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Keep Me Close

Keep Me Close

Julia Mar

Who knew getting an apartment could be so stressful? Callie has just finished high school and desperately needs somewhere to live before college starts. Fortunately, she finds the perfect apartment: close to campus, affordable, and surprisingly cozy. There’s just one catch—Adam, her mysterious new roommate. As Callie and Adam grow closer, strange messages begin appearing on her phone. Someone is watching them. And the deeper Callie falls for Adam, the more dangerous the truth behind his past becomes.

Out of Time

Out of Time

Amber Kuhlman

Addy saves lives for a living—but can’t seem to save her own. After one brutal night shatters her last ounce of strength, she runs, desperate for escape. That’s when she collides with Jay—a stranger with danger in his eyes and too many sins on his hands. He’s a storm she should avoid, but the pull between them is undeniable. He’s broken. She’s bleeding. And somehow, their hearts still recognize each other in the wreckage. As dark secrets rise and pasts collide, Addy must decide whether to keep running from the truth—or face it head-on, even if it means loving the one man who could destroy her.

Rosecliff Manor

Rosecliff Manor

Laura Venus

Jane steps into Rosecliff Manor as a simple housekeeper, but the halls echo with whispers she can’t ignore. The Master’s son is charming, the manor is beautiful, yet shadows slip into her nights and visitors arrive with questions that cut too close. Their knowing eyes hint at secrets about her—secrets tied to a scheme far bigger than she imagined. Every corner hides a hush, every glance suggests a game she hasn’t been told the rules of. As Jane is pulled deeper into the mystery, the warmth she feels in one man’s presence collides with the chill of Rosecliff’s conspiracy. What truth waits in the dark, and what ominous endgame is she destined to uncover?

Mason Spin-off: Impulse

Mason Spin-off: Impulse

Zainab Sambo

Keelin was once the golden girl everyone adored—until one scandal shattered her world. Now she’s determined to live life on her own terms, far from the glittering halls that once defined her. But when a green-eyed stranger steps into her path, one dance is all it takes to shake the walls she’s built around her heart. Sebastian is everything she told herself to avoid—steady, tempting, and utterly disarming. In a world where love can cost everything, Keelin must decide if risking her heart again is madness… or the redemption she’s been waiting for.

After Sundown

After Sundown

Laura Venus

After a painful breakup, Alice escapes the chaos of city life to flip a rundown cottage in a sleepy countryside village. The project is supposed to be her fresh start—but between peeling paint and tangled weeds, she finds herself more lost than ever. Then she meets the man she hires to restore the garden: gruff, quiet, and far too good at keeping his distance. He’s the kind of mystery that tempts her to dig deeper. As the days pass and the garden slowly blooms, so does something between them—gentle, unexpected, and healing in ways neither imagined. Because sometimes, the most beautiful things take root when you stop running.

A Love He Never Wanted Book 1: The Beginning

A Love He Never Wanted Book 1: The Beginning

Rora Prinz

Aurora believes her life is settled, even if her heart quietly disagrees. She is engaged, polite, and doing what is expected, until a chance encounter with Gio turns her world off balance. He is bold, perceptive, and far too comfortable saying the things she avoids admitting. Their connection is immediate, dangerous, and impossible to ignore. As stolen moments blur the lines between duty and desire, Aurora begins to see how much of herself she has been holding back. Caught between who she is supposed to be and who she becomes around him, she discovers that love has a way of finding cracks you didn’t know were there.

Murder Notes (Lilah Love Book 1)

Murder Notes (Lilah Love Book 1)

Lisa Renee Jones

As an FBI profiler, it's Lilah Love's job to think like a killer. And she is very good at her job. When a series of murders surface—the victims all stripped naked and shot in the head—Lilah's instincts tell her it's the work of an assassin, not a serial killer. But when the case takes her back to her hometown in the Hamptons and a mysterious but unmistakable connection to her own life, all her assumptions are shaken to the core. Thrust into a troubled past she's tried to shut the door on, Lilah's back in the town where her father is mayor, her brother is police chief, and she has an intimate history with the local crime lord's son, Kane Mendez. The two share a devastating secret, and only Kane understands Lilah's own darkest impulses. As more corpses surface, so does a series of anonymous notes to Lilah, threatening to expose her. Is the killer someone in her own circle? And is she the next target?

Age Rating: 18+

The Lockwood Chronicles Book 1: Distraction

The Lockwood Chronicles Book 1: Distraction

Gabby Walker

On the cusp of the end of the Napoleonic War, Alexander Montgomery, Earl of Lockwood, finds himself under pressure to secure a wife. Duty demands it—but the only woman who captures his interest refuses the idea of marriage altogether. Sophie Bennett is clever, guarded, and hiding a dangerous secret, making her as risky as she is irresistible. What begins as a distraction quickly becomes something far more perilous. As tensions rise and unseen dangers close in, Alex realizes that his growing attachment to Sophie could cost them more than reputation or scandal. In a world shaped by war, expectation, and betrayal, choosing the wrong path could cost both of them their lives.

Learning to Love You

Learning to Love You

Shay Williams

Ava Hayes is a pilot with sky-high dreams and a storm in her heart. Nathan Brooks is an investigator who trusts facts, not feelings. When their worlds collide mid-mission, sparks fly—and not just from the engines. He’s chasing the truth about her boss, while she’s trying to protect her career and her heart. But the closer they get to the truth, the harder it is to tell who’s really in danger. As secrets unravel and attraction burns hotter, Ava and Nathan must decide if love is worth the risk—or if some flights are destined to crash.

Love Among the Shelves

Love Among the Shelves

Oonagh C. K.

Grace swears by her independence, but James storms into her life with chains that can’t be escape and a marriage built on lies he can’t confess. He’s temptation wrapped in danger—protective one moment, untouchable the next, and always hiding something just out of reach. The walls Grace built to keep her heart safe start to crumble under his touch, even as his secrets threaten to pull them both under. Every glance sparks fire, every encounter tangles them deeper in a web of lies, longing, and risk. He carries a past soaked in danger. She never asked for him, but now she can’t look away. Love might be the only thing strong enough to save them—or the sharpest blade waiting to break them.

Harnessed Passions

Harnessed Passions

D. T. Jones

After her father’s death, Julia returns to her family ranch in Kentucky—bound by the promise she made to him. The land is full of memories she tried to forget, but walking away isn’t an option. Daniel, the son of a duke, made a promise of his own—to Julia’s father—to protect the stables and keep the ranch thriving. Working side by side, Julia and Daniel face rising threats and long shadows that still haunt Turner Stables. As danger circles closer, duty turns into desire, and trust becomes their only way forward. But can two people bound by promises find the courage to build something real?

Enter Black

Enter Black

D. P. Mendes-Kelly

Roberta Black has spent forty years perfectly capable of looking after herself. Then Anton Sinclair walks into her life.

He’s arrogant, infuriating and dangerously attractive—and from the moment they meet, Roberta knows there is something about him she should stay well away from. She doesn’t.

What begins as an unwanted attraction becomes harder to dismiss as Anton draws her into a hidden world of ancient secrets and impossible dangers. Forced together, the two grow closer, and Roberta begins to discover the man beneath Anton’s charm and arrogance—a man who sees her in ways no one else does.

But Anton is keeping secrets of his own, and falling for him could be the most dangerous thing Roberta has ever done.

Because the closer she gets to discovering what Anton really is, the harder it becomes to imagine walking away from him.

Seroje: The Seeing Eye

Seroje: The Seeing Eye

SJ Wilke

Seroje sees the world differently—and remembers every detail. Her sharp mind makes her an invaluable investigator for OSLO, though her loner ways put her under scrutiny. When a quiet, enigmatic billionaire invites her to dinner, she agrees, more out of duty than desire. But a sudden attack pulls her into a dangerous game, and her new assignment is the very man she just let into her world. Torn between trust and suspicion, she can’t shake the feeling that everyone has their eyes on her—including the one person she hoped she could rely on. With danger closing in, she must decide how far she’s willing to go to protect the man who might be her greatest risk—or her only safe harbor.

The Chamberlain Files

The Chamberlain Files

James F. Timmins

Detective Jack Chamberlain is Portland’s best cop and when he takes a case, you can be damn sure he’ll see it through to the end. When a crazed sniper starts killing women seemingly at random, he’s thrown into a deadly game of cat and mouse. He’ll need to act fast, before the bodies start piling up and the killer’s sights are set on him.

What Happened to Erin?

What Happened to Erin?

Mbali Mgoqi

Six childhood friends enter the woods, but only five come out. The disappearance of Erin Lockwood is shrouded in mystery and casts a dark pall over the once-safe small town of Braidwood. The only ones who know the truth are shackled to oaths. They cannot break the two laws. For seven years, the horror of what they saw and what they caused wrenched them apart. They tried to live normal lives, tried to forget. But the sins of their past have caught up to them. The group is forced to reunite after one of them vanishes without a trace in the same place that Erin was lost: in the woods. It’s not a coincidence. It’s a summons.

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