Recommendations based on "Broken Rival: A Novel"

This swoonworthy, romantic companion novel to Wendy Higgins's New York Times bestselling Sweet Evil series is told from irresistible bad-boy Kaidan's point of view. Readers will love getting inside Kaidan's head, especially fans of the Divergent series by Veronica Roth, the Selection series by Kiera Cass, and Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire.When bad-boy drummer Kaidan Rowe encounters good girl Anna Whitt, the girl chosen to vanquish the demons from earth, he can't stop thinking about her. The Nephilim son of the Duke of Lust, Kaidan tries to help Anna embrace a life of sin, but she gradually helps him see that he's meant to do more with his life. Their relationship is as tortured as it is passionate, for Nephilim are forbidden to fall in love. But as hard as they may try to obey, Kai can't seem to stay away from Anna, nor Anna from Kai.Full of chemistry and high-stakes drama, this companion book is darker, hotter, and completely satisfying.

In New York Times bestselling author Chantal Fernando’s latest novel in the Wind Dragons Motorcycle Club series, Rake—baddest of the bad boys—gets his own romance at last!Rake is known for being up for anything, in and out of the bedroom. He’s wild, he’s deadly, yet quick with a joke or a stolen kiss. Known as the player of the WDMC, he loves women, the more the merrier. However, behind his womanizing façade, Rake hides the pain of losing his first love, Bailey. He hasn’t loved anyone since, and doesn’t think he ever will. Seven years after their split, Rake and Bailey run into each other at the MC’s favorite club. Old wounds resurface, secrets are spilled...and passionate feelings are awakened. But they’ve each done things to hurt the other, hurt them too badly to get over it—haven’t they? Only when Bailey’s connection to Rake puts her in danger from another Club member does he realize that there’s nothing he won’t do to protect her—and claim her as his once again.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Sweet Ache comes a blistering new novel filled with danger, secrecy, and a desire that can't be sated...Foreign war correspondent Tanner Thomas is addicted to living on the edge. Needing the adrenaline rush of his job to help him cope with a personal loss, he throws himself back into the game, concentrating all his energy on getting the next big story. But when he meets his new photojournalist, Beaux Croslyn, he can't help but feel like he's losing his focus--and maybe risking more...With secrets she won't address, Beaux is far from your ordinary woman. Determined to keep her distance, she's willing to pull Tanner in closer and hide behind the sparks flying between them. But as Beaux's past begins to put their relationship--and their lives--at risk, Tanner's determination to find the truth puts them both in jeopardy. He's ready to chase her to the ends of the earth to find out if what they had was real, or if the danger surrounding them was just an exquisite heat fated to burn out....

He was my older brother's best friend. He was never supposed to be mine. I thought we would get it out of our system and move on. One of us did. One of us left. Now he's back, looking at me like he wants to devour me. And all those feelings I'd turned into anger are brewing into something else, something that terrifies me. He broke my heart last time. This time he'll obliterate it.

Roxi Gold feels like a throwaway. Shuttled from one foster home to another for most of her life, she longs for a real family and a place to call home. She'll do anything to fit in and please her new guardian--even if it's against the law. Soon she's traveling the country in an RV stealing rare books from unsuspecting bookstores even as guilt hounds her. Police officer Abby Dawson has witnessed the worst of society, and not just at work. Her high-powered attorney ex-husband has wrested her daughter away from her in a bitter custody battle, and she's lucky if she sees her daughter at all. The job she once loved has become a chore, the world isn't any safer, and her life seems to have no purpose. One fateful night a botched robbery changes both Abby's and Roxi's lives forever. While Abby searches for justice, Roxi finds herself on the run in the small town of Elk Valley, Colorado. Will the power of forgiveness set them free, or will they both remain bound by guilt?

“One of the biggest names in Urban-fiction, Ashley Antoinette, is back ... An intense start to this new series with characters that are real and genuine. It’s a story about love, trying to put the past behind and moving on with your life” - Red Carpet Crash on Butterfly Morgan Atkins is used to losing, but losing Messiah Williams was the most tragic of them all. Surely, after Messiah, no other man could compare. Settling with Sebastian Fredrick didn't seem like such an impossible task. He treated her well enough, he accepted her children, and he offered her entrance into a well-connected world. There was only one problem: he wanted to change her into someone else. The rules that went along with his lifestyle suffocated her and when Morgan reconnected with Messiah's crew, she no longer wanted to play by Bash’s rules. When she falls in love with Messiah's best friend, Ahmeek Harris, she knows she's headed for trouble. His presence heals her in a way that no man has ever been able to do before. Their love affair is electric. Morgan is uncertain about many thing but one thing she's sure of is that she can't let this feeling go. She goes out on a limb and risks it all just to be with Meek, but when Messiah reveals that he's still alive, the battle for one girl's heart just may lead to the demise of them all. She can only be queen to one man. Which one has the true key to her heart? Can Messiah make up for his mistakes or is it too late to save what they once had? Is Ahmeek a rebound or does he offer her something more? Does Bash even stand a chance? This second installment of the Butterfly series will leave you breathless.

Vengeance or Forgiveness? What would you choose?Being a teenager has its ups and downs. Ups? Hot boys, the mall, best friends, dreams of an amazing future. So much potential. Downs? Hot boys, parental drama, frenemies, emotional craziness, snakes emerging from your head when angry...Yeah, I was surprised, too. How am I supposed to stay on my carefully planned path when my true biological heritage presents its ugly head-ahem, heads. And when the messengers of my so-called destiny happen to be two of the most incredibly hot and irritating males on the planet, I'm left fantasizing about my previously boring life.Am I supposed to believe that my duty is to seek vengeance? Or to grant mercy to the offender? And how on earth am I qualified to make these decisions?I'm bound to make mistakes along the way, but keep your fingers crossed that I don't inadvertently send the world to Tartarus in a hand basket.

I'm not who I say I am.But somehow a rugged strangerCan see right into my heart... Experience what reviewers are calling "a brilliant continuation to the world created in His Wicked Games"... SECRETS. LIES. AND A DESIRE THAT CAN'T BE DENIED.Louisa Cunningham has lost everything. Burdened by grief and heartache, she does something desperate--she assumes a false identity and takes a job at Huntington Manor, the luxury tourist attraction that was once her family's estate. Nobody here knows who she really is. Not even the sexy, mysterious handyman who knows how to push all her buttons. He's everything she knows she should stay away from. He's a playboy. He's constantly getting in fights. And he resents the Cunninghams for reasons Louisa doesn't understand. But in spite of herself, she can't stay away from him, even when that puts her secret at risk. Even when it becomes increasingly clear that he harbors a few secrets of his own... The Cunningham Family Reading Order: His Wicked Games (Book 1)Truth or Dare (Book 2)Sweet Victory (Book 2.5)Her Wicked Heart (Book 3)Take You Away (Book 3.5)Lost and Found (Book 4)Completely (short story)Their Wicked Wedding (Book 5)A Cunningham Christmas (Book 5.5)Their Wicked Forever (Book 6) Additional Cunningham Family Books: Always Wicked (companion novel)The Cunningham Family Bonus Stories Approximate length: 318 pages

Declan Donovan is a liar. He's lying about what happened to his ex. He's lying about the reason he knocked out his lead guitarist and best friend, and then kicked him out of the band. He's lying about going to rehab--he doesn't even drink. And now he's lying about the way he feels about sweet, submissive Molly Ward. But even that's a lie--Molly isn't all that sweet, and Declan loves it. He's gotten used to lying. It helps to hide the pain he's sworn never to share with anyone else. But Molly is on tour with Savage Heart for one reason only: get to the bottom of what happened the night the band broke up and then write a book that will bring them back from the dead. She's determined to get through Declan's lies and get to the truth of the man within, a truth she knows hides deep scars. Molly knows that if she wants a career that can support her and her sister, she needs to command respect. And she's determined to resist the physical need she feels whenever she's near Declan. Whenever she hears his voice. Whenever he says her name. Whenever he touches her. But Declan is the Dom that Molly has always fantasized about, and she wants nothing more than to explore her sexually submissive side--with him. Too bad he's exactly the kind of guy that will break her heart. She's been on that rocker ride before, and she can't do it again. Not with what's at stake. Until she hears him sing...

Dream Nelson is a girl with the perfect family: Her father is a high school principal and her mother is an educator as well. Dream herself is a middle school teacher, who has one flaw;she loves bad boys--thugs. Jamal Stewart is a tall, attractive ex con who is released from prison with nothing, but he promises that he will be rich again, because while he didn't have any money, he still had his drug connection in California. Jamal navigates himself to the top of the drug world and this affords him the life of luxury, cars, condos, expensive jewels and the drop dead gorgeous Dream Nelson. When Jamal meets Dream he wanted her at any expense and he knew he would do anything to get her, but there was one problem, Dream is in a relationship with another convict. After much convincing Dream gives Jamal a chance and the two become a item. Dream knows that Jamal's lifestyle is dangerous and tries to steer him away from the streets, but it's not enough convincing. Dream's family and friends warn her that being with a Big Drug Dealer is bad news but against her family and friends warnings Dream sticks by her man even when she learns the FEDS are on his trail.