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"I'd rather be a savage with you...than be civilized on my own." Jameson Briggs grew up in a savage world. A survivor of the pandemic. An orphan at twelve. A brilliant poet, bullied for his words. A cutthroat pirate, ruthlessly hunted. But when a disastrous shipwreck leaves him stranded in a foreign city, Jameson finds himself starting over in a world that is savage in a whole new way. Political maneuvering. Deception. Wealth. Beautiful women. Beautiful, dangerous women. Like Zahara and Petra - daughters of the city's most powerful CEO and heirs to a tech fortune. As Jameson grows closer to their family, his world spirals and he is drawn into a tangled web of lies and corruption. Jameson must decide: will he rise above it? Or will he become a savage? From the author: This is a is a spicy, enemies-to-lovers, forbidden-love romance between a morally-gray pirate and rich man's daughter. In it, you'll find the following tropes: - Touch her and die - Villain gets the girl - Fish-out-of-water - Found family - Badass women - Morally grey men - Love triangle - Pirates - Dystopian world - Plot twists - Fast-paced, high-stakes adventure - More snarky banter than you ever thought possible. TRIGGER WARNING: This book contains cheating. This guy is a villain. He is morally gray (and it is a pretty dark shade of gray.) This is a standalone origin story for the villain in the Thalassic Series. You DO NOT need to read the other books before you read it! In fact, this makes a nice entry point to the series.

USA Today Bestseller ~ "He owns you. Whatever he tells you to do you do".One year. No future. A past that won't go away.Lennox "Nox" Demetri broke his own rule by making a deal. It may not have been directly with the devil, but that doesn't mean Satan himself isn't watching. Was it fate that brought Charli into his life and his bed? What will happen when rules are broken and secrets are revealed?"New rules...my rules."Alex "Charli" Collins found pleasure with Nox like she'd never known. That was before she knew his last name. Now that Infidelity is involved and the rules have changed, what will result when real life and fantasy collide?Is it really cheating if you're doing it to yourself?From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes a sexy, new dominant hero who knows what he wants and a strong-willed heroine who has plans of her own. With classic Aleatha Romig twists, turns, deceptions, and devotions, the depth of this new, epic romantic suspense reaches new levels and will have readers swooning one minute and screaming the next. Have you been Aleatha'd?CUNNING is a full-length novel, over 300 pages, and the second of five books in the INFIDELITY series.Infidelity - it isn't what you think. This series is not about cheating.

Passions explored leads to boundaries crossed as Surrender to Temptation continues…  Surrender to Temptation, Part IV Tempted to Entice With playboy billionaire Zachariah St. Brenton, Devon has felt more pleasure than she ever thought possible. But behind her lover’s infinite sexual appetite lies a conflicted man. Devon wants Zach to understand that she has no intention of betraying him. He thinks she should fear him, but Devon wants to go deeper and feel every intimacy that Zach has to offer—even if that means experiences that both shock and thrill her. But as Zach brings Devon further into his lifestyle, she finds herself wanting things that Zach isn’t ready—or willing—to give. Devon knows that Zach has been upfront about his limits from the beginning, but it’s hard to resist the temptation to break the rules… Includes a bonus excerpt of Lauren Jameson’s upcoming novel, Blush. More to come…Don’t miss Surrender to Temptation, Part V, available 1/29.

New York Times bestselling author Shayla Black invites readers to explore the desires of her Wicked Lovers... Racing against time, NSA agent Joaquin Muñoz is searching for a little girl who vanished twenty years ago with a dangerous secret. Since Bailey Benson fits the profile, Joaquin abducts the beauty and whisks her to the safety of Club Dominion—before anyone can silence her for good.   At first, Bailey is terrified, but when her kidnapper demands information about her past, she’s stunned. Are her horrific visions actually distant memories that imperil all she holds dear? Confined with Joaquin in a place that echoes with moans and breathes passion, he proves himself a fierce protector as well as a sensual Master who’s slowly crawling deeper into her head…and her heart. But giving in to him might be the most delicious danger of all.   Because Bailey soon learns that her past isn’t the only mystery. Joaquin has a secret of his own—a burning vengeance in his soul. The exposed truth leaves her vulnerable and wondering how much about the man she loves is a lie, how much more is at risk than her heart. And if she can trust him to protect her long enough to learn the truth.

In the first standalone of her sizzling new series, bestselling author Shain Rose welcomes you to Paradise Grove, a luxurious, ultra-private billionaire enclave-where the stakes are high, and the secrets are buried deep . . .He's the forbidden enigma I wanted to ignore . . . but instead I'll be forced to share a home with him.Jameson Knight arrives at precisely the same time every day to pick up. It's the only time I see him smile.I don't ask questions because it's not my place. I'm just his daughter's favorite teacher, nothing more. . . . Until the first bullet flies by us at recess.Suddenly, I'm risking my life to protect her. And then Jameson drags me back to his estate, claiming it's a matter of life-or-death.Now I'm in the most beautiful home I've ever seen, faced with an offer from a man who's just as gorgeous: Be the temporary live-in nanny until he can ensure my safety and find a more permanent solution. It'll be easy, he promises.Yet, the arrangement is anything but simple.Not when Jameson's hungry stare is all consuming and his touch pulse racing. And definitely not when I find that nothing in this neighborhood is as it seems, including Jameson.He may be powerful, possessive, and protective. But he's also dangerous, demanding, and calculating.As more of his secrets come out, I should run but . . .How do I escape the enigma of Jameson Knight if he's already captured my heart?Get ready for a rollercoaster of love, power, and betrayal in Paradise-where the stakes are high but the secrets are buried bone-chillingly low.

From the author of the Madison Kate series comes the next in the dark and delicious interconnected Hades series, another biting "why choose" romance in Shadow Grove. "I wasn't fighting this war with Chase alone. I never had been, with Zed at my back. But this time I also had Cass and Lucas, and goddamn if we weren't a force to be f***ing reckoned with." They say to keep your enemies close, and mine are all around me. At the heart of it are four dangerously gorgeous men- The man who wants to light my darkness and has already paid the price for loving me. The man who can handle my power and loves every dark inch of me. The man who has been my closest companion, and now threatens to upend our carefully balanced world in pursuit of me. But the fourth man is probably the most terrifying, because he wants to take the others away from me. He wants to tear the spinal column out of the empire I've built. Destroy my businesses. Destroy me. Why? Because this man should have stayed dead, but he didn't, and now he wants revenge. He will stop at nothing until he's carved out my bloody, beating heart and left me broken. But he should remember who he's dealing with. I'm not the girl he knew anymore, and I will never let him have what's mine.

‪ You find what you're looking for... where you least expect it. ‬‬That held true for me ER nurse, Liz Johansson; the night a young man named Trevor arrived at the hospital and turned my life upside down. Perhaps it was divine intervention that my care for Trevor led me to his friends...Sinfully hot, James Bartlett and his equally gorgeous boss, Ian Stone; two men, so tall, dark, and lethal, they conjured fantasies my body ached to fulfill. It was impossible to choose one or the other, and hungering for them equally tore at my moral code. I had to find the will to banish my shame or risk losing them forever.Powerless over their potent, carnal command--together--they led me down a blissful path of uninhibited passion. Unlocking my forbidden desires, while healing the scars of my past, they opened my soul to something so powerful and alluring I couldn't turn away. Seduced by their infinite love and dominant touch, they taught me how to surrender my fears...my heart, and learn to live again.

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.

From USA Today bestselling author J. Saman comes an all-new enemies-to-lovers, STANDALONE romance in the Las Vegas Sin seriesMaddox must be willing to risk his life if he wants to save mine...I was under the devil's thumb with no end in sight. A play thing. A toy. A treasure easily forgotten. Until Maddox Sinclair stepped into my club and made me promises even my tattered heart couldn't refuse. Sexy, arrogant, strong and brave, he fears no one and fights for everyone. I should know better than to trust him. Half the time we want to rip each other's clothes off. The other half we're at each other's necks. But my devil isn't easily thwarted. He started this game with a master plan-one that makes me his ultimate pawn. Deals have been made. Lives are at stake. And when he finally comes for me, there is no escape...

Confusion. Lust. Fear. Passion.It started the moment she passed out in my arms.Seduction. Vile. Depraved. Desire.She couldn’t remember her past but looked to me like I was her future.My walls were built. My heart was cold. My emotions vacant.After being alone for five years with only my motorcycle club at my side, she was who I had been searching for. The one I had needed all along to light up the darkness surrounding my life. Just when I thought I had her, just when I thought I could finally allow myself that happiness I didn’t think I deserved. She was ripped from my hands…