new round here, you'll still love it as a standalone!]]> Liz Tomforde Jaz 0 to-read 4.65 2025
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]]> 216709626
Perceived as perfect for her straight-A record, Cosa Nostra’s highest paid hacker keeps to herself.

BRIGHT. CARING. SWEET.

NATALIA MORETTI has the life that everyone wants. But it wasn’t always this way. Raising her foster sister and herself in a Bronx orphanage, she was forced to mold into the golden-girl to ensure her future.

But nothing is ever as it seems. Natalia finds her truth among the royalty of the criminal underworld.

After reuniting with her roots, she seems to have everything she’s ever wanted. Family. Money. Power.

So, when East Coast’s biggest Playboy returns home from overseas, after four years of no contact, she wants nothing to do with him.

The first and last man to break her heart. Her best-friend’s older brother.

LETHAL. INTELLIGENT. UNFEELING.

TREVOR SU is the epitome of wealth and crime. There is no object, subject, or concept, he can’t obtain. Nothing is worth his time or attention.

Until he runs into Miss Perfect �� or at least everybody else seems to think so. He hates her mask. Because she’s the only one that can see through his.

But she’s just�� so damn sweet. All he needs is just one taste of the forbidden��

Two rivals uniting to take down a common enemy might just rekindle an old flame��

Unless they kill each other first.]]> 514 Cristina Russo Jaz 3 3.76
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]]> 213459414
Bianca De Lucci has always been obsessed with Sandro Rossi.
He was the hero of her girlish dreams.
And the dream man of her adolescence.
But no matter how much she showed him she wanted more,
he always treated her like a younger sister.

In one tragic night, she pushes her obsession too far and someone dear to her pays the price.
Sandro becomes the enemy, and she wishes for him to burn in hell like the rest of his family.

Sandro Rossi has too much blood on his hands.
Hands undeserving to touch Bianca’s goodness and light.
But when he shatters her heart, instead of freeing her from her obsession, he extinguishes her light.
A light that he realizes has become his addiction.

Now he will lie, cheat, steal, and, yes, fight like hell to win it back.]]> 409 Victoria Paige Jaz 0 4.20
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]]> 63831009
Determined to walk away from a traumatic past, 22-year-old Grace Allen feels ready to take the next step in her healing journey—dipping a toe into the dating pool. Although she should probably start by making a friend or two, right?

Samuel ‘Cal�� Callaghan isn’t who she had envisioned as her first male friend in�� well, forever. With an intimidating build, tattoos everywhere, eight years her senior, and a little sister under his care, the last thing she expected was to warm up to him so easily. As their friendship evolves, Grace can’t help but wonder if Cal is exactly who she’s been looking for all this time.

Cal can’t afford to lose sight of his priorities—making sure his tattoo parlor thrives and taking care of his little sister. Especially the latter. He wants to make sure 4-year-old Maddie has a healthy and happy childhood despite their mother going off the rails and her father’s blatant neglect. There’s certainly no room for love in his life right now. But when a sweet blonde with a veiled past breaks down his walls, he finds it difficult to stick to his guns.

CONTENT NOTES: This book contains themes of sexual assault (there are no explicit scenes depicting sexual assault), profanity, alcoholism, and explicit sexual content. Recommended for 18+.]]> 412 Lisina Coney Jaz 0 to-read 3.83 2023
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]]> 59763327
Formally known as "The Monster In Me".... Now "Believe In Us"
Same story, same characters, new and improved look.

“When I’m consumed with rage, seeing you is the only thing that can calm my fury. When I’m lost you’re all I want to find.��

JADE
What you see is what you get. A careless bitch on the outside, but deep inside, under all the overlapping layers hidden from prying eyes, a fierce wolf hides. Well, the bitch is in here too. With him, I’m afraid it's all an illusion. A beautiful creature on the outside, but deep inside in a constant slumber, lies the heartless monster of his father’s creation. The worst of his kind, a true hunter, and this time I'm afraid I'm the one being hunted. Despite his vicious appearance, he's not the true villain of this tale. He's nothing but a lost little boy. Turns out I was wrong, I’m the one hiding a truth I’m far too afraid to accept. I’m the villain in this story. He's the heartless monster they created, I'm the lone, wild wolf I was born to be, but what if I’m not supposed to be alone? What if in him, with him, I’m to find my true pack. There is just one thing that might make that almost impossible. Wanna know a secret? I can't be tamed...

SEBASTIAN
Emotionless, indifferent, restrained and cruel. Those are the words of affirmation I’ve recited like a prayer for ten years as I looked at my daunting reflection in the mirror. Dark black hair and deep set, stone gray eyes that showed not a semblance of life. Until the day I met her. Like a wolf in the night, she crept out of my darkness and shined brightly under the illumination of the full moon above. Eyes like two precious gemstones glowing in the dark. The light to my darkness, the prey to satiate this vicious predator. A lone wolf in search of her alpha, in desperate need of a pack to call her own. Yet how can someone who was trained his whole life to feel nothing, convince a girl who has been left every time she feels anything, that this time he won’t be the one to walk out on her

Believe In Us is a New Adult Enemies to Lovers Dark High School Bully Romance. It is Book Three in the Servite Academy Series. Book One His To Claim and Book Two Hers To Keep, must be read before BIU.

Disclaimer: 18+ This series is not recommended nor intended for anyone under the age of eighteen. Some topics, scenes, and/or language in these books maybe sensitive to some readers. Contain dark themes, steamy sex scenes, mature language, and triggering situations.]]> 477 Bellamy Roswell Jaz 0 to-read 4.00
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]]> 198853583
During last year’s Frozen Four, the Waterfell University hockey captain, and NHL legacy, took a brutal hit that left him with a concussion and a new discomfort on the ice. Plagued by nightmares and panic attacks every time he attempt to skate, Rhys wonders if he’ll ever play again �� if he’ll ever want to.

Sadie Brown is staying focused this semester �� no matter what.

Currently drowning in debt, custody hearings for her younger brothers and skating practices, she's just trying to make it to the next day. A spitfire figure skater known for her bad attitude and frequent disappearing acts, she has a reputation on campus. And it’s not a pretty one.

When she accidentally witnesses one of the golden boy hockey captain’s panic attacks and attempts to help him, a strange sort of understanding strikes up between them.

No questions asked. Just comfort.

But Rhys finds himself drawn to Sadie. Where he feels empty, a shell of the man and player he was before, Sadie is so full of everything it bursts from her; every emotion she feels seems like it’s blasted at max. Rhys is desperate to feel anything, Sadie wants to stop feeling so much.

But healing doesn’t mix with secrets, and they’re both skating a thin line, unsteady .]]> 384 Peyton Corinne Jaz 3 3.82 2023
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average rating: 3.82
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]]> 223154245 So, before you judge me too harshly for what I’m about to tell you, I think it’s important to lead with the disclaimer that this is not like me. At all.

If somebody Googled "cautious, responsible, people-pleasing eldest daughter", a picture would probably come up of me baking twenty-four loaves of banana bread for all the neighbors in our building after my roommate flooded the bathroom.

So, as you can see, I am not the kind of person to catch feelings for my ex’s tech-billionaire father after spending three days stranded at his house over Christmas.

Nor am I the type to keep in touch with him after I go home, keeping up the façade of friendship when the unspoken “if only things were different�� hangs over our heads.

Now, it’s Valentine’s Day, and Julian Ballard is on my doorstep.

It shouldn’t change anything. After all, cautious, responsible, people-pleasing girls do not fall in love with their ex-girlfriend’s father.

...Oops.


Kissed and Missed is book two in the Daddy Issues series, and while it can be read as a standalone, is best enjoyed after reading book one; Chilled and Thrilled. ]]> 162 Cleo White Jaz 0 to-read 3.95
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]]> 222215243 They say you only regret the risks you don’t take��

Landing the role of assistant to Roman King, billionaire CEO of the King Group, feels like a lifeline after losing my supposedly “stable�� job—until my new boss coldly informs me that I’m too inexperienced and should never have been hired.

I may be younger than his previous assistants, but life’s thrown me enough curveballs to handle anything—including him.

Except working so closely with Roman—powerful, controlled, and carrying the weight of a tarnished legacy—soon sparks an undeniable attraction.

And it seems I’m not the only one feeling it.

But Roman is on the verge of a deal that could redefine both his and the King Group’s future. The last thing he needs is a scandal.

Especially one that mirrors past sins.

With so much on the line for both of us, maintaining our professional boundaries should be the only option. Yet every heated glance, lingering touch, and charged encounter tempts us to take risks we know we shouldn’t.

I just hope neither of us will be left with regrets��

Guarded King is a full-length, spicy, slow burn, billionaire boss/assistant romance with mutual yearning, a dirty-talking hero, and a guaranteed happily ever after! It's the third and final book in the Empty Kingdom billionaire romance series, but can be read as a standalone./i>]]> L.M. Dalgleish Jaz 0 3.99
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]]> 223439654
Our first meeting? He stood me up.
Our second chance encounter? I told him exactly what I thought of him.
Our third? It came with a bet (he lost) and an understanding that we’re stuck with one another.

It doesn’t matter that he’s Alexander Hardy—British soccer star extraordinaire, world-famous in every way, and a certified sex symbol. We come from two different worlds and live in two different realities. But all we need is one month.

The bet: Help him rehab his reputation to the media and the masses, and in exchange, he’ll help my soccer academy and the underprivileged kids who idolize him.

That doesn’t mean I have to like him. Not his delicious accent, his sexy smirk or those storm cloud gray eyes. Not his incredibly fit body or his sinfully dirty mouth. Not even the way he shows up day after day for the kids or the way he looks at me like he wants to devour me.

He looks at time spent in my world as a penance, while I look at it as a way to leverage his star power to help my academy survive.

But as the days turn to weeks, it seems we’re not as different as I once thought. The man who cares about no one, has fixed his sights on me. With his time at my academy up and his obligations back home calling, do we have a lucky shot of working out?]]> 400 K. Bromberg Jaz 0 to-read 4.21
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]]> 207921757 This Sleeping Beauty woke up...
In a nightmare.

From Wall Street Journal bestsellers L.J. Shen and Parker S. Huntington comes a twisted second-chance romance between a prince haunted by a dark secret and his reluctant Sleeping Beauty.

Oliver
I don’t usually trap women with amnesia into marriage.
But I guess there’s a first time for everything.
When the woman of my dreams falls into my lap, I can’t help but wonder what else she can do in that position.
She’s here. In my house. At my mercy.
And she thinks we’ve been lovers the entire decade we spent apart.
Briar and I have always been unfinished business.
Now it’s time to seal the deal.

Briar
I’m marrying a beautiful monster.
A crooked fraud. America’s wealthiest bachelor.
He claims we’re in love, yet all I taste in our kisses is hate and lust.
I don’t remember why or how.
But I do remember he’s the enemy.
Now, I’m stuck inside a nightmare.
And Oliver will do anything to keep me in the dark.

Authors�� Note: My Dark Prince is a standalone enemies-to-lovers Sleeping Beauty retelling, in which a damaged billionaire with a dark past and his childhood sweetheart fall in love—literally. It is set in the decadent Dark Prince Road universe.]]> 438 Parker S. Huntington Jaz 2
Read: There is not Dark in here

Safety spoilers

‼️‼️


“Okay. One-night stand. Singular. Just to try it out. Spoiler alert: it sucked. I gave up after. The truth was, I liked to make fun of Zach for being a virgin, but he probably had fifty times more sex in his short marriage than I had my entire life.��


]]> 4.05
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I’m SCARED for this book. Maybe the playboy persona is fake since he met Frankie. A girl only can dream..

Read: There is not Dark in here

Safety spoilers

‼️‼️


“Okay. One-night stand. Singular. Just to try it out. Spoiler alert: it sucked. I gave up after. The truth was, I liked to make fun of Zach for being a virgin, but he probably had fifty times more sex in his short marriage than I had my entire life.��



]]> 223188844 From USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Michelle Heard comes a new STANDALONE, full-length MAFIA ROMANCE novel.

I entered an arranged marriage so my sister, Ciara, could marry for love. Three years later, I’m a widow, and my father arranges for Ciara to marry Dominik Varga. The assassin slash arms dealer is as dangerous as he’s quiet, which is very unnerving.

Needless to say, I’m not happy at all. A deal was a deal, and I kept my end of it, so there’s no way on God’s green earth I’ll just sit back and smile like a good little girl. I’ll fight for Ciara’s freedom so she won’t have to face the hell I was forced to endure.

But Dominik doesn’t make things easy for me. He’s determined to get his hands on half of Dad’s empire.
When he moves into my family home, my entire routine unravels. I have to fight for more than just my sister’s freedom because I’m in danger of losing my heart.

I refuse to admit I’m drawn to his darkness. If I do, God only knows whether we’ll survive the fire raging between us.

A Mafia Romance full-length novel.
Each book in the Mafia Empire series is interconnected but about a different couple who will all find their HEA.]]> 283 Michelle Heard Jaz 0 3.96
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]]> 58448825 Monster.
That's what they call me.
Lock your doors, hold your loved ones tight. The Carver is on the loose.
Except I'm not. I was caught.
The days of allowing my inner depravity to run wild are over. I've been sent to prison for good, something of a celebrity in this dark, dank hell-hole they call Alabaster Penitentiary.
The only thing I have left to offer the world is my story, and unfortunately for me, the Warden has the rest of my life to get it out of me.
Being poked and prodded, examined and tested on isn't something I enjoy very much. Until they send him...
The new doctor is here to study me and my crimes. And I'm beginning to think we might not be as different as it seems. He craves knowledge the way I crave the blood of my victims. Despite his robotic nature, there's just something about him... Something I want.
But I'll have to be careful not to smother it to death.
After all... It's kind of my thing.


** Brainwashed is a dark MM doctor-patient romance with content that may be disturbing/triggering to some readers. Our protagonist is a sociopath. Please proceed with caution. While this story follows a new couple, it is strongly recommended to read Volumes 1-2 first, to avoid spoilers. **]]> 494 Nyla K. Jaz 0 4.26
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]]> 212808709 A competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis.

Scarlett Vandermeer is swimming upstream. A Junior at Stanford and a student-athlete who specializes in platform diving, Scarlett prefers to keep her head down, concentrating on getting into med school and on recovering from the injury that almost ended her career. She has no time for relationships—at least, that’s what she tells herself.

Swim captain, world champion, all-around aquatics golden boy, Lukas Blomqvist thrives on discipline. It’s how he wins gold medals and breaks records: complete focus, with every stroke. On the surface, Lukas and Scarlett have nothing in common. Until a well-guarded secret slips out, and everything changes.

So they start an arrangement. And as the pressure leading to the Olympics heats up, so does their relationship. It was supposed to be just a temporary, mutually satisfying fling. But when staying away from Lukas becomes impossible, Scarlett realizes that her heart might be treading into dangerous water...]]> 464 Ali Hazelwood Jaz 0 3.93 2025
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]]> 216868703 If he can’t have her, no one can.

Hayden Lockwood harbors a dark obsession with Madison Caldwell. The brooding hockey captain's unhinged infatuation began the instant he laid eyes on the most untouchable girl on campus. The night his mother and her father were found slain amidst their affair, Hayden couldn’t tear his eyes away from the girl who didn’t shed a single tear. Hayden’s fixation on Madison deepens as he watches her every move, intervening at every imposing threat and sabotaging any potential suitor.

Madison can’t avoid the hothead hockey player when their surviving parents find comfort in each other and decide to marry. As their parents�� wedding approaches, a violent attack on campus forces Hayden and Madison to make life-altering choices. When someone threatens to expose the dark secrets of their elite circle, Hayden is forced to reveal just how obsessed he is with Madison, and how far he’s willing to go to protect her.

Kings of Castlebrook are elite hockey legacies born to cause trouble on and off the ice. Please read Pucking Obsessed with caution as it contains dark themes, and please note that this book is not enemies to lovers and there is no malice between the main characters.]]> 318 London Snow Jaz 0 to-read 3.79 2025
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]]> 50521048 That could be the theme song to my life.

Always second choice. Second best. Second born.
Maybe that’s what possessed me to track down my father’s most formidable enemy, the infamous Enzo Fikile.

He’s the nation’s most eligible bachelor, and the crime world I was born into’s biggest threat, but not because he wants to tear it down.

No. This man wants to claim his place within it and if the whispers working their way around are anything to go by, he’s well on his way.

And I just offered him a golden ticket, one he accepted with an unexpected spark in his eye. We signed our marriage contract that night, and the deal with the devil was done.

I’m engaged to the man the rest of the world fears and there’s no going back.

I expect to be tossed in a tower and left there, but my future husband has other plans. Dangerous ones.
He wants the world to believe our love is real and not bargained, but he says even that’s not enough.
He wants me to convince him.
��
What was supposed to be a simple arrangement spirals into something more, and before I know it, I’m caught in his web, secrets spinning all around me.

I hate him as much as I crave him, but as enemies close in from the most unlikely of places, I realize something.
No one is allowed to hurt my husband.
��
Except, of course �� me.]]> Meagan Brandy Jaz 2 3.54
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Did anyone understand something?
]]> 220146828 The mysterious stranger I spent an unforgettable night with is the billionaire who ruined my life�� and now I have to live with him.

He's all green eyes, mussed hair and a dirty mouth. He’s good at strip poker, and even better at what comes after.

Two weeks later, I walk into a meeting in LA with the subject of my next memoir... and it’s him.

Aiden Hartman. My hot one-night-stand, and the billionaire owner of Titan Media, the company that ruined my life and made me change my name.

Now I need to spend two months at his side or risk losing my next contract. Living in his Bel-Air mansion, shadowing him daily, and writing his memoir.

Aiden invites me into his world of wealth. He brings me as his date to movie premieres and buys me expensive dresses. But he won’t tell me everything I need for the book.

We argue in his office, and I taunt him in bikinis by his pool. It’s a dangerous game we’re playing, especially when Aiden offers me a deal too good to refuse.

He’ll spill all his secrets�� if I tell him mine. ]]> 472 Olivia Hayle Jaz 0 4.01
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]]> 218357630 ��� am dirty. Dirtier than a piccola principessa like you could ever handle, so don’t touch me unless you’re ready to get filthy. Capisci, little girl?��

Serenity Vivaldi

I’ve hit an all-time low, secretly lusting after my sister’s soon-to-be fiancé. Nico Russo, the most ruthless and powerful mafia don in New York City, is too cold, dangerous, and violent for my tastes, but that doesn’t stop my body from heating every time he glares at me.

He's made it perfectly clear he hates me, so when he agrees to marry me instead of my sister, there can only be one reason he accepts.

The wickedly handsome, sinfully tattooed kingpin wants to hurt me. Break me. Own me.

Nico Russo

As the second daughter of Matteo Vivaldi, the only man in NYC whose power rivals mine, Serenity Vivaldi grew from a shy little girl hiding behind her books to a stunning, carnal temptation, but she’s still frustratingly off limits.

Until tragedy strikes her sister and her parents offer me Serenity’s hand in marriage as a replacement. I snatch her up, ready to slake my lust for the curvy little mafia princess, but she steals my hardened heart and becomes my biggest weakness.

Now that Serenity is mine, no one will ever hurt her again. Not her abusive parents, the gangs trespassing on my turf, or the mastermind behind an even bigger, deadlier game.

Serenity Vivaldi is mine, and if I have to burn down the entire city to protect her, I will.

Corrupt Vows (Vicious Mafia Kings Book 1) is a super spicy age gap dark mafia arranged marriage romance with a jealous/possessive hero, a strong, competent female lead, and a deliciously dirty battle of wills.

This story is intended for 18+ readers and includes mature content such as graphic violence, profanity, pregnancy, and other adult themes.

Can be read as a standalone. HEA guaranteed.]]> 376 V.T. Bonds Jaz 2 4.06
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]]> 210277479 He’s the arrogant, grumpy billionaire bane of my existence... and now I’m his full-time, live-in dating coach.
��
I’ve never failed to match a client—until him.

Jackson Sinclair has dragged me through eight months of matchmaking hell, and I have the carnage of broken hearts to prove it.
But I refuse to get fired from my dream job because of some infuriatingly gorgeous billionaire and his absurd criteria for a wife.
��
The plan is simple.
All I have to do is infiltrate his penthouse, pretend to be his blind date, and figure out what the actual f*ck his actual f*cking problem is.
It’ll be fine. He doesn’t know what I look like.
��
Except I nearly drown in Satan-clair’s massive pool, he figures out who I am, and now I’m forcibly glued to his side for the next 30 days.

It’s a nightmare, until it’s not.
I hate him, until I discover everything he’s been hiding.
We fight, until the tension boils over into sizzling temptation.

Jackson Sinclair may not believe in soulmates, and he may not believe in love, but little does he know, he’s finally met his match��

✓��Enemies to lovers
✓��Matchmaker
✓��Forced proximity
✓��Opposites attract
✓��Three slow-burn peppers
�� MMC obsessed
✓��Good girl]]> 430 Kyra Parsi Jaz 5 I have no words 4.20
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I have no words
]]> 215107606 I was eight when Nathan moved away.
He was my best friend.
My only friend.
My safe space.
And then he was gone. And my life turned into Hell.
But I survived.
I broke free and made a life for myself.
And I tried to forget about the boy who grew up to be Nate Waller, the famous retired football player.
I really did try to forget.
But then I opened the door, while working at a client’s house, and he was there. Standing before me.
My old friend.
My unwitting confidant.
My Nathan.
Except�� he doesn’t recognize me.

Nate
The curvy little redhead captured my attention the second I saw her.
And I knew I needed to have her.
Needed to know her better.
Needed to get my hands on her.
But when I did.
When she moaned my name. My full name. It all came rushing back.
Twenty-five years had passed, but in that moment I finally recognized her.
My Rosie.
My childhood friend.
I may have forgotten about her. But I remember now.
And this time I’m not letting her go.]]> 438 S.J. Tilly 1962096122 Jaz 2 4.24
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]]> 60658710
An Amazon Top 10 bestselling series with more than 2 million copies sold worldwide

Five years ago, my fiancé disappeared. He left me with a wedding dress I’d never wear. Left me with the kind of scars that can’t be healed. The man I built my future on vanished like a ghost. All that remained were my broken heart and a million unanswered questions.

Until a mysterious stranger arrives in town.

Tall, dark, and dangerous, Kage is as full of secrets as he is sex appeal. Though I know he’s hiding something, I’m drawn to him like a moth to flame.

Heat crackles between us with every look, desire flares into passion, and I fall hard, helpless to resist.

But then I discover he’s been sent to collect on an unpaid debt from my missing fiancé��

And that debt is me.]]> 376 J.T. Geissinger Jaz 0 to-read 3.88 2021
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]]> 220079913 Gigi
He was the devil I craved.

I knew I was screwed the moment I caught his eye.
He’s sexy, cunning, and cruel—a ruthless killer disguised as a prince.
Despite every warning sign and instinct telling me to stay away, I found myself drawn to him in a way I couldn't resist.
Our chemistry ignited a forbidden romance that simmered with intensity and danger.
But then Nico shattered my heart, leaving me at the mercy of his enemies.
In the end, I was just another pawn in a deadly game.

Nico
She was the angel who brought peace to my chaos.

The first moment I saw her, she was mine—a soul to possess.
Innocent and beautiful�� everything opposite in my world.
She held the power to unravel my defenses.
Until, through her deceit and betrayal, she shattered it completely.
And now, she has been snatched away from me, leaving me hollow and raging.
My enemies will face my wrath for taking what's mine.
I will burn this world down and stop at nothing to bring my angel back home.


This is a dark romance that contains dark themes that may be triggering to some. TWs listed inside the book and on my website. ]]> 523 I.S.A. Bella Jaz 0 to-read 4.69
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]]> 57275600 Let me list the reasons why we cannot be together...

He is ten years older than me.

He is practically family.

And he is also my father’s business associate.

Amelia Edwards, the daughter of mogul Lex Edwards, is beginning her adult life. Away from home, she’s studying law at Yale and has the freedom of doing whatever she pleases without her controlling father watching her every move.

Family always comes first in the Edwards�� household. So, when her aunt insists Amelia visit her son, Will Romano, she does so out of obligation. The last time she saw him was years ago. But how terrible could it be? They had spent countless summers together, and her parents often referred to him as a son.

What she didn’t expect was a devastatingly sexy man—that is, if you can see past his cocky behavior. Will is an arrogant CEO with only one thing on his mind—becoming the next billionaire.

The rules are simple—they need to keep the affair hidden from their families.

Everything goes smoothly until Will is offered something he can’t refuse. Lex Edwards is going to make Will a billionaire, and all he needs to do is give up the one thing money can’t buy…]]> 312 Kat T. Masen Jaz 1 4.32 2021
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35% into the book and h is having sex with her boyfriend. Are these scenes necessary?
]]> 54866923 JACOBS

For the last three years, I’ve lived and breathed hockey with one goal: team captain.

There’s only one thing standing in my way. TJ Beckett.

Beck is irresponsible and immature, and I’ve hated him since the moment we met freshman year.

Yet, the coaches see something in him I obviously can’t, and they refuse to choose between us. The captain spot is going to a team vote, and the team thinks that what we need are a bunch of challenges to prove our worth. Challenges that have nothing to do with hockey. Challenges that are throwing me and Beck together.
And he’s still as infuriating as ever.


BECK

I have no idea why Christopher Jacobs hates me, and I can’t say I care. I like pushing his buttons, but the guy needs to loosen up. I’m going to win these stupid challenges easily and spend my senior year as hockey king on this campus.

Tormenting Jacobs at the same time will just be a bonus.

Even if I’m getting confusing feelings toward him, I won’t let it hold me back.

When it comes to competing, I’m all in, and nothing will get between me and the W.]]> 302 Eden Finley Jaz 0 4.19 2020
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average rating: 4.19
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]]> 141222882
Caleb. My stepbrother and the golden child of our messed up blended family. We barely know each other, but for some reason he takes care of me when an incident at the club leaves me helpless and alone.

He hates me as much as I hate him, but something about his bossy attitude and unflappable calm soothes me. I don’t want to want him, but no one has ever made me feel the way he does.

Hooking up with my enemy is stupid as f*ck. So is breaking my rules for him. I know this, but whatever is between us will eventually burn out and I can go back to my solitary life and forget all about how amazing it feels to let someone else take control.


Gray and Caleb’s story is an enemies-with-benefits-to-lovers romance between stepbrothers who discover that sometimes the person you hate is the only one who can give you what you need. Expect lots of steamy encounters, tons of dirty talk, and reluctant feels as these two enemies learn the truth about themselves, and each other. It is the first book in the exciting new Crimson Club series but can be read as a standalone.]]> 319 Willow Dixon Jaz 0 3.97 2023
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]]> 205204270
Phoenix Stone. Who is ALL man now and my father’s enemy.

Now, I’ve traded chains for walls. His words say I am a prisoner, but his actions don’t. I soon learn I am not his captive in this war between my father and him; but his property. He says he did it to rescue me. To protect me from evils I couldn’t understand. As secrets unwind, and my memories return, I begin to wonder��

Did I fall in love with my knight in shining armor or the devil himself?]]> 338 Nicole Abrams Jaz 0 to-read 3.83
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]]> 222644854
Jade just wants a life full of joy, beauty, and community. But her vibrant world of colors and canvases is thrown into disarray when she becomes convinced her upstairs neighbor has been murdered. Not sure if she’s being paranoid or if she’s onto something, she starts digging for answers on her own.

When her investigation lands herself in the kind of situation that leads her directly in the crosshairs of danger, Levee steps in to protect her.

As the sparks ignite and the danger reaches a fever-pitch, Levee must decide if he should trade in his carefree life for something messier, riskier, and far more meaningful…]]> Jessica Gadziala Jaz 0 4.01
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]]> 209685893 ZAHARA

Is it possible to fall for a man you don't know?

Before I saw his face,
Or heard his voice,
Or felt the warmth of his touch,
I fell in love with his mind.
Devious. Cunning. Deceptive .

The master of deadly and dangerous plans.
The silent threat no one saw coming.
Manipulating people's lives like pawns on a chessboard.

When he steps out of the shadows,
The king reclaiming his throne,
He sets the world aflame,
And burns my heart to ash.

MASSIMO

After eighteen years,
I finally got my freedom back.
My dark empire was waiting.
Primed for me to take the reins.

I'll punish the traitors who stole my life.
And make them feel true pain.
The era of peace is over.
I’m ready to unleash mayhem.

But I left one prison,
Only to be trapped again,
In a battle between my conscience and my desire.

The one thing I desire above all else,
I can never have.

My sweet angel.
My magnificent queen.
My Zahara.


The Perfectly Imperfect is a series of interconnected standalones, where books can be read in any order. However, Sweet Prison (Book 10, Massimo & Zahara’s story) was written as a companion to Darkest Sins (Book 9, Kai & Nera’s story), and I strongly recommend reading the duet in tandem and proper order. ]]> 378 Neva Altaj Jaz 3 3.85 2024
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]]> 208098486
Everything in my life is rigidly planned, nothing ever takes me by surprise, until her.

Wren Jacobs.

I swear the woman was put on earth to drive me insane. She's too young, too beautiful, my daughter's best friend, and one of my best friend’s daughters. In other words, completely off limits.

And for one weekend she's the art curator assigned to help me pick up my newest painting.

My only job is keep my hands off the forbidden woman almost twenty years my junior. Every whisper of daddy Wilson that falls from her lips drives me closer to forgetting my rules and realizing this nightmare might be the fantasy I need for the night.

Even if one night could be enough, will everyone finding out destroy it all?

❄️��DZ����岹��

⚾️Snowed In

❄️Daughter's Best Friend

⚾️Forbidden Romance]]> 212 Jenni Bara 1959389173 Jaz 0 4.08
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]]> 219834513 The moment I slapped Lucian Manwarring, I knew I had just declared war.

He may be the billionaire patriarch of the powerful Manwarring family, with a reputation for getting everything he wants, but I’m not going to be his latest conquest.
He stole my entire inheritance and expects me to just fall in line, to be the obedient bride he can mold into his perfect trophy wife. But he has no idea who he’s dealing with.

I’m not some meek, submissive girl ready to be controlled by an older man, even if he is commanding and handsome.
I’m stubborn, outspoken, and ready to fight for my freedom.
I won’t be forced down the aisle, no matter how much power he wields or how determined he is to make me his possession.

Lucian isn’t used to defiance.
He’s used to getting his way, and he seems amused by my resistance—at first.
But I see the darkness in his eyes, the ruthless determination that tells me he’s not going to stop until he breaks me.

But I won’t let him.
I’ll fight him every step of the way, even if it means risking everything to defy him.

Enter the seductive and treacherous world of New York’s high society, where scandalous secrets and dangerous desires are guarded closely, in this dark romance by USAT Bestselling authors Zoe Blake and Alta Hensley.]]> 287 Zoe Blake Jaz 0 4.14 2024
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]]> 216953177 From the New York Times bestselling author of Gothikana, comes the highly anticipated finale of the Dark Verse series.

It ends where it begins.

Four couples. Six books. One saga.

Tristan and Morana. Dante and Amara. Alpha and Zephyr. Shadow Man and Lyla.

The world is darker. The game more dangerous. The stakes much more deadly.

A new era is born.

***

Please This is the sixth book in the series and must be read in order. Reading out of order is not recommended. This is a dark romance series. Please read the author's note for content warnings. ]]> 400 RuNyx Jaz 2 3.62 2024
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*Insert Bart Simpson’s cake “at least you tried��*
]]> 204538483 She's the only woman he wants...and the only one he can't have.

Asher Donovan is a living legend―the darling of the Premier League, the (arguably) greatest footballer in the world.

But his reckless antics and recent team transfer have caused much controversy, and when his feud with his rival-turned-teammate costs them a championship, they're forced to "bond" during off-season cross-training.

Surviving the summer shouldn't be hard…until Asher meets their new trainer. She's beautiful, talented, and no matter how hard he tries, he can't take his mind off her.

The only problem? She's his rival's sister―and completely off limits.

***

Scarlett DuBois is a former prima ballerina whose career was cut short by a tragic accident.

Now a teacher at a prestigious dance academy but still haunted by the ghosts of her past, the last thing she wants is to spend the summer cross-training Asher Donovan, of all people.

She swore she would never date a footballer, but when her brother leaves town for an emergency, she finds herself thrown into dangerously close proximity with the gorgeous, charming striker.

Training, she can deal with. But falling in love? That's out of the question―especially when he's the only person with the power to break her heart.]]> 595 Ana Huang Jaz 0 3.79 2024
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]]> 216476756 OBSESSED. VENGEFUL. RUTHLESS.


NICOLE

Vegas crime boss Leo Russo murdered my father and stole my legacy. But when I have the chance to take my revenge…I hesitate, a mistake that turns me from hunter to prey.

No one crosses Leo Russo and lives to tell. He is a monster—cruel, calculating, and without an ounce of compassion.

I hate him. And I hate that my body aches for his touch despite knowing he’s evil incarnate.

I can’t stop this dark need, this desire for the very monster who now holds me captive and controls whether I live or die.


LEO

Nicole Milano did what no one else has ever done. She fooled me.

I believed she was my loyal personal assistant, but all this time she’s been working against me. My little mouse revealed herself to be a fierce wolf in disguise. She had the chance to kill me. She didn’t. Now she will pay the price for deceiving me.

But first I must satisfy the need to feel her body beneath mine, to make her scream my name. I want to possess her, dominate her, take her until I’ve had my fill.

She belongs to me now—body and soul.



Ruthless Vow is the second book in the Vegas Vicious series. It is a stand-alone romance in a connected series featuring the Russo crime family. Enemies to lovers, captive heroine, obsessed alpha billionaire hero. This full-length novel includes violent scenes, profanity, and explicit sex. May not be suitable for sensitive audiences.
]]> 211 Becca Kane Jaz 0 4.20
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]]> 216422082 DANGEROUS. VICIOUS. TWISTED.
ALINA

I'll do anything to protect my brother, even willingly become the captive of a man like Damian Russo—criminal, killer, villain, Mafia Prince.

If I try to escape, my brother dies.

I don't want to want Damian, to crave him, to ache for his touch. But that doesn't stop him from summoning my darkest desires.

I'm afraid I'm losing myself completely to him—body and soul.


DAMIAN

Alina Madsen is my prisoner. She believes she's just collateral, a guarantee her brother will pay his debt.

But she's a pawn, a game piece in my quest for vengeance against her ex, the man who killed my father.

I'll use her, take her, enjoy that gorgeous body while I force her secrets from between those luscious lips.

At least, that's the plan, until the primal part of my brain rears its head and roars, Mine.


**Twisted Fate is the first book in the Vegas Vicious series. It is a stand-alone romance in a connected series featuring the Russo crime family. Enemies to lovers, captive heroine, obsessed alpha billionaire hero. This full-length novel includes violent scenes, profanity, and explicit sex. May not be suitable for sensitive audiences.**

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★★★★�� “action-packed, full of suspense, wonderful characters and steamy scenes.”]]> 212 Becca Kane Jaz 3 4.04
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]]> 210057549
For too long, I’ve barely been existing, coasting through life and waiting for the inevitable end. Perhaps that is why, when I return home from work and find Romeo Bianchi waiting for me in the shadows, I accept my fate, wholeheartedly.

I expect him to take my life without a thought, but he takes me captive. To him, I’m nothing but a pawn in his dangerous game of retribution. But weeks pass and the moments we share weave a tangled web of connection between us, burrowing deeper into my heart with every touch, taste, and look.

When faced with a choice that could save his life, I ask myself one simple question:

Who protects the man that has spent his entire life protecting everyone else?]]> 344 Addison Tate Jaz 3 3.85
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]]> 208861794 After my wife died, I tried to raise my kids right while running one of the biggest cattle ranches in Montana.
But, when my daughter broke her leg in the rodeo, and I hired her best friend from college to help her, I didn't know it'd be my undoing.
Lorilei is in my home. My thoughts. And, my heart.
I know I need to push her away, that our differences would be too hard to overcome.
But, when my ranch is threatened, and she's put in the crosshairs, will I risk everything to protect her?

*Please note this portrays dark themes

- for a complete list of potential triggers, please visit the author's web page]]> 447 M.A. Cobb Jaz 0 4.02 2024
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]]> 207601103 This old flame just might set them on fire.

Conceited, unattainable, and downright delicious, renowned Michelin-starred chef Ambrose Casablancas has one passion in life—food.

Women are a distraction, and he doesn’t do those. Especially Cal Litvin, his baby sister’s best friend. Her entire existence is a complication; she’s awkward, eccentric, infuriating��

And, much to his chagrin, hotter than his kitchen.

Ambrose has a lot on his a new restaurant to open, a multimillion-dollar property deal to execute, and a violent stalker to tame.

Then Cal shows up at his doorstep, looking for both a job and salvation after their messy goodbye. His resolve, like his patience, is ebbing each day she works at his restaurant.

Because Cal is no longer a doe-eyed girl.

Now? She’s the woman he’ll do anything to conquer.

***

Quirky, compassionate ball of sunshine Calla Litvin can’t catch a break, and not just because she swore off running.

Back in her hometown to nurse her mother’s broken heart after losing her father, she finds herself jobless, hopeless, and penniless. She hopes to rekindle her friendship with her former BFF, but Dylan is attached at the hip to her cruel brother—the one Cal’s been secretly crushing on since middle school.

Falling for the bad boy the second time around would be a mistake of gargantuan proportions.

Too bad she’s always been clumsy.

Truly, Madly, Deeply, is a grumpy x sunshine, enemies to lovers romance. It is the first in the Forbidden Love series, but can be read as a standalone.]]> 514 L.J. Shen Jaz 0 The passing was rushed. The H was “hating�� the h and suddenly he offers her a sexual relationship. I was like “what?�� There’s no a line in between.

“Cal was different. I never knew what was going to come out of her smart mouth. She approached everything she did with the enthusiasm and curiosity of a child…and the body of a very grown-up woman. �� So basically he likes her because she’s a kid in a woman body (a hot one) ]]> 3.97 2024
author: L.J. Shen
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This author just keep getting weirder.
The passing was rushed. The H was “hating�� the h and suddenly he offers her a sexual relationship. I was like “what?�� There’s no a line in between.

“Cal was different. I never knew what was going to come out of her smart mouth. She approached everything she did with the enthusiasm and curiosity of a child…and the body of a very grown-up woman. �� So basically he likes her because she’s a kid in a woman body (a hot one)
]]> 53490997 Will the reclusive, stubborn, alpha billionaire be my rescuer, or the biggest mistake of my life?

You could say I'm a nursing student who is definitely down on her luck. My entire life has been a struggle for me. But I'm almost through the hard times, nearly done with nursing school so I can build a better life than the one I was given. I'm so ready to move from full-time waitressing to a professional nursing career.

Until....disaster strikes just as I enter the home stretch.

Through no fault of my own, I'm about to be homeless, and I'll end up kissing all my dreams goodbye unless some kind of wonderful,surprise event occurs, and great things just don't happen to a girl like me.

Or so I thought...until a miracle shows up in the form of the mysterious, stubborn, handsome, alpha billionaire, Simon Hudson.

He makes me a bargain that's almost impossible not to accept when I'm looking at homelessness, and giving up everything I've worked so hard to achieve.

Do I dare trust a wealthy mystery man that I don't even know?

Simon has secrets and hidden pain that inexplicably draws me to him, but once I'm caught up in his web, will he ever let me go?]]> 374 J.S. Scott Jaz 0 to-read 4.12 2013
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]]> 216575710
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.]]> 345 Sloane St. James Jaz 0 3.99 2024
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]]> 212193083 An angsty, age gap, forbidden romance from bestselling author, Elizabeth O�� Roark.

Once upon a time, my buddy’s niece was a toddler in a swim diaper following me around the beach. Now Daisy’s twenty-one, the loveliest thing I’ve ever laid eyes on, and blackmailing me into letting her stay for the summer.

If she’s not bent over on my deck in yoga pants, she’s in a bikini that covers far less. She makes me laugh when I want to stay pissed off and forces me to remember all the things I used to love. If only she wasn’t so damn young and so incredibly off-limits.

The sizzling tension between us is getting harder to resist, but giving in would destroy some of my oldest friendships. Worst of all, though?

It might destroy Daisy too.]]> 314 Elizabeth O'Roark Jaz 2
This coul’ve been better if it hand’t been for fucking AUDREY. She was mentioned almost 80 TIMES !!! She may as well had been the main character (probably she was, and she only appeared once).

But seriously, the h would talk, breathe, sleep, etc and she would compare to audrey. The H would talk, breath, sleep and he would compare it to is past time with audrey. She may as well been taylor fucking swift. ]]> 4.22 2024
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IM FREE, FINALLY.

This coul’ve been better if it hand’t been for fucking AUDREY. She was mentioned almost 80 TIMES !!! She may as well had been the main character (probably she was, and she only appeared once).

But seriously, the h would talk, breathe, sleep, etc and she would compare to audrey. The H would talk, breath, sleep and he would compare it to is past time with audrey. She may as well been taylor fucking swift.
]]> 59796035 He’s cruel. Insufferably attractive. And broken beyond redemption.

After the nightmare I just ran from, those details should have made him the perfect storm of do not touch. Except I didn’t know any of this—other than the attractive part—when I met him.

Our story started on a lie.

He pretended to be someone else, and I didn't ask a lot of questions. Nor did I try to stop him when he snuck out of my hotel room in the wee hours of the morning. I was determined to start my new life on an uptick and a wild one-night with a hot stranger felt like just the ticket.

Only I should have known something that good wouldn't end that easy.

On my first night in my new house, our paths cross again when I discover he's my new neighbor. No longer the charming man I met in the bar, he's a grump, completely unfriendly, and utterly intolerable. As if this couldn't get any worse, I quickly learn I'm also his daughter’s new teacher.

A wonderful daughter I can't help but fall in love with.

Something I refuse to do with him. Our button-pushing back and forth never fails to get under my skin. If anything, his sudden off-limits status makes resisting this devil of a single dad that much easier.

Regardless of the temptation he presents. How searing his heated gaze is when I catch him staring. Or how breathless our stolen moments leave us.

After all, this is the fresh start I so desperately need, and I will not let anything get in my way.

No. I can’t give in to Doctor Heartless. No matter how hard he tries to change my mind.

DOCTOR HEARTLESS is a 95k word deliciously STEAMY, grumpy/sunshine, enemies-to-lovers romance that will hit you straight in the feels! It is a standalone in the bestselling Boston's Billionaire Bachelors series featuring Boston's hottest billionaire doctors and the women they fall head over heels for!]]> 310 J. Saman Jaz 0 to-read 4.33 2022
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]]> 212470837 I’ve always dreamed of romance, but this wedding is strictly business.

SOFIYA

I’ve spent years hidden away to protect my father from the shame of having a defective daughter. The head of the Bratva can’t be associated with weakness—and to him, that’s all I am.

That is, until a marriage alliance gives him the opportunity to finally be rid of me.

As I head down the aisle towards my mysterious husband, I hope I’m moving towards love and freedom. But Matteo makes it clear he wants nothing to do with me.

I wish I could return his coldness, but the dangerous Don sets my body ablaze whenever he’s near.

MATTEO

My life has been defined by betrayal.

A family traitor murdered my parents, and I’ve carried their blood on my hands all these years. I learned long ago not to open my heart.

As head of the Five Families, I’ve always controlled my city, but with enemies rising up on all sides, a marriage alliance is my only way forward. Except, my bride is not what I expected—and now she’s consuming my every thought.

But when my trust is shattered again, I’ll go to any means necessary to protect the Family.

His Tesoro is a spicy, dual first-person POV Mafia Romance with an age gap, arranged marriage, disabled heroine, and jealous/possessive hero. This book is a standalone that ends in a HEA. See Author’s Note at the beginning of the book for full content warnings.]]> 396 Emilia Rossi Jaz 2 3.84 2024
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average rating: 3.84
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]]> 204535779 A Lord takes what he wants.
But like anything else, even he can get greedy and betray his oath.
That’s where Carnage comes in. A Spade brother runs their prison for those who have wronged their society.
It just so happens to be where the Lords have sent me.

I VOW. YOU VOW. WE VOW.
Most women within the Lords don’t get the chance to prove themselves worthy of the brand or the power that comes with it, but there’s always an exception.
I’m one of them.
Finally, my time had come to be assigned to a Lord.
Not just any Lord but a Spade brother—Haidyn Jamison Reeves.
I had everything under control until he found out what I was hiding. Everyone in our world knows the only way to get to the top is to sacrifice something the Lords want.

So when Haidyn gave me a choice—become his toy or turn me over to the Lords—the decision was easy.
I’ve worked too hard to get this far to allow a man to take what I’ve earned. I chose to become his dirty little secret over admitting I failed.

It didn’t take long for him to unravel my web of lies, thread by thread, until nothing was left. He took over my life, blurring the lines until I discovered that what I thought I wanted was no longer what I needed.
But even in our world, nothing lasts forever. Time had run out. The hourglass lay broken on the floor, shattering not only my future but everything I knew.

I never thought that falling in love with a Spade brother
would reveal so many secrets. And when they all came to light,
the Lord who blackmailed me was the only one I could count on.


This touches on very dark themes. The 𝗧𝗪𝘀 will be posted inside the book before the prologue and on Shantel's website.

If you have not read the L.O.R.D.S. series yet, do NOT start with 𝑴𝒂𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔. It contains spoilers from previous books in the series.

The Lords Series
#1 The Ritual
#2 The Sinner
#3 The Sacrifice
#4 Sabotage (the H isn't a Lord but he works for a Lord)
#5 Carnage]]> 818 Shantel Tessier Jaz 0 4.58 2024
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name: Jaz
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]]> 207110848 From the author of The Wrong Brides comes a steamy and angsty enemies-to-lovers arranged marriage romance.


He's the business rival she can't stand. She's the woman he's secretly loved for years.

Xavier Kingston’s life is turned upside down when his nemesis and business rival, Sierra Windsor, suddenly begins to show interest in a man that isn’t him.

Certain he’s at risk of losing his chance with her forever, Xavier offers the Windsors a deal they cannot refuse: a merger between his company and Windsor Real Estate.

On one condition: Sierra must marry him.]]> 356 Catharina Maura Jaz 3 4.19 2024
author: Catharina Maura
name: Jaz
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2024/08/29
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