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  Book 1 of 6: Brutal Birthright Series BLURB// They're a match made in Hell. The Griffins and the Gallos have been battling for control of Chicago's underworld for generations. Their rivalry has always been flammable, but it reignites with a fury when Aida, the youngest and wildest Gallo sibling, crashes a party at the Griffin mansion and accidentally sets fire to the library. To stave off all-out war, her father quickly arranges a marriage between her and Callum Griffin, eldest son and heir to the Irish mafia. Cold, ambitious, and brutal, Callum is determined to tame his headstrong new bride. But Aida is more than capable of giving as good as she gets―starting with poisoning Callum on their wedding night. The problem is, murdering him would be a lot easier if he didn't look so good while she was trying to do it. She's got a lockbox around her heart. He's got something to prove. In their struggle for dominance, who will go up in flames first? The Lark Notes : Aida ...

  Online dating in your thirties will make even the most optimistic person skeptical. When Margo comes across Adam’s profile with a bit of scrutiny, she takes a chance on the extremely handsome pharmacist. Meanwhile, all Adam needs to swipe right is Margo’s chestnut brown eyes and her occupation as a community college professor. Through flirty texts, their connection is magnetic—almost too good to be true. After an incredible, once in a lifetime date, Margo does what any woman with trust issues would do—she runs. Fortunately for Adam, she doesn’t get far, and he discovers why she’s avoiding the one person who may understand her better than she thinks. Hard to Swallow is an instalove, high-spice, romantic comedy novella, intended for mature audiences. Just because it’s a good time, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t check your content warnings. My Review Adam is so caring towards Margo. The way that he never pushed Margo to go too far and always thought of her comfort. In addition, to makin...

  The Fallen Angel Longed for Her Touch... Long ago, Pheriel, once a devoted angel of the Lord, fell from grace during Lucifer’s rebellion due to love for a mortal maiden, yet unlike most of his fallen kin, his heart remained untainted, burdened by his guilt and longing for redemption. Pheriel’s penance came in the form of servitude, and found himself bound to the mortal realm as a guardian for those who dared summon angelic aid through forbidden magic. Eleanor, a fiercely intelligent young woman trapped in Victorian society, is one such summoner. Stifled by her father’s oppressive household and the rigid expectations of her era, she performs a daring ritual to call forth an angelic protector. What she receives is Pheriel, the handsome Seraphim who cannot help but blush in her presence. For countless centuries he longed for a beautiful woman to be his master, but having his wish granted proves an unbearable torment, as he is forbidden to make physical contact of any kind with morta...

  I’ve never been a good bet. I wear my emotions on my tattoo-covered sleeve, I say all the wrong things and I revel in pissing off a certain redhead far more than I should. In other words, I’m the last person the court would choose to parent any child, let alone three of them. Yet being their father is all I want. So when the woman I love to hate offers to help make all my dreams come true, I jump at the chance. Marrying Ava is a convenient solution: she's my kids favorite person and the court will absolutely approve of the woman who runs the biggest charity in Boston. But there is nothing convenient about the way I feel when she fights with me, or when we kiss. And I'm not sure which I enjoy more. This marriage may have a time limit but I'm beginning to think I'd like to keep my wife. She’ll probably fight me on it, but as they say, all’s fair in love and  war . My Review Tyler aka War's story is my newest favorite in this series. His children Josie, Scarlett, and...

  A new neighbor with a secret identity and a deadly obsession… Amelie I knew I shouldn't have asked him for a ride. My new neighbor is a study in contradictions—covered in tattoos and dripping intensity. He’s alluring yet aloof, and his every calculated move is dangerously seductive. Little did I know, he’s been systematically inserting himself into every part of my life. Creeping beneath my protective armor. Trapping me like a fly in his web before revealing his true identity. Now, he’s standing before our families calling me his future wife. He doesn’t understand that my life isn’t that simple. I have secrets of my own, and his obsession with claiming me might just get me killed. My Review I like a strong FMC. That is what we get with Amelie. She may have someone following and watching her but yet, she still fights. With Sante's assistance, she finds her confidence and blooms.  "You choose me. I choose you." Sante is the perfect combo of dark and light. He has this...

  My power to exchange… Kathy Sinclair I will do anything to protect my mother, even at the expense of myself. When a handsome older man takes an interest in me at work and offers admission to an adult club, I thought things were finally going my way. But twisting my pleasures to abuse for the sake of the camera isn’t what I had in mind. Too bad I need the funds he puts in my hands to keep my mom safe and sound. Tyson Cortez Building personal pleasure rooms in people’s homes should make it easy to find someone for me. But I’m the guy people invite into their relationship for a good time, not a long time. And I thought I made my peace with that, until all my best friends start locking in their forevers, and I haven’t even met someone to spend right now with. I like to play as much as I like to watch, and when I meet a voyeur with a  save me for last  fantasy, I might have just found a match made in sinner heaven. A dark romance with a voyeur that wants to power play with h...

  Solitary tech worker Mischa Osborn is mourning the shelving of her passion project—an artificial intelligence algorithm capable of love—when a chance encounter with a social media celebrity leads her spiraling into an all-consuming obsession. Simultaneously, someone—or something—is watching. Mischa Osborn spends her days as a ProWatcher—keeping distracted people on task and lonely ones accompanied—from her Brooklyn Megabuilding, while eating PetriMeat Steax and working out with her favorite personal trainer, a straight-talking algorithm named Tory. Her carefully constructed, isolated existence is suddenly upended by a chance realspace encounter with a HighlightReel celebrity, Nicolás Adán Luchano. On their first date, hiking in Kuulsuits and watching DroneBeez pollinate flowers, Mischa experiences a brief but intense realspace connection. Mischa takes to relentlessly watching Nic onReel. As Mischa’s ReelWatching spirals into an all-consuming obsession, and even realspace stalking...

  After making a big mistake at work, Maisie is told to take a mandatory vacation and get her head on straight. But when she chooses Hallow’s Cove as her retreat destination, she doesn’t realize it’s a town inhabited almost purely by monsters—including her grumpy new landlord, Barnaby. It’s no secret that Barnaby the bookstore owner is a vampire, but he’s long since tamed his urge to drink human blood. That is, until Maisie arrives in Hallow’s Cove. Her blood smells utterly wonderful, and Barnaby finds himself drawn to her scent just as much as he is to her genuine, curious personality. But Barnaby fears his attraction, too, because he carries a inside every vampire is a monster, one that’s never been seen or written about. The closer he gets to Maisie, the higher the risk that it could escape containment. When sparks fly between them, will the hidden creature emerge and ruin his chance at love? My Review I really enjoyed this newest book from Lyonne. I like that it was a slow burn...

TimeLock stole twenty years from Morgan Eberly's life. A terrifying new version of the radical technology might just end it.  Two years after the events of  TimeLock , a new and unhinged president of the United States approves an immoral and illegal plan to develop a weaponized form of the TimeLock process for use on the battlefield. But only one man, geneticist Dr. Lionel Garvey, can execute the program. When both he and his wife Kiyoko are kidnapped in Kyoto, Japan, Morgan and FBI Agent Janine Price receive a frantic text from Kiyoko's brother, Yoshi. Realizing they can't trust anyone in their own government, Morgan and Janine fly to Japan and team up with Yoshi for an unauthorized rescue mission. After a daring raid of a research facility in Japan, the trio realize they have only delayed the president's insane plan. They must now execute a dangerous assault on a frozen corner of Siberia to accomplish their mission. Can Morgan and Janine stop the presiden...

  Some friends are big and strong... Some are small, but the only thing that really matters in life, is being a good friend to all!   When the World Wide Chess Championship comes to town, Pablo Prairie Dog finally meets his hero, Bodacious Buffalo, the half-human, half-buffalo hero of the WWCC - a wild mix of chess and professional wrestling. Disappointment follows when Pablo, who wants nothing more than to train as a WWCC hero, is cast aside because of his small size. Pablo finally gets his chance to shine when he's the only creature small enough to save Buffalo's treasured pet kitty, Chili, from a dangerous well. Through his adventures with the WWCC all-star team, Pablo Prairie Dog discovers his own importance and realizes his unique qualities are what make him special.    Join Pablo Prairie Dog and his friends on the adventure of a lifetime! Bodacious Buffalo, Chili, Chatty Chick-Dog, Ellegirl, Rancorous Ram and Malapert Mustang will entertain and excite readers o...

  **This is book 1 in the Rosewood River Series. Each one can be read as a complete standalone. A HEA is guaranteed!** Rosewood River Series: Steal My Heart My Silver Lining Over The Moon Crazy In Love In A Heartbeat Whisper Sweet Nothings A Small Town, Enemies to Lovers, Workplace, Standalone Romance from USA Today and Amazon #1 Bestselling Author, Laura Pavlov. Henley Holloway is my boss’s daughter and I’ve been assigned to mentor her. The problem is, I’m not looking to babysit anyone. But I’m determined to make partner at the firm, and this is the final obstacle in my way. So, I agree to take the little princess under my wing. I’ll work her so hard, she’ll beg me to leave her alone. But from the first day she walks into the office and spills scalding hot coffee on my chest—I’m intrigued. She’s a Harvard grad. Her work ethic rivals mine. She’s witty and funny and beautiful all at the same time. I don’t want to like her. I have a hard and fast rule about relationships, and I will ...

  When I said "get a new hobby," I meant kayaking, not decking the halls with garlands of gore. My newest therapy client is the definition of a DILF. His distractingly handsome face is all to blame for my mess up. If that wasn’t bad enough, now I’m practically stalking the murderous golden retriever. Can he even hear me arguing for pottery classes over the electric carver? Oh, it's a bone saw?  My mistake. Merry Christmas!  I’m getting myself an accessory to murder. ★★★ After a helpful talk with my beautiful divorce therapist, I decided to get into manslaughter. Maybe it's not the hobby she had in mind, but the idea always interested me, and there's plenty of predators I’d love to turn into  prey . And what do you know? My therapist was right. I  do  feel better! She seems a little ethically confused and personally concerned. She’s even cuter grumpy and exasperated. We’d make the perfect couple if she’d stop threatening to call the FBI. My Review Who doesn'...

  Am I going to get lucky? Maybe if the hunky nerd I met yesterday takes me up on my invite to attend High Five's St. Paddy's Day party … Rachel Wagner, who’s sworn off dating apps, is the last single one in her friend group. Focused on running her thriving cleaning business in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, the thirty-one-year-old is caught off guard when she stumbles upon a bearded nerd while cleaning her biggest client’s lake house. Patrick Nowak, a reclusive cat-loving hacker, prefers code to conversation and planned to spend the St. Patrick’s Day weekend out of Chicago enjoying a digital detox at his friend's lake house. But when Rachel, a confident brunette who seems way out of his league, invites him to a local bar's St. Paddy's party, his anxiety just might prevent him from taking her up on the offer. In a game of attraction and vulnerability, neither of them is prepared for just how much their lives can change in a day. (This is Book #3 in an interconnected series...

  In  Curated True Crime Volume #12: Deadly Stalkers   you'll learn about some of the most chilling, premeditated and calculated murders by obsessive stalkers. Follow law enforcement, detectives, and forensic experts as they connect the threads of evidence that lead to relentlessly solving these tragic mysteries. Volume #12 includes . . . Bay Area Hunting  Unearth the chilling true story of a man whose disturbing childhood gave rise to one of the most feared serial killers in history and the haunting survival story that helped bring him down. With chilling details, survivor testimonies, and an unflinching look at the investigative breakthroughs that finally ended his rampage, this story will leave you breathless. University  This is the heartbreaking story of a gifted athlete and compassionate soul whose life was stolen by her ex-boyfriend, a dangerous sexual predator, and the systemic failures that enabled his deadly obsession. This story takes you into the har...

  You'll love thi s book if you enjoy: 🏡 Small Town 🎸 Rockstar Romance 💙 Friends to Lovers 👀 Forced Proximity 🤫 Fake Dating 🤠 Bad Boy  🎀 Good Girl When famous—and infamous—country singer Rye Crenshaw saunters into the diner where she cooks, Tory Simmons is certain she’s got him pegged. He’s a bad boy who indulges himself in all things, women included. But while she couldn’t care less about country music or arrogant men, Rye makes her an offer she can’t refuse when he asks her to be his private chef on his multi-city concert tour. The job is the answer to all her prayers: it will clear out her debt and finance the fresh start she desperately needs. Rye is certain his sassy new cook is the last woman who’d ever tempt him, but spending time with the wholesome girl next door will do wonders for his damaged public image, whether she likes being forced into the spotlight or not. Her food also happens to be the best he’s ever eaten, both comforting and seductive. But spen...

  I’m supposed to be suffering through Christmas with my dad. Not stuck in our family lodge with my worst nightmares at the door. When a snowstorm hits days before Christmas and I’m the only one at the house, I’m quickly informed that I’ll be spending Christmas alone, with only my dog for company, but that’s before things take a turn for the worse. I never would have come if I’d known they’d be here. Fletcher and Boone, my stepbrothers, were never the family I’d hoped for. They’re the reason I ran away, the ghosts that haunt my sleep. I was promised they’d be too busy to come to the cabin this year, but someone broke that promise. Now they’re here, standing at my door, intent on making sure I never forget why I left. What should have been an uneasy Christmas with my dad and stepmom spirals into a game of cat and mouse, as Fletcher and Boone remind me exactly why I fled. With the storm trapping us high in the mountains, there’s nowhere for me to run. And the worst part? They’re dete...

  A blind sculptor. A satyr bodyguard. A dangerous plan to expose a criminal empire. Aceon doesn’t care for holidays—or humans. As a satyr bodyguard, his job is to keep his clients alive and his emotions out of the equation. But Satin, a blind sculptor with a biting wit and a deadly secret, isn’t like any client he’s ever had. She’s stolen a list that could expose the corrupt empire that destroyed her family, and now assassins are closing in. From Moscow’s glittering Winter Galas to high-stakes casinos in Morocco, Aceon and Satin must outsmart and outfight a relentless enemy while navigating a connection that’s as dangerous as it is undeniable. Their mission is protect the list, expose the truth, and stay alive long enough to see Christmas. But the real risk isn’t losing the fight—it’s losing each other. This is a fun holiday romance that's told ONLY through the monster's POV! My Review Love this book. While it is short, I never felt like it was rushed or that I missed anything...