en-US Fri, 28 Mar 2025 15:59:27 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 60372608 I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing, but I'm not going to look too closely at it. Not when secrets are coming out about my past and a rival vampire is hellbent on not only possessing me, but my sister too.

If I want to survive the secrets and plotting, I'm going to need Bran Duval by my side. Having him in my bed is just a bonus.]]> 167 Nikki St. Crowe Laurence 0 currently-reading 4.30 2022
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]]> 60111985 "Be a good girl for me, Mouse."

Secrets are starting to come out about my past and the only thing that feels real anymore is my annoyingly hot vampire neighbor, Bran Duval.

He made me a promise to help me uncover my past, but I didn't know those promises included the heat of his touch. Bran and I don't always see eye to eye, but when we're alone together in the dark, everything feels right, even if some of the things he does to me might be so very bad.

As my Pledge draws nearer, and more secrets come out, I can't help but wonder: who am I? Or better yet, what am I?]]> 139 Nikki St. Crowe Laurence 0 4.14 2022
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]]> 214151296 Immortals After Dark Series, USA Today Bestselling author Kresley Cole delivers a scorching tale about a forbidding vampire who lives in the shadows and the beautiful assassin who hunts him there.

A vampire soldier weary of life...

Centuries ago, Sebastian Wroth was turned into a vampire—a nightmare in his mind—against his will. Burdened with hatred and alone for ages, he sees little reason to live. Until an exquisite, fey creature comes to kill him, inadvertently saving him instead.

A valkyrie assassin dispatched to destroy him...

When Kaderin the Cold Hearted lost her two beloved sisters to a vampire attack long ago, a benevolent force deadened her sorrow—accidentally extinguishing all of her emotions. Yet whenever she encounters Sebastian, her feelings—particularly lust—emerge multiplied. For the first time, she's unable to complete a kill.

Competitors in a legendary hunt...

The prize of the month-long contest is powerful enough to change history, and Kaderin will do anything to win it for her sisters. Wanting only to win her, forever, Sebastian competes as well, taking every opportunity—as they travel to ancient tombs and through catacombs, seeking relics around the world—to use her new feelings to seduce her. But when forced to choose between the vampire she's falling for and reuniting her family, how can Kaderin live without either?]]> 337 Kresley Cole 1668074982 Laurence 0 to-read 3.95 2006
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]]> 199797920
Presented as a literary mixtape, Only Stars Know the Meaning of Space is a work of literature that provides you with a modern reading experience. The A-Side, read as one narrative, tells the story of a soon-to-be thirty-year-old aspiring writer navigating a complicated world. The B-Side, taken as a separate experience, features (seemingly) independent and unrelated short stories.

There’s “Crunchy, Green Apples (or, Omo)�, a story about loss told by the strangest of narrative a shopping list. “Sofa, So Good, Sort Of (or, John Muafangejo)� is a first-person account of a family’s history and a long journey towards hope. A group of friends attempts to navigate a recent breakup in “From the Lost City of Hurtlantis to the Streets of Helldorado (or, Franco).�

When read together, however, a third world emerges—a complex, intergenerational, and interconnected world exploring the universal gaping void of grief. Rather than attempting to cross this black hole directly, the collection carefully traces around its edges, revealing the enormity of this cosmic force from the “electrifying voice you have been waiting for� (Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King ).]]> 308 Rémy Ngamije 1668012464 Laurence 0 to-read 3.96 2024
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]]> 214974640
Tattoo artist Tai Davis is used to people judging him with a single glance, so it doesn't surprise him when the town's quirky new librarian does the same thing and believes his bad-boy reputation without giving him a chance. He can't help being intrigued by her, though, so when he discovers Evangeline's secret matchmaking scheme, he's not above striking a bargain with her. She just has to agree to one date with him for every time she uses his hometown knowledge to set up library patrons on a romantic rendezvous. The deal is made, but in the process, they both might learn you can't judge a book—or each other—by the cover.]]> 320 Sarah Monzon 0764243748 Laurence 0 to-read 3.90 2025
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]]> 220652192 An irresistible, juicy contemporary novel based on the TikTok phenomenon #BamaRushTok—about four sorority sisters brought back to the top-tier house they ruled at the University of Alabama, when secrets they’d thought long buried threaten to resurface.

Four sorority sisters. Each with dark secrets. They must stop the unexpected opening of a time capsule created as part of a sorority rush ritual that was supposed to hold their deepest secrets buried forever...

Five years after they thought they’d said goodbye forever, a group of sorority sisters find themselves back at the University of Alabama for Rush Week. Some return to rekindle their friendships, and others to keep long silent secrets from being exhumed. Unbeknownst to them at the time, the infamous “Spill Book� they wrote confessions in as a trust (hazing) exercise over the years was placed into a time capsule—now it’s been stolen, and the anonymous thief is threatening to expose them all on Bid Day.

Rush Week is a juicy, wild, drama-packed novel filled with good—and not so good—girls behaving badly, dark humor, and sexy scandals. As the sisters navigate their present and not-so-distant past, unbreakable bonds of friendship are put to the test, and regrettable mistakes threaten to change everything if exposed. But perhaps if they confess their sins to each other, they can begin to mend not only themselves, but their sisterhood� before the world finds out just how wicked they are.]]> 400 Michelle Brandon 0063424436 Laurence 0 to-read 3.09
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]]> 90585231 Only One sees us as we are.
Only One can define us.
And only His opinion matters.

But do we fully grasp what His word says about us? Do we really believe it?

Reading REDEFINED can help you gain a new understanding of your identity in Christ. Learn how to function, grow and thrive as a child of God. Discover what it means to be "made in His image."

Take the Lord at His word!
We are partakers of the divine nature. II Peter 1:4]]> 123 Teresa Burleson Laurence 0 to-read 4.71
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]]> 217387937 A pulse-pounding new Southern thriller from the author of the runaway bestseller A Flicker in the Dark.

Twenty-two years ago, Claire Campbell’s older sister, Natalie, disappeared shortly after her eighteenth birthday. Days later, her blood was found in a car, a man was arrested, and the case was swiftly closed. In the decades since, Claire has attempted to forget her traumatic past by moving to the city and climbing the ranks as an investigative journalist... until an unexpected call from her father forces her to come back home and face it all anew.

With the entire summer now looming ahead—a summer spent with nothing to do in her childhood home, with her estranged mother—Claire decides on a whim to accept a seasonal job at Galloway Farm, a muscadine vineyard in coastal South Carolina less than an hour away from where she grew up. At first glance, Galloway is an idyllic escape for Claire. A scenic retreat full of slow-paced nostalgia, as well as a place where her sister seemed truly happy in that last summer before she vanished, it feels like the perfect plan to pass the time. However, as soon as Claire starts to settle in, she stumbles across an old diary written by one of the vineyard's owners, and what at first seems like a story of young rebellion and love turns into something much more sinister as it begins to describe details of various unsolved crimes. As the days stretch on, Claire finds herself becoming more and more secluded as she starts to obsess over the diary's contents� as well as the lingering feeling that her own sister's disappearance may be somehow tied to it all.

Galloway was supposed to be a place to help her move forward, but instead, Claire quickly finds herself immersed in her own dark and dangerous past.]]> 336 Stacy Willingham 1250887976 Laurence 0 to-read 4.21 2025
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]]> 59089787 SOCIETY IS BEING REWRITTEN

HE HOLDS THE KEY TO A DIABOLICAL PLOT

WILL ANYONE SURVIVE WHAT HE'S UNEARTHED?




North American Union, the near future. Matthew Scott isn't proud of the world he helped create. Having abandoned his wife to ensure her safety, the ex-CIA operative has found a sliver of peace by escaping the rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape and living off-grid. So somebody's definitely in his crosshairs when his last remaining friend receives a mysterious ring in the mail and is then tortured...and killed.




Forced to jump into the game once more, Scott delves deep into a twisted realm of Templars, rebels, and terrifying globalist schemes. And with the one thing he's ever cared about suddenly back in play, the professional killer has everything to gain...and nothing to lose.




Can he crack the mystery of the ancient relic before the world falls victim to unrelenting evil?




The Solomon Key is an edge-of-your-seat action thriller novel. If you like bold military heroics, diabolical twists and turns, and stunning historical intrigue, then you'll love Shawn Hopkins's invigorating enigma.]]> 421 Shawn Hopkins 0578972514 Laurence 0 to-read 3.67 2011
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]]> 218114292 A sexy, dark romantic thriller—with a shocking twist—by the author of Everything We Never Said.

River Santos is stuck—in her job at the diner, in her dead-end town, in her grief. Her father died in a house fire just a few months ago, her mother has been MIA for nearly a year, and the only people she can count on are the aunt she lives with and her best friend Tawny.Ěý

Things feel like they’re turning around when Logan—the hot guy at the diner who’s always ignored her—seems interested. It’s complicated by her ex-boyfriend Noah, who she really needs closure with, and the fact that Tawny doesn’t think either of them is good enough for River� but the tension between River and Logan can’t be denied.

But love takes a backseat when new information surfaces about the fire. After all these months trying to move forward, River is forced to rethink everything� including the idea that maybe it wasn’t an accident after all. But who would commit this deadly act? And why?

River isn’t sure who to trust or who to turn to, but she needs to figure it out, fast. Because someone has more than love on their mind. They want revenge.]]> 352 Sloan Harlow 0593855949 Laurence 0 to-read 3.88 2025
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]]> 218267185 Always each other’s plus-ones, but never each other’s real dates, twoĚýchildhood best friends have one last summer wedding to fall in love in thisĚýdual-narrative debutâ€�a grown-up The Summer I Turned Pretty .

Best friends Joni and Ren have been inseparable since childhood. So when Joni moves across the country for her job, the two devise a creative way to stay in they’ll be each other’s plus-ones every year for wedding season, no matter what else is happening in their lives.

It’s a tradition that works, until a line is crossed and the friendship they once thought was forever is ruined.

Now Joni is back at their families� shared summer home for her sister’s wedding, and she’s determined to make the week perfect, even if it means faking a friendship with Ren—and avoiding the truth of why they have to fake it in the first place. How hard can it be to pretend to be friends with the person who once knew you best?

But as sunny beach days together turn into starry nights, Joni begins to question what her life is without Ren in it. And when the wedding arrives, bringing past heartaches to the surface, she’ll be forced to decide if loving Ren means letting him go, or if theirs is a love story worth fighting for.]]> 352 Sally Blakely 1335014241 Laurence 0 to-read 4.33 2025
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]]> 212378273
London, 1953. Louise is still adjusting to her postwar role as a housewife when she discovers a necklace in a box at a secondhand shop. The box is marked with the name of a department store in Paris, and she is certain she has seen the necklace before when she worked with the Red Cross in Nazi-occupied Europe —and that it holds the key to the mysterious death of her friend Franny during the war.

Following the trail of clues to Paris, Louise seeks help from her former boss Ian, with whom she shares a romantic history. The necklace leads them to discover the dark history of Lévitan—a once-glamorous department store that served as a Nazi prison, and Helaine, a woman who was imprisoned there, torn apart from her husband when the Germans invaded France.

Louise races to find the connection between the necklace, the department store and Franny’s death. But nothing is as it seems, and there are forces determined to keep the truth buried forever. Inspired by the true story of Lévitan, Last Twilight in Paris is both a gripping mystery and an unforgettable story about sacrifice, resistance and the power of love to transcend in even the darkest hours.]]> 336 Pam Jenoff 0778307980 Laurence 0 to-read 3.94 2025
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]]> 216247561 How did a young Parisienne mother, celebrated for her beauty and glamour, come to lead the largest spy network in France? A powerful, heartbreaking historical novel by the New York Times bestselling author

Morocco, 1928. Eighteen-year-old Frenchwoman Marie-Madeleine is not the kind of woman who goes through life sitting down, something her new husband can attest. Her unconventionalities - rally car driving, flying planes and dabbling in intelligence work for the government - earn her a reputation, but she knows who she is at an adventurer.

Paris, 1938. As Europe teeters on the brink of war, a chance encounter with a mysterious man codenamed Navarre turns Marie-Madeleine's life upside down. Recruited to help build a resistance network known only as Alliance, she conceals her identity - and gender - as she navigates a perilous double life away from her children and the man she loves. Capture and death are only a heartbeat away.

Bestselling Australian novelist Natasha Lester passionately brings to life the true story of one of history's unsung Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the only woman to lead a resistance network in WWII France. Her story is one of epic love, tragic loss and magnificent leadership.

Praise for the immersive, impeccably researched novels of Natasha

'A beautifully written historical novel that will have you wiping away tears' Woman's Day

'Page-turning . . . Rich with intrigue and laced with secrets' The Australian Women's Weekly

'A master storyteller' Daily Telegraph

'A sweeping story of love, betrayal and one woman's struggle to find her place in the world. Engrossing and beautiful' TANIA BLANCHARD

'Thrilling' RUTH DRUART

'Held held me enthralled from the first page' CHRISTINE WELLS]]> 448 Natasha Lester 0593726537 Laurence 0 to-read 4.42 2025
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]]> 60162459 My stepsister is gone.

The ones responsible called themselves family.

By blood, and now by marriage.

I want to destroy them for what they’ve done.

Burn everything they have to the ground.

But first I need to find her.

Ryth.

The pathetic, little mouse that scurried into our lives and made a home.

I can’t forget her, can’t get her out of my head.

She unleashed something dangerous in me.

Something that drove me to ruin her.

And ruined myself in the process.

She was once a game to me�

She still is…only this time it’s for keeps.

*Release date will be bought forward closer to completion.]]> 340 A.K. Rose Laurence 0 3.90
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]]> 204204804 He’s my new coworker with a heart of gold and looks that could kill. And me? Well, I'm so perpetually single my grandma is setting me up on dates with guys from the grocery store.

By thirty, you’re supposed to have a home, a dog, a boyfriend or at least a string of lovers in the past. Instead, I’m a twenty-eight-year-old virgin living with my parents to save money. My job managing an apartment complex is the one thing I’m proud of–and that’s not just because a complete hottie just walked in the door.

Tyler Griffen is here working on a construction project for nine months, which means we’ll be seeing a lot of each other. Which I don’t mind one bit if it means getting more face time with those tattooed, muscled arms and his heart melting smile.

When my boss lays down a no-dating-coworkers rule, I almost laugh. Tyler and I couldn’t be more opposite if we tried, but the thing is� I think he likes me. He’s always helping me with my hunk-of-junk car problems, saves me from the most awful blind date, and even appeases my grandma’s wish to attend my nephew’s birthday party.

What do you do when you’re thrust from being the funny fat friend into the main character of a steamy rom com you never expected?

And more importantly, how do you handle the heartbreak when he leaves?]]> 445 Kelsie Hoss 1956948457 Laurence 5 3.98
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]]> 219077445 But now her time is up.

All Izzy wanted to do was escape her forays with vanilla men and delve into her darkest desires.
Instead, she is thrown back into a life she was supposed to have no part in.
Confronted with her past, she’s forced to remember.

A promise is a promise.
A pact is a pact.

And ten years later?
He’s here to collect.

Except…Oliver and Maddox won’t let her go without a fight.

This is a dark MFMM why choose romance novella. This means Izzy will not choose between her men. Please check the TWs.

This is book 2 of the Darkest Desires Duet and will wrap up Izzy's story. This does NOT end on a cliffhanger.]]> 162 Sage RelleAnne Laurence 5 4.12
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]]> 217152064 Darkest Desires. A dating site for those with particular interests.
Because of that she has always received unwanted attention from a vast majority of men.
Including one particularly nasty stalker.
Undeterred by his escalating threats, Yara decides it’s time to delve into her own wants and needs.
She finds the perfect match on her list of new potential clients.
Except she probably should have vetted the man a bit better... There’s something oddly familiar about him...

This is a dark why choose MFMM romance novella. This means Yara will not choose between her men. Please check the TWs.
This is book 1 of Yara's planned duet.
Suggested reading
Come to Bed - Izzy's book 1
Come Inside - Yara's book 1
Come to Head - Izzy's book 2
Come Alive - Yara's book 2]]> 158 Sage RelleAnne Laurence 5 4.22
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]]> 25738938 Perfect for readers of Colleen Hoover, Jay Crownover, and K. A. Tucker, the first novel in this darkly sexy contemporary series from bestselling author Monica Murphy kicks off an emotionally powerful two-part tale of forbidden love.

Crazy how eight years can disappear in an instant. One look at Katie Watts, and I'm a fifteen-year-old again--the one who risked everything to save a terrified girl from her twisted kidnapper. She's grown-up now--beautiful, quiet, composed--and telling her story to the world. A story that involves me in more ways than you can imagine. She used to call me her guardian angel. Sure, I risked my life, but she was worth dying for.

I need to make contact with her. Just to ensure that she's safe.

Somehow we reconnect. We become friends . . . but I want more. I want to make her mine. And she wants me too. Does she know who I am? Has she figured me out? Not yet. But she will. In the meantime, I need to make sure that whatever hold that animal had on her is gone.

So, yeah, I'm stealing these moments with her. Savoring them. Knowing, dreading, that she'll soon find out who I really am. And everything will fall apart. All because of that twisted, perverted monster sitting on death row. Her kidnapper. A convicted serial killer.

My father.

Advance praise for Never Tear Us Apart
Ěý
“This book has all the best parts of romance and betrayal.ĚýI couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.â€�â€�New York Times bestselling author Jay Crownover

“A powerful story that left me raw, yet hopeful.��USA Today bestselling author K. A. Tucker


From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 398 Monica Murphy 1101967293 Laurence 0 to-read 3.85 2016
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]]> 209439584 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Kresley Cole’s sizzling series, a fierce werewolf and a bewitching vampire become unlikely soul mates whose passion will test the boundaries of life and death.

After enduring years of torture from the vampire horde, Lachlain MacRieve, leader of the Lykae Clan, is enraged to find the predestined mate he’s waited millennia for is a vampire. Or partly one. Emmaline Troy is a small, ethereal half Valkyrie/half vampire, who somehow begins to soothe the fury burning within him.

Sheltered Emmaline finally sets out to uncover the truth about her deceased parents—until a powerful Lykae claims her as his mate and forces her back to his ancestral Scottish castle. There, her fear of the Lykae—and their notorious dark desires—ebbs as he begins a slow, wicked seduction to sate her own dark cravings.

Yet when an ancient evil from her past resurfaces, will their desire deepen into a love that can bring a proud warrior to his knees and turn a gentle beauty into the fighter she was born to be?]]> 336 Kresley Cole 166807494X Laurence 0 to-read 3.38 2006
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]]> 75368072
He forgave me for running once.
This time, if he finds me, there’ll be no escape.
He’ll make me his wife, even if he has to carry me down the aisle to do it.
And that’s before he knows what I’m hiding from him.
A secret nine months in the making�

Savage Throne is book 2 in the Vicious Vengeance duet, featuring a dark, tortured anti-hero and the plucky object of his obsession. It is a dark mafia romance, and as such contains themes that some readers may find triggering. Please read with caution.]]> 306 Mila Kane Laurence 0 3.96 2023
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]]> 69708090 I was here to find the man I’d lost, seven years ago.
I had no idea that he’d already found me.
I had no idea that he was watching me, controlling my every movement.
He was no longer the rebel kid from across the tracks, now, he’s heir to the most brutal bratva the city has ever known.
, and he’s

Wicked Heir is the 1st book in the Vicious Vengeance duet, featuring a dark, tortured anti-hero and the plucky object of his obsession. It is a dark mafia romance, and as such contains themes which some readers may find triggering. Please read with caution.]]> 335 Mila Kane Laurence 5 3.79 2023
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]]> 60192737 A USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Amazon Charts bestselling novel

The first letter arrived the day my husband was buried. It was postmarked from the state penitentiary, and contained a single sentence:

I’ll wait forever if I have to.

It was signed by Dante, a man I didn’t know.

Out of simple curiosity, I wrote back to ask him what exactly he was waiting for. His reply?

You.

I told the mystery man he had the wrong girl. He said he didn’t. I said we’d never met, but he said I was wrong.

We went back and forth, exchanging letters every week that grew increasingly more intimate. Then one day, the letters stopped. When I found out why, it was already too late.

Dante was at my doorstep.

And nothing on earth could have prepared me for what happened next.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING:

This novel contains content intended for a mature audience only. Due to explicit language, graphic sex, detailed depictions of death and grief, intense power play dynamics, and other possible triggers, it is not suitable for sensitive readers. (Full list of TWs on author's website.)]]> 320 J.T. Geissinger Laurence 5 4.11 2022
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This book was wild!! I highly recommend this book! I could never figure out what was happening. Aidan, I have no words. I am in love with Aidan period! I wish them well and now I have a new favorite author who’s books I need to read now. A genius book!
]]> 211810636
Unfortunately for Izzy, that decision starts her on an avoidable collision course into several men that have something in common: they’re all obsessed with Izzy, and their patience has just run out.

This is Book 1 of Darkest Desires, a planned Duet.

This is a dark why choose romance novella. This means Izzy will not choose between her men. Please check the TWs]]> 129 Sage RelleAnne Laurence 0 3.91
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]]> 56732449
That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor--and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding... six-pack abs.

Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.]]> 356 Ali Hazelwood 0593336828 Laurence 0 to-read 4.10 2021
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]]> 61767292
Nothing will stand in her way, not even the captain of the hockey team, Nate Hawkins.

Nate’s focus as team captain is on keeping his team on the ice. Which is tricky when a facilities mishap means they are forced to share a rink with the figure skating team—including Anastasia, who clearly can’t stand him.

But when Anastasia’s skating partner faces an uncertain future, she may have to look to Nate to take her shot.

Sparks fly, but Anastasia isn’t worried . . . because she could never like a hockey player, right?]]> 447 Hannah Grace Laurence 0 to-read 3.75 2022
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]]> 59743139
I always knew my father was a cold, heartless bastard.
But the moment he took Elle Castlemaine and her pathetic daughter into our home, barely a month after our mom died, he unleashed something savage inside me.
I didn’t care they lost their home. Didn’t care their father was behind bars.
Didn’t care he betrayed the notorious Stidda Mafia boss, Benjamin Rossi, and now their lives were in danger.
All I cared about was her.
Ryth.
I wanted to hurt her. Wanted to make her squirm.
I wanted to make her pay for the moans coming from my father’s bedroom.
When he slipped a ring onto her mother’s finger, Ryth became mine.
Mine to bully.
Mine to break.
And I’ll use my brothers to do it.
She’ll become our favorite obsession.
Our sick, tormented game.
She’ll become the only thing I think about, until not thinking about her tears me apart.
I’ll hate her. I’ll hate her so much it hurts…]]> 372 A.K. Rose Laurence 0 3.82
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Possessed by the demon Devina, Balthazar is once again on the hunt for the Book of Spells—and fighting an undeniable attraction to a woman. As a thief, he has stolen a lot of things…but he never thought his heart would be taken by another. Especially not a human.

As a homicide detective, Erika Saunders knows there is something otherworldly going on in Caldwell, New York. Mutilated bodies that cannot be explained are all over her case list—and then there are her nightmares in which she’s hunted by shadows and captivated by a mysterious man who is both a suspect and a savior.

When Devina’s wish for true love is finally granted, Balthazar and Erika unwittingly become the gateway for the rebirth of an old enemy of the Brothers. Will the very thing that brings them together lead to the ultimate destruction of the Brotherhood? Or will they have to lose everything in order to save the race’s most sacred defenders?]]> 418 J.R. Ward 1982179996 Laurence 0 to-read 4.06 2022
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]]> 200523162
In the year 2200, Earth is governed by the Federation of Arkhe, a totalitarian regime whose doctrine outlaws the technological augmentation of humans.

At first glance, computer engineer Kiara Vale has it all. But behind closed doors, she’s fighting a losing battle against the emptiness left behind by her father’s passing, the complicated attraction to her best friend Lucas and the anxiety that comes with raising her teenage brother Theo alone. Then, one evening, a dangerous secret from her father’s past resurfaces. A secret which threatens to devastate not only Kiara and her brother but could deliver a fatal blow to the heart of the Federation.

Little does Kiara know that, when tragedy finally strikes, she’ll find herself bound to the very man whose survival depends on her annihilation. A soldier of death, who serves as his Master’s lethal blade. A creature of the shadows whose fractured soul yearns for the woman he knows only from a photograph�

Kiara Vale. His sole companion. His darkest obsession.]]> Kerry Elizabeth Evans 8409553546 Laurence 0 to-read 4.61
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]]> 211004954 In this debut speculative YA mystery, a Black teen with premonition-like powers must solve her friend's disappearance before she finds herself in the same danger.

Sariyah Lee Bryant can hear what people need—tangible things, like a pencil, a hair tie, a phone charger—an ability only her family and her best friend, Malcolm, know the truth about. But when she fulfills a need for her friend Deja who vanishes shortly after, Sariyah is left wondering if her ability is more curse than gift. This isn’t the first time one of her friends has landed on the missing persons list, and she’s determined not to let her become yet another forgotten Black girl.

Not trusting the police and media to do enough on their own, Sariyah and her friends work together to figure out what led to Deja’s disappearance. But when Sariyah’s mother loses her job and her little brother faces complications with his sickle cell disease, managing her time, money, and emotions seems impossible. Desperate, Sariyah decides to hustle her need-sensing ability for cash—a choice that may not only lead her to Deja, but put her in the same danger Deja found herself in.]]> 320 Channelle Desamours 1250334810 Laurence 0 to-read 4.10 2025
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]]> 61344713
There’s no way I should’ve been able to get pregnant, yet here I am.

For nine long years, I’ve been fighting to bring my daughter up right, trying to cater for all her unique needs, even as I go to bed every night knowing I’m failing her. So, when I’m offered help by Riley Taylor from the world famous Crowe Corp, I jump at the chance.

But that’s when I run into him.

He shouldn’t look that good, not after all this time and his brothers shouldn’t be clustering closer, trying to catch my scent. He definitely shouldn’t be looking at my daughter with awe and wonder, knowing exactly where her blonde hair comes from.

Ben and his pack want to be part of her life, but more than that, they want their mate and they think I might be her.

If you loved A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing and wanted more of Riley and the gang’s story, join Lily as she struggles to balance motherhood, bringing up a very strong willed daughter, being a beta in an alpha’s world and being forced to consider another chance at love.]]> 438 Sam Hall Laurence 0 4.20 2022
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One wannabe writer from Brooklyn.
Three insanely hot billionaires.
One very indecent proposal.

West Archer, Ezekiel Cavanagh, and Xander King. AKA The Unholy Trinity. Ruthless. Ambitious. Intimidating.
With dark tastes and even darker desires, they’ve been searching for the perfect woman to fit into their unique lifestyle for over a decade. But despite their best efforts, none have made it past three months. Believing they’re destined to never find the one, they swear to stop looking.

Until they meet Lily.

There’s something about Lily Sloane, something that captivates all three of them. For the first time ever, it seems like they may have truly found the perfect fit. But as we all know, there is such a thing as too good to be true.

Lily Sloane isn’t the penniless girl from Brooklyn they think she is. And with a past full of secrets and lies that she’s trying to escape, the unholy trinity might have bitten off more than they can chew. When trust is broken, is there any way back?

The Perfect Fit is a dark why-choose MMFM romance with lots of angst, emotion, betrayal, and enough heat to melt your kindle. This book contains grumpy/sunshine, sword crossing, an epic grovel, and a HEA.
Content warnings include: CNC, knife play, blood play, primal play.]]> 420 Sadie Kincaid 1915663334 Laurence 5 4.09 2023
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In the next installment of bestselling author J.R. Ward’s Prison Camp series, things get steamy when Lucan, a wolven forced into bartering drug deals for the infamous Prison Colony, meets Rio, the second in command for the shadowy Caldwell supplier, Mozart. After a deal goes awry, a wolf with piercing golden eyes swoops in to save her from certain death. As shocking truths unfurl, Rio is uncertain of who to trust and what to believe—but with her life on the line, true love rears its head and growls in the face of danger.]]> 418 J.R. Ward 1982179872 Laurence 0 4.04 2021
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]]> 60632570 I’m been told over and over I can never be their mate, but the boy’s wolves have other ideas�.
So, I’m whisked away, told to forget them and I do, right up until they walk in through my door, telling me all the things I’d secretly dreamed of.
That I’m their fated mate, and that they refuse to settle for anyone else. But I’m forced to push them away.
Why?
Because their parents were right to send me away. I’ll never be what they need me to be, but these guys?
Back then they never knew how to take no for an answer, and now they’re coming for me, whether I’m ready or not.]]> 434 Sam Hall Laurence 4 4.16 2022
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Which one of them is going to win as they drive each other crazy? Because Jessie Ryan lives to push his buttons and any Ryan fans know he has many.

A Ryan Regret is a short story connected to the bestselling New York Ruthless series but can be enjoyed as a spicy standalone if you're looking for a quick short full of spice.]]> 37 Sadie Kincaid Laurence 5 4.49
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]]> 198971010 A forbidden, secret affair proves that all’s fair in love and science—from New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood.

Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on, the financial stability she yearned for as a kid, and a successful career as a biotech engineer at Kline, one of the most promising start-ups in the field of food science. Her world is stable, pleasant, and hard-fought. Until a hostile takeover and its offensively attractive front man threatens to bring it all crumbling down.

Eli Killgore and his business partners want Kline, period. Eli has his own reasons for pushing this deal through—and he’s a man who gets what he wants. With one burning exception: Rue. The woman he can’t stop thinking about. The woman who’s off-limits to him.

Torn between loyalty and an undeniable attraction, Rue and Eli throw caution out the lab and the boardroom windows. Their affair is secret, no-strings-attached, and has a built-in deadline: the day one of their companies will prevail. But the heart is risky business—one that plays for keeps.]]> 379 Ali Hazelwood 0593550420 Laurence 0 to-read 3.69 2024
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]]> 208156233
Five years ago, Astrid O’Malley experienced the ultimate in public humiliation. Being dumped at the altar by her childhood sweetheart was horrifying enough. That fact that he was a professional hockey goalie and her dad was his coach? It was all anyone in sports could talk about.

Eff hockey. Eff goalies.

These days, Astrid lives a life (mostly) free of hockey and free to pursue whoever she wants with exactly zero shame in her game. Like tonight’s hook-up. This guy’s nailed the lumberjack aesthetic perfectly. Especially when he has the stamina and creativity to back it up.

Because the rule is: it’s one night only. Which is gonna be a problem because she’s just discovered he lives in the apartment upstairs.

And he’s joined her dad’s team. As the goalie coach. To train her ex.

Now Astrid is in some kind of hockey hell–filled with her ex, her family, and the best sex of her life. And somehow she’s been roped back onto the team.

Puck my life.]]> 330 Avery Flynn Laurence 0 to-read 3.70
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]]> 201129955 In my world, billionaires play deadly games of insult and influence where magic is the dirtiest weapon of all. Here, even a powerful princess can be swallowed by the darkest of shadows . . .

My name is Alana Beaumont, and due to a recent tragedy, I’m the sole heir to Aquarius Social, a family business being systematically dismantled by an unseen enemy. My father’s solution is to give me in marriage and create a coalition with a competing family, so I’m torn between my thirst for revenge and my duty. Now I just have a week to finish my hunt before the wedding.

There’s nothing like an assassination attempt to cut short the best of plans—even worse is my unwanted rescue by Thorn Beathach, the Beast whose social media empire is driving Aquarius under. The richest, most ruthless of them all, he protects his realm with an iron rule: no one sees his face. When he shows himself to me, I know he’ll never let me go.

Adam may think he can lock me in his castle forever, but I’m not the docile Beauty he expects. If the Beast wants to tie me up, I’m going to take pleasure from every minute of it . . .and we’ll just see who ends up shackled.]]> 368 Rebecca Zanetti 1496748352 Laurence 0 to-read 3.51 2024
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]]> 86505855
Riggs Bates may be a billionaire, but he knows money can’t buy happiness. He keeps his financial status a secret and takes his women the same way he takes his meals—a different one three times a day. That’s until he’s caught sleeping with a married newswoman by none other than her ambitious assistant.

Daphne “Duffy� Markham wants two things in life: marry well and stay in the States. So when her almost-fiancé takes off to “find himself� and her work visa approaches expiration, Duffy resorts to the only thing she has left—blackmail. Luckily, Riggs needs an excuse to stay in New York as badly as she does, so their first meeting quickly leads to a begrudging engagement.

Armed with strict house rules and their mutual distaste for one another, Riggs and Duffy soon find there’s no denying the spark between them…or the fact that this fake marriage is starting to feel a little too real.]]> 422 L.J. Shen Laurence 0 to-read 4.26 2024
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]]> 199353091 Empowering, feminist guidance for Black women on living unapologetically and authentically—from the bestselling author of The Sisters Are Alright.

Unshackle your authentic self from the expectations and stereotypes of American culture through the 6 pillars of living free as a Black woman.

Tamara Winfrey Harris harnesses her knowledge as a two-time author and storyteller of the Black femme experience and nationally known expert on the intersections of race and gender to deliver a sharp feminist analysis that is illustrated by real-life stories and examples plucked from popular culture and intimate Black woman-to-Black woman truth-telling.

This book is separated into two parts. First, the meaning of liberation is explored and Black women will be guided in creating sustaining practices to mature their well-being along the freedom journey.

In part two, readers are introduced to the 6 pillars of living free as a Black woman:
-Spot the distortions
-Know your truth
-Celebrate the real you
-Understand the cost of liberation
-Practice freedom
-SEE free Black women everywhere

With the bold, astute writing that you have come to expect from Winfrey Harris, A Black Woman’s Guide to Getting Free urges Black women everywhere to choose themselves, and choose freedom, in a world that would have you chained.]]> 176 Tamara Winfrey Harris 1523006919 Laurence 0 to-read 4.13
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]]> 51540478
By 2016, their four radically different daughters are in a state of unrest. Wendy, widowed young, soothes herself with booze and younger men; Violet, a litigator turned stay-at-home-mom, battles anxiety and self-doubt; Liza, a neurotic and newly tenured professor, finds herself pregnant with a baby she's not sure she wants by a man she's not sure she loves; and Grace, the dawdling youngest daughter, begins living a lie that no one in her family even suspects.

With the arrival of Jonah Bendt--a child placed for adoption by one of the daughters fifteen years before--the Sorensons will be forced to reckon with the rich and varied tapestry of their past: years marred by adolescent angst, infidelity, and resentment, but also the transcendent moments of joy that make everything else worthwhile.]]> 640 Claire Lombardo Laurence 0 to-read 3.82 2019
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]]> 198189780 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
A Today Show Pick

Unforgettable and utterly romantic, The Days I Loved You Most is an emotional, life-affirming novel that asks, What if you could write the final chapter of your own love story?

In the summer of 1941, on the New England shores where they were raised, Evelyn and Joseph fell in love. Now, more than sixty years later, with a lifetime between them, they have gathered their three grown children to share the staggering news: she has received a heartbreaking diagnosis, and he can't live without her. So in one year's time they will end their love story on their own terms.

Over the next year, the couple retraces their past—all the joys and regrets that brought them to this moment. They embark on a journey to live out their greatest dreams and to connect with each of their children. But as their final days draw closer, they must confront the stark reality of what's to come, and make peace with the legacy they will leave behind for their family.

Spanning the twentieth century from World War II to 9/11 and beyond, The Days I Loved You Most is a timeless tale of unwavering devotion -- a moving tribute to the enduring power of love and a reminder that even in the darkest moments, there is always hope and beauty to be found.]]> 336 Amy Neff Laurence 0 to-read 3.96 2024
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]]> 134625105 A wedding dress is meant to be worn only once.
When a stranger finds herself in need of a miracle at the last minute, I do the unthinkable: I offer mine to her.
The same one I wore down the aisle for my late husband.
Now I’m invited to the wedding and finding myself wondering why I shut myself away from the world for so long.
I’m only meant to be at the Wilder Retreat for a single day except I go home with not only a job offer, but the promise of something more.
Ridge Wilder is hiding secrets of his own. And the undeniable chemistry between us burns before we even contemplate taking that first step.
Only I’ve already had my happy ever after. I never planned on finding another.
And Ridge is even far more broken than I am—with a past that might come back to haunt us both.]]> 296 Carrie Ann Ryan 1636953336 Laurence 0 to-read 4.43 2024
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]]> 203578889
It's been months since horror author Penelope Skinner threw a book at Neil Storm. But he was so infuriating, with his sparkling green eyes and his bestselling horror novels that claimed to break Native stereotypes. And now she’s a publishing pariah and hasn’t been able to write a word since. So when her friend invites her on a too-good-to-be-true writers retreat in a supposedly haunted Scottish castle, she seizes the opportunity. Of course, some things really are too good to be true.

Neil wants nothing less than to be trapped in a castle with the frustratingly adorable woman who threw a book at him. She drew blood! Worse still, she unleashed a serious case of self-doubt! Neil is terrified to write another bestselling “book without a soul,� as Pen called it. All Neil wants is to find inspiration, while completely avoiding her.

But as the retreat begins, Pen and Neil are stunned to find themselves trapped in a real-life ghost story. Even more horrifying, they’re stuck together and a truly shocking (extremely hot) almost-kiss has left them rethinking their feelings, and� maybe they shouldn’t have been enemies at all? But if they can’t stop the ghosts pursuing them, they may never have the chance to find out.

Full of spooky chills and even more sexy thrills, If I Stopped Haunting You by Colby Wilkens is the funny, fast-paced romp romance readers have been waiting for!]]> 320 Colby Wilkens 1250292905 Laurence 0 to-read 2.73 2024
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]]> 181840762 A city’s haunted history and fairy-tale horrors converge for two women in an addictive novel of psychological suspense by a multiple Bram Stoker Award–nominated author.

Sisters Anna and Jennie live in a historic bungalow on the Chicago River. They’re tethered to a disquieting past, and with nowhere else to go, nothing can part them from their family home. Not the maddening creaks and disembodied voices that rattle the old walls. Not the inexplicable drownings in the area, or the increasing number of bodies that float by Anna’s window.

To stave off loneliness, Anna has a podcast, spinning ghostly tales of Chicago’s tragic history. But when Anna captures the attention of an ardent male listener, she awakens to the possibilities of a world outside.

As their relationship grows, so do Jennie’s fears. More and more people are going missing in the river. And then two detectives come calling.

They’re looking for a link between the mysteries of the river and what’s housed on the bank. Even Anna and Jennie don’t understand how dreadful it is—and still can be—when the truth about their unsettled lives begins to surface.]]> 298 Cynthia Pelayo 1662513909 Laurence 0 to-read 3.35 2024
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]]> 142913679 328 MarĂ­a Alejandra Barrios VĂ©lez 1662513968 Laurence 0 to-read 4.08 2024
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]]> 199401134 372 K'wan 1799961435 Laurence 0 to-read 4.09
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]]> 206287441
But for a nerdy scientist with severe social anxiety, it’s a horror story.

Prince Torin O’Grady, with his mischievous blue eyes and cocky grin, is always in the spotlight. And he needs to marry me to inherit the crown.

But we have nothing in common. He’s a future king. And I’m perfectly happy slogging through mud in my work boots.

So why can’t I stop thinking about him?

Maybe because he won’t stop texting me. And sending me gifts. And making me feel like everything I find awkward and weird about myself is special and amazing.

And there’s also that little detail of him offering me my dream job and telling me that together we can change the world.

Well, I could probably work for him.

And if I have to marry him temporarily to get what we both want, then fine. It’s for the greater good.

It has nothing to do with the way he kisses me. Or that dirty mouth. Or the royal treatment he gives me in the bedroom.

Fine. Maybe it does. Still, it’s only a year. Then I can turn in my tiara and come back to my normal, boring, behind-the-scenes life.

But Torin is determined to turn me from reluctantly royal to royally his.]]> 461 Erin Nicolle 1952280818 Laurence 0 to-read 4.10
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]]> 207768941
The task was simple.
Sneak into Potomac’s most heavily guarded manor.
Steal back my pendant. Slip out.

Problem number one?
America’s most unattainable bachelor caught me.

Problem number two?
He decided to keep me. As the help.

Zachary Sun’s winter may be the coldest I’ve ever felt,
but he makes my skin burn.

Reserved, calculated, and savagely cruel,
he thrives on the weaknesses of others.

Little does he know, he just met his match.

He may be American royalty.
But this peasant will rise to become Queen.

Authors� Notes: My Dark Desire is a standalone double-grump romance between a broken billionaire and a feisty maid unafraid to fight back. It is set in the decadent Dark Prince Road world.]]> 426 L.J. Shen 1950209156 Laurence 0 to-read 4.01 2024
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]]> 123008168 My fairy tale turned into a cautionary one.
Inked in tar and sealed in tears.

From Wall Street Journal bestsellers L.J. Shen and Parker S. Huntington comes an explosive marriage of inconvenience...between a tarnished Romeo and a reluctant Juliet.

It was supposed to be a harmless kiss at a lavish debutante ball.
A clandestine moment with a handsome stranger.

But unlike his namesake, my Romeo isn’t driven by love.
He’s fueled by revenge.

To him, I’m a chess piece. Leverage.
His rival’s betrothed.

To me, he is a man deserving of poison.
A dark prince I refuse to marry.

He thinks I’ll accept my fate.
Well, I plan to rewrite it.

And in my story, Juliet doesn’t die.
But Romeo? He perishes.

Authors� Notes: My Dark Romeo is a standalone reluctant arranged marriage romance between a cruel billionaire heir and a feisty heiress unafraid to fight back. It is set in the decadent Dark Prince Road world.]]> 366 Parker S. Huntington 1950209075 Laurence 0 to-read 3.59 2023
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]]> 202692561
Would you kill a total stranger to save someone you love?

Sugar & Spice is the latest app craze taking the world by storm, but for Abby and Brendan Hollander, downloading it leads to a dangerous game of life and death. When the app assigns them a series of increasingly taboo tasks, they soon find themselves caught up in a twisted web of seduction and violence in this sexually charged dark thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Fourth Monkey—master of suspense, J.D. Barker.]]> 495 J.D. Barker Laurence 0 to-read 4.03 2024
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]]> 127281124
Brooklyn Melody James has finally gotten the punishment she deserves after leaving a web of lies, heartache, and betrayal behind her. As her life slips away, Brooklyn remembers the events that shaped her into the cold, calculating creature she became.

Brooklyn learned the art of hustling from her parents who used the church to get money. Idolizing her father and despising her mother, Brooklyn’s determined to be the type of woman who makes her own rules. When her back’s up against the wall, she sacrifices her family, takes the burnt offering that remains, and runs away. In NYC, young Brooklyn charms her way into the inner circle of hustlers and stick-up kids, learning tricks along the way. She catches the eye of a major player in the drug game, Hassan, and they have a breathless love affair. Brooklyn becomes integrated into his operation, earning the trust of Hassan and his associates. But when she gets the keys to the kingdom, driven by unfettered ambition and a ruthless desire to survive, Brooklyn snatches the pot of gold, leaving bitter retribution promises behind her.

From DC to Maryland, Brooklyn burns bridges and breaks hearts. What she doesn't realize is that someone is prepared to end her reign of terror. As she faces her killer and her fate, Brooklyn’s stunned that justice comes from the least likely place.]]> 320 Tracy Brown 1250834953 Laurence 0 to-read 4.03
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]]> 173404023
Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. And for some, even a single February can be life-changing.

Ricki Wilde has many talents, but being a Wilde isn’t one of them. As the impulsive, artistic daughter of a powerful Atlanta dynasty, she’s the opposite of her famous socialite sisters. Where they’re long-stemmed roses, she’s a dandelion: an adorable bloom that’s actually a weed, born to float wherever the wind blows. In her bones, Ricki knows that somewhere, a different, more exciting life awaits her.

When regal nonagenarian, Ms. Della, invites her to rent the bottom floor of her Harlem brownstone, Ricki jumps at the chance for a fresh beginning. She leaves behind her family, wealth, and chaotic romantic decisions to realize her dream of opening a flower shop. And just beneath the surface of her new neighborhood, the music, stories and dazzling drama of the Harlem Renaissance still simmers.

One evening in February as the heady, curiously off-season scent of night-blooming jasmine fills the air, Ricki encounters a handsome, deeply mysterious stranger who knocks her world off balance in the most unexpected way.

Set against the backdrop of modern Harlem and Renaissance glamour, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde is a swoon-worthy love story of two passionate artists drawn to the magic, romance, and opportunity of New York, and whose lives are uniquely and irreversibly linked.]]> 352 Tia Williams 153872670X Laurence 0 to-read 3.97 2024
author: Tia Williams
name: Laurence
average rating: 3.97
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]]> 58505444 "Love would be so much easier if it were perfect..."

On the night of her husband Matt’s fortieth birthday, Rachel Abbott receives a sexy, explicit text from her husband that she quickly realizes was meant for another woman. Divorce is inevitable, and Rachel is determined not to leave her thirteen-year marriage empty handed. Meanwhile, Matt, a rising star mayor with his eye on the White House, can’t afford a messy split in the middle of his reelection campaign. They strike a deal: Rachel gets one million dollars and their lavish house in the wealthy DC suburb of Oasis Springs, as long as she keeps playing the ideal Black trophy wife until the election.

Then Rachel meets Nathan Vasquez, a very handsome, very lost twenty-six-year-old artist, and their connection makes Rachel forget about being the perfect politician’s wife. As Rachel reawakens Nathan’s long-dormant artistic aspirations, their attraction becomes impossible to resist. But secrets are hard to keep in a town like Oasis Springs, and Nathan has a few of his own. With the risk of scandal looming and their hearts on the line, they’ll have to decide whether the possibility of losing everything is worth taking a chance on love.

The Art of Scandal is a sizzling, conversation-starting debut about rekindling passion, the transformative power of art, and finding love in unexpected places.]]> 320 Regina Black 1538722771 Laurence 0 maybe 3.72 2023
author: Regina Black
name: Laurence
average rating: 3.72
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]]> 181350812 A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance.

Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast—again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold a historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres, and she sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchange—again...

Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. It’s clear from the way he tracks Misery’s every movement that he doesn’t trust her. If only he knew how right he was�.

Because Misery has her own reasons to agree to this marriage of convenience, reasons that have nothing to do with politics or alliances, and everything to do with the only thing she's ever cared about. And she is willing to do whatever it takes to get back what’s hers, even if it means a life alone in Were territory…alone with the wolf.]]> 396 Ali Hazelwood 0593550404 Laurence 0 to-read 4.07 2024
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name: Laurence
average rating: 4.07
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]]> 17233800
The girl with straight A's and the perfect life—that's who people expect Rachel Young to be. So the private school junior keeps secrets from her wealthy family…and she's just added two more to the list. One involves racing strangers down dark country roads in her Mustang GT. The other? Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Walker—a guy she has no business even talking to. But after the foster kid with the tattoos and intense gray eyes comes to her rescue, she can't get him out of her mind.

The last thing Isaiah needs is to get tangled up with a rich girl who wants to slum it on the south side for kicks. But when their shared love of street racing puts their lives in jeopardy, Isaiah and Rachel will have six weeks to come up with a way out. Six weeks to discover just how far they'll go to save each other.]]> 474 Katie McGarry 037321099X Laurence 0 to-read 4.26 2013
author: Katie McGarry
name: Laurence
average rating: 4.26
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]]> 203270299 48 Sadie Kincaid Laurence 5 4.46
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average rating: 4.46
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]]> 200245113 A sexy opposites attract romance set in the Wright world about Whitton & Eve from USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde.

Whitton Wright is too good to be true.

And I learned long ago that things that are too good to be true…usually are.

When he danced into my life, I accepted that this wasn’t going anywhere. He’s tall as sin with a tailored suit on his immaculate body, and full of charm, saying just the right thing to get me to melt. There’s no way that he could be real.

Not for a girl like me.

In Lubbock, Texas, Wrights are royalty. Even the illegitimate son of an exiled Wright is treated like a king. Especially when Whitt falls right into place in a job he was born for.

The only thing I was born into was a double wide and a life of good-byes. Which is how I know he’ll be the same as all the others.

Until he isn’t.
Until he saves me.
And I start to wonder if maybe too good to be true isn’t a lie.
But my downfall nonetheless…]]> 330 K.A. Linde 1948427850 Laurence 0 to-read 4.18 2023
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average rating: 4.18
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]]> 195853531
A Fae lord who wants in.

A human woman willing to risk it all for a taste of power.

In a land ruled by ruthless Fae, twenty-one-year-old Lore Alemeyu’s village is trapped in a forested prison. Lore knows that any escape attempt is futile—her scars are a testament to her past failures. But when her village is threatened, Lore makes a desperate deal with a Fae lord. She will leave her home to catalog/organize an enchanted library that hasn’t been touched in a thousand years. No Fae may enter the library, but there is a chance a human might be able to breach the cursed doors.

She convinces him that she will risk her life for wealth, but really she’s after the one thing the Fae covet above all: magic of her own.

As Lore navigates the hostile world outside, she’s forced to rely on two Fae males to survive. Two very different, very dangerous, very attractive Fae males. When undeniable chemistry ignites, she’s not just in danger of losing her life, but her heart to the very creatures she can never trust.]]> 339 Analeigh Sbrana 0063380595 Laurence 0 to-read 3.33 2024
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average rating: 3.33
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]]> 171681724
Enclosed under a vast dome, Snowglobe is the last place on Earth that’s warm. Outside Snowglobe is a frozen wasteland, and every day, citizens face the icy world to get to their jobs at the power plant, where they produce the energy Snowglobe needs. Their only solace comes in the form of twenty-four-hour television programming streamed directly from the domed city.

The residents of Snowglobe have fame, fortune, and above all, safety from the desolation outside their walls. In exchange, their lives are broadcast to the less fortunate outside, who watch eagerly, hoping for the chance to one day become actors themselves.

Chobahm lives for the time she spends watching the shows produced inside Snowglobe. Her favorite? Goh Around, starringĚýGoh Haeri, Snowglobe’s biggest star—and, it turns out, the key to getting Chobahm her dream life.

Because Haeri is dead, and Chobahm has been chosen to take her place. Only, life inside Snowglobe is nothing like what you see on television. Reality is a lie, and truth seems to be forever out of reach.

Translated for the first time into English from the original Korean.]]> 384 Soyoung Park 0593484975 Laurence 0 to-read 3.58 2020
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average rating: 3.58
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]]> 60209477
Nadya is a self-taught nurse who does what she can to ease the suffering of the prisoners. When Kane comes under her care, she cannot help but empathize with his condition for very personal reasons—and as the guards take him away one last time, she fears he is facing a terrible death.

After a daring rescue, Kane is offered a treatment that will change his very nature. Choosing life, for the time being, he goes back for the female who took such good care of him—but his duty to Nadya sets him on a collision course with his own past. When long-buried secrets are exposed, his self-destruction is inevitable…unless true love can save his soul.]]> 353 J.R. Ward 1982179902 Laurence 0 to-read 4.09 2022
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average rating: 4.09
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]]> 25108939 First released in the anthology Dead After Dark, dive into this hot novella from #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward. Available for the first time ever as a standalone ebook, get lost in the sinful pleasures of a vampire so obsessed with one woman, he will relinquish her blood, if only he can have her heart...

Held captive by a dark, seductive vampire with an unworldly hunger, the beautiful Claire Stroughton fears her life as a lawyer has irrevocably taken a turn for the worse. But when this deeply sensual-and highly dangerous-vampire convinces Claire that his desire for her is stronger than his lust for blood, she is compelled to give everything up to him, body and soul...

Please note: this is not part of the Black Dagger Brotherhood even though it's set in the same "world".]]> 114 J.R. Ward Laurence 0 to-read 4.23 2008
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average rating: 4.23
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]]> 75636079
My name is Lorenzo Moretti. Born to be head of the Cosa Nostra, except that I chose love over my birthright.

On our wedding day, my father cursed our union, swearing on his own blood that my wife and I would never live out our days in happiness.

I guess he was right, because fate stole her from me and I’m left to live an empty life without her, with a shattered heart and only half a soul.

On the day my wife died, I swore I’d never love anyone like that again, and it’s a promise I kept for two years.

A promise I kept until her�

She sauntered into my life wearing a dress the color of sunshine and with nothing else but an old Mustang and a smile. Beaten and bruised and seeking refuge behind my family’s walls. But I’m no white knight looking for redemption, and she’s sure no damsel in distress.

She’s annoying as hell. With no filter and an eternally sunny disposition. She says whatever’s on her mind, no matter how poorly judged it might be.

She’s everything I don’t want.

But she might just be everything I need.

And I don’t know how much longer I can resist her sweet smile and her sinful curves�

Because there’s only so long you can stand in the sun before giving in to its heat.

This book contains:
Grumpy/ sunshine
Dark mafia
Heartbreak and angst
Love after loss
Grovelling
Dom/ sub scenes
A HEA]]> 418 Sadie Kincaid Laurence 5 4.13
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average rating: 4.13
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]]> 56817646
I’ve lived the entirety of my life wrapped up in subterfuge for one purpose—revenge.

Through the years, I lived more as an enigma than a man.

For so long, I denied I had a beating heart of my own.

Until her. Until she unearthed the starving vessel inside, forced me to acknowledge it, forced me to understand that I’m capable of bleeding the same as any other.

For that, we paid. We're still paying.

Yet, she demands it still, the useless heart of the ruthless thief and shameless villain she fell for. My fear is, I’m no longer that man.

With the lies I’ve told, the life I’ve led, my mistakes are beginning to catch up with me, day by day, one by one.

This is my last chance, and I have no intention of losing her again, but as the deception of my past starts to unravel and close in, shedding my humanity may be the only thing that can save us both.

Maybe it’s already too late.]]> 437 Kate Stewart Laurence 0 4.36 2021
author: Kate Stewart
name: Laurence
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> 54781547
It’s a ghost town, this place that haunts me, the one that made me.
It’s clear to me that I’ll never outgrow Triple Falls or outlive the time I spent
here.
I can still feel them all, my boys of summer.
Even when I’d sensed the danger, I gave in.
I didn’t heed a single warning. I let my sickness, my love, both rule and ruin
me. I played my part, eyes wide open, tempting fate until it delivered.
There was never going to be an escape.
All of us are to blame for what happened. All of us serving our own
sentences. We were careless and reckless, thinking our youth made us
indestructible, exempt from our sins, and it cost us all.
I’m done pretending I didn’t leave the largest part of me between these
hills and valleys, between the sea of trees that hold my secrets.
It’s the reason I’m back. To make peace with my fate.
And if I can’t grieve enough to cure myself in my time here, I’ll remain sick.
That will be my curse.
But it’s time to confess, to myself more so than any other, that I’d hindered
my chances because of the way I was built, and because of the men who built me.
At this point, I just want to make peace with who I am, no matter what
ending I get.

Because I can no longer live a lie.]]> 452 Kate Stewart Laurence 4 4.51 2020
author: Kate Stewart
name: Laurence
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> 34008668
Broken is what he was.

Broken is what I will always be.

To his eyes, that held so much despair, I couldn’t look for long.

To his fist, that clenched so tightly, like he was locking away the sorrow.

To his lips, that never uttered a word, from the years of heartbreak.

And despite it all, I couldn’t stay away from him.

It was like he was drowning in an ocean, and I wanted to grab his face, and whisper to his lips, “Don’t forget to breathe.�

This was how I fell for a man. A man who was so lovesick, I was afraid he would drown me in that same ocean he was lost in.]]> 177 T.L. Smith Laurence 0 to-read 3.83 2017
author: T.L. Smith
name: Laurence
average rating: 3.83
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]]> 197812420

This is a super spicy, short why choose romance connected to the New York Ruthless series. It contains zero plot and a whole lot of steam, and so can be enjoyed without having read the series if you're looking for a quick read.]]> 27 Sadie Kincaid Laurence 5 4.42
author: Sadie Kincaid
name: Laurence
average rating: 4.42
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]]> 54735996 Can you keep a secret?
�
I grew up sick.�
�
Let me clarify.�
�
I grew up believing that real love stories include a martyr or demand great sacrifice to be worthy.�
�
Because of that, I believed it, because I made myself believe it, and I bred the most masochistic of romantic hearts, which resulted in my illness.�
�
When I lived this story, my own twisted fairy tale, it was unbeknownst to me at the time because I was young and naïve. I gave into temptation and fed the beating beast, which grew thirstier with every slash, every strike, every blow.�
�
Triple Falls wasn’t at all what it seemed, nor were the men that swept me under their wing. But in order to keep them, I had to be in on their secrets.�
�
Secrets that cost us everything to keep.�
�
That’s the novelty of fiction versus reality. You can’t re-live your own love story, because by the time you’ve realized you’re living it, it’s over. At least that was the case for me and the men I trusted my foolish heart to.�
�
Looking back, I’m convinced I willed my story into existence due to my illness.�
�
And all were punished.

Both books in The Ravenhood Duet are now available and must be read in order.
Duet Reading Order
Book #1 Flock
Book #2 Exodus

This is an angsty, unconventional love story with high steam, loaded with suspense, a little action, and ALL OF THE FEELS!]]> 366 Kate Stewart Laurence 0 4.28 2020
author: Kate Stewart
name: Laurence
average rating: 4.28
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]]> 75636078
And I am just a spoiled Mafia princess. At least that’s who most people think I am. They don’t look at me long enough to see the real me. But he sees....

He is dark and dangerous and lethal, but he’s the only man who makes me feel like I’m alive. It’s a pity he’s too loyal to my brothers to ever act on the sparks that constantly fly between us....

Or is he?

Because when he finally loses control, it’s even more than I ever dreamed it could be. And even though he tells me that the two of us aren’t an option, I see the look in his eyes every time we’re together. He’s only ever a breath away from losing that control again.

But Max is a man with a dark past and secrets that he can’t escape. When that past catches up with us, it threatens what might be our only shot at happiness. Because I would give up everything I’ve ever known for a life with him. And when my brothers find out about us, I just might have to.

This book is a stand-alone brother's-best-friend romance. It features:

A jealous, possessive MC
Age gap
Praise/punishment
Pierced MC
Inexperienced FMC
"Touch her and die" vibes
No cheating
An HEA]]> 408 Sadie Kincaid Laurence 0 4.11
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average rating: 4.11
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]]> 125014104
For years, the High Rocks Pack and the Sea Wolves have been locked in a ruthless battle for supremacy. But upon my arrival on Desolation Island, I claimed a mate that had been designated for another - the alpha's other daughter. Now, he languishes in a hospital bed, seething with hatred towards me.

Lucas and Asher have forgiven me, but we're far from out of the woods yet. The secrets behind this war stretch further back than I imagined, threatening to unravel fragile alliances between packs, leaving all of us - including our unborn child - on the brink of destruction.

Can I convince Maverick that I never meant to hurt him? That my love for him was never an act, but the calling of my heart. Can Lucas and Asher help me unearth enough evidence to bring our enemies down before they crush us? And will I survive long enough to bring my baby into this crazy world?

All I know is, wolf shifter or not, these men belong to me. I have claimed them for all time, and I will fight to the death for what is mine.]]> 304 Elizabeth Blackthorne Laurence 0 4.14
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> 95586338
Now bound to Maverick and Lucas as their omega, Nova realises both her life and her heart are now in danger as she falls deeper in love with the Scott brothers. With her pregnancy progressing like a ticking clock, and her carefully constructed stories beginning to unravel, she frantically continues to search for the Spanish gold, believing it to be her only way out if the brothers discover who she truly is and how she has betrayed them.

Nova isn't the only one on Desolation Island with secrets however, and as she searches for the truth about Jaxon's past, she begins to unravel a web of deceit that stretches far back into the past, to the truth about the alphas' father and the future of the island.

Her secrets haunt her every move, but it is Lucas's secrets that rise like a tidal wave, threatening to consume them both in a maelstrom of his own inner torment and despair. Determined to put things right, Nova knows she is risking her heart and hew new family in order to come clean, but will it be enough, or will the truth break them apart forever?]]> 253 Elizabeth Blackthorne Laurence 0 4.11
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name: Laurence
average rating: 4.11
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]]> 78819387
When I ended up on Desolation Island, running from the pack that hunts me, I could never have imagined the three brothers I meet are the three brothers my mate left behind. years ago. Maverick - destined to be pack alpha since my mate abandoned his destiny, Lucas, the dark and violent, but with such sadness in his eyes, and Asher, the sweetest, most caring man I have ever met, hurt beyond belief by Jaxon's betrayal. They resent Jaxon for leaving, and they cannot find out I carry his child, or that I am the wolf the High Rocks pack are hunting for. Or my ultimate weakness - that I can't shift. I've heard the stories - the Sea Wolves, do not tolerate weakness.

The problem? My wolf marked the alpha with her mate mark, meaning I cannot leave his side until it fades in a month's time. I'm stuck here. At least it gives me time to search for the fabled Spanish gold my mate was so convinced is hidden here on the island. If I found that gold, even a little could solve all my problems and let me and my baby have a new start, safe from my pack and far away. That was the plan.

Falling in love wasn't.

This is a full-length reverse harem romance novel, full of sexy alpha males, a strong heroine, and steamy scenes. Triggers include SA, both on screen and off; pregnancy; PTSD; and violence.]]> 297 Elizabeth Blackthorne Laurence 0 3.98
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name: Laurence
average rating: 3.98
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]]> 56653002 She can never be his...but he's taking her anyway.

Stoic, broody, and arrogant, elite bodyguard Rhys Larsen has two rules: 1) Protect his clients at all costs 2) Do not become emotionally involved. Ever.

He has never once been tempted to break those rules…until her.

Bridget von Ascheberg. A princess with a stubborn streak that matches his own and a hidden fire that reduces his rules to ash. She’s nothing he expected and everything he never knew he needed.

Day by day, inch by inch, she breaks down his defenses until he’s faced with a truth he can no longer deny: he swore an oath to protect her, but all he wants is to ruin her. Take her.

Because she’s his.

His princess.
His forbidden fruit.
His every depraved fantasy.

***

Regal, strong-willed, and bound by the chains of duty, Princess Bridget dreams of the freedom to live and love as she chooses.

But when her brother abdicates, she’s suddenly faced with the prospect of a loveless, politically expedient marriage and a throne she never wanted.

And as she navigates the intricacies—and treacheries—of her new role, she must also hide her desire for a man she can’t have.

Her bodyguard.
Her protector.
Her ultimate ruin.

Unexpected and forbidden, theirs is a love that could destroy a kingdom…and doom them both.

Twisted Games is a slow to medium burn contemporary royal bodyguard romance. It’s book two of the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone.

Warning: This book contains a possessive alpha hero, explicit sexual content, and profanity.]]> 456 Ana Huang Laurence 0 to-read 4.10 2021
author: Ana Huang
name: Laurence
average rating: 4.10
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]]> 53138095
�ردی که بیش از دیگران اعصاب ا� را تحریک می‌کند� کسی نیست جز کاسین، این جنگج�ی زخم‌خ�رد� که م�قعیتش در دربار ریسند � �یرا ا� را مدام در نزدیکی نستا نگه می­دارد؛ اما خشم نستا تنها چیزی نیست که در حض�ر کاسین تحریک می­‌ش��. آتشی که بین آن­‌ه� شعله می­‌کش� غیرقابل‌انکا� است � �قتی ناچار به زندگی باهم در یک خانه می­ش�ند، بیش‌ازپی� حرارت می‌گیر�.

دراین‌بین� ملکه‌­ها� انسان خائن نیز که طی جنگ اخیر به قلمر� خ�د بازگشته‌ان� متحدی جدید � خطرناک یا�ته‌ان� که حض�رش صلح شکننده حاکم بر دیگر قلمر�ها را تهدید می‌کند� � کلید بازداشتن این تهدید جدید در دست کاسین � نستاست که باید با گذشته­ی ش�م خ�د ر�به‌ر� ش�ند.

نستا � کاسین در دنیایی غرق در جنگ، در دنیایی که عدم اطمینان � بی­ثباتی آن را �راگر�ته با هی�لاهایی بیر�ن � در�ن �ج�د خ�د ر�به‌ر� شده � به دنبال بهب�د � پذیرش در آغ�ش یکدیگر می‌گردن�.]]> 757 Sarah J. Maas 168119628X Laurence 0 to-read 4.44 2021
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Laurence
average rating: 4.44
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]]> 50659471
Yet even the festive atmosphere can't keep the shadows of the past from looming. As Feyre navigates her first Winter Solstice as High Lady, her concern for those dearest to her deepens. They have more wounds than she anticipated-scars that will have a far-reaching impact on the future of their court.

Bridging the events of A Court of Wings and Ruin with the later books in the series, A Court of Frost and Starlight explores the far-reaching effects of a devastating war and the fierce love between friends.]]> 272 Sarah J. Maas 1635575621 Laurence 0 to-read 3.69 2019
author: Sarah J. Maas
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average rating: 3.69
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]]> 50659472 The epic third novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas.

Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's actions and learn what she can about the invading king threatening to bring her land to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit. One slip could bring doom not only for Feyre, but for everything-and everyone-she holds dear.

As war bears down upon them all, Feyre endeavors to take her place amongst the High Fae of the land, balancing her struggle to master her powers-both magical and political-and her love for her court and family. Amidst these struggles, Feyre and Rhysand must decide whom to trust amongst the cunning and lethal High Lords, and hunt for allies in unexpected places.

In this thrilling third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Sarah J. Maas, the fate of Feyre's world is at stake as armies grapple for power over the one thing that could destroy it.]]> 699 Sarah J. Maas 1635575605 Laurence 0 to-read 4.47 2017
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Laurence
average rating: 4.47
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]]> 55817097 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, morally gray alphahole; explicit sexual content, and profanity. No cheating or menage, but if you're looking for a traditionally sweet, loveable hero, this is not the book for you. Recommended for 18+. ]]> 360 Ana Huang Laurence 0 to-read 3.74 2021
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Feyre has undergone more trials than one human woman can carry in her heart. Though she's now been granted the powers and lifespan of the High Fae, she is haunted by her time Under the Mountain and the terrible deeds she performed to save the lives of Tamlin and his people.

As her marriage to Tamlin approaches, Feyre's hollowness and nightmares consume her. She finds herself split into two different one who upholds her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court, and one who lives out her life in the Spring Court with Tamlin. While Feyre navigates a dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms. She might just be the key to stopping it, but only if she can harness her harrowing gifts, heal her fractured soul, and decide how she wishes to shape her future-and the future of a world in turmoil.

Bestselling author Sarah J. Maas's masterful storytelling brings this second book in her dazzling, sexy, action-packed series to new heights.]]> 626 Sarah J. Maas 1635575583 Laurence 0 to-read 4.65 2016
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At least, he’s not a beast all the time.

As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie she’s been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But something is not right in the faerie lands. An ancient, wicked shadow is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it, or doom Tamlin—and his world—forever.

From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read.]]> 419 Sarah J. Maas 1635575567 Laurence 0 to-read 4.16 2015
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Laurence
average rating: 4.16
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He didn't expect his heart to have an opinion.

Freedom loving private investigator Sophie Callaghan is on a mission. The daughter of a con-artist is not going to be used by a man again. What she doesn't need is hot, broody and controlling Harlan barging into her life and digging into her past. Her brain may say no, but her body craves this bad boy. After a night where both live their darkest desires, Sophie must fight their explosive chemistry because one wrong move could destroy her. She bets he has to stay far, far away.

As the stakes ramp up and secrets explode around them, both are determined to win the bet.

But there can only ever be one winner.]]> 361 Hayson Manning 1633756505 Laurence 0 maybe 3.95 2016
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name: Laurence
average rating: 3.95
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]]> 61221249
I’m happier than I ever imagined possible, but happiness is never easily won for people like me. Somebody, somewhere wants to ruin what we have, and to do that they’re willing to risk the wrath of the entire Montoya family.

Because the only problem with having it all, is the people who are waiting to take it all from you. When the lines between love and obsession are blurred, how do we know who we can trust?

As old enemies resurface and family ties are tested to their very limits, who will come out on top?

Fierce Obsession will take you on a rollercoaster of emotions. Full of tension and steam. It is book 4 in the LA Ruthless series, featuring the Montoya crime family.

Publishers note: This is a dark Mafia romance which features dark themes that some may find disturbing, including extreme violence and scenes of a sexual nature.]]> 288 Sadie Kincaid Laurence 0 4.29 2022
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average rating: 4.29
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]]> 60739974 Fierce Betrayal is a standalone dad’s best friend, age gap dark mafia romance.
It contains NO cheating and a HE.

Jackson Decker is everything I’ve ever wanted. Fierce. Loyal. Not to mention tall, tattooed and hotter than the earth’s core.

Too bad there are so many reasons why he’s off limits. He’s old enough to be my father, but even worse than that, he is the right-hand man of head of the Spanish Mafia, who just happens to be my dad. So that loyalty I admire in him so much is also the reason he will never look at me the way I want him to.

But when we start working together, sparks fly in ways that neither of us expected. One passionate night later, he ends us before we begin when he tells me 'this can never happen again.'

However, fate has other ideas, and when my life is in danger and I’m forced to leave LA with my young son, it’s Jackson who protects us both. Taking us to the ranch where he was raised and facing the demons of his own past in the process.

The weather isn’t the only thing that heats up in Texas and before long the attraction between us can no longer be denied.

But with so many obstacles in our way, how can we ever have a future together? Because when my father finds out about the two of us, there will be hell to pay. Can the head of the Montoya family ever forgive the ultimate betrayal?

Fierce Betrayal will take you on a rollercoaster of emotions. Full of tension and steam. It is book 3 in the LA Ruthless series, featuring the Montoya crime family.]]> 340 Sadie Kincaid Laurence 0 4.18 2022
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average rating: 4.18
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A filthy, sexy short. Taboo BDSM quickie. One of the filthiest short stories you'll read this year!
When Mack has to cancel on his wife, Jenna at the last minute, he sends her on a date with his buddy, Frank instead. But when Frank takes her to a sex club, well anything could happen!]]> 24 Sadie Kincaid Laurence 0 4.11
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]]> 55239561 He was supposed to be a myth.

But from the moment I crossed the River Styx and fell under his dark spell...he was, quite simply, mine.

*A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Hades and Persephone that's as sinful as it is sweet.*

Society darling Persephone Dimitriou plans to flee the ultra-modern city of Olympus and start over far from the backstabbing politics of the Thirteen Houses. But all that's ripped away when her mother ambushes her with an engagement to Zeus, the dangerous power behind their glittering city's dark facade.

With no options left, Persephone flees to the forbidden undercity and makes a devil's bargain with a man she once believed a myth...a man who awakens her to a world she never knew existed.

Hades has spent his life in the shadows, and he has no intention of stepping into the light. But when he finds that Persephone can offer a little slice of the revenge he's spent years craving, it's all the excuse he needs to help her—for a price. Yet every breathless night spent tangled together has given Hades a taste for Persephone, and he'll go to war with Olympus itself to keep her close...]]> 384 Katee Robert 1728231744 Laurence 0 to-read 3.85 2021
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average rating: 3.85
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]]> 58559942 My name is Alana Montoya.

My husband is the King of L.A. And I am his Queen.

I never asked for this life, but now that it’s mine, I will fight for it with every breath in my body.

Our love is fire and fury, burning brighter than the heat of a thousand suns. But when secrets and betrayal threaten our chance at happiness, will the flames be enough to vanquish our enemies, and destroy our doubts and fears? Or will the ashes and embers of what we once had be all that remains?

A war is coming to L.A, and when it is over, only one side will be left standing.

A fierce King will burn the whole world down to get what he wants.

But, a wise King knows that he can’t win a war alone.

Because when all is said and done, everyone knows that the Queen is the most powerful player on the board.]]> 286 Sadie Kincaid Laurence 0 3.97
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]]> 58469816 In a few breathless moments, I will be Mrs Alejandro Montoya.

He is the King of L.A, and everything a woman could want. Handsome, powerful, rich, and hotter than hell itself.

But I am not just any woman. I am Alana Carmichael and I’m only here to save my father. I will not bow to any king.

This is no fairy tale. This is my nightmare.

He is fierce and unyielding. I should hate him. But, the way he looks at me makes me feel more alive than I’ve ever felt before, and his touch sets my skin on fire.

And as I uncover the secrets of our pasts, I discover that monsters are not always what they seem. Sometimes, the real monsters look like ordinary men.

Fierce King is a forced marriage, dark mafia romance. It is book 1 in the L.A Ruthless series and features the Montoya crime family.]]> 284 Sadie Kincaid Laurence 0 4.10 2022
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average rating: 4.10
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A filthy, sexy short. Taboo BDSM quickie. One of the filthiest short stories you'll read this year!Five hot menOne lucky womanJenna loves her husband, Mack, and she wants to be the best sub she can be. But when she pushes the boundaries one too many times, Mack goes to extreme lengths to instil some discipline in her. If that means bringing some of his friends home to help out, then so be it.]]> K.C. Moore Laurence 0 3.95
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But that’s not why I hate him.

I hate him because he has taken the only thing I have left in this miserable world � my freedom. He has chained me to him because of a debt that I don’t owe. I just have the misfortune to share the bloodline of the man who does.

And now I’m trapped in his gilded cage and the only thing I have left to do is run. And I try. I really do. But he is everywhere.

Suffocating. All consuming. Intoxicating.

He is a paradox. A man with a heart as cold as ice, whose passion rages like an inferno.

Why does he see into my soul in a way that nobody else ever has? Why does the slightest brush of his skin make my pulse race?

My mom always warned me never to play with matches. But if Dante Moretti is fire, then I want to burn.

Dante is the first book in the Chicago Ruthless series, featuring the Moretti siblings. Each book is a standalone with a HEA. This is a spicy Dark Mafia, enemies to lovers, forced proximity romance, which features scenes of a violent nature as well as those of an explicit sexual nature.]]> 350 Sadie Kincaid Laurence 4 3.93
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average rating: 3.93
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This is a super spicy, short why choose romance connected to the New York Ruthless series. It contains zero plot and a whole lot of steam, and so can be enjoyed without having read the series if you're looking for a quick read.]]> 23 Sadie Kincaid Laurence 0 4.30
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This is a super spicy, short why choose romance connected to the New York Ruthless series. It contains zero plot and a whole lot of steam, and so can be enjoyed without having read the series if you're looking for a quick read.]]> 29 Sadie Kincaid Laurence 0 4.35
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]]> 63131936 A standalone, super spicy why choose, Mafia holiday romance which is packed full of heat.

Whilst A Ryan Christmas is a novella connected to the bestselling New York Ruthless series, it can be enjoyed as a stand-alone holiday read - but it will contain spoilers for the main series.

It's five days before Christmas and Jessie Ryan has a whole lot of surprises in store for her four possessive, hotter than hell Irish mafia husbands.

But it wouldn't be a Ryan story without a little drama. Will a ghost from Christmas past ruin their festive fun?

Packed with a whole load of Christmas spice, plenty of fun, praise and a little punishment too, A Ryan Christmas is the perfect steamy holiday read.

Publishers This is a dark mafia romance which has scenes of an adult nature, including some violence]]> 142 Sadie Kincaid Laurence 0 4.38
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Featuring four incredibly hot, possessive, masked men, punishment, praise and a whole load of spice, A Ryan Halloween will leave you gasping for breath and begging for more. This is a novella connected to the bestselling New York Ruthless series, however can be enjoyed as a stand-alone.

Publishers Please be aware, this a fun, holiday themed read full of spice. If you're looking for a plot, then this probably isn't the story for you. You have been warned!]]> 50 Sadie Kincaid Laurence 0 4.27
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This is a spicy short story connected to the New York Ruthless series, featuring Shane and Jessie - punishment, a little praise and whole load of spice.]]> 26 Sadie Kincaid Laurence 0 4.30
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This is a super spicy short story connected to the New York Ruthless series. It contains zero plot and a whole lot of steam, and so can be enjoyed without having read the series if you're looking for a quick read.]]> 24 Sadie Kincaid Laurence 0 4.31
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This is a short story connected to the New York Ruthless series, set after the end of Ryan Renewed. It is a dark Mafia, reverse harem romance which deals with adult themes including scenes of a graphic sexual nature.]]> 23 Sadie Kincaid Laurence 0 4.22
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But, Jessie should know better than anyone how that kind of true happiness never lasts. Because pasts like hers just refuse to stay buried.

With people from both Jessie's and the Ryan brothers' history determined to steal the happiness they've worked so hard for, they must work together more than ever to ensure that nobody tears them apart.

Ryan Renewed is full of spice, steam, emotion and a whole lot more spice.

Trigger warnings include discussion of fertility issues/ mention of pregnancy loss/ scenes of a violent and sexual nature.]]> 342 Sadie Kincaid Laurence 0 4.24
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]]> 60720346 The Wolf is back� which means that Jessie’s worst nightmare has just come true.

Determined not to let the monsters of her past ruin her future, she refuses to live her life in fear. But both Jessie and the Ryan brothers� have pasts that are about to threaten the happiness they have so desperately fought for.

When long buried secrets are finally revealed, the Ryan brothers� loyalty to Jessie, and to each other, will be tested to its very limits.

Because when everyone has something to hide, how do you know who is telling the truth? Everyone must choose a side. Has Jessie been tricked into choosing the wrong one all along?

And when the true identity of the Wolf is finally revealed, can any of them ever be the same again?

The Ryans might be back in Ireland, but is their reign about to finally come to an end?

Ryan Reign is a dark mafia, reverse harem romance that deals with mature themes. Trigger warnings include kidnap and reference to sexual/ physical abuse.]]> 276 Sadie Kincaid 1838448365 Laurence 0 4.05
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]]> 77782131 Time is running out.
With the head of the Bratva determined to take back his daughter, and one of the brothers missing, Jessie and the brothers must act fast to bring him home alive.

Still reeling from the revelations surrounding her family’s true history, Jessie is determined to uncover the truth. And when she can’t get answers from the man who claims to be her father, she must make a new ally of an old enemy. But when her true destiny is revealed, she is once again forced to choose between her new family and her old one.

Determined to make a new life for herself, Jessie renounces her claim on her family’s legacy and forges ahead with her new path. But what happens when your past is determined to track you down no matter how far you run?

With one last ghost to lay to rest, Jessie will need the brothers more than ever if she is to finally break free of the life that won’t let her go. But after everything that has happened between them, can they trust each other enough to work together and deliver some long awaited retribution?

Ryan Retribution is a dark mafia, reverse harem romance that deals with mature themes. Trigger warnings include kidnap, violence, and reference to sexual/ physical abuse.]]> 244 Sadie Kincaid Laurence 0 4.05
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]]> 61914418 A secret admirer’s devotion turns deadly in a twisting novel of psychological suspense.

Mia Anderson is an invisible woman. An unremarkable thirty-two-year-old Tennessee librarian, she’s accustomed to disappearing in a crowd, unseen and unheard. Then she receives an anonymous note: You look beautiful today.

It doesn’t stop there. The attentive stranger—a secret admirer named Adam—has plans for Mia. With each new text comes a suggestion for her hair, clothes, or attitude, and for the first time in memory, Mia feels noticed. Slowly, she develops a confidence in herself she’s never had. But Adam has a surprise coming…and Mia finally sees him for who he is and what he’s prepared to do for her. Even kill.

Fearing she could be implicated in the murder, Mia’s forced to turn to the stranger in the shadows watching her every move. Adam’s game of cat and mouse begins with Mia as the prey. In order to survive, she must also become the predator.]]> 347 L.R. Jones 1662508875 Laurence 0 to-read 3.70 2023
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average rating: 3.70
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