Joanne's bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:48:31 -0800 60 Joanne's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Twisted Obsession 169483125 My name is Melody Cameron�
Or so I’ve been told.

When I wake up in the hospital with no memories, I’m shipped off to Denver to live with a distant cousin who knows nothing about me.
If family can’t help me remember my past, who will?

I don’t expect it to be a gorgeous hockey player ten years younger than me. He knows things about me he has no right to know.

Yet, he still keeps secrets.
He makes me work for every answer while he unlocks my desire—and fear.

Still. I’m blind. Naive.

And when his twisted obsession becomes apparent, it’s too late. For both of us.]]> 405 S. Massery Joanne 4 4.11 2023 Twisted Obsession
author: S. Massery
name: Joanne
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Embrace Me at Dawn (Doomsday Brethren, #5)]]> 7849903 No man will ever define her again.

Anka MacTavish lost everything when Mathias D’Arc captured her, shattered her bond with her mate, and broke both her body and spirit. Determined to heal her bleeding soul, she joins the Doomsday Brethren’s fight to vanquish the evil wizard and seize her revenge. But becoming a magical warrior will require close contact with her former mate, the love who’s never left her heart, Lucan. And she’ll have to explain why she left him and fled to the arms of another lover�

No woman can ever take her place.

Lucan’s world crumbled when Anka escaped Mathias and sought protection from his long-time rival, Shock. Now she has returned, and Lucan must train her to confront a new and terrible danger that threatens magickind. With every punch, blow, and parry, Lucan discovers that Anka isn’t the demure wife he once knew, and his growing desire for this woman is a need he can’t control. He vows to do whatever it takes to reclaim her heart and make her his once more. But when the Doomsday Brethren are forced to make an unlikely alliance, it will test Anka’s resolve like never before. To survive, she and Lucan must rely on one another, face their deepest fears... and expose the dark secrets that threaten to destroy everything, including their love.]]> 311 Shayla Black Joanne 5 4.22 Embrace Me at Dawn (Doomsday Brethren, #5)
author: Shayla Black
name: Joanne
average rating: 4.22
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read at: 2012/10/30
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]]> <![CDATA[Accomplice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #3)]]> 188563996 336 Hannah Nicole Maehrer 1529917778 Joanne 0 to-read 4.47 2025 Accomplice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #3)
author: Hannah Nicole Maehrer
name: Joanne
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2025
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2)]]> 203147386
Evie Sage has never been happier to be the assistant to The Villain. Who would have thought that working for an outrageously handsome (shhh, bad for his brand) evil overlord would be so rewarding? Still, the business of being bad is demanding, the forces of good are annoyingly persistent, and said forbidding boss is somewhat…er, out-of-evil-office.

But Rennedawn is in grave trouble, and all signs―Kingsley’s included―point to catastrophe. Something peculiar is happening with the kingdom’s magic, and it’s made The Villain’s manor vulnerable to their enemies...including their nemesis, the king.

Now it’s time for Evie to face her greatest challenge: protecting The Villain’s lair, all of his nefarious works, and maybe (provided no one finds out) the entire kingdom. No pressure, Evie.

It’s time to step out of her comfort zone and learn new skills. Like treason. Dagger work. Conspiring with the enemy. It’s all so…so…delightfully fun.

But what happens when the assistant to The Villain is ready to become his apprentice?]]> 368 Hannah Nicole Maehrer 1649377177 Joanne 5 4.07 2024 Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2)
author: Hannah Nicole Maehrer
name: Joanne
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Crave (Men of Inked Sinners, #1)]]> 198617790
The day she turned thirty, she decided to make a change: No more biker boys.
She deserved more. She wanted to be someone’s world.

But then he stumbled in bloodied, bruised, and in need of help.
One look into his dark eyes, and Tate realized her life would never be the same again.

She wouldn’t fall for him.
She couldn’t, not for her heart’s sake.
But one night never hurt anyone…right?

But with one taste of his lips and touch of his hand, Tate knew she couldn’t escape his pull.]]> 232 Chelle Bliss Joanne 0 to-read 4.51 2024 Crave (Men of Inked Sinners, #1)
author: Chelle Bliss
name: Joanne
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Eye of the Storm (Security Specialists International, #1)]]> 8100104
Ren Maddox, co-owner of Security Specialists International, a security firm that works for large corporations and governments, is on an intelligence-gathering mission for the US government when a petite strawberry blonde armed with a Bren Ten and an attitude ten feet tall pops out of the Argentine jungle with a warning of imminent danger. The fact she is one hundred percent correct shocks him to his socks. The fact she is Tweeter Walsh's baby sister and can fight like the fiercest Marine is beside the point. No one who looks like Keely should ever be in danger. And once he gets her out of the current situation, he'll make it his life's work to protect the feisty, sexy, little woman from any and all danger.

One alpha male. One determined and independent female. One hot, tumultuous relationship.]]> 134 Monette Michaels 1595786945 Joanne 5 3.96 2010 Eye of the Storm (Security Specialists International, #1)
author: Monette Michaels
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2010
rating: 5
read at: 2014/12/16
date added: 2024/09/28
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]]> Destiny's Chance 31076317
Destiny Grable has loved Chance Everett for as long as she could remember, but he was never interested in her until a tragic act of fate grants her heart’s desire. Now Chance is all hers—body, mind, and soul. But once they’re together, she discovers he has a kinky side she never knew about. Is she ready for it? Can she handle it? And Chance isn’t the only one with a secret. If he discovers what she’s hiding, will he still want her?]]> 130 Cara Bristol 099614529X Joanne 2 4.00 2013 Destiny's Chance
author: Cara Bristol
name: Joanne
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2013
rating: 2
read at: 2016/08/03
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]]> All Bite, No Growl 25599905
Willow has loved Devon and Case for as long as she can remember, but as lion shifters they will eventually find their mates. When she allows herself to be with her two lions after a drunken party, she fears she’s ruined a lifelong friendship and flees before morning.

Devon and Case have been inseparable since they could walk, but they can’t tell anyone that they are mates. The pride of shifters they belong to won’t accept a same-sex mating. There’s no way they’ll accept their love for Willow?

When a shocking revelation brings Willow’s world crashing down, she has no choice but to tell Devon and Case how she feels. Will they be able to accept what fate has thrown at them? Do they want to?]]> 61 Jenika Snow 1943576017 Joanne 4 3.54 2015 All Bite, No Growl
author: Jenika Snow
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2015/07/04
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]]> <![CDATA[Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #1)]]> 123257687
ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem and terror, and other Dark Things In General. Discretion a must. Excellent benefits.

With ailing family to support, Evie Sage's employment status isn't just important, it's vital. So when a mishap with Rennedawn’s most infamous Villain results in a job offer―naturally, she says yes. No job is perfect, of course, but even less so when you develop a teeny crush on your terrifying, temperamental, and undeniably hot boss. Don’t find evil so attractive, Evie.

But just when she’s getting used to severed heads suspended from the ceiling and the odd squish of an errant eyeball beneath her heel, Evie suspects this dungeon has a huge rat…and not just the literal kind. Because something rotten is growing in the kingdom of Rennedawn, and someone wants to take the Villain―and his entire nefarious empire―out.

Now Evie must not only resist drooling over her boss but also figure out exactly who is sabotaging his work…and ensure he makes them pay.

After all, a good job is hard to find.]]> 342 Hannah Nicole Maehrer 1649375808 Joanne 5 3.88 2023 Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #1)
author: Hannah Nicole Maehrer
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Their Virgin Princess (Masters of MĂ©nage, #4)]]> 18857036
Alea Binte al Mussad, Princess of Bezakistan, was abducted from her university, mentally tortured and forced to witness the worst of humanity. She was rescued, but not before fear and her shattered soul made her retreat into herself. Two years later, she’s living behind the palace’s locked gates and the walls she’s built surrounding her heart. Alea is comforted by the joyous family around her, but inside feels so alone—except when she’s with the steady trio of guards who relentlessly keep her safe. And tempt her with a passion she isn’t sure she’ll survive.

Three stalwart warriors determined to claim her�

Dane Mitchell, Cooper Evans, and Landon Nix wanted Alea from the moment they laid eyes on her. Held back by their duty and her fragility, they worship the Princess from afar, determined to claim her if the chance ever comes. When Alea learns that someone may still be hunting her, she plots to escape both danger and her guards� simmering, overwhelming passion. Dane, Coop, and Lan aren’t about to let her go. When they find themselves in paradise and all boundaries are stripped away, the ice begins to melt around Alea’s heart. But when reality comes crashing in, will she learn to accept love before a killer strikes again?]]> 286 Shayla Black 1939673003 Joanne 0 4.33 2013 Their Virgin Princess (Masters of Ménage, #4)
author: Shayla Black
name: Joanne
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at: 2014/05/28
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]]> Second to None 8573344 138 Rhyannon Byrd 1419926195 Joanne 0 to-read 3.63 2010 Second to None
author: Rhyannon Byrd
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2010
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]]> Chemistry (Infamous) 28369030
Action film star Adam Feltworth’s last movie flopped big time, yet he’s offered one last chance to star in a romantic drama alongside the up-and-coming actress, Sara Leigh. Adam has never filmed sexy scenes with a full-figured woman, but he’s been warned—it’s this or retirement.

Throughout her career, Sarah has portrayed the fat, supportive best friend. With her breakout movie, Chemistry, she hopes to finally bring the pleasingly plump heroine into the mainstream spotlight. Knowing Adam’s history of preferring svelte beauties, she doesn’t want him for the part.

When Adam first holds Sarah during the screen test, a spark ignites that neither one expects. Now Adam’s problem is bigger than simply filming a hit movie to save his floundering career. He needs to prove to Sarah that she’s the only woman he desires…both on and off the screen.]]> 53 Sam Crescent 1943576580 Joanne 3 3.79 2016 Chemistry (Infamous)
author: Sam Crescent
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2016
rating: 3
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]]> Nice Girls Don't Ride 20926722
Natalie Bourne thinks she has the perfect night planned for her twenty-first birthday. But when her car breaks down and her boyfriend bails on her, she’s left stranded in an auto shop dealing with a way too cocky, way too hot mechanic, who seems to be intent on pushing every button she has.

Monroe Hawkins knows he shouldn’t be messing with a girl from the uppity private college. Especially when he can tell she sees him as the help. But he’s having trouble resisting the redhead with the smart mouth and the killer legs. So when Natalie’s night goes from bad to worse, there’s no way he’s letting her spend her birthday alone. He makes her a deal—he’ll take her home but not until the sun comes up.

Ten hours, one motorcycle, and the city of Austin at their fingertips…things are about to take a major detour. And soon, there may be no U-turn in sight.]]> 98 Roni Loren 069819831X Joanne 3 3.89 2015 Nice Girls Don't Ride
author: Roni Loren
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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]]> Ridin' Her Rough 22003929
Torque Morrison is a biker without roots, and he likes it that way. The pierced and tattooed member of the Phoenix MC Nomads is a bad boy who’s lived hard and struggled with addiction—of the curvy variety. Torque knows he should stay away from Rush Falls, but that’s easier said than done. The town is home to the one woman he can’t have.

Delilah Stringer is a voluptuous brunette half Torque’s age. As the daughter of the president of the Rush Falls Chapter, she’s no shrinking violet. The outlaws she grew up around may be crude and nasty, but they’re also protective—they’d never approve of her being with a player like Torque. She may want him, but he’s never shown interest in her. That is, not until one drunken night when she gives him her virginity.]]> 49 Jenika Snow 1936387735 Joanne 3 to-read 3.68 2014 Ridin' Her Rough
author: Jenika Snow
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2014
rating: 3
read at: 2015/05/12
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]]> <![CDATA[Tempest Rising (Rising Storm #1)]]> 26274314
Welcome to Storm, Texas, where passion runs hot, desire runs deep, and secrets have the power to destroy� Get ready. The storm is coming.

Nestled among rolling hills and painted with vibrant wildflowers, the bucolic town of Storm, Texas, seems like nothing short of perfection.

But there are secrets beneath the facade. Dark secrets. Powerful secrets. The kind that can destroy lives and tear families apart. The kind that can cut through a town like a tempest, leaving jealousy and destruction in its wake, along with shattered hopes and broken dreams. All it takes is one little thing to shatter that polish.

Ginny Moreno didn’t mean to do it, but when she came home to Storm, she brought the tempest with her. And now everyone will be caught in its fury�
]]> 104 Julie Kenner 194229901X Joanne 2 3.74 2015 Tempest Rising (Rising Storm #1)
author: Julie Kenner
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2015
rating: 2
read at: 2015/10/01
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]]> <![CDATA[Hard Rock Roots Box Set (Hard Rock Roots, #1-5)]]> 29102243
Turner Campbell is an as*hole.
I f*cking hate him.
But I can't get enough either.
He sings like an angel and f*cks like a devil.
If I could, I'd run away and never look back because to tell you the truth, I think this man might be the death of me.

& & &

Naomi Knox is a b*tch.
I can't f*cking stand her.
But I can't stop thinking about her either.
She looks like an angel and plays like a devil.
If I could, I'd f*ck her good and forget all about her, but to tell you the truth, I think this woman might be my last saving grace.

*This set includes the following books in the Hard Rock Roots Series:
1. REAL UGLY
2. GET BENT
3. TOUGH LUCK
4. BAD DAY
5. BORN WRONG
Short Stories Include:
1. DIRTY CANDY CHERRY POPS (Turner and Naomi's prequel)
2. HARD HOT BLOW UP (Ronnie and Lola's first meeting)
3. POP ROCK ROOT B*TCH (a Hayden Lee story)

Also Available From C.M. Stunich (aka Violet Blaze)
-Tasting Never (New Adult Contemporary Romance)
-Losing Me, Finding You (New Adult Biker Romance)
-Raw and Dirty (Sexy British Bad Boy MC Romance) by Violet Blaze
-Stepbrother Inked (Sexy Tattoo Artist Romance) by Violet Blaze

HARD ROCK ROOTS BOX SET EXCERPT:

Turner releases my waist and leans his back against the wall of the bar, yanking his phone from his pocket with hands dancing in stars, paw prints, spiderwebs. He's just this dirty sexy mess of color � so wrong that he's right. He's got a filthy mouth and an arrogant attitude and he's so drunk he can barely stand right now � but I like him anyway. More than I did before tonight. Most.
I'm totally in love with this guy.
I suck in a deep breath. Stupid thought. Really stupid thought. I know that, but I can't help it. I came here tonight chasing an impossible dream and so far, it kind of looks like it's coming true. I mean, Turner Campbell came to me. Me. He came to me, and we're hanging out and he keeps looking at me like he can't get enough.
I run my fingers through my blonde hair as he lifts his eyes and traces the movement.
“You're way too hot for your own good, you know that?� Turner asks, sliding his phone back in his pocket and taking a step towards me. “Like a broken angel Barbie doll.�
“I'm no f*cking Barbie doll,� I say, but his hands are sliding along my jaw and tangling in my hair, pulling my lips to his, burning a hole straight through to my heart. Our mouths slide together and his tongue teases mine with this slow burn that makes my whole body start to ache, that encourages me to raise up onto my toes and taste him, drag as much broken royal bloody rock star into my mouth that I can get.
Turner tastes like a dirty lollipop dipped in whiskey and swirled in dirt, a little bit sweet and a whole lot sour. A little bit wrong. A little bit like mistakes.
My arms come up and wrap his neck, pull him into me as tight as I can get, my breasts smashing into his hard chest as we slide our tongues together and he grinds his er*ction into me. Turner's music rides his kiss like a wave, crashing into my mouth and drowning me in old pain, hard lessons, fresh starts. I want to start over with this guy, chase him onto the stage and scream every thought and feeling and heartache I've ever had into the microphone.
I'm in heaven right now. Or h*ll. Probably h*ll, but that's okay, too.
For years I've wanted to be anywhere but here, anywhere but this ugly world with its ugly people and its ugly truths.]]> 702 C.M. Stunich 1938623967 Joanne 0 to-read 4.21 2016 Hard Rock Roots Box Set (Hard Rock Roots, #1-5)
author: C.M. Stunich
name: Joanne
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2016
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]]> <![CDATA[Disaster at Roosevelt Ranch (Roosevelt Ranch #1)]]> 32479840 Kelly
I slept with the wrong twin.
And all I got for it in return was a broken heart.
Oh yeah, and a baby on the way—there’s that too.
But I’m determined to make it on my own. I don’t need a man, thank you very much. Not rich, charismatic, and decidedly flighty Rex Roosevelt, and especially not his twin brother, Justin.
No matter that the gorgeous former military doctor makes my heart beat a little faster . . . and all spots lower than that pay careful, careful attention.
None of that matters. The Roosevelt men are dangerous and I’m steering clear.
The trouble is, Justin refuses to leave me be.
And deep down, I don’t want to avoid him.
Deep down, I want to be even closer.]]> 186 Elise Faber 1946140007 Joanne 3 3.94 2016 Disaster at Roosevelt Ranch (Roosevelt Ranch #1)
author: Elise Faber
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2016
rating: 3
read at: 2017/05/21
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]]> Mercy (Sin City Outlaws, #2) 28699648
I fell for a law abiding Sheriff, breaking my vows to my own club, and turning her against her family of blue.

An outlaw and a sheriff, it can only end in one way� Mayhem.

Now we both have to pay the ultimate price for betraying our families.

I swore to kill my brother, his allegiance sworn to another club, if I ever saw him again.

Yet here I am running to him in hopes to save Jillian’s life�

We both will have to rewrite the rules we know to stay alive.

Even if it means we lose everything we had in doing so…]]> 222 M.N. Forgy 0986411752 Joanne 4 4.22 2016 Mercy (Sin City Outlaws, #2)
author: M.N. Forgy
name: Joanne
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2016/04/07
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]]> Archer's Voice 32822135
Archer's Voice is the story of a woman chained to the memory of one horrifying night and the man whose love is the key to her freedom. It is the story of a silent man who lives with an excruciating wound and the woman who helps him find his voice. It is the story of suffering, fate, and the transformative power of love.]]> 377 Mia Sheridan 1538727374 Joanne 5 4.14 2014 Archer's Voice
author: Mia Sheridan
name: Joanne
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Loved by the Pack (The Wolfpack Trilogy, #3)]]> 25062488 This book is the fabulous conclusion to the best selling Wolfpack Trilogy.
If you have been following from Book One, you already know what to expect!

Aisha has gone through hell to get to the shifters. She's been abused and humiliated by the entire town of Dead Wolf.
But everything is about to change. Logan returns and takes vengeance on the men who harmed her in the past.
He and his brothers make sure that Aisha knows she is loved and cherished in her new life, and she learns that all four of them want to have pups with her.
She also finds out about an ancient prophecy that explains her origins, and why she was abandoned by her mother as a baby.

This is the climax of the entire trilogy. Don't miss it!]]> 260 Abby Weeks Joanne 1 3.93 2015 Loved by the Pack (The Wolfpack Trilogy, #3)
author: Abby Weeks
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2015
rating: 1
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]]> <![CDATA[Keeping Her Satisfied (Landcaster Brothers, #3)]]> 30763430 In book three of the Landcaster Tomboy and plumpy Amanda has nothing to lose and everything to gain from applying for a grease monkey job at Grease Auto Shop. But what she finds is so much more than a job.
Reily Landcaster is in no way going to let his new mechanic get under his skin. Not her luscious curves, her take no prisoner attitude, or her kick ass skills under a hood. No, he has to stay firm because he knows, he KNOWS that this is just a test put on him by his older brother and the owner of the shop. He won't screw this up...no matter how badly she tempts him to break all the rules.
Maddox Landcaster is in the same boat as his cousin, Reily, with one difference...he doesn't give a rat’s ass. He wants Amanda. He wants her under him and between him and Reily for life. She is it for him and no matter what Rye says she will be theirs.
How can Maddox get her to give him the time of day and realize he is serious and not messing around? And Amanda wants something she doesn't believe she can have because she is not good enough to garner the attention of two of the most sexiest and infuriating men she has ever met.
Will she throw away her reservations or let her fears stop her? Or is she left without a choice when she is targeted by a killer on the loose?]]> 179 Rayne O'Gara 1311854878 Joanne 4 4.18 Keeping Her Satisfied (Landcaster Brothers, #3)
author: Rayne O'Gara
name: Joanne
average rating: 4.18
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]]> <![CDATA[Rally (Treasure State Wildcats, #3)]]> 208955995
We met the day I went camping and got stranded on the side of a gravel road. I didn’t believe in white knights who freed damsels in distress. Life had taught me that if something bad could happen, it probably would. The only person who would save me was me.

But Rush Ramsey rescued me that day. He was sweet and kind and charming. He made a dark, starry night a little less lonely.

I should have realized it was too good to be true. That an incredible night of passion would come with consequences. That the bad luck rollercoaster I’d been riding for twenty-one years wasn’t ready to stop.

Because Rush Ramsey, Treasure State University’s most eligible bachelor and quarterback extraordinaire, just got me pregnant.]]> 374 Devney Perry 1957376724 Joanne 5 4.09 2024 Rally (Treasure State Wildcats, #3)
author: Devney Perry
name: Joanne
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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]]> Four Found Dead 61492433 At the movie theater where Jo works, the last show has ended. But the nightmare is just beginning.

Tonight, Tempest Theaters is closing forever, the last remaining business in a defunct shopping mall. The moviegoers have left, and Jo and her six coworkers have the final shift, cleaning up popcorn and mopping floors for the last time.

But after an unexpected altercation puts everyone on edge, the power goes out. Their manager disappears, along with the keys to the lobby doors and the theater safe, where the crew's phones are locked each shift. Then, the crew's tension turns to terror when Jo discovers the dead body of one of her co-workers.

Now their only chance to escape the murderer in their midst is through the dark, shuttered mall. With its boarded-up exits and disabled fire alarms, the complex is filled with hiding places for both pursuer and pursued. In order to survive this night, Jo and her friends must trust one another, navigate the sprawling ruins of the mall, and outwit a killer before he kills again.]]> 321 Natalie D. Richards 1728215811 Joanne 3 3.46 2023 Four Found Dead
author: Natalie D. Richards
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2024/09/01
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]]> <![CDATA[Fall with Me (Playing for Keeps, #4)]]> 208457093 It was supposed to be a one-night stand. But what if they can’t leave it in the past?

Jaxon Riley is exceptional at three things: starting fights on the ice, picking up women post-game, and going home to fulfill his role as the world’s best cat dad. Relationships, unfortunately, missed the list.

Lennon Hayes is supposed to be on her honeymoon. Instead, she’s alone and single, vacationing next door to a surly tattooed man who ran his date off the resort. When a run-in at the bar results in a night of bickering and cocktails, she finds herself tumbling into bed with the enemy next door, then sneaking out before the sun comes up.

Lennon’s plan to start over in a new city is going great, until she starts her new job. The job? The Vancouver Vipers� new photographer. And the defenseman scowling at her from across the room? The one-night stand she wasn’t supposed to see again. Good thing neither of them are looking for anything serious� Right?

Jaxon may not be used to falling, but if he’s going to go, he refuses to go alone. If he falls, he wants Lennon to fall with him.]]> 510 Becka Mack Joanne 3 4.31 2024 Fall with Me (Playing for Keeps, #4)
author: Becka Mack
name: Joanne
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2024
rating: 3
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]]> The Predator (Dark Verse, #1) 52871061 What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object in the field of death?

In the dark underbelly of the mob, Tristan Caine has been an anomaly. As the only non-blooded member in the high circle of the Tenebrae Outfit, he is an enigma to all - his skills unparalleled, his morality questionable, and his motives unknown. He is lethal and he knows it.

As does Morana Vitalio, the genius extraordinaire daughter of the rival family. What Caine does with weapons, Morana does with computers. When a twenty-year old mystery resurfaces, Morana infiltrates Caine's house, intent on killing him, unaware of a tie that binds them together. Hate, heat, and history clash together with unexpected sparks.

But something bigger, something worse is happening in their world. And despite their animosity, only they can fight it down.]]> 318 RuNyx Joanne 3 3.98 2020 The Predator (Dark Verse, #1)
author: RuNyx
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2020
rating: 3
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]]> Devious Obsession 65001465 "If you want to stay, you have to play the game�"

Steele O’Brien is everything I hate in hockey players.
He’s cocky, brooding, antagonistic.

I played his game, learned his secrets.
But that was before I found out he’s my new stepbrother.

Now we’re at college together, and I can’t escape him.
Or his demons.

It seems that, for him, the game isn’t over.
He says I'm his to play with. His to torment.
And he's determined to not only get under my skin, but carve his name into it.]]> 512 S. Massery Joanne 5 3.99 2023 Devious Obsession
author: S. Massery
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.99
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Smolder (Underground Encounters, #1)]]> 15812106 (This novella is now called Smolder, and has been revised and expanded with new content. It was originally published as Smoldering Nights in 2012. Start the Underground Encounters series today!)

Nike loves visiting the goth club Vamps—she can exchange her firefighter uniform for a slinky fantasy outfit. There she runs into the man she’d been admiring from afar at a rock-climbing gym. He’s been the star of all her sexual fantasies, so is it any wonder they end up in his private room upstairs? Just when things begin to heat up, Michel’s enemies appear.

Michel isn’t an ordinary mortal. And someone from his past is on the hunt for vengeance. Michel and Nike are forced to run and hide out in a coastal cottage in Maine. They can’t resist their attraction and spend the nights exploring each other’s bodies while trying to sort out how they feel. Can they overcome their differences while evading the predators chasing them?]]> 67 Lisa Carlisle 1419940171 Joanne 1 3.40 2012 Smolder (Underground Encounters, #1)
author: Lisa Carlisle
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.40
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rating: 1
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]]> <![CDATA[Darkest Flame (Dark Kings, #1)]]> 18169912 In Darkest Flame by Donna Grant, the Dark Kings have fought for centuries to preserve their dragon magic. But one of the most powerful warriors of his kind will be put to the ultimate test. Is he strong enough to resist his greatest temptations? Or will he be forced to surrender—body and soul?


HER BEAUTY IS A WEAPON.
Denae Lacroix is a beautiful MI5 agent on a deadly mission. Sent to the Scottish Highlands to spy on the mysterious Dreagan Industries, she discovers too late that she's been set up—as human bait. She is an irresistible lure for a man who has not seen or touched a woman for centuries. He is a man with a destiny—and a desire—that could destroy them both�

HIS PASSION IS A CURSE�
It's been twelve hundred years since Kellan has walked among humans—and there's no denying the erotically charged attraction he feels for Denae. But as a Dragon King, he is sworn to protect his secrets. Yet the closer he gets to this smart, ravishing woman, the more her life is in danger. All it takes is one reckless kiss to unleash a flood of desire, the fury of dragons…and the fiercest enemy of all.]]> 365 Donna Grant 1250041368 Joanne 1 3.87 2014 Darkest Flame (Dark Kings, #1)
author: Donna Grant
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.87
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rating: 1
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]]> <![CDATA[Ignite on Contact (Brotherhood by Fire, #2)]]> 45754836 New York Times bestselling author Jaci Burton is back with a friends-to-lovers romance sure to melt hearts as one smokin'-hot fireman turns up the heat on love.

Relationships. Firefighter Rafe Donovan avoids them whenever possible. He loves dating women, but he makes sure they know up front that he's in it for fun, great sex and nothing more.

Fun. As an ER nurse and official caretaker of her disabled grandfather, Carmen Lewis doesn't have time for fun. But Rafe has been there for Carmen--and her grandfather--time and again, and he's clearly interested in her. She knows he's a player, but she's tempted by his charm and incredible body. And maybe a little fun isn't a bad thing, as long as she keeps her heart away from this fiery game she's enjoying with a very hot man.

Love. It doesn't take Rafe long to realize that until now he's only been playing at romance. With Carmen he feels searing passion and heart-tugging emotion for the first time. Now he has to convince Carmen that what they have together is the real deal.]]> 292 Jaci Burton 0440001374 Joanne 2 3.72 2020 Ignite on Contact (Brotherhood by Fire, #2)
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name: Joanne
average rating: 3.72
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rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[The Au Pair Affair (Big Shots, #2)]]> 199531938
Tallulah is smart, vivacious, and studying to be a marine biologist. She’s also twenty-six and broke. So when Burgess, a battle-scarred hockey veteran and newly single dad, offers her a job as his live-in nanny, she jumps at the opportunity to get paid while living in a super fancy neighborhood and being around Lissa, his cool but introverted tween.

Her tween charge isn’t the only one who could use some help fitting in, though. According to…well, everyone except Burgess, he needs to get back on the dating scene, and adventurous Tallulah is just the girl to show him how. But as boundaries are slowly crossed and Burgess finds himself pulled between his daughter, who wants her parents back together, and his insane chemistry with Tallulah, a huge rift is formed, and Tallulah does the “right� thing—breaks her own heart and walks away.

Though Burgess knows it’s for the best—he’s too jaded, with too much baggage—a chance meeting, and a new push from his daughter, forces him to put everything on the line and fight to prove he learned his lessons well and is worthy of a happily ever after with Tallulah.Ěý]]> 384 Tessa Bailey 0063308436 Joanne 3 3.57 2024 The Au Pair Affair (Big Shots, #2)
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average rating: 3.57
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]]> <![CDATA[The Supernaturals (The Supernaturals #1)]]> 28220884 400 David L. Golemon 1250105234 Joanne 4 3.44 2011 The Supernaturals (The Supernaturals #1)
author: David L. Golemon
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.44
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rating: 4
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]]> Frisco 215190246 Shane King was seriously hot, and seriously not a good guy.
He went by the name Ghost with his motorcycle club, and he was now their national vice president.

When Shane and his club arrived in town, they began doing favors for my family.
I didn’t know why. I didn’t want to know.
Favors came with strings attached. I didn’t want strings attaching me to the Red Demons.

Shane was a different beast, though.
I should steer clear of him, except I couldn’t.
He was everywhere, and he always looked like he wanted to tie me up in all sorts of strings.

A part of me wanted to let him.
A part of me yearned to let him.
But no.

Shane might act like the hero, but he wasn’t.
He was the villain.
And I was about to learn that the strings that came with Shane�
…they would be my unraveling.

** This is a standalone motorcycle club romance.]]> 415 Tijan Joanne 5 3.98 2024 Frisco
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]]> Sabotage (L.O.R.D.S., #4) 60481939 Raylee Lexington Adams is my stepsister and the one woman in the world who can make my blood boil.

She’s vindictive, a lot of crazy, and absolutely stunning.

I hate everything about her except for when she’s on her knees begging me to use her as my own personal toy.

We’ve been playing a game of cat and mouse for far too long. We have used each other for our own sick pleasure.

I’ve ruined every relationship my little princess has ever had. A sure way that she’ll come crawling back to me, begging me for what only I can give her when another man fails her.

But I’m tired of watching others get a piece of what is mine. So, I did what any rational man would do—I staked my claim, showed the world that she belonged to me, and I’m going to do whatever it takes to make her believe it too.

RAYLEE
Colton Remington Knox is a man I despise but can’t say no to.

He’s what any girl would call a walking red flag. But I’ve never claimed to be a smart woman when it comes to men. Why should he be any different?

I’ve always managed to hold my own against him. But this time, he’s gone too far. Posting a video of me on my knees for him, for what? To brag? Embarrass me? He’s acting like he doesn’t know me very well.

Colt wants to play a game? I’ll do whatever it takes to make sure I win. No matter what it costs me.

People already think I have no dignity, so why let them down now?


Things to know about Sabotage
It is MF with an MFMM scene (no MM interaction. They are focused on her)
TW (Please see the WARNING/author's note posted at the beginning of the book. If you have no triggers and want to go in blind, please skip to the prologue.)
OTT (over the top) H
J/P (jealous & possessive) H
A dark college/stepbrother romance
Told in multiple POV's]]> 229 Shantel Tessier Joanne 5 3.72 2022 Sabotage (L.O.R.D.S., #4)
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]]> Under Locke 20613920
After moving to Austin following six months of unemployment back home, Iris Taylor knows she should be glad to have landed a job so quickly... even if the business is owned by a member of the same motorcycle club her estranged father used to belong to. Except Dex Locke might just be the biggest jerk she’s ever met. He’s rude, impatient and doesn’t know how to tell time.

And the last thing they ever expected was each other.

But it was either the strip club or the tattoo shop.

� she should have chosen the strip club.]]> 497 Mariana Zapata Joanne 5 3.90 2014 Under Locke
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]]> <![CDATA[Bad Boys Break Hearts (The Boys, #1)]]> 53498821
Rich.
Hotter than sin.
The campus’s reigning bad boy.

We knew each other once upon a time, but even if I’m named after a princess, it doesn’t mean my life is a fairytale.

My plan is to keep my head down, get my degree, and leave this town.

But the moment Mascen Wade recognizes me all my carefully laid plans come crumbling down. He’s decided he wants to make my life a living hell. But I’m not so easy to push around and won’t put up with his bully playground antics. Too bad for me I’ve never been able to resist him.]]> 436 Micalea Smeltzer Joanne 5 3.67 2020 Bad Boys Break Hearts (The Boys, #1)
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average rating: 3.67
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]]> <![CDATA[Royal Savage (Savage & Ink, #1)]]> 27067323 ROYAL SAVAGE

I CAN’T CLOSE MY EYES� I refuse to. Every time I do, all I see is blood, death, and pain. I can feel it - almost taste it, bringing me back to that night.

It doesn't matter that I'm still breathing; I no longer need it, I no longer want it. I despise it along with everything else around me.
The only thing I long for is to fucking fade away. I've given up. Until her at least�

AVALON.

She comes into my world, knocking me on my ass.

It turns me on to have her around me. Makes me want to wrap my hand around her tight little throat and fuck her until she feels my pain, feels the monster in me, but also makes me want to protect her from the very thing that she should be afraid of... me.

Once she sees the damage that I’m capable of; she’ll look at me like everyone else around me does: with fear.

AVALON KNIGHT

HIS EYES... THE DARKNESS IN them draws me to him, making me want to taste him, feel him� and save him. I shouldn't have gotten on the back of his motorcycle that day. I know that now. Colton warned me. I was told it was dangerous. I was told that nothing would be the same. He was right.

ROYAL is dangerous, dark, and seductive; the very thing that keeps me hanging on, willing to give my last breath just to touch him� breathe him in.

He’s savage, inked, and highly captivating. So different from his brother�

He's hazardous to my health, mind, and body, yet the only thing that I crave. I want to free him. I want to change his mind, but I'm afraid that he’s already too faded…]]> 312 Victoria Ashley 1519651856 Joanne 5 4.00 2022 Royal Savage (Savage & Ink, #1)
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]]> Chasing Love (Dark Love, #1) 54256265 Shattered me, then left without a goodbye.
Eight years have passed, and now he's back.
But, I'm engaged.
And he will do anything to make sure I'm his...again.

I've fought hard to rebuild my life. So when the ever-so-perfect Julian Baker proposes marriage, I'm ready to forget the past and move on with my new love.

In a cruel twist of fate, my past and future collide. I'm forced to face the man who destroyed my heart back in high school.

Lex Edwards, turned billionaire tycoon, is ruthless, cunning, and will not stop until I'm his.

A complicated love triangle was never something I imagined when Julian proposed to me. Especially not involving Lex.
Hearts and egos are bound to be broken.
But whose heart will capture mine when the darkness fades?

**This title was previously published as Into the Darkness. It has been extensively rewritten, re-edited, and has a steamy new cover**]]> 464 Kat T. Masen Joanne 2 3.63 2020 Chasing Love (Dark Love, #1)
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]]> Embraced 6082424

Book 6 in the BOUND HEARTS series.


Marey has run from herself and from Sax for over three years. Lost years, hiding in the home her parents left her, living on the fantasy, too wary to reach out and make real the dreams of the life and man that torment her.


Sax Brogan is the embodiment of sinful and sexy—tall, dark, handsome and every inch of him the fantasy of Marey's dreams come to hot, throbbing life. And he's more than ready to claim his woman.


Now the time has come for Marey to stop running and embrace not just the fantasy he represents, but also the reality.


That is, if her ex-husband will let her live long enough to enjoy it�


Reader These stories have graphic sexual language and scenes - no closed bedroom doors (or other rooms) here!

]]> 115 Lora Leigh 1419900862 Joanne 0 to-read 4.04 2004 Embraced
author: Lora Leigh
name: Joanne
average rating: 4.04
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]]> Relentless (Lodestone #3) 15803045
An Ancient Legacy
Lately, the gods are not smiling on Isis Magee. How else can she explain the bizarre events that have led her on a relentless high-stakes chase from Seattle to London to Cairo in search of the elusive tomb of history’s beautiful and enigmatic queen Cleopatra?

A Hidden Treasure
Isis has only two leads: a fragmented trail of clues offered in rare moments of lucidity by her father, a once-respected archaeologist whose last dig ended in disaster, and the unique sixth sense of sexy Lodestone agent Connor Thorne.

The Passion of a Lifetime
Connor also encountered tragedy in the Egyptian desert not long ago, and as Isis pulls him deeper into her mission to restore her father’s reputation, he is secretly plotting a revenge of his own. Propelled across wild, untamed sands by vicious unknown forces, the duo is seduced into a labyrinth of secret chambers. When they fear they can go no further, they surrender to their incendiary desires and discover that the prize each separately seeks may be waiting at the end of the same dangerous road.]]> 384 Cherry Adair 1451684320 Joanne 0 to-read 4.00 Relentless (Lodestone #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3.1)]]> 768889
The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud. In the northern wastes, a horde of hungry, savage people steeped in the dark magic of the wilderness is poised to invade the Kingdom of the North where Robb Stark wears his new-forged crown. And Robb's defences are ranged against the South, the land of the cunning and cruel Lannisters, who have his young sisters in their power.

Throughout Westeros, the war for the Iron Throne rages more fiercely than ever, but if the wall is breached, no king will live to claim it.]]> 663 George R.R. Martin 0006479901 Joanne 0 to-read 4.47 2000 A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3.1)
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name: Joanne
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]]> <![CDATA[Destined to Feel (Avalon Trilogy #2)]]> 15820642 Destined to Play.

Life was going well for psychologist Alexandra Blake.

Her career has taken off and she has been exploring her darkest sexual fantasies with her lover Jeremy Quinn. But her bliss is rudely interrupted when she is abducted in London, caught up in a dangerous struggle between unscrupulous corporations.

Her captors want her to help them with their sexual experiments - pushing the boundaries of convention in the search for a drug to stimulate the female libido. But at what cost?

How far will Alexandra be willing to go to satisfy her curiosity, both professional and personal?

What will she have to do to escape, and - more importantly - does she want to?]]> 288 Indigo Bloome 0062243594 Joanne 0 to-read 3.59 Destined to Feel (Avalon Trilogy #2)
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]]> High Scandal 16048495
Isabelle has a secret, one she has kept in the closet—literally—for years.

Tristan’s suspicions catch up with him and after following Isabelle, he not only uncovers what secret she’s been hiding, but also begins to see his secretary in a new light.

Can Isabelle break out of the box and see herself as Tristan does? Or will their professional relationship cause lines to be drawn?]]> D.C. Stone Joanne 0 to-read 4.29 2012 High Scandal
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]]> Call You Mine 180168905 “Sylvia. Please. Call me.�

BEFORE

Sylvia Calasis and Kieran Rose were inseparable. They passed notes during class, went on adventures all for the sake of “the list,� and when they went off to college, they called every weekend to hash out the details the other might’ve missed. No matter what happened, they promised each other one thing� they’d face it together.

NOW

After one night four years ago changed everything, Sylvia raced towards her new, stylish life in the city as an up-and-coming writer. This was, after all, how childhood friendships were supposed to go.

You leave home. You lose touch.

Only now, unceremoniously fired from her job and walking in on her boyfriend cheating on her in one fell swoop, Sylvia runs home into the arms of the small town she promised she’d never return to, taking cover under the guise of the holidays.

But she isn’t running back to Kieran.

Not after how they left things. Even if he’s looking at her as if she never left, and she may be wishing she hadn’t.


After a night of heartbreak, small-town childhood sweethearts reconnect for a second chance to finally have their holiday happily ever after. Call You Mine is the perfect romance for readers of Emily Henry and Christina Lauren.]]> 420 Kendra Mase 1960254049 Joanne 2 4.04 Call You Mine
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]]> <![CDATA[Last Round (Fighting for Love #1)]]> 137980853
Mistake #2: Not recognizing her.

Mistake #3: Do you know what? Never mind.

Let’s just say ever since this smoking-hot redhead walked into my bar and threw a drink in my face, I’ve been a fricking mess. That’s it. No punch line. Because my life has turned into one giant, cosmic joke.

Worst part is� it doesn’t end there.

I’ve tried to ignore her. Remind myself of all the reasons this could never happen.

But Molly Walsh has other plans, and listening to my BS excuses ain’t one of them.

She might only be a buck-twenty soaking wet, but she’s got this former light heavyweight champ on the ropes.

I want her and she knows it. The dangerous part is� she wants me too.

She’s twelve years younger than me.

She’s my employee.

And if her brother finds out, he’s going to kill me�]]> 349 Frankie Page Joanne 4 4.34 Last Round (Fighting for Love #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[My Decadent Demon (My Demon Trilogy, #1)]]> 20766580 But not her ability to flee�
A hundred years later and Cole Asteroth does whatever the hell he wants. When he’s not busy, that is, with â€dirty deeds, done dirt cheapâ€� for his master. Ornery and sarcastic, he gets his kicks wreaking havoc in the human realm. Oh, and making very un-angelic women beg for his touch. Life is goodâ€�
Until fate catches up with him.
A few weak moments, one too many innocent visitations and the two are entangled all over again. But things are much more complicated now. And Cole no longer possesses much in the way of faith and forgiveness.
As the estranged lovers struggle with what path to take, they quickly discover that destiny, too, is a reluctant second chance provider. As outside resistance and decadent captivity ensues, can their situation get any more exasperating?]]> 83 Alicia Dawn 1301061751 Joanne 3 4.27 2013 My Decadent Demon (My Demon Trilogy, #1)
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name: Joanne
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2013
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Night Fall (T-FLAC, #12; Night Trilogy, #1)]]> 2704776
Kess struggles in her own desperate battle to unravel a deadly secret that has killed millions in the tiny country of Mallaruza. But Simon proves to be the ultimate distraction: his very presence takes her body to the edge of a pleasure-filled abyss, his touch superbly rapturous. Now, against a backdrop of staggering beauty and horrific violence, with danger at every turn and libidos in overdrive, a spirited woman and an indomitable wizard face a malevolent force more frightening than both can imagine.

With foes strong and numerous, Kess and Simon must forge a bond strong enough to eliminate a sadistic enemy before Mallaruza is lost to terrorist control and the world forever changed.]]> 336 Cherry Adair 0345499905 Joanne 0 to-read 3.81 Night Fall (T-FLAC, #12; Night Trilogy, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Soul of a Witch (Souls Trilogy, #3)]]> 171881689
I am the servant of a merciless God. I am the daughter of Its preacher. All my life, my power has been controlled by others. They raised me to be meek and stifled my magic.

But no more.

A brutal murder led me to discover a mysterious house full of magic - and the ancient, powerful demon within. He says my power can change the world, that I can kill the evil creature I once worshipped.

But at what cost?

Callum

For two thousand years, I've been alone. Slaughtering fallen Gods as I searched for the witch that haunted my dreams, begging for my help.

Now that I've found her, I will protect her with my life. But when the fate of Earth, Heaven, and Hell hangs in the balance, not even her soul is safe from destruction.

If a choice must be made, I'll let the world burn if it means having her as my own.

Soul of a Witch is book 3 in the Souls Trilogy . Each book within the Souls Trilogy is interconnected, following a different couple through a similar timeline in the fictional world of Abelaum.

Content Note
This book contains sexual scenes, kink/fetish content, horror elements, and drug use. Please see the book preview for complete CW.]]> 591 Harley Laroux Joanne 5 4.32 2023 Soul of a Witch (Souls Trilogy, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Feeling Hot (Out of Uniform, #7)]]> 15719641
An "Out of Uniform" Story

It s been a rough month for Navy SEAL Cash McCoy. Fresh off six months of celibacy during his deployment, he almost got into a hot blonde's panties before they were interrupted. Since then, he still hasn t gotten laid. The reason? He lost her number. And no other woman has replaced her face in his fantasies.

Then his CO asks him to keep an eye on his sister for a few weeks. Just until her psycho stalker ex is transferred. Cash's new houseguest is none other than the same gorgeous, quirky blonde. And just his luck his orders include an emphatic "hands off."

Jen Scott is having none of it. Now that she has a second chance, she s not letting Cash slip away. Orders be damned, he's the one man capable of helping her explore her sexuality. She's even willing to break her own rule never date military men to get the gorgeous SEAL into her bed.

Except Cash makes it clear he wants more than she bargained for. Much more. Not just her body, but the one thing she promised herself she'd never give to a man in uniform. Her heart.

Warning: Sexy SEAL? Check. Sassy heroine determined to seduce him? Check. Scorching hot sex bound to make you blush? Double check. A threesome and some man-on-man action? Triple check. You ve been warned. "]]> 347 Elle Kennedy 1619210924 Joanne 4 3.95 2012 Feeling Hot (Out of Uniform, #7)
author: Elle Kennedy
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average rating: 3.95
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]]> Pen Pal 60192737 A USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Amazon Charts bestselling novel

The first letter arrived the day my husband was buried. It was postmarked from the state penitentiary, and contained a single sentence:

I’ll wait forever if I have to.

It was signed by Dante, a man I didn’t know.

Out of simple curiosity, I wrote back to ask him what exactly he was waiting for. His reply?

You.

I told the mystery man he had the wrong girl. He said he didn’t. I said we’d never met, but he said I was wrong.

We went back and forth, exchanging letters every week that grew increasingly more intimate. Then one day, the letters stopped. When I found out why, it was already too late.

Dante was at my doorstep.

And nothing on earth could have prepared me for what happened next.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING:

This novel contains content intended for a mature audience only. Due to explicit language, graphic sex, detailed depictions of death and grief, intense power play dynamics, and other possible triggers, it is not suitable for sensitive readers. (Full list of TWs on author's website.)]]> 320 J.T. Geissinger Joanne 5 4.11 2022 Pen Pal
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average rating: 4.11
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]]> <![CDATA[Sound of Regret (Sound Of, #1)]]> 24832263 206 Chelsea Roy 1311299386 Joanne 5 3.92 2015 Sound of Regret (Sound Of, #1)
author: Chelsea Roy
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Taming Two Fires (Hearts of Heroes #1)]]> 22892641 In book one of Hearts of After a horrendous breakup, shy and curvy Caitriona Douglass works hard to get her life back in order. Her best friend, Sofie, convinces her the best way to do that is to socialize, forcing her out of her solace zone. Cait has always been unsure of her overweight body so when she garners the attention of not one, but two gorgeous firefighters, she is surprised and a little leery of their motives.
Alex and Roman are best friends and roommates—one, soft and easy going, the other hardened and rough. When Alex forces Roman to attend the company picnic, Roman realizes it may have been the best decision his friend had ever made as the men become entranced by the woman with the full-figure in attendance. Now all they have to do is convince her they are a packaged deal.
Will Caitriona risk her battered heart to find true love? Can the firefighters convince the shy, relationship scared beauty that she needs them both to be happy? When the fire starts to hunt them, will anyone survive from being burned?]]> 168 Rayne O'Gara 1311099670 Joanne 4 4.03 2014 Taming Two Fires (Hearts of Heroes #1)
author: Rayne O'Gara
name: Joanne
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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]]> Linc (The Black Roses MC #1) 178621957
Charlie
The only thing I was sure of was people lied. They would say they loved you, but their fists would tell a different story. I had to leave, to run before he killed me.
When the enigmatic stranger I met once in a run-down diner finds me escaping, he takes the matter in his hands and gives my ex a taste of his own cruel medicine. A decision that cost my unlikely savior six years of his life.
I never forgot his warm touch, or the way I felt safe with him for a brief moment before I ran for my life.
Imagine my surprise when half a decade later our paths collide unexpectedly, and I discover he’s part of a powerful MC with ties to my vengeful ex.

Linc
I couldn’t walk away then, and nothing can make me now.
After losing my freedom for helping the beaten girl I found on the side of the road, I was determined to let her go. The only problem was her somber blue eyes that haunted me every night when I closed mine.
I never imagined I’d see her again, but fate had other plans. Now, she needs my protection more than ever. But this time around, she’s keeping secrets that could get her killed. And it isn’t only her ex who’s on the hunt for what she’s desperately trying to hide.

If this scared girl from my past can’t find a way to trust me with the truth, then it will be more than just her life that’s at stake.]]> 311 Kate Randall Joanne 4 4.18 Linc (The Black Roses MC #1)
author: Kate Randall
name: Joanne
average rating: 4.18
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]]> <![CDATA[Sick Boys: Kranke Jungs (Spine Ridge University #1)]]> 201270591 Ich habe ihnen nicht geglaubt, als sie sagten, sie wĂĽrden mich verderben. Ich habe mich geirrt. So sehr geirrt.

In der Nacht, in der meine Schwester starb, starb ein Teil von mir mit ihr, also legte ich einen Schwur ab. Ich wĂĽrde mich genau wie sie an der Spine Ridge University einschreiben, die Verantwortlichen finden ... und sie dafĂĽr bezahlen lassen.

Und dann treffe ich drei kranke Jungs von der Skull & Serpent Society: Felix, Dylan und Alistair. Unhöfliche, herzlose, bösartige Jungs, die davon besessen sind, mich bereuen zu lassen, dass ich jemals einen Fuß auf den Campus gesetzt habe.

Sie schlagen mir einen Deal vor: Meinen Körper gehört ihnen im Austausch für einen Blick auf ihre Gewalt. Ihn abzulehnen, ist unmöglich, sie zu verleugnen, wäre Wahnsinn.

Sie sind grob, gierig und jede Sekunde mit ihnen ist voller Verruchtheit. Ihr Gift verdirbt mein Herz und ich werde in ihre Welt hineingesogen. Und das alles nur, um Rache zu nehmen.

Bis es zu etwas mehr wird. Etwas Unbezahlbarem. Etwas, wofür wir alle vier töten würden.

Sick Kranke Jungs ist ein spannender, neuartiger Dark-Bully-Roman aus der Feder der New York Times- und USA Today-Bestsellerautorin Clarissa Wild. Diese Geschichte enthält Szenen, die für manche Leser/innen verstörend sein könnten. Bitte sieh dir im Vorfeld die Trigger-Liste im Inneren des Buches Das Buch enthält Szenen mit mehreren Männern, die sich in ein Mädchen verlieben.]]> 605 Clarissa Wild Joanne 3 3.44 2023 Sick Boys: Kranke Jungs (Spine Ridge University #1)
author: Clarissa Wild
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.44
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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]]> Brother Werebear 177319519
this book is rated 18+ for mature content and some dark themes...]]> 257 Kelly Lord Joanne 0 currently-reading 3.17 Brother Werebear
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]]> <![CDATA[Puck Around and Find Out (Pucked Up Omegaverse, #3)]]> 215795176
It starts off simple, dating in secret, and making sure that her father doesn’t find out she’s being courted by one of his players. But things get a little more complicated when the team’s mascot and new goalie also catch the Omega's eye, on and off the ice.

No matter how intensely feelings and pheromones are pushing them together, secrets threaten to destroy this pack before they’re even bonded. Hopefully, by some small miracle, they can come together and be the pack Sloane has always dreamed of.

This is book three in the interconnected Pucked Up Omegaverse series. It can be read as a standalone.]]> 406 Sarah Blue Joanne 0 to-read 4.10 2024 Puck Around and Find Out (Pucked Up Omegaverse, #3)
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name: Joanne
average rating: 4.10
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]]> <![CDATA[Start a War (Saint View Psychos, #1)]]> 60454809
Those were the last words my brother said to me before he was shot execution style. A childhood code only he and I knew, and one that had a single, clear meaning behind it.

Run.

I’m not going anywhere. Not when his murderer is still out there.

To catch a killer, I put aside my life of money and luxury and take over the running of Psychos, a dive bar in the seedy underbelly of Saint View.

But Psychos delivers more than I ever could have bargained for and three men I never saw coming.

Nash, my brother’s best friend. Older and more experienced, he still remembers me as the neglected child he once saved.

War, heir to a biker gang throne and searching for the man who left his mother in a coma. Bonded over a common goal, he introduces me to a world of after-hours clubs, danger, and violence.

And Vincent, the quiet new guy nobody seems to see except me. He’s sweet and quirky, but there’s a darkness in him just waiting to be unleashed.

With every lie we uncover, every secret we expose, the danger mounts.

Until there’s only one thing we know for sure.

The killer is still out there.

And we’re his next targets.

Start a War is an adult, #whychoose romance, meaning the main character has more than one love interest. This book contains enemies-to-lovers and romantic suspense / dark themes that may trigger some readers. It is the first book in an ongoing trilogy.]]> 362 Elle Thorpe 1922760099 Joanne 0 currently-reading 4.29 2022 Start a War (Saint View Psychos, #1)
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name: Joanne
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]]> Ozzy (The Black Roses MC #3) 200776712 Fifteen years ago, he broke her heart to save her from danger. Now she’s back, and he’s the only one who can protect her from the deadly threat closing in around them.

Freya
All I wanted when I left Shine, Massachusetts was a fresh start. I built a career and a reputation I could be proud of by putting the worst of the criminal underworld behind bars.
I was safe and away from the turbulent life of the Black Roses.
Until a knock at my door thrust me back into the town I ran from, and into the clubhouse of the man who shattered my heart.

Ozzy
I built a wall around my heart after I broke both of ours. I did what I had to do as the future president of the Black Roses MC. I needed Freya safe, and my brothers needed me whole.
For fifteen years, I pretended I was.
Now, I owe a man a favor, and he’s come to collect in the form of my club safeguarding the one woman who has the power to break me all over again.

They nearly ended her life fifteen years ago, now they’ll pay with theirs for ever believing they could touch her in the first place.]]> 361 Kate Randall 1962781003 Joanne 3 4.38 Ozzy (The Black Roses MC #3)
author: Kate Randall
name: Joanne
average rating: 4.38
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]]> Jude (The Black Roses MC #2) 198626825
Lucy

Seven years ago, I fled from a life where being a woman meant you were bound in shackles, and only dangerous and sadistic men held the keys.

I made a new life for myself and found the family I always needed in a group of outlaw bikers.

There’s only one problem—Jude Ashcroft. The man needles under my skin like no one else. When he goes low, I go to hell.

Until one night when my past catches up with me, and he saves me from the hell I barely escaped the first time.

But the trouble that found me that night was only the tip of the iceberg.

He doesn’t understand what or who he’s dealing with. He thinks he can protect me, but if I let him, true evil will come knocking, and it won’t come alone.

Jude

My life is simple, uncomplicated. The only things I care about are my brothers, my bike, and having no strings attaching me to any one woman. Everything is status quo, just how I like it.

Until Lucy. I’ve never met a woman more obstinate than the little demon. If cutting me down and showing me up were a sport, she’d have a gold medal in the pocket of those tight jeans.

She’s nothing I’ve ever wanted. Too mouthy, too opinionated, too� Lucy. Now I need to convince the part of me that craves a challenge, craves her fire.

She’s hiding something, though. I don’t know what, and I don’t know why. The only thing I do know is it’s going to bring trouble like we’ve never seen to my club.

But I’ll show her exactly what happens when someone tries to take what’s mine, because whether she likes it or not, that’s precisely what she is.]]> 343 Kate Randall Joanne 3 4.41 Jude (The Black Roses MC #2)
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]]> Moonflower 62718884
But as Halloween—the holiday they always spend together—gets closer, secrets come to light. And with those secrets come hidden desires, hurts, and a path that leads these three friends to the one thing they’ve always wanted: each other.

Moonflower is a slightly dark, MFM erotic romance. Please check the Before You Read section before continuing on with the novella.]]> 203 Elira Firethorn Joanne 3 3.75 Moonflower
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average rating: 3.75
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]]> Daddy's Runaway 211140068 Reckoning: A Billionaire Daddy Romance by Sara Fields

She thought she could run from daddy. She was wrong.

I was supposed to be just another mark for Willow Rose. Get in, get the money, and get out.

But I tracked her down and took back what's mine.

Her.

I was gentle when I put the ring on her finger, but tonight I'm going to tie her to my bed, belt her bare ass until she's sobbing, and force her to come for me until her throat is sore from screaming.

Then I'm going to make her take it like a good girl for daddy.

Publisher's ĚýDaddy's Runaway is a standalone romance that includes spankings and rough, intense sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.]]> 309 Sara Fields Joanne 0 currently-reading 4.06 2021 Daddy's Runaway
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]]> Never Less 213299601 The only man I can’t have is the only one I want.

My feelings for my boyfriend’s dad have always been manageable—just a little crush that I can ignore. He may be kinder to me than I deserve, and he may look at me like I’m the most beautiful woman he’s ever laid eyes on, but that doesn’t mean I’d ever act on how I feel.

But when my boyfriend derails our romantic trip, things start to change. He’s supposed to be making up for the hell he put me through, but instead we end up at his dad’s beach house for a week. I like his dad, so it could be worse, but I can’t deny how much it stings every time my boyfriend brushes me off.

Marcus, however, is the exact opposite of his son. Attentive, caring, and willing to drop everything for me when my boyfriend won’t. It’s enough to nurture my little crush into something bigger—something forbidden yet nearly irresistible.

The more time I spend with him, the closer I get to crossing a line. And with every day that my boyfriend shows me he’ll never change, I can’t help but wonder if maybe I’m with the wrong man.]]> 207 E. Firethorn Joanne 3 3.59 Never Less
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]]> <![CDATA[The Boy I Once Hated (Love & Hate Duet, #1)]]> 63390998 I've always heard there's a fine line between love and hate.

No one told me that line could destroy me.

Noah Fontaine.

King of the school.

My living nightmare.

The object of my fantasies.

My new stepbrother.

I did whatever it took to survive him.

Every day he took more of me.

I just didn’t expect him to take my heart.

Because of the boy I once hated, I'd never be the same girl again. ]]> 422 C.R. Jane Joanne 0 currently-reading 4.16 2023 The Boy I Once Hated (Love & Hate Duet, #1)
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]]> Toxic 58628490
My life has been a series of bad decisions.

Marrying an abusive man was the first... but falling for a dangerous inmate where I’m a nurse may be the worst.

He’s brutal, heartless, and twisted.

But he’s also the only one to notice the bruises on my skin.

His forbidden touch becomes my addiction.
His drugging kisses my obsession.

After I learn the truth about why he’s in prison, I try to escape, but but he finds me.

Now I'm his prisoner.]]> 268 Nicole Blanchard Joanne 3 3.72 Toxic
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name: Joanne
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]]> <![CDATA[Scorch (Montana Mountain Protectors #2)]]> 88009172
But I’m not a Barnett.

Instead of searching for my â€oneâ€�, I’m dealing with a nightmare ex and being forced to move in with my new sister-in-law’s bestie—the most annoying woman I’ve ever met.

She’s permanently happy, she talks constantly, and I can’t stand her.

So why can’t I stop kissing her?

One touch and I know we’re meant to be, but it turns out she’s less impressed with my grumpy than I am with her sunshine.

Convincing her she’s mine means resorting to drastic measures, but I’m up for the challenge.

Forget the Barnett family legacy. Now, it’s all about the myth of the Montana Mountain Protectors.]]> 384 Gemma Weir Joanne 3 3.97 Scorch (Montana Mountain Protectors #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Blaze (Montana Mountain Protectors #1)]]> 88009182
But I’m not a Barnett.

I’m not destined, or cursed to fall in love at first sight.

So why when she walks in the room, do I feel the sudden urge to claim a woman I don’t know, as mine?

With her, I need to control, to possess and own.

Letting her go, isn’t an option.

But sometimes family ties are stronger than new love and someone who should have stayed in the past is trying to ruin our future.

Lies, mistakes, and doubts challenge us, but she gifted me her and I’ll never give her back.

Turns out the Barnetts aren’t the only alpha males in town, hold on tight, because it’s time to meet the Montana Mountain Protectors.]]> 331 Gemma Weir Joanne 3 4.10 Blaze (Montana Mountain Protectors #1)
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average rating: 4.10
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]]> <![CDATA[Loving the Mountain Man (Montana Mountain Men, #7)]]> 60322760


I'm only in Rockhead Point to get to know my sister. I have a boyfriend, a job and a life, hours away from this tiny mountain town.



Only the more time I spend with the Barnetts; the more I see that their world is full of the type of love I thought only existed in films; and seeing it is making me wonder if my happy ever after, is really as happy as I thought it is.



When betrayal leaves me heartbroken and questioning everything, Cody stays at my side, ready to be my rock, my shoulder to cry on and so much more. He's determined to offer me all the colors in the rainbow, but I'm not looking for a fling, and that's all that we can be.



So, I run. Away from my sister, away from her new family and away from the man who says I'm his.



But it doesn't matter how fast I run, because fate will still catch me and right now it's knocking on my door. It turns out Cody isn't prepared to give me up, and no matter how hard I fight him, I'm not sure I can escape the love of a mountain man.]]> 323 Gemma Weir Joanne 5 4.13 Loving the Mountain Man (Montana Mountain Men, #7)
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]]> <![CDATA[Belonging to the Mountain Man (Montana Mountain Men, #6)]]> 62004456 looking for his perfect woman.
He walked into my life when everything was falling apart and I needed someone to help me
put myself back together. Only it turns out, this brother isn’t interested in a fixer-upper.
Maybe in a different life I’d have pined for him, but I’ve got bigger problems to deal with
than fate giving us a legacy. One that Bay thinks is a curse.
Running was my only option, so I put Rockhead Point and my messed-up life in my rear-view
mirror. I found a savior, and it wasn’t Bay.
Only now he’s tracked me down, and he’s ready to claim what’s his. But I’m not the same
girl he met anymore. I patched my broken pieces together all on my own and even though I
might want Bay, I no longer need him.
Turns out my crazy, Jealous, possessive mountain man isn’t prepared to take no for an
answer, and he’ll do whatever it takes to belong to me� as much as I belong to him.]]> 343 Gemma Weir Joanne 5 4.07 Belonging to the Mountain Man (Montana Mountain Men, #6)
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]]> <![CDATA[Saved by the Mountain Man (Montana Mountain Men, #5)]]> 60317454
He made me an offer that I easily refused. Only now he’s changed his mind about what he wants from me, and he’s determined to make me change mine too. He’s used to getting his own way, but I have no intention of being just another woman who falls at his feet.

He can stalk me, he can try to seduce me, but what he’s forgotten is that he’s not the only gorgeous man in town.

But apparently, even in a place this small, danger can still lurk around every fork in the road, and it looks like fate might have decided to play its hand after all.
My mountain man watched me, followed me, saved me, and now he’s determined to keep me too.]]> 293 Gemma Weir Joanne 3 4.07 Saved by the Mountain Man (Montana Mountain Men, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Claimed by the Mountain Man (Montana Mountain Men, #4)]]> 59667262 When I literally fall into his orbit, he tells me I’m his the moment our eyes meet. But my life is anything but simple, and right now I just don’t have the time or energy for another complication in my world� no matter how hot he is.
Only he isn’t prepared to take no for an answer� and he’s determined to make me his.

Now he’s everywhere I am, following me home and trying to take over my life. But I’m not the only woman who wants to be claimed by him and his ex has open access to my life, especially when I’m staying in her mom’s house.
If I’m his and he’s mine, how come everything is trying to tear us apart? He wants to claim me, and I might want that too, but my life isn’t my own, and for the first time ever� the Barnett brothers� legacy might not be as powerful as real life.]]> 292 Gemma Weir Joanne 3 4.10 Claimed by the Mountain Man (Montana Mountain Men, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Kept by the Mountain Man (Montana Mountain Men, #3)]]> 58250170
When my RV breaks down, he shows up like the good Samaritan ready to save me, only I’m not looking for a hero. But it turns out no isn’t a word Granger hears that often, especially not from the woman he thinks is meant to be his.

He says it’s fate, I’m confident he’s got the wrong girl.

Only, apparently the Barnett brothers know how to get their own way. So now I’m staying at his house and he’s talked me into giving him the weekend to convince me I’m his.

But while I’m planning my great escape, I realize he doesn’t just want the weekend, he wants to keep me forever.]]> 294 Gemma Weir Joanne 3 3.93 Kept by the Mountain Man (Montana Mountain Men, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Owned by the Mountain Man (Montana Mountain Men, #2)]]> 57810413
Except, after a drunken girls� night out, instead of waking up with him in my bed, I wake up with a killer hangover and an inbox full of his texts telling me how reckless and dangerous my antics are.

Now my dad and brother want to find me a husband, and my ex-boyfriend has decided he wants the job.

But I’m not looking for marriage, I’d rather have a few incredible nights with the annoying mountain hottie. Only it turns out he’s not looking for a hook-up, he wants to own me.]]> 276 Gemma Weir Joanne 2 3.59 Owned by the Mountain Man (Montana Mountain Men, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Property of the Mountain Man (Montana Mountain Men, #1)]]> 211195649 Book 1 of 8: Montana Mountain Men

Tall, dark and muscled like a god, Beau Barnett is great with an axe. Every woman in Rockhead Point wants a taste of the mountain man. Including me.
Except he doesn’t even know my name. I’m just the girl behind the counter filling his coffee, while he grunts and grumbles, barely making eye contact.
Then a newcomer with a charming smile and a fancy suit shows up in Rockhead Point, and refuses to take no for an answer when he asks me to dinner.
That’s when I find out Mr. Mountain Man not only knows my name� he thinks I’m his property.]]> 327 Gemma Weir Joanne 5 3.86 2021 Property of the Mountain Man (Montana Mountain Men, #1)
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name: Joanne
average rating: 3.86
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]]> <![CDATA[Deadly Illusion (Secrets and the City Book 1)]]> 57204805 FAIRY TALES AREN'T SUPPOSED TO END IN MURDER

A sexy fighter saw her bruises. Now he’ll die to protect her. Maybe even kill�

Jenna was determined to leave her dark past behind her and build the life she’d always wanted, but just when she thought all her dreams were finally coming true, a shocking incident shattered her fairy-tale life, and now she’s hiding a terrible secret—a secret that could cost her everything.

Damian is as gorgeous as he is mysterious, keeping his own dark secrets from everyone he meets. He never thought he’d care about anything again…until he meets Jenna. He knows letting her get close to him will put her in danger, but when he suspects Jenna’s in trouble, there’s only one thing that matters: protecting her at all costs.

Thrust into a terrifying nightmare where a threat looms in every shadow, Jenna and Damian find themselves in a race for survival. Soon, everyone Jenna loves is in peril, and only the ultimate sacrifice can save them�


This book contains sensitive subject matter.

An emotional, tension-filled forbidden romance that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page�

Deadly Illusion is Book 1 in The Secrets and the City series, which is made up of full-length standalone romantic suspense novels with no cliffhangers.

]]> 359 Kathy Lockheart Joanne 0 currently-reading 4.06 2021 Deadly Illusion (Secrets and the City Book 1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Fighting Jacob (Perception #2)]]> 48823547 Jacob Walters is everyone’s favorite wingman. He’s handsome, smart, has a to-die-for laugh, and supports his friends with an unimaginable amount of strength� strength he’ll need by the truckload to break through Lola’s protective shield. She’s been burned in the past, so the last thing she wants is the attention of a man who’s infamous for flash-in-the-pan relationships.

Lola McIntosh won’t win a popularity contest anytime soon. She’s beautiful, brash, and has no qualms telling people how it is—especially the clingy neurotic men who can’t take the hint that she isn’t a “dating� type of girl. Thank God no amount of attitude will stop her from discovering how much in common two clashing personalities can have when they fight against the odds.

Fighting Jacob is a heartfelt new adult read that proves the strongest relationships are forged from their differences not their similarities. It has steamy moments and a hidden message about the fighter in all of us. Scroll up to one-click this witty, strangers-to-lovers romance!

This book has no cliffhangers and can be read as a standalone, but spoilers will occur for Saving Noah.]]> 394 Shandi Boyes Joanne 0 currently-reading 4.17 Fighting Jacob (Perception #2)
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]]> Saving Noah (Perception, #1) 48639968
In reality, expectations exceed actualities, and disappointments are constant.

Everyone he’s ever cared about has left him, so what happens when he attracts a girl who sees through the shield others can’t? He fights the pull; he tells himself no—but sometimes fate can’t wake you from one nightmare without first trapping you in another.

With love on his side, can Noah survive the next devastating event in his life? Or will he discover no amount of dreaming will help him escape his reality?

You will laugh and you will cry, but the story of Noah Taylor will stay with you forever.

Saving Noah is a heart-clutching, ugly-cry rockstar romance that will break your heart before slowly piecing it back together. It's a standalone with no cliffhangers and a guaranteed HEA! Tissues are recommended.

Author Warning: This book will make you ugly cry. It has steamy scenes. This title was previously published as two books, Perception of Life & Reality of Life. It has been extensively rewritten, re-edited, and has a swanky new cover.]]> 450 Shandi Boyes Joanne 5 4.21 2019 Saving Noah (Perception, #1)
author: Shandi Boyes
name: Joanne
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2019
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]]> <![CDATA[Broken By Sin (Memento Mori Book 2)]]> 200840081
There is no escaping them, they come for their prey and will hunt until your blood soaks the ground beneath your cold lifeless body. They are the new generation and they have something to prove. They are hungry to show the OG’s that they are ready to lead, except, the princess was tired of waiting to be seen, she showed them all that she alone can bring a swift death to her enemies like no other.

The King of Clubs belongs to the heir.

The princess owns the Queen of Hearts.

Jack of Spades represents the coming Chaos.

Ace of Diamonds is for the Havoc.

I’m the daughter of the infamous Bloodhound, Underboss to the Don of the Memento Mori and niece to the Don of the Murdoch Mafia. I am surrounded by powerful men who treat me like an equal, allow me to take control and come to me for advice, I bow to no man� Well� except him.

Two years ago he broke me, I swore I would take his life if I ever saw him again, I tried to. Connor Ryker is off-limits, he is from the wrong side of the tracks. He doesn’t care who I am or where I come from, he doesn’t even care that my last name holds more power than his bank account. The pain is constant, the need and lust for him is suffocating and I nearly give in until� my dad finds out exactly who Connor is.

It’s time for me to choose, mark him and end it quickly or choose him and turn my back on my family and everything I have worked for?

ł§˛ąłľâ€™s

“Broken By Sin� is the second book in this thrilling dark, twisted mafia series. In this series, you will get, enemies to lovers, lovers to enemies, loss, heartbreak, betrayal, and most of all, what the fu*k moments. These Murdochs are worse than the OG’s, they cannot and will not be controlled by their parents. Hold on tight ladies, these men and women are about to breach that tight forbidden muscle wall without any lube.]]> 272 Samantha Barrett Joanne 0 currently-reading 4.70 2023 Broken By Sin (Memento Mori Book 2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Reign of Royal (Memento Mori Book 1)]]> 195668695
There is no escaping them, they come for their prey and will hunt until your blood soaks the ground beneath your cold lifeless body. They are the new generation and they have something to prove. They are hungry to show the OG’s that they are ready to lead, except, the crowned heir got tired of waiting and began the new generation under the name of the Memento Mori for he is the bringer of death.

The King of Clubs belongs to the heir.

The princess owns the Queen of Hearts.

Jack of Spades represents the coming Chaos.

Ace of Diamonds is for the Havoc.

It’s time for you to Reign Royal�

Those are the words that changed everything and forced us to come out of the shadows to mark our prey. They thought they could take out the Don and have us submit, we are the Memento Mori and bow to no one. We’ll infiltrate their armies and destroy them from the inside, one calling card at a time�

The cards are dropped and our victims are marked ready to be sent back to the hell they crawled out of but when the blonde-haired, green-eyed woman who hasn’t uttered a single word has me following her like a siren’s call, receives the Queen of Hearts, I’m forced to choose between her or them.

Do I break the rules and fight the ones I love most to keep her alive?

ł§˛ąłľâ€™s Notes:

“Reign Of Royal� is the first book in this thrilling dark, twisted mafia series. In this series, you will get, enemies to lovers, lovers to enemies, loss, heartbreak, betrayal, and most of all, what the fu*k moments. These Murdochs are worse than the OG’s, they cannot and will not be controlled by their parents. Hold on tight ladies, these men and women are about to breach that tight forbidden muscle wall without any lube.]]> 288 Samantha Barrett Joanne 5 4.53 2023 Reign of Royal (Memento Mori Book 1)
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average rating: 4.53
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]]> <![CDATA[Smoke and Mirrors (Bleeding Hearts #1)]]> 206666937
Lilah
One night is all it took.
One night changed all of my plans.
One night laid a road map out for the rest of my life.

My heart now belongs to him- Antonio Robert Heart, the underboss of the Heart Syndicate that governs over New York and its five boroughs. He rules with an unwavering hand yielding the blade of his knife, but when his strong hands touch me, I become liquid. I melt into his all-consuming prowess.

The thing is, he doesn't want me... even though he craves me.

Antonio
I don’t date. I don’t love. I don’t want marriage and I do not want children. I only allow myself companionship when the desire is there.

Lilah Tomlinson was supposed to be one night-one hour at the most.

I was a fool.

My desire for her prevailed and I let her in... only to find out she has betrayed me. That muscle in my chest, the one she has penetrated and brought to life, it shrivels with the worst kind of anger: WRATH.


***This book is a dark romance with strong sexual content and violent scenes. If you are uncomfortable with either of these situations please do not read! 18+


Chapter One
ANTONIO

Her lips feel incredible. Her smile is one of many I have seen gazing up at me from the spare room floor of my penthouse. She licks the corner of her lip. Her smile turns mischievous. I see a glint of craziness flicker in her pupils.
Oh, yeah, the next hour or two will be fun.
What she doesn't know is that her time is limited. I'll use her just like she is using me. She uses me for who I am-for the stature and clout I hold predominantly in the state of New York, but across the country as well. The society girl just moved up the ladder a couple of notches by getting to spend the night with the infamous Antonio Heart, the bad boy of New York City. Though, she is only getting a couple hours out of me. I sound arrogant as fuck, I know, but it is what it is and will always be that way. I use her only for what she was genetically born with. There will be no insta-love at the end of this transaction. She is disposable. I'll throw her out before she can take that post orgasmic breath.
My fingers grip the brown hair at the back of her head. I let my knees relax and sink into the rhythm of her ministrations, allowing her to freely perform for me. Because that’s what this is. A performance, an act� it’s all fake. I need what she has, and she wants what I can give her. I'll give her that minute she needs to make herself feel good. Then I'll take over.
No one but one man governs me. Whether she thinks it or not right now, I am in control.
I am always in control.
I let my eyes close, letting myself feel what's happening to my body. Damn. It's been a minute. I release a breath, relaxing further. Between being exhausted of spending time with self-boasting, fake women that fall into the starfish position and wait for the magic to happen when they get here, and redoing my newly acquired club, Temptations, I can't remember the last time I actually enjoyed a blowjob.
Another minute passes before I’ve had enough. She is lucky I have let her have this long. I hear the familiar chirp from my phone sitting on the edge of the mattress, alerting me of an incoming message. I ignore the first chirp but then three more consecutive alerts sound. My blood starts flowing, becoming a virulent serpentine gliding through my veins. Not from the woman on her knees in front of me, although she is pretty talented with her tongue, but because I know that those consecutive messages are ones I have been waiting for. I need to move this along. She’s playing with me, which was fine for the moment, but now it’s not. I’m halfway there. My fingers twist in her overly stiff hair she primped to what she thought was perfection for a night out club hopping. I knock her hands away from my swelled length and let my hips take over. The repetitive flexing of my hips progress to a faster speed as the seconds tick. She lets out a long moan. My phone chirps again and again. My shoulders tense because of the alerts and my thighs mirror my shoulders. I am close.
I can feel it in my bones, they got him.
I need to hurry this along.
With three more thrusts, I plunge as deep as I can with a release so strong my knees almost buckle. She gasps at the sudden unexpected surge of salty heat. No warning was needed. She knew what she was down there for.
My energy is momentarily zapped. My breathing is still heavy when in one swift moment, I pull from the warmth of her mouth, tuck myself away, refasten the zipper to my slacks, and lunge for my phone. I hear her whine from behind me. I take the steps away, creating more distance. Always alert, I hear her fumble. I turn back and glance at her. I shouldn’t have turned my back on her to begin with.
My screen comes to life with the print of my finger and so does my lineage. A lifelong blood oath is now rapidly flowing through my veins with the speed of revenge as its leader. I’m re-energized from the thrill of the business that awaits. I survey the woman that holds my semen in the hollow of her insides. “Time to go.� I reach down and grab her purse off the bed and toss it to her. Her mouth flaps open, becoming unhinged. Quickly, she snaps it shut. Her eyes become slits and her jaw tenses, clenching with each fuck you sentence forming in her head. Before she can formulate those words, I advance in her direction. “I said it’s time to go. I won’t tell you again…� I add insult to injury when I can’t remember her name. Honestly, I don’t think I even asked her what her name was. It didn’t matter, she won’t get a second go with me. I have my regulars. They know the deal.
I’m in.
I’m out.
“You don’t even know my name!� She slaps her purse against her thigh.
“No. Now get out!�


***


I slammed the gearshift into first gear. My black Testoni-covered foot hits the accelerator with force. With a jerk of the wheel, I peel out into the back alley, black tread left behind to melt into the asphalt. I speed through the city streets, heading towards the warehouse that holds my men and the man they captured–the rat that betrayed the family. The closer I get to my second home the more the usual smell of iron and sea air fills my senses. The metallic sting is an igniter to every fiber of my being and a catalyst for an explosion of electrifying currents that snap every nerve ending. Every single time that distinct smell fills the air, it punches me in the gut and brings me right back to my first kill–the day I became a Made Man.
It was the same day I made my boss proud and my father mournful.
My cherry was popped with a man who betrayed the family. A man who pledged his allegiance to protect and serve. The price for his disloyalty was his life. My father gave me the honor and without a second glance, at the age of fifteen, I took the offered gun from my predecessor, the one he had engraved with my name, the one I still have today sitting in my safe at home, and I put a bullet right between the rat’s eyes as I recited our family motto.

Family is everything.
Family protects you.
Without family, you have nothing.
If you betray one of us, you betrayed all of us.]]> Michelle B. Joanne 0 currently-reading 3.86 Smoke and Mirrors (Bleeding Hearts #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood and Ruin (Blood and Ruin, #1)]]> 59450807
Witches, demons, shifters and humans all live under one rule.

King's.

What he says goes.

So, trying to get the hell out of here hasn’t been easy.

No one leaves without his permission.

In fact, no one leaves at all...That is, alive.

But I have a plan.

One chance to get out of this nightmare once and for all.

One month is all I need.

One month to stay off King's radar and get the last few items needed for the spell I’ve been working on.

Shouldn’t be that hard...right?

But turns out King has his own plan. One that involves trading me off to the five alphas of Manhattan.

With King's ultimatum, I have no choice but to go through with it. But I’m still getting out of here, no matter what.

Or so I thought.

Turns out the five alphas are my mates�

And also, the boys I left behind six years ago.

**Blood and Ruin is a Reverse Harem romance, meaning the main FMC will not have to choose between love interests. It also contains violence, adult themes, bad-language and content which some readers may find upsetting.**]]> 322 Rumer Hale Joanne 0 currently-reading 3.77 2021 Blood and Ruin (Blood and Ruin, #1)
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average rating: 3.77
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]]> <![CDATA[Her Silver Fox Bikers (Lucky Lady Reverse Harems, #12)]]> 213793670
"Are you sure about this, Princess? Your father will flip."
"I've never been so sure in my life."

My dad's three best friends are as forbidden as it gets.
Rough. Rugged. Sexy ex-military bikers.

Now that I'm working at their bar, they no longer see me as Daddy's little girl. Enter Orion, the commanding leader whose presence makes my heart flutter.
Then there's Kai, with his piercing blue eyes that undress my soul.
And Drake, shrouded in mystery, drawing me to explore deeper.

One night, their jealous ex stirs trouble...
In a brash move, I tell her I’ve saved my virginity just for them to drive her away.
Shockingly, Orion, Kai and Drake overhear EVERY word.

Days later, after a few drunk sexts, I daringly confess my deepest fantasies.
And that’s when all hell breaks loose.

What will happen when Daddy finds out his little angel is being passed around by his three biker buddies?�
And one of them is the daddy of my baby twins!

This is a sexy, stand-alone reverse harem romance filled with humor, danger, and generous amounts of love. It also contains blistering hot MFMM, ménage fun times, in single and multiple partner scenes so HOT they're bound to melt your kindle! HEA guaranteed.]]> 318 Kai Lesy Joanne 3 4.13 2024 Her Silver Fox Bikers (Lucky Lady Reverse Harems, #12)
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average rating: 4.13
book published: 2024
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Heartbreak Hero (Redleg Security, #1)]]> 60604600 Another thing about me? I think I’m in love with my bodyguard.
Leo Mason is all I’ve been able to think about since he broke my heart and left me standing alone on my front porch six months ago.

But now he’s back. He says someone is after us and insists we hide in his remote cabin until the threat is neutralized.
It’ll be just the two of us with one bed, along with all his muscles, tats, and those fecking smoldering glances that burn up my skin.

I trust him to keep me safe from danger, but can I trust him to protect my heart too?

***

My name is Leo Mason. As a bodyguard with Redleg Security and a former Army Ranger, I’ve got lots of secrets and even more enemies.
Six months ago, I did the unthinkable when I fell for a woman I was protecting.

She’s too young for me � too innocent � and being with me comes at a cost. One I didn’t want her to be forced to pay.
So I did the best thing I could do to save her � I left.

But now there’s a new danger threatening her, and I’ll stop at nothing to protect Sue� my angel.
I broke her heart before, but this time things will be different. This time, I’ll be her hero.



Heartbreak Hero is a stand-alone, slow burn, romantic suspense novel with some romcom vibes, plot twists, steamy times, foul language, and page-turning action. This novel features a plus-sized, neurodivergent heroine and a protective hero who helps her see her quirks as strengths. There is a happily ever after and no cheating.Tropes: Second chance, age-gap, and forced proximity.


Author's Note: Since this is a action-packed, suspenseful, bodyguard novel, it features some content that sensitive readers may like to know about before reading. More detail about these topics are available on my author website to keep this description spoiler-free.]]> 344 Jackie Walker Joanne 0 currently-reading 4.02 Heartbreak Hero (Redleg Security, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Innocence (Tales of Olympus, #1)]]> 46022074 I always get what I want.
And she’s my obsession.
Cora is new to the city of sin.
Her innocent blue eyes beg for me to claim her.
But I’m not the billionaire she thinks I am.
There’s a darkness within me.
And Cora is a shining light.
She’s beautiful. A virgin.
I’m ruthless. A beast.
She found me for a reason.
She’ll be my queen.
I’ll give her everything that her heart desires.
Except for one thing.
Her freedom.
She’s mine to keep, and I’m never letting her go.

Note: This is a dark mafia romance with dark and intense sensual scenes. It is the first in a trilogy.]]> 310 Lee Savino Joanne 0 currently-reading 3.92 2015 Innocence (Tales of Olympus, #1)
author: Lee Savino
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.92
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]]> Hunter (Hunting Her, #1) 38752034
I've been running for ten years - fleeing my past and clawing my way toward an inescapable act of vengeance. Finally, I can taste revenge on the tip of my tongue.

Then he walks into my life, cold, dark, and full of secrets.
His possessive touch dilutes my thirst for retribution. His aggressive confidence obliterates my need for solitude.
It's impossible not to become consumed by him...
Until I find out who he really is.

I fell for a criminal. A murderer.
A man from the underworld who was not only sent to stop me from achieving my goal, but to end my life.]]> 286 Eden Summers 1925512142 Joanne 4 3.74 2018 Hunter (Hunting Her, #1)
author: Eden Summers
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Snaring Emberly (Morally Black, #2)]]> 203288497 Revenge was supposed to be simple, but love had other plans

Emberly

When an abusive ex corners me in a nightclub, I cling to the first man I see for protection.

Little do I know he’s a mafia Don, fresh out of prison and eager for a one-night stand.

One night extends into two, then three. I’m beginning to suspect I can’t leave.

But every time I raise questions, he answers with offers impossible to resist.

Sometimes, it’s hard to tell if I’m just paranoid or a pawn in a much larger game.

Roman

When a man gets jailed for a crime he didn’t commit, the first thing he wants after leaving death row is vengeance.

The bastard who framed me stole my fortune and bequeathed it to his daughter, Emberly.

My plan is Seduce her, force her to give back what’s mine, then put a bullet through her skull.

But one taste of her gets me obsessed and my plans turn to dust.

Snaring Emberly is a dark romance containing themes that may be disturbing to some. Please check the warnings inside the book.]]> 600 Gigi Styx Joanne 0 currently-reading 4.19 Snaring Emberly (Morally Black, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Make Me Wild (Rich Demons of Darkwood, #3)]]> 60504133 Stellan’s always been a pretty horrible ex-boyfriend, but he takes it to a new level when he kidnaps me.

I wake up in a trunk, determined to make him pay.

But Stellan needs answers about his sister’s disappearance.

And I need them too.

So even if he does deserve to die for what he’s done to me, we form a tentative alliance.

We go back to where it all began, Stellan’s childhood home. The Demon’s house, next door, watches over our search.

It’s not only the house that seems to loom over us.

Ghosts from my past know everything that happened to Sophia�

And they want to see me embrace my father’s legacy. Or die. They aren’t too picky.

My other a**holes aren’t too happy with Stellan’s disappearing act, but they’ll go along with helping…for now.

Can Stellan and I find what happened to Sophia, despite the hate and lust that pulses between us?

Or will my father’s old friends leave us buried alongside Sophia?

Book 3 of the Rich Demons of Darkwood series

*Recommended 18+ due to mature language, adult situations, triggers, and sensitive content.]]> 299 C.R. Jane Joanne 0 currently-reading 4.33 2022 Make Me Wild (Rich Demons of Darkwood, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Make Me Beg (Rich Demons of Darkwood, #2)]]> 59108665
And now I’m paying the price.

But so are they.

Stellan, Cain, Remington, Paxton and I are locked together in a war that I refuse to lose.

They’ve taken my freedom, my money, my reputation…but they can’t take my soul.

They keep forgetting I was forged in fire by a demon. Monsters don’t scare me.

They think I’m trapped in their mansion with them. They think every time I seek their mouths, their hands, it means something.

They think they can break me with their punishments…and their pleasures.

But I’m only playing their game to win our war.

One by one, I’ll find their secrets, however bloody they are, and make them think I’m saving them…only to use those dark secrets against them.

Death. Bloodshed. Betrayal…and now Sex. That’s all my life will ever be. Now it’s time to welcome these men into my nightmares.

These monsters think they’re the kings of the world.

But the king always falls without the queen.

And the kings in this game...are going to burn.



Book 2 of the Rich Demons of Darkwood series

*Recommended 18+ due to mature language, adult situations, triggers, and sensitive content.]]> 324 C.R. Jane Joanne 5 4.27 Make Me Beg (Rich Demons of Darkwood, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Make Me Lie (Rich Demons of Darkwood, #1)]]> 58702791 The world knows me as the Demon’s Daughter.
He’s a famous serial killer. And I may have been his accomplice.

But no one knows for sure except for me.

The dangerous, cruel men of the Sphinx secret society intend to uncover my secrets…and break me.

Stellan, my childhood crush who lost his sister to the Demon.

Cain, the boy with the face of an angel to who manipulation comes as easy as breathing;

Remington, the playboy soccer star full of secrets.

Pax, the dark psycho who hides behind his fists.

I hoped for a second chance at Darkwood University, only to have my dream ripped away the first time I kissed one of the handsome bastards.

They know who I am.

And they're determined to make me pay.

They should have thought twice about who they were playing with.

Because I am the demon’s daughter. And just because they have the power, the connections, the faces and bodies of gods� do they really think they’ll win?

I wanted a new life, not a war.

But if they insist, we’ll see who ends up playing.]]> 316 C.R. Jane Joanne 5 4.21 2021 Make Me Lie (Rich Demons of Darkwood, #1)
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average rating: 4.21
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]]> Corrupted Chaos 61757380 My enemy doesn’t make the rules behind closed doors�
Even if he’s my boss.

Cade Armanelli might be an infamous hacker with billionaire status who operates better alone, but I earned my spot working alongside him...
Whether he likes it or not.

It’s precisely why I’m on the first plane to an undisclosed location for our cybersecurity team retreat. I’m ready to prove to our company that I can handle anything�
Except sharing a cabin and a bed with my meticulous, elusive boss.

He’s antisocial.
Ruthless.
Enemy number one.
Unfortunately, he’s also number one in tatted, dark, and dangerous. I quickly come to find that not only are his hacking skills perfection, but so is his performance in the bedroom.

Not that it matters. I have a job to keep, a heart to protect, and our nation’s data to secure.
Cade can’t help me with any of that.
He’s a distraction. One I have to avoid�
Even if it means I’m spray painting a red line down our bed and keeping my boss on his side.

Corrupted Chaos is a light mafia standalone romance with forced proximity, steam, and a tech mogul that will fight and grovel for a HEA with his spitfire woman.]]> 374 Shain Rose 1956810072 Joanne 5 4.02 2022 Corrupted Chaos
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name: Joanne
average rating: 4.02
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]]> Fractured Freedom 61035352
Is it so bad that I tricked my older brother’s best friend into taking my virginity?
Maybe.

In my defense, it was Dante Reid—my crush, my first love, and the one I ended up pushing away.
Our paths split in opposite directions.
I went to college on one coast while he returned to work with the US Army on the other.
The end.
Or so I thought.

After graduating and attempting a bucket list of self-discovery, guess who I find standing outside the jail, bailing me out from a crime I didn’t commit?
Dante freaking Reid—this time with more muscles, more tattoos, and more demands.
One of which is to move in across the hall from him so he can keep me safe. Like I need protection after a little felony mix-up.

I don’t.
Unless it’s from him.
Because Dante has been my downfall before �

And living next to the guy I gave my innocence to a long time ago may actually end in my complete devastation.

Shain Rose is back with another light mafia standalone romance with forced proximity, steam, and bucket list to cross off. This is a standalone romance with 95,000+ words.]]> 368 Shain Rose Joanne 5 4.06 2022 Fractured Freedom
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average rating: 4.06
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]]> Graves 204693907 Zayden
I thought I had everything I could possibly desire. Until I set my eyes on her. My angel. Too pure for this world, too pure for me. She’s all mine. No matter the cost. No matter the lives that stand in my way. She has always been mine. She just doesn’t know it yet.

Dominic
My brother has lost it, more so than ever before. I couldn’t figure out what had changed at first. One look at her though, and it all made sense. He gave me one job, protect his girl, a girl he’s never even spoken to. I held true to my promise and then some. I didn’t mean to kiss her, to touch her. One thing is for sure, though. I’m not losing her, even if I have to go through my brother to have her.]]> 457 Katelyn Taylor Joanne 0 currently-reading 3.94 Graves
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]]> <![CDATA[His Curvy Rejected Mate (Five Packs, #4)]]> 123532707
Flora
I’m at the bottom of the pack. I’m female, I have no family left, and everywhere a shifter is supposed to be hard, I’m soft and round. There’s one bright spot in my days—Alec Cameron.

He’s hard in every way—so distant that he’s ice cold—but once in a while, he gives me a nod, and we sneak off to the woods. He’s not cold then. Not at all.

I used to dream that Fate would make it official, but after so many years, I’ve given up hope. Then, at a pack run, heat strikes. Alec Cameron is my mate.

In front of everyone, he turns his back on me.

I didn’t know how cold he could be, but I do now, and I’ve got a choice to make. Do I hang around and deal with this messed up pack like I always do? Or do I take my new wolf, break free, and forge a new path of our own?

Alec
This pack is falling apart. Literally. I spend my days patching together buildings that are inches from sliding down the mountain. In my free time, I have to compete with the other two males vying for Salt Mountain alpha, the world’s worst job.

I’m constantly holding everything together, and until the night of the last full moon run, there was at least one bright spot in my days.

Then Flora Ritchie goes into heat at the worst possible time and place, and in all the chaos and revelations, I lose my grip. And my temper.

In the blink of an eye, my mate is gone.

I know how to fix things, not feelings, but if I don’t figure it out, and quickly, I’m going to lose it all.

His Curvy Rejected Mate is the fourth novel in The Five Packs series, but it can be read as a standalone. No cheating. HEA guaranteed. Intended for adult readers only.]]> 272 Cate C. Wells Joanne 4 3.84 2023 His Curvy Rejected Mate (Five Packs, #4)
author: Cate C. Wells
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2024/06/03
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lone Wolf's Rejected Mate (Five Packs, #3)]]> 60180969
Mari
Growing up alone in Quarry Pack, I always dreamed of a mate who’d sweep me off my feet and carry me away to our very own cottage that we’d fill with pups and love and laughter. A real family.

What I got?

Wham, bam, thank you ma’am.

The pack sees Darragh Ryan as a tortured hero with a dark past, protecting the pack from afar.

I know better. He’s a jerk who can’t deal with people so he’s chosen to live in the wilderness and—I don’t know—brood. One thing I do know is that he doesn’t get to reject me.

I reject him.

Darragh
Mari doesn’t understand what she doesn’t know. She’s naïve, soft, and way too young and sweet for a life of self-imposed exile.

She’s a grown female who sits in trees, reading books, and wears party dresses to garden. Everything she owns is pink. Her wolf is probably pink.

She can’t handle the real world, and she sure can’t handle my wolf. No one can.

One day, she’ll understand why I won’t claim her, and she might not thank me, but she should.

Because my wolf? Given half a chance, he’d tear her apart.

The Lone Wolf’s Rejected Mate is the third novel in The Five Packs series, but it can be read as a standalone. No cheating. HEA guaranteed. Intended for adult readers only.]]> 316 Cate C. Wells Joanne 4 3.95 2022 The Lone Wolf's Rejected Mate (Five Packs, #3)
author: Cate C. Wells
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Heir Apparent's Rejected Mate (Five Packs, #2)]]> 60176571 He rejected me for “reasons.� Too bad for him. No take backs.

Rosie

Fate made a huge mistake when she mated me to Cadoc Collins. He’s the heir apparent. I’m a scavenger. My people are so low in this pack, we don’t even rank.

I should have known better, but for one night, I let myself forget the facts of life in Moon Lake. Cadoc Collins might be powerless to resist me, but he’s not going to claim me, either.

A pink line on a stick makes it a much bigger problem than my bruised heart.

I’m eighteen, knocked up, and publicly rejected by the future alpha. And this baby in my belly? It might as well be a target on my back.

Lucky for me I’m a scavenger. My kind are good at finding things, but we’re great at getting lost.

Cadoc

The fate of Moon Lake rests on my shoulders. I can’t claim the scavenger female.

The pack is on the verge of a revolt, and a mating so controversial could push our warring factions into open conflict.

All I need is time. I’ll do what’s expected of me as our future leader, and when the politics are sorted, I’ll do right by the odd little scavenger.

I’m the heir apparent. She’ll be there when I’m ready.

Right?

The Heir Apparent’s Rejected Mate is a wolf shifter romance. No cheating. HEA guaranteed. Intended for adult readers only.]]> 426 Cate C. Wells Joanne 5 3.85 2022 The Heir Apparent's Rejected Mate (Five Packs, #2)
author: Cate C. Wells
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Stolen by the Pack (Howl's Edge Island: Omega for the Pack, #1)]]> 201484511 Tiana Something never felt right with me. I have to take these mysterious pills my mother gave me. Until one night, my life turns upside down when my parents reveal the truth about me. That I was an omega. When I feel my heat coming on, I start to panic. …and maybe throwing away the mystery pills wasn’t such a good idea after all.
Grant I’m on a mission to find the lost virgin omega. To return her to Howl’s Edge immediately. When I lay eyes on her, I want to claim her. And my pack wants her too. But she’s not ours. Tiana's feisty, and I can’t keep my eyes off her, especially when she goes into heat during the cruise ship wedding. She’s stranded with me. And my pack of alphas. Either we mate with her, or she’ll die.

Stolen by The Pack is a fast-paced reverse harem romance duet with protective male alpha partners, a #whychoose story. Sit tight, grab a coconut drink and enjoy the ride! Guaranteed HEA with all the steam you’re looking for.
Each book can be read as a standalone , sharing the same world.
� Heat Scorching ( knotting, possessive growly alphas & omega heat )
� Instalove
� Pregnancy & Birth? Yes
� No MM, all focus is on the lady
� POV? Dual]]> 165 Layla Sparks Joanne 2 3.19 Stolen by the Pack (Howl's Edge Island: Omega for the Pack, #1)
author: Layla Sparks
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.19
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rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tyrant Alpha's Rejected Mate (Five Packs, #1)]]> 59046399 He rejected me, and then he realized I’m the center of his world. Bummer.

Una
I keep my head down. In this backwards pack, females rank low, and my bad leg makes me damaged goods. It doesn’t help that I’ve never shifted. I don’t mind the late twenties single life, though. No one’s paying any attention as I build an illicit farmer’s market empire.

My roomies and I are doing it for ourselves, and if life under Killian Kelly is stifling, at least it’s predictable. We can deal.

But when biology finally kicks in, I lose my mind. I claim our alpha as my mate. And he rejects me in front of the whole pack.
It’s all good. It only hurts when I breathe. I’ll survive. That’s what I do.

Who wants an arrogant jerk for a mate, anyway? I’ve got a business to run.

Killian
To lead this pack out of the dark ages, I’ve had to be hard. Merciless. I don’t flinch, and I don’t make mistakes.

Una Hayes isn’t my mate.

My wolf might have some kind of strange infatuation, but if she were mine, I’d know it. And I can walk away, can’t I?
And if I keep coming back? If she starts living in my head?

I’m the strongest male in five generations. My pack scrambles to do my bidding. I can bring one quiet female back in line. No one can possibly be as stubborn as I am.

There’s no way I’ve ruined the best thing that’s ever happened to me.

I’m the Quarry pack alpha. I don’t lose.

The Tyrant Alpha’s Rejected Mate is a full-grown shifter romance. No cheating. HEA guaranteed. Intended for adult readers only.]]> 382 Cate C. Wells Joanne 0 3.84 2021 The Tyrant Alpha's Rejected Mate (Five Packs, #1)
author: Cate C. Wells
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at: 2024/05/31
date added: 2024/05/31
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]]> <![CDATA[The Pucking Wrong Date (Pucking Wrong, #3)]]> 199135679 Walker Davis is going to ruin me� but for once, it might be worth it.

I’m a pariah, an outcast, and my life is not my own. I went to that hockey game hoping for an escape and found one in him. They call Walker Davis “Disney� for a reason, because the superstar goalie is the “Prince Charming� of every girl’s dreams. He told me he understood I just wanted one perfect night� But now he’s everywhere I go. He seems to know everything about me. He keeps saying I’m the one. And he’s trying to change my last name. He’s crazy� A wrong date can never be a happily ever after though� right?

*Note: Walker Davis is a morally grey antihero who is obsessed with his girl and will do anything to keep her. This is a darker hockey romance.]]> 454 C.R. Jane Joanne 3 4.11 The Pucking Wrong Date (Pucking Wrong, #3)
author: C.R. Jane
name: Joanne
average rating: 4.11
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rating: 3
read at: 2024/05/30
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]]> <![CDATA[The Pucking Wrong Guy (Pucking Wrong, #2)]]> 157006962
The Pucking Wrong Guy is a hockey romance standalone from USA Today and International Bestselling Author C.R. Jane.]]> 414 C.R. Jane Joanne 5 4.01 The Pucking Wrong Guy (Pucking Wrong, #2)
author: C.R. Jane
name: Joanne
average rating: 4.01
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rating: 5
read at: 2024/05/29
date added: 2024/05/29
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]]> <![CDATA[The Pucking Wrong Number (Pucking Wrong, #1)]]> 123414004
* Lincoln Daniels is a morally grey antihero who is obsessed with his girl and will do anything to keep her.

This is a darker hockey romance. The Pucking Wrong Number is a hockey romance standalone from USA Today and International Bestselling Author C.R. Jane.]]> 390 C.R. Jane Joanne 3 3.56 2023 The Pucking Wrong Number (Pucking Wrong, #1)
author: C.R. Jane
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2024/05/28
date added: 2024/05/28
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]]> <![CDATA[Owned by the Italian Mafia Boss (Possessive Mafia Kings, #1)]]> 63231632 I was forced to marry a ruthless mafia boss and give him a baby
Or let my father die...

Delilah

They call him “The Devil.�
Head of the Italian Mafia and the man who rules this city.
A man too dangerous to go near.

But my father’s life is in danger
And the only way to save him is to agree to The Devil’s demands.
Pose as his wife and give him a child.

I was expecting to be tortured.
I was expecting to be used.
I wasn’t expecting to fall for him.

And now his child is growing inside me,
I have no idea what to do.
I can’t walk away from my baby.
And I can’t walk away from this man either...

Carmine
This was supposed to be nothing but business.
She marries me, gives me a child and I let her father go free.

But nothing about Delilah is as I expected.
Not her courage, or her boldness
Or the way I just can’t stay away from her.

Now I want far more from her than just a child.
I want a life together.
A family.

I know I’m crazy to be thinking this way.
Because how could anyone ever truly love The Devil?


Note: Owned by the Italian Mafia Boss is a steamy arranged marriage romance between an Italian Mafia Boss and a woman who is just his match. For mature readers only.]]> 222 Rosalie Rose Joanne 3 3.63 Owned by the Italian Mafia Boss (Possessive Mafia Kings, #1)
author: Rosalie Rose
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.63
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rating: 3
read at: 2024/05/27
date added: 2024/05/27
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]]> Unsuitable 32195722 Now an AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER!From New York Times bestselling author Samantha Towle comes a sexy, suspenseful romantic standalone novel...Daisy Smith has spent eighteen months of her life paying for a crime she didn’t commit. Now out of prison, she has only one focus—to get back custody of her younger brother, Jesse, who is deep in the foster care system. Desperate to rebuild her life and show the system that she is responsible enough to care for Jesse, she takes on the only job available to her—working as a maid at the Matis Estate.On day one of her new job, Daisy meets Kastor Matis, the only son of the owners and her new boss. An enigmatic, handsome Greek god of a man, Kas is closed off, cold, and…well, kind of a bastard.The more time Daisy spends around Kas, she starts to see there might be more to him than just his cold, bastard ways. He may actually have a heart beating in that frozen chest of his. But Kas has secrets, too. Secrets that he’s determined to keep.Secrets make Daisy curious.And you know what curiosity can do…]]> 399 Samantha Towle Joanne 3 3.86 2016 Unsuitable
author: Samantha Towle
name: Joanne
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2016
rating: 3
read at: 2024/05/26
date added: 2024/05/26
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