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Discover The Addictive World Of The Twisted Series From Tiktok Sensation, Ana Huang! Read Twisted Games Now For A Steamy, Angsty Forbidden Romance. She Can Never Be His . . . But He's Taking Her Anyway. Stoic, Broody And Arrogant, Elite Bodyguard Rhys Larsen Has Two Rules: Protect His Clients At All Costs And 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 Defences 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 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.

I’ll enjoy teaching her to obey.It was supposed to be a hands-off protection job.But with her, I knew it was going to be all hands on.I had orders to keep Becky White safe.Keep our enemies from putting her in danger.But this isn’t like any other guard job.She’s not a princess in a tower, but a hellcat with claws to match.A hellcat determined to see just how far she can push my limits.I’m not supposed to mix business and pleasure.But I’m going to enjoy teaching her what it means to obey.Do whatever I say, whenever I say it.The first time was an accident.The second time got me hooked.By the third time...There was no way for me to quit her, so I figured I'll do the next best thing:Strap her to my bed and show her that I will never let go.SENTINEL is a full-length enemies to lovers romance between an unassuming librarian and the bossy, possessive biker sent to take her away. Contains violence, language, dark themes, and STEAMY intimate moments. You have been warned.Book 3 of the Grim Legion MC trilogy.

On the outside my life seems simple. I'm an average woman with a love for motorcycles. A high school teacher who's a single mother. But what you don't know is what lingers just beneath the surface...The desiresThe needs. This hunger that can never be fully satiated. Part of me knows it's bad. That I shouldn't crave what I do. But the other half doesn't give a fu*k. I'm split in two. Which is how I've spent most of my life. Torn in half by conflicting emotions. By the man I desire, but shouldn't. By the secrets that I hide from almost everyone. Then... One day, everything changes... My world is turned upside down and I'm left falling... Falling toward something special. Toward a sense of belonging that I find in the strangest of places. With someone I never thought I'd be with in my wildest dreams.I'm Gwen Donovan and this is my journey to love and self acceptance. Let's just hope, that in the end, it doesn't bite me in the ass.Warning: Contains shameless adult sexual content, taboo situations, graphic violence, profanity that'd make your grandmother blush, a woman who has multiple orgasms, a vast array of possible triggers including past sexual assault so expect anything. And whatever the hell else that makes it unsuitable for folks under the age of 18.This is NOT a Standalone.Part 1 of a Duology. 81k Words in Length.

Danger awaits an alpha male vampire and his botanist wife in this paranormal romance novella from a New York Times–bestselling author. The war is over. Peace, at last. Cara Kayrs is healed after decades of illness and ready for a break. Too bad her brooding, alpha vampire husband can't seem to change gears. In their twenty-five years together Talen Kayrs has learned to sense every shiver of her body, to ignite her desire with a word or a look. She would think he could learn she's not some fragile damsel in distress. But Talen is on edge, watching their backs, treating her like she's made of glass. Like there's something following them, a deadly threat that somehow none of their intelligence has uncovered. It's enough to drive a woman crazy, and Talen has plenty of those tendencies already. But what's even more maddening is that he seems to be right… **Previously published in Wicked Burn** Praise for the Dark Protectors Series “Hot and fast from beginning to end.”—Kate Douglas on Fated   “Paranormal romance at its best!”—Cynthia Eden   “If you want hot, sexy, dangerous romance…this series is for you.”—Paranormal Haven “Sizzling sex scenes and a memorable cast.”—Publishers Weekly on Claimed

After four years abroad, artist Jonas Davenport has come home to start building his dream of owning his own art studio and gallery. But just as he's ready to put the darkness of his past behind him forever, it comes roaring back with a vengeance.The only thing keeping ex-cop Mace Calhoun from eating his own gun after an unthinkable loss is his role in an underground syndicate that seeks to get justice for the innocent by taking the lives of the guilty. Ending the life of the young artist who committed unspeakable crimes against the most vulnerable of victims should have been the easiest thing in the world. So why can't he bring himself to pull the trigger?After years of fighting in an endless, soul-sucking war, Navy SEAL Cole Bridgerton has come home to fight another battle - dealing with the discovery that the younger sister who ran away from home eight years earlier is lost to him forever. He needs answers and the only person who can give them to him is a young man struggling to put his life back together. But he never expected to feel something more for the haunted artist.Cole and Mace. One lives by the rules, the other makes his own. One seeks justice through the law while the other seeks it with his gun. Two men, one light, one dark, will find themselves and each other when they're forced to stand side by side to protect Jonas from an unseen evil that will stop at nothing to silence the young artist forever.But each man's scars run deep and even the strength of three may not be enough to save them... Note: Contains m/m/m scenes and is intended for mature audiencesTriggers: References to sexual abuse of a childThis is book 1 in a series but can be read as standalone...no cliffhangers.

The next book in the Forbidden Love series by New York Times bestselling author L.J. Shen. I made a deal with the devil to save my mother... But is it really hell if I love the way it burns? Gia The monster from my nightmares crawled into reality, masquerading as my boss. Tatum Blackthorn is Lucifer personified. When he discovers my weakness, he makes me an offer I cannot refuse, and I become his wife. I always knew he was depraved, but as his twisted vendetta unfurls, so does my darkest secret. Now we're both the targets of very nefarious people... They're about to find out no one matches my husband's wrath. Tate I am a man of few pleasures, one of which is destroying Gia Bennett. Slowly. Patiently. Systematically. My fixation with my secretary has an origin but no limits. When my revenge spree sparks into an all-consuming Mafia war, I expect nothing but a good time. After all, death cannot come too soon. Alas, it isn't just my life that's on the line now. In this chess game, the king protects the queen. Even at the price of burning down his entire empire. Handsome Devil is a mafia-themed, enemies-to-lovers standalone romance. It deals with sensitive subject matters and includes violence, gore and explicit scenes some might find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "This series is Spectacular!" - SMI BOOK CLUB★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "Mind-f*ck at its finest and I loved every single minute of it." - Amazon Customer★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "Say goodbye to your nails..." - Amazon Customer on Killing Sarai★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "Dark, compelling, deathly violent and just fan-bloody-tastic!" - Goodreads Reviewer on Reviving Izabel★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "5+ Crushing, Amazing & Shocking STARS" - The Book Enthusiast on The Swan & the Jackal★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "There is no going back for me, this series has me completely and utterly addicted..." - Books She Reads *** Victor Faust's new Order is growing. Business is good as there is no rest for the wicked in an underground world of hardcore criminals and contract killing. Relationships among the operatives have changed little over the past year-but things are about to change, and all six high-ranking members of the new Order will be blindsided by an unlikely enemy. Loved ones whose only ties to Victor's organization are their relationships with its members are abducted. The price to get them back safely: the six must confess their deepest, darkest secret to this mysterious young woman named Nora, who is as deadly as she is beautiful, and who seems to know more about each of them than they know about each other. And although no one has any clue about who Nora really is, it becomes clear that she also isn't whom she appears to be. So much more is at stake than secrets and the lives of innocent loved ones. With each member that Nora forces to confess, the truth about their dark pasts and their present objectives will cast suspicion, pit some against each other, and may tear others apart. Before the game is over everyone will know who this woman is and why she is here, but the damage she will leave in her wake could be the beginning of the new Order's destruction. Whose dark secret will be the darkest of all? And can Victor's Order survive any of them?

Feelings kill faster than bullets. That is Drake's creed. A legend, a renegade, a ruthless, powerful enigma understood by no one and feared by all, Viktor "Drake" Drakovich heads up a billion-dollar empire—and shows no mercy to the many enemies who would stop at nothing to destroy him. He is a man with no love and no weakness, until... Grace Larsen takes Drake's breath away the first time he sees her—and quickly becomes his obsession. Never before has he burned for someone the way he desires this hauntingly beautiful artist who is plagued by troubling dreams. He aches to possess her, to protect her, to carry her to new heights of sensuous arousal and rapturous release. But entering Drake's world means becoming a target—for relentless, bloodthirsty foes have been eagerly waiting for him to expose his weak spot. And the price of their passion may be their lives.

Award-winning author, Kate Carley, invites you to read the latest in the Changing Krysset series.Thirty-seven minutes after midnight.Like clockwork, an exquisite stranger sashays into his bar, orders up a shot of Jack Daniel's, and stirs up his curiosity- not to mention his libido. Awaiting the arrival of this mysterious woman, night after night, has Ethan Bearbower growling in frustration. Or maybe it's her hasty retreat after slamming the whiskey that's driving him crazy. Lord knows her choice of attire isn't improving his condition in the least-one night she's dressed like a shy, sweet nymph, and the next, a seductive dominatrix. No wonder he's going out of his mind.But once Ethan uncovers her true identity, his inquisitiveness morphs into a protective streak he can't seem to control. Consumed by this unusual fascination for a woman he's just met and his need to keep her safe, Ethan struggles to reconcile his long-held beliefs with his mounting emotions. Danielle is searching for the truth, and she's not going home until she's satisfied. But before she can unearth the answers to her biggest questions, she discovers a sexy man who just might derail her quest. With explosive chemistry and tenderly whispered words of love, their relationship seems destined to last forever...until Danielle's unrelenting search brings danger to her doorstep.

They say first impressions mean everything. Either Maximus "Max" Gunn didn't get the memo or he didn't care. The gorgeous, muscle-bound Dominant's assumption that I, Mistress Sammie, was a submissive set my blood boiling. I wanted to drive the toe of my coveted Louis Vuitton stilettos between his legs--and bring him to his knees.But anger wasn't the only burning emotion Max ignited inside me. The potent sexual attraction we share threatened to burn me alive, too. Unwilling to cede our Dominance, the battle for control raged like a third world war, both in and out of the dungeon. It would take a coup d'état for love to conquer our drive to command.But when Max learns the secrets of my past, and attempts to heal my scars, I don't know if I'll be able to still the battle...or fall willingly to my knees.