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Credence
Penelope Douglas · 2020
From New York Times bestselling author, Penelope Douglas, comes a new standalone!Three of them, one of her, and a remote cabin in the woods. Let the hot, winter nights ensue...Tiernan de Haas doesn't care about anything anymore. The only child of a film producer and his starlet wife, she's grown up with wealth and privilege but not love or guidance. Shipped off to boarding schools from an early age, it was still impossible to escape the loneliness and carve out a life of her own. The shadow of her parents' fame followed her everywhere. And when they suddenly pass away, she knows she should be devastated. But has anything really changed? She's always been alone, hasn't she?Jake Van der Berg, her father's stepbrother and her only living relative, assumes guardianship of Tiernan who is still two months shy of eighteen. Sent to live with him and his two sons, Noah and Kaleb, in the mountains of Colorado, Tiernan soon learns that these men now have a say in what she chooses to care and not care about anymore. As the three of them take her under their wing, teach her to work and survive in the remote woods far away from the rest of the world, she slowly finds her place among them. And as a part of them. She also realizes that lines blur and rules become easy to break when no one else is watching. One of them has her. The other one wants her. But he...He's going to keep her.*Credence is a full length, stand-alone romance suitable for readers 18+.

Priest (Priest, 1)
Sierra Simone · 2022
From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Sierra Simone comes her steamy, TikTok-famous Priest series, in which sinners and saints alike test the bonds of religion, love, and lust.<br/>He's a priest, and here is his confession.<br/>There are many rules a priest can't break. A priest cannot marry. A priest cannot abandon his flock. A priest cannot forsake his God. Tyler Bell has had no problem playing by the rules for the last three years after a family tragedy set him on the path to priesthood. That all changes when the delicious, sultry voice of Poppy Danforth sinks its claws in him through the screen of his confessional booth, and he can't get her sins out of his head.<br/>It should be easy to put his impure thoughts of her to rest, considering the vows Tyler has taken. It should be nothing to overcome what the sight and sound of her does to him, when his life with the Church means everything. But once he has his first forbidden taste of those red lips, Tyler can't help but break all his rules for Poppy―no matter what it might cost them both.

Eyes on Me (Salacious Players' Club, 2)
Sara Cate · 2023
<p>He's a voyeur--it means he likes to watch.</p> <p>In Garrett Porter's line of work, that's a gift. As one of the owners of the Salacious Players' Club, he's comfortable on the sidelines and has always felt that he works best alone.</p> <p>Until he stumbles on a cam girl app and finds himself watching the one person he should stay far away from: his step-sister, Mia Harris.</p> <p>There are three big problems with this.</p> <ul> <li>One, Mia and Garrett can't stand each other.</li> <li>Two, she has no idea he's the man on the other end of the video.</li> <li>And three, he's hooked--on the app, and on her.</li> </ul> <p>Now Mia has awakened something in Garrett. She has him wanting and doing things he said he'd never do again, like opening up and getting attached. He's falling for her, but she's falling for the man he's only pretending to be.</p> <p>If he's going to make this right, he has to do more than just watch.</p>

Praise (Salacious Players' Club, 1)
Sara Cate · 2023
She's a good girl, but she's falling for the wrong man.<br/>Broken down by her emotionally neglectful ex, all Charlie Underwood wants is someone to tell her she's good enough. Then she stumbles into a new job with a boss who brings her to her knees―literally.<br/>As an owner of the Salacious Players' Club, Emerson Grant knows exactly what he wants and isn't shy about his particular tastes. But when he mistakes Charlie for a candidate to be his new submissive instead of his son's ex-girlfriend, he immediately tries to correct the situation. He offers Charlie a job as his secretary and nothing more…<br/>Yet now that Charlie has seen a glimpse of what can happen when she's honest about what she wants, she makes it clear that all she wants is Emerson. He might be twice her age and her ex-boyfriend's dad, but he's also the only man who can give her everything she desires.<br/>How far will she go to hear his approval?

KING: Alliance Series Book Two
S.J. Tilly · 2023
Okay, so, my bad for assuming the guy I was going on a date with wasn’t married. And my bad for taking him to a friend’s house for dinner, only to find out my friend is also friends with his wife. Because, in fact, he is married. And she happens to be at my friend’s house because her husband was busy working.<br/>Confused? So am I.<br/>Unsurprisingly, my date’s wife is super angry about finding out that her husband is a cheating asshole.<br/>Girl, I get it.<br/>Then, to make matters more convoluted, there is the man sitting next to my date’s wife. A man named King, who is apparently her brother, and who lives up to his name.<br/>And since my date is a two-timing prick, I’m not going to feel bad about drooling over King, especially since I’ll never see him again.<br/>Or at least I don’t plan to.<br/>I plan to take an Uber to the cheater’s apartment to get my car keys.<br/>I plan for it to be quick.<br/>And if I had to list a thousand possible outcomes… witnessing my date’s murder, being kidnapped by his killer, and then being forced to marry the super attractive but clearly deranged crime lord, would not have been on my Bingo card.<br/>But alas, here I am.

NERO: Alliance Series Book One
S.J. Tilly · 2023
Payton<br/><br/>Running away from home at 17 wasn’t easy. Let’s face it though, nothing before, or in the ten years since, has ever been easy for me.<br/>And I’m doing okay. Sorta. I just need to keep scraping by, living under the radar. Staying out of people’s way, off people’s minds.<br/>So when a man walks through my open patio door, stepping boldly into my home, and my life, I should be scared. Frightened. Terrified.<br/>But I must be more broken than I realized, because I’m none of those things.<br/>I’m intrigued.<br/>And I’m wondering if the way to take control of my life is by giving in to him.<br/>Nero<br/>The first time I took a man’s life, I knew there’d be no going back. No normal existence in the cards for me.<br/>So instead of walking away, I climbed a mountain of bodies, and created my own destiny. By forming The Alliance.<br/>And I was fine with that. Content enough to carry on.<br/>Until I stepped through those open doors, and into her life.<br/>I should’ve walked away. Should’ve gone right back out the door I came through. But I didn’t.<br/>And now her life is in danger.<br/>But that’s the thing about being a bad man. I’ll happily paint the streets red to protect what’s mine.<br/>And Payton is mine. Whether she knows it or not.

Irresistible: A Small Town Single Dad Romance (Cloverleigh Farms Series Book 1)
Melanie Harlow · 2019

Twisted Hate
Ana Huang · 2022
A diverse steamy enemies-to-lovers romance from New York Times bestselling author and BookTok sensation Ana Huang.<br/>Gorgeous, cocky, and fast on his way to becoming a hotshot doctor, Josh Chen has never met a woman he couldn't charm―except for Jules Ambrose.<br/>The beautiful redhead has been a thorn in his side since they met, but she also consumes his thoughts in a way no woman ever has.<br/>When their animosity explodes into one unforgettable night, he proposes a solution that'll get her out of his system once and for all: an enemies with benefits arrangement with simple rules.<br/>No jealousy.<br/>No strings attached.<br/>And absolutely no falling in love.<br/>***<br/>Outgoing and ambitious, Jules Ambrose is a former party girl who's focused on one thing: passing the attorney's bar exam.<br/>The last thing she needs is to get involved with a doctor who puts the SUFFER in insufferable…no matter how good-looking he is.<br/>But the more she gets to know him, the more she realizes there's more than meets the eye to the man she's hated for so long.<br/>Her best friend's brother.<br/>Her nemesis.<br/>And her only salvation.<br/>Theirs is a match made in hell, and when the demons from their past catch up with them, they're faced with truths that could either save them …or destroy everything they've worked for.

Twisted Games
Ana Huang · 2021

Twisted Love
Ana Huang · 2021
He has a heart of ice … but for her, he'd burn the world. Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can't escape. Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart. But when he's forced to look after his best friend's sister, he starts to feel something in his chest: A crack. A melt. A fire that could end his world as he knew it. *** Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she can't remember. But despite her broken past, she's never stopped seeing the beauty in the world … including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldn't want. Her brother's best friend. Her neighbor. Her savior and her downfall. Theirs is a love that was never supposed to happen - but when it does, it unleashes secrets that could destroy them both … and everything they hold dear. Twisted Love is a brother's best friend/opposites attract romance with a hint of suspense. It's book one in the Twisted series, but can be read as a standalone. WARNING: This book contains a possessive alpha/antihero, explicit sexual content, and profanity. No cheating or ménage, but if you're looking for a traditionally sweet, loveable hero, this is not the book for you. Recommended for 18+.
