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The hotly anticipated second book in the Dark Prince Road series. If you loved My Dark Romeo, you need My Dark Desire. Available to pre-order now. The task was simple: Sneak into Zachary Sun's closely guarded manor. Retrieve my pendant. Slip out. Problem #1? America's most unattainable bachelor caught me. Problem #2? He decided to keep me. As the help. Zach 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.

Now with beautiful amethyst purple sprayed edges and a never-before-seen bonus chapter!From BookTok sensation J.T. Geissinger comes Ruthless Creatures, a scorchingly hot mafia romance about two people bound together by a debt that must be collected. No matter the cost.Five years ago, my fiancé disappeared. He left me with a wedding dress I’d never wear. Left me with the kind of scars that can’t be healed. The man I built my future on vanished like a ghost. All that remained were my broken heart and a million unanswered questions.Until a mysterious stranger arrives in town.Tall, dark, and dangerous, Kage is as full of secrets as he is sex appeal. Though I know he’s hiding something, I’m drawn to him like a moth to flame. Heat crackles between us with every look, desire flares into passion, and I fall hard, helpless to resist.But then I discover he’s been sent to collect on an unpaid debt from my missing fiancé....And that debt is me.Queens and Monsters Reading Order:Ruthless CreaturesCarnal UrgesSavage HeartsBrutal Vows

*Book one of a duet*When Ophelia Winters accepts a scholarship at a prestigious Scottish university to prove that her parents' death was the fault of Cain Green, an American aviation tycoon, her plan is simple. Keep her grades up and her head down; the last thing she wants is to wind up in a mafia war or step on the toes of royalty.Her plan gets off to a rocky start when the mysterious man that almost kills her on her first day turns out to be Cain's eldest son. As far as she's concerned, Alex Corbeau-Green is a younger version of his billionaire father. A monster hiding beneath a beautiful facade.Loneliness has been Ophelia's only dependable companion for years, but when anonymous threats and mysterious occurrences start to haunt her time at Sorrowsong, she wonders if she really can survive there on her own.Between being paired together for a project and ending up as each other's alibi for a murder, avoiding Alex becomes increasingly impossible. She begins to fall for the soft heart that hides beneath his hard exterior.Tormented by a malicious stalker and growing closer to Alex, Ophelia's desperation for revenge wavers for the first time. Can she really bring herself to pull the trigger on Cain now that she knows the family it'll split into two?__________Dark Academic Romance - Hate to Love - Slow Burn - University Setting - Murder and MysteryThis work is dark in places and contains several triggers throughout. Please heed the warnings before reading.

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.

SloaneI'm not proud of the things I've done.The things I've had to do.The things I've given away.but I'd give it all over again to find her.Even if i die trying, I have to find Alexis.ZethShe wants me to help her,But I won't.She wants me to save her sister, But I can't. She wants me to be her hero, But I'm not a good man.I am her damnation.

BRUTAL. INTENSE. PASSIONATE. THE WORLD OF THE SCARRED SOULS.They call me 901. I am a monster, a killer, a champion. In the blood pit I am a god. I have no name, no family, and no identity. When master says fight, I fight…until I am the only one left standing. I have one goal, to fight so well that I am freed. I don’t need friends, I don’t need women. They are weaknesses. I am strong.Until I see her. She is gorgeous and kind and off-limits to me. She was stolen as a child to be the worst type of slave and now master wants her. What he wants, he gets. With a smile, she melts my brutal heart. I have never wanted anything more.I need to make a choice. Freedom or Love. I cannot choose wrong.

*The hardcover collector's editions of the New York Times bestselling Twisted series will have gorgeous designed edges, gold foil, and exclusive art*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.Do not become emotionally involved. Ever.

"Holy dark and delicious angst. Carian Cole did not hold back. I dare you not to shed a tear." ?L.J. Shen, USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author of VICIOUS My innocence was stolen when I was abducted at five years old. For eleven years I held on by clinging to childhood fairytales. I waited for a prince to someday save me and carry me off to a happily ever after. I had no idea my saviour would come as a scarred recluse, covered in tattoos, who can't-or won't-speak a word. Nevertheless, the moment our eyes met I knew he was the one.? My prince. With his bare hands, he killed the monster who kept me captive. But people have a way of distorting the truth when the hero looks like a villain. As it turns out, Tyler Grace is many things: A myth. An outcast. A nightmare. Haunted by tragedy, he lives secluded in the forest. Some say they see him ride through town at night-straddling a black motorcycle, his face covered by a skeletal mask. I've been warned to stay away, yet I can't stop thinking about him. I ache to hear his voice. And I want nothing more than to break through his walls. I know he's the only one who can break through mine. Do we dare dream of a love that once felt impossible to find? Or will only our horrible, twisted past tie us together? ?Fans of angsty romance from Lauren Asher and Mia Sheridan will be hooked by this emotional novel following two broken souls connected by a dark, haunting past.

?"Snow White waited for the prince. You'll be the one saving yourself in this story." Last Jesse heard, Roman "Bane" Protsenko, naked surfer and habitual pothead, was extorting the rich and screwing their wives for a living. Which is why she's more than a little surprised to find him at her door, looking for her friendship, her services, and most puzzling of all--looking humbled. Her scarred heart calls to his, but Jesse is on a boycott. Literally. After all she's been through, she's cut boys from her life permanently. The problem is, Bane is not a boy. He's all man, and she's falling, crashing, drowning in his sweet, perfect lies. Because to Bane, Jesse Carter--hot as hell, cold as ice--is just a means to an end. He made a deal with her oil tycoon stepfather, and she's collateral, a plaything for him to kill some time with on his path to power. She might be one tough nut to crack, but Bane has the teeth for it. At least, until he finds that inside her damaged shell, Jesse has claws, too. And when she digs them in deep under his skin, Bane is no longer sure who he really is...or if he ever wants to let her go.

Enter the world of Never After--where power rules, secrets kill, and love is the deadliest game. From New York Times bestselling author Emily McIntire comes a dark, seductive series where villains get their happily ever afters... no matter the cost.HookedJames wants revenge--until he wants her more. Seducing Wendy, the sheltered daughter of his enemy, was supposed to be the perfect trap. But as James's empire begins to crumble and a traitor threatens everything, his plans unravel...and his feelings get dangerously real.Wendy knows James is trouble, but she can't resist the magnetic pull of their twisted, addictive connection. As desire turns into something deeper, she must decide: is she in love with the man James--or the monster they call Hook?ScarredPrince Tristan Faasa was never meant to rule--but he'll stop at nothing to steal the crown from his cruel brother. Leading a secret rebellion, he's ready for war...until Lady Sara Beatreaux arrives. His brother's bride. His newest obsession.Sara's mission is clear: marry the King and destroy the Faasa line. But she never expected the Scarred Prince. Dangerous. Forbidden. Irresistible.As betrayal brews and loyalties blur, Sara must choose between vengeance--and the villain she was never supposed to love.WretchedEvelina Westerly is brilliant, brutal, and bound by blood to her family's drug empire. She doesn't have time for love--until a one-night stand with a stranger leaves her shaken. When that same man appears as her family's newest recruit, everything unravels.Nicholas Woodsworth is a DEA agent undercover, sent to take Evelina down. But the ruthless woman he should hate is the only one he can't forget. As passion ignites, loyalty shatters--and love might be their most dangerous betrayal yet.