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  I may be a bodyguard, but I can’t protect my heart from her. She’s fire and ice. She’s emotional and yet logical. She’s beautiful and sexy. She’s everything I have ever wanted. But she’s not mine. Not anymore. Lucia and I blew up a few months ago after she almost died in a racing crash, and I carelessly told her something about herself she didn’t know. I stopped working for her sister, got a new job, and let her live without me. That’s what she wanted. We were supposed to be a casual fling, but apparently, my heart didn’t read the fine print. Now she’s traveling the world in her first F1 season, and I’m guarding an annoyingly self-absorbed pop star. Until I get a frantic call from her Dad telling me someone is stalking Lucia. He wants to hire me back, and whether she wants me in her life or not, I’m taking the job. I can handle her better than anyone. And when she decides to let me handle her again — in all the ways I used to — I can’t say no. Even if it means she speeds off with...

  From the best selling author of the killer boys... Grant : I knew heartbreak was inevitable for me but I ignored the warning signs. Now I’m single, hurt, and needing to run away. I found a cabin for a weekend getaway a few hours away, but it looks like I’m not the only one who’s calling it a home away from home. I didn’t expect a reunion. Aspen : Of all the people to show back up in my life, it had to be him. The one I watched get away. My old best friends boyfriend. When I look at him, I feel desire and the need to protect him. His tired and hurt eyes bring out a primal urge I’ve been suppressing for far too long, and I think he sees it, too. I never thought I’d get a second chance and I won’t screw this one up. ------------------------------------------------------------- Chase Midnight (one dark night book one) is a 15k one-night, one-shot novella. This means that the two characters fall quickly and get together quickly. This is instalove. My Review This is a really nice, quic...

  It'll take luck, strength, and madness to rid this wondrous land of its current nightmare. I'd written off my trip down the rabbit hole as a fever dream until the Hatter sends me a plee for help. Wonderland is in trouble, and everyone's counting on me to save them. Only this isn’t the Wonderland I remember. Wicked magic and danger lurk around every corner, and I no longer recognize the animals I once knew. They're now sexy shifter men bent on avenging their home and reclaiming the land, but it's clear they want to claim me too. And I'm eager to let them. Craving Madness is the first book in the Reclaiming Wonderland series. It is a why choose, paranormal romance retelling with dark themes. My Review I like this dark, monster Alice in Wonderland, why choose retelling. In fact, I liked it so much that I finished the book in one day. Instantly, I was sucked into this twisted, dangerous new Wonderland with Alice. It is not for the faint of heart. The monsters are ...

  JULIAN A year after his husband dies in a car accident, Julian is still paralyzed by grief. When his eccentric friend Nora insists he needs to start moving on, he texts his husbands old phone number in an attempt to heal his wounds. Little does he know, there's someone at the end of the line that may end up giving him a second chance at both life and love. LIAM Liam is tired of living his sad bachelor life. In an attempt to move on from his meaningless hookups, he changes his phone number. When he suddenly starts getting texts from a mysterious "Jules" he has no idea just how much his life is about to change. The Right Wrong Number is an MM romance. It's a story of second chances, healing, and finding love again. My Review I loved this book so much. This book does not read like a debut novel from new author, Katie. She brought the charm, humor, and engaging characters that I just wanted to hang out with.  While, the main leads are Julian and Liam, there are two othe...

  While Jenna Prescott is attending one of the world's top universities, she finds herself unable to afford tuition after an unexpected death in her family leaves her with nothing while her older brother, Tyler, inherits millions. Desperate to make ends meet, she becomes an exotic dancer for money she's heard they earn. Jenna is soon caught in a whirlwind romance with Ian Knight, Club Euphoria's owner and local crime boss. He's had his eye on her since the first time he bumped into her in the club lobby and will murder anyone who touches her. His need to protect her, mixed with his infatuation soon blindsides him and he finds himself going to whatever length to keep her ex from getting his own revenge. Will Jenna’s dangerous dance turn into a fatal mistake? Things aren’t always what they seem at Club Euphoria. This book contains severely dark themes and graphic sexual content. Please check the author's website vbemanuele. com for a full list of trigger warnings. My ...

We are thrilled to share Hunt the Wood with all of you today! This is the first in the Beautiful Nightmares series by Anna Fury and Amy Pennza, each story is a MM dark romance fairy tale retelling, Read on for more details! Hunt the Wood: An MM Red Riding Hood Retelling (Beautiful Nightmares #1) Publication Date: April 25th, 2023 Genre: MM Dark Fantasy Romance/ Fairy Tale Retelling I’m not a powerful witch, just a fortune teller making ends meet. But when my grandmother, the leader of the Rathmore Coven, summons me, I have no choice but to answer her call. To reach her, I must cross the Wood, the realm of Wotan, lord of the hunt. Rumors of his cruelty and brutality precede him, but nothing prepares me to meet the monster face to face. Because Wotan is more than a monster. He’s a predator, a bully, and now he’s claimed me as his pawn in his war against my grandmother. A master of torture, he’s determined to master me, stripping me bare of all my secrets. Yet as much as I fea...

We're on tour with Defender by Nicole Dykes! Download your copy of Defender by Nicole Dykes today! About Defender Travis Wyatt All I’ve ever wanted was to go to college and get out of Kensley.That small town is all I’ve ever known. I want to be free to be myself, not stifled by small minds in the football-loving town where I grew up. And then I blew my one and only chance. So now, I’m just stuck. Stuck in small-town life, with the same small-town people I’ve always known. Stuck where I don’t want to be. Constantly on the defense and hiding secrets about myself. To never be the real me. I’m lost, and I’m angry. But those people I was desperate to get away from, they don’t stop. They insist on showing me that maybe it’s not about my location. That maybe I can be free right where I am. Oakley Easton Travis is way too uptight. I don’t know why. He has everything a guy could want—a steady job and friends who would do anything for him. A great simple, small-...

  A girl from the twenty-first century finds herself lost in time, 1500 years in the past. Her life, saved from the watery depths of a lake by a magical sword. Excalibur. This retelling of the Arthurian Legends explores the fantastical idea that Guinevere was a time traveler. Knowing the fate she faces, Guin attempts to keep Lancelot at a distance after coming face-to-face with the legendary knight. Thoughts of Josh, Guin’s best friend whom she had begun to fall for, are the only barrier she has against the strong attraction she feels for Lancelot. But Josh is a millennium away, and Guin has no way of returning to him and all those she loves. As Guin grapples with the idea of time travel, she struggles to accept that all her loved ones are gone. The life she knew is over. The wedding she ran from. The father who gave her an earldom. The best friend who became her lover. All of that is in her past, yet some time in the future. CONTENT WARNING: explicit sex scenes, rape, death of par...

  Karissa She doesn’t need anyone to save her. She is her own savior, so when her former foster sister is threatening to finish what she started, Karissa knows she needs to leave. No one is safe with Sena after her. Except, she didn’t plan on him. Razor, the far too sexy biker has made it clear that he wants her for his Old Lady, and he’s not going to give up. Now, he’s found out about the threat against her, and he isn’t about to let her go or let her fight her past alone. However, she hasn’t been completely open about her past, and it’s about to stretch their trust and budding relationship to the limits. But the biggest question is, when it’s all over… will she stay or will she go? And will Razor still want her when he finds out the truth? Razor He never wanted an Old Lady, and was happy with the casual arrangement he and Karissa started. Except now, things are different, and he wants it all, and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to make her see it. But things aren’t always wh...

  The Bombshells Series is coming to an end!!!! Coming April 18th, SMARTASS, Book Four in the Bombshells Series!!! Being a widow is no fun. Not only have you lost the love of your life, but now you’re a single mom of three kids. And when one of your kids starts exhibiting symptoms of the very thing that killed your husband, you do two things. You turn to Dr. Google to make your already worried mind worry more, and you become a mama bear who will take no shit. And that includes from the sexy but dismissive pediatrician. Divorced and in need of a change, Dr. Reid Winston moves to Rockplaines to take over the practice of his former preceptor. A work opportunity for his ex-wife throws Reid into full-time single fatherhood and lands him next door to the woman that probably loathes him the most. While proximity makes them friendly, Sammy’s Smartass mouth makes his hand tingle and her ass sting. My Review I got emotional reading this book. One because Sammy found love again and two becaus...

  My peers think I’m a tramp. The District believes I’m the flawless youngest daughter of a tycoon. Neither is true. And I’m about to have my world, my house, my rose-coloured glasses, and all, stripped from beneath my Jimmy Choo heels. With one flickering light at the end of the tunnel… Xander Butcher. The city’s boxing legend is a hot mess. He’s the youngest son of a champion boxer, with huge gloves to fill and a dark legacy to abide by. At the perfect moment, we collide. We're dirty, we're raw, and our souls mend before we catch our breath. But some of the broken pieces of Xander will never heal, not with time, not with help, and I’m holding on as he falls, clutching… even after my hands are empty. Their Broken Legend is part of The Kids of The District series but can be read without the previous books, although it follows a greater narrative. It has a happily ever after. No cheating. No other woman drama. It has violence, steam, gore, angst, and romance. Enjoy. My Review As...

  He’s not the Prince Charming in my fairytale. He’s the big, bad wolf. Fierce. Brutal. Seductive, like the snake in the garden. His secrets will destroy me. If I don’t destroy myself first. * * * * * The angel wants to know what it’s like to dance with the devil, and I’m about to show her the way. I don’t deserve her. But I crave her. I’ll devour her. I’ll fight for her. I’ll own her. And when my enemies come after her, I’ll protect her. Even if it’s the last thing I ever do. Where Souls Collide is book two in a trilogy. It is not a standalone. All books should be read in order. My Review This book picks up soon after the first book. So, you do need to read these books in chronological order. My feelings for Makenna were real. After the tragically she experienced, I was ready for her to find some happiness again. While Cal was introduced in the first book, I felt that he was a mystery, and I did not really know too much about him. In this book, I got to see the man behind the mask...

  Question: What do a reclusive author and an outgoing travel agent have in common? Answer: Nothing. But fate brought them together on a vacation five years ago, and as Logan and Sloane prepare for their annual get-together, there are sparks flying between them. Sloane: When Logan Murphy, my accidental best friend, calls to say our annual mid-winter trip has to be "redone," he's already got the solution. Belize. An adults-only resort, and we leave in two days. I'm giddy with excitement, because I need this trip more than I can express. When I see Murph standing in the airport, my heart twitches to a beat it hasn't since my fiancé left me to tell our friends and family that he couldn't make it to the wedding. So it's a short-lived twitch, because I'm never going to get into the dating boxing ring again—and least of all with my best friend. Logan: I've never told Sloane what I do for a living, and she doesn't know how I feel about her either. But...

I knew he was a bad man but I never would have anticipated this… Empire Of Lust, an all-new dark mafia romance, book one in The Torrio Empire Trilogy from USA Today bestselling author J.L. Beck is available now! I made a mistake.  At sixteen years old I fell for the wrong man. Callum Torrio. Ruthless billionaire. Dangerous villain. My best friend's father. At twenty one I gave up hope that he would ever notice me. He’s twenty years older than me, and an arms dealer for the mob. The smart choice would be to forget he ever existed. But that’s not possible. His icy blue gaze, sculpted physique, and huge rough hands play a vivid part in my dreams. Then one night everything changes Every fantasy I ever had he brings to life. Dominant and possessive he praises and worships me. He makes me feel like a woman when all my life I’ve felt sheltered and controlled. But Callum has dark secrets, and a past that refuses to let go. ...

  "I think maybe it will be better this way. It’s better when people show their true colors early on. His colors were anger and resentment. Mine, as much as I didn’t want them to be, were detached and far too lonely. We wouldn’t blend well. We couldn't make anything beautiful. Still, the hurt squeezes and crushes me, and I wonder if it would feel like that every time I saw him from this day on." It's been two years since Mila Lindley moved into the apartment next to Tristan Li's house. It's been a year since he moved out and they both thought they'd be able to breathe again—Tristan, because he was finally free of the hometown he felt suffocated him, and Mila, because she was finally free of Tristan. Or so she thought. Until now. Walking into her first college course and accidentally sitting down next to him was bad enough. Finding out they'd be lab partners for the semester was a nightmare. Managing not to kill each other over the next four months was ...

  Lilly : The last thing I ever expected was being kidnapped during a one-night stand by hitmen who were there for my date. The last thing I ever wanted was to be attracted to the two walking red flags who call themselves Tarot Fate. These stepbrothers are known for being ruthless. I was doing fine on my own, but these men decided that I was their fate, and I can’t fight it. Worst part is, I don’t think I want to. Adrian & Christos: We never leave witnesses after completing a job. We simply pull the tarot card of their fate, end them, and call it a day. Until her. Little did we know, this sassy, strong woman would have a thing for revenge, just like us. What we never expected to happen, happened. There's one tarot card that has never revealed itself before. The one that would change everything. She would change everything. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tarot Fates is a dark romance novel t...