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Between Two Goals

Between Two Goals

Ayomide Babade

Jennifer lives and breathes soccer. Every drill, every bruise, every early morning is for one goal: the championship that could unlock the future she’s been chasing for years. But pressure follows her everywhere, especially with her father coaching the underdog team and the whole town watching. Then a dangerously charming rival coach arrives and turns everything upside down. He’s bold, magnetic, and completely off-limits, yet impossible to ignore. As tension builds on and off the field, loyalty, ambition, and longing begin to collide. In a town split by pride and pressure, Jennifer faces a choice that could change more than the scoreboard. Because sometimes the hardest games aren’t played on the field, but in the heart.

Blood Moon Series

Blood Moon Series

Rachel Mason

No one is safe from the Blood Moon. Leila, the Alpha-daughter of a rare Alpha line, learns this the hard way when she goes into heat while on the run from a crazed Alpha. When she tries to seek refuge in the forest, she meets not one but five rogue brothers. Spellbound under the affects of the Blood Moon, Leila's ravished and marked by each brother and finds herself pregnant shortly after. Will she start fresh with her five mates or will her past—and theirs—come by to haunt them?

Silence Gives Consent

Silence Gives Consent

Iandra Taylor

Jaqueline catches her husband with his receptionist and thinks her life as she knows it is over. But when droolworthy Detective Jake Holland rides to the rescue, she might be ready to live and love again. That is if she can get her ex to let her go. As she navigates life after seperating and pressures mount, will justice be served and Jaqueline get her second chance at happiness?

The Mafia Royalty Book 1: Mafia Games

The Mafia Royalty Book 1: Mafia Games

C. Wilson

"Your entire body belongs to me. From your face to your boobs to that dripping cunt that I’m dying to have squeezing my cock. All of you belong to me.”

It’s the year of wives and slaughter. In a world ruled by the mafia, women are kidnapped and forced to compete in deadly games to become wives. Catalina’s life takes a horrifying turn when she’s abducted during a walk in the park. Her captor? The mafia heir, determined to have her join his brutal family tradition. Trapped in a world of danger, guns, and male ego, Catalina must fight to survive—and prove that she won’t be just another casualty of the mafia’s ruthless game. Will she endure, or will the deadly games claim her life?

The Secret Angel

The Secret Angel

Melanie Gomez

“Cami, if you want out, I can get you out!”

She is abused by alcoholic, drug using parents. She just looks at me trying to figure out what’s in it for me. But finally she pulls out her phone and lets me save my number for her.

I’m Jace. I have a powerful mafia family to back me up. And I think Cami is my goddess. I need to save her.

Flames in the Frost

Flames in the Frost

Sofia Jade

Max was my best friend growing up—the awkward new kid from Minnesota who somehow fit perfectly into my New York City world. Somewhere along the way, friendship turned into something deeper. But before we could figure out what it meant, my parents moved me to Florida. Fourteen years later, life had done its best to erase him from my heart—until he walked back into my life unexpectedly. He’s no longer the shy boy I once knew; he’s the confident, magnetic billionaire CEO of the company I work for.

Emma and Max were inseparable as kids, their bond evolving into something deeper before life pulled them apart. Fourteen years later, Max reappears in Emma’s life, no longer the shy boy she remembers but a confident billionaire CEO—and her new boss. Emma struggles to keep things professional while protecting her heart, but Max is determined to rekindle what they once had. Just as old feelings resurface, the ghosts of their past threaten to tear them apart again. Can they rewrite their story, or will the mistakes of yesterday keep them from a future together?

The Proposition

The Proposition

Laila Callaway

Alejandra Castillo, a successful restaurateur, finds her life turned upside down when she catches the eye of Domenico Lencioni, a powerful Mafia don. What starts as a business proposition quickly spirals into a whirlwind of passion, danger, and unexpected romance. As Alejandra navigates this new world, she must decide if she can trust Domenico with her heart and her life. Will she embrace the thrilling yet perilous path that lies ahead?

Immortal Dragons Prequel: Dragon Betrayed

Immortal Dragons Prequel: Dragon Betrayed

Ophelia Bell

I had him shackled and bound, but he was still in control. "I want to break you apart," he growled. So I whispered, "Then earn it." He will.

She’s a goddess who holds the world in her hands—yet craves the one thing she can’t command: surrender. He’s the mortal bold enough to take her there, binding her with chains and pulling her into a storm of pain and pleasure she never imagined. But passion this fierce doesn’t come without a cost. When an immortal dragon refuses to pay love’s price, the balance of fate shatters. Desire turns dangerous, devotion burns like fire, and the line between ruin and redemption grows razor-thin. In a realm where gods can fall and mortals can rise, obsession might just be the only way to survive.

The Half Blood

The Half Blood

Laura B.L.

Two shadowy figures walked toward each other, their gazes locked. With every step they took, they became more clear, the orange light flickering off of their almost-naked bodies. From where I stood, only their faces remained hidden.

The second they touched, my body lit up. As the man’s hands circled the woman’s hips, I felt his fingers dig into my own body. As he kissed her neck, I felt his lips against my skin, all the way down to my collarbone and back up to my ear lobe. His face was buried in her neck, hers was visible now. She had the very same blue eyes I had been looking at in the mirror my whole life. The woman in the vision was me…

When Nala, a half-witch half-werewolf hybrid, visits the Royal Lycan Realm, the last thing she expects to do is take part in the annual Hunt, an ancient mating ritual cherished by the Lycan King himself. Now she’s running through the forest, and King Alaric is gaining on her. Will she keep running forever? Or will she let him catch her and become his Queen?

Age Rating: 18+

H. Academy Series Book 1: The Curse

H. Academy Series Book 1: The Curse

Nella Thorn

"Never let them know how powerful you are. The one that defeats you is the one you underestimate.“

Jade thought she'd left magic behind—until her old tattoo starts burning like a warning siren. Now she's back at Hunt Academy, the elite training ground for witches and mages. But this isn't the school she remembers. Students are dying. Shadows whisper her name. Everyone says her powerful, dangerous father isn’t involved… but Jade knows better. With secrets buried under every spell and dark rituals stirring in the night, she’s pulled into a mystery no one wants her to solve. Magic might be her weapon, but it's also the trap—and Jade is done playing nice.

You Can't Buy Love

You Can't Buy Love

Laila Callaway

Daciana has spent her life under her father’s, and then her brother’s, control—fierce and passionate, yet never truly free. When her brother, Grigore, sells her to his powerful business partners, her world is turned upside down. The Fatali brothers are infamous in the Mafia, dangerous and commanding in ways she never imagined. Forced into their world, Daciana refuses to break, even as tension and desire blur the lines of control. Determined to hold onto her strength, she must navigate a life she never chose, where power is everything and survival means standing her ground.

Fallen Crest Book 0.5: Mason

Fallen Crest Book 0.5: Mason

Tijan

Mason Kade is not known to be nice. He is ruthless, manipulative, and unforgiving. Most will say that he is a jerk and he is to those that cross him or cross his loved ones. However, he does not want to be who he is. He does not enjoy hurting others, but there is no limit to the lengths he will go to protect himself and his brother. This is the story of how he came to be and this is why so many love Mason Kade.

This is a story of a destroyed family and the effects it had on a son.

In It to Win It

In It to Win It

Noah Ashlee

Eight years ago, I flipped the switch on my best friend and distanced myself from the only man I’ve ever loved in order to protect my heart. Now I run his company while he spends his days collecting home runs, occasionally making time for me between games and faceless woman. The thing is, my priorities have changed, and I’m no longer interested in standing by—not anymore! I want what’s mine and I aim to take it, but if he doesn’t realize that soon, then the World Series won’t the only thing he’ll lose!

Dragon’s Melody

Dragon’s Melody

Ophelia Bell

“You make it sound so formal,” she said. “Like I won’t actually be your sex slave.”

It was just a simple job transfer interview, but it was far from simple.

After the most mind-blowing ‘interview’ of Melody’s life, she signs a contract with a gorgeous man named Skye, who she believes isn't really human. Neither is his assistant. The sweet, blond Garen is every bit as enticing as his boss. He's even more inhumanly gorgeous and just as hungry for what Melody has to offer.

And she's supposed to work for these two?

Within the first week, everything goes south when she finds herself falling for both elusive men and their otherworldly charms. In spite of the unconventionally intimate ‘position’ she now holds, Melody never considered the possibility of love. She rejected romance for most of her life, because love was her enemy. Love left her mother wanting and left Melody nothing but loneliness for two decades.

The realization that she has to choose between two men she loves beyond all understanding sends her running scared. She refuses to choose, but the only other option is to lose them both and risk even worse heartbreak. Will she follow her heart or lose it all?

Garen and Skye follow, too consumed by love to do anything but compromise for Melody's sake. They forsake their own complicated romance in Melody’s favor, believing only one of them can have her, but she is the one who is burdened with the final choice.

Once in their embrace, she makes her choice—the choice Fate intended all along.

Forbidden Love

Forbidden Love

Calyp50

Holden lives for hockey. A gifted goalie chasing the highest level, he keeps his world disciplined—until his focus starts sliding toward one person he can’t afford to want: Carlee. She’s bright, fearless, and absolutely off-limits… because she’s his best friend’s sister. The more time they steal, the harder it becomes to pretend it’s nothing. One wrong move could destroy the friendship he trusts most, but walking away from Carlee feels just as impossible. Between locker-room pressure, big ambitions, and a connection that won’t stay hidden, Holden must decide what he’s willing to risk for one feeling he can’t bench.

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