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The Dangerous Past

The Dangerous Past

by Sissi Grandeur (with S. S. Sahoo)

Angela and Xavier Knight finally take a vacation without kids and family! They desperately need a break to rekindle their intimacy and the famed seaside resort in Capri, Italy, is the perfect hideout. But their idyllic second honeymoon turns into a nightmare when Xavier meets a long-lost friend and gets entangled in a web of crime. As Xavier’s wild past comes back to haunt—and hunt—him, Angela becomes the one caught in the crossfire. Can their marriage, and Angela, survive the secrets he’s been trying to keep?

Age Rating: 18+ (Assault, Extreme Violence/Gore, Violent Death)

Town With No Memory

Town With No Memory

by Ebony Clarke

Samantha's finally on the road, escaping the horrible mess of her life as her abusive home gets smaller in the rearview mirror. But when handsome, charming Austin stops to help when her van breaks down, Sam's forced to put her plans on pause. Austin can't figure out why he's so fascinated by Sam, but all he knows is that he wants to get closer. As time rolls on and the van stays in the garage, Sam wonders if it's actually worth it to finally let someone in. Even if it ruins everything.

How (Not) To Date Your Neighbor

How (Not) To Date Your Neighbor

by Megan Blake

She's a wannabe librarian with two left feet and a broken heart. He's a detective who's afraid to lose everything all over again. When Noelle moves into the apartment next door from Jake’s, fate and irresistible attraction pull them into each other's lives—against both their better judgments. Will he come out of his shell before it’s too late? Is she willing to put aside their differences? Only time will tell…

Age Rating: 18+

Offside With The Enemy

Offside With The Enemy

by Vesper Nadine

Valentina is a dedicated sports reporter who lives for deadlines, not locker rooms. She can handle any season—except winter, when hockey takes over her schedule and her sanity. This year gets even colder when a newly signed player joins the Hawks and turns her routine upside down. He is talented, confident, and far too good at getting under her skin. Nathaniel is focused on proving himself on the ice, yet the sharp-tongued reporter trailing the team distracts him in ways he never expects. As interviews spark into banter and tension melts into heat, ambition and attraction collide. When a career-defining opportunity calls her away, both must face what winning truly means.

Love Arrangements

Love Arrangements

by OC Andrea (with S. S. Sahoo)

Artist heiress Adeline Roberts is framed for a breakdown and locked in an asylum following her grandmother’s suspicious death. Her only way out? A marriage of convenience with Ivan Preston, the disgraced billionaire psychiatrist who has every reason to loathe her family.

They have a contract, a common enemy, and a "strictly business" sex clause to handle the tension. But as they hunt a killer, they realize the only thing more dangerous than the corporate sharks is the heat between them.

Age Rating: 18+

Leighton

Leighton

by Ivy White

Leighton has everything he could ever want and then some. When he decides to take a sugar baby, he finds the perfect candidate. But when she overhears his business dealings, she can’t decide if she wants to stay.

Angel struggled for most of her life, until Leighton offered her the world. She has a hard time accepting the gifts, but after a while, she finds she has feelings for her sugar daddy. When she becomes curious about Leighton’s other lifestyle, she needs to make a decision that will change everything.

Will Leighton and Angel thrive together? Or will their decisions mean the end?

Wolves of the West: The Hunt

Wolves of the West: The Hunt

by Abigail Lynne

Morda Moran just graduated from high school and is happy to be away from the bullies and whispers...until she's thrown to the wolves by a classmate. Literally. Wolves are stalking the woods in Roseburg, and Morda must escape them. But as she gets closer, a whole new world is opened to her, revealing long-buried secrets about her family, her newfound companions, and herself.

Bitten by the Alpha: The Finale

Bitten by the Alpha: The Finale

by Lydia Rose

Things should have settled down with the Shadow Moon Pack, but increasing attacks and bloodshed tell Quinn she has much more to do. There is to be one final war, one last tryst between good and evil. But, there is also life blooming within Quinn. How much can she take before she combusts? Will she restore peace, or will Mathieus come back and destroy everything, once and for all?

Inside the Ring

Inside the Ring

by Arri Stone

Kitt’s a professional MMA trainer working with the best in the business. Lara’s on the rise and knows the handsome hunk can help her to reach the top. But training with Kitt means fighting her feelings, and soon, the temperature inside the ring starts to heat up… With temptation all around them, and with all this close contact pushing them together, it’s starting to become impossible for the two to keep their hands off each other. What starts as lust quickly leads to something more, but when business mixes with pleasure, there’s bound to be trouble. Unfortunately for Kitt and Lara, trouble’s just walked in. And signed up for a gym membership. And she’s now trying to weasel her way back in…

The Starlit Wolf: The Finale

The Starlit Wolf: The Finale

by A. Makkelie

Sage is haunted by vivid dreams, while Aries, tied to the powerful Ram constellation, faces his own intense struggles. Their connection sizzles, filled with heat and heart. As they face their deepest fears and biggest challenges, their love grows stronger. Will this fiery passion lead them to an unforgettable destiny? Get ready for a ride full of excitement and heart-pounding romance!

Cowboy Casanova

Cowboy Casanova

by Juno Sparks

Isobel Wright didn’t come to Wears Valley looking for trouble. She came to help her best friend with a spooked mare and maybe breathe a little Tennessee air. She didn’t expect the horse whisperer — the one with rope burns on his hands, a slow-burn smile, and hazel eyes that made her knees forget their job.

Ryder Callahan looks like he was born in the saddle. And he was. What no one around here knows is that he also owns half of Manhattan.

He keeps those two worlds airtight. Always has.

But Isobel makes him want to stop.

One small town. Two people hiding more than they say. And a pull between them that’s harder to outrun than a two-thousand-pound bull.

Some secrets are worth keeping. Some are worth blowing wide open.

Dog Walking in Heels

Dog Walking in Heels

by H. R. Harney

Missy Tempton is fiery, fun, and confident. She pet-sits and writes in her spare time, and she doesn't have time for men messing with her business or her heart. But that changes when she meets Logan Rourke and falls head-over-heels in love with him. He’s abrasive and stiff, but the chemistry is so obvious and so tempting.

Logan isn’t sure what to make of Missy. She’s a breath of fresh air and he can’t deny his attraction, but they butt heads all the time and neither of them can seem to get their feet out of their mouths around each other.

Logan and Missy have both been through the wringer of love before. Is it worth risking what they have now for something that might not work out in the end?

Age Rating: 18+

His Golden Rose

His Golden Rose

by Arayne Haaser

Rosamund is a poor peasant in 1500s Europe. She’s content to live out her lot in life—caring for her sister and father while working the fields. None of the local men seem to catch her eye, and Rosamund is convinced that true love isn’t for her—that is, until Max comes to town. This mysterious stranger captures Rosamund’s eye…but who is he, really?

Rayne

Rayne

by J. R. Vonn

Rayne Slater is a bounty hunter for hire, and she’s used to trouble. But when three shifters barge into her office demanding her cooperation, she’s thrown back into a world she’d vowed never to return to.

Rayne is soon embedded in a pride of lion shifters—including handsome, alluring Reese Donovan. Ghosts from the past awaken to plague Rayne’s dreams, and a secret about herself is in peril of being revealed. One event after another leaves her life spiraling out of control.

Everything is on the line, and she knows she might not make it out alive.

Storm clouds are brewing, but Rayne isn’t going down without a fight.

A Mafia Royals Romance

A Mafia Royals Romance

by Rachel Van Dyken

We are enemies, lovers… soulmates. We harbor secrets and scandals. We embody both loss and love. We are the second generation of the mafia. May the best man or woman be left standing. Blood in. Never out. May God bless our tainted souls.

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