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Twelve Years

Twelve Years

S. L. Adams

Dr. Shelby Richardson is living the life she always dreamed of. A lavish life in New York City, far away from Montana and her impoverished childhood. The deep wounds to her heart have healed, gradually disappearing under a thick layer of scar tissue. Wounds that required many hours of therapy to close. When Shelby finds herself dumped and fired on the same day, she vows to regroup and start her life over. Years of therapy provided her with the strength and tools to prevent another nervous breakdown. Before she can make any decisions about her future plans, she must overcome one more hurdle. The Hawaiian wedding of her best friend, Gretchen. To Blake Remington, owner of Remington’s Reindeer Lodge and best friend of Alex Benson. The boy who broke her heart twelve years ago. As the wedding party embarks on a five-day cruise to Hawaii, Shelby and Alex call a truce, agreeing to be civil for the sake of the bride and groom.

Love and Obsession Series Book 1: Her Mr. Hardman

Love and Obsession Series Book 1: Her Mr. Hardman

M. A. L'amour

Harper leaves her school years behind, convinced she has finally escaped the boy who made every day feel like a battle. Ryker is a memory she would rather bury, tied to sharp words, colder stares, and emotions she never quite understood. But distance does not erase everything. When their paths cross again, the past refuses to stay quiet. Familiar tension returns, only now it carries a different edge, one that feels far more complicated than simple resentment. Harper finds herself caught between what she remembers and what she begins to see, as layers peel back and old certainties blur. The connection she once fought against now lingers in unexpected ways, pulling her closer when she should walk away. And suddenly, moving on feels far less simple than she ever imagined.

Oblivion Series

Oblivion Series

Lumi Daoi

When the broken girl, becomes the player so she is no longer hurting, and the playing boy falls head over heels in love the rules of game changes.

Zeke: I’m Zeke Matthews, the lead guitarist of the world famous band Oblivion. I love living my life at the top and having any girl that I want. Under no circumstances will I change. Only three things matter to me in my life—the band, my brothers, and my music.

Paisley: How much bad luck can a girl have? I had my fairy tale wedding, married my Prince Charming, and was supposed to live happily ever after. But, alas, my prince turned out to be an ogre. That was the day I swear I would never let any man have the power over me.

The Devil's Rose

The Devil's Rose

Tina rose hunt

Lucifer lives in a world of danger, control, and carefully buried secrets, where every move comes with consequences. Rose lives in contrast, soft-spoken and untouched by his violent reality, moving through life with quiet strength and innocence that he never expected to notice. When their paths collide, nothing stays simple for long. What begins as curiosity quickly turns into something far more consuming, as protection, obsession, and desire start to blur together in ways neither of them can fully control. But in a world built on shadows, even the smallest connection can become dangerous. And Lucifer, for all his control, is about to learn that some feelings do not follow orders.

The Criminals Series

The Criminals Series

Mariah Sinclair

Carter Jackson was a rough, ruthless drug lord who doesn’t do love. He did as he pleased with the women who were willing to enter his bedroom. Emma Sullivan was the girl who grew up around the wrong people, striking a deal with Carter to save her drug addicted brother. But no one said she had to make it easy for him. Will Carter be able to resist falling in love with the only woman who won’t submit to his handsome looks and burning hot touch? And will Emma be able to keep up the charade with the one man she was taught to despise?

The Sapphire Queen

The Sapphire Queen

Silver Taurus

The Princess of the Sapphire Eyes, Amilia Vlad, is avoiding the Kings and Queens Ball, where all unmated vampires are sure to find a mate. No one knows she already has a mate, or had, because the truth is, she killed him. The reason why is a secret she has locked deep in her heart because it is too traumatizing to admit. But when her father forces her to attend the ball, she meets Vladimir Karatza, King of All Vampires, and their attraction is undeniable. He instantly claims her as his mate, but Amelia is resistant, her secrets and pain causing her monster inside to appear and drive a wedge between anyone who tries to get close. But Vladimir is determined to do anything so he can conquer her hardened heart, that is until her secrets lead him deeper into danger and reveal a past he knew nothing of, one that lays bear the power behind Amilia’s captivating sapphire eyes that, like her, he can’t resist.

Age Rating: 18+

Daddy's Dirty Little Secret

Daddy's Dirty Little Secret

Michelle Torlot

Kat’s learned to survive on the streets, far from her powerful father and the world she left behind. But when she’s kidnapped and her captors reach out to the one man she swore never to see again, her world flips upside down. Her rescue comes from the most dangerous of places—a man with fire in his veins and secrets that could ruin everything. Luca is the last person she should trust, yet the only one standing between her and chaos. With danger closing in and sparks flying hotter than either expected, Kat must decide if she’s escaping one cage… or stepping straight into another.

Elven Kingdoms Book 1: Rising Sun

Elven Kingdoms Book 1: Rising Sun

Donna Grant

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant introduces a wickedly seductive new series with a ruthless, jaded elf and a bewitching human hiding a powerful secret—unlikely soulmates whose passion will test the boundaries of life and death.

Nothing could make Yasmin return to Shaldorn, the place of nightmares. But when she’s caught stealing, she’s given an ultimatum: take Ravi over the Dangerous Peaks to the stronghold or face imprisonment.

She has no choice but to agree, though she intends to escape the elf as soon as she reaches the mountains. Yet, as they battle nature itself, the two enemies find common ground—and an all-consuming passion.

Can they prevail in their dangerous heist, or be torn apart by a betrayal?

The Alpha's Call

The Alpha's Call

Bianca Alejandra

The full moon was high when we stepped through the last of the trees into a clearing in the forest. It shone down hard, illuminating the growing mass of naked bodies as they formed into a circle. The ritual would begin when all of our clothes were tossed into its center.

When the Mating Call begins under the full moon, Lyla follows a hair-raising howl to her true mate - Sebastian, the Royal Alpha. Will she accept her destiny as royal Luna, or will she stay loyal to her childhood sweetheart?

Age Rating: 18+

Cruel Intentions Book 1: Fearing The Mafia

Cruel Intentions Book 1: Fearing The Mafia

Kimi L. Davis

Maril Blake lives for joy, freedom, and chasing the good in life—until one night changes everything. After witnessing a brutal murder, she's thrown into the shadowy depths of the Mafia, straight into the hands of Severin Aresco. Cold. Ruthless. Known as the Scorpio. He doesn’t ask—he takes. And once Maril is in his grasp, he makes it clear she’s not going anywhere. She fights. He tightens his grip. But as the line between hate and heat blurs, Maril must decide if escape is still her goal… or if something darker has already claimed her.

Her Familiar Stranger

Her Familiar Stranger

M. S. Maondo

Ceylan has had the biggest crush on her brother’s best friend, Liam, since she was a teenager; even now that she’s grown up and the CFO of her family’s company, she still thinks about him. Liam’s a billionaire playboy who has more sense than to get involved with his friend’s sister. She’s off-limits and always has been… But when they’re both in Voluntas Tua—the infamously sexy club—nothing is forbidden!

A Dangerous Union

A Dangerous Union

Belle Dowson

All Olivia wanted was food, money, and a roof over her head. What she wasn’t expecting was three handsome, dangerous, and downright sexy men to come into her life! When a war splits the world, the poor have been hit hardest. Olivia gets picked up off the streets and brought to a place called the Village, where she has the opportunity to live in the community and stay safe if she follows their rules. One of the Village rules? She has to marry three men who have been chosen for her: Matt, Xavier, and Thomas. Each of them has a dangerous side, but each of them will also have to go to the ends of the earth to protect her. Will the dark, dangerous secrets of the Village make Olivia leave her union?

Heal My Soul

Heal My Soul

K. Dillon

Raina Wilson is a truly kind and innocent soul, but under the surface lies a dark and haunting past that refuses to release its grip on her. As if that’s not enough to deal with, she’s been forced into a marriage with Roman, the hotheaded heir to the rich and powerful Marigold family. Will Raina be able to find peace with her new life, or will her past consume her?

Age Rating: 18+

At the Edge of Desire

At the Edge of Desire

Ellie Sanders

Part of the Jewel in the Crown Universe

I am a rare thing. A dangerously rare thing. In a world where kings and warlords have the power to meld the air around them, I alone have the power to seduce, to beguile, to drive men incandescently mad with lust. My species has been hunted, used, and mistreated for so long that no one believes we still exist. And yet I do. When my home is destroyed, I am sold at auction as a spoil of war. No one knows what I am, what my true nature is, and I must do everything in my power to hide it. To conceal it. To keep it from them. Only my secret gets exposed, and the entire world discovers what I am. And now I am caught up in a battle of wills between a sadistic warlord and a king, who might, if I dare to hope, just be my salvation.

Alpha's Sweet Desire

Alpha's Sweet Desire

Jackie S

She trains like a silent storm, an omega who refuses to bow to the fate others choose for her. Strength thrums under her skin, even when old wounds whisper she is unworthy. Then he returns—cocky, magnetic, impossible to ignore—and every buried emotion sparks to life. She tells herself she hates him, remembers how he once shattered her, yet the heat between them flickers dangerously. With her eighteenth birthday approaching and the pressure to find a mate closing in, she wonders if she can trust the pull that threatens to unravel her. Is this desire a trap… or the start of something fierce and untamed?

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